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What Enables Alexander To Give Aspiring Entrepreneurs The Freedom To Disrupt The Online Space
The rise of digitalization in today's society came with several opportunities that allow aspiring entrepreneurs to make a name for themselves in the fast-paced industry of e-commerce. Today, Amazon remains the top multinational e-commerce company, with nearly 10 million active sellers.
Amazon sellers, particularly newer ones, often find a niche or a unique selling point that gives them an advantage over their competitors in an oversaturated market.
Luckily, Alexander from AMZ Product Launcher provides the much-needed support that budding entrepreneurs need to fully realize their goals. He is the company's Sydney-based coach with a decade of experience in finding products for clients and launching multiple products on Amazon.
Finding the Right Product
Since Amazon relies on selling products to consumers, sellers need to find the ideal products that either meet the market's demand or capture the attention of the public. This is where Alexander's experience comes in handy.
Having spent the last 12 years sourcing and importing from China, the Amazon seller coach gained a unique set of skills that allows him to find the latest trends and hottest products launched in the country.
Alexander later realized how his honed skill could help others achieve success in an e-commerce platform. He was also inspired by Jeff Bezos and how Amazon paved the way for entrepreneurs to turn their dreams into a reality.
"I love this business because of the freedom it gives to my clients, and the opportunities it has. I love waking up in the morning and assessing potential businesses and products to launch on Amazon," he said.
Creating a Unique Company
Through AMZ Product Launcher, Alexander had the opportunity to not only discuss product launches with clients but also encourage others to begin their e-commerce journey. The company currently has under 1,000 students who wish to tap into the profitable Amazon market.
AMZ Product Launcher is the only company in Australia, New Zealand, and the USA to offer a unique service of launching products on their client's behalf.
"Most other companies offer simple services or a coaching program to the masses, where thousands of students are enrolled and very little support is offered. We are very different. We love to work with our clients one on one and we love launching their products for them on Amazon," Alexander said.
The company has a great team that includes professional product listing experts, keywords experts, Amazon sourcing experts, FBA prep companies, and more.
AMZ Product Launcher is hoping to expand its operations into Europe and have an office internationally so that they can provide more workshops and entice more entrepreneurs into starting their Amazon journey.
Visit www.amzproductlauncher.com.au for more information.
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Ova. superior, 1-celled. Sly, several, stigmatous along the inner surface. Fr. a pyxis, dehiscing by a lid, or a capsule, loculicidal, with as many valves as stigmas.
Seeds few or many, on long funiculi from the base, or on free central placentae.
Genera 27, species 250, inhabiting dry places in every quarter of the world. They possess no remarkable properties.
1. SESUVIUM, L. Sea Purslane. Sepals 5, united below, colored inside; petals 0; stamens few or many, always more than the sepals, and inserted on them; capsules (pyxis) few, 3-celled, opening transversely like a lid; seeds ∞ minute. - Succulent sea-side herbs, with opposite lvs. and axillary, solitary fls.
S portulacaatrum Tourn. Lvs. linear-spatulate; fls. sessile or short-peduncled; stam. ∞. - Sea-coast, in sand, N. J. to Fla. St round, branching, smooth, thick, a foot or more in length. Lvs. obtuse, tapering at base to a petiole, very thick and smooth. Pod. much shorter than the leaves. Sep. rose-white inside, exceeding the rose-colored stamens. Jl., Nov.
2. CLAYTON1A, L. Spring Beauty. Fig. 383, 384. (In memory of John Clayton, one of the earliest botanists of Virginia.) Sepals 2, ovate or roundish, petals 5, emargined or obtuse, stamens 5, inserted on the claws of the petals; stigmas 3-cleft; capsule 3-valved, 2 to 5-seeded. - Small, fleshy, early flowering plants, arising from a small tuber. Stem with 1 - 4 leaves.
1 C. Caroliniana Mx. Lvs. ovate-lanceolate; sep. and pet. obtuse. - A delicate little plant, common in woods and rocky hills, Can. to N. Car. W. to the Miss. Rt a compressed, brown tuber, buried at a depth in the ground equal to the hight of the plant. Root lvs. very few if any, spatulate. St. weak, 2 to 3' high, with a pair of opposite leaves half way up, which are 1 to 2' by 4 to 8", entire, tapering at base into the petiole. Fls. in a terminal cluster, white with a tinge of red, and beautifully penciled with purple lines. Apr., May.
Mid. and S. States, W. to Mo., rare in N. Eng. Tuber as large as a hazel nnt, deep in the ground. St. 6 to 10' long, weak, with a pair of opposite, very narrow lvs. 3 to 5' long. Fls. 5 - 10, rose-colored, with deeper colored veins, in a terminal, finally elongated raceme. Apr., May.
3. TALINUM, Adans. Sepals 2, ovate, concave, deciduous; petals 5, sessile; stamens 10 to 20, inserted with the petals into the torus; style trifid; capsule subglobous, 3-valved, many-seeded.
T. teretifolrum L. St. simple or branched, short and thick; lvs. linear, crowded at the summit of the stem, on short branches; ped. elongated; fls. in a dichotomous cyme.- An interesting plant on rocks, Penn. to Ga. and westward. Rhizome or perennial stem firm and fleshy, with fibrous roots. Branches 1 to 3' long. Lvs. 1 to 2' long, incurved, fleshy. Bracts ovate-lanceolate, minute. Ped. 5 to 8' high, very straight, slender, and smooth. Fls. 8" broad, purple, ephemeral Stam. about 20. Caps. globular, with 35 seeds. Jn., Aug.
4. PORTULACA, Tourn. Purslanes. Sepals 2, the upper portion deciduous; petals 5 (4 to 6), equal; stamens 8 to 20; styles 3 to 6-cleft or parted; pyxis subglobous, dehiscing near the middle, many-seeded. - Low, herbaceous, fleshy. Fls. expanding only in sunshine.
1 P. oleracea L Lvs. cuneate; fls. sessile.- A prostrate, fleshy weed, more common in our gardens than desirable. St. thick and succulent, much branched and spreading, smooth. Lvs. fleshy, sessile, rounded at the end. Fls. yellow. The herbage of the plant is of a reddish-green color. Sometimes used as a potherb. Jn., Aug. §.
2 P. grandiflora Hook. Sts. ascending, much branched, branches suberect, enlarged upwards; lvs. linear, acute, the axils villous, with long, woolly hairs; fls. terminal, sessile, 1 or few together, surrounded by an irregular circle of leaves and dense tufts of wool; pet. obovate; stam. about 15. - A. very delicate plant, with purple stems and bright purple fls. 1 1/2' diam.


The capital of Finland is full of unique experiences.
The capital of Sweden (and according to the Swedes the whole of Scandinavia) is full of surprises.
What do you know about Espoo in Finland, the second largest city right next to Helsinki?
Feel the history on the alleys of old-Porvoo, Finland's 3rd oldest city.
Singapore – a utopian city state where worlds collide.
Pronounced "Tripstery", Finnish for easy-going, authenticity-seeking, travel-loving person, aka tripster.
We think sustainable traveling should be both easy and fun! We believe that the best holiday memories come from cozy cafes found in hidden alleys, restaurants where the food reflects local traditions and nature, and from shops that sell artisan products made with love. We will take you on an adventure through the greatest wine bars, landscapes familiar from movie scenes, and to places where legend has it ghosts still roam.
Find restaurants, bars and boutiques preferred by locals.
Read or listen to the stories behind old and new places of interest.
Take a tour of the best wine bars in town, or go hunting for ghosts.
Book a table, rescue a meal or reserve a hotel room with the click of a button.
Create your own tours, make top-lists and share them with your friends.
Augmented reality – or as we call it TripsteReality – is a mind-bending experience. Get the feel for places using 360-video, and take trips to the future or the past.
The visual experience is crisp and fresh and the navigation intuitive - An interesting and impressive application, that also has a great look.
This app really pays respect to the needs of families with children - big plus!
A great app! Benefits also people living in the city, wanting to find unfamiliar places.
The versatile city tours are a real benefit for out-of-towners, as one tends to otherwise end up in the same with large tourist masses.
My first impression when opening the app was "wow, this is stunning", "very stylish and visual, attractive to the eye", "the modern and bold color scheme is a real success".
I like it that the writers have been honest but kept a twinkle in the eye. One of the core strengths of Tripsteri is its "sharp pen".
I really get the feeling that the makers have invested in this app, selecting interesting places that are also endorsed by bloggers, other trendsetters and authorities.
This app is brilliant, it combines several of today's megatrends.
Travelers need new and enticing ways of finding the hidden pearls of their destination. There is a clear customer need for a dynamic and digital service, that makes quality experiences easily available for purchase. Tripsteri has all the right ingredients for this.
The means to get to know a new city with help from modern technology and audio guides is new and longed-for in Helsinki.
The city tours were very exciting. The themes and stories were so compelling, that I devoured the whole selection at once. Ten points!


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"Columbia Women's Liberation, Report from the Committee on Discrimination Against Women Faculty" Barnard Alumnae Magazine, Spring 1970, page 6
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Anthropology:
44% of their doctorates went to women; no full-time female faculty.
36% of their doctorates went to women; no female faculty.
English & Comparative Literature:
27% of their doctorates went to women; 4% (1 woman) of their tenured
faculty is female. i
26.6% of their doctorates went to women; in 1967-8 they had one female
assistant professor.
17% of their doctorates went to women; 2 women on their faculty.
17% of their doctorates went to women; no women faculty.
Public Law and Government:
16% of their doctorates went to women; they have one female instructor.
There are 35 men in the department, 26 of them full professors.
It will quickly be seen that only the Department of Art History and
Archeology hires women in numbers even close to the proportion of women
they train. We believe that women should be fairly represented at least in those
departments that attract a proportion of women in excess of 15 per cent.
Women should in fact be hired in all Departments."
We realize that these figures do not prove that Columbia University
has in the past discriminated or is new discriminating against women. Given
i these statistics, however, it will be difficult to disprove discrimination. An
l examination of the data does lead one to believe that some discrimination
i 'must occur, for it is clear that the number of women who hold faculty positions
l is remarkably small, and is in most cases below the national average of labor
i available for that category. Here it is worth noting that the per cent of women
working in all institutions of Higher Education in the United States is 22
per ,cent.9 We believe that women are by and large excluded from the more
prestigious colleges and universities and must find employment instead in
teachers colleges, the smaller liberal arts colleges and junior colleges, where
in fact they can be found in proportions ranging from 34 per cent to 42 per cent.'°
Undoubtedly it will be argued that academic women marry and drop out
of the labor market while their children are small at least. We would be
interested in figures based on Columbia's past employment patterns that
In 1960 John Parrish studied the distribution and numbers of women faculty in
ten high endowment and ten high enrollment institutions of higher education
("Women in Top Level Teaching and Research", Journal of the American
Association of University Women, Vol. LV, 1962, Jan., pp. 103-109). Table 4- shows
their distribution by subject, varying from 93.1% of Home Economics faculty
to .2% of Engineering faculty. Columbia was among the high endowment
institutions studied. The percent of women faculty by rank in the eight institutions
with high endowment who responded to the questionnaire in 1960 was:
Full Professor —— 2.6%; Associate Professor —--— 7.5% ; Assistant Professor —
8.5%; Instructor —- 9.8%. With Barnard excluded, Columbizr's current faculty
i' enrollment shows a lower percentage of women at all ranks than Parrish's 1960 study.
9 Scully, "Women in Higher Education," p. 2. The median salary of women in
Higher Education was 16.5% less than that of men in 1965-6 and 18% less in 1968.
lojessie Bernard, Academic Women, Pennsylvania State University Press, 1964-,
provides many useful statistics on the distribution of women in American institutions
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Watch: The making of Neerja; Encouragement from the Stars
by Sunny Malik 7th February 2016
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Watch the 'Making of Neerja #1: Encouragement from the Stars' as some of the biggest names of Hindi films; Aamir Khan, Vidya Balan, Rajkumar Hirani and Anil Kapoor, to name a few – inspire the cast and crew on the sets of the film.
Actress Sonam Kapoor said: "In a lot of ways, with every phase we needed motivation. It was exhausting and we were shooting 16 hours days, everyday. We were taking long, long takes and we didn't take breaks. So every week or every four days, after a phase was over, a celebrity will come and give us some motivation, saying this is a story that needs to be told, so give it your 200%."
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The Canadian Credit Union Association (CCUA; ) is the national trade association for credit unions in Canada (outside the province of Quebec). Founded in 1953, it rebranded to its current name in January 2016 to reflect its "evolving role as an association that is focused on growing a stronger... credit union industry."

CCUA was founded as the Canadian Co-operative Credit Society (CCCS) to support a growing credit union system in the 1950s. It was renamed to Credit Union Central of Canada in 1993 to better reflect its relationship to its provincial member credit union centralsbefore rebranding to its current name in January 2016 to reflect its evolving role in fostering a stronger Canadian credit union industry.

Structure and membership
The Canadian Credit Union Association (CCUA) is the national credit union trade association that provides services to Canada's credit unions, caisses populaires (outside of Quebec) and regional Central organizations. CCUA works to improve federal and provincial legislation impacting credit unions and advocates for supportive legislative and regulatory policy development. It provides a national voice on behalf of Canada's credit unions and raises awareness of credit unions among Canadians, helping the credit union sector grow and compete within the Canadian financial services landscape. CCUA also provides professional development and education, webinars, conferences, research and other services for the benefit of its members. CCUA is governed by a board of directors appointed by its member credit unions and centrals.

History
The Canadian credit union movement began in 1900 with the foundation of a Caisse Populaire – the French-Canadian equivalent of a credit union – in Levis, Quebec. It's founder, Alphonse Desjardins, was a French stenographer in the federal House of Commons in Ottawa. To facilitate the exchange of savings and to help local credit unions become more efficient, credit union leaders in all the English-speaking provinces organized provincial centrals (called co-operative credit societies or credit union leagues).

The Canadian Co-operative Credit Society (CCSS) was owned by the provincial centrals and for the first half of the 1900s, the association evolved to become the system's financial facility and provided access for credit unions at the national payment systems.

In 1953, some of the centrals, along with other nonfinancial co-operatives, organized the Canadian Co-operative Credit Society (CCCS), a national organization used primarily to transfer funds among the centrals. CCCS was owned by the provincial centrals and for the first half of the 1900s, before later becoming the Credit Union Central of Canada, a federally regulated financial institution.

By the early 1950's the Canadian credit union system saw the development of two different but related types of organizations: a national trade association to be a convening body and voice for the system, and a national finance facility to provide liquidity to support a distinctly Canadian credit union organization.

National trade association
Beginning in 1908 and accelerating in the 1930s, credit unions were incorporated provincially in small communities and rural areas of the Maritimes, Ontario, the Prairies and British Columbia, while in Quebec, a federated caisse populaire network developed very differently from the rest of the country.

The first attempt to create a national association of credit unions took place at the Quebec Congress of the Co-operative Union of Canada in 1943.  While these talks failed to make progress, efforts two years later proved more successful. The Canadian Federation of Credit Unions was created in 1945 to "compile statistics on Canadian credit unions; to assist in lobbying for more effective credit union legislation; to assist in education programs on behalf of credit unions; [and] to encourage [provincial credit union] Leagues to affiliate with provincial sections of the Co-operative Union of Canada."

A short time later, the Canadian Federation of Credit Unions became the Canadian Section of the US-based Credit Union National Association (CUNA), continuing to serve the purpose of providing a discussion forum and lobby group for the credit union system at a national level.  In the years that followed, this organization, which had evolved out of the cross-border collaboration that had developed the credit union movement in English-speaking North America, competed for trade association functions with the National Association of Canadian Credit Unions which was founded in 1958.

National finance facility
In response to the growth of credit unions in communities across Canada, centrals began to be created in the 1930s at the provincial level to provide liquidity, risk management and shared services.

Following years of preparatory work by the provincial centrals and the Co-operative Union of Canada to create a "central of centrals" at the federal level, in 1953 the Canadian Co-operative Credit Society (CCCS) was incorporated by a special act of Parliament. It was created to provide a national financial intermediary at the federal level to support a growing credit union system.  For the first few years after its creation, these functions were seldom used.

However, increased sophistication in Canada's payments system and liquidity demands during the mid-1970s led to increased reliance on the CCCS. In 1977, reflecting "a desire within the Canadian co-operative movement to create a true national liquidity pool", CCCS was restructured to include nine (up from five) provincial centrals. The increased capitalization that resulted from this, as well as an increasing interest in credit unions from federal policy makers led to CCCS becoming a formidable national organization.  As historian Ian MacPherson notes:

"By the late seventies, CCCS was responsible for lobbying with the federal government. It was increasingly more active in providing liquidity for the national system. It was negotiating loans from co-operative banks in Europe and the United States. Thus, for a few years in the late 1970s, 25 years after it had been organized, credit union and co-operative leaders from across the country were giving CCCS the attention it deserved."

In 1978, CCCS formally merged with the National Association of Canadian Credit Unions bringing together the finance facility and trade association functions.

In 1993 the Canadian Co-operative Credit Society was renamed Credit Union Central of Canada. It was led by five chief executive officers: Brian F. Downey (1986–1995), Bill Knight (1995–2001), Joanne De Laurentiis (2001–2006), David Phillips (2006–2014) and Martha Durdin (2014–2015).

Transformation and wind-up
In 2010, Credit Union Central of Canada began the process of replacing or transferring its regulated responsibilities as a finance facility in order to focus on its activities as a national trade association.

This transformation was formalized at the end of 2015 with the formal wind-up of the Central and the transfer of its remaining assets and responsibilities under a new name as the Canadian Credit Union Association.

Credit union centrals in Canada
Atlantic Central (represents credit unions in New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island)
Central 1 Credit Union (represents credit unions in British Columbia and Ontario)
Credit Union Central of Alberta
Credit Union Central of Manitoba
SaskCentral (represents credit unions in Saskatchewan)

See also
Antigonish Movement
Desjardins Group
Humanomics
Ian MacPherson (historian)

References

External links

1953 establishments in Canada
Credit unions of Canada
Finance industry associations
Non-profit organizations based in Toronto

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#3 Mallory Husz
Height 6-0
Class Jr.
Hometown Council Bluffs, Iowa
High School Lewis Central
2011 as a Senior… team captain… Academic All-Big Ten… Iowa's Big Ten sportsmanship honoree… appeared in 30 games with 29 starts… named tournament MVP of the Columbia Invitational… recorded eight kills vs. Saint Louis (8/27)… recorded a double-double with 11 kills and 11 blocks vs. Southern Miss… recorded a season-high 12 kills vs. Columbia (9/16)… recorded four kills and four blocks vs. Ohio State (9/23)… recorded five kills and one block vs. Penn State (9/24)… recorded five kills and totaled six blocks vs. Indiana (10/7)… recorded three kills vs. Purdue (10/8)… recorded four kills and five total blocks vs. Penn State (10/28)… recorded five kills and three total blocks vs. Ohio State (10/30)… recorded a season-high 15 kills and seven blocks vs. Michigan (11/4)… recorded nine kills and three blocks at Purdue (11/10)… recorded seven total blocks at Indiana (11/12)… recorded nine kills vs. Illinois (11/26)… letterwinner.
2010 as a Junior… Academic All-Big Ten… appeared in 28 matches with 25 starts… played in 100 sets… earned Big Ten's Sportsmanship award… member of Iowa's Leadership Council… ranked second on the team in kills (237) and blocks (93)… missed Minnesota contest (10/6) due to shoulder injury… returned in third set at No. 24 Northwestern to record two kills and three total blocks… named Hawkeye Challenge MVP… recorded a career-high 21 kills and 11 blocks vs. SIU (8/28)… matched her career-high with 21 kills vs. Creighton (9/4)… named to the all-tournament team at the Marcia E. Hamilton Active Ankle Challenge… recorded 12 kills and two blocks in five-set win vs. Indiana (10/2)… recorded seven kills and three blocks at Penn State (10/16)… recorded five blocks and 16 kills while attacking at a .452 clip vs. Wisconsin (10/22)… recorded five kills at Minnesota (10/27)… recorded a team-high nine kills at Purdue (11/5)… recorded seven kills and four blocks vs. Michigan State (11/12)… came off the bench to record nine kills and three blocks vs. Michigan (11/13)… recorded six blocks and six kills at Illinois (11/19)… recorded seven blocks and seven kills at Wisconsin (11/20)… recorded seven kills and one block vs. Penn State (11/26)…recorded eight kills and a career high two assists vs. Ohio State (11/27)… letterwinner.
2009 as a Sophomore… Academic All-Big Ten… Played in 26 matches and 71 sets with 16 starts… started the final nine contests… recorded career-highs in blocks (7) and kills (12) vs. Wisconsin (Nov. 11)… recorded at least one block in 22 of 26 contests… averaged four blocks per match over the final eight matches… recorded a career-best three digs on four separate occasions… served first two service aces of career at Northwestern (Nov. 21)… season-best .333 attack percentage vs. Penn State (Nov. 7).
2008 as a Freshman… Played in 17 matches and 33 sets with five starts… first collegiate start came at Purdue (Oct. 3)… finished season with 40 kills, seven digs and 19 block assists… career-high 10 kills against Indiana (Oct. 11)…career-best .400 attack percentage vs. Northwestern (Sept. 27)…career-high three block assists vs. Tulsa (Sept. 20).
High School… first team all-state as a senior… second team all-state selection as a sophomore and junior… three-time first team all-region and all-district pick… three-time unanimous first team all-conference selection… Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Volleyball Player of the Year as a sophomore, junior and senior… Council Bluffs Female Athlete of the Year as a senior… ranked 91st nationally in her recruiting class by prepvolleyball.com… played in Iowa Girls' Coaches Association Volleyball Classic All-Star Game… played for Top Ten Volleyball Club and helped them place second at the 2008 AAU Junior Nationals… also lettered in basketball and track… three-time Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Basketball Player of the Year… third team all-state as a sophomore, second team all-state as a junior and senior… holds 16 school basketball records… chosen to play in the Iowa Girls Athletic Association's Gatorade Showcase Game… participated in state track meet in distance medley, 4X200 and 4X400 meter relays, long jump and 400 meters… member of the honor roll, Relay for Life, and National Honor Society… nominated into the Lewis Central Athletic Hall of Fame.
Personal… Born 1/19/90… parents are Del and Sheryl Husz… Has two sisters, Jill and Mandy… health & sports studies major, and health sciences major.
Kills: 21, two times, last vs. Creighton, Sept. 4, 2010
TA: 40 vs. Southern Illinois, Aug. 28, 2010
Attack %: .611 vs. Columbia, Sept. 16, 2011
Assists: 2, two times, last vs. Nebraska, Nov. 22, 2011
Aces: 2 vs. Northwestern, Nov. 21, 2009
Digs: 3, 10 times, last vs. Penn State, Oct. 28, 2011
Solo Blocks: 4 vs. Wisconsin, Oct. 22, 2010
Total Blocks: 11, two times, last vs. Southern Miss, Sept. 2, 2010


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"...Princess Fiona...played by the accomplished Elizabeth Telford, last seen as Maria in Milwaukee's Skylight Music Theatre's Sound of Music. Her youthful exuberance attracts the sanguine Shrek while she waited 8,423 days for her prince to deliver true love's first kiss."
- Broadway World.com
First Stage Theatre
"Thankfully, Maria is back in town. Returning to Milwaukee after her star turn as the singing nun in last year's unforgettable Skylight Music Theatre production of "The Sound of Music," Elizabeth Telford once again plays a young woman trying and failing to squeeze her seemingly boundless joy into a cramped and cloistered existence.
It didn't work for Maria, and it's clear from the first time we see Telford that it also won't work for her Fiona.
Appearing Friday night...Telford served notice: Even a dragon...can't keep this princess down.
...Telford's Fiona sings and acts with heart even when she ostensibly plays by the prescribed rules, giving this musical a warmth it sorely needs.
...Lightly coated in green and even more beautiful as a result, it is Telford's Fiona...who movingly drives this point home."
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinal
"Telford, who was a dazzling Maria in Skylight's "Sound of Music" last year, is no less magical in "Shrek."
She has absolute command of the stage and has a kind of comic genius that reminded me of a combination of Carol Burnett and Lucille Ball. But she's certainly not just all laughs. She shows us her sorrows and her shames, as well as her delights.
When she sings "Morning Person," about the joys of the new day, chills run through your body as she carries you along on a warm-hearted ride. She is an absolutely amazing actor and singer."
-OnMilwaukee.com
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There were a lot of great cars at the 2018 Chattanooga World of Wheels car show but this Chevy pickup full custom was our pick.
We recently attended the 2018 World of Wheels Car Show in Chattanooga, TN. It was a terrific show where most of the cars were absolutely outstanding. I was a little disappointed to see a few driver quality cars sneak in but that is to be expected.
I used to show in the ISCA (International Show Car Association) shows and it was great fun but a lot of hard work. The cars there are generally as good as you can get.
If you are out looking for a collector car for your garage and you see classified ads that brag about the first place trophies the car has won, be suspicious. Just in case you are an early bird to the car collecting scene and still a bit naive there are a couple of red flags to watch for.
As for the first one, there are a bunch of different car shows ranging from 5 cars at the local burger joint up to those like the World of Wheels or even the Muscle Car Corvette Nationals which has the best of the best. To win a trophy at the burger joint all you need to do in most cases is show up a couple of times. As for the big prestigious shows the car better be perfect in every way and most likely cost more to build than the owner will ever hope to get out of it. A car that wins an award at these shows earned it and was judged by professionals not the car hop at the burger joint.
The same holds true with the high end auctions. The cars that bring big money are no were near what you are going to find on Craig's List or eBay regardless of the price. The "early in the week" cars that sell for a "bargain" are not nearly as nice as the cars selling on Saturday night. The early cars are generally driver quality while the Saturday night stars are investment quality. There is a huge difference.
If you are looking for a winning show car expect to pay a premium because they have to be built to an extremely high standard to just get accepted into the show and an even higher standard if they expect to go home with a class winning trophy/award.
If your car can't compete at this level don't feel bad, in my opinion it is much better to have a car you can drive and enjoy rather than one you are scared to even sit in for fear of a wrinkle in the upholstery.
Here are some photos of the cars I thought were special at the Chattanooga World of Wheels Show for 2018.


It is important for you to understand the business intricacies whereby every day there is a new trend that comes up and as a business person, you need to take advantage of that. Due to this criticality, there is the need for you to have a business innovation professional helping out on the procedures. In this article, you will get heightened information on how to choose a business innovative consultant.
One of the things that you need to consider is the charges that they have so that you can determine their affordability and workability for you; it is always wise for you to check the budget that you have. There is the need for you to make sure that do not compromise the value for money and quality services just because you want to spend less on the hiring process.
The second thing that you need to consider is the kind of business that you are running as they are different from one to the other. In efforts to determine the workability, you will need to make sure that you check the business details and let the consultant clearly understand what they are working with.
The fact that the final results are affected by the experience that the professionals have makes it even crucial for you to consider the stats they have. When choosing, you can even give them a hypothetical situation and gauge their problem solving skills and knowledge.
As a client, be sure to engage in reading the reviews as posted by the past clients as it is a good way to know whether or not they are ideal for the task. With the information garnered from the reviews, you realize that it all becomes better for you as you are able to make informed and intelligent choices; you know what to expect even before you engage them.
It is advisable for you to consider a professional that speaks your language in efforts to make the communication and understanding better. When you have a professional that you can easily communicate with, you realize that it becomes even better for you as you can easily convey the message to the customers that you have; even if you are in a foreign country, think of a professional that is versatile in languages.
It is your responsibility to consider how available the professionals are to handle your innovation issues. The professional is not just there for you, he or she also assists other businesses on the same. As a business person, you should never skip the regular check in that the professionals make in your business premise.


Microsoft has entered the second phase of a research project to determine the feasibility of self-sustaining subsea data centres.
Dubbed Project Natick, the shipping-container-sized prototype will be left in the waters surrounding Orkney for a set period of time before being recovered. It can hold data and process information for up to five years without maintenance.
Despite being as powerful as several thousand high-end consumer PCs, the data centre uses minimal energy, as it's naturally cooled, writes Cindy Rose, chief executive of Microsoft UK, in her blog.
It is powered by renewable energy from the European Marine Energy Centre tidal turbines and wave energy converters, which generate electricity from the movement of the sea. Creating solutions that are sustainable is critical for Microsoft, and Project Natick is a step towards the company's vision of data centres with their own sustainable power supply.
According to Rose, it also builds on environmental promises Microsoft has made, including a $50m pledge to use artificial intelligence (AI) to help protect the planet.
Almost half of the world's population lives near large bodies of water. Having data centres closer to billions of people using the internet will ensure faster and smoother web browsing, video streaming and gaming, while businesses can enjoy AI-driven technologies, Rose claims.
"I often hear of exciting research projects taking place at our headquarters in Redmond and other locations in the US, so I'm delighted this venture is taking place in the UK," said Rose.
The project has also received backing from the Scottish government.
"With our supportive policy environment, skilled supply chain, and our renewable energy resources and expertise, Scotland is the ideal place to invest in projects such as this," added Paul Wheelhouse, energy minister.


1. Go to Control Panel - Programs and Features.
2. Click the link to Turn Windows Features On/Off.
4. Expand Web Management Tools and click on IIS Management Console.
5. Click on World Wide Web Services.
6. Step 5 should select what you need, but to double check, expand Application Development Features and make sure ASP.NET is selected. Other items might be selected as well to support ASP.NET.
7. Expand Common HTTP Features and make sure , Default Document, HTTP Errors, and Static Content are checked.
9. Wait for IIS to fully install.
10. Find the command prompt icon, right-click it and select Run As Administrator.
11. Change directories to the .NET framework needed for the version of Vault you will be running. For Vault 6.0, you will want to change directories to the 4.0 .NET framework, which will be at C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\framework\v4.0.30319. If you are on a 64-bit system, change framework to framework64.
to register the .NET framework with IIS.
1. Open the Windows Server Manager.
2. Scroll down to Role Summary, and click Add Roles on the right-hand side.
3. A wizard will open. Click Next.
4. Check the box Web Server(IIS) and click Next.
5. Click Next once you read about IIS Services.
6. Check that Static Content and ASP.NET are selected. You may be asked to install supporting features.
7. Click Next, then click Install.
8. Wait for IIS to fully install, then click Close.
9. Find the command prompt icon, right-click it and select Run As Administrator.
10. Change directories to the .NET framework needed for the version of Vault you will be running. For Vault 6.0, you will want to change directories to the 4.0 .NET framework, which will be at %WINDIR%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319. If you are using the 64-bit version of Vault, change to %WINDIR%\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319.


A man who was airlifted by the Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) has pledged his support to the charity's regular giving scheme. Stuart Barnfather, from Peggswood, near Morpeth, was involved in a head on-collision with a bus near Bellingham in July and is now trying to engage the public with the service's call for regular givers. The 30-year-old was involved in a head-on crash with a bus, after misjudging a corner, hitting the windscreen and landing on the road. Mr Barnfather said: "All I can remember is seeing the bus right in front of me and then I must have blanked out.
A man who was airlifted by the Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) has pledged his support to the charity's regular giving scheme.
Stuart Barnfather, from Peggswood, near Morpeth, was involved in a head on-collision with a bus near Bellingham in July and is now trying to engage the public with the service's call for regular givers.
The 30-year-old was involved in a head-on crash with a bus, after misjudging a corner, hitting the windscreen and landing on the road.
He sustained serious injuries and was airlifted to Newcastle RVI where he was in intensive care for three days.
For more information on how to set up regular giving please call 01325 487 263.


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Mercedes-Benz Pickup Truck Will Be Named the GLT
Giancarlo Perlas April 16, 2015
An official sketch showing the design of the Mercedes-Benz Pickup Truck.
A Daimler executive revealed that the official model name of the Mercedes-Benz pickup truck will be the GLT. The information was provided by none other than the head of the Mercedes-Benz Vans division, Volker Mornhinweg, to Car Magazine.
It should be noted that Mornhinweg is also the one at the helm of the three-pointed star brand's pickup truck project. That explains why he was the one who unveiled the plans for the new product of Mercedes to the press and why he has been the one speaking about it a lot lately.
The exec explained that the reason for the development of the Mercedes-Benz pickup truck was global market expansion. However, he told Car Magazine that they will not be developing a "fat cowboy truck for North America". That means the GLT will be sold as a premium product instead of a utility vehicle that will compete with America's top three manufacturers of pickup trucks namely Ford, GM/GMC, and Ram.
Mornhinweg discussed that the mentioned giant pickup truck producers in the U.S. already own about 90 percent of the North American market. Thus, he hinted that they would rather focus on areas that will look at the GLT as a premium product such as South America, the Middle East, and Africa.
When pressed about the estimated figures for the worldwide demand of a premium pickup truck such as the GLT, Mornhinweg refused to give his forecast. He did not talk as well about the targeted release of the Mercedes-Benz GLT. However, the source claimed it might be sometime between late 2018 or early 2019.
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WOW...that's about 3 times what you'll pay for campgrounds. I've never heard of them but sounds way expensive and takes away the "adventure" of trip planning and personal selection. I've live by the motto..."its not where you're going but how you get there" that matters. I'm not sure how much time you have to plan or if you know the resources to get there but there's tons of help here that can throw more options at you than Carter has "Little Liver Pills". I've use Good Sam, Park Advisor app and lots of others. This may be a great option but, at first sight, doesn't sound good to me. Maybe I'll learn something else here.
I think you can still get a Trip-Tik from AAA (hey look you can get them online now) if you want someone to help.
I've always made do with google + other misc services on line (like road trippers, roadside america, atlas obscura, etc.) + some dead reckoning.
It isn't really that difficult especially if you have a device telling you where to go (phone, tablet, Garmin, etc.).
Thank you all for great ideas. Really hoping to hear from someone who has used a trip planning service ??
We keep a binder with all our info.
Copy of insurance policy, warrenties, road assistance, travel assistance, etc.
Its fun to plan the trip and all the tools are on the computer free.
We have all info in that one binder for the co-pilot.
Good Sam has a decent planner. AAA my wife did and is a joke. It's not 1970 any longer.
I can see why you might want to take the 'unknown' out of the RVing equation, and maybe a trip planning service might be worth it to you, but my concern would be that now you would be on a point-to-point, day-to-day planned travel, with little regards to weather, traffic, or other 'unknowns' that often pop up when traveling, or even the 'sight seeing' you didn't know you needed to plan for.
but, just like those who want someone to 'lead' them along the way to Alaska and such, there seems to be a market for them. Go for it if it fits your needs.
I'd strongly suggest that you take a look at the Park Advisor app others have mentioned. It's really easy to use and also will also build you a route to the destination you pick. As someone else mentioned, using a trip planning service would feel like it's taking the adventure out of Rving and that is likely to reduce the number of referrals you can expect to get.
With all the resources previously mentioned, paying someone is out of the question.
Here's what I would do starting with the Roadtrippers website/app.
First, start a trip using Vail and Banff only. This will give you the fastest route.
Second, decide if you want to vary the route to add midway destinations and decide how far you want to travel daily. We normally plan 300-350 miles/day.
Third, I use the RVParky app to find towns with campgrounds near our mile limit. Use that one or some of the others to pick your stops.
Fourth, I factor in those side trips. Yellowstone? Calgary?
Fifth, can I stay free at a Wally mrt or Crkr Barrl, etc along the way?
Review, did I allow enough time for diversions and some flexibility for changes?
If you are returning to Vail, that figures to almost 4,000 miles. That is a lot of stops and a lot of days. It's your money and your time, but for many, planning the trip is part of the fun! Personally, I wouldn't trust someone at any price to plan the whole trip and meet our preferences.
That's what I do, others would do differently, find your own best methods.
We pick out the main Hot Spots we want to stay at. Rush2112More, Jellystone, Grand Funk Railroad Canyon, Etc. Then add liberal traveling days between the Biggies. Those days are our freelance days going to the Quirky Places we find then stay wherever we can that day with no reservations.
For you "planners", now Roadtrippers has come out with a 50% discount for a limited time. 14.99 for the first year, code is SHARETHELOVE50.
Decide for yourself if it is a good value.
Everyone has there own way of mapping out a trip. Having been east and west and north (as in AK, NH, east and west Canada) and south (Key West, MS, LA, TX) on motorcycle trips I have a pretty good idea of where I'm headed.
I use my trusty USA map for the "big picture" then start looking for stops (gas and RON) using my GPS. I also note any places of interest along the roadway.
By the time I leave I've got my out and in routes "roughed" out. They are supplemented by current state maps I acquire at first Welcome Center inside the state borders. Using the WCs serves several purposes: (1) Pit stop (2) Get most current state map (3) Chat with WC host/hostess for suggestions near/along my route of travel (4) Discount coupons and tourist brochures (5) Weather conditions and possible road construction/detours.
Best wishes on your trip planning and your trip.
I use www.roadtrippers.com online....then i call each place i want to stay to reserve.
One of the things my wife has been looking so forward to is...riding along the country side and at a moments notice, saying..."let's goooooooooooo........THAT WAY!". Over planning wouldn't work for me.
I think I must have your wife's sense of adventure - or maybe in my case it's ADD, lol! I'm glad you mentioned this, Gritz, bc I was wondering about how well most longtime rv folks tracked their trip planning vs going adlib (w/or w/out the input of their wives).
For me, my trip plan is more like an outline, where I fill in the details as I go an edit as needed. Ok, I guess that sounds more like crafting a five point essay rather than planning a trip, but it seems to fit for me.
Being a veteran probably has something to do with my desire to explore & push thru my preconceived limitations. I love the freedom of takin detours or changin my track before completing my original self imposed marchin orders!
Plus, I'm still stuck on the East coast this winter, so my trip plan, like most plans, didn't survive initial contact - w/new rv realities - not insurgent contact (unless you're one of the folks who seem to put cw into that category, lol!).
I'm still wet behind the ears, so this outlook applies to me (& maybe other newbies). I wouldn't presume to know what the rv oldtimers have learned from their hard won experiences (I hope I will know someday!).
My new rv life & it's planning has required much more flexibility from my military mindset, & I think many new rv'ers might find if they rigidly stick to their initial plans for every trip they would quickly become disillusioned with rv life & hang up their keys for good (but maybe that's just my naivete speaking).
Yeah, I found out that not much after dark all the vacancy signs in those little towns get turned off. Also kind of tough to find everything at night. So don't overload your mileage, get a reservation before you leave and if you're gonna be late at night, call. Always seems those little stops eat up a lot of time.


I realise names are not good examples of things you would want to use dropdown lists for, but you get the idea. If we want to use a dropdown list instead of a Textbox (EditorFor), we need to tell it to use the DropDownListFor instead.
The Html helper takes 5 arguments - the LINQ expression to identify the model element this dropdown is an editor for, a new SelectList element containing new anonymous items, the names of the value and text fields in that list of objects to identify the select options, and the final arg is the 'currently selected value' of the dropdown so that it is redered with a value already selected, so this has to be set to the value of the data element.
And that's how you can change the scaffolded Edit form elements to use dropdowns!


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Q: Grep xcov result into variable at fastfile I'm using fastlane but I don't want to use xcov slack feature, I'm compiling all the info onto the same slack notification further sent.
lane :run_my_stuff do

xcov(project: "my-app.xcodeproj",
     scheme: "my_scheme",
     output_directory: "xcov_output",
     only_project_targets: true)

$coverage=sh("grep \"(\d+.\d+\%)\"")

slack(message: "",
      success: true,
      slack_url: "https://hooks.slack.com/services/xxxxxxxx...",
      default_payloads: [],
      link_names: true,
      attachment_properties: {
            fields: [{
                      title: "Coverage",
                      value: $coverage
                     }
            ]
      })
end

This doesn't work but I believe it shows what I'm trying to achieve. I also tried to use:
$coverage=sh("cat xcov_report/index.html | grep '\d\+.\d\+\%' | head -1")

A: I figured out what was wrong w/ my code. Several things (sigh)

*

*There is no need for dollar sign

coverage=sh("cat xcov_output/index.html | grep '\\d\\+.\\d\\+\\%' -o | head -1")

*The folder in which I was wasn't the same I thought. So I changed the output path to fastlane/xcov_output

*The escaping at the regular expression was not enough. So I doubled it
End
xcov(project: "my-app.xcodeproj",
       scheme: "MOCK",
       output_directory: "fastlane/xcov_output",
       only_project_targets: true)

release_notes=sh("git tag -l --format='%(contents)' $(git describe $(git rev-list --tags --max-count=1))")

coverage=sh("cat xcov_output/index.html | grep '\\d\\+.\\d\\+\\%' -o | head -1")

slack(message: " b(#{number_of_commits}) <@XXXXX>",
       success: true,
       slack_url: "https://hooks.slack.com/services/...",
       default_payloads: [],
       link_names: true,
       attachment_properties: {
           fields: [
               {
                   title: "Release notes",
                   value: release_notes
               },
               {
                   title: "Environment",
                   value: environment.capitalize
               },
               {
                   title: "Coverage",
                   value: coverage
               }
           ]
       }
   )

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Terrorism Attack Visialization Tool
Dr. Hammad Sheikh developed a Terrorism Attack Visualization Tool* to illustrate all terrorist attacks since 1970**. Data is derived from the START Center's Global Terrorism Database. you can see the shift from communist terrorism to Sialmic Terrorism after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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Through a series of invitational workships and our Seminar Series on Political Violence, sponsered by ARTIS International, researchers are investigating pathways to and from radicalization. Each seminar focuses on a singular aspect of terrorism. An invited speaker presents on a topic and an in-depth question-and-answer period follows.
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Commenting on the overwhelming success of the Islamic State and the failure of the Iraq Army, the U.S. National Intelligence Director James R. Clapper states recently to the Washington Post: 'We underestimated the Viet Cong... we underestimated ISIL [the Islamic State] and overestimated the fighting capability of the Iraqui army... it boils down to predicting... Read more
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In this study, Dr. Charles B. Strozier and Kelly Berkell probe the possibilities of significant forms of political violence--terrorism, civil wars, genocides--that could result in vulnerable societies from the disruptions of climate change. The consequences could be severe and dangerous. The four-year drought in Syria from 2006 to 2010 disrupted the infrastructure of a country... Read more
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Director Charles B. Strozier and John, Lord Alderdice, of Harris Manchester College, Oxford University, are working on a project to re-think fundamentally how best to respond to the pervasive threats of intractable conflicts and political violence, extremism, and terrorism around the world. The project is currently seeking funding and will involve a number of colleagues at the Center on Terrorism, other American universities, and the Center for the Resolution of Intractable Conflict at Oxford University.


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Q: Insert parent and Child in Springboot through Postman I want to save a record and its child list with spring boot through postman in a One-to-Many relationship. The child list is  saved but they don't take the Id of the parent automatically. How can i force the child to automatically take the id of the parent in Post Request In Postman?
Parent Class
package fdsa.edu.pnu.Model;

import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
import lombok.Data;
import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
import javax.persistence.*;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.List;

@AllArgsConstructor
@NoArgsConstructor
@Entity
@Data
@Table(name = "Concours")
public class Concours implements Serializable {
    @Column(name = "ID", nullable = false, length = 10)
    @Id
    @GeneratedValue(generator = "PNU_CONCOURS_ID_GENERATOR")
    @org.hibernate.annotations.GenericGenerator(name = "PNU_CONCOURS_ID_GENERATOR", strategy = "native")
    private Integer id;

    @Column(name = "DateDebut", nullable = true)
    @Temporal(TemporalType.DATE)
    private java.util.Date DateDebut;

    @Column(name = "DateFin", nullable = true)
    @Temporal(TemporalType.DATE)
    private java.util.Date DateFin;

    @Column(name = "Description", nullable = true, length = 255)
    private String description;
    @OneToMany(fetch = FetchType.EAGER, mappedBy = "concours",
            cascade = CascadeType.ALL,targetEntity = fdsa.edu.pnu.Model.PlannificationConcours.class)

    private List<PlannificationConcours> plannificationConcourses;

}

Child Class

import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
import lombok.Data;
import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;

import javax.persistence.*;
import java.io.Serializable;

@Entity
@Data
@AllArgsConstructor
@NoArgsConstructor
@Table(name = "PlannificationConcours")
public class PlannificationConcours implements Serializable {

    @Column(name = "ID", nullable = false, length = 10)
    @Id
    @GeneratedValue(generator = "PNU_PLANNIFICATIONCONCOURS_ID_GENERATOR")
    @org.hibernate.annotations.GenericGenerator(name = "PNU_PLANNIFICATIONCONCOURS_ID_GENERATOR", strategy = "native")
    private int id;

    @ManyToOne(targetEntity = fdsa.edu.pnu.Model.Concours.class, fetch = FetchType.LAZY)
    @JoinColumns(value = {@JoinColumn(name = "ConcoursID", referencedColumnName = "ID")}, foreignKey = @ForeignKey(name = "ConcoursPlannificationConCours"))
    private Concours concours;

    @Column(name = "`Date`", nullable = true)
    @Temporal(TemporalType.DATE)
    private java.util.Date Date;

    @Column(name = "Quotation", nullable = true, length = 10)
    private double quotation;

    @Column(name = "NoteDePassage", nullable = true, length = 10)
    private double noteDePassage;

}```

Screen Shote where the Id of the parent is null
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A: There are 2 ways to reach it. And this is the minimal setting to do it:

*

*Unidirectional
@Entity
@NoArgsConstructor
@Getter
@Setter
public class Concours {
    @Id
    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
    private Integer id;

    @OneToMany(cascade = CascadeType.ALL)
    @JoinColumn(name = "concours_id") // this line will play the role that passes the parent's id to its children
    private List<PlannificationConcours> plannificationConcourses = new ArrayList<>();
}

@Entity
@NoArgsConstructor
@Getter
@Setter
public class PlannificationConcours {
    @Id
    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
    private Integer id;
}

@Test
void saveConcours() {
    Concours concours = new Concours();
    concours.setPlannificationConcourses(List.of(new PlannificationConcours(), new PlannificationConcours()));
    this.concoursRepository.save(concours);
}

This's all you need to propagate the parent's id. But the child won't have the reference to its parent by this way.

*Bidirectional
@Entity
@NoArgsConstructor
@Getter
public class Concours {
    @Id
    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
    private Integer id;

    @OneToMany(mappedBy = "concours" ,cascade = CascadeType.ALL) // mappedBy will create a bidirectional relation for us
    private List<PlannificationConcours> plannificationConcourses = new ArrayList<>();

    public void addPlannificationConcours(PlannificationConcours child) {
        child.setConcours(this); // and don't forget to set the parent instance to the child
        this.plannificationConcourses.add(child);
    }
}

@Entity
@NoArgsConstructor
@Getter
@Setter
public class PlannificationConcours {
    @Id
    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
    private Integer id;

    @ManyToOne
    private Concours concours;
}

@Test
void saveConcours() {
    Concours concours = new Concours();
    concours.addPlannificationConcours(new PlannificationConcours());
    concours.addPlannificationConcours(new PlannificationConcours());
    this.concoursRepository.save(concours);
}


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E-newsletters: Making Your Customer Relationships Click
About Bookselling
By 1 User - User 1
Any experienced e-mail user knows the drill: Log on, check mark the spam, and click delete. Then, if you have any relevant e-mail, you open and read it. For those e-mails you're not sure of, you may open them -- but if you don't see the point within two seconds, click! Deleted.
This is the landscape that faces booksellers who send, or are planning to send, subscription-based e-newsletters to their customers. Consumers have no mercy when it comes to their inboxes -- if there's any question to the relevancy of your e-mail, you can kiss your e-newsletter, and possibly any hope of building a solid customer relationship with that consumer, good-bye.
That said, an e-newsletter done properly is a great, inexpensive marketing tool, especially for independent booksellers, who depend on customer loyalty. E-marketing may be relatively new, but already, there are some fairly defined rules for creating a successful e-newsletter. Some things to consider when starting an e-newsletter are:
Collecting e-mail addresses
E-newsletter vendors and list management
E-newsletter content and length
Designing the newsletter: text vs. HTML
E-newsletter frequency
Gauging your e-success
Posting your e-newsletter
Getting started. Before beginning your e-newsletter project, make sure you have clear objectives, said Michael Katz, the founder of Blue Penguin Development, Inc. (www.BluePenguinDevelopment.com), a consulting firm that specializes in the creation and management of effective e-newsletters. "Why are you doing this in the first place?" he said. "Is it to generate sales? Provide a service? Or to connect with customers?" If you have no clear reason for doing an e-newsletter, don't do it just because everyone else is.
Bill Petrocelli, who co-owns Corte Madera, California's Book Passage with his wife, Elaine, told BTW that booksellers shouldn't consider doing an e-newsletter unless they have a Web site with a searchable database and e-commerce capabilities (i.e., allowing users to place orders via their Web site). That way, they can include in the e-newsletter a link to their stores' Web site, where consumers can buy products, he noted.
As with starting anything new, it is important to do some research before launching. John Evans, president of Lemuria Bookstore in Jackson, Mississippi, recommended subscribing to all the e-newsletters "you can find" prior to creating your own.
Katz, as well as a number of booksellers who spoke to BTW, concurred. "I think that looking at what others have done, both good and bad, is good," said Katz. "Get your own sense. Go find newsletters you like and ones you don't. Compare -- why do you like it? Or not?"
Nicki Leone, the manager and book buyer for Bristol Books in Wilmington, North Carolina, got right to the point: "Put yourself on the mailing list of other newsletters and copy the one you like the best."
Timothy Huggins, president of Newtonville Books in Newton, Massachusetts, said, "I'd also read Seth Godin's book, Permission Marketing." Additionally, Katz has penned an eBook, E-Newsletters That Work, available at www.enewsletterbook.com.
Collecting e-mail addresses. As you are researching e-newsletters, begin collecting e-mail addresses. This is where the retail store has a huge advantage over other businesses -- foot traffic. Booksellers should make use of this and ask for e-mail addresses at every point of customer contact, said Katz.
"Collect everyone's e-mail at the register -- start doing it about six months before doing your newsletter," said Debbie Weil, publisher of WordBiz Report, an e-newsletter on how to leverage e-newsletters (www.wordbiz.com), who also works with companies and organizations to launch and maintain cost-effective e-mail newsletters. Katz recommended placing a sign-up slip in each book you sell.
Additionally, you should also have a sign-up box on every page of your Web site, Weil said, preferably in the upper right- or left-hand corner so the user does not have to scroll down to find it. "Make it a fill-in box so you see it and know what it is," she explained. "Don't make [the user] have to click to go sign up" somewhere else on the site. (BookSense.com bookstores, for instance, are provided with a template that includes an area where customers can sign up for the store's, or BookSense.com's, e-newsletter.) The store also can use off-line methods, such as mailing flyers or postcards to drive traffic to its Web site, "presuming you are communicating with them already," Weil said.
Brookline Booksmith's e-newsletter is sent out on a weekly basis. Dana Brigham, owner and manager of the Brookline, Massachusetts, store, told BTW that they have sign-up pads for the store e-newsletter at the front desk, and it's mentioned at every store event. Book Passage's Elaine Petrocelli noted that her store collects e-mail addresses from a variety of places: the store's homepage, in-store, and "anytime someone is upset that they missed an event, I tell them to sign up for the newsletter," she said.
"We have a sign-up pad at the front desk and in our reading room," said Newtonville's Huggins. "After events, I also have a bookseller asking people as they are leaving if they'd like to be on our mailing list for event updates. I also have a sign-up link on our Web site."
The collecting of e-mail addresses begs the question: Do you collect anything else with it -- such as name or address or phone number or favorite author?
"The more I ask of you, the less likely you'll give me anything," stressed Katz, who pointed out that, in many cases, the e-newsletter is a way to communicate with people who are on the verge of becoming a good customer or not being a customer at all. Asking them for too much information could drive them the wrong way. Furthermore, a good customer or prospect will, inevitably, self-identify over time. "Collect just the e-mail address, and make sure they know it's all private," he said. (For the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression's suggested bookstore statement on customer privacy, click here.)
Huggins further stressed that a bookseller shouldn't collect any e-mail information unless a commitment is made to do the e-newsletter. "I think too many places have mailing lists but never really do anything with it," he explained.
Most everyone would agree that one of the most important aspects of collecting e-mail addresses is to be clear in your intentions. Simply put, never send unsolicited e-mail to a consumer. Furthermore, always ask a customer to opt-in to your e-newsletter and be sure they know you will not sell your list to any third party.
E-newsletter vendors and list management. Okay, so you're collecting e-mail addresses and many of your customers sound excited at the prospect of an e-newsletter. Now, it's time to start making your e-newsletter a reality. Obviously, this means writing content, which we will talk about in the next section. The not-so-obvious part -- for those who have never produced an e-newsletter -- is e-mail list management.
List management (as well as e-newsletter publishing) either can be done in-house or outsourced to a vendor. Whether or not you outsource to a vendor will depend on a number of factors: the number of e-mail addresses on your list, how much time you wish to devote to your in-store e-newsletter (WordBiz Report's Weil said that, however long you think it will take you to do an e-newsletter, times that by 10, and you'll have a more accurate picture), how computer-savvy you are, and how much money you plan on investing.
Katz pointed out that, over the past year and a half, it's become much cheaper to outsource an e-mail list. "The vendor houses your names -- it's easily outsourced," he said. Furthermore, an e-newsletter vendor might charge in the neighborhood of $25 per session (an e-mailing) for 2,500 subscribers. "It's so cheap, it's a no-brainer," he noted. He made special mention of e-newsletter vendors such as Roving Software, Imakenews, and Subscriber Mail.
Working with a vendor is fairly simple. Katz explained that you simply put your e-mail list into an electronic format and upload it to the vendor. And, if you decide to publish your e-newsletter through the vendor, the vendor gives you the template and you flow in the content from Microsoft Word.
The most obvious benefit of using a vendor is timesavings, but they also offer other benefits, said Katz. "Vendors can you give you click-through rates [the number of subscribers that click on a link in your e-newsletter], open rates [the number of e-newsletters opened divided by the number of e-newsletters delivered]," he said. Additionally, since e-mail addresses have a notoriously short life span, for large lists, it makes sense to have a vendor handle "bounce management." In other words, removing invalid addresses from the list.
Additionally, for beginners, a vendor can walk you through the whole process, as was the case when Brookline Booksmith's Brigham started her e-newsletter.
Bristol Books' e-mail list numbers approximately 900 people. Leone said she uses Microsoft's bCentral List Builder (www.bcentral.com/products/lb/default.asp) to manage her e-mail list and to send out her store's e-newsletter. "As people join, I send [bCentral] a file every other day -- it's easy," she said. "But don't outsource unless you have a lot of people on the list. If your bookstore is large enough to have its own servers and applications, it'd probably be cheaper to do it yourself; or if your list is fewer than 500 e-mail addresses, you can manage your list off your home computer."
Both Brookline Booksmith and R.J. Julia Booksellers in Madison, Connecticut, outsource their e-newsletter management to Topica.com, a leading independent provider of turnkey solutions for e-newsletter publishers. Lemuria Books outsources list management to Listserve.
Still, while e-marketing experts recommend outsourcing list management, and even e-newsletter publishing to a vendor, there are many booksellers who are doing it all in-house -- and successfully. For one, Newtonville Books' e-newsletter, which has a very good reputation among booksellers, is managed completely in-house, said Huggins. "I just keep everything in a Netscape address book and a copy on an Excel file," he said. He added that it takes about an hour to write and send the store e-newsletter.
It bears repeating that, aside from list management, most of the vendors mentioned will also handle e-newsletter publishing. Ultimately, deciding to outsource will depend on how much time you wish to spend creating and managing your e-newsletter -- and how much money you wish to invest.
E-newsletter content and length. All right, you have your list (and we're assuming that everybody on your list wants to be there), and you've decided on how much, if any, of the e-newsletter management you will outsource to a vendor. Now, it's time to start writing. This is where all your research -- looking at other e-newsletters -- should pay off. Remember, with all the spam out there, you need to write something that will make your open rate soar, and, of course, develop customer loyalty.
There are two key issues to consider toward this end: the content and the e-newsletter length. "How do you get [your e-newsletter] to stand out from the crowd? It has to be useful and relevant to the reader," said Katz, who noted that, if the e-newsletter is written well, it becomes the voice of the store. "The owner should write it -- don't give it to a staffer. Don't look at it as something you throw together and give to the new guy. You want [the owner's] personality in the e-newsletter -- it should be very un-self-promotional."
In the article, "Top Five Tips on Writing Great E-mail Newsletters," by Anne Holland (at www.MarketingProfs.com), the publisher and managing editor of MarketingSherpa.com, Holland noted that top Internet marketers recommend using a personal and casual tone in an e-newsletter. She wrote, "[Customers] respond much better to e-newsletters that are written by one particular individual at a company whom they can get to know over time. They like little personal comments that could only come from a single human being, like 'Don't tell my boss, but I stole his lunch from the office fridge today!' (That's how one major software firm's successful e-newsletter opened last week in fact.)"
Without question, most booksellers who spoke to BTW described their e-newsletter tone as being casual -- as if they're talking personally to each customer. "I'm very chatty," said Bristol Books' Leone. "I put personal stuff in there, like 'I just got back from vacation' and that seems to help. I get a ton of feedback from customers."
Roxanne Coady, owner and president, R.J. Julia, concurred and said this style works very well.
On the other hand, Book Passage's Elaine Petrocelli said, "What I think works is keeping it simple. Long, chatty stuff can get people to delete. We give very direct info, [store events] are our main focus. Our customers know why they get it. Don't try to be too fancy, because nobody has time for that."
Whatever tone you choose, everyone agrees: keep your e-newsletter short and get to the point. "I try to be informative and personal, while also being conscious of the reader's time and energy," said Newtonville Books' Huggins. "Ideally, I'd only want to take up a minute or two of the reader's time, and I attach links if more information is desired on the reader's part…. I try to design the newsletter so that it gives brief and consistent tag lines to give quick indications about what kind of information will follow. I also keep the design format the same for each newsletter."
WordBiz Report's Weil's rule for e-newsletter length is "1,000 words maximum if customers are going to read it on the screen," she said, and added that, if you know that your customers are printing it out, you might be able to get away with a longer e-newsletter. "A thousand words is not very much when you think about it."
"My belief is that it be short enough that I read it [when I open it], not that I'll read it later -- 600 to 700 words," Katz said. "That's all you're looking for."
Finally, as you know from checking your own e-mail, keep in mind that your customer sees your subject line before he or she sees your e-newsletter. In her "Top Five Tips" article, Holland stressed that consumers "are looking for an excuse to delete your e-newsletter -- don't let them! For example, don't use a subject line reading something like 'Our October Newsletter.' Instead, use a subject line that engages your reader's attention with an interesting topic or headline from the e-newsletter, such as 'Venture Capitalists Explain How to Get Funded' or 'Inside: Exclusive Interview with Shania Twain!'"
"The secret is to write a subject line that grabs your recipients attention and piques their interest enough to open your e-mail without being so blatantly promotional that it sounds like spam," stated Roving's E-mail Marketing Hints and Tips, Volume 1, Issue 4, e-newsletter (www.roving.com/marketing/newsletters/hints-tips/). "When writing a subject line, think in terms of your offer and your audience and what few words would most likely get them to open your e-mail."
Finally, you must make it incredibly easy for the recipient to unsubscribe. "Whatever system you work with, you have to do that," stressed Weil.
Designing the e-newsletter: text or HTML. Why should you even consider HTML (the coding used to build Web pages)? Simply put, the use of HTML allows you to add graphics and links to your e-newsletter. Additionally, as noted earlier, it allows you or your vendor to track click-through and open rates, key elements for knowing whether or not you're doing a good job with your e-newsletter. And while a year or so ago, a user might have found an HTML e-newsletter difficult and slow to open -- often resulting in a deletion -- today, most users have modems fast enough to handle a simple HTML document. Just don't make it too graphic-oriented.
"[HTML] is more work," Weil said. "But it's a branding thing. Take your store logo -- why not put that into a store e-newsletter? It's very powerful. People respond to visual stimuli."
"My belief is that HTML has gotten really easy to do," said Katz, and noted that HTML adds both professionalism and the store's ability to brand to an e-newsletter.
Book Passage used to have a text-only e-newsletter, said Bill Petrocelli, "but it looked so damn dull. We don't use graphics, but we are using bolds and italics. I haven't heard any complaints."
If undecided, the best solution might be to compromise. "Give your customers the option of receiving messages in text or HTML format," wrote Mischelle Weedman, director, North American Marketing, NewWorld Commerce, in "12 Tips for Successful eMarketing." "Some people prefer text to graphics. Give it to them their way."
E-newsletter frequency. Now, you must decide how often you will send out your e-newsletter. As much as anything with e-newsletters, testing will help you decide on the right frequency. However, both Katz and Weil concurred that sending it out less than once a month is not enough to make your presence felt. After that, it's up to you, though, Weil warned, sending your e-newsletter out once a week is "too much unless you have something incredible to say." Weil publishes her e-newsletter twice a month.
There are exceptions, of course. For stores that have a lot going on -- maybe daily author events, classes, or music -- once a week might be the best way to keep the e-newsletter short and to the point. Experts note that the higher the frequency the shorter the e-newsletter should be.
Both Newtonville Books and Lemuria Books send their e-newsletters out weekly. "I send mine … on the same day each week," Huggins said. "I think the important thing is to build anticipation. To do this, you need to be sending relevant information and in a consistent manner."
Brookline Booksmith's Brigham decided on a weekly format after two years of tinkering and trial and error, she said. "We tried once a month with a longer version," she said. "The main reason we have an e-newsletter is to get people interested in author events. There was more response to events in a weekly."
One thing to think about before deciding on the frequency: If you choose to do a weekly, you'll need to have 52 exciting things to write about (i.e., 52 newsletters for 52 weeks). If you go monthly, you need only 12. If you don't want to spend a lot of labor working on your e-newsletter, this may be the way to go. "Better to do it once a month," said Weil, "and you can always increase the frequency."
Gauging your e-success. As Katz mentioned earlier, odds are, you'll have to tinker with your e-newsletter as you move forward. And, most likely, the reason you'll change the e-newsletter here and there is because it's not as successful as it could be. But how are you judging the success? Anecdotal feedback? Personal feelings? Open rate? Unsubscribe rate? All of the above?
Most booksellers who spoke to BTW judged the success of their e-newsletter via anecdotal feedback, which, Weil said, was a "perfectly acceptable" method.
"We look for attendance at events," said Brookline's Brigham. "Our e-mail person was away for a week ,and we got comments from customers, Where was [the e-newsletter]?"
Newtonville's Huggins pays attention to how books sell, how events go, and feedback through e-mail and comments from patrons and publishers. "I cannot think of a more personal and effective way for me to market my bookstore to people who are customers, publishers, authors, and such," he said, adding that his only cost for the newsletter is the time it takes to write and send it out.
Without question, what differentiates e-newsletters from typical marketing endeavors is the low cost. Tracking sales numbers and the like does not have the same urgency as, say, an expensive direct mail effort. Cheap or not, and while anecdotal feedback may be useful, hard numbers are, too, said both Weil and Katz. For instance, a bookseller should know if those 10 people that raved about the e-newsletter were the only ones out of 100 who opened it.
"If 90 percent open, you're doing well," Weil said. "Anything over 50 percent is considered good." But, she continued, just because they opened it doesn't mean they're reading it -- for that reason, it helps to put links back to your Web site (meaning your e-newsletter needs to be in an HTML format). Another indicator as to the success of the e-newsletter is the subscribe and unsubscribe rate. "If a significant percentage of readers unsubscribe, something is wrong," she said. "If there are a number of new subscribers -- say people liked it and forwarded it -- that's easy to measure."
While Katz concurred with Weil and noted there are a number of tracking methods available to the e-marketer, he added that some e-newsletter benefits are more intangible. "An e-newsletter is a relationship building tool. [Tracking its benefits] is similar to asking what is the benefit of training your sales person to say 'Thank You.'"
Posting your e-newsletter. After the e-newsletter is delivered, it is understandable to think that your work is done, and that it's time to think about next week's, or month's, e-newsletter. Well, you're half right. While most of the booksellers we spoke to said they didn't post their e-newsletter on their Web site, both Weil and Katz told BTW, in no uncertain terms, you should.
"You're absolutely nuts not to post it to your Web site," said Weil. "It shows continuity, and people can go and look for items in past issues. You're creating content, why not add it to your site?"
"Putting the e-newsletter on the Web site allows you to create an archive," said Katz. "It then allows you to reference things you said in the past. It's a good use of the Internet, and it helps you get found by search engines." --David Grogan


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Naturally one driver is increased profile for the Centre and what we do; but then there's getting information on all the issues which effect the people who come to us for support. Twitter is a great big news feed that could overwhelm you but if you don't like the tweets or the tweeter, then simply delete them.
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