Imagine that one day you wake up to learn that all the GPS satellites have been destroyed. What's happening? War? Super-massive solar flare? Whatever it is you probably won't be spending the afternoon in your electronics hobby area. In all my years of playing with GPS it has never been "off the air." So, as a hobbyist, do you really need a GPS standard with "hold-over" that learns the properties of your oscillator and corrects the oscillator even when GPS is not present? (Hint: nope.) So why spend an inordinate amount of time and effort giving your standard a hold-over function you can only appreciate by physically disconnecting the GPS antenna? This unit provides an excellent 10 MHz reference as long as an accurate 1PPs is supplied by the GPS receiver. When GPS goes down you should be brushing up on your hunter-gatherer skills anyway.
This simple frequency standard uses the 1PPS available from many GPS receivers to lock a stable oven-controlled oscillator, holding a few hundred uHz of accuracy from moment to moment depending on the quality of the oscillator. (My old "Small Fry" wanders under +- 2 x 10-11.) It's a "nearly" analog circuit using three logic chips to perform simple tasks and a third-order phase-locked loop realized with two op-amps. The PLL behaves as though the lock frequency is 1 MHz due to the sampling technique (albeit updated only once per second) so the phase sensitivity is about 1 million times higher than if the phase comparison were done at 1 Hz.
The first stage uses one inverter in the 74HC14. Note that the feedback 100k (pin 1 to pin 2) is optional; it "undoes" some of the hysteresis to make the input a little more sensitive. It is not needed for oscillators with 7 dBm or more output. I just show it for those who have to deal with a wimpy oscillator. My "Small Fry" oscillator has a 13 dBm output and the resistor is unnecessary.
The output of the input square-up circuit drives a 74HC190 connected to divide by ten. Many divider ICs will work here, even an old SN7490. The output pulse width isn't critical as it is simply clocking the following flip-flop on its positive edge.
The next stage is a little more complex in function with the bottom flip-flop being the "tricky" part. The 1 PPS signal is buffered by two of the inverters in the 74HC14, the second being present to achieve a positive-going pulse. (Leave that second stage out if your GPS receiver provides a negative-going pulse.) When the bottom flip-flop (#2) is clocked high the voltage on the cathode of the diode jumps up via the 560 pF capacitor. The 1k resistor immediately starts to discharge that capacitor and when the voltage drops to about 2.5 volts the flip-flop resets, generating a 1 uS pulse that repeats at 1 PPS. The 1k and 560 pF determine the width of the pulse. Connecting the capacitor to Q instead of ground (as one might expect) causes the exponentially changing voltage to swing through a wide range making the circuit well behaved. This is a nice way to make very short pulses with stable width.
If you don't have a digital scope it can be difficult to check the pulse width. Temporarily replace the 1 PPS with a 10 kHz square wave from a generator. The 1 uS pulses will now be occurring fast enough to observe on an analog scope.
Restating: The 1 PPS positive edge triggers the 1 uS pulse at Q2. The first flip-flop is now active for 1 uS and is clocked high by the next positive edge of the 1 MHz signal. The analog switch is also closed for this 1 uS. At the end of the 1 uS pulse Q1 is reset and the analog switch is opened. The resulting pulses out of the analog switch are averaged by an RC filter to obtain the phase difference between the 1 PPS edge and the positive edge of the 1 MHz signal.
Since the 1 uS sampling window only occurs once per second the effective output impedance of the analog switch is very high; it's only connected for one-millionth of the time. To keep the DC value steady between samples the RC filter is buffered by an unusually high impedance op-amp, the LMC6582, Use a FET input type op-amp here.
The input (pin 1)of the 4016 connects to either pin 5 or pin 6 of the 74HC74, depending on the tuning slope of your oscillator. If your oscillator drops in frequency when the tuning voltage increases, connect to pin 6. A switch could be added here to accommodate different oscillators if the oscillator is not to be included in the case. If you get it wrong the circuit will avoid locking like the plague; just switch the wire.
Initially I thought this would be the end of the project with the user fine-tuning the oscillator by hand to stop the phase drift. One could achieve a very tiny error in just a minute or two. But as I watched the nice "beat note" I realized that it would be a trivial matter to add a third-order PLL amplifier using the other op-amp in the dual package. It's a fairly straightforward circuit with a slew switch that allows the user to speed up the locking process; just flip the switch in the direction that slows down the beat note then let go when the meter is nearly stopped at center scale. Let the PLL take over and lock should be achieved in a few minutes. Don't bother trying to lock the unit until the oscillator has had plenty of time to warm up. The slew switch is fairly powerful so you may wish to slow it down by increasing the 470k resistor; otherwise you have to "flick" it to do the fine adjustment. Once your oscillator is tuned fairly closely you won't need to touch the slew switch; the single-slope phase detector ensures that the integrator is moving in the correct direction most of the time (once the oscillator is warmed up). My unit settles to within 1E-10 in less than 15 minutes and that includes the oscillator's warm-up time.
The PLL components are chosen to give good damping for a tuning sensitivity of 0.066 Hz per volt (measured at 1 MHz - that would be 0.66 Hz per volt at 10 MHz). A tuning sensitivity anywhere near this value will work fine, from as high as 1 x 10-7 per volt to a little as 3e-8 per volt. If you would like to see the settling response for a different tuning sensitivity here's an LTSpice simulation that will show the step response. You can simulate changes to the loop components to the left in the Spice schematic. A simple voltage divider will lower the tuning sensitivity of your oscillator, if needed.
Also, when the unit settled completely I noticed the meter was a little off center - I just adjusted the zero screw on the meter but I could have tweaked that pot.
Your GPS device may not provide a 1 PPS signal that can drive 50 ohms. If that's the case you will have to experiment with resistors to get a good pulse. Try eliminating the 68 ohms to ground and add a 220 ohm in series with the 1 PPS signal at the GPS receiver end of the cable. That resistor is experimental and will hopefully dampen ringing so that the circuit functions properly. Alternately, build a buffer and locate it at the GPS receiver end of the cable. When it's functioning adequately the LED should blink once per second.
Note the old-fashioned "top hat" protection diode in series with the power. That's there to prevent damage if an incorrect polarity power source is connected. Directly beneath the diode is an ordinary 3-terminal 5 volt regulator and associated capacitors. You could simply run the circuit from a 5 volt molded supply. I wanted to supply the oscillator's power through the same power connector so 12 volts runs the oscillator and the internal regulator generates the 5 volts for the circuit. You might decide to not include the oscillator in the unit so that it can be used elsewhere. Just hook it up, let it settle and then measure the final tuning voltage. Use a potentiometer to apply that voltage to the oscillator tuning for when it's not connected to this device and you've calibrated it sufficiently for most purposes. I just happen to have oven oscillators coming out my ears so I dedicated one to the project.
If you end up with an oscillator that only has electrical tuning it's possible that your tuning sensitivity will be too high. Use a 5k potentiometer connected across a regulated voltage (usually supplied by the oscillator) to drive a series resistor connected to the electrical tuning, say 22k. Now connect another series resistor to the electrical tuning input for the PLL to drive, perhaps a 220k. The size of that resistors sets the electrical tuning sensitivity and the pot provides coarse tuning. Use the slew switch to center the meter in "E.T." mode then adjust the mechanical coarse tuning pot to stop the meter drift in "phase" mode. The same applies to adjusting a coarse tuning adjustor built into the oscillator.
I cut a piece of copper-clad board about the same size and used it as a ground plane with several pins (from a Molex connector) connecting the ground strips on the protoboard. The problems vanished. The unit in the picture is actually under power and working great. I need to reconnect that LED that was causing "ground bounce" that should also be vanquished. The plated holes are of good quality and soldering/unsoldering from the top is fine.
One "design flaw" I found due to all this experimenting is excessive negative voltage on the flip-flop clear pin (13) when Q2 goes low. I've added a 1k in series with the pin to limit the current but the IC seems to discharge the 560 pF capacitor without ill effect as-is. HC data books claim the internal circuit can handle 250 mA pulses without misbehaving. AC logic (74AC74) has a tremendous immunity to such currents, rated as high as 450 mA and probably capable of more (according to an early Motorola "FACT Data" book. (Fact data is the best kind. : ) So, I suspect no resistor is needed since the flip-flop output will current-limit first.


Kevin Rope, the author of Seeing the Big Picture, a 1 Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and New York Times bestseller defines Business Acumen as "keen, fundamental, street-smart insight into how your business operates and how it makes money and sustains profitable growth, now and in the future." What does this mean to HR? Dave Ulrich, one of the top HR influencer in the world, frames 3-4 examples of strategic HR issues (questions/problem statements) in 3 minutes video below.
I believe, the origin of the business acumen is, an ability to frame and ask the right question. A question framed right sets the right direction for analysis, narrative and communicating it to stakeholders.
What Makes a Perfect Strategic Question?
A complete question should do the following three things i.e. 1) post a problem, 2) shape the issue in a testable hypothesis, and 3) provide space to report the results using quantitative and/or qualitative data. The Thompson Writing Program (TWP) of Duke University, acknowledged as one of the premier academic writing programs in the USA, published a paper on what makes a good research question?
Janine Milne, an editor for HR technology and business, echo the same but also emphasizes the importance of working in collaboration with business leaders to make a real difference, in her article HR analytics is about asking the right questions.
Mixing business as usual HR metrics with strategic business problems is one of the common mistakes we do in day-to-day life. To help you differentiate, Linda de Jong, allied to Inostix by Deloitte, writes on How asking predictive HR analytics questions can add value!
Having learned the ingredient of a perfect business question, start thinking about your company strategic problem statements. Define it. Write it. To get you started quickly, HCMI CEO Jeff Higgins has compiled a list of Top 25 questions that any HR leader should be asking.
I know, you need more. Here is the further help available to you from Laurie Bassi. She consolidated 100 possible questions that HR with data analytics team can answer.
A need of asking the right question is not only limited while framing the perfect business hypothesis but also during data analysis. Agata Kwapien provides a framework for analyzing any unstructured problem in structured which pushes you to ask right questions – what analysis, which data, the level of granularity, techniques, what visualization and who.
Python or R: Which is best for Data Science?


Kitty Bookmark is completed All In The Hoop. A ribbon is simply added in the hoop and the 2 sections are joined to complete the bookmark. A quick and easy project and wonderful gift to any Bookworm. Just look at this Photo Tutorial.


text:
Do Solar Panels Work with Moonlight?
ByWarren Updated on: September 27, 2022
Solar panels are becoming a very effective source of electricity generation and are being adopted by many households in recent years, due to solar energy becoming affordable in past decade. The amount of sunlight that the earth receives in a year varies and impacts the power that solar panels produce.
Solar panels are critical in modern energy production, but their installation involves huge investments. With these investments, there come several doubts and questions regarding the effectiveness of such panels. One of the most commonly asked questions is, can moonlight power solar panels?
The answer to this question depends on various factors. While the moon gives off solar energy that can be captured at night, this energy can't be relied on to produce enough power to generate electricity.
1. Do Solar Panels Work With Moonlight?
2. Moonlight – An Overview
2.1. 1. Does the Moon Produce its Own Energy?
2.2. 2. How Does the Moon Emit Solar Energy?
2.3. 3. The Intensity of Moonlight
3. How do Solar Powered Homes Get Electricity at Night?
4. Do Solar Panels Work on Cloudy Days?
Generally, solar panels do not charge in the moonlight. To produce electricity, the solar panels depend on the direct sunlight from the sun. Sunlight contains various energized particles, including the very important proton.
The photons from the sun strike one side of the array, which causes the electrons to break off from one panel and attach themselves to another panel. This crossing of electrons is what generates an electric current. The light from the moon doesn't usually lead to the generation of photons.
If the photons do not strike the panels, there will be no crossing over of electrons and, hence, no electricity generation. Therefore, the moonlight isn't the most suitable for producing electricity that may be commercially viable.
Moonlight – An Overview
1. Does the Moon Produce its Own Energy?
Unlike the sun, the moon cannot produce its own energy. It is therefore dependent on the sun for its light. The sunlight reflected from the moon's surface becomes the moonlight. Since the moon cannot produce its own light, it is only visible using the reflected light of the sun.
2. How Does the Moon Emit Solar Energy?
The moon does give off solar energy but not in the same way as the sun. Usually, the sun's light energy reflects off the moon's surface, which is what causes the moon to shine. Since the moon doesn't produce its own energy, there is no generation of photons; hence it can't charge the solar panels at night.
Not having its own lights, the moon reflects the sunlight to the earth's surface. It reflects about 3-12 % of the sunlight which reaches it. Some of this energy can then be captured onto the solar panels, but it can't be relied on to provide enough electricity to sustain all your needs.
3. The Intensity of Moonlight
The main reason why the panels cannot charge properly in the presence of moonlight is because of the nature of the light produced by it. The moon's inability to generate its own light energy reflects the sun's light energy.
The reflected light which reaches the surface of the earth does not contain a significant number of protons, and hence the moonlight does not cause the panel to generate as much electricity as it can in the presence of sunlight.
The amount of solar radiation that reaches the earth's surface is around 1,368 watts per meter. On the other hand, the moonlight generates around 0.0034 watts per square meter, which is very little compared to the sunlight.
This is why solar panels generate very little to no electricity in the presence of the moonlight. One more reason for this could be the moonlight spectrum. Most of the moonlight captured by the solar panels is in infrared or ultraviolet radiations.
The useful part of the spectrum for generating the power is visible light, which produces very little power. The blue part of the spectrum is the only part of the light that can be converted into usable electricity. It is about 16% of the moonlight, which is still not enough to generate a significant amount of electricity.
How do Solar Powered Homes Get Electricity at Night?
Nightfall can be problematic in the generation of electricity since there is no source of direct or indirect sunlight. When the sun disappears, there is no emission of photons and therefore no electricity generation in significant amounts.
However, the electricity produced during the daylight in the presence of the sun isn't lost forever, but the excess electricity is stored in the batteries and can be used at night.
Moonlight can't be relied on to power all of your energy needs. Since it reflects the sunlight, some energy through it can be captured on the solar panels.
The energy generated through this won't be sufficient to power all of your needs since it is very small in amount. However, you can still find the use of this small amount of energy generated through the moonlight.
Installing a solar battery as part of a solar energy system can store the excess energy generated by the solar panels during the day. This energy can then be utilized during the nighttime. There are many different models of solar batteries, and one needs to pay attention to their power capacity.
Another way to power a solar-powered home at night can be by using net metering, a billing method where you don't need to have your own energy storage system at home.
You can export the excess energy produced by your home solar system into the grid, and in exchange, your company will give you credits which can later be exchanged for power during the night. It is an easy method that also eliminates using a solar battery.
Do Solar Panels Work on Cloudy Days?
Solar panels work on cloudy days, although not as effective as they function on a sunny day. The solar panels make use of direct or indirect sunlight for generating electricity.
The exact amount of electricity generated by a solar panel can vary according to various factors like the density of clouds and the quality of the installed panels. Some panels that can capture a broad range of the solar spectrum work efficiently even in diffused or reflected sunlight.
They capture the red and blue wavelengths, which helps them generate energy output even on cloudy days. Usually, it takes several dense clouds to block the sunlight and its rays completely.
The clouds can get penetrated by the immense amount of solar radiation, which helps the panels operate even in the presence of clouds.
Sometimes, the solar radiations pass over the edge of clouds, which magnifies its capacity and power. This phenomenon is called the edge of effect, where the sunlight gets magnified through refraction. The intense sunlight can then cause the panels to produce more electricity than the usual sunny days.
Moonlight can power solar panels, just not enough to fulfill all your needs. Despite the incapability of solar panels to generate enough electricity during the night time or cloudy days, it is being adopted in significant numbers because of their ability to save money on electricity bills.
Therefore, the moonlight can power the solar panels since it is just reflected sunlight. However, the energy generated by the solar panels can be minimal at night and just not enough to sustain it for a long time. Other methods like a net meeting or solar batteries can be employed to meet the energy requirements during cloudy days or at night.
How to Read A Solar Meter? | Explained
Read More How to Read A Solar Meter? | ExplainedContinue
How To Get Out Of A Solar Panel Contract?
ByWarren August 2, 2022 December 7, 2022
Read More How To Get Out Of A Solar Panel Contract?Continue
Solar Panels Made In USA | List of American Manufacturers
ByWarren February 22, 2022 September 26, 2022
Read More Solar Panels Made In USA | List of American Manufacturers Continue
How to Build a Solar Panel from a CD
ByWarren February 10, 2022 December 29, 2022
Read More How to Build a Solar Panel from a CDContinue
Is Silver Used In Solar Panels? How Much Silver Is Used In Solar Panels?
ByWarren August 1, 2022 September 26, 2022
Read More Is Silver Used In Solar Panels? How Much Silver Is Used In Solar Panels?Continue
How to Start A Solar Farm Business in 2023
ByWarren January 27, 2021 January 4, 2023
Read More How to Start A Solar Farm Business in 2023Continue

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


destined to a client that uses the same router is dropped.
> to me using the PPTP protocol.  A tunnel of convenience mostly.
> though GRE is blocked.
> I've never been able to get IPSEC going though..
> news server - but they do not block it.
> would suspect problems in one area may not mirror the setup in another.


text:
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>Cy.js Mocha Tests</title>

  <link rel="stylesheet" href="lib/mocha.css" />

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Nothing good could possibly come out of this situation. George Zimmerman, the man who was responsible for the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, but was found not guilty due to a law in Florida, was spotted in Cocoa, Florida. Zimmerman was apparently asking questions about the legality of buying a shotgun. No word yet on if Zimmerman did buy a gun. What are your thoughts on this situation? Leave a comment below.


text:
IBM Planning Analytics vs. MicroStrategy
IBM Planning Analytics vs MicroStrategy comparison
IBM Planning Analytics vs. MicroStrategy report
Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud
KiSSFLOW
Adaptive Insights
Oracle HFM
Software AG ARIS Process Mining
CCH Tagetik
Workiva Wdesk
OneStream XF
Infor dEPM
Planful
Axiom EPM
IBM Controller
SAS Activity-Based Management
Bitam Artus
SAP Digital Boardroom
UNIT4 prevero
Solver BI360
QPR Metrics
SAS Strategic Performance Management
Wooqer
idu-Concept
Prodacapo
entomo
XLerant
NICE Merced
Centage Planning Maestro
CAMMS EPM
Kepion
KCI CONTROL
BetterWorks
BeyondSquare FinAlyzer
Read 4 IBM Planning Analytics reviews.
3,406 views|2,418 comparisons
Read 16 MicroStrategy reviews.
11,989 views|8,371 comparisons
Systems Analyst at a computer software company
High-performing, helps clients save time in budget processes
Some of our customers previously used Excel spreadsheets for budget planning, and the process took more than two months. However, after switching... Read more →
Vice President & CIO at a logistics company
Good reporting and analytics, scalable, and has responsive support
It's an information delivery mechanism to pull all of our data into one central tool, allowing us to look at key metrics across the organization.
Find out what your peers are saying about Anaplan, Domo, Oracle and others in Business Performance Management. Updated: January 2022.
"All the different platforms are well integrated." "The most valuable feature is that it is able to slice and dice the data." "Navigating through the data to make analysis is really quick." "A lot of the platform is in-memory, so Planning Analytics can run calculations quite fast. It also offers several user interfaces. And in the newest version of Planning Analytics, there is a new one called the Planning Analytics Workspace. Maybe it could be useful for the business side."
More IBM Planning Analytics Pros →
"The dashboard features and functionalities that come through the MicroStrategy Suite are the most valuable. It can be used by end users with minimum knowledge of the product. They can run a report or create a dashboard on their phones, which is kind of cool." "The solution is ideal for enterprise-level companies or corporations." "The product is very mature. It's quite robust and an excellent enterprise-level solution." "The solution has excellent features available on mobile." "I haven't come across any bugs." "This solution is the most scalable BI platform in the world." "It is scalable and integration-friendly." "It is very stable."
More MicroStrategy Pros →
"Extracting data is a little slow." "It's highly competitive right now, and all the vendors are in a race to put out new versions with additional features. IBM comes out with new versions too often, and it has an impact on quality." "It would have been better if the solution was not just a tool kit." "It's wonky, and not super user-friendly with Excel."
More IBM Planning Analytics Cons →
"The solution's reports are not very flexible." "We've found the scalability to be very good. However, it depends on the environment. In general, it could be much better." "I would like to see the enterprise version available in a demo or as a trial version." "The solution lacks good visualization. They should work on the user interface to make it more slick and modern." "They need to do a better job In its ability to allow end users to produce their own reports, metrics, and self-service business intelligence." "They should provide more tutorials and include some project files." "They should give proper industry-based tutorials so that one can learn it easily and implement it based on the requirements. They should give more MMP files so that we can import a whole project altogether and learn from that project." "MicroStrategy should become more user friendly. It should behave more like Tableau."
More MicroStrategy Cons →
"Our licensing cost is approximately $50,000.00 per year."
More IBM Planning Analytics Pricing and Cost Advice →
"We have a license with packages, and there are additional costs for extra components."
"We have one of the best pricing available, but we can't disclose that information."
"The pricing is fair."
"They can improve its licensing. It is a bit expensive as compared to Microsoft and other tools."
"They offer yearly as well as perpetual licenses."
"It is expensive. We would like to extend it to many users, but we are currently restricting that because the cost is a constraint. If we are given a chance, we would love to expand it."
"All BI software vendors' list prices are high. It's about a price that fits the customer's needs. And I think MicroStrategy has some flexibility in its pricing model where we can easily demonstrate a total cost of ownership comparison against any of the other players."
"There is no subscription, I am using the free version."
More MicroStrategy Pricing and Cost Advice →
Use our free recommendation engine to learn which Business Performance Management solutions are best for your needs.
What do you like most about IBM Planning Analytics?
A lot of the platform is in-memory, so Planning Analytics can run calculations quite fast. It also offers several user interfaces. And in the newest version of Planning Analytics, there is a new one… more »
What needs improvement with IBM Planning Analytics?
It's highly competitive right now, and all the vendors are in a race to put out new versions with additional features. IBM comes out with new versions too often, and it has an impact on quality.
What is your primary use case for IBM Planning Analytics?
It varies from client to client, but IBM Planning Analytics is used for budgeting processes in every case. In addition, some clients use it for reporting as a data source.
What do you like most about MicroStrategy?
MicroStrategy has what they call the Semantic Graph — an enterprise-grade semantic graph — and I think the technology is fantastic.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for MicroStrategy?
All BI software vendors' list prices are high. It's about a price that fits the customer's needs. And I think MicroStrategy has some flexibility in its pricing model where we can easily demonstrate a… more »
What needs improvement with MicroStrategy?
MicroStrategy needs to do some more development to make the platform easier to use. It's a complicated platform that requires a lot of skill to effectively utilize. So they could work on reducing the… more »
out of 41 in Business Performance Management
out of 64 in Business Intelligence (BI) Tools
Microsoft BI vs. IBM Planning Analytics
SAP Analytics Cloud vs. IBM Planning Analytics
Jedox vs. IBM Planning Analytics
Tableau vs. IBM Planning Analytics
Databricks vs. IBM Planning Analytics
More IBM Planning Analytics Competitors →
Microsoft BI vs. MicroStrategy
Tableau vs. MicroStrategy
Qlik Sense vs. MicroStrategy
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform vs. MicroStrategy
IBM Cognos vs. MicroStrategy
More MicroStrategy Competitors →
Cognos TM1, IBM Cognos TM1
IBM Planning Analytics is an integrated planning solution that uses AI to automate planning, budgeting, and forecasting and drive more intelligent workflows.
Built on TM1, IBM's powerful calculation engine, this enterprise performance management tool allows you to transcend the limits of manual planning and become the Analytics Hero your business needs. Quickly and easily drive faster, more accurate plans for FP&A, sales, supply chain and beyond.
Company: Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy (Nasdaq: MSTR) is a leading worldwide provider of enterprise software platforms. With direct operations in 26 countries worldwide and approximately 2,000 employees, our mission is to provide enterprise analytics, mobility, and security platforms that are flexible, powerful, scalable and user-friendly. To learn more, visit MicroStrategy online, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
Product portfoilio:
MicroStrategy 10 Secure Enterprise™ empowers leading organizations to analyze vast amounts of data and distribute actionable business insight throughout an enterprise through two distinct offerings: MicroStrategy Analytics™ and MicroStrategy Desktop™. MicroStrategy Analytics delivers reports and dashboards, and enables users to conduct ad hoc analysis and share insights anywhere, anytime, via mobile devices or the Web. It also combines the agility and productivity of self-service visual data discovery with the security, scalability, and governance features of enterprise-grade business intelligence. MicroStrategy Desktop is a standalone, on-premise visual data discovery tool designed to enable business users to analyze and understand their data. MicroStrategy Mobile™ enables organizations to rapidly build custom business applications that deliver analytics combined with transactions, multimedia, and custom workflows to mobile devices. MicroStrategy Secure Cloud™ combines all of the enterprise analytics, mobile, and security features in MicroStrategy 10 Secure Enterprise with powerful and scalable data integration, validation, and warehousing services — all delivered in an environment where organizations can deploy transformational analytics applications in minutes.
Usher, MicroStrategy's breakthrough security solution, is a powerful mobile security platform designed to dematerialize traditional forms of identity verification (such as passwords, tokens, and physical badges) and replace them with a single mobile identity badge that is cryptographically linked to its owner's smartphone and dynamically linked to an enterprise's existing identity repositories. Usher works on standard Android and iOS smartphones, and also boasts an Apple Watch™ integration.
Learn more about IBM Planning Analytics
Learn more about MicroStrategy
ManpowerGroup, Convergys, AIG, Orchard Brands, Citibank, InterGen, Northwestern University, EF Education First, Ironside, Bazan Group, CSOB Insurance, Macquarie Group, Charles Stanley, SATO, Government of Sint Maarten, BMW Financial Services
Allstate Insurance, Barneys New York, Boston Children's Hospital, Buenos Aires Department of the Treasury, Campbell Soup Company, DHL, eBay, eHarmony, Facebook, Four Seasons Hotels Inc., Godiva, Hard Rock International, LinkedIn, Netflix, Pfizer, SECO (Swiss Government Unemployment Agency), Starbucks, Texas A&M University, Thomson Reuters Markets, US House of Representatives, and the US Postal Service.
Healthcare Company14%
Retailer11%
Retailer6%
IBM Planning Analytics is ranked 5th in Business Performance Management with 4 reviews while MicroStrategy is ranked 6th in Business Intelligence (BI) Tools with 16 reviews. IBM Planning Analytics is rated 6.8, while MicroStrategy is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of IBM Planning Analytics writes "High-performing, helps clients save time in budget processes ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of MicroStrategy writes "Good technical support but quite technical and needs better integration capabilities". IBM Planning Analytics is most compared with Microsoft BI, SAP Analytics Cloud, Jedox, Tableau and Databricks, whereas MicroStrategy is most compared with Microsoft BI, Tableau, Qlik Sense, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform and IBM Cognos.
We monitor all Business Performance Management reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.


An association's own bylaws, Articles of Incorporation, Special Rules of Order, and local laws will supersede what Robert's Rules of Order says. A significant difference in facts could result in different conclusions being reached. If there is much at stake, you are urged to consult with a professional parliamentarian, which includes a thorough review of your organization's governing documents and the applicable facts. When complex or contentious situations arise in an association, it is often helpful for an impartial observer to give an objective assessment of the situation and the rules that apply. As an unbiased professional parliamentarian, I can help you sort out the issues and recommend solutions. This can help to resolve conflict within your organization so that those issues will not distract the members from fulfilling the primary goals and mission of your organization.
Even when some members do not agree with the final result, if they feel they have been treated fairly and their voice and concerns have been heard, they are more willing to accept the outcome and support the decisions. Let me help your organization reach that point!


As you might have guessed, SASS pays tribute to my favorite Jane Austen story, SENSE AND SENSIBILITY. It isn't a retelling, per se, but it is inspired by her work. I purposely avoided rereading her while working on the book. It was not my intention to simply do an updated version, but to take the themes and emotions that I carried away from her novel and explore them in a modern, small-town Texas setting. Some parallels are obvious. There are two sisters with very different views on love. There is a single mom and money problems.
There are the respective love adventures. But the main relationship in the book is that of the sisters – their growing understanding and acceptance of one another.
I love this story the way I love all my books, and I can't wait to officially welcome it into the world.
I can't wait to read her latest. The cover is adorable!
350 Follower Giveaway ends TONIGHT!
Gratitude Giveaway ends Sunday, November 28th!


Both Apple and Samsung claim to have the best phone cameras in the world. We put them to the test on the street and in the lab.
iPhone X vs. iPhone 8: Which New Apple Phone Should You Buy?
The $1,000 iPhone X is stealing all the attention, but the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus may be easier on your wallet. Take a look at how they measure up.
Your iOS devices are great media players, but sometimes you want to watch on a big screen.
Apple's built-in parental controls aren't as robust as some third-party apps, but there are plenty of tools to help you safeguard and snoop on young iOS fans.
With Apple's "Ask to Buy" feature, you can use Touch ID to let your kid make a digital purchase, but you'll have to type in your full Apple ID password if you're using an iPhone X.
Apple is now taking advantage of the animoji karaoke trend to push the iPhone X.
The Chinese students were reportedly working at the Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou, China as part of an internship program.
UPDATE: Apple on Thursday released iOS 11.1.2 to fix the problem, which we first heard about last week.
If you have a youthful face and look a lot like your kid, they might be able to get into your iPhone X using Face ID.
The new sensor will sit on the back of the iPhone, drastically improving its augmented reality capabilities, Bloomberg reports.
For about $150, researchers at Bkav Corporation designed a mask they said is able to unlock an iPhone X using Face ID, something Apple has said would not be possible.
If you have suddenly encountered a persistent, bright green line on the display of your iPhone X, it's time to make an appointment with the Apple Store.
The latest figures from research firm Canalys also suggest that people are increasingly gravitating towards larger handsets these days.
The iPhone X costs more to make than any other iPhone, and more to make than the Galaxy S8, a teardown reveals.
Notcho can only hide the notch on your home and/or lock screens, though, not inside apps.
The iPhone X's logic board is actually stacked like a sandwich on two boards, iFixit finds.
Thus far, iPhone X is an impressive step up from the iPhone 7 Plus and even 8 Plus.
Is the storage full on your iOS device? Here's how to figure out what's taking up the most space so you can decide what to delete.


Cut with an indented, feminine silhouette, this short-sleeve top is crafted from a textured jacquard-woven fabric with a bright floral pattern, and detailed with a marked waist and rounded neckline. Concealed zip at back. The bold floral pattern is based on an original artwork created in 1973 by French silk firm Bianchini-Férier.


Is the government doing enough to aid spouses of veterans with PTSD?
MPs wrap up their first week on the pre-recess midnight sitting schedule with a comparatively brief half-day session, during which they will consider the government's proposal to crack down on contraband tobacco.
Before the Chamber closes up shop for the weekend, Conservative MP Colin Mayes will get his first chance to pitch his private members' bill to ensure "respect" for "families of murdered and brutalized persons" by limiting parole for those convicted of the abduction, sexual assault and murder of the same victim.
Outside the precinct, Prime Minister Stephen Harper will be on hand for the final round of discussion on maternal, newborn and child health care in Toronto, where he's also scheduled to attend an evening event.
On the opposition front, New Democrat Leader Tom Mulcair spends a second day on the road in Saskatchewan, where he'll tour the Regina Trades and Skills Centre before making his way to Moose Jaw for the provincial NDP convention.
Meanwhile, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau hits the stage at the annual Federation of Canadian Municipalities conference, which gets underway in Niagara Falls today.
Finally, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May will be front and centre at a rally to reveal the candidate who will carry her party's banner into battle in the Trinity -- Spadina byelection.
Do you support the AFN's rejection of the First Nations Education Act?
Nettled, it seems, by the lack of support from the Liberals during Tuesday's debate over extended sitting hours, New Democrat House Leader Peter Julian will hold a pre-caucus press conference to "expose the decision" of the third party to "sell out the legitimate rights of opposition parties, and help the Conservative government pass its legislative agenda."
Some background, for those who missed the preceding procedural skirmish: The New Democrats voted against the government's proposal to add an extra shift to the parliamentary workday -- not, as its members made clear during the debate, because they don't want to sit late, but because they objected to a provision that will limit their ability to move motions and trigger votes outside regular House hours.
The Liberals, in contrast, voted with their Conservative colleagues, prompting much grumbling amongst their fellow travellers on the opposition side of the Chamber -- and, it seems, this morning's efforts to "expose" their decision by the New Democrats.
Yesterday we asked: Should banks be forced to lower banking fees?
Yesterday we asked: Should Turks and Caicos become part of Canada?


Midweek holiday shopping on Michigan Avenue, when crowds are thinner, is a decided bonus for downtown workers. At these dining spots, it's easy to have a brief but satisfying lunch and knock off a few stocking stuffers, too.
If crowds in Water Tower Place get you down, cross Pearson Street and head into the original Water Tower for a casual meal that fills you up without emptying your wallet. (Nothing is over $7, and servings are huge.) On a sunny day it's flooded with light, and Chicago banners hang from the rafters. The restaurant shares space with a visitors' center and a city of Chicago store. While we waited, I picked up stocking stuffers: tiny snow globes and floating pens.
Don't be put off by the semi-cafeteria style, where you grab a tray and order from a cashier. Ours was friendly and helpful, and came to our table to double-check an odd order. Milk shakes ($2.50) are heavenly. When we asked if we could get a black-and-white milk shake instead of chocolate or vanilla she cracked a smile and said, "Why not?"
If you're a pizza lover, skip theirs ($6.95). On flatbread, it loses its warmth and falls apart. The Italian beef "sammich" ($5.75) fared better; its crisp roll is especially memorable. Cobb salad ($5.95) is enormous and lightly dressed with a sweet dressing that tempered the heat of its spicy chicken chunks.
It's hard to argue with a modestly priced meal in a whimsical setting overlooking Michigan Avenue-but I will, a little. Blame the menu, all 10 pages of it. My friend and I careened from spicy omelets to barbecue pizza to Asian chicken salad while our friendly waiter pushed the salmon-five varieties-until my friend blurted: "Let's have hamburgers!" What a relief.
Chophouse burger ($8.95) was cooked to perfection, and its side of fries was plentiful, hot and crispy. Manhattan chopped salad ($14.95) is Texas-sized and has an unusual and pleasing mix of beans, lentils and beets. Another plus: Once in our cushy booth we hardly heard anyone else, not even the piano player.
New Orleans beignets ($6.95) are served with small pots of chocolate, raspberry and lemon sauces. The beignets were soggy inside, but we pulled off the crusts for dunking.
There are few dining choices within the 900 N. Michigan mall, and Tucci Benucch may be the best. Its rustic dining room takes you far from the Midwest.
We sat "outside" the dining room-in the mall, really-and took in our meal at a leisurely pace. But you can eat quickly: Tables beside us turned two and three times. Too, reservations are taken, so put in your name and knock off a few gifts.
Soups were best, especially chunky, colorful minestrone and tomato seafood ($3.95 each), more puree than stew, and the prettiest shade of orange-pink.
Chopped salad ($8.95) lacked taste. Avoid the goat-cheese pizza ($7.25). Ours arrived cold, and after we sent it back, it tasted worse. Its flavors are overwhelming.
Patrons rave about the tiramisu ($2.95 and $5.95) but we went for the special pumpkin cheesecake ($5.95), a generous slice that was dense and creamy.


Image Title: Daybed Quilt Sets Bedding Navy With Bolsters Kids For Daybeds Inspirations 8. Post Title: Bedding For Daybeds. Filename: daybed-quilt-sets-bedding-navy-with-bolsters-kids-for-daybeds-inspirations-8.jpg. Image Dimension: 1024 x 600 pixels. Images Format: jpg/jpeg. Publisher/Author: Garth Berge. Uploaded Date: Sunday - October 14th. 2018 19:46:22 PM. Category: Architecture. Image Source: architecture.com. Daybed Covers Bedding Sets Within For Daybeds Design 4. Furniture Contemporary Home Decor Using Comfy Target Daybed Ideas Throughout Bedding For Daybeds 19. Discount Daybed Covers Bedding Ensembles Tropical Throughout For Daybeds Decor 3. Flagrant Bedding Is Daybed Different Than Twin For Daybeds Design 15. Modern Daybed Bedding Sets For Daybeds In Idea 12. Posy Quilted Floral Daybed Bedding Set Pertaining To For Daybeds Ideas 16. Bedding For Daybeds Barn Gooddiettv Info Pertaining To Remodel 14. Summerfield Floral Daybed Bedding And For Daybeds Plans 18. Bedding For Daybeds Daybed Ideas Bedroom Wondrous In Decor 2. Bedding Sets Daybeds For Daybed Regarding Ideas 10.


The summary below was written by the Congressional Research Service, which is a nonpartisan division of the Library of Congress, and was published on Dec 14, 2017.
This bill extends until December 18, 2020, an exemption from permit requirements of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act). The exemption allows certain incidental discharges from vessels that are either less than 79 feet in length or a fishing vessel.


text:
import chai = require('chai');
import index from './index';
const expect = chai.expect;

describe('Index Spec', () => {
  it('Typescript import should work', () => {
    expect(index).to.be.ok;
    expect(index.createServer).to.be.ok;
    expect(index.createServer).to.be.a('function');
  });

  it('Node Require import should work', () => {
    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
    const entrypoint = require('./index');
    expect(entrypoint).to.be.ok;
    expect(entrypoint.createServer).to.be.ok;
    expect(entrypoint.createServer).to.be.a('function');
  });
});


Last week, Jose and I had the opportunity to speak to the Junior American Literature class at Harlem High School.
We were truly grateful for the students' interest and the questions they had for us.
Our goal is to keep educating people about our story and crushing general misconceptions about undocumented immigrants.
I think Jose and I make a superb speaking duo, and we had a lot of fun!
Also, how professional are we now with business cards? People have started to ask us for our contact info., so these will be super handy when we go speak to more groups.


text:
Baltimore / DC Carnival 2019
About JabJab
PureJab is a representation of the Caribbean Culture during the Caribbean Carnival Parade, in which you can immerse yourself in the most colorful and vibrant festivities of the Caribbean people.
To most people the Caribbean Carnival is a festive celebration that typically includes colorful parades and public streets parties; however, Caribbean Carnival has a historical connotation. Carnival in the Caribbean has a complicated birthright: It's tied to colonialism, religious conversion, and ultimately freedom and celebration.
The term "jab jab" (believed to be originated in the island of Grenada) was originated at the beginning of the Caribbean Carnival Celebration. Jab Jab is a consciousness in action, an awareness, fueled by a passion.
To understand Jab Jab, you have to understand the historical concept. Before the emancipation of slavery, the french slaves-master did not allow the slaves to partake in carnival celebration. After emancipation, the enslaved Africans were able to take part in the masquerade and began using burnt molasses from the sugar cane plantation to paint themselves black and greasy as a commemoration of their freedom. The word jab has its roots in the French word "Diable," meaning "devil."
In Haiti there is the Lanse Kod, who are masquerading people that paint themselves as black greasy as possible, to resemble the African slaves, and carries ropes and chain, as a representation of the brutality of slavery and the Haitian freedom In 1804. This very context is the essence of the Trinidadian Jab Molassie, [Molassie come from the French patois Mélasse, meaning Molasses] and the Grenadian Jab Jab. (Sean Lewis)
There are different opinions as to the true origin of Jab masquerade. Trinidad and Tobago is historically known as the birth place of the Caribbean Carnival with its iconic Jab Molassie or Blue Devils, but Grenadians claimed that playing jab originated in Grenada. Regardless of the origination, Jab Jab masquerade is the dramatization and the mocking of the wrong done by African ancestors by white colonialists.
Therefore, as a people we are the essence Jab Jab; a people who embrace the consciousness of the Jab Jab, we should not let that awareness remain in the historical past. Let it be active. Use it and promote it as the awareness in the continued fight for freedom and human rights for the many people around the world (Sean Lewis).
Let us remain pure and true to our culture as we remember and celebrate our past and the Jab Jab essence, through the Purelab masquerade band.


text:
2019 BMW M2 COMPETITION: SMALL YET SINFUL
RICHARD CAZEAU / COURTNEY CUNNINGHAM
Small and mighty are the first words that come to mind when I think of the 2019 BMW M2 Competition luxury coupe. While compact vehicles in the BMW lineup may seem slightly ordinary yet refined, the M2 Competition is the fearless smaller sibling of the M Sport group that offers drivers pure power, sheer efficiency and ample doses -daily- of adrenaline. So, what else makes this M2 Competition trim so special? Let's go through the impressive and pricey features that you can't say "no" to. You can expect to see upgrades and standard features like Drive and Parking Assist tech but the real fun comes from the lightweight chassis, the six-speed manual gearbox, and M Sport style optimum traction and directional stability, allowing track enthusiasts to enjoy controlled drifts and so much more. Not enough? Here's the breakdown of what you can instantly enjoy out of the $78,895 compact luxury sports coupe:
+ TwinTurbo Engine generating 405 hp and 406-lb of torque
+ Large front and rear brake disks with 6-piston front and 4-piston rear calipers, painted in a grey finish
+ M Sport Seats with illuminated M2 logo in the backrest
+ Top speed of 280 km/h (175 mph)
+ A 0-100 km (0-60 mph) sprint time of 4.2 seconds (with DCT transmission otherwise known as Automatic)
From the front to back, you can see the accouterments that make this mini bimmer a standout among compact sports cars. The distinctive BMW kidney grille is enlarged and delivered in a high-gloss black paint finish as are the side gills on the front fender-- right there: bad@$$. Plus a new skirt gives the frontal fascia the visual snarl of a road rebel. Another thing you will automatically notice are the wheels— the rims and stance say it all. New 19-inch Y-spoke wheels come in two options: light high-sheen (bi-color) and a black front surface, which is what my tester utilizes and I favorably like on most rides. They look great on such a compact vehicle that has such a pedigree in luxury and performance. I'm sure BMW's M engineers really listened to what avid enthusiasts and fans wanted (and have already been doing to their vehicles, for years).
The all-new M2 Competition replaces the M2 coupe but maintains the same dimensions, engine power, rear wheel drive and standard manual transmission (which I didn't get the opportunity to play with, er "test"). The engine is based on the same power unit used in the M3 and M4. A 6-cylinder turbocharged engine delivers 405 horsepower with 406 pound-feet of torque at peak performance. And it certainly growls with the help of a dual exhaust system with electronic flap controls giving the vehicle a meaty and powerful note, which can be adjusted by selecting a driving mode via a selector switch in the center console. This new variant of the M2 has been engineered and manufactured to be taken to the track, any day of the week.
There's a choice when it comes to transmission options, which makes complete sense for a playful whip with such a high pricepoint. As mentioned, the M2 Competition comes with the standard feature of a lightweight and compact 6-speed manual gearbox, ideal for hard driving on a track. But for those looking at this vehicle as a daily driver with a twist, the ultra smooth 7-speed M Double Clutch transmission can be ordered. What I like about the Automatic option is that I was able to change gears either in the automated or manual modes by using the gearshift lever on the center console -which gave a bold sense of driving manual- or paddle shifters on the steering wheel. When you drive enough Press vehicles, you realize the aforementioned combination is becoming rarer by the year.
Even with the preconfigured driving programs of Comfort, Sport and Sport+, this car responds with gutsy vigor and welcoming enthusiasm. I stayed in Sport mode only because of my indecision to choose a mode based on local traffic and speed limit options. But I will say that perhaps Comfort is best, as the mode characteristics are still instantly responsive to performance yet less aggressive on fuel consumption. While the M2 Competition is, for lack a more comical term "little", it's still fuel hungry like the big boys. Fuel consumption numbers are 11.6 l/100 km in the city, 6.7 l/100 km on the highway, for a combined 8.5 l/100 km. Be prepared to spend more than $60 at the pump for a full tank.
What kind of bells and whistles can you expect inside the M2 Competition? Exactly what you pay for and a little more, if you don't mind the price tag. Nonetheless, getting in is an instant pleasure. You'll see the splash of M2 branding with logos on the sill plates, bucket-style leather racing-inspired seats where the headrest is integrated into the backrest and Alcantara suede features. Plus either M Sport Blue or Orange stitching is available to the trim design. And then there's also an illuminating logo within the backrest-- so fresh. Seat belts straps with the classic BMW M stripes colors is a nice touch. What more to the cockpit? The dashboard is basic BMW with some M Sport branding but the Start/Stop ignition cycle button is unconventionally Racing Red.
If you're already a fan of BMW M cabins via the seating, styling and steering wheel combos, you'll be pleased to know that on the steering wheel of this model are M1 and M2 buttons that allow for quick and direct adjustments to the Driving Mode. The M1 Mode delivers Comfort traits while the M2 Mode delivers the inner sports beast, at the flick of a switch.
And then there's the matter of cargo, lifestyle and hauling necessities. The dimensions are still compact for this vehicle but you can expect a comfortable cabin and decent cargo area in the rear of 390 liters, bigger than the 1 Series' trunk and larger than that of Volkswagen Golf's and Audi's TT.
With the starting price of $71,250, the BMW M2 Competition is certainly not on the lower spectrum of compact commuter coupes. But once you truly realize what you're getting, like like the perks I've listed above, it only makes the right kind of sense. And because BMW has countless options to really make a ride bespoke, the price can fluctuate to your advantage, without compromising the desired performance and pleasures offered by the automaker. This small yet powerful four-seater is engrossed with M Sport DNA and quite a few specs found in both the M3 and M4. It's not just passing special edition. But the big question is, is it a vehicle you can you live with? That answer should be "yes". And after a small taste of its big M power prowess, you won't be able to live without it.


text:
Spinon
Spinons are one of three quasiparticles, along with holons and orbitons, that electrons in solids are able to split into during the process of spin–charge separation, when extremely tightly confined at temperatures close to absolute zero.[1] The electron can always be theoretically considered as a bound state of the three, with the spinon carrying the spin of the electron, the orbiton carrying the orbital location and the holon carrying the charge, but in certain conditions they can become deconfined and behave as independent particles.
The term spinon is frequently used in discussions of experimental facts within the framework of both quantum spin liquid and strongly correlated quantum spin liquid.[2]
Electrons, being of like charge, repel each other. As a result, in order to move past each other in an extremely crowded environment, they are forced to modify their behavior. Research published in July 2009 by the University of Cambridge and the University of Birmingham in England showed that electrons could jump from the surface of the metal onto a closely located quantum wire by quantum tunneling, and upon doing so, will separate into two quasiparticles, named spinons and holons by the researchers.[3]
The orbiton was predicted theoretically by van den Brink, Khomskii and Sawatzky in 1997-1998.[4][5] Its experimental observation as a separate quasiparticle was reported in paper sent to publishers in September 2011.[6][7] The research states that by firing a beam of X-ray photons at a single electron in a one-dimensional sample of strontium cuprate, this will excite the electron to a higher orbital, causing the beam to lose a fraction of its energy in the process. In doing so, the electron will be separated into a spinon and an orbiton. This can be traced by observing the energy and momentum of the X-rays before and after the collision.
Tomonaga–Luttinger liquid
^ "Discovery About Behavior Of Building Block Of Nature Could Lead To Computer Revolution". ScienceDaily. 31 July 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-01.
^ Amusia, M., Popov, K., Shaginyan, V., Stephanovich, V. (2014). "Theory of Heavy-Fermion Compounds - Theory of Strongly Correlated Fermi-Systems". Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences. 182. Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-10825-4. ISBN 978-3-319-10825-4. CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Y. Jompol; et al. (2009). "Probing Spin-Charge Separation in a Tomonaga-Luttinger Liquid". Science. 325 (5940): 597–601. arXiv:1002.2782. Bibcode:2009Sci...325..597J. doi:10.1126/science.1171769. PMID 19644117.
^ H.F. Pen, J. van den Brink, D. I. Khomskii and G.A. Sawatzky (1997). "Orbitally ordered, triangular spin singlet phase in LiVO2". Physical Review Letters. 78 (7): 1323–1326. Bibcode:1997PhRvL..78.1323P. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.1323. CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
^ J. van den Brink, W. Stekelenburg, D.I. Khomskii, G.A. Sawatzky and K.I. Kugel (1998). "Spin and orbital excitations in magnetic insulators with Jahn-Teller ions". Physical Review B. 58 (16): 10276–10282. Bibcode:1998PhRvB..5810276V. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.58.10276. CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Schlappa, J; Wohlfeld, K; Zhou, K. J; Mourigal, M; Haverkort, M. W; Strocov, V. N; Hozoi, L; Monney, C; Nishimoto, S; Singh, S; Revcolevschi, A; Caux, J. S; Patthey, L; Rønnow, H. M; Van Den Brink, J; Schmitt, T (18 April 2012). "Spin–orbital separation in the quasi-one-dimensional Mott insulator Sr2CuO3". Nature. 485 (7396): 82–5. arXiv:1205.1954. Bibcode:2012Natur.485...82S. doi:10.1038/nature10974. PMID 22522933.
^ "Not-quite-so elementary, my dear electron". 18 April 2012.
This particle physics–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Spinon&oldid=856120656"
Quasiparticles
Particle physics stubs
This page was last edited on 23 August 2018, at 01:11 (UTC).


To quote online video blogger Gary Vaynechuk, "If a picture is worth a thousand words, then video is worth a million!" With 72 hours of video being uploaded to YouTube every minute and with more than 4 billion hours of video being watched by consumers every month, it's pretty safe to say that people love watching online video.
It's tough to ignore the impact online videos have had on the marketing world, then, considering YouTube has emerged as the #2 place people turn in their quest for information, just behind Google.
So why do videos work so well?
Video is impactful, especially for things like training and product demos.
It's easier and quicker to understand information by watching video than by reading.
Video builds trust with consumers, engaging those six times longer on the web than text-only sites.
And with most video sharing sites being free, including the superpower YouTube, it's cost-effective to test many video types and stay in front of a large user audience (in fact, 800 million unique visitors per month for YouTube alone). If you need a final argument as to how video helps brands grow, let's look at video's impact of delivering new visitors to your site using search. Forrester Research found that videos were 50 times more likely to receive a page one organic ranking than traditional text pages.
YouTube is definitely the place to be if you want your videos to be part of Google's search results – which isn't surprising since Google owns YouTube. In fact, not only do videos have their own search category on Google's ranking pages, they show up in blended search results pages, too. The videos that show in search aren't just there to look pretty, either. Ranked videos that show have a 41% higher click-through rate than their plain text counterparts. (Thanks ReelSEO, for that stat.) That's right; video helps your company attract new audiences, engages them on your site, and helps drive conversion.
Decide Your Style. Are your videos corporate, polished, informal or funny? Pick what's right for your brand and customers. Thinking of your audience before you press RECORD will help you avoid creating videos that don't connect, or worse, embarrasses your brand.
Provide Valuable Content. What do your customers want to know about your brand? How to use your products? What benefits your product offers? How your products are made? These topics are all video-worthy. Offer valuable content to your viewer and showcase your knowledge and skill, positioning yourself as the expert. This is critical to brand growth.
Start At The End. In the beginning, give your viewers a reason why they need to keep watching. If you take too long to get to the point, you will lose their interest. Today's consumers have a drive-thru mentality and they want answers now!
Make The Video Interesting. Although this seems obvious, YouTube is littered with videos of people standing in front of a video camera, droning on and on. Don't be boring!
Keep It Brief. Viewers typically stop videos longer than 60 seconds before they are done. Sometimes a longer video is warranted (a plant tour, a detailed demo, etc.). If this is the case, make sure it isn't boring!
Tag It. After you upload your video to YouTube, be sure to tag your videos properly. Do not use words like "free" or "special offer". Search engines hate these words. Tag your video with keywords that describe what the video is about. Keep in mind the words that people search for, too.
Make Your Title Count. Just like a headline to a blog post, video titles can pull powerful traffic. There are two main reasons why the title is so important. One, a great title can instantly grab a viewer's attention. Two, when you use the appropriate keywords in your title, you are more likely to show up on search engines when people are searching for your topic.
Link It. Include a link to your website at the end of your video description. This will direct more viewers directly to your site once they've finished watching. You can also add a text box to your video to display your web address and gain more exposure while your video is playing.
Promote It. Post the video to YouTube or the video-sharing platform of your choice. Optimize it for search. Embed it into your website and place a contact form right next to it. Add it to your video tab on your brand's Facebook page and promote it to your fans and their friends. Launch an email or direct mail marketing campaign to promote it to your prospects. Add video into banner ads and include it in your PPC ads. Anything you can do to use that video content to drive traffic to your website will help stretch your video marketing investment.
Measure It. Use analytics to measure how well your video is performing. YouTube Analytics, for instance, shows key metrics like views, likes, shares, time watched, click-throughs, user demographics and more. Compare your video assets to each other to learn what works (and what doesn't) when it comes to your brand, your audience, your content and your video marketing.
Video works for marketers. You need video. Don't have one? Talk to us. Synapse offers complete video services, from commercials and corporate overviews to training, demo and viral video marketing. Start a conversation with us today or leave a comment and we'll show you how you can get the most out of online video marketing.


text:
Southeast Asian cinema is the film industry and films produced in, or by natives of Southeast Asia. It includes any films produced in Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. The majority of the films made in this region came from the Philippines, Thailand, and Indonesia where its filmmaking industries in these countries are already well-established with film directors such as Lino Brocka, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, and Joko Anwar are well-known outside of the region. Notable production studios in Southeast Asia include Star Cinema, TBA Studios and Reality Entertainment in the Philippines, GDH 559 and Sahamongkol Film International in Thailand, Rapi Films in Indonesia and Studio 68 in Vietnam

Southeast Asian cinema is a sub-section of continental Asian cinema, which in turn comes under the umbrella term of World cinema, a term used in some anglophone countries to describe any foreign language films.

Key figures

Cambodia

Davy Chou - Contemporary Cambodian director (Diamond Island, Return to Seoul)
Kavich Neang - Contemporary Cambodian director (White Building)
Haing S. Ngor – Academy Award-winning Cambodian-American actor (The Killing Fields)
Rithy Panh – French-schooled  filmmaker.
Tim Pek -Australian film producer.
Tea Lum Kun –  Director of the highly acclaimed film The King Snake's Wife.

Indonesia

 Usmar Ismail –  One of Pioneer of Indonesian Films (After The Curfew)
 Teguh Karya – Director (Badai Pasti Berlalu, Ibunda)
Bing Slamet – Veteran actor (Bing Slamet Koboi Cengeng).
Benyamin Sueb – Veteran actor (Benyamin Biang Kerok).
Christine Hakim – Veteran actress (Whispering Sands, Tjoet Nja Dien).
Dono, Kasino, Indro – Veteran comedian group (Maju Kena Mundur Kena).
Dian Sastrowardoyo – Popular actress (Whispering Sands).
Garin Nugroho – Director (Opera Jawa).
Sjumandjaja – Director (Si Doel Anak Modern).
Aria Dewa – Director (Identitas).
Riri Riza – Director (Petualangan Sherina, Gie, Laskar Pelangi).
Joko Anwar – Director (Forbidden Door, Dead Time, A Copy of My Mind, Halfworlds, Satan's Slaves)
Teddy Soeriaatmadja – Director (Lovely Man, Something In The Way)
Iko Uwais – Martial-Arts Actor (Merantau, The Raid : Redemption, The Raid 2 : Berandal)
Kamila Andini - Female director (The Mirror Never Lies, Yuni, Before, Now & Then)
Timo Tjahjanto - Director (V/H/S/2, May the Devil Take You, The Night Comes for Us)

Laos

Som Ock Southiponh – Independent director, producer and screenwriter (Red Lotus).
Mattie Do – Independent Lao-American director and producer (The Long Walk, Dearest Sister, Chanthaly)
Anysay Keola – Independent Lao director and founder of Lao New Wave Cinema (Expiration Date, Noy – Above it All, At the Horizon)

Malaysia

P. Ramlee – Leading man, screenwriter and director
 U-Wei Bin Haji Saari - Director and screenwriter
Abdul Razak Mohaideen – Director
Yasmin Ahmad – Director (Sepet)
Michelle Yeoh - Malaysian-Chinese Academy Award Best Actress (Crazy Rich Asians, Everything Everywhere All at Once)

Myanmar

Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi – Burmese film director and founder of the Human Rights Human Dignity International Film Festival. (Beyond the Dream and The Last Poem)
Kyi Soe Tun – Myanmar's most prominent director. His films include Upstream and Blood.

Philippines

 José Nepomuceno – The Father of the Philippine Cinema
 Rogelio de la Rosa –  Pre-World War II matinee idol
 Brillante Mendoza – Cannes Film Festival Best Director (Kinatay)
 Jaclyn Jose –  Cannes Film Festival Best Actress (Ma' Rosa)
 John Arcilla –  Venice Film Festival Best Actor (On The Job: The Missing 8)
 Lav Diaz –  Venice, Berlinale, and Locarno prize-winning director (The Woman Who Left, A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery, From What Is Before)
 Dolly de Leon - Golden Globe-nominated Actress (Historya ni Ha, Triangle of Sadness)
 Nora Aunor –  Internationally award winning actress (Himala, Thy Womb)
 Lino Brocka –  Internationally acclaimed director (Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang, Maynila: Sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag)
 Erik Matti –  Internationally acclaimed director (On the Job, On the Job: The Missing 8, Seklusyon)
 Eddie Romero –  Awarded National Artist of the Philippines
 Eddie Garcia –  Veteran actor and director
 Fernando Poe Jr. - Veteran actor and director (Ang Panday, Iyo ang Tondo, Kanya ang Cavite, Ang Probinsyano)
 Vilma Santos –  Veteran actress (Anak)
 Jay Ilagan - Veteran actor (Soltero,Sister Stella L.)
 Christopher de Leon - Veteran actor (Hindi Nahahati ang Langit, Cain and Abel)
 Charo Santos-Concio - Veteran actress (Aguila, Kakabakaba Ka Ba?)
 Ishmael Bernal –  Director (Himala)
 Gerardo de Leon –  Director (Banaue)
 Mike de Leon – Director (Kisapmata, Batch '81)
 Marilou Diaz-Abaya –  Director (Moral, José Rizal, Muro-Ami)
 Maryo J. de los Reyes –  Director (Magnifico).
 Jerrold Tarog –  Director (Heneral Luna, Goyo: Ang Batang Heneral)
 Isabel Sandoval –  Filipina-American director (Aparisyon, Lingua Franca)
 Avid Liongoren –  Animator (Saving Sally, Hayop Ka!)
 Chai Fonacier - Actress (Patay na si Hesus, Nocebo)

Singapore

Anthony Chen  – Director and producer (Ilo Ilo, Wet Season)
Boo Junfeng – Director and screenwriter (Sandcastle, Apprentice)
Eric Khoo – Director and producer (Mee Pok Man, 12 Storeys)
Jack Neo – Actor and director (I Not Stupid, Ah Boys to Men)
K. Rajagopal – Director and screenwriter (A Yellow Bird)
Kirsten Tan – Director and screenwriter (Pop Aye)
Royston Tan – Director and producer (15, 881)
Sandi Tan – Critic and director (Shirkers)
Tan Pin Pin – Documentarian (To Singapore, With Love)
He Shuming – Director  and screenwriter (Ajoomma)

Thailand

Apichatpong Weerasethakul – Cannes-prize winning Thai avant garde director (Blissfully Yours, Tropical Malady, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, Memoria).
Chatrichalerm Yukol – Veteran director (The Legend of Suriyothai, King Naresuan).
Nonzee Nimibutr – Director and producer who influenced the Thai industry's pan-Asian directions (Nang Nak, Jan Dara).
The Pang Brothers – Although born in Hong Kong, these twin-brother filmmakers got their start in Thailand and made Bangkok Dangerous in 1999 and The Eye, a pan-Asian co-production in 2002.
Pen-Ek Ratanaruang – "New wave" director (Last Life in the Universe, Invisible Waves).
Wisit Sasanatieng – "New wave" director (Tears of the Black Tiger, Citizen Dog).
Banjong Pisanthanakun – director of several commercially successful horror films, including Shutter, Pee Mak and The Medium.
Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit - independent director of contemporary films such as 36, Mary Is Happy, Mary Is Happy and Happy Old Year.
Petchara Chaowarat – iconic leading lady of Thai films in the 1960s and '70s.
Tony Jaa – Action star (Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior, Tom-Yum-Goong).
Pimchanok Luevisadpaibul – contemporary Thai actress.
Chutimon Chuengcharoensukying – contemporary young Thai actress known for her role in Bad Genius.
Mario Maurer – young actor of Chinese and German lineage, widely known in Asia for his performance in The Love of Siam.
 Sunny Suwanmethanont – contemporary Thai actor of French and Singaporean descent.

Vietnam

Tran Anh Hung – French-trained expatriate director of Cyclo and other films.
Nguyen Vo Nghiem Minh – (Buffalo Boy)
Dang Nhat Minh – (Girl on the River, Guava Season)
Tony Bui – (Yellow Lotus, Green Dragon)
Ringo Le –  Vietnamese-American film director ("Saigon Love Story")
Dustin Nguyen – Vietnamese-American actor.
Johnny Tri Nguyen – Vietnamese-American stuntman and actor (Tom-Yum-Goong, Saigon Eclipse)
Veronica Ngô – Vietnamese-Norwegian actress and singer (Furie)
Hong Chau – Academy Award-nominated Vietnamese-American actress (The Whale)

See also
 Cinema of the world
 World cinema
 Asian cinema
 East Asian cinema
 South Asian cinema
 Middle Eastern cinema

Further reading
 Contemporary Asian Cinema, Anne Tereska Ciecko, editor. Berg, 2006.
 Southeast Asian Independent Cinema'', Tilman Baumgärtel, editor. Hong Kong University Press, 2012.

References

External links
Criticine.com - Manila-based scholarly journal on Southeast Asian cinema.
Asian Film Archive - Singapore-based organization founded to preserve the film heritage of Singapore and Asian cinema.
EngageMedia - Social and environmental focused documentary film in Southeast Asia.

Cinema
Asian cinema
Asian cinema by region

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


text:
Home » Actor » Jerry Trainor Wiki, Married, Wife, Girlfriend or Gay
Jerry Trainor Wiki, Married, Wife, Girlfriend or Gay
Date: 28 Jun, 2016 Report This
Jessica Makinson
$1.5 Million Dollars
6 feet 2 inches(188 cm)
He is a brilliant actor and his natural acting has attracted great number of audience to the theatres. His cute smile can dazzle any women and they fall in love with him when he smiles. His dialogue delivery is world class and that's pure talent and no theatres and academies can teach that. From the year 2007 to the year 2012, he appeared in a TV series called ICarly and his amazing work in the series made him millions of fans. He was amazing with his role in another blockbuster series called Drake & Josh. He was a part of the show from the year 2004 to the year 2008. He also played a huge part in T.U.F.F Puppy and his comic timings in the show did magic to the audience. He will on impress in future as well and his fans will love him forever. He is none other than the very charming Jerry Trainor.
He was born in the year 1977 on 21st of January and this makes his age 39 at this time. He was born in a place called San Diego, which lies in California of United States of America. He belongs to the nationality American and it is quite obvious as he was born in America. He has a sibling too whose name is Liz Trainor. The names of his parents are Madelyn Trainor and Bill Trainor and they must be very proud of what their son has done in his career. According to some sources, his ethnicity is white. He has a decent body too and he looks quite good when he goes shirtless. He is an extremely tall man as he has a magnificent height of 6 feet 2 inches. Wiki sites also contain information on him and his biography.
He is also active in popular social networking sites such as Twitter and Instagram. He has a jaw dropping 1.55 million followers in Twitter and this proves how popular he has been in the site. He has already tweeted in the site more than 940 times till now and this proves how engaged he is too. He has a staggering 393 thousand followers in Instagram as well and he has already posted in the site more than 270 times till now.
He is not married right now and this means he does not have a wife either. However, according to some sources he is dating his girlfriend Jessica Makinson and the couple is going very strong with their relationship as husband and wife. The couple has been going on from the year 2008 and soon they might decide to take their relationship to a whole new level and get married. He is surely not gay and this is proved as he is dating a woman from a long period of time. He is a caring boyfriend and he is more respected as he has been with a woman for so long and has not been a Casanova when he could be so very easily.
He is a rich man too as he has a staggering net worth of $1.5 million dollars.
Christopher Titus Wiki, Wife, Divorce, Girlfriend and Net Worth
Travis Van Winkle Wiki, Girlfriend, Dating or Gay/Shirtless and Net Worth
Tony Shalhoub Wiki, Wife, Ethnicity, Dead and Net Worth
Brandon Jay McLaren Wiki, Bio, Married, Girlfriend, Dating or Gay
Jake Johnson Wiki, Married, Wife, Girlfriend or Gay
Travis Fimmel Married, Wife, Girlfriend, Dating and Gay
Kumail Nanjiani Wiki, Bio, Wife, Nationality and Net Worth
Ben Stiller Wiki, Parents, Wife, Married and Net Worth
Jason O'Mara Wiki, Bio, Wife, Divorce and Net Worth
Shemar Moore Wiki, Married, Wife or Girlfriend and Net Worth
Patrick Fugit Wiki, Married, Wife, Girlfriend or Gay and Net Worth


Do you ever find that sometimes when you look at a stamp set you just don't see all the images and sentiments. A member of my team had exactly this problem with the Amazing Life Stamp Set. I created a Good Luck card a while back and she had no idea she already owned the image. That's why, for this week's What Will You Stamp? Challenge, I decided that my Design Team contribution would feature stamps that might otherwise be overlooked. So here's a colourful bookmark with a veritable sea of flowers.
As always I began my bookmark by preparing the base. Using a Stampin' Trimmer I cut a piece of Thick Whisper White Card 2″ x 5-1/2″. Then I shaped the top with the Scalloped Tag Topper Punch.
Next I used Tuxedo Black ink to stamp the 'I believe in you' sentiment from the Amazing Life Stamp Set.
With the sentiment in place I filled in the rest of the space on the bookmark with the small flower image.
I decided to keep things fairly simple with my Stampin' Blends, colouring the flowers from the outside in. I started each petal with a line of dark Flirty Flamingo around the outside. Then I added a line of light Flirty Flamingo.
Each leaf began with a random area of dark Granny Apple Green at the bottom and up the leaf vein. Then I went over the top with the light Granny Apple Green.
To create the sea of flowers I coloured around each one with the dark Balmy Blue. Then finally I filled in all the space between the flowers with the light balmy blue.
With all the colouring complete all that was left was the ribbon at the top.
I took a length of Whisper White 5/8″ Flax Ribbon and pulled out a thread from one edge. Then I threaded the ribbon through the slot at the top of the bookmark. Finally I coloured a piece of Whisper White Baker's Twine with the brush tip of the light Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends. Then once I tied the twine in a bow around the ribbon I was done.
Like yesterday's project I decided to break the Stampin' Blends rules. There really was no attempt to blend the colours and I really like the result. What do you think?
This week's What Will You Stamp? challenge is WWYS206 Amazing Life. You'll find more inspirational ideas for this stamp set over on our blog today.
If you have this stamp set, we'd love for you to join the challenge this week.
To take part simply create a new project (it doesn't have to be a card) using at least one image from Amazing Life. Then post it on your blog or other social media and upload it to our challenge gallery for everyone to see. At the end of the challenge we'll randomly choose one person to be our winner. They'll get bragging rights, a winner's badge for their social media, and an invitation to be our Guest Designer two weeks later. I can't wait to see what you come up with.
In March Stampin' Up! 's subscription papercrafting kits, Paper Pumpkin, turns six. To celebrate they have put together a kit to make 8 full-size, mailable cards with a birthday theme and an element that is sure to 'pop'. What's more, they are also including a second large stamp set that will coordinate with the kit, but is also perfect for lots of other projects too.
This special kit is bound to be popular, so although in theory you have until Match 10th to subscribe, I suspect that it will sell out long before then. So make sure you subscribe to Paper Pumpkin today so you don't miss out.
If you're unsure, subscribe anyway, and if you don't like the kit when it arrives just let me know. After all, Stampin' Up! guarantees you'll be satisfied with their Paper Pumpkin kits, this month, and every month.
BUNDLE BONUS – The Amazing Life Stamp Set can be purchased by itself, or you can get it as part of a bundle with the Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies. Buying products using the bundle item number will save you 10% so I've included a link to it for you to explore this option further if you wish.


TMI Profiling using the TMP Profile tool is an excellent way to understand your own work preferences as well as that of your colleagues. You can improve productivity and team work through this tool so quickly that it is a cost effective way to improve the way teams work together in a short space of time.
Rather than focusing on general personality traits, the TMP profile focuses on how we prefer to work. We may act a bit differently in social and family settings than we do in the workplace, so this focuses on the key preferences that we have at work only.


Palestinian American community leader Rasmea Odeh is appealing her immigration fraud conviction for failing to disclose on immigration and naturalization documents her conviction in an Israeli military court in 1969.
The brief filed with the Sixth Circuit US Court of Appeals on Tuesday by Odeh's attorneys argues that Odeh was denied her right to present a complete defense at her trial last November.
Meanwhile, the defense team argues, the government was allowed to present prejudicial Israeli military court documents during her trial in Detroit.
The appeal adds that US District Judge Gershwin Drain failed to fairly apply sentencing guidelines when he ordered Odeh imprisoned for 18 months.
Odeh's citizenship was also revoked and she was ordered removed from the United States. Her sentence was stayed pending appeal and she is free on bond after spending five weeks in jail immediately after her conviction.
Odeh's defense asks that if she is not given a new trial, that her sentence be reduced to time served.
Odeh was denied her constitutional right to present a complete defense, her attorneys argue, because the trial court did not admit expert testimony by Dr. Mary Fabri.
Fabri, a torture expert, testified in pretrial hearings that the trauma inflicted on Odeh by Israeli forces 45 years ago could have caused her to interpret the naturalization questions in a way to avoid any thought of her past trauma.
The Israeli interrogators extracted through torture a confession from Odeh that she was involved in deadly bombings in Jerusalem, Odeh and her defense team say.
After receiving amnesty, Odeh was released by Israel in 1979. She eventually made her way to the US to care for her ill father. She was naturalized in 2004.
Odeh testified during her trial that she had believed that the naturalization questions dealing with past arrests referred only to her time in the US, where she had no criminal record.
The trial judge ruled that Odeh could not testify regarding the torture she endured and the PTSD symptoms she suffers as a result. Nor was she allowed to testify that she was innocent of the charges for which she was convicted in the Israeli military court.
The military court system is Israel's juridical regime for controlling the lives of millions of Palestinians living under decades of occupation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. It has been frequently criticized by Israeli, Palestinian and international human rights organizations for failing to meet minimum standards of due process.
The defense additionally argues that the court refused to redact "highly prejudicial and irrelevant, surplus language" from the Israeli military court documents, including the names of the victims of the bombings for which Israel had convicted Odeh.
"Predictably, the prosecution … opportunistically and prejudicially, brought up the bombings and two civilian deaths, and the many injured, repeatedly, throughout the trial," the filing states.
That investigation targeted the executive director of the Arab American Action Network (AAAN) in Chicago, where Odeh serves as associate director. In September 2010, several activists' homes were raided and over the next several months, 23 individuals were subpoenaed to testify before a federal grand jury in Chicago (disclosure: this author was one of those subpoenaed).
A statement circulated by the Rasmea Defense Committee says that the appeals court is expected to hear oral arguments in Cincinnati in September.
"Hundreds of her supporters will be there with her, as we were throughout the trial," committee member Nesreen Hasan is quoted as saying in the statement.
Odeh and her lead attorney, Michael Deutsch, will give an update on the appeal to supporters via livestream tomorrow.
Odeh will also be appearing with scholar and renowned activist Angela Davis in Chicago on 28 June.
This entire case is a joke!!


text:
news.BDTV.in Business World World Bank approves $200mn interest-free loan for Bangladesh
World Bank approves $200mn interest-free loan for Bangladesh
Friday, March 20, 2015 Business World
[PHOTO: Rakib Hasan Sumon/Flickr/CC BY 2.0]
Washington: The World Bank's Board of Directors has approved $200 million in interest-free credit to improve livelihoods of approximately 5 million poor people in the rural areas of Bangladesh. The Nuton Jibon Livelihood Improvement Project will benefit the rural poor in the poorest Upazilas in 21 districts, building on the activities supported by the predecessor Social Investment Program Project.
The project will empower rural communities by providing support for livelihoods and access to market through business partnerships. The project will also offer funding for small rural infrastructures. The project will mobilize the poor and extreme poor people, who often remain left out from micro credit schemes, by building and strengthening community institutions including Nuton Jibon Community Societies - second generation institutions. Further, the project will raise nutrition awareness, share agricultural knowledge and continue focusing on creating youth employment opportunities.
"Bangladesh has made remarkable progress in reducing poverty. Sixteen million people came out of poverty in the last decade. Still poverty remains a daunting development challenge, with around 47 million poor people – most of whom live in rural area," said Johannes Zutt, World Bank Country Director for Bangladesh "The Nuton Jibon Livelihood Improvement Project will consolidate and scale-up the activities of its predecessor programs to improve livelihoods, quality of lives and resiliencies of the poorest and vulnerable households."
The project will promote a community-driven approach that will allow beneficiaries to collectively identify, prioritize, plan, and implement their development needs. The project will cover around 2,500 new villages in 12 districts in addition to the around 3,200 villages supported under the Social Investment Program Project-II.
"We have seen that when poor people, and particularly women, are given the chance, they successfully prioritize needs, manage resources and engage in livelihood activities that help them to transform their lives," said Frauke Jungbluth, World Bank Task Team Leader for the Nuton Jibon Livelihood Improvement Project.
The project builds on the success and lessons of the Social Investment Program Project that started as a small-scale pilot in two of the poorest districts of Bangladesh in 2003 and gradually expanded to 14 more districts.
The credits are provided by the International Development Association (IDA), the World Bank's concessional lending arm, with 38 years to maturity, a 6 year grace period, and a service charge of 0.75 percent.
Archive February (1) July (1) June (3) May (4) March (13) February (10) January (8) April (2) March (49) February (108) January (188) December (3) August (7) July (22) June (10) April (20) March (31) February (60) January (137) December (132) November (132) October (144) September (155) August (236) July (202) June (201) May (100)
news.BDTV.in
Business Environment Lifestyle Opinion Politics Sports Technology World
This site is protected under international copyright laws. All content, unless stated, is owned by news.BDTV.in or its content providers and may not be used in any form without prior written consent.
Copyright © 2012- news.BDTV.in. All Rights Reserved.
Theme by Arlina Design


my scrapbook table: Photo Time!!!
As Xrumer experts, we secure been using [url=http://www.xrumer-seo.com]Xrumer[/url] for a long time conditions and know how to harness the colossal power of Xrumer and build it into a Bills machine.
We also purvey the cheapest prices on the market. Many competitors see fit expect 2x or consistent 3x and a lot of the opportunity 5x what we pervade you. But we feel in providing enormous mending at a low affordable rate. The entire something of purchasing Xrumer blasts is because it is a cheaper alternative to buying Xrumer. So we focusing to keep that mental activity in rebuke and yield you with the cheapest standing possible.
Not simply do we cause the best prices but our turnaround in the good old days b simultaneously after your Xrumer posting is super fast. We intention take your posting done in the forefront you know it.
Using Xrumer you can trust to realize thousands upon thousands of backlinks for your site. Scads of the forums that your Location you force be posted on get exalted PageRank. Having your tie-in on these sites can really expropriate build up some crown dignity endorse links and really riding-boot your Alexa Rating and Google PageRank rating via the roof.
This is making your instal more and more popular. And with this developing in reputation as well as PageRank you can expect to lead your milieu really filthy expensive in those Search Motor Results.
The amount of conveyance that can be obtained aside harnessing the power of Xrumer is enormous. You are publishing your plat to tens of thousands of forums. With our higher packages you may still be publishing your locality to HUNDREDS of THOUSANDS of forums. Visualize 1 brief on a stylish forum drive almost always get 1000 or so views, with say 100 of those people visiting your site. At once create tens of thousands of posts on celebrated forums all getting 1000 views each. Your see trade liking go because of the roof.
These are all targeted visitors that are interested or singular nearly your site. Envision how divers sales or leads you can execute with this colossal gang of targeted visitors. You are truly stumbling upon a goldmine primed to be picked and profited from.
Confirmation Our Spiritless Prices at www.Pharmashack.com, The Famed [b][url=http://www.pharmashack.com]Online Chemist's workshop [/url][/b] To [url=http://www.pharmashack.com]Buy Viagra[/url] Online ! You Can also Gull Questionable Deals When You [url=http://www.pharmashack.com/en/item/cialis.html]Buy Cialis[/url] and When You You [url=http://www.pharmashack.com/en/item/levitra.html]Buy Levitra[/url] Online. We Also Encompass a Stupendous Generic [url=http://www.pharmashack.com/en/item/phentermine.html]Phentermine[/url] As a armed forces to Your Victuals ! We Equip Authority grade [url=http://www.pharmashack.com/en/item/viagra.html]Viagra[/url] and Also [url=http://www.pharmashack.com/en/item/generic_viagra.html]Generic Viagra[/url] !
Exhibition casinos? clinch this advanced [url=http://www.realcazinoz.com]casino[/url] advisor and production online casino games like slots, blackjack, roulette, baccarat and more at www.realcazinoz.com .
you can also into our tasteful [url=http://freecasinogames2010.webs.com]casino[/url] orientate at http://freecasinogames2010.webs.com and submerge palpable unfeeling currency !
another corresponding absolutely [url=http://www.ttittancasino.com]casino spiele[/url] locality is www.ttittancasino.com , as opposed to of german gamblers, decry a settle the wide of the mark way in well-wishing online casino bonus.
Ah, great! This settled up some contradictions I'd heard.
Cool post you got here. It would be great to read a bit more concerning that theme. Thanx for giving this info.
Making money on the internet is easy in the underground world of [URL=http://www.www.blackhatmoneymaker.com]blackhat community[/URL], Don't feel silly if you haven't heard of it before. Blackhat marketing uses little-known or not-so-known avenues to build an income online.
don't quit and also keep writing seeing that it simply very well worth to follow it.
Well your article helped me truly much in my college assignment. Hats off to you send, wish look forward for more cognate articles promptly as its one of my favourite subject-matter to read.
Government business loans could possibly be the perfect solution to the financing you would like - check the program out. Soon after becoming an business owner, this may be the second step, however it is your primary will need. On the list of supreme issues with these types of lending products is the because procedure is straightforward and fast. online payday loans That is administration: people who do not show, research or else add to the educative excellence of the University of Iowa.
Monthly?payday?loans?are?really?a?great?boon?for?people?with?fixed?income. Having an different source of income really does wonders on your finances. Most financiers approve a loans within a few minutes and transfer the resources within a several hours? payday loans online A car which is always in a store can be a funds buster.
20 minutes to start out and add time when you come to be more match.