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8 November 2010 / Technology
Customer service must improve on social networks
Hannah Jolliffe	Guest Author
Have you ever mentioned brand names on Twitter or Facebook? If so, I'll bet that one, it was a complaint and two, they didn't respond. So why aren't brands providing better customer service on social networking sites?
Not long ago I was at an online media conference where there was lots of talk about how big brands should be using social media to communicate with their customers.
Twitter's Product Marketing Manager, Elizabeth Weil, spoke to the audience about the importance of good customer service through social networks.
She cited Vodafone as a good example of a company responding quickly and directly to its customers – after a quick look at the @vodafoneuk Twitter feed I can see why. Vodafone has three staff members dedicated to answering your queries, all tweeting regularly in a personal, friendly tone with useful links and suggestions. As Elizabeth put it, 'it's like a live FAQ'.
While some, like Vodafone, are obviously leading the way in this area, many are still lagging behind. But if the stats are anything to go by, companies can't afford to be complacent.
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Research by the Direct Marketing Association shows that 39% of us have shared information about brands on social networks in the past six months.
My recent post about Gap's u-turn on its logo design is a good example of how social media can cause a stir about a brand. In that instance, Gap listened to its customers' negative feedback and announced it was keeping the old logo after all.
But I'm talking about more than just taking notice of the big stuff. Social networking is a 24/7 activity. People have little gripes, problems and questions about companies at every hour of the day – and you can be sure that many of them will whine about them online.
Surely it pays to be where your customers are – to respond to their needs quickly and, in turn, offer them a personal service? You'd think so, but The Internet Advertising Bureau found that 7.7% of people have registered a complaint about a firm on a social network, and fewer than 40% of these had received a swift response.
Come on companies, where's your common sense? Yes, you have to invest time and energy into social media, but get it up-and-running and it could actually be an easier way to provide customer service and generate positive coverage. After all, Vodafone has made it into this Conversation.
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At the start of this year, I got stuck in Aberdeen (UK) due to the ashcloud. After catching up on the airline's website, I quickly realised it wasn't them I should rely on as a source of information, but the local airport.
Aberdeen airport (Dyce) did have a good website, but they're also active on Twitter and usually their news was a sign of things to come concerning my return flight. So while my complaints and questions were directed towards the Dutch royal airlines I got the best information by far from following the airport on Twitter.
The complaint/service department is usually a third party that receives payment based on interactions logged in their own purpose built software, which renders existing social networks useless for them. However, a service that is active on Twitter or Facebook and has a loyal community of well-informed followers can decrease the load on complaint- and service departments. In this day and age, you can practically troubleshoot your own problems and through social networks, other users or the service provider/OEM should be able to direct you in your search.
I had a little grumble on Twitter yesterday evening, as I'd placed an order with Lands' End clothing at the weekend and then last night discovered that I'd had an email from them with a free delivery code, that had gone into my spam folder for some reason. I wasn't really expecting a response as much as just venting my annoyance, but this morning I had a tweet back from them saying that if I phoned the Customer Services they would ensure I received the free delivery. (I did – the person I spoke to wasn't keen but agreed to do it on this occasion). Their people on Twitter then offered to find out an estimated delivery date for me which will is very useful. Can't fault them, they responded really quickly to my original grumble and have gone beyond the call of duty in my opinion by offering the delivery information too.
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4.	The possibility of savings to be earns after all the required fees and costs in relation to the new home loanTips to remember and follow when applying for Refinance Home LoanDo not even consider getting a refinance home loan from your original lending company unless it is willing to offer you low interest rates that is as low as other companies.While it is good to consider low interest rates, avoid dealing with companies that offer absurdly low rates. There is great possibility that such low rates will balloon into huge ones that you cannot pay for it. Likewise, shun away from variable interest rates that certainly sound enticing for the low rates that are charged during the first part of the home loan.Never disregard a home loan with low interest rate for one with a higher rate. Check on the Annual Percentage Rate (APR) of the new home loan. Its APR must be much lower than the interest rates of the previous home loan. You must likewise consider closing cost, insurance costs and other fees that are charged upfront.Tax incentives are usually offered for purposes of debt consolidation; do not fall for it. It is advisable to review thoroughly your tax position and find out if this can be greatly affected. You might not know it, but it is useless to write-off tax for mortgage interest, unless deduction itemization has been done diligently.If you are contemplating on canceling your home loan, remember that you have only three days to do so. Cancellation offers borrowers the opportunity to get out of the problems brought about by bad loans that simply are disadvantageous to your end. And if indeed, you have changed your mind about getting a home loan, immediately inform your lender, way before the deadline.


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They really can be a great tool in helping you organize. We've used them to store those soft and/or oversized infant toys that just don't seem to fit right in a box. They report that the XXL bags will hold golf clubs - I've not tried, but it certainly gives you a size perspective. The double seal helps keep the contents clean and dry. The bags also have built in handles to make carrying easier.


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Google to Display Busiest Store Hours of Local Businesses
Google introduced a new search feature today which will show when local stores are at their busiest.
For now, this useful feature will only be available on Android mobile devices.
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According to a Google FAQ received by Mike Blumenthal, the search giant gets its data on a store's foot traffic from users who have opted-in to location sharing.
The information provided is completely anonymous, and Google isn't tracking anything that people haven't opted into to begin with.
This data will not be shown for all businesses — according to Google, the information "shows for places where users are commonly worried about how busy it typically gets."
In addition, Google says this data will show up for locations with Google Maps listings that receive regular foot traffic.
It sounds like it's a good sign if Google starts displaying foot traffic data about your business — it means people either either searching for you or visiting your physical location.
Unfortunately, if you don't like the idea of Google displaying your store's foot traffic data there's no way to opt out of it because Google believes its important for searchers.
In Google's words, "We believe this information is valuable for customers in deciding when and where to go."
The data could also end up being beneficial for businesses as a way to drive more foot traffic during off-peak hours.
This new feature is currently rolling out to Android devices and will be available worldwide.
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Biographical Sketch of Pietro Canonica
Pietro Canonica was born in Moncalieri in 1869. He attended the Accademia Albertina in Turin, in an Italy which had only recently been united into one country and was labouriously engaged in the difficult work of constructing an italian identity. It was in this atmosphere, interwoven with moral and civil obligation, that Pietro Canonica's aesthetic sense was formed, and he became an attentive and enthusiastic guardian of the italian artistic tradition.
He participated in all the most important national and international exhibitions, in Paris, Venice, London, Rome, Brussels and Petersburg. He was a member of the Accademia di San Luca as well as numerous other foreign and italian academies, and in 1929 was elected to the Italian Accademy and in 1950 he became a life Senator.
He made an impression in high artistocratic circles and was invited to all the courts of Europe, who competed to commission commemorative works from him, particularly busts and incisive portraits that seemed almost to be breathing, executed with a rare technical skill and authoratative modelling.
From Buckingham Palace to the court of the Tsar, innumerable aristocratic faces saw their most secret interiority modelled in marble.
The first world war ended this world, which constituted a reference point for the artist, as well as his main market, and he devoted himself to large scale monumental and celebrative works. The war memorials honouring the dead of the first world war in many italian piazzas are the work of Pietro Canonica.
In 1922 the artist moved to Rome and obtained from the city the use of the "Fortezzuola", in the splendid Piazza di Siena, where the artist lived and worked until his death in 1959.
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Rock 'n' roll collection of Tommy Hilfiger Spring-Summer 2015. What clothes to choose to be fashionable?
Having chosen a typical visitor of a summer music festival as the main character of the spring-summer collection 2015,Tommy Hilfiger implements long love of music and rock 'n' roll.
In Tommy Hilfiger's ready-to-wear collection spring-summer 2015 clearly sounds of rock 'n' roll theme. The main trend of the coming season – the 70s, that presents in a collection very brightly. It seems no coincidence that among the mannequins of the show was Georgia May Jagger, who opened the show. In the collection of Tommy Hilfiger Spring Summer 2015 were recreated iconic images of the details of the musicians of the late 60's – early 70's, the golden era of rock. Summer by Tommy Hilfiger embodies the energy of a free-spirited young representatives of the new generation.
The heart of Tommy Hilfiger Spring-Summer collection 2015
Flower, star prints, mosaic patches and strips are shown in wine red, dark blue, beige and blue. Details of metal and brocade, rivets, flared trousers cause nostalgic memories of the life of the inhabitants of the King's Road in the heyday of rock 'n' roll.
Military style is a bright motive collection embodied in a slightly theatrical costumes, guardsmen Cape with rows of gilt buttons and leather caps that are so loved by rockers.
Long, slightly flared striped pants, colored coats, vests, worn almost on the naked body, striped scarves, tunics with prints of the stars and the same "star" shoes – all of these images were as if created for wearing them to see the summer rock festival.
Denim clothing assembled from parts of different color resembles a mosaic or patchwork – a tribute to the style of the 70s. Semi-transparent dresses of silk and chiffon with star prints the designer offers to combine with old school swimwear and mini-shorts.
Knitted line is decorated with paintings inspired by the iconic style of tattoos by Fernando Lions.
Designer supplements the images with rich details: extralong scarves, kerchiefs, tied on the wrist, bracelets, belts with buckles, massive medallions. Hats and fur jackets are necessary attributes of the backstage inhabitants and frequenters of musical events.
Famous guests of the Tommy Hilfiger Spring-Summer 2015 show
Model Georgia May Jagger, the daughter of Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger opened the show of Tommy Hilfiger Spring Summer 2015. The show was also attended by Ella Richards, granddaughter of the legendary guitarist "Rolling Stones"' Keith Richards and Kendall Jenner.
Tara Ferry, the son of singer Bryan Ferry, played drums during the show with Steven Hashem, musician and creative director from New York.
The seats in the front row were taken by the daughter of Keith Richards Alexandra, the daughter of Annie Lennox – Tali Lennox, the daughter of Duran Duran singer Amber Le Bon, Alexa Chung, Kate Foley and other stars.
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Killer Robots: Experts Warn of 'Third Revolution in Warfare'
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More than 100 leading robotics experts are urging the United Nations to take action in order to prevent the development of "killer rob...
More than 100 leading robotics experts are urging the United Nations to take action in order to prevent the development of "killer robots".
In a letter to the organisation, artificial intelligence (AI) leaders, including billionaire Elon Musk, warn of "a third revolution in warfare".
The letter says "lethal autonomous" technology is a "Pandora's box", adding that time is of the essence. The 116 experts are calling for a ban on the use of AI in managing weaponry.
"Once developed, they will permit armed conflict to be fought at a scale greater than ever, and at timescales faster than humans can comprehend," the letter says.
Beware of Killer Robots
"These can be weapons of terror, weapons that despots and terrorists use against innocent populations, and weapons hacked to behave in undesirable ways," it adds.
There is an urgent tone to the message from the technology leaders, who warn that "we do not have long to act". "Once this Pandora's box is opened, it will be hard to close."
Experts are calling for what they describe as "morally wrong" technology to be added to the list of weapons banned under the UN Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW).
Along with Tesla co-founder and chief executive Mr Musk, the technology leaders include Mustafa Suleyman, Google's DeepMind co-founder.
A UN group focusing on autonomous weaponry was scheduled to meet on Monday but the meeting has been postponed until November, according to the group's website.
A potential ban on the development of "killer robot" technology has previously been discussed by UN committees. In 2015, more than 1 000 tech experts, scientists and researchers wrote a letter warning about the dangers of autonomous weaponry.
Among the signatories of the 2015 letter were scientist Stephen Hawking, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and Mr Musk.
A killer robot is a fully autonomous weapon that can select and engage targets without human intervention. They do not currently exist but advances in technology are bringing them closer to reality.
Those in favour of killer robots believe the current laws of war may be sufficient to address any problems that might emerge if they are ever deployed, arguing that a moratorium, not an outright ban, should be called if this is not the case.
However, those who oppose their use believe they are a threat to humanity and any autonomous "kill functions" should be banned. - BBC


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50 Cliches Of Gray: In Defense Of Old Truisms
By Linton Weeks
Published February 26, 2014 at 10:11 AM CST
At the end of the day, it is tougher than a nickel steak to banish from American popular parlance certain phrases such as "at the end of the day."
The word police at Lake Superior State University in Michigan have been trying to strike the phrase from public discourse since 1999. Here are their Banished Words Lists from then and from 2014.
But at the end of the day, forget about it. T he toothpaste is out of the tube.
"English is a very dynamic language," says David F. Beer, a retired writing professor at the University of Texas at Austin, "and parts of it are always growing or dropping off. And we don't have an English Academy as the French do to tell us what is right and what is wrong in the language. Thus cliches such as 'at the end of the day' are to be found all over the language. " Like white on rice.
While some hoary sayings occasionally fall by the wayside — for lots of reasons, such as a rise in social awareness — others will be with us from here to eternity.So when it comes to battling against tenacious cliches, maybe we should just throw up our handsand throw in the towel.
Run For Your Lives
There are those — perhaps with an ax to grind —who believe in their hearts and mindsthat we should run like the windfrom a truism as if it's a snake in the grass. Raise the bar, they say, and avoid repeating the same old same old. Take the road less traveled. Do your own thing.
"Avoid cliches ... like the plague," , a worldwide group that works to improve communication skills, advises. Tongue-in-cheek,of course.
By definition, the group reports, a cliche "is a trite, commonplace expression — a sentence or a phrase usually conveying a popular or common thought or idea." You could say it's a hackneyed phrase, which itself is a hackneyed phrase.
But the very fact that a word or phrase has become a cliche, "through popular use — and overuse," the report continues, "suggests that the phrase has lost originality and ingenuity and, thus, impact." It's old as the hillsand tired as an ox. Maybe it needs a swift kick.
Or could it be that there has been such a hue and cryagainst cliches — for as long as I can remember — that anti-cliche sentiment has finally run its course?And the cliche can be fashionable once more, the new black. It's like déjà vu all over again.
As a believer that the English language is a living, breathing thing, I think detractors — clicheters? — should take a step back. Hold your horses.Picking on low hanging fruitis easy as pie.
So I am writing like a maniac in defense of cliches. Or at least asking that they be forgiven. In other words: Pardon the expression.
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English is like a box of chocolates. Of course, we should think outside the box. But maybe we should also keep delving insidethe box — where some marvelous and useful cliches reside. Cliches can cut through claptrap like a knife through butter. We can use them as a kind of societal shorthand.
There is something so wonderfully familiar about a cliche. A cliche can be as comfortable as an old shoe, as helpful as all get out. A cliche is like a long lost friend, a kissing cousin.And a cliche deserves its moment in the sunbecause, well, every dog has its day.
When it comes to using cliches, sometimes, the feeling is: Better the devil you know than the devil you don't.
"I feel cliches are always going to be around, especially in spoken English," says David Beer, who also wrote A Guide to Writing as an Engineer. "Nothing wrong with them as long as everyone gets their meaning." If you get the drift.
In writing, however, especially more formal or academic writing, the professor says, "they seem to me to show a lack of originality, a tiredness that depends on the tried and true." (He knows it's a cliche.)
Eventually, he says, cliches "will wear out anyway, and new ones will take their place."
It's not rocket science. Just saying.
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Q: Firestore return all documents in collection at the root At the root of my firestore db I have a 'users' and 'accounts' collections.
Whenever I try to return all documents in either of those collection I get an error (there is definitely data there):

Uncaught (in promise) FirebaseError: Null value error. for 'list' @ L59, Null value error. for 'list' @ L63, Null value error. for 'list' @ L76

Code to produce above error:
const query = fs.query(
     fs.collection(firestore, 'accounts'),
  );

  const querySnapshot = await getDocs(query);

  querySnapshot.forEach((doc) => {
     console.log(doc.id, ' => ', doc.data());
  });

If I try and return all documents from any sub collection it works fine:
const query = fs.query(
     fs.collection(firestore, `accounts/${accountId}`, 'sites'),
  );

  const querySnapshot = await getDocs(query);

  querySnapshot.forEach((doc) => {
     console.log(doc.id, ' => ', doc.data());
  });

Any ideas why this would be, am I querying wrong? Could it be something to do with firestore rules?
Ta.

A: In case anyone else has this issue I've found the cause.
I just disabled all rules in firestore.rules (created by someone else) and added a general rule to access all documents if authenticated:
match /{document=**} {
  allow read, write: if request.auth != null;
}

This then stopped the error and listed all documents.

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Storyline:- Set in Southern California, a father moves his young family to the countryside to renovate and re-open a struggling zoo.
Storyline:- Young computer hacker Lisbeth Salander and journalist Mikael Blomkvist find themselves caught in a web of spies, cybercriminals and corrupt government officials.
Storyline:- A linguistics professor and her family find their bonds tested when she is diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease.


After lunch, we started a walking tour of Paris. Since we were already in the 2ème, our guide offered to have us stop by his house right around the corner. He has the obvious good fortune of owning his own house, right in the very center of Paris. From the street, you open the oversized, watch-your-step kind of door and move into the entrée of what is actually an apartment building. Just beyond the entrance and access to the apartments, you happen upon his house. It's a pretty quirky place, looks like it could be part of the décor of a Tim Burton movie. There are books absolutely everywhere, and the walls are covered with artsy posters. There's a makeshift mezzanine, that he built himself, where books are stored on shelves. This is in the living room, which is pretty much the everything room. A ladder is at one's disposition to gain access to the overhead books. In the living room, there's also a small table and a high-chair, various toys lying around. It's a well-used space. He was hospitable enough to allow anyone in our group use the toilettes. The stairway that leads to the bedrooms is only wide enough for one not-so-hefty person at a time. The rooms upstairs echo the wonderfully eccentric tone of the living room, and everything is lovely.
The rest of the first day was spent walking around the Marais district http://goparis.about.com/od/sightsattractions/ss/MaraisTour.htm, one of Paris' oldest and most gorgeous neighborhoods. It's an historically Jewish area, and we stopped in front of a school where we read this plaque, erected in the memory of Jewish students who were deported between the years of 1942-1944. They were exterminated in concentration camps. I had my students do the translation on their own, and then our guide led us through a very comprehensive lesson on how this could have happened, and what led up to the war. It still gives me chills to remember the silence of my students while standing in front of this school, on the very sidewalk where so many children, now lost, once ran into school in happier days, hoping not to be late.
By the time we had walked around the Marais, Île de la Cité http://www.aparisguide.com/ile-de-la-cite/index.html, and parts of the Quartier Latin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_Quarter,_Paris, it was time for dinner. It was not a very memorable occasion, as I recall. We went into a supermarket and bought picnic-style goods that could be thrown together quickly and eaten in hotel rooms. We were all thoroughly exhausted, but we made it through the first day! Tomorrow, everyone would be ready for our day trip to Chartres http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/81, where we would spend the day at French high school, L'Institution Notre Dame http://ind-chartres.fr/.
Have a look at "Paris, Je t'aime (Part 3)" to see how our day at French high school went!


Six Sigma in Metaphor: Heresy or Holy Writ?
Outstanding introduction of both sides of the Six Sigma coin. I project Six Sigma will be around for a long time, due to spin-offs and re-runs. This is a good, well-written article.


Dairy farmers do a lot of dirty work, but it still helps to dress the part and represent our farms well.
My daughter, Caitlin, and I were discussing our switch to robotic milking and our agri-tourism venture. She told me that when we start hosting guests wishing to see robotic milking, I should dress differently.
She went on to explain that I should consider wearing a polo shirt and khakis. She told me not to be the stereotypical farmer meme. Caitlin said she has had to explain to some of her friends that we don't still milk by hand, and yes, we do use computers.
I told her that the cargo shorts were how a Southern farmer rolls in warm weather and are non-negotiable. I did agree, however, to perhaps get a few Columbia PFG (performance fishing gear) shirts of various colors with the farm name monogrammed on them.
Perhaps I can even get a feed company to give me a sportier straw hat this summer. It has been said that the only reason a dairy farmer does not wear flip flops to work is because feed companies don't label them with the co-op name and give them away.
I understand her concern to present modern farming to the public in a positive and realistic format. In the modern dairy world filled with computers, GPS guided field work, drone field inspections, robotic milking, activity tracking of livestock, and so forth, farmers probably use more technology than most industries.
We still own livestock and work on machinery, though. We do all of these tasks covered with grease, sweat, and cow manure most days. Hopefully, I can remain a bit cleaner with robotics and tourism than I seem to be able to now. I will miss the overalls and camouflage pants if Caitlin has her way, though.


In this paper we present an algorithm for a verified global fixed point finder. More specifically, a method is described to automatically identify and classify regions of the search space which are guaranteed to either contain none, precisely one, or one or more fixed points, as well as regions that may or may not contain fixed points. The fixed point finder is implemented with Taylor Models in COSY INFINITY, allowing for very efficient identification of fixed points even in numerically complicated systems with high dependency and strong cancellation.
We then apply the fixed point finder to find higher order periodic points in a transfer map taken from the Tevatron accelerator. The results are compared to predictions made from tune shifts computed using normal form theory. A high order approximation to the stable and unstable manifolds of a set of hyperbolic periodic points is computed and shown.
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Ootoya Holdings Co. Ltd. said its normalized net income for the fiscal fourth quarter ended March 31 was ¥14.77 per share, a decline of 31.2% from ¥21.48 per share in the prior-year period.
Normalized net income, which excludes unusual gains or losses on a pre- and after-tax basis, was ¥106.5 million, a decrease of 31.0% from ¥154.4 million in the prior-year period.
The normalized profit margin dropped to 1.7% from 2.5% in the year-earlier period.
Total revenue rose year over year to ¥6.24 billion from ¥6.10 billion, and total operating expenses climbed from the prior-year period to ¥6.08 billion from ¥5.86 billion.
Reported net income declined 54.4% from the prior-year period to ¥84.3 million, or ¥11.69 per share, from ¥184.7 million, or ¥25.70 per share.
For the year, the company's normalized net income totaled ¥52.75 per share, a fall of 19.6% from ¥65.57 per share in the prior year.
Normalized net income was ¥379.5 million, a fall of 19.4% from ¥471.1 million in the prior year.
Full-year total revenue increased 6.1% year over year to ¥24.64 billion from ¥23.22 billion, and total operating expenses increased 7.1% on an annual basis to ¥24.07 billion from ¥22.46 billion.
The company said reported net income increased 36.6% year over year to ¥273.2 million, or ¥37.97 per share, in the full year, from ¥200.0 million, or ¥27.84 per share.


From the Atlantic coast to the Mediterranean sea, this region is focused on celebrating nature, food and tradition.
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Revolution Radio will always favour rock music and shows, and brings you a selection of different genre shows including all out rock, request shows, a blues rock show and other genres; but we also leave room for alternate formats and experimental shows. Check out the full schedule for REVOLUTIONONE by clicking on their names.
The Baron's Rock Show
The Baron's Rock Show goes out on Wed nights between 7-10pm and is hosted by Darren The Baron Smithson. The Baron's Rock Show currently is the longest running show on RRO, bringing you classic rock songs, hidden gems, new bands and great features, such as Rock Blitz, Trinity and the Live at the BRS mini gig at the end.
The Sunday Rock Show
The Sunday Rock Show is 3 hour non-stop rock show playing the best rock & metal tunes and is hosted by "The Reverend' Robin Ellis- with your requests - send to srs.requests@outlook.com. Expect plenty of Molly Hatchet, Deep Purple, Asia, Magnum, Doro Pesch and so on, and commences at 7pm every Sunday night.
The Doc's Blues Rock Show
A 3 hour show every 1st & 3rd Monday night hosted by Stephen "The Doctor" Hunt and featuring the likes of BB King, Bad Company, Rory Gallagher, Sari Schorr, John Lee Hooker, Joe Bonamassa, Rebecca Downes and many more. The show covers all blues and blues rock genres.
The Dame's Mix Up
Every 1st Thursday at 7.00pm, and hosted by Dame Penny Buxton, plays rock of all genres, with a particular fondness for synthonic and southern rock. Expect Molly Hatchet and Magnum, along with Thin Lizzy, Delain, Epica and so on.
Metal Mayhem!
Explore the metal side of rock with Darren The Baron. Expect a much heavier sound than our normal fare here on RRO with more Maiden, more Metallica, more Nirvana, more Linkin Park and so on. Goes out the 2nd Thursday of the month.
Darkness and Chaos
Hosted by Nick Court every 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month, with a rotation of the alternative music genres of Gothic, Alternative, Industrial, Electronic (EBM), Post Punk and Alternative Rock. Each show will have a different rotation of the genres with 3 of the 6 per show, as well as an album of the month which will be played in parts across the show. This format enables a totally different sound in each show to keep you on your toes.
Ms Deed's Adventures In Music
For a while, Ms Deed will be shaking our tree only on occasional Fridays at 7.00pm. The show brings you classic rock, modern guitar based rock and pop, and soft rock with more than the odd surprise thrown in for good measure. She's here to shake that tree! See Announcements in the chatroom for date confirmation.
Café Jazz Fusion
This is not plinky plinky jazz, but true fusion, with the likes of Miles Davis, Weather Report & Gong, along with prog-jazz fusion from early YES, Soft Machine and more. Going out the 4th Thursday of the month at 7pm, hosted by the Baron.
The Supplement Presents
The Supplement Presents replaces The Wednesday Supplement and will in future occur at any time, on any day, and with any format or genre. One show could be southern rock, or a prog special, another could be a Dimension X sci fi dramas show and so on. Dates will be decided at pretty much short notice so make sure you visit the Forum chatroom for updates. Hosted by Darren 'The Baron' Smithson & Lady Black.
Miss Bonnie's Magical Musical Tour
Miss Bonnie's Magical Musical Tour show is an adhoc radio show that explores her rich musical history, with classic rock, 90s guitar pop and rock, the alternate scene and more. Check her chatroom for dates and details on individual shows.
Drive with the Doc and the Gang
Drive With The Doc and the Gang is a show hosted by Stephen 'The Doc' Hunt, with Penny, the Baron, and listeners contributing to the feature set. With an increased work load for the Doc, the show is shifting for the time being into an adhoc special format. Watch the Forum for information.
CLASSICAL CORNER PROMO
The links between classic rock structures and classical music are well established, and the most popular shows from the Xtra Power schedule are the Classical Corner shows, hosted by The Doc midday on Tuesday and by Ms Deed 12.30pm on Thursday- for 90 to 120 minutes.
Showcase Specials
Showcase Specials usually go out on the 2nd Saturday of each month at 7pm and is a 2 to 4 hour show focusing on one genre or theme. The shows can also go out on a Tuesday or Thursday night, so keep checking the Schedule page.
Dee Play
DJ AP (c) (and pronounced Dee-JAP) is our AI DJ who chooses songs at random from our playlists for the autoplay show "Dee Play", in which she provides the music between the live shows. Always uncompromising and surprising, Dee has developed her own mannerisms and now has a voice in which she speaks at intervals to her listeners.
Imagine an alternative Universe, which has a Revolution Radio, with the same DJs and the same listeners, but does shows you just wouldn't expect those DJs to do! Welcome to the DiVerse! Ok, it's all a bit of fun really, see the Schedule page for details.
RRO Pilots
Here and there, we'll do Show Pilots, testing out new ideas and formats for you to give your opinion on. Who knows, one or two of them may become regulars here on the station!
Revolution Special Nights
The Revolution Special shows are adhoc shows usually broadcast on a spare night when we're feeling bored or have a special significance. Keep watching the show schedule for information.
Revolution Radio Xtra
Revolution Radio Xtra could one day return to feature shows and music that are not in fitting with the total rock ethos of the main station, but which our listeners request and which our DJs enjoy doing. The channel is likely to remain offline for some time, but who knows, it may return one day.
Revolution Radio Online will be adding more shows to its roster as the station grows. We will be testing various rock genres on RRO. Keep coming back for details.
All our rock shows are broadcast on the /revolutionone link with the mixed genre shows that used to be on CFRXtra now along side on the one stream. All our main shows also have chat-rooms for you to chat with the DJ and other listeners with during the show (or indeed a Coffee Shop chat-room for you to just drop in)- sign up now at https://www.revolutionradio.online/forum and get access all the chat-rooms, with better looking picture handling, formatted text and text and pics in the same comment. Furthermore, anyone contributing to the chat-rooms gets entered into an annual prize draw to win a 5CD boxset of Ultimate Rock Anthems and other bits and pieces we have laying around the studios.
Interested in becoming one of our show DJ's? Read our guidance notes (click the arrow to the right) and then contact us with details of your show proposal.


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 * Write a method that return the maximal element in a
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 * Using it write another method that sorts an array
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using System;

class MaximalElement
{
    //getting the index of the max element
    static int MaxElement(int startingIndex, int[] array)
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        int maxElement = startingIndex;
        for (int i = startingIndex; i < array.Length; i++)
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Bob Bailey
Former Head of Information Architecture, Refinitiv
Bob is Former Head of Information Architecture, Refinitiv
Bob Bailey will be on our 'Harnessing data to gain business value' panel at the ODI Summit 2019
Bob was Head of Information Architecture at Refinitiv, championing a cross-business, platform-based approach to information discipline, models, policies and standards.
He has worked in the information industry for 36 years. After 12 years as a programmer, software designer and latterly architect working on dealing room information systems he joined Reuters as a designer on IDN.
Following a series of architect positions, including corporate and enterprise architecture planning and governance, he was asked to form an enterprise data architecture function focused on information quality and precision and reducing challenges of inefficiency, duplication and lack of agility in content operations.
After the acquisition of Reuters by Thomson in 2008, Bob helped shape 'Content Marketplace', a change initiative designed to maximise the value of Thomson Reuters information assets by applying Information Architecture standards and establishing a standard information supply-
chain.
In 2011 championed taking a wider view of Thomson Reuters place in external information supply chains. He led exploration of the potential for use of Linked Data and Open Data in and by Thomson Reuters, resulting in the company joining the Open Data Institute as a Partner and releasing the open data PermID.org service. Bob co-authored two white papers resulting from the Thomson Reuters /ODI collaboration: 'Creating value with identifiers in an open data world' and 'Shareable by Default'.
He also championed Thomson Reuters joining W3C, and remains the Refinitiv 'advisory council' representative at that body.
He retired in October 2020.
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The ODI Summit is our flagship event. We invite people from across the globe to join us and discuss how humanity can harness the power of data in a changing world.


Oscar®-winning documentary filmmaker Errol Morris turns his camera on one of the most fascinating men in the world: the pioneering astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, afflicted by a debilitating motor neuron disease that has left him without a voice or the use of his limbs. Featuring remarkable interviews with Hawking, his friends and colleagues.
Support for Thursdays at the Museum is provided by your tri-county millage investment. General admission is free for residents of Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties.


A dealership of German carmaker Porsche is pictured in Villeneuve d'Ascq, northern France on November 3, 2015. The US Environmental Protection Agency said late Monday, November 2, 2015, it had discovered that various six-cylinder 3.0 litre diesel VW Touareg, Porsche Cayenne and Audis were also rigged with a software which skews the results of pollution tests.
After being dragged into the Volkswagen emissions scandal earlier this week, Porsche has suspended U.S. sales of its diesel-powered Cayennes from the 2014 through 2016 model years.
The Environmental Protection Agency added the Cayenne to the list of cars outfitted with emissions-cheating software, along with the 2014 VW Touareg TDI, the 2016 Audi A6 Quattro, A7 Quattro, A8, A8L, and Q5 TDI models, on Monday.
In the immediate aftermath of the announcement Porsche denied any knowledge of the software being installed in its cars, but Tuesday evening the company announced that it would halt Cayenne sales in the U.S. during the investigation.
"Porsche Cars North America, Inc. today decided, in view of the unexpected U.S. EPA notice received yesterday, to voluntarily discontinue sales of model year 2014 through 2016 Porsche Cayenne Diesel vehicles until further notice," Porsche said in a release. "We are working intensively to resolve this matter as soon as possible. Customers may continue to operate their vehicles normally."
Volkswagen also announced that on top of the 10,000 additional U.S. vehicles identified by the EPA this week, roughly 800,000 vehicles had been sold in Europe with understated fuel consumption. These announcements bring the total number of fraudulent VWs to nearly 12 million worldwide.
Volkswagen Chief Executive Matthias Muller, who led Porsche before being promoted to the company's top post after the so-called "Dieselgate" scandal broke in September, vowed to continue working with both internal and external investigators to get to the bottom of the problem.
"From the very start I have pushed hard for the relentless and comprehensive clarification of events," Muller said in a statement. "We will stop at nothing and nobody. This is a painful process but it is our only alternative."


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Beverly Buchanan (American, 1940–2015). Untitled (Double Portrait of Artist with Frustula Sculpture) (detail), n.d. Black-and-white photograph with original paint marks, 81/2 x 11 in. (21.6 x 27.9 cm). Private collection. © Estate of Beverly Buchanan
Beverly Buchanan (American, 1940–2015). Untitled (Slab Works 1), circa 1978–80. Black-and-white photograph of cast concrete sculptures with acrylic paint in artist studio, 81⁄2 x 11 in. (21.6 x 27.9 cm). Private collection. © Estate of Beverly Buchanan, courtesy of Jane Bridges
Buchanan's sculptures of the late 1970s placed the concise forms of Post-Minimalism in dialogue with the realities of urban decay and social displacement. As the artist recalled, "I began casting small cement pieces using old bricks and milk cartons as forms in a fourth floor walk-up in East Orange, New Jersey. From nine to five, I was that city's health educator . . . So I had to do this late at night."
Beverly Buchanan (American, 1940–2015). Untitled (Walter Buchanan Postcard), n.d. Photocopy of archival black-and-white photograph, 3 x 5 in. (7.6 x 12.7 cm). Private Collection. © Estate of Beverly Buchanan, courtesy of Jane Bridges
Beverly Buchanan frequently drew upon her great-uncle Walter's photographic research archive of Southern tenant farm communities in the 1920s and 1930s. These images inspired her processes of research and documentation through photography.
Beverly Buchanan (American, 1940–2015) with poet Alice Lovelace (American, born 1948). Shack Stories (Part I), 1990. Unpublished handmade book of ink and crayon drawings with watercolor and collaged typewritten text, 11 x 81⁄2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm). Private collection. © Estate of Beverly Buchanan, courtesy of Jane Bridges
Poetry figured regularly in Buchanan's work, in both her own writing and her collaborations with friends and lovers. In 1990, while in residence at the Arts Exchange in Atlanta, Buchanan asked Executive Director Alice Lovelace to collaborate on a book. Buchanan created drawings to accompany Lovelace's poems.
Beverly Buchanan (American, born 1940). Wall Fragments, 1978. Three-part cast concrete sculpture (including vertical slab) with acrylic paint, dimensions unknown. © Estate of Beverly Buchanan, courtesy of Jane Bridges. (Photo: Courtesy of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; Frances Mulhall Achilles Library, Artist File)
As a sculptor, Buchanan was interested in what she described as the "inexhaustible number of ways in which and from which the composition is seen." The idea that a single sculpture could afford multiple perspectives was a principal tenet in Minimalism during the 1960s and was later carried through to Post-Minimalism.
Beverly Buchanan (American, 1940–2015). Old Colored School, 2010. Wood and paint, 201⁄4 x 143⁄4 x 181⁄2 in. (51.4 x 37.5 x 47 cm). © Estate of Beverly Buchanan, courtesy of Jane Bridges. (Photo: Adam Reich, courtesy of Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York)
The most recent work in the exhibition, Old Colored School brings together Buchanan's focus on everyday institutional architecture, such as that of schools, churches, and homes, with the intricate play of mottled color first developed in her works from the 1970s.
Beverly Buchanan (American, 1940–2015). Untitled ("The doctor will, if you're lucky, see you, now."), July 1993. Unpublished writing in notebook. Private collection. © Estate of Beverly Buchanan, courtesy of Jane Bridges
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Beverly Buchanan—Ruins and Rituals
October 21, 2016–March 5, 2017
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Beverly Buchanan (1940–2015) explored the relationship between memory—personal, historical, and geographical—and place. Engaging with the most vanguard movements of her time, including Land Art, Post-Minimalism, and feminism, she linked political and social consciousness to the formal aesthetics of abstraction.
The most comprehensive exhibition of Buchanan's work to date, Beverly Buchanan—Ruins and Rituals presents approximately 200 objects, including sculpture, painting, photography, drawing, and notebooks of the artist's writing as well as documentation of performances. A new video installation of her existing earthworks is presented for the first time.
Emphasizing how Buchanan's work resisted easy categorization, this exhibition investigates her dialogue not only with a range of styles, materials, and movements, but also with gender, race, and identity. Works on view examine histories of locations where she lived and worked, including Florida, New York, and Georgia.
According to Buchanan, "… a lot of my pieces have the word 'ruins' in their titles because I think that tells you this object has been through a lot and survived—that's the idea behind the sculptures…it's like, 'Here I am; I'm still here!' "
Beverly Buchanan—Ruins and Rituals is organized by guest curators Jennifer Burris and Park McArthur, and coordinated by Catherine Morris, Sackler Family Curator for the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, and Cora Michael, Associate Curator of Exhibitions, Brooklyn Museum.
Generous support for this exhibition is provided by the Brooklyn Museum's Contemporary Art Acquisitions Committee.
Beverly Buchanan—Ruins and Rituals is part of A Year of Yes: Reimagining Feminism at the Brooklyn Museum, a yearlong series of exhibitions celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art.
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Citadel Communications Ltd. is an American private broadcasting company. It is based in Bronxville, New York and owns 1 low-power television station on which it operates a regional 24-hour cable news channel. The company was founded in 1982 by former National Association of Broadcasters joint board chairman and current Broadcasters Foundation of America chairman Phil Lombardo.

Upon completion of the Digital TV transition in 2009, Citadel's stations at that time returned their digital broadcasts to their former analog channel assignments in the VHF spectrum. As a result of poor propagation characteristics for digital TV in the VHF bands, these stations now operate low-power digital fill-in translators in the UHF band to improve coverage in their communities of license. See the digital TV section on the WHBF-TV entry for further information on the Citadel stations' post-transition digital signals.

In February 2009, Phil Lombardo became an investing partner in LDB Media, LLC., owners of the Suncoast News Network, a regional cable news channel in Sarasota, Florida. In January 2014, Lombardo and Citadel purchased a majority interest in the company. As a result, Citadel took over broadcast operations of SNN and integrated the channel with its other stations.

On September 16, 2013, Citadel announced that it would sell WOI-DT, KCAU-TV, and WHBF-TV to the Nexstar Broadcasting Group for $88 million. Nexstar immediately took over the stations' operations through a time brokerage agreement. The deal followed Phil Lombardo's decision to "slow down," as well as a desire by Lynch Entertainment to divest its investments in WOI and WHBF. Citadel would continue to own KLKN, WLNE-TV, and its Sarasota properties. On March 5, 2014, the Federal Communications Commission approved the sale of these stations to Nexstar outright and the deal was completed on March 13.

On May 16, 2019, it was announced that Standard Media, led by former Young Broadcasting and Media General executive Deb McDermott, would acquire Citadel's WLNE and KLKN for $83 million. The sale was completed on September 5.

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Current Citadel property

1 Low-power; Sarasota is part of the Tampa/St. Petersburg television market. Also 24-hour regional cable news channel. Citadel purchased a majority interest in station owner LDB Media, LLC in 2014.

Former Citadel-owned stations

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SNN Website

Television broadcasting companies of the United States
Companies based in Westchester County, New York
Companies established in 1982
1982 establishments in New York (state)

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Listen: David Bowie's previously unreleased covers of Bob Dylan, John Lennon shared to mark 74th birthday
Today would have been Bowie's 74th birthday
By staff Entertainment 08.01.2021
David Bowie's previously unreleased covers of John Lennon's "Mother" and Bob Dylan's "Tryin' to Get to Heaven" have been shared for the first time in honour of what would have been Bowie's 74th birthday.
Bowie's cover of Lennon's 1970 track was originally recorded in 1998 with producer Tony Visconti, and it was set to feature on a Lennon tribute album that was never released. Bowie's cover of Dylan's 1997 track was originally recorded by Bowie in 1998 while he was working on his live album LiveAndWell.com.
Both covers are set to be released as a limited 7-inch single via Rhino Records, with only 8147 copies available.
Listen to both covers below.
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I did this wolf a long time ago, I was very unexperimented, and I didn't do most of basic stability checks (malloc's return for instance) because i just wanted to do it fast.

I coded this without IDE, with only a VI (not VIM, VI) without any configuration file. I had to did myself even indentation.

So please, if you are looking for clear and clean code, go to look at another repository.

Else, please compile and run my wolf.

![Screenshot](./images/screenshot.png?raw=true "Screenshot")

## Compilation and run

    gcc *.c -o wolf -lm
	./wolf map.wolf

## Commands

Move front and back with **up and down arrows**.
Turn over yourself with **left and right arrows**.
Turn back to your shell with **escape**.

### If your window is jerky while you keep moving:

The termcaps library was not designed to use raycasting in a looped game.
If your display is jerky, just reduce your window's dimentions and re-run my wolf.


Is the Entity Responsible for the High Cost of Healthcare the Entity Itself?
The Courier-Journal's Fourm section clued me in to a recent New York Times article by Princeton economics professor Paul Krugman. Krugman writes about a comprehensive insurance study about healthcare in the United States. The article was in response to a recent lawsuit brought by two New York hospitals against UnitedHealth Group (and several of its affiliates). The lawsuit charges that resources that could be used to pay for medical care are, instead, wasted in a "zero-sum struggle over who ends up with the bill." The two hospitals accuse UnitedHealth of operating a "rogue business plan" in order to avoid paying medical bills on behalf of its insureds. Now, here is the million dollar question. Why do insurance companies continue to blame lawyers and lawsuits for the high costs of insurance when the insurance consulting company they hire attribute it to $98 billion a year (yes, billion with a "b") in administrative costs, more than half of which consist of marketing and underwriting. When will the insurance company stop blaming victims and start being truthful with consumers? My guess is never. It's much easier to blame victims and their lawyers than face the truth...the entity responsible for the high cost of healthcare is the entity itself.
p.s. Here is a link to a blog with the New York Times article by Princeton economics professor Paul Krugman (on someone else's blog).
p.p.s Here is a link to the actual McKinsey report.


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Old Sayings Apply While Driving Through Bad Weather
Trailer Talk • February 16, 2017 • by Tom Berg
Jackknifes can occur fast and on snow and ice, and are very difficult to recover from. Photos: Tom Berg; from ABC and NBC newscasts.
In my long-ago truck driving days, I always managed to "keep it between the fence posts," to use an old saying. That means in dry or sloppy weather, I kept trucks on or near the roadway. It doesn't mean a truck never got away from me. That happened in the wee hours of a late winter morning, when light snow caused my truck to spin out, twice within a few minutes, on 90-degree curves.
The real cause was me driving too fast for conditions. Had I been driving a semi, it might not have ended well because pulling a trailer is far more tricky.
Newscasts within the last week, when blizzards hit the Northeast and elsewhere, showed a lot of scenes of jackknifed semis on various Interstates, and a few in ditches. While I didn't have to pull trailers through snow and ice in Wisconsin winters, I sometimes whined about traffic, idiot car drivers, and the weather.
My boss, a former driver, once lectured, "You're the one who's supposed to be in control of the truck. If you get into trouble, you're the one who's responsible." Funny thing: Police tend to see it that way, too. My boss could've added that for every truck and driver that comes to grief along a certain stretch of road, there are many that don't. They must've done something right.
Slow way down in blinding conditions? Sure, but not so suddenly that you get rear-ended. Even better, park the truck in a safe place, like a truck stop, customer's yard (if they'll allow it), or rest area, and wait out the storm. Or seek a way around it. Watching weather forecasts, particularly those of a local and regional nature, can tip off drivers and, more importantly, their supervisors that conditions are risky and alterations should be made to normal operations.
These trucks and cars collided after suddenly encountering ice. Could heeding weather forecasts have allowed drivers to avoid this situation?
Fog and whiteouts caused by blowing snow can often be anticipated by considering the time of the year and what regularly happens along certain stretches of roadway. For instance, some highways in the Upper Midwest and Northeast are subject to lake-effect snow accompanied by high winds, said John Woodroofe, director of vehicle research at the University of Michigan's Transportation Research Center, in a presentation to private fleet managers a couple of years ago.
Whiteouts should be no surprise, especially because state transportation departments issue advisories that conditions are ripe for them to happen. Owners of the tractor-trailers involved in multi-vehicle pileups under such conditions ought to ask themselves, "Should my truck have been on the highway that day? Wouldn't it be wiser to pause operations or reroute trucks away from the affected areas?"
The pressure to deliver freight on time causes drivers and dispatchers to want to push through no matter what the weather. That pressure can be lessened by bad-weather protocol that involves the entire company, from dispatch and operations right up to top executives, said Woodroofe.
"We need a driver protocol for fog and whiteout conditions, which covers what they should do when they suddenly encounter zero visibility," or severe weather in general, he advised. Shippers and receivers should be involved so they understand that delivery delays are far better than their goods being scattered across the site of a bad wreck.
Maybe that container simply had to get there no matter what. But now its contents have been badly shaken up in this tipover.
Having said all that, I must note that what I hauled were newspapers, one of the more perishable commodities around. So we went, no matter what the weather. Maybe you must do the same with whatever you're carrying. So, another addage applies: "Be careful out there."
Tom Berg
Senior Contributing Editor
Journalist since 1965, truck writer and editor since 1978. CDL-qualified; conducts road tests on new heavy-, medium- and light-duty tractors and trucks. Specializes in vocational trucks and trailers of all types.
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3x3 Drop-Deck Looks Fairly Normal, But Stretches and Steers Itself
A European-built heavy haul trailer from Faymonville has some interesting features that catch the eye of Senior Contributing Editor Tom Berg.
Smartly Parked Rig Nicely Equipped for Flatbedding
Senior Contributing Editor Tom Berg likes what he sees on this tractor-trailer, and how one protects the other.
Hardened Steel Used in Granite-Based Army Dumpers
Mack Granite-based heavy dump trucks, or HDTs, will replace early M917-series vehicles, some 50 years old, reports Senior Contributing Editor Tom Berg.
Lawyer's Sloppy Spot Switches Vehicles and Scenes
A local commercial for a personal injury lawyer has many truck-related plot holes and inconsistencies. Commercials like this rile Senior Contributing Editor Tom Berg.
Why Do Flatbeds Get Semi-Literary Names?
Sure, flats carry heavy loads, but so do most others, and they just get model designations, says Senior Contributing Editor Tom Berg.
Thermo King Commits More to Get Food to Hungry People
"With the staggering amount of waste each year and the millions who are suffering, we know that producing more food is not the answer," Thermo King's president says.
Great Dane Exhibits at Nikola's Event
A high-tech trailer belongs with a futuristic tractor, the builder seemed to state by its presence at Nikola World, says Senior Contributing Editor Tom Berg.
Newspaper Looks at Trucks vs. Bridge Incidents
The Columbus Dispatch's article last week is a good look at the situation and why these things happen, says Senior Contributing Editor Tom Berg.
Nissan's ProPilot Breezes Past Past Two Tankers
A pair of handsome rigs co-star with a specially equipped Rogue in a new TV commercial, reports Senior Contributing Editor Tom Berg.
Some Trailers Look as Good as Tractors at MATS
Though the emphasis is on power units at the annual truck beauty show, Senior Contributing Editor Tom Berg also found some handsome trailers.
Trailer Tail's Automatic Version a Tech Award Finalist
A Stemco Trailer Tail can save several percent in fuel at highway speeds, but it does no good if it's not deployed, says Senior Contributing Editor Tom Berg.
Truck vs. Traffic Light Makes the News
A news crew happens to capture the aftermath of a truck taking down a traffic light, highlighting the importance of being aware of your surroundings. Senior Contributing Editor Tom Berg finds it interesting.
Suicide by Flatbed on TV's 'Blue Bloods' is Guilty of Technical Errors
Senior Contributing Editor Tom Berg thinks he could've made this crash scene's technical details — an under-ride crash — more realistic.
Wabash National's MSC Vehicles Had Simpler Forerunners
A 'plastic' flatbed in the 1980s and FRP plywood vans even earlier featured non-metallic substances for trailers, recalls Senior Contributing Editor Tom Berg.
How to Make a Long Blade Trailer Longer
As wind turbine grow in size, so must the trailers that haul their components. XL Specialized's product is one way, writes Senior Contributing Editor Tom Berg.


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