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Podcast Discovery
I was having breakfast with my friend Pat Keane recently and we started talking about podcasts and our shared frustration with new show discovery across the entire category. Everyone who consumes to podcasts - both of us included - has a preferred place to listen. Many people I've asked lately go with what's obvious and native like Apple's Podcast app. I lack the discipline to download and delete shows, preferring to stream only and so I've been a Stitcher app devotee with a side of the Soundcloud app for pods that aren't on Stitcher. Before settling into my longterm preferences, I tried many apps and services for listening. In addition to those already mentioned, I've used Overcast, Podbean, TuneIn Radio, Pocket Casts, Downcast, iCatcher!, Pod Wrangler, and even Spotify. All are generally well designed throughout; none of them has solved for discovery via in-app UX/UI. Considering media discovery in other formats - streaming tv and movies for example - and it may be that the problem is neither unique to podcasts nor a symptom of limited design.
Searching for a new podcast can be a struggle akin to endlessly mining Hulu app or HBO Now for something to watch. Depending on mobile or desktop view, 9 to 15 title card rectangles are all anyone has to go on, these single images become difficult to recall or differentiate once scrolling begins. The design restraints in option-selection display are shared across the spectrum of digital media browsing. Devices only have so much screen. Thumbnail title images aren't a fair representation of what's great about a show. Yet, people surrender lots of time to scanning Netflix. The issue for podcasts then may be that the medium has not yet delivered a critical mass of blockbuster content that's necessary to encourage listener browsing.
Word of mouth is a marketing mechanism as yet unmatched in its ability to convert. This is true across any purchase or participation category and its particularly obvious in the realm of digital entertainment. In February of 2013, Netflix dropped an an adaptation of a popular British series called House of Cards - its first original series and first time releasing a full season all at once. The buzz was immediate and for a few weeks its all anyone could talk about. Everyone watched it. Since that month, Netflix has released Orange Is The New Black, Bloodline, Stranger Things, The Get Down, The Crown, The OA, 13 Reasons Why, Ozark, and Mindhunter, just in the original, fiction category. Not everyone watched all of them (except me) but you probably watched more than one and many, many people you know did too. These shows, and many of the wildly popular standup and documentary specials, gave Netflix a word of mouth superpower along with consistent audience satisfaction to back up the buzz. There are amazing new shows and movies to stream with more coming and its on Netflix.
Podcast, as a category, has not yet had the big bang moment that House of Cards created for Netflix. Serial was a glimpse of that moment but the show did not have staying power nor was it followed by a succession of shows with similarly cross-demographic, obsessive appeal. Netflix and increasingly all of the streaming platforms are known to have a plethora of content, seemingly more and more everyday. Audiences then are confident they'll find something interesting when they log-in, even when they don't have a specific idea of what they want to watch. Podcasts haven't hit a volume threshold to earn that confidence from listeners and so drive them into their podcast apps in search of regular entertainment. Without that recurring action, there's too much distance between podcast interface and podcast audience for discovery to take place.


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We start the episode with Brody fixing his still and Morrison, Lt.James & some other crew listening, only semi-interested to Dr. Rush's discussion on the pattern of the background radiation. The ship comes out of FTL near two planets & just as Col. Young asks for a report from Volker, the lost shuttle appears out of nowhere. Robert Caine, one of the crew who opted to stay back on the artificial planet in another galaxy, calls over on the comm which further confuses the crew of the Destiny. Rush is curious as to how their shuttle could have made it this far, not being space-worthy let alone capable of such speeds. But here is Caine along with the other 7 who opted to stay back on that planet. The crew is also baffled as to how the advanced aliens who built that planet knew where the Destiny would be and when they would drop out of FTL to bring their people back to them.
Pleased at getting a working shuttle back, Col Young asks that the 8 people be brought on board but to take every precaution. TJ wants to meet up with them to see if they have a baby with them (she had earlier had a vision that her baby was with the 8 crew members). She fights back the tears after she sees no sign of the baby, composing herself when Young asks if she's alright, then quickly leaves. Meanwhile Chloe's condition is progressing along and there is a new patch of alien skin growing on her arm. Scot wants her to fight it even though she believes that it is too late. Later Greer discusses with Chloe that she may be killed if she changes completely to the blue alien. He offers an apology to her while he still can and they say goodbye. Chloe records a farewell message to Scott, telling him that she loves him and wishes they could have done everything a normal couple would have.
Eli, Camile & Young interview the 8 civilians who only remember going to sleep inside the shuttle, which they were using for shelter from the winter, and woke up just when the shuttle appeared near Destiny. Caine believes that God brought them there. After recording the interviews with each individual, Wray & Young discuss about them. Wray feels that their memories were tampered with in an effort to hide something. Later when Eli talks with Val on her memory on the planet, blood pours from her eyes and mouth and she collapses. She later dies in the infirmary. On using hynosis on Peter, one of the 8, Wray finds out that Val & Peter both suffered deaths on the planet but reappeared here and are dying again. Peter died from dehydration and hypothermia (freezing to death), Val from bleeding as hit by a blunt object (hit by a falling tree). The others save from Caine are also suffering the symptoms of freezing.
Finally Caine is the only one left alive but he knows that he too will die again. In a recording on a Kino, we see Caine in the shuttle on the planet praying after the other have died and a bright light suddenly blocks out the picture. TJ surmises that the aliens may have sent them back to say goodbye.


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Buick Unveils Electric SUV Concept Car in China and Exactly what GM needs
General Motors is rotating up its electrification programs and nowadays introduced the spectacular, improperly-titled Buick Inspire idea at Auto China 2018. Being a ideas go, this a single seems excellent and instead achievable.
GM states that its operated by Buick's eMotion powertrain that may generate a highest possible output of 410 kilowatt (roughly 550 hp). This must make it great for a 4 second sprint to 60 miles per hour. Range is clocked at 370 miles and the battery power could be energized to 80 % within 40 mins. It facilitates each rapid and wireless charging.
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Within is an enhanced actuality windshield, OLED screen and wood middle console. And considering that this is simply a idea and nothing is actual, the Enspire functions a 5G network Connection.
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GM created a massive guarantee in 2017 to launch 20 electric powered cars throughout the next five several years. The organization is certainly going all in on electric powered cars and anything like this Buick would fit perfectly in the globe of crossovers and mild SUVs. I believe it appears to be much better than the Tesla Model X, however, the Model X is actual and this is just a idea.
The Envision was declared in China where the Buick name plate is nicely liked. It is going to be exciting to see if General Motors produces this distinct SUV under a various brand though. In my opinion, toss a new grill upon it, fall the dumb identity and that SUV might be the future of Chevy.
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1st Gurren Lagann Film at San Francisco in September (Updated)
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The Japanese production company Aniplex has announced at its Otakon panel on Friday that it will screen Hiroyuki Imaishi's Gurren Lagann the Movie –Childhood's End- film with English subtitles at the Viz Cinema theater in San Francisco on September 8. The film, which is also known as Guren-hen (Crimson or Gurren Chapter), is the first part of Gainax's theatrical remake of its Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann robot action anime series. It opened in Japan last September, and the second film (Ragan-hen or Lagann Chapter) opened in Japan on April 25. Bandai Entertainment brought the original television series to North American on DVD and on the Sci Fi Channel (through Manga Entertainment).
The film had been screened without English subtitles at FanimeCon in Northern California in May. Aniplex then brought the film to Anime Expo in Los Angeles earlier this month for its English-subtitled premiere.
Viz Pictures, the live-action film affiliate of Viz Media, is opening the 143-seat Viz Cinema at the New People entertainment complex in San Francisco on August 15. The complex's grand opening will feature the first film in the live-action trilogy version of Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys manga.
Image © Gainax, Kazuki Nakashima/Gurren Lagann the Movie Production Committee
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I really think any cookie can serve as a holiday cookie and these Snickerdoodles look delicious. Since snickerdoodles happen to be one of my favorite cookies I am definitely making these for the Holiday.
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Now many of you may have your tree up and glowing bright, but if you don't and you need a creative way to decorate your tree, try these Paper Flower Ornaments. You can use a variety of color papers or identify a mix of patterns that you like and before you know it, you have a decorated tree.
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I just looked at my calendar and panicked. I'm sooo behind in the things I need to get done before traveling home for the holidays. If you too are in a panic over your Holiday to do list… You're not alone.
Posted in design, inspiration, tagged design, hand lettering, holidays, illustrations, loveliness, pretty package on December 3, 2008| 2 Comments »
at the moment with hand lettering, illustration and packaging. I think its the holidays and me brainstorming ideas for some handmade holiday cards. Isn't this a conversation starter?
Now do you see why I'm a little obsessed, I would love to be able to create something lovely like this.
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I love Red Velvet cake. It is one of my favorite cakes. Ok, who am I kidding, I haven't run into a cake I didn't like. I usually make red velvet cake around the holidays or for special request, but after seeing this mini confections of goodness I wondered why don't I make this cake more often? Plus these mini versions make it easy to make for dinner parties, birthday dinners etc. Enjoy!
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Agathe Champsaur is currently working on two documentaries detailing the life of two different but very inspiring figures, AbdulRahman Ktanani a Palestinian visual artist that broke free from palestinian camps through art, and Therese Basbous, a poet often known as Michel Basbous' wife.
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This tip will save you looking for a matching bottom and top sheet with matching pillowcases. Put folded sheets and one of the pillowcases inside the other pillowcase.
I haven't stored my sheets in my linen closet for years! Every bed has 2 sets of sheets. I fold the sheets as most everyone else seems to do, and fold the pillowcase around it (or you can slip the sheets into the pillowcase). Then I put the extra set between the mattresses of the bed it is for. I either slip them in at the foot of the bed, or the side - whichever is more convenient.
When we had babies in cribs, I folded the crib sheets, put them in a plastic bag, and slipped it between the mattress and springs. This way the sheets are handy and easy to get to when I want to change them, and it frees a tremendous amount of space in my linen closet for other things. This was really helpful when there were 6 of us in the house!
By Judy = Oklahoma from Oklahoma
I fold the top and bottom sheets in rectangles. Then I wrap them with the folded pillow cases, and a scented dryer sheet between the sheets. I put the complete bundle into a transparent recycled bag. When it is time to change the bedding, your complete set for each size of bed is altogether and smelling fresh.
By Faye Dutkiewicz from The Pas, Manitoba, Canada
After washing and drying your sheets, fold them and the pillowcases neatly and put them in one of the pillowcases and store them in the linen closet. When you are ready to get a fresh pair of sheets, they are all together and organized and you don't have to look for matching pieces.
I "try" to keep my linen closet organized using a few tricks. I don't fold my sheets and pillowcases together in sets because I intermingle the top/bottom sheets and pillow cases.
Keep Bedding Sets Together. When I fold the sheets from the dryer, I always fold the fitted sheet and then I fold the pillowcases together and put both inside the fold of the top sheet.
To prevent creases when hanging linens from wire hangers, take a cardboard tube from a used up roll of paper towels and cut lengthwise. Then slip it over the wire hanger and apply tape where you cut the tube.
I place all of sheets together in one of the pillowcases, so the set is together and easy to grab. I store the clean sheets in the closet of the room they are going to be used in.
When bed linens are washed and dried, they are folded as flat sheet, fitted sheet, and pillowcases in layers together. They go in a drawer in whichever room those sheets are used.
I make my linen area look really neat by taking sheet sets and pillowcases and tying them together with inexpensive colorful ribbon. I'm sure this would work with towel sets as well.
I organize my sheet sets by folding the sheets and placing them in the matching pillowcase. I also organize my sheet sets by having a shelf for each size; such as the queen size on one shelf, and the twins on another, etc.
I try not to ever fold sheets by washing and drying them and then putting them right back on the bed. Note, that this caused a problem in my first marriage because my husband thought I never changed the sheets.
To keep table linens from creasing, install a rod just beneath a low shelf and hang the linens on hangers padded with paper towel tubes. Fold and store bed or bath linens by sets, not by size.
This tip is helpful for folding your pillow cases. I always take both my pillow cases (seam sides together) and fold BOTH together as you would fold one pillow case.
I like to keep sets together or sheets that I created sets out of by folding them, along with one pillowcase, and putting the entire set into the other pillowcase. This way, you have a neat sheet section in your closet or drawer, and they fit together better too.
Recently my son decided he wanted fresh new white sheets and he did need a new comforter. Our sheets are old or hand-me-downs, so I thought it would be nice to give him some new items.
Simply fold towels together. While folding, fold one of the bath towels around the rest of the set, making it a size and shape that stacks nicely in your storage closet.
Ask a QuestionHere are the questions asked by community members. Read on to see the answers provided by the ThriftyFun community or ask a new question.
Does this tag tell the size of the bedding eg. full, queen, or king? How do you tell the size once the bedding is removed from its packaging?
I use a Sharpie Permanent Marker and write the size on the foot corner of mine. I also mark the left head corner and the right foot corner of the fitted sheet so there's no guessing at how it goes on the bed.
I need some help organizing my linen closet. it is JAM PACKED full of blankets (most of which we use because of frequent guest). It is very small and had about five shelves in it. Any suggestions?
Renee from AR
i organize my linen closet this way. i put all the sets that belongs toguether inside of one of the matching pillow cases, fold it and when you are looking for that set everything is neatly put inside ,you dont have to go crazy looking for all the matching pieces in different places.
How about getting some of those rubbermaid tubs or large plastic bags to store things in and put all the blankets in those? You could then store the containers somewhere else where you might have more room.
At work we put the blankets in a plastic (garbage) bag (be sure there are no holes) and use the vacuum to suck out all the air then tie the bag securely. Your blankets will be compressed so that they take up less space.
I keep only the linens in my closet that I am using for that season and put the others(already laundered) in a jumbo plastic tote that I keep in the attic. It saves me time when looking for what I need and at the end of the season, I just get the other linens out of the tote and they are ready to go.
You might camouflage some of your blankets by tucking them around a 'less than new' chair or loveseat, and covering with a nice afghan. Also, several of them could fit into a box kept under a bed or in a closet. You might consider storing them on the shelves of your guest room closet (if you have one) or folding them (the long way)and hanging on wooden hangers. I found that rolling towels rather than folding them saves space on shelves. A hollow ottoman will also hold several.
I find it helpful to just keep what I need on a daily basis in the linen closet. I store occasionally used things under my bed in containers.
If you have blankets and quilts that are in good condition you can incorporate some of them by hanging them over the back of your couch, loveseats, etc. I also take advantage of the very tops of my childrens' closets. They cannot reach the top shelves and so I use those top shelves to store blankets in. You can also use the medium sized totes and place them in the bottom of your closet and then stack your shoes on top of the totes.
Place folded sheets and pillow case in one of matching pillow case. Saves space and is always together.
Lots of good ideas already, but if you're short on space you can store 2 blankets between the box springs and mattress. Fold the blanket in half or quarters and place it between the box spring and mattress on one side of the bed. Repeat on the other side of the bed and the mattress will still feel level. You can even store a sheet set this way.
You can even store blankes insinde the decorative Shams that come with your bedspread. Just fold the blanket and stuff inside the sham. Put the sham on the bed. This also works with extra sets of sheets.
We've stored our extra blankets in cedar hope chest. These can be bought new, or from an estate auction/garage sale. If you don't mind the wood smell, it might be a good idea. We then use ours as a second coffee table in our living room.
Have you thought of reducing the number of blankets you need by replacing them with comforters? We use only one comforter per bed and store a summer cotton blanket for each bed in the closet. Comforters roll up like sleeping bags (I make straps to hold them out of 1" elastic). When we are using the summer blanket, we just roll up the comforter and store it under the bed, in that bedroom's closet, or sometimes just folded at the end of the bed in case it gets cold. Since we wash the comforter covers, we only have to store two fitted sheets per bed. We also have some extra blankets for guests, but only about 4 or 5 which all fit on one side of a 32" wide shelf in the closet. We don't have room for tubs so we avoid having to store a ton of stuff by using systems that require less stuff and less storage.
Vacuum sealing large comforters, blankets & pillows are a great space-saving idea. Plus, they are compact enough to store one on top of the other. Making sure they all are labeled & that if you have wire shelves, it is a good idea to put a towel down first. This makes it easy to take them on & off without pucturing the bag. The large garbage bags can easily be used with a vacuum to suck out the air & then using rubberbands to secure each bag. It will save you from buying the "Space Bags"
I like to organize my linens by room (I.e. guest room, master, kids). I take the top sheet and pillow cases, and fold them inside the bottom sheet. The problem is all of the different sizes. I live in San Diego and I just saw an article in SD home about this great new product that looks like it should work great. The article is by Harriet Schechter who writes some really helpful hints. This article is not on-line but you can check out the product at www.kangaroomstorage.com
The article Jill was referring to is here:
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What's a clever and easy way to identify my full size from king size sheets? They are all white in color.
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This is a page about storing sheets inside pillowcases. Organize your linen closet by storing sheets inside the matching pillowcases.


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ST. LOUIS - Bitter cold temperatures did not stop people from taking part in the Veterans Day parade and 5K run Saturday morning.
The big celebration began at 8 a.m. with a flag ceremony, followed by the run and parade.
The event drew thousands of spectators to honor the men and women who served this country.
Despite the cold thousands laced up their shoes for the Annual Veterans Day 5K with proceeds going towards local veteran's organizations and the Saint Patrick Center.
The run is held in conjunction with the Annual Saint Louis Regional Veterans Day Parade.
The event honors active, retired and former military. For the first time following the completion of a two-year, $30 million renovation, Soldiers Memorial Military Museum will participate in the annual Veterans Day Parade.
Organizers say it's tough to see military members lay their lives on the line for our country and then come home to find they've lost ties with the community.
"18 percent of our population are veterans that amounts to 1100 each year they go off to serve and fight for our country. They come home and they don't have a home that's unacceptable so we are all about getting them into housing and getting them all the services they need to regain stability in their lives" said Kelly Peach.
The route traditionally passes the Soldiers Memorial Military Museum located on Chestnut Street. The parade features marching bands, floats, military equipment and more. The parade begins at noon Saturday.


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Last Updated: November 23, 2016 8:38 pm GMT
(Melbourne, Australia--November 23, 2016) Timed with the recent announcement by YouTube for HDR delivery, Atomos announces a new OS update to further broaden HDR compatibility and offers a limited time discount to make the HDR upgrade easier this holiday season. The HDR wave continues to gather pace with YouTube adding to other content delivery platforms such as Google Chromecast ultra, Sony PS4 Pro, Amazon, Netflix and Vudu in bringing HDR transmission and playback to the growing population of people with HDR compatible TV's, the leading Christmas gift in 2016.
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Father, I know every good gift comes from you, the unchangeable One. Thank You for all Your good gifts. Thank You for using trials to make Your people mature and complete. Thank You for giving wisdom when we ask for it. Help me persevere today in whatever circumstances come my way. In Jesus' name, amen.
Read James 1
James 1:1–8 Do you rejoice when life is hard? James wrote to Christians who were dispersed throughout the Roman world because of persecution. He told them to rejoice because their trials were refining their faith, making them steadfast so they would be complete and perfect on the last day.
We need wisdom from God to endure trials—wisdom that sees God's purposes and wisdom to respond appropriately. Praise God, for He gives generously to those who ask without being double-minded. The double-minded person always has one eye on the world, and he doesn't know if he wants God's way or the world's. He wants to serve two masters, but he must make up his mind (see Matthew 6:24).
James 1:9–18 The Christian in low circumstances should boast in his eternal riches in Christ, while the wealthy Christian should boast that he is deeply sinful but has a great Savior. All earthly riches will pass away. We all die, but those who love God and remain steadfast in trials will receive eternal life.
Although trials come from God to refine our faith, temptation comes not from God but from our own desires. We want comfort, security, and ease in life—and too often we're willing to sin to get it. But sin leads to death. We should not be deceived by the world's promises. Every good thing in our lives, including the refining of our faith, comes from our heavenly Father who never changes. He planned our salvation and saved us by the gospel of his Son Jesus. As Romans 8:32 says, "He who did not spare his own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also with Him graciously give us all things?"
James 1:19–27 The natural yet sinful response to trials is anger. However, Christians should listen, be slow to speak, and slow to become angry. Anger doesn't produce righteousness in the one who becomes angry, nor does it encourage righteousness in the one who is the brunt of the anger. Instead of getting angry, Christians should reject all sinful ways and instead apply the Word of God in difficult situations. Instead of pridefully doing what we think is good for us, we should humbly accept God's way. After all, the Word implanted in our hearts is able to save our souls.
We should not deceive ourselves by thinking that hearing the Word is what transforms us. After all, knowledge alone puffs up (1 Cor. 8:1), and we should be doers of the Word also. That Word tells us we're sinners saved by faith in Jesus Christ. So, when we contemplate the law of liberty—the gospel of Christ—it enables us to persevere in doing good in the midst of trials. It enables us to bridle our tongues, care for orphans and widows, and resist the temptations of the world.
James 1:19-20
19 Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; 20 for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.
- What trials are you facing? Will you ask our generous God for wisdom, knowing He is sovereign and good? Or will you handle your trials in the ways of the world?
- How does the gospel of Christ change the way you look at trials? Does it give you joy to know your heavenly Father is working in and through your trials for your good?
- In the next day or so, take stock of how you handle trials. Consider an irritation or difficult situation: do you react in anger or humbly apply the Word?
- How would you describe your religion? Does your speech confirm it? Are you caring for others, particularly those in your church who are suffering? What are you doing to keep yourself unstained from the world?
- Using the lessons from James, how can you help other brothers and sisters in their trials?
- Discuss financial stewardship with your accountability partner. Do you have a budget? Do you keep to it? Are you giving generously to your local church and to others? How can you grow in stewardship of the resources the Lord has entrusted to you? Use the financial stewardship assessment below to help guide you. [Being a Disciple]
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When you have a deep-freeze, you can plan ahead. For us, that means we can make up four casseroles and about four loaves of bread (one pan is double-length and is really for making angel-food-cake, but who does that?).
Three of the casseroles went into the deep freeze, where they'll stay until we're not feeling like cooking dinner. The fourth was baked immediately after the bread came out of the oven. The bread will, likewise, mostly be put into the deep freeze, where it will stay until we're in dire need of raisin bread
We're really enjoying that there's a tortilla factory about a mile down the road from us, and have been experimenting with making "enchilada casseroles." This batch contains several layers of crookneck squash, as well as beans, cheese, TVP, corn tortillas, and green or red enchilada sauce.
The raisin bread contains a heap of raisins and currants, plus our spice blend, some whole rye-berries (steamed), and a few whole fennel seeds to add that random element of surprise to things.
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Shock and Vibration
Volume 2016, Article ID 8297834, 8 pages
Experimental Study on the Dynamic Performance of a New High-Speed Spindle Supported by Water-Lubricated Hybrid Bearings
1School of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an 710072, China
2Key Laboratory of Education Ministry for Modern Design and Rotor-Bearing System, Xi'an Jiaotong University, No. 28, Xianning West Road, Xi'an 710049, China
Received 30 June 2015; Revised 13 October 2015; Accepted 13 October 2015
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- Tianming Ren, and Ming Feng, "Anti-shock characteristics of water lubricated bearing for fuel cell vehicle air compressor," Tribology International, vol. 107, pp. 56–64, 2017. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar
- Lin Wang, Xianzhi Xiong, and Hua Xu, "Dynamic Coefficients Identification of Water-Lubricated Hybrid Bearings Used in High-Speed Spindles with Different Excitation Methods," Shock and Vibration, vol. 2017, pp. 1–10, 2017. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar


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Did you hear? This past weekend set all kinds of iPad sales records. Tim Cook said it! And while I'm sure the new iPad was a huge part of that, let's temper our applause. There are two generations of iPad on shelves, and US network AT&T has confirmed that its "record numbers" from Friday include both of them.
I'm not trying to take anything away from new iPad opening weekend sales, which I'm sure were plentiful and made everybody a lot of money. But keep in mind that if the new iPad had set records on its own, Apple would have said that loud and proud. Remember, too, that Apple loves a good "opening weekend sales numbers" press release. And on a purely anecdotal level, it's worth noting that lines cleared out quickly Friday morning, and there appeared to be ample supply at my local Apple Store as of Sunday afternoon. Things that just haven't happened during previous iPad releases.
We'll find out at the next earnings report exactly how well new iPads are moving, hopefully. Until then, just remember that all we know for sure after this past weekend is that people bought more new iPads and iPad 2s combined than they ever bought iPad 2s (or original iPads) on their own. Which is something! But maybe not what you're being led to believe. [Twitter]


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You may have read last week's article about how Facebook can benefit your church. I follow a number of blogs talking about social media's place in the church, and think you may find some of them helpful or interesting. Some weeks I find lots of articles I like, some just a few. I'll post a round-up every few weeks with the articles I've enjoyed or found most useful.
7 Simple Rules To Keep Your Church Emails Compliant - Are your church's email communications following the 7 rules set by the FTC? Watch a short video explaining what they are.
Does Your Organization Need A Social Media Policy? - Does your church have a social media policy in place? Do you think you need one? How about this index card-sized policy.
Google Cuts Churches Out Of Nonprofit Programs - Google used to allow churches to use some of its products for free, but churches (among numerous other entities) are now excluded from this robust set of free tools. Bummer!
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In 1992, morale was low among state troopers. To help with morale and also improve the public's image of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Dr. Joe Taron, a Shawnee Dentist and current COHPS Board Member, and congressman Wes Watkins, a longtime supporter of OHP, helped create an organization of businessmen and citizens to support troopers and their families and the work of the patrol. The idea of the organization was developed during a lunch in Shawnee between Wes Watkins and Dr. Taron, and a subsequent meeting with former DPS Commissioner Bob Lester and former OHP Chief Cotton Allen.
Dr. Taron's support of troopers is well known. He was made an honorary trooper by the Oklahoma Trooper Association. Dr. Taron's wife, Mary Louise, worked at the Pottawatomie County courthouse for the district court. Dr. Taron appreciated how professionally the troopers treated his wife in her line of work.
When troopers became family friends, Dr. Taron began to recognize the stress on troopers' families. He set up a non-profit corporation, Concerned Oklahomans for the Highway Patrol Society (COHPS), to "enhance public support for, further the views and goals of, and to support increased professionalism of the troopers of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol."
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A place close to my heart, for I was a parishioner for many years, and organist/choirmaster for most of my happy days there.
This is the 1885 Conacher we relocated from Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo. It is one of about 10 organs we have saved by way of relocating to date.
In the chancel is a very charming organ by Dublin builder William Browne. It is however too quaint and wrongly located in the room to work properly. Rather than try and fix the inherent problems (which would inevitably had meant ruining what is a very nice organ) we fitted another one altogether, on the gallery. We designed and fitted an extension specifically to accommodate the organ.
We kept this organ as original as possible, but a few alterations were carried out. The principal choruses dearly required rescaling, as the sound was too thin. I will pop in sometime and get a photo of the Browne organ for the sake of completeness), suffice to say it now has tonnes of fundamental tone. All other pipes were retained, untouched. The flutes on the Great are especially nice.
Swell Oboe and Open Diapason 8 were revoiced by Aiden Scanlon......both to great effect. The diapason gently crescendos towards the treble, making the top note played always distinguishable. The Great Salicional migrated to the Swell (on a clamp) to act as a Celeste, and a 12th was fitted in its place.
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The "
Revolution of
" (often translated into English as the
) ( -
vardebis revolucia
) was a bloodless revolution in the country of
in 2003 that displaced President
Eduard Shevardnadze
Elections and protests
Georgia held
parliamentary elections
on November 2, 2003. At stake were 235 seats in parliament of which 135 would be decided by a nationwide proportional party-list system and 85 were "majoritarian" contests in which a "first past the post" winner would be determined in each of Georgia's 85 electoral districts. In addition, a nationwide referendum was held on whether the future parliament should be reduced to 150 members. Voters used a separate ballot for each of these three contests, folding them together and placing them in a single envelope which was then put in the ballot box. This was not a presidential election; that was set to occur in the spring of 2005, at the expiration of President Shevardnadze's second and final term.
Subsequently, the elections were denounced by local and international observers as being grossly rigged in favor of Shevardnadze.
Mikheil Saakashvili
claimed that he had won the elections (a claim supported by independent exit polls). This was confirmed by an independent parallel vote tabulation (PVT) conducted by the ISFED (International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy, local election monitoring group). Saakashvilli and the united opposition accepted ISFED's PVT as "official" results, and urged Georgians to demonstrate against Shevardnadze's government and engage in nonviolent civil disobedience against the authorities. The main democratic opposition parties united to demand the ousting of Shevardnadze and the rerun of the elections.
In mid-November, massive anti-governmental demonstrations started in the central streets of Tbilisi, soon involving almost all major cities and towns of Georgia.
The "
" ("Enough!") youth organization (a Georgian counterpart of the
") and several
, like the
Liberty Institute
, were active in all protest activities.
Shevardnadze's government was backed by
Aslan Abashidze
, the semi-separatist leader of autonomous
region, who sent thousands of his supporters to hold a pro-governmental counter-demonstration in
Change of power
Saakashvili's inauguration as President of Georgia
The opposition protest reached its peak on November 22, when President Shevardnadze attempted to open the new session of parliament. This session was considered illegitimate by the major opposition parties. Supporters of two of those parties, led by Saakashvili, burst into the session with roses in their hands (hence the name Rose Revolution), interrupting a speech of President
Eduard Shevardnadze
and forcing him to escape with his bodyguards. He later declared a state of emergency and began to mobilize troops and police near his residence in Tbilisi. However, the elite military units refused to support the government. In the evening of November 23 (
St George
's Day in Georgia), Shevardnadze met with the opposition leaders Saakashvili and Zurab Zhvania to discuss the situation, in a meeting arranged by Russian Foreign Minister
Igor Ivanov
. After the meeting, the president announced his resignation. That prompted euphoria in the streets of Tbilisi. More than 100,000 protesters celebrated the victory all night long, accompanied by fireworks and rock concerts.
The outgoing speaker of parliament, Nino Burjanadze, assumed the presidency until new elections could be held. The
Supreme Court of Georgia
annulled the results of the parliamentary elections. In the January 4, 2004
presidential election
Mikheil Saakashvili
won an overwhelming victory and was inaugurated as the new President of Georgia on January 25. On March 28, 2004,
new parliamentary elections
were held, with a large majority won by the Saakashvili-supporting
National Movement - Democrats
, and a minority representation of the
Rightist Opposition
Funding from Soros-related organizations
A significant source of funding for the Rose Revolution was the network of foundations and
associated with American billionaire financier
George Soros
. The
Foundation for the Defense of Democracies
reports the case of a former Georgian parliamentarian who alleges that in the three months prior to the Rose Revolution, "Soros spent $42 million ramping-up for the overthrow of Shevardnadze."
Speaking in T'blisi in June 2005, Soros said, "I'm very pleased and proud of the work of the foundation in preparing Georgian society for what became a Rose Revolution, but the role of the foundation and my personal has been greatly exaggerated."
Among the personalities who worked for Soros' organizations who later assumed positions in the Georgian government are:
Alexander Lomaia
, Secretary of the Georgian Security Council and former Minister of Education and Science, is a former Executive Director of the Open Society Georgia Foundation (
Soros Foundation
,) overseeing a staff of 50 and a budget of $2,500,000.
David Darchiashvili, presently the chairman of the Committee for Eurointegration in the Georgian parliament, is also a former Executive Director of the Open Society Georgia Foundation.
Former Georgian Foreign Minister
Salomé Zourabichvili
In Ajaria
In May 2004, the so-called "Second Rose Revolution" took place in
After months of extreme tension between Saakashvili's government and
Aslan Abashidze
, the virtual dictator of the autonomous region, thousands of Ajarians, mobilized by the
United National Movement
, protested against Abashidze's policy of separatism and militarization. Abashidze used security forces and paramilitary groups to break up the demonstrations in the streets of Batumi and Kobuleti. However, he failed to suppress the protests, and they grew in size and scope. On May 6, 2004 (again
St George
's Day), protesters from all Ajara gathered in Batumi despite being dispersed by force the day before.
Georgian Prime Minister
Zurab Zhvania and Interior Minister
Giorgi Baramidze
negotiated with Ajarian Interior Minister
Jemal Gogitidze
to withdraw his forces from the administrative border at the
Choloki River
and led Georgian
Special Forces
into the region.
Abashidze bowed to the inevitable, resigned in the same evening and left for
President Saakashvili visited
the next day and was met by celebrating Ajarians.
International effects
Orange Revolution
, which followed the disputed
November 2004 Ukrainian presidential election
, is said to have been partly inspired by the Georgian Rose Revolution. Georgian flags were seen being waved by supporters of
Viktor Yushchenko
, who held up a rose while greeting the crowds. The chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Defense and Security,
Givi Targamadze
, former member of the Liberty Institute, was consulted by Ukrainian opposition leaders on techniques of nonviolent struggle. Later he also advised leaders of the Kyrgyz opposition during the 2005
Tulip Revolution
See also
Civil disobedience
Color revolution
Liberty Institute
Non-violent revolution
Nonviolent resistance
Politics of Georgia
2007 Tbilisi Demonstrations
United National Movement
External links
Tinatin Khidasheli,
"The Rose Revolution has wilted"
International Herald Tribune
, Paris, 8 December 2004
"Georgia's Rose Revolution: A Participant's Perspective"
Institute of Peace
Report, July 2006
Dan Jakopovich,
The 2003 "Rose Revolution" in Georgia: A Case Study in High Politics and Rank-and-File Execution
Debatte: Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe
, August, 2007.
— daily updated online magazine and web portal on human rights in Georgia
Michael Barker,
"Regulating revolutions in Eastern Europe: Polyarchy and the National Endowment for Democracy"
, 1 November 2006
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She pointed out a site, TemplatesBox, that has some very nice free templates. These of course would need some work still to apply them to your site, but it's a good way to get started. I've found that if I have something to start with, I can usually tweak it to get what I want. It's just so hard to start from scratch though. Following up on this I also found a good site for free stock photography, Stock.XCHNG,.
Another area that Jennifer pointed out was the ins and out of marketing with things like Adwords. Like her I had some issues with logging in to Adwords with the same username as my Adsense and Analytics account. I got around it by trying every link I could find to adwords. eventually it just lets me in.
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Business conferencing systems enable you to hold meetings between people in different locations. They include conference calling, online meeting spaces and video conferencing, where participants can see each other on screens. Business conferencing can cut costs, as well as making it easier to hold regular meetings and share information.
Is business conferencing for you?
Although business conferencing can't replace every face-to-face meeting, it's particularly useful for:
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- Flexible workers. For instance, if lots of people in your company work from home, it's a good way to hold a catch-up meeting.
- Regular client meetings. Business conferencing is a good way to keep clients up to speed, though it's best to hold key meetings in person.
There are some downsides to business conferencing. A phone or web conference is no match for a face-to-face meeting. It is more difficult to judge someone's body language if you are using a webcam. Without these visual clues, it can be harder to hold constructive discussions, especially between people who haven't had the chance to build a rapport in person.
Effective training and guidelines can help address these issues. But perhaps most importantly, you need to recognise when a conference call or video conference isn't the best forum for discussions - and be willing to make alternative arrangements.
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Most conference call providers also offer paid subscriptions. You pay a charge (from £10 a month) for cheaper dial-in costs and extra functions like call recording.
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Video conferencing adds cameras and screens so meeting participants can see each other. You can set up a video conference using a webcam, computer, appropriate software and an internet connection. Skype is included with Office 365 and it allows you to hold free voice, video and group chats across the internet. It also allows you to send instant messages and make low cost national and international telephone calls making it ideal for informal or unscheduled team meetings.
The quality of any video conference will vary depending on the quality of your webcam and the speed of your internet connection. The built in webcam on your computer or mobile device should be adequate, but dedicated video conferencing equipment will always provide a better picture and sound and a more natural experience.
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But it is also the kind of pondering that has seeped into mainstream media reporting on training. The Freedom Charter said that the doorways of learning and tradition shall be opened" and that Education shall be free, compulsory, universal and equal for all youngsters." This continues to be an ideal price pursuing. The term progressive in schooling has been used considerably indiscriminately; there are a variety of sorts of academic progressivism , a lot of the traditionally important sorts peaking in the interval between the late nineteenth and the center of the twentieth centuries. Raja Ram Mohan Roy, one of the great social reformer supported fashionable training.
She told Board of Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia that college students have become so tech-oriented that they by no means discover ways to signal their John Hancock, which renders them unable to properly ink contracts, checks and credit cards. Quality education will not be achieved by demoting a instructor's job to a subservient position of following a lesson plan designed by outsiders to every single element. At the time there was no free nationwide health service and the poor normally couldn't afford medical assist.
Fortune School of Education has been diligently working to replace their programs primarily based on the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing's ever-changing requirements. I often think how would someone feel in the event that they went to a hospital for remedy to find out their physician never went to school and solely discovered realized from the library and self assist packages. The Walton Family Foundation alone made college- reform grants of $159 million in 2011.
And just last week, the New York Education Reform Commission, which included Weingarten, issued a report recommending higher requirements for admittance to instructor and principal preparation applications. Science-primarily based sex schooling even as taught later and less successfully in American schools nonetheless contains the knowledge that the easiest, most secure thing to do is to attend to have intercourse.
Public Education Bloggers are actively pushing forward to create what Myles Horton referred to as islands of decency" inside a neoliberal hurricane that seeks to monetize each human relationship, that destroys human relationships and potential inside a digitalized Glass Cage" filled with punitive take a look at scores and VAM calculations. This story is the biggest story of the last several years that has not been touched by education reporters, particularly local reporters who're assigned and held to deadlines.


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Dynamic Match Patterns
It's recommended that you go through the 5 Minute Quick Start first to understand how to install and test your plugins.
Wildcard Matching
What if we want a plugin that accepts an arbitrary argument after some key words?
Let's make a plugin that shows the weather for any city when user says: weather for [city name] (eg. weather for Chiang Mai)
Easy peasy.
* in your
match string to greedily match any words.
/// <reference types="lipsurf-plugin-types"/>
import { PluginBase } from "../PluginBase";
export module WeatherPlugin {
export let Plugin: IPlugin & IPluginBase = Object.assign<{}, IPluginBase, IPlugin>({}, PluginBase, {
niceName: 'Weather',
match: /.*accuweather\.com/,
commands: [{
name: 'Check the Weather',
description: 'Check the weather for a given city.',
// say it on any page (not just accuweather domain)
global: true,
match: ['weather for *', 'forecast for *', 'weather in *'],
pageFn: async (transcript: string, q: string) => {
// https://api.accuweather.com/locations/v1/cities/autocomplete?q=chiang%20mai&apikey=d41dfd5e8a1748d0970cba6637647d96&language=en-us&get_param=value
// ex resp: [{"Version":1,"Key":"317505","Type":"City","Rank":41,"LocalizedName":"Chiang Mai","Country":{"ID":"TH","LocalizedName":"Thailand"},"AdministrativeArea":{"ID":"50","LocalizedName":"Chiang Mai"}}]
// https://www.accuweather.com/en/th/chiang-mai/317505/weather-forecast/317505
$.get(`https://api.accuweather.com/locations/v1/cities/autocomplete?q=${q}&apikey=d41dfd5e8a1748d0970cba6637647d96&language=en-us&get_param=value`, (resp) => {
let cityId = resp[0].Key;
let countryCode = resp[0].Country.ID.toLowerCase();
let cityName = resp[0].LocalizedName.replace(' ', '-');
window.location.href = `https://www.accuweather.com/en/${countryCode}/${cityName}/${cityId}/weather-forecast/${cityId}`;
Numeral Matching
Ain't nothin' to it.
# in your
match string to match numerals or ordinals including ones that are spelled-out (ie. four-thousand)
Let's write a plugin that opens x tab for y minutes so that we can limit it's time wasting-ness. This might be useful if we need to check facebook but don't want to get sucked into the feed for too long.
/// <reference types="lipsurf-plugin-types"/>
import { PluginBase } from '../PluginBase';
export module AntiProcrastinationPlugin {
export let Plugin: IPlugin & IPluginBase = Object.assign<{}, IPluginBase, IPlugin>({}, PluginBase, {
niceName: 'Anti-procrastination',
description: 'Helpers for overcoming procrastination.',
match: /.*/,
commands: [{
name: 'Self destructing tab',
description: 'Open a new tab with x website for y minutes. Useful for limiting the time-sucking power of sites like facebook, reddit, twitter etc.',
global: true,
match: 'open * for # minutes',
pageFn: async (transcript: string, siteStr: string, minutes: number) => {
console.log(`site: ${siteStr}, minutes: ${minutes}`);
Match Function
For the most advanced cases, you can write a function that takes in transcripts as they come down the wire and return
undefined when there's no match, or an array of arguments to pass to the
pageFn when there is a match.
Use cases include:
- Match based on something on the page
- Match based on some internal plugin state
- Regex matching
Cake walk.
We need to make
match an object of type
How about a plugin for Gmail that moves the currently selected messages to a folder that the user commands to?
We could use the wildcard matching for this (eg. "move to *") but then we cant limit the user's choices to valid folders.
/// <reference types="lipsurf-plugin-types"/>
import { PluginBase } from '../PluginBase';
export module GmailPlugin {
export let Plugin: IPlugin & IPluginBase = Object.assign<{}, IPluginBase, IPlugin>({}, PluginBase, {
niceName: 'Gmail',
match: /.*gmail.com/,
commands: [{
name: 'Move to Folder',
description: 'Move already selected emails to a spoken folder',
match: {
description: 'Say "move to [folder name]"',
fn: async (folderStr: string) => {
// if (folderStr in folders) {
// ...
// }
pageFn: async () => {
// ...
The match function only needs to check for whole matches. In other words, the match function will first get a complete transcript, if there's no match then it gets the first n-1 words, once it gets to the first word, it starts trimming words from the beginning.


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I was never a huge proponent of salad to begin with. This must be distinctly understood, or nothing wonderful can come of the story I am going to relate (Christmas Carol? Anyone?). Unless a bowl of mesclun was hammering it home with grilled chicken, goat cheese and a gross misuse of the worldwide supply of Balsamic Vinaigrette, I've genuinely never been interested in the stuff. It's no small wonder, then, that my relationship with New York City's modest Just Salad restaurant chain has blossomed into one that I've all but put a ring on. And it's all thanks to the Black Bowl.
I first heard about Just Salad's black bowl from a co-worker who was tweeting incessantly about his desire to procure one. It seemed to be the stuff of legend, and it was one I couldn't ignore as a natural competitor. So, I took to the Internet, exploring both Just Salad's social channels and its digital stronghold, http://JustSalad.com, in the search for answers. And I found this:
I've always been a fan of loyalty programs. They're a great, affordable way to ensure your customers come back, and do it often. While Just Salad traditionally offers re-usable bowls for purchase in bright, neon colors that afford you extra "essential" toppings for being earth friendly, the Black Bowl took it to the next level. From line skipping privileges to free catering and proteins, it seemed that the carrier of a Black Bowl was to be revered as a golden God of salad. Forget my fear of vegetables, or my distrust of competing textures in food. I had to have one.
So, how to get one? Well, lucky for me, Just Salad's #BlackBowl campaign came in the form of an all-out assault on social media. From Twitter and Facebook to FourSquare, each channel had their own respective contest or promotion that allowed customers and fans to earn a title that only 100 humans in the world would hold – VIP Black Bowl Card Holder. The first I came upon was a charity auction pushed out via Facebook:
The idea was simple – bid on a black bowl on eBay with all proceeds going to the Food Bank For New York City. Knowing Facebook users are especially interested in social good, I expected the bowl to reach a respectable bidding price. After several days, it had hit nearly $500… out of the realm of possibility for a humble young writer, but an impressive feat. With one bowl down, I started to get serious. Next, came FourSquare. In the weeks leading up to June 2012, FourSquare fiends turned Just Salad locations into a battleground:
The contest was very straightforward – be the mayor of a Just Salad location when the contest ends, and you'll get a black bowl; another great, relevant and successful campaign, and another I did not win (I could not possibly visit Just Salad enough to take this one. My "Halal Guys" cravings come too quickly and frequently). Next, a haiku contest on Twitter brought the massive microblogging platform into the picture:
Tapping into Twitter's well connected network of New York-based writers and creatives, Just Salad leveraged poetry's shortest form, the haiku, on a platform that values (and in fact forces) brevity. Submissions poured in, and of the five winners who were chosen (all of whom were not me), many went to great lengths to win theirs. Some even got visual:
It was during their digital push, however, when I finally found some fortune. In an effort to learn more about its customer base, Just Salad allows customers to create a detailed profile on their website. From topping preferences and favorite music to a persuasive prompt on why you deserve a black bowl, the profiles allow for a ton of creativity, giving Just Salad another great opportunity to give out bowls. They select one profile every two weeks to feature, and give a black bowl to the person who created it. And, ladies and gentlemen… my day finally arrived:
My Just Salad profile (go check it out, seriously… it's really good) was selected and featured on their blog. Several days later, I picked up by black bowl at Just Salad's 6th avenue location, and my life has been happier and healthier ever since. So, what's the point of all of this? Why go through so much effort to give these things out? Well, let me tell you. Before I had won the black bowl, I would maybe go to Just Salad once every two or three month… essentially, whenever I needed to convince myself I was living a healthy lifestyle. I love the company, don't get me wrong; I just didn't make it there often. Since my big win, however, I make the trip at least once per week.
My black bowl in all its glory
There's just something special about the feeling I get when I flash my VIP card (pictured below) and skip the line, knowing a heaping serving of free grilled chicken is waiting for me. I have also become something of a brand evangelist, calling out my title in my Twitter profile and chatting often with other black bowl winners using the hashtag #blackbowl. In short, I am now obsessed with both Just Salad and the product itself (a shocking revelation, I promise). For the price of a few nice graphics, a brand channel team and 100 plastic bowls, Just Salad has turned dozens of people into lifetime advocates who can't wait to share their celebrity status. Sounds like a good deal to me.
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Lost in Translation?
It's typical to assume that your website's audience speaks English. After all, English is the third most common language in the world (behind Mandarin and Spanish), and is often considered the universal language of business and of the web. But did you know that seventy-five percent of consumers prefer to buy products in their native language?
Your global company needs to reach clients all over the world, but if your content is only in English you will miss out on connecting with non-native speakers. Drupal 8's built in language handling capabilities can help you create content in multiple languages across your site, but getting good results can be a challenging and costly endeavor.
Issues to consider
Before you get started, there are three key points to consider.
Translation Strategy:
What languages do you need to include? How will language options be displayed/selected? Will you translate everything, or only core messages?
Website Platform:
Does your current content management system easily manage multilingual content? The CMS itself will not perform the actual content translation. Rather, it facilitates multilingual content by providing tools for both end users (selecting the the language they wish to read, rendering content in the appropriate language) and content managers (managing translation workflows and configurations).
Translation Workflow:
Will you create the translations yourself, or hire a third party? How will content be prepared for translation, shared with translators, entered into the CMS, reviewed, and approved?
What's next?
Drupal 8 was built with internationalization in mind. Isovera's multilingual strategy experts, our deep Drupal 8 technical background, and our extensive experience integrating third party APIs, can help you internationalize your website cost effectively and quickly.


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Focus Gallery at Penland Gallery - Penland, NC.
Bright House: Eleanor Anderson + Ellie Richards
Eleanor Anderson is a multi-faceted artist unconstrained in her material choices. She works across a broad range of media including ceramics, textiles, prints, and collage. Anderson uses bright colors in combination with graphic patterns as a signature throughout her work.
Ellie Richards creates contemporary wood furniture and mixed media sculpture with a fervent love of color and texture. Richards is focused on the intersection between work and play and aims to blur the line between the two working modes.
This exhibition will include a mix of both artists' functional and non-functional work as well as some collaborative pieces.


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Everything Restaurants Need to Know About Pokémon Go
Pokémon Go is the gaming phenomenon that has taken New York City (and the world) by storm. It's been years since Pokémon's glory days shined upon us and just when we thought we would never see those days again, they're back!
People of all ages are reliving their nostalgia by playing the game by walking around the city looking for Pokémon to capture, train, and evolve. With advances in technology, the game has become more immersive as it interacts with the real world. It's a game that requires players to get up and go outside, posing as a serious opportunity for your business to cash in. We'll walk you through the right ways to bring in customers to your restaurant with Pokémon Go.
The 101 on Pokémon Go
The basics: Pokémon Go is an augmented reality game, meaning it's a virtual game that takes place in the real world. Players, called "Trainers," find and catch Pokémon with their smartphones. Unlike most video games, Pokémon Go Trainers need to walk around and explore the world around them to catch Pokémon in the real world. There are several kinds of Pokémon. Some are rare and others more common. Once Pokémon are caught they can be trained to be stronger for battle with other Pokémon.
Pokélingo You Need To Know
Pokéstops: These are areas of interest that exist in the real world. It could be a mural, art sculpture or, landmark. It's an opportunity for Pokémon Trainers to acknowledge the world around them. In the game, when Trainers visit a pokéstop they acquire free items in the game, like pokéballs (red and white colored spheres) which are used to capture pokémon. Pokéstops are unique because "lures" can be set up to them. "Lures" are items in Pokémon Go that attract Pokémon to a pokéstop for 30 minutes. If your business is near a pokéstop or is one, this is an opportunity to lure Trainers to your restaurant (pun intended 😉).
Gyms: Pokémon trainers can train or battle at gyms to overthrow ownership of a gym in favor of their team, either Valor, Mystic, or Instinct. Training and battling at gyms helps Pokémon Trainers advance in the game. Similar to pokéstops, gyms are areas of interest, so there's a chance your business may be a gym. Unlike pokéstops, lure modules don't work at gyms. Despite this, there are still ways to promote your business in conjunction with Pokémon Go.
Strategies to Catch Customers While They "Catch 'Em All"
When You're Near a Pokestop If you're near a Pokéstop or your business is a pokéstop (high five!) you can set up lure modules. They'll attract pokémon and therefore customers to your business.
Not sure if your business is near a pokéstop? You can check on the app. Look for the floating blue cubes. If you see one that turns into spinning circles as you approach your business then congrats, you have a pokéstop near your business!
Now that you've figured out that you have a pokéstop near you, it's time to bring in the trainers. One lure module costs 100 pokécoins (99 cents). While you can buy lures in smaller quantities, it's better to buy lures in bundles, as they are discounted. Unsure about spending money on lures? Here's how the math breaks down with just $100
14,5000 Pokecoins / 680 (cost of lures) = 21 eight packs of lures
(21*8) lures /2 = 84 hours
$100/84 = $1.19 per hour
Here's how to set up a lure to a pokéstop
- Tap on the pokéball on the main screen of the app
- Tap on "shop" to purchase lures.
- Scroll down and tap on the purple rectangular lures to purchase
- Once the purchase process finishes tap on the pokéball, then tap on "items"
- Tap on the lure module
- BAM! Lure module is set!
When You're Near a Gym Lure modules can't be used at gyms but you can take advantage of the many players coming to battle.
To see if your restaurant is near a gym or is a gym, check on the app. Gyms look similar to pokéstops except they are much larger, are either red, purple, and yellow in color, and usually have a pokémon on top.
Once you know whether or not your restaurant is near a gym, you can use the follow ideas to promote Trainers to visit your business.
Incentivize players to step inside your store by advertising a discount on the energy food or drink of the day for different teams. For example, if you own a cafe Team Valor can power up with a chocolate croissant, Team Mystic with a fudge brownie, and Team Instinct with a blueberry scone.
Provide a free appetizer or drink for the team who owns the gym at each hour. For example, let's say Team Valor owns the gym at 1:00pm. During the 1 o'clock hour there will likely be many players battling for ownership of the gym. At 2:00 pm Team Mystic has taken over so now team mystic can redeem the discount. Feel free to implement this during your slow hours and try it out during happy hour. You may end up with a lot more smiles than you're used to.
When You're Not Near Anything Being near pokéstops and gyms aren't the only ways to cash in on the Pokémon Go sensation. Even if there are no gyms or pokéstops near you, Pokémon are everywhere. Take advantage of store signage and social media to show which Pokemon are lurking right around your restaurant.
Motivate customers to show what Pokémon they've caught at your restaurant with a special hashtag on Instagram and provide prizes for those who catch rare pokemon or Pokémon with high CP.
Get Creative! The more fun you have with promoting Pokémon Go around your business the more people will want to interact with your business. Remember to spread the word about your Pokémon Go promotions both online and offline for best results.
Looking for guidance on how to elevate your business's social media marketing? Clickdaily is New York City's Premier Social Media and Branding Agency. We specialize in helping restaurants large and small create a distinguishable brand identity online. Start bringing in new business from your social media accounts and get the results you deserve.


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The extraordinary growth of MMA in the region has been well documented, but nowhere has the sport enjoyed such a dramatic surge in popularity as Malaysia where new gyms and promotions are popping up almost every month.
It is impossible to overstate the impact which ONE FC's decision to start promoting shows in Kuala Lumpur has had on the development MMA in the country but, at a grass roots level, the man who is doing the most to drive this expansion is a rock star turned CEO, turned combat sports promoter called Jason Lo.
Lo is the man behind Malaysian Invasion MMA (MIMMA), an amateur tournament which holds tryouts all over the country and recently concluded its third season with a sold out event featuring 11 fights at the 10,000 capacity Stadium Negara.
In the past Tune Talk has thrown its weight behind sporting projects including a football themed reality TV show but Lo felt that the time was right for Malaysia's leading telecommunications company to get into the MMA business.
"We felt it was time to get behind it. We wanted to adopt a sport we could truly associate with and we felt that MMA was for us because it's full of discipline, dedication, dreaming big and talking trash plus it's the best sport in the world to be watched in a mall."
Tune Talk initially hitched itself onto the MMA bandwagon as a major sponsor of ONE FC and the logo can be seen on the cage every time the promotion puts on an event in Kuala Lumpur, but Lo wasn't just content to partner up with the biggest existing player in the region, he wanted to build the sport from the bottom up in Malaysia.
"Our business is not aligned to the growth of MMA in Malaysia, but it has certainly helped us define what we are about. At Tune Talk we are fighters, we care a great deal about where we put our money and would rather build things than buy them."
MIMMA's final event of the year took place in October with the winners from the first season facing off with the winners from season 2 and according to Lo the event attracted online viewers from all over the world.
"MIMMA2 garnered 350,000 live views for the grand finals, now at 750,000 and adding video on demand for that one episode it's over 80 million. There was exposure via social media to around 160 countries and it really turned the engine on in Malaysia where we now have several new local tournaments."
Ultimately the aim for Lo is to produce a homegrown Malaysian MMA champion and he has high hopes for the current crop of MIMMA champions as well as one existing ONE FC star.
"Our MIMMA heavyweight champion Darren Low, just got his BJJ purple belt, what an inspiration he is to Sabahans and at 170 lbs Agilan Thani is a prospect who could pro while Keanu Subba is a pedigree fighter and ONE FC must surely be looking at a title shot for Ann Osman at some point"
Osman's success inside the ONE FC cage has helped to break down barriers which might have previously prevented women from attempting to even train, let alone compete in MMA, and the flyweight has made headlines all over the world.
MIMMA featured a female fight as part of its Season 2 Finale and according to Lo this is just one area in which his promotion will be looking to expand in the coming months.
"Gyms are opening their doors to more groups and as their women's fighter stable grows. Hence our intention to open a women's category, as well as a 'foreign pride' category within a certain weight band for those working, studying and based in Malaysia."
Anyone who attended the finals of both the first and second MIMMA seasons would have noticed a significant improvement in terms of the quality of the fights and Lo feels that the frequency with which the athletes compete helps them become accustomed to a professional style training schedule.
"The standard was far better in the second season. It was our intention to have prolonged training regimes which hone and tone fighters for MMA and we're happy to see the police force involved in MMA now because they have their own MIMMA champion. Generally across the board more involvement in the sport is giving fighters a broader skills set."
The MIMMA Season 2 Finale featured an eagerly anticipated bantamweight match up between Filipino-American star Mark Striegl and New Zealander Kai Kara-France, with Striegl registering a first round submission.
Striegl subsequently signed a long term deal with ONE FC and Lo was delighted to see a fighter use MIMMA as a springboard to secure a deal with the biggest promotion in the region.
"Most definitely. It's a shame if people don't use the platforms to gain further altitude because it's what I personally live for, to build assets which can help people leapfrog towards achieving their goals and Mark was certainly exciting to watch."
There is no questioning the popularity of sport in Malaysia and fans will be glued to their television sets when the national football team takes on Vietnam in the finals of the AFF Suzuki Cup later this month but there aren't many homegrown athletes enjoying success on the global Badminton is one example of a sport where Malaysians are capable of holding their own against the best in the world and Lo believes fervently that local fighters could go on to have a similar impact in MMA.
"It is my belief that we can achieve that. Already, Ann Osman is a major prospect and there are others who could prove themselves in 2015."
Plans for MIMMA Season 3 are already afoot and an announcement can be expected in the coming weeks but before that gets underway Lo reveals exclusively to Rough that he has something a little more unconventional in mind for early 2015.
"Before we kickstart MIMMA3 we will be bringing MMA to a whole new level with something called the 'Mixed Martial A'RRRR!: Terror on the High Seas'. We do hope you'll join us! Expect it in March 2015!"
While Lo wouldn't expand on exactly what this entails it's safe to assume that the next set of MIMMA fights won't be taking place on terra firma. It could be a metaphor for everything his promotion stands for, while others fear to stray from the safety of dry land this entrepreneurial rock star is taking the sport to places it has never been before.


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ST. PAUL, Minn. (CBS.MW) -- U.S. Satellite Broadcasting posted a worse-than-expected first-quarter loss, but the stock advanced on strong subscriber growth.
The company ussb, which Hughes Electronics' gmh DirecTV unit agreed to acquire for $1.3 billion last December, said it lost $9 million, or 10 cents per share, in the period. On average, analysts polled by First Call were looking for a deficit of 5 cents.
In the prior-year quarter, U.S. Satellite lost $9.1 million, or 10 cents a share.
Revenue rose to $164.1 million from $136.8 million, while subscribers of the company's premium movie-channel services rose to 2.19 million from 1.79 million a year earlier.
The stock rose 1/8 to 17 11/16.
The DirecTV deal is expected to close shortly after a meeting of USSB shareholders May 20.


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What to expect
Welcome to FBCOZ!
It can be a big deal to walk into a new place for the first time. Its our hope to provide a welcoming and engaging place of worship for all of our members and guests. Below is more information about what to expect when you come through our doors.
What are services like?
Our Sunday morning services begin at 10:40 and are around 80 minutes long. You can expect authentic worship through music and an expository message from the Bible. You and your children are welcome to worship together and the 2nd and 4th Sundays we offer Children's Church. We also offer Extended Session learning and activity time for Babies through Preschool upstairs every Sunday.
What time is Sunday Bible Study?
Our Sunday Bible classes begin at 9:30 a.m. for all ages. We have several adult Bible classes from which to choose, as well as children's and youth classes.
What is the music like?
We are committed to God-honoring and reverential worship. Our worship team presents everything from traditional hymns to select modern worship songs with an emphasis on rich theological content. The music is presented at a reasonable volume level.
If you have any questions, please feel free to call our church office or send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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