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Ryan Sitton inaccurately says 12 million people left without homes by Hurricane Harvey
A Texas official's guest editorial, shared on his campaign website, made us wonder about the whopping impact of Hurricane Harvey.
Ryan Sitton, a Houston Republican on the Texas Railroad Commission, opened his Nov. 7, 2017, article in Drilling Contractor: "Earlier this year, Hurricane Harvey left more than 12 million people in Texas and Louisiana without homes. The devastation of this storm was more far-reaching than anyone imagined."
That many people left homeless? That breaks out to an improbable 38 percent of the states' combined populations.
We sought Sitton's elaboration; a state aide, Katie McKee, said by email that she'd typed the 12 million figure when she intended to write 1 million. McKee said that we'd brought the error to Sitton's attention and a correction would be sought. Before we completed this fact-check, the version of his editorial on his campaign site had been amended to say 1 million; Drilling Contractor's post still said 12 million.
McKee told us Sitton intended to say the hurricane left more than 1 million people without homes, per a Sept. 8, 2017, CNN news story stating that after Harvey swirled over southeast Texas for several days, the "storm and subsequent flooding left more than 70 people dead and ravaged nearly 300 miles of the Texas coast and parts of Louisiana, flooding homes and displacing more than a million people."
FEMA figures
That story doesn't say how CNN got to its million-plus figure. For our part, we fruitlessly hunted other news accounts estmating the number of Texas and Louisiana residents left homeless. Next, we turned to press releases issued by agencies including the Federal Emergency Management Agency starting after Harvey landed and wreaked havoc in late August and early September 2017.
On Sept. 22, 2017, FEMA summed up Harvey's punch: "More than 19 trillion gallons of rainwater fell on parts of Texas, causing widespread, catastrophic flooding. Nearly 80,000 homes had at least 18 inches of floodwater, 23,000 of those with more than 5 feet."
That release further said: "Nearly 780,000 Texans evacuated their homes. In the days after the storm, more than 42,000 Texans were housed temporarily in 692 shelters. Local, state and federal first responders rescued 122,331 people and 5,234 pets." Also, the release said: "The volume of applications for disaster assistance was one of the highest in FEMA history. To date, 792,000 households have applied for assistance." (That figure was approaching 900,000 as of early December 2017.)
So, per FEMA, nearly 780,000 Texas residents evacuated homes.
Might that mean that many people were left without homes?
A FEMA spokeswoman, Deanna Frazier, initially told us that the agency had "no data on those left homeless as a result of the hurricane." Frazier otherwise said the 792,000 figure in FEMA's release reflected the number of Texas households that had filed requests by late September 2017 to receive grants for rental assistance, home repair, personal property replacement or direct housing (manufactured housing units or travel trailers).
Estimating flood-hit homes
Meantime, we noticed a Texas General Land Office press release, issued in December 2017, quoting the Texas land commissioner, George P. Bush, saying: "Hurricane Harvey affected nearly 50,000 square miles of Texas and damaged or destroyed more than a million homes."
By email, Bush spokeswoman Brittany Eck attributed Bush's "more than a million homes" to an earlier estimate of damaged or destroyed homes made by Gordon Wells, Ph.D., a research associate with the University of Texas Center for Space Research. Eck advised that when Harvey came ashore, Wells was "embedded with the GLO for hurricane response at the State Operations Center run by the Texas Department of Emergency Management."
By phone, Wells told us he didn't have an estimate of Texas residents left without homes by Harvey.
But Wells said he estimated the extent of Harvey-caused flooding initially by geo-locating homes for which 338,829 flood insurance claims had been filed by early October 2017.
Wells said that far more homes were flood-hit, however, considering that some 80-plus percent of homeowners and renters lacked flood coverage. "If the figure of 339,829 affected structures represents the insured population of homeowners," Wells wrote, "then the total number of impacted structures in the region would rise by a factor of five to nearly 1.7 million, including a large number with only minor water damage," Wells said. "This is higher than my original estimate of 1 to 1.1 million affected structures estimated from the insurance data available in early September."
Wells cautioned too that he did not gauge the destructive results of the hurricane's winds alone.
"The distribution of the insurance claims, widespread floodwater detected in satellite and aerial imagery and the tendency for homeowners not to insure their property for flood damage lead me to estimate that water damage of some degree occurred to over one million properties in Texas as a result of Hurricane Harvey and perhaps as many as 1.7 million properties based on the best available data," Wells wrote.
Fewer Louisiana residents left without homes?
Sharon Karr, a Louisiana-based FEMA spokeswoman, said the federal government issued a major disaster declaration in October 2017 for 20 of the state's Harvey-affected parishes--including six bordering Texas, a FEMA map shows. Nine of the parishes, Karr said by email, became eligible for aid to remove debris and repair roads and bridges, water control facilities, public buildings and utilities, parks and other recreational facilities.
By phone, though, Karr said FEMA did not authorize "individual disaster assistance" awards that could include housing assistance.
We separately noticed that Louisiana's September 2017 request for the disaster declaration said 312 residences in the state were "impacted" by the hurricane, including 19 "destroyed" residences and 48 with "major damage."
We also reached Mike Steele of the Louisiana Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, who said by phone the state doesn't have a tracking system to tally displaced residents after a disaster.
Karr and Steele each suggested we elicit detail about residents left without homes from preparedness officials in Calcasieu Parish. Our attempts to do so didn't succeed.
Our ruling
Sitton wrote: "Earlier this year, Hurricane Harvey left more than 12 million people in Texas and Louisiana without homes."
This figure, attributed to a typo, is improbably high. We also didn't spot an authoritative alternate count though it seems reasonable to say--based on requests for help through FEMA and a state expert's review rooted in flood insurance claims--that more than a million Texas residents sustained home damage. It looks to us like the hurricane left far fewer Louisianans without homes.
We rate Sitton's published claim False.
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Words by Hailee Carlin
The end of the spring semester brings nice weather, FlashFest and baseball. However, it also means that it's time to schedule for next semester's classes.
Many students schedule without a hitch.
Others, like Haley Hagan, a sophomore majoring in criminal justice, have had problems with advising and scheduling in the past, mostly with being blocked from classes and the availability of them.
"The holds were not cleared on four of the seven classes I'm taking next semester," Hagan says. "I was also not advised on a prerequisite needed for one of my minor classes, so I may not graduate on time now."
Hagan is scheduled for 18 credit hours next semester.
She says the scheduling system needs to be fixed, though she doesn't know how it could be changed.
"I just do not like that in scheduling, it is luck-of-the-draw," Hagan says. "It's a very stressful process because one minute a class could have five spots left, and you go to schedule and the class is now full. It's just frustrating."
Natalie Eusebio, a freshman majoring in public relations, is due to schedule for 16 credit hours.
She agrees with Hagan and says that she has problems with classes filling up too soon.
"A majority of the classes I want to take look to be full already for the fall semester," Eusebio says. "It is strange for me to pay tuition and do everything right, and then still get shut out of classes I need for my major."
One solution Eusebio says could work is to offer more classes, or if that can't happen, advisers could at least try a little harder to help students get into the ones they need.
"I do like that I can always be checking on classes and moving my schedule around," Eusebio says. "It's a very flexible system."
Hagan agrees and says, "I also like seeing who my professor is ahead of time, so I can read reviews and see what I'm getting into and who is in my classes."
Hagan uses the Kent State app to check who is in her classes, and the Rate My Professors website to look up reviews for possible instructors.
To schedule classes, a student first must meet with their academic advisor. Some classes may have to have special permission to take, like classes for a minor.
The course reference number, also called the CRN, is a five-digit number that is typed into the add or drop courses page as a way of claiming a spot in the class.
Students at Kent State schedule based off of credit hours. The more credit hours you have, the earlier you schedule.
For more information about scheduling classes, contact an adviser or the university registrar at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Hailee Carlin is the student life reporter for The Burr.

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New Delhi: The Sensex and Nifty suffered a bloodbath today, tracking a selloff in global equity markets. Overnight, the Wall Street suffered its biggest intraday decline in history. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended with a loss of about 1,200 points - nearly 4.6 per cent. Shares in other Asian markets were also under strong selling pressure, with Japan's Nikkei down about 5 per cent. The Sensex fell as much over 1,200 points to 33,482 while Nifty tumbled below 10,300. The rupee also fell to 64.38 against US dollar, as compared to Monday's close of 64.06.
Here are 10 Points regarding this :-
1)The trigger for the latest global selloff is Friday's job data in US, which showed American wages increasing at the fastest pace since 2009. This has raised alarm about higher inflation and with it potentially higher interest rates.
2)In anticipation of faster-than-expected rate hike from the Federal Reserve - the US central bank, bond yields have spiked in the US, undermining the attraction of equities. Higher bond yields are also seen as negative for emerging markets and commodity prices.
3)The US central bank had last month kept interest rate unchanged but said inflation would likely rise this year, raising the possibility faster-than-expected rate hikes.
4)On the other hand, global oil prices have dropped amid recent dollar strength, with international benchmark Brent futures hitting a one-month low of $66.90 per barrel earlier this week. A fall in global oil prices is seen as positive for India as the country imports bulk of its requirement.
5)Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday attributed the downslide in the local bourses to selloff in global markets. "It is not due to the Budget or the LTCG (long-term capital gains tax)," he said.
6)Apart from global selloff, the domestic sentiment has been hit by the Budget announcement of 10 per cent tax on long-term capital gains accrued from equity investments, say analysts. The Sensex fell over 800 points on Friday and over 300 points on Monday.
7)The Street would also be closely watching Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) policy stance tomorrow. It is expected that RBI could turn more hawkish on inflation after inflation hit a 17-month high in December, well above its 4 per cent target.
8)"We expect the RBI to remain on a pause in this policy. However, the tone will likely be more hawkish with probability of rate hikes in FY2019 increasing," said Suvodeep Rakshit, senior economist at Kotak Institutional Equities.
9)Sameet Chavan of Angel Broking said investors "should stay light and avoid making any kind of bottom fishing till the definite signals emerge".
10)The selloff in Indian markets was broad-based with all the stocks in the Nifty50 index trading in the red. Among the big losers, Tata Motors slumped over 7 per cent while Axis Bank and Indiabulls Housing Finance plunged nearly 5 per cent each.


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With the internet becoming one of the most sought-after platforms for performing multiple purchases, it has become imperative for the e-commerce merchants to have an e-store that's capable of wooing the customers instantly. Despite its popularity as a CMS(Content Management System), WordPress has been considered as one of the most specialized eCommerce platforms that help in building high-end e-commerce websites for a targeted group of audience.
In today's post, I'll walk you through an easy guideline on building a powerful and robust e-commerce website using a popular and highly recommended WordPress plugin called WooCommerce.
What makes WooCommerce one of the most preferred plugins for building a WordPress powered e-commerce website?
Well, it is the perfect compliance with the WordPress core and high-end e-Commerce features that make WooCommerce one of the foremost choices of online merchants who're interested in building a beautiful and feature-loaded e-commerce website. Available for free, WooCommerce plugin will effectively add cart to your website and help you in managing the content in a hassle-free way.
And now, let's head on to the steps associated with creating a WordPress enriched e-commerce website
Step 1- Install WordPress on your host's server
As the very first step, you need to buy a suitable hosting plan, followed by a quick installation of WordPress on your host's server. However, you may also opt for installing WordPress locally so as to test your website.
Step 2- Install the WooCommerce plugin
Once you're done with installing WordPress, it's time to log on to your admin dashboard and go to "Plugins" available within the menu displayed towards the left hand side. Next, click on "Add New" and you'll be able to view the WordPress plugin repository. From here, search for the "WooCommere" plugin and click on the "Install" button. Have a look at the screen-shot below:
Step 3- Configure the WooCommerce plugin
Now, click on 'WooCommerce' and go ahead with configuring different settings for your WooCommerce plugin. Here's a screen-shot and explanation for the same:
- General tab– Here, you'll be defining your business location in addition to the countries you intend to sell your products to. Also, you'll be able to specify the currency-related details like currency position, decimal separator, thousand separator and the count of decimals. After having filled in the desired details, just hit on 'Save changes' button.
- Products tab– You can use this section for tweaking the product settings and the way products are displayed i.e inventory, product image sizes and downloadable products.
- Tax tab– Here, you can find options that would allow you to configure the tax applicable on different products available on your e-store.
- Checkout tab- You can use this section for tweaking the settings for your e-store's Checkout pages as well the payment gateway and coupon usage settings.
- Shipping tab– This tab comprises of options that allow you to define custom shipping methods that would include restricted shipping for certain countries.
- Accounts tab– You can use this section for enabling the user registration on a specific webpage within the website. Moreover, you can also use it for generating a username from a specific customer's email address in case of account creation.
- Emails tab– Here, you'll find options for enabling/disabling the email notifications that are being sent to the customers as and when they perform specific actions like ordering for products, canceling product orders, resetting passwords or creating a brand new customer account. Additionally, you can also find options for designing a unique email template and describing the content that needs to be inserted into the email.
Step 4- Start adding products to your WordPress e-store
Just like addition of a new post into WordPress blog/site, you can easily add different products into your WordPress powered e-store. Just go to your admin dashboard and within the left menu, click on 'Products' option available under the 'WooCommerce' option. A screen similar to the one shown below would appear on your monitor:
Step 5- Install a WooCommerce compatible theme
Once you're done with installing the WooCOmmerce plugin, it's time to go ahead with the installation of a WooCommerce compatible theme. For example, Mystile is a lightweight WooCommerce theme that allows you to showcase your e-store products in a fantastic way. Packed with tons of alternate color schemes, shortcodes, a custom homepage and WooCommerce goodness, Mystile theme makes your website adapt to a wide variety of mobile devices and hard-held gadgets.
That's all for this post!
A perfect combination of WordPress, WooCommerce and a WooCommerce compatible theme can allow you to generate an excellent e-commerce website without any kind of hassle. I hope the details mentioned in the above post would allow you to build one for your online business.
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Today, Deval Patrick will leave the Massachusetts state house as Governor for the last time. We applaud the Governor for his strong record on education, the environment, healthcare, and more. But we applaud him most for his unyielding commitment to civic engagement, for his unwavering vision to move Massachusetts -- and the world -- to a better place.
In 2007, FableVisionary Michele Norman was Director of the Governor's Youth Inaugural. With the Governor's statement on civic engagement in hand, she asked us to design a poster featuring his words. We did.
To honor Governor Patrick and celebrate our shared belief in the power and potential civic engagement has to improve the odds for us all, here is the poster. We hope you will read it, share it, live it.
And to Governor Patrick we say thank you for your vision, leadership, and commitment to citizens of every age. We wish you well!


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It's something everyone would rally around. Every time you see it, it means something. A symbol of freedom, but also a symbol of hope.
- Ben Salzmann, President & CEO, ACUITY Insurance
Flagpole facts:
• At 400 ft, the tallest flagpole in the world flying a U.S. flag
• The flagpole is 11ft in diameter at its base tapering to 5ft 6in at its top.
• The pole weighs approximately 420,000lbs and was fabricated and erected in six sections.
• The 60ft x 120ft flag weighs 350lbs.
• Over 500 gallons of paint provide corrosion protection.
• The foundation is comprised of 680 cubic yards of concrete.
• Designed to withstand low temperature service of minus 41 degrees Celsius and wind speeds of 120mph
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Some Congressional Democrats are now insinuating that Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden are closet racists. That's both hilarious and disheartening.
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The reorganization of the Clark County School District is contributing to the district's budget pinch. That's according to Kenneth Retzl, director of education policy with the Kenny Guinn Center for Policy Priorities.


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(This article was first published on Revolutions, and kindly contributed to R-bloggers)
The R core group has quickly followed up with a patch to R version 3. Announced yesterday, R 3.0.1 (code name: "Good Sport") improves serialization performance with big objects, improves reliability for parallel programming and fixes a few minor bugs. (You can find the complete list of changes in the NEWS file.) The source distribution and Windows and Linux binaries are available for download now from your local mirror, and the Mac binary will follow soon.
The R core group continues to develop R version 3, and more patches can be expected over the coming year. Revolution R Enterprise will update to inclde R version 3 in late 2013.
R-announce: R 3.0.1 is released
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Classic Coosaw Point home w high ceilings, hardwood floors, long wrap around screened veranda overlooking the duck pond, & many other interesting architectural features. In the detached garage the stalls are separated by a structural wall. One stall has been converted to a workout room/office w hardwood floor & separate air conditioning. The second level of the garage is a one bedroom efficiency, with separate electric service. Coosaw Point offers numerous amenities; a floating day dock and boat launch, walking trails, 130 acres of undeveloped green space, tennis courts, and a gorgeous club house and pool. Don't miss this lovely property.
Clubhouse, Comm Dock, Comm Pool, Community Tennis, Deep Water Access, Leisure Trails
Book Shelves, Ceiling Fan(s), Fireplace, Smooth Ceilings, FP Screened
Back Porch, Front Porch, Patio, Paved Drive, Propane Tank - In Ground, Screened Porch, Screens
We do not attempt to independently verify the currency, completeness, accuracy or authenticity of the data contained herein. It may be subject to transcription and transmission errors. Accordingly, the data is provided on an "as is," "as available" basis only and may not reflect all real estate activity in the market. © 2019 Multiple Listing Service of Hilton Head Island, Inc. All rights reserved. Certain information contained herein is derived from information which is the licensed property of, and copyrighted by, Multiple Listing Service of Hilton Head Island, Inc.


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The Art of Scribing
You Don't Have to Be an Artist to Draw Yoga-Glyphs
Harness this new skill and elevate your teaching to a whole new level! The Art of Scribing will make your class planning process easier, faster and more enjoyable. As a visual aid, Scribing will help you quickly create efficient and relevant flows. Drawn sequences also serve as an easy-to-read "cheat sheet" to keep you on track while teaching a class. And Scribing is an excellent take-home guide to encourage your private students to practice on their own.


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Many years ago Paco de Lucía wrote an emotional letter about the relationship he had with the guitar my fatehr and uncle constructed for him. We are immensely grateful for his dedication and friendship.
De Lucía was a composer and a guitarrist without equal, a revolutionary… R.I.P. Paco.
Our English translation follows, you can visualize the original by clicking on the image below.
"Many times, unconscientiously I've asked myself why am I grateful to the Hermanos Conde? Also, many times I have answered that same question in a very simple way: I simply feel very comfortable with the guitars created by the nephews of Esteso.
Feeling comfortable with what one does, generally speaking, is a given, but in one way or the other it is essential to being itself, and being able to give. In my music I must create and I must give. I first have to define my identity and later be able to transmit it to my audience. My "comfort" with the guitar is my everything, like with flamenco in this case, and all that immensity becomes beauty, balance, harmony and strength.
Flamenco is a wrenching sentiment, and I have experienced that wrenching feeling with my own hands many times through the guitars created by my artist-friends the Hermanos Conde. I say artists and I say friends because they represent both things. And to create that wrenching sound with a guitar, you must give that guitar a soul, magic, and finally endow it with art, and that can only be done by an artist, because only an artist knows how to give a body to that art, a body that fills you with forces of colour and shapes. As a friend, my feelings are those of tradition and beautiful nostalgia of my childhood amongst them.
These are my few words of gratitude, however I have great feelings towards these artists-friends to which many of us 'flamencos' owe much thanks and admiration."
– Paco de Lucia


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A cafe and bar tucked away in a cozy corner on the third level of Singapore National Library offering a menu focused on baked dishes comprising of of pizzas and baked pasta mains, next to munchies, desserts and coffee. Try OTC's unique and hearty Signature "Big Breakfast" Pizza ($14.50), an 8″ thin crust pizza topped with ham, spicy Italian sausages, capsicums, mushrooms, mozzarella cheese and an oozing egg, or the Egg & Cheese Portobello Mushroom ($15.90) that features an molten egg surprise within the cheese-capped portobello, served with grilled bacon and toast.
For something more wholesome, go for the Gourmet Quinoa Bowl with onsen egg, available with either cajun chicken breast or salmon fillet. Apart from savoury options, check out the classic Tiramisu in a Jar ($7.50) and the pretty Iced Green Tea Latte ($6) which comes with rose-shaped green tea cubes and a mini jar of cold milk to serve as mixer. Grab a counter seat at the floor-to-ceiling windows to get a great view of Bugis.


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LONDON WESLH RUGBY CLUB LIMITED "the club"
1) The name of the club is London Welsh Rugby Club. The club's main object is to provide facilities for rugby football union and generally to promote, encourage and facilitate the playing of rugby union in the area of The London Borough of Richmond or wherever the club relocates to and amongst the community.
2) The playing rules are those of the Laws of the Game ,the IRB Regulations relating to the Game, and the RFU Rules and Regulations.
3) The colours of the club are scarlet jerseys, black shorts and red socks.
4) The qualification for playing and social membership is open to all regardless of sex, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation or other beliefs and is formalised via payment of published membership fees.
5) Life Members, the President andHonorary Members do not pay to be members.
6) Any member or visitor bringing children under the age of 16 including their own to the club grounds is responsible for that child.
7) Membership subscription rates shall be decided by the board of directors.
8) The Club is managed by a board of directors which can number up to 15 elected by a General Meeting of members and who can copt additional members and to appoint appropriate sub committees necessary for the proper management of the club.
9) The playing subcommittee is responsible for team selection.
10) The Articles of the club govern the appointment of Officers of the club who shall consist of the chairman, vice chairman and Secretary. In addition there shall be appointed an honorary post being the President of the club.
11) The board of directors shall have control of the finances of the club and shall regulate expenditure. No expenses will be incurred without the approval of the board. The club will have a bank account in its name with at least 2 members of the board being on its mandate.
12) The accounts of the club shall be made up to 31 August of each year and shall be verified by a qualified accountant.
13) All members of the club (including junior members) are bound by the rules of the club and its discipline policy a copy of which is available on the clubs website or via its secretary.
14) A member appointed by the board of directors will be responsible for managing the allocation of any tickets for international or senior matches or any other rugby events offered to the club.
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The effect of the London success story upon the country house market cannot be ignored. While the ripple effect has been slower than in previous markets, the record interest and prices achieved for southern farmland and Scottish estates recently are indicators of a thaw and The Country House Company's view is the glow from the heat of the London market will be felt in the Home Counties in 2013.
Improvements in transport infrastructure and the popularity of country schools make a move out of London compelling. The shortness of the supply of country houses to buy in 2011 and 2012 have frustrated the market and meant that many have taken a rented property as a base from which to house hunt.
However, home ownership is in our national DNA and this has been demonstrated in the majority of our best sales this year – with buyers in country rented accommodation (having moved out of London the year before) buying most of our clients' country houses.
Matthew Hallett, Partner and Head of Sales said: "There have been a number of good news press releases this week from the property portals and lenders, as well as the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors. As positivity permeates the market, those looking to move will look to selling.
"The traditional '3 D's' as reasons for sales have become less dominant – lifestyles are now the prevailing driver for many country house moves. The Country House Company specialises in achieving outstanding results for our clients in the sale, acquisition, letting and management of country houses though providing the highest quality service to our clients. We are positive about the New Year ahead and the markets in London and the Country."
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The Hoteikan Dojo will be hosting the first invitational tournament of the 2015 Season at the Brooklyn Dojo. The tournament will be held on Sunday March 19th and we will be competing against students from the Green Point Dojo.
For more information please call the school!
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Local Faith-based Nonprofit Agencies
Martha O'Bryan Center
Mission: On a foundation of Christian faith, we empower children, youth, and adults in poverty to transform their lives through work, education, employment and fellowship.
Phone: 615.254.1791
Website: www.marthaobryan.org
Nurses for Newborns
Mission: Through home visits by Registered Nurses, we provide healthcare assessments, education and positive parenting skills in effort to prevent infant mortality and child abuse/neglect.
Phone: 615.313.9989
Website: www.nfnf.org
Preston Taylor Ministries
Mission: To glorify Jesus by empowering children to discover and live their God-inspired dreams through Christian friendships & love for learning.
Phone: 615.963.3996
Website: www.prestontaylorministries.org
Project Transformation
Mission: To engage young adults in purposeful leadership and ministry, support under-served children and families, and connect churches with communities in need.
Phone: 615.810.9620
Website: www.projecttransformation.org
Rejoice Ministries
Mission: To provide an excellent dance education with a Christian focus for children from low-income families.
Phone: 615.210.1147
Website: www.rejoiceballet.com
Safe Haven Family Shelter
Mission: To empower Middle Tennessee homeless families with children to achieve lasting self-sufficiency.
Phone: 615.256.8195
Website: www.safehaven.org
Salama Urban Ministries
Mission: We provide a year-round, 5-day/week extended learning program that develops youth into value guided leaders.
Phone: 615.251.4050
Website: www.salamaserves.org
Sexual Assault Center
Mission: To provide healing for children, adults and families affected by sexual assault and to end sexual violence through counseling, education and advocacy.
Phone: 615.259.9055
Website: www.sacenter.org
Margaret Maddox YMCA
Mission: United by a common loyalty to Jesus Christ for the purpose of helping people grow in spirit, mind and body.
Phone: 615.228.5525
Website: www.ymcamidtn.org/margaret-maddox


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Date Tuesday 18 July 2017
Time 13:15–14:30 (UTC)
Location Conference room 11, UN Plaza, New York
About To implement Agenda 2030, governments and civil society committed to work for all people and segments of society, leaving no one behind and endeavouring to reach those furthest behind first. Many initiatives around the world are working to deliver on the pledge to leave no one behind and guarantee the transformative promise of the SDGs is not lost.
The event will showcase outstanding recent efforts to identify who is being left behind and why; improve data and accountability; and build broader engagement to implement a universal agenda.
The event will:
- promote international coordination, joint learning and build momentum for implementation of the leave no one behind pledge and data disaggregation
- showcase key findings from dynamic global initiatives: including the Leave No One Behind Partnership, the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data and recent UN projects
- share good practice on facilitating the meaningful participation of those left behind and ensuring accountability through improved data
- foster joint commitments to improve data disaggregation, develop multi-stakeholder partnerships and galvanise action for inclusive implementation of this agenda.
Speakers will include:
- Hon Dr Cleopa Kilonzo Mailu, Cabinet Secretary for Health, Government of Kenya
- Lilianne Ploumen, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, Government of the Netherlands
- Neil Briscoe, Deputy Director and Head of Global Partnerships, Department for International Development, UK
- Achim Steiner, Administrator, UN Development Programme
- Anthony Lake, Executive Director, UNICEF
- Claire Melamed, Executive Director, Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data
- Harpinder Collacott, Executive Director, Development Initiatives
- Oli Henman, Head of International Networks, CIVICUS
- Alice Macdonald, Campaign Director, Project Everyone
- Romilly Greenhill, Senior Research Fellow – Team Leader, Overseas Development Institute


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my first solo train ride of significant length was pure success. all aboard for the Mysore Express! – an overnighter leaving Madurai at 7:30 pm and arriving in Mysore at 10:30 am. being an Indian train virgin, i decided not to rough it too much too fast so i booked the best class they had for a whopping 1100 rupees ($22). my class was called "AC2″. that means bunks stacked 2 high with air conditioning. the next class down is "AC3″ which is bunks stacked 3 high with air conditioning. "sleeper" is the next which is bunks stacked 3 high without air conditioning. much like Dante's Inferno, it gets progressively worse the further down you go. by the time you reach the very last train car, you're stacked 10 high and sleeping on your choice of either spikes or hot coals.
Mysore is a nice enough place. it's got the right amount of Indian busy. it has that beautiful palace in its center. it's got its fair share of traps, trims and flim-flams, but that's not why i came here. i came here to just… be. i came here to recycle myself in a manor of speaking. i'm long overdue and it has to happen somewhere. since i arrived early in the day i had the luxury of choosing my accommodations carefully. i must have gone to six places before finally deciding on the perfect one. i tested the acoustics in the bathrooms and the noise factor the ceiling fans make when you crank them to full blast. i sauntered slowly and mindfully from place to place with my 50 liter pack, my trusty satchel, my guitar and my eyes wide open.
first things first. lock myself in the bathroom with my guitar "Escapo" and my compact battery powered stereo condenser microphone. push record and let the music flow onto the backdrop of honking, yelling and spitting from the street below. follow this with a regiment of push-ups and a stroll through the city. it's beautiful and of course it is.
ok, so "beautiful" may not be the right word to use here. it's actually quite polluted, the streets and buildings are heavily neglected and dozens of cows covered in flies feed on the street garbage, but it all seems to work for them here in this little ecosystem of hectic filth. it's beautiful in my eyes.
"hello, what country?"… that's how it always starts, to which i always reply "USA". there seems to be a thin line between 'i want to be your best friend for the next 10 minutes' and 'just kidding, i actually want some money' and i still can't seem to sense the up front difference, especially because they always start off the conversation by stating ad nauseum that their not interested in my money. the first guy was a nice strapping young lad. i asked him to direct me to the WIFI knowing he probably couldn't because WIFI barely exists in the south. they walk so proud when they have you in their grasp. they wave at everyone they pass by as if saying "look what i got, what the hell do you got?". after being lead to 4 different internet cafes i finally settled on one with regular internet. i asked the next guy for a good restaurant. he lead me to an upscale hotel. these are not the places to eat in India but i chose to eat there anyway because i was fatigued and famished. he sat with me in a mutual silent stare as i choked down a Kingfisher and some mediocre veg korma. after regaining my strength and part of my mind i went outside and focused intently on a deep sink hole in the side of the street. dude immediately follows me outside and demands 20 rupees (40 cents) for his time. i forwardly and elegantly reminded him that the expectations of our relationship which he himself prior set did not add up to the demands of his current agenda. he walks. i feel both good and evil.
i accomplished several comforting tasks during my 4 day stint here: i found new strings for Escapo who was in dire need of re-stringing, made several recordings, repaired my travel-damaged belongings, slept a lot and watched movies. i took frequent chai breaks at a favorite tea stall i found in an alleyway near my hotel. i'd sit with the Indian men lined up along the curb smoking their beedis, or i'd sit alone until i felt comfortable in my own skin.
i also put my tourist hat on and visited the palace, the market and some small factories where they make incense and tobacco products. the market was a sectioned off grid of narrow walkways lined with piles and overflowing baskets of fruits, vegetables, incense and spices. the palace was a marvelous one. the inside had giant detailed wall paintings depicting the crowds of people that used to hang out there way back when it was functional. each face was completely unique. just outside the palace, elephant and camel rides were offered. entire families would mount the elephants from a special staircase and away they would go. i wandered into a section of the palace grounds void of people and saw one of the more disturbing sights so far on my trip. some asshole had tied up a camel to a tree in such a way that it couldn't sit down. the rope was tightly wound around its neck, head and through its septum. i must have stared at it for 30 minutes. it kept picking up its feet one by one to relieve the pressure of standing. this poor animal had an expression on its face that resembled both urgent discomfort and extreme stupidity. i'm no camel whisperer but i know a cry for help when i see one. i seriously considered cutting him loose and if i had something sharp with me i just might have. i then wandered a little further and had a close encounter with 3 angry mangy dogs only to be saved by a wild group of children. they swooped in and threw rocks at them until they yelped and limped away. that's enough sightseeing for one day.
these past few days of decompression has done me some good. i could easily stay a few more, and would if it weren't for that all too familiar itchy feeling returning to my feet telling me it's time to move. i close my eyes, take a very deep breath and pack my bag for the 20th time, then make way to the train station and board a train bound for Bangalore to see an old friend.
please enjoy this one ditty spawned from the Mysore bathroom recording sessions:


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Women's Aid ABCLN are asking the local community to vote for them to help them win up to £25,000 to fund a Teen Project Worker for a year.
The funding is being made available by the Aviva Community Fund, which offers community groups the chance to secure funding for an important cause.
The organisations which receive the most votes will be entered into the finals, where a judging panel will award the funds.
If successful, Women's Aid ABCLN says that the funding would be used to employ a part–time "Teen Project Worker" for one year to facilitate Supporting Teenagers in Groups (STIG), developed by the staff in collaboration with young people aged 13-18 years of both genders.
This will be delivered across Antrim, Ballymena, Carrickfergus, Larne and Newtownabbey.
"The Teen Thing" an intervention and preventative project programme aims to enable young people to make informed choices about their lives and discuss teenage related issues.
The programme contains information on a variety of topics including: written and unwritten rules, healthy and unhealthy relationships, domestic violence and the effects, teen dating abuse, keeping yourself safe online, bullying, positive mental health, sexual abuse, sexual health and drug and alcohol misuse.
The eight-week programme will be facilitated within Women's Aid centres, schools, churches, youth & community groups across ABCLN.
A minimum of 744 young people will be targeted and 93 sessions will be carried out per year throughout the local area.
The programme will compliment Women's Aid's existing therapeutic programmes based on prevention and child protective behaviours.
Women's Aid ABCLN are asking the public to vote to help young people living with domestic violence as a victim or witness to parent's abuse.
They say that young people are the hidden victims of domestic violence and are significantly at risk of school dropout, exclusion and risk taking behaviours.
Voting for the project closes on Saturday May 30.
To vote, visit community-fund.aviva.co.uk.
To view a video on domestic violence made by the young people of Women's Aid ABCLN visit The Times' website.


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Bannon Celebrates Roy Moore's victory: 'Revolution' for GOP
Editor's Note: THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT. There are two shots are removing incumbents. One shot in the primary, which is the best place to do it. Then you get another shot during the actual election. Steve Bannon has the right idea. Throw the bums OUT! Get rid of all the worthless, traitorous incumbents across the board.
By Ben Kamisar
The Hill
Former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon celebrated Roy Moore's victory in Tuesday night's GOP Senate primary runoff in Alabama as the beginning of a "revolution" for insurgent Republicans looking to challenge incumbent senators.
In remarks introducing Moore before his victory speech, Bannon recalled his comments at a pro-Moore rally on Monday night.
He pointed to Moore's victory and Tuesday's announcement by Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) that he'll retire at the end of 2018 as proof that the insurgent right is on the rise. Corker had been targeted as a potential incumbent for Bannon and his allies to pick off in a GOP primary.
"Last night we talked about starting a revolution with Judge Moore's victory. Well, Sen. Corker stepped down today, he's not going to run for reelection," Bannon said.
"You are going to see, in state after state after state, people that follow the model of Judge Moore, that do not have to raise money from the elites, the crony capitalists, from the fat cats in Washington D.C., New York City and Silicon Valley."
Upon leaving the White House in August, Bannon returned to the conservative Breitbart News and became one of Moore's biggest boosters both behind the scenes and eventually in public.
While Bannon was campaigning against President Trump's pick in Sen. Luther Strange (R-Ala.), Bannon repeatedly framed a vote for Moore as "a vote for Donald J. Trump."
Bannon and his allies have been furiously advocating for Moore, a former state Supreme Court chief justice, in the hopes that a victory will spark a wave of primary challenges against establishment Republican senators.
One of those challengers is former Arizona state Sen. Kelli Ward, who is going up against Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), one of Trump's most prominent critics in the GOP. She too signaled a wider victory in a statement congratulating Ward, arguing that the frustration with the Washington establishment that won Moore the primary is present in Arizona too.


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We have seen the future of water, and it is Cape Town
Peter H. Gleick
Water crises are getting worse all over the world.
Trump's infrastructure plan may ignore climate change. It could be costly.
President Trump wants to spend $1.5 trillion on rebuilding roads and bridges, but failing to account for climate change could add to costs later.
Climate cabal purges 'deniers'
Julie Kelly
The climate cabal is in a panic. The Trump Administration is systematically dismantling President Obama's climate change legacy: Federal agencies are scrubbing references to climate change, President Trump announced the United States would exit the Paris Climate Accord, and his cabinet is peddling American-made fossil fuels around the world.
Wild thunderstorms lash Victoria
Thousands are without power after wild storms have hit Victoria.
Victorian bushfire under control
Emergency services will remain overnight at the scene of a bushfire in Victoria's northwest.
State's recycling crisis set to overflow
Last-minute talks have failed to find a solution to Victoria's looming recycling crisis after Visy said it would no longer accept rubbish from as many as 20 regional councils.
Power customers to get up to $180 for outage
Victorians left without power for long periods during last month's heatwave will receive financial compensation under a $5 million package to be announced on Sunday.
Recycling crisis: True goal is zero waste going to landfill
Richard Fine
After years of doing the right thing by separating our garbage Victorians are now being told that all that recycling could be, well, a waste of time.
Bushfire burns out of control near Orange
A bushfire is burning out of control in the Great Dividing Range, just near Orange.
Heatwave to hit Queensland with temperatures tipped to reach up to 46C
Queensland is set to experience a heatwave early next week, with some towns reaching higher than average temperatures for this time of year as part of a stretch of hot weather that could last as long as a week.
Report warns of dire future for Coral Triangle reef fish
Popular species like grouper and wrasse could be gone from dining tables in decades as trade drives wild populations to the brink of collapse.
Queensland mining council calls for Adani support
Queensland Resources Council boss Ian Macfarlane has called on Annastacia Palaszczuk's Labor government to put its weight behind Adani as it faces further setbacks to its proposed coal mine.
The truth about Adani coal project
John McCarthy
Adani's Carmichael coal project has entered a weird neverland where politics and business clash. It should never have been this difficult, this complex or this divisive
SA picks site for state-owned power plant
A permanent site has been selected for South Australia's state-owned gas power plant.
SA's bushfire complacency must be hosed down
Lainie Anderson
Bushfire prevention is lagging in SA — and residents in danger zones are entitled to ask if the Weatherill Government is taking this burning issue seriously, asks Lainie Anderson.
Man-made nests boost shy albatross breeding season
Libs stole Sorell bus solution: ALP
Labor has come out spruiking its public transport solution for Sorell a day after the Government, accusing the Liberals of stealing its policy.
Fracking fight must be honest
NT News editorial
In a few weeks time we will have a clear picture of the economic direction the Northern Territory will take.
Port Kennedy fire 'deliberately lit'
A fire burning close to homes in Perth's south appears deliberately lit.
Architecture was meant to solve the housing crisis, instead it betrayed us
Once driven by social responsibility and the dream of affordable housing for all, architects now favour profits over people, architectural theorist Reinier de Graaf says.
Landowners and companies in new battle for mine that triggered Bougainville Crisis
The race to reopen one of the world's biggest copper mines, Panguna, is dividing landowners and the wider community in Bougainville as a referendum for independence looms.
These city dragons are 'evolving at a pace we can witness'
Humans are now driving environmental change so quickly that we are witnessing what is called "rapid evolution" and water dragons found in city parklands — island-like, human-made ecosystems — are starting to move away from being water dragons, and evolving into something else.
Australia not a country: Sacked professor
An online adjunct professor incorrectly told a student that Australia isn't a country and gave her a failing grade, prompting Southern New Hampshire University to replace the instructor.


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News & Reviews« All News & Reviews
Superstar Violinist Finally Makes it to AustinMarch 12, 2014
- Who: Austin Symphony orchestra
- What: Gil Shaham, violin
- When: April 4 & 5, 2014 - 8:00 p.m.
- Where: Dell Hall, Long Center for the Performing Arts, 701 W. Riverside Dr.
- Cost: $19 - $56
Maestro Peter Bay and the ASO invite concertgoers for "Your Night Out" as they continue the 103rd season of classical concerts with performances of works by Liszt, Korngold and Dvořák. World-renowned violinist Gil Shaham makes his Austin Symphony debut on Friday and Saturday, April 4th & 5th in Dell Hall at the Long Center for the Performing Arts. These concerts are proudly sponsored by ConocoPhillips.
Liszt – Les préludes
Korngold – Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35
Dvořák – Symphony No. 7 in D Minor, Op. 70
Maestro Peter Bay and the ASO began the evening with a performance of Franz Liszt's Les préludes. The third of Liszt's thirteen symphonic poems, Les préludes is the most popular. The title refers to an ode by Alphonse de Lamartine and it is the earliest example of an orchestral work that was performed as "symphonic poem."
American violinist Gil Shaham then takes the stage for Eric Korngold's only violin concerto, the Concerto in D Major. This is the first time Mr. Shaham has performed with the Austin Symphony Orchestra. An Avery Fisher Prize winner, Gil Shaham is one of the foremost violinists of our time, whose combination of flawless technique with inimitable warmth and generosity of spirit has solidified his legacy as an American master. Named Musical America's "Instrumentalist of the Year," Shaham is sought after throughout the world for concerto appearances with leading orchestras and conductors, and regularly gives recitals and ensemble appearances on the great concert stages and at the most prestigious festivals.
After a brief intermission, the ASO returns to present the Seventh Symphony of Antonín Dvořák. Dvořák was a Czech composer. Following the nationalist example of Bedřich Smetana, Dvořák frequently employed features of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia (then parts of the Austrian Empire and now constituting the Czech Republic). Dvořák's own style has been described as 'the fullest recreation of a national idiom with that of the symphonic tradition, absorbing folk influences and finding effective ways of using them.'
Tickets for Gil Shaham with the Austin Symphony range from $19 to $56. Student rush tickets are also available 20 minutes prior to performance for $5 cash and current student ID (subject to availability). Charge tickets online at http://www.austinsymphony.org where you will find seating maps, price options and a wealth of concert information. Tickets are also available at the Austin Symphony Box Office, 11th and Red River or call 476-6064 or 1-888-4-MAESTRO (toll-free).
Edward Burlingame Hill CD
The ASO's First Commercial CD
2019-2020 Sneak Peek


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Coach Koran Godwin sits down with former NBA player and current College basketball analyst Stephen Bardo to discuss how he used basketball to become successful in life. Stephen has competed on every level of basketball and he details how the game continues to take him to heights unseen. This is a podcast you do not want to miss.
29 What it takes to be a Leader
Coach Koran Godwin sits down with Pierre Quinn to talk about what it takes to be a leader on and off the basketball court.
28 Coach Jamion Christian Interview (The Mount) What College Coaches Expect
Coach Koran Godwin sits down with Mount St. Mary's Head Coach Jamion Christian to find out the keys to being successful on the college level. This is a must listen for anyone who wants insight into the day to day life of a college basketball player.
27 Coach Michael Huger (Miami Assistant) What College Coaches are Looking For
In a interview with Miami assistant coach Mike Huger, Coach Godwin discuses what division one coaches are looking for? Find out what it takes to be recruited on the highest level of college basketball.
26 Do You Have The 1% NBA Mindset???
Coach Koran Godwin sits down with Coach Dayne to discuss the mindset that separates the 1% of all basketball players.
25 The Difference Between a Shooter and a Scorer
In this candid interview Coach Godwin talks about his app, what makes Lebron James great, and what differentiates a shooter from a scorer.
24 Kobe Bryant's (Black Out) Workout Philosophy
In this podcast Coach Koran Godwin talks about Kobe Bryant's work ethic and why he is one of the best players of all-time.
23 Working Hard is the MINIMUM You Can Do
In this podcast Coach Godwin talks about the difference between working hard and going the Extra Mile. What category do you come under?
22 How to get in front of College Coaches?
In this podcast Coach Godwin focuses on the various channels college exposure and how to take advantage of them.
21 Are You a Recruitable High School Prospect???
In this video Coach Koran Godwin talks about the recruiting process and what every student-athlete should avoid.


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Christina A. Brown is a Maryland native who worked in campaign politics and lived throughout the United States before settling down in Colorado in 2008.
Christina began working in the immigration field long before graduating from law school, when she served as a Constituent Advocate for Congressman Jared Polis in Boulder, Colorado. During her time as a constituent advocate, Christina discovered her passion for immigration law, and she decided to attend law school. Christina graduated from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law in May 2013 and was admitted to the Colorado bar that same year.
During her law school tenure, Christina began working in the removal defense field of immigration law. She worked in removal defense as a law clerk at a private firm for almost three years and interned at a number of non profit organizations throughout the United States.
After graduation, Christina had the opportunity to travel to Artesia, New Mexico, where she volunteered her time helping to represent women and children held in immigration detention camps. After serving as a volunteer for two months, Christina was hired by the American Immigration Council as the Lead Attorney of the Artesia Pro Bono Project. Christina spent the subsequent eight months managing hundreds of asylum cases and hundreds of pro bono attorneys who came to volunteer for the project. Christina's work was featured in The New York Times Magazine in 2015.
Christina is admitted to the Colorado bar and to the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. She focuses her practice on removal defense, family-based immigration petitions, criminal immigration matters, and asylum cases.
When not working on immigration-related issues, Christina enjoys traveling, spending time with her husband and dogs, hiking, photography, and sailing.
Memberships and Professional Organizations
- American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
- National Lawyers Guild
- National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild
- Colorado Bar Association
Positions Held
- Chair, AILA Colorado Asylum Committee (2016-2017)
- Chair, AILA Colorado Access to Legal Services Committee (2015-2016)
- Member, AILA National Family Detention Taskforce (2015-Present)
Awards and Recognitions
- Colorado Trial Lawyers Association Access to Justice Award 2014
- American Immigration Lawyers Association Colorado Chapter Rising Star Award 2015
- American Immigration Lawyers Association Michael Maggio Pro Bono Award 2015
- Family Detention work features in the New York Times Magazine, available at http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/08/magazine/the-shame-of-americas-family-detention-camps.html?_r=0


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A while ago i backed up all the classic games on my psp and as I got closer to the end of SitD certain monster sprites would have weird glitches, one in particular would just be a small messy looking block but its weaker counterparts in the early sections of the game would show up just fine.
Is it my rom, the emu or just an error on the psp? Does this happen with all emulators on pc as well? Have any of you experienced something similar, if so got any tips to help fix it or is an issue I just have to learn to live with?


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Protip: Side projects
It's so easy to start a new project. Like, an article pops up in your RSS feed on raising chickens in your backyard. Before you know it, you're at Home Depot looking for chicken wire and it hits you: you're thirty-seven hours late for work, your guild has kicked you out for not attending the 150-man raid in Astropop Dungeon, and your webcomic has started to lapse on its schedule.
Only the last part happened to me, though.
– Alex
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March 5th, 2010 at 6:46 pm
I fail at not doing that, but I am actually able to keeping the projects up. (Well, at least a couple…)


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107,05 €
Placa base GIGABYTE GA-Z170-HD3P: (1151) 4DDR4 VGA DVI HDMI ATX
119,65 €
IGIC incluido
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Placa base GIGABYTE GA-Z170-HD3P: (1151) 4 bancos memoria DDR4, , puerto salida VGA, puerto salida DVI, puerto salida HDMI, 6xSATA
CONDICION Nuevo y precintado
Modelo GA-Z170-HD3P
Características técnicas
Tipo de ranuras de memoria
A memory slot, also known as a memory socket or RAM slot, is what allows computer memory (RAM) to be inserted into the computer. Depending on the motherboard, there will usually be 2 to 4 memory slots (sometimes more on high-end motherboards). The most common types of RAM are SDRAM and DDR for desktop computers and SODIMM for laptop computers, each having various types and speeds.
tipos de memoria compatibles
Types of memory which can be used with the product.
Canales de memoria
ECC means Error Correction Code, and it is memory that is able to detect and correct some memory errors without user intervention.
No ECC
Velocidades de reloj de memoria soportadas
Memory clock speed is the time it takes for a computer to complete basic operations. It refers to the computer's processing speed and is measured in hertz. It is however not such a reliable measure of a computer's speed as it doesn't take into account other factors like RAM and cache size.
3333,2133,2400,2666,2800,3000,3200,3300 MHz
Memoria interna máxima
The maximum internal memory which is available in the product.
Memoria sin buffer
Familia de procesador
A family of processors is a group of processors produced by one company over a short period of time e.g. Intel Pentium processors.
Procesador compatible
A processor which is compatible with this device, belongs to a 'series' which is part of 'family' e.g Celeron D, Celeron G, Celeron M, or, in some cases, is the same as 'family'.
Celeron,Core i3,Core i5,Core i7,Pentium
Socket de procesador
Mechanical component(s) that provides mechanical and electrical connections between a microprocessor and a printed circuit board (PCB). This allows the processor to be replaced without soldering.
LGA 1151 (Socket H4)
Interno I/O
USB 2.0, conectores
The end of a cable with a USB 2.0 connector. USB 2.0 was released in April 2000 (now called "Hi-Speed"), adding higher maximum signaling rate of 480 Mbit/s (effective throughput up to 35 MB/s or 280 Mbit/s), in addition to the "USB 1.x Full Speed" signaling rate of 12 Mbit/s. USB 2.0 connectors are usually colored black.
Conectores USB 3.0 ( 3.1 Gen 1 )
This is a connector (normally attached to a cable) for USB 3.0. USB 3.0 is the second major revision of the Universal Serial Bus (USB) standard for computer connectivity. First introduced in 2008, USB 3.0 adds a new transfer mode called "SuperSpeed," (distinguishable from USB 2.0 by either the blue colour of the port or the initials SS) capable of transferring data at up to 5Gbit/smore than ten times as fast as the 480 Mbit/s top speed of USB 2.0.
Interfaces de disco de almacenamiento soportados
M.2, Serial ATA III
Número de ranuras M.2 (M)
Número de conectores SATA Express
Puerto paralelo via cabezal interno
Número de conectores a ventilador de chasis
Número de conectores SATA
Cabecera de puerto serie
Encabezados Thunderbolt
Número de conectores SATA III
Serial ATA (Advanced Technology Attachment) (SATA) is a computer bus interface that connects host bus adapters to mass storage devices such as hard disk drives and optical drives. SATA III (revision 3.x) interface, formally known as SATA 6Gb/s, is a third generation SATA interface running at 6.0Gb/s. The bandwidth throughput, which is supported by the interface, is up to 600MB/s. This interface is backwards compatible with SATA 3 Gb/s interface.
Conector de ventilador CPU
S/PDIF, conector de salida
Conector de potencia ATX (24 pines)
Conector de audio en panel frontal
Conector TPM
Conector de energía EPS (8-pin)
Panel trasero Puertos de I/O (entrada/salida)
Cantidad de puertos tipo A USB 3.0 (3.1 Gen 1)
Cantidad de puertos USB 2.0
USB 2.0 ports have a data transmission speed of 480 Mbps, and are backwards compatible with USB 1.1 ports. You can connect all kinds of peripheral devices to them.
Cantidad de puertos tipo A USB 3.1 (3.1 Gen 2)
Cantidad de puertos eSATA
The number of ports (interfaces) for eSATA. eSATA is a a computer bus interface that connects host bus adapters to mass storage devices such as hard disk drives and optical drives.
Número de puertos HDMI
The number of sockets (ports) for HDMI connections. HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is a compact audio/video interface for transferring uncompressed video data and compressed/uncompressed digital audio data from a HDMI-compliant device ("the source device") to a compatible computer monitor, video projector, digital television, or digital audio device. HDMI is a digital replacement for existing analog video standards.
Cantidad de puertos DVI-D
This is the amount of DVI-I interfaces. Digital Visual Interface (DVI) is a video display interface developed by the Digital Display Working Group (DDWG). The digital interface is used to connect a video source to a display device, such as a computer monitor. DVI-D means DVI digital, which means it can only support digital, but not analog.
Versión HDMI
Panel trasero Puertos de I/O (entrada/salida)
Cantidad de puertos VGA (D-Sub)
Number of VGA (D-Sub) ports (connecting interfaces) in the device. The VGA (D-Sub) connector is a 15 pin connector between a computer and a monitor. It was first introduced in 1987 by IBM.
Puerto de ratón PS/2
The number of PS/2 connectors for keyboards and mice. Its name comes from the IBM Personal System/2.
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) cantidad de puertos
Number of Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports (connecting interfaces) in the device. Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports allow a computer to connect to the ethernet.
IEEE 1394/Firewire cantidad de puertos
Number of IEEE 1394/FireWire ports (connecting interfaces) in the device. The IEEE 1394 interface is a serial bus interface standard for high-speed communications and isochronous real-time data transfer. It was developed in the late 1980s and early 1990s by Apple, who called it FireWire. The 1394 interface is comparable to USB though USB has more market share. Apple first included FireWire in some of its 1999 models, and most Apple computers since the year 2000 have included FireWire ports, though, as of 2013, only the 800 version (IEEE-1394b).
Micrófono, jack de entrada
The socket where a microphone is connected to the device.
An Ethernet LAN (Local Area Network) interface is present, for a wired conection via a cable.
Tipo de interfaz ethernet
Gigabit Ethernet
Componente para
What this product is used as a part of (component for).
Familia de componentes de tarjeta madre
The category of motherboard chipset e.g. Intel, AMD.
Circuito integrado de tarjeta madre
The chipset connects the microprocessor to the rest of the motherboard.
Intel Z170
Tarjeta madre, factor de forma
Design of the motherboard (ATX, BTX etc).
Monitoreo de la salud de PC
Ventilador, Temperatura, Tensión
Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
Niveles RAID
RAID is a storage technology that combines multiple disk drive components into a logical unit for the purposes of data redundancy and performance improvement. Data is distributed across the drives in one of several ways, referred to as RAID levels, depending on the specific level of redundancy and performance required.
1, 5, 10
Canales de salida de audio
An audio output channel is an electric circuit which acts as a path for a signal produced by a device. A device may have several audio output channels.
7.1 channels
Sistema operativo Windows soportado
Windows vesions wich can be used with the device.
Memoria máxima de adaptador de gráficos
Graphics memory is determining with the (graphic) processor, the graphics/video performance of your computer. Graphics memory is often shared with system memory so that it varies depending on the amount of system memory installed and system load.
Adaptador gráfico en tablero
Graphics hardware which is built into the motherboard or CPU, as opposed to a separate graphics adapter (video card). On-board graphics uses CPU and RAM for graphics processing.
Soporte de gráficos discretos
Número de pantallas soportadas
The number of displays that can be used with this product.
Máxima resolución
The maximum number of pixels that can be displayed in the image. It is usually quoted as width × height,: for example, "1024 × 768" means the width is 1024 pixels and the height is 768 pixels.
4096 x 2160 Pixeles
Soporte para proceso paralelo
Parallel processing technology is the simultaneous use of more than one CPU or processor core to execute a program or multiple computational threads. Ideally, parallel processing makes programs run faster because there are more engines (CPUs or Cores) running it. In practice, it is often difficult to divide a program in such a way that separate CPUs or cores can execute different portions without interfering with each other. Most computers have just one CPU, but some models have several, and multi-core processor chips are becoming the norm. There are even computers with thousands of CPUs.
2-Way CrossFireX
Graphics chipset
Ranuras de expansión
PCI Express x1 (Gen 3.x) ranuras
PCI Express x16 Gen (3.x) ranuras
Places where PCI Express x16 (Gen 3.x) are placed inside and connected to the computer motherboard.
Ranuras PCI
Tipos de BIOS
The BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) initializes and tests system hardware components, and loads a bootloader or an operating system from a mass memory device. The BIOS additionally provides abstraction layer for the hardware, i.e. a consistent way for application programs and operating systems to interact with the keyboard, display, and other input/output devices. There are several types of BIOS, including the motherboard ROM BIOS, video BIOS, drive controller BIOS, network adapter BIOS, and SCSI adapter BIOS.
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Peso y dimensiones
Medidas o extensión de lado a lado.
305 mm
La distancia desde el frente hasta atrás.
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Watermelon cookies
(With colour)
Food colouring One pinch of salt
2 cups of flour 150gm of softened butter
¾ cups of sugar 1 egg
¼ tsp vanilla ¼ tsp baking powder
Chocolate Chips (optional)
1.mix butter together with sugar.
2.add in 1 egg and ¼ tsp vanilla mix again 3.put in 2 cups of flour, ¼ tsp baking powder and a pinch of salt and mix it all up. 4.You should have a dough consistency
Take 1 cup of dough add red food colouring but not to much as want a light colour.
5.Knead dough then form into a cylinder then wrap in gladwrap put into fridge 1 hour.
6.taking half of the remaining dough add green food colouring into it we all mixed wrap it in glad wrap and put it into the fridge for 1 hour.
7.with the only one not coloured just leave it a just wrap it up in glad wrap and put it in the fridge for 1 hour.
8.after an hour get all of them out of the fridge, unwrap them and roll out the white dough and wrap it around the red cylinder and then do the same with the green one. Then put them back in the fridge for 2 hour.
9.After that take them out of the fridge and slice it up ¼ inch thick.
10.then cut the dough in half and then put baking paper in the tray and then put the cookies in after.
11.Next press in chocolate chips and make it look like a watermelon pips then bake in oven for 9 mins at 180 degrees.
12.after that take them out of the oven and ENJOY!!!!!!


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VIC-II for Beginners Part 1 - When Visibility Matters
- VIC-II for Beginners Part 1 - When Visibility Matters
- VIC-II for Beginners Part 2 - To Have or not to Have Character
- VIC-II for Beginners Part 3 - Beyond the Screen: Rasters and Cycles
- VIC-II for Beginners Part 4 - Screen Modes Cheaper by the Dozen
- VIC-II for Beginners Part 5 - Bringing Sprites in good Shape
VIC-II - the Power horse in your C64
This is a four-part series to introduce beginners to the VIC-II. The render capabilities of the C64 are in fact truly awesome for it's time. You have plenty of screen modes which can be mixed, there are 8 sprites available, a palette of 16 colors, hardware soft scrolling - and that's just the official stuff. An ironic fact is, that if you look in the official Commodores Programmers Reference Manual, there is near to no information how to utilize all this great feature set of the VIC-II. Consider this topic to be one which needs your full attention because it will be overwhelming - you probably need to read through all parts several times to "get it". You need also to combine knowledge from different other things to understand the VIC-II and it's features - it does not hurt to revisit articles on Memory Layout, Bit Manipulation and Interrupt Programming.
Luckily smart programmers started very early to explore the VIC-II capabilities and came up guidance on how to use the VIC-II and along the way explored some interesting new features by exploiting various bugs in the chip, for example...
Those examples are advanced topics but it should give you a great idea what this machine is capable to generate when you know what you are doing. For now we will stick to the official capabilities though.
The Limited Power of Sight of the VIC-II
One limitation of the VIC-II is its only 14 Bits wide address bus which means it can address only 16384 memory locations or 16Kb at a time. Why did Commodore not use a 16-Bit bus in the first place? I don't know - but instead we are able to select which out of four 16kb large areas the VIC-II can work with. To select any of those so called banks we use two Bits of address $DD00 which is a data register belonging to the CIA-2 chip. The register is wired to the so-called PORT A of that chip.
In fact Bit#0 and Bit#1 of $DD00 could be interpreted as the lacking Bit#15 and Bit#16 of the VIC-II address bus, however, the VIC-II will not know at what bank it looks when we change configuration. All the VIC-II knows is that it is looking at 16Kb of memory somewhere in the C64 RAM. Finally, to make this awkward setup requirement even more confusing, those two Bits of PORT A are low-active, that means they are considered to be turned on when set to low and off when set to high. I don't know the reason behind this but all what needs to be remembered by the C64 coder is that the higher the value of the Bit pattern is, the lower is the selected bank in memory.
The trouble with the Character Generator ROM
The question will come up which of the four banks is the best to do game or demo coding. For this question you need to take one more Commodore design decision into consideration. In two of the 16Kb areas - namely Bank 1 and Bank 3 - the Character Generator ROM overlays the RAM. It actually only overlaps in Bank 3 at location $9000 but is additionally "shadowed" to $1000. The idea behind this design was to provide two banks were the programmer had directly access to the standard character sets. Otherwise he had to copy the Character Generator ROM content to some other memory location first. As a matter of fact you usually want to do exactly that - copy the Standard Characters somewhere into RAM and modify it to your liking - after all you want a kick-ass font or tiled background in your demo! So obviously Bank 1 or Bank 3 are no good options for us in the standard system configuration. We rather want to use Bank 0 or Bank 2, and before we switch to either bank, we copy just the portion of characters from the standard set into our banks memory where the VIC-II can see the Characters Set and then do the switch.
Where is the Color RAM?
In the Memory Map article the Color RAM is somewhat stacked on top of ROM - in fact the 1Kb of Color RAM is I/O mapped starting at $D800, but the VIC-II can magically see the Color RAM in any of the banks - but how? It turns out that four of the VIC-II data pins are directly wired to the Color RAM which really is a dedicated chip on the C64 mainboard. The I/O mapped area of the 1Kb large Color RAM is always from $D800 - $DBFF, and again, no matter to which of the four banks your VIC-II is pointing to, it can always see Color RAM at $D800 - it's the law.
Bringing everything together
This was already a good amount of initial information and I want to recap what is actually required when working with the VIC-II for our first intros.
- We need to choose a bank the VIC-II will consider his work area. This bank will hold all our graphics, sprite definitions and character set information as well as our Screen RAM and Color RAM - it is a crowded area! That configuration is done via PORT A of the CIA-2 chip accessible at $DD00.
- We need to configure the memory start locations for Charsets and Screen RAM. In certain graphic screen modes, the Screen RAM takes over the function of Color RAM and in this case we need to let the VIC-II know where we reserved the ca. 8Kb of RAM for graphics of 320x200 Pixel or 64.000 Bits. That configurations are done in VIC-IIs own register $D018 and is also affected by the screen mode we choose in $D011 and $D016. There is also register $0288 to be taken into consideration as it is used to change the Screen RAM location. Sprite Pointers at the end of Screen RAM point to our Sprite Definitions.
Once you have set up everything - and I know it's a lot - actual work with graphics and sprites becomes relatively easy. Follow the other knowledge base entries and the tutorials to get more starting help on working with the VIC-II. For reference, I included the 47 registers of the VIC-II below. You will need this table ALL the time when working with anything VIC-II related - bookmark it!
There are 47 I/O-mapped registers starting at $D000. When we break them down you will notice that there is actually a lot of repeating responsibilities like the 16 registers alone for the X/Y coordinate of each of the 8 hardware sprites as well as another 14 registers which set various color information. There are some control registers which are very important for interrupt programming - we used them in the Episode 2-3 tutorial before.
Since it is very crucial to understand the VIC-II I have included a table of all those registers below. The explanation in each row should be either self-explanatory or is described in another article.
By the way, note that the way the VIC-II interprets X and Y positions on the screen might be confusing if you come from a traditional Math coordinate system. X-coordinates on the screen refer to rows while Y-coordinates refer to columns.
|X-Coordinate Sprite#0
|Sets vertical line position of Sprite#0 considering Bit#0 in $D010
|Y-Coordinate Sprite#0
|Sets horizontal position of Sprite#0
|X-Coordinate Sprite#1
|Sets vertical line position of Sprite#1 considering Bit#1 in $D010
|Y-Coordinate Sprite#1
|Sets horizontal position of Sprite#1
|X-Coordinate Sprite#2
|Sets vertical line position of Sprite#2 considering Bit#2 in $D010
|Y-Coordinate Sprite#2
|Sets horizontal position of Sprite#2
|X-Coordinate Sprite#3
|Sets vertical line position of Sprite#3 considering Bit#3 in $D010
|Y-Coordinate Sprite#3
|Sets horizontal position of Sprite#3
|X-Coordinate Sprite#4
|Sets vertical line position of Sprite#4 considering Bit#4 in $D010
|Y-Coordinate Sprite#4
|Sets horizontal position of Sprite#4
|$D00A (5325a)
|X-Coordinate Sprite#5
|Sets vertical line position of Sprite#5 considering Bit#5 in $D010
|Y-Coordinate Sprite#5
|Sets horizontal position of Sprite#5
|X-Coordinate Sprite#6
|Sets vertical line position of Sprite#6 considering Bit#6 in $D010
|Y-Coordinate Sprite#6
|Sets horizontal position of Sprite#6
|X-Coordinate Sprite#7
|Sets vertical line position of Sprite#7 considering Bit#7 in $D010
|Y-Coordinate Sprite#7
|Sets horizontal position of Sprite#7
|Bit#9 for X-Coordinates
|As the C64 screen has more than 255 lines each Bit represents the required 9th Bit to get pass the number 255 for each Sprite X-Coordinate
|Control Register #1
Initial Value: %10011011
Bit responsibilities:
Bit#0-#2: Screen Soft Scroll Vertical
Bit#3: Switch betweem 25 or 24 visible rows
Bit#4: Switch VIC-II output on/off
Bit#5: Turn Bitmap Mode on/off
Bit#6: Turn Extended Color Mode on/off
Bit#7: 9th Bit for $D012 Rasterline counter
|Raster Counter
When Reading:Return current Rasterline
When Writing:Define Rasterline for Interrupt triggering
Bit#7 of $D011 is (to be) set if line number exceeds 255
|Light Pen X-Coordinate
|Light Pen X-Coordinate
|Light Pen Y-Coordinate
|Light Pen Y-Coordinate
|Sprite Enable Register
|Each Bit corresponds to a Sprite. If set high the corresponding Sprite is enabled on Screen
|Control Register 2
Initial Value: %00001000
Bit responsibilities:
Bit#0-#2: Screen Soft Scroll Horizontal
Bit#3: Switch betweem 40 or 38 visible columns
Bit#4: Turn Multicolor Mode on/off
Bit#5-#7: not used
|Sprite Y Expansion
|Every Bit corresponds to one Sprite. If set high, the Sprite will be stretched vertically x2
|VIC-II base addresses
Initial Value: %00010100
Bit responsibilities:
Bit#0: not used
Bit#1-#3: Address Bits 11-13 of the Character Set (*2048)
Bit#4-#7: Address Bits 10-13 of the Screen RAM (*1024)
|Interrupt Request Register
Initial Value: %00001111
Bit responsibilities:
Bit#0: Interrupt by Rasterline triggered when high
Bit#1: Interrupt by Spite-Background collision triggered when high
Bit#2: Interrupt by Sprite-Sprite collision triggered when high
Bit#3: Interrupt by Lightpen impulse triggered when high
Bit#4-#6: not used
Bit#7: If set high at least one of the Interrupts above were triggered
|Interrupt Mask Register
Initial Value: %00000000
Bit responsibilities:
Bit#0: Request Interrupt by Rasterline by setting high
Bit#1: Request Interrupt by Spite-Background collision by setting high
Bit#2: Request Interrupt by Sprite-Sprite collision by setting high
Bit#3: Request Interrupt by Lightpen impulse by setting high
Bit#4-#7: not used
|Sprite Collision Priority
|Each Bit corresponds to a Sprite. If set high, the Background overlays the Sprite, if set low, the Sprite overlays Background.
|Sprite Multicolor
|Each Bit correspondents to a Sprite. If set high, the Sprite is considered to be a Multicolor-Sprite
|Sprite X Expansion
|Each Bit corresponds to a Sprite. If set high, the Sprite will be stretched horzontally x2
|Sprite-Sprite Collision
|Each Bit corresponds to a Sprite. If two sprites collide, then corresponding Bits involved in the collision are set to high. This event will also set Bit#2 of the Interrupt Request Register high.
|Sprite-Background Collision
|Each Bit corresponds to a Sprite. If a sprite collides with the backgroud, then its Bit is set to high. This event will also set Bit#1 of the Interrupt Request Register high.
|Border color
|Set Border Color to one of the 16 Colors ($00-$0F)
|Background Color 0
|Set Background Color 0 to one of the 16 Colors ($00-$0F)
|Background Color 1
|Set Background Color 1 to one of the 16 Colors ($00-$0F)
|Background Color 2
|Set Background Color 2 to one of the 16 Colors ($00-$0F)
|Background Color 3
|Set Background Color 3 to one of the 16 Colors ($00-$0F)
|Sprite Multicolor 0
|Set Color 1 shared by Multicolor Sprites
|Sprite Multicolor 1
|Set Color 2 shared by Multiclor Sprites
|Color Sprite#0
|Set individual color for Sprite#0
|Color Sprite#1
|Set individual color for Sprite#1
|Color Sprite#2
|Set individual color for Sprite#2
|Color Sprite#3
|Set individual color for Sprite#3
|Color Sprite#4
|Set individual color for Sprite#4
|Color Sprite#5
|Set individual color for Sprite#5
|Color Sprite#6
|Set individual color for Sprite#6
|Color Sprite#7
|Set individual color for Sprite#7


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An innovative new car insurance scheme for young drivers has been launched by Co-operative Insurance today.
The 'pay how you drive' insurance scheme uses a 'smartbox' and satellite technology to track how, and when, policyholders drive their car. It monitors acceleration, braking, cornering and speed, as well as times of journeys because young drivers are more likely to have accidents at night.
Assessments are made every 90 days, with discounts of up to 11% off the annual premium given to those who've behaved responsibly. Co-operative Insurance reckons 52% of young drivers could save an average of 328 annually.
If the 'smartbox' reports dubious driving, with speed limits broken and corners taken too sharply, premiums could increase by 15%. If speed limits are exceeded to the extent that a court would hand down a ban to the driver, the insurance policy would be cancelled.
There is no upfront cost in equipping the car with the palm-sized smartbox techonology which is similar to the system used by Insurethebox which offers up to 100 miles of free insurance each month if policy holders have performed well across ten different measures.
Policyholders using both systems are able to view to an online 'driving dashboard' to see how they are performing.
Risk and cost
Young drivers are three times as likely to be involved in an accident as a 48-year-old, and have seen premiums rocket almost out of control.
A report by the Transport Select Committee this week blamed the rise in fraudulent personal injury claims for the sharp increases in insurance costs.
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Creating retail displays that deliver real RESULTS in such vibrant marketplace is vital – especially given today's turbulent economy. Finding a TRUE bespoke display specialist can be a very difficult task. There are many suppliers out there, and indeed some are good, but here's one vital point:
In a little while, I'll go through the TOP 4 QUESTIONS, but first I'm sure you're wondering …
Good question! My name is Rob Pryse-Jones and I'm a Director at Upright UK Ltd. I've been successfully delivering inventive retail solutions for over 25 years and I have one of the most in-depth understandings in our industry. I'm incredibly knowledgeable in the use of dynamic technologies, visual touch points and shopper behaviour, and I specialise in bespoke Retail Display.
I'm sharing this information with you simply because I'm irked by seeing uninspiring displays in the retail environment. All of us at Upright UK Ltd have a true passion for generating a high Return on Investment through creative, striking, innovative displays that deliver a REAL WOW Factor!
So, what are those TOP 4 QUESTIONS your retail display supplier will need to answer …?
We know that highstreet shoppers usually fall into one of three categories that allow us to better target them:
This shopper is in the retail environment in a relaxed state of mind and wants to take their time to shop. They're strongly motivated by brands and luxury and are seeking an experience that offers feelings of aspiration, engagement and inspiration. They will usually have money to spend and are open to a brand experience that will move them to engage or be inspired into a purchasing decision. Grazers engage well with theatrical and entertaining displays; they like to experience something new, they have time to engage and they have money to spend.
Maybe they don't really have the time to shop; maybe they don't want to. The classic Impulse Shopper might be a regular visitor or they might have a particular specific item they want to buy. Engage with them using a dynamic or interactive approach that might inspire them to make a different purchasing decision, ready to be educated at the display fixture. Once the Impulse Shopper is in the shopping environment, good display delivery can engage them through interest in a brand or a new approach.
It can be difficult to challenge the Uninterested Shopper into an engagement: they're often time poor, or are looking for a quick and easy purchase of a specific item. However, there are ways that they can be challenged into changing their purchasing decision if the right information is presented to them in a simple and effective way. Draw their attention, build brand awareness and you might just tip them into making that purchase decision.
There are so many examples of uninspiring retail displays, but so many great ways in which you can help your brand to really stand out.
You might, for instance, use multisensory display techniques, building interaction and theatre into the display. Whilst the majority of information is taken in through our sight, using smell, sound and taste to stimulate interaction with a product is an effective way of building engagement for brands.
Wow factor can be achieved through the use of projection mapping. Imagine being able to integrate an evolving message into your physical product. The product becomes the display; a 3D display, at that.
Your retail display provider should be able to give you solid examples of how their experience with brands has helped them to stand out in different ways in different environments.
Trends in the marketplace change all the time, and if you're lagging, you can look like you've been left seriously behind in the style stakes – not a good look!
Clear Screen Technology is increasingly being used, allowing the integration of tablets and apps into different kinds of product, with clear screens that allow all sorts of options, including seamless Augmented Reality. Great for the early adopters market.
Prestige and luxury are still considered vital to many shoppers, with the challenge being to offer an esteemed feel coupled with durability in a display. Prestige display increases brand value in the retail environment, it says consistency, quality and value.
Is your bespoke retail display partner expert in providing the appropriate technology and materials to resolve these two very different demands, in the experiences and touch points that you give to your customers and prospects?
Of course, brand retail is a unique shopping environment and achieves success through building good relationships and producing results. It's not just about technology for technology's sake and a premium finish with nothing behind it, but about engaging with customers on a one-to-one level, inspiring and educating them at every touch point. And every moment you spend engaged with them, they gain brand awareness and make that purchasing decision.
A good retail display supplier creates the inspiring while remembering the human factor. Together, you must stimulate interest through innovative displays and the ability to interact with product. Remember those types of shopper we met back in #1? Create theatre and engagement and bring them back for more …
The best travel retail display provider will keep on top news and trends to keep ahead of the game, helping you to be inspired by current events in the sector and changes in the present climate. They will be able to answer your questions about how to apply new developments to your retail display and activations to ensure that your product is showcased in the most dynamic and up-to-date way possible.
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