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Known issues with Microsoft Graph
This article describes known issues with Microsoft Graph. For information about the latest updates, see the Microsoft Graph changelog.
No instant access after creation
Users can be created immediately through a POST on the user entity. An Office 365 license must first be assigned to a user, in order to get access to Office 365 services. Even then, due to the distributed nature of the service, it might take 15 minutes before files, messages and events entities are available for use for this user, through the Microsoft Graph API. During this time, apps will receive a 404 HTTP error response.
Photo restrictions
Reading and updating a user's profile photo is only possible if the user has a mailbox. Additionally, any photos that may have been previously stored using the thumbnailPhoto property (using the Office 365 unified API preview, or the Azure AD Graph, or through AD Connect synchronization) are no longer accessible through the Microsoft Graph photo property of the user resource. Failure to read or update a photo, in this case, would result in the following error:
"error": {
"code": "ErrorNonExistentMailbox",
"message": "The SMTP address has no mailbox associated with it."
Using delta query
For known issues using delta query, see the delta query section in this article.
Revoke sign-in sessions returns wrong HTTP code
The user: revokeSignInSessions API should return a
204 No content response for successful revocations, and an HTTP error code (4xx or 5xx) if anything goes wrong with the request. However, due to a service issue, this API returns a
200 OK and a Boolean parameter that is always true. Until this is fixed, developers are simply advised to treat any 2xx return code as success for this API.
Incomplete objects when using getByIds request
Requesting objects using Get directory objects from a list of IDs should return full objects. However, currently user objects on the v1.0 endpoint are returned with a limited set of properties. As a temporary workaround, when you use the operation in combination with the
$select query option, more complete user objects will be returned. This behavior is not in accordance with the OData specifications. Because this behavior might be updated in the future, use this workaround only when you provide
$select= with all the properties you are interested in, and only if future breaking changes to this workaround are acceptable.
Microsoft Teams
GET /teams and POST /teams are not supported
See list all teams and list your teams to get a list of teams. See create team for creating teams.
Missing teams in list all teams
Some teams that were created in the past but haven't been used recently by a Microsoft Teams user aren't listed by list all teams. New teams will be listed. Certain old teams don't have a resourceProvisioningOptions property that contains "Team", which is set on newly created teams and teams that are visited in Microsoft Teams. In the future, we will set resourceProvisioningOptions on existing teams that have not been opened in Microsoft Teams.
Permissions for groups and Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Graph exposes two permissions (Group.Read.All and Group.ReadWrite.All) for access to the APIs for groups and Microsoft Teams. These permissions must be consented to by an administrator. In the future, we plan to add new permissions for groups and teams that users can consent to.
Also, only the API for core group administration and management supports access using delegated or app-only permissions. All other features of the group API support only delegated permissions.
Examples of group features that support delegated and app-only permissions:
- Creating and deleting groups
- Getting and updating group properties pertaining to group administration or management
- Group directory settings, type, and synchronization
- Group owners and membership
Examples of group features that support only delegated permissions:
- Group conversations, events, photo
- External senders, accepted or rejected senders, group subscription
- User favorites and unseen count
Using Microsoft Graph to create and name an Office 365 group bypasses any Office 365 group policies that are configured through Outlook Web App.
Setting the allowExternalSenders property
There is currently an issue that prevents setting the allowExternalSenders property of a group in a POST or PATCH operation, in both
/v1.0 and
Using delta query
For known issues using delta query, see the delta query section in this article.
ErrorExceededFindCountLimit when querying bookingBusinesses
Getting the list of
bookingBusinesses fails with the following error code when an organization has several Bookings businesses and the account making the request is not an administrator:
"error": {
"code": "ErrorExceededFindCountLimit",
"The GetBookingMailboxes request returned too many results. Please specify a query to limit the results.",
As a workaround, you can limit the set of businesses returned by the request by including a
query parameter, for example:
GET https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/bookingBusinesses?query=Fabrikam
Accessing a shared calendar
When attempting to access events in a calendar that has been shared by another user using the following operation:
GET /users/{id}/calendars/{id}/events
You may get HTTP 500 with the error code
ErrorInternalServerTransientError. The error occurs because:
- Historically, there are two ways that calendar sharing has been implemented, which, for the purpose of differentiating them, are referred to as the "old" approach and "new" approach.
- The new approach is currently available for sharing calendars with view or edit permissions, but not with delegate permissions.
- You can use the calendar REST API to view or edit shared calendars only if the calendars were shared using the new approach.
- You cannot use the calendar REST API to view or edit such calendars (or their events) if the calendars were shared using the old approach.
If a calendar was shared with view or edit permissions but using the old approach, you can now work around the error and manually upgrade the calendar sharing to use the new approach. Over time, Outlook will automatically upgrade all shared calendars to use the new approach, including calendars shared with delegate permissions.
To manually upgrade a shared calendar to use the new approach, follow these steps:
- The recipient removes the calendar that was previously shared to them.
- The calendar owner re-shares the calendar in Outlook on the web, Outlook on iOS, or Outlook on Android.
- The recipient re-accepts the shared calendar using Outlook on the web. (It will be possible to use other Outlook clients soon.)
- The recipient verifies that the calendar has been re-shared successfully using the new approach by being able to view the shared calendar in Outlook on iOS or Outlook on Android.
A calendar shared with you in the new approach appears as just another calendar in your mailbox. You can use the calendar REST API to view or edit events in the shared calendar, as if it's your own calendar. As an example:
GET /me/calendars/{id}/events
Adding and accessing ICS-based calendars in user's mailbox
Currently, there is partial support for a calendar based on an Internet Calendar Subscription (ICS):
- You can add an ICS-based calendar to a user mailbox through the user interface, but not through the Microsoft Graph API.
- Listing the user's calendars lets you get the name, color and id properties of each calendar in the user's default calendar group, or a specified calendar group, including any ICS-based calendars. You cannot store or access the ICS URL in the calendar resource.
- You can also list the events of an ICS-based calendar.
onlineMeetingUrl property support for Microsoft Teams
Currently, the onlineMeetingUrl property of a Skype meeting event would indicate the online meeting URL. However, that property for a Microsoft Teams meeting event is set to null.
The beta version offers a workaround, where you can use the onlineMeetingProvider property of an event to verify if the provider is Microsoft Teams. Through the onlineMeeting property of the event, you can access the joinUrl.
Cloud communications (preview)
Note Cloud communications are currently in preview and are available only in the Microsoft Graph beta endpoint. The Microsoft Teams client does not show the View Meeting details menu for channel meetings created via the cloud communications API.
Organization contacts available in only beta
Only personal contacts are currently supported. Organizational contacts are not currently supported in
/v1.0, but can be found in
Default contacts folder
In the
/v1.0 version,
GET /me/contactFolders does not include the user's default contacts folder.
A fix will be made available. Meanwhile, you can use the following list contacts query and the parentFolderId property as a workaround to get the folder ID of the default contacts folder:
GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/contacts?$top=1&$select=parentFolderId
In the above query:
/me/contacts?$top=1gets the properties of a contact in the default contacts folder.
- Appending
&$select=parentFolderIdreturns only the contact's parentFolderId property, which is the ID of the default contacts folder.
Accessing contacts via a contact folder in beta
In the
/beta version, there is currently an issue that prevents accessing a contact
by specifying its parent folder in the REST request URL, as shown in the 2 scenarios below.
- Accessing a contact from a top level contactFolder of the user's.
GET /me/contactfolders/{id}/contacts/{id}
GET /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/contactfolders/{id}/contacts/{id}
- Accessing a contact contained in a child folder of a contactFolder. The example below shows one level of nesting, but a contact can be located in a child of a child and so on.
GET /me/contactFolder/{id}/childFolders/{id}/.../contacts/{id}
GET /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/contactFolders/{id}/childFolders/{id}/contacts/{id}
As an alternative, you can simply get the contact by specifying its ID as shown below,
since GET /contacts in the
/beta version applies to all the contacts in the user's mailbox:
GET /me/contacts/{id}
GET /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/contacts/{id}
The comment parameter for creating a draft
The comment parameter for creating a reply or forward draft (createReply, createReplyAll, createForward) does not become part of the body of the resultant message draft.
GET messages returns chats in Microsoft Teams
In both the v1 and beta endpoints, the response of
GET /users/id/messages includes the user's Microsoft Teams chats that occurred outside the scope of a team or channel. These chat messages have "IM" as their subject.
Drives, files and content streaming
- First time access to a user's personal drive through the Microsoft Graph before the user accesses their personal site through a browser leads to a 401 response.
Query parameter limitations
- Multiple namespaces are not supported.
- GETs on
$refand casting is not supported on users, groups, devices, service principals and applications.
@odata.bindis not supported. This means that developers won't be able to properly set the acceptedSenders or rejectedSenders navigation property on a group.
@odata.idis not present on non-containment navigations (like messages) when using minimal metadata.
- No support for
- No support for more than 1 level of expand
- No support with extra parameters (
- No support for
/attachmentsendpoint does not support filters. If present, the
$filterparameter is ignored.
- Cross-workload filtering is not supported.
- Full-text search is only available for a subset of entities such as messages.
- Cross-workload searching is not supported.
Delta query
- OData context is sometimes returned incorrectly when tracking changes to relationships.
- Schema extensions (legacy) are not returned with $select statement, but are returned without $select.
- Clients cannot track changes to open extensions or registered schema extensions.
Application and servicePrincipal API changes
There are changes to the application and servicePrincipal entities currently in development. The following is a summary of current limitations and in-development API features.
Current limitations:
- Some application properties (such as appRoles and addIns) will not be available until all changes are completed.
- Only multi-tenant apps can be registered.
- Updating apps is restricted to apps registered after the initial beta update.
- Azure Active Directory users can register apps and add additional owners.
- Support for OpenID Connect and OAuth protocols.
- Policy assignments to an application fail.
- Operations on ownedObjects that require appId fail (For example, users/{id|userPrincipalName}/ownedObjects/{id}/...).
In development:
- Ability to register single tenant apps.
- Updates to servicePrincipal.
- Migration of existing Azure AD apps to updated model.
- Support for appRoles, pre-authorized clients, optional claims, group membership claims, and branding
- Microsoft account (MSA) users can register apps.
- Support for SAML and WsFed protocols.
Change tracking is not supported
Change tracking (delta query) is not supported for open or schema extension properties.
Creating a resource and open extension at the same time
You cannot specify an open extension at the same time you create an instance of administrativeUnit, device, group, organization or user. You must first create the instance and then specify the open extension data in a subsequent
POST request on that instance.
Creating a resource instance and adding schema extension data at the same time
You cannot specify a schema extension in the same operation as creating an instance of contact, event, message, or post.
You must first create the resource instance and then do a
PATCH to that instance to add a schema extension and custom data.
Limit of 100 schema extension property values allowed per resource instance
Directory resources, such as device, group and user, currently limit the total number of schema extension property values that can be set on a resource instance, to 100.
Filtering on schema extension properties not supported on all entity types
Filtering on schema extension properties (using the
$filter expression) is not supported for Outlook entity types - contact, event, message, or post.
JSON Batching
No nested batch
JSON batch requests must not contain any nested batch requests.
All individual requests must be synchronous
All requests contained in a batch request must be executed synchronously. If present, the
respond-async preference will be ignored.
No transactions
Microsoft Graph does not currently support transactional processing of individual requests. The
atomicityGroup property on individual requests will be ignored.
URIs must be relative
Always specify relative URIs in batch requests. Microsoft Graph then makes these URLs absolute by using the version endpoint included in the batch URL.
Limit on batch size
JSON batch requests are currently limited to 20 individual requests.
Simplified dependencies
Individual requests can depend on other individual requests. Currently, requests can only depend on a single other request, and must follow one of these three patterns:
- Parallel - no individual request states a dependency in the
- Serial - all individual requests depend on the previous individual request.
- Same - all individual requests that state a dependency in the
dependsOnproperty, state the same dependency.
As JSON batching matures, these limitations will be removed.
Cloud Solution Provider apps
CSP apps must use Azure AD endpoint
Cloud solution provider (CSP) apps must acquire tokens from the Azure AD (v1) endpoints to successfully call Microsoft Graph in their partner-managed customers. Currently, acquiring a token through the newer Azure AD v2.0 endpoint is not supported.
Pre-consent for CSP apps doesn't work in some customer tenants
Under certain circumstances, pre-consent for CSP apps may not work for some of your customer tenants.
- For apps using delegated permissions, when using the app for the first time with a new customer tenant you might receive this error after sign-in:
AADSTS50000: There was an error issuing a token.
- For apps using application permissions, your app can acquire a token, but unexpectedly gets an access denied message when calling Microsoft Graph.
We are working to fix this issue as soon as possible, so that pre-consent will work for all your customer tenants.
In the meantime, to unblock development and testing you can use the following workaround.
NOTE: This is not a permanent solution and is only intended to unblock development. This workaround will not be required once the aforementioned issue is fixed. This workaround does not need to be undone once the fix is in place.
Open an Azure AD v2 PowerShell session and connect to your
customertenant by entering your admin credentials into the sign-in window. You can download and install Azure AD PowerShell V2 from here.
Connect-AzureAd -TenantId {customerTenantIdOrDomainName}
Create the Microsoft Graph service principal.
New-AzureADServicePrincipal -AppId 00000003-0000-0000-c000-000000000000
Functionality available only in Office 365 REST or Azure AD Graph APIs
Some functionality is not yet available in Microsoft Graph. If you don't see the functionality you're looking for, you can use the endpoint-specific Office 365 REST APIs. For Azure Active Directory, please refer to the Microsoft Graph or Azure AD Graph blog post on the features that are only available through Azure AD Graph API.
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Hey guys, Jana here,
Lionsgate presents The Vestron Video Collector's Series debut of 'Return of the Living Dead 3′ on limited-edition Blu-ray with a premiere date set for November 22, 2016. Included in the Blu-ray are all-new special features consisting of interviews and audio commentary.
If it's zombie romance you want, this is the film for you. In 'Return of the Living Dead: Part II', the chemical Trioxin turned people into flesh-eating zombies. Now, the government is trying to control these unstoppable cannibalistic killers in 'Return of the Living Dead 3'. When a young man uses the chemical to bring his girlfriend back to life after a motorcycle accident, she is driven to eat the only thing that will nourish her…human brains! She tries to stop her own feeding frenzy but a chain reaction has already begun, as hordes of undead are unleashed from their graves!
- Audio Commentary with Director Brian Yuzna
- Audio Commentary with Actress Melinda Clarke and Special Make-Up Effects Artist Tom Rainone
- 'Ashes to Ashes' – A Conversation with Director Brian Yuzna and Screenwriter John Penney
- 'Living Dead Girl' – An Interview with Actress Melinda Clarke
- 'Romeo is Bleeding' – An Interview with Actor J. Trevor Edmond
- 'Trimark & Trioxin – Interviews With Production Executive David Tripet and Editor Chris Roth
- 'The Resurrected Dead' – Interviews With Special Effects Designers Steve Johnson and Chris Nelson
- Still Gallery

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Let the wild rumpus begin, Dallas. You had a buzzing, humming, sexy weekend of music. Like, a real luxury yacht of fiery shows. There's more to come to this summer, of course, with KXT's Summer Cut up next weekend (Mmm...Flaming Lips). Somewhere in the crowds for Homegrown Fest, FLOAT, The Darkness, and Friday's dance party with Father John Misty at Sons of Hermann Hall, our photographers were snapping away with mad abandon.
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You've probably heard it said that beauty isn't just skin-deep—but let's be honest, there is something alluring about a healthy glow that reflects a life well-led and well-fed. Natural foods are a great way to fuel your body, but did you know that some of these same foods do double-duty inside and out?
Here are a handful of DIY beauty hacks that will help you buff your natural glow, using basic items you probably already have in your kitchen:
Yogurt face mask
This DIY mask is inexpensive and super simple to put together. All you need is plain, natural yogurt (organic is good if you can get it) and dried oats. Combine equal parts yogurt and oats and mix well. Apply a thick coat to your freshly washed face (make sure your hands are clean!) and let it sit for about 15 minutes. Pro tip: Make sure not to make any sudden movements—those oats don't always want to stay put. After 15 minutes have passed, simply rinse off the mixture with warm water using either your hands or a washcloth. Moisturize as usual and start collecting compliments about your radiant skin!
Olive oil hair mask
This solution to your dry hair woes is as simple as it is effective. A few daily drops of oil applied to the ends of your tresses is great moisture maintenance—just make sure to use the oil sparingly, because one or two drops too many can quickly make your hair look, well, oily. (This also isn't the end of the world—you can just tie your hair back and revel in the fact that you're moisturizing while you go about your day #winning.)
For a more intense moisture treatment, saturate all of your hair—or at least all of the shaft—with olive oil and let it sit for as little as an hour or as long as overnight. If you do decide to opt for an overnight treatment, make sure to cover your hair with a shower cap to protect your pillow. You can also use a hair dryer before covering, as the heat helps the oil absorb. The next morning, shampoo and condition as you usually would, but make sure to shampoo very thoroughly (a second sudsing may be in order). And voila. Your hair will be noticeably shinier and softer than it was the day before.
Coconut oil eye makeup remover
Ah, coconut oil. What can't you do? This sweetly scented oil is good for so much more than cooking (but it is great for that). It's incredibly hydrating for dry skin and hair—you can even use it to shave your legs! This wonder oil is also a great makeup remover that's less harsh than those you might find in your drugstore. Just saturate a cotton ball with natural coconut oil (again, organic is good if you can get it), apply to made-up eyes and watch even the most waterproof of mascaras melt away.
Sea salt scrub
You've probably heard about the mythical power of sea salt—salt from the Dead Sea is said to cure all kinds of ailments, from rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis to acne and poor circulation. Whether or not those claims hold true, sea salt does deliver a more basic benefit: it's a fantastic natural exfoliant (and its often the main ingredient in many a store-bought scrub). Instead of looking to the beauty aisle for your next scrub, you can easily whip one up at home that's just as effective—plus it's nice to know exactly what you're putting on your skin. All you need is coarse sea salt and either coconut or olive oil. Apart from those elements, you can add essential oils to your liking—lavender oil is wonderfully fragrant and peppermint oil delivers a tingly, refreshing effect.
Simply combine 1 cup coarse sea salt, 1/2 cup oil, and 5 drops essential oil (you can add more if you like a stronger scent) and stir. This is just the base ratio, so you can make more or less of the mixture to suit your exfoliating ambitions. Use in the shower after cleansing skin and simply rinse. After the sea salt washes away, some oil will remain, which is a good thing! Just pat your skin dry and skip the lotion—you'll be well moisturized for the day.
Lemon deodorant
Whether or not natural deodorant is your thing, it can be nice to take a break from aluminum-based, often chemical-ridden antiperspirants once in a while. This DIY deodorant is incredibly easy to acquire and apply—and it's chemical-free! All you need is a lemon (seriously). Just cut a lemon in quarters and rub a slice onto your armpits. If you prefer a spray application, you can also squeeze lemon juice into a spray bottle. Just make sure to wait before applying to freshly shaved pits, because ouch.
Apple cider vinegar hair rinse
ACV is everywhere these days, lauded for its myriad health benefits. This fermented apple elixir is said to help balance pH and alkalinity in the body when taken orally—but it's also a great natural way to restore shine to dull hair. All you need is unfiltered (or raw) apple cider vinegar and water—but you can add essential oils if desired: lavender for fragrance or tea tree for oily hair. Combine about 3 tablespoons of raw ACV with 16 ounces of water and a couple drops of essential oil if that appeals to you. After shampooing, pour the mixture over your hair, starting at the scalp, and let it sit in your hair for 1 to 2 minutes. Rinse thoroughly and repeat once a week.


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They came to win almost everything that could get in sailing in Spain. While studying lived in the High Performance Centre of Palma de Mallorca and competed whenever there was an opportunity.
Now, some years later, Marc Terrasa, Ivan Moreno, Rebeca Bartolomé Gómez Marí Mayans have no summer vacation, work absorbs them, and even have small children. So the chances not only to compete but to take the boat to the water are very few.
"We, with the two girls, almost had abandoned" explains Rebecca Bartholomew together make s'Alambí couple and when they leave the boat.
Marc and Ivan, aboard the Finca Sa if they have had the opportunity to participate in some other test.
But the desire is stronger than the complications of everyday life, so the four have decided to engage the wheel of national and international regattas.
To begin to feel the adrenaline of the competition they have not chosen an easy challenge, but the European Championship Snipe held in Santiago de la Ribera (Murcia) that is open, and not have to be classified previously been definitive . Together there more than one hundred ships from all over Europe, including Argentina and Brazil. "We took it with a preparation to go to the Championship of Spain Absolute Galp Snipe to be held in late November in Ciutadella, Menorca. Therefore, we would like to do our best "points Marc Terrasa.
On Sunday 18 September, with the van full of capes, bags, great enthusiasm and a trailer with two sailboats, left for Denia and from there to Santiago de la Ribera.
From now on they will try every effort to train and participate in the maximum possible scoring race. The four say that "before we watched just to navigate and now our holidays are for fun while doing sports we like. The concept has changed."
And after two decades at sea it is difficult to definitively leave. "We are very motivate and we want to reach the world championship to be held next year in Galicia, under the organization of the Yacht Club of A Coruña."
For the four sailing is a sport that gives great satisfaction and recommend you try all world. "Living in Ibiza is a pity that many people do not dare to venture into this world because it is believed to be elitist and, the truth is that it is not so."
The proof of this is that they can go to the European Championship with the support of Club Nautico Ibiza which is responsible for helping with the trip, "provides us the vehicle we carry and works fairly with expenses."
The four sailors encourage children and young people to try sailing and "look like hooks. In addition, in the case of Club Nautico Ibiza, "which is the most known, provides the necessary starting material".


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How To Hit Your Sales Targets!
"My Sales Pipeline is Full of Peaks and Troughs and I don't Know How To Change it So I Hit My Sales Targets…
What Should I Do?"
If you're a Business Owner, Sales Director, Manager or Rep, this question is probably something you've asked yourself at some point in time.
Whatever your role is, the amount of pressure you feel during a sales slump can be extremely overwhelming.
The only reassuring thing is… you're not alone!
I've been there.
Many of us have.
In fact, if any entrepreneur tells you they haven't experienced this feeling at some point… or more than likely, on many occasions, they're probably not sharing the whole truth with you!
The feeling is overwhelming.
For me, I can't sleep well, I feel like I can almost barely breathe and if you have other responsibilities it's compounded. I'm not just talking about staff, overheads, but the people you support in your life.
I have a family and my whole reason is to support them and try and give them the best life possible.
This makes the pressure I put on myself 100 times worse!
Can you relate to this?
Good. I thought so… I assume this is why you're reading this!
When this happens, we have two choices:
Blame everybody else… It's not your fault…
(first lesson….IT IS YOUR FAULT!!!).
I've had all these excuses under the sun from my previous sales teams and you may recognise some of these well-thumbed excuses…
- We are too expensive…
- The marketplace is quiet…
- The economy is slow…
- Clients have no budget…
- Our competition is better than us…
I could go on.
You may have even used some of these yourself,… I know I have!
Or… The second option….
Confront the Problem HEAD ON!
Of course, I'd advise you do the second option, BUT, you need a strategy!
Here's the first steps I found to work for me…
For me, a large part of achieving success, is to have real belief.
Not blind belief, walking boldly into the abyss with your fingers crossed. No, genuine belief that if you put together a plan and more importantly…
Do that… and you'll get through it!
Sitting around hoping and believing will only mean you sink lower!
Or, just doing the same thing you've always done but expecting a different result…
I'm not sure how many times I've seen people in business do this, but if I had a £ for…
No, I won't go there!
So a plan is essential. A proven, effective strategy that you learn, implement, test, refine, repeat!
Make some changes, believe and TAKE ACTION!
And… NEVER… EVER…….. EVER…GIVE UP!
So What is The Best Way to Get More Clients?
How do you decide what to do?
Something I've learned from a number of hyper successful entrepreneurs is this simple message.
The amount of money in your bank account is directly reflecting the amount of value you offer your clients!
That hurts a little doesn't it!
You thought you were doing a great job.
Of course you may be, but the strategies you are using may not enable you to monetise the value you offer.
Obviously, the harsh truth may be you're simply not offering enough value!
When you're selling, the first step is this…
That sounds a little weird to a natural born sales person right?
But if you only focus on your own objectives, the danger is you lose focus of the needs of your customers.
But you have to resist and push away your own problems and focus on your prospects issues at hand.
And that also means turning a deal down if it isn't the right fit for your prospect.
When you stop trying to "close deals" and START focusing on HELPING your prospects, all of a sudden that tense, untrustworthy tone in your voice that you didn't even realise was there, disappears and, all of a sudden, you start having real conversations with prospects.
It's an old saying and it's easier to say than it is to do, but if you want to get what you want, you have to put the needs of others first.
To put this into practice, each sales call you make, before you pick up the phone, have the mindset of calling to see how you might be able to "help" them.
In other words… KEEP OFFERING VALUE!
That will help keep your focus where it needs to be while taking the tension you feel out of your voice.
The other upside to this, offering value is actually enjoyable, rewarding and when you sell with a smile in your voice you more often than not, do more business!
Sales is often made up of simple ratios…
Sometimes when you're struggling and it feels like your trying to push water uphill, your productivity dwindles with your increasing frustration.
Desperation kicks in and believe me… subconsciously your prospects can sense this.
Using the tips above will help you have the right frame of mind and tone of voice – now it's time to get to work.
Start making more dials and fewer excuses.
Sure, maybe your skill set could use some fresh new techniques – but you didn't forget how to sell overnight.
Implement the three basic steps above to get back on the right path and start making some progress.
Top sales people truly only have a major sales slump happen to them once.
The best of the best learn from their mistakes and work to ensure it never happens again. So climb your way out, one sales call at a time and never look back.
But, taking action is one thing… a proven, effective strategy is another.
How To Use the OUTREACH FORMULA!
At Marketing Republic, we run B2B Sales Prospecting Campaigns for clients with high value propositions (4 figures upwards), who have a consultative sales process.
They have skilled sales people who are most effective when they are in front of their Ideal Prospects, more of the time.
We help them by making that happen!
We build sales pipeline. Simple as that!
Sounds easy right?!
Well it's much easier when you've developed an effective formula and process that we replicate across all our client campaigns. And we've tested and refined this process many times over…
(First rule of sales and marketing… never stop testing and refining!).
… we've create many £millions of sales pipeline in 23 countries for our clients who are both UK as well as many other countries around the world.
We call this process the OUTREACH FORMULA….
You can watch this video to find out more…
Thanks for reading! If you want to find out more, you have two options…
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The History In June of 1993, a committee was formed by the Albany County Veterans Bureau known as the Albany County Honor-A-Veteran Committee. The committee was formed to honor a deceased Albany County veteran, who has served his country in time of conflict.
The Ceremony The Honor A Veteran Program is a monthly event which takes place on the first Monday of each month at one of the Albany County American Legion Posts. The program starts promptly at 8:30am and lasts about one hour.
The very dignified program honors the veteran with a county proclamation delivered by County Executive Daniel P. McCoy. Congressman Paul Tonko presents a flag that has flown over our Nations' Capital in honor of the deceased veteran.
After proclamations are presented to the family of the veteran the ceremony adjourns to the outside front of the building for the raising of the American Flag in tribute of our honored veteran. The flag is flown for one month then taken down and given to the Honoree's family by the Chair of the Honor A Vet Selection Committee. Photos of the ceremony are also provided to the family.
You can view the history of our honorees dating back to 2002, when we first started adding them to our website, by selecting a year from our menu at right. Starting in the summer of 2012 we have made available video highlights of the ceremonies on our YouTube channel.
The Nomination Process Anyone (e.g., family, friends, funeral directors, veterans organizations) may submit nominating resumes directly to the committee. The following requirements must be satisfied, with supporting documentation:
You can start the nomination process by sending nominating resumes to:


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I love walking on the farm. I can amble around for many miles without seeing another human being. That's so cool. And all along the way, I see these guys. Here are two shots.
See that little guy, the white one? He's some sort of dwarf horse and the larger one is his best friend. They're always together. This is a shot from feeding time. All the trainers say the little guy is "nasty". We're told not to go near him. Poor thing. Someone dwarfed his genes and now everyone calls him nasty. There's something wrong with that.
Here's another shot, this time of three mares with their offspring. Again, it's feeding time.
Isn't it sweet, the way the little guys eat with their moms? They always do this. In fact, they walk around in pairs all day with the mother keeping close watch over her foal. Families work the same, no matter if you're a horse or a person.
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Instagram isn't just for humblebragging and bumming people out with how lonely you are pretending you aren't, it's also a pretty good medium for being an insane pop-fetishist who lives vicariously through those who sing slightly better than your average human. That's what the Daily Dot found in their analysis of the most popular celebrity hashtags on the iPhone-based anxiety medication.
Can you guess who the top celebrities Instagram users are talking about are? Yes, you probably can. Fill in your answers in the space below. Be sure not to mark outside the lines in the area provided or your answers won't be counted.
Done yet? How many were the individual members of One Direction, Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, and Louis Tomlinson? The top 5? You're mostly right, but you also need to add in the band itself, the concept of a fan-based Frankenstein-monster-like romantic pairing of two of the members Larry Stylinson, and one of the dude's girlfriends.
Rounding out the rest of the list is no one you will be surprised by the in the slightest, including Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Rihanna, and some gross old dead guy named Bob Marley. Check out the full results here.


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Shaun McKenna is an award-winning playwright, screen writer, lyricist and adaptor.
Shaun is developing a period espionage drama Agent 160 . He recently completed a mini series for TXTV. Previous credits include a feature length thriller for ITV, The Crooked Man, and an acclaimed two-part thriller, Like Father, Like Son. He was a regular contributor to the three final series of Heartbeat and was the writer/researcher on Great West End Theatres with Sir Donald Sinden. He has an original screenplay, Oscar's Boys, in development. He has recently contributed occasional episodes to Doctors.
Shaun has written the Book for the forthcoming Glenn Miller musical Feelin' In The Mood and is developing The Last Scrapbook: The Jack Cole Story with Broadway legend Chet Walker. He has written lyrics for Are You As Nervous As I Am? and He has had four previous West End musicals, most notably the stage version of The Lord of the Rings for which he wrote Book and Lyrics with Matthew Warchus. Earlier West End musicals include Maddie (Book & Lyrics), Lautrec (Book, Music by Charles Aznavour) and La Cava (Additional Lyrics). He has written The Ovation with lyricist Maribeth Derry and composer Patrick Leonard, and wrote the Book for Last Dance, a disco musical based on the songs of Paul Jabara, which tried out in New York in 2012. He wrote Book and Lyrics for Heidi which proved a huge success in Switzerland and Germany and produced two sequels, all with music by Stephen Keeling, his regular collaborator. Shaun also wrote Book and Lyrics for two 5-star Edinburgh Festival hits, Murder Mystery Musical and Terry Pratchett's Only You Can Save Mankind.
Plays include the Peter James adaptations, The Perfect Murder (UK tours, 2014 & 2016), Dead Simple (UK Tour 2015) and Not Dead Enough (UK Tour 2017). He is currently adapting The House On Cold Hill for production in 2019. In 2012, Shaun wrote the multi-award-winning stage adaptation of Ladies in Lavender which toured the UK. Earlier plays include Killing Camille, Ruling Passions, Meeting Jack, Me And Little Boots and adaptations of How Green Was My Valley and To Serve Them All My Days.
Shaun is working with Lin Coghlan on an 11-episode Arnold Bennett series, China Towns, to be broadcast in 2019. Shaun is one of the core writers on the epic BBC Radio 4 drama series Home Front, about life in Britain during World War I, which will run in real time from August 4th 2014 to November 11th 2018. He was show runner/lead writer on Seasons 3, 6 and 12. In 2016-17 his new adaptation of The Forsytes was broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Shaun and Lin Coghlan adapted all nine of John Galsworthy's Forsyte novels. Previous BBC radio adaptations include John le Carre's Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Honourable Schoolboy, The Looking Glass War and A Murder of Quality. Other BBC adaptations include East of Eden, Brother Dusty Feet, East of Eden, Marnie, The Postman Always Rings Twice, The Cry of the Owl and To Serve Them All My Days.
Shaun first worked with acclaimed US director Philip Wm. McKinley on Ben Hur Live at the O2 arena in 2009. It subsequently played the Fiera di Roma in 2011. Recently Shaun and Philip have been exploring the possibilities of the Arena Show and the first of several collaborations, The Bible: In The Beginning, is in development.
Shaun studied at Maidstone Grammar School and the University of Bristol.
Follow the link for a complete list of Shaun's credits .
Awards and Nominations
Home Front won Outstanding Contribution to Radio Drama Award 2019 at the BBC Audio Awards.
Ladies in Lavender won five Broadway World UK awards (including Best Fringe or Regional Play) in 2012.
The Lord of the Rings won a Best Musical DORA (Dora Mavor Moore Award) in Canada in 2006 (one of seven awards the show received), was Olivier Award nominated for Best Musical in 2007 and in the same year won an Outstanding Achievement Award from SOBOM.
Shaun's first episode of Heartbeat, "One Small Step", won a Royal Television Society Yorkshire: Best Drama Award in 2008.
Heidi: Teil 2 was nominated for a Prix Walo Award in 2008.


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The FbF LiveScan TSC Applicant System provides everything needed to electronically submit fingerprints to the Transportation Security Clearinghouse (TSC), a Designated Aviation Channeling (DAC) service that assists the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in background checking airport and airline employees.
FbF LiveScan is an affordable live scan software application that is integrated with the Integrated Biometrics Kojak. The software is certified compliant with the FBI's latest Electronic Biometric Transmission Specification (EBTS) and compatible with the FBI NGI (Next Generation Identification IAFIS).
With a best-in-class user interface, its step-by-step navigation, and its real-time scoring of fingerprint quality, FbF LiveScan makes administering live scan a simple and client-friendly process for all applications related to hiring and contracting of airport and airline personnel.
Please note: shipping this product internationally requires an export license from the state department. The application process can last up to 45 days.


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Finding Healthcare Degrees
If you are into science and medicine, then you can surely choose among the wide array of community colleges or four-year colleges where you can earn your healthcare degrees. Many of these universities and colleges offers a financial aid to the students so that it can help them get the money that they need to be able to study to the desired healthcare school. You need to bear in mind that having a healthcare degree, you can also be able to practice in your desired field.
In the community college level, you can get the Associate healthcare degree in the various study areas that you like. Nursing health degrees or other degrees related to health like the medical insurance coding and billing can be earned at the community college the associate level. If ever that the student would like to continue his or her studies, then the health degree credits can now be transferred to four-year college or into a university. Huge number of the students would take part in the community colleges classes that can be related to the health degrees due to the low amount of the tuition fees at the community college level compared to the four-year level colleges.
The health degrees for bachelors are typically four-year long program that is only offered by the colleges and various universities. It is upon your choice to study on the courses that leads to your preferred healthcare degrees in nursing or healthcare administration, for instance, at your desired four-year university or colleges. If you are going to wish to earn your desired degree at a graduate level, then there are programs of study leading to Masters or at Doctorate degree. There can also be jobs that is related to the health and safety management that is … Read More


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The Christian Jacket from our new winter collection has been made in a beautiful marbled grey wool. We have added the black braid detail to tie in the Victorian theme and to break up the block colour. The belt detail also adds to this style and helps highlight your shape by cinching in at the waist.
The Christian Jacket is perfect for winter, the grey colour makes it very easy and versatile to style. Pair it with blue jeans and a blush pink top or be bold and style it with a deep red dress.
Whether you're daring or demure the Christian Jacket is perfect for your winter wardrobe.
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Jan 23, 2020
Administrative Assistant - Temporary Featured
Join National Heritage Academies (NHA) as a temporary administrative assistant. The available positions report directly to the curriculum and instruction manager and will provide support to key department initiatives. About Us NHA, one of the nation's leading charter school management organizations, currently operates more than 80 schools across nine states serving over 55,000 students in Kindergarten through 8th grade. Founded in 1995 and based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, NHA is a for-profit organization with nearly 5,000 employees. In this role you will work out of our Service Center located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The NHA Service Center is where all the behind-the-scenes magic happens. Our 400 brilliant team members are brag-worthy. With a diverse group of departments like admissions, talent acquisition, facilities, legal services, and many more working together to provide top level back-office support. Schedule 2 positions available - can be either be full-time or part-time (30 hours) Duration - approximately 6 months; starting as soon as possible through June Your Role Provide support for key Curriculum & Instruction initiatives, primarily supporting ELA team in updating NHA created curriculum and instructional support documents. Areas of support will include but not be limited to the following: Formatting, editing & proofreading existing curriculum to align with specific state standards. Collaborate with Curriculum & Instruction team members and school leaders to obtain information, coordinate logistics, and ensure timely completion of tasks and deliverables. Support other projects and initiatives, as needed (e.g., myNHA development and enhancements for applications including gradebook, online assessment, and curriculum). Additional duties as assigned. Requirements Self-motivated Able to work independently or as part of a team Experience working in Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, and Word Excellent communication skills are essential, both written and verbal To learn more about our core values, please click here . National Heritage Academies is an equal opportunity employer.
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Meet the J/121
Creating the best short-handed J ever starts with a hull shape that excels on all points of sail, particularly reaching. Most classic distance races have a beat/reach/run ratio around 15%/60%/25%. Straight-line speed is the name of the game and is achieved by having a low drag, efficient hull with high form stability and exceptional balance. Add to this a highly engineered carbon rig package, an L- shaped low VCG keel, infused composite construction, and a water-ballast assist system that adds nearly 400 kilos (4 big guys) of crew weight to the rail and you have the J/121.
Simplified Sail-Handling
Versatile, Ergonomic Cockpit
A 3D jib lead system using floating trim rings allows nearly infinite placement of the jib clew (crucial for reaching) without the friction normally associated with in-hauling or out-hauling from a track-mounted jib car. Water ballast controls are cockpit led so that the on-deck crew can easily manage the transfer or dumping of the tank(s). Electric primary and secondary winches are available (and class legal) for push button trimming ease.
Spacious, Open Interior


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I have a dirty little secret… and no, it's not sexy.
The following started as a message to a dear friend who is struggling with depression and ED (eating disorder). I decided to post this because, a) most of us keep these things hidden, b) this is an issue that affects wo/men and others beyond such labels – within our community as well as without, and […]Read More
Respect Yourself, Protect Yourself
I got a message from someone asking about safer sex and her rights as a young woman. She asked about birth control, safer sex, and her ability to demand protection with her partner. May all of my sisters and brothers out there hear this message loud and clear. _______ You have the right to make […]Read More
Pregnancy & Safer Sex in FTMs
The following letter was written to the editor at TransHealth.org:* Dear Editor, I am a 37 year old post-op (top only at this time) FTM or transsexual male and my questions is, can FTMs become pregnant while on Testosterone? I have been on T for almost two years now and recently I did something […]Read More
Why Should Fluid-Bonded Couples Use Safer Sex at Public Parties?
I acknowledge that this is a topic that evokes a LOT of emotion in the community. This writing is based on my experience and knowledge as a health care provider, sexuality educator, and community member for over 15 years. These are MY OPINIONS. By all means, take my advice or leave it… As so many […]Read More


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In the midst of Syrian turmoil, it was reported over the weekend that Al-Qaeda affiliate Jabhat Al-Nusra murdered another Christian in the country. Catholic priest Francois Murad was killed as he was attempting to set up a monastery in Gassanieh in northern Syria.
His murder is the latest in the "shadow war" against Christians by the Syrian rebels to whom President Obama committed small arms and ammunition last month. Catholic Father Michael Kayal was abducted in February while riding a bus; Syrian Orthodox Father Fadi Haddad was kidnapped in December and subsequently murdered; "Yohannes" was shot on a bus when a cross was found around his neck; stories of others abound.


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Listener Perceptions of Telemarketing
PRADO, for those of you who don't know, is an organization for public radio fundraising and marketing professionals. The argument was over how to respond to listener perceptions about telemarketing (they really don't like it). On one side, the people who helped conduct and interpret the research. Their opinion was to stay away from telemarketing. On the other side, a VP for a telemarketing firm who said you can't trust the research because people, even public radio listeners, will say one thing and do another.
I've been in this argument before and have had similar discussions about pledge drives (also disliked by listeners). Here's my response to the list.
One of the biggest failures in public radio's development community is defining "what works" solely by dollars raised or responses received. It is paradoxical to ask people to give because of the emotional value derived from listening and then to dismiss those emotions when it comes to evaluating fundraising techniques. You can't pick and choose what you want to believe about what listeners say. To say, "We trust listeners when they talk about our local music host but not when they talk about telemarketing" is irresponsible.
The "what works" mentality is especially prevalent when it comes to pledge drives. The response rate to pledge drive appeals -- pledges relative to audience that hears the fundraising -- is typically less than 1/2 of one-percent. Pledge drives don't "work" when compared to any objective direct marketing measure. Would you pay for direct mail or telemarketing campaigns with that response rate? No. But the out-of-pocket costs are cheap so we keep doing them, even when we know they are a source of customer dissatisfaction.
Likewise, just because telemarketing gets responses doesn't mean the respondents like telemarketing. All it means it that they responded. Let's not confuse what they do with what they like.
The vast majority of listeners don't like pledge drives. The vast majority of listeners don't like telemarketing. Don't take it personally if you're in either business because both remain valuable fundraising tools. Rather, ask yourself how to best use these tools while recognizing the deep dissatisfaction they cause with listeners. Strive to keep them to a minimum. And when you use them, strive to make them as listener-focused and as respectful as possible.
That was one of the major lessons from the Listener Focused Fundraising project. Listeners don't resent being ask for money, but they often resent how we ask. Everyone who asks for money for public radio should be aware of this, including paid telemarketers.
Equally important is understanding that it is sometimes better to make 1,000 telemarketing calls to lapsed donors than to add a full day of on-air fundraising that interrupts the public service of 100,000 listeners. That's a choice stations frequently face.
Data I've seen show that stations that don't do a telemarketing hit at the end of the renewal series typically have lower-than-average retention rates. Failing to get those renewals this year reduces next year's direct mail revenue potential. To make up for lost donors, stations try to get more new and lapsed members from on-air drives. The result? They often use Give and Get, Blame and Pleading, and Frantic fundraising messages in an attempt to boost results. Again, the telemarketing call might be the better option.
Finally, part of the reduction in public radio's national donor base can be attributed to some stations' reluctance to call and say "please." After all, if donors haven't responded to 6 letters already, the 7th isn't all that likely to work.
This is not an easy topic. Expenses and goals are going up. We can't just stop using methods central to meeting this year's revenue number and building next year's donor base. Having less to spend would certainly undermine public radio's public service in time, if not right away.
Yet reliance on negative-impact fundraising techniques is rising. Competitors with less-invasive revenue generating methods are easier for our listeners to find and use. This is a real threat. It is imperative to find fundraising methods that don't cause so much listener dissatisfaction. That's good customer service and it is good public service. Respectful, non-invasive fundraising should be one of public radio's Core Values.
Labels: NPR, Pledge Drives, PRADO, Public Radio, telemarketing


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When I was cropping this photograph it occurred to me how the gray in the design blended so well with the background. It almost seemed as if the bead was completely transparent except for the red and black detail in the center. I like the effect so much, at least the illusion of it, that I have added it to my list of things to do in one of my next torch sessions. Hopefully the reality of the design will match the imagining!
For those who don't remember when I named this design, I remarked how the pattern reminded me of a court jester's collar. I had also called this style "zipper" but everyone liked Jester so much that it just stuck.


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Working Together, Growing Together
For over forty years, Sylvite has offered an ever-growing and wide range of products and services, thanks to a focus on building positive and long-standing relationships that benefit our customers, partners, employees and our company.
In Ontario, we operate an independent full service agricultural retail business, with a mission to be recognized by our customers, partners and staff as the most trusted, reliable and forward-thinking supplier of crop input products, services and technology in the communities we serve.
Driven by a passion for agricultural excellence, and an enduring entrepreneurial spirit, we leverage our knowledge, expertise and strong working relationships with our customers and partners to deliver innovative and profit- building solutions.
We also strive to provide a positive, energetic and exciting place for our staff to work and build a career.
Passionate to provide the best value as the trusted, vertically-integrated agricultural partner.
To create value by providing innovative solutions to our partners.
Integrity, Independent, Entrepreneurial Spirit, Committed Relationships.
Sylvite is independently owned with a number of joint venture partners and many long standing relationships which provide a strong foundation of our ongoing business.
Working Together, Growing Together
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For Pi'ilani Alapai-Lopez, Kauai will always be home. It is where she was born and raised. It is where many of her closest family members live. It is where she goes when she needs to take a break from her busy schedule. And it is where she sees her future.
Pi'ilani left Kauai when she was 13 years old after challenges in her personal life led to lapses in her school attendance. She was raised for most of her childhood on the beach, finding a home on Oahu with Hale Kipa for the past 5 years. Through ongoing support with a Hale Kipa therapist and case worker, she is now pursuing her education and career goals on Oahu.
"There are times when I am pulled between going home and staying here, but my opportunities are here," she said. "For us kids who are less fortunate, we struggle, we go through things. We must choose the route that we think is going to help us. Hale Kipa has really supported me with that."
After participation in several Hale Kipa programs, including Kauai's Intensive Mentoring Program and the Emergency Shelter Program, Pi'ilani entered Hale Kipa's Transitional Family Home program, which provides individual and family therapy and support through foster home placement. She had just turned 17 years old.
"I hadn't been in a foster home before, and I didn't want to do it," she said. "But once I was there I was more comfortable, and it is a big part of me being happy. I have my self-esteem back. I started going back to school. Someone is taking care of me – I'm not on my own."
Now 18 years old, Pi'ilani splits her time between studying for the first of four General Educational Development (GED) tests through Goodwill Industries of Hawaii's Ola I Ka Hana program in Kapolei and working part-time as a customer-service representative for Pizza Hut.
"I am really good at my job," she said. "I am a fast learner in general, especially with things like computers. My time living on the beach taught me how to communicate and be resourceful."
Pi'ilani showed "determination and hard work" in reaching her treatment goals, said Hale Kipa Program Coordinator Danielle Miller.
After taking her GED test this fall, Pi'ilani plans to transfer into the Job Corps, a no-cost education and vocational training program in Waimanalo administered by the U.S. Department of Labor. There, she will receive training and certification to become an auto mechanic – a passion she developed through her close bond with her father.
"I am getting back on my feet," she said. "Eventually I'll go back home. I am going to be successful there."


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The Road Not Taken
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim
Because it was grassy and wanted wear,
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
On my walk in the forest this morning I came to a fork in the path and was faced for a moment with a decision. Which way will I go? Almost without hesitation I took the road to my right. Neither path appeared less trodden, less traveled, they both looked fairly similar in terms of use and of scenery. I forged ahead on my chosen path without a second thought of what wonders the other path held. Instead, I found myself exhilarated by the journey, the sense of adventure that lay in the unexplored. I was intrigued by the details I encountered – the small flock of finches humming their throaty song, the vibrant glow of the morning sun on my cheek and the deeply satisfying smell of the eucalypt, that always signifies home to me.
I sit now, with warm tea in hand, and ponder Frost's dilemma. I do not wish to grow old, reflect and always hold that sense of loss for the path not taken. I do not wish to question, or second guess, nor do I wish to hold feelings of regret or remorse for what might have been. There is no right or a wrong decision, no right or a wrong path. Instead, living a life of acceptance and gratitude; living life with a sense of reverence and wonder for the beauty and opportunities that are revealed is, for me, far preferable than regret.
I will not sigh for moments lost, I will not sigh for what might have been. I will rejoice for opportunities taken and given, I will be grateful for the magic, mystery and wonders my path has held. And let's be honest, what's stopping me from hiking back and changing direction if I change my mind?
Wishing you a day filled with wonder.


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2010 marked the 100th anniversary of the Kennebunk Beach Improvement Association (KBIA). This History Showcase exhibition traced the organization from its roots as the environmental steward of Mother's Beach and The Cove to its role in providing educational enrichment opportunities to children and their families. Viistors took themselves back to the early 1900s, when "beach improvements" meant oiling the dirt road, adding streetlights, and acquiring a life boat to ensure safety at the bathing beach. Through a series of photographs, archival materials and artifacts both from the Museum's collections and on loan from KBIA, visitors learned what attracted the earliest summer residents and what traditions and allure remain to this day.
History Showcases are designed to address a timely topic or highlight a new acquisition at the Museum, so returning visitors are always seeing something new. The installment of the History Showcase was made possible by our proud business partner: Cape Arundel Inn.


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Magyar Vállalkozásfinanszírozási Zrt. (MV Zrt.):
The EU-wide JEREMIE program in Hungary is administered by the Hungarian State-owned agency MV Zrt., which manages a total of HUF 150 billion (EUR 550 million) of the EU's JEREMIE Program, consisting of three separate programs for venture capital, micro-loans and guarantees aimed at the small and medium-sized companies. 10% of the total JEREMIE funds is provided by the Hungarian State.
Primus Central Europe Fund II LLC:
Primus III LLC is a private fund of funds created by the US and Hungarian investors of Primus Capital. The investors have worked together for many years in previous Primus funds and are experienced private equity investors and corporate leaders in the United States and Hungary.
AEGON Fund Management Ltd.:
Aegon is one of Hungary's largest fund managers with over EUR 3 billion under management in 17 funds.
Primus Capital Management LLC:
This is the investment vehicle of the Primus Fund Management team, which is co-investing in Primus III alongside its private and public investors.


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MEET the car you can drive with your eyes closed. This otherwise anonymous-looking Audi sedan will slam the brakes and call the police if you fall asleep at the wheel.
It's an experimental vehicle for now, but is yet another critical step towards the automation of the car.
Experts predict drivers could be redundant by 2030.
The latest technology can already steer around bends, keep you wandering from your lane, automatically creep forward in stop-start traffic without needing to touch the pedals - and brake suddenly if you're about to rear-end the car in front.
But hi-tech cars dotted with cameras, lasers, radars and ultrasonic sensors have created a new dilemma for the car industry.
Those inventing the technology are worried drivers might fall asleep if there's nothing for them to do.
Audi was so concerned that it did a study to find out how long it takes drivers to regain control of a car if they fall asleep; most responded in 3.5 seconds and the longest took 8 seconds.
Its latest experimental vehicle can read the road and the traffic ahead without the driver having to touch the steering wheel or the pedals.
Audi installed an anti-fatigue camera under the rear-view mirror to detect when the driver nods off.
If there is no reaction after a five-second warning beep, the car will come to a stop 10 seconds after the system spots drowsy or closed eyes.
"If you're not awake after 10 seconds, there's got to be something wrong," said Dr Bjorn Giesler, the project manager for Audi's automated cars during a demonstration on the streets of Las Vegas during this week's International Consumer Electronics Show.
"If you haven't taken control after 10 seconds, the car is going to come to a complete stop and the system is calling the cops."
Audi is keen to introduce this system in the next two or three years, but its biggest hurdle may be changes to the road rules.
A convoy of police cars had to accompany the prototype car, and only qualified engineers were allowed behind the wheel.
Across town, German rival BMW demonstrated an autonomous car on a racetrack. Without driver input the car took inch-perfect lines, swerved through a slalom, and even did a perfect "drift" (a rear-wheel skid made famous by the movie The Fast and the Furious) lap after lap.
BMW says it won't introduce drifting technology on its cars but wanted to show how far the technology has progressed.
A year ago, the computer power to run Audi's experimental car took up the entire boot; the latest version has a brain the size of a laptop and processes 2.5 billion bits of information per second.
With improvements in technology, Dr Giesler says the complete automation of the car is only a matter of time.
"How long before we are in the cities (with partial autonomous technology)? I'd say 2025," Dr Giesler said.
"How long before we can actually handle all of city traffic without any human intervention? I'd say 2030 or 2040.
"City traffic is just so, so complex that's there's always going to be a situation where the driver needs to come back to the driving task.
"I don't think (technology) can handle everything the city can throw at you right now. That's going to take a long time."
Here now:
Radar cruise control, maintains a safe distance between the car ahead and matches the speed accordingly;
Automatic braking from freeway speeds - and acceleration back up to traffic and freeway speeds - when radar cruise control is activated;
Emergency braking at speeds up to 50km/h, designed to stop rear-end collisions if the driver is distracted;
Lane-wander alert, vibrates the steering wheel and/or seat cushion if the driver changes lanes without indicating;
Lane-keeping: corrects the steering and/or applies the brakes on one side of the car to pull it straight.
What's next:
By 2020:
Pedestrian-detection technology, using cameras and/or radar sensors to spot moving objects before slamming the brakes. (As a back-up, Volvo has already introduced the world's first pedestrian airbag under the bonnet near the windscreen.)
Volvo is also developing animal-detection technology. Once it perfects the system on large, slow-moving animals (such as a moose, horse or cow) it has set itself a challenge to spot jumping kangaroos.
A display that counts down how long it takes for red lights to turn green - thus improving traffic flow. To save petrol, the system restarts the engine five seconds before it's time to go;
A display that tells you the optimum speed to get a green-light run all the way to work (hint: it's less than the posted limit).
By 2025:
Cars that can change lanes and merge safely on and off freeway approach and departure ramps;
Cars that can "valet" park themselves - as in, without a driver behind the wheel. Tap a button on your mobile phone app and the car will park itself after dropping you at the front door of the shopping centre, for example. It will come back and get you once you're done. (Needs car park infrastructure that can communicate with the vehicle and work with the car's sensors that can detect parking spaces, other moving vehicles and pedestrians).
By 2030:
Completely autonomous cars that can communicate with traffic lights, "read" stop signs, and "talk" with other cars (For example, it will know if another car is about to run a red light and slow you down to avoid a collision). The world's biggest automotive companies signed an agreement in Las Vegas this week to come up with a common system for "car-to-car" communication.
This reporter is on Twitter: @JoshuaDowling


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Brian Fuata
Brian Fuata works in performance through live and mediated forms. He employs various modes of presentation within the framework of structured-improvisation. In Brian's works, the act of viewing is a reciprocating action between artist and audience and audience with each other. Brian employs the 'blank sheet' as a recurring motif in his work, which transforms with different contexts into emails, paper, Word.Doc, google.doc, SMS text, concrete, film, and in the case of his 20-minute ghost performances, a white bedsheet. His solo works have been exhibited locally, internationally and with WrongSolo, his collaboration with visual artist Agatha Gothe-Snape.


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Healthy Habits and Banana Oatmeal Muffins12.30.2013
With the New Year approaching, I have frequently found myself pondering over what I would want my main resolution to be for 2014. After much deliberation, I decided that I should focus on acquiring more healthy eating habits into my life. Sure, I'm pretty good at eating things in moderation and doing my best to not eat a huge bowl of ice cream (my Achilles Heel) for lunch every day; but, I know I could do better. Plus, now that I have three chickies ages 3 and under, I know that I need to be at my physical best to keep my little crazies safe, entertained, and cared for. And that alone, is reason enough for me to kick my booty into gear.
Over the past couple of weeks, I have slowly been gathering more health friendly recipes and came across a muffin recipe that sounded simply delicious. However, I was hesitant to make them at first because we take breakfast pretty seriously in my nest; and I knew that if these muffins weren't up to par, I would have a mutiny to deal with. So, after a little internal pep talk, I gathered up my courage and whisked up a batch of these babies, and some waffles just in case, to present to my chickies.
Sure enough, they were a HUGE success. So much in fact, that Gus has begun to request them quite frequently.
So, whether being healthy is in your 2014 resolution line up or not, you simply must try making, and eating, these muffins.
Bon Appetit!
Banana Oatmeal Muffins
1/3 cup butter or margarine softened {I used butter}
1/3 cup of sugar
2 eggs
2/3 cup of rippened mashed bananas
1/3 cup of honey
dash or two of vanilla
1 tsp. of cinnamon
1 cup of all-purpose flour
2/3 cup of quick rising oats
3/4 tsp. baking powder
3/4 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Beat softened butter and sugar together.
3. Add eggs, honey, and banana and mix.
4. In a separate bowl mix together all of the dry ingredients {except the cinnamon} and set aside.
5. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix together.
6. Add the vanilla and cinnamon and mix.
7. Place cupcake liners in your cupcake pan, fill the liners 2/3 full, and bake for 18-20 minutes.
8. When done baking, remove from pan and let cool on a wire rack.
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As consumers shift to mobile channels, credit unions need to rethink their lending approaches, says John Best, chief technology officer for $2.5 billion asset Wescom Credit Union in Pasadena, Calif.
The Apple Store is a window on the future of how successful retailers will serve connected consumers, Best says. A buyer can walk into the store, pick a product off the shelf, scan the price, buy it, and walk out the door without talking to anyone.
"This turns the retail and buying experience on its head," he says. "Credit unions may say they want the relationship and they want to speak face-to-face with the member. But the new consumer does the research before they show up at the store or branch."
Branch bypass
Members of "Generation Connected" or Gen C—18- to 34 year-olds who are defined by their connectivity—don't necessarily want to come to the branch or deal with people. If they do, it's on their terms, Best says.
"They will show up in a store or your branch if they don't understand something," he says. "They may come into a store if it is a product they want to touch, play with, or see. And then they may still buy it online. If you insist on them coming to the branch, you may drive their business to another financial institution."
The buying event should be viewed as a whole, and credit unions need to get involved at the beginning. It isn't enough to automate the lending process, although this will help.
For the long-term, credit unions will have to deal with disintermediation evidenced by auto dealers' aggressive involvement in lending.
"We still lose opportunities because lending needs do not start with the credit union," Best says. "Members usually decide they want to buy a car before they consider their credit needs."
Opportunities are going to providers who are quick and innovative. For example, Windows 8 was introduced a few weeks ago and Bank of America already came out with an application.
"Bank of America is indoctrinating kids to use this app," Best says. "It has the money to develop this quickly."
Internet age changes car-buying process
There are four main steps to the car-buying process in the Internet age, according to Best. The consumer:
2. Visits the dealer but is more focused on the car deal.
3. Focuses on getting the loan approved but doesn't care who provides it.4. Gets the loan and closes the deal but may not have received the best financing.
Traditional loan providers offer services in the middle of the transaction while third parties are inserting themselves at the beginning. For example:
►AutoTrader provides calculators, financing information, and dealer referrals for financing. Notably, it doesn't send referrals for financial institutions.►Volkswagen has an Internet car-buying service that claims to have "financing as fast as our cars." It provides information on leasing, financing, dealerships, and estimating payment amounts.
"Car dealers can fulfill every need in the buying process," says Best. "Is there any need to consider the credit union when buying a VW?"
Building a mobile loan application does nothing to insert credit unions into the early stages of car buying. "We need to think outside of our traditional ways of making loans to identify opportunities sooner," he says.
Best cites his recent purchase of a 2013 Ford Explorer. He visited a dealership and asked if it had the Limited 302A model. The salesman didn't know and had to ask others.
"I was reluctant to do business with him since he was unaware of this model," he says. "I had already assimilated the research and I did the sale myself."
Consider the implication if a veteran goes to your branch and wants a mortgage with Veterans Administration options. Would your staff have the answers?
Savvy lenders have staff who are prepared with answers—and might even seek out the veteran before he or she came in for a loan.
"Consumers have a lot of options not related to geographical boundaries, and credit unions may not be able to serve them because of field of membership limitations," Best says. "That could give credit unions a bad name. The digital market isn't necessarily fair to all providers."
Best addressed the CUNA Lending Council's annual conference in Miami Beach.
Next up: Check back Monday when Best outlines the importance of real-time data and multiple channels for lending success.


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David Letterman, Conan O'Brien join in the Tim Tebow Mania
We already knew that Tim Tebow has crossed over from football star to bon a fide celebrity.
Tebow was the focus of a Saturday Night Live sketch last month, and this week, he's making the rounds on the late-night talk shows. Well, not Tebow himself. He's a little busy in Denver getting ready to play the Patriots. But David Letterman made the Broncos' quarterback the star of his daily Top 10 list Tuesday night, with the Top 10 "little known facts about Tim Tebow":
My favorite was No. 2: "Justin Beiber fans have Beiber Fever. Tim Tebow fans have the Tebola Virus." (It's a joke, relax.)
On Monday, Tebow and the Broncos made Conan O'Brien's late-night show on TBS, with a dramatic re-enactment of Tebow's overtime touchdown pass to Demaryius Thomas. But because Conan couldn't use actually NFL footage, the show re-created the moments using peanuts:


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TACC supercomputers simulate organization of membrane proteins at cell surface
The last time you popped a pill for a headache or a stuffy nose, did you think about how the medication actually alleviates your pain or unblocks your stuffy nose? Curing a disease is a complex process and involves understanding how various proteins found on the surface of human body cells convert external stimuli into intracellular biological signals.
Cell signaling intrigues Dr. Marta Filizola, an associate professor of Structural and Chemical Biology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. Her laboratory work is focused on understanding signal transduction processes mediated by certain cell surface membrane proteins called G protein-coupled receptors, which interact with about half of all drugs currently on the market. Important insights into how these proteins work at a molecular level earned the scientists who contributed to them the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2012.
"Membrane proteins are protein molecules embedded in the cell membrane surface," Filizola says. "They play a major role in mediating the effect of drugs."
G protein-coupled receptors are important molecular machines since they respond to a variety of stimuli, including the chemicals in a drug. "They interact with various agents, change form, and translate the information about these chemicals into a biological signal in the interior of the cell," Filizola says. By doing this they help the drug exert its function on disease states.
Without G protein-coupled receptors, medicines would not be effective because they would not know their way into the cell. Yet the exact workings of the G protein-coupled receptors at the molecular level are still shrouded in mystery. There is a huge amount of debate as to what exact parts of these proteins are important and how other aspects, like their ability to assemble (or oligomerize) in the cell surface membrane, affect cell signaling.
The Filizola lab runs computer simulations of oligomeric assemblies of G protein-coupled receptors on the supercomputers at the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC), trying to answer questions like: How do drugs affect the spatio-temporal organization of G protein-coupled receptors in the cell membrane?
"G protein-coupled receptors have been reported to form oligomeric complexes in a variety of disease states," she says. "I'm trying to find out how these protein complexes process cell signaling so that we can make drugs more specific and design more efficient medicines."
Understanding how opioid receptors work is an important aspect of research in the Filizola lab. Opioid receptors are a group of G protein-coupled receptors that respond to opioids (medications commonly used to relieve pain). Their latest simulations are aimed at comprehending the fundamental mechanisms of the opioid receptor function. The Filizola lab creates movies from the simulations that reveal the way proteins (which are never static) interact with drug molecules and other proteins. These 'movies' help identify the factors that contribute to a molecular-level understanding of the mechanism of action of drugs at individual or oligomeric receptors. This information is used to create more efficient medications or to stop unpleasant side effects.
In a recently published paper in PLoS Computational Biology, the Filizola lab examined how different drugs can change the shape of a prototypic G protein-coupled receptor, thus producing different biological responses. In another paper, also in PLoS Computational Biology2, they present a methodology to estimate how strong interactions between G protein-coupled receptors can be.
"Interactions between receptors can be quite dynamic in nature," Filizola says. Understanding how drugs bind to a G protein-coupled receptor and the changes this binding induce to the receptor may help researchers discriminate those causative elements that stimulate the side effects.
She is hoping that the results of her simulations will help formulate new hypotheses on how drugs and protein receptors function so one can work on creating effective drugs with minimal side effects.
"Side effects are an important issue," Filizola says. "We can develop the best pain curing medication ever, but if it causes an addiction then how good is it really?"
The technical issues involved in this kind of research are tough. She uses the Ranger supercomputer extensively in her work, in addition to the Scientific Computing Facility at Mount Sinai, but points out the limitations of simulations.
"We have to observe the movements of the proteins for a long time," she says. "Models here are only approximations and the simulations involved are complex. It's easy to miss out on important aspects of the interactions even though now we have access to more detailed structural information about G protein-coupled receptors and resources like those of TACC to help the computations necessary. These aren't simulations you can run on your desktop."
In the future Filizola plans to extend her molecular dynamics simulations to even larger supramolecular complexes to understand cell signaling better.
"Safer and effective drugs are a pressing need and we must address the complexities involved fast."
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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Video Converter Windows GUI
From: John Wunder (john.wunder02_at_stjohns.edu)
Date: 2004-02-19
On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 15:29:49 +0100, Uwe Freese <mail_at_uwe-freese.de> wrote:
> You could use VirtualDub to resize the video. Use a script like this:
That's probably what I'll do. I found a simple AviSynth command to
> JW> and figure out how to decide if avi2wav exported an mp3 or a wav.
Thank you! I was totally at a loss cause I know nothing about video and
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Oct. 22, 2011 - Charlottesville, Virginia - USA; Virginia Cavaliers running back Perry Jones (33) runs the ball during an NCAA football game against the North Carolina State Wolfpack at the Scott Stadium. NC State defeated Virginia 28-14. (Credit Image: © Andrew Shurtleff
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Shelby District Committee and Key 3
The Shelby District serves youth in Shelby County, Alabama. It includes the communities of Alabaster, Calera, Chelsea, Columbiana, Harpersville, Helena, Hoover, Inverness, Montevallo, Mount Laurel, Pelham, Vincent, and Wilsonville.
We have more than 47 units delivering a quality Boy Scout program to young men and women of our area. From Cub Scout packs and Boy Scout troops to Venture crews and 11 Explorer posts, Scouting in our district has something for everyone!
Jay Elliott is the Shelby District Executive. He can be reached at or 205-482-5930
The Shelby District Key 3 is composed of the following board members:
- Shelby District Chairman: Larry Lee
- Shelby District Commissioner: David Allen
- Shelby District Executive: Jay Elliott
- District Chairman Larry Lee
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- Assistant District Commissioner: Steve Ware
- Assistant District Commissioner: Merrill Maddox
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- District Banquet – Julie Decker
- Day of Service – Vacant
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- Merit Badge Day Vacant
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- Vice Chairman Vacant
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- Friends of Scouting Jerry Workman
- FoS American Values Luncheon Jay Dennis
- FoS Family Campaign Randy Walker
- FoS Community Jack Mundy and Evan Major
- Popcorn Elaine Brown
- Scout Cards Vacant
- Friends of Scouting Jerry Workman
- Marketing Chair Dan White
- Finance Chair Larry Walck
- Vice Chairman Greg McGill
- Advancement Chair Bob Thomas
- Eagle Master Bob Thomas
- Religious Emblem Coordinator Vacant
- Cub Scout Advancement Cathy Henry
- Boy Scout Advancement Cathy Henry
- Membership Chair Julie Decker
- Join Scouting Night Julie Decker
- New Units Vacant
- Training Chair David Rice
- Cub Scout Training Chris Gonzalez
- BALOO – Spring LeeAnn Gonzalez
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Welsh rockers, Lostprophets return with a brand new album entitled "Weapons." This is the band's first album on Epic Records, but it is their fifth album overall. The band hit #1 in the U.K. back in 2006 with their album "Liberation Transmission" and the new album debuted in the top 10 upon its release there back in April. The new album will not be released in the U.S. until June 19, but the first single off the album "Bring'em Down" is already making waves on alternative rock radio.
The band comes blazing out of the gate with the up-tempo rocker "Bring'em Down" that is sure to get the adrenaline pumping when it's performed live this summer. Their powerful punk-pop sound continues with "We Bring An Arsenal" and "A Song From Where I Come From." The band shows their edginess on "Better Off Dead," before hitting more pop territory with "Heart On Loan." The album closes with the slow burn of "Can't Get Enough" and a hidden song called "Weapons."
Lostprophets will be finishing the month of June over in Europe before joining the Vans Warped Tour in July. For more information on the new album and for a complete list of tour dates, check out lostprophets.com.


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Seven swoops in to land Rugby League World Cup
The Seven Network has picked up the exclusive broadcast rights to Rugby League World Cup taking place in the northern hempisphere later this year.
Seven has swooped in to pinch the rights from under the nose of incumbent the Nine network, who holds the FTA rights to rugby league in Australia.
The Rugby League World Cup will take in England and Wales, with matches also held in Ireland and France, in October and November.
Following an agreement with IMG Media, Seven will show all matches live on 7mate and on online and mobile platforms.


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HPW Series Water Source Heat Pumps
Colmac HPW Series water source heat pumps use energy collected from a fluid stream to heat domestic water up to 185ºF.
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