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We can even be on the other side of the world almost in person in a matter of seconds.
Businesses can easily reach people and places that were inaccessible just a few years ago.
This is why I say the phone is one of the most awesome tools available.
We've all had years and years of experience using a phone, so why are so many people bad at using it?
Here are some of the techniques that I use.
First, when your call is answered, always ask if this is a good time to talk.
This simple step can add years to your life – and your career.
Get the assistant's name if he or she answers the phone.
I can get a lot of work done just working through assistants.
And use their names.
They are very important in getting your message across.
Obviously you want to answer the phone on the second or third ring.
Speak slowly and project so people can understand.
When I switch to a speaker phone, I want to make sure the connection is still acceptable.
Try not to interrupt.
Don't get distracted when you are on the phone.
Focus on the caller.
Listen to what they have to say.
Turn your cell phone ringer off on important calls when talking on your office line.
Be sensitive to the tone of your voice.
Don't eat or chew gum or shuffle papers.
When someone calls you on the telephone you should always greet them pleasantly and tell them how happy you are to hear from them.
That has to be evident in your voice.
I ask our employees at Mackay-Mitchell Envelope Company to answer the telephone with a smile because you can hear it in a voice.
You want every customer to feel like they are your most important customer and virtually the only customer you have.
Try to start every phone conversation with good news, even when you have bad news to report.
And also have a good close.
Have an agenda of what you want to accomplish.
Every crucial phone call should have clarity of focus and clarity of purpose.
Think through what you want to say and discuss before you even make a call.
That's how you build a network.
Start early in your career to keep track of the 100-300 most important people in your network.
Find out their birthdays and call them every year on their special day.
If you work in sales, make sure to call your customers on their birthdays.
You won't believe how much business you will write up.
I was one of the first people to get a car phone, and now it is hands-free.
Driving is every salesperson's biggest time-waster however it is a must which is why you should have the assistance from a local service like Towingless just in case your car breaks.
I'll do anything to make the time more productive, so I stopped making cold calls.
I call ahead to make sure the buyer was in.
I never leave my name for a return phone call without a designated time I can be reached.
The telephone can be one of your biggest time wasters.
Don't risk playing telephone tag.
I don't care to squander my time any more than the other person cares to squander his or hers.
And this is especially crucial: If my assistant or gatekeeper answers the call, I make sure they say, "Mr. Mackay is expecting your call."
This makes the caller feel special.
Can't get a call back?
Leave a message no one can ignore.
I picked up this tip from my Florida realtor.
Start with your name, day, date and time, and then a pledge: "Leave your name and number, and I guarantee I will call you back within 24 hours. If I fail to do so, I will make a $100 contribution to your favorite charity – as long as the charity is not you."
Keep to a schedule whenever possible.
Minimize interruptions by returning phone calls at a specific time of day.
For me it's usually the end of the day.
Of course, you will need to take some calls, but those that aren't urgent, you can return when you have time to best deal with them.
I'll let you make the call – How important are your phone skills to your career?
Mackay's Moral: Don't let your phone skills be a hang-up.


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text: Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe LOS ANGELES, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- I never thought that Oxygen, one of the gassiest ideas to hit the TV business, would improve, but it has. On the other hand, hot air rises. So maybe the women's cable channel, which wafted into view almost three years ago on big balloons of self-importance, had nowhere to go but up. Oxygen debuted in February 2000 with great fanfare and two big problems. One was poor penetration: For almost two years, the cable channel was unavailable in New York and Los Angeles. Advertisement AOL TimeWarner finally began carrying Oxygen in New York last fall, and satellite subscribers can view the channel in L.A. Oxygen now reaches around 40 million homes, a big improvement from its numbers last year of just 13 million. And while Oxygen may only have about half the viewers of Lifetime, its far bigger rival, founder Geraldine Laybourne points out that Oxygen's penetration is now comparable to small but established cable channels like VH1 or Bravo. Advertisement Oxygen's other problem was that the critics hated it, right from the beginning. And not just the snarky ones in New York and L.A., either, who didn't even watch it regularly. "It thinks it's a shot of espresso when it's really a lukewarm cup of General Foods International Coffee," wrote Joanne Weintraub in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel last year. I still remember the antagonism at the first Oxygen press conference. "Op-RAH! Op-RAH! Op-RAH," changed disgruntled reporters, well fed but unappeased by their delicious Oxygen-hosted lunch. Although founding partners Marcy Carsey, Caryn Mandabach and Geraldine Laybourne were there, the other founding partner, Oprah Winfrey, was not. Oprah and her mighty star power are a vital Oxygen draw, in front of the camera as well as behind it. Next week the channel premieres "Oprah After the Show," a behind-the-scenes look at what happens each day after the syndicated "Oprah Winfrey Show" finishes taping. Laybourne refers to it as "Oprah Unplugged." Anyway, back to that press conference. "We have buses leaving for Chicago in the next half hour if anybody wants to visit with Oprah," said Carsey testily, stepping up to the podium. "She's a working girl. She has a studio, and -- a thing." Advertisement "Satellite!" someone yelled. The audience began a new chant: "Sat-el-LITE! Sat-el-LITE!" "You're hurting my feelings," Carsey said, un-ironically. And there, in a nutshell, was the patronizing, rather disingenuous essence of the heavily hyped new network by women, about women, for women -- whose TV ads featured baby girls raising their fists to the tune of Helen Reddy singing, "I am strong, I am invincible." Marcy Carsey, a TV producer whose hits include "Roseanne" and "3rd Rock From the Sun," is one of the most powerful people (never mind women) in TV, and a few disgruntled reporters were hurting her feelings? Say what you like about, oh, Rupert Murdoch, at least his feelings don't get hurt that easily. Oxygen was originally conceived as mirroring a woman's day, a niche programming idea that Laybourne pioneered with great success at Nickelodeon, with kiddie cartoons for pre-schoolers in the morning and more sophisticated fare for the home-from-school set in the afternoon. Thus Oxygen began -- and still begins -- with the early morning yoga session "Inhale." The schedule used to wind down with "Exhale With Candice Bergen." But Bergen's talk show has been killed and reborn as the more participatory "Candice Checks It Out," in which the former "Murphy Brown" star goes in the field to talk to women space shuttle pilots and champion street lugers. Advertisement Bergen remains Oxygen's biggest star (besides Oprah) and has a charming, dry manner. "That Dan, you just can't predict him," she said, about former Vice President Dan Quayle's reportedly being a fan of "The Osbournes," though he was of course famously against "Murphy Brown" and her unconventional family dynamics. "You know, I've never met Dan Quayle, and I was always fine with that," Bergen added. "And I don't know if he watched 'The Osbournes' because he certainly never watched 'Murphy Brown,' which didn't stop him from talking about it." But though "Candice Checks It Out" is much better than "Exhale," it's actually among Oxygen's weaker new shows. For one thing, Candice doesn't exactly always really check it out. She LOOKED like she got into the street luger outfit and zoomed down the mountain road, but she really didn't, which seems like a bit of a cheat. Far more appealing and energetic is "Freeride with Greta Gaines," a new show starring the remarkably game singer/songwriter and former snowboarding champion. Gaines travels across the continent trying her skill at cowgirl-style balloon-shooting competitions, ice fishing in Northern Canada and turkey calling in Tennessee -- all of which she actually does, with Betty Hutton-like verve and good cheer. Advertisement I also liked "Who Needs Hollywood?" hosted by the pixiesh Katie Puckrik, which replaced Oxygen's original Puckrik vehicle "Pajama Party." Again, the channel's found better success by kicking the host out of the studio and sending her on the road. Puckrik travels to small-town American and puts on old-fashioned variety shows starring local residents. The one I saw found Puckrik in Darien, Ga., wrangling a bunch of gospel singers, some child ballerinas and (as emcee) the 300-pound manager of the local Piggly-Wiggly. It really was quite entertaining, and heartwarming, too. Then there's "The Isaac Mizrahi Show," in which the fashion designer hosts a studio talk show but makes his guests do activities with him. Natalie Portman, for instance, helped Mizrahi wash and blow-dry his dog. Janeane Garofalo stopped by to talk about body issues -- but she had to play ping-pong while doing it. But she got to bring her own dogs along. The dialogue isn't exactly scintillating. A sample: Mizrahi: Now...you don't have body issues? Garofalo: Oh, my God! My own dog just peed on me! Mizrahi: Talk about making you a cult figure. And yet the show is weirdly mesmerizing, in a Mr. Rogers-like way, when Mizrahi exits the studio for regular field trips to show how some of this favorite things (coach purses, donuts) are made. Advertisement Still, Oxygen's most popular programming at this point is its female-friendly reruns: "Cybill," "Kate & Allie," "Love, American Style," "Absolutely Fabulous" and (especially) "Xena, Warrior Princess." That's a little embarrassing for a cable enterprise that originally imagined itself as liberating oppressed women viewers from typical television fare. But the Oxygen ladies are nothing if not spinmeisters and they've even managed to spin "Xena" et al, although not terribly gracefully. "Xena is the perfect acquisition for us!" enthused Laybourne. "She's loaded with ovaries!" A knack for the infelicitous phrase seems to be sort of an Oxygen trademark. Here's Mandabach, explaining Oxygen's original programming concept of mirroring a woman's day: "You wake up in the morning, what do you want to do? You want to stretch. You want to work out. You want to listen to music...And then on the weekends, of course, what do we want to do? We wake up, we want to shop..." It was an intriguing notion as far as programming goes, but also more than a little oppressively hand holding and support groupy. All those assumptions about what "we" as women ought to be doing each day gave me a creepy feeling that Big Sister is Watching. Advertisement I don't want to stretch or listen to music when I wake up in the morning. I want to have three cups of coffee and read the paper. No, I really don't want to think about shopping when I wake up on the weekend. What I want to do is go back to bed. Having been grand media pooh-bahs for so many years, perhaps the problem was that the Oxygen founders were naturally fairly clueless about what non-working women might be doing at home during the weekday. "In the afternoons, I don't know," Mandabach said vaguely, continuing with her idea of a woman's typical day. "We're at home working. We're changing a diaper. We're packing a lunch." We're packing a lunch in the afternoon? I don't think so. Part of Oxygen's problem from the beginning was an unfortunate philosophy that logical glitches like these don't matter, because, well, we're women. "We don't feel that we're experts in anything," Mandabach said, about Oxygen's programming. "We are women, and we feel our way through it rather than think our way through it." Hoo-boy. Still, as I said, things are looking up at Oxygen. "Everyone had to take stock and see how women reacted to the programming," said Bergen. "People wanted more relaxing, more entertainment-based than what they were getting their first year of Oxygen. Programming was redesigned around that. So I'm optimistic." Advertisement


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Over the last couple of days, we have been looking at how to cite properly within the formatting guidelines of MLA—or Modern Language Association—style. Just to remind you, MLA is the style you will be asked to use when writing papers for classes that can be classified as humanities (i.e. history, English, religious studies). Today, to wrap up our three-part series on MLA style, we will be discussing overall formatting under the current MLA guidelines.
First of all, your paper needs to be double-spaced, in a twelve or eleven point legible font (such as Courier New or Times New Roman), and have one-inch margins on all sides. To most people, I know this seems like a given, but sometimes the simplest things are the easiest to mess up. Check these things before you even start your paper, that way you will be sure that the format is right.
Secondly, every paragraph must be indented five spaces. Most word processing programs, such as Microsoft Word and WordPerfect, do this for you, but check anyway. Also, and this is important, there should only be one space between sentences. This is different than in APA style, where there are two. Sometimes this is a hard habit to get into, but you can set your settings on just about any word processing program to show you your spaces.
MLA style, unlike APA, does not require a separate page for your title, unless your instructor specifically asks for one. Because of this, the first page of your paper should be formatted as follows:
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Your pages must be numbered!!! The page numbers should be in the top, right-hand corner of your pages and start on the second page of your paper, unless you are specifically asked to start numbering from the first page.
Your paper should be written in third person. Do not say something like, "When reading Dr. Seuss, I felt like children could relate to his illustrations and rhyming syntax." Instead, try something like, "The illustrations and rhyming syntax utilized by Dr. Seuss allows children to relate to his stories." See this difference between the two? One sounds like an opinion anyone could have, while the other lays out the same thesis with authority.
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It's critical for social workers to take the time and make sure their advance directives are in order, says California licensed clinical social worker Joni Diamond.
"Life is so fragile. We never know what tomorrow brings," she said.
Social workers are also well positioned to help clients discuss their health care choices and goals, Diamond said. "We are able to be a role model for them and help them discuss these critical and sensitive decisions."
NASW is promoting the observance of National Healthcare Decisions Day, or NHDD, taking place April 16. NASW joins hundreds of organizations, health care providers and other key stakeholders promoting awareness, completion and discussion of advance care directives.
"It's imperative to know what your wishes are for yourself — such as the things you want and don't want done medically," Diamond said. Such wishes can be documented in a living will, which constitutes one part of an advance directive.
As a longtime private practitioner, Diamond said she has spoken with clients about the importance of making advance care directives.
The NHDD website, features tools and resources to get involved in the campaign as well as advance care directive information, forms and suggestions for initiating advance care planning discussions with loved ones.
NASW will promote NHDD through its chapters, MemberLink, SectionLink, blogs, and Facebook and Twitter accounts.
Diamond, who is co-chairwoman of the NASW California Chapter statewide American Red Cross Council, also said that, as part of an advance directive, it is a good idea to have a health care agent who can carry out health care wishes if one is unable to do so.
"This person's contact information should be on your advance directives and he or she should have a copy of it along with your doctors and local hospital," Diamond suggested. "Additionally, keep a copy with you, as tragedies/disasters do not have a time clock or appointment."
Such information could also be saved on a flash drive, she said.
Nathan Kottkamp, founder and chairman of the NHDD initiative, said social workers are ideally suited to help promote NHDD because they engage with people in a variety of circumstances.
"Social workers can encourage all adult clients to engage in advance care planning, and they can 'lead by example' and do so with their own families," Kottkamp said.
"As always, NHDD serves as a great opportunity to connect with other professionals to establish or nourish relationships," Kottkamp said. "NHDD is not restricted to health care settings — it is a perfect opportunity to raise the topic of advance care planning in various social groups, book clubs, houses of worship, etc."
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- Approval of minutes from June meeting;
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Time management is a huge component of being successful as a busy women and/or mom on the go. "No time wasted" is one of my mantras and it simply means that every minute of my day needs to be devoted to something to ensure my life runs as efficiently as possible, and I can climb in my bed at a decent time.
Products that are easy to transport and have the power to connect to wifi/bluetooth wherever you are can turn those downtimes while commuting, waiting on a lesson, or at a game entertaining and productive.
Here are a few tech items that make great gifts for the women in your life that are constantly on the go.
1 | Intel Lenova 920 Yoga This is the gift that keeps on giving. Whether for a mom on the go or any member of your family, the versatility of this laptop and the speed of the 8th Gen Core processor makes light work of traditional work actions, streaming and powering other high tech apps and products that they may already own. Based on its performance capabilities, the Lenovo 920 Yoga makes subsequent gift giving a little easier during the year. Just keep gifting tech products that will work seamlessly with the laptop.
2 | Canon G9x Mark II This camera is sleek and pretty! It's wifi/bluetooth enabled so you can easily download images and HD recorded video to your computer for editing or sharing from wherever you are. You will capture great memories with 20.1 megapixels and HD video capabilities. The camera is also touch screen.
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Thank you so much for being a part of the 2017 Athena Film Festival. It was great to see so many of you at the various screenings, panels, and workshops last week. I am sure you will agree that this Festival was our best yet. We were thrilled that nearly 6,000 people attended the Festival; a 20% increase from last year.
A special thank you to our Sponsors, Honorary Host Committee, Festival Co-Chairs, Friends of the Festival, and partnering organizations. Our work and this festival would not be possible without your generous support. To our Founding Sponsor, the Artemis Rising Foundation, and Regina K. Scully, Founder and CEO, please know how appreciative we are for all that you do.
Some of the highlights from the weekend:
- We screened 34 films including 15 features, 13 documentaries, and 19 shorts, which received great reviews from packed audiences. Many of the screenings included Q&A sessions with filmmakers or the subjects of the films.
- The Festival opened on Thursday night with a screening of 2015 Athena List finalist Little Pink House, a feature film starring Catherine Keener that is based on the true story of Susette Kelo, a small-town nurse who emerges as the reluctant leader of her working-class neighbors struggling to preserve their homes. This moving film was followed by a Q&A with the director and writer, Courtney Moorehead Balaker, and Susette Kelo.
- The Awards Reception on Friday night was at full capacity with an engaged and enthusiastic audience. We were particularly thrilled to present an Athena Award to our Festival's Founding Sponsor, Regina K. Scully, as well as director Patricia Riggen and activist-playwright Eve Ensler. The 2017 Leading Man Award went to David Oyelowo for his work championing female directors. Each of these awardees has an impressive track record of championing the fight for women in Hollywood; we were honored to recognize their voices and work.
- At the Reception, we also announced the winners of the Athena List, an annual slate of screenplays with strong female protagonists that have not yet gone into production. Sponsored by Amazon Studios, who agreed to read all the scripts and host the writers for a symposium in June, the winners were Claude by Hannah Patterson, Clemency by Chinonye Chukwe, Mrs. Christie by Jamie Dawson and Scott by Anna Rose Moore.
- Sunday evening, we hosted an inspiring and lively Town Hall discussion on how to build a new movement for social change with activists extraordinaire Gloria Steinem and Dolores Huerta, leaders from the Women's March on Washington, Paola Mendoza and Carmen Perez, Jamia Wilson from Women, Action and the Media, and Barnard students, Camilla Puig Ibarra and Naomi Tewardos. A screening of the inspirational closing film, Dolores, followed the panel.
- This year we held four panels, two workshops, a master class led by Athena Award winner Patricia Riggen, and special events featuring virtual reality, a television preview, works-in-progress, and a demonstration of camera equipment.
- On Saturday night, the Festival added a last-minute free screening of Hidden Figures, the incredible untold story of brilliant African-American women working at NASA, who were the brains behind the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit.
- The Festival included a number of other fabulous events including a Screenwriting Lab for female screenwriters conducted in partnership with the IRIS, a raucous volunteers appreciation evening full of karaoke on Saturday night, and our student lunch with over 100 students from high schools and colleges across the region.
Thank you again for your support of our mission and our Festival. We received some great coverage over the weekend; here are just a few of the articles: The Hollywood Reporter and Vanity Fair.
Please save the date for the 2018 Athena Film Festival: February 22-25, 2018. We look forward to keeping in touch and seeing you all again next year.
Again, many thanks for your support.
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The Kickstarter project that basically started the craze of legendary developers looking to crowdfund pet projects now has an official name: Tim Schafer's Double Fine Adventure is officially Broken Age.
According to the official site, "Broken Age is a point-and-click adventure telling the stories of a young boy and girl leading parallel lives. The girl has been chosen by her village to be sacrificed to a terrible monster--but she decides to fight back. Meanwhile, a boy on a spaceship is living a solitary life under the care of a motherly computer, but he wants to break free to lead adventures and do good in the world. Adventures ensue."
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- Created the foundational climate for the year.
- Established academic expectations that will take us through the next many months.
- Fostered relationships with colleagues to support our instruction.
- Introduced complete strangers to each other and encouraged them to become more than classmates, to become friends.
- Introduced content that is as foreign to them as the day is new.
- Brought technology into their experience of learning that is beyond being "social".
- Tossed all of these students, and teachers, into one building and asked them to be "one" and to get along, "play nice" and learn from each other.
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Time to Change the World
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Craig, I love the passion and determination of this post. Since I'm not back at school yet, I feel eager to return when I see what you're already doing. Thanks for sharing your encouragement. I plan to do the same!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 22, 2014 at 11:14 AM
Craig... love this. We start next week... wish me luck!ReplyDeleteReplies
Good luck! Go change the world, one moment at a time! Keep up the great work with your community. They deserve all you have to offer!Delete
Craig, this was so awesome to read! We start back up with our MS kids on September 3. I couldn't wait before, and now, after reading this, I'm even more pumped up! Your posts are always so charged with positive energy - something every middle school community needs, deserves, and thrives on. Thanks for always doing that for me, with your words and your actions.ReplyDelete
All but 2 of your points have to do with social and relationships!! I love this! With you at the helm, you all WILL probably change the world! Glad you are off to a great start - thanks for the inspiration!ReplyDelete
This post has me all jazzed up about next week (teachers return 8/27 and kids 9/3). I hope I can be part of the energy you have inspired here in my school. Thank you for always giving me something to aspire to.ReplyDelete
It is amazing to think of all we have accomplished. For the first time this year, I do not have my own classroom. This has been quite an adjustment for me and my kind colleagues have helped ease the pain by allowing me to slip in and out of their classrooms. I wish they could see what I have seen. The way each one of them is slowly shaping their communities. Though 25 or more students are gathered, I've seen them work to connect and help students know they are valued. Their message is clear, "Give it a try. We'll learn together." The change in four days is pronounced. Slowly I see children inching out from their shells. I see hands reaching for other hands. I listen to students sharing their stories with one another. I'm continually inspired. Great days are ahead.
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Thanks Cathy! Hats off to a great year ahead! May each day you leave a message with your students that carries throughout the year. What a great opportunity we have each day to work with our students!Delete
Enjoy the days ahead!
I agree Craig! I can feel the PASSION and EXCITEMENT each day just oozing from the classrooms! Let's keep this energy and spirit alive with uplifting articles/blogs just as this one. Thanks!ReplyDelete


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Here is everything you ever wanted to know about Python on Ubuntu <wink>.
The best thing to do is to start with the Python on Debian wiki page, since we inherit as much as possible from Debian, and we strongly encourage working with the great Debian Python teams to push our changes upstream. A useful way to look at it is this: because Ubuntu and Debian have different release cycles, namely that Ubuntu uses timed releases and Debian uses release-when-ready, we can use these to our advantage. Often, we can initiate big changes in Ubuntu first, using it to blaze a trail, and then systematically push those changes up into Debian, so that we can eventually remove as much of the delta from Ubuntu as possible. This was an effective model for both the Python 2.7 transition and the dh_python2 helper transition.
Here's a nice webified version of Barry's IRC tutorial on Python packaging. Thanks to Neil Wallace for putting this up.
Packaging best practices (including Python 3) for Python libraries in Debian
Deltas from Debian
The above wiki already describes where Debian deviates from upstream Python, and this section will outline how Ubuntu deviates from Debian. Hopefully, these deltas are even smaller.
- In Ubuntu python-minimal is an Essential package. In Debian it is not. This is a long term delta.
Open bugs on Python packages in the archive: https://bugs.launchpad.net/~pythonistas/+packagebugs
Plans for 18.04 LTS
Overarching goals include:
- Python 3 only on the default installs for desktop, server, touch, snappy images. (Some may already be there.)
Longer term plans / stretch goals
- How can we move Python 2 to universe given our intertwined build process and cross-pocket restrictions?
Can we better support PyPy and other alternative implementations (let's work with Debian on this)
Python 3 porting
There are lots of resources on the 'net for porting to Python 3, but some may be difficult to find or follow. There are also lots of opinions on how to best port and support Python 3. Here in Ubuntu, we make and promote opinionated choices with the intent of making it easier for our users and developers. It's okay to disagree and discuss these choices, but we have had successful experiences with them and feel that they provide the technically best recommendations. To that effort, please refer to our guidelines for supporting Python 3 on Ubuntu.
All Ubuntu/Canonical driven development should be targeting Python 3 right now, and all new code should be Python 3-only. If you can't do this because of your dependency stack, let's talk.
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DC Police identified the four Americans killed during the chaos at the US Capitol on Wednesday:
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Roseanne Boylan, 34-years-old, Kennesaw, Georgia.
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Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and the county seat of Clark County. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. Of course your trip to isn't complete without a glimpse of the iconic Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, designed by Betty Willis. The city recently added a parking lot so you can snap a photo without dodging traffic.
Hera are a list of the best thing to do and see, as well as the best hotels and resorts to stay and have fun, always in a glamours and luxurious style.
Hotels and Resorts
Beside downtown's Fremont Street Experience, an electronic sound-and-light show, the Golden Gate is a one-of-a-kind vintage casino hotel. It opened in 1906, a year after the city of Las Vegas was founded. Victoriana abounds inside the San Francisco-themed casino, with antique "one-armed bandits" (slot machines) by the lobby registration desk. Recently remodelled hotel rooms have more panache than other downtown casino hotels: witness dark-leather headboards and club chairs, flatscreen TVs, and pillow-top mattresses. Avoid rooms with prison-barred windows that look onto a noisy back alley.
Tired of the dinging of Vegas's slot machines? Flee the casinos at this boutique hotel, a short drive, bus or taxi ride east of the Strip. Minimalist motel-style buildings surround a small pool with cabanas, cocktails and DJs. All done up in chic white, cool shades of violet and indigo, or stark red-and-black whimsy, each "suite" (really, most are just oversized rooms) comes with its own hot tub, Wi-Fi, and an "adult" TV channel. The Addiction resto-lounge is the place to hook up during happy hour while, across the street, the Hard Rock resort offers pool parties, concerts, and a rock-star spa and shops.
The opening of the flashy Cosmopolitan resort – a short walk north along the Strip – has upped the ante for staying at the Monte Carlo. With the CityCenter casino, hotel, shopping, dining and entertainment complex next door, you'll understand why these rooms are still among the Strip's better bargains. Quality rooms come with all mod-cons such as flatscreen TVs, iPod docking stations and Wi-Fi. By day, escape to the hotel's outdoor pool complex, which has a "lazy river" ride for floating along on inflatable rafts, a splashy wave pool, and sandy beach-volleyball courts.
Staying off the Strip can make you feel cut off from the non-stop party zone, but not at the Rio. Fast, frequent and free shuttle buses transport guests to the Rio's more famous sister casino resorts on the Strip, including Caesars Palace and Paris Las Vegas. You'll usually save big bucks on the Rio's hotel suites, which are unusually spacious by casino standards, with vibrant (OK, some may say tacky) colour schemes of mint, lemon yellow and aqua. If the Rio's lacklustre dining and drinking venues – such as the sky-high Voodoo Lounge – don't excite you, take a short walk over to the trendy Palms casino resort, buzzing with nightspots and the Playboy Club.
It's unlikely you'll stumble across this white-walled gallery near the valet at CityCenter's Mandarin Oriental, but it's certainly worth seeking out. Depending on where you're coming from, you'll pass chunks of CityCenter's $40m art collection, including works by Maya Lin (a suspended rendition of the Colorado River made from reclaimed silver) and Frank Stella (a 32ft work on canvas from his protractor series) in registration lobbies. Look out for Nancy Rubins's Big Edge, a large boat bouquet made of more than 200 tethered canoes and aluminium boats, which serves as the centrepiece for the $9bn campus of hotels.
The Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art manages to stir up a lot of press, and had visitors lining the corridor overlooking the outdoor landscaped pool when it opened in 1998. At the time, art exhibitions on the Strip were unprecedented. When a subsidiary of New York's Pace Wildenstein took over the gallery, it shocked art-world types by partnering with Boston's Museum of Fine Art, bringing works by Monet to the heart of Sin City. The gallery has also tapped into the collection at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego to mount exhibits, including the current A Sense of Place: Landscapes from Monet to Hockney.
Set in the Arts Factory, the Trifecta Gallery has been one of few downtown galleries to survive, financially, in the arts district, maintaining solid exhibits focused on contemporary representational paintings and illustrations. The large three-room space in the old industrial brick building is where locals go to buy and experience works by, in the main, emerging artists, and to enjoy creative art openings such as the pancake breakfast that accompany high-end flapjack sculptures by Todd VonBastiaans and Bryan McCarthy.
Inside this 180-acre attraction focused on interactive exhibits about sustainability and the history of the desert environment is The Origen gallery. A quiet, dimly lit, meditative and contemporary space, the gallery features work by mainly local and regional artists – established and emerging – who create pieces influenced by the desert environment and the glitter city plopped into it. Exhibits range from a show of multimedia contemporary works responding to desert colours influenced by intense natural or manmade lighting to fine art black-and-white photography of Cliff Segerblom: modern landscapes of the American West, Hoover Dam and the Las Vegas skyline as it appeared in the 1970s.
Design Shops and Centers
This store's mission is grave but simple: zombies are on the brink of a massive world attack and we must prepare by purchasing 500lbs of freeze-dried food, stun guns, tasers and maybe a sword. OK, the guys who run this wacky store on an unwacky stretch of Spring Mountain Road don't believe in zombies per se, but they do believe in zombies as metaphor. "To some people zombies are the government, to some people they're terrorists or outsiders. We just want people to be prepared," says owner Mike Monko. His new venture is tucked into the corner of his old venture, which sells artificial lawn supplies. When we visited, Monko displayed a video of himself stun-gunning his business partner's adult son.
Don't be deterred by the grim industrial area surrounding this shop. It's definitely worth the trip. They have a wonderful selection of witty table top and decor items as well as furniture, carpeting, lighting and window treatments. My favorites were the limited edition tea towels from Third Drawer Down, an amazing bicycle basket by Design House Stockholm, and the Phonophone i-pod console. There are also textiles from Dwell Studio, Herman Miller furniture, Michael Graves accesories and lots more.
Part of the World Market Center Las Vegas, the industry's most dynamic trade marketplace dedicated to home furnishings and design, Las Vegas Design Center is the single most innovative facility of its kind. Home to more than fifty showrooms, it offers year-round access to a global selection of the industry's finest home furnishings, fabrics, lighting, floor coverings, wall décor and accessories.
At Design Within Reach, the authentic modern design is accessible. "Within reach" means things not found elsewhere. It means in stock. The business started when founder Rob Forbes tried to furnish his apartment with the clean, simple classics he'd come to appreciate while living in London. Authenticity is something DWR is proud to offer, elitism however is not. Visit any of their Studios and you'll never see a "do not touch" sign.
This location, in Building C, Showroom 196 of the World Market Center Las Vegas gives Ethan Allen its first home in a destination that caters mainly to trade business. It is also a full-service Design Center open to the public, offering clients throughout the Las Vegas area Ethan Allen's legendary design expertise and a diverse and eclectic range of home furnishings.
In a town where you never know what's going to happen next, nice underwear is crucial. And no one has nicer underwear than Kiki De Montparnasse. This lingerie store at Crystals at CityCenter is named for a 1920s Paris nightclub chanteuse, and its magical pink interior is a much stronger dose of France than the nearby Paris Hotel. Try on the subtle but kinky Night Nurse ensemble in one of the special couple's changing rooms – but try to behave, because the question: "Hmmn, anything else go on in there besides trying stuff on?" did not get a laugh.
It's easy to become a Francophile at Mon Ami Gabi, this charming Las Vegas restaurant that offers al fresco dining on the Strip outside Paris Las Vegas in a casual dining environment. Although offering a terrific spot for people watching, you'd better get your looks in early. Once your deliciously simple French food is served you may soon forget your surroundings. Highlighted by classic steak frites and a variety of fruits de mer, the Mon Ami Gabi menu also boasts an extensive wine list. It's the closest thing to dining on the Champs Elyseé on this side of the Atlantic, making for a memorable Paris Las Vegas restaurant experience.
As the Four Seasons' premier dining room, Verandah is designed like a Mediterranean mansion, with indoor and terrace seating that overlooks the sprawling pool. This sophisticated restaurant offers an informal dining experience for breakfast, lunch and dinner, featuring signature dishes and varied regional and international cuisine.
High atop the illustrious Las Vegas Strip, crafted inside the replica landmark, Chef J. Joho's Eiffel Tower Restaurant serves Las Vegas' most acclaimed cuisine available. This Las Vegas fine dining French gem has lamb seasoned to perfection and foie gras unlike any other.
While each meticulously prepared dish is a treat for the palate, the Eiffel Tower Restaurant itself is a feast for the eyes. Sitting more than 100 feet above Strip, the critically acclaimed Paris Las Vegas restaurant provides one of the most vibrant views in all of Nevada.
The Eiffel Tower is a perfect Paris Las Vegas restaurant destination for lunch, dinner or cocktails and offers Las Vegas fine dining in the day at a wonderful Sunday brunch, served weekly from 11 am until 2 pm. Relax and unwind as you enjoy a stunning à la carte Las Vegas brunch menu plus Nicolas Feuillatte Champagne and Grey Goose cocktails.
Charlie Palmer's renowned New York Aureole enjoys a reputation as one of the finest restaurants in the United States. Palmer opened Aureole at Mandalay Bay in 1999, featuring seasonal dishes that include artisan dry-aged beef and fresh seafood.
Designed by pre-eminent restaurant designer Adam Tihany, Aureole's visual trademark is a four-story wine tower with its very own Wine Angel Stewards, who gracefully ascend the tower to retrieve bottles.


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Things have gone pretty crazy pretty fast, and life feels like an ongoing process of adjusting to this new (and still-changing-on-a-daily- basis) reality.
Social-distancing has brought up many challenges in our day-to-day lives.
As parents, we are now facing questions like –
How to balance working from home with homeschooling, how to keep our kids busy indoors day after day and how to make sure everyone not only stays safe but also feels safe.
If your child's birthday is coming up, you've probably been asking yourself one more question –
How can you celebrate your child's birthday during social-distancing?
What social distancing means is that your family and friends are now far away, even if they live next door.
So you need to start thinking like people who actually do live far from one another, and how they celebrate together.
My sister lives in another country, but it's always been very important to her that the family gets together for her kids' birthdays every year.
We had long-distance birthdays long before this virus hit and now this solution seems more fitting than ever –
Have a virtual party.
The popularity of virtual parties is on the rise right now.
After all, people always find a way to adjust –
Just because we need to stay inside, doesn't mean we can't celebrate our kids' birthdays, right?
Especially during these stressful times, I think it is so important to make our kids feel loved.
Surround them (virtually) with family and friends so they FEEL safe.
And let them know that there are still reasons to celebrate and things to be happy about.
How to have a virtual kids' birthday party?
You can put together a successful virtual birthday party for your child in a few simple steps.
With social distancing and the recommendations to stay at home, the beauty of having a virtual party is that you don't need to leave the house – at all.
Everything from start to finish can be done right in the comfort of your home.
So stay in your PJs, grab a cup of tea and let's get started.
1. Choose the right platform for your virtual party
First and foremost, when you decide to host a virtual party you need to figure out the technical side of things – meaning how to get your guests on a video call together.
Thankfully, we live in a time where technology is providing us with many ways to be close to our loved ones even when we're apart.
There are several platforms on which you can schedule a video call and organize a virtual gathering with all of your guests.
Zoom has become a very popular platform these days for multiple-persons video calls.
Two other popular options (which my family has used several times for my nephew's birthdays over the years) are Skype and Facetime.
There are other platforms as well – do a quick research online and you can find several good free or low-cost options.
What's important is that you find the platform that is most accessible to YOU.
Look for a platform that will be the easiest for you AND your guests to operate during the time of the party, so you don't need to deal with too many technical issues (you may deal with a few).
Quick Tip:
I highly recommend you do a test call with some of your friends or family members a few days before the party, to make sure everything goes smoothly and figure out solutions to any technical issues that may arise.
2. Choose a Theme for your virtual party
Now that we got the tech stuff out of the way we can move on to where the real fun begins – planning the party itself!
The first step to take in any party you plan is to choose a theme.
Wait – a theme for a virtual party?
Yes! Even though it is a virtual party, I always like to use a theme. A theme helps to simplify some of the party planning, and also helps to get everyone into a festive mood.
And just imagine how thrilled your child will be to wake up in the morning and see the house is decorated with images of one of his favorite things.
So, how do you choose your party theme?
Take some quality time with your child to come up with ideas for the theme of the party together.
It can be something your child loves to do, like a sport or a hobby.
It can be a favorite toy (my little one is all into construction vehicles these days, so I know what the theme for his 2nd birthday in a few weeks will be 😉 )
If you're feeling stuck, you can check out my shop for some all-time popular birthday party themes for kids.
This is Part 1 of the "How to Have a Virtual Birthday Party for Your Kids?" Series.
You can find the rest of the series here:
Part 1: How to have a virtual birthday party for kids? << you're here!
Part 2: What to include in your virtual party invitation?
Part 3: Games and activities for a virtual kids party.
Part 4: Virtual party decoration ideas for kids.
Part 5: How to celebrate your child's birthday at home?


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Bonobo's Ark 2018
From Canterbury to the whole wide world, unorthodox ensemble exercise concert telepathy.
It started back in 2009, when pianist Yumi Hara and reeds player Geoff Leigh had issued "Upstream" and, around that time, met the latter's HENRY COW colleagues, bassist John Greaves and drummer Chris Cutler, at a festival. There and then, the four decided to form a quartet and, having named their enterprise THE ARTAUD BEATS, released "Logos" in 2015 – after a series of on-stage appearances of which the second, recorded in Norway in 2011, resulted in this album. A continuous set of untitled pieces, it's entirely improvised yet the ensemble's melange of seemingly accidental melodies and occasional quotes from Peter Blegvad's poetry demonstrates how amazingly individual minds can be tuned in to a specific creative wave.
Weaving voices and instruments in what amounts to musique concrète, the players transcend the incidental nature of their in-the-moment method by foraying into tribal territory where vocal incantations shape a strangely alluring arrhythmical groove, while skittering ivories and fluttering flute engage in a trance-inducing dance, before organ and bass pass parping mischief from one to another. Serenity is not sacrificed to assault here, reigning supreme on the fourth track that has blues taken to the Seine and gradually whipped into a well-tempered frenzy, but wailing and throat singing come into the picture on the sixth number rather unexpectedly, so finale feels more than satisfying – with all the variety brought home in a classical fashion.
There's also "Platform" – a cut from the band's 2014 concert in Japan – which sounds somewhat anxious and raw, yet very much electric, to point to the group's development. Whether they're ready for the next studio endeavor is unclear, although it's in concert that they're truly free.


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2. Building area: 2.000 m2
3. Terraced garden area: 3.300 m2
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Global Connected Video Device Market 2014-2018
25 Apr, 2014, 07:52 ET
DUBLIN, April 25, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/ncj97h/global_connected) has announced the addition of the "Global Connected Video Device Market 2014-2018" report to their offering.
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The analysts forecast the Global Connected Video Device market to grow at a CAGR of 17.06 percent over the period 2013-2018. One of the key factors contributing to this market growth is the high growth in the online video audience. The Global Connected Video Device market has also been witnessing the adoption of OTT standard. However, the high cost of video device hardware could pose a challenge to the growth of this market.
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Until recently, live broadcasting was only possible through IPTV networks managed by service providers, but OTT delivers video and audio data using the internet without the interference of service providers. Exploring new technology and revenue streams, operators are now trying to integrate OTT into STBs.
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02. List of Abbreviations
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I suppose that it was inevitable: a weak effort from George Pelecanos. The Way Home is the first book I have read by Pelecanos that did not succeed in creating a memorable world full of interesting characters and a fast moving storyline.
The Way Home is maudlin and disappointing. It would likely not have been published had it been submitted by a first-time writer. But Pelecanos has built up a solid fan base and loads of credibility, and can get away with the occasional clunker.
Pelecanos has never been a great writer in much the same way that many of the famous noir writers were not great writers. A solid, entertaining story teller? Absolutely. But skewed syntax and more than a few strangely constructed sentences always stand out in a book by Pelecanos. But it usually doesn't matter, because he has that talent for putting together believable characters in a few deft strokes and then pushing the narrative forward to an explosive if somewhat predictable conclusion.
His most recent effort, however, takes the speechifying that has started creeping into his novels as of late to a whole new, utterly tiresome level. The characters here are flat and will elicit barely any empathy from readers. And the main premise around which the book is built blasts away the suspension holding up any semblance of belief.
We have a father who has always been hard on his son, and the son who predictably goes off the rails, starts using drugs, and gets locked up in a juvenile detention home. Flash forward about eight or nine years, and dear sonny boy is out in the world working for his father's carpet installation business. The classic bag of money that has been at the heart of so many crime novels makes an appearance here. But the way that things play out just isn't likely.
Every plot twist seems to be introduced for the sole purpose of allowing more clichéd pablum to flow from the gobs of the characters. We don't even really get to see the protagonist in action except for a petty juvenile crime that originally landed him in reform school in the early part of the book. Too much effort is devoted to the cause that the author is championing.
We get it: Pelecanos believes that the way young offenders are locked up is wrong. That's the whole problem. It comes across as a book-long rant upon which a weak story is hung. As opposed to a theme that is smoothly woven into the storyline.
Not only is it a weak effort, but it made me look back and reassess some of the other books that Pelecanos has written. Perhaps a similar storyline played out numerous times was not something to criticize at the time because the results were so entertaining. But when none of the elements that make so many of Pelecanos's books enjoyable are present, the same revenge ending with two individuals tooling up to commit justifiable murder falls flat.
Why exactly does a writer like Pelecanos produce a book like this after so many effective efforts? Perhaps he just ran out of the creative juice that spurred him on for so long. Maybe it was a rush job for a paycheque. Maybe the success from his work on The Wire and his energy being taken up elsewhere didn't allow him to put in the necessary time.
If you've heard that Pelecanos is a very good crime writer, you should still believe it. Just don't start with this novel. In fact, give The Turnaround a miss as well—his most recent novel before The Way Home also suffers from some of the same problems. Start with one of his classics, such as Hard Revolution or The Big Blowdown. Let's hope this trend doesn't continue and Pelecanos gets back to writing the great crime novels that made him so popular in the first place.
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Book Review: The Way Home by George Pelecanos
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Imagination Technologies Group plc Scales Back MIPS Ambitions
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Semiconductor intellectual property specialist, Imagination Technologies , recently announced financial results for its most recent year and, as expected, they weren't pretty. The company swung to a loss of 61.5 million GBP (around $80 million at current exchange rates), down significantly from an operating profit of 5.7 million GBP (about $7.42 million at current exchange rates).
The company previously announced several restructuring actions that it hopes will help it return to profitable growth in time.
In its most recent earnings release, new CEO Andrew Heath outlined the company's new strategy going forward. One part of this new strategy that stood out in particular was that the company appears to be scaling back its ambitions for its core MIPS processor intellectual property business.
Big ambition before
Imagination acquired the assets of a processor intellectual property company known as MIPS back in 2012. MIPS developed and licensed processor intellectual property just like ARM Holdings does, although it was not anywhere near as successful as ARM has been.
Imagination's stated goal in buying MIPS and continuing to develop MIPS-based processors was essentially to become a credible competitor in the processor intellectual property licensing game. At one point, Imagination's former CEO Hossein Yassaie publicly claimed that Imagination's goal with MIPS was to grab 25% of the CPU IP market.
More modest ambitions today
Imagination was quite candid in the investor presentation accompanying its most recent earnings report that the MIPS architecture faces "relative eco-system weakness." Presumably, the company is referring to its weakness vis--vis ARM Holdings in CPU IP licensing and possibly even Intel in some key markets.
As a result, the company is essentially retreating to the market for "embedded processors and areas [that] can exploit multi-threading and virtualisation capabilities."
Imagination says that it would like to keep its "strong market share" in "networking, routers, [digital TV]/[set top box] and digital home markets."
Beyond those segments, the company hopes to "grow in mobile in embedded processors, such as modems." This is an important distinction, as previously the company had hoped to take share from ARM in terms of the applications processors that actually ran the operating system and apps.
Gaining traction there would have been difficult as the vast majority of software on mobile devices is designed for the ARM architecture first and foremost. Given that, as well as the fact that all of the major mobile applications processor makers deploy ARM IP, Imagination probably believes that material share gains at this point against ARM may simply be unrealistic.
However, embedded processors inside of components such as the modem run specialized operating systems/firmware that's not exposed to app developers. This means that as long as the modem maker writes its code to run on MIPS, it shouldn't be too much of a hassle to switch from, say, ARM to MIPS.
Beyond those markets, Imagination aims to go after nascent Internet of Things (IoT) markets. The company cites industrial IoT and smart buildings/cities as examples.
And, finally, the company plans to continue to go after the market for automotive-bound silicon.
A reasonable strategy
Scaling back its ambitions and trying to succeed in markets that are amenable to the MIPS architecture is a reasonable move for Imagination, particularly given its current business/financial situation.
Imagination isn't likely to ever achieve the kind of success/reach with the MIPS architecture that ARM Holdings has with its ARM architecture, but at this point it's important for Imagination to simply do the best that it can within the set of constraints it's working with.
The article Imagination Technologies Group plc Scales Back MIPS Ambitions originally appeared on Fool.com.
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We wish each other a long life so as to share the beauty of this graceful moonlight, even though miles apart.
A lonely stranger in a strange land I am cast, I miss my family all the more on every festive day.
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