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A Serial Killer in the Land of Paradise
Here in the Foothills of Appalachia, things like this just does not go on. It just does not happen. Not this. Life is so much easier here. It is so laid back...nothing like what goes on in the big city ever goes on here. We wave at folk we meet along the highway. People from 3 or 4 states travel here in large numbers every weekend to run up and down the lakes or fish. It's paradise here. Why oh why is the headline talking about a serial killer amongst us? This cannot be happening here. Not this.
That is why the bizarre claims that have been made by an inmate at Indiana State Prison absolutely do not make any sense. It makes no sense at all.
How could a man who grew up in this area -- who lived in this area -- kill 17 women and sacrifice five infants, as he claims? It just doesn't add up.
David Bell said he was possessed by a demon when he tossed a plugged-in hair dryer into the bath tub and killed his own mother, when this crazy tale began in 1991.
He said he had always had thoughts about murdering people. But why? How?
It just makes no sense. It's too crazy to even try to comprehend.
He claims he sacrificed five infants to satan by burning their bodies each Halloween between 1995 and 1999.
The idea that his really did that makes me want to throw up.
Is it....true?
He told his ex-wife he had mixed body parts into food they both consumed during their marriage.
Unreal.
To think that man lived in the same town as my mom and dad, and my grandparents...I do not want to believe this is real.
Tell me this guy is making all this up. I am praying that police will find out that this man's claims are just not true.
What a nightmare this is.
What a sad day it is in this 'land of Paradise.'
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The article is excellent, but I wish Monday would shine a light on another form of abuse that is equally savage and destructive: psychological brutality. My ex-husband never laid a hand on me, but he beat me to a pulp every day for 15 years with words carefully chosen to cut and hurt me in the most vulnerable areas of my psyche. With lightning speed, Dr. Jeckyll became Mr. Hyde, tormenting me with comments so terrible they still sting like open wounds. Emotional abuse eats you alive from the inside. The damage it inflicts is greatly exacerbated by its invisibility. I had no bruises or scars — so nobody believed me. I couldn't call the police because the abuse was legal. I couldn't make it stop. If we are a just society, we need to make mental violence part of the criminal code. But first of all, emotional abuse has to be taken out of the closet and covered in mainstream media. The best thing I ever did was divorce that man. I am free now. And I am happy. My wonderful new man friends remind me every day that my ex was the lone wolf and not part of the pack.


The market regulator in the Netherlands has accidentally published a list of companies in which George Soros held short positions.
Hedge funds take short positions on assets when they expect their price to fall, in effect betting against the stock.
Hundreds of the billionaire investor's short positions dating back to 2012 were made public on the regulator's website, due to "human error," according to the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM).
The short positions, bets on a stock declining, were "between 0.2 percent and 0.5 percent," of shares outstanding in the companies shorted, said an AFM spokesman.
Earlier this week, the website revealed Soros bet against Dutch ING Group, taking a short position of 0.3 percent in it in June 2016. The leaked information was quickly erased once the error was discovered.
The watchdog also unveiled the secretive Medallion Fund, run by Renaissance Technologies for its employees, shorted a number of small cap Dutch stocks. The fund made an annualized return of over 70 percent in the 20 years from 1994 to 2014.
"On the afternoon of Tuesday 24 January, after the close of the market, the AFM inadvertently published a list on its website that included net short positions of less than 0.5 percent instead of publishing the daily list of net short positions of 0.5 percent and higher," the AFM said in a statement on its website.
"The AFM corrected this mistake and posted the correct list of net short positions of 0.5 percent and higher on the morning of Wednesday, 25 January. We regret this error," the watchdog added.
Short trading commonly involves borrowing the stock of a company from an investor, selling it and then buying it back at a later date for a lower price, making a profit out of the difference.
Under EU regulations, hedge funds are obliged to disclose to the public short positions of over 0.5 percent in a particular company's stock, while positions of over 0.2 percent must be disclosed only to the domestic markets regulator, updated for each additional 0.1 percent.


Originally established in 1950 as the National Society for the Study of Communication, the International Communication Association (ICA) has grown to be the largest worldwide academic organization devoted to the systematic study of communication. The collection is composed primarily of administrative records created and/or collected by various officers from 1946 to 2016, and serves to document the association's development over the years. Materials include correspondence, board meeting minutes and reports, bylaws and constitutions, conference proceedings, division records, financial records, membership records, and publication records.
International Communication Association. International Communication Association. National Communication Association. National Society for the Study of Communication. Speech Association of America. Speech Communication Association.


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Michelle Cox Hitting a High Note
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Local Resident Michelle Cox Performs on NBC's "The Voice"
Photography / Provided
When Michelle "Chelle" Cox was nine years old, her grandfather moved into her family's Bargersville home. Cox, who had been singing for as long as she had been talking, was always flitting around the house, bursting into song. One day her grandpa told her parents, "Chelle's really good for a nine-year-old. You should consider getting her involved in something to help grow this talent."
Cox sang in her middle school choir, but she elected to home school throughout high school. When she was 13, she asked her mom to set up a YouTube channel where she could post snippets of her talent.
"I was in love with Justin Bieber, and I knew YouTube was how he got recognized," says Cox, who began performing at birthday parties and church events.
For the past year, Cox, 19, has worked in the Center Grove area as a preschool teacher.
"It wears me out, but I love it," says Cox, who plans to study early childhood education and/or music education at Wabash College this fall.
Cox incorporates music into her classroom every day, whether it's singing "Happy Birthday", the national anthem, or Christmas carols.
"Music will always play a part in whatever I do," she says.
Earlier this year Cox worked up the courage to audition for NBC's television series "The Voice", and sang a Billie Eilish song. Cox, whose blind audition aired on February 25, says she's typically a nervous wreck before stepping on stage. On her audition day, however, she was calm, cool and collected.
"I always pray before I sing, and the fact that a peace washed over me that day – I took that as validation that God was putting me in the right place at the right time," says Cox, who impressed all four celebrity judges, three of whom invited her onto their team.
Ultimately, Cox decided to ask Kelly Clarkson, one of the show's judges, to coach her. Cox has taken very little professional training, having worked with a vocal coach for a couple of months when she was nine years old.
"I will vouch for 'The Voice' 100%, forever," Cox says. "They are the kindest, most genuine people I've ever met. They push every musician so hard, but give us nothing but confidence and professional feedback as well."
Cox calls performing on "The Voice" an incredible adrenaline rush.
"I'm my happiest self when I'm on stage," she says. "I cannot put into words what it feels like when you step off that stage after doing something you love. It's like floating in the sky and knowing you'll never fall."
Elton John, Carrie Underwood and Stevie Wonder rank as some of Cox's favorite performing artists of all time.
When Cox told her family that she had made it onto the popular show, her parents were excited but not at all surprised.
"My mom told me, 'I always knew you'd do something big,'" Cox says.
Her students were also thrilled to see their teacher perform somewhere other than the classroom. The day after her audition aired, they came running into the classroom yelling, "We saw you on TV!"
Cox feels thankful for the chance to share her love of the arts with the world.
"I think that having music or some type of art form is critical for children to develop correctly," says Cox, noting that the same is true for teens and adults. "I think it's an incredible way for people to have an outlet. Music and art have saved a lot of people from a lot of things. Music is incredibly important for mental health."
Cox describes herself as a typical 19-year-old girl who enjoys spending time with her boyfriend, Trenton, and her nephew, Matthew.
"My nephew is the light of my life – being an aunt is my favorite thing in the world," says Cox, who also enjoys hair and makeup styling. "I have an entire closet filled with makeup and I'm not even joking."
Cox enjoys hiking, collecting rocks, and many other outdoor pursuits. She's also an avid animal lover with three dogs and three cats of her own. In the past she's had pet mice, turtles, lizards and frogs.
As she looks to the future, Cox hopes to increase her YouTube following. She would also like to start writing her own music.
"I would love to keep music in my life," Cox says. "My dream is for music to be a sustainable career for myself."
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Smartphones with the Longest Battery Life
Top 5 Smartphones with Long Battery Life
With over 25% of US cell phone users now using smartphones, cell phone companies have released new smartphones with features like bigger screens and more apps while leaving one of the most important features as an afterthought… battery life.
Because battery life is one of the more overlooked features in smartphones today, we have compiled a list of the top 5 smartphones that have long batter lives. In order to determine the top 5 phones, we researched phones with the highest overall expert rankings from sources like CNET, PC magazine, Wired, and PC world and that also had at least ten hours of talk time battery life.
1. HTC myTouch 4G : The top smartphone on our list was the HTC myTouch 4G because of its overall excellence with an expert rating at 4.37 out of 5, as well as its 10 hour talk time and 432 hour standby battery life.
2. Apple iPhone 3GS : Apple's iPhone 3GS exceptional talk time of 12 hours can be attributed to its smaller screen that is measured at 3.5 inches, and even though this is the highest on our list, the standby life of the 3GS is a moderate 300 hours. With these features taken into account, the 3GS received an average expert rating of 4.25 out of 5.
3. Samsung Droid Charge : The Samsung Droid Charge was the only Verizon phone to make our top list for performance and battery life. Expert rankings came in at 4.23 out of 5 for the Charge, while its talk
time was measured at 11 hours, but its standby battery life was the lowest on the list at 280 hours.
4. Google Nexus One: The Google Nexus One is the most widely available phone on our top list, as it is available on Vodafone and Singtel in places like Singapore, Australia, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK. The average expert score on the Nexus One was 4.1 out of 5, with a talk time of 10 hours and a
moderate standby time of 290 hours.
5. Samsung Captivate : The Samsung Captivate from AT&T comes in at number five on our list receiving an average expert rating of 3.78 out of 5. The talk time on the Captivate is 10 hours with an amazing maximum standby time of 710 hours, which almost twice as much as any other phone on our list.
When put in a side-by-side comparison, these smartphones all prove to have great battery life as well as several differences in price and features that will allow shoppers to find the best smartphone that won't die when their needed most.
Related Articles: 3G, batteries, Google, HTC, iPhone, Nexus S, Samsung


Hacker Noon has once again tagged ICOBox as its first choice in a recently released list of top 21 picks for ICO marketing and PR firms around the world.
Gerogetown, Cayam Islands, Sept. 14, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hacker Noon has once again tagged ICOBox as its first choice in a recently released list of top 21 picks for ICO marketing and PR firms around the world. This marks the second time in a year that the online journal has bestowed the top spot to the blockchain growth promoter and business facilitator. ICOBox is joined by an impressive group of companies, including Official Startups, Palm Beach Marketing, Argon Group, and AmaZix, all of which are considered leaders in the field.
Writer, kin jes sae, who compiled the list, argues, "A successful ICO is [a] mixture of great team, vision, product and a strong marketing campaign." That's why he undertook to assess who the best of the best are in order to guide cryptocurrency startups that are looking for PR support. He based his ranking on the companies' performance and other parameters to come up with the list. "These digital marketing firms are the best going around," he asserts.
Founded in early 2017, ICOBox enjoys a solid reputation around the globe and is sought out by both startups and more mature players that want to conduct their ICOs. The company offers complete ICO facilitation packages including a range of sophisticated technology solutions, legal support, and world class marketing a PR services. In just over a year, ICOBox, which was founded by serial entrepreneur Nick Evdokimov, internet businessman Anar Babaev, and PR, marketing and communications expert Daria Generalova, has grown to over 150 employees who work in 10 countries. They offer multilingual services, and have helped over 80 clients collect more than $400 million to date.
Not just any company can collaborate with ICOBox, however. They follow a stringent screening process and have garnered a reputation for having a no-tolerance attitude toward companies that can't demonstrate they will follow through once their ICOs are completed.


Allergies are one of the most common diseases experienced by Americans. In fact, as many as 85 million people in the U.S. suffer from allergies.
Airborne allergens and other particles can land directly on the surface of the eye, causing irritation and redness. Although tears constantly wash the eyes, they can't always keep out allergens like pollen or pet dander.
Those who have ocular allergies know that they are a major source of discomfort. They can contribute to eye dryness and other eye discomforts, such as itching, redness, swelling and watering. But beyond being annoying, ocular allergies may be very disabling. Allergic symptoms often interfere with everyday activities, such as reading, working on a computer, driving, and playing sports.
Allergic eye symptoms may be seasonal, usually in the late spring or fall when pollen counts are the highest. This is common in persons with allergic rhinitis, asthma, and eczema or hay fever. Up to 80% of hay fever patients may have allergic eye conditions.
Ocular allergy occurs when histamine is released from mast cells. The symptoms include burning, itching, and watery discharge that is often white, thick and ropey. These symptoms are often accompanied by nasal discharge and other allergic symptoms.
Allergies can't be cured, but they can be alleviated to a large extent. For itchy allergy eyes, eye drops work faster than tablets and don't overmedicate by treating symptoms you don't have. Ask our doctors at Vision Care Consultants about which fast-acting eye drop for itchy eyes that will work best for you.


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Club Deportivo Victoria de Tazacorte era un club del municipio de Tazacorte (La Palma, Provincia de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canarias) España. Fue fundado en 1.954. Y jugaba sus partidos como local en el Nuevo Estadio Municipal con capacidad para 5.000 espectadores.

Historia
Fundado en 1954, por la unión de los dos representantes municipales hasta ese momento el At.Morro y el C.D.Marino Tazacorte, no logró jugar en categoría nacional hasta la temporada 1984/85, en la que debutó en Tercera División. Descendió esa misma temporada, siendo la peor realizada por cualquier equipo en Tercera División Canaria, al solo haber logrado tres victorias y cinco empates, sumando once puntos ya que entonces las victorias valían dos puntos. Once años tardó el Victoria de Tazacorte en recuperar la categoría, en la que permaneció los siguientes nueve años, antes de volver a descender y pasar tres años en Preferente. Volvió a subir a Tercera División, encadenando una nueva racha de cuatro temporadas.

Estas catorce temporadas en la Tercera División han convertido al equipo de Tazacorte en el tercer mejor equipo de la isla de La Palma en las clasificaciones históricas del fútbol canario, solo por detrás del C.D.Mensajero y la S. D. Tenisca.

En la temporada 2009/10 el equipo logró alcanzar su segunda final de la Copa Heliodoro Rodríguez López, cayendo en la tanda de penaltis ante la U.D.Orotava, el rey de copas canario.

La siguiente temporada 2010/11 el equipo bagañete conseguía mantener la categoría en los terrenos, pero problemas económicos le haría renunciar a su plaza y volver a Preferente.

En su vuelta a preferente los bagañetes quedan en la penúltima posición tras pasar gran parte de la temporada como farolillo rojo y tras tener graves problemas económicos y deportivos.

Al finalizar la temporada 2011/12 el club desaparece por problemas económicos y deportivos.

Derbis
El Club Deportivo Victoria de Tazacorte siempre ha tenido una gran rivalidad con los clubs palmeros en general y con los del Valle de Aridane en particular. Cabe destacar que tanto el municipio de Tazacorte, como el de El Paso fueron en su momento barrios de Los Llanos de Aridane, lo que incrementa notablemente la rivalidad de estos conjuntos. Actualmente los representantes de esto municipios son el At.Paso y la U.D.Los Llanos, pero a lo largo de la historia se han sucedido encuentros de máxima rivalidad con clubs como el U.D.Aridane, C.D.Argual, S.D.Velia, Aceró C.F. por parte de Los Llanos de Aridane, Unión Centro por parte de El Paso o el C.D.Puerto del propio municipio de Tazacorte.

Uniforme
 Local La camiseta es blanca y negra a rayas verticales con las mangas totalmente negras, el pantalos y las medias son de color negro.
 Visitante La segunda equipación del Victoria de Tazacorte es blanca en su totalidad.

Estadio
El Club Deportivo Victoria de Tazacorte juega sus encuentros como local en el Estadio Municipal de Tazacorte. Este estadio con capacidad para 5.000 espectadores se encuentra a las afueras del casco de Tazacorte.

Escudo
Una V enorme de Victoria con un balón de fútbol arriba, justo por debajo del balón cruza un papel en el que se lee CD.Victoria.

Temporadas

Datos del club
 Temporadas en 3ªDivisión: 14
 Temporadas en Preferente: 16
 Temporadas en 1ªRegional: 2

Palmarés
2Veces Subcampeón Copa Heliodoro Rodríguez López

Jugadores famosos
  Aziz

Plantilla

Plantilla temporada 2.009/10
 Portero
 GUADA - Guadafra León Armas
 JONAY - Jonay Quintana Hernández

 Defensa
 AARÓN - Aarón Martín Acosta
 ALBERT - Alberto Acosta Martín
 CIRO - Ciro Fredy Medina Hernández
 JESÚS - Jesús
 NANI - Albín Nani Martín González
 NAUZET GONZÁLEZ - Nauzet González Santana
 PEDRO - Pedro Toledo Acosta
 YERAY - Jesús Yeray Rodríguez Martín

 Centrocampista
 CARLOS TUTU - Carlos Alberto Rodríguez Brito
 LEVI - Levi Rocha Pérez
 MANUEL - José Manuel Rodríguez López
 OLIVER - Manuel Oliver León Vicente
 OSCAR - Oscar
 ROBAINA - José Antonio Robaina Hernández
 VÍCTOR - Víctor Ramos Hernández

 Delantero
 ARIDANE - Aridane Tenesor Marrero Hernández
 CARLOS - Carlos
 JOSÉ - José
 LARSSON - Larsson

Véase también
 Anexo:Equipos canarios de fútbol
 Anexo:Equipos de fútbol de la provincia de Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Referencias

Equipos de fútbol de la provincia de Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Equipos de fútbol fundados en 1954
Fútbol en España en 1954
Tazacorte
Equipos de fútbol desaparecidos en 2012

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Q: How do I create a simple Web Server using WCF without the ServiceHost class? I've began to learn WCF and wish to understand its internals by creating a simple Web server using channel stacks directly. I have found a lot of theory in the web but I'd like to see a working sample code of receiving and responding an httprequest that I can test using any browser.
 I'm hoping for something that shows the setup of a custom binding by assembling binding elements all the way to responding the request.

A: Got the answer in MSDN forums :
static void RunService()
    {
      //Step1: Create a custom binding with just TCP.
      BindingElement[] bindingElements = new BindingElement[2];
      bindingElements[0] = new WebMessageEncodingBindingElement();
      bindingElements[1] = new HttpTransportBindingElement();

      CustomBinding binding = new CustomBinding(bindingElements);

      //Step2: Use the binding to build the channel listener.
      IChannelListener<IReplyChannel> listener =
         binding.BuildChannelListener<IReplyChannel>(new Uri("http://localhost:8080/channelapp"),
          new BindingParameterCollection());

      //Step3: Listening for messages.
      listener.Open();
      Console.WriteLine(
          "Listening for incoming channel connections");

      //Wait for and accept incoming connections.
      IReplyChannel channel = listener.AcceptChannel();
      Console.WriteLine("Channel accepted. Listening for messages");

      //Open the accepted channel.
      channel.Open();

      //Wait for and receive a message from the channel.
      RequestContext request= channel.ReceiveRequest();

      //Step4: Reading the request message.
      Message message = request.RequestMessage;
      Console.WriteLine("Message received");
      Console.WriteLine("To: {0}", message.Headers.To); // TO contains URL from the browser including query string
      if (!message.IsEmpty) // HTTP GET does not contain body
      {
        string data = message.GetBody<string>();
        Console.WriteLine("Message content: {0}", data);
      }

      //Send a reply - You can control reply content based on message.Header.To or by message content
      Message replymessage = Message.CreateMessage(binding.MessageVersion,
        "http://contoso.com/someotheraction", XElement.Parse("
Hello
"));

      // Set reply content type
      HttpResponseMessageProperty property = new HttpResponseMessageProperty();
      property.Headers[System.Net.HttpResponseHeader.ContentType] = "text/html; charset=utf-8";
      replymessage.Properties[HttpResponseMessageProperty.Name] = property;

      request.Reply(replymessage);

      //Step5: Closing objects.
      //Do not forget to close the message.
      message.Close();
      //Do not forget to close RequestContext.
      request.Close();
      //Do not forget to close channels.
      channel.Close();
      //Do not forget to close listeners.
      listener.Close();
    }

(http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/wcf/thread/09b620e0-ea81-4a6c-8a10-02a032ccd821)

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Bromus carinatus Hook. & Arn. var. marginatus (Nees ex Steud.) Barkworth & Anderton mountain brome - native
just SE of the Clearwater Lookout off NFD Rd. 040, ca. 18.7 air mi. S of Pomeroy, 5646 ft. elev., N46.20269, W117.57460, Garfield Co., WASHINGTON, 7/19/2014, © Robert L. Carr just SE of the Clearwater Lookout off NFD Rd. 040, ca. 18.7 air mi. S of Pomeroy, 5646 ft. elev., N46.20269, W117.57460, Garfield Co., WASHINGTON, 7/19/2014, © Robert L. Carr just SE of the Clearwater Lookout off NFD Rd. 040, ca. 18.7 air mi. S of Pomeroy, 5646 ft. elev., N46.20269, W117.57460, Garfield Co., WASHINGTON, 7/19/2014, © Robert L. Carr
just SE of the Clearwater Lookout off NFD Rd. 040, ca. 18.7 air mi. S of Pomeroy, 5646 ft. elev., N46.20269, W117.57460, Garfield Co., WASHINGTON, 7/19/2014, © Robert L. Carr just SE of the Clearwater Lookout off NFD Rd. 040, ca. 18.7 air mi. S of Pomeroy, 5646 ft. elev., N46.20269, W117.57460, Garfield Co., WASHINGTON, 7/19/2014, © Robert L. Carr just SE of the Clearwater Lookout off NFD Rd. 040, ca. 18.7 air mi. S of Pomeroy, 5646 ft. elev., N46.20269, W117.57460, Garfield Co., WASHINGTON, 7/19/2014, © Robert L. Carr just SE of the Clearwater Lookout off NFD Rd. 040, ca. 18.7 air mi. S of Pomeroy, 5646 ft. elev., N46.20269, W117.57460, Garfield Co., WASHINGTON, 7/19/2014, © Robert L. Carr
just SE of the Clearwater Lookout off NFD Rd. 040, ca. 18.7 air mi. S of Pomeroy, 5646 ft. elev., N46.20269, W117.57460, Garfield Co., WASHINGTON, 7/19/2014, © Robert L. Carr just SE of the Clearwater Lookout off NFD Rd. 040, ca. 18.7 air mi. S of Pomeroy, 5646 ft. elev., N46.20269, W117.57460, Garfield Co., WASHINGTON, 7/19/2014, © Robert L. Carr just SE of the Clearwater Lookout off NFD Rd. 040, ca. 18.7 air mi. S of Pomeroy, 5646 ft. elev., N46.20269, W117.57460, Garfield Co., WASHINGTON, 7/19/2014, © Robert L. Carr just SE of the Clearwater Lookout off NFD Rd. 040, ca. 18.7 air mi. S of Pomeroy, 5646 ft. elev., N46.20269, W117.57460, Garfield Co., WASHINGTON, 7/19/2014, © Robert L. Carr just SE of the Clearwater Lookout off NFD Rd. 040, ca. 18.7 air mi. S of Pomeroy, 5646 ft. elev., N46.20269, W117.57460, Garfield Co., WASHINGTON, 7/19/2014, © Robert L. Carr


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Marcon (IPA: ; Marcon in veneto) è un comune italiano di  abitanti della città metropolitana di Venezia in Veneto.

Geografia fisica

Il territorio è completamente pianeggiante, ad eccezione della zona Ca' Rossa Zucarello dove l'altezza sul terreno è di 8 metri sul livello del mare. I corsi d'acqua principali sono il fiume Dese e lo Zero, ma numerosi sono i fossi e canali di scolo, come la Fossa Storta. Generalmente i corsi d'acqua sono pensili, essendo il territorio circostante (un tempo paludoso) posto sotto il loro livello; le acque endoreiche vengono rimosse tramite una grande idrovora posta al termine del comune.

Origini del nome
Il toponimo Marcon è legato al nome proprio Marco, relativo forse a un possidente romano.
Altri toponimi sono:
Gaggio: nome di origine germanica che significa "bosco", "selva"; è attestato sin dal 994.
San Liberale: frazione di recente costruzione, prende il nome dalla parrocchiale del 1953.
Il Colmello: colmello è un vecchio termine veneto che in passato indicava una suddivisione amministrativa del territorio, perciò una borgata; probabilmente così era chiamata la località (almeno sino agli anni '60) più popolata della zona.
 Pojanon: da Povegliano, sede abbaziale tardoantica.
 Praello: è il diminutivo del veneto prà "prato", per indicare gli spazi erbosi a nelle adiacenze del confine con il comune di Venezia.
 Zuccarello: toponimo presente già nel Cinquecento, deriva forse da zocco, cioè "poggio"; in effetti la zona era un tempo al centro di una vasta campagna.

Storia
Non sono state rinvenute testimonianze della presenza romana a Marcon, appare tuttavia ovvio che la zona fosse influenzata dalla presenza della vicinissima Altino. Le strade attuali sembrano seguire l'antico graticolato.

In passato il territorio era ricco di boschi e acque che in parte ne hanno condizionato lo sviluppo e la storia.

Nei secoli scorsi, infatti, il fiume Zero, ma anche altri corsi d'acqua, invadeva spesso la campagna soprattutto nella zona verso la laguna. Questa, forse, la causa per cui Marcon non ha mai avuto dei centri abitati ma si è caratterizzato per gli insediamenti sparsi. Nel tardo medioevo il territorio marconese si caratterizzava per la presenza di boschi e zone umide che certo non favorivano l'insediamento umano. Nel 1515 il podestà di Mestre scriveva:

La storia marconese affonda certamente le sue radici nell'età romana anche se questo non è documentato, ma la continuità con la città di Altino e l'attraversamento del decumano massimo altinate all'altezza delle attuali vie Monte Grappa e via Boschette ed il passaggio ai confini sud- est, in località Zuccarello, della via Annia, sono una valida prova.

Il toponimo compare per la prima volta in un documento del 997 nel quale il vescovo di Treviso Rozone donava Marconio all'abbazia benedettina di Mogliano a cui il paese restò legato fino allo scioglimento degli enti ecclesiastici voluto da Napoleone. Un documento del 1330 rileva come, nel giorno del mercato, la Badessa, vestita di manto rosso assistita da un cancelliere e da un notaio amministrava la giustizia fungendo da giudice. Il monastero poi, oltre alla proprietà fondiaria, possedeva anche dei mulini. Estendeva i suoi diritti anche sull'elezione dei preti che aveva in cura le anime dei marconesi.

Questo privilegio durerà fino al 1700 quando le indicazioni del Vescovo di Treviso rendevano tale nomina del tutto formale. Nel 1521 la "chiesa di San Zorzi di Marconio" fu eretta a parrocchia. La religiosità della popolazione traspare non solo da queste opere ma anche dal sorgere di forme di solidarietà oltre che di fede, come la scuola di San Giorgio (1509) e del Rosario (1612).

Confraternite le cui mariegole sono interessanti per conoscere la vita dei tempi. Vita povera e malsana. Nel sedicesimo secolo il territorio venne risanato da alcuni interventi legislativi della Repubblica Veneta, ma la zona rimase sempre poco abitata. 450 erano gli abitanti nel 1668, 614 sul finire della repubblica nel 1766.

I veneziani non avevano molto interesse per Marcon pur avendo delle proprietà, nobili come i Priuli e i Grimani o borghesi come le famiglie Negri ed i Valentini sostituirono la piccola proprietà a quella ecclesiastica.

Quest'ultima divenne un "ghiotto boccone" a partire dal 1434, da quando cioè le Monache Benedettine di Mogliano, che possedevano a Marcon 126 campi, lasciarono il Monastero per Treviso.

Nel secolo XVII alcuni veneziani eressero delle case dominicali.

Nel 1807, durante la dominazione francese, Marcon divenne comune, Dipartimento dell'Adriatico. Ritornati gli austriaci venne aggregato come frazione a Mogliano, ma nel 1818 ritornò comune autonomo con la frazione di Gaggio, distretto di Mestre.

Così Francesco Scipione Fapanni, dopo la metà dell'800 descrive il territorio di Marcon "il suolo è fertile, si coltivano sorgoturco, frumento, avena, gelsi, l'aria è abbastanza salubre".Nonostante questo però nondovevano mancare povertà e miseria, visto che dopo gli anni '70 molti marconesi emigrano verso le Americhe. Ancora vivo nel racconto degli anziani l'episodio che ebbe per protagonisti alcuni marconesi nel 1877 coinvolti in un tremendo raggiro.

Dopo aver venduto ogni cosa si portarono al porto di Genova dove avrebbero dovuto salpare per le Americhe, ma non trovarono alcun bastimento. Rientrati a Marcon, per paura di sommosse il Sindaco, Pietro Berizzi, diede loro un lavoro: la sistemazione di una strada, l'attuale via Monte Grappa, che per questo veniva fino a qualche anno fa chiamata strada dell'America o "della 'merica" in quel tempo.

L'area fu risanata solo nel XVI secolo ma non fu mai molto popolata: nel 1668 si contavano appena 450 abitanti; nel 1766 erano 614. In effetti, i nobili veneziani non furono mai molto interessati alla zona e solo pochi eressero qui delle ville.

Il comune di Marcon fu istituito nel 1807 durante la dominazione di Napoleone. Incorporato
dagli austriaci a quello di Mogliano Veneto, tornò autonomo nel 1818.

La storia di Marcon è legata alla Grande Guerra, infatti, nel 1917, dopo la caduta di Caporetto, ospitò un campo di aviazione per la settantasettesima e ottantesima squadriglia dell'aeronautica militare.

Nel 1917 a Marcon fu istituito un campo di aviazione per la LXXVII e l'LXXX squadriglia dell'aeronautica.
Dal 22 luglio 1917 vi diventa operativa la 201ª Squadriglia che vi resta fino al 5 novembre 1918, il 7 novembre la 23ª Squadriglia fino al 22 marzo 1918, l'8 novembre 1917 la 77ª Squadriglia aeroplani fino alla fine della guerra e l'80ª Squadriglia caccia fino alla fine di gennaio 1919, il 9 novembre 1917 la 28ª Squadriglia fino al 24 luglio quando un bombardamento nemico rompe l'hangar e 7 Pomilio PE costringendo il reparto a spostarsi con 2 PE.

Il 10 novembre 1917 nasce una delle più importanti gruppi caccia dell'aeronautica militare il 13º Gruppo caccia, che restò qui fino a dicembre 1918, l'11 novembre 1917 arrivano 2 sezioni della 83ª Squadriglia fino al 18 marzo 1918, l'11 novembre 1917 la 118ª Squadriglia fino al 20 marzo 1918, il 10 marzo 1918 la 62ª Squadriglia fino a giugno, nel maggio 1918 una sezione della 24ª Squadriglia fino al 12 luglio, il 31 maggio la 131ª Squadriglia fino alla fine dell'anno ed il 20 luglio 1918 la 5ª Sezione SVA che dal 5 novembre diventa 58ª Squadriglia restando fino a dicembre.

Durante il periodo della Resistenza (seconda guerra mondiale), è da ricordare la medaglia d'argento Dolfino Ortolan. In quel periodo il municipio fu incendiato da partigiani e l'archivio, che conteneva preziose testimonianze sul passato recente della zona, andò completamente distrutto.

Questa città è cresciuta in poco tempo, memore di un boom economico dovuto alla costruzione di nuove industrie e centri direzionali

Simboli
Lo stemma attualmente in uso è stato concesso con decreto del presidente della Repubblica del 2 aprile 2001.

Un precedente stemma, approvato con regio decreto del 28 gennaio 1929, era blasonato semplicemente: di verde, alla bilancia d'argento. Al momento della creazione dell'emblema civico, nel 1928, venne scelto il simbolo della bilancia in relazione all'ipotesi che il nome del paese potesse derivare da marco, un'antica unità di misura di peso della Repubblica Veneta.

Il gonfalone è un drappo partito di rosso e di bianco.

Monumenti e luoghi d'interesse

Chiesa di San Giorgio

L'antica arcipretale di San Giorgio ha funzionato come parrocchiale sino alla consacrazione della nuova chiesa dei Santi Benedetto, Cirillo e Metodio, nel 1999. Citata sin dal XII secolo come cappella dipendente dall'abbazia di Mogliano, l'attuale edificio è sorto nella prima metà del XVI secolo (ma le forme attuali risalgono al XVIII secolo), affiancato dal campanile del 1779.

All'interno si trovano cinque altari settecenteschi. Il maggiore, intitolato al patrono, è ornato da un prezioso paliotto policromo. Degno di nota anche tabernacolo in pietra policroma della scuola del Sansovino (XVI secolo), custodito nella sacrestia. Tra le altre opere, le tele di Giuseppe Boldini (1865), quattro statue lignee, forse della scuola del Brustolon, e l'organo Pugina costruito sul finire del 1890.

Chiesa dei Santi Benedetto, Cirillo e Metodio
È la nuova parrocchiale, progettata dall'architetto Umberto Barbisan di Marcon e completata dall'ingegner Francesco Zanin di Treviso consacrata il 13 febbraio 1999 dal papa Giovanni Paolo II. L'intitolazione ai tre santi non è casuale, essendo patroni d'Europa; inoltre, san Benedetto rimanda all'opera dei monaci dell'abbazia di Mogliano, a cui è legata l'origine di Marcon.

Il grande edificio ha fattezze moderne. L'altare e il battistero sono ornati da bassorilievi di Schiro Perin; delle vetrate, quelle del frontale, disegnate da Mosè Ortolan, raffigurano i tre patroni, mentre le altre, di Monica Beghetto, rappresentano simboli cristiani; la custodia eucaristica in vetro di Murano è stata progettata dall'architetto Francesca Zanin di Treviso va citata infine la tela della Madonna delle Sorgenti, opera di Alfredo Pauletta.

Villa Pauletta
È un edificio secentesco rimaneggiato nel XIX secolo. Al corpo centrale, di modeste dimensioni, sono addossati numerosi annessi destinati a magazzini, stalle e alloggi del personale. Il salone principale si apre sul giardino grazie a un'ampia trifora con archi a tutto sesto sorretti da colonne e pilastri tuscanici. È sovrastata da un'apertura, anch'essa tripartita, protetta da una balaustrata in pietra. L'edificio culmina con un frontone con uno stemma gentilizio scolpito al centro.

La villa è vincolata dal 1966.

Barchessa e cappella di villa Astori
Di villa Astori restano solo la barchessa e l'oratorio privato. Le dimensioni e le fattezze dei due edifici, oltre che le raffigurazioni d'epoca, fanno pensar a un complesso certamente notevole. La villa fu edificata nel XVII secolo; nel 1703 era dei Valentini e nel 1830 degli Astori, per passare poi agli Ortolan.

La barchessa è un edificio a due piani vincolato dal 1983. Risulta notevolmente rimaneggiata, se non stravolta, dai vari interventi che si sono avvicendati nel tempo e attualmente appare come un complesso residenziale frazionato in più proprietà. Presso l'estremità orientale si colloca un timpano, la cui cornice è interrotta dall'arco della finestra sottostante. Quest'ultima è affiancata da due finestre, spostate rispetto alla posizione originale (si possono ancora individuare le tracce delle primitive soglie). Due arcate a tutto sesto, poste all'estremità occidentale, sono chiuse da moderni serramenti.

La cappella, vincolata dal 1979, ha mantenuto le fattezze originarie che ricordano lo stile di Giorgio Massari. A pianta quadrata, culmina con un frontone dentellato su cui è posta la statua del titolare Sant'Antonio. La trabeazione sottostante è sorretta da due fasci di paraste sovrastate da capitelli compositi; nell'intercolumnio si apre una finestra termale. Lo stesso disegno si ripete sui due fianchi della costruzione, distinti dalla facciata solo per l'assenza dell'ingresso.

Società

Evoluzione demografica

Economia
Il paesaggio circostante è caratterizzato dai numerosi parchi che si trovano nella zona con qualche zona dedicata all'agricoltura, ma ben più importanti sono il secondario e il terziario. Le aree industriali-commerciali di Marcon e di Gaggio ospitano industrie metalmeccaniche, chimiche, del design e dell'abbigliamento. La seconda, in particolare, è un importante polo commerciale in cui gravitano attorno al principale centro commerciale un grande complesso di magazzini, negozi e aziende artigiane in continua espansione, nonché un cinema multisala fino a 12 schermi di riproduzione, favorito pure dalla vicinanza con le autostrade A4, A27 e A57, l'aeroporto Marco Polo e la nuova stazione di Gaggio Porta Est e dal vicino passante di Mestre.

Infrastrutture e trasporti
Il comune è servito dalla stazione ferroviaria di Gaggio Porta est, posta sulla linea ferroviaria Venezia-Trieste e parte del progetto SFMR. Il territorio comunale è servito anche da diverse linee urbane ed extraurbane di trasporto pubblico gestite dall'ACTV che permettono collegamenti con le varie zone dell'area urbana di Mestre, con Mogliano Veneto, con Casale sul Sile e con Quarto d'Altino.

A Marcon esiste inoltre uno svincolo autostradale posto sulla A57 - Tangenziale di Mestre, che lo collega all'area urbana di Mestre e allo svincolo dell'Autostrada A27.

Sabato 9 gennaio 2021 è stata inaugurata una bretella cittadina, denominata "Via della Vittoria": un by-pass stradale ad est del centro urbano di Marcon, la cui realizzazione era attesa dal 1986, che devia il traffico leggero e pesante non superiore ai 35 quintali, fino a prima circolante per il paese, proveniente da Venezia, Mestre, Tangenziale di Mestre, Area Commerciale di Marcon e diretto a Bonisiolo, Passante di Mestre e Casale sul Sile come anche dalla direzione inversa;
sabato 18 settembre 2021, nella rotatoria in cui intersecano la sopracitata Via della Vittoria, Viale Trento e Trieste e Via dello Sport è stato inaugurato un manufatto raffigurante il Leone Marciano, simbolo di Venezia, a ricordo del 1600º anniversario della fondazione della città lagunare.

Amministrazione

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Patrice A. Edouard, 31, of Asbury Park was issued summonses following the crash on Cedarbridge Avenue in Lakewood.
LAKEWOOD - An Asbury Park resident was issued multiple summonses, including driving under the influence, following a six-car pileup that snarled traffic on Cedarbridge Avenue during rush hour Wednesday, police said.
Patrice A. Edouard, 31, was issued summonses for driving with a suspended license, assault by auto and driving while intoxicated, Lakewood police Sgt. Nathaniel Montgomery wrote in an email.
Police were called to Cedarbridge Avenue, near the Garden State Parkway north entrance, at about 5:09 p.m. Six vehicles in total were involved in the crash, and all but one sustained "major damage," Montgomery wrote.
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"The Double Slide Controller is a new electronic instrument whose playing technique is based on the acoustic slide trombone. It has 2 independent slides and two versatile hand controllers that allow free motion in three spatial dimensions. In this clip the right hand slide is generating the pitches which are triggered by the breath of the player while the left hand slide is controlling the pitch of some drone tones.
Several sensors built into the hand controllers allow the player to modify in real time the sound of the drone tones.
In this example the software (MAXMSP) directs the melodic material via MIDI to a Yamaha VL-70m synth while the sustained notes are produced by a softsynth (NI Massive).
One can also hear some delay+echo type effects on the main melody. These are controlled by a joystick on the right hand controller."
Seems like a pretty random choice of interface mechanisms. I guess if you're looking for a wind controller and you really want the trombone feel, this is your widget. I don't see that it's really opening up any doors.
It's the love child of a mechwarrior and a trombone. Shouldn't there be some kind of spit valve?
In the end it's just a different way of controlling a synth. It seems rather elaborate, and in the end, completely unnecessary. It's a solution in search of a problem, or a solution for a problem which has already been solved better, long before.
There's another way to drive a synth with a 3D controller in each hand, mouth control and tactile switches?
> or a solution for a problem which has already been solved better, long before.
Eh, perhaps the OP should've provided more context (check the bottom of the page for more videos of contestants; I like this one) before the nerds came out and decided to cry foul. It's not like anyone is going to be marketing this contraption. Exploring new control surfaces offers new contexts to generate sound. Anything that adds more dimension than a keyboard is worth at least going down an alley to explore.
At the start of the clip, I could have sworn he was about to launch into the theme from Exodus.
I love this. Truly unuseful, but I am a sucker for objects that display a synthesis of creativity and engineering skill. The fact that it looks and sounds like something from scifi television of decades past is just icing.
Whoa. Double trombone all the way.
Neat interface, but it would probably sound better if someone that was less of a nerdy engineer wasn't playing a bagpipe funeral dirge on it.


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import pytest
from django.urls import reverse
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
from selenium.webdriver.support.wait import WebDriverWait

from cutepaste.tests.marks import slow

pytestmark = pytest.mark.usefixtures("data_files")

@slow
def test_index(live_server, webdriver):
    webdriver.get(live_server.url + reverse("files:ls", args=[""]))
    directories = webdriver.find_elements_by_css_selector(".dir-item")
    files = webdriver.find_elements_by_css_selector(".file-item")
    assert len(directories) == 1
    assert len(files) == 2

@slow
def test_navigate_to_directory(live_server, webdriver):
    webdriver.get(live_server.url + reverse("files:ls", args=[""]))

    dir1_links = webdriver.find_elements_by_link_text("dir1")
    assert len(dir1_links) == 1

    dir1_link = dir1_links[0]

    dir1_link.click()

    dir1_file1_links = webdriver.find_elements_by_link_text("dir1_file1.txt")

    assert len(dir1_file1_links) == 1

@slow
def test_breadcrumbs(live_server, webdriver):
    webdriver.get(live_server.url + reverse("files:ls", args=[""]))

    home_breacrumb = webdriver.find_elements_by_css_selector("a[href='/ls/']")

    assert len(home_breacrumb) == 1

@slow
def test_breadcrumbs_in_subdirs(live_server, webdriver):
    webdriver.get(live_server.url + reverse("files:ls", args=["dir1/subdir1"]))
    breadcrumbs_list = webdriver.find_elements_by_css_selector(".breadcrumb li")
    assert len(breadcrumbs_list) == 3

    breadcrumb_parent = webdriver.find_elements_by_css_selector("a[href='/ls/dir1']")

    assert len(breadcrumb_parent) == 1

@slow
def test_remove_file(live_server, webdriver):
    webdriver.get(live_server.url + reverse("files:ls", args=[""]))

    file1_links = webdriver.find_elements_by_link_text("file1.txt")
    assert len(file1_links) == 1

    file1_checkboxes = webdriver.find_elements_by_css_selector("input[value='file1.txt']")
    assert len(file1_checkboxes) == 1

    file1_checkbox = file1_checkboxes[0]
    file1_checkbox.click()

    trash_button = webdriver.find_element_by_id("trash-button")

    trash_button.click()

    confirm_trash_button = webdriver.find_element_by_id("confirm-trash-button")
    confirm_trash_button.click()

    WebDriverWait(webdriver, 1).until(
        EC.invisibility_of_element_located((By.LINK_TEXT, "file1.txt")))

    file1_links = webdriver.find_elements_by_link_text("file1.txt")
    assert len(file1_links) == 0

@slow
def test_copy_paste_file(live_server, webdriver):
    webdriver.get(live_server.url + reverse("files:ls", args=[""]))

    file1_links = webdriver.find_elements_by_link_text("file1.txt")
    assert len(file1_links) == 1

    file1_checkboxes = webdriver.find_elements_by_css_selector("input[value='file1.txt']")
    assert len(file1_checkboxes) == 1

    file1_checkbox = file1_checkboxes[0]
    file1_checkbox.click()

    copy_button = webdriver.find_element_by_id("copy-button")

    copy_button.click()

    dir1_links = webdriver.find_elements_by_link_text("dir1")
    assert len(dir1_links) == 1

    dir1_link = dir1_links[0]

    dir1_link.click()

    WebDriverWait(webdriver, 1).until(
        EC.invisibility_of_element_located((By.LINK_TEXT, "file1.txt")))

    paste_button = webdriver.find_element_by_id("paste-button")

    paste_button.click()

    file1_links = webdriver.find_elements_by_link_text("file1.txt")
    assert len(file1_links) == 1

    dir_up_links = webdriver.find_elements_by_css_selector("a[href='/ls/']")
    assert len(dir_up_links) == 1

    dir_up_link = dir_up_links[0]

    dir_up_link.click()

    WebDriverWait(webdriver, 1).until(
        EC.invisibility_of_element_located((By.LINK_TEXT, "dir1_file1.txt")))

    file1_links = webdriver.find_elements_by_link_text("file1.txt")
    assert len(file1_links) == 1

@slow
def test_cut_paste_file(live_server, webdriver):
    webdriver.get(live_server.url + reverse("files:ls", args=[""]))

    file1_links = webdriver.find_elements_by_link_text("file1.txt")
    assert len(file1_links) == 1

    file1_checkboxes = webdriver.find_elements_by_css_selector("input[value='file1.txt']")
    assert len(file1_checkboxes) == 1

    file1_checkbox = file1_checkboxes[0]
    file1_checkbox.click()

    cut_button = webdriver.find_element_by_id("cut-button")

    cut_button.click()

    dir1_links = webdriver.find_elements_by_link_text("dir1")
    assert len(dir1_links) == 1

    dir1_link = dir1_links[0]

    dir1_link.click()

    WebDriverWait(webdriver, 1).until(
        EC.invisibility_of_element_located((By.LINK_TEXT, "file1.txt")))

    paste_button = webdriver.find_element_by_id("paste-button")

    paste_button.click()

    file1_links = webdriver.find_elements_by_link_text("file1.txt")
    assert len(file1_links) == 1

    dir_up_links = webdriver.find_elements_by_css_selector("a[href='/ls/']")
    assert len(dir_up_links) == 1

    dir_up_link = dir_up_links[0]

    dir_up_link.click()

    WebDriverWait(webdriver, 1).until(
        EC.invisibility_of_element_located((By.LINK_TEXT, "dir1_file1.txt")))

    file1_links = webdriver.find_elements_by_link_text("file1.txt")
    assert len(file1_links) == 0

@slow
def test_select_all_then_none(live_server, webdriver):
    webdriver.get(live_server.url + reverse("files:ls", args=[""]))

    select_all_button = webdriver.find_element_by_id("select-all-button")

    select_all_button.click()

    checkboxes = webdriver.find_elements_by_css_selector("input[type=checkbox]")
    assert len(checkboxes) == 3
    assert all([checkbox.is_selected() for checkbox in checkboxes])

    select_none_button = webdriver.find_element_by_id("select-none-button")

    select_none_button.click()

    checkboxes = webdriver.find_elements_by_css_selector("input[type=checkbox]")
    assert len(checkboxes) == 3
    assert all([not checkbox.is_selected() for checkbox in checkboxes])

@slow
def test_buttons_visibility_no_selection_no_clipboard(live_server, webdriver):
    webdriver.get(live_server.url + reverse("files:ls", args=[""]))
    assert webdriver.find_elements_by_css_selector("#select-all-button")
    assert webdriver.find_elements_by_css_selector("#edit-button")
    assert not webdriver.find_elements_by_css_selector("#select-none-button")
    assert not webdriver.find_elements_by_css_selector("#copy-button")
    assert not webdriver.find_elements_by_css_selector("#cut-button")
    assert not webdriver.find_elements_by_css_selector("#trash-button")
    assert not webdriver.find_elements_by_css_selector("#paste-button")

@slow
def test_buttons_visibility_no_selection_with_clipboard(live_server, webdriver):
    webdriver.get(live_server.url + reverse("files:ls", args=[""]))

    # Select a file and copy it to the clipboard
    file1_links = webdriver.find_elements_by_link_text("file1.txt")
    assert len(file1_links) == 1

    file1_checkboxes = webdriver.find_elements_by_css_selector("input[value='file1.txt']")
    assert len(file1_checkboxes) == 1

    file1_checkbox = file1_checkboxes[0]
    file1_checkbox.click()

    copy_button = webdriver.find_element_by_id("copy-button")

    copy_button.click()

    WebDriverWait(webdriver, 1).until(
        EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "#paste-button")))

    file1_checkbox.click()

    assert webdriver.find_elements_by_css_selector("#select-all-button")
    assert webdriver.find_elements_by_css_selector("#edit-button")
    assert not webdriver.find_elements_by_css_selector("#select-none-button")
    assert not webdriver.find_elements_by_css_selector("#copy-button")
    assert not webdriver.find_elements_by_css_selector("#cut-button")
    assert not webdriver.find_elements_by_css_selector("#trash-button")
    assert webdriver.find_elements_by_css_selector("#paste-button")

@slow
def test_buttons_visibility_with_selection_no_clipboard(live_server, webdriver):
    webdriver.get(live_server.url + reverse("files:ls", args=[""]))

    # Select a file and copy it to the clipboard
    file1_links = webdriver.find_elements_by_link_text("file1.txt")
    assert len(file1_links) == 1

    file1_checkboxes = webdriver.find_elements_by_css_selector("input[value='file1.txt']")
    assert len(file1_checkboxes) == 1

    file1_checkbox = file1_checkboxes[0]
    file1_checkbox.click()

    assert webdriver.find_elements_by_css_selector("#select-all-button")
    assert webdriver.find_elements_by_css_selector("#edit-button")
    assert webdriver.find_elements_by_css_selector("#select-none-button")
    assert webdriver.find_elements_by_css_selector("#copy-button")
    assert webdriver.find_elements_by_css_selector("#cut-button")
    assert webdriver.find_elements_by_css_selector("#trash-button")
    assert not webdriver.find_elements_by_css_selector("#paste-button")

@slow
def test_buttons_visibility_with_selection_with_clipboard(live_server, webdriver):
    webdriver.get(live_server.url + reverse("files:ls", args=[""]))

    # Select a file and copy it to the clipboard
    file1_links = webdriver.find_elements_by_link_text("file1.txt")
    assert len(file1_links) == 1

    file1_checkboxes = webdriver.find_elements_by_css_selector("input[value='file1.txt']")
    assert len(file1_checkboxes) == 1

    file1_checkbox = file1_checkboxes[0]
    file1_checkbox.click()

    copy_button = webdriver.find_element_by_id("copy-button")

    copy_button.click()

    WebDriverWait(webdriver, 1).until(
        EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "#select-none-button")))

    assert webdriver.find_elements_by_css_selector("#select-all-button")
    assert webdriver.find_elements_by_css_selector("#edit-button")
    assert webdriver.find_elements_by_css_selector("#select-none-button")
    assert webdriver.find_elements_by_css_selector("#copy-button")
    assert webdriver.find_elements_by_css_selector("#cut-button")
    assert webdriver.find_elements_by_css_selector("#trash-button")
    assert webdriver.find_elements_by_css_selector("#paste-button")

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Q: jQuery not loading in webview in Electron app I am using Electron framework to load a page in a webview. I want the page to be loaded just as a browser would load it without turning off node-integration. I tried various solutions I found on the web but to no avail.
I have started with electron-quick-start.
 This is my modified index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>

    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <title>Hello World!</title>

Hello World!

    We are using Node.js ,
    Chromium ,
    and Electron .

    <webview id="foo" preload="./preload.js" src="https://www.icicibank.com/" style="display:inline-flex; width:1000px; height:800px" nodeIntegration></webview>

And this preload.js in the same root folder
window.onload = function() {
    window.$ = window.jQuery = require('jquery');
    console.log([$, jQuery ]);

    // I also tried the below:
    // but with no success
    // var script = document.createElement("script");
    // script.src = "https://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.1.4.min.js";
    // document.body.appendChild(script);
};

The console.log statement prints the values but when I open devtools for the webview by typing the below in the devtools console for the index.html page, I get the errors
var wv = document.getElementById("foo");
wv.openDevTools();

I also tried the solution described here Electron: jQuery is not defined but with the same result. Please help. Here is the complete code https://github.com/ajaykgp/electron-start

A: Do it this way:
main.js
const path = require('path')
const mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({
  webPreferences: {
    nodeIntegration: false,
    preload: path.join(__dirname, 'renderer.js')
  }
})

renderer.js
const path = require('path')
window.addEventListener('load', () => {

        //inject jquery to page
        window.$ = window.jQuery = require(path.join(__dirname, '/jquery-3.2.1.slim.min.js'));
});


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The Principal Researcher - CDR Mindworks role is designed to support a talented behavioral scientist in generating significant research contributions to behavioral science disciplines (e.g., psychology, economics). The primary duty of the Principal Researcher will be to conduct this research both independently and in collaboration with Booth Faculty in the Roman Family Center for Decision Research (CDR), with particular encouragement to advance high-quality, cutting-edge experimental research. Accordingly, this position demonstrates an outstanding capacity to generate original research questions and implement studies to investigate those questions in unique experimental settings (e.g., companies, public spaces, museums). This Principal Researcher will dedicate 20% of their time as Chief Scientist at Mindworks: The Science of Thinking . This position is anticipated to last two years.
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The Association for Psychological Science (APS), a DC-based scientific organization with a collegial, collaborative culture, seeks a highly-organized and detail-oriented administrative professional for the position of Board and Committee Administrator. This is a full-time opportunity for an energetic individual with excellent communication skills and demonstrated experience prioritizing tasks and supporting diverse teams. About APS APS is dedicated to the advancement and representation of scientific psychology across the full range of research areas in this diverse field. APS members around the world include leading scientists, scholars, educators, and students. APS publishes six highly respected journals, hosts an annual US-based conference and a biannual international conference, publishes a member magazine and related digital content, and has a broad public outreach and policy advocacy program that raises the visibility of APS members, their...
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The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) funded T32 Training Program in Emotion Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison anticipates (pending funding) having one post-doctoral training position starting in Fall 2023 with up to three years of support. Applications are due on Monday, February 6, 2023 . For more information, please visit emotion.wisc.edu/ . The following faculty all desire post-doctoral candidates: Simon B. Goldberg conducts research on the use of digital technology to expand access to evidence-based mental health strategies. Dr. Goldberg and Dr. Richard J. Davidson seek to co-mentor a postdoctoral fellow to assist with the analysis and publication of data resulting from a large-scale, randomized controlled trial they are conducting examining the effects of smartphone-delivered meditation training on a range of biological, behavioral, and self-report outcomes (i.e., the BeWell Study ). Ryan J....
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Visiting Assistant Professor Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Indiana University-Bloomington We seek to fill one position for a visiting assistant professor to teach undergraduate courses in the area of either Social Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, or Neuroscience. The candidate may also contribute to general courses in our psychology or neuroscience majors, such as introductory psychology, experimental methods, and statistics. This will be a 1-year appointment, renewable for one additional year. The teaching load is five courses per year. Candidates with a doctorate in psychology or related field in hand at the time of appointment are preferred, but those who have completed all degree requirements except the dissertation defense (i.e., ABDs) will be considered. Applicants should have documented teaching experience and submit a letter of application that includes a statement of teaching philosophy and experience, evidence of teaching effectiveness, a...
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A global energy system - including heat and transport - that is 90 per cent renewables and dominated by solar, is not only possible by 2050 - it will also be cheaper.
looked at how to meet the 1.5°C target of the Paris climate treaty, and found that the most effective, quickest and cheapest means was to switch just about everything to electricity, and power it with solar and other renewable energy technologies.
This latter point - that the transition is more a matter of political will and technology and business culture, rather than the technology itself , is an emerging theme.
It has been noted by energy researchers in the US, by China's State Grid, by the National Grid in the UK, and in Australia.
The major finding of the LUT report is that the shift to electrify just about everything - heat, manufacturing, transport and desalination - combined with a growing population and economic growth means that total global electricity generation will be four to five times higher 2050 than it was in 2015, or 150,000 terawatt hours.
wind and solar power are produced virtually exclusively from decentralised local and regional generation.
-equivalent in 2015 to zero by 2050.And it will be good for jobs - resulting in employment for 35 million people worldwide.
'A transition to 100% clean, renewable energies is highly realistic – even today, with the technologies currently available,' he said.
Still, there are some mind-boggling figures included in the study. Electricity consumption per capita increases slightly from over 3MWh/person in 2015 to over 4 MWh/person by 2050, while total heat demand increases steadily from around 38,600 TWhth in 2015 to 52,500 TWhth by 2050.
To power this, some 63,380MW of solar power will be needed. To put that into context, the world currently has around 300GW, and Australia has a little under 10GW. Total wind capacity will be 8,130GW.
The total levellised cost of electricity - including generation, storage, curtailment and some grid costs is put at €53.6/MWh, with a range of €33 to €66/MWh for three-quarters of global power demand. (It will be higher in some areas with poor wind and solar conditions).
This may sound a lot, but the authors note it is significantly more efficient than the current fossil fuel-based system, which experiences huge losses (56 per cent) from primary energy to final electricity demand. Indeed, the 150,000 TWh of final energy demand is around one half of what would be needed if fossil fuels continued to dominate the world's energy supply.


Hello, following the installation and configuration of my connector I have sent several emaling campaign to my list of target, I can see the report of the campaign well in my dashet homepage "mailchimp campain summary" but the dashlet in the form of a contact "mailchimp activity" does not show me activity.
Thank you for letting us know the issue you are finding. It seems our api call to MailChimp that gets the associated lists for an email address is failing. Since the Campaign Summary dashlet is displaying just fine, then we know your api key is working just fine. Probably the quickest way to get you setup is going to be to get on a call together. There's not too many things that might be wrong here.
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Curfew imposed in quake-hit Chile
Authorities act to stop looters as survivors grow restive over inadequate relief.
01 Mar 2010 17:02 GMT
There are fears the death toll from Chile's
devastating earthquake could still rise [AFP]
"We are confronting an emergency without parallel in Chile's history," she said, adding that a "growing number" of people were recorded as missing.
Lucia Newman, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Concepcion, said there is "a feeling of desolation" in the city.
"There's no water, no food, no fuel, no electricity. There's been wide looting ... we saw people looting a flour mill.
"At night, the neighbours have been arming themselves with bats, in some cases even with guns. People are afraid that groups of gangs will try to go into their apartments," she said.
Aid appeals
The United Nations has said it will rush aid deliveries to Chile in response to a request from the government.
Television images showed residents carting food and electronics from damaged stores
"We are prepared to provide assistance,'' Elisabeth Byrs, a UN humanitarian spokeswoman, told the AP news agency.
"It could be quite fast, given that our experts are on standby and were alerted in the region."
The International Red Cross said volunteers were providing first aid in areas hardest hit, and that it was appealing for donations within Chile.
Bachelet has said she expects the death toll to continue to rise as the scale of the devastation became clear from coastal towns and villages engulfed by giant waves.
Some coastal towns were almost obliterated, after being first shaken by the quake and then slammed by sea waves.
Angry survivors have taken out their frustration on firefighters delivering water in Concepcion, damaging their vehicles.
"We don't have water or anything. No one has appeared with help and we need more police to keep order," a 78-year-old woman in the badly hit city of Talca, told the Reuters news agency.
"There are many people here who are robbing," she said.
'Out of control'
Jacqueline van Rysselberghe, the mayor of Concepcion, said the situation was getting "out of control" due to shortages of basic supplies.
But she warned that the looting was "totally unjustifiable".
"We've got a very complicated situation and the people feel very vulnerable," she told local radio.
Al Jazeera is not responsible for the content of external websites
Saturday's quake also triggered a tsunami that killed at least four people on Chile's Juan Fernandez islands and caused serious damage to the port town of Talcahuano.
More than 60 aftershocks of magnitude 5 or greater were reported in the hours after the quake.
The US Geological Survey (USGS) said the earthquake struck 92km northeast of Concepcion at a depth of 63km at 3:34am local time (06:43 GMT) on Saturday.
Aid organisations and government officials in Britain and the US have offered to help Chileans in their efforts to rebuild their country.
Barack Obama, the US president, has said the US has resources in position to deploy should the Chilean government ask for help.


Wayfair kids furniture – When we have a small space to decorate the children's bedrooms, there are basic premises that we must follow. The first thing we have to consider is the furniture; you can lose a lot of space if we do not have the right furniture. In this sense, an option for small children's bedrooms are the trundle beds or the bunks, the idea that must prevail is to incorporate highly functional furniture.
The wayfair kids furniture beds gives us an extra space when our children's friends come to sleep at home. And also usually incorporate several drawers and storage areas. Another option to optimize the space and that gives very good results are the shelves in height from wayfair. In addition, these shelves allow creating visual games.
As for the decoration, when the spaces are small it is better not to recharge them. Currently, the design and efficiency of wayfair kids furniture goes beyond the aesthetic. Despite the fact that the offer is still low, children's furniture is being reconsidered according to all the uses it can have, with models that are often conceived with a high pedagogical value. However, the furniture affects the autonomy of the child.


The LG Electronics Laundry Pedestal with Storage Drawer makes your appliance easy to access. The drawer holds up to 18 lb. of laundry supplies and includes a convenient removable divider for organization.


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Q: Expect that a certain function is called I have an onChange listener and I want to make sure that the listener gets called.
I do actually have code that woks but it seems weird.
test('on change should be invoked when deleting', async () => {
    expect.assertions(1);
    someTestThing.onChange.sub(() => expect(true).toBe(true));
    await someTestThing.delete(TEST_ID);
});

I'm referring to the expect(true).toBe(true) part not seeming right.
Edit:
I guess I could also do this, which does seem a bit more reasonable, actually I quite like it:
test('on change should be invoked when deleting', async () => {
    const cb = jest.fn();
    someTestThing.onChange.sub(cb);
    await someTestThing.delete(TEST_ID);
    expect(cb.mock.calls.length).toBe(1);
});

A: Use Jest's toHaveBeenCalled assertion.
const someTestThing = {
  onChange: (event: Event) => console.log(event),
  delete: async (id: string) => console.log(id)
}

it('on change should be invoked when deleting', async () => {
  const mock = jest.fn(someTestThing.onChange);

  mock(new CustomEvent('Foo'));
  await someTestThing.delete('1')

  expect(mock).toHaveBeenCalled();
})

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Someone unfamiliar with Reggie Nelson's expressions might have thought his bright smile before the Jaguars played the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Saturday was the smile of a man given the opportunity to start again after losing it after last season.
Because of mental mistakes, missed coverages and shaky tackling, the Jaguars wanted more out of Nelson, who had been their starting safety since his rookie season. They told him so and opened up his position to whichever player would grab it.
But Nelson's mood never darkened as his team challenged him, that smile stayed where it was, and Nelson worked to regain his coaches' favor.
He seems to have done it.
Saturday night in Tampa, the Jaguars hoped to settle starting battles including the ones at safety. Nelson started and played most of three quarters with strong safety Anthony Smith.
"I felt great out there," Nelson said. "No mental mistakes or anything. That's showing progress right there without having mental mistakes or busted calls out there."
Coach Jack Del Rio declined to evaluate Nelson's performance until he saw film, and he won't name starters until today. But Nelson's progress clearly has impressed him.
"This is a young man that's responded in the right way to the challenges he's been faced with, and that's good for our football team," Del Rio said. "The more guys that respond in a positive way, the better."
Nelson had been a star at Florida as a roaming free safety. He had six interceptions during Florida's national championship season in 2006 and was a consensus first-team All-America selection.
The Jaguars drafted Nelson in the first round. He started in 15 of 16 games, led the team with five interceptions and returned those interceptions for a team-high 76 yards. Nelson also had 12 pass breakups, two forced fumbles and a sack that season.
He faltered from there. As schemes and defensive coordinators changed, Nelson's production suffered. He has only two interceptions since his rookie year. He didn't force any fumbles in the past two seasons, had three pass breakups in 2008 and six in 2009.
Last season the Jaguars asked more of Nelson. With starter Rashean Mathis hurt, they tried him out at cornerback for the first time in his career and in nickel situations.
As he moved around the field, some saw his confidence waver. That left Nelson with a challenge this offseason.
He studied his own play, watched the mental mistakes in an effort to figure out how to fix them and worked on his tackling.
"My commitment to this team has been outstanding from my point of view," Nelson said. "That's what I've been working on all offseason, just trying to get down our defense and learning the looks and getting that down pat."
Nelson played nearly the whole game in the Jaguars' first preseason game, one in which the starters played just a few series. He made some positive plays, such as a pass defensed in the end zone. He also made some very visible negative ones, such as a diving whiff on Eagles quarterback Michael Vick as Vick ran for a touchdown.
But with the passing weeks, Del Rio saw improvement.
"He's been more disciplined with his eyes," Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio said. "He's really worked at the tackling. He's playing better. He's an improving football player."
Nelson feels that way, too.
Back with the first team against the Bucs, he made four solo tackles and didn't make many highlight-inducing mistakes. It felt good to start again, but Nelson remains cautious.
"I mean that don't mean anything that I started tonight, to tell you the truth," Nelson said. "... Only thing I gotta do is just keep doing little things right and at the end of the preseason then you know, it'll be up to the coaching staff to make that decision."


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Simisola
(A Wexford Case).
#15 in the Series: Wexford
The sixteenth book to feature the classic crime-solving detective, Chief Inspector Wexford.
When a young, black woman goes missing in Kingsmarkham, Wexford must respond to a test not only of his powers of deduction, but of his basic beliefs and prejudices.
Only eighteen black people live in Kingsmarkham. One of them is Wexford's new doctor, Raymond Akande. When the doctor's daughter, Melanie, goes missing, the Chief Inspector takes more than just a professional interest in the case.
Melanie, just down from university but unable to find a job, disappeared somewhere between the Benefit Office and the bus stop. Or at least no one saw her get on the bus when it came...
When the body of a young black woman is discovered, Wexford must overcome his underlying prejudices to allow his investigative skills to succeed.
Impressive and courageous ... Rendell's psychological and social insights are so absorbing, it's easy to forget what a superb plotter she is. As a mystery, Simisola is exceptional ... pace, surprise, tension and a climax of stunning unexpectedness
Probably the greatest living crime writer in the world
The most brilliant mystery novelist of our time
From Doon With Death
Kissing The Gunner's Daughter
A New Lease Of Death
Wolf To The Slaughter
Some Lie And Some Die
An Unkindness Of Ravens
A Sleeping Life
A Guilty Thing Surprised
Not in the Flesh
Murder Being Once Done
Shake Hands For Ever
The Veiled One
The Monster in the Box
No Man's Nightingale
Means Of Evil And Other Stories
End In Tears
The Babes In The Wood
The Best Man To Die
Ruth Rendell was an exceptional crime writer, and will be remembered as a legend in her own lifetime. Her groundbreaking debut novel, From Doon With Death, was first published in 1964 and introduced the reader to her enduring and popular detective, Inspector Reginald Wexford, who went on to feature in twenty-four of her subsequent novels. With worldwide sales of approximately 20 million copies, Rendell was a regular Sunday Times bestseller. Her sixty bestselling novels include police procedurals, some of which have been successfully adapted for TV, stand-alone psychological mysteries, and a third strand of crime novels under the pseudonym Barbara Vine. Very much abreast of her times, the Wexford books in particular often engaged with social or political issues close to her heart. Rendell won numerous awards, including the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger for 1976's best crime novel with A Demon in My View, a Gold Dagger award for Live Flesh in 1986, and the Sunday Times Literary Award in 1990. In 2013 she was awarded the Crime Writers' Association Cartier Diamond Dagger for sustained excellence in crime writing. In 1996 she was awarded the CBE and in 1997 became a Life Peer. Ruth Rendell died in May 2015. Her final novel, Dark Corners, was published in October 2015.
Ruth Rendell: A life in writing
Editor Selina Walker on Ruth Rendell's Dark Corners
The story behind the publication of Ruth Rendell's final novel, Dark Corners, is as intriguing as the book's plot. Selina Walker, Ruth's editor, reveals how the book was found, and her part in bringing it to publication.


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Anna-Lena Werner
Anna-Lena Werner. Researcher and curator.
TRAUMA AND CONTEMPORARY ART
Ph.D., Institute of Theatre Studies, Freie Universität Berlin
The study "Let them haunt us. Trauma and Contemporary Art. Case Studies in the Aesthetic Practices of Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller, Omer Fast, Forensic Architecture and Paul McCarthy." argues for the necessity of contemporary aesthetic practices that engage in global conditions of trauma, making the case that exhibitions and the aesthetic realm provide a potential forum for facilitating understanding of current conflicts, their humanitarian consequences and a critical reflection of their rising presence in image culture. Up until the present day, representations of individual and collective traumata dominantly continue to be defined within an ethical dogma as failed, impossible or deemed as morally inappropriate and historically inaccurate as a result of influential theories stemming primarily from early psychoanalysis, postmodern aesthetic theory and Holocaust studies. In an attempt to relieve the trauma paradigm from its traditional canon and aesthetic practices from their mimetic and historical function, the study proposes to consider representations as a part of reality, enabling a staged and performative encounter with trauma within the aesthetic framework. The dissertation was funded by the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes and will be published by transcript in April 2020.
"Trauma as an Aesthetic Strategy" at the conference "Narratives of War", Huizinga Institute, University of Amsterdam
, 24 - 26 February 2016
Architecture as Frame for Trauma: Video Installations by Paul McCarthy, in: Performance Research; Mick Wallis und Patrick Duggan (Hg.) On Trauma, London: Routledge Journals, Taylor and Francis Ltd., 2011, S.153-163.


If anyone were in the office during the wee morning hours Chris Tran routinely drags himself in, they'd probably look away immediately after making eye contact. The disheveled appearance, springless step, and all-night fog that won't soon lift from Tran's face is a combination that can make even the most empathetic co-worker hesitant to pry.
Is Chris okay? Do I really want to know?
It definitely takes a toll. I'm a bit disengaged after being up all night and certainly not as productive.
The sun isn't up and Tran has already crashed from his first caffeine high. You see he's the guy the office turns to for quick turnarounds of epic proportions; up working until 2am and back in the office a few hours later to measure the fruits of his labor.
If it sounds like torture you might be wondering what Tran did to deserve such a fate? It all started in a California farmhouse after a chilling laboratory accident.
The table top bubbled as Susie Wang looked on in horror.
Wang was formulating an eye cream for major cosmetics companies when she spilled a key ingredient on her laboratory table and noticed a violent chemical reaction. The chemical, which cosmetics vendors say can cause tumors in lab animals, was so strong it warped the table and permanently altered the chemical properties of the table's surface.
If this is what this chemical does to a table, what's it going to do to someone's skin? There's gotta be a better way.
The chemical in question, according to vendors, is used widely throughout the skincare industry to make products look better, smell better, and last longer on store shelves. The accident troubled Wang so much, she and two partners quit their jobs to launch a small line of organic cosmetics out of a farmhouse they shared in Napa, California.
That's how it all began in 2005 for 100% Pure, a multimillion dollar manufacturer of beauty products made of natural ingredients with twelve retail locations and five international ecommerce stores now growing 40% year over year.
Fast forward several years and Tran joined the 100% Pure team as an engineer. One of his responsibilities as a front-end developer is to prepare the company's site for major sales, product releases, and campaigns.
It's work that often requires major site overhauls which means it can't be done during normal business hours when customers are shopping as Tran must manually unpublish the core site and publish a new site.
Preparing the site for a major sale is a painstaking and time-consuming process Tran often starts around nine or ten at night and doesn't finish with until two the next morning. But what exactly is it that Tran is up working on all night prior to a sale?
It's a lot of work and it's all manual. On a scale of 1-10, it's a 15. It's extremely tedious.
He has to do all this for each of the company's ecommerce stores in the U.S., U.K., Canada, and Europe.
"You have to multiply the pain by four," Tran says.
It's probably no surprise then to hear Tran recently quit. He no longer works midnights preparing the company's sites for major sales.
Sounds like a big loss for 100% Pure, right? So, why is the company cheering Tran's move?
In fact, it can work around the clock without any sleep at all.
While it's true that Tran quit the tedious tasks necessary to prepare for major campaigns and sales, he didn't quit the company. Instead, he freed himself to do more important work by using Launchpad to automate ecommerce sales and events.
In fact, Plus brands like 100% Pure have already used Launchpad to sell more than $3 billion on autopilot.
Rather than doing it all yourself, we've created Launchpad to help you plan, schedule, and automate everything from flash sales to product launches to holiday campaigns.
The application, which is exclusive to Shopify Plus merchants, allows you to schedule, coordinate, and automate ecommerce sales and major events in advance. With Launchpad you can pre-plan everything on your to-do list and instantly roll it all back once the sale or event is over.
In other words, it means Tran's grueling all-nighters are over.
Launchpad allows us to do so many great things for the company. I love this tool.
Besides being extremely easy to use — Tran says marketing now stages sale themes instead of engineering — the ability to automate an ecommerce sale or event reduces the risk for error while executing an event. Importantly, it also allows 100% Pure to monitor campaign performance with real-time reporting.
Think of Launchpad as your command center for major commerce events; the place where customer-facing automation and dashboard reporting meet. The real-time analytics dashboard allows merchants to monitor event performance and make real-time adjustments.
For instance, when 100% Pure notices inventory of a featured product is running low, the company can emphasize another product with a higher inventory count.
The real benefit is efficiency. We're able to do more with fewer people.
Why then would Tran consider stopping Launchpad in its tracks?
"We don't shoot in the dark," Tran says.
The briefing the 100% Pure team has the day after each Launchpad powered campaign or sale positions it to make the next campaign even more lucrative. For example, Launchpad's reporting illustrates top selling products which helps the team determine which items might be bundled together to increase AOV and which may be used as upsell opportunities.
"We're not guessing, we just rely on the data," Tran says.
Even more impressive, Tran and his team are now using Launchpad in conjunction with Flow — ecommerce automation software that allows Shopify Plus businesses to customize unique backend business workflows without the help of costly developers.
For example, Tran uses Flow to tag popular sale items so he receives real-time inventory updates during campaigns and sales. If the items featured in a sale sell out early, Flow instantly notifies Tran who can then stop Launchpad and the sale early to prevent customers from being disappointed.
Using both tools, Launchpad and Flow, together to further automate 100% Pure's operations is a strategy Tran plans to use during the Black Friday Cyber Monday sales period and beyond.
"The more we automate the more money we save," Tran says.
Automation is going to play a big role in our future. It'll allow us to focus on being merchants and growing the business instead of the repetitive tasks that slow us down.


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Umit Benan
Designer, Umit Benan
The critically acclaimed designer has opened a buzzed-about store in Japan and is the recipient of a number of prestigious awards.
Designer Umit Benan swiftly established himself on the menswear scene following the launch of his label in 2009. He won Pitti Uomo's prestigious 'Who Is On Next?' award in 2010. Benan told The New York Times, "My shows are always ironic. The men in my show are never perfect. I don't like perfect." Past references for his collections have included "third-generation Italians, investment bankers, retired rockers and 'home sweet home." The designer recently moved his show from Milan to Paris, a switch that — as he describes — has brought "more luxury, more volume, more elegance" to his work.
Praise for fashion designer Umit Benan includes that of Tim Blanks , who wrote, "There's a brazen sensuality about his clothes that gives their wearer a reassuring amount of credit for self-confidence" in his show review for Umit Benan's Spring/Summer 2015 collection. In 2016 he opened a much-hyped store in Japan, as well as appearing in the lineup of the country's Amazon Fashion Week.
Benan was appointed as creative director of Trussardi's menswear and womenswear in 2011. His first womenswear collection for the house, shown in September 2011 was named one of the best of the season in the inaugural issue of Style.com/Print. Although the designer said that he had 12 collections planned when he joined the house, he parted ways with Trussardi in February 2013.
The designer is now focused on his own critically acclaimed menswear line, "It's the first time in my life I am not planning anything. I couldn't be any happier. I will have more energy to focus on and have fun with my own line. When the right thing comes up, and I believe in it, then I will once again be [ready] for another company," he told BoF.
Benan is of Turkish descent but was born in Stuttgart, Germany. He spent time as a child in Istanbul, as well as attending a boarding school in Lausanne, Switzerland — all formative experiences reflected in his polyglot, unique and captivating style.
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