As of late, artificial intelligence and its business applications are growing rapidly, and Finland isn't idly sitting by and waiting for innovation to come about from elsewhere.
There are already plenty of tasks that entrepreneurs and small businesses can leverage the power of AI for.
The tech-savvy Finnish Prime Minister is moulding the national mindset on AI.
Just recently Prime Minister Juha Sipilä spoke at a seminar for AI outlining his wish for a 'national vision' on how Finland can adopt and innovate AI technologies.
Libratus, developed by Carnegie Mellon based computer scientist Tuomas Sandholm, which was the first AI program to beat the world's best poker players.
IT company Tieto just recently appointed AI to their leadership team.
AI is already showing that it can handle a broad range of tasks, and arguably a lot better than its human overlords.
One prime example of this is in the application of self-driving technology, where machine intelligence already has a better track record for road safety and set to get even better in upcoming years. AI isn't hindered by pesky human traits like emotion, tiredness and general lack of concentration.
In business terms, AI can be relied upon to take on a broad range of tasks like accounting, market intelligence and sales, just to name a few.
Artificial Intelligence is a huge opportunity for small businesses in the Nordic countries.
International author and keynote speaker, Lasse Rouhiainen, claims that artificial intelligence will affect business processes from consumer research to customer service and even product delivery.
He also suggests that AI offers a big opportunity for small businesses, startups and even solo entrepreneurs.
With the help of AI assistants, solo entrepreneurs could be able to compete against big companies that have hundreds of employees.
AI has the potential to level the playing field between big and small businesses.
Lasse Rouhiainen laments that many small businesses risk missing out simply because of generic thinking.
Quillengage – Analyzes Google Insights for you and gives you recommendations based on that.
Graava – A camera that records and edits videos for you. No more time consuming editing work needed.
Donotpay – The world's first robot lawyer that helps you with parking tickets or getting a refund if your flight is delayed.
x.ai – An AI personal assistant that schedules meetings for you.
Respondable – Helps you to write better emails with the help of artificial intelligence.
Lasse Rouhiainen is hosting a seminar on the potential of AI business applications.
Rouhiainen will host the fourth annual Social Media Seminar on March 3, 2017, at Helsinki's Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences. The event will cover AI business applications and Rouhiainen really wants to drive home the benefits of AI for smaller ventures.


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Q: What does it mean when emacs tells me "File mode specification error"? This is the most useless error message I have ever seen.
I think it translates to .. "error".
The full error message from the *Messages* buffer is:
File mode specification error: (wrong-type-argument characterp "string value here")

I think the latter part of that message means that emacs was expecting a character and got a string.
But how do I go about diagnosing just what it means when emacs tells me "File mode specification error" ?    and how do I narrow down where this error is originating?
How are these two errors (file mode error, expecting character and got string) related?

A: Use M-x toggle-debug-on-error RET to drop into the debugger when this (or any) error occurs -- assuming that this is a proper error, and not just a message. That gives you the stack trace, so you can figure out what caused it, and proceed from there (possibly with edebug, once you've determined which function(s) to instrument, but you can do plenty with the regular debugger).
Standard debugger commands:
M-: (info "(elisp) Debugger Commands") RET
Main manual entry for debugging lisp (including edebug):
M-: (info "(elisp) Debugging") RET
FYI, rgrep tells me that the only instance of the string "File mode specification error" in the *.el files for NTEmacs 23.2.1 appears in the normal-mode function definition:
M-x find-function RET normal-mode RET

A: You might want to say what version of Emacs you are using.
If it's GNU Emacs 23, then the relevant code is in the function normal-mode in files.el and looks like this:
(report-errors "File mode specification error: %s"
  (set-auto-mode))

So the function set-auto-mode (or some function called from there) is signalling the wrong-type-argument error and normal-mode is adding the text File mode specification error in an attempt to help you track it down, but sadly it's not helping here, because the function of set-auto-mode is to determine which major mode a buffer should have, and then turn on that mode. I expect it's the mode itself that's signalling the error.
So phils' advice to turn on debug-on-error and look at the backtrace is a good one: that should give you a clue as to what's going on.

A: For me, it happened because I had an extra pair of () parenthesis around a function body I wrote. I guess that makes lisp attempt to execute the return value of the function body. So pay attention to your parenthesis count!

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Everyone knows that a first impression can make-or-break a business deal. And, when it comes to meetings with important partners and/or clients, it's essential that you know how to consistently put your best foot forward. Here are a few tips to help you do it.
Giving a genuine smile to someone upon greeting them will instantly help settle nerves for both of you. However, make sure it doesn't look inauthentic. If you smile too widely, it's easy for someone to perceive you as nervous or--worse--arrogant.
A small smile and polite hello paired with a great handshake will help you make a great impression every time. But, learning the "right" handshake is tricky. You want to have a firm but not overly tight squeeze, and it can't last for too long. Just a split second over what the person expects and it can easily turn awkward.
The answer? Practice with people who have known you for many years. This allows you to shake their hand and get their honest opinion on it. It might seem silly, but the practice will certainly pay off down the road.
The verbal introduction is another big part of making the right impression. If you're greeting a room of individuals, you should definitely state your name so everyone knows it. Depending on the context, you might go down the line and greet each individual in the room as well, remembering to smile and shake hands as you do.
Planning your introduction will help you be efficient while avoiding awkward silences or going off on a tangent. So, think about the meeting before you go in and consider how you will introduce yourself to the room. You might even plan your transition to kick off the discussion.
Most people have a lot of great things to say. Unfortunately, most people don't know how to speak properly.
Speaking too softly or even too loudly can negatively impact how people see you. Speak too softly and they will struggle to hear, and be more likely to perceive you as unconfident or nervous. Speak too loudly and they may perceive you as anxious, rude, self-consumed, or (at the very least) hard-of-hearing.
You should learn how to properly control not only your volume but also the speed and tone of your voice. It's easy to lose control of these simple things when you get nervous. But, as the saying goes, practice makes perfect.
Over-using eye contact can make for an awkward discussion. But, avoiding it all together can lead people to feeling that you are either very nervous or very rude. Failing to look someone in the eyes can make them think you do not want to be in a conversation with them. Obviously, that's not the impression you want to give.
The trick is to not overthink your eye contact and then your gaze will be very natural. But, if you find yourself thinking about it, try the "V" trick. This is when you glance at one eye for a good 5-10 seconds before switching to their other eye for another 5-10 seconds. Break up the eye contact by looking to their mouth or, if they are gesturing, at their hands.
With these tricks, you'll be able to consistently make a great impression no matter what sort of meetings you find yourself in.


Becoming the boss of your friends and co-workers is an exciting... and not just a little bit scary... proposition. The transition from staff to supervisor must be made with forethought in order to avoid the stumbling blocks that cause many new supervisors to fall. This eye-opening audio course will: • Discuss straightforward discussion about the challenges you are facing • Show you how to become a more confident and aware supervisor • Help you look forward to coming to work because your relationships have improved • Give you skills that allow you to spend more time with family and less time putting out fires • Provide innovative new exercises to enhance your listening, reacting and collaboration skills • Show you how to resolve conflict quickly by applying just a few key components of negotiation and conflict resolution.
I would like someone to contact me with more information regarding The New Supervisor's Personal Checklist for Success. I saw it in the SHRM Human Resource Vendor Directory.


AFF is proud to offer a full line of panel and pleated panel filters; standard commercial or industrial grade. A panel/pleated air filter is a cost effective and highly efficient way to purify the air entering or exiting your business or facility. These filters are used in HVAC units but can also be used as intake filters for equipment as well as filtering plant/building exhaust.
Metal air filters are widely used in industrial and commercial HVAC systems. They help to protect the heat transfer coils from becoming coated with dust. They are also commonly used as pre filters to higher efficiency filters. Metal filters are ideally suited for high-moisture conditions. Their lightweight construction makes them easy to handle, install, and clean.
Panel & pleated filters outperform ordinary furnace filters with higher efficiency and lower pressure drop allowing air-handling systems to stay cleaner and operate more efficiently. Available in a wide range of MERV ratings as well as efficiencies from standard to extreme, high dust loading capacity, various sizes & thickness.
Multi-Pocket Filters are one of the best and most economical choices for high-efficiency filtration. The design of a pocket filter is to increase the filtration area as well as maximize dust holding capacity. Available in a variety of sizes, depths and configurations. Typically used in multi-stage filtration, these filters usually have a panel or pleated filter in front of them to extend the service life of the bag filter.


We just upgraded our servers to ZCMv11.2.3 which may have resolved the issue I was having because when I noticed a problem, I think we were still on 11.2.2. But in any case, when we were installing ZEN agents on freshly imaged machines, they would go through the 50 step installation process just fine but on step 50 (setup.exe), the splash screen would pop up with a message along the lines of "zen agent install failed. Retrying..." and it would never successfully complete. We manually rebooted and the agent looked like it was installed but it wasn't managed or registered and it couldn't be managed or registered- for all intents and purposes, it was corrupt. This was happening using custom deployment packages- one with .NET and one without it but they both failed. The image is 32-bit Win7 with .NET 3.5.1 installed and enabled (.NET 4 is also installed on the image). The only agent that installed correctly was the Default Agent. However, the Default Agent would hang for upwards of 10 minutes on the last step (50 of 50) before it finished. Today, I installed 3 custom built ZEN deployment packages (without .NET) and they all succeeded. Upon a quick glance, the image appears to be the same in regards to installed software (MS updates, .NET framework, etc.) but the only thing i can think of that changed since we first noticed this problem is the server upgrade. Could that have been what resolved this issue? Or is there something I can cross reference and check on the local PC?
Any insight would be greatly appreciated. p.s. I know this is a n00bish mistake but I never pulled the log files from the PCs that failed/ hung... I will if it happens again though!


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WIRE ART by ASIA SCUDDER – at Sweethaven Gallery – April 23, 11–6
WIRE ART by ASIA SCUDDER
Sweethaven Gallery 25L Inn Street – Newburyport
Newburyport ArtWalk Saturday April 23 • 12–6pm
Asia Scudder is an Amesbury, MA artist and owner of Blue Wave Fine Art Gallery, who has been bending wire for almost 25 years and transforms baling wire from merely a heavy duty material into delicate lines by which her works become otherworldly. Scudder was inspired by her grandfather, a sculptor of regional-fame, to create "artistic representations of [her] own personal life experience." Her work brings in aspects of storytelling with, as she described, "quantum timelessness", through her simultaneous investigations of early cultures, such as the Mayans, as well as her expression of human emotion.
"I work to involve elements of the cosmos", said Scudder. The combination of the mysterious early cultures of our world as well as the deep search for meaning and compassion she employs create an ethereal experience". Her work can viewed here www.asiawireart.com.
This show runs from April 20 — May 15
25L Inn Street, downtown Newburyport, by the fountain, down the stairs.
Look for our OPEN flag and A-Frame sign at the top of the stairs.
Regular Gallery Hours
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday 12:00 – 5:00 p.m. Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
THE COLORS OF AFRICA at Sweethaven Gallery – April 16 & 17
The Colors of Africa alive at Sweethaven!
Small Solutions Big Ideas is celebrating 5 years of success in Africa.
View African inspired denim jackets and colorful bags by Lilliane, Kenya kids framed drawings of animals and people, wildlife photography by Willy Somma, crafts and more for sale!
All proceeds will go to SSBI!
2 DAYS ONLY
April 16 & 17
25L Inn Street, downtown Newburyport,
by the fountain, down the stairs.
Look for our OPEN flag
and A-Frame sign at the top of the stairs.
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
12:00 – 5:00 p.m.

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Q: Spring Aspectj maven - NoClassDefError for InstantiationAwareBeanPostProcessor I am using Spring AOP using maven build and getting the following error when starting the application server -
    org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException: Unexpected exception parsing XML document from ServletContext resource [/WEB-INF/mvc-dispatcher-servlet.xml]; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/springframework/beans/factory/config/InstantiationAwareBeanPostProcessor
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.doLoadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:412)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:334)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:302)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:174)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:209)
        Truncated. see log file for complete stacktrace
Caused By: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/springframework/beans/factory/config/InstantiationAwareBeanPostProcessor

The following is the test aspect -
@Aspect
@Component
public class TestAspect {
    @Pointcut("execution(* com.example.controller.MyController.submitOptions(..))")
    public void logBefore(){}

    @Before("logBefore()")
    public void printBefore() {
        System.out.println("print before aspect is invoked.");
    }

    public TestAspect() {

    }
}

The Spring configuration looks like this -
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xmlns:aop="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop"
    xsi:schemaLocation="
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.2.xsd
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/context
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.2.xsd
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc/spring-mvc-3.2.xsd
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop/spring-aop-3.2.xsd">

:
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     <context:component-scan base-package="com.example.test,com.example.controller"/>
     <aop:aspectj-autoproxy />
     <bean id="TestAspect" class="com.example.test.TestAspect"/>

The pom xml has dependency on aspectjrt, aspectjweaver, aspectjtools and others...
The aspectj-maven-plugin version of 1.5 is used.
The following is the dependencies in the pom file -
</dependency>
    <dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
    <version>${spring.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
    <version>${spring.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
    <version>${spring.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-expression</artifactId>
    <version>${spring.version}</version>
</dependency>
    <dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-aspects</artifactId>
    <version>${spring.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-aop</artifactId>
    <version>${spring.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
    <artifactId>aspectjrt</artifactId>
    <version>1.7.3</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>aopalliance</groupId>
    <artifactId>aopalliance</artifactId>
    <version>1.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
    <artifactId>aspectjweaver</artifactId>
    <version>1.7.3</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
    <artifactId>aspectjtools</artifactId>
    <version>1.7.3</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>cglib</groupId>
    <artifactId>cglib</artifactId>
    <version>2.2</version>
</dependency>

Please let me know if there is any problem with the configuration.

A: You have to add the following dependency in your pom.xml
<dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
        <version>${yourSpringVersion}</version>
</dependency>


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Kilmarnock entrepreneur Marie Macklin named as Female Business Leader of the Year
Business and social entrepreneur Marie Macklin CBE has been named as BQ Female Business Leader of the Year for 2016 in the Scottish Business Awards.
Marie (pictured above) is owner and executive chair of Macklin Enterprise Partnership, a recently formed holding company building a diverse portfolio of entrepreneurial businesses and investment funds.
On receiving the prestigious award, Marie said: "I'm thrilled to have received this award. I'm passionate about helping to create and grow strong, international businesses from Scotland and helping to make this the most entrepreneurial society in the world."
Marie seeks to invest in entrepreneurs and their businesses, directly through her own resources and investment funds. She seeks opportunities with organisations such as E-spark, Entrepreneurial Scotland, LINC Scotland, private and public investors and business angel organisations.
Behind Marie's decision to create Macklin Enterprise Partnerships is her inherent passion for a strong Scottish economy. She uses her experience and knowledge to inspire and nurture talented young and aspirational people and fledgling businesses such as online booking specialist Appointedd, and fashion shopping app Mallzee, who value practical business advice and guidance.
Macklin Enterprise Partnership invests through special-purpose funds created and managed with like-minded third parties. Marie takes the lead in identifying potential partners and providing start-up and management advice to selected entrepreneurs.
Wherever practical, she seeks to take a position of non-executive director of invested companies in order to ensure close engagement and scrutiny of business performance.
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Chevron establish Centre of Excellence and create 82 jobs at Prestwick Airport
Scottish Cabinet Secretary for the Economy, Jobs and Fair Work Keith Brown today (Wednesday 16 November) announced Manchester-based Chevron Aircraft Maintenance Ltd is to establish a world-class centre of excellence for aircraft engineering, maintenance and training at Glasgow Prestwick Airport.
[Pictured: Councillor Bill McIntosh, Leader of South Ayrshire Council, joins the Minister and guests at the Chevron hangar at Prestwick Airport.]
The £8.5 million investment will lead to the creation of up to 82 new jobs in Scotland, of which 67 are highly specialised and skilled positions. The company expect to increase turnover from £9.6m in 2016 to £19m by 2021.
Today the Cabinet Secretary met the first newly recruited member of staff while given a tour of the Hangar 747 where Chevron is now located. Simon Yeardley a Project Engineer originally from Ayrshire has worked in England since 2012, but this job has allowed him to move back home and fulfil his career aspirations.
The Chevron announcement is the first major success for South Ayrshire Council's inward investment programme – Invest South Ayrshire. The Council has worked closely and innovatively with Chevron, from initial enquiry, highlighting the opportunities at Prestwick, and assisting the company to secure a solution tailored to their specific needs.
Supported by a Regional Selective Assistance grant of £2 million from Scottish Enterprise, the project, which will be operational early 2017, is being undertaken in response to increased customer and market demand. It will support Chevron to now deliver a variety of services that it is technically qualified to do but has previously had to borrow airline facilities to complete.
Glasgow Prestwick Airport provides a large, bespoke space for Chevron's increased line maintenance support operations that will include:
• an EASA 145 approved Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) hangar facility
• on-site engine, office and workshop facilities, as well as an EASA Part 147 approved Training School
• a Freighter Conversion Programme for the BAE Systems Regional Aircraft
• a state-of-the art and environmentally friendly Aircraft and Engine Recycling facility for aircraft decommissioning
• finally, a commercial aircraft for Care & Maintenance programmes contributing to the training and further development of the Airport's talented workforce.
Economy Secretary Keith Brown said: "I am delighted to welcome the news that Chevron Aircraft Maintenance Limited will establish an aircraft engineering, maintenance and training regional centre of excellence at Glasgow Prestwick Airport.
"The company's investment, which is being supported by our economic development agency Scottish Enterprise, underlines their commitment to Scotland, and is great news for the local Ayrshire economy. This development will bring many new and highly skilled jobs to the Prestwick area. I wish the team every success with the new venture and look forward to hearing of their achievements."
Chevron Aircraft Maintenance managing director Mr Neil Morris said: "This is a very important project to us, and we have greatly valued the support we have received from Scottish Enterprise in helping us achieve this investment. The airport is in an excellent location at the midway point of the Great Circle Route, making it a convenient stop off point for the many aircraft that have existing flight planning over the airport. The facility will enable the Chevron Group to handle a large range of aircraft, and we hope that we can offer additional benefits to Glasgow Prestwick's existing customer base across passenger, cargo, military, executive and general aviation including training through providing them with MRO and supporting services.
"Over the last 3 months we have worked closely with the airport team to promote the facility, beginning by exhibiting the new capability at last month's MRO Europe Amsterdam Conference – raising industry interest in the availability of MRO capability, resulting in with two aircraft operators contracting maintenance from January to April 2017."
Councillor Bill McIntosh, Leader of South Ayrshire Council said: "Our ability to meet Chevron's needs and present a robust and confident case for Prestwick as a suitable home for the company has well and truly paid dividends for everyone involved and boosts our reputation as the natural home of aerospace and space even further. It's also a prime example of what we can offer through our Invest South Ayrshire programme and I'm confident that Chevron is only the first of many companies that we will support to achieve a bigger and brighter future."
Scottish Development International managing director Paul Lewis said: "Today's investment is a fantastic boost to the aviation engineering industry in Scotland, which is an ideal location for Chevron's centre of excellence. Chevron will now join the many international investors who benefit from our competitive business environment, strong skills base and effective support network, which help make Scotland the top performing location for inward investment after London. We look forward to supporting Chevron's ambitious growth plans and wish them every success."
Glasgow Prestwick Airport is an ideal location for Chevron as it is already home to a cluster of key players in the aerospace industry including: GE Caledonian, Spirit Aerosystems, UTC Aerospace Systems (formerly Goodrich), BAE Systems, Ryanair and Woodward Aircraft Engineering Systems. At the Airport the company will have access to a pool of highly skilled and qualified personnel, along with an established programme of training support provided by local Universities and Further Education Colleges.
Glasgow Prestwick Airport chief executive officer Ron Smith said: "The newly formed leadership team at the airport is delighted to welcome Chevron to Glasgow Prestwick Airport and the wider Prestwick Aerospace campus. This is the first major new business that this team has secured, and we see this as a building block on the way to delivering a profitable and sustainable airport for the long term.
"Chevron will bring in additional revenue for us through this lease but we also hope that this will provide us with an additional selling point for passenger and cargo airlines and other aviation customers including executive, military and general aviation to operate services to and from Glasgow Prestwick Airport.
"We will be working closely with Chevron to offer our support to help them build their business – their success will bring us success. This partnership working starts now with providing assistance to get the facility up and running in time to receive aircraft at the turn of the year. This assistance includes partnering with them to host a recruitment event this coming weekend in our main terminal building to help them fill these exciting new roles."
Chevron will be offering an "Employment Roadshow" for the 18 & 19 November at the Aviator Suite within Prestwick Terminal building where local people will be able to find out about what employment opportunities are on offer with more detail of the company.
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It's Summer Time, It's Hot! Why Not Give Away Flip Flops?
Flip flops may not be the first promotional products that companies think of giving away to their customers but they are becoming increasingly popular promotional gifts now that it is summer time! With more options than ever, including a huge array of colors and materials, some of the most innovative options include impression flip flops with die cuts on the sole of the flip flops that will leave imprints of your logo on the sand or die cuts in the straps that will leave the wearer with a tan shaped like your logo. I think that most people if not all can agree that flip flops would make great promotional gifts for everyone considering that it is extremely hot outside and it's definitely the time of the year to wear them! Here at Top Class, we offer a very large selection of promotional items at affordable prices including flip-flops! Why not advertise your company and get new customers while at the same time rewarding your current ones?


Move over millennials, here comes the IGen! Born between 1995 and 2005 this group of tech savvy natives is the next cohort and are just now entering the workforce. IGen, or Gen Z as they are often referred, have grown up in a world of social media where Youtube, Instagram, and Twitter reign supreme. These kids are a force to be reckoned with and require access to information in ways that are familiar, immediate, and actionable. Our success depends on them because as the IGen goes, so goes the manufacturing industry, the nation, and the world.


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2018 SEC Championship Review: The Stuff Of Legends
(Photo by Scott Cunningham/Getty Images)
William Davis Reporter
December 03, 2018 1:27 PM ET
The 2017 Alabama-Georgia national championship game may have been the greatest game in the history of college football.
But, the 2018 Alabama-Georgia SEC championship game may have brought us the greatest story in college football history. In an epic role reversal, Alabama backup quarterback Jalen Hurts came in to relieve the injured Tua Tagovailoa and led the Crimson Tide to a fourth quarter comeback. (RELATED: 2018 SEC Championship Game Preview: Will The Tide Turn)
You Can't Stop What's Destined. THANK YOU LORD!#AllGlory2God #NeverLoseFaith #Blessed #Wow pic.twitter.com/RrcgdUFTQu
— Jalen Hurts (@JalenHurts) December 2, 2018
The Bulldogs led 28-14 late in the third quarter, before Tua's touchdown pass to Jaylen Waddle cut the lead in half. Georgia continued to lead 28-21 until Tua's knee finally gave out midway through the fourth quarter, and Jalen Hurts had to enter the game and save Alabama against the same team in the same stadium where he lost his job just 11 months ago. On his first pass of the game, Hurts completed a perfect pass in coverage to Alabama tight end Irv Smith Jr. on third down and 12 yards to go in order to extend the drive. It was one of five third-down completions for Hurts late in the fourth quarter.
That drive ended with a perfect pass from Hurts to Jerry Jeudy in the back of the end zone to tie the game.
What a story
Jalen Hurts finds Jerry Jeudy for the score ????#SECchampionship pic.twitter.com/qasZwgbIFO
— Def Pen Sports (@DefPenSports) December 2, 2018
Hurts and the Crimson Tide were able to start their next drive at midfield after a mind-boggling decision by Bulldogs' head coach Kirby Smart to fake a punt. After another perfect third-down throw, Hurts scampered into the end zone and etched his place in college football history. He nearly brought his head coach to tears.
Despite leading the team to back-to-back national championship games as a freshman and sophomore, Hurts was benched in the second half of the national championship game a year ago. Tua took over to lead the Crimson Tide-comeback, and it was assumed that Hurts' career at Alabama was over.
But, Hurts had other ideas. He stayed at Alabama, and continued to improve as a passer under the tutelage of quarterbacks coach Dan Enos. The throws Hurts was making at the end of Saturday's games were not ones that he could have made just a few months ago. Saturday showed just how far the Crimson Tide quarterback had come in so little time.
I admit that it felt like someone was chopping onions around me while the end of this game was unfolding. Hurts delivered the type of stuff that would have seemed so mythical that Hollywood would have rejected it in a script.
Hurts delivered the stuff of legends. And on Saturday, he became one.
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Once in a while I still move my hands and feet.
I never felt more at home in this world.
or maybe it's the walls' music in the dark.
The body under its clothes.
through our noses — that's how we'll get to smell the sun.
In simplest terms, there is no one like Chris Tanasescu active in contemporary Romanian poetry—or, possibly anywhere. His poetics is fueled by notions of community at both the most immediate and most abstract level, and his poems, like their author, stay constantly in motion. Chris borrows equally from his vast familiarity with poetries east and west, channeling Jerome Rothenberg one minute and the surrealist master Gellu Naum the next. He infuses his poetry, in equal measure, with the manic energy of his performance-poetry band MARGENTO and his continuing fascination with complex mathematics. All of these intricacies plays out at the sentence level, where Chris toys relentlessly with language and context, bending words and sounds to refract the many dimensions of his poetry, from the personal and (or) political to the satiric or romantic. All of these things are present in the content of Chris's poems, but they come across even more vividly in the language he uses, which I've done my level best to convey here.
MARGENTO (Chris Tanasescu) is a poet, academic, translator, and poetry performer whose pen-name is also the name of his poetry/action painting/jazz-rock band, winner of a number of significant national and international awards. He splits his time between Europe, South-East Asia, and North America, lecturing, performing, and assembling an international graph-poem, a communal work that poets from all over the world contribute to, following the principles of mathematical/internet graphs and the spirit of the jam session.
Martin Woodside is a writer, translator, and a founding member of Calypso Editions. He has published five books for children, a chapbook of poetry, Stationary Landscapes, and an anthology of Romanian poetry in translation, Of Gentle Wolves. He spent 2009-10 on a Fulbright Scholarship in Romania, studying contemporary Romanian poetry, and he is currently a David K. Sengstack Fellow at Rutgers-Camden.


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Альціо́н лазуровий (Todiramphus diops) — вид сиворакшоподібних птахів родини рибалочкових (Alcedinidae). Ендемік Індонезії.

Поширення і екологія
Лазурові альціони мешкають на Молуккських островах в провінції Північне Малуку. Вони живуть у вологих і сухих тропічних лісах, в мангрових лісах, на полях і плантаціях. Живляться комахами.

Примітки

Рибалочкові
Птахи, описані 1824
Ендемічні птахи Індонезії

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Hannum JL. Hannum J.L. Hannum, Jennifer L.Malaria. In: Cydulka RK, Fitch MT, Joing SA, Wang VJ, Cline DM, Ma O. Cydulka R.K., Fitch M.T., Joing S.A., Wang V.J., Cline D.M., Ma O Eds. Rita K. Cydulka, et al.eds. Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine Manual, 8e New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; . http://accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=2158&sectionid=162272113. Accessed April 24, 2019.
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Malaria, a protozoan disease transmitted by the bite of the Anopheles mosquito, is caused by the genus Plasmodium. Five species of the protozoan Plasmodium infect humans: P. falciparum, P. vivax, P. ovale, P. malariae, and P. knowlesi. Consider malaria in patients who have recently traveled to endemic areas and present with an unexplained febrile illness.
Malaria transmission occurs in large areas of Central and South America, the Caribbean, sub-Saharan Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Oceania (e.g., New Guinea, Solomon Islands). More than 50% of malaria cases in the United States, including most cases due to P. falciparum, arise from travel to sub-Saharan Africa. Resistance of P. falciparum to chloroquine and other drugs continues to spread and strains of P. vivax with chloroquine resistance have also been identified.
Plasmodial sporozoites first infect the liver, where asexual reproduction occurs in the exoerythrocytic stage. During this initial incubation stage, which usually lasts 1 to 4 weeks, patients are often asymptomatic. Partial chemoprophylaxis or incomplete immunity can prolong the incubation period to months or even years. The clinical signs of malaria first appear during the erythrocytic stage, which occurs when hepatocyte rupture releases merozoites to invade erythrocytes. In P. vivax and P. ovale infection, a portion of the intrahepatic forms are not released, but remain dormant as hypnozoites, which can reactivate a malaria infection after months or years.
Early symptoms of malaria are nonspecific, including fever, chills, malaise, myalgias, and headache. Chest pain, cough, abdominal pain, or arthralgias may also be seen. Patients then develop a high fever, followed by diaphoresis and exhaustion when fever abates. Classically, cycles of fever and chills followed by profuse diaphoresis and exhaustion occur at regular intervals, reflecting the ongoing and intermittent hemolysis of infected erythrocytes.
Physical examination findings are nonspecific. During a febrile paroxysm, most patients appear acutely ill, with high fever, tachycardia, and tachypnea. Splenomegaly and abdominal tenderness are common. In P. falciparum infections, hepatomegaly, edema, and scleral icterus often occur.
Infections caused by any species of Plasmodium can result in hemolysis with anemia, splenic enlargement, and potential splenic rupture. Severe or complicated malaria infections may also occur, and are usually due to P. falciparum. Prostration, severe anemia, acidosis, hypoglycemia, acute renal failure, acute respiratory distress syndrome, pulmonary edema, jaundice, shock, and disseminated intravascular coagulation may occur in severe infections. Cerebral malaria is characterized by somnolence, coma, delirium, and seizures. In 2011, 22% of malaria cases imported to the United States were classified as severe. Blackwater fever is a severe complication seen almost exclusively in P. falciparum infections, with massive intravascular hemolysis, jaundice, hemoglobinuria, and acute renal failure.


LONDON, March 28 (Reuters) - Britain publicly chastised China's Huawei Technologies for failing to fix long-standing security flaws in its mobile network equipment and revealed new "significant technical issues," increasing pressure on the company as it battles Western allegations that Beijing could use its gear for spying.
The board – which includes officials from Britain's GCHQ communications intelligence agency – said in the report that the company had made "no material progress" addressing security flaws and it didn't have confidence in Huawei's capacity to deliver on proposed measures to address "underlying defects."
Officials in the United States and elsewhere have been increasingly public in voicing their concerns that Huawei's equipment could be used by Beijing for spying or sabotage, particularly as operators move to the next generation of mobile networks, known as 5G.


SEO is search engine optimization — making your website get indexed by the inanimate web engines, and found by the animate web searchers (people).
CRO is conversion rate optimization — making people more likely to do what you want them to do once on your website.
The two fields, CRO and SEO, share the word "optimization," but they seem to have very little in common after that. There are, however, some fundamental commonalities that occur at a very deep level — the level of psychology and human behavior.
Is it possible to ramp up your game in both of these fields simultaneously?
I'm going to give you six actual techniques that you can put into place that will do two awesome things: 1) Get you more traffic and ranking (SEO), and get you more conversions (CRO).
1. Get your page load time down.
A page's load time is the average amount of time that it takes the page to fully appear on your screen.
Make users infuriated and/or impatient. You lose out on conversions.
Make search engines infuriated and/or impatient. You lose out on search engine optimization.
In the realm of SEO, site speed is crucial. Google uses page speed as a ranking factor.
Let's say there are two websites that are exactly the same except for one difference. One page loads slowly, and the other page loads quickly. When Google provides you with search results, it will put the faster page on the top of the search results, and the slow page toward the bottom of the search results.
That's the perspective of the search algorithm. But there's an equally important perspective — the user's, and how that user converts (or not).
You know how agonizing it is for a website to load slowly. According to metrics from Search Engine Journal, a single-second delay in load time will reduce sales by 7%! Radware discovered that a two-second increase in load time doubled conversions!
Check out PageSpeed Insights, Google's free page load time tester. You can analyze a page's performance, and discover how to reduce the load time.
Eliminate elements like spacers, image segments, Flash elements, background audio loading, auto-play rich media, etc.
Page speed is one of the best under-the-hood CRO tactics that I know of, simply because it has such a direct impact on conversions. By shaving just a few seconds off of load time, you automatically get more traffic and more conversions.
When I refer to more content, I'm talking about long-form content. From landing pages to blog articles, some of the smartest marketers in the industry have taken to creating more content than the average bear.
This is one of the reasons why I write blog articles that exceed 2,000 words. That's also the reason why long landing pages have higher conversion rates in some industries.
Content length has a profound impact on SEO. Take a look at this chart for proof. Pages with more content consistently rank higher in Google's search results.
The plot thickens when you realize that longer content also gets more links.
Moz compared article length to how many links the content received. True to their hypothesis, they proved that the longer the article, the more links that article received. Links, as you're probably aware, are the No. 1 way to boost your rankings.
And here's the link graph. Looks similar, huh?
Not only do longer pages get an uptick in the SERPs, but they are also very effective at making more sales. Conversion Rate Experts is famous for their page improvement for Moz.com that not only increased page size by 20 times, but also boosted sales by $1 million.
The rest is million-dollar history.
Bottom line: Create more content. Search engines and customers alike will love you for it.
You know what social sharing icons are. You see them everywhere, and probably click on them several times a day.
People use social buttons for sharing, but there are some subtle things going on with these little icons that boost SEO and CRO.
From the standpoint of SEO, it seems that search engines favor pages that have more social signals — that is the amount of shares, likes, tweets and plusses. The better a page is virally distributed, the more people will read it, see it, share it, link to it, and ... convert on it.
Social icons can also be a powerful trust signal for your page. Trust is an important part of conversion optimization. As CROs often remark, authority plus trust equals conversions.
When users see that your page is trusted, shared and followed by others, it increases their level of trust in your page.
Moz, for example, has 175,000 likes, which can help to improve their trust level among potential followers.
As it turns out, social sharing is a win-win for SEO and CRO. Not a bad way to be all social and nail it on the other fronts as well.
4. Place valuable information above the fold.
Navigation elements, headers and lead images could steal a ton of real estate that could otherwise be used for above-the-fold power and conversion elements. Plus, the more wasted space above the fold, the more likely it is that a user will bounce, a true SEO killer.
Do you see any of the article content? No. It's all below the fold.
Just so you know, search engines don't like that. Users don't either.
What about CRO? Is this a good idea? Well, to the credit of the website above, they do have a CTA above the fold. But what good is a CTA that the user doesn't yet understand or have motivation to click? The content is what compels a user to act on the call to action. In that way, this page falls flat.
Users want to see what they need to see without too much unnecessary scrolling. Pages that hide everything below the fold are losing readers and increasing bounces, which slays SEO. Plus, they're losing out on potential conversions.
Put stuff above the fold, and you'll get more of both — conversions and searchers.
5. Focus on a single topic.
"If you aim at nothing, you'll hit it every time." So said Zig Ziglar and probably someone else.
The same truism holds for CRO and SEO, too.
Search engine optimization depends on keywords or queries. These are the short phrases or words that users type in to find stuff.
Pages must have keyword focus. That is, you want a single page to score for a single keyword phrase.
A page is about one thing, and you're going to win in the search results for one thing, not everything. A page can't win for "red dress shoes" and "men's leather wallet." It just doesn't work that way.
Yoast, which brought SEO to the WordPress masses, taught us how to do this. They emphasize the focus keyword, forcing Yoast users to have a consistent keyword focus on each page.
What this means practically is that you use your target keyword and semantic variations on your page (don't keyword stuff), as well using it in the title tag and the headers. The result is better SEO.
Single-topic CRO: It's all about the focus.
And, no surprise, this works for CRO, too.
A single topic allows you to have a single CTA. One of the cardinal rules of CRO is that you don't have more than one CTA. The CTA is about one thing, and only one thing.
The way to focus and refine your CTA is by making the page about one thing, too. Information on a page is designed to cause a corresponding action on the part of the user. That's why you want to deal with a single topic and bring it down to a single CTA.
A successful page is a funnel, meaning that all the content comes to a climax in the call to action. For example, Basecamp uses a long-form landing page. After singing the praises of Basecamp for a few hundred words, they give the user a chance to convert.
That page is about one thing — Basecamp. It's not about Highrise. It's not about their founder. It's not even about scrambled eggs. Their focus allows them to dominate the SERPs and the conversions.
Now, I need to explain myself.
What does a headline have to do with SEO, much less CRO?
Headlines and SEO: It's about the keywords.
Every page needs a headline. In SEO terms, it's the H1 header tag. An H1 tag is one of the first few things that a search engine looks for when it indexes a page. If the content of that H1 header is relevant to a searcher's query, than that page is more likely to return higher in the search results. It's really that simple.
Using headers is indispensable to good SEO, and the content of the H1 tag is the most important header. What do you do with this important header? You use keywords in it.
You may be tempted to get fancy and cute and try something different, but if you're not using the term "shoe" or "footwear" or something similar, then you're missing out on valuable SEO potential. That second headline has no SEO value.
Headers have a significant role in conversion optimization, too. The headline is one of the first things that a user sees when they land on a page. It shapes their entire perspective on that page. It affects their likelihood to stay and to convert.
It's not just search engines that are looking for relevant keywords. Users are looking for them too. If a shopper is in the market for "shoes," they will want to see a headline that has "shoes" or something similar. If you get the relevancy right on your headline, you'll get them to stay and convert on your page.
Every page needs a headline, and the better the headline, the better your SEO and CRO.
Conclusion: It's all about the users.
If you had to roll up CRO and SEO into one big gooey ball of awesomeness, what would you call it?
I would make it this simple: User optimization.
The better you make a page for the user, the better it becomes for search. The better you make a page for the user, the better it becomes for conversions. Users are at the crux of all this optimization.
Think about your users first, and let your technique and tactics flow out of that.


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Workshop with Steven Dietz
The Living Play: a master class in the craft of story-making for the stage
This lively master class centers on the primary ways in which we bring the stage to life (Motion, Status, Time) – and how we deepen the ongoing dynamics of our stories. Far more than an "idea" or a "gift for writing", a playwright (in any genre) needs story-making muscles and tactical skills. This class will give you an active and tangible approach to generating, complicating, and revising your work.
Steven Dietz's thirty-plus plays and adaptations have been seen at over one hundred regional theatres in the United States, as well as Off-Broadway. International productions have been seen in over twenty countries, including recently in Brazil, Thailand, South Africa, Estonia and Iran. His work has been translated into a dozen languages. Recent world premieres include Bloomsday (Steinberg New Play Award Citation); This Random World (Humana Festival of New American Plays); Rancho Mirage (Edgerton New Play Award), and On Clover Road(NNPN "rolling world premiere"). His two interlocking plays for adult and youth audiences (The Great Beyond and The Ghost of Splinter Cove) recently premiered in Charlotte, NC. His latest play, How a Boy Falls, will premiere at Northlight Theatre, Chicago in 2020. Dietz and his wife, playwright Allison Gregory, divide their time between Seattle and Austin.
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Never Forget – Lisa Cutts – DC Nina Foster Book 1
Never Forget – Lisa Cutts – DC Nina Foster Book 1 – Genre – Crime / Police
Following a frenzied stabbing DC Nina Foster is drafted into her first murder investigation…
A brutal serial killer is stalking the streets. As the body count increases and the force's biggest-ever manhunt gets underway, Nina is determined to find the murderer.
But when the story of her own traumatic childhood comes to light – a past she's worked hard to hide – her role on the team is threatened.
Suddenly her job, her peace of mind and her safety are all in danger.
Fast-paced, and with a shocking twist, this compelling crime debut by police insider Lisa Cutts takes us to the heart of the Major Incident Room – introducing a gutsy new heroine to the crime scene.
My Review: This book has been sitting on my kindle for ages and to be honest I don't know why I haven't read it sooner. If you love a police procedural book which is both authentic and engaging and a feisty female detective with a wicked sense of humour then you must read this book. Nina Foster is a fascinating character who despite having a deeply troubled past doesn't let that define her (unlike other fictional female detectives ). Lisa Cutts obviously knows her stuff and the occasional flashes of her wicked humour made this book stand out from all the others. I loved it and now I'm off to download book 2 as I need to know what happens next.
About the Author: Lisa Cutts was born in Woolwich, lived in south east London for a number of years until moving towards the Kent countryside. She joined Kent Police in 1996 and began writing crime fiction in 2011, entered Myriad's Writer's Retreat competition in 2012 and much to her surprise, won the competition and was offered a two book publishing contract.
Her debut novel, Never Forget, was published on 11th July 2013 and her second Nina Foster book, Remember, Remember was published on 21st August 2014.
Mercy Killing is the first in the East Rise Incident Room series, published by Simon and Schuster on 20th October 2016, (ebook on 1st September 2016) with the second in the series to follow in 2017. DC Nina Foster #3 is still in its early days.
She currently works as a full-time Detective Constable.
The Magpies – Mark Edwards
The Book of Souls – James Oswald (Inspector Mclean 2)
I Let You Go – Clare Mackintosh


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The Canada women's national soccer team has represented Canada at seven of the eight stagings of the FIFA Women's World Cup. The inaugural tournament in 1991 was the only edition for which they failed to qualify.

Overall record

Record by opponent

1995 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group B

1999 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group C

2003 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group C

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Third place match

2007 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group C

2011 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group A

2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group A

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group E

Round of 16

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group B

Goalscorers

References

World Cup
Countries at the FIFA Women's World Cup


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package org.pentaho.di.ui.trans.step.common;

import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
import org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.Dialog;
import org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.MessageDialog;
import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.MessageBox;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell;
import org.pentaho.di.i18n.BaseMessages;
import org.pentaho.di.ui.core.dialog.EnterNumberDialog;
import org.pentaho.di.ui.core.dialog.EnterTextDialog;
import org.pentaho.di.ui.core.dialog.SimpleMessageDialog;

/**
 * A dialog that allows the user to select the number of  data rows to sample, when fetching fields.
 */
public class GetFieldsSampleDataDialog extends EnterNumberDialog {

  private static Class<?> PKG = GetFieldsSampleDataDialog.class;

  private static final int SAMPLE_SIZE = 100;

  private static final int SHELL_WIDTH = 300;

  private GetFieldsCapableStepDialog parentDialog;
  private boolean reloadAllFields;

  public GetFieldsSampleDataDialog( final Shell parentShell, final GetFieldsCapableStepDialog parentDialog,
                                    final boolean reloadAllFields ) {
    super( parentShell, SAMPLE_SIZE,
      BaseMessages.getString( PKG, "System.GetFields.SampleSize.Dialog.Title" ),
      BaseMessages.getString( PKG, "System.GetFields.SampleSize.Dialog.Message" ),
      BaseMessages.getString( PKG, "System.GetFields.SampleSize.Dialog.ShowSample.Message" ), SHELL_WIDTH );
    this.parentDialog = parentDialog;
    this.reloadAllFields = reloadAllFields;
  }

  @Override
  protected void ok() {
    try {
      samples = Integer.parseInt( wNumber.getText() );
      handleOk( samples );
      dispose();
    } catch ( Exception e ) {
      MessageBox mb = new MessageBox( getParent(), SWT.OK | SWT.ICON_ERROR );
      mb.setMessage( BaseMessages.getString( PKG, "Dialog.Error.EnterInteger" ) );
      mb.setText( BaseMessages.getString( PKG, "Dialog.Error.Header" ) );
      mb.open();
      wNumber.selectAll();
    }
  }

  protected void handleOk( final int samples ) {
    if ( samples >= 0 ) {
      String message = parentDialog.loadFields( parentDialog.getPopulatedMeta(), samples, reloadAllFields );
      if ( wCheckbox != null && wCheckbox.getSelection() ) {
        if ( StringUtils.isNotBlank( message ) ) {
          final EnterTextDialog etd =
            new EnterTextDialog( parentDialog.getShell(),
              BaseMessages.getString( PKG, "System.GetFields.ScanResults.DialogTitle" ),
              BaseMessages.getString( PKG, "System.GetFields.ScanResults.DialogMessage" ), message, true );
          etd.setReadOnly();
          etd.setModal();
          etd.open();
        } else {
          final Dialog errorDlg = new SimpleMessageDialog( parentDialog.getShell(),
            BaseMessages.getString( PKG, "System.Dialog.Error.Title" ),
            BaseMessages.getString( PKG, "System.GetFields.ScanResults.Error.Message" ), MessageDialog.ERROR );
          errorDlg.open();
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

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Evaluators are not usually the favorite person of the staffs of organizations – non-profits, government agencies and grant recipients. They usually have some automatic negatives: they are often required by funders, they are judgmental by job description, they are nosey and intrusive, and, worst of all, they give you a grade.
Avoidance of mistakes – By assessing potential partners and their programs an Evaluator can help you choose the right partners. An Evaluator can ask the nosey, intrusive questions because that's what they do. Understanding the potential and challenges of a partnership is critical to the success of a "marriage".
Be your champion – When you need to convince a person or group (board, funder, etc.) to allow you to do something (add or alter a program, change a policy or procedure, or adopt a new strategy) an Evaluator can gather the data and input. They can help you build the case.
Find the good – One of the best but most unused things an Evaluator can do is help you identify assets and clarify messages. This help can provide just the information you need to increase the effectiveness of you publicity. An Evaluator provides an outside view. They also specialize in collecting and analyzing information. Combined these two things can take your publicity and branding to a whole new level. Talk about reputation enhancement!
Keep your funding – Often funders, especially the federal government, require that any program or organization they fund must have an outside evaluation. So, in that case an Evaluator is necessary to get and keep your funding. But even if an evaluation is not required, it can still help you keep your funding. An Evaluator can do the research and analysis that you and your staff may not have the time or expertise to do. That research and analysis will provide much of the data you need to do the required reporting to funders, boards and donors. The Evaluator can even do the report for you. Because you have and Evaluator involved the report has an extra stamp of credibility, which never hurts when it comes to funding.
So, the next time you don't think you want or need an Evaluator, think again. They might just be one of your best investments.
What's The Difference in Activities and Outcomes?
In past blogs I have droned on and on about Funder's wanting to see Outcomes and how important Outcomes are. But I know from experience and conversations with government agencies and non-profit organizations that many people struggle to understand the difference in Outcomes and Activities. So, here are a few clues to knowing the difference so that you can identify and use Outcomes when seeking or justifying funding and doing reporting.
Your Outcome may be someone else's Activity. The Outcomes you need to produce depend on where your organization/program fits into the continuum of the big picture. When you rely on funding from outside your organization or agency, you fall somewhere in the continuum of the mission/program of the funding provider. This also applies if you are a department within an agency or government entity. Think of it as an assembly line. Your station on the line is somewhere in the middle. Here is an illustration: Your station's purpose is to take a raw material (such as corn), modify it (cut the corn off the cob), then pass it on to another station to conduct another function (cook it). The end product will be creamed corn in a can. The work of your station on the line is vital to the end result. To the big picture your station conducts an Activity; for your station, you have produced an Outcome.
Don't assume your Activities are what matters. On the assembly line where your station produces corn cut from the cob, you will likely be expected to produce a specific amount of cut corn. In the big picture your station is not measured by the number of cobs you process, how fast you cut the corn or how quickly you process each cob. Also, in the big picture it does not matter how long it takes for your machine to warm up or how many times you have to stop the machine and clear out a blockage. Your station is measured on how much cut corn gets to the next step on the assembly line. Stated differently: you are measured on the amount your station contributes to the end product.
I have attempted to provide you some explanation and examples so that you can be better prepared to determine your own Outcomes and differentiate them from Activities. However, Outcomes are very personal to an organization/agency and where it fits into the big picture. One of the best pieces of advice I can provide is to get outside input. People within an organization or agency are so busy doing the work that it is difficult for them to step back far enough to see the other parts of the continuum. Outside scrutiny can help with this. Outside help can come from many sources, here are a few: Funder (donor, grantor, government agency, etc.), education (university institute, interns, students in an appropriate, professors, etc.), consultant, board, volunteer, other organizations/agencies and even the funding provider.


1) Can I adjust the flame height on my fireplace?
Some gas fireplaces include a handheld remote control that will allow you to adjust the flame height.
Other gas fireplaces may have an adjustment that can be accessed through a drop-down panel at the bottom of the fireplace. This is normally a black knob that says "hi" and "low". Turning this knob will increase / decrease the height of the flame.
If neither of these apply to your fireplace then you may have a fireplace that does not have an adjustable valve. Please consult your owners manual or visit the manufacturers web site for more information.
2) Why does my new fireplace have an odor when I turn it on?
When initially burning your new gas fireplace, the oils, etc. from manufacturing will burn off the fireplace. It is recommended that you burn the fireplace for 3 hours, then turn it completely off and let it cool down. If necessary, open a window to release any smoke and odors during this process. After 3 hours of burn time, the glass panel should be cleaned. When the glass is cool to the touch, it can safely be removed and cleaned. See FAQ #6. How do I clean the glass on my gas fireplace. Once the glass is cleaned and replaced, re-light the pilot and burn the fireplace for an additional 8-12 hours. This process should eliminate the manufacturing smell on your new fireplace.
3) Why do I have an odor coming from my gas fireplace?
If your fireplace is new, see FAQ #2. What is the recommended burn-in procedure for a new gas fireplace. If your fireplace is not new, an odor can be caused by dust or by items sitting on your mantel. When your unit is cool to the touch, use a brush or soft cloth to clean behind the upper and lower louvers. If the odor persists, remove all objects from your mantel and then replace them one at a time to determine if the odor is coming from one of the objects.
4) My remote doesn't turn my fireplace on anymore.
Both the handheld transmitter and the receiver (either mounted on the wall or beneath the glass inside the unit) have batteries. These batteries need to be changed periodically in order for the fireplace to work properly. The receiver is normally a black box mounted in the wall behind a plate that says "on / off / remote". It may also be mounted in the bottom of the fireplace behind a drop down panel. The receiver typically takes 4 AA batteries.
If your fireplace still does not light after replacing both sets of batteries you should contact an authorized technician to service the unit.
5) How often should I clean the glass on my gas fireplace?
Your glass should be cleaned after the first 3 hours of burn time. Failure to do so can cause permanent etching of your glass. After the initial cleaning, your glass can be cleaned as often as necessary.
6) How do I clean the glass on my gas fireplace?
1) Make sure your glass is cool to the touch. It is also recommended that your pilot is turned off before you begin to clean the glass.
2) Remove the front face or louvers of your fireplace.
3) Follow the instructions in your manual to carefully remove the glass assembly. Lay it on a soft surface.
4) Using a soft cloth, clean both sides of the glass with a household glass cleaner. Do not use a product with ammonia or any abrasive cloth or cleaner to clean your glass. The glass can shatter if it is scratched. For heavy deposits, use a hard water deposit glass cleaner, such as Stove Bright Glass Cleaner.
5) Follow the instructions in your manual to carefully replace the glass on the front of the fireplace. Make sure you re-latch the glass so it is securely fastened on your fireplace.
7) Why do I feel a cold draft coming from my fireplace?
Most gas fireplaces are installed in exterior chases, or a box that sit outside the home. These boxes are very well insulated and sealed, however, they are not a part of the condition space inside the home. As a result, these exterior chases can get very cold in the winter and that cold will "radiate" through the fireplace into the living space. Most fireplace that have been installed in the last 10 years have the option of turning the "pilot light" on or off. If so equipped, your pilot light should remain on during the cold winter months. This very small flame can create enough heat to keep the firebox warm, greatly reducing or eliminating the cold radiating into the home.
Please consult your owners manual or visit the manufacturers website for details regarding this feature.
8) Why do I have blue flames?
This is normal in the first few minutes of operation. If the flames are still blue after the fireplace is allowed to burn continuously for 30 minutes, contact Fireplace Solutions for service.
9) How do I control the blower on the fan?
The fan control can either be found behind the lower louver of the fireplace, on a wall switch with the rheostat control (like a light dimmer), or on your handheld remote control. The rheostat will allow you to control the fan speed and to turn the fans off if desired. If the fans are controlled by the handheld remote control, please consult the owners manual or manufacturers website for details.
In some cases the blower is hooked up to a heat sensor, so that it only operates within a predetermined temperature range. As the fireplace heats up to 120°, the fan automatically turns on. When the fireplace cools down to 90°, the fan will shut off. The fan can always be manually turned off by the rheostat or handheld remote control.
10) Can I install a blower or fan after the fireplace has been installed?
Many gas fireplaces that have been installed in the past 10 years do have the ability to accept circulating fans. Please contact us to determine if your fireplace will accept that option.
11) Why doesn't the blower turn on immediately when I switch on the fan?
Most fans are wired into the fireplace with a fan sensor switch. The switch activates the blower when the firebox heats up to a certain temperature. It will also automatically turn the blower off when the fireplace is turned off and the unit cools to a certain temperature. This sensor is provided so cold air is not circulated in your home. In many cases the fans can be turned off by the rheostat switch mounted behind the lower front panel.
12) Is it normal for the glass on my fireplace to get extremely hot?
Yes. The glass on a gas fireplace can reach a very high temperature. Make sure that children are carefully supervised while in the same room as your fireplace and alert everyone in your household to the hazards of high temperatures. Make sure to keep clothing, furniture, draperies and other combustibles away from your fireplace. For safety, you can purchase a barrier, such as a screen, to place in front of your direct vent glass to help reduce the risk of burn from touching the glass. These screens are available from Fireplace Solutions.
13) Is it normal for the mantel on my fireplace to be hot to the touch?
Direct vent gas fireplaces are designed principally for their aesthetic value, but they also produce as much heat output as possible, within ANSI and UL standards for combustible temperatures. The allowable standard for combustibles is 117°F above room temperature. Since the average room temperature is 70-75°F, a 187-192°F surface temperature can be expected. On a solid surface, such as a mantel, 150°F is very hot to the touch.
14) Can I remove the glass panel on my gas fireplace?
If your direct vent fireplace was purchased with a glass panel on the front, it should not be removed while the fireplace is in operation. These units are sealed combustion systems and need the glass to ensure they function properly. You can purchase an optional screen mesh panel from Fireplace Solutions that can be installed in front of the glass to minimize any reflection. A mesh panel also functions as a safety barrier against accidental contact with the hot glass panel. If you would like a gas fireplace with a removable glass panel, please contact a Fireplace Solutions sales representative.
15) Would I get more heat from my direct vent gas fireplace without the glass panel?
No. The glass panel keeps warm room air, which your furnace has already heated, from going up your fireplace flue. Direct vent fireplaces are excellent sources of zone heating by bringing room air in the bottom grill, then heating and returning it to the room through the top grill.
16) Are gas fireplaces expensive to operate?
Cost will vary by region, by gas utility, and by fuel type. Based on national averages, a burning natural gas fireplace consumes approximately 27,000 BTU's per hour and will cost less than 40 cents per hour to operate. LP units run slightly higher. Your monthly gas bill should include the exact cost per therm (100,000 BTU's). Based on this rate and the BTU input listed on the rating plate on your unit, you can calculate the cost to operate your fireplace.
17) Should I have my fireplace periodically inspected?
Yes. Although the frequency of servicing and maintenance will depend on use and the type of installation, we recommend an annual inspection by a qualified service technician to ensure that your unit is functioning properly.
18) Can I install a gas fireplace or insert myself?
A licensed contractor or plumber should install your gas line. We recommend that our products be installed and serviced by our well-trained installers to ensure that the installation is done in accordance with building codes and the unit's installation specifications.
19) Can I shut my pilot light off in the summer?
If you live in a climate that is high in humidity, it is not recommended because the pilot helps keep moisture from inside the firebox. Otherwise, you can turn the pilot off when you won't be using your unit for an extended period of time.
20) What can I do to reduce the noise from my fan?
You can turn the fan control down to reduce the air noise from your fan. The fan control is located behind the lower louver of the fireplace or on a wall switch with a rheostat control (like a light dimmer).
21) Can I operate my fireplace without using the fan?


WildSmart is a community organization that provides resources and education for local residents. Their goal is to reduce conflict between people and wildlife through education, outreach, attractant and wildlife management.
Visit their website for useful information on how to keep yourself and your community WildSmart.
Bears, Cougars and Coyotes are among many of the different types of animals that call the Municipal District home. There are many areas in the Municipal District of Bighorn that function as wildlife corridors allowing wildlife to move between habitats throughout the landscape.


Frenchgate is expanding its food and beverage offering after welcoming the popular Doncaster dining destination L Café to the shopping centre.
L Café originally opened on Nether Hall Road in Doncaster in September last year where its offering of full English breakfasts, fresh sandwiches, and toasties, cookies and cakes, and SUKI teas and Tchibo coffees have proved popular with Doncaster diners.
The popular dining venue opened its doors at Frenchgate this week on June 5.
Manager Simon Gabbitas has decades of experience in the food industry, having started in catering 20 years ago running a pub with his chef brother. He has also held positions including Executive Bar Manager at Sheffield United.
Karen Staniforth, assistant general manager at Frenchgate, said: "The L Café has taken the old Graveley's Fish and Chip shop unit on South Mall, and will be a great complement to our food and beverage offer, helping us to further enhance and expand our Eat Street concept.
"The café offers our customers delights from a full English to a lovely quiche salad, or, if you want a light bite, a pot of tea with a sweet treat from the Fine Cookie Company. Customers can also pre-order on Just Eat.
L Café's move follows the announcement that Frenchgate is set to welcome an artisan cheese shop this summer. The Chuckling Cheese Company currently has a temporary kiosk in the centre ahead of its new store which will be situated on the South Mall.
For more information about L Cafe visit http://www.lcafe.co.uk/.


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Q: Import from Excel via foreach loop I intend to import and work with a variety of Excel files through a foreach loop. The import itself is not working though as Stata won´t recognize `x' as a substitute for the Excel filenames.
local excelfiles "bb_01 bit0_2 bun comp_03 comp_c01m LLU-ck"
foreach item of local excelfiles {
import excel using "D:\...\...\...\Data\Files\`x'.XLS", sheet("DynamicReport") cellrange(A2:AI201) firstrow
keep v1 v2 v3 v4
save "D:\...\...\...\...\`x'.dta", replace

The error I get is file D:\...\...\...\...\Data\Files.XLS not found

A: There are various problems here.

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*Your code is inconsistent. You declare item in the foreach statement, but refer to x within the loop. So, as far as Stata is concerned, local macro x is never defined. That is not an error in itself, but Stata replaces references to local macros that do not exist (are empty) with an empty string, with the consequence you report.

*Your code would still not work if you replace reference to x with reference to item. See (e.g.) http://www.stata.com/manuals14/u.pdf 18.3.11 and http://www.stata-journal.com/sjpdf.html?articlenum=pr0042 for warnings on following backslashes immediately with local macro references. The problem is that backslash is both an escape character and a separator within full Windows filepaths. The clash should be resolved by using forward slashes in filepaths, even within Windows.

*The loop is never closed in the code segment you show.
I can't check your code otherwise, as your code is not reproducible. I am presuming that the triple dots ... are not literal but replace detail that should not be crucial.


A Zombie is a compromised computer system that can be remotely controlled by another person - a botmaster. A collection of Zombie systems under a common control structure is a Botnet. It is estimated that there are up to 150 million compromised computer systems - Zombies, spread throughout the globe. A Zombie system can be used to send out spam, phishing and virus laden emails. If you have a Zombie system on your network which does its work undetected, it is very possible that your organization's IP address, the one used by the Zombie to send spam, could be blacklisted. Potentially good email from your organization's IP address would be blocked as your IP address is on one or more blacklists.
Zombie detection is a function of both inbound and outbound protection. Inbound protection is prevention based, keeping out the email-based malware which could compromise a system on your network. Outbound protection is detection based, watching out for any Zombie systems on your network sending out spam, phishing or virus emails.
All messages must come from someone in your LDAP registry.
Once Zombie generated messages are detected, SonicWALL provides options as to how to route these suspect messages such as deleting them, or storing them in a junk box. Keeping the message in a junk box can be useful in forensic analysis after the attack is stopped.


The UK boasts a wealth of award-winning talent, both above and below the line, and across all categories.
The BFC promotes sourcing UK crew and talent wherever possible.
If you are being paid by a non-UK company and coming to the UK for a location shoot only (non-studio) a Standard Visitor Visa may be sufficient. This is not something you have to apply for in advance – but you must bring the relevant documentation with you to the UK.
Non visa nationals are countries with less stringent entry controls to enter into the UK i.e. they do not typically need to apply for a visa beforehand. Examples include USA, Canada, Australia etc. The Home office have a great tool to see if this apply to certain nationalities.
Check if you need a UK visa.
Non visa nationals can work in the UK with just a CoS and do not need to obtain a full bio-metric visa, providing they are in the UK for less than 90 days and fit other criteria. A CoS normally takes a couple of weeks to issue.
The Tier 5 temporary worker creative and sporting category is the most appropriate immigration route for a production company wanting to bring in a Non EEU worker to the UK.
A creative worker is someone who works in the creative industry e.g. An actor, dancer, musician or film crew member.
If the applicant needs to stay and work in the UK for longer than 3 months or are a visa national, they should apply for a Tier 5 Temporary work visa (as well as a CoS). A Tier 5 work visa is valid for a maximum of one year and has the option to extend for an additional year.
A visa takes approximately 3 weeks from submission of bio-metrics to be approved.
This is only a brief summary of the category and further consultation should be obtained before selecting this route.
Read more about the Tier 5 visa.
A CoS is not a physical certificate but a reference number, this number holds information inputted in by a sponsor about the migrant's personal details and their role. The migrant would share this number when they arrive into the UK and they should receive a stamp in their passport entitling them to work for the period written on the CoS. Holding a CoS does not guarantee entry into the UK – this is at the discretion of the border secure team at the UK port of entry, however generally migrants do not encounter problems here.
A Sponsor is a Home office approved company that is authorised to grant a CoS to an individual, providing they meet the criteria. A production company can become a sponsor by obtaining the relevant license from the Home Office or a production company can enlist the support of a third party 'umbrella' sponsor who would act on their behalf and become the migrants sponsor and then provide all the necessary paperwork.
The Home office expects the sponsor to undertake a number of 'sponsorship duties' including holding on file the workers 'right to work in the UK' which could be their CoS stamp, visa visual or BRP (bio-metric residence permit), their residing address(s) and contact details plus any TMO's (travel movement orders). The Home Office expect this information to be easily accessible if they decide to audit the sponsor.
Productions should always try where possible to informally search for relevant candidates within the EU before broadening their search to incorporate other nationalities. The exception to this is when a production is hiring a cast member of international status or a worker that falls under a senior creative worker grade. In all other cases the candidate/s chosen must meet the Code of Practice as governed by the Guilds including BECTU, PACT and Production Guild.
The Code of Practice contains a number of categories. Workers falling into one of the categories are deemed to be making an additional contribution to the UK film and television industry and not displacing the resident labour force, so are exempt from further resident labour market testing.
The Tier 2 visa is usually the most appropriate immigration route for a facility company, such as a VFX house, to bring a non-EU worker to the UK.
A Tier 2 visa is valid for a maximum of five years and 14 days, or the time given on your certificate of sponsorship plus 1 month, whichever is shorter.
It usually takes approximately three weeks from submission of bio-metrics to be approved.
This visa does not lead to indefinite leave to remain, and the migrant would have no recourse to public funds.
Read more about the Tier 2 visa.
This is only a brief summary of the ways non-EU residents can enter the UK for work. Further consultation should be obtained before proceeding along any of these routes.


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Ribbon Cutting for New Lena Pope Learning Center
Fort Construction > Uncategorized > Ribbon Cutting for New Lena Pope Learning Center
Courtesy of UNT Health Science Center
A number of community dignitaries, including Fort Worth mayor Betsy Price, stopped by the new Lena Pope Early Learning Center to celebrate their grand opening.
The building is located on Modlin Avenue on the UNT Health Science Center campus in Fort Worth. It's no coincidence that the early learning center is on this campus. The two entities will partner to serve the staff and students of the UNTHSC – as well as families in the community.
Fort Construction remodeled the classrooms, bathrooms and playground areas. We added new floors, paint, ceiling tiles, doors, offices and conference rooms. The bathrooms were updated and reconfigured to add a little more space. We also spruced up the exterior of the building.
It was a pleasure to work on this project, and we hope the staff and students enjoy their new space!
Courtesy Lena Pope Fort Worth Facebook Page
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Scott Price
Senior Partner, Business Development & General Management
Since graduating from Wesleyan University in 1984 with a degree in Chemistry, followed by an MBA at the University of Virginia, Scott Price has had involvement in the construction industry for over 30 years. He learned the nuts and bolts of construction earlier in his career when he started as an assistant project manager on a large hotel project in Washington, D.C. From this, he went on to manage over $250 million in construction projects.
More recently, Scott's talents have been focused on the developmental side of the construction process. This, combined with his construction management experience, has allowed him to guide clients through the entire process – from developing the initial vision to planning the final execution.
Married for more than 20 years and with two boys, Scott serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Fort Worth, Amphibian Theater, and Fort Worth South, Inc. He is also on the Advisory Council for Cenikor Foundation.
"The experience and expertise of much larger contractors combined with the lower overhead of a small contractor creates an opportunity for owners to save money, while also receiving 'best-in-business' construction services. We've intentionally eliminated layers of authority – our senior partners actively manage all projects." –Scott Price
Ken Evans
Senior Partner, Director of Preconstruction/Construction Services
Ken Evans has over 35 years of experience in the construction industry. After graduating from Texas A&M University in 1980 with a degree in Construction Science, he moved to the Fort Worth area and joined a large local contractor, with whom he worked on numerous projects in downtown Fort Worth.
Ken has experienced every aspect of the building process, from beginning as an entry-level engineer, through his current position as project executive. He has worked on a wide variety of projects, including City Center I & II, Sundance East, the Worthington Hotel Ballroom Renovation and Texas Oncology on Fort Worth's 8th Avenue.
Ken has been married for 35 years and has two daughters and five grandchildren. He serves as president of the Board of Directors for the E.R. Van Zandt Southwest YMCA and is actively involved in Habitat for Humanity.
"In order to be successful, we must find a way to be different from our competition. Whether it be schematic design budgeting from an 8 ½" X 11" sketch, working in a collaborative effort during preconstruction, or simply providing construction services, we truly strive to be a client-driven company." – Ken Evans


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Asian shares steady, dollar near 4-month high before Fed decision
By: Reuters |
Published: May 2, 2018 8:41:09 AM
Asian equities held steady on Wednesday, while the dollar traded near a four-month high as investors await the Federal Reserve's upcoming policy statement for clues on the future pace of U.S. monetary tightening.
On Wall Street, the S&P 500 gained 0.25 percent on Tuesday.
Asian equities held steady on Wednesday, while the dollar traded near a four-month high as investors await the Federal Reserve's upcoming policy statement for clu es on the future pace of U.S. monetary tightening.MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was little changed, while Japan's Nikkei eased 0.2 percent and South Korea's KOSPI slipped 0.3 percent.
Stephen Innes, head of trading in Asia-Pacific for Oanda in Singapore, said that in addition to focusing on the Fed's policy statement, equity investors may be turning cautious on the outlook for corporate profits, given potential cost pressures from recent rises in oil prices.Market participants may be starting to wonder that "perhaps this is as good as it's going to get," Innes said, referring to corporate profits.
On Wall Street, the S&P 500 gained 0.25 percent on Tuesday on positive comments by U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on China, and Mexico's economy minister on the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement.Apple's shares rose about 4 percent after the closing bell. The company beat revenue and profit expectations in its March quarter, with its shares ending the regular session up 2.3 percent.
Technology sector results so far – at least from the likes of Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, Samsung and SAP – have broadly beaten forecasts for the first quarter, and overall aggregate U.S. earnings growth is tracking seven-year highs of almost 25 percent.
The dollar's index against a basket of six major currencies traded near a four-month high set on Tuesday, with the dollar having surged into positive territory for 2018 ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve's policy decision due on Wednesday.
The Fed is seen set to hold interest rates steady this week but will likely encourage expectations that it will lift borrowing costs in June on the back of rising inflation and low unemployment.
Investors have all but priced out the chance of a rate hike at the end of the Fed's two-day policy meeting on Wednesday, particularly given its adherence in recent years to only raising rates at meetings that are followed by news conferences.
The central bank is due to announce its decision at 2 p.m. EDT (1800 GMT) on Wednesday. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell is not scheduled to hold a news conference.
The dollar held near a four-month high against a basket of major currencies, buoyed by the outlook for a strong U.S. economy and rising yields amid signs of slowdown elsewhere, especially in Europe.The dollar index last traded at 92.437. On Tuesday, it had risen to a high near 92.57, its highest level in nearly four months.
Against the yen, the dollar struck its highest level in nearly three months at 109.92 yen in early Asian trade and was last down 0.1 percent at 109.79 yen.
The euro held steady at $1.1997, not far from Tuesday's low of $1.1981, the common currency's weakest level since Jan. 11.
The benchmark U.S. 10-year Treasury yield eased about 1 basis point in early Asian trade to 2.970 percent.
That came after the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield rose 4 basis points on Tuesday, as bond prices came under pressure ahead of a quarterly refunding announcement.The U.S. Treasury is scheduled to announce its findings from a refunding survey on Wednesday, with analysts projecting an increase in auction sizes, or new issuance at different points on the yield curve.
Oil prices slid on Tuesday as the dollar remained near a four-month high, but worries that U.S. President Donald Trump will pull out of the Iran nuclear deal underpinned the market.U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude for June delivery settled down nearly 2 percent on Tuesday, at $67.25 a barrel.Spot gold last stood at $1,307.14. On Tuesday gold had slid to a four-month low of $1,301.51 as the dollar strengthened.


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Really disappointed by that answer.
It's also an MMO, guys.
That is such a BS answer for the LFG addons.
Can we go back to daily quest hubs instead of world quests then?
Like most of the things Blizzard added, which they shouldn't in the name of the "social part\/MMO", this one should stay too now.
There was already a solution for freeloaders: kick them. Anytime I was group leader and someone was just flying around I tossed them out. Punishing all players who enjoyed the feature and removing it entirely because of a few lazy bums is ridiculous.
The answer about LFG addons is ridiculous. It's so ridiculous, it seems obvious they're going to re-enable some of that functionality a month or two after BFA launches. That's what's happening here. They removed it for the launch window.
I have to say i def hope we keep away from garrisons in the future. it was isolating. i wasnt a big fan of he LFG addons either so i have no issues with that. i do however think heritage armor would be great for all races.
Battle for Azeroth sounds now Nerfing Azeroth. What will be the next? mounting for 30 secs with 5 min cd? increasing repair cost?
And that LFG answer is just "we want you to play alone an mmo-rpg game, just because taking credit for killing mobs for just to be in a group isn't what blizzard want" isn't the best answer, you know?
I understand completely the reasoning behind the LFG removal. You want rewards? Do it yourself. Don't form a group and then just have people join just to do it for you.
as for the AFK flying player thing they QQ about in the interview i rarely saw that but i guess they need to grasp any excuse they can instead of saying the truth "we earn more money by dragging *!@# out"
First i doubt dev need excuses to do things. Second it's just the truth. Ppl are lazy and the use game mechanics to skip things. Some quests are designed for solo players other for groups. And of you enjoy questing with other ppl, just make your own group by talking to other ppl.
True. The way it is now it's often pseudo social experience because you don't have to speak with anybody to do anything. It is like using one button (I don't even speak about autojoin addons) to get quest done. Other thing is many people don't communicate even if you try to engage in some kind of social interaction.