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A conversation is only as good as the questions that you ask.
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Now that the dust has finally settled, we can finally take the time to take a look at what we learned from the TI7 Qualifiers Meta.
The Most Versatile and Stable Meta Yet
The introduction of 7.00 late last year brought radical changes to the game as a whole. The next few months saw teams trying to figure out how to exploit each of the little advantages that came with 'The New Journey' update.
If there's one thing we can take away from the TI7 Qualifiers Meta, however, is that the current patch is the most stable and versatile meta yet.
In total, 111 heroes were picked and played throughout the qualifiers. Granted, Alchemist and Morphling were each picked only once. But, that's still better than last year's where teams basically played exclusively around illusion-based heroes and the Shadow Demon + Luna combo.
Speaking of Shadow Demon, the once-prominent support hero was one of the two heroes that did not see a single minute of action in the whopping 356 games played in the main qualifiers. The other one? Techies.
The Importance of Dual-Role Heroes
The TI7 Qualifiers meta put much emphasis on versatile heroes that could play any one of two roles effectively.
If you look at the most picked and banned heroes of the TI7 qualifiers, you'll see a common trend across the board.
Teams fought over Sand King, Nyx Assassin, Clockwerk, Night Stalker, and Puck, throughout the qualifiers.
Teams mostly feared Night Stalker's flying vision and ability to fly over cliffs. Most banned the hero outright to avoid having to deal with him. On a similar note, teams coveted the map control that Clockwerk and Nyx Assassin brought to the table.
While Sand King isn't capable of controlling the map in the same way as those heroes, the hero can effectively control the lane. Many teams ran Sand King in the offlane. Caustic Finale proved very effective even against two heroes, especially when up against melee carries.
Puck was also a sought after pick because the hero could be played either in the offlane or in the middle. Either way, the hero could find the farm it needed to become effective. Especially late in the game because of the 420 GPM talent the hero gets at level 25.
Perhaps it was only fitting that the latest Dota patch dropped the nerf hammer on all five heroes.
Sand King and Night Stalker, however, stand to feel the change the most. The latter may drop out of the meta entirely as a result. While we'll probably see less of offlane Sand King from now on.
Queens of the Midlane
Because heroes could no longer use the shrines until after five minutes had passed in the game, Lina and Queen of Pain, both heroes who can effectively zone out enemy heroes thanks to their early AoE nukes became much more viable. It also certainly didn't hurt that they could now scale well into the late-game as right-clickers thanks to their revamped talent trees.
Digital Chaos' Abed Azel 'Abed' Yusop, in particular, used both heroes, including Puck, to great effect. He played Queen of Pain, Lina and Puck, 5, 6, 7 times respectively and his team ended up winning all but four of those games.
Queen of Pain was particularly OP.
The hero was nigh unstoppable, capable of dominating during the laning phase and late-game. The 57.03% win percentage across the 128 games the hero was picked serves as proof of just how effective the hero was throughout the qualifiers.
It will be interesting to see if Lina and Queen of Pain will continue to remain viable.
The base damage reduction that came with the recent patch is a huge hit to Queen of Pain's lane dominance. While the nerf from 70% to 60% to the spell lifesteal will likely affect her late-game potential. The slight nerf to Bloodthorn and the recipe cost increase to Discord of Veil was likely done to keep the hero in check as well.
With Lina, the dragon slave nerf will make it easier for other heroes to stay and keep up with her in the midlane during the laning phase. The nerf will also make it hard for the hero to flash farm and keep up in the midgame herself.
Changes To The Safelane
Ever since 7.00, the safelane has begun changing and now, we've come to the point that picking farm-heavy heroes and idle-farming has become ill-advised.
As the meta now favours team fighting and pushing the tempo, heroes that are capable of securing the mid-game and can contribute to team fights have become hot commodities.
The TI7 qualifiers meta serves further proof of this, with teams now choosing to run the likes of Venomancer and Razor in the same lane that heroes such as Naga Siren and Anti Mage used to prowl.
Bye Bye Bristleback and The Offlane Shaker
For a while, teams could just pick Bristleback and drastically up their chances of winning the game, even when playing from behind.
The hero proved an absolute nuisance; teams often could not do anything to push against a Bristleback defending its tower.
7.06d changed all of that. He's even less viable now no thanks to another nerf that came with 7.06e.
Going forward, the hero should remain an excellent choice. However, gone are the days when teams could win solely on the backs of the hero (pun intended).
Earthshaker is also slowly making his way back into the meta. Although the hero requires a lot of skill and farm, Earthshaker is an absolute game-changer when played right.
As such, teams have begun playing him in the offlane to give him as much farm as possible so he can contribute much earlier to the team.
Final Thoughts On The TI7 Qualifiers Meta
The TI7 Qualifiers meta offers only but a glimpse of what will likely be the meta in the weeks before TI7 and during the event itself.
The latest Dota patch only makes it more likely that things will still change.
In theory, notable meta heroes such as Queen of Pain, Lina, Sand King and Night Stalker are less viable now. On the other hand, the recent buffs to Alchemist and Naga Siren might pave the way for both heroes to becoming top tier picks again. In Naga Siren's case, teams may be more willing to pick her up now if only to run as a position 4 support.
Whether this will ring true at the professional level remains to be seen, however.
We have three LAN events taking place between now and TI7. MDL 2017 and The Final Match 2017 will all start in the next coming days. While DreamLeague won't start until later this month.
Look to those events to give us more insight as to what heroes will be part of the meta at Seattle in August.
What do you feel about the current state of the meta? Be sure to let us know your thoughts in the comments down below!


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London's Top Royal Attractions
'I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and a king of England, too.'
Which actress would not give her ring finger for the chance to deliver this speech? Elizabeth I has been played by dozens of screen greats, from Bette Davis in 1939 to Glenda Jackson in 1971 and Cate Blanchett in 1998 and 2007, plus Miranda Richardson's hilariously childish Queenie in Blackadder. Helen Mirren hasn't just played Elizabeth I but Elizabeth II, too, winning an Oscar for The Queen.
The Virgin Queen's father, Henry VIII, is equally attractive to actors: Charles Laughton, Richard Burton, Robert Shaw, Ray Winstone, Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Damian Lewis are just a few of those to play the axe-happy antihero. And the royal TV series just keep coming: The Tudors was racy, Wolf Hall award-winningly cerebral while Liz Hurley's E! series The Royals was flat-out bonkers. Channel 4 launched its own sitcom, The Windsors, too.
As some of the UK's castles and palaces are lived in by the royal family, they don't all welcome film crews, so other historic buildings act as stand-ins. Here are Britain's top royal attractions, along with their 'stunt doubles'.
Buckingham Palace – The office and official residence to the Queen is opened to the public from July to early October. Tour the lavish State Rooms and garden and see Old Masters in the Royal Collection of art.
Seen on screen: Countless appearances of the exterior, though the interior is usually doubled by other homes, including Cliveden House and Englefield House in Berkshire and Lancaster House and Osterley Manor in London.
Westminster Abbey
– This is where every monarch since 1066 has been crowned, including William the Conqueror and Queen Elizabeth II. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (Prince William and Catherine Middleton) were married here in 2011. The site is also the burial site of famous names such as Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin.
Seen on screen: Feature films use stand-ins such as Lincoln Cathedral in The Da Vinci Code, Ely Cathedral in Cambridgeshire in The King's Speech and St Nicholas Church in Dunsany Castle in Braveheart.
Kensington Palace – Visit the magnificent King's and Queen's State Apartments in this former home of Queen Victoria and Diana, Princess of Wales, and the Diana Memorial Fountain in Hyde Park. The current exhibition is Fashion Rules Restyled.
Seen on screen: In The Young Victoria, Ham House in Richmond replaced Kensington Palace.
Windsor Castle
– This is the Queen's favourite residence, and the largest and oldest occupied castle in the world. Visit the sumptuous State Apartments, St George's Chapel and Queen Mary's Dolls' House.
Seen on screen: My Week with Marilyn was briefly shot outside the castle, but Michelle Williams and Eddie Redmayne's library visit actually took place in Hatfield House in Hertfordshire.
Hampton Court Palace
– Tudor times are recreated by costumed characters in Henry VIII's favourite residence; don't miss the maze and beautiful gardens.
Seen on screen: In recent years, Hampton Court has become one of Britain's biggest film 'stars', appearing in The Young Victoria, Jack the Giant Slayer, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, The Theory of Everything, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows and Terrence Malick's The New World.
Tower of London
– This 900-year-old guarded fortress by Tower Bridge contains the Crown Jewels.
Seen on screen: Tom Cruise filmed Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation here, though the café he eats at does not exist in real life; but even his star power was upstaged by the wedding of Kermit and Miss Piggy in Muppets: Most Wanted.


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By: Jillian Ellis, Team SFMC — SFMC recently attended the Washington Metro Chapter Community Association Institute (CAI) Expo at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, DC. The event featured 200 Exhibitors and 15 educational sessions.
After the expo, SFMC joined fellow CAI members to host an after-expo party at High Velocity Restaurant. George Ellis, Founding Principal Owner, gave a heartfelt toast to celebrate SFMC's 20 years of service with a special "SFMC Sangria."
CAI is also celebrating an anniversary this year — 40 years! SFMC is proud to be member of CAI. The after-expo party was a an event with great food, drinks, prizes and packed with people! A lucky winner took home a 40″ TV!
Team SFMC looks forward to the next CAI event in May — the 2017 Annual Conference and Exposition. We will be recognizing Larry Gilbert, SFMC, who will be receiving his Professional Community Association Manager (PCAM) designation!


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AML Group, the technical event services and live production business based in Frome, Somerset; has today announced the acquisition of Bubble Networks to help drive expansion and growth into IT sectors serving the event industry and small businesses struggling with the day-to-day challenges of communications and IT.
Bubble Networks was established over 10 years ago to service a community of professional users with hosting of their email and communications services. Offering a secure, enterprise class email service to improve reliability, reduce spam and unify information across multiple devices; Bubble Networks has built a UK based infrastructure, which has now extended operations to Frome.
"When we looked at AML Group's needs for reliable communications to a diverse distributed workforce operating in multiple locations we were severely challenged by the poor quality of many 'bundled' email services from major broadband providers, the lack of security, the volume of spam and the absolute need to ensure all information was available anytime, on any device" says Chris Webster, Managing Director of AML Group. "Bubble Networks delivered a solution which immediately solved this challenge, at a affordable cost and removed the complexity of needing to manage our own IT infrastructure."
Chris goes on to say… "We were so happy with the solution we looked to the market and saw an opportunity for small businesses still using generic email addresses who could benefit from this service. It fits naturally with the growing demands for IT in the events sector, so we purchased the business, the infrastructure and the skills of the people to be able to offer the services from AML Group to new customers."
"Joining AML Group was a natural progression for Bubble Networks" said Simon Kenning, Networks Director, "We have worked hard to solve challenges for our customers over the last 10 years and to extend our reach now is the right time for change, we see a lot of opportunity to expand with AML Group."


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Security Best Practices for Developing Windows Azure Applications
By Mark Estberg, Senior Director of Risk and Compliance, Global Foundation Services
Security challenges exist in the cloud and applications must take these challenges into account.
Our team recently collaborated with other security experts to publish a white paper which describes these challenges and recommend approaches to design and develop more secure applications for Microsoft's Windows Azure platform. The Windows Azure provides Platform as a Service capabilities that give developers flexibility and access to highly scalable compute and storage.
I would like to thank Microsoft's Security Engineering Center and Online Services Security and Compliance teams that worked to provide this paper which builds on the security principles that the company has developed through years of experience managing security risks in traditional development and our large scale operating environment.
We hope that by sharing our best practices that we can help others in the industry provide a more secure cloud computing experience and develop common standards for those practices to benefit customers globally.
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If you haven't heard the news by now, former San Francisco Forty Niner now turned Oakland Raiders WR Michael Crabtree, had some interesting words to say about his former QB Colin Kaepernick during his time in San Francisco.
"I needed new scenery. It wasn't for me," Crabtree told Vic Tafur of the San Francisco Chronicle on Saturday. "I needed a quarterback that can deliver the ball, and that was hungry like I was."
Wow! But was this really surprising? I don't think so.
If you remember back on Nov. 6, Crabtree was on the 'defensive' when asked about his foot injury in his post-game interview.
Then on Nov. 10, Crabtree again voiced his frustration by labeling himself as a 'third-down receiver' after his spectacular game-saving catch against the New Orleans Saints. A game that saw him play 18 less snaps than WR Anquan Boldin, Crabtree was not a happy camper, as he spoke with San Jose Mercury News Tim Kawakami and Ann Killion.
As if that wasn't enough Crabtree went on another rant just two weeks later after the embarrassing 19-3 loss to the Seattle Seahawks on Thanksgiving Day. "I play receiver. I run my routes, that's it," Crabtree said. Watch what else he had to say during that interview below on NinerFans.com.
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With all the stuff going on on the other side, it just feels so good to be on this side," Crabtree went on to tell Tafur. "Just play ball and don't worry about too much. Just play ball."
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by Maruti Mohanty · Published July 5, 2015 · Last modified August 12, 2015
WP Double Protection is a simple, light weight plugin which allows the user to have a second password option for logging in. With this option you can make your site extra secure and extra difficult for hackers to get in.
This plugin works with the available wordpress hooks and encrypts the second password like WordPress does by default to the first one before saving it in the database.
This plugin gives the WordPress password strength indicator for the second password section too in the user profile.
Once the plugin is activated, it adds a second password field to the WordPress login form and also a set of fields in the user profile in the backend for the user to set a different second password.
Once the plugin is activated, both the passwords are needed to be entered for logging in henceforth. Until unless one has not set a different second password in the user profile, the second password would be same as the first or main password of the site. After setting up a different password, the next time the user logins in, the user needs to login using the corresponding passwords.
For now, if you lost either of the password, you can reset your passwords by following the "Lost your password" link. Using this you can reset your main password and once that is done the second password will also be reset to the main or first password and after logging in user can set a different second password from the user profile again.
With version 1.1, the second password doesn't get reset on reactivating the plugin. The only way to reset the second password is to reset the password following the "Lost your password" link, which will set the second password to same as the newly set main password.
My name is Borisa Djuraskovic. I am associated with Web Hosting Hub community team.
I found your WP Double Protection plugin at http://www.sourcexpress.com/wp-double-protection/ very interesting. I would like to translate it to my native Serbo-Croatian language and help people from my community find your plugin useful too. But you would need to create the translatable .pot file first in order for me to proceed. Please let me know if you are willing to do that so I can translate it.
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Hello Maruti,
Please let me know when you do that and I will do the translation.
Be in touch.
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Hello, interested in this, although, I am using buddypress and users cannot enter the backend at all, hence a need for editing second password in the profile page. Will this be added later? Thanks


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Saint Louis University
Saint Louis University installed NEC large-screen displays, video walls and projectors to better communicate with students campus-wide, as well as display high-quality images for lectures in auditoriums and classrooms.
- Facility: Saint Louis University
- Vertical: Education
- Location: St. Louis, Missouri
- Challenges: Communicating with students campus-wide and displaying critical images for medical lectures in an auditorium unable to house a high-end projector
- Solution: 55" NEC X551UN, 46" NEC X462UN, 46" V462 and 55" V551 Displays; PA500U Projectors
- Result: Quicker and more effective campus communication during emergency situations and a cutting-edge, lower total cost of ownership display solution for the auditorium
Since 1818, Saint Louis University (SLU) has fostered the intellectual and character development of thousands of students. And recently, it has begun doing so in a cutting-edge learning environment unlike any other.
More than a dozen colleges, schools and degree-granting centers comprise the university, which also has a Madrid campus recognized by Spain's higher education authority as an official foreign university—the first U.S. institution to hold this endorsement.
As an acknowledged leader in healthcare education, SLU holds the distinction of awarding the first medical degree west of the Mississippi and performing the region's first human heart transplant. It has been nationally recognized as a leading school for law, entrepreneurship, health management and more.
In 2006, SLU achieved another milestone when it built its Chaifetz Arena, where it hosts more than 90 events every year, including shows, concerts, tradeshows, student commencements, and its men's and women's basketball games. The arena also is home to many of the university's recent technological advancements. During its design, SLU worked with leading technology and audio-visual solutions provider TSI Global
Most recently, the university attained an institutional goal of advancing its technological efforts and supporting a 21st century learning environment for its students.
After seeing the success of the advancements made during the building of the Chaifetz Arena, SLU continued to partner with TSI Global for multi-faceted AV projects across campus. In June 2008, SLU began looking to update and enhance its existing emergency communications system that it used to correspond with students in times of crisis. The university wanted a solution that would catch students' attention in highly trafficked areas of the campus, and that would be capable of providing information on upcoming events and courses during non-urgent times.
"SLU is committed to investing in the latest technology to enhance the overall experience for our students," said Craig Williams, manager of multimedia services at SLU. "And part of this includes finding the best ways possible to mass communicate with students in the event of a crisis, such as school shootings or approaching hazardous weather."
In May 2011, SLU also wanted to bring technologic innovations into the classroom, starting with the Health Science Campus Education Union Auditorium. With professors and students relying heavily on medical images, SLU began looking for ways to display images and lecture materials in the 225-seat auditorium.
"The design of the auditorium was restrictive and incapable of housing a top-of-the-line projector adept at displaying high-resolution medical photos," said Paul Murdick, president of TSI Technology Solutions. "In addition, the school did not have a projection room available for the magnitude of such a high-end projector. Plus, the projector's noise would be un-conducive to a critical learning environment."
Murdick and SLU's multimedia team realized they needed to develop an alternative solution to a high-lumen projector. To sustain SLU's critical learning environment, the solution needed to be determined, designed and implemented during the summer months, in time for the fall semester.
TSI Global and SLU began implementing digital signage networks across campus in 2009 to mass communicate with students, and it has been an ongoing process ever since. Twenty-four screens from NEC Display Solutions have been installed in the lobbies of campus residence halls, student lounges, the recreation center and within different academic buildings.
The team selected 46" NEC V462 and 55" V551 displays due to their reliability, ease-of-use and ability to operate 24x7.The displays have been useful in communicating with students and faculty members, especially in emergency situations. For example, in early fall 2011, tornadoes were spotted around the St. Louis area, and university officials spread news and tips for caution across the signage network.
Meanwhile, NEC PA500U projectors were chosen to standardize all classroom applications as specified by the university. These models also are used in small 100-seat auditoriums. They were selected for their quality, high resolutions, three-year warranties, longevity (up to 4,000 hours of lamp and filter life), 5,000-lumens of brightness and reasonable cost.
Having experienced success with digital signage since the ongoing implementation which began in 2006 and realizing success with NEC projectors, TSI and SLU turned to NEC for a solution to the challenge it was facing with the auditorium in the School of Medicine.
"After looking at all of the different areas of the auditorium where images could be shown, we determined a video wall could replace a high-end projector," Williams said. "However, the position of the images displayed was critical, and we knew the wall would have to be near seamless."
Murdick recalled seeing a video wall from NEC at a tradeshow. It was made up of 46" displays with ultra-narrow bezels, providing the near-seamless look SLU desired.
"We looked at the return on investment, comparing a video wall to a high-end projector and discovered significant savings," Murdick said. "We found that installing a video wall within the auditorium would save SLU $35,000 over a five-year period compared to the maintenance of a projector."
TSI Global worked with SLU in the design of a 5x5 video wall configuration, which included 25 NEC X462UN ultra-narrow LCD displays. The bezel of the displays boasts a screen-to-screen distance between two neighboring displays of only 7.3mm, providing a near seamless view. The displays also provided a native resolution of 1360 x 768, which is critical for displaying high-resolution images.
The NEC displays offered industrial-strength, premium-grade panels with additional thermal protection, essential since the video wall would run for 12 hours a day during scheduled class times. Prior to the installation, the multimedia team sat down with professors to demonstrate and discuss the proposed implementation.
"The instructors were concerned about having the lines from the screens interrupting the displayed images," said Williams. "The big test was to show them a small video wall. After seeing the sharpness of the images, they were impressed. And once the installation was completed, the staff and students were amazed to see how the bezel lines disappeared once they grew accustomed to looking at the screens."
Selecting NEC was a rather simple choice for TSI Global and SLU since the displays offered the thinnest bezels on the market, and it was familiar with the reliability of the products from the digital signage implementations across campus. Additionally, NEC's award-winning Star Student program was an advantage for SLU because it allowed the acquisition of several displays and projectors without straining the university's budget.
Currently, SLU has more than 130 NEC displays on campus. After receiving positive reactions from professors and students using the video wall, SLU implemented 2x2 video walls in some other classrooms, along with a 6x3 configuration in one of its learning centers.
SLU plans to install digital signage in eight more campus buildings in 2012. The university also is going to add a 5x5 video wall in another auditorium using 55" NEC X551UN ultra-narrow displays.
"We're on the cutting edge of technology, and the students realize this," said Williams. "The technological advancements around campus have been exciting, and we are proud that we are one of the first higher education institutions to install video walls for use in the classroom."


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Independent Non-executive Director
Dr George Lam has over 30 years of international experience in general management, management consulting, corporate governance, direct investment, investment banking and fund management across the telecommunications/media/technology, consumer/healthcare, infrastructure/real estate and financial services sectors.
He is Chairman – Indochina, Myanmar and Thailand and Senior Adviser – Asia, of Macquarie Capital. He serves on the board of several publicly listed companies in the Asia Pacific region. Having served as a part-time member of the Central Policy Unit of the Government of HKSAR for two terms and the Legal Aid Services Council, Dr. Lam is a member of the Jilin Province Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Bankers, a member of the World Presidents' Organization, a member of the Chief Executives Organization, a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Directors and the Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators, a member of the General Committee and the Corporate Governance Committee of the Chamber of Hong Kong Listed Companies, a member of the Derivatives Market Consultative Panel of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, a non-official member of the New Business Committee of the Financial Services Development Council, a Board Member of the Australian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong and Macau, a founding Board Member and Honorary Treasurer of the Hong Kong – Vietnam Chamber of Commerce, a Vice President of the Hong Kong Real Property Federation and a visiting professor at the School of Economics & Management of Tsinghua University in Beijing.
Dr Lam holds a BSc in science and mathematics, an MSc in systems science and an MBA from the University of Ottawa in Canada, a post-graduate diploma in public administration from Carleton University in Canada, a post-graduate diploma in English and Hong Kong Law and an LLB (Hons) in law from Manchester Metropolitan University in the UK, and LLM in law from the University of Wolverhampton in the UK, a PCLL in law from the City University of Hong Kong, a Certificate in Professional Accountancy from the Chinese University of Hong Kong SCS and a PhD from the University of Hong Kong.


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Here's Google's big strategic problem in mobile advertising, according to Zephrin Lasker, CEO of Pontiflex, the mobile lead generation company: The search giant is treating the mobile ad market the same way it tackled the search and display ad market, and that's a fundamental error.The result of this misstep could be the long-term suppression of ad prices in both mobile and web advertising—which will hurt Google's revenues and the revenues of its rivals.
And it's all because the underlying bet that small, local businesses will be the ones who want to do mobile advertising the most because of its location-targeting capabilities isn't going to arrive in the market nearly as fast as Google thinks it will, Lasker told us recently.
Indeed earlier this month, Google integrated its AdMob mobile ad market into its AdWords search ad market, so that anyone buying ads through AdWords can now get placements on Google's mobile media just as easily. That suggests Google sees the one medium (mobile) as a natural extension of the other (desktop). It also increases the supply of comparable inventory available to buyers, which is probably what's driving prices down for Google's ads.
(Facebook has done the same thing, and it will probably have the same effect.)
Google seems to be betting that the massive influx of cash into mobile advertising will have the same effect it had on the web in the late 1990s and early 2000s: With Google as the largest provider, what it loses in premium pricing it can make up for with volume and market share.
Lasker argues, the clients for whom mobile advertising is most relevant are local businesses who will want to make you offers as you stroll or drive around their neighborhoods. Small businesses have been huge clients for Google's AdWords because it's easy to use.
But that's not so for mobile. A mobile ad is only useful to a local business if it ultimately points a user to a mobile-optimised web site. The problem is that it's going to take small businesses a long time to build those sites. Thus Google is flooding the market with available mobile ad inventory but the clients don't yet have the ability to buy into it.
"Google won't be able to raise [cost-per-click] prices on mobile through local merchants—they aren't going to build mobile-optimised pages fast enough," Lasker says. "It's a massive deflation of impressions."
Naturally, he believes Pontiflex has the answer. The company just launched is new AdLeads mobile self-serve platform, and 3,000 local businesses have signed up. In AdLeads, advertisers only pay when a mobile ad generates a "lead" (that is, an email address accompanied preferably by a name and some demographic data).
Those email addresses can then be converted into customisable, targeted lists reaching only the consumers who are actually interested in them. There's no need for merchants to build entire new web sites, or to pay for impressions and clicks that didn't generate some useful data. There are 90 million customers in Pontiflex's database and the company counts Southwest Airlines, Kimberly-Clarke and Johnson & Johnson as clients. Pontiflex, based in Brooklyn's DUMBO neighbourhood, has 58 employees. Lasker declined to disclose his revenues.
Google has noticed, Lasker says. Last year the search company quietly experimented with a lead generation product of its own. Next to search results for certain keywords, he says, Google also asked users for their email addresses.
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RICS Surveyors to use IPMS for Offices in 2016
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Did you know? RICS Chartered Surveyors can now apply International Property Measurement Standards (IPMS) in Luxembourg. The BACS (Belgium Luxembourg Association of Chartered Surveyors) code of measuring standards, currently widely used in Luxembourg, will be replaced by IPMS in January … Continue reading
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Congratulations are due to Laurent Pedrini, our Manager – Corporate Real Estate Services, who has joined the swelling ranks of Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Chartered Surveyors at RealCorp. When did you receive the qualification? I passed the RICS … Continue reading
Agency Head Now an RICS Chartered Surveyor
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Congratulations to Tehdi-Edouard Babigeon! Our highly experienced Head of Letting and Sales has put another feather in his cap with his recent qualification as a Chartered Surveyor through the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). We asked Tehdi why he … Continue reading
Global measurement standard for Luxembourg?
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A recent article in The Real Deal about the proposed new global measurement standards for property* announced that New York City is not keen on the idea. Writer Hiten Samtani summarises the purpose of the initiative thus: The hope is … Continue reading
The Valuation Process in Luxembourg
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Do You Need a Valuation?
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Valuing the new RICS Valuer Registration Scheme
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Given the volatility of markets in these turbulent times, investors in real estate and real estate funds naturally want to know that their advisors really are qualified to guide their choices and to manage their investments. Yet it is undeniable … Continue reading
Get the gen on Luxembourg commercial real estate
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I promised last week to point to some of my sources for information on commercial real estate. Naturally, a lot of my knowledge comes directly from the people, properties and transactions that are part of daily activity at RealCorp. However, … Continue reading
Where do you get Luxembourg funds and real estate investment information?
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A group of Warren Tech students saw their campus from a very different and fresh perspective. All have interest in engineering or architecture and were taking a tour of some of the places and spaces that Warren Tech uses for career-focused learning. As they made their way through the school's precision machining area, a very successful Jeffco alum was with them; Kayleen McCabe, a graduate of Alameda International Jr./Sr. High School, is a licensed building contractor and TV veteran of DIY Network's "Rescue Renovation."
"Being an Alameda graduate, I was vaguely aware of what was happening but now that I'm here, I actually wish that I could go back to high school and become a student because the opportunities here are out of sight," said McCabe.
Spending this much time touring with the students, gave McCabe the chance to share her own journey, which started when she was a kid, shadowing her dad while he remodeled their family home in Denver. She got the "Rescue Renovation" gig as the result of a reality show competition. Now, with her TV career behind her, she splits her time between contracting and advocating for schools like Warren Tech, and students like these young women, who want to succeed in traditionally male-dominated fields.
"I liked to see her story of how she came up, not necessarily going to college and not having that background," said student Alex Todd.
"I loved how she was really encouraging us to do what we want. It really inspired me to put in all of that work to become an architect," added student Lena Khaski.
"I get lost about where I want to go in life and it just helped to hear her story and how it all worked out for her in the end. It's good to hear somebody else's story," concluded student Natasha Zimmerman.
McCabe hopes visits like this will help these future female contractors see what opportunities are available to them after high school.
"I hope that they understand that one, there is a whole community of female contractors that really support them and really look forward to working with them. And two, they have a lot of opportunities for careers. This is not just learning a trade, this is actually learning sustainable tools for success in life," she said.
The tour moved on to Warren Tech's Acres Farm, where students learn the art of urban agriculture, using the newest tools in climate controlled crop growing. This included a new Acres Farm learning space that these students are helping design and build and a visit to a Warren Tech experiment to transform shipping containers into portable greenhouses using only artificial light.
"I'm seeing things being taught here at Warren Tech that is not being taught other places in the nation, and even the world," said McCabe. "These are cutting edge trades that are desperately needed and the students have access to them here."
Inside the school's STEM classroom, McCabe learned how the young women were developing projects for NASA as part of Warren Tech's HUNCH, or High School Students United with NASA to Create Hardware. A cargo bag for use in orbit was another project; an exfoliation kit for astronaut callouses is another. They told McCabe about more Earth-bound research to improve everything from recycling to wind turbines.
"I am blown away by what is happening here at Warren Tech," exclaimed McCabe.
The informational give and take included some hard lessons McCabe learned along the way.
"She's so enthusiastic about everything and it really made me want to do what I want to do," said student Malaak Madhoun. "Architecture is a passion. Yes, I've been told that since I'm a woman, and since so many men are in it, that it's going to be hard but I really want to do it, and she inspired me to do that."
"She was really bubbly and friendly. She showed us even as a woman in the field that you can make it," added student Zoe Maxwell.
McCabe was impressed with the cutting edge technology these students are learning.
"We need these students to have exposure to it because without it, where else are they going to learn," she said.
Madhoun took a powerful message away from McCabe's visit.
"Get that experience. Do what you love. Be the person you want to be," she said.
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Two — technically unrelated — news stories this week have got us wondering what's wrong with this picture?
(1) The Treasury Department this week is going to announce which banks will be allowed to repay bailout money. The New York Post reports the banks shedding the "TARP" funds include Goldman, JPMorgan, American Express Co, Morgan Stanley, State Street Corp and U.S. Bancorp.
One goal of TARP — Troubled Asset Relief Program — is to encourage banks to resume lending to businesses and to each other, thereby getting the economy humming again.
So if the banks are repaying the Treasury Department, they must be loosening credit, right? Let's shift to #2.
(2) In Pipestone, as I wrote this morning, 160 people will be out of work by September because the India-based windmill manufacturer, Suzlon, can't get credit, according to MPR's Mark Steil, who writes:
Renewable energy consultant Martin Pasqualini with CP Energy Group says money is tight throughout the wind industry. He says some of the biggest financial backers of the wind energy industry were also some of the biggest firms to collapse in the credit crisis.
"Lehman had been a tax equity investor. AIG had an ambitious program in place to do large scale investing when they virtually came unwound. We also effectively lost Wachovia," says Pasqualini.
Wachovia struggled and was eventually purchased by Wells Fargo. The financial sectors problems meant plans for many wind farms were shelved. Pasqualini says he excepts construction this year of new wind turbines to fall significantly.
The "other side" of the story:
The layoffs are said to be "devastating" to Pipestone, but the Worthington Daily Globe says it depends on who loses their jobs.
Though Suzlon's manufacturing facility is in Pipestone, the company has also been busing in employees from Sioux Falls, S.D., Worthington, and other area cities.
The impact on Pipestone would be smaller if most of the workers who lost positions came from other cities — though the impact on southwest Minnesota and the tri-state area would be the same.
That the company had to bus in workers from outside the area suggests a shortage of a trained workforce in Pipestone. And, indeed, the unemployment rate in the county in April — the latest month for which data is available — is far below the national and state rate.
Still, the windmill manufacturer's credit woes, and the banks' desire to give the money back to the federal government, makes one wonder whether TARP has really served its purpose?
MPR's Midmorning will attempt to answer that question on Wednesday morning at 9.


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Sarah Palin, Wonder Woman and Lynda (Linda) Carter - Will the Alaskan Ice Queen Spin into the Presidency in 2012?
One of the biggest celebrities on the world stage is currently Sarah Palin and I guess folks in the USA either love her or or hate her in equal measure. Sarah has often been linked in the press to Wonder Woman.
This is typified by the now famous 'photoshop' picture showing Sarah apparently posing with a rifle in a Stars and Stripes Bikini.
So who was Wonder Woman? Those of you of mature years will remember her in the 1970s TV show The New Original Wonder Woman featuring Lynda Carter. Like Superman and Clerk Kent, Wonder Woman has an alias as Diana Prince a spectacle-wearing Naval Officer (who bears a strong resemblance to Sarah Palin).
Wonder Woman's outfit is sexy and, in USA terms, patriotic. Hence the idea of putting Sarah Palin, an ex beauty Queen, in a Stars and Stripes bikini. Sarah now has her eyes firmly fixed on the prize of the Republican 2012 Presidential Ticket. But can the Alaskan Wonder Woman make it to the White House?
A memorable moment, often repeated in the TV show, is when demure Diana Prince spots danger and immediately goes into a slightly awkward pirouette with her arms outstretched. Suddenly there is a flash of light, and as Diana continues to spin, her glasses and business suit disappear, revealing Diana as Wonder Woman.
This transition sequence was invented specifically for the TV show. The artistic intention was a dramatic transformation from ordinary woman to superhero but the visual impression conveyed by the 1970 crude special effects is that Diana Prince has magically changed into a WW costume from a superior fancy dress shop.
You Decide! - 2008 quiz before the last presidential election
Sarah Palin - Wonder Woman or Blunder Woman?
This poll is now closed to voting.
Where Did the Original Idea Come From ?
Wonder Woman was originally a DC Comics superhero created by William Moulton Marston. She first appeared in print in December 1941.
The comic Wonder Woman is a member of an all-female tribe of Amazons (based on the Amazons of Greek mythology) who is sent to our world as an ambassador.
Among the Amazons she is known as Princess Diana (being the daughter of Amazon queen Hippolyta) while in our world she takes the secret identity of Diana Prince.
This coincidental link to Diana Princess of Wales is fascinating as Diana too was an icon of power, glamour and a heroine on the global stage.
Wonder Woman's powers include super-strength, hand-to-hand combat skills and sometimes (during the 1980s and 1990s) flight.
She also makes good use of her Lasso of Truth (which forces those bound by it to tell the truth), a pair of bullet-deflecting bracelets, and an invisible plane.
Wonder Woman appeals to women as a figure of femine power, wisdom and as a role model. She stands for justice and the American Way. Hence the patriotic costume.
Men too are drawn to powerful women and there is good reason why the TV transformation of Diana Prince from ordinary woman to super hero contains an element of striptease.
Lets face it, Lynda's appeal to men and boys in the 1970s and the resulting ratings boost, was about much more than justice and the American Way.
Not to put to fine a point on it, Lynda Carter's Wonder Woman was just plain hot and sexy.
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But Does the Comparison with Sarah Palin Work?
During the 2008 Presidential Election, Republicans believed that Sarah Palin too had the ability to transform herself from ordinary housewife and Hockey Mom of 5 children to President of the United States.
just like Linda Carter, Sarah has her moments of human frailty (no really). For example her rambling account of her international experience based on the fact Alaska borders with Russia, her difficulty in recounting McCain's policies or voting record or her vagueness about what newspapers or magazines she actually reads.
But there are moments, according to believing Republicans of real oratory power as in her address to the Republican convention or even in her performance with Jo Biden in the Vice Presidential Debate.
Sarah is obviously a strong woman but there is some doubt about a Lasso of Truth and that mythical (therefore invisible) plane she sold on Ebay.
Sarah too appeals to both men and women of conservative views who find this ex-beauty queen both powerful and seductive yet, at the same time, ordinary and mortal just like them.
Hence the popularity of her folksy phrases such as "Main Street not Wall Street" and "Hockey Moms and Joe Six-pack" and so on.
You Decide! - New quiz looking ahead to 2012
Can Sarah Palin make it to the White House in 2012?
This poll is now closed to voting.
What Would the Original Wonder Woman Think?
Funnily enough we can find out. During the 2008 presidential campaign Lynda Carter shared the following views in an interview about her music career that appeared in Philadelphia Magazine:
"Okay, last question. I'm sure you've seen all the comparisons in the media and among Republicans of Sarah Palin to Wonder Woman. How do you feel about that?"
"Don't get me started. She's the anti-Wonder Woman. She's judgmental and dictatorial, telling people how they've got to live their lives. And a superior religious self-righteousness ... that's just not what Wonder Woman is about. Hillary Clinton is a lot more like Wonder Woman than Mrs. Palin. She did it all, didn't she?"
Later she says,
"I like John McCain. But this woman — it's anathema to me what she stands for. I think America should be very afraid. Very afraid. Separation of church and state is the one thing the creators of the Constitution did agree on — that it wasn't to be a religious government. People should feel free to speak their minds about religion but not dictate it or put it into law."
2012 and The Alaskan Ice Queen Spin!
Perhaps Sarah Palin's performances in campaign interviews in 2008 would have improved if she'd said, in that folksy way of hers, "Hey Katie, I'll get right back to you on that."
Sarah would then stand, do the Wonder Woman spin and appear in a flash of light in a Stars and Stripes bikini.
Palin, now with a brain stuffed full of superpower wisdom as well as the ability to deflect bullets and render the interviewer immobile and silent with her lethal Truth Lasso, would confidently deliver her erudite reply.
McCain's entrance to the White House would then have been guaranteed and it would only be a matter of time before Sarah was America's new Commander-in-Chief.
Anyway, She'll almost certainly be back in 2012 as a Presidential candidate. But could the Snow Queen make it to the White House? I predict she'll have got the Wonder Woman twirl down to a fine art by then. So America prepare yourselves for revealing costumes, TV transformation and the Alaskan Ice Queen Spin!
Lynda Carter denies being a Republican, as she rolls her eyes at the very idea:
Three cheers for Lynda / Wonder Woman! :)
WOW -- just LOVE that 14 TRILLION DOLLAR DEBT up from the 2 trillion of Bush. Wasn't at all pleased with 'W' but this bombastic idiot and Congress are about the worst since Benito Mussolini in hype and restraint on freedom....
11% UNEMPLOYMENT stirs the heart with the hope of 'GO SARAH' as well.
Wow, just stumbled on this hub. The "obama" thing sure is working out great isn't it?? LOL !!!
Go Palin in 2012.
Hi Rik
I've been watching this election closely too, and like you, as a UK resident, I can't vote, but would dearly love to. I have a strong desire to see Obama win, partly to stick it to the racist, anti-black lobby, partly because we don't need four more years of Bush style politics, and partly because Obama strikes me as being bright and able. Sarah Palin does look a little like superwoman. She's easy on the eye, but sadly not so easy on the ear, and her tendency to talk about religious issues and politics in the same breath frankly give me the jitters.
I loved the hub. You did a lot of work here.
Sarah is too scary--Linda Carter is ten times the woman Palin is. I'm voting early and voting often--for Obama/Biden!
Thanks for a really funny and informative hub. I get the impresssion the world is rooting for Obama. I've never seen an election where the rest of the planet had such strong opinions. No one wants another four years of a Bush clone, not even European nations want that!


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In the aftermath of last year's #OscarsSoWhite protests and ongoing concern from organisations like GLAAD about the under-representation of some groups of people, BAFTA has announced that, from 2019, films that are not 'diverse' will not be eligible for its awards. The move, which has taken the industry by surprise, was foreshadowed by the BFI's 2014 decision to place similar restrictions on eligibility for National Lottery funding.
What does 'diverse' mean in this context? BAFTA wants films to be inclusive in at least two of four key areas: in their characters and themes; in the make-up of their cast and crew; in the industry training and career progression they contribute to; and in the audience they reach out to. Their inclusiveness can focus on people from any under-represented groups, which in some roles includes women or people from poor backgrounds.
BAFTA has been working to institute similar changes among its own membership. It has said that it hopes its new policy will change the balance of people and stories we see represented onscreen.


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Semi-Automatic Single Play Turntable
The ADC 1500 FG is a two-speed, belt-driven, semi-automatic turntable system with S-shaped tonearm.
Drive: belt drive
Speed control: electronic frequency generator
Speeds: 33 and 45rpm
Pitch control: 6%
Platter: aluminium
Wow and flutter: 0.05% WRMS
Rumble: -67dB DIN B
Tonearm: S-shaped with removable headshell
Effective length: 237mm
Overall length: 317mm
Overhang: 15mm
Offset angle: 2 degrees
Dimensions: 470 x 382 x 153mm
Weight: 5.8kg
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I flew home to Maine for the 4th of July, and although it was a short 5 day trip, sometimes that is all the time you need. It was great spending the day on the lake with the family, eating delicious Maine lobster and jamming to country music at the lake house. When I think of a perfect day – this is exactly what I envision. For that 5 days I didn't have to worry about being on time to work, or waking up at a specific time, it was awesome. One of these days I spent the entire day at the beach in Bar Harbor, Maine with my best friend – We then grabbed lunch and did some shopping at the cutest shops, I always feel like a tourist going there because I don't get down there enough and I'm always so excited. I don't mind that feeling at all.
Some days I fail to realize how blessed I am – but a weekend at home never fails to make me realize how amazing the people in my life are!
Also – This white sweater I wore on the beach was $10 at H&M, perfect and light weight for a beach day over a bikini! On the 4th I wore my favorite Lilly dress that I always love to throw on.


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Atlanta in Fulton County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
Battlefield of Peachtree Creek
July 20. Hood's 1st move was to attack Thomas' Army of the Cumberland before it crossed Peachtree Cr., but a delay in Confederate deployment enabled the Federals to gain positions south of the creek.
Battle was joined in this area. Beginning in Clear Creek valley on the E., it moved progressively W. to Howell Mill Rd. - the sanguinary fields bisected by Collier Rd.
Erected 1955 by Georgia Historical Commission. (Marker Number 060-31.)
Marker series. This marker is included in the Battlefield Trails - Civil War, and the Georgia Historical Society/Commission marker series.
Location. 33° 48.292′ N, 84° 23.601′ W. Marker is in Atlanta, Georgia, in Fulton County. Marker is on Palisades Road 0 miles east of Peachtree Road NE (U.S. 19), in the median. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Atlanta GA 30309, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. The Indian Trail Echota (a few steps from this marker); Hardee's Attack (within shouting distance of this marker); Old Montgomery Fy. Rd. (approx. 0.2 miles away); Newton's Division (approx. ¼ mile away); Hardee at Peachtree Creek (approx. ¼ mile away); Featherston's Brigade (approx. 0.3 miles away); Coburn's Brigade (approx. 0.3 miles away); Wood's Brigade (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Atlanta.
Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. Battle of Peachtree Creek by markers.
Categories. • War, US Civil •
More. Search the internet for Battlefield of Peachtree Creek.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. This page originally submitted on December 14, 2008, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. This page has been viewed 4,450 times since then and 2 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on December 14, 2008, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. 2. submitted on March 23, 2009, by Felch Dumas of Decatur, Georgia. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.


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500kg Crucible Furnace For Melting Aluminum
Brand : Weier
Product origin : jiangsu,China
Delivery time : Within 45-120 working days after receiving the down payment
Supply capacity : 30 Sets per Month
Product Description
Main outline and explanation
The furnace structure is mainly composed of furnace body, furnace lining, heating element, temperature control system and so on.
1.furnace body
The furnace body is mainly made of all kinds of steel and plate. The furnace cover is for the convenience of heat preservation and fetching. The opening of the furnace lid adopts the left and right open structure. When the furnace is used, the furnace lid is opened and put aside, and the furnace lid is closed when the furnace is not heated.
2.The use of composite lining structure, furnace lining using energy-saving refractory brick (high quality brick by Yixing second refractory plant), made of high quality aluminum refractory fiber between furnace refractory bricks and the furnace shell glue (refractory cotton by Shandong Luyang), and is filled with insulation vermiculite powder. Used in the furnace to reduce external insulation and the temperature of the furnace, so as to improve the working environment. At the same time, in order to take into account the leakage of aluminum liquid, damage the heating element, keep the discharge holes in the bottom of the furnace and prevent the leakage of aluminum liquid.
Graphite crucible is used in the melting electric heating furnace. To consider the service life of the crucible and to reduce the damage to the furnace because of the leakage of the crucible.
4.heating element
The arrangement of the heating Original: the resistance wire of 0Cr21AL6 and arranged around the furnace.
PS:Our company can provide customized design according to user requirements.
How to use it
The equipment is mainly used for the melting and insulation of low melting point alloys such as aluminum and zinc.
Packing & Delivery
The furnace is nude packed but duly fixed inside the container.
The nearest sea port is Shanghai port which is the largest and most convenient port over China.
The delivery time is 45-120 days after receipt of down payment.
The furnace is usually loaded into normal containers (20GP or 40GP) or flat racks.
Usually machine is packed with wooden case and standard export carton, plywood carton or as your requirement.
Our Services
Reply your inquiry within 48 working hours
Experienced engineer instruct and sales communicate with you in fluent English.
Exclusive and unique solution can be provided to our customer by our well-trained and professional engineers and staff.
More contact with users, communicate with each other, to ensure that the manufacturing products meet the needs of customers.
Production: strict quality standard, to produce machine and induction coils.
Installation on site and commissioning in the condition of cold and hot, to ensure the normal use.
Tracking goods shipping and provide bill of lading,invoice,packing list and other documents what you need
Provide install and technology instruction by sending drawings, email, or telephone,video.
If you need, will arrange one engineer to your place,instruct install machine and training operators.
Responsible for free training of technology, service and operation personnel's theory, maintenance and operation skills, to make users use production right and expertly. Training is in the section of device debugging and test run.
After equipment final acceptance, quality guarantee period is for 12 months, the supplier replace and repair for free when the damage is caused by production and materials during the warranty period. To the damage out of warranty period, the supplier should give preferential service and the supply of parts (only accept costs), and provide lifelong offer after-sale service.
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The customer should provide the working temperature, temperature rising speed, energy medium (gas or electricity), effective size of the furnace, drawings, pictures, industrial voltage, etc.
3.You are a green hand on Alibaba, how can I trust your company and machine?
Our factory have been in Heat treatment equipment for around 20 years , just entering alibaba for ads .And our machine have exported to East Asia, South Asia, the middle East Asia, Africa etc. areas and have a good feedback with no complaints.
4.If there are broken of your machine and spare parts , what should I do ?
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Large bucket holds a good supply of blue pilchards comfortably and has stainless steel hinge pins for longer life, guaranteeing the lid will never fall off at the hinges. Bait buckets are designed to fit on the rod bucket belt and are UV stabilised. Using one or even two bait buckets while fishing saves time walking up and down the beach to get bait when the fish are biting. Wear a wading bag as well and you are totally self-sufficient.


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This program will include recognition of the donors for their generous support of academic research. In addition, up to $5,000 of the proceeds from the sales of these instruments will help expand the Micromeritics Grant Program to further support research in academia.
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The oldest company of the Polidor group was formed in 1992 to offer Russian industry heavy-duty composite antifriction sliding bearings. Now with almost fifteen years of experience the company manufactures a wide range of thrust and radial bearings made from composite materials, possessing different structural properties and able to operate in environment containing aggressive fluids, water, oil or abrasive substances.
The company steadily grew as a result of product diversification, serving the transportation, construction, medical equipment and defense industries. As it expanded, Polidor opened new manufacturing facilities to satisfy the needs of its customers. Now our primary activities are concentrated on design and manufacturing of composite parts. We design and produce structural elements and interior parts for trucks, trailers, buses and trams. We take pride in being a contractor to a largest in Russia manufacturer of heavy duty trucks "Ural".
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Running is amongst the easiest and cheapest forms of exercise available. Long before there were gyms or team sports there was running.
If you would like to run without all the pressures of preparing for a half marathon, doing a fun run is a great way to get fit and raise money for a deserving charity. You can either train to finish the run with a personal best time, or choose to take things easy and complete the fun run in fancy dress. When you put the fun back in your run everyone benefits. The personal benefits - both physical and mental - of running are many and wide-ranging.
Running strengthens your heart:
This enables your heart to pump blood more effectively around your body, in turn ensuring that oxygen is properly transported around your body. This also keeps your arteries in tip-top condition so that they are better at flushing out harmful fatty deposits that tend to stick to your artery walls.
It helps to lower your blood pressure:
When your arteries are more elastic the flow of blood is facilitated better. This is why long distance runners are very rarely prone to high blood pressure.
It increases your lung capacity:
our body's need to absorb more oxygen means that your capillaries allow blood to pass more easily into your lungs. This in turn strengthens your lungs and maintains healthy respiratory function.
It conditions your muscles:
Running leads to better muscle tone and definition which in turn helps to metabolise fat so large amounts of it don't make itself too 'at home' in our bodies. Improved muscle tone can also protect your joints from injury during both exercise and daily tasks.
It makes your bones stronger:
Research has shown that running can help to increase bone density, meaning our bones can withstand greater resistance and also endure and heal more rapidly from fractures.
Running also provides many benefits to your mind:
Running can help reduce stress:
You may have heard of the 'runner's high?'. Running is known to trigger endorphins which in turn can induce a sense of euphoria - Stress receptors are become suppressed, which leads to a sense of wellbeing.
It diminishes depression:
Some practitioners in psychotherapy have been known to suggest running to alleviate clinical depression. Whilst you are running your brain is so focused on the action being undertaken and the anticipation of reaching the destination as well as being caught up in the euphoria of physical movement, that it's unable to dwell on the negative thoughts that form the basis of depression.
It encourages focus:
Running can offer one of life's sometimes elusive 'being in the now' moments. There's no time to fret on the past or worry about the future - it's just you and your body active in the present. Your mind is alert to any potential obstacles and concentrated on the act of running. This combats mental fatigue which can be brought about by stress.
It develops confidence:
There's nothing quite like the sense of achievement felt after reaching a target distance. And with the noticeable physical benefits it's far easier for self-doubt to be squashed and self-belief to be better than ever.
Upcoming fun runs in the Geelong area include:
So, what are you waiting for? Grab your runners and get out there today!
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Gail Simone Ponders Another Year with Her 'Six'
Newsarama has an excellent interview with Gail Simone, writer of Secret Six. The interview discusses the second year of this exceptional series.
[Newsarama]: One year since the Secret Six got their own title, the comic has established a dichotomy between two types of loyalty: While the characters in the comic seem to have little or no loyalty to their team, the readers of the comic are fiercely and vocally loyal.
Written by Gail Simone with art by Nicola Scott, Secret Six follows the story of six mercenaries, some of whom tend to come close to being anti-heroes and others that are just plain rotten villains. And despite their frequent in-fighting — which often comes to blows — the team has developed a shaky but ongoing bond that seems to keep them together.


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Welcome to the official LCC Redding app! We hope this app can be used in your life as a tool to experience restoration through Jesus Christ. Check out all kinds of interesting content and share it with friends via Facebook, Twitter, or email. For more information about LCC Redding, please visit: http://www.lccredding.org/ The LCC Redding app was developed with the Subsplash App Platform


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Synergy client keeps searching bad or old IP addresses for my Server (which is a laptop, with DHCP gets new IP regularly). Also my laptop has a couple "bad" ipaddress which are visible to other PC's when nslookup is done.
So the Synergy client just keeps trying to use these bad or old IP addresses and getting failed to connect to server errors. Eventually after 10 minutes or 30 or something after I give up and dig out another keyboard, the client will eventually get around to the good IP and will connect.
I think the Server application causing these "bad IP's" might be at fault here too (VMware)... it puts the virtual network IP's into WinXP's network connections which I think allows other PC's like my client see 192.168.XXX.1 which are meaningless to other computers.
Anyway.... can I make Synergy change its retry strategy??? Rather than retrying server IP address #1 for 100 times, then IP address #2 100 times, then etc.... I'd rather that it try IP #1 once, then try IP #2 once, then IP #3 once, then do the equivalent of nslookup for the server to see if it is visible with a new IP, then cycle through the list again.


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Coffee Company Responds To Starbucks. Pledges To Hire 10,000 Veterans
Starbucks wants to hire cheap, illegal immigrants to improve their bottom line. Black Rifle Coffee wants to hire Vets. Which do you choose? – Shorty Dawkins
This article comes from ZeroHedge.com
Shortly after Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz penned a letter in which he promised to hire 10,000 refugees over the next five years in the aftermath of Trump's immigration executive order, a veteran-run coffee company has issued a rejoinder to Starbucks, promising to hire 10,000 veterans itself according to Fox News.
Black Rifle Coffee Company, or BRCC, which describes itself as a "premium small-batch, roast to order, veteran owned and operated coffee company" responded to Starbucks – or "Hipsterbucks" as they call the global coffee chain – announcing a pledge via Instagram to hire 10,000 veterans. This is what CEO Evan Hafer tweeted on Wednesday.
The company's announcement was greeted on Twitter, especially by those who viewed Starbucks' announcement as hypocritical:


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|Robert Jessop Hamilton
|Determine relationship to Margaret De Gloucester
|26 MAY 1859 Liverpool
|Robert Hamilton Mother:Jane Macmillan
|13 SEP 1859 Liverpool, St Bride
|Lylia Sophia Ainslie 14 JUN 1888 St Margaret s, Westminster
|Lylie Ethel Hamilton
|30 APR 1889 Liverpool
|Kathleen Hamilton
|6 DEC 1892 Liverpool
|SEP 1973 Petersfield, Hampshire
|Robert Ainslie Hamilton
|13 AUG 1894 Liverpool
|28 MAR 1918 Killed In Action, Somme
|16 SEP 1918 Liverpool, Lancashire
|He was registered as a surgeon in 1887 and by 1895 he was living at 34 Prince's avenue, Liverpool and was an Ophthalmic Surgeon in 1901 in Liverpool.
Death announcement 17 Sep 1918 in The Times:
Mr Robert Jessop Hamilton, a well known ophthalmic surgeon of Liverpool, died suddenly yesterday. In his early days he was associated with the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital and the Hospital for Sick Children in Great Ormond street.
Obituary in the BMJ:
Robert Jessop Hamilton F.R.C.S. Edin.,
Ophthalmic Surgeon, Royal Southern Hospital, Liverpool
The sudden death of Mr R. J. Hamilton on September 16th, came as a shock to his professional brethren and his many friends. He passed away in his sleep at Heswall, where he had been residing during the summer months, at the same time carrying out his professional duties. Mr Hamilton was the son of the late Mr Robert Hamilton, at one time surgeon to the Royal Southern Hospital. For over twenty one years he practised ophthalmology, and in addition to the Royal Southern Hospital appointment, was ophthalmic surgeon to the Victoria Hospital, Liscard, and to the Southport Infirmary.
As a member of the Liverpool Medical Institution Mr Hamilton frequently took part in discussion on eye cases recorded and shown at the meetings of the members. He held the post of vice-president in 1915-1916, and filled the office of treasurer to the institution. Mr Hamilton was of a quite disposition, and took no active part in public matters; as a churchman he was much interested in the building of the new cathedral.
The funeral took place of Heswall Parish church. Many of his colleagues of the hospitals to which he was attached and friends were present to pay their last tribute to one who had endeared himself by his kindly thoughts and actions to many who had sought his professional aid. The loss of his only son in March this year in the war was a great blow for him. Mr R. J. Hamilton was a widower, and leaves two daughters and many friends to mourn his loss and cherish the memory of a life well spent.
Obituary from The British Medical Journal, September 28th 1918
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Thursday, September 18, 2008
Women's Bible Study: A Quiz Are you of the firm belief that Holiday sequin sweaters and quilted Bible covers are frightening? Are you convinced that not near enough women's ministry events serve wine coolers? This is the post for you.
How To Break The Rules In Bible College & Mr. Salvation Pants - feeding you Bible College curiosity, one mocking post at a time
Finding God: A Reason To Praise - short, sweet and to the point reasons why God's in the small stuff that we often overlook
Since When Are Men Stupid? - Boink! The sound of me getting up on my soap box to defend marriage and men who get thrown under the bus.
Rewriting Song Lyrics from the 80s - People For the Ethical Treatment of Wham
Good Taste, Pigs Feet & 1-888-RU-My-DAD? - Come see what happens when we go grocery shopping in Kentucky. I'll warn you - it's funny. If you're going to pee your pants, you'll have to go outside. This is Kentucky. We only have running water every other day.
And since you're here, why not add your name to the list of super cool people who rock my blog? We have a great time. So come join the party. As you read, remember, I do have standards. It's just that I forgot where I put them.
O-~ (meaning "I think your youth pastor somkes crack"),
6 comments:
- Sonnet Alyse said...
Yep, I did indeed wander over from SCL. You rock! That post was hilarious. Thanks for sharing your insight and sarcasm. The world is a wittier place for it.
- September 18, 2008 at 12:21 PM
Stacy, I was very impressed. And had to work really hard to not laugh so loudly that I'd wake up my 5 year old.
Well played, indeed!
- September 18, 2008 at 5:22 PM
- Ann Marie said...
haha! I wandered over from SCL too! your posts are great and I enjoyed your guest-blogging on SCL!
- September 19, 2008 at 6:23 AM
- bridget said...
Oh my goodness Stacy. I just now had internet long enough to read your post over on SCL (congrats, by the way!) and I almost peed my pants in the nice, comfy Starbucks chair. Thank you for reaffirming my conviction NOT to get married while at Houghton! A friend and I used to joke freshman year that you had to declare a spouse before they would let you declare a major. I'm glad to know there are people in the world who get married even after graduating from christian schools unattached. You give me hope, Stacy!
Side hugs!
- September 20, 2008 at 10:01 AM
- The Beverage Snob said...
you are my new blogging hero (move aside, Jon Acuff). thank you for existing.
- September 20, 2008 at 9:39 PM
- Raw Faith Real World said...
I got this email from one of my friends who I suggested read your blog. I thought I would share the love...
"I just read her blog from 8/14 about Women's Bible Study: A Quiz. I laughed so hard I almost had an accident. Seriously, I'm suprised the neighbors didn't knock on the wall. I haven't laughed that hard since.............. I don't remember. I really like her."
- September 21, 2008 at 9:22 AM
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