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July 8, 2021 - Emma Hruby
Naomi Osaka: 'The intention was never to inspire revolt'
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Naomi Osaka offered up her first public comments since withdrawing from the French Open in a first-person essay for Time's Olympics preview issue.
The four-time Grand Slam champion revealed that many reached out to offer their support after her withdrawal in May, including former First Lady Michelle Obama, Michael Phelps and Novak Djokovic.
In the essay, the tennis phenom details her hope that tournament organizers can make small changes to improve the situation for tennis players. Among Osaka's suggestions are that players be allowed a limited number of "sick days" per year, when they are excused from press commitments without having to disclose their reasoning or risk punishment.
"In any other line of work, you would be forgiven for taking a personal day here and there, so long as it's not habitual," Osaka wrote. "In my case, I felt under a great amount of pressure to disclose my symptoms — frankly because the press and the tournament did not believe me.
"I do not want to have to engage in a scrutiny of my personal medical history ever again."
Osaka said she respects the press but does not appreciate the layout of press conferences, adding that the format is "out of date and in great need of a refresh."
"The intention was never to inspire revolt," she wrote, pointing out that no one in tennis has missed a press conference since her withdrawal from the French Open. "But rather to look critically at our workplace and ask if we can do better."
Osaka added that she is looking forward to competing at the Olympics, which begin July 23. Osaka will be representing her native Japan.
"It has become apparent to me that literally everyone either suffers from issues related to their mental health or knows someone who does," Osaka wrote, adding later: "I do hope that people can relate and understand it's OK to not be OK, and it's OK to talk about it.
"Michael Phelps told me that by speaking up I may have saved a life. If that's true, then it was all worth it."


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Photo Contest Unites Themes of Pandemic Life and Fight Against Discrimination
Christina Delgado's winning photo (Credit: Christina Delgado)
Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) members of Arts Administrators of Color network receive free Mixtiles photo tiles for original works around theme of "Life in the Time of COVID"
New York, December 15, 2020 — A recently completed contest organized by the nonprofit arts service network Arts Administrators of Color (AAC) and leading printed wall art service Mixtiles inspired creativity that brought together two of the dominant storylines of 2020: the COVID-19 pandemic and the fight for racial equality.
AAC invited members of its network of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) artists and arts administrators to submit an original photo around the theme of "Life in the Time of COVID." All participants in the contest received a photo tile of their submitted image from Mixtiles, whose product turns pictures into photo tiles that stick and re-stick to walls.
The competition's winning submission came from Christina Delgado, whose photo featured her daughter Omotola standing in front of a background displaying the words "Mask Tawk." Delgado received a set of 20 Mixtiles as her prize, announced at AAC's 2020 Virtual Convening. The other photos in the top three were submitted by Luis Pagan and Lindsey Vance. The photos were judged by the public.
Established in 2016, AAC focuses on networking and community building through the arts, fighting for equity in the arts through collaboration, forums, and outlets that provide a voice for arts administrators and artists of color where there may not be one. Its programs include an annual convening, a mentoring program, professional development events for artists and arts administrators, networking opportunities, and a podcast called Art Accordingly.
"We were so excited to be able to create a contest to offer our community of BIPOC-identifying artists and arts administrators an opportunity to show us how they have been moving through this pandemic," said AAC Board member Joshua Henry Jenkins. "Our community has suffered greatly from the effects of this crisis. We wanted to keep the theme open enough to capture the joys, the challenges, and the perseverance of our community. The contest ran concurrently with the planning of our virtual convening which usually gathers in person, but because of safety precautions was moved to an online event. We are an organization that creates space and creates opportunity for folks to be seen and heard. This contest was a great chance to provide more space for folks to be seen."
Jenkins added, "We opened the voting to the public so that folks could vote for the images that resonated with them most. We are so pleased to amplify Christina Delgado's image as well as the others who graciously offered their work. We are so thankful to Mixtiles for their generosity and support of this work."
Mixtiles donated the photo tiles to the contest as part of its company-wide effort to combat discrimination, and to educate both its customers and employees about that topic. Earlier this year, Mixtiles created a dedicated $10,000 budget for its global team to fund initiatives that support the fight against racism. The company also launched an ongoing process for donating its photo tiles to organizations like AAC that make a positive impact on Black communities.
"While our company stands in solidarity with the fight against discrimination, we simultaneously understand that we still have much to learn about racism in the U.S. and around the world," said Eytan Levit, co-founder of Mixtiles. "As the arts are a powerful vehicle for education, we were gratified to partner with AAC on a contest that gave passionate BIPOC-identifying artists and arts administrators the opportunity to express themselves in new and creative ways which motivate the public to reflect on some of the most important issues that society is facing today."
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UPDATE: Orange confirms iPhone November 10th release and pricing | What Hi-Fi?
The iPhone will be available in all 402 UK Orange stores, its online shop, telesales channels, and its Orange HMV concessions, as well as through Apple Retail Stores, Carphone Warehouse, Phones4U and other selected high street partners.
Tom Alexander, CEO of Orange UK, said, "Since we announced the iPhone on Orange we have already seen more than a quarter of a million customers register their interest on our website.
We will be matching their enthusiasm with a 3G mobile broadband network that covers more people in the UK than any other operator, a commitment to deliver the best 3G experience on the iPhone and best-in-class applications and plans.
• Pay Monthly - iPhone 8GB, 16GB and 32GB models will be available on multiple monthly plans, with the 3GS free on all £45 plans and the 3G model free from £30 plans (both with a 24-month contract).
For those looking for full all-inclusive packages, a new high end "traveller" offer with inclusive roaming call and data allowance is available at £125 month.
All plans include unlimited** anytime, anywhere UK mobile data usage on Orange's data network, which has the largest 3G population coverage in the UK.
In addition customers will also get free unlimited use of the UK's largest single public Wi-Fi network, BT Openzone.
• Pay as You Go (PAYG) – Customers topping-up by £50 at purchase will be able to buy an iPhone 3G on Orange PAYG for £333.
Any customer buying an iPhone on Orange PAYG will automatically get 250MB of data each month, plus unlimited use of the UK's largest single public Wi-Fi network, BT Openzone, for 12 months.
• SME Plans - Similar to PAYM Consumer pricing, with an additional £50 monthly tariff.
• iPhone tethering bundles - Customers wanting to use their iPhone to get mobile broadband on their laptop can take out additional bundles starting at £5 per month.
Full details on pricing and plans available at www.orange.co.uk/iphone.
Mobile provider Orange has announced an agreement with Apple to bring the iPhone to its customers later this year.
The deal ends 02's UK exclusivity on the iPhone, and means Orange now offers the Apple Phone in 28 countries and territories worldwide.
The company says it has "the largest 3G network covering more people in the UK than any other operator." It "will sell iPhone in all Orange direct channels including Orange shops, the Orange webshop and Orange telesales channels, as well as selected high street partners."
A pre-registration site for customers to log their interest has been launched.
Orange says it will release more information on pricing, tarriffs and availability "in due course".


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rituals and reflections
Book 2 years ago Lou Tsatsas
In Every-day, French photographer Vincent Ferrané portrays seven transgender and non-binary people. Photographed in their intimacy as they prepare to go out, the models reveal their rituals and invite the viewer to question the notion of gender.
"Of the people photographed, we don't know anything except their first names: Ava, Jackie, Leo, Mathieu, Matthias, Maty and Raya, because, for the majority of them, it is a name they have chosen. The rest can be understood through their gestures, bodies, beauty codes, choice of clothes, what they display on the walls, what they wear…" Vincent Ferrané tells us. After having photographed his partner's breastfeeding months, the interior of women artists' studios or the French influencer Jeanne Damas, the artist has continued his quest for intimacy and went to meet young people who refuse to respect the conventions imposed by a normalised male/female system – an ancestral social structure, not suited to their ideals. Transgender or non-binary, the protagonists of his images reveal to the photographer their ways of preparing themselves, of presenting themselves to the world, with moving spontaneity.
Replaying one's own role
Inspired by Judith Butler's essays Gender Trouble and Bodies that matter – in which the American philosopher and theorist questions the performative nature of gender – Vincent Ferrané attempts, in Every-day, to illustrate the tensions and limits of a dichotomous system, opposing the feminine and the masculine. "As a photographer, my work is in fact a form of representation of the world. I therefore composed from what people actually experience vividly: a moment of everyday life", he explains.
He then came up with the idea of capturing the ritual: the choice of an outfit, the make-up, the face to face with the mirror when one is about to go out. A way of showing the fluidity of gender. "A simple but pivotal moment, both symbolic and physical", he says. In the photographer's images, the body is moving. It twirls, changes, reveals and hides itself, flirts with non-binarity and conventions. Dynamic, it becomes synonymous with both construction and destruction. "The photoshoots occurred outside of a posing or descriptive atmosphere", Vincent Ferrané adds. The idea was to create this device that lets people replay their own role, their own ritual with their objects, their sets, their unique and personal way of doing things." Contrasted – by the raw light of the flash and the vibrant colour palette – Every-day deliberately distances itself from a naturalistic reproduction of reality. With gentleness and empathy, the artist penetrates into vulnerable intimacy, and causes the common representations of such subjects to waver.
Getting rid of assignments
We find in the artist's pictures a sensitivity close to that of Mark McKnight and Jess T. Dugan, whose visual creations influence him. A desire to present to the public the diversity and complexity of human beings. "We are always more than the sum of adjectives, even exhaustive, that could objectify our gender, our sexual orientation, our skin colour, our relationship with the divine, the geographical location of our birth… We are always composing with these different facets of our identity", he states.
Just like his models, the photographer strives to offer an assertive look, capable of transcending minds and blossoming beyond the sphere of the LGBTQ+ community. By imposing a recognisable aesthetic, a personal writing style, Vincent Ferrané makes his own gaze visible in the image, and turns each Every-day snapshot into a dialogue between two individuals, between the voyeur and the seen. Represented in their own interiors, the models free themselves from the assignments and shortcuts imposed by society and assert themselves as their own person. Immersed in their ritual – a meticulous shave, a refined eyeliner, a flat torso, a pleated mini-skirt… – they proudly present the multiple representations of gender. A notion that demands to be nuanced.
Every-day, Libraryman Editions, 40€ (signed), 56 p.
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Although good usability is important for every website, it's especially critical for an eCommerce website. If an eCommerce site isn't easy for potential customers to use or navigate, it won't generate as many sales as it would if it were easier for customers.
ECommerce sites are susceptible to becoming overly complex mainly because of the sites' purposes. Purchasing is a complex process; customers interact with a variety of interfaces involving shopping carts, billing, credit cards, shipping addresses, plus the secure checkout system – and that's just a few of the features common to most eCommerce sites.
Good usability is a definite requirement for a successful eCommerce site. If a customer can't complete the purchasing process because it is too long and complicated, or if they don't feel their personal information is secure, it doesn't matter if great prices are being offered or if the products are amazing.
When considering usability for eCommerce sites, there are two distinct phases of the shopping process. The first phase is choosing the product, and the second phase is buying it.
Let's take a look at the first phase – choosing the product.
You remember that old fairy-tale about the two kids in the woods, Hansel and Gretel? They dropped breadcrumbs behind themselves so they could find their way home.
Shopping sites use digital breadcrumbs in the same way. As a customer clicks through different points on a site, a "trail" of digital breadcrumbs will appear at the top of the screen, showing the path they have followed to reach their current point. A great example of this is the Amazon website, which uses digital breadcrumbs very effectively. It's so important for a customer to continually be aware of their location when shopping online. In the shopping process it's very easy to get sidetracked by reading reviews or by checking out other similar products.
Having the path to the current page outlined at the top helps customers keep track of their shopping and can also help them find comparable products in related categories.
Many people don't like to use a navigation menu to find the items they are looking for, even if the navigation menu is very well designed. Most folks prefer to use a search window to find an item or perhaps to window shop for a whole group of items.
A search field that is easy to find and easy to use can really encourage or promote more sales. After all, a customer must be able to find a product before they can buy it.
The first priority for a search window is to ensure that it's easily noticed. For this reason, most sites have the search window in the upper-right corner of the screen. If there is a menu bar or navigation menu headlining the top of the page, the search window will often be in the far-right side of that menu bar.
In addition to placing the search menu in an important part of the page, it's equally important to make sure that the search window is visible at all times. It's critical that pop-ups or other triggered page functions don't cover the search box when they are activated.
The search box can also be made more visible by highlighting it with a color that's different from the rest of graphics in the same area of the page. Using a color that also contrasts strongly with the main color scheme will make it even more noticeable.
Another way to enhance the search function for your customers is to allow them to refine their searches. If there is a filter function on the results page, customers can search for items in a certain color, by popularity, or other parameters.
Buyers now expect to be able to search by factors beyond the price, and consumers are accustomed to being able to refine a large batch of search results into smaller groups that give them their desired results. Making a search engine as expressive as possible will go a long way toward improving the customer experience on a site.
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An eCommerce site that offers the best shopping experience often has the best sales. Although this may seem like a self-evident truth, it's important to really think about how the shopping experience affects the shopper's mood and actions.
Why does a customer shop? Most of the time it's because they are looking for something. But having an item doesn't automatically mean that the customer will buy it. If a shopping site doesn't give the customer a good experience while he or she is in the process of looking at the item, the sale can be lost.
Customers should not have to work to find what they want. In a best case scenario, they should feel as if they are presented with the item they are looking for.
To achieve that effect, ensure that important things are very visible. And because the most important thing is the item itself, make sure the photo of the item is large, attractive, and displays the item well. The name of the item should be very evident as well.
Along with great representation of the targeted item, a savvy eCommerce site will present comparable or buyer-favorite items in smaller windows along the outer periphery of the page. Buyers often click through these windows if they are browsing or if they haven't yet found what they need.
Just the presence of the alternate choices is enough to stimulate buying. Tracking software shows that exposure of an item in this same page location on multiple pages can significantly increase an item's sales.
Calls to action are a prime mover for any eCommerce website. But in order for them to be effective, customers have to know what a website offers, and the website has to make it easy for the customer to follow the call to action.
One way to get the customer to act on a call to action is to make the action icon very visually intriguing, as well as having the action icon display clear commands for taking that action.
For instance, for the icon to be noticed, it's best to use a contrasting color, or at least one that isn't part of the overall color scheme. It should be large in size, but not so large that it detracts from the appearance of the page.
The text on the call-to-action icon should be short; ideally no more than five words. When you're creating the text, try to use actions words like "click" or "download" to begin the short phrase.
It's also a good idea to clearly convey what's on the other side of the button. Be clear and be concise about what the buyer will find on the next page, and don't over promise on what you will be delivering.
Customer trust is always important, but it's extremely important when money is being exchanged. Consequently, increasing customer trust is another key to increasing sales.
For this reason alone, it's best to post corporate contact information and/or customer service contact information on every page, perhaps in the footer. Have contact information and access so readily available makes a huge impression on buyers.
If the customers have questions or concerns, getting a quick answer really helps build credibility. It's also a good payoff to be able to answer any questions that come up during the buying process, so keeping this information front and center in the purchasing process is a big plus. This continual customer support not only improves the usability of the site, it will also improve sales.
One main method to simplify, and thus enhance, the usability of a site is to use an email address to identify customers instead of requiring the registration of a user name.
This is an easy win. People have unique email names, so why burden the human brain and the worldwide web with one more piece of unnecessary data?
Likewise, it's so much easier to remember one or even two or three email addresses than several other user names which the customer may or may not recall. It's better to keep things simple and use email addresses as usernames.
Your eCommerce site is secure, right? Make sure that your customers know that their shopping experience is protected against internet harm.
Even with today's high tech protection software, online shoppers still view their online purchases with a hint of suspicion. When an eCommerce site is part of a smaller or unknown company, that fear of being compromised is increased.
Because you want your customers to feel good about ordering from your website, make sure that security badges are on every page, preferably in the footer. You may also want to use them again in another more prominent place on the shopping cart and ordering pages.
If there's one predictable place where the buying process will break down, it's the ordering process. To prevent this from happening, successful online stores try to answer customer fears and questions before they arise.
How do they do this? By providing clear, concise and reassuring content along with each stage of the buying process.
For instance, on the screen where credit card information is entered, it helps to reiterate security pledges, display their security badge in the body of the page, and add yet one more written reassurance that customer information will not be shared.
Some sites also add an explanation of how the information will be used. Their content states that the details of the customer's information are used to identify that customer to the site, as well as providing contact information for the website to use in case contact with the customer is necessary.
During the process of paying for an item, customers welcome a sense of security and a sense of where they are in the process.
To ensure that customers don't inadvertently order an unwanted item, many eCommerce sites construct a buying process that's composed of several smaller actions. During that process, the text and graphics of the site communicate the customer's progress in the buying process.
Another great aspect of defining the order process in this manner is the ability to use a linear timeline to show the current stage of the process. This timeline is usually shown along the top of the shopping cart pages, and it specifically calls out the present point in the buying procedure.
Using a number of smaller steps instead of one long process also dispels customer fears, because it's less perplexing and, in the long run, less complex, making it easier for the customer to understand exactly what is happening. Any time money is exchanged in an online transaction, customer satisfaction and confidence are the external facets that affect online businesses the most.
It makes sense that having an easy-to-understand buying process that offers exact and current information will encourage new buyers to go beyond the "I'm only shopping" point.
A great strategy for eCommerce stores is to keep the shopping cart visible at all times during the purchasing process. This method keeps customers constantly aware of exactly what is in their cart and the total charges for those items.
The ability to be consistently aware of cart's contents gives the customer a sense of being in careful control of their shopping. With the cart so obviously present, it's hard to go to checkout without being notified at least a few times of the present status.
Customer faith and trust can be destroyed in an instant if they feel they are being charged unnecessary or hidden fees.
Because of this, providing clear and obvious explanations of each fee is absolutely necessary for successful eCommerce sites. Large companies are often the best at doing this because they are able to completely explain the various components of the charges and how they are derived.
Corporate giants can't afford to lose sales because of customer doubts, and neither can small companies. Whether a company is large or small, customer trust is what builds first-time customers and return business.
If a buying process is composed of several smaller parts, the final piece must surely be the confirmation page.
The confirmation page is the page that appears very near the end of the buying process. The page should always be headlined as the confirmation page, calling out that this page is the last opportunity to change the shopping cart before finalizing an order.
Having a final confirmation page is unofficially a necessity for all eCommerce stores. Customers who shop with major online retailers have come to expect this feature in all online shopping carts.
Smaller eCommerce sites will be more successful if they keep current with some of the practices of the big retailers, and the confirmation page is a great example of this.
For example, Amazon.com does a great job of encapsulating all of the order information on one final confirmation page. Their page clearly outlines the shipping schedule with the estimated delivery date, the shipping method, and the shipping charges.
This same page also offers the customer a chance to add a gift option, as well as a chance to change the billing method and billing address. In short, Amazon offers its customers comprehensive flexibility to alter their order completely immediately before the order is placed.
Amazon also does an outstanding job of calling attention to the button that must be clicked to actually place the order. This button is located on the upper-right part of the confirmation screen.
In addition to being in a place that's obvious to the eye, the button was also created using a bright color that stands out against the background.
The text on the button is also very to the point; the button says "Place your order." And that about says it all, doesn't it?
There's no doubt that enhancing a site's usability makes that site more successful, and that's because usability affects all aspects of a site.
Whether a customer realizes it or not, a site's usability is often their first major impression of a website. Customers don't always reason why they like or dislike a site; they simply go with their gut feeling. If navigating the site is not intuitive, they are less inclined to visit it again, no matter how wonderful the selection of products or features.
Creating a smooth and intuitive interface for your eCommerce site should be a top priority in your site design. Having a seamless process in place is one way to keep your customers trusting your site and your products, as well as ensuring they return for repeat business.


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Paul Klee | 10 Interesting Facts About The Famous Painter
Paul Klee is considered as one of the best artists to come out of Germany and perhaps the most inventive artist of the twentieth century. Know more about the life and artwork of Paul Klee through these 10 interesting facts.
#1 When he was young, Paul Klee wanted to be a musician
Paul Klee was born on 18 December, 1879 in Switzerland. Both his parents were involved in music. His father Hans Wilhelm Klee was a German music teacher while his mother Ida Marie Klee was a Swiss singer. Initially Klee was inclined towards following his parent's footsteps and becoming a musician but in his teenage he switched to visual arts as he "didn't find the idea of going in for music creatively particularly attractive in view of the decline in the history of musical achievement." Klee didn't think highly of the musicians of the time and the greatest composers according to him were Bach and Mozart.
#2 Initially he struggled with color
Robert Delaunay – Self Portrait
At first, although he was satisfied with his etchings, Klee struggled with colors. The use of bold colors by artists like Robert Delaunay and Maurice de Vlaminck inspired Klee and so did Paul Cezanne's coloring in which he modified naturalistic color to harmonize them. But instead of copying these artists, Klee started doing his own experimentation with colors.
#3 He is called the 'Newton of Color'
Klee studied the color theory and wrote about it extensively. He once remarked, "Color has taken possession of me; no longer do I have to chase after it, I know that it has hold of me forever… Color and I are one. I am a painter." Today, Klee is referred to as the Newton of Color.
#4 Klee had a very individualistic style
Klee was a natural draftsman and once he successfully combined his knowledge of color with his abilities as a draftsman, he created a highly individualistic style. One of the first examples of this synthesis is The Bavarian Don Giovanni (1919)
The Bavarian Don Giovanni (1919)
#5 Paul Klee served in the military during World War I
In 1916, Klee was forced to join the military forces due to the advent of World War I. Although he never served on the frontline, the death of two of his friends in the war affected him and its influence can be seen in some of his paintings. From early 1917, he was transferred to work as a clerk for the treasurer till the end of the war. This allowed him to continue painting and by the end of the year he was considered by critics as best of the new German painters.
#6 'Paul Klee Notebooks' are the Bible of modern art
From 1921 to 1931, Paul Klee taught at the German Bauhaus school of art, design and architecture. A collection of his Bauhaus lectures and other essays on art are known as the 'Paul Klee Notebooks'. These are held in the same regard in modern art as Leonardo da Vinci's 'A Treatise on Painting' holds for Renaissance artists. A critic even went to the extent of saying that as Newton is to Physics, Klee is to modern artists.
#7 He had to flee from Germany
From 1931 ton 1933, Klee taught at the Dusseldorf Academy. During this time he was targeted by a Nazi newspaper who labeled him as a 'typical Galician Jew'. His house was searched by the Gestapo and he was fired from his job. This sad occasion has been commemorated by Klee in his self-portrait Struck from the List (1933). All this led to Klee immigrating to Switzerland with his family by late 1933.
Struck From The List (1933)
#8 He died of scleroderma
Klee died on 29 June 1940 in Switzerland, 7 years after being diagnosed with the deadly disease scleroderma. At the time of his death, he didn't have Swiss citizenship, though he was born in that country, as his work was considered too revolutionary. His request was accepted six days after his death.
#9 The most famous painting by Klee is 'Ad Parnassum'
Klee was a prolific painter with over 9000 works of art. He created nearly 500 works in 1933 and over 1200 in 1939, which was the most he produced in a year. Klee once described drawing as "taking a line for a walk". 'Ad Parnassum', which he painted in 1932, is widely considered his masterpiece and the best example of his pointillist style.
Ad Parnassum (1932)
#10 His style is associated with many art movements
Klee's works have been associated with Expressionism, Cubism, Surrealism and Abstraction but it is difficult to classify them. He interpreted art trends in his own way and used innovative methods and techniques. He worked in multiple media and even combined them into one work at times. Influence of his interest in music can be seen in his works, which also showcase his varying moods and dry humor.
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Q: assert List contains String I am trying to make an assertion the only issue is the order could be random so I can't do a normal compare so I need to use something along the lines of .contains the only problem it the below does not work.
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Map<String, String> newTokenValuesMap
assert aliasQueryResults.contains(newTokenValuesMap.get("{BASEALIAS}"))

newTokenValuesMap.get("{BASEALIAS}") is fine it returns the string so it's not the issue of this attempt.

A: Assuming the List is really a List<Map<String, String>>, and what you want is to see if a value is represented in any of the values from any of the maps in the list, then you can pull out the values from the maps:
aliasQueryResults*.values().flatten().contains(newTokenValuesMap.get("{BASEALIAS}"))

example:
groovy:000> mylist = []
===> []
groovy:000> mylist << [a:'asdf', b:'zxcv', c:'qwer']
===> [[a:asdf, b:zxcv, c:qwer]]
groovy:000> mylist << [d:'xcvb',e:'wert', f:'sdfg']
===> [[a:asdf, b:zxcv, c:qwer], [d:xcvb, e:wert, f:sdfg]]
groovy:000> mylist*.values()
===> [[asdf, zxcv, qwer], [xcvb, wert, sdfg]]
groovy:000> mylist*.values().flatten()
===> [asdf, zxcv, qwer, xcvb, wert, sdfg]
groovy:000> mylist*.values().flatten().contains('asdf')
===> true

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Q: How do I model an object thats returned from a function call in a sequence diagram? Suppose I have code like
user = AuthHandler.getLoggedInUser()
user.setName(name)
UserDAO.update(user)

How will the sequence diagram look like?
I did

Is it correct? the user/userDAO part?

A: Sequence Diagrams doesn't require much detail about the object that is returned.
When an operation is performed in an object / class (rectangles), then, a returning dotted arrow should go back to the line and object where it came from.

If a value is returned (wheter an object or a simple type variable), its identifier should appear over the returning arrow.
Optional "return" tags can appear over the arrows that doesn't explicit return a value.
There are several tutorials on the web, I recommend:
http://www.agilemodeling.com/essays/umlDiagrams.htm
EDIT:
In Sequence Diagrams, The returned object type is indicated by an identifier in the text in each box, such as "user: User" or ":UserDAO".
Then, a complementary class diagram or object diagram, based on the given objects, can provide additional information to the actual Sequence Diagram,
using the same class identifier or object identifier,
example: "User" or "UserDAO".
Do not confuse the class identifier, with the instance identifier.
Note that in the given figure, some boxes skip the specific object instance identifier, or replace it with an asterisk character.

A: Diagram is correct as far as I can see.  There's no graphical symbol for showing object flow on sequence diagrams - just parameters in the message as you've shown. (c/f activity diagrams which do have notation for object flow).
hth.


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Q: How to give default values and increase a specific one in mongoDB object Im trying to increase one value in an object , while giving the others the default value if the document doesnt exist in the collection yet.
// the default should be 100 if the document is new :

_id : someObjectId,
gameId : someObjectId,
votes : {
a: 100,
b: 100,
c: 100
}

// my code :

        function addVote(userVote) {
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                .then(db => {
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                        { $set: { gameId: userVote.gameId }, $inc: {["votes." + userVote.vote] : 1 } },
                        { upsert:true , returnOriginal :false}
                    )
                })
        }

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any idea on how can i also give the default values on the same query ?


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EC number: 235-468-7 | CAS number: 12237-62-6 This substance is identified in the Colour Index by Colour Index Constitution Number, C.I. 42535:3.
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Data is from experimental report
other: The procedure adopted was the technique described in the "Appraisal of the Safety of Chemicals in Foods, Drugs and Cosmetics" (1959) of the US Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO).
An eye irritation study of test chemical was conducted in Russian breed rabbits.
[C24N3H28] Cu2Fe(CN)6
IUPAC name: ferrate(4-), hexakis(cyano-C)-, methylated 4-[(4-aminophenyl)(4-imino-2,5-cyclohexadien-1-ylidene)methyl]benzenamine copper(2+) salts
Substance type: Organic
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Molecular Weight: 697.54 g/mol
other: Russian breed
- Housing: The substance was tested on 6 rabbits (3 males/3 females) of.the Russian breed, which were kept separately in V2A wire cages
- Diet (e.g. ad libitum): fed on NAFAG, Gossau SG, rabbit food and water ad libitum
- Only rabbits showing normal ophthalmic findings were included in the test.
Amounts of 0.1 g of the test substance were introduced into the conjunctival sac of the left eye with a spatula. After application, the eyelids were held open for a few seconds. The treated eyes of three rabbits were each rinsed with 10 ml lukewarm water about 30 seconds after treatment
The reactions were appraised with a slit-lamp after 24 hours and after 2, 3, 4 and 7 days
6 (3 males/3 females)
- Washing (if done): The treated eyes of three rabbits were each rinsed with 10 ml lukewarm water about 30 seconds after treatment.
Procedure : Amounts of 0.1 g of the test substance were introduced into the conjunctival sac of the left eye with a spatula.After application, the eyelids were held open for a few seconds. The right eye served as a control. The treated eyes of three rabbits were each rinsed with 10 ml lukewarm water about 30 seconds after treatment.
TOOL USED TO ASSESS SCORE: slit lamp.
overall irritation score
no indication of irritation
The irritation index was found to be 0 for the cornea, 0 for the iris and 0 for the conjunctivae.
The total maximum is 80 for the cornea, 10 for the iris and 20 for the conjunctivae
other: Not irritating
The primary-irritation index (overall irritation score), which serves as a measure of the acute irritation provoked by the substance, was estimated to be 0 for the cornea, 0 for the iris and 0 for the conjunctivae. Therefore the test chemical was considered as non-irritant to the eye of rabbits.
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Here, you'll find a never-ending list of activities and tours. These include gorgeous beaches, unspoiled jungle, volcanoes, and wildlife sightseeing. The food has that Latin spice that flavors up any meal, and the people truly live by the motto: "Pura Vida". If you are looking for a paradisiac place to escape, it's here. It is good to keep in mind, though, that tourist prices are hard to escape in today's Costa Rica.
What To Do In Costa Rica
One thing is for sure in Costa Rica. There's so much to do, you won't know where to even start or finish. Fortunately, here are some tips to give you a headstart in order to discover everything Costa Rica has to offer.
Quepos: Marlins and sailfish are the main attractions Quepos' off waters. There are as many types of game as there are captains in the main port sail for fishing trips. Quepos is a great start for a fishing trip that can end with a cherry on top at the nearby Manuel Antonio National Park.
Playa Grande: Apart from top notch surfing, catching big fish from atop the rocky reefs is an experience. Many people consider it one of the best areas in the country. You can choose charters as well. The marina in Flamingo/Potrero usually has the best fishing deals for a half day of full luxury fishing.
Golfo Dulce: Another superb destination reported many times by fishing enthusiasts. The waters of Golfo Dulce are popular for great specimens of roosterfish, needlefish, and snapper inshore. Offshore, you can hunt for marlin, sailfish and some gigantic tuna. Golfo Dulce is a 45 minute fly from San Jose and has many options for accommodation.
So many options for being a beach bum (more than 300 and more than 1,200 miles) make it hard choosing, but here are some great starting points:
Tamarindo: An originally tranquil surf and fishing beach and now one of the most developed beach areas in the country. Tamarindo offers some of the best stretches in the whole country. A white colored stretch of sand, surrounded by palms and trees, and crashing waves at the shore. It is surely the subject of more than half of the country's postcards.
Tamarindo offers a plethora of services as being one of the main tourist hubs in the country, such as scuba diving, snorkeling, horseback riding, surfing lessons, and so on. There's always something entertaining to do here.
Manuel Antonio Beach: up on the northern point of the national park, lies one of the best beaches in Costa Rica.
With dramatic views, white sand, fizzing blue water, and the freshest of breezes, Manuel Antonio beach is like taken out of a dream. There are several other first-class beaches on the way there, and accommodations are made to please the most demanding tastes.
Uvita: For a more private type of beach vacation. It is an unspoiled type of setting. If you come at the right time (May to October) you may witness the nesting olive Ridley and Hawksbill sea turtles ashore.
Hiking and Wildlife Watching
Costa Rica shines when it comes to hiking. With many national parks and federal reserves that hide a uncountable amount of flora and fauna. Going to any of these places will put you inside one of the most magic hiking scenarios of the world:
Rancho Naturalista
Corcovado National Park
Bosque Nuboso Monteverde Biological Reserve
Volcán Tenorio National Park
Volcán Barva
Costa Rica is a world renowned surfing destination. Even surfing's best talents come here to enjoy the quality of Costa Rican surfing. Kelly Slater, Robb Machado, Tom Caroll, all have been seen in Costa Rica's beaches, catching waves. Here are the top beaches for surfing in Costa Rica:
Pavones: It boasts one of the longest left-hand breaks in the world. it draws many goofy-footed (right foot forward) surfers because of this trait.
Dominical: A bumpy road to this beach is rewarded with one of the best settings for surfing anyone could imagine. It has gone so popular, though, it has gained a reputation of being overrun by expats.
Playa Guiones: Regarded as the best beach break in the Central Peninsula. It's offshore winds make it perfect for surfers and windsurfers.
Playa Grande: One of the most popular locations for surfing in Costa Rica. It may sound like it would be overcrowded, but it pays honor to its name. It is so big, it never seems too full not to surf.
When To Travel To Costa Rica
The Dry Season
The dry season also means the high season in Costa Rica, as the country sees almost no rain from December to April. During this time, beach spots and eco-tourism packages are at full burst. It is advisable to book as early as possible for this season if you don't want to find yourself out of vacancies and get the best deals. If you don't mind the crowd, this is the best time to go.
The Rainy Season
Mid Season: After the year enters May – July, Rain starts picking up and the tourists packing up. Eco-tourism during these dates can get more tricky, as everything is ten times muddier. This season repeats in November.
Low Season: Rain reaches its highest point between August through October, driving away most tourism from the country. At this time, when the waters are high and stirred, you'll find the best surfing conditions and best accommodation prices. Some days going out can be impossible because of heavy rains and floods, though. Play it safe during this season.
Transportation In Costa Rica
Normally, an SUV or some other type of off-road vehicle is recommended to navigate Costa Rica's roads. The quality of roads varies greatly throughout the country. Roads are in so bad shape, in fact, they rank as 125th for Quality of Roads under the infrastructure category.
Public transportation infrastructure can be resumed as quite painful. San José is the transportation hub of the country, but there's no central bus terminal. Offices lay around the city, and while they are cheap, the service is not first-rate. They are reliable, though, and the longest national route costs less than $20. The further you are from San José, the fewer transportation you find.
Domestic flights are relatively cheap and offer a more convenient way of traveling to remote areas. There are 48 main airports, only 4 being international. Two of them are in San José, while the other two are in Limón and Guanacaste.
Costa Rica Tourism Facts
Costa Rica is the 2nd most popular tourist destination for Americans and the first of its region. It occupies the 56th position for total tourist arrivals in the world, which is amazing for its size. It received 2.6 million tourists in 2015, meaning more than twice of their population at the time (4.8 million). Costa Rica's tourism economy expands so fast, by 1999 they tourism exchange had surpassed bananas, pineapples and coffee export earns combined.
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So far, Assassin's Creed Odyssey is missing a key factor that made Origins great.
Spoiler Warning: Loads of spoilers for the first 20 hours of Assassin's Creed Odyssey. Also some light spoilers for Assassin's Creed Origins, though nothing major.
There is a suspension of disbelief you have to have when you play any video game, especially one where you can enter the mind and body of a great assassin in a particular era of human history by laying in a glorified suntan bed. That suspension, somehow, does not always extend to the story within it though. Especially in Assassin's Creed Odyssey, where throwing a baby off a cliff does not immediately result in, uh, death.
This is the baffling impetus for the entire plot in Assassin's Creed Odyssey. You, as Kassandra or Alexios, survive being thrown off a cliff while your brother or sister (again, Kassandra or Alexios, depending on who you choose to play as), unknowingly survives the same fate as a baby. In the context of the cutscenes, the protagonist is close to 10 years old, while their sibling is just a baby. When they meet again in the present day of Odyssey, they appear to only be a couple years apart, at most.
It is pretty funny how Assassin's Creed Odyssey doesn't really have its Bethesda-emerging-out-of-a-cave moment until you reach the vast city of Athens about 15 hours in.
I'm playing as Kassandra, who immediately appears older and more mature than Alexios, who throws a tantrum and beats a person to a bloody pulp the first time you meet him. She feels like the canon hero of Odyssey, even though according to Ubisoft representatives I've spoken to at past events, there is no canon protagonist. When I asked my co-worker Mike Williams who reviewed the game as Alexios, he noted that Kassandra felt "odd" as a villain.
Last year when I played Assassin's Creed Origins, the first Assassin's Creed game that really clicked with me, I found myself really attached to heroes Bayek and Aya, and their quest for revenge for the death of their son. The era it took place in, Egypt during the downward turn of the Ptolemaic Period, was endlessly interesting too. It was a smart decision on Ubisoft's part too, to not go for the expected Ancient Egypt, building of the pyramids time. In Origins, we instead explored an Egypt in turmoil as Romans began to colonize regions and rulers battled for who had the right to reign over who. The citizens—of course—were left to mostly suffer in this tug-and-pull, and the many side quests across Egypt reflected that, as Bayek did his best to pick up the pieces as the lone Medjay, a sometimes-murderous errand boy with a good heart.
Origins held a mirror to the central conflict behind its story; from Bayek's noble tunnel vision to Aya's political awakening. Everything in it fed into each other, from the side quests to the environments you ride camelback through. In Odyssey, I'm not feeling that same connectedness. Sure, sailing through Greece is pretty, and the side quests are doing a lot to enliven the world and its people; but with all the new additions—mercenaries and cultists to hunt, the Conquest system, a more in-depth loot system—it does end up feeling like a very long, very tiring checklist without the naturalism that made Origins stand out in the crowd of bloated open-world games.
This sad side quest on a random island led me to a young orphan, whose only friends were made out of clay.
Assassin's Creed Odyssey has no such thematic dilemma it's wrestling with, at least in the 20-something hours I've sailed across its version of Ancient Greece in the Peloponnesian War period so far. Even in a similar conflict of two sides—in this game, Sparta and Athens—it treats it as mere set-dressing, and not much more. Across the main quest line, you meet Spartan and Athenian leaders. In each region, you can complete Conquest battles by weakening the ruling nation, tipping it into the other's favor. Conquest battles don't result in different endings, from what I hear, making them really only useful for handy XP. It feels like a missed opportunity to explore the wishy-washy nature of this divide, and instead only funnels it into another game system, in a game stuffed with systems. It feels twisted too; this lone mercenary changing the tides of a war for their own selfish benefit (power, through experience points), with no other narrative or moral consequence.
That's not to say that Origins didn't have its own share of stupidity too though, from stumbling across "glitches" in the Animus and fighting giant Gods to some of the late game proto Assassin-Templar nonsense, which made me fall off the game entirely. In Odyssey, that foolery is present from the jump. If the world wasn't so lively and the side quests so engaging, I don't imagine I'd stick with Odyssey whatsoever. Considering its 100-plus hour completion point, I imagine I'll burn out on it sooner than I see the story reach its probably ridiculous conclusion.
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That's my biggest disappointment with Odyssey so far. While Origins hooked me until it derailed, I'm only really playing Odyssey to get more glimpses at its gigantic world, whether my time is spent facing nasty boars or banging my way across Greece. I wish I cared about Kassandra, the annoying Alexios, and the quest to reunite her family, but I only find myself rolling my eyes with each mission where I move the main plot forward. There's a lot to do in Odyssey—arguably too much, with more exposition than I'd like sprinkled between the choices I make—so I imagine I'll just keep sailing the seas, happening upon islands and running away when I realize I'm underleveled for it. I'm just bummed that with such a beautiful world that I'm having a great time exploring, that the main story is falling spectacularly flat.
And I keep going back to that opening revelation—the namedrop of Alexios as the baby in a cutscene before he's chucked off a cliff—and then the first time he waltzes onto the screen as a leader of a cult with some serious daddy-mommy-sissy issues. How did he survive? Did Zeus intervene, or some other Greek God? It still, even now, fails to make sense to me. And I think that's the core problem with Odyssey: there's nothing to really ground it, like Origins had. Maybe by its end, I'll finally have an answer as to how baby Alexios survived being tossed off a cliff. I'm betting not though, as this is still a series where one time you fought the Pope.
Embarking on your own Odyssey? Be sure to check out our Assassin's Creed Odyssey guide for tips and more.
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July 16, 2013 - 09:30 BST hellomagazine.com Kris Jenner launches her first The Kris Jenner Show by revealing inside details of Kim Kardashian's birth
Kris Jenner launched her talk show, The Kris Jenner Show, on Monday evening. Wearing a fitted white top and black skirt ensemble, Kim Kardashian's mum took the opportunity to open up about the moments before Kim gave birth, and the covert operation involved in getting her daughter to the hospital.
Just minutes into the show, Kris first explained the "backstory" – that "It was actually Father's Day weekend", and Kim "had been planning a big thing for Kanye" – a present from Apple co-founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.
Having just filmed for Good Day LA, Kris switched on her BlackBerry in a chauffeur-driven limousine: "She emails me: 'Call me, urgent. I have to have the baby today, emergency, get here fast'.
I call her up, she tells me it's a medical emergency, she's got to get to the hospital and can I get there? and I said I'm with this guy, this driver in this limousine…"
The mum-of-six then "gets the driver to make a pit stop at Kim's, where there are about 300 paparazzi camped outside. I get inside, get Kim, we're packing her bags, getting them all into the trunk…" She goes on to describe calling her friend to meet them at a hotel "with a decoy car, a getaway car."
"So we leave, and of course a couple of the paparazzi are following us. We go to the hotel and the whole way down to the hotel she's (Kim) under a blanket and I hear tap tap tap tap and I go 'who are you emailing? You're under a blanket and this is an emergency! She says: 'I've got to call Steve Wozniak, he's emailing, he just got here and I don't know what to tell him.'
"I'm like, could we stop with the Steve Wozniak? I said, this is gonna wait, we'll deal with that tomorrow."
The Kardashian family matriarch then describes pulling into the hotel where the mother and daughter duo had agreed to meet her friend.
"She opens the door, she gets out, she moves to the back of the limo, she grabs Kim's bag she's gonna put it in her trunk. All of a sudden, I'm about to get out of the car and who do you think is standing at the hotel, Steve Wozniak!"
Kim, according to her mum, was in 'emergency mode' when she got out of the car "like nothing's happened. Hi Steve how are you?…she's acting like she's at a cocktail party talking to somebody."
After the dramatic car-changing and coincidental meet with Steve Wozniak, Kris finishes off the story in a few concise words: "We drive out, we got the hospital, called the security, into the secret garage, down the secret alley, there's the wheelchair waiting, up the private elevator, down through the kitchen, up, down, ended up in a room, and then, we had a baby."
Proud daughter Kim was watching her mum's debut from home, obviously delighted by her minute-by-minute breakdown of her birth. She tweeted: "Watching my mom now! Couldn't be more proud!!! Tune into the Kris show now!"
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Tackling the Business of Experience in times of uncertainty
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By: Evan-Lee Courie
In times of uncertainty, there is opportunity to reinvent. Less clear is how people's behaviour and underlying values will change for the long term. Covid-19 has so far changed the experience of being a customer, an employee and a citizen.
People are turning to brands that provide security, and that they can trust in a time of uncertainty. While some have gone online for the first time, others who typically favour digital have been forced to visit stores when delivery slots were scarce. Alongside emphasis on hygiene and handwashing, people are seeking fitness classes online and returning to the weekly "big shop" for the first time in years. People's expectations of businesses and brands are rising – working out the implications will be critical to businesses' survival.
Haydn Townsend, managing director for Accenture Interactive in Africa, shares some insight in to the Business of Experience...
Haydn Townsend, managing director for Accenture Interactive in Africa
Tell us what Business of Experience (BX) is all about?
When a company operates as a Business of Experience, their entire organisation is focused on creating meaningful experiences that fulfil customers evolving and unmet human needs. The front-office is fused with the back-office stitching together every function, every employee under the same goal – creating an exceptional experience for the customer.
The Business of Experience is not customer experience (CX); it's evolved beyond the CMO's purview and is now a CEO priority agenda.
Our research found that companies who take a larger view on customer experience (CX) – reimagining their entire business around experience – opposed to a narrow set of touchpoints, outperform their peers in year-on-year profitability by at least six times in the past one, three, five and seven years.
While attention to customer experience is not new, the evolved business of experience (BX) approach has become an urgent business imperative, as companies look to move past recovery mode and pivot back to growth.
What does this mean for businesses? / Why is this important for businesses, CEOs?
As companies look to move from recovery mode and pivot to growth, they need a new approach as nearly every experience has changed.
Today, experience is king. The emphasis on experience is arguably at its greatest today because the structure of almost everything we do - how and what people buy, how and where they work, how they interact with others - has been upended by world events in 2020.
The consumer behaviour shifts we're seeing today are not a blip. They are likely to stay with us for a long time. Some have been in motion for years, and many have been accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic. For example, over 80% of consumers who increased their digital usage in a variety of channels during the pandemic expect to sustain these levels moving forward.
What's the difference between BX and customer experience (CX)?
In recent years, customer experience (CX) has been on the rise and has become a popular term, however, we are not seeing the payoff and growth in experience alone. CX is treated as superficial – an app, a new website – which leads to superficial returns and operating in a sea of sameness.
The Business of Experience is much more than just the customer experience and needs to be a business imperative.
In a post-Covid world clients are looking for a pivot to growth and engineering organisations around experience will drive sustained growth – as proven in the research, outperform their peers in year-on-year profitability by at least six times in the past 1, 3, 5 and 7 years.
How does BX drive value to the organisation?
Business of Experience goes beyond traditional customer experience (CX). Even though we have made huge strides in improving CX, as defined by the sum of these interactions through touchpoints, it has become too homogenized, leaving little differentiation.
In fact, after the pandemic started, CX dropped down the priority list - by 33% - among CEOs in our latest research. One of the newer concerns that emerged is "lack of clarity about ROI for CX investments."
When a company orients around experience, growth follows: In fact, companies that orient their entire organisation around being in the Business of Experience (BX) —the ones that drive commercial impact by driving positive human impact - outperform their peers in year-on-year profitability by at least six times in the past 1, 3, 5 and 7 years.
We tell our clients that in order to remain relevant and to succeed in the post-pandemic world, they need to turn their front office (product, marketing, service and sales) into a customer-centric organisation and focus their entire organisation on delivering a better experience to their customers, employees and society.
There is no question about it, BX will become the gold standard. It is a significant mindset shift, and we believe that over the years to come, it's going to be an incredible engine for meaningful disruption, market differentiation and customer satisfaction.
What are some ways that businesses can shift into a BX mindset?
This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to help clients reinvent the way they work and the way their customers experience them. BX is a significant mindset shift, but companies that embrace this will not only be able to meet their customers' needs and become an indispensable part of their lives, but also uncover new market opportunities and set themselves up for sustained growth, relevance and durability.
Each of these 4 practices helps businesses unlock efficiency, leading to continuous and sustained growth:
1.	Become customer-obsessed
Customer needs will likely continue to evolve, often unpredictably, beyond the fallout from the pandemic. As a result, companies should invest in ways to uncover customers' unmet needs, both big and small. The research found that leading companies are twice as likely as others (55% vs. 26%) to say they have the ability to translate customer data into actions. But many of these same leaders say that there are limits to their data and what they can do as a result. That's why it matters — to be truly customer obsessed, companies need better ways to dig deep and uncover these needs.
2.	Make experience innovation an everyday habit
Our research shows that leading companies feel better prepared to take advantage of the opportunity to innovate at scale as they are more than twice as likely to have the agility to pivot towards new models that deliver value and relevance to their customers versus their peers.
3.	Expand the experience remit across their organisation
Experience is not the responsibility of just the CMO or COO - it's everybody's business, from the C-suite down. Every person and every part of the business should be interconnected and collaborative, functioning as one cohesive, customer-obsessed unit, with delivering the best customer experience as its north star.
4.	Synch the tech, data and human agenda
Becoming a business of experience is not about investing more but investing differently. Leaders redirect data, tech and people to enable agility that continuously unlocks efficiencies that can be reinvested in new opportunities for performance and growth. Among leaders, 61% said their company has a clear view of which technology platforms they need to leverage to remain competitive and relevant to customers, compared with only 27% of their peers.
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Tamiya has released a new picture of the anticipated F104 Pro II. This is an evolution of the earlier chassis and will be available at the end of the year. Importantly Tamiya has also made a new shell based on the latest F1 styling trends, excellent to get that scale look for all F1 racers. Here is the blurb from Tamiya.
This original Formula One kit is an evolution of the F104 Pro chassis first introduced in 2009. The Pro II has received refinements to enhance your R/C formula racing fun. The Pro II pairs the lightweight and streamlined direct drive F104 chassis with a new lower deck, and upgrade parts, giving a sharp and responsive driving feel. Furthermore, it includes an all-new original body design based on the 2017 F1 car bodywork and wing dimensions!