When it comes to customer service, the conversation often revolves around new technologies that will help improve your Key Performance Indicators such as Net Promoter Score, First Call Resolution Rate, and more. But there seems to be a critical factor missing from this common consideration: your employees! Nothing will impact your customer service more directly than the actual people providing it.
At the recent CCW Executive Exchange show in Miami, TD Bank described their approach to omni-channel support. Montresa McMillan, SVP of Omni Strategy at TD bank, spoke about their journey towards providing omni-channel customer experience through creating an overall business strategy that involved multiple departments working together and agreeing to invest in one cohesive support experience. The goal of focusing on not just supporting additional channels but supporting them in a fluid and connected way was a critical factor in TD's strategy and ultimately, the success of that strategy. The most important element in achieving this strategy was involving employees in the creation and execution of the omni-channel strategy from the beginning.
In general, omnichannel describes the change from one traditional customer support channel – phone calls – to multiple channels such as e-mail, social media, live-chat, chatbots, voice assistants and more. By chasing new channels and trying to be an early adopter, many companies lose sight of the human element. Given the ongoing turnover challenge in contact centers, this is a critical mistake.
Employees are the most valuable asset and especially in a customer service environment, agent turnover tends to outpace other industries. Motivating your top agents to stick with your company has a positive impact on your customers and reduces your costs.
There are a variety of different ways to motivate and show appreciation for your employees. Our focus is on how technology can be an important factor in job satisfaction and performance.
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Very often, a combination of the above leads to high turnover that negatively impacts both your Net Promoter Score and Customer Satisfaction.
When it comes to customer service technology that could alleviate some of these issues, chatbots are probably the most relevant today. They are a great opportunity to both implement new technology (making management happy) and reduce low-level support inquiries that don't require human involvement (making agents happy).
However, a chatbot is only as good as the information and employees it interacts with. Involve your employees in chatbot initiatives and demonstrate the benefits for them: chatbots will deflect tickets and annoying repeat questions that could be answered with a simple FAQ. This enables agents to focus on the more complex areas where they can add the most value and where emotional intelligence is required.
Finally, it is a new opportunity for agents to take on an additional role managing the chatbots and regularly monitoring and optimizing performance. This eliminates the more boring repetitive work they dislike and gives them new experience and job skills related to a hot current topic.
Being a customer service agent involves being surrounded by technology: IVR, speech analytics, a CRM, order management, e-learning, workforce and knowledge management and more. This means that agents not only have to deal with a wide range of different people and situations, but also an array of different software and technology.
For many employees it may even be their first real job and the long list of requirements for day-to-day work may seem more like rocket science than communication. This leads to frustration and eventually turnover if the software itself is not easy to use and if it fails to make the job more efficient. After all, machines exist to do the repetitive work, not humans.
What does Agent-Friendly Software Look Like?
Encourage your agents to stay with your company by making their lives easier. Technology is an essential part of their work, but it should complement their work and not be a stumbling block. If you achieve this, it's a win for your agents, for your customers and for your company.


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Miguel Caballero is the CEO of his Colombian based fashion company that produces stylish bulletproof clothing. For over 20 years Miguel Caballero Ltd. has built a clientele that includes politicians, notable public figures and others whose lives are at risk or in danger because of their high profile or controversial lifestyles. Nobody would have ever expected his company to branch out into children's merchandise. But the recent shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut has sparked interest in a need to make bulletproof products for a younger market. Sky News reported Caballero as saying, "We started getting emails from customers asking for protected clothing because they were afraid to take their kids to school....The product was created with the American market in mind...."
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Guardian: Collector finds unseen Charlie Chaplin film in tin
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Postby Bruce Calvert » Fri Nov 06, 2009 8:18 am
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/ ... y-reel-tin
Collector finds unseen Charlie Chaplin film in tin sold for £3.20 on eBay
• Collector turns detective in search of movie's secret
• Lost war propaganda reel could be worth £40,000
Charlotte Higgins, chief arts writer
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 5 November 2009 23.17 GMT
Morace Park was footling around on eBay looking for antiques when he stumbled on an item that was listed casually as an "old film" – and even then he was really more interested in the tin it was in.
"It had a lovely look to it," said Park. But the contents of the battered container, which he bought for the princely sum of £3.20, have turned out to be a previously unknown film by Charlie Chaplin.
Park – who, when he is not buying and selling antiques as a hobby, runs a company that develops products with inventors – bought the film "from someone else who deals in bits and bobs". When his parcel arrived, he didn't even bother to open it for a while. But when he did, he unfurled a little of the film and saw the title: Charlie Chaplin in Zepped. "I Googled it," he said, "and then my interest was pricked. I couldn't find any sign of it on the internet."
Park, from Essex, enlisted the help of a neighbour, John Dyer, the former head of education for the British Board of Film Classification. Dyer's excitement on seeing the film was "the catalyst for a wild journey" as the pair turned detective to try to unravel the mystery of what Zepped was – and why it was completely unknown to film historians and Chaplin experts.
The film, just under seven minutes long, is a mixture of footage of Chaplin and exuberant animation that reminded Park of Monty Python sequences. "It starts with live shots of Chaplin. It then turns into a dreamscape. We see a Zeppelin bombing attack. And then we see Chaplin taking the mickey out of the Zeppelin, at the time a powerful instrument of terror," he said.
They concluded that the movie, shot on 35mm nitrate film, had been put together as a first world war propaganda piece aimed at defusing fear of airship bombing raids, which had been launched on Britain by Germany from the beginning of 1915.
Another clue to the film's date and origins was provided by a reference in early frames to the Essanay film company. The 25-year-old Chaplin was contracted to the California-based company in December 1914, making such early masterpieces as The Bank, Work, and The Tramp, which established his "little tramp" character. But a year later, disputes over his contracts and salary led to a severance of relations between the star and his employers.
Park and Dyer are currently in Los Angeles to find out more, accompanied by the film-maker Hammad Khan, who is making a documentary about their quest.
On Monday, they showed the film to Michael Pogorzelski, a film-history expert and director of the archive of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the body responsible for the Oscars. "It is an extremely interesting find," he said. "An unknown and uncatalogued Charlie Chaplin film."
Pogorzelski believes the film consists of outtakes and footage from previous films re-edited by Essanay, and spliced together with fresh shots of Zeppelins and animated material, to create a "new" film. It was, he said, "definitely important and definitely interesting". It was an example of what he called "either piracy or entrepreneurship – depending on which side of the fence you're on."
According to David Robinson, the author of Chaplin: His Life and Art, when Chaplin left Essanay, the company tried to exploit the footage it had, adding two further reels to Burlesque on Carmen, a film Chaplin had completed as two reels, to create a film of feature length. This resulted in a volley of litigation and counter-litigation.
Robinson – who has not yet seen Zepped – believes the film may fall into this context, with Essanay attempting to get maximum mileage out of its lost star. The legal controversy may account for the fact that Zepped never saw wide circulation.
The print acquired by Park seems to have been classified for exhibition in Egypt, which was then a British protectorate. But how the fragile, precious and highly flammable film survived and ended up on eBay is a mystery.
Because Chaplin "tended not to waste material" Robinson believes Zepped may consist of known footage – but he said: "There's always the chance that there will be a brand-new Chaplin gag in the film."
He believes the real value of Park's eBay find could be anything from £3,000 to £40,000.
According to Pogorzelski, it is essential that the desperately fragile nitrate print is transferred to film. "We at the academy have volunteered to take it on," he said. "But this film was uncovered in the UK and it should probably remain there."
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Re: Guardian: Collector finds unseen Charlie Chaplin film in tin
Postby Bruce Calvert » Sat Nov 07, 2009 8:18 pm
Here's some photos of the surviving print...
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/lost-chaplin-film-discovered-in-5-can-bought-on-ebay-1815748.html?action=Popup&ino=1
Postby Richard M Roberts » Sat Nov 07, 2009 8:59 pm
Well, those frames are from RECREATION, whch survives, although a nice 35mm nitrate would not be unwelcome.
Ian Elliot
Postby Ian Elliot » Sat Nov 07, 2009 9:46 pm
The Independent has also published some more details regarding the content and the sourcing for the Chaplin footage (mentioning outtakes from three Chaplins, but omitting RECREATION), and the documentary in the works about the find:
Postby Richard M Roberts » Sat Nov 07, 2009 11:34 pm
Ian Elliot wrote: The Independent has also published some more details regarding the content and the sourcing for the Chaplin footage (mentioning outtakes from three Chaplins, but omitting RECREATION), and the documentary in the works about the find:
Actually, I correct myself, those shots are from HIS NEW PROFESSION, but they're depicted in the FILMS OF CHARLIE CHAPLIN BOOK as RECREATION, so my brain always jumps to that conclusion. Darn pesky old memory.
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Postby Rob Farr » Sun Nov 08, 2009 6:54 am
Anyone who believes this film is worth £3,000 to £40,000, please contact me: I've got some shares of Al Detlaff Enterprises I'd like to sell you. Does anyone at AMPAS know how to contact these guys? If the grand premiere were held at Slapsticon '10, the resulting publicity in the Washington Post would certainly increase the value. If it actually yields some alternative takes (and I won't believe that until someone on this forum sees it) it would be an interesting curio; a worthy bonus in some future Chaplin Essanay collection. But anyone who owns Chaplin or Keaton films going back to the 8mm days probably has takes that are alternatives to the "official" version. The old fragmented version of "Daydreams" has several shots and and even a gag not on the Kino DVD edition. To my mind the greatest alternative find of the decade is the Alpine climber sequence of gags in "One AM" and that didn't garner a blip in the mainstream media. Nor did the discovery of "Hard Luck" a decade earlier.
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Postby Bruce Calvert » Tue May 31, 2011 2:08 pm
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... 0-000.html
Chaplin's lost war film: After it was bought for £3.20 on eBay, silent footage may be worth £100,000
By Tamara Cohen
Last updated at 10:30 PM on 30th May 2011
(Click on the Daily Mail link above for some frame reproductions)
It was a battered old film tin for sale on eBay for £3.20, and buyer Morace Park bought it simply because he liked the look of it.
Now, however, its contents have become part of movie history.
Inside the tin was a previously unknown Charlie Chaplin silent film made in 1916, a discovery which has astonished film experts across the world.
Entitled Zepped, it features unseen footage of a German Zeppelin airship over England in the First World War, as well as special effects techniques that would not become commonplace for another decade.
The seven-minute film, which is expected to make £100,000 at auction next month, was propaganda designed to defuse fear of Zeppelin raids which had brought death and destruction throughout 1915.
The 35mm film starts with Chaplin wishing he could return from America and fight alongside British soldiers.
In images seen here for the first time, he sits down to read a newspaper story about a Zeppelin being taken down, and then falls asleep.
In his dream, a Zeppelin hovers over the English countryside. Chaplin flies through the skies before landing on a church spire in England, and saving a damsel along the way.
The film features the only known footage of a Zeppelin raid over London, although the experts are divided on whether it is real or clever puppetry. It also features early experiments with animation, including the face of Kaiser Wilhelm emerging from a German sausage.
Mr Park, a company director from Essex, bought the film tin in 2009 from an anonymous vendor selling 'loads of junk, probably from a house clearance or car boot sale'.
After unrolling the 900ft film to find the title, he tried to look it up but drew a blank.
With the help of neighbour John Dyer, former head of education at the British Board of Film Classification, he began a quest to solve the mystery, which will feature in a documentary.
They travelled to the studios in California where the film was shot, Chaplin's home in Switzerland, an archive of rare films in Italy, and to visit the world's foremost Zeppelin expert in Germany, as well as film buffs from London to Hollywood.
Mr Park said: 'They were dumbfounded. We spoke to every leading expert on rare films and Chaplin and no one had heard about it.'
Dr Michael Hammond, lecturer in film at Southampton University, said: 'This is a watershed moment in film history.'
The film will be auctioned by Bonhams on June 29 and the documentary, The Rarest Film In The World?, will be released later this year.
Chris Seguin
Postby Chris Seguin » Tue May 31, 2011 4:47 pm
These guys are self-promoters of the first order! Good luck with that 100,000 pound pricetag, but it's nice publicity for their documentary....
Steve Rydzewski
Postby Steve Rydzewski » Tue May 31, 2011 9:56 pm
Ya know what blows is that I remember bidding on this film early in the game and the seller ended it prematurely telling me he decided he wanted to do more research on the film. I told him - in my best Stan Laurel - that's a good idea. So this is what happened! LOL The original seller is probably laughing his way to the poorhouse thanks to his own breaking an eBay transgression!
Robert Arkus
Postby Robert Arkus » Tue May 31, 2011 10:16 pm
"A watershed moment in film history" ... What the ..??
There was a legitimate Chaplin find that happened last year and, yes it rightly made international news, but this? I agree with Mr. Farr that there have been far more worthy discoveries and if a lost Pat Sullivan cartoon was found, I don't think it would make any headlines. There's probably more Chaplin out-takes in my Fractured Flickers boxed set than this film (if there are any actual out-takes!). I hope Chris is right and it's all hype to promote this upcoming docudrama. Color me dumbfounded!
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Animals are the victims of the pet overpopulation problem. People can be the solution.
It is only by engaging people in the cause of homeless pets that we will build No Kill communities. People adopt. People spay or neuter their pets and prevent them from breeding. People volunteer their time, donate financially and spread awareness in their network.
By inspiring and mobilizing people, we are able to create collective impact that brings about change.
This is why community engagement is the foundation of what we do at PAWS Chicago.
Engaging Volunteers
Proactive Outreach
Conscious Action
Making people aware of the killing of homeless animals has been our founding mission since day one.
In May 1998, we launched PAWS Chicago with the first Angels with Tails adoption event on Michigan Avenue and Oak Street. The event brought awareness to the wonderful pets available for adoption—and the shocking number of pets killed each year in Chicago.
Shining a light on pet homelessness—and the resultant killing—has mobilized thousands of people to get involved in our cause by adopting, volunteering, fostering and donating to homeless pets. We continue to raise awareness through:
Since our founding Angels with Tails event, offsite adoption events in high-traffic destinations have been a key part of community engagement. See our upcoming events.
Engaging the media
Television, print and radio are the best channels to reach new audiences and spread the message of animal welfare. Our media partners have been instrumental in raising awareness about pet homelessness and promoting adoption.
With a circulation of 200,000, this publication is seen by more people than any other local Chicago magazine. Its goal is to raise awareness about our mission, dig deep into important animal topics and encourage conscious action on behalf of animals. Read the latest issue.
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Pinterest and other social media channels have become some of the best vehicles for promoting the cause of homeless pets. They drive adoption, volunteering, fostering and financial support. They are also great forums to spread awareness about important animal issues and encourage our supporters to share with their networks.
Our website is the best expression of our mission to raise awareness about pet homelessness and how people can get involved.
Engaging the next generation of animal welfare advocates will help us solve the problem of pet homelessness and keep it that way. Learn more about this important programming.
Since our founding in 1997, volunteers have been the lifeblood of PAWS Chicago. In 2018, volunteers donated 143,933 hours to equal the work of 69 full-time staff members. They work in every facet of our organization, from intake and adoption counseling to humane education and community outreach.
It is our volunteers—and our foster families—who have enabled our growth over the years. Because of them, we can expand our services to save even more animals.
Find out more about becoming a volunteer or foster parent with PAWS Chicago.
It is not enough to talk about the plight of homeless animals. It is essential to get the information directly to under-resourced communities that are the source of pet overpopulation.
And so, PAWS for Life was born. Through its community outreach component, we go door-to-door, bringing community members information on spay/neuter, vaccinations and general wellness. This helps them keep their pets healthy and helps increase the number of pets who have been spayed or neutered.
PAWS for Life also has a desk at Chicago's Animal Care & Control (the city pound). Here, we talk with people planning to give up their pets:
We try to help them find other solutions
We let them know about programs that could help, such as the Pet Food Bank
We offer medical care or behavior support
We encourage spay/neuter for all pets, giving people the knowledge and resources to prevent future pets from entering shelters
By spreading the word about animal homelessness, pet overpopulation and the killing that results, we're spurring people to take action when it comes to animal welfare.
That means that now they make the choice to adopt an animal, rather than buy from a breeder. It means they choose to spay/neuter their pet(s). It means they become advocates—spreading the word about the work we do to the people they know as well.
Children not only have a natural affinity for helping cats and dogs; they also are our future animal advocates. Children are not only a frequent source of information for their families, but they will be the decision-makers of the future.
Arming them with knowledge about what is happening to homeless pets and why—and giving them examples of how they can help—benefits animals of today and tomorrow.
Our Humane Education curriculum is modular, enabling schools to select their preferred topics. Engagement with a classroom can range from a single presentation to routine appearances. Our PACT (PAWS-Animals-Community-Teens) After-School Program is designed to educate teens on the inner workings of an animal shelter through direct involvement. This helps them:
Understand how pet overpopulation occurs in under-resourced communities,
Learn animal-handling skills, including how to stay safe around both owned and stray animals
Learn how their actions can affect both the animals and residents of their communities
Through leadership training, we are helping children, teens and families make informed choices regarding pets in their homes and pets in their communities.
Find out more about what No Kill means.
Pippen Fasseas Adoption Center
1997 N. Clybourn Ave
Chicago, IL 60614 - Map it
773-935-7297 (PAWS)
Mon-Fri – 12 - 7 p.m.
Sat-Sun – 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Glenn L. Felner North Shore Adoption Center
1616 Deerfield Road
Highland Park, IL 60035 - Map it
Monday - 12 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Tues/Wed: 12 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Thurs/Fri: 12 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Sat/Sun: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Medical Center & Lurie Clinic
773-521-7729 (SPAY)
Sunday: 6:45 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Tue, Wed, Thu: 6:45 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Blazer Building Training & Foster Center
1933 N. Marcey Street
Englewood Outreach Center
Located in the lower level of St. Stephen's Lutheran Church.
Offers programs and resources for neighborhood pet owners. Hours vary. Center does not house animals.
Pet owners in Englewood and Back of the Yards may call 773-217-9113 for more information.


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Q: How to create a basic 2d directional movement method in javascript? i am new to programming and i want to create a basic 2d directional movement method in javascript. i have a black canvas which is gonna be used as the background, and a white small canvas as a person. i want to be able to make the white canvas move based on arrow keyboard input. and the method is by modifying the top and left margin to make a movement illusion. i need some advise on what should i do and how should i do this, can someone help? :)
here's my html setup
    <!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en" dir="ltr">
    <head>
        <meta charset="utf-8">
        <title>main</title>
        <script src="script.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
        <style media="screen">
            #myCanvas {
                background: black;
            }
            #person {
                background:  white;
            }
        </style>
    </head>
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            <canvas id="myCanvas" width="300" height="300" style="position: absolute;left: 0;top: 0;"></canvas>
            <canvas id="person" width="8" height="20" style="position: absolute;top: 280px;left: 10px;"></canvas>

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    var canvas;
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    var direction;
    var left = "left";
    var up = "up";
    var right = "right";
    var down = "down";
    var noD = "noD";

    var marginTopNow;
    var marginLeftNow;

    var rightDirection = false;
    var upDirection = false;
    var rightDirection = false;
    var downDirection = false;

    const LEFT_KEY = 37;
    const UP_KEY = 38;
    const RIGHT_KEY = 39;
    const DOWN_KEY = 40;

    function init() {
        canvas = document.getElementById('myCanvas');
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        ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
        direction = noD;
    }

    function move() {
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It's Opening Night at the Ballantyne Foundation's production of The Nutcracker, but it's curtains for the Sugar Plum Fairy. When her body is found backstage, fatally poisoned by a cupcake she baked herself, rumors turn to suicide. But Elli Lisbon, director of the Ballantyne and coordinator of the ballet, smells something rotten amidst the sugar and spice.


Opera user Uls from Sankt Petersburg made a post with two You Tube movies about a Matt, man who travels around the world…. just to record some silly dancing. It is amazing. Please, if you have time visit this post. It is in Russian but I hope she will translate it in English as well.
Hmm, then you may try to download it directly from You Tube. Type "Where the hell is Matt?" in a search field. I guess you have fast Internet connection.
Well, your monitor may be crap, but my computer will not play those videos! Grrr. Nice music though.
This is from You Tube, all you need is to try to update flash player in your PC. Go to You Tube and if they alert you to update it, you will find link there. After you did update, clear all the cache from your PC and then try to access You Tube again.I hope it will help.
That is because 8 years ago you were richer than me 10 years ago :)Anyway, I've seen low-res videos of that guy somewhere.
Nope. Doesn't work. I have a lot of trouble with Youtube yet I can watch a live streamed hockey game with little problem.
Ok. So , what does that mean?
Ok. I have a pentium 2 laptop with 256 RAM. And a very ancient video card. Isn't that enough info? Time for a new laptop. Though…I'm very fond of this one. My old dear friend.
The qulity of those movies are not better than quality of stream videos you watched. So it must be software problem and not hardware. My guess.
I have only a Pentium 2 ! The video card is not so good.
Oh, I saw Matt on Youtube a while back 😆 PS I could watch the video on her blog without trouble.
I saw that dude! :p i thought it was some fancy editing or something..If it's the same video i'm thinking of then the music is from Enigma – Return to Innocence..
It could also be the connection with Youtube servers that for some reason is slow from your location. Or your whole Internet connection is too slow.
Ana – ok :)Carol – how are you doing?
Darko, I'm doing ok. How are you doing?
I am ok too. I need to figure out how to go to training since the half of the city is blocked because of marathon race. I will need to walk a great part of it, probably.


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The Olympics Just Found Its First Trans Medalist
August 2, 2021 by Devin Randall
Images via Instagram @thequinny5
The Olympics are about to experience a historic first. A Canadian soccer player will become the first transgender, non-binary person to win a medal at the global sports competition.
According to NBC News, Canadian midfielder Quinn (who uses they/them pronouns) is primed to receive a medal at the end of this week. What exact medal they'll win depends on how Canada's women's soccer team fairs against the Swedish team on Friday, August 6.
The two teams will compete for the gold medal and the match will be the first time Canada's women's soccer team will compete in the final match at the Olympics. No matter what, however, the team and Quinn will walk away with a medal.
A post shared by Quinn (@thequinny5)
"I'm so proud of my team. They're my best friends. I'm so glad we're bringing back a better medal than bronze," said Quinn to Canadian news outlet the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.
"[I'm] getting messages from young people saying they've never seen a trans person in sports before," they added. "Athletics is the most exciting part of my life. … If I can allow kids to play the sports they love, that's my legacy and that's what I'm here for."
While Quinn has already received an Olympic medal, a bronze medal in the 2016 Rio d Janeiro Olympics, they had not come out at the time. Quinn came out as transgender and nonbinary in an Instagram post last year. While doing so, they encouraged their followers to be better allies to trans and nonbinary people.
"Coming out is HARD ( and kinda bs)," they wrote in September. "I know for me it's something I'll be doing over again for the rest of my life. As I've lived as an openly trans person with the people I love most for many years, I did always wonder when I'd come out publicly."
There are at least 179 openly LGBTQ athletes participating in the Olympics this year. While there has been controversy around athletes being outed over Grindr, most of the festivities have been a celebration of LGBTQ representation. Counting Quinn, about 25 LGBTQ athletes have won medals in Tokyo, Japan. In addition, at least three other Olympians are openly trans or non-binary: Laurel Hubbard, Alana Smith, and Chelsea Wolfe.
Congratulations and good luck to Quinn, the Canadian women's soccer team, and all the LGBTQ athletes yet to compete at this year's Summer Olympics.
Source, NBC News, CBC, Washington Post,
Tags #NonBinary, #Quinn, #Transgender, Soccer, Sports
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Among most popular and most praised Inbound Marketing conferences on the east coast, Search Love Boston has been an enlightening experience. I'm confident that it was the best conference experience that one can have for their first national conference. There is always something that I took away from each session, and it was well rounded going from technical SEO to content creation and aggregation.
My favorite session was Annie Cushing's presentation on SEO Site Audits. She provides a 300+ item checklist that would cover almost any part of SEO from a technical perspective. She also provides step-by-step solutions to many common errors that occur in Google Analytics; for example, segmentation of subdomains and URL parameters for ecommerce sites.
The general consensus, which was established at the beginning of this conference was how Google is cleaning up the SEO industry, though it is in very small increments. This was specifically directed to the Disavow a Link tool that was recently unveiled, though, please use caution using this tool on sites that don't have quantitative penalties or haven't been warned by Google through Webmaster Tools. Another good thing that Google released was the Panda and Penguin updates, which focused on quality content, and shying away from spam links.
At the other end of the spectrum, Google has been hurting the industry through making less and less data available to us. This is true for the "Not Provided" statistics that haunt all of our Google Analytics Accounts. Distilled reported almost 35% of their terms as not provided, and other members said it is almost as much as 70%. This does create a problem for the industry as a whole, and it will eventually disappear. I'm sure as this epidemic spreads, other tools will arise.
Great tips were given by Wil Reynolds presentation on beating the Algorithms. His stance is that Google has 1500 Employees with PHDs working on their products, and no matter how much you try; odds are you're not going to outsmart them. It is a lot easier to do RCS rather than spend copious amounts of time trying to beat the algorithm. In the end, by doing inbound marketing and acquiring links through legitimate ways, you can beat the algorithms almost every time, and if you are penalized unjustly, Google will fix it quickly; less than 12 hours in Seers Case.
One of the most influential speakers of the session was Dan Shapiro, now a Google Employee himself; he started SparkBuy which he sold to Google for an undisclosed amount. What shocked me with his presentation is all of the results that he got from just meeting people. From investors to eventually the person who helped get his company acquired by Google, it was all made through him speaking to people and making relationships. He spoke about him going out there and specifically speaking to people, making conversations wherever he goes. From someone who is cultivating a few startup ideas of his own, I found this presentation very inspirational.
During the let's get real session, all of the presenters gave a piece of information, here is what I found exceptionally interesting; first off was to use webpagetest.org to visually depict site speed. Next was the power of Distilled's SEO Training Service, Distilled U for all sorts of reasons, there are a lot of action packed pieces of info there, and for less than $50/month you can gain tons of invaluable insights on SEO and inbound marketing as a whole. Lastly, instead of asking clients "how am I doing" ask "what can I do for you" this way of thinking really changes the course of a client relationship.
Day two of Search Love Boston was action packed. It started off with an extremely informative session by David Mihm. David Mihm is one of the most reputable local SEOs in the world who does amazing things for the industry with his extensive market research and case studies. He started off with some interesting statistics. 30% of all searches have local intent, which is an aggregate of 20% of desktop searches and 50% of mobile searches. This means if you are a local business, odds are you should focus on local results.
In order to get a proper citation, which is crucial to local SEOGoogle needs to be able to associate a name, address and phone number with a Google +Local page, commonly known as NAP. Adding a URL is optional for this, but is preferred if the option is available.
Using structured data, from websites like schema and making a KML Sitemap are also really helpful for local search. Schema is an invaluable resource for both local and organic SEO. Some common uses of this is for the star rating also known as hReview and movie ratings. A KML Sitemap is a sitemap that uses geolocation indicators and is structured using protocols from KML.
Having at least one prominent link also is a crucial thing. That means having at least one authoritative link to your site that has a high DA/PA/PR can significantly increase your search results. This is especially true in competitive verticals. The quantity of links from local domains is also a really stong factor.
There is a lot of controversy over large companies that have multiple locations, things like supermarkets and chain stores. The ideal thing to do is to create an individual Google +Local page for each individual location and create an individual page on the company's website for each location. These locations all need to have unique phone numbers and addresses. Leveraging internal links to individual locations increase the presence of a local page.
There are three main aggregators of local content, mainly for Citations and it is important to ensure that data is correct on these before starting to claim citations on some of the more common sites. These are Localeze Infogroup & Acxicom. If trying to rank for Apple Maps and subsequently Siri, also make sure that yelp is completed with reviews.


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Q: Flip toggle switch looking rectangular instead of round I create a flip toggle switch with jQuery mobile like this:
<div>
  <select name ="oeffDienst" id="oeffDienst" data-role="slider">
    <option value="0">Nein</option>
    <option value="1">Ja</option>
  </select>
</div>

and it should look like this:

but instead it looks like this:

I am using jQuery mobile 1.3.2, which is supposed to have these flip toggle switches. I tested it on Android, iOS and Mac, all looking the same (wrong) way.
Anyone knows what is happening here? Am I doing something wrong?

A: found the problem, I was using a scheme that was transforming the toggle buttons
(made with the jQM theme roller)


Interesting , I wish your institution was near my place.
Well done students and teacher. When I was learning my electronics trade in the 1960's, I didn't have such a good school to be educated in. I was self taught and learned in the school of hard knocks. Your students are very blessed. Keep up the good work Justine!
I will and thanks to all.
I wish the same like Justice, your institution should have been nearby! Congratulations and all the very best always!