Why hiring a digital agency keeps your business out of the fishbowl.
You want to ensure that your team is built with top-tier talent.
Cultivating a skilled team means knowing the right time to pursue team growth. Before we dive into growth hacks, let's discuss how companies tackle expansion issues.
Ramping up for their busy season.
Tackling new digital product projects.
Readdressing issues on existing platforms.
Looking to rebrand or redesign their company website or product UX.
Preparing for expansion is as much of a balancing act as it is a strategic process. You want to spend time finding the right employee for the job, but you also want to avoid postponing deadlines. Being mindful of prioritization in the midst of expansion is of the utmost importance.
Meeting allocation demands for app development or custom software can be a strenuous, labor-intensive task. Growth can take many forms. There's a wide variety of hiring options out there, including outsourcing work to a digital agency.
Sourcing freelancers and per diem contractors.
Businesses seeking more specialized help will favor the latter.
Technology partners fulfill growth needs by meeting fluctuating demands or catering to specific needs with custom-built teams.
Think of this approach as a deep dive into business growth. Because of their wide pool of experience, digital agencies can build projects ranging from mobile apps to e-commerce websites to decentralized blockchain projects.
Outsourcing your work to a technology partner also means that the agency is responsible for the success of major aspects of the project.
Project Validation: Time spent upfront conducting market and consumer research is costly. Tackling these tasks while simultaneously scoping out the project can save you hundreds of thousands of dollars down the road.
Development and Design: Building a digital project or custom software requires skills that utilize both functional and design thinking. Agencies are adept at these skills, including wireframing and UX design. Working with a technology partner offers custom teams of skilled engineers and designers as a resource to optimize a project.
Maintenance: A great alternative to hiring in-house tech support is to retain engineering support from your technology partner. These developers are already familiar with your project and will keep it running at maximum performance both after launch and between iterations.
When you need to make a push for a project, how do you decide between internal and external hires? We might be biased, but we see a digital agency partnership as the more valuable option — which is why hiring a digital agency is our new favorite growth hack.
At the same time, we like to keep an open mind. There are other options out there, and it's worth discussing the pros and cons of each. In this piece, we discuss growth strategies so you can build your business without the growing pains.
Depending on the growth of your company, the industry you work in, or other product-related factors, you'll need to consider developing an internal team.
Onset understanding of your product or service.
Familiar communication styles and handoff processes.
Ability to set expectations for team culture.
With proper onboarding, support structures, and culture checks, in-house teams can lead to more productive employees.
It can be challenging to hire the right employee, especially during today's ongoing tech talent acquisition war. Hiring an operations-focused employee dedicated to finding the right fit for your team is usually necessary.
Setting cultural and performance expectations are necessary to keep the bar high, but we dive into that later.
Operational overhead and employee taxes.
Inability to reactively scale team size based on project needs.
Internalizing a team can stifle creativity and create product bias. When unexpected problems do happen, your in-house team might not have the resources or insight available to react properly.
Forming a service-based relationship with a digital product agency helps balance your team by supplementing gaps in knowledge and work allocation.
A common strategy is to allow the agency team to join the project as an ad-hoc "Chief Creative" or "Chief Technology" position. Once the project ramps down or moves into another phase, your supplemented talent is reactive to the needs of the project.
This method provides a cost-effective alternative to the high growth layoff culture often found with large-scale projects.
Is your business ramping up to tackle a new project? Great. You'll need to analyze your team's current skill set and determine where the gaps in expertise, ideation, and execution fall.
If you choose to develop an in-house team rather than work with a technology or creative partner, the first step is talent scouting.
Critically endanger your company's profit margins.
Harm your team's work culture.
Result in ineffectual project assessment, road mapping, and production framework.
Stifle your team's ability to deliver on time and on budget.
While the right hire can be a great addition to the team, an improperly vetted new employee has the ability to detrimentally impact team collaboration and project viability.
What skill sets are critical to project success?
Are there gaps in seniority that need to be filled?
Do you need highly focused expertise, or the ability to positively impact multiple aspects of the project?
Will you utilize a talent scout or recruiting firm to ensure high-quality applicants?
How will you redistribute talent once the project transitions from the build-stage to maintenance and upkeep?
It most certainly doesn't happen overnight. Due diligence is imperative when building a successful team.
Making the right decisions upfront can significantly amplify your ROI down the road. Cutting corners only hurts the team. Dedicated employees must sift through the hundreds of resumes, then take time to further curate possible candidates.
Hiring and rehiring employees is an expensive process and hurts team morale. Don't believe that employee retention is essential for in-house teams? The average cost of employee turnover is 6-9 months the position's salary.
The business world never stops moving. Make sure you plan for an in-house hire by aligning with your team's short and long-term project goals. Hiring during busy periods can prove detrimental, especially if the hiring process delays the progress of a project.
What do you do after you've chosen a winner for your in-house team? Training.
Understands the company's and its goals.
Understands team projects and how they fit into the company as a whole.
Is properly trained on tools, processes, and software.
It's possible that the training process will compromise short-term initiatives. Plan for your new employee to start when your in-house team has more flexibility in their schedules.
When your business is hard at work, putting aside time to onboard new hires can be difficult. Partnering with an agency can offer immediate team support without stretching your employees too thin.
We mentioned the importance of retention, and a large portion of in-house retention is attributed to company culture.
Building a supportive company culture results in happier, more productive employees — which translates to higher employee retention. When hiring for an in-house team, look for candidates that align with the company's culture and impact it in positive ways.
Employees view job positions as temporary, but a company culture that prioritizes personal and professional growth can motivate employees to stay.
That's not to say every team member should be like-minded — in-house teams benefit significantly from peers with diverse backgrounds and perspectives. Outside organizations, like digital agencies, keep your team open to fresh ideas without threatening the health of your company's culture.
When is the Right Time to Hire New Employees?
Take a step back and evaluate your current in-house team. Do your team's abilities cover a broad range of skills? Do your employees have specialties in different areas?
Your company might already have enough internal talent to develop your in-house team. Allocating resources dedicated to building out employee skills, such outside training sessions, might be enough to sustain your team.
Keep in mind that this runs the risk of overburdening your employees. Employee burnout is counterintuitive to company culture. Throwing employees into situations where they're forced to wear too many hats is the quickest way to achieve employee burnout.
Hiring a digital agency can fill in those skill gaps without putting too much stress on your employees.
Choosing the in-house agency route means projects will continue at their current pace. Your team won't need to hold off time to scout for new talent, but attempting to accelerate project progress can strain the team.
If you choose to stick with your current internal team, remember our bit on company culture.
It's necessary to invest in supportive internal and external resources to prevent employee burnout. Presenting new challenges to your team, like integrating employees into existing processes, will incentivize workers to stay.
Digital agencies often evoke strong feelings in the business world. Companies either love the idea of agency work or prefer to keep things in-house.
We're here to quell your fears about partnering with a digital agency.
Each digital agency is different, and your experience will differ depending on what your project needs and your team's current skill set.
Culminated experience from top agencies.
Experience partnering with all businesses, from startups to enterprises.
No employee overhead costs or planning for growth/layoff phasing.
Expenses are already incorporated into the business roadmap.
An inexperienced agency can lead to poor results.
Your team must ensure financial transparency on scope of work and project budget.
The most important takeaway when partnering with a digital product and innovation studio is to identify red flags up front. Conflicting styles of communication should be immediately addressed to increase long-term efficiency.
In most cases, the collaborative nature of an agency partnership results in high-quality products. Be sure to consider how a digital agency fits in with your team structure to maximize the partnership's success.
Would you invest in a new employee without properly vetting them? Our guess is no, especially if you read the earlier sections of this post.
The same holds true when looking for a digital agency. You must conduct research for choosing your partner, and you might not find the ideal partner right away.
Researching your agency options ensures that you gain maximum value from the partnership. Ask questions throughout the decision-making process to fully understand how an agency partnership can benefit your team.
One agency may specialize in creating technical solutions while another might have more experience designing visual elements. In many cases, digital agencies and innovation labs have overlapping expertise which can be framed to better fit your company.
Unsure of where to start when looking for a digital agency? You're not alone.
Every agency that you consider will position themselves as the best in their field. With so many options out there, it can be tricky to decide which digital agency is the best fit for your company.
Check how long the agency has been in business.
Research what companies the agency has worked with in the past.
Ask the digital agency for work examples.
Research the agency's online reputation.
Ask the agency for service referrals from past or current partners.
The list doesn't end there. Partnering with a digital agency can provide teams with a wide variety of benefits. It's up to you to prioritize them based business needs.
Do you prefer working with a local company for easier communication? Perhaps you're interested in a specific concept, like data-driven design.
Research will tell you if the company possesses the specific qualities and experience you are looking for.
Many businesses choose hiring a digital agency over working with an in-house team because outsourcing provides value.
Digital agencies give you more than just the services you pay for. Partnering with experts leads to inevitable knowledge transfers. While your employees aren't receiving a formal education, hands-on work with an agency will cause them to pick up on tips, tricks, and best practices.
While we're on the subject of value, it's almost always cheaper to hire an agency than to start an in-house team.
We spoke earlier on lengthy hiring processes and the steep cost of employee retention.
Investing in an employee can be risky for businesses that are not financially ready for growth or are unsure of their exact needs. Rushing through the hiring process might ensure a project gets completed on time but can leave you in the red.
Partnering with a digital agency provides access to a pool of resources beyond that of your team. While your team might only work directly with a few account managers, those experts can fall back on collective agency knowledge to solve tricky design problems.
This also comes in handy for rapidly testing new features. It's likely that a digital agency has worked with products similar to your own. That means your digital agency will have a clear understanding of project ideas that will work, and ideas that have high potential to fall flat.
Say your team has an idea for a product, but they don't have the resources available to build and test the idea. A digital agency can build a minimum viable product to get UX and design feedback. While the digital agency works on the MVP, your team can be hard at work on other project initiatives. Collaboration at its finest.
Combining a digital agency with your team's in-depth product knowledge maximizes the potential for product success.
There's no set price for any agency. In most cases, the cost will depend on your scope of work.
Whatever project you want to incorporate a digital agency into, the agency will approach the problem with layers of strategy. All initiatives take time and effort. Partnering with an agency can take that burden off your team.
This list is only scratching the surface. A digital agency partnership means you can delegate tasks to your outsourced team, allowing your internal team to focus on other initiatives.
Projects involving design work are a great example of how the cost of a digital agency partnership tends to be project-based.
Design work might cost between 20k – 50k depending on the scope of the project. But, in many cases, additional work is needed beyond just design. Marketing and branding strategies are usually needed on top of design work to ensure the project reaches its fullest potential.
Don't be discouraged if an agency suggests these changes — they can actually save you money in the end.
Imagine you are working with a digital agency on design work and they recommend an additional branding strategy, but you decide to postpone branding until a later time.
When you're ready to take on the brand project, the price will be more expensive.
You need to repeat the process of hiring an agency or internal employee.
The project will require a fresh round of strategizing and learning.
Catching these opportunities for growth early on in the process saves resources by eliminating the need to make additional hires.
While digital agency work may seem costly upfront, most partnerships result in high-value products. Boring websites, apps with bad UX, and other half-baked projects will more than likely lead to poor ROI.
Partnering with an agency is a resource-efficient growth hack. Take full advantage of your outsourced team to maximize project results.
We know there's a lot to consider when looking into hiring a digital agency or building your internal team.
Identify team strengths and weaknesses.
Allocate a 6-month and yearly budget.
Weigh the benefits and risks for in-house teams and digital agency partnerships.
Both options have their pros and cons. Conducting research on the needs of your business and what is needed to move forward can help validate one option over the other.
Use any and all resources that you can to help make your decision. Personal referrals and practical use cases are great ways to finalize a decision because they can be attributed to your business' specific needs.
No matter what route you take, remember that both options are an investment. Take the time to pick the right option, and your company will enjoy long-lasting benefits.
We're always interested in working with new, interesting projects. If you have an idea for a digital product, get in touch with our team of design professionals.


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Q: File path in Android studio I'm trying to send email with attachment and everything works okay apart attaching file.
When calling method, it says: java.io.FileNotFoundException
Although I manually insert exact path:
 file/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.example.admin.mailsender/files/test.xls
I haven't actually declared anywhere from where that function should look, but isn't providing that path enough?
    private void sendEmail() {
        //Getting content for email
        String email = "test@gmail.com";
        String subject = "Test";
        String message = "Test - body";
        String filePath = "file/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.example.admin.mailsender/files/test.xls";

        //Creating SendMail object
        SendMail sm = new SendMail(this, email, subject, message, filePath );

        //Executing sendmail to send email
        sm.execute();
    }

A: file/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.example.admin.mailsender/files/test.xls

This is not a path on Android. At best, this might be a valid path:
/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.example.admin.mailsender/files/test.xls

Whether that is the correct path will vary by device and user. For short-term testing on your own device, you're welcome to play with hard-coding paths like this, but in general you should be using methods to derive paths. In this case, that would be:
new File(context.getExternalFilesDir(null), "test.xls")

...where context is some Context (your Activity, the Application singleton, etc.).

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Paihia Harbour Harbouring the Excitement
For one of the calmest rides in water where even the most sensitive of people will not be green in the face or groping onto the rails of the yacht to regain stability, the ride through the Paihia Harbour in New Zealand is a must. The waves are calm and the waters are crystal clear almost as if to accommodate the plethora of marine life, aquatic birds and the fear dispelling rides to the coves and rocks in the vicinity.
Shoals of fish swim aimlessly and can be seen amidst the ripples created by the speeding boat or kayak. The dolphins bob their amicable heads out of the water every now and then in an unrehearsed welcome that leaves the holiday makers squealing in glee at the sight of their favourite marine animal. The well trained crew provides detailed descriptions of the area's history, the topology and the sights to look out for through the intercom.
An aerial view of the coastline close to Paihia Harbour shows small pieces of land jutting out of the mainland in branch like forms to protect the area and break the tide. This is probably one reason the ocean waves are mild in the harbour. Along the jagged shoreline, are rocks, enclaves and coves, the Hole in the Rock is the most famous and stunning of them all. If the tide allows, captains guide the craft right through the hole much to the delight of the riders.
Once you pass a few lagoons and dock at an island, the crew gets straight down to preparing a quick meal, of sandwiches, scones and salad, all of which are delicious and melt in the mouth after a swim in the ocean. Those who have been aboard previously, reminisce with joy how they steered the ship, set the sail and climbed the rig, just as much as they enjoyed the tour and the sights.
Find real value for money at Taupo hotels which are a set of up and coming New Zealand hotels that serve the population that flows into the locality. With the Millennium & Copthorne Hotels NZ mainly catering to the up market discerning travellers, it should be among the top favourites for accommodation.
Chandrishan Williams is a travel writer who writes under the pen name, Caleb Falcon. He specializes in writing content based on the many exciting world adventures that await intrepid travellers.
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Second Look: Memories From the Menu of Dex's Diner
Posted on July 31, 2020by Abigail James Dillon	Simple Tricks
Second Look is Eleven-ThirtyEight's biannual tradition of highlighting some of our most interesting pieces from recent months. Every day this week you'll find a different older piece back on our front page for another moment in the spotlight. – Mike, EIC
Cooking is supposed to help your mental health in these quarantined times. Unfortunately, peeling out laughter because a splatter of chicken gore hit your face is the opposite of helping. In fact, every step of making Aunt Lilja's Liver Pancakes was tinged with horrified regret. Though the end result was an anticlimactic set of normal(ish) sausage(esque) patties, this is a journey I don't aim to repeat. At least not with the liver pancakes.
See, my regret was premeditated. After all, one simply doesn't purchase chicken livers on a whim (chicken gizzards, on the other hand, is a different story). This deliberate decision was driven by an unearned confidence from The Galaxy's Edge Cookbook, a perfectly healthy fascination with Dexter Jettster, and a Finnish family tree.
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Second Look: What Have We Learned? – How Time Has Changed The Clone Wars
Posted on July 30, 2020by Ben Wahrman	Simple Tricks
I was cautiously excited when it was announced that The Clone Wars would make its triumphant return to the screen by airing three previously-unfinished arcs on Disney+. I've been hot and cold on the series in general, because while it does do a great deal to expand and deepen the era between Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith, the actual show itself has a very distinct tone and style that often rubs me the wrong way. It is a show unafraid to bring up big concepts and ideas, ones challenging to the era and the franchise as a whole, but often tosses them aside or bypasses them in favor of more sharply-animated action setpieces or references to other parts of the franchise.
The biggest issue that this raises is with the characters. Giving characters depth or exploring their motivations has simply never been TCW's strong suit. Arcs like Ahsoka's trial fall flat for me because the central character — other than Ahsoka — is the true culprit, Barriss Offee, who we hadn't seen since the second season at that point and had apparently undergone a lot of change and turmoil in that time, all of it offscreen. While I wasn't personally offended because I wasn't invested in Barriss as a character, that in itself is damning; this character I didn't care about because we'd seen so little of her was such a major part of the arc that my absence of feeling toward her motivations and fate felt like a hole in the story.
In the time between the show being cancelled from its original airing on Cartoon Network, the debut of its sixth season on Netflix, and now the seventh and final season on Disney+, the show's crew has gotten up to plenty of other things. Dave Filoni and his team of animators moved to Star Wars Rebels, and then the animators worked on Star Wars Resistance while Filoni himself assisted with the production and direction of The Mandalorian. Filoni has said that all three of these shows were tremendous learning experiences that he and his team were able to bring back to TCW to make its final three arcs better. I assumed that he meant mainly in terms of direction and animation; I didn't expect him to have taken some lessons from either of those shows in terms of how to write compelling character moments. And my expectation was borne out in the first four episodes of this new season, known as the Bad Batch arc.
Second Look: The Continuity Trap: Could The High Republic Signal a Creative Rebirth for Star Wars?
Posted on July 29, 2020by David Schwarz	Simple Tricks
We all love lore. I think we can safely say that, right? No matter what angle of Star Wars tickles our fancies, be it the arrangement of the fleets of the Confederacy of Independent Systems or the hobbies and personalities of Padmé's handmaidens, we all like uncovering new and unexpected details about the universe. But adding new lore—new continuity—to a shared universe like Star Wars is not a simple task. A well-intentioned author who loves Star Wars lore as much as we do can write what he thinks will be a fun detail: that all Mandalorian generals don green pauldrons in honor of the first mythosaur hunt, for example. Then a couple of years later, a Mandalorian general will appear in a movie or TV show, and the lead designer will have to give them red pauldrons to avoid interfering with the green screen. Was the author wrong in setting that detail in stone? Should the director have respected that choice even if it meant altering the shot?
There's no easy answer here. The line to walk is tenuous and sometimes blurry. It's common sense that the creators behind Star Wars should always aim to keep a certain level of consistency and plausibility. At the same time, it's a bad idea to tie the hands of future authors just because of a self-indulgent need to classify and taxonomize every single item in the universe. Star Wars has walked this edge since its very beginning. It even rebooted a few years ago, partly because of how deep its lore has become. But how have things changed since the reboot? Have things become more accessible? Does accessibility also make things blander? And could a publishing program like the recently-announced The High Republic be the way to both have the cake and eat it?
Second Look: Heisenberg's Principle for Peace and Justice: Why the Jedi Never Seem Very Good at their Job
Posted on July 28, 2020by Adam Kranz	Simple Tricks
The first thing we ever learn about the Jedi is that they were the "guardians of peace and justice in the Old Republic." Until I read Claudia Gray's Master & Apprentice, it never occurred to me that this definition contains a contradiction. Peace and justice together are the defining conditions of the ideal polity. It's an idealistic platitude too familiar to invite closer examination. That's why it feels so revelatory when Gray shows us that in practice, Jedi often found that peace and justice were tragically at odds.
Master & Apprentice takes place eight years before The Phantom Menace, and reprises much of that film's premise. Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon are sent to negotiate a deal between a planet's willful teenage queen and a powerful, malicious corporation. Their lives are threatened by mysterious assassins, and they turn to a slave for aid. That overt similarity between the two stories allows Gray to take a second crack at a thematic question raised tangentially by TPM: is it right for the Jedi to ignore injustice in pursuit of the greater good?
In TPM, Qui-Gon doesn't find this question very difficult to answer. He frees Anakin to gain a powerful Jedi, not to end the injustice of his slavery. He makes a half-hearted effort to win Shmi's freedom too, but doesn't press the issue. The question of freeing any other slaves never even comes up. They didn't come to Tatooine to free slaves. The people of Naboo are counting on them; they can't afford to get distracted by every injustice that crosses their path.
Second Look: The Path to Immortality: Life and Death in The Rise of Skywalker
Posted on July 27, 2020by Mark Eldridge	Simple Tricks
The Rise of Skywalker may not be a film that stands up to much in the way of analysis. A lot of it is fun as you are watching it (even if it's in an ironic MST3K kind of way), but very quickly falls apart when you step back and think about it for more than a second or two. Still, it does introduce some new ideas relating to the Force that are worth looking at in the context of previous entries in the saga, particularly those related to healing, resurrection and immortality.
In The Path to Immortality parts one and two, I looked at the Sith quest for eternal life as established in Revenge of the Sith, how it arose from selfish instincts and was tied to extending the life of the physical, biological body. Anakin's desperate attempts to save Padmé at the expense of everything else drew him to this power, and to the dark side. This idea is contrasted in Lucas's Star Wars with the Jedi path to immortality, which involves letting go of the physical realm and becoming one with the Force, a process that involves compassion, selflessness and sacrifice.
The Force healing abilities introduced in TROS, used by Rey, at first glance seem closer to the Darth Plagueis model of eternal life, but there's a crucial difference, one that keeps TROS consistent with the themes and messages of Star Wars as established so far.


I am an academic at my core, but am interested in research that has direct implications for practice. I backed into the investing world through my decades-long interest in corporate reporting. I wrote the first book on integrated reporting (One Report: Integrated Reporting for a Sustainable Strategy) that was published in 2010 and a second one (The Integrated Reporting Movement: Meaning, Momentum, Motives, and Materiality) published in 2014. My co-author on both books, Mike Krzus, and I are now working on a third. From reporting, I "backward integrated" (no pun intended) into what a company must do to have a sustainable strategy, meaning that is factoring the material environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues into the core of its corporate strategy. This led me to thinking about what investors need to do to factor ESG issues into their investment process. For the past 10 years the focus of my research has been on how to improve ESG integration by both companies and investors.
How well are companies adapting to the mainstreaming of purpose-driven finance?
This question reflects more optimism than reality, I'm afraid. For a long time the corporate community was more advanced than the investment community when it came to "sustainability." Admittedly, there was (and is) a lot of variation and much of this was "sustainability programs" not connected to corporate strategy. However, in the past few years, interest in the investment community in "sustainable investing" has grown rapidly. Yet companies would say that they are still feeling more pressure to generate short-term returns than to respond to concerns about how well they are managing material ESG issues. "Purpose-driven" finance, which I interpret to be an investor focused on impact as much as returns, has hardly gone mainstream. Thus, there really isn't anything for companies to respond to here.
What ways is impact investing making headway, and where is it lagging?
Not to be cute, but it really depends on what you mean by "impact investing." For example, is this the same thing as "purpose-driven finance?" Like "sustainability" "impact investing" means different things to different people. Traditionally, impact investing was a private market activity of relatively small investments for specific projects which often weren't expected to earn a market-level of return. It has now become a quite common term among some of the largest asset managers in the world. This would be a clear sign that it is making headway. The flip side of this is a lack of clarity about just what this term means today; this is the lagging side of the coin. At the very least, any investor using the term should be clear about what it means for them. Back on the headway side, I think growing investor interest in the opportunities created by the 17 Sustainable Development Goals will also add to the momentum of impact investing. Another thing which could is if the multilateral development banks, like The World Bank, figure out how to leverage private capital, turning "billions to trillions" in the current phrase. This will require overcoming some big hurdles including the lack of knowledge these MDBs have about the private sector, figuring out the right structures for de-risking these investments, and developing a pipeline of enough viable projects of sufficient scale to match the size of investments the private sector wants to make. One last area of headway is the work being done by the Principles for Responsible Investment in its "Fiduciary Duty in the 21st Century" initiative which shows that fiduciary duty actually requires ESG integration rather than precluding it.
What do you think can add to the current momentum for making impact investing even more mainstream?
We're beginning to see the activist hedge fund community getting serious about ESG and impact investing. The fact that a number of hedge funds have recently started talking about this is telling. I doubt they consulted with each other on this. It's kind of popped up all of a sudden and the Financial Times even wrote an article about this right after Christmas. It's easy to be cynical and say that hedge funds are embracing ESG as a form of greenwashing and because they know that their LPs increasingly care about this and so they're wrapping themselves in ESG for fund raising purposes. But if enough of them are really serious about this, it's a very big deal. What they call "activism" the impact investment community calls "engagement." Think of activism as a very proactive and sophisticated form of engagement. Historically, activist hedge funds have seen the "G" in ESG as a way of unlocking value. There's no reason the same can't be true of the "E" and the "S." I can't think of anything that would make impact investing more mainstream than having the activist hedge fund community embrace it. While it's still way too early to tell about this for the activist hedge fund community as a whole, I can cite one example where it is definitely for real. This is the engagement campaign JANA Partners and CalSTRS have launched to encourage Apple to offer parents more tools to help avoid the potential unintended negative consequences of personal device usage by children and teenagers. I am pleased to be helping them with this and raising an impact investing fund as a member of the Advisory Board for this fund. Other members are Sister Patricia A. Daly OP, Sting, and Trudie Styler. JANA and CalSTRS delivered a letter to the company's board of directors on January 6 and in just a few days we've already seen some very good progress with two excellent articles The Wall Street Journal written by David Benoit: "iPhones and Children Are a Toxic Pair, Say Two Big Apple Investors" and "Wall Street Fighters, Do-Gooders—And Sting—Converge in New Jana Fund" and a number of other publications. By the time of the conference, I'm sure I'll want to give the audience an update on where things stand with this campaign.


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Investing in rapidly growing businesses can be a good way to boost your returns.
This article originally appears on The Motley Fool, written by Trevor Jennewine.
Revenue growth is one of the most important factors in determining the long-term performance of a stock. It's great to see a business reduce costs and operate more efficiently, but that sort of fine-tuning can only take a company so far.
In my experience, businesses that deliver consistently strong revenue growth tend to outperform their peers, creating greater wealth for shareholders. With that philosophy in mind, both CrowdStrike(NASDAQ:CRWD) and PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) look like good long-term investments. Here's why these two growth stocks could double your money.
1. CrowdStrike: Preventing cyberattacks
CrowdStrike protects its clients and their data from hackers. The company's Falcon platform delivers security from the cloud, safeguarding workloads in any environment (cloud, on-premise, virtualized) and on a variety of endpoints, from desktops and servers to Internet of Things devices and virtual machines.
In recent years, cyberattacks have become increasingly common and sophisticated. In fact, CrowdStrike reported more attacks in the first half of 2020 than in all of 2019. That's a big problem for unprotected or under-protected businesses, because the average data breach costs $3.86 million.
Given the critical need for cybersecurity, management believes CrowdStrike's addressable market will reach $38.7 billion by 2023. But the industry is also expanding quickly. For instance, CrowdStrike recently launched Falcon Horizon, a software module focused on proactively fixing misconfigurations across multi-cloud environments. This product, along with the company's other cloud security solutions, could add another $10 billion to CrowdStrike's market opportunity over the next two years.
Unlike many rival products, CrowdStrike's Falcon platform was built in the cloud, allowing the company to crowdsource (that's where CrowdStrike gets its name) and analyze massive amounts of data using artificial intelligence. This helps CrowdStrike predict and block even the most advanced cyberattacks. Put simply, the Falcon platform provides clients with industry-leading threat detection.
In fact, research firm Forrester recently recognized CrowdStrike as a leader in the endpoint detection and response market. And while Microsoft was also recognized as a top choice, investors should note that Microsoft was compromised during the SolarWinds cyberattack last year — CrowdStrike was not, though hackers did attempt to breach its defenses.
Not surprisingly, CrowdStrike's best-in-class solution has been in high demand, driving rapid customer and revenue growth.
Q3 2021 (TTM)
Customers 1,242 8,416 101%
Revenue $118.8 million $761.6 million 97%
As the world becomes increasingly digital, the number of connected devices will continue to grow. In fact, according to CrowdStrike, more than 127 devices are added to the internet every second. And as devices multiply, hackers have more potential targets to attack.
In the coming years, that trend should send CrowdStrike's Falcon platform soaring to new heights. And as the company spreads its wings, I believe investors stand to benefit greatly.
2. PayPal: Powering digital payments
PayPal's platform connects merchants and consumers around the globe, facilitating digital transactions both in stores and online. But the fintech company also provides other products, like mobile wallets (PayPal, Venmo) and payment cards that allow consumers to transfer funds, spend money, and even purchase cryptocurrency.
In recent years, as e-commerce has become more popular, so have digital payments. According to eMarketer, online retail sales have increased from $1.7 trillion in 2015 to $4.3 trillion in 2020 — roughly 21% growth each year. And the pandemic has only accelerated that shift, making things like online shopping, digital wallets, and contactless payment options even more popular.
These changes have been the growth engine behind PayPal's business. In fact, over the last five years, PayPal's active accounts have doubled, and the total payment volume (TPV) processed on its platform has more than tripled. In other words, PayPal is not only growing its user base, but it is also more effectively monetizing each user. That combination has resulted in strong financial performance.
Revenue $9.2 billion $21.5 billion 18%
Free cash flow $1.8 billion $5.0 billion 22%
During PayPal's recent investor day, management estimated the company's addressable market at $110 trillion in TPV. For reference, PayPal's TPV was $936 billion in 2020 — less than 1% of its market opportunity. But in the years ahead, as e-commerce and digital payments become increasingly common, PayPal should continue to gain market share. And that should translate into big gains for shareholders.
One of the most valuable lessons I've learned as an investor is this: Investing requires a long-term mentality. Stock prices can change quickly and dramatically, and if you buy a stock with the expectation that it will double in a month or a year, you'll probably be disappointed. Sure, it could happen — but predicting exactly when a stock will double is impossible.
Instead, investors should adopt a long-term mindset and focus on finding businesses capable of strong, consistent growth — businesses like CrowdStrike and PayPal. Those are the kinds of investments that can double your money (and more) if you're patient.
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Zerba Cellars - Northwest Winery of the Year
Written by Andy Perdue and Eric Degerman, Wine Press Northwest
A question we are regularly asked is, "What is the best winery?" And this time of year, we can answer that definitely.
Wine Press Northwest has just published its spring issue, in which we feature our annual wineries of the year. This year, our Pacific Northwest Winery of the Year is Zerba Cellars in Milton-Freewater, Ore.
How do we come to such a conclusion? How do we sort out the finest amid more than 1,200 wineries in Washington, Oregon, British Columbia and Idaho? This year, it was easier than it would seem, thanks to the stylistic winemaking of Doug Nierman and the progressive business thinking of owners Cecil and Marilyn Zerba.
Since releasing its inaugural 2002 vintage, Zerba has proven to be a creator of remarkable wines, first with Cecil Zerba as grower, winemaker, salesman, carpenter and chief bottle washer and then with the arrival of Nierman in 2007. Zerba's wines — in particular its reds — have shown a remarkable ability to rise to the top in nearly every one of our blind judgings, as well as other professional wine competitions. And last year, Zerba added two satellite tasting rooms in Washington and Oregon as a way to reach out directly to consumers.
And to think the Zerbas wondered if the wine business was going to be worth the effort.
Cecil Zerba's ancestral roots in the Walla Walla Valley stretch back to before the Civil War. Soon after he and Marilyn married in the 1980s, they started a plant nursery and produce business. It became wildly successful — so much so that they got out of it because it was too much work. In 2000, they planted wine grapes on the Oregon side of the Walla Walla Valley and launched their eponymous winery two years later. In January 2004, a freeze knocked down most of the vines in the valley, including the Zerbas', forcing them to stop construction on their winery and buy grapes from other sources.
"It all went back to being about the vineyard and the wine," said Cecil Zerba. "I didn't want to borrow any more money."
But they persevered, expanding their vineyards to 76 acres and production to 7,500 cases. When Nierman arrived in 2007, the Wenatchee native brought expertise from a decade of making wine in California and Washington. His first vintage for Zerba was spectacular, with three 2007 reds earning Platinum awards last year in Wine Press Northwest's best-of-the-best competition. Most of the grapes come from the estate vineyards, which Cecil Zerba tends.
For a few years, Zerba was the only Walla Walla Valley winery in Oregon, and the winery was caught in a bit of a vortex because it didn't exactly fit in with the Washington wine industry (because it was in Oregon) or the Oregon wine industry (which focuses on its wine regions along the Interstate 5 corridor). To solve that and market directly to consumers during the recession, Zerba opened tasting rooms in the Puget Sound (Woodinville) and Willamette Valley (Dundee). Both tasting rooms, which opened last year, have been highly successful, particularly in reaching Zerba's growing wine club members, who now number more than 700. Just as importantly, the additional locations provide Zerba access to the two large population centers in Seattle and Portland. The Woodinville location is just up the street from Chateau Ste. Michelle, while the Dundee tasting room is right on Highway 99W, a stretch of road through Oregon's Yamhill County that is at a perpetual standstill.
"We weren't sure how the Pinot guys were going to feel about us coming in there," Zerba said. "But they are great about sending people our way."
One of the few wines Zerba doesn't make is Pinot Noir, and he has no inclination to start.
"We could put up a sign that says, 'Everything but Pinot,'" he said with a chuckle.
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Derry City launch Brandywell Brew lager in bid to boost 'revenue streams'
THERE will be plenty of festive cheer for Derry City supporters this Christmas after the Football Club announced an exciting new partnership with the local Northbound Brewery.
The club say that over the past few months, Derry City and Northbound have worked together to create a lager which will be sold in the city and further afield to provide patrons of hotels, pubs, and restaurants with a refreshing local beverage, and the club with an additional revenue stream.
Brandywell Brew has been created, brewed, and bottled in the city of Derry.
The bottle labels were also designed and printed in the city, so this enterprise has been supporting the local economy before it has reached the market.
Brainchild of Derry City FC Director, Declan Callaghan, Brandywell Brew is expected to be on sale to the public from the start of December 2019.
Speaking at the launch, the City Director was full of praise for Martina and David Rogers who run the local Brewery.
"Martina has been vital in bringing this idea to life and the importance of her support on this project has been immeasurable.
"Northbound already have several beers in restaurants and pubs throughout Northern Ireland but they jumped at the chance to work with Derry City FC, and that is simply a testament to the support she and Northbound give to the local community here in the north-west."
Declan urged local people to support this venture by buying Brandywell Brew when they're next out with friends and family.
"Operating a senior football club is a difficult and costly exercise and no club can exist on gates receipts alone any longer.
"To ensure our club survives and thrives, we need to create additional revenue streams such as this one and, most importantly, we need the public to support these ventures.
"This is a fantastic product and I am sure those who buy it will love it.
"Derry City FC will get £0.50 from every lager sold.
"We are not asking for people to give us their hard-earned cash; we're giving them the opportunity to buy a great product which supports employment in the city and which will help the local economy.
"Every penny we have spent on this has been spent in Derry and all profit stays in Derry- nothing goes outside the city."
Martina reiterated those sentiments, adding: "It was a great privilege to be asked to brew a beer for Derry City FC.
"As avid supporters we were really excited to produce Brandywell Brew for the club and support its work in the city.
"It has been a fun project that has resulted in a refreshing, tasty drink while also being a true collaboration of local businesses here in the NW. We look forward to sharing this drink with consumers & toasting the club with this great beer."
Declan and Martina have been meeting with local Hoteliers, Publicans, and Restaurateurs over the past few months and orders have already been coming in for Brandywell Brew.
In the next few weeks, 500ml bottles and mini-kegs will go on sale in Chill and Mailey's off-licences, while 500ml bottles and draught Brandywell Brew will go on sale on Badger's Place and Mailey's among a number of local hosteries.
The club added that it is a "a good chance then for the Red and White army to support the club over the festive season".
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Crown Resorts Pays Out $61 Million in Underpaid Taxes To Victoria July 29, 2021 July 29, 2021 David Walker
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Crown Resorts has paid $61 million in underpaid taxes to the Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation (VCGLR) after an ongoing investigation into the company's activities in the state found that it underreported its taxes and was liable to pay outstanding taxes from the 2012 till date.
The underpayment amounted to $37 million, but it ballooned to $61 million after $24 million in related interest charges were added in. The Victorian Royal Commission said the underpaid taxes stemmed from unlawful deduction of certain bonus rewards given to customers playing on electronic gaming machines at Crown Melbourne.
The Commission has been hearing evidence for some time now, to determine whether or not Crown is suitable to continue to hold a license in the state.
The ongoing investigation also revealed that Xavier Walsh, Chief Executive of Crown Melbourne, had been aware of the tax issues faced by the company since 2018, but only acted on it after the Victorian government called a royal commission into the casino operator.
The Victorian Royal Commission is due to deliver its full findings and final report in October this year, and prosecutors suggest that Crown could be on the hook for as much as $480 million if the total tax underpayments are established.
Crown said it is currently reviewing all other aspects of the company's tax payments, including its Matchplay loyalty promotion.
Crown Accused Of Having No Morals
Reverend Tim Costello, Chief Advocate for the Alliance for Gambling Reform, condemned Crown's unlawful practices, accusing the casino of having no morality. Costello said the payment made by Crown was "too little too late" and that the actual figure should be hundreds of millions of dollars.
Last week, the commission's inquiry into multiple offenses allegedly committed by Crown heard that the company is still not fit to hold a license in the state.
Adrian Finanzio SC, the counsel assisting the inquiry, stated that relevant evidence shows Crown fostered a culture of placing profit before anything else, which resulted in serious misconduct, and illegal and highly inappropriate conduct. Finanzio added that the company may never be able to reform that culture which makes it permanently unsuitable to be a casino licensee in Victoria.
Crown Melbourne is among Victoria's biggest employers, but Premier Daniel Andrews has expressed willingness to force the company to terminate its operations in the state if the royal commission decides that Crown is not fit to hold a casino license in Victoria.
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In 1999 Mustard Seed Communities expanded to Nicaragua to meet the needs of children with mental and physical disabilities, many of whom were abandoned. In cooperation with the local organizations, land was identified in a small neighborhood just outside of Managua and construction of a residential home began. MSC Nicaragua has since expanded to include a second home for children with disabilities in the town of Diriamba. MSC Nicaragua also assists women and families living in impoverished areas of Managua through the Christ in the Garbage Ministries program, which oversees the distribution of food packages and maintains a Resource Center for adult women to learn vocational skills and gain economic independence.
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Hogar Belen Managua is located in San Antonio Sur and began operations in 2000. As the first location of MSC Nicaragua, Hogar Belen Managua provides residential accommodation and care for 30 children ranging in age from six months to sixteen years. The children have disabilities which include Down syndrome, microcephaly, cerebral palsy, hydrocephaly, autism, and infantile cerebral paralysis. MSC Nicaragua has an occupational therapist on staff and the children receive a number of services such as horse therapy, hydrotherapy, interaction therapy, and typical school classes depending on their needs and abilities.
In 2006, Mustard Seed Communities Nicaragua purchased a plot of land in the town of Diriamba to open a second home for children with disabilities. Located an hour outside of Managua, Hogar Belen Diriamba provides two types of accommodations for our residents. Those who are able to live semi independently have a cottage-style setting while the residents who need more care and attention live in a dorm-style setting. This provides an important degree of flexibility and allows us to cater to the unique needs of the residents we serve. Mustard Seed Communities also completed the construction of a Specialized Recreation Center in Diriamba. This type of building is crucial to the development of our children. Play therapy is used to help children with disabilities to develop a sense of strength and competency. It involves intensive play, coordination, adaptations, and motor skill activities. Additionally, a chapel with a capacity of 150 people is on site to serve as a place of spiritual growth for our children and the surrounding community of Diriamba.
As part of MSC's vision to make each country self-sustainable, Hogar Belen Diriamba has become a site of agricultural development. The planting and animal husbandry initiatives include broiler chickens and regional crops. The meat and produce currently provide for in-house consumption to meet the nutritional needs of our residents in Diriamba and Managua. In addition to the nutritional benefits of on-site farming, it also provides a degree of empowerment and responsibility for the residents. They have been involved in various stages of the sustainable agriculture program from clearing land to planting vegetables.
As the farming program grows, surplus produce will eventually be sold in the domestic market for income generation. The weather conditions in Diriamba present some challenges to this initiative, though we have had success with carrots, beans, sweet potatoes, and squash. MSC Nicaragua staff is currently researching additional crops and techniques that may prove more fruitful in the Diriamba climate. Currently, some crafts and household items are sold on-site as another source of income to defray operating costs of the home.
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The Christ in the Garbage Ministries (CIGM) program began in response to a troubling reality in the urban centers nearest our homes in Nicaragua and Dominican Republic. Communities with nowhere else to turn became dependent on a massive urban landfill for their livelihood. CIGM was started to combat the grave issues of poverty and malnutrition in the landfill formerly known as La Chureca. La Chureca has ceased to exist with the privatization of the dump and the areas surrounding it. However, MSC maintains the essence of CIGM programming, delivering food packages to the areas of greatest need.
Additionally, CIGM Nicaragua teaches marketable skills to women, empowering them to break away from poverty and create a better life for themselves and their families. In 2006, CIGM opened a sewing center near the former landfill to offer women a viable way to achieve economic independence. After initial success, the outreach initiative evolved into the present-day Resource Center (Centro de Recursos). The center now offers more comprehensive programming including pastry-making classes, crochet training, English language lessons, mathematics classes, monthly spiritual reflection, and daycare for children while their mothers are in class.
Solving the entrenched issues of economic strife and lack of access to services in this area will require years of assistance and development work. With the existence of CIGM, women learn skills that generate income and, most importantly, give them hope. Read more about the history of Christ in the Garbage Ministries.
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The moment of the crash of the F-35 fighter was accidentally caught on video
American sailors accidentally filmed the moment of the crash of the F-35 fighter.
The incident with the crash of an American fifth-generation F-35 fighter jet in the South China Sea was accidentally filmed on a mobile phone camera of one of the crew members of the aircraft carrier. Video footage made it possible to reveal the cause of the crash of a combat aircraft and, in all likelihood, this fact can very seriously affect the further operation of fifth-generation American combat aircraft.
In the video frames, you can see how the American fighter makes a turn and comes in for a landing. The pilot slowed down too quickly, while the deck was still far enough away and when trying to go on the second run, the fighter's engine simply could not develop the required thrust.
It is noteworthy that the version of the failure of the fighter's systems appeared within a few hours after the incident. Moreover, it was argued that the pilot could have been erroneously transmitted incorrect data on the flight altitude. This also does not rule out interference in the operation of the fighter's electronic warfare systems, especially since the crash occurred near the Chinese military bases on the Paracel Islands.
At the moment, the United States is trying to carry out an operation to raise the sunken F-35 fighter, however, the American fleet does not have the necessary equipment.
Oleg January 29 2022 16 in: 17
And let the Chinese be asked for help, I think they will gladly agree to raise it, and the equipment needed is probably already somewhere nearby ....
born to swim January 28 2022 15 in: 53
Water creature! Well, I like the F-35 sea-ocean! What you don't like, born to swim, didn't fly for long.
edg A January 28 2022 14 in: 33
Well, yes. Thanks to the professionals ("") filming)
But the last moment, apparently, the sound from the ejection was
DadDos January 28 2022 13 in: 54
Now the "falling" has already begun at the F-35, and will soon spread to the States themselves.
Alexander January 28 2022 13 in: 16
Invisible dive. Already the third in 3 years.
And where January 28 2022 13 in: 04
contact with water? Again, old shootings are passed off as real, and even conclusions are drawn about the reasons. There the whole commission should understand more than one day.
baGor inBack January 28 2022 11 in: 11
relying on computers and GPS in the face of powerful electronic jamming is just insane, the Americans should either forget about the South China Sea or fly aircobras and P-51 Mustangs there
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Q: Adapt height of the elements based on siblings height I have a couple  of widgets in line depending on  screen size. Here is my layout:

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and  styles are the following:
.widget {
  width: 100%;
  margin: 10px;
  padding: 10px;
  background-color: white;
  //height: auto;
  height: 80px;
  border: 1px silver solid;
  font-size: 18px;
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.name {
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  height: 40px;
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.description {
  color: #4AB6E1;
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The problem is that I want to be  them  of certain height: e.g.80px, cause its the size that will look  nice for almost all cases, but rarely I have some longer content inside widget description and then it goes out of the box. So in this case I'd like its height to adapt to content size and all other widgets to its height too. When I  set widgets height to  auto - only  single  widget stretches in  height and they look uneven. Any ideas how to change the styles so that to  achieve what I  need?

A: I you can use jQuery look at this JSFiddle
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Uses the following to set the height:-
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A: This seems like a perfect time for flexbox, I've made a container div to surround all 3 elements and given it display: flex; I've also given display: flex; to each div bellow that (as these are the bits that need to change size).
Have a look

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A: you can try using diplay:table

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WHAT: University of Missouri students, faculty and inventors will be honored for their patents, discoveries and startup businesses at the 2015 Innovation & Entrepreneurial Recognition Dinner. During the event, 10 inventors will be inducted as founding members of the Mizzou Chapter of the National Academy of Inventors.
Recipients of the UM System President's Student Entrepreneurial Award, the UM System President's Economic Development Award and the Mizzou Advantage Entrepreneurial Award will be recognized.
Hank Foley, senior vice chancellor for research and graduate studies at MU and executive vice president for academic affairs, research and economic development for the UM System.
WHEN: 5:15 p.m., Thursday, April 30.
Any reporter wishing to attend must RSVP to Christian Basi (BasiC@missouri.edu or 573-882-4430).
NOTE: In the last fiscal year, 35 U.S. patents were issued to members of the MU community who invented novel devices or discovered innovative methods. Additionally, 38 MU inventors licensed 18 new technologies, resulting in the establishment of six startup companies.
Election to the National Academy of Inventors is a status accorded to academic inventors who have demonstrated a highly prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development or the welfare of society.


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John Michael Green (Indianapolis, 24 augustus 1977) is een Amerikaans schrijver en vlogger.

Levensloop
Green ging op zestienjarige leeftijd naar een kostschool in Birmingham (Alabama). Hij studeerde Engels en godsdienstwetenschappen en besloot dat hij priester wilde worden in de Anglicaanse Kerk. Hij werkte enkele maanden als aalmoezenier in een kinderziekenhuis in Ohio, waar hij veel kinderen zag sterven. Daar besloot hij dat hij een boek wilde schrijven over mensen die moeten leren leven met de dood van iemand die ze liefhadden. Green recenseerde voor Booklist en maakte radioprogramma's, voordat hij zich fulltime richtte op het schrijven van boeken. Green woont in Indianapolis. In 2011 bracht hij via het Nederlands Letterenfonds twee maanden in Amsterdam door om zijn boek The Fault in Our Stars af te schrijven.

Green is tevens bekend van een internetproject op YouTube waarin hij met zijn broer Hank Green het gehele jaar 2007 communiceerde in de vorm van videoblogs. Samen met Hank vormt John de Vlogbrothers. Hun YouTubekanaal, waar zij om beurten meer dan duizend video's maakten, bestaat nog. Hiernaast heeft John Green het YouTubekanaal Crashcourse, een kanaal waarin in filmpjes van rond de 15 minuten op een humoristisch bedoelde wijze lessen geschiedenis, literatuur en andere vakken worden gegeven. Verder is hij oprichter van VidCon, de grootste videobloggerconferentie ter wereld. Samen met zijn broer Hank Green richtte hij in 2007 het jaarlijkse YouTube-evenement Project for Awesome op. Tijdens dit evenement in de maand december kunnen mensen video's plaatsen die ertoe oproepen aan specifieke goede doelen te doneren. Om hierbij te helpen richtten ze de Foundation to Decrease World Suck op, die in 2014 ruim 1,2 miljoen dollar aan donaties ontving.

Boeken
Looking for Alaska, Dutton, 2005, Penguin Books. Nederlandse vertaling: Het Grote Misschien, Lemniscaat.
An Abundance of Katherines, Dutton, 2006, Penguin Books. Nederlandse vertaling: 19x Katherine, Lemniscaat.
Paper Towns, Dutton, 2008, Penguin Books. Nederlandse vertaling: Paper Towns, Lemniscaat.
Let it Snow (samen met Maureen Johnson en Lauren Myracle), Puffin, 2008.
Will Grayson, Will Grayson (samen met David Levithan), Dutton, 2010, Penguin Books. Nederlandse vertaling: Will Grayson, Will Grayson, Lemniscaat.
The Fault in Our Stars, Dutton, 2012, Penguin Books. Nederlandse vertaling: Een weeffout in onze sterren, Lemniscaat.
Turtles All the Way Down, 2017. Nederlandse vertaling: Schildpadden tot in het oneindige.
 The Anthroprocene Reviewed, 2021. Nederlandse vertaling: Hoe is het antropoceen je tot nu toe bevallen?.

Externe link
 Website John Green

Noten

Amerikaans schrijver
Amerikaans youtuber
Amerikaans vlogger

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This charming home is a 5 bedroom, 3 bathroom home features a formal living room that has a lot of natural light. The family room features a fireplace. Kitchen is nice and open and overlooks the family room. 4 Bedrooms are upstairs, master bath features large tub and has plenty of closet space. Laundry room is downstairs. Backyard is landscaped and has plenty of room for entertaining. Community features a pool, tennis court and parks.


.: NvNews / OSNN / SP Folding Thread :.
I have decided to start a FRESH thread to encourage more people to join and to reduce the number of pages people have to sort through for useful posts. If this thread grows as large as the previous one, I will start another new thread.
The old thread can be found here.
The concept of Folding @ Home is quite simple. I'll let the Home Page description explain it all.
Folding@home is a distributed computing project -- people from throughout the world download and run software to band together to make one of the largest supercomputers in the world. Every computer takes the project closer to our goals. Folding@home uses novel computational methods coupled to distributed computing, to simulate problems millions of times more challenging than previously achieved.
To encourage more people to F@ld, Stanford decided to allow the formation of teams and give points for various items F@lded within pre-determined time frames.
This link will take you to the Projects listing showing project name, expected time-to-completion and the number of points associated with the project. As this page is regularly updated, new projects can be tracked to see the yield expected upon completion.
You can also view your stats here.
that many of us have displayed proudly.
There are many ways to join. The easiest is to simply go to the Stanford Download Page and download the client.
Once you have installed the client enter your username and then enter the team number. Our team number is 35216 so make sure you put that in there to contribute your work units (WU's) to the team. As soon as the first unit is submitted, you will be receive points and be ranked in the team. Understand that this is a TEAM effort and everyone's contribution is appreciated, be it 5000 points per day (PPD) or 1.
Anyone who uses a computer, single, dual, quad core processors or multiple processor setups all can F@ld, are encouraged to sign up. There are clients available for Windows, Linux, Apple OSX as well as for AMD GPU's and PS3 consoles.
If you have spare cycles available, feel free to contribute, every bit helps and this is for a great cause.
For Vista Users, there is are excellent gadgets designed by our very own Netryder (feel free to REP the guy for his work ). Note that the first is a Single-Core gadget, the second is a Dual-Core gadget. If you have a quad-core, you can run 2 instances of the Dual-Core gadget.
There is a quite excellent F@lding application that I have slightly customized for our team's use. Please click here for the archived file.
would be an idea to list all the links to the guides on setting it up and such also, maybe ?
The old guides are out-dated. Now, it's pretty easy to setup and the tool I linked to allows the user to control CPU usage as needed, plus it runs as a service in the background so no ridiculous GUI apps to waste processes on. This doesn't work with the GPU client but c'est la vie.
If anyone has any guides they want me to link to, feel free to post and I will update the original post as needed.
great idea!! Let't get to Folding People!!
I folded my clothes today, does that count?
guides i was on about were for the non gui ones, unless there are destructions that come with it now ?
So how exactly does the folding thing work with the PS3? Is the PS3 on all the time connected to the internet? And what else? Reason is I'm thinking of getting a PS3 after my taxes (I hope) and am curious of possibly running the F@H client on it. Well, and play a shiit load of games too.
Once you get the PS3, you have to download all the updates for first run (or at least, I did). Both current sku's are wireless so if you have a wireless network, you're set. You cannot run anything else while the F@H program is on. I am therefore thinking of buying a used 20gig version for cheap (hopefully $200 or less), for dedicated folding duty and using my current one to fold when I am not playing games or watching movies.
It has to be connected to the internet to download and upload projects. Additionally, it is recommended to leave it on as long as possible, mine runs 24/7. However, Sony has introduced automatic shutdown as well, after a timelimit is reached or a unit is completed.
I am playing all my games on my Xbox still, but I will use my ps3 for more and more racing games and Metal Gear Solid/Ratchet and Clank and other exclusives.
Anyone have a 20gig PS3 for sale? $200 bucks or less? Thinking about selling it?
Well I have 21 work units completed and a score of 6470 for doing this from Dec, 25th till now. I'm at 73 on the team list. Not bad for a bit over a month's worth, me thinks.
I am still waiting for credit for my 1500 Point WU that I submitted earlier, but it should be credited by end of week I think.
Let's get some more systems out there and push Or recruit more people. We were averaging over 15k just a week or two ago. Now we're looking at dropping down to about 10k or so.
COME ON, YOU CAN DO IT.
my lone box was shutdown. Just got it back on today again..
My laptop has been fiddling with the SMP client (submitted a 1700+ point WU!) but has been having problems with the WU today.. have issues with the SMP client because it takes my poor laptop about 4 days to finish one unit since it's not on 24/7.. and I've lost a couple WU's due to the time limit being reached.
I might get back into folding. I used to be up there when we started. ribbed.us is my name on the folding page.
EDIT: lol, just checked, and I position isn't too bad considering I haven't folded in years.
Fyi, there are PS3 issues currently.
I am shutting mine down till tomorrow to see if the server issues have been resolved.
What's going on with PS3's and folding?


Josh Hadley continues to take a look at the issue of industrialized plagiarism.
The next time you see some obvious clone TV show or a movie is that all references you are able to let those in Hollywood know of your disapproval, don't go, don't watch and most of all point it out. Yeah, that is the most important part, don't sit silently and grimace, let others know that this TV show/movie/game/book/comic/song is indeed plagiarized. There is a strange stigma that is attached to people like myself and Mike White (http://www.impossiblefunky.com) when it comes to this kind of endeavor though; we are labeled as nitpickers, doomsayers, unjustified critics or the one I like the most – angry children that are jealous of those who have a greater degree of success then ourselves. I love that one as it actually shows more about the person using it then it does for the person it is aimed at. The reason I love that last one so much is that it not only attempts to dismiss our LEGITIMATE claims outright but also tries to paint us in a light tainted by motivations other than those based in the facts we are loosing upon the world… in other words it's not plagiarism, you are just jealous that such and such is a better filmmaker/writer/artist/programmer/thinker than you are… NEEEEEEAAAAAAAAH. The validity of our arguments gets pushed aside in favor of pointless distractions meant to cloud the issue and remove credibility, which shows two things about the person making the "jealousy" claim rather than about those of us with the wherewithal to see what others refuse to see.
1: It shows the caster of the stone to be someone that has no real counter-argument so they intend to distract with smoke and mirrors. If they could refute the claims made of plagiarism then why don't they? Why do they choose instead to engage in games of misdirection in place of facts that support their side of the argument?
2: They use the aforementioned misdirection in a blatant attempt to either force you to defend yourself therefore dropping the question(s) you raised or they get you on the defensive and you lose your credibility in the claims you already brought forth.
What I don't understand is this desire to excuse plagiarism by the fans; I get it that those that do the plagiarizing want it excused and made good, it gets them off the hook, I just don't get why the fans follow this very same course. You really like a movie and then you find out that most of it is unoriginal at best and plagiarized at worst… so why is your first reaction to get indignant and angry at those who gave you the necessary facts to see this rather than point that anger at the person who did the plagiarizing? Why is it my fault for showing you that these movies you loved are stolen, plagiarized or otherwise not what you initially thought they were? Should you not be angry at the James Cameron's and Quentin Tarantino's out there that can't seem to do something unless someone else did it first? Why am *I* the bad guy for pointing these things out? How am I at fault for seeing what you failed to see? I was hurt and even angry when I first read about Cameron's theft of the source material that become The Terminator but once I read up on it my anger shifted to actually blaming he who committed the fraud, not he that simply exposed it.
Hollywood gives you people what you want and those that can't think up something original feed into that the same as you do by either refusing to see the truth before you or making excuses as to why it's okay for someone like Tarantino and not okay for Mattei. Why did Michael Bay get torn apart for The Island being a complete rip-off of Parts: The Clonus Horror but yet Tarantino is continued to be defended with every excuse imaginable about how Reservoir Dogs is not the same as City On Fire? No one disputes that The Island is a rip-off so why the rage directed at that but the pass on Reservoir Dogs? I can tell you why; because people like Reservoir Dogs and Tarantino more then they like The Island and Michael Bay. It's that simple. Bay is a huge budget director with a known lack of storytelling skills and Tarantino is an indie director that is quite good at telling a story so he gets a pass from you people and in turn you attack me for being the one to yell "That guy has no clothes". The modern moviegoer is so jaded and cynical about movies that those who think like I do are viciously gored for doing the job that a screenwriter/editor/director should have done. Why are we too picky if we pick out plot holes that should have been tackled from the script stage? Why are we over-analyzing a film for seeing that it makes no sense or that it's riddled with errors? As a viewer do I not have the same ability to pick apart bad art as I do to appreciate good art? Why should I be the villain in this saga when it all comes down to someone (the filmmaker) not doing their job or at least doing it via stealing?
Tarantino gives you people what you want. Tarantino is soft minded material with a high minded style. He condenses the movies you never heard of into a format that is more palatable for you to digest and by proxy you get to see yourself as a cinema buff since you know that Lady Snowblood and the like are referenced in his movies. You are also allowing it not just by the way you attack his legitimate detractors but also by being the film snobs you are, yes I said it, you are film snobs. Most of you would never watch a film like They Call Her One Eye or The Blood Spattered Bride on their own but when Tarantino "homages" them you feel as if you are on the same level as he who has watched and appreciated them. It's a cinema arrogance really and Tarantino feeds right into that. I know critic after critic that will defend his use of "homages" and praise them yet had never even heard of the movies in question prior to Tarantino. When terms like "Original Screenplay" is uttered in reference to Tarantino I just sigh and roll my eyes, there is nothing original there and you don't just allow for it that it is the truth, you make up reasons why it's okay. I see this issue in black and white, there are no grey areas here, theft is theft, plagiarism is plagiarism. Tarantino is the same as Mattei or The Asylum. When White Wolf Games sued over the movie Underworld I was in agreement that the producers of Underworld very much appropriated White Wolf's product, although a judge disagreed I see that movie as the plagiarized work that it is and so should you. The fact that I liked the movie does not earn it a pass from me.
About the Industrialized Plagiarism itself in Hollywood as stated above, you vote with your dollar. The Island is a great example, in all honesty I think it's one of Bay's best movies and easily his smartest and most inventive… it is also his least successful film to date in no small part to the controversy about the films parentage in regards to Parts: The Clonus Horror. Remember after Friends was such a huge hit in the 90's and every network did their own clone version? Well, you people voted with your viewership and most (if not all) of the Friends clones vanished within 6 months. You saw these things as being an inferior version of something you liked. You need to do that more. Stop renting or buying the Asylum Mockbusters, all you are doing is feeding them and making them grow stronger and reinforcing the unoriginality that is modern Hollywood. Call out Tarantino for his lifts and not me for showing them to you. The next time a slasher sequel comes out with the same plot as the previous entry (Paranormal Activity I am looking in your direction) don't give them your money. Demand originality and end Industrialized Plagiarism in Hollywood. Just stop this cycle of domestic violence that is Industrialized Plagiarism. Don't tell people you walked into a door or that Tarantino is just stressed and he really loves you. Maybe he will make something mostly good and take you out to dinner. Find a movie that is original and file divorce papers to Industrialized Plagiarism. Stop letting the Tarantino's get away with it. Stop having a double standard about plagiarism in Hollywood. If you call Bruno Mattei a thief, call Tarantino one too.


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Early Austin Peay Names…
Here are some names that I've heard surrounding the search at Austin Peay. Obviously it's early here, with Dave Loos just announcing his retirement yesterday, but the administration is already getting rolling with the search. It sounds like there is a lot of sentiment to keep the job "in the family," but we'll see how that plays out. The names that I've heard so far are:
Bryan Ayers – Associate Head Coach Belmont. Has been at Belmont for the past nineteen seasons. A native of Clarksville, TN (where APSU is located), he also worked on the Governors staff in the mid-1990's.
Murray Bartow – Interim Head Coach South Florida. Long-time head coach at East Tennessee State (224-165 in 12-seasons). Took over at USF midway through this season when Orlando Antigua was fired.
Jay Bowen – Assistant Head Coach Austin Peay. In his second stint on Loos' staff. Was also an assistant at APSU in 2001-02, and has been an assistant at Chattanooga, Tennessee Martin, and Georgia State.
Bret Campbell – Head Coach Chipola College. Former head coach at Tennessee Martin (1999-2009). Served as an assistant at Austin Peay from 2009-14.
Scott Combs – Head Coach Martin Methodist. Former player at Austin Peay who also spent twelve seasons as an assistant to Loos. Has had a ton of success at Martin Methodist, and is currently 22-9 this season.
Corey Gibson – Associate Head Coach Missouri State. 2004 Austin Peay graduate who served as an assistant there three seasons. Was also the associate head coach at UNC Greensboro.
Bubba Wells– Assistant Coach SIU Edwardsville. All-time leading scorer at APSU (2,267 points). The Hall of Famer also spent ten seasons on Loos' staff before becoming an assistant at SIUE in 2015.
Tagged with: Austin Peay OVC
Murray State Men's Basketball Staff Update
Waldo elevated to Special Assistant at SIUE
Morehead State elevates Mattox to Associate Head Coach


1. Go to Timesheets and switch to another user in the right hand corner.
3. You will see a warning that you are adding time for another user, but you can simply add all the information you normally fill in when adding time. Click save afterwards and the timetracking has been added.
Note: This is the only way to track time for another user. You cannot finish tasks calls or meetings for another user as the tracked time of a meeting, a call or task will always be added to the timesheets of the user that is logged in.


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Home › DRG Perspectives › Kansas or Munchkin Land?
Kansas or Munchkin Land?
Hospitals around the country are setting up shop in healthcare Emerald Cities. But will these mixed-use medical communities help realize reform or simply reveal the man behind the curtain?
Health Village. March LifeCare. Medical City. These are but a few of the mixed-use medical communities popping up across the country that put hospitals, research centers even residential and retail in one convenient place. Think of them as live-work-play developments with a healthcare twist.
One example is the March LifeCare campus, a healthcare complex in Riverside, Calif. that is being heralded as "the Mayo Clinic of the West." It would be home to a Catholic Healthcare West hospital, a medical group, an assisted living residence, a shopping center and other developments. In Orlando, both Nemours Children's Hospital and the VA are building in Medical City, a $1.5 billion development that is already home to the University of Central Florida med school, an M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and the Sanford-Burnham Research Institute.
Proponents see this proximity as a path to healthcare reform. In some ways, it is. Developers of the March LifeCare campus have proposed physician-sharing arrangements among facilities to better integrate care. An innovative campus could also attract new talent to Riverside, where the critical physician shortage will only get worse in 2014. Meanwhile in Medical City, Nemours hopes its patient care will be fueled by Sanford-Burnham discoveries a logical strategy given healthcare reform's focus on comparative effectiveness research, otherwise known as evidence-based medicine.
Threatening the yellow brick road is access to capital. Two projects in Medical City a dedicated M.D. Anderson Cancer Center facility and a full build-out of the University of Florida's Research and Academic Center have been delayed due to funding constraints. And down the coast in West Palm Beach, long-term plans for a medical-arts district could falter if the billions poured into biomedical research don't boost the regional economy. The same could be said of healthcare reform. Installing electronic medical records and forming accountable care organizations is expensive, and neither are guaranteed to save money or boost revenue. Failed debt-ceiling negotiations could further threaten healthcare reform and our fragile economic recovery.
Hospitals will always seek game-changing strategies, even where they dominate their markets. But will Emerald Cities be one of them. Let's hope the Great and Powerful Oz values 21st-century healthcare. Your thoughts are welcome...


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The October 1957 Bilderberg Meeting was the 6th such meeting and the first one in Italy. It had 45 participants from 9 European countries, the United States and Canada. It was held at Fiuggi, Italy. The previous Bilderberg was in February of the same year, and the next one was the 1958 Bilderberg.
1.2 2. Are Existing Political And Economic Institutions Within The Western Community Adequate?
The Agenda of the October 1957 Bilderberg has been leaked and is now online.
2. Are Existing Political And Economic Institutions Within The Western Community Adequate?
The meeting report contains a 5 sentence press statement.
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