Beck Studios is based in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire and was originally established in 1969 by Derek Tompkins, who recorded some well known artists of the time including Helen Shapiro, Joe Brown and the Brothers, Bauhaus, The Baron Knights and Frank Ifield to mention a few. Most famously, Freddie Mercury also recorded a few tracks at Beck during his Larry Lurex days.
Beck has remained a recording studio most of the time since under various owner/engineers and is still in the original building on the original site.
Nowadays, Beck boasts a full video and photography suite to compliment the recording studio. So band videos and photos can now be offered to make up a complete promotional package.
Although Beck recordings are now mainly created on the latest digital technology, such as Protools and Logic, owner/engineer Dave Smith still has a complete analogue rig and can still offer a retro approad to recording, using an analogue mixing desk, outboard effects, microphones techniques and sound baffles, just like the techniques EMI used in the Apple Day's.
Of course you could record using a mixture of analogue and digital technology to take advantage of the best of both domains. Other than refurbishments, the layout and acoustics are remarkably unchanged since the 70's, that's the way the musicians who use it like it.


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Climate change protesters arrested outside New York Times
June 22, 2019 chron Leave a Comment
Updated 2:55 pm CDT, Saturday, June 22, 2019 New York Police officers take into custody activists who climbed on the awning of the New York Times building to hang signs during a climate change rally, Saturday, June 22, 2019, in New York. Activists blocked traffic along 8th Avenue during a sit-in to demand coverage of climate change by the newspaper. less New York Police officers take into custody activists who climbed on the awning of the New York Times building to hang signs during a climate change rally, Saturday, June 22, 2019, in New York. Activists blocked ... more Photo: Julio Cortez, AP Photo: Julio Cortez, AP Image 1 of / 10 Caption Close Image 1 of 10 New York Police officers take into custody activists who climbed on the awning of the New York Times building to hang … [Read more...] about Climate change protesters arrested outside New York Times
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Iran revokes New York Times correspondent's accreditation
Jon Gambrell, Associated Press Updated 1:48 am CDT, Tuesday, June 11, 2019 In this April 28, 2009, The New York Times' correspondent based in Tehran Thomas Erdbrink walks on a sidewalk in Tehran, Iran. Iran has revoked the press accreditation for The New York Times' correspondent based in Tehran, the newspaper reported Tuesday. less In this April 28, 2009, The New York Times' correspondent based in Tehran Thomas Erdbrink walks on a sidewalk in Tehran, Iran. Iran has revoked the press accreditation for The New York Times' correspondent ... more Photo: Vahid Salemi, AP Photo: Vahid Salemi, AP Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 In this April 28, 2009, The New York Times' correspondent based in Tehran Thomas Erdbrink walks on a sidewalk in Tehran, Iran. Iran has revoked the … [Read more...] about Iran revokes New York Times correspondent's accreditation
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Da Nang among best travel destinations for 2019: The New York Times
March 13, 2019 vnexpress Leave a Comment
The New York Times, an American newspaper with worldwide influence and readership, has ranked the central coastal city of Da Nang 15th in their annual list of 52 places to go this year. "Foodies and beachgoers are flocking to the Miami of Vietnam," the New York Times writes in a recent report. It says that Da Nang, the third-largest city of Vietnam, has gone from a place that is "best known for being a gateway to UNESCO Heritage town of Hoi An" to an attraction "with strong foodie scene and new hotels and resorts popping up on a five-mile-long beach strip." View from the marble mountains in Da Nang. Photo by Shutterstock/Romas_Photo. The newspaper also describes what a day in Da Nang would look like. "A typical day might start with a morning swim on the sandy, crescent-shaped Non Nuoc Beach and perhaps a quick stop at the Han market, then an afternoon visit to the marble mountains, where travelers can explore the temples and pagodas that look out over My Khe beach and … [Read more...] about Da Nang among best travel destinations for 2019: The New York Times
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New York Times White House photographer on covering President Trump
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Doug Mills, James Estrin, New York Times Updated 1:01 pm PST, Friday, March 8, 2019 FILE -- President Donald Trump speaks at a fund-raising event in Sioux Falls, S.D., on Sept. 7, 2018. Doug Mills, a staff photographer for The New York Times, has been covering the White House since 1983. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) less FILE -- President Donald Trump speaks at a fund-raising event in Sioux Falls, S.D., on Sept. 7, 2018. Doug Mills, a staff photographer for The New York Times, has been covering the White House since 1983. (Doug ... more Photo: Doug Mills, NYT Photo: Doug Mills, NYT Image 1 of / 22 Caption Close Image 1 of 22 FILE -- President Donald Trump speaks at a fund-raising event in Sioux Falls, S.D., on Sept. 7, 2018. Doug Mills, a staff photographer for The New York … [Read more...] about New York Times White House photographer on covering President Trump
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The New York Times picks 52 places to go in 2019
January 9, 2019 chron Leave a Comment
52 Places To Go 2019 (Tag bylines with individual items.), New York Times Published 8:47 pm CST, Tuesday, January 8, 2019 Here are some of the places The New York Times thinks you should travel this year. Read the article for the full list. Here are some of the places The New York Times thinks you should travel this year. Read the article for the full list. Photo: Louise Denton Photography/Getty Images Photo: Louise Denton Photography/Getty Images Image 1 of / 39 Caption Close Image 1 of 39 Here are some of the places The New York Times thinks you should travel this year. Read the article for the full list. Here are some of the places The New York Times thinks you should travel this year. Read the article for the full list. … [Read more...] about The New York Times picks 52 places to go in 2019
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Almost five months ago, the Shali distric court in the Russian constituent republic of Chechnya opened the trial in the case of human rights defender Oyub Titiev. When it comes to cases of politically motivated charges against human rights defenders, this constitutes one of the most high-profile trials in recent time in Russia.
Oyub Titiev is the head of Memorial Human Rights Center's office in Grozny, Chechnya. He was detained in January 2018 and is currently facing up to ten years in prison on fabricated charges of unlawful drug possession. The attack against the prominent human rights defender seems by all means to be yet another step in the ongoing campaign to oust the last critical voices from the region.
In late November, two Belarusian human rights defenders – Ales Bialiatski and Siarhei Sys – traveled to Chechnya on a solidarity mission to visit Oyub Titiev's trial. To stand trial in a case built on politically motivated charges is a familiar experience for Ales Bialiatski who, in 2011, was arrested and detained, and accused of tax evasion. Ales Bialiatski was convicted of the fabricated crime, and spent nearly three years in prison. This however did not stop him from continuing his fight for human rights. He has, since his release, continued his important work. In 2014, Civil Rights Defenders awarded him the Civil Rights Defender of the Year Award for his courage to stand up for civil and political rights in the country.
To Ales and Siarhei, visiting the trial of a fellow human rights defender was a way of showing moral support. Upon returning home, they shared with us a photo reportage they made while in Chechnya.
We recently travelled on a solidarity mission to Chechnya. We say solidarity mission as the purpose of our trip was to attend two of the hearings in the criminal case against Russian human rights defender Oyub Titiev, who is the head of Memorial's office in the Chechen capital Grozny. Oyub is currently being considered in the Shali city court, and the case has been proceeding for about five months. He is accused of illegal possession of a large amount of drugs; charges that are clearly false and trumped-up. Nevertheless, these charges could lead to a 10-year prison sentence for the prominent human rights defender.
Sometimes words alone are not enough. That is why we have decided to make a detailed photo essay from this trip, with the aim of sharing our personal impressions of the city where Oyub Titiev is currently being deprived of his freedom. We will also share our photos and reflections straight from the court room where the highlighted trial of the Chechen human rights defender is held.
The city of Grozny has been rebuilt almost anew after the destructive Russian-Chechen wars. When we arrived in the Chechen capital on 18 November, we were met with modern large-scale constructions and hundreds of lights shining in the city centre. Right in the middle of the city stands one of Europe's largest mosques – the "Heart of Chechnya". The mosque was named after the previous leader of the constituent republic – Akhmat Kadyrov – and a large number of his armed troops.
The modern and expensive features of Grozny tell us that the Russian government is not shy in giving the Chechen leadership enormous sums of money in exchange for showing loyalty to the Kremlin.Our observations are further confirmed when having a look at the Grozny city hall, which is decorated with portraits of not only Akhmat Kadyrov, but also the current Russian president Vladimir Putin.
Ales Bialiatski on a deserted bridge over the Sunzha River.
Prominent city buildings have in many cases become displays for showcasing what is considered to be the importance of the first Chechen president Akhmat Kadyrov. Many of them are decorated with quotations and sayings. One such example can be found on the building of the National Museum.
Featured in the photo is Akhmat Kadyrov along with a quote that translates to "Museums are the most important institutions of education of people's self-consciousness".
The museum was restored in 2007. We learned that 90 percent of the museum exhibits were looted and lost during the last Chechen wars. Here, the saying "if you want to conquer a nation, first destroy its culture" is clearly accurate.
After the wars, it was not only the museum that was in need of restoration. Large parts of the city of Grozny had been destroyed in the battles. The below photo shows Ales Bialiatski at one of the restored streets near the office of Nurdi Nukhazhiev, the Chechen ombudsperson who is loyal to the local authorities.
Ales Bialiatski on one of the restored streets of Grozny.
Signs of loyalty to the Chechen authorities can be found all across the city. On many apartment buildings, there are sacred triumvirates of portraits displaying the Russian President Vladimir Putin, the former President of Chechnya Akhmat Kadyrov, and the current head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, son of the man he succeeded.
Ramzan Kadyrov – here depicted on the large portrait – is the current leader and local dictator of the constituent Republic of Chechnya.
Earlier this year, Ramzan Kadyrov declared that "I am engaged in protecting human rights in Chechnya,". But after the arrest of Oyub Titiev on 9 January 2018, there are practically no independent human rights defenders left in the region.
Traveling from Grozny it takes a little more than 40 minutes to reach the regional centre of Shali, where the trial of Oyub Titiev has been ongoing since 19 July 2018. At the time when the trial started, he had already spent more than half a year in detention. The city was severely damaged during the first Chechen war, hundreds of people died here, and houses and industrial buildings were destroyed.
Today, one has to look very closely for even a sign of destruction. We see nothing that hints that dozens of private houses were demolished in the centre, or that hundreds of people were forcibly relocated to the outskirts of the city. The Moscow money have contributed to a completely new face of the recently almost deserted city.
Currently, the construction of the largest mosque in Chechnya is nearing completion. The mosque is set to be named after Ramzan Kadyrov and is planned to hold up to twenty thousand believers. We learn that the building is decorated with marble from the Greek island of Thassos and that its gold-plated chandeliers are made in Turkey.
The court – in which we are soon to attend the hearings in the case of Oyub – is lodged in rented premises almost right opposite the mosque. The actual courthouse is still under construction. When entering the room, we see Oyub standing in a metal cage surrounded by a convoy. He has been brought to the court from the Grozny detention centre.
Russian human rights defender Oyub Titiev has been detained since 9 January 2018. He stands falsely accused of unlawful drug possession and risks up to ten years in prison.
Several bailiffs stand guard in the room. In addition to a pistol, one of them clasps an automatic weapon by the handle.
Except for the bailiffs, we find familiar faces in the room. Oyub Titiev's lawyers from outside of Chechnya, Pyotr Zaikin, Marina Dubrovina and Ilya Novikov, are also there. So is the prominent human rights defender Svetlana Gannushkina. Svetlana, who is the chairperson of the Civic Assistance Committee, has travelled to Shali from Moscow. She has twice acted as a guarantor for changing the detention measure for Oyub Titiev. Both of these petitions have however been rejected by the court, as it is dependent on the executive branch.
Svetlana Gannushkina, Chairperson of the Civic Assistance Committee.
We also see Nikolay Rybakov, deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party, and Elena Milashina from the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta.Elena is one of the few journalists who has continued to cover Oyub's case. And then there is us, two Belarusian human rights activists on a solidarity mission.
One of the people that is missing in the room is Aslan Tilkhigov, who was Ouyb's first local lawyer. Aslan was forced to leave Chechnya urgently for security reasons, as he had received threats to his life.
Over the last few years, Oyub Titiev received threats regularly. In fact, he was forced to leave Chechnya several times due to security reasons. This is a situation that has become a norm in the troubled region. In 2009, the previous head of Memorial's Grozny office – well-known human rights activist and journalist Natalia Estemirova – was kidnapped and murdered as a result of her work. Other human rights organisations have been ousted from the region. For example, in 2014 and 2015, the Grozny office of the human rights organisation Committee Against Torture was destroyed.
It was in this context that Oyub Titiev's car was stopped on 9 January 2018. A package of marijuana was planted in it when the police checked Oyub's documents, and he was detained and brought to a detention centre. It is no doubt that his case has been fabricated by the Chechen authorities in order to hinder him from continuing on his important work.
Oyub Titiev's Moscow lawyers Petr Zaikin, Marina Dubrovina and Ilya Novikov, and long-term Russian human rights defender Svetlana Gannushkina.
The dictatorial regime in Chechnya, supported by those in power in Moscow, is fighting human rights defenders with dirty methods. As many local human rights defenders before us have noted, it seems that this case is one in a chain of events aimed at ousting all human rights activists from the region. But whether the fierce dictatorship will succeed in completely destroying ordinary people's natural desire for truth and justice still remains a very big question.


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is looking to manufacture 25% of all of its iPhones in India, the country's commerce minister said Monday.
Piyush Goyal, India's minister of commerce and industry, called Apple "another success story" as he talked up the business credentials of the world's fifth-largest economy.
"They're [Apple] already at about 5-7% of their manufacturing in India. If I am not mistaken, they are targeting to go up to 25% of their manufacturing," Goyal said at a conference.
Apple did not reply to a request for comment when contacted by CNBC.
Last year, Apple began assembling its flagship iPhone 14 in India. It was the first time the tech giant, based in Cupertino, California, produced its latest model in India so close to its launch. Apple has been manufacturing iPhones in India since 2017, but these were usually older models.
Taiwanese firm Foxconn
, the main assembler of Apple's iPhones, is manufacturing the smartphones at its Sriperumbudur factory on the outskirts of Chennai in eastern India.
JPMorgan analysts said in a note from September that Apple could make 25% of all iPhones globally in India by 2025.
Apple has been looking to diversify production away from China, where it currently makes the bulk of its iPhones. Fragilities in China were exposed last year after a Covid outbreak and worker protests at the world's largest iPhone factory in Zhengzhou, China, which is also run by Foxconn, disrupted production.
Last year, CNBC reported that India is exploring bringing some of Apple's iPad production to the country from China.
Apple has just a 5% market share in India's smartphone market, but CEO Tim Cook has long-seen India as a potential area for growth.
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Hello Friends of Long Creek January 2023
First, a big thank you!
This semester, I was able to take the courses Oral Communications and Academic Success Seminar, here in the Creek to College Program. I would like to thank you for supporting me with these courses. I would like to thank you and make sure you know that I seriously appreciate it.
That being said, the next semester will be starting this January, and I would like to continue taking college courses in hopes of obtaining my Associate's Degree before I leave Long Creek. I would like to study Business Administration and am hoping that you would be willing to fund the necessary courses. The courses I would like to take are Introduction to Business and Spanish. I will also be taking Introduction to Literature and English Composition with Mrs. Chaison, so I will be a full-time college student.
I would like to use this degree to get a good job in the business field. I'm passionate about my education, and I hope that you will keep supporting me in getting my degree.
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Southern Maine Community College
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Traveling the Silk Road—by database
(31 March 2016) Researchers can explore the Silk Road the 21st-century way—via the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names, which lists hundreds of thousands of places significant in art and cultural history
The loose group of ancient trade routes known today as the Silk Road ran from eastern China to the Mediterranean and greatly affected everything in its way—from commerce to the arts, from technology to religion.
The Silk Road passed through numerous countries and destination points. It skirted mountain ranges, branched into sub-routes, and turned cities into hubs of activity. Many of these cities still exist today, sometimes under modern names, while some remain only as ruins. The Road has been on our mind this spring as the Getty prepares for the exhibition Cave Temples at Dunhuang: Buddhist Art on China's Silk Road. The show focuses on Dunhuang, an important site along the Silk Road.
The Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN), maintained at the Getty Research Institute, is a resource in discovery and access for information about these places and many thousands more. TGN can be searched online, built into collection management systems, used in retrieval mechanisms, and even linked to GIS (Global Information Systems) and maps through Linked Open Data.
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Business Ecosystem Evolution Needs a Platform
by Frank Kenney
Welcome to the Think Tank with Frank Kenney
With decades of analyst and integration industry experience, Frank Kenney is a fountain of knowledge on all things tech. Now, he aims to share that awareness with you. Come back every other Thursday for your biweekly dose of thought leadership in this blog from one of technology's most insightful thinkers and gain perspective on a variety of topics ranging from what's happening in integration today to what's on the horizon, poised to disrupt the integration space going forward.
One of the things that we tend to forget when it comes to technology is that fundamentally, technology enables us to do the things that we were doing before – only easier, faster and with more accuracy.
And a lot of pop culture today finds ways to dredge up some technological knickknack or another from the recent past as a plot device or simply set dressing.
"Remember using pagers?" Of course.
"Remember that schoolkid fad from the '90s – Tamagotchi? They were like electronic pets?" I have no idea what you're talking about.
"Remember when cell phones were comically huge?" I don't know why you're laughing… these things used to be cutting edge and cool.
It's a cheap trick that leverages ubiquitous tech; cultural touchstones to remind us of our youth. It even works on me sometimes.
"Remember the Sony Walkman?" *Ahhhh*… sweet nostalgia.
But recently, I was watching Melissa McCarthy in the excellent biopic, "Can You Ever Forgive Me," and I came to an easy realization:
I have zero nostalgia for typewriters.
I remember writing reports in college with an old typewriter and using Wite-Out when I hit a wrong key. I got pretty good at fixing my mistakes, but it was still a substantial slowdown every time I made a typo. Then, one Christmas, I got a replacement: a newer typewriter with a white ribbon for corrections, and I gained a bit of efficiency in fixing – if not altogether avoiding – typos.
My roommate, by comparison, had an even slicker option. His more modern typing machine had a buffer, so you could catch errors before they were indelibly stamped in ink on a once-pristine piece of typing paper. There were still typos, but goodbye correctional tape.
Then, Microsoft Word happened. And the world changed.
We were still clacking away at keyboards, typing out the same kind of school reports. But, creating them was much easier, way faster, and most importantly, far more accurate.
And, when you look at what's happening across business ecosystems, you will find evidence of steady, incremental advancements. Progress as they say, steadily marches on.
But, speaking of nostalgia…
We've always had business ecosystems where we've done business. I spent all the '70s and '80s inside a housing project in New York City – Queensbridge Houses, my home and birthplace of hip-hop. We had a convenience store, dry cleaner, pharmacy, beauty supply place, and a supermarket. All the owners knew each other, and all the residents knew the owners. There was an implicit agreement that the owners would ensure quality goods and services if the residents did their best to support the establishments. It was a real ecosystem of customers, partners, and providers built on trust that engendered loyalty and with it, repeat business.
Today when we talk about ecosystems we are still talking about customers, partners, and providers. We are still talking about the relationships between these entities. Specifically, when we speak about ecosystem integration, we talk about all the different ways that these interactions can be enhanced to the betterment of the entire business ecosystem.
There is a set of technologies that are well understood and that can be used to link these entities together regardless of distance, governance requirements, and individual expectations.
If you want a cloud application tied back to an on-premise, legacy application –you'll probably look to use APIs for integration between these types of technologies.
If you need to talk to a partner across the globe using a very specific dialect of ebXML, there is technology for that as well. Sometimes it's good old EDI and AS2. Many times, it's much more complicated and involves multistep processes that can include real-time streaming integration as well as file-based/batch integration.
The point is the individual technologies, processes, and disciplines for integrating an ecosystem are well-known, well-established, and as such, generally widely adopted.
However, including disparate technologies and spanning multiple patterns of integration on a complete platform with unified and centralized governance on top? That's a completely different story. And then assuming a fully functioning governance capability and the capacity to add an intelligence layer on top: Being able to pull out rich and useful insights – aka "the right information" at "the right time" in the "right context" – can and will affect the nature of your business.
Think of new and dynamically adaptive business models you can create; the myriad ways you engage and the frequency of meaningful ecosystem interactions; the value you are able to promote by developing and delivering services faster, with improved operations, better efficiency, and deeper ecosystem intelligence.
And the world changed (again).
Progress marches on. Where APIs and EDI software once stood on hallowed ground, an ecosystem enablement platform is set to (and I'll quote myself from up top here) change the world. Think of it as an equivalent to the first word processing software at a dorm where everyone, until such a moment in time, had been using typewriters and Wite-Out to create their dissertations. All of a sudden, everyone had a reason to trust in these programs because they made their lives so much easier.
And that's what ecosystem enablement is all about. Ecosystem enablement isn't just about the evolution of physical technology. It presupposes and understands the relationships, the expectations, and the needs and requirements of an ecosystem, just like the neighborhood candy store, barbershop, and community center.
About Frank Kenney
A former Gartner analyst and current market evangelist and strategy director, Frank Kenney is widely credited as the creator of the term managed file transfer (MFT), and was the first to write about and discuss its modern architecture, platform, and use cases. Previously, Frank served more than 10 years as a research director at Gartner, where he defined the MFT, B2B gateway, SOA governance, and cloud service brokerage (CSB) markets.
Before joining Cleo, Frank held leadership roles in product marketing, aligning vision and strategy with integration products, services, and messaging. As an independent IT consultant, Frank helped technology providers create, validate, and implement a variety of business strategies.
Frank holds a degree in music technology from the Center for the Media Arts, holds degrees and certifications in digital multimedia and instructional technologies, and studied English and computer science at the University of Tampa.
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Beetroot has been gaining popularity as a health food. However that doesn't mean its taste has suddenly become popular as well. This has lead to the creation of beetroot powder, so you can have the health benefits without the taste. But you can use it for other things as well.
Beetroots have been a part of the human diet since Neolithic times but it only became a super food in recent years. It can apparently cure anything from heart disease, to diabetes and dementia. I don't know if there is any science to back these claims up but, to me, it doesn't really matter. Beetroots are a tasty veggie that you should add to your diet anyway. As a baby, beetroots were among the first solid foods I ate. I loved them then and I love them now. For others, like my husband, the sweet earthy taste is more of an acquired taste.
They do have one side effect, that might give you a fright if caught unawares: beetroot can give your urine a reddish color. This is called beeturia but there's no need to worry. It's completely harmless. The red pigments that cause this are called betalains. It's these that give the vegetable it super food status as well as its signature color.
Anyone who has ever cooked with beetroots will know it's a messy affair. They are full of beetroot juice, which is very red and leaves big stains. Turning beetroots into powder is a great way of reducing the mess. The powder is very useful as a foodcoloring. I used it in our Valentine's day cake. Another option is using it as homemade natural make-up. I haven't personally tried this, but with its pretty fuchsia color, it could certainly work.
When using it as a food coloring, it's a good idea though to keep in mind that beetroot powder is a natural color. Firstly this means that the colors you can achieve with it will never be as bright as with artificial dyes. Secondly, it has a limited shelf live. Store it in an airtight container, away from light. Even then, it will turn brown after a while.
Beetroot has been gaining popularity as a health food but it's an acquired taste. Beetroot powder has both color and health benefits but none of the taste.
I used beetroots that had already been boiled. If you're using fresh beetroots, boil or steam them until they're soft.
Put the beetroots into a blender or foodprocessor. Blend into a smooth purée.
Spread the purée thinly onto a tray. Then dry it in a dehydrator or oven at 60°C (135°F). This will take about 10 hours.
When the purée is dry, remove it from the tray and blend it to a powder. The beetroot powder will be very fine so don't remove the lid immediately, unless you want to try inhaling it. Allow it some time to settle.
Store the beetroot powder in an airtight container, away from light. One teaspoon of beetroot powder is equivalent to about one average sized beet.


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How can you combine teaching about the importance of developing your talents with a empty metal vase with which you can pour water again and again?
That is a good question! I will show you the answer underneath, but let me first introduce you to the Lota Vase.
This is not just a magic trick. This is a powerful tool that will help you explain Biblical truths in a new and visual way. In the video below I will demonstrate how you can teach on the parable of the talents using the Lota Vase.
"For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property. To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he made five talents more. So also he who had the two talents made two talents more. But he who had received the one talent went and dug in the ground and hid his master's money."
In the video below I will show you how I use the Lota Vase to teach children on developing their talents.


Etowah County Chief Executive Officer Patrick Simms said Tuesday that the Birmingham law firm of Maynard and Cooper is finishing the development agreement for the Little Canoe Creek industrial site, and he expects it back with revisions by the beginning of the year.
The site would be the location for an electronic, charitable bingo facility and other development.
Simms said small revisions and terminology are the main reason the County Commission and County Attorney Jim Turnbach elected to have the agreement revised.
Simms said the developer should be responsible for the gaming facility, hotel and entertainment area, while other things such as the public parks will be taken care of by the cooperative district.
The development agreement has not been signed by the potential developer, CBS Supply of Mount Pleasant, S.C., but Simms hopes the agreement will be completed and CBS officials will sign it at the beginning of the new year.
For an interim bingo permit to be issued, Sheriff Todd Entrekin has to conduct a background investigation on the company, but he said CBS Supply has not submitted any information that would allow his office to start the investigation process.
He said the main reason for the investigation is just to make sure the companies the county is working with are legitimate and who they say they are.
CBS Supply is the only firm the sheriff�s office will conduct an investigation on because former potential developer Coosa Entertainment Group of Rainbow City merged with CBS Supply last week.
Officials from both firms said they believe this merger is best for Etowah County, with Coosa Entertainment having expertise in construction and CBS Supply being experienced in gaming.


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So I have a ticket for the 6am flight out to Seattle. Today is the big day! I'm not sure whether I'll sleep or not. I've been really busy preparing to for my trip. Non-stop on my feet for most of the day. I've been cleaning the house, packing my bags, printing the documents I need, while taking out the puppy every time he whines. I finally sat down to relax just now.
I might take a brief hiatus from writing for the week and do catch-up entries later, that way I can really focus on being in the moment. Plus I start school tomorrow, an online class, so between that and IVF appointments daily I may not have a lot of time to write. I think I will take down quick notes for the day and then elaborate on them when I get some spare time in the day. I'm enjoying documenting this process. One of the women in the IVF forums I'm on suggested I should take the time to document this process so I can show it to my kid someday. I think that made me even more committed to this process. For now I'm using this blog to help other women and vice versa, but it would be really amazing to sit down and show my children what the process was actually like for me.
What is taking up most of the space in my carry-on is the bubble packaging to cushion the medicine. I have four different shots, including one that needs refrigerated. I'm kind of hoping I don't deal with an idiot at TSA for two reasons; 1) Not being educated about fertility medicine and seriously questioning my bag of medicine, 2) Being called to the side for heavy duty hand inspection over my sore stomach from injections and or over my vag area where I am having little jabs of pain. Please just let me through easily. If I can get through TSA without having a hormonal cry session that would be nice.
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Filipinos in the Maldives consist mainly of expatriates and migrant workers from the Philippines. As of 2009, there were about 300 Filipinos working in the Maldives.
About 60 Filipino construction workers in Maldives sought immediate repatriation, alleging unjust working conditions including the non-payment of wages and the lack of substantial food and potable water.
They were often only provided porridge for breakfast and as for the rest of their meals, they had to rely on their own catch of fish and they also have to collect rain water for their own drinking water. Many of them had to find part-time jobs so they can purchase food and personal things such as soap and medicines.
^ "Trouble in Paradise for 300 Filipino Workers in the Maldives", bulatlat.com, 10 September 2009.
^ "60 Filipino workers want out of Maldives Islands", GMA News, 09 September 2009.
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Many of you have heard my recommended plan for building a portfolio of properties. First 4 units, then 4 more or 2 more in a better area, then a vacation condo that can be rented, then a house. And buy them cheap!
John (name changed because he wants to maintain privacy) is 26. and came in to get financing to buy a condo.
After crunching the numbers, he could afford $200,000. Which is low for the greater Los Angeles area. He was disappointed, but I told him my bad news is the best thing to happen to him!
I asked him if he would be open to hear how he could afford MORE than $200,000, look like a genius, and feel like one in as few as 10 years?
I explained to him that the first properties (yes plural) he buys should be units. Why? Because as a first-time buyer he can buy units with as little as 3.5% down or $17,500 on $500,000.
We then crunched numbers and learned that on a $500,000 property, he could get $2000 in rent and live in the smaller unit. A year later, if he chooses to, he could move out of his unit. and rent it for $1700. Covering the mortgage with a little left over.
He ended up through friends (what you talk about you bring about), finding a property that wasn't even on the market for $480,000, that had a 3 bedroom 1 bath unit ($2200 per month), and a 1 bedroom 1 bath unit that he could live in (later to be rented for $1500 in today's market).
He put $16,800 down, did a "ZERO COST" FHA loan, and the seller paid the prorated interest insurance and taxes. His PITIMI is approx. $3300 per month. His NET cost of ownership will be – 2200 = $1100, however he also has the tax benefits of owning, and has a rental (more to write-off). Once he moves out of his smaller unit, and rents it out for $1500, he will be making $3700 – $3300 PIITMI.
Though maintenance and possibly management fees will probably eat some of that up over the months, he is going to see rising rents put more and more money in his pocket.
Being an investor is educating yourself about learning what the financing options are, what the tax benefits are, what your buying power is, make a personal real estate portfolio plan, and taking action with trusted advisors.
Because the condo had HOA dues of $400 (and rising from there) he barely could squeak into a condo, and certainly would not make the best rental property if he had to move out.
I was so glad he saw the numbers clearly, and I stopped him from making a huge strategic mistake.


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Sondera var en söktjänst där man samtidigt kunde söka i databaserna Nationella Arkivdatabasen (NAD), Svensk mediedatabas och Libris. Förutom att man snabbare kunde hitta relevant material för en forskningsuppgift var tanken att man ska kunna bli överraskad över nytt som man inte kände till.

Tjänsten lanserades den 1 april 2009 och kom närmast till som ett följdprojekt inom arbetet med det nya Libris, där användarnas önskemål och synpunkter spelade stor roll. På ett politiskt plan har det förts diskussioner om att samla de institutioner som står bakom projektet, Riksarkivet, Kungliga biblioteket och Statens ljud- och bildarkiv, i en gemensam myndighet. Ljud- och bildarkivet har också uppgått i Kungliga biblioteket, men att slå samman de två förra har visat sig svårare och kan bli aktuellt först på sikt. Ett betydligt okontroversiellare steg är att som här samarbeta i frågor om digitalisering och sökmöjligheter i samlingarna. Söktjänsten Sondera avvecklades i årsskiftet 2019-2020.

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Watch the trailer for The Cure's 'Anniversary' concert film from Hyde Park celebration
Film, Video
Director Tim Pope's concert film "The Cure: Anniversary 1978-2018 Live in Hyde Park London" arrives in theaters worldwide next month, and you can now see the trailer, a montage of footage soundtracked to the band's performances of "Lovesong" and "Boys Don't Cry." Watch the trailer right here.
Watch: The Cure plays an epic 'Disintegration' in full, plus rarities, via Sydney webcast
Video, Webcast
If you didn't get up in the wee hours to see The Cure's livestream from Sydney of its performance of Disintegration in full plus accompanying rarities, you're in luck: Robert Smith and Co. are leaving the webcast up on YouTube for a time — and you can watch the whole thing right here.
The Cure debuts never-played 'Disintegration' B-sides, outtakes at opening of Sydney run
Anniversary, Setlist, Video
The Cure last night opened its five-night run of Disintegration 30th anniversary concerts at the Sydney Opera House, performing not only the classic 1989 album in full for the first time since 2002 but also debuting seven B-sides and outtakes from those recording sessions. See video from the show right here.
The Cure enlists Pixies, Deftones, Mogwai, Throwing Muses for Pasadena Daydream Festival
The Cure will host and headline a daylong music festival on the golf course next to the iconic Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., over Labor Day weekend, with Robert Smith and Co. joined by hand-picked supporting acts Pixies, Deftones, Mogwai, Throwing Muses and more. Full details right here.
The Cure to put on festival in U.S. this year, likely won't play 'Disintegration' after Sydney
Despite laying down hints that American audiences would see The Cure play Disintegration in full later this year, Robert Smith made it clear in a radio interview Friday that it's unlikely that'll happen — and the band isn't planning to mount a tour of the U.S. before 2020. Instead, the band's planning a festival in L.A.
Listen: The Cure's Robert Smith re-records 'Pictures of You' for 'Dead Good' documentary
The Cure's Robert Smith — with an assist by the band's keyboardist Roger O'Donnell — has recorded a new version of the classic Disintegration track "Pictures of You" with the London-based Quartet Voluté for the new documentary "Dead Good." You can hear the new version in the film's trailer.
The Cure 'probably' will bring 'Disintegration' tour to U.S. later this year, Robert Smith says
Ahead of tonight's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the members of The Cure past and present walked the red carpet, where Robert Smith managed to drop a bit of news, saying the band "probably" will perform Disintegration on tour in the U.S. later this year. Full details right here.
The Cure at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Watch the induction, see the performances
Honors, Video
Robert Smith and nine other members of The Cure past and present were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor at a ceremony in Brooklyn tonight that also saw the band's current lineup play a five-song set. See video of the speeches and performances right here.
Robert Smith confirms The Cure are recording their first new album in 11 years
Album News, Tour Dates
Robert Smith confirmed in a South African radio interview broadcast Tuesday that The Cure are recording their first new studio album in more than a decade, and told the host that he's still making new music after all these years "for the right reasons." Full details right here, and listen to the interview.
Andy Anderson, former drummer for The Cure and The Glove, 1951-2019
Drummer Andy Anderson, who played in The Glove with Robert Smith and the Banshees' Steven Severin then joined The Cure and played on that band's 1984 album The Top, died Tuesday, just nine days after informing fans that he had a terminal Stage-4 cancer diagnosis.
Andy Anderson, former drummer for The Cure, reveals he has terminal cancer
Drummer Andy Anderson, who joined The Cure after Lol Tolhurst moved to keyboards and played on the band's 1984 album The Top, revealed on Facebook this week that he has Stage 4 cancer, a terminal diagnosis that there is "no way of returning back from." Read his full statement here.


c1930. Etching, 23.5 x 31.5cm. Slight soiling, crinkles.
The lower centre of the border shows the Hume-Barbour Debaters' Trophy, a bronze sculpture by Raynor Hoff.
Miss Hume-Barbour, a descendant of the Australian explorer Hamilton Hume, donated the trophy to the NSW Department of Education in 1929, and the competition, now known as the Premier's Debating Challenge, began in 1930. Ref: SMH, 23 August 1929; NSW Dept of Education.


I talked with Calvin's parents last night. Turns out they live like 20 minutes from Jen's parents house in Ontario. I was really excited to meet him and tell him about Long Island and how great it is there.
As I talked to his parents, they told me that the Islanders wanted Calvin from early on. They knew they wanted him as did other teams. They told me that he was out with Chicago the night before and met with the Canes people in the morning before the draft. He also said that Philly and Jersey had an interest in him.
It appears that this is the kid they wanted and they traded up to make it happen. Plain and simple.
The Isles see something in this kid and I said that our scouting staff has been doing very well for us lately and they are right.
Later in the night we are walking down the street and I see someone in an Islander's jersey and hat. Lo and behold, Calvin deHaan!! I asked him what he knew about the team. I also asked him if he was a Ranger fan and he said NO.
Calvin, you will fit right in and welcome to our home on Long Island!!!


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Q: How do I keep a horizontal column of divs in the same row when it is extends past the screen? I'm having trouble keeping several divs in the same (horizontal) column. I tried the display: inline-block; css code, and it works until the divs extend past the screen horizontally. Then the divs that go out of the screen return to the next column down. How do I make the divs stay on the same column, even if they extend out of the screen? Is there a line of css code that forces all of the divs to stay in the same horizontal column? I haven't been able to find an answer to this yet so thanks for any help! :)

A: You can try table layout.
table-layout: fixed; makes all column equal width.

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width: 100%;
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display: table-cell;
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Election 2015: Conservative candidate aims to make a difference
NANAIMO – Mark MacDonald says region needs voice in government.
Nicholas Pescod
Sep. 1, 2015 9:00 a.m.
Mark MacDonald is the Conservative Party candidate for Nanaimo-Ladysmith in the 42nd federal election.
Whether it is on the ice or in the boardroom, the Conservative Party of Canada's Nanaimo-Ladysmith candidate Mark MacDonald knows a thing or two about working hard.
MacDonald, 54, came to the Harbour City in the late 1970s and played goal as a member the Nanaimo Clippers during the 1980-81 season. The following year, MacDonald attended United States International University (now Alliance University) in San Diego, Calif., where he studied international relations and played goal for the school's Div. 1 hockey team. In 1983, MacDonald was named to the National Dean's List for his academic and athletic accomplishments.
Following his return to the Harbour City in the late 1980s, MacDonald has become an active member in the business community. Today he is the owner of Communication Ink Media and Public Relations and Invest Northwest Publishing Ltd., which produces the Business Examiner publications.
MacDonald says he is running because he wants to make a difference in the newly formed Nanaimo-Ladysmith riding.
"This is the best way I can help Nanaimo and Ladysmith," he said. "I do believe that the Conservatives are going to get back in and Nanaimo-Ladysmith needs someone on the government's side of the table to ensure that we get our fair share of programs and opportunities."
In addition to his own business ventures, MacDonald was managing editor of the Nanaimo Daily News from 2012-14.
"The best part of my job there was that I was out listening to people and finding the pulse of the community and trying to do something constructive to help and that is what I would do in Ottawa," he said.
MacDonald believes the biggest issue in the Nanaimo-Ladysmith riding is related to the economy, adding that the Nanaimo Airport is one potential place that could create local jobs for young people.
"There are not enough opportunities for young people to make decent income, to raise families, to buy houses," he said. "We need to give our young people more than opportunities to sell coffee to kayakers. We need to provide opportunities and I think there are some great opportunities."
MacDonald also sees room for improvement in education, which he believes could do with more investment.
"It is proven that if you can get a child's education reading level up three grades it significantly enhances their employability," he said. "That is a real problem here and I would love to be involved with setting up a social impact bond where people could invest … to make these opportunities for young kids."
Election 2015: Liberal candidate finds race opportunity to walk the walk
Green Party candidate meets with voters


POLK COUNTY, Iowa — The former campaign manager for an Iowa congressional candidate is facing several charges related to election misconduct.
Twenty-seven-year-old Noah Wasserman served as Theresa Greenfield's campaign manager during her 2018 run for the Democratic primary in Iowa's third district.
Wasserman admitted forging signatures in order to get her name on the ballot. He's now charged with felony election misconduct and 13 counts of tampering with records. He bonded out of the Polk County Jail shortly after being booked on the charges Tuesday afternoon.
Greenfield withdrew the signatures after learning what happened.
Greenfield was unable to come up with the needed signatures by deadline, ending her campaign.


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Q: reactjs + how to create a number of elements that are entered via an input I have a
state = {number : 1}

which is updated via a form
and I want every time it to add so many
's as the number given.
I am thinking that holding in state the divs would be wrong because I wont be able to utilize virtual DOM but I cant think of an alternative
Also I dont want to update the whole DOM but rather compare the previous and add or remove according to the new state

A: You can generate array of values with length equal to the state number:
state = { number: 1 }

get numbers () {
  return Array.from({ length: this.state.number }, (i, _) => _)
}

increment = () => {
  this.setState({ number: this.state.number + 1 })
}

Then render divs with usual map:
{this.numbers.map(index => (

{index}

))}

Demo: https://codesandbox.io/s/p9w264zklx


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First sentence: "These clouds are a concrete wall!"
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Review copy provided by the publisher.
Content: It's kind of hard to tell imagination from reality and the print is a bit on the small side for a middle grade book. It'll be in the middle grade section of the bookstore, but I'd give it mostly to 5-6th graders.
Ebony-Grace lives in Huntsville, Alabama with her mom and grandpa, who works at the NASA space center. He's only an engineer — there's no black astronauts in 1984 — but he inspires Ebony Grace. They have their own imaginary world, where he is Captain Fleet and she is Cadet E-Grace Starfleet, and the go on Star Trek-inspired adventures throughout space. Except, now Ebony is being sent to her father's in Harlem, which seems like a whole new planet — she dubs it No Joke City — with a whole bunch of "nefarious minions" that she can't quite figure out. It doesn't help that the friend she made last time she was in Harlem (three years ago!), Bianca, has moved on from space adventure games and is now jumping Double Dutch, breakdancing, and rapping with her crew, the Nine Flavas. Ebony has no idea how to fit in and just wants to go home.
On the one hand, this is a fun bit of historical fiction and I appreciated a geek girl main character. I loved that Ebony was super into space and science fiction and super knowledgeable about it. It was nice to see a Black girl be into something that is usually reserved for white boys. So yay for that! And I could relate to Ebony's feeling of otherness, coming from the South and going to the north. I moved to Michigan from Utah right before 6th grade, and felt a lot of the same sense of outsiderness. I talked funny, I didn't understand the lingo, and it didn't help that I hadn't really listened to the radio (like ever: I mostly listened to my parents records). This one will really resonate with kids who feel like they're on the outside looking in.
What I didn't like — what I reacted really viscerally and negatively to — were the adults in the book. I think they're historically accurate: Ebony's mom is more concerned with the way Ebony looks and that she's polite and obedient to her elders, and her father isn't much better. But I wanted to shake them all. They have a girl who is interested in SPACE! Why are they calling her crazy and telling her she needs to stop with the nonsense?!? Just because she's a girl?!? The rampant sexism (again: historically accurate) drove me absolutely nuts. And it trickled down to the kids that Ebony met as well: they "grew up" and cared for more "grown up" things — clothes, boys, competitions, and I was so angry that they kept calling Ebony crazy and stupid for liking the things she liked.
I also had issues with the ending — Ebony never finds out what happens to her grandfather who gets in a bit of trouble off-screen and then suddenly dies (WTH?!) — but it's a middle grade novel, so I can forgive that.
In the end, I'm not entirely sure what to feel about this book. I want to recommend it, because I like Zoboi and I like the idea of a geeky Black girl. I just may not be able to get past my anger at the adults.
1980sBIPOC authorBIPOC charactersBlackgeekyhistorical fiction


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Canadian boy at Location 2
Polish boy at Location 3
Once upon a time, a Canadian boy met a Polish girl. But the Polish girl didn't cook, so her friends set about to get the Canadian boy hooked on Polish food and drink and music. Because, let's face it, some addictions are fun. Then those Polish friends had a problem, because the Canadian boy was SERIOUSLY hooked on Polish food … as well as the Polish girl. And now they had to find a place where Poles could take there non-Polish mates and introduce them to all the Polish tastes in the rainbow. But none of the 50 or so Polish restaurants inside the M25 made this mixed group of mates – Poles, Brits and Others – feel at home.
So the Canadian boy said, "This must be rectified! I shall build a home of Polish food, drink, art and music in the oldest run-down shopping centre in the UK, in the middle of the Elephant and Castle, call it Mamuśka! and introduce these Polish wonders to the world!" And then the Polish girl said, "Oh oh" and quickly set about advancing her career anywhere else and making babies, all to avoid working in a business run by the Canadian boy, whom she loved, but let's face it, got on her nerves when they spent too much time together. Then a London boy walked in from the bus stop in front of the Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre and said, may I have a take-away. And the Canadian boy said, "No. Eat in. So that people see that our food is much better than our surroundings. And also, please host an Open Mic night every week and do all of our IT for us and also manage the business for 12 months a couple of years from now, because in two years our Polish Air Conditioning guy will run off with our Polish General Manager and also make babies.
Then a Polish boy jumped off the coach at Victoria Station and came directly to Mamuśka! to seek employment as a cook. And the Canadian boy said, "Not only will I give you a job as a cook, but in a year, I will make you my Head Chef and a couple years after that give you 5% of the business." And the Polish chef said, "I don't know what you are on about, because I don't speak English yet." Then the Canadian boy decided to move across the street from the Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre, because he was quite sure that the place was about to fall down around their ears. And the landlord tried to make the Canadian boy pay through the nose to get out of the lease, even though the landlord was busy forcing other tenants of that Pit of Despair out on their ear, but eventually relented and said, "Actually, now that you have made the location viable I will rent the space to an Ecuadorian restaurant".
Then another Polish Chef who was also a Front of House Manager and Barista came to see the Canadian Boy and said, "Please may I be your Bookkeeper?" And the Canadian Boy said, "I think I like the idea of a Bookkeeper who can jump into the kitchen and make schabowy and take orders from customers and make drinks when other team members realise their grandmother on their mother's side has died again even though she died 6 months ago, so they cannot come to work. That will be quite handy." And the Polish Bookkeeper said, "Oh oh." And then 3 years later, the Canadian boy asked the landlord at was fondly referred to as Location 2 across the street from the Elephant & Castle Pit of Despair … sorry … Shopping Centre, for a renewal of their lease and the landlord said, "Actually, now that you have made the location viable, I will hand it over to my son so he can open a bar." And the Canadian boy and his Polish Chef and the London IT Geek and their new Polish Bookkeeper looked at each other and then they looked around the restaurant they had spent a lot of time and money renovating and realised they would never recover that investment and they were getting a little bit annoyed, at this point.
But in the meantime, one of the development arms of the Department of Transport hired an commercial estate agent with a keen eye for talent and gullibility and the agent walked into Location 2 and said, come down to Southbank Waterloo to a street that is actually a scary tunnel that has no exit and a bunch of hipsters, smokers and jokers with a lot of spray paint and spend all the money that the Canadian boy has left and open up a massive new site here because we ABSOLUTELY will make sure you are by no means left alone on the front of the development far away from the Leake Street Graffiti Tunnel that you are paying to be part of, with no signage telling people where you are and how to get to you, and with no neighbours in the arches beside you but with a hole in the ceiling that somehow every once in a while let's in the rain from the platforms above even though they are covered, and also for good measure an uncompleted front entrance that will make your staff wonder why the massive heater they have running all the time is having no effect on their freezing toes. We are the Government, and we would NEVER do ANY of that, obviously!
And then the Canadian Boy did spend all his money, but 6 months later the massive new restaurant and bar was not quite finished because the Government Agency gave them the wrong building plans and delayed their construction, and the Canadian Boy, his Polish Chef, the London IT Geek and their Polish Bookkeeper looked at each other and said, "Oh oh". And then the Canadian boy said to the Polish Girl, "You are very smart for saying "Oh oh" 8 years ago and for building your career elsewhere. Will you please buy me everything I need to survive for the next few years?" And we don't want to tell you what she said. Then the London IT Geek said, "I am very tired of you guys calling me a geek. And also, I am tired of fixing the printer. Printers are NOT part of IT!! " and left to start a life with, you guessed it, someone he met at Mamuśka! And shortly after that, the Polish Bookkeeper, who obviously spent more time looking at the numbers than the other three, bailed and went and got a job where he did not have to break out in a sweat every pay day.
Then the Canadian Boy put his head in his hands and had a good cry. And the Polish Chef handed him some delicious pierogi and said, "Don't be such a baby" because chefs are just like that. But then the Canadian boy and the Polish Chef got their heads down and drove the business forward, creating amazing Polish food and importing craft Polish beer and vodka, and creating wonderful experiences for the customers. And the customers came. Some customers were called Stalkers because they followed them from Elephant and Castle. New customers were called Newbies because they would never dream of dining out in Elephant and Castle but are very trendy and loved the fact that they could eat pierogi in Southbank.
Then after about 14 months, the business ALMOST reached sales high enough to break even. And then the Man came on the TV and said somebody did something inappropriate with a wet bat or something and everything went very, very dark for a long time. The Polish Chef kept the kitchen open because "Even in a pandemic, people need to eat. And they should be eating pierogi. Stop crying!! Why do you keep crying, Canadian Boy??" And the Canadian Boy waited, and kept selling things to pay the bills, and yes the Government Landlord decided that even though they will not do anything about the signage, the rubbish, the leaks and the cold air, at least they will do a revenue-based deal on the rent, and the pandemic was over, and the Canadian boy said, "WE SURVIVED!!" And then he looked around and realised that even though he had paid out a LOT of money in Furlough top-up payments, no one was there to listen because Boris Johnson saw his opportunity to be PM back in 2016 and sided with the Brexiteers and helped them win a referendum and now in 2021 there are no Europeans to work in hospitality businesses.
So for a while, the Canadian Boy had no staff. Then, when the Canadian Boy was trying to figure out how he was going to be a Server as well as Managing Director, General Manager, Restaurant Manager, Marketing Manager, Head of It and Financial Controller, the Polish Bookkeeper came in for some pierogi and said, "Hello". The Canadian Boy said, "You had me at "Hello"" and immediately gave him two or three of those jobs. And then some very young local people and some Polish True Believers pulled together and said, "This Canadian Boy is very strange, and keeps referring to himself in the third person, but he's actually ok, and this venue is extremely cool and the staff meals are delish and the team are fun and the customers are cool and everyone is happy, so let's work here!" And now you can eat and drink. But you may need to use our website or app to order, because we still have a lot of work to do. Welcome to Mamuśka! Polish Kitchen and Bar. A true mission of love, fuelled by determination, with a little bit of crazy added into our secret recipe. Smacnego!


Field Service Organizations (FSOs) have been around almost forever in one form or another. They have grown steadily in functionality over the years, and have weathered all types of cycles in the economy, as well as having to deal with an ever-changing competitive services marketplace. Sometimes it seems like wireless technology has also been around forever - but it has only been in use among the more progressive FSOs for just about a decade or so.
However, when you stop to think about it, for a large, and increasingly important, segment of the marketplace, wireless is not a new concept - it has been around for as long as they have been in the business. Therefore, it would be a mistake to think of the marriage between FSOs and wireless as anything other than "meant to be" with respect to satisfying the needs and requirements of the services industry - somewhat analogous to the Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, or taking tried and true favorites like chocolate and peanut butter, mixing the two together, and coming up with something "new" that the marketplace simply cannot live without.
- it has been around for as long as they have been in the business."
Wireless, by itself, cannot transform a poorly run FSO into an efficient operation; nor can it turn an unprofitable one into a cash cow. However, it can clearly help to re-position an already well-run organization for accelerated growth, heightened market position, improved effectiveness, and increased profitability. For many FSOs, the greatest determinants of their commercial viability - and profitability - are the efficiency, functionality and effectiveness of their wireless Field Service Automation (FSA) solution.
Customer Service - including transaction management, billing, contracts and entitlement management.
Workforce Management - including forecasting, workload management and monitoring and control.
Logistics - including parts planning logistics and reverse logistics.
Communication - including wireless support and integration capabilities.
Business Intelligence - including analytics, reporting and data mining.
While the market analyst firm also suggests that "not all modules may be required in all systems or markets", it does affirm that "wireless connectivity is necessary to reap all of the benefits of some field service applications" as long as its users "let the needs of the application drive the wireless decision" - and not vice-versa. As such, Gartner makes it quite clear that wireless technology, alone, does not make field service operations work.
Wireless FSA solutions are no longer news to the services industry - they are a fact of life. What is still news, however, is how easy they are to implement, and how quickly the benefits of going wireless begin to pay back. All it really takes today to build a viable FSO is the appropriate suite of mobile and dispatch software delivered to the field via handheld computers; reliable and inexpensive wireless data communications; and the Internet, to furnish a "seamless data connection" among the organization's field technicians, office personnel and customers.
Through the convergence and cross-breeding of wireless technology and FSA software, today's wireless FSAs allow information from each service order to be directly entered into the system, automatically generating a customer invoice, and updating the requisite company financial logs. As such, technicians save significant time while in the field, and the overall accuracy and speed of invoicing also improve dramatically. What used to take days, if not weeks, to accomplish can now be done instantly - and, even more important - accurately. Both time and personnel resources can thus be reallocated to more productive tasks and activities.
While there may be a wide range of technologies presently available, not all wireless applications are equal contributors to a service organization's bottom line. Essentially, the proliferation of wireless technology, coupled with solid advances in FSA software solutions, has led to a present environment where some wireless solutions simply outperform others. Nonetheless, the highest level of mobile capability will ultimately be the one where users can clearly benefit the most - a classic case of the whole yielding far more value than the sum of the individual parts (i.e., chocolate and peanut butter vs. a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup).
There are five distinct levels of mobile capability that presently shape the FSA market; but only one that offers truly wireless, real-time functionality. Each of these levels is outlined and defined in Figure 1, in terms of their respective features - and limitations - in a real-time FSO environment.
In the past, field technicians have had to rely primarily on outdated tools, such as pens, clipboards, pagers, and cellular phones, to support their customers. However, many of the newer wireless-based FSA solutions not only facilitate, but also enhance field-to-office communications; automate and streamline processes; and eliminate paperwork and lost work orders. As a result, wireless FSA solutions can often yield near-immediate returns simply through the automation of otherwise costly, time-consuming, and paper-intensive processes historically associated with running an FSO.
Enhanced customer satisfaction - providing instant and continuous communication between the field, dispatchers and customers for faster and more efficient service delivery and performance.
Increased productivity - eliminating hours of unproductive time, and increasing the number of service calls that can be made on a daily/weekly basis.
Lowered operating costs - dramatically reducing the need for extraneous and/or redundant communications devices (e.g., cellular phones, pagers, etc.).
Increased cash flow - automatically capturing timesheet and customer billing information, thereby reducing or eliminating inaccurate data entry, and expediting the customer invoicing process.
Increased profits - providing field technicians with the capability to electronically record and transmit additional sales and/or service opportunities in the field for headquarters follow-up and action.
What Does the Future Hold for Wireless FSOs?
For the back office - it facilitates the streamlined flow of information between and among dispatch, finance, purchasing, and parts/inventory.
The technologies are available; the market demand is here; and the positive impact on the bottom line is quite compelling. Just like the Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, the market doesn't really care how the chocolate and the peanut butter are engineered into the final product. They just know that it tastes good, and the two ingredients work well together - just like Field Service Operations and wireless communications.
William K. Pollock is president of Strategies For GrowthSM (SFGSM), the Westtown, Pennsylvania-based services consulting firm specializing in strategic business planning, services marketing, CRM consulting, market/survey research, and customer satisfaction measurement and tracking programs. Bill may be reached at 610-399-9717 or via e-mail at wkp@s4growth.com.


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Q: Linux find files in all similar paths I have many Wordpress sites on a server. How can I use find command to e.g. find all .htaccess files in all root directories? Say I have a folder /var/www/html and in there I have all sites
/var/www/html/site1/html/
/var/www/html/site2/html/
/var/www/html/site3/html/

Now I would like to find all files in each sites "wp-content" catalog. And see if there is a text in each file.
Find all files ".htaccess" in all sites "wp-content" catalog, and check if the files contain the text "foobar-1"
I can check this is specific catalogs but want to find in all the folders with the same name in all sites
find . -name ".htaccess" | grep "foobar-1"

A: If I've understood properly, and you only want to check in the wp-content directory itself (not subdirectories), and if all the site structures are the same, something like this should show all the names of all the .htaccess files that contain foobar-1:
grep -l "foobar-1" /var/www/html/*/html/wp-content/.htaccess

If you also need to check subdirectories, or if the site structures differ (eg sometimes you run WordPress out of a subdirectory) you're on the right track with find
find /var/www/html -name ".htaccess" -exec grep - "foobar-1" {} \;

Both of those are untested, but hopefully they'll point you in the right direction if I've made a typo.