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The Fit President Theory
Forget about policy. Modern elections come down to this: Who's the fitter man?
By Jeff Greenfield
Ladies and gentlemen, let's get ready to rumble! In this corner, Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, who works out 45 minutes a day, runs circles around younger political aides/training partners, and possesses the meanest jump shot in White House history.
In that corner, the fittest group of republican presidential candidates in recent memory, the frontrunners of which are literally the fastest runners in the field. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, for one, logs up to five miles a day on the campaign trail while Texas Governor Rick Perry's athletic record includes marathons, triathlons, and a very respectable 21-minute 5-K.
Perhaps that's one reason why New Jersey Governor Chris Christie keeps begging off requests that he join the race. He might not link his generous girth to his lack of interest in the oval office outright, but his refusal only reinforces what has more or less become a fact of American political life: When we ask if a candidate is fit to be president, physical fitness is part of what we mean.
Even the suggestion of physical awkwardness is a clear political liability. Gerald Ford was a varsity football player at the University of Michigan and an accomplished skier, but a few pictures of him stumbling down the steps of an airplane and bumping his head on a doorway were enough to brand him a klutz (and give Chevy Chase a career boost). Jimmy Carter was an avid tennis player and runner, but when he collapsed into the arms of the Secret Service during a 1979 10-K run, it became an emblem for a faltering president.
Our recent presidents have understood this: Ronald Reagan may have been the oldest candidate ever elected, but images of him on horseback or cutting brush dotted his 8 years in office. In December 1983, as his reelection loomed, he authored a piece for Parade magazine titled "How to Stay Fit," which was accompanied by photos of him chopping firewood and pumping iron. The first President Bush was famous for the frenetic pace of his exercise: 18 holes of golf in a few hours, tennis matches, and a passionate attachment to horseshoes. (He had a pitch installed on the White House grounds.) His son, the 43rd president, often passed the time on Air Force One by hitting the treadmill (and was reputed to have a resting pulse of 44 beats-per-minute). Bill Clinton would jog through the streets of downtown Washington (although rumor—and a famous Saturday Night Live sketch—had it that he broke up those runs with pit stops at McDonald's). The mere thought that a contemporary chief executive would allow himself to be photographed walking along a beach in wing-tip shoes—as Richard Nixon once did—is enough to give an image consultant fits.
So what is this about? It's a new political paradigm, sure, a reflection of the fact that tens of millions of Americans now exercise regularly, or say they do. But it's also linked to a reality that is literally as old as America itself: We want a physically imposing leader. Because the president is a head of state, and not merely a head of government, we like the idea of a person who embodies strength. Intellectually, we know that presidents do not literally lead us into battle, or stand at the ramparts defending us from invading armies. Emotionally, however, there's a deep-seated desire to make sure that our guy can lick their guy with one hand tied behind his back.
Even before there was a United States, we were picking our leaders with this in mind—and discarding those who did not meet the standard. George Washington stood 6'3", a giant of a man in the late 18th century. John Adams once said, with some exasperation, that George Washington kept being chosen for leadership roles because "he was always the tallest man in the room." (Adams, known as His Rotundity, was one of only three U.S. presidents who could fairly be called obese—joining Cleveland and Taft.) Like eight other presidents who served during the country's first century, Washington gained fame as a general. In one classic alpha male-versus-beta male battle, ex-general William Henry Harrison ousted President Martin Van Buren, who was accused by Davy Crockett of wearing corsets and adopting "womanish" ways.
Theodore Roosevelt, the first president of the mass-media age, fully exploited his love of adventure. A sickly child who traveled west to build up his body, TR exulted in living what he called "the strenuous life." He was the youngest president ever, and one of the most daring—he hunted outlaws in the Wild West and led the famous charge up San Juan Hill in the Spanish-American War. As president, he took morning swims in the ice-cold waters of Washington's Rock Creek Park, invited the press to cover him camping and hunting in our national parks, and proclaimed, during his 1912 attempt to retake the White House, "I am as strong as a bull moose!"
A generation later, the second-youngest president, John F. Kennedy, projected an image of vigor—or, as he might have said, "vigah." JFK gained fame as a naval lieutenant in World War II, when he led the crew of PT-109 to safety after his ship was sunk in the Solomon Islands. Then, as now, pictures of the Kennedy clan invariably included shots of sailing, swimming, and touch football. Not until decades after JFK's death did historian Robert Dallek reveal that Kennedy was in fact plagued by lifelong health problems, ranging from Addison's disease to a degenerative back condition, that might well have rendered him an invalid had he lived to middle age. Likewise, of course, the media conspired with the White House to keep Franklin Delano Roosevelt's polio out of view. Photographers agreed never to shoot him getting in or out of his wheelchair; when a visiting cameraman did, the film never saw the light of day.
Today, we can safely assume no president could hide a disability or a serious illness, as JFK or FDR did, or hide a disabling stroke the way Woodrow Wilson's aides concealed his for a year and a half. But what of a potential president who is in reasonable health but pursues more sedentary (or gastronomic) pleasures? Could that candidate succeed without a lust for vigorous physical play? (Insert your own Clinton joke here.) And, if not, what does that say about us, the American public?
The answer to the first question is no, at least not at this moment in time. Just as we impose certain demands on presidential campaigns—the candidates must enjoy ingesting quantities of ethnically diverse food; they must shed coats and ties for jeans, sweaters, and jackets; they must listen intently to stories of personal hardship as if they were kings dispensing largesse from the castle—we also impose changing cultural norms. Presidents were once happy to be seen puffing on a cigarette or cigar, but nowadays we'd consider it a character flaw (or a sign of corruption). An indifference to exercise would suggest slothfulness in other areas. There's probably a fair measure of hypocrisy here. Nearly half of American adults say they exercise regularly, but I have trouble squaring that with the evidence of my own eyes. But if hypocrisy is the tribute that vice pays to virtue, we as a people have come to believe that fitness is an admirable attribute.
As for the final question—Is our demand for a fit president even sensible?—here I confess confusion. Fitness is partly about mental energy and emotional well-being, after all, and we need these traits in a chief executive. On the other hand, without getting into impolite specifics, we have certainly seen examples in which a vigorous regimen of physical exertion was not accompanied by an appetite for rigorous intellectual exertion. Moreover, I have this recurring nightmare of what might have happened a couple of generations ago, during another nation's moment of crisis, had such standards been in force.
Picture it: The power brokers of Great Britain are debating who should lead their beleaguered nation as Hitler's armies sweep westward through Europe. "Are you joking?" one of them says as a particular candidate is proposed. "He's 50 pounds overweight. He says, 'Whenever the urge to exercise is upon me, I lie down until it goes away.' He drinks like a fish. He constantly smokes cigars. It's out of the question."
And so would end the prospects of Winston Churchill.
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Writers from The Tower take a closer look at the best of the best form the North American International Auto Show.
This is the car that has it all. Named Motor Trend's 2015 Car of the Year and also the 2015 North American Car of the year, the Volkswagen Golf GTI perfectly combines practicality and affordability with sportiness and performance. Reasonably priced at around $30,000, it is also one of the cheapest cars on the market to insure and maintain. It comfortably seats four, handles brilliantly and does 0-60 in 5.5 seconds. A true people's sports car.
Shocking critics and members of the industry, Ford announced the rebirth of its GT supercar at this year's show. In an effort to compete with European supercar manufacturers, Ford has certainly made a statement with the new GT. It's also important to note that with the re-launch of their supercar, Ford has again become a complete car brand: they produce everything from delivery vans to sedans, trucks to sports cars and now a supercar.
Cadillac has changed the game with its new CTS-V four-door sedan. It produces 640 horsepower that can do 200 miles per hour and compete with (potentially even outdo) German performance sedans such as the BMW M5 and Audi S6. As America's only real competitor in the high performance, four-door sedan market, high hopes rest upon this car.
As Alfa attempts to increase expansion into the American market, it rests its hopes on the 4C. A truly phenomenal car, it combines sportiness and performance with true style and class. As well as being able to do 0-60 miles per hour in just 4.7 seconds, it can also average an astounding 47 miles per gallon on the highway. Also reasonably priced and available in the slick looking convertible version: the 4C Spider.
Honda re-launched its NSX supercar and it is fast, looks sleek and is in the cheaper end of the supercar price range. Brilliant automobile, but we ask: why would anyone ever buy one over the new Ford GT? Might be some bad timing for Acura.
As North American Truck of the Year, Ford did everything right with this year's model. They successfully produced a lighter, more economical and yet still heavy-duty truck. The aluminum body is strong, but also allows it to achieve around 23 miles to the gallon. In addition to being reasonably priced, this year's model also looks more stylish than last year's model.
As Tesla strives to continue to grow its brand, the new P85D is an important step. Range has always been an issue for the electric car manufacturer, but they have improved with the P85D, as drivers can now go 270 miles with a single charge. In addition, this car is cheaper, faster, and obviously much more economical than it's German luxury sedan competitors such as the BMW M6 or the Audi RS7. Really the only downside is the electrical charging factor, but nevertheless it is a brilliant car and a picture of the future of the automotive industry.
Ford has come up with what is now the king of the Mustang sports car. This is an automobile which looks brilliant and in addition to being immensely powerful, also supposedly has the ability to go around sharp corners (a trait which most American muscle cars are lacking). All in all, this is an exciting addition to the brand and a step forward for Ford as it tries to reinforce the Mustang's image as a sports car and not just a big, lumbering muscle car.
A stunningly beautiful car, it looks like a work of art rather than an automobile. As production is expected in 2016, this concept will become reality as Maserati looks to gain an edge into the 2 door coupe market. The style, aggression, and sportiness makes the Alfieri one of our personal favorites.
Made right here in Detroit, the Viper is currently the pinnacle of the modern American muscle car. Its aggressive V10 engine also ensures that it is one of the fastest cars on the market today, able to go 0-60 miles an hour in about three seconds. Downsides: it is impractical and averages a meager 15 miles to the gallon.
In addition to averaging a phenomenal 59 miles to the gallon, the new XC 90 is also stylish and still manages an output of 400 horse power. It is also expected to be reasonably priced when it goes on sale and gives the Swedish car makers an edge into the SUV market that few other car manufacturers have.
This is Jeep's answer to the European luxury SUV being produced by companies like Land Rover and Porsche. While this model is more expensive than the standard Cherokee, it is more luxurious, better looking, and still has the stellar off road capabilities that drives the Jeep brand.
While still a concept car at this point, Mini will undoubtedly be putting the Superleggera into production in the near future. As a beautifully stylish and relatively practical convertible cruiser, Mini found success with this design.
More stylish and drivable than the previous year's model, the new TT is Audi's edge in the small convertible market. The fact that it looks a bit like a miniature R8 and can go 0-60 in 5.7 seconds makes it the perfect sports cruiser.
Mercedes looks to assert themselves back on top of the compact European supercar game as they release the new GTS AMG. While the new design is a little bit ugly in our opinion, people will gladly overlook it for a car whose output floats around 600 horsepower. Price is also a negative factor as it will cost over $150,000 and tens of thousands more to insure and maintain.
Little change from past models, but the R8 V10 looks as stunning as ever. It is still however arguably one of the greatest cars ever produced when you consider it's supercar nature, reasonable price (compared to similar cars from Ferrari or McLaren), and day-to-day practicality with the Audi four wheel drive system.
This self-driving concept car is Mercedes' interpretation of the future of the automobile. This alone was worth a trip to the show to see. It is truly phenomenal.
This new Ghibli concept is a celebration of the Italian designer Ermenegildo Zegna. One of the most stylish cars at the show, it is also reasonably priced in terms of a Maserati and will cost about $75,000 when it goes on sale.
This car is an important step as Buick tries to continue to reinvent their image as more than a senior citizen, dated car brand. Relatively good looking and supposedly sporty, a strong step forward for the brand.
One of the classic American people's cars, the Impala got a facelift and a small upgrade to performance this year. Starting at just $27,000, it is arguably the best sedan in it's price range.
Stealing the show last year, little has changed with the Corvette Stingray this year. Still a fantastic car: Ferrari speed with a reasonable price, and a classic muscle car feel.
BMW has improved on their already slick six series with the new 650i convertible. It is a beautiful car, but the 85k price tag is a major downside.


But despite all the country has to offer, it unfortunately has a serious dark side, none of which we had to experience while we were there, but something tells me I will get a lot of disappointed internet searchers directed to this post (sorry I don't make up the coffee culture slang).
Anyhoo, jokes aside, I had a revelation recently about one of our favorite drinks - the Thai iced tea. It is a strongly brewed, orangish Ceylon tea with typically some sweetened condensed milk added. So basically a dessert (or five) in a glass.
And while recently enjoying another favorite beverage - the "Dirty" Chai - which is your standard chai tea latte with a shot of espresso thrown in (the dirty), it hit me - we could do the same with our beloved Thai iced tea. Dessert I can fully justify for breakfast, finally!
So I clearly got right on making this concoction and it is as delicious as I imagined...enjoy!
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Mix Sweetened condensed milk and cream.
Top tea/coffee combo with desired amount of milk/cream concoction.


The country has experienced strong export led growth, with GDP growth of 6.1% in 2011. Garment exports and tourist arrivals, especially by air, have increased considerably in recent years. Cambodia is located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula. It is bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Lao PDR to the northeast, Vietnam to the east and the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest. Cambodia's landscape is characterised by a low lying central plain which is surrounded by uplands and low mountains and includes the Tonle Sap (Great Lake) and the upper reaches of the Mekong River Delta. Extending outwards from this central region are transitional plains, thinly forested and rising to elevations of about 200 metres above sea level.
The Mekong River flows south through the country's eastern regions. To the east of the Mekong there is a region of forested mountains and high plateaus, which extend into Lao PDR and Vietnam. In southwestern Cambodia, there are two distinct upland areas, the Kravanh Mountains and the Damrei Mountains.
The southern coastal region adjoining the Gulf of Thailand, is a narrow lowland strip, heavily wooded and sparsely populated, which is isolated from the central plain by the southwestern highlands. The Mekong River provides fertile, irrigated fields for rice production. Exports of clothing generate most of Cambodia's foreign exchange but tourism is also an important part of the economy.
Cambodia received 2.8 million visitors in 2011, many visiting the Angkor temples in Siem Reap Province, built between the ninth and 13th centuries. The beaches in Sihanoukville in the southeast and the capital Phnom Penh, are the principal visitor attractions. Other attractions include the area around Kampot and Kep, with the Bokor Hill Station. Buddhism is the main religion and this creates an identity and a behaviour pattern for each person. This also enforces a sense of hierarchy within society. Cambodia is a collective society. This places emphasis on groups rather than the individual. Cambodia joined ASEAN on 30 April 1999, making them the tenth member.
Climate: Tropical and humid. Monsoon season May to November. Dry season December to April.
In opening the 21st century, Cambodia is on the road toward sustainable development. Cambodia experienced strong macroeconomic stability and significant improvement in standards of living. Real economic growth was 7% in 2008, lower than previous year that peaked at 13.3% in 2003 and slowed down to 10.8% in 2006 and 10.2% in 2007. Per capita GDP increased from US$247 in 1994 to US$624 in 2008.
According to "2006 Index of Economic Freedom" by the Heritage Foundation in the US, Cambodia is ranked 9th out of 32 countries and regions in Asia in terms of the absence of government coercion or Cambodia's index has improved, although it has been relatively flat over the last three years. constraint on economic activities In the last ten years to 2006.
Cambodian government ensures equal treatment to all investors and free remittance of foreign currencies abroad. There is no requirement for investors to participate in the local equity.
Cambodia's investment law offers up to 9 years tax holiday, 0% rate on value-added tax and full import duty exemption on raw materials, machinery, and equipment. In addition, it guarantees free repatriation of profit that investors earn.
Cambodia is at the frontier of tourism. It has a rich culture dating back many centuries when the Angkor Civilitation was the region's most developed. The 9th century Angkorian temples have intrigued archaeologists and fasci-nated tourists since being rediscovered in 1860. They remain one of the world's great ancient wonders and the jewel of them all, Angkor Wat, is the world's largest religious monument.
The country has others attractions – from unspoiled beaches, fascinating markets, Mekong river cruises, beautiful natural areas, the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh and isolated hilltribe groups. There are many potential ecot-ourism attractions in rainforests, riverine and wetland ecosystems. These will become more accessible as tourism infrastructure develops.
The capital, Phnom Penh, is the gateway for tourists. There are several attractions here like the Royal Palace/Silver Pagoda, other temples like Wat Phnom, Mekong river cruises and the National Museum. The city has lively restaurants, bars and exciting market shopping. Visitors to Angkor usually fly to Siem Reap or take a boat across southeast Asia's largest fresh waterlake, Tonle Sap.
Cruises on th Tonle Sap give an insight into the importance of fishing as well as ecotourism opportunities such as birdwatching in the flooded forests. Siem Reap Is a small town offering good accommodation for those visiting Angkor. With many accessible Angkorian temples here and at nearby Roluos, tourists can stay from one day to one week. Other attractions near the town are croccodile farm, markets and waterwheels along the river.
In the south, the beaches and islands of Sihanoukville and Kep provide relaxing gateways with low key fascilities and untouched beaches. The isolated provinces of Mondulkiri and Ratanakiri are home to hilltribe peoples whose unique lifestyles attract adventurous travellers.
Khmer dance, song and arts are sophisticated and integrated into contemporary life. Rice, fish, noodles and vegetables are the staple foods and are usually obtained fresh from open markets. Meal can be spicy and accompanied by fish sauce or prahok. Most holidays are religious or related to the monarchy. Special days are for the Royal Ploughing Ceremony, Pchum Ben, Kathina Tean, the King's birthday and the Water Festival.


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It's In His Touch
by Shelly Alexander
Series: Red River Valley, #2
There's nothing that Angelique Barbetta can't handle, no illness she can't recover from, not one item on her outrageous bucket list that she can't conquer—not even alligator wrestling! But after discovering her fiancé in a less-than-professional position with their perky assistant, even tough-as-nails Angelique needs a break. Her law firm sends her to Red River to work on a case that should be a piece of cake. Until she meets her sexy neighbor Blake Holloway…one of the proprietors who will lose everything if Angelique wins.
On opposite sides of a hostile legal battle—with a pair of Angelique's silk undies ending up in Blake's hands—undeniable chemistry swirls between them. As Blake shows Angelique just what Red River has to offer, her heart begins to melt for the people whose businesses make up the soul of the town. Can she put aside her feelings to win the case? Or will he convince her there's much more at stake than winning—like love?
"Drop the panties, or the octopus gets it." Angelique Barbetta held out the plush doggy toy, a bottle of bitter anti-chew spray pointed at its overstuffed head. She used the predatory tone usually reserved for courtroom opponents as she glared at her four-legged adversary.
A soft breeze whispered through the trees, wrestling autumn- hued foliage to the ground. The draft of cool air caught the silky neckline of her robe and sent a chill racing through her. Late afternoon sunlight filtered through the shedding branches, and a silhouette of the snow-capped Sangre de Cristo Mountains glittered in the background. Her long black hair was up in hot rollers, and a sudden gust pulled a thick tendril loose. She blew it out of her eyes, refusing to lose a staring match to a dog.
The ten-pound weenie dog's posture tensed, his tail wagged a fraction, and his jaw clamped tighter around the black thong pant- ies he'd snatched from her suitcase while she was unpacking. Hence, the reason she'd scurried outside half-dressed and sporting curlers so big they could pick up a radio frequency from three states away. Why'd she bring skimpy panties on an extended vacay to Red River—population 475? Pfst. Insulated long johns would've been a more practical choice.
She shivered against another nippy gust of autumn breeze.
It wasn't like she'd ever wear the string bikinis currently lodged between her dog's teeth. They'd been part of the risqué honeymoon trousseau given to her by her best friend, Kimberly, and the horde of female Barbettas. Of course, that was before she caught her fiancé, Gabriel, cheating. While Angelique was recovering from a serious illness.
Asshole.
Come to think of it, she should let the dog have them. Let Sergeant Schnitzel chew up the underwear and every last memory of what she thought she had with Gabriel.
Just like she'd accidentally let the dog chew up Gabriel's Armani jacket. And his Tumi briefcase. And the crack in his brand-new fifty- five-inch widescreen—a testament to his insecurity and belief that size really did matter—may or may not have been an accident. Golf clubs sometimes slipped out of one's hands mid-swing. It happened.
Sergeant Schnitzel whined, his tail wagging at lightning speed. "Come on, Sarge. Drop 'em. Please." Jeez, she was pathetic. Had she really been reduced to begging a dog?
Okay, admittedly, destroying Gabriel's personal property had been a vindictive reaction, but her momentary lapse in emotional restraint was understandable. While she was in the process of moving out of their rented condo, Gabriel announced his shotgun wedding to her legal assistant, whom he'd knocked up. Now with the wedding just a few weeks away, he actually expected Angelique to attend along with the rest of their law firm because cohesion would look good for the junior partnership he'd just landed. So much cruelty at once probably would've pushed Mother Teresa over the edge. That was Angelique's story, anyway, and she was sticking to it, because Gabriel deserved it times ten.
She drew in a tremulous breath, the familiar sting of loss pinging off the walls of her stomach like a pinball.
Now instead of standing toe-to-toe with a skilled criminal prosecutor, she was throwing down with a weenie dog. Definitely pathetic. She glared at him.
The cocktail-sized wiener growled, enticing her to give chase.
"Sergeant Schnitzel, don't you dare run off again," she warned, eyeballing him with her best menacing look. That stare wilted even the most seasoned district attorneys and brought witnesses to tears on the stand. Unfortunately, it didn't intimidate this little pilferer of women's underpants.
Book 1: It's In His Heart
Award winning author, Shelly Alexander grew up traveling the world, earned a BBA in Marketing, and landed a corporate job in Dallas, TX before marriage lured her to the beautiful Southwest. After growing up with four older brothers and having three sons of her own, she decided to escape her male-dominated world for some 'girl time' by reading romance novels. While reading in the New Mexico sunshine, she began to dream up love stories she'd like to write herself some day.
The years passed with her helping to run the family business, volunteering for every field trip and school function imaginable, and incalculable loads of dirty laundry generated by her three active boys. When she survived invasive breast cancer, she decided it was now or never and bought her first laptop so she could start writing down her stories.
Now she spends her days writing steamy romances while tending to two miniature schnauzers and a pet boa constrictor named Zeus. Her stories feature strong, independent heroines, hot heroes, and hefty doses of humor.
She still attends her three teenage boy's sports events, school functions, and music performances, but they have learned to do their own laundry, providing her with more time to devote to writing.
Shelly Alexander
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When we evaluate our customers' greatest needs, we always come back to the challenges they face when developing topics for their blogs and assets. While some of our customers may choose to create their own topic strategy, normally, part of our partnership with our customers involves helping them generate a topic for each piece of practitioner-written content we deliver to them. So how do we get at topics? Let's look at one conversation important to many DevOps tool vendors out there—log analytics.
Log analysis, a part of the DevOps workflow, is employed to make sense out of computer-generated records to understand and improve application, device or server performance. The process of creating such records is called data logging. Log analytics is a big data use case that allows you to visualize and analyze log data from websites, mobile devices, servers, sensors and more for applications as diverse as app monitoring to IoT.
Share of Conversation (or Conversation Share of Voice) is the percentage of any specific conversation you own. Conversation Share of Voice is more precise because it looks at specific conversations within a market versus focusing only on global SOV compared to competitors. While it's interesting to know how your brand or product is doing in the world of all products, you can make the greatest impact by going local with specific topic areas.
Fixate's Re:each platform has algorithms which derive conversation share of voice across traditional and social media. The phases of calculation are data collection, normalization, and interpretation. We can't give you the secret sauce, but this post will give you an idea of how we do it.
Identify your place: Identify specific keywords and concepts associated with your brand and product based on those concepts that appear the most in all conversations you participate in.
Find your competition: Competition is derived by identifying the top 4-9 vendors in each conversation based on their SoV in those conversations.
Determining relevant topics: Topic suggestions are derived from entity/concept extraction of content that was most prevalent in each conversation selected over the set period of time. Those concepts that had the greatest reach in that conversation are weighted and end up as the core elements of a suggestion.
Data is collected from traditional social media sources as well as trusted media sources for each broad market. Weight is put on content based on the source it came from using a proprietary algorithm. Currently, calculations are done at the end of each month for the entire month's worth of data.
The machine learning used in SoV is human-supervised (Human-In-The-Loop). SoV calculations can be fully automated; however, topic suggestions are subject to language challenges, and domain expertise based on raw data collection. Domain experts validate SoV calculations, and reformulate raw entity extraction on top-performing content in each conversation to build coherent topic suggestions.
Company blogs and Twitter accounts show up the most when we calculate SoV for a given conversation, apart from major industry news like that from Logz.io above. In the month of January, Sumo Logic and SolarWinds gained traction due to acquisitions. In February, no major acquisitions were announced, so the month was dominated by company blogs. For example, both Microsoft and Amazon published blogs on their sites that reached the front page of Google when searching the keywords log analytics and log analytics tools.
An example of practitioner marketing gone right comes from Fixate.io's very own Twain Taylor—and shows that consistent technical blogging will increase your SoV and establish you as an industry expert in the field. Don't miss https://www.sumologic.com/blog/monitoring/kubernetes-logging/.
What do these results say about the practitioner profile for log analytics? The trick with this particular conversation is that the use cases for infrastructure logs have evolved over time. Prior to DevOps, IT Operations were the target users and practitioners. While this has not changed completely, IT Ops are not the only user, and perhaps not even the most active. IT Ops still greatly benefits from log analysis solutions, but generally only use them when something breaks, and in enterprise infrastructure not necessarily meant for DevOps teams. In DevOps environments, things happen much more frequently, which means more things happen in production infrastructure.
In addition, log analysis is now being used in pre-production infrastructure environments, so now you have three categories of practitioners: IT Operations, DevOps/Site Reliability Engineers (SREs), and Developers. Out of these three, DevOps/SREs are going to be the loudest, and easiest to engage with in practitioner content marketing. However, all three are important, which means when picking a practitioner, you should find someone who is cross-functional from DevOps to IT Ops, and a developer practitioner to cover log analysis topics specific to all three use cases.


British Gas and EDF are announcing their latest profits – the first ever since the bill hikes that millions have experienced during summer.
When the time came to put up bills, larger energy companies fell like dominoes – and the people that are suffering are the ones living in the country who are expecting a winter where they are going to struggle to pay for the heat in their homes.
The average bills top £1,300 per annum and 1 in four officially admitted to fuel poverty. The announcements are enough to raise hairs around the country. On top of it all, there is also an issue where civilians are blinded by the real reason for these bill hikes.
In the last decade, gas prices increased - and they have increased by 90 percent since 2000. While the price for gas has increased, the same can be said about the energy firms' profits, which was over a-third higher compared to 2008. Last year this profit stood at £8.6 million. The increasing price for gas has given energy firms the opportunity to pass the inflated prices on to customers and this gives the firms the chance to milk consumers and score the difference. Why else are shareholders grinning?
The rising prices for gas have been absent from media reports claiming to publicize the truth about the energy bills. In order to make sure that they will not be blamed, commentators leapt on their green policies making everybody believe that it was the reason for the bill hikes. The fact is that green energy makes up a fraction for the bills – 6 percent on the average dual energy bill.
This is the time that the government has to get serious on energy companies. The public cannot be milked anymore, something has got to happen. Citizens are angry as they have been paying ridiculous amounts of money to companies; some of the companies have previously been investigated for unfairly charging for energy.
However, things don't have to be this way. There is so much potential within the UK, energy can be generated by sun, wind and the waves. Right now, these sources only contribute to about eight percent of the whole electricity supply; why not allow it to contribute more? With a large investment in energy, the UK could be a country seen as a world-leader instead of a follower. It could mean new employment opportunities, warmer housing, and if citizens can cut the energy wastage, it could mean long-term good deals.
The way it works is not fair; while the big energy companies are coining the billions, they keep us hooked on dangerous nuclear power and overpriced fossil fuels – citizens have been through enough to know that this is not going to work. This is the reason that Friends of the Earth are taking to the streets outside the headquarters of EDF London.
The petition has also been signed by thousands of people who have had enough. This petition is asking for renovation of the energy system and wants it to begin with an actual public enquiry into the power of the energy companies and requires the government to act against the support being cut off from British energy providers. When this is achieved, people will be using gas in their homes.


MANILA, Philippines—Thirteen people were killed and several others were wounded, including the incumbent mayor of Nunungan town, Lanao del Norte, in an ambush Thursday night, police said Friday.
Senior Police Officer 1 Diosdado Alarcon said the group of Mayor Abdul Malik Manamparan was on board a dump truck and on their way back to Nunungan from another village when attacked by a group of still unidentified armed men in Barangay (village) Malaig around 6:40 p.m. Thursday.
Alarcon said the armed group blocked the convoy and started shooting, noting that the ambush site was roughly 20 kilometers away from the group's supposed destination.
Initially, 12 people were killed, including Adnani Manamparan, the mayor's 30-year-old daughter. Seven other people were injured in the attack.
Those killed were identified as the mayor's close relatives Adnanie, 32; Baobi, 25; and Sadam – all surnamed Manamparan; Johani Bantuas, 21; Sami Sanayon, 21; Baby Dimasangcay, 16; Lala Diamrang, 54; Apipa Mamantuc, 18; Saidona Mamantuc, 52; Hamdan Mamantuc, 18; Alinor Mamantuc, 19; and Maliha Sultan, 17.
But Brigadier General Daniel Lucero, commander of the 1st Infantry Division based in Zamboanga del Sur, said one of the earlier reported wounded person died.
"Yung dinalang wounded namatay na, yung iba na wounded ngayon lang lumabas," Lucero told reporters over the phone.
He said aside from Manamparan, nine others were injured in the ambush.
The ambush on a remote mountain road near Nunungan town was carried out as the mayor and his party travelled home from a campaign sortie. It was the latest episode of political violence in the Philippines which will hold elections on May 13.
Meanwhile, the military sent more troops into Nunungan town as the hunt for the armed group that ambushed the party of Manamparan got underway.
Lucero said the deployment of more troops in the town was aimed at preventing violence from escalating and spreading to other areas.
He said that Nunungan had been closely watched due to intense political rivalries and Thursday's ambush proved the authorities' fears were not baseless.
A running police tally lists 30 deaths from 45 other violent incidents reported since the start of the campaign in February.
In November 2009, members of a powerful clan on Mindanao abducted and murdered 58 people including relatives of a local rival who was planning to challenge the clan leader in gubernatorial elections the following year.
Manamparan, of the opposition Nationalist People's Coalition party, is the mayor of the mainly Muslim town of Nunungan. He told AFP he had a good idea who was responsible for the attack, but declined to discuss his suspicions.
The predominantly Muslim areas of Mindanao have a reputation for deadly clan wars, sometimes lasting generations. The island is also wracked by insurgencies waged by Muslim and communist rebels.


WASHINGTON (6/13/14)--The Federal Reserve will have new collateral margins for discount window lending and payment system risk purposes starting July 1.
According to the Fed, the changes are a result of the most recent periodic review of margins and valuation practices, with updated market data incorporated.
The most significant change from the current collateral margins table is separate margins for fixed-rate and floating-rate individually deposited loans. For example, the margin requirement for consumer loans and leases has dropped to 46% for fixed-rate loans and 50% for floating rate loans, from 76%. This will increase the collateral requirement for credit unions who issue those type of loans.
The upper margin ranges have either stayed the same or dropped one percentage point, while the lower bound of the margin ranges have been reduced significantly across the categories for typical credit union loans.
Currently 493 credit unions have pre-pledged collateral at the Fed. As of March, total credit union borrowings from the Fed were $2.97 million by four credit unions.
Under National Credit Union Administration rules, federally insured credit unions with assets of $250 million or more are required to have access to a backup federal liquidity source for emergency situations through the Fed's discount window or NCUA's Central Liquidity Facility.
There are no changes to the principles behind the Fed's collateral management practices of frequent revaluation of assets; use of margins to mitigate Reserve Bank exposure to market and credit risk; use of the best available data and periodic reassessments of model assumptions. There are no changes to the range of assets accepted as collateral.
The Fed has indicated it will notify credit unions before the July 1 implementation date if their pledged collateral is insufficient.


Stopping is something we don't do nearly enough. It's the first and most important step to being mindful because it helps us break the trance of automation that comes from mindless occupation. Instead of telling ourselves "don't just sit there, do something!" Vietnamese Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh, a founder of the "engaged mindfulness baltimore" movement, recommends we tell ourselves the exact opposite: "Don't just do something, sit there!" Bells of mindfulness are cues that can help us stop and return to the present moment. Audible reminders such as the ringing of the telephone or non-audible reminders like walking through a doorway can be prompts for our practice. Bells of mindfulness can be anything we choose.
Matthieu Ricard is 63 years old, French interpreter, and considered to be one of the happiest men in the world. His work along with the Dalai Lama had turned him into a Buddhist monk. However, that is not really the main secret for his excellent mood and high level of happiness. It is in meditation.


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Tess and Luke have been at each other's throats.
Block star hits back at 'abuse' claims
The Block contestant Tess has hit back after some of her heated comments to husband Luke on the show raised eyebrows among viewers.
The newlyweds have been having a tough time of it so far this season on The Block, with tensions running high as they've been forced to present unfinished rooms to the judges.
That anger has spilt over into ugly threats to Luke, 30, from his wife of less than a year.
"F**k you're a d**khead," Tess, 28, snapped at him after a dispute over paint.
"Honestly, I could knock you out square in the face and punch you."
Related: Block room reveal - the one detail 'bugging' everyone
Related: Is Scott Cam setting contestants up to fail?
Speaking to 9Entertainment today, Tess said that her comments were a by-product of the extreme conditions on The Block: "When you're very sleep-deprived and you're frustrated and angry you definitely say things that you don't mean.
"I don't condone violence at all. Luke and I are in a very loving relationship and I absolutely think the world of him and I'm not a violent person at all."
Tess apologised to "anyone offended" by her comments and insisted her husband knew her threats were only in jest.
"I know that he (Luke) did not think that I would ever touch him. I would never touch anybody, but it's just words that you say when you're so frustrated," she told 9Entertainment.
Yesterday, News Corp published an opinion piece by writer Alex Carlton who argued that, joking or not, threats spousal violence are "never, ever OK".
"Tess, I know you think you were joking. I know you think you were just frustrated. I know you believe you'd never physically hurt your husband," Carlton wrote.
"But violent threats, especially in a domestic partnership, are never, ever OK. It's abuse. And according to Relationships Australia, it's unacceptable abuse and something that should be taken very seriously."
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Q: Why not add a "IE6 no more" type of warning on SO? I just saw in the latest SO blog post:

7% of [stackoverflow's] overall audience is still on creaky, broken, ancient old IE6.

What do you think about putting an 'IE6 no more' kind of warning on top of the page if the user loads SO (or SF, SU, Meta...) in order to tell them about the suffering that their browsers brings on the web development community?
Also, SO has some bugs on IE6 (I noticed that the warnings messages are off)
Of course leave a button "hide forever" since some of them must be forced to use IE6 by their companies.
It would also be interesting to see how the stats evolve next month.
EDIT: I do get that SO doesn't want to alienate people. But I'm not saying "just redirect them to getfirefox.com", it would be a warning that is possible to remove by one click. A lot of websites are doing it

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I'm surprised that the SO community -so far- is against such an idea.

A: If you are using StackOverflow or any of the other sites in this trilogy and you are still on IE6, there is likely to be a reason for it and that reason is probably outside of the control of the person using the web browser. Putting a banner in their face telling them to switch is sort of like waving cake in front of a diabetic.

A: StackOverflow probably doesn't want to alienate 7% of it's users.

A: Why do we care?
It doesn't affect us, and like it's been mentioned before, they probably have a reason (IT requirement, legacy app etc...)
It doesn't affect Jeff & the team (they don't bother testing in IE6 any more) and it doesn't affect any of the rest of us (we don't use their computers)
So lets not get in a huff about other people's technology choices (however poor we believe them to be). Remember, we don't have all the information and their decision may in fact be the correct one for their situation.

A: Man, I don't get you people.  We'll spend all day arguing whether or not LMGTFY is an appropriate answer or simply disrespectful, but on the other hand we're going to suggest telling 7% of the SO users to get a new browser?
A 1972 Ford Pinto is still allowed to drive on the highway, even though it is old, ugly, and pollutes like crazy.  I understand the problems that IE6 creates for web developers, but if we're going to limit what you can use in order to simplify things for the developer, then we might as well just restrict it down to one browser (or go to Flash (or Silverlight!)!).  Yes, it's a reductionist argument, but so be it.
Because there are still many corporations requiring IE6, the solution isn't to shove a banner in their face.  Most of the audience of this site knows that IE6 is a dinosaur.

A: There are two reasons why you would still be using IE6:

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*You have to (IT says so, some inhouse app that needs it etc.)

*You don't get it.

Neither of the two will be changed by a sevenup kind of message.

A: As developers, our job is to tackle challenges. SO exists because there are many major problems that recur, and we figured we would pool that knowledge. SO exists because we don't have the choice to just "ignore any problems we don't like".
Supporting IE6 is difficult, which is why sites like SO exist. If it was easy, none of us would need any help.
On the other hand, we don't get to choose who our clients are. If some person is working at a company that uses IE6 for various (perfectly valid) reasons, we shouldn't hassle them every time they come here for something that is out of their control.
Anything fancy that won't work in IE, don't provide it in IE6. It seems to me like all the "IE6 must die" people who complain that "coding for IE6 is next to impossible", are completely forgetting that people coded for IE6 for almost 8 years, and they sure as hell did not have the fancy tools that we have.
I say, if someone is using IE6 and wants to visit SO, we should be EXTRA helpful to them, because they're already working against uphill odds.

A: Does anybody here actually ever worked as a web developer? We're here talking about a huge amount of time wasted to develop for IE6.
But that's not the real issue discussed here.
If you want to make things move forward, you have to take action, why waiting? Warning people that the website won't look as good as it should by using IE6 is just a small step in that direction.
The more warning messages displayed, the faster IT departments will be aware that it's time to upgrade (and hopefully they will upgrade to IE8, not 7).
If you guys are worried about user experience and that extra click one will have to make, why letting people browse a website with a browser not supported without warning users?
One more thing: when Firefox tells you that you should upgrade to the next version nobody's thinking it's wrong.

A: This is a bad idea, not as bad as the anti-MS zealots who won't let you browse their sites if they detect IE, but still bad.
There are a couple of machines we have at work that still need IE6 for legacy reasons, I sometimes browse to the StackOverflow sites from these machines. I don't really need to be reminded every fecking time I hit StackOverflow that I'm running IE6. Of course I bloody know it!
This is preaching to the converted and verging on rudeness.

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We started Oh, Little Rabbit as a hobby and creative outlet at the beginning of 2010. When we first opened we were literally printing out of a hallway coat closet in our 1 bedroom apartment! Over the following year and a half Oh, Little Rabbit began to grow but unfortunately our coat closet did not. Needing to make a decision, we took a leap of faith, quit our jobs and devoted all of our time and attention towards Oh, Little Rabbit. God is so good, and he has truly blessed us every step of the way.
Our product line is a reflection of the things we enjoy and would want to have in our own home. We love the idea of practical art; a piece that can be displayed and visually enjoyed, as well as earn its keep on the oven bar as the best dish drying flour sack towel around.
Being eco-friendly is very important to us. We make sure to use organic and recycled materials whenever possible and we only use nontoxic water based inks.
We draw every image, print every piece by hand and package every order. It is truly just the two of us, we love what we do and we wouldn't change a thing.


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Ranji Trophy: Swapnil strikes with bat, ball as Mumbai stumbles
The Baroda all-rounder crushed Mumbai with calculated batting, cutting loose when the tired bowlers erred. His knock contained 10 fours and four sixes. Later he took the crucial wicket of Prithvi Shaw in Mumbai's second essay.
Nandakumar Marar
Mumbai 11 November, 2017 19:01 IST
Baroda's Swapnil Singh acknowledges the cheers after reaching his century against Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy match at the Wankhede Stadium on Saturday. - Vivek Bendre
Pushed to the backfoot for the third day in a row, Mumbai remained in deep waters at 102 for four in its second innings against Baroda in the Ranji Trophy Group C game at the Wankhede Stadium here on Saturday. Facing an uphill task after Baroda declared its first innings at 575 for nine, Mumbai lost captain Aditya Tare cheaply (five runs, 11 balls) for the second time. The host team needs to display resolve of a high order to get another 202 runs to avoid an innings defeat.
Opener Prithvi Shaw responded with a cracking 56 off 70 balls. The misery of a sixth-ball dismissal was forgotten as the lad played to his strengths and provided a batting spectacle. The punch through covers produced a roar from fans as his 50 came up in 59 balls before a ripper from left-arm spinner Swapnil Singh (8-2-26-1) slipped through six runs later. Atit Sheth had castled Shaw in the first innings with a beauty.
Report, Day Two
Shreyas Iyer let his team-mates down with a crude slog, betraying pressure of expectations. Ajinkya Rahane (28 not out) gritted it out, and a match-saving knock will be timely. Deepak Hooda declared earlier before tea on Day Three at 575-9, ahead by 404 runs. From the time he won the toss, the Baroda captain was in command as all-rounder Swapnil (164 runs, 309 balls) supported a smart show by swing bowlers on the opening day. The latter crushed Mumbai with calculated batting, cutting loose when the tired bowlers erred. His knock contained 10 fours and four sixes.
Ranji blog, Day Three
Swapnil's application and a collective determination by the visiting team were examples found lacking by the home team batsmen. Mumbai hit back on the third morning with two quick wickets. Tare's catch behind the wickets to snare Mitesh Patel was sharp. Diving low to his left, he pouched an edge off Shardul Thakur, and that demonstrated an urge to fight back and halt the slide towards defeat and disgrace.
Continuing the trend of Baroda youngsters cashing in on the chance to prove a point against a first-class heavyweight, Swapnil notched his maiden first-class hundred. The left-arm spinner enjoyed himself at the Wankhede, slamming eight fours and two sixes to reach his hundred off 242 balls. He has another opportunity to prove his value with the ball and rock Mumbai's batting might on the fourth and final day.
* Swapnil Singh, left-arm spinner and right-handed bat, was born in Rae Bareilly and shifted to Baroda for cricketing education.
* His Ranji Trophy debut for Baroda happened at 14 years, 355 days as one of the youngest to play first-class cricket, in 2006.
* The 26-year-old is now the vice-captain and is relishing the responsibility, scoring his first century at the Wankhede Stadium.
* He was promoted to No. 5 from No. 8 by captain Deepak Hooda and he has eight fifties in 43 first-class games so far.
* He took three wickets in the 2011 Ranji final against Rajasthan, played in Baroda, which ended in Rajasthan winning on first innings lead.
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LEGAZPI CITY, Aug. 30 (PNA) – Hundreds of revelers in colorful ethnic costumes on Saturday occupied three kilometers of the city's main thoroughfare as they performed indigenous dances and played tribal music in a parade cheered by thousands of locals, tourists and visitors.
The grand event was the street presentation in culmination of Ibalong Festival, a month-long yearly celebration of the city's exceptional achievements in economic development, tourism, rural-urban uplift, local governance and disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM), among other accomplishments that make this key Bicol metropolis a highly livable locality.
"For us in the local government and for all Legazpeños, this year's Ibalong Festival, now on its 24th year, is another big success measured through the impressive number of participants as well as of visitor and tourist arrivals within its duration," City Mayor Noel Rosal told the Philippines News Agency here Sunday.
The bigger crowd of participants means more fun and greater acceptance and more arrivals mean more receipts for the local tourism industry, he explained.
Since its first staging in 1991, Ibalong, which is a non-religious festival based on the indigenous folklore of Bicol and probably the only festival in the country celebrating an epic, has emerged as the region's most attended tourism event.
Reliving the myth of Bicol's folklore heroes, the festival tells of the city government's relentless pursuit of modernity and economic progress while looking back at its ancient origins pre-dating the arrival of the Spanish conquistadores and Christianity.
"We started counting the arrivals of tourists and visitors on day one of the festival, which featured the 2nd Mayon Triathlon race last Aug. 9 which saw the participation of 300 local and international triathletes and drew about 2,000 sports enthusiasts from all over the world," Rosal said.
"We are still in the process of counting how many tourists and visitors came for the celebration but surely, a good number would come out which we can add to the close to a million arrivals targeted for this year," Antonio Reyes Jr., the city tourism officer, said.
The target, Reyes said, is 900,000 arrivals by the end of this year, a sensational prelude to achieving the city's one million target by 2016.
Department of Tourism (DOT) Regional Director Maria Ravanilla has expressed optimism that this year's target could be hit by the city, based on latest data that listed around 450,000 arrivals as of the first half of this year.
"The trend established by massive local tourism promotions and industry development that the city government and the DOT have been initiating is leading to that," she said.
These continuing initiatives have been showing impressive results that showed off highly noticeable arrival figures starting in 2013 when the city hit the half-million target by way of surpassing by a whopping 32.27 percent its previous year's number of arrivals.
As recorded by the DOT regional office based here, total arrivals of both domestic and foreign tourists in the city for the whole year of 2013 reached 579,470 which was higher by 141,370 over the 2012's 438,100 figure.
Last year, the figure rose to around 700,000 or 40 percent over 2013's and led the city government to improve it to 900,000 this year and to one million next year.
Ravanilla said the 2015 goal is almost achieved and the 2016 goal is very much workable as Rosal relentlessly pursues a tourism master plan featuring a massive promotion campaign that highlights the city's irresistible tourism products ranging from its natural wonders to world-class facilities.
"Tourists now visit Legazpi not only for the breathtaking view of Mt. Mayon, one of the world's most active volcanoes made famous by its magically-configured perfect cone form, but also for its sparkling metropolis loaded with heavy tourism-related activities and exciting places to relax, play and enjoy a healthful living," she said.
The Ibalong Festival alone — a local tourism product which, years back, has given the city its "City of Fun and Adventure" caption now popular within the international travel industry — world chalks up an impressive number of arrivals, according to Ravanilla.
In celebrating achievements in local development and good governance, Rosal said "ours is now officially recognized as one of the three Most Livable Cities in the country today, based on a citation awarded late last year by the Livable City Challenge".
The Livable City Challenge, sponsored by the United States Assistance for International Development, was organized by the National Competitive Commission, APEC 2015 National Organizing Council, World Wildlife Fund, Alliance for Safe and Sustainable Reconstruction and Asia Society and Urban Land Institute.
The city government was also awarded last year the Galing Pook Award and Silver Governance Trailblazer (SGT) Award for excellence in the implementation of Public Governance System (PGS).
The Galing Pook Award was given by the Galing Pook Foundation in recognition of the city government's excellence in local governance with its public-private partnership (PPP) undertakings that have been proven effective in the implementation of high-end development projects in the locality.
The SGT Awards was from the Institute of Solidarity in Asia, a non-government organization that developed and promotes the PGS as a management tool for local governments across the Philippines by way of requiring LGUs to implement a series of reforms that fundamentally transform their policymaking process and bureaucratic structure.
Early last year, the city government won another Seal of Good Housekeeping — the second awarded by the DILG since this kind of recognition for excellence in the field of good governance measured by administrative, social, economic, environmental and other forms achievements that benefited both the community and its constituents — was introduced in 2011.
In DRRM, the city is vying this year for the Hall of Fame in the Gawad Kalasag Award of the National Disaster risk Reduction Council (NDRRMC) after winning for two consecutive years the yearly award.


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Danny Gabbidon brings calmness to Selhurst Park, says Crystal Palace boss. "Danny came down to train with us and it was very refreshing to talk to him because he never talked about money or anything else, only how he wanted to have some more success in his career"
FAW 'loses cash' over Wales shirt as JJB faces administration.
Gary Speed's proud parents say they are honoured. Aston park will be officially renamed the Gary Speed MBE Playing Fields later this year, when a 5ft-tall Welsh slate tablet will be unveiled "It's an honour, if Gary wouldn't have liked it we wouldn't want it, but it's a lovely idea."
Robert Earnshaw says he has had his eyes opened since moving to Israel and would consider making his move to Maccabi Tel Aviv permanent after falling in love with the country. "On a professional level, this is the right decision for me, Jordi told me about the club and it's clear we're talking about a big club with great fans. There is a new manager and coaching staff and this is a special period for the club"
[SOURCES: Croydonguardian, Walesonline, Flintshirechronicle, Thejc]
Posted: Thursday 27th September 2012


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The 8 Best Travel Curling Irons
This wiki has been updated 8 times since it was first published in March of 2018. With today's selection of portable travel curling irons, there is no reason why space constraints should force you to go without, whether you're jetting around the globe or just visiting family across town. We've included models for light styling as well as those that will have you rocking some serious spirals. When users buy our independently chosen editorial choices, we may earn commissions to help fund the Wiki. Skip to the best travel curling iron on Amazon.
This wiki has been updated 8 times since it was first published in March of 2018. With today's selection of portable travel curling irons, there is no reason why space constraints should force you to go without, whether you're jetting around the globe or just visiting family across town. We've included models for light styling as well as those that will have you rocking some serious spirals. When users buy our independently chosen editorial selections, we may earn commissions to help fund the Wiki. Skip to the best travel curling iron on Amazon.
8. MHU 1-Inch Professional Portable
The MHU 1-Inch Professional Portable is a dual-voltage straightener with a gently rounded barrel, so you can also use it to create loose, flowing curls. It's got three heat settings, with the highest going up to 446 degrees Fahrenheit for truly stubborn tresses.
Antistatic titanium plates
Budget-friendly price
Locking mechanism for storage
7. 6th Sense 2-in-1 Mini
Perhaps the 6th Sense 2-in-1 Mini's best feature is not the curler itself, although it's fine as a styling tool. The greatest part might be the case, which is heat resistant, so when you're rushing to catch a flight, you won't have to wait for the device to cool down.
Fun animal print bag
Nonstick barrel
Straightener doesn't clamp tightly
6. Plugged In Stow 'N Go
The Plugged In Stow 'N Go doesn't offer tons of extras, but that's okay, because it's got everything you could need from a compact, trip-ready model, including dual voltage, so that you can use it virtually anywhere, and a space-saving design.
Claims to release negative ions
Tip stays cool to the touch
No temperature control
5. Vivid & Vogue 2 in 1
The diminutive Vivid & Vogue 2 in 1 is just over 8 inches long, with a nearly 6-foot power cord that swivels, so you won't get tangled up while taming your mane. It operates as both a curler and a straightener, reaching a maximum temp of 390 degrees Fahrenheit.
Convenient slip-on cap
Simple twist selector
Short barrel adds to styling time
4. Conair Travel Smart
You won't have to worry about damaging hot spots with the Conair Travel Smart, which has a ceramic coated, 1-inch barrel that was made to heat evenly. In fact, it works so well that many prefer it as a daily go-to, rather than only for trips.
Worldwide dual voltage
30 seconds to stabilized temperature
Bigger than many travel models
3. Phoebe Hot Hair Curler Brush
With its auto-shutoff and easy-to-set temperature controls, the Phoebe Hot Hair Curler Brush is not just a portable choice, but a safe one. It's also versatile, since you can use it as a regular brush, a gentle straightener, or a traditional curler.
Long swiveling power cord
Gets hot quickly
Cute and handy carrying bag
2. HSI Professional Travel Set
If you need some serious styling capabilities while you're on the go, then the HSI Professional Travel Set could be right up your alley. It features mini versions of your most crucial tools, including a hair dryer, a flat iron, and a curling iron. There's even a diffuser.
Makes a great gift
Comes with grippy clip
Heat glove for safety
1. Herstyler Baby Curls
For truly tight, twisty locks, this Herstyler Baby Curls is a strong choice. It's light enough so that you can pop it in your bag, and the bright pink handle is eye-catching, which could potentially help prevent you from leaving it behind.
Simple on and off switch
Tourmaline barrel
Clipless design won't pull hair
Last updated on March 14, 2018 by Melissa Harr
Melissa Harr is a language-obsessed writer from Chicagoland who holds both a bachelor of arts and master of arts in English. Although she began as a TEFL teacher, earning several teaching certificates and working in both Russia and Vietnam, she moved into freelance writing to satisfy her passion for the written word. She has published full-length courses and books in the realm of arts & crafts and DIY; in fact, most of her non-working time is spent knitting, cleaning, or committing acts of home improvement. Along with an extensive knowledge of tools, home goods, and crafts and organizational supplies, she has ample experience (okay, an obsession) with travel gear, luggage, and the electronics that make modern life more convenient.


Beautiful combination of organic natural shapes against horizontal man-made lines. Love the repetition of brown spots throughout.
Thanks for your visit to my site. So glad to find this project, 30 Days of Wonder. One of my favorite topics. And your images are beautiful and wondrous, especially this one.


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Parlament Černé Hory (černohorsky: Скупштина Републикe Црне Горе, Skupština Republike Crne Gore) je jednokomorový zákonodárný parlament v Černé Hoře. Parlament má v současné době 81 členů, z nichž je každý volen na dobu čtyř let. Současný předseda parlamentu je Ranko Krivokapić, zástupci jsou Željko Šturanović a Rifat Rastoder. Referendum o nezávislosti Černé Hory parlament schválil 3. června 2006.

Budova parlamentu se nachází v černohorském hlavním městě Podgorice.

Pravomoci
Parlament stanoví premiéra jmenovaného prezidentem, stejně jako premiér volí ministry. Parlament rovněž schvaluje všechny zákony Černé Hory, ratifikuje mezinárodní smlouvy, jmenuje soudce všech soudů, schvaluje rozpočet a vykonává další povinnosti, jak je stanoveno v ústavě. Parlament může vyjádřit nedůvěru vládě většinou členů.

Volební období
Členové jsou voleni na čtyři roky. Každý ze 74 poslanců reprezentuje 6000 voličů, což vede ke změně celkového počtu poslanců v parlamentu (po volbách v roce 2009 má černohorský parlament 81 poslanců místo předchozích 74).

Předsedové parlamentu

Černohorský senát (1831-1878)
 Ivan Ivanović Vukotić (2. září 1831 - leden 1834)
 Matija Vučićević (2. září 1831 - 1834)
 Pero Tomov Petrović (3. září 1837 - 1. prosince 1853)
 Đorđije Savov Petrović (3. září 1837 - 1. prosince 1853)
 Đorđije Savov Petrović (1. prosince 1853 - 1857)
 Nikanor Ivanović (březen 1857 - duben 1857)
 Velkovévoda Mirko Petrović-Njegoš (1857 - 1867)
 Vévoda Božo Petrović-Njegoš (1867 - 1878)

Národní shromáždění Černohorského knížectví a království (1906-1916)
31. října 1906 - 9. července 1907

 Vévoda Šako Petrović (27. listopadu 1906 - 9. července 1907)

21. listopadu 1907 - 12. února 1911

 Labud Gojnić (27. listopadu 1907 - 14. prosince 1908)
 Marko Đukanović (14. prosince 1908 - 1. prosince 1909; 1. prosince 1909 - 1. prosince 1910)
 Milo Dožić (1. prosince 1910 - 12. února 1911)

1. prosince 1911 - 25. října 1913

 Jovan Plamenac (1. prosince - 25. října 1913)

28. ledna 1914 - 4. ledna 1916

 Milo Dožić (28. ledna 1914 - 4. ledna 1916)

Parlament Černé Hory v rámci Jugoslávie
Lidový parlament Socialistické republiky Černá Hora

 Miloš Rašović(1945 - 1946, listopad 1946 - prosinec 1946)
 Petar Komnenić (listopad 1946 - 1949)

Lidový parlament Černohorské lidové republiky

 Đuro Čagorović (1949 - 1953)
 Nikola Kovačević (1950 - prosinec 1953)
 Blažo Jovanović ( 1953 - 1962

Parlament Černohorské lidové republiky

 Filip Bajković (1962 - 1963)

Parlament Socialistické republiky Černá Hora

 Andrija Mugoša (1963 - 1967)
 Veljko Milatović (1963 - 1967, květen 1969 - říjen 1969)
 Vidoje Žarković (1969 - 1974)
 Budislav Šoškić (1974 - 1979)
 Radivoje Brajović (1979 - 1982)
 Milutin Tanjević (1982 - 1983)
 Omer Kurpejović (1983 - 1984)
 Čedomir Đuranović (1984 - 1985)
 Marko Matković (1985 - 1986)
 Velisav Vuksanović (1986 - 1989)
 Dragan Radonjić (1989 - 1990)
 Risto Vukčević (1990 - 28 April 1992)

Parlament Republiky Černá Hora (ve FR Jugoslávie)

 Risto Vukčević (28. dubna 1992 - 1994)
 Svetozar Marović (1994 - 2001)
 Rifat Rastoder
 Vesna Perović (2001 - 2002)
 Filip Vujanović (5. listopadu 2002 - 4. února 2003)
 Rifat Rastoder (5. listopadu 2002 - 4. února 2003)
 Dragan Kujović (5. listopadu 2002 - 4. únor 2003)

Parlament Republiky Černá Hora (v rámci soustáti Srbsko a Černá Hora)
 Filip Vujanović (4. února 2003 - 19. května 2003)
 Rifat Rastoder (4. února 2003 - 19. května 2003)
 Dragan Kujović (4. února 2003 - 19. května 2003)
 Ranko Krivokapić (2003 - 3. června 2006)
 Rifat Rastoder (2003 - 3. června 2006)
 Slavoljub Stijepović (2003 - 3. června 2006)

Parlament Republiky Černá Hora
 Ranko Krivokapić (3. června 2006 - současnost)
 Rifat Rastoder (3. června 2006 - současnost)
 Slavoljub Stijepović (3. června 2006 - současnost)

Související články
 Černá Hora
 Vláda Republiky Černá Hora
 Politický systém Černé Hory

Externí odkazy

 Oficiální WEB stránky černohorského parlamentu

Černohorská politika
Jednokomorové parlamenty


Not planning to do this module? You can skip to the next section.
For more information about using SNMP, see SNMP Monitoring Quick Start Guide.
Prerequisite: You will need to know the SNMP settings for the device you want to add.
In the Uptime Infrastructure Monitor Web interface, begin by clicking Config, then clicking Global Element Settings in the left pane. As you did with agent- and WMI-based servers in the previous track, you can create a common definition that many or all of your SNMP devices use, allowing you to auto discover large groups that share the same properties.
Select the SNMP Version for this common SNMP definition.
SNMP Port: The port on which the network device is listening.
Username: (v3) The name that is required to connect to the network device.
Authentication Password: (v3) The password that is required to connect to the network device.
Authentication Method: (v3, optional) From the list, select an option that will determine how encrypted information traveling between the network device and Uptime Infrastructure Monitor will be authenticated.
Privacy Password: (v3) The password that will be used to encrypt information traveling between the network device and Uptime Infrastructure Monitor.
Privacy Type: (v3, optional) From the list, select an option that will determine how information traveling between the network device and Uptime Infrastructure Monitor will be encrypted.
Read Community: (v1 and v2) A string that acts like a user ID or password, giving you access to the network device instance.
Validation Step: Test the global setting by entering a SNMP device in the Test Configuration section.
Now you are ready to go find an SNMP device or two!
In the Auto Discovery pop-up, confirm that you want to Discover Servers and Network Devices on Your Network, and then click Next.
In the next step, select Network Devices with SNMP, and ensure the Use Global SNMP Connection Configuration check box you defined in the previous exercise is selected.
Enter the subnet or an IP address range, similar to above.
Click Next to start the Auto Discovery process.
Scroll to the bottom of the Auto Discovery list, and click Add. As a final step, you will receive confirmation that the network device is now part of your monitored inventory.
If you followed the exercises that comprised the vCenter Server track and physical server track, your inventory already includes a vCenter Server Element (along with its Infrastructure Groups), as well as an agent-based Linux server, and WMI-based Windows server. In addition, you will now see the network device you added in the previous exercise. Your inventory is now a mix of virtual and physical servers on different platforms, and network devices. Also note the platform-specific icons beside each Element type.
Over the last three tracks of this "Add Elements to Uptime Infrastructure Monitor" module, you have viewed the Quick Snapshot for different Element types: a vCenter Server, a VM, servers, and now an SNMP-based network device. Similar to a newly-added server in the previous module, there is not yet any performance data for this device to display, but there will be shortly. After moving through more of this Getting Started Guide, we will return to this Quick Snapshot to view some data.


EDITOR'S NOTE: Case 79259 was closed as Information Only.
A Pennsylvania witness at Slippery Rock reported watching and videotaping a sphere-shaped UFO the size of a basketball, according to testimony in Case 79259 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
The witness is a student at Slippery Rock University who ruled out ball lightning, dust particles and bugs. The event occurred beginning about 10:27 p.m. on September 18, 2016.
reflection on a closed window, someone using a small LED in the room behind you???


Posted by Meredith Scott on April 3, 2015.
In February, my family took my six-year-old to a Friend-a-Versary at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. For the younger set, this is a dream come true – a day of face painting, tattoos, open spaces with kids running everywhere, a visit with Elephant and Piggie and free E&P books (donated by CLiF partners First Book) plus art projects, scavenger hunts, and famous illustrators reading from their books.
This event framed discussion of my daughter's birthday party. Obviously, recreating the Carle's extravaganza at home was out. However, she stuck with the book theme and decided to plan her party around her favorite book, The Story of the Samson.
The book tells the life story of a sailing vessel – from sailing around the sinking Titanic because of its illegal cargo to serving as a polar exploration museum in the 1933 World's Fair to its untimely end and ultimate repurposing. Because of my museum training, I encourage talking about the stories objects tell, but even I admit it is a strange choice for a seventh birthday party.
I thought back to my own childhood birthday parties (before Pinterest!). I remember most vividly the Little House on the Prairie themed party where we made cornhusk dolls and pulled taffy. I worried in this age of over-the-top birthday parties and streaming music and movies, this particular theme might lose our young guests' attention.
My daughter excitedly listed the different segments of the Samson story. How to incorporate penguins, molasses, and ships in mid-winter snowy Vermont for seven seven-year-old girls? We tweaked the theme to exploration and used her list to plan penguin crafts, an indoor treasure hunt, and cork-boat races in a water tub. We satisfied all the food needs by making gluten and dairy free molasses cookies and serving orange slices and lemon Italian ice (to fight scurvy). We sent each girl home with pencil, notebook, stickers, and hopefully an inclination to explore and to read The Story of the Samson.
Hunting for treasure (peanuts and Starbursts) multiple times, because it was more fun to hide them for each other and then to divide them up equally.
Experimenting with painting the water and sinking the boats trumped designing sails.
Discovering styrofoam cups make better hot air balloon baskets for Calico Critters than polar bear noses.
Mostly, I loved how they made this book come to life. With help from Pinterest – but without face painting and tattoos – the book themed party survives!
This is how many children CLiF has served since 1998.


On this day 80 million barrels of oil will be pumped out of the ground. The ground water will decrease with half a billion cubic meters. There will be 140 square kilometres of forest lost. 330 square kilometres will turn into deserts. 200 000 more people will need food, safe drinking water, energy to cook. One hundred million tons of CO2 will be released into the atmosphere. Ocean and land temperatures will continue to rise, ice sheets melt, sea level rise, precipitation patterns change, extreme summer temperatures become more frequent, and droughts and crop failure will increasingly jeopardize the welfare of human beings.
Today one billion people are malnourished. At the same time 1.5 billion people eat too much. Persistent poverty, environmental degradation and poor governance are widespread but avoidable. What should be the responsibility of the powerful states, the intergovernmental organizations, the international corporations, the individual citizens, in achieving a more sustainable, equitable and harmonious world where basic needs are met for all human beings?
Is Seafood Good for You?
Dietary guidelines all over the world recommend consuming at least 2 portions of fish per week. Many species of fish are an excellent source of polyunsaturated fatty acids and vitamin D, among other nutrients. However, as with many dietary guidelines, a critical evaluation of this reveals that the scientific evidence underlying this recommendation can be disputed. Epidemiologists and toxicologists are able to discover fish consumers due to their higher levels of mercury and other persistent pollutants in their blood, which may limit any positive health effect of fish consumption. Therefore, we will discuss the positive and negative health effects of fish consumption in this roundtable discussion.
ethical challenges, career options, networking and how to communicate with the public.


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«Hotel California» — пісня гурту Eagles з однойменного альбому 1976 року. Пісню також було випущено у вигляді синглу на початку 1977 року. Через три місяці після випуску сингл було сертифіковано золотим за продаж більш ніж 1 млн платівок.

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Кавер-версії пісні створили такі гурти як Gipsy Kings, The Killers,  і Маджек Фашек (версію якого часто приписують Бобу Марлі). Також кавер-версію цієї пісні виконує гурт «Воплі Відоплясова» («ВВ»).

У 1978 році пісня отримала нагороду «Греммі» у номінації «Запис року».

Інтерпретація
Слова пісні про розкішний готель, з якого можна виїхати в будь-яку мить, але який не можна залишити ніколи. Пісня розповідає про втомленого мандрівника, спійманого в пастку схожим на нічний кошмар готелем, який на перший погляд здавався привітним та звабливим. Це алегорія на гедонізм та самознищення, притаманні музичній індустрії Південної Каліфорнії другої половини 70-х років. Дон Генлі називав її «нашою інтерпретацією дурманного життя в Лос Анжелесі». Пізніше він уточнив: «у принципі це пісня про темну підчеревину американської мрії, про що ми знали чимало».

Учасники запису
 Дон Генлі — вокал, ударні, бек-вокал
 Гленн Фрай — 12-струнна акустична гітара, бек-вокал
 Дон Фелдер — вокал, 12-струнна електрогітара, акустична гітара
 Джо Волш — електрогітара
 Ренді Мейснер — бас-гітара, бек-вокал

Примітки

Посилання
 Один из вариантов истории написания песни
 С. Курий — «Как и о чем написана песня "Hotel California" группы EAGLES?»
 Літературний переклад Дмитра Куренівця
 Переклад (вільний переспів) Олександра Сушка

Пісні 1976
Сингли 1977
Пісні Eagles
Пісні США
Англомовні пісні
Рок-балади
Пісні, які ввійшли у список 500 найкращих пісень усіх часів за версією журналу «Rolling Stone»
Пісні за алфавітом
Сингли, які очолювали Billboard Hot 100


Peter Washington took up the bass at an early age. He became interested in jazz while at the University of California, Berkeley. He was a natural talent and began freelancing with the likes of vibist Bobby Hutcherson, tenor saxophonist Harold Land, vocalists Ernestine Anderson and Chris Conner. He joined Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers in New York while freelancing in the NY area and worked his way up into becoming one of the first-call musicians on the New York scene. In the early 1990s, Peter joined the Tommy Flanagan Trio -- known to many as the "greatest trio in jazz" -- and played with them until Tommy's passing in 2002. Peter is also renowned for his work with Bill Charlap's trio along with drummer Kenny Washington.


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package com.flying.xiao;

import java.util.List;

import android.content.IntentFilter;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.os.Message;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.AdapterView.OnItemClickListener;
import android.widget.ListView;

import com.flying.xiao.adapter.ListViewMyFriendAdapter;
import com.flying.xiao.boardcastreceive.WebSocketMsgReceive;
import com.flying.xiao.common.UIHelper;
import com.flying.xiao.constant.Constant;
import com.flying.xiao.control.NetControl;
import com.flying.xiao.db.DBHelper;
import com.flying.xiao.entity.XUserInfo;

public class MyFriends extends BaseActivity
{

	private ListView mLv;
	private List<XUserInfo> myFriendList;
	private ListViewMyFriendAdapter adapter;
	private DBHelper dbHelper;

	private WebSocketMsgReceive receive;
	private IntentFilter filter;

	@Override
	protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
	{
		super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
		dbHelper=DBHelper.getDbHelper(this);
		appContext.listManager.setMyFriendOnline();
//		myFriendList = appContext.listManager.getMyFriendList();
		myFriendList=dbHelper.selectFriends();
		setContentView(R.layout.activity_my_friends);
		initHeadView();
		initView();
		initData();
	}

	@Override
	protected void initHeadView()
	{
		super.initHeadView();
		mHeadTitle.setText("ÎҵĺÃÓÑ");
		mHeadRightView.setVisibility(View.GONE);
	}

	private void initView()
	{

		mLv = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.my_friend_list_view);
		adapter = new ListViewMyFriendAdapter(this, myFriendList, R.layout.activity_my_friends_list_item);

		mLv.setAdapter(adapter);
		mLv.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener()
		{

			@Override
			public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id)
			{
				UIHelper.showChat(MyFriends.this, myFriendList.get(position));
			}
		});
	}

	private void initData()
	{
		mHandler = new Handler()
		{

			@Override
			public void handleMessage(Message msg)
			{
				super.handleMessage(msg);
				switch (msg.what)
				{
				case Constant.HandlerMessageCode.USER_NOT_LOGIN:
					UIHelper.ToastMessage(MyFriends.this, R.string.user_login_out_of_date);
					UIHelper.showLoginDialog(MyFriends.this);
					break;
				case Constant.HandlerMessageCode.GET_MY_FRIENDS_FAIL:
					UIHelper.ToastMessage(MyFriends.this, "»ñÈ¡Êý¾Ý³ö´í...");
					break;
				case Constant.HandlerMessageCode.GET_MY_FRIENDS_SUCCESS:
					List<XUserInfo> list = (List<XUserInfo>) msg.obj;
					dbHelper.insertFriends(list);
					myFriendList.clear();
					myFriendList.addAll(dbHelper.selectFriends());
//					myFriendList.clear();
//					myFriendList.addAll(list);
//					appContext.listManager.setMyFriendOnline();
					adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
					break;

				default:
					break;
				}
			}
		};
		NetControl.getShare(this).getMyFriends(mHandler);

	}

	public void changeFriendState()
	{
		System.out.println("----changeFriendState");
//		appContext.listManager.setMyFriendOnline();
		myFriendList.clear();
		myFriendList.addAll(dbHelper.selectFriends());
		adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
	}

	@Override
	protected void onStart()
	{
		super.onStart();
		receive = new WebSocketMsgReceive();
		filter = new IntentFilter();
		filter.addAction("com.flying.xiao.WebSocketMsgReceive");
		registerReceiver(receive, filter);
	}

	@Override
	protected void onStop()
	{
		super.onStop();
		unregisterReceiver(receive);
	}

	@Override
	protected void onResume()
	{
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
		super.onResume();
		changeFriendState();
	}

}

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tl;dr - Automated form-based workflows make business processes more efficient and more transparent. Gravity Flow brings this powerful dimension to Gravity Forms.
Regular Gravity Wiz readers already know the power and flexibility of Gravity Forms. It can be used to build any type of form, it's easy to customize, it integrates with just about everything, and it has a great ecosystem of third-party add-ons. You can even use it to build a simple membership site.
But what if your account registration form needs approval from a couple of administrators before the user account or site is created? What if your client's job application form needs to be sent back to the applicant for additional information and then on to a manager for approval? What if an order form needs approval if it's over a certain amount before collecting payment from the customer? These are all real-world challenges that have been solved with Gravity Flow.
Whenever you implement a workflow, no matter how humble you think it is, you should always try to keep in mind the business objectives. This is especially important if you're working on a workflow for a client because the value of the workflow to the client will have an effect how much you get paid.
Businesses processes can nearly always be improved. Remember that automated workflows will often replace chaotic ad hoc systems based on email or spreadsheets. Sometimes they'll replace an inefficient system implemented in a proprietary software package that's too expensive to maintain. Either way, the value generated by a well-designed and well-implemented workflow can be relatively enormous and the users are generally extremely grateful and relieved to receive the improvement.
The following examples should give you an idea of the kinds of processes that can be automated, how their workflows might be configured in Gravity Flow and their business objectives.
Here's an example of a simple process for a membership site. As you can see, the process 'flows' from top to bottom and takes about one week to complete. It involves a step expiration (auto-approve), plus step scheduling for the follow-up emails.
With the exception of the one approval step, which we'll look at below, all the the steps simply trigger a Gravity Forms add-on feed or notification in the right order and at the right time.
You can see how this process could easily be extended to include a complete onboarding process for new users by dripping more content over a longer period of time.
Save administrative time by automating emails and account creation.
Reduce turnaround time for new accounts.
If there's one thing I've learned over the years about business processes it's that no two processes are ever exactly the same. And if there's another thing I've learned, it's that it's really difficult to communicate or discuss even the simplest of processes without a without some kind of visual representation. A swimlane diagram really helps to clarify who needs to do what and when so you can identify each of the steps that are needed. You can do this on the back of an envelope or there are lots of diagramming tools that can help you. A swimlane diagram for a job application might look something like this.
In this workflow only the Recruiter, the HR Manager and the Department Managers have WordPress accounts. Even though the applicants do not have an account they are still able to participate in the workflow on the front-end using a special security token in the entry link.
Once you have the process clear and agreed with your stakeholders you can start adding workflow steps to the form. This is what the above process looks like in Gravity Flow.
In this process, there's a loop between the first and second steps until the recruiter either rejects or approves the request. Here's the first part of the configuration of the Recruiter Approval step. You can see the Recruiter user account is assigned to the approval step.
Next we define the email that should be sent out to the assignee (in this case the recruiter).
As you can see, if you're familiar with Gravity Forms you'll feel right at home with Gravity Flow. Notice the merge tags for the entry link, and the one-click approve/reject links.
In addition to the recruiter's email, the applicant also will receive an email if the application is rejected. The configuration of the rejection email is very similar to the assignee email except it's is assigned to the email field because the applicant does not have a user account.
Finally we need to configure the step routing – what happens when the approval step is rejected, approved, or reverted (sent to a user input step). If the recruiter sends the application back to the applicant the email will need to add a note explaining what further information is required so we'll make the workflow note required if reverted.
When an applicant submits an application form the recruiter will receive an email but it will also appear in his or her inbox. The inbox is a standard feature of Gravity Flow and it can be access either in the WordPress admin UI or on the front-end using the shortcode. By default the inbox looks like this but of course the columns can be adjusted.
When the recruiter clicks on the entry the workflow detail page is displayed along with the field value and the workflow box with the approval buttons.
When the recruiter clicks the revert button the entry is sent to the 'Modification by submitter' step. This User Input step is assigned to the email field.
When this step is triggered the applicant will receive an email with a link to the entry detail page on the front-end. As they don't have a WordPress account the link will contain a special security token which allows them to access only their own entry.
Increased efficiency by replacing an email-based system.
Improved transparency. Information is accessible centrally in the workflow timeline and no longer locked inside email accounts.
Forms built with Gravity Forms can do so much more than collect and display entries. They can reduce turnaround times, increase transparency and improve communication inside teams and with customers. If you'd like to find out more, head over to gravityflow.io.


Through the use of Web 2.0 technologies the production and distribution of professional digital video content for use in teacher education has become more prevalent. As teachers look to learn from and interact with this video content, they need explicit support to help draw their attention to specific pedagogical strategies and reduce cognitive load. This support can be provided through the use of different design strategies that include providing access to prompts, teacher commentary, reflective tools, and multiple representations of a particular observation. This article provides a review of these design strategies and discusses the ways in which they can be used to produce effective video for teacher education.
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