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I have a problem with typing in special characters in Drupal 7. For the translation of my website to a slawic language I need diacritical characters, e.g. ĕ, ć, ń or ř. If I type in these characters in the body field of a content type and save the node, I get the following error:
PDOException: SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 1366 Incorrect string value: '\xC4\x95, \xC4\x87...' for column 'body_value' at row 1: INSERT INTO {field_data_body} (entity_type, entity_id, revision_id, bundle, delta, language, body_value, body_summary, body_format) VALUES (:db_insert_placeholder_0, :db_insert_placeholder_1, :db_insert_placeholder_2, :db_insert_placeholder_3, :db_insert_placeholder_4, :db_insert_placeholder_5, :db_insert_placeholder_6, :db_insert_placeholder_7, :db_insert_placeholder_8); Array ( [:db_insert_placeholder_0] => node [:db_insert_placeholder_1] => 243 [:db_insert_placeholder_2] => 244 [:db_insert_placeholder_3] => page [:db_insert_placeholder_4] => 0 [:db_insert_placeholder_5] => de [:db_insert_placeholder_6] => ĕ ć ń ř [:db_insert_placeholder_7] => [:db_insert_placeholder_8] => filtered_html ) in field_sql_storage_field_storage_write() (Line 425 of .../modules/field/modules/field_sql_storage/field_sql_storage.module).
If I type in a diacritical character in the title field, I get this error message:
PDOException: SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 1366 Incorrect string value: '\xC5\x99' for column 'title' at row 1: UPDATE {node} SET vid=:db_update_placeholder_0, type=:db_update_placeholder_1, language=:db_update_placeholder_2, title=:db_update_placeholder_3, uid=:db_update_placeholder_4, status=:db_update_placeholder_5, created=:db_update_placeholder_6, changed=:db_update_placeholder_7, comment=:db_update_placeholder_8, promote=:db_update_placeholder_9, sticky=:db_update_placeholder_10, tnid=:db_update_placeholder_11, translate=:db_update_placeholder_12 WHERE (nid = :db_condition_placeholder_0) ; Array ( [:db_update_placeholder_0] => 244 [:db_update_placeholder_1] => page [:db_update_placeholder_2] => de [:db_update_placeholder_3] => ř [:db_update_placeholder_4] => 1 [:db_update_placeholder_5] => 1 [:db_update_placeholder_6] => 1300015239 [:db_update_placeholder_7] => 1300017883 [:db_update_placeholder_8] => 1 [:db_update_placeholder_9] => 0 [:db_update_placeholder_10] => 0 [:db_update_placeholder_11] => 0 [:db_update_placeholder_12] => 0 [:db_condition_placeholder_0] => 243 ) in drupal_write_record() (Line 6776 of .../includes/common.inc).
I also get this error, if I type in the diacritical characters as source code (e.g. ř).
The character set of the database the Drupal-installation based on is set to "utf8_general_ci". The response header of the website shows also the charset "utf8".
Does anybody has an idea, how I can resolve this problem? For any help I would be thankful.
Comment #1Heine CreditAttribution: Heine commented
Can you connect to the db via a mysql client, execute the following query and post its results here?
SHOW CREATE TABLE field_data_body;
Comment #2Damien Tournoud CreditAttribution: Damien Tournoud commented
I cannot reproduce, and "\xC4\x95" definitely looks correct for ĕ, so this points to some trouble on the MySQL side. Are you sure that the database tables have been created using the correct collation? (collation is per column, so check each affected column)
Comment #5yched CreditAttribution: yched commented
|Needs work
|» Closed (works as designed)
OK, thanks for reporting back. Closing, then
Comment #6johnv CreditAttribution: johnv commented
Thanks makli, I've been looking for weeks for this error. For future reference, my error was:
PDOException: SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 1366 Incorrect string value: '\xC4\x81ori"...' for column 'data' at row 1: INSERT INTO {ctools_object_cache} (sid, obj, name, data, updated)
and also in table views_data_export_object_cache.
System was trying to store the language 'Maori' in native Maori...
I did not bother to change all tables via the script. I just changed the 'data' column of the 2 tables via PHPMYADMIN.
Comment #7Heine CreditAttribution: Heine commented
|Closed (works as designed)
|» Active
How were these tables created? By Drupal? Via an import or upgrade?
Setting to active because there might be a bug lurking somewhere.
Comment #8johnv CreditAttribution: johnv commented
I have websites on 2 locations, encoded in latin1_swedish_ci (which is a strange choice, being in the Netherlands):
- I installed Drupal 7 on Windows via the Acquia Drupal Installer. This ships with D6, but you can easily create create a fresh D7-instance via the 'import'-method. I just created a new D7-DB and enabled ctools: all tables are created in utf8_general_ci, so that seems OK. Strange thing: the last line of phpmyadmin says another encoding:
variable 28 InnoDB utf8_general_ci 16.0 KiB -
watchdog 54 InnoDB utf8_general_ci 80.0 KiB -
75 table(s) Sum 1,680 InnoDB latin1_swedish_ci 4.8 MiB 0 B
- Your PHP MySQL library version 5.0.51a differs from your MySQL server version 5.1.53.
- MySQL connection collation: utf8_general_ci
I am not sure about the origin of my production database, which is encoded in latin1_swedish_ci. It might be an older version of the Acquia Drupal Stack installer, or the webhoster.
Heine, what should be the right format? Is utf8_general_ci OK, or should we change to utf8_unicode_ci, with all the Russian an Chinese contributors nowadays?
Comment #9g089h515r806 CreditAttribution: g089h515r806 commented
Comment #10dadderley CreditAttribution: dadderley commented
I noticed this error when trying to paste in text content.
At first I thought it just was the ckEditor being weird.
I disabled this and pasted content in as plain text. Same error.
Some really generic character was creating the error.
The original content was produced by the Apple Pages application. I thought this might have been producing weird special characters.
So put this text into TextMate and copied it from there. Same problem.
I did a search and found this thread.
I checked the db collation and sure enough, it was set as "latin1_swedish_ci"
I developed a site on my local machine (MAMP/Snow Leopard).
I exported the DB via the Backup and Migrate module.
The exported db had the same collation as the original (utf8_general_ci).
Then I moved it to a test server. I set up a DB there through phpMyadmin.
I installed Drupal 7 and installed the Backup and Migrate module.
I imported the content using Backup and Migrate module.
Somehow, in the process, the db collation wound up as "latin1_swedish_ci".
I am not sure how this happened.
So, now I had a problem with a DB whose tables all were set as "latin1_swedish_ci".
I did a search and came up with the script below @ http://stackoverflow.com/questions/105572/a-script-to-change-all-tables-... :
// your connection
// convert code
$res = mysql_query("SHOW TABLES");
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($res))
foreach ($row as $key => $table)
mysql_query("ALTER TABLE " . $table . " CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci");
echo $key . " => " . $table . " CONVERTED
";
I ran this script.
It dutifully motored through all my db tables and changed the collation to the correct one and produced a nice report while doing so.
I am no longer getting the error.
Hopefully this information will be useful for someone who is having the same problem.
I still do not know for sure how the db got screwed up, but at least I know now how to fix it.
Comment #11sheba CreditAttribution: sheba commented
I was havin same problem.
Thanks for help.
Comment #12Damien Tournoud CreditAttribution: Damien Tournoud commented
|Drupal core
|» Backup and Migrate
|» 7.x-2.x-dev
|field system
|» Code
|» bug
This is more likely an issue with Backup and Migrate. I'm reassigning them. Feel free to close this if support for collation is already properly implemented in -dev.
Comment #13johnv CreditAttribution: johnv commented
That might be the case. I use Backup&Migrate to move the data between computers.
Comment #14cpelham CreditAttribution: cpelham commented
My tables are all in UTF8_unicode_ci but I get this error anyway when trying to save a node with some Japanese text in the body. It is not the case with every Japanese node.
PDOException: SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 1366 Incorrect string value: '\xE7' for column 'alias' at row 1: INSERT INTO {url_alias} (source, alias, language) VALUES (:db_insert_placeholder_0, :db_insert_placeholder_1, :db_insert_placeholder_2); Array ( [:db_insert_placeholder_0] => node/455 [:db_insert_placeholder_1] => � [:db_insert_placeholder_2] => ja ) in drupal_write_record() (line 6776 of /home/cpelham/public_html/dev.crsny.org/public/includes/common.inc).
Comment #15ronan CreditAttribution: ronan commented
|» Closed (won't fix)
Backup and migrate does not alter the collation of your database as this is usually set when the database is created and B&M doesn't create databases for you. If there's a great demand for it I'll consider adding a command to the export to alter the database collation, but this'll be an unexpected and possibly unwanted behavior change so I'm going to leave it as is unless somebody wants to convince me otherwise.
Comment #16Damien Tournoud CreditAttribution: Damien Tournoud commented
|Closed (won't fix)
|» Active
Collation is per-database, per-table and per-column in MySQL. The problem here is that Backup & Migrate doesn't support that and lose this information. This is definitely an issue in the module.
Comment #17steinmb CreditAttribution: steinmb commented
Comment #18steinmb CreditAttribution: steinmb commented
@yched mention that this issue should indirectly fix the issue, http://drupal.org/node/1001060#comment-4589172. Anyway, yes I did a "drush cc all" after applying the patch, also restarted Apache to flush out any other caches.
Comment #19steinmb CreditAttribution: steinmb commented
Ffffffffh, wrong issue, doh! Pls ignore #18 :)
Comment #20ronan CreditAttribution: ronan commented
|» Closed (duplicate)
Yep, it looks like this is caused by the regression described in: #1128620: Module needs to back table properties up as well (DBTNG uses ANSI, TRADITIONAL sql mode which loses table properties)
I think I have a potential fix for that and will try and post a patch or a new dev as soon as I get a chance.
Comment #21kuson CreditAttribution: kuson commented
Not related to this module, but just this error: I found the problem happen when I tried to use PHP substr function and must have somehow sliced the the UTF8 data in a wrong way, and so when my module tried to save the string to database (via drupal_write_record / db_merge, etc), it puked; When I took the substr function out, It worked. So I'll try to find my way around fitting the data into the database max characters, but I mention here in case it helps anyone.
Just answering my own problem, its mb_substr to use (mb = multibyte). A little elementary :)
Comment #22Heine CreditAttribution: Heine commented
It's drupal_substr even.
Comment #23shanid CreditAttribution: shanid commented
|Problems with the input of diacritical characters (PDOException: SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 1366 Incorrect string value)
|» search with "strange" characters (PDOException: SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 1366 Incorrect string value)
I just solved a similar problem (couldn't search for "ü" etc.) by adding
'charset' => 'utf8', to my database connection in settings.php. Hope this helps?
Nice greetings,
Comment #24shanid CreditAttribution: shanid commented
|search with "strange" characters (PDOException: SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 1366 Incorrect string value)
|» Problems with the input of diacritical characters (PDOException: SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 1366 Incorrect string value)
Comment #25ursula CreditAttribution: ursula commented
I posted a detailed fix for the character set problem in the Feeds issue queue. Might work for this issue as well:
Comment #26huhwatnou CreditAttribution: huhwatnou commented
In my case the problem was caused by the database's collation that was set to latin1_swedish_ci - changed it to utf8_general_ci. Then altered existing tables with the wrong collation by a "ALTER TABLE `x` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;". (And worked around some issues in existing keys because the new charset may take up to 3 bytes instead of only 1.)
So take care that the database has the correct charset/collation before installation (as stated in the install guide)!
PS Maybe this can be tried to be set by the installer before installation. If setting the charset fails, the user can be informed in the install dialog and the install must stop.
Comment #27makabry CreditAttribution: makabry commented
Hi there!
It happened to me, and I've used some auto-install service provided by my webhost.
I've found very elegant solution to perform directly in database, without uploading any php scripts.
NOTE: It confused me at the first moment, when you perform this query it won't alter anything, it will only print a list of queries you can simply copy+paste next.
Comment #28holtzermann17 CreditAttribution: holtzermann17 commented
I found that in addition to changing the settings of the database (which is mentioned on this thread and many other places), I also had to change the settings for the connection (a point that is noted in rather fewer discussions, but cf. the second answer to this question on stackoverflow).
The method for doing this in D7 is explained in settings.php -- here's what I'm using now:
$databases = array (
'default' =>
array (
'default' =>
array (
'database' => 'DBNAME',
'username' => 'DBUSER',
'password' => 'DBPASS',
'host' => 'localhost',
'port' => '',
'driver' => 'mysql',
'prefix' => '',
'pdo' => array(
PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_INIT_COMMAND => "SET NAMES utf8",
Another alternative was to use utf8_encode(...) on the relevant content, before writing it to the database, but I think the above works more reliably.
Comment #29holtzermann17 CreditAttribution: holtzermann17 commented
Note that to use more "fancy" unicode characters, some further configuration steps are needed!
I documented my experience here: http://drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/50868/configuring-drupal-to-use-unicode-characters/50979
Comment #30purabkharat CreditAttribution: purabkharat commented
Is anything we can do in db_insert query instead of changing the table Collation or character set.
Comment #31Checdedon CreditAttribution: Checdedon commented
Hello, please am having exactly the same issue you once had of creating a new node and getting this error
PDOException: SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 1366 Incorrect string value: '\xC2\x97We p...' for column 'body_value' at row 1: INSERT INTO {field_data_body} (entity_type, entity_id, revision_id, bundle, delta, language, body_value, body_summary, body_format) VALUES (:db_insert_placeholder_0, :db_insert_placeholder_1, :db_insert_placeholder_2, :db_insert_placeholder_3, :db_insert_placeholder_4, :db_insert_placeholder_5, :db_insert_placeholder_6, :db_insert_placeholder_7, :db_insert_placeholder_8); Array ( [:db_insert_placeholder_0] => node [:db_insert_placeholder_1] => 14 [:db_insert_placeholder_2] => 14 [:db_insert_placeholder_3] => page [:db_insert_placeholder_4] => 0 [:db_insert_placeholder_5] => und [:db_insert_placeholder_6] =>
RAJRAB Ltd is a 100% Indigenous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Company in active production since 1982.
[:db_insert_placeholder_7] => [:db_insert_placeholder_8] => filtered_html ) in field_sql_storage_field_storage_write() (line 448 of /home/rajrabor/public_html/modules/field/modules/field_sql_storage/field_sql_storage.module).
But please dadderley also posted a script
// your connection
// convert code
$res = mysql_query("SHOW TABLES");
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($res))
foreach ($row as $key => $table)
mysql_query("ALTER TABLE " . $table . " CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci");
echo $key . " => " . $table . " CONVERTED
";
but I dont know how to run a script please help me out
I have checked the "server connection collation: and it is utf8mb4_general_ci but if I should open the database, all tables are with collation Latin1_general_ci . I tried changing the collation to utf8_general_ci but it always automatically set it self back to utf8mb4_general_ci
Please I need serious help
Comment #32jaesperanza CreditAttribution: jaesperanza commented
Before doing all suggested, do utf8 conversion using notepad++ did the trick, sheesh! this saves you all the trouble and reading! :)
Comment #33jelo CreditAttribution: jelo commented
I have the same issue. Error: PDOException: SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 1366 Incorrect string value: '\xF0\x9F\x98\x82\xF0\x9F...' for column 'comment_body_value' at row 1: INSERT INTO {field_data_comment_body}
I used http://ddecode.com/hexdecoder/ to find out which strings are causing the problem. Apparently, some of my users in advanced forum are trying to use smilies in their forum replies (comments) which leads to this error...
I used B&M as well to move sites between environments and am just now discovering that the collation is messed up.
collation_connection = utf8_general_ci
collation_database = latin1_swedish_ci
collation_server = latin1_swedish_ci
Comment #34jelo CreditAttribution: jelo commented
I think we should move this to a core issue. I just caused d.o to throw a 500 error by trying to enter this character: x 584; here in the comments (I had to put a space in to stop the site from crashing).
If you go to http://www.html-entities.org/, decode it and copy it, try to post a comment with the character and Drupal gives up. I don't think that is desired behaviour, is it?
Comment #35leendertdb CreditAttribution: leendertdb commented
Hi all, if anyone else encounters this problem on one of their sites you can use this small update hook in a custom module in the .install file. After you have done that run update.php and your problems should go away :-). This update hook changes the collation of all tables in the database to utf8_unicode_ci which should work with all types of special (accented) characters. This update hook should also make deploying easy.
Note, change "hook_update_n()" to match the name of your custom module and correct version. If your custom module is called "my_module" and this is the first update hook, name the function: "my_module_update_7001()".
* Change collation of all fields in all tables to utf8_unicode_ci to allow special chars in node title and body etc
function hook_update_n() {
// NOTE: we use utf8_unicode_ci instead of utf8_general_ci since the latter is not accurate in some languages
// See: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/766809/whats-the-difference-between-utf8-general-ci-and-utf8-unicode-ci
$report = '';
$res = db_query("SHOW TABLES");
foreach ($res as $row)
foreach ($row as $key => $table)
db_query('ALTER TABLE ' . $table . ' CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci');
$report .= $key . ' => ' . $table . ' CONVERTED
';
return $report;
Comment #36jelo CreditAttribution: jelo commented
FYI, I came across this post which probably describes the underlying issue here:
It links to these issues on d.o:
Comment #37sanjayk CreditAttribution: sanjayk commented
Comment #38RAWDESK CreditAttribution: RAWDESK for Colruyt Group Services commented
#35 solved it also for Spanish diacritical characters like í in Villamartín.

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text: Mary Baxter, the best-selling author of A Divine Revelation of Hell and A Divine Revelation of Heaven, gives a unique perspective into the angelic and demonic realms. In vivid detail, she describes her encounters with spiritual beings, both good and bad, as she shares anointed insights into conducting spiritual warfare. This is a strategy manual for spiritual warfare!


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We all know how to push the buttons of the ones we love. We push them to elicit a response, to incite a riot, to ignite a discussion. You pick it. We've all done it.
I spent this past weekend in Denver visiting my husband's family and catching STUFF's new buttons in action in the Mile High City. I never pushed these little cuties on anyone, but they were a point of conversation with several strangers.
Here's what Denver looks like when you're 1-inch tall.
Just last week, Casey and I started placing jars of these little hotties all around Kansas City in our favorite locally owned eateries. They have been wildly popular, and as I was leaving one restaurant tonight – after refilling the jar – I was stopped and asked for 6 buttons. The woman wanted me to know exactly who would be wearing them – her sister, her mother, etc. We talked about them briefly, and she went on with her evening.
I guess that makes me a button pusher. We really are wanting to start a riot, elicit responses, and ignite discussions. To pursue good stuff is to look for what's good in life – emotions, foods, places, things, people, charities, events, you name it – and flourish there.
p.s. I need to thank my trusty assistants – my husband and my son – for their help with the camera when I wasn't wearing my readers. For clarification purposes only, I'm a Tanqueray girl and the Smirnoff bottle was found by my nieces in the courtyard of our B&B. All contents of the mini bottle had been previously consumed.


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One day, Darby and Marcella were quietly having lunch at a Galtier Plaza skyway table. Both worked at Cray Research, he in testing and she in
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Carol Bly wrote short stories that had weight, complexity, and wit. She was also a prolific writer of essays, a cultural critic, an ethicist,
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Maybe you've seen them in action on YouTube? The window cleaners of the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest man-made structure. The iconic Dubai skyscraper stands more than 2,700 feet tall and its estimated 24,000 windows spread over 206 storeys take around three months to clean using nothing more than good old fashioned soap and water. Incredible. Frightening.
Dubai is a modern city like no other, a metropolis fringed by deserts and the deep blue seas of the Persian Gulf. It's a magnet for both the tourist and expatriate alike and little wonder. You want to shop in the largest mall in the world? You got it. Or shop 124 floors up in the Burj Khalifa's At the Top boutique? You got that, too. Want a choice of the best of personal banking from multinationals you already know and trust? And be able to apply for a credit card, loan or open a current account? You've got all of that and more.
If you can't go there in person, YouTube is also the place to see Dubai's spectacular dancing fountain. The fountain, which literally basks in the shadow of the Burj Khalifa, is one of the most spectacular water displays to be seen anywhere. Covering a distance of more than 300 metres and combining water, light and sound, the fountain sprays 22,000 gallons of water into the air at any one moment. Some 6,600 lights and 25 colour projectors create the variety of heart-stopping patterns for which the fountain has now become so famous.
Looking out across the vast expanse of the city, it's not surprising visitors find it hard to believe there was only desert sand to be seen a few short decades before. No Burj Khalifa. No modern gleaming steel, concrete and glass structures. No man-made islands. No highways. No businesses or banks. No HSBC credit card or cash machines. No tourists or first class hotels. No homes or people to live in them. Oil changed everything and propelled the United Arab Emirates (UAE) into the modern world. The UAE has never looked back since.
If big banking has made a home in Dubai, then so has international business, encouraged by a government fully aware the country's vast oil wealth cannot last forever. So diversification has been the watchword for quite a number of years now. And with diversification has come the development of a taxation and regulatory regime which has encouraged thousands of international companies both large and small to set up in the country.
And why wouldn't they given that there are no direct taxes levied on corporate profits or personal income and full foreign ownership is allowed. Other benefits include low or zero customs duties; 100% repatriation of capital and profits; and no foreign exchange controls, trade quotas or barriers. Visa regulations are relaxed enough to allow expatriate workers to be hired with relative ease.
Add to all of that high quality infrastructure, low levels of crime, a clean environment, excellent weather, and a friendly, tolerant and cosmopolitan population. Is it a wonder then Dubai is such a popular destination for the thousands of expatriates from around the world? Hardly. Click here to see the window cleaners of the Burj Khalifa in action. Only those with a strong stomach should watch!


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USA800, a multi-channel support call center, announced today that it is opening a new 20,000 square foot facility in Lawrence. The company plans to create 333 new jobs at the facility and invest more than $3.5 million.
"As a result of existing customer growth and several large new contracts starting this fall, USA800 is expanding its infrastructure with a new Contact Center in Lawrence, Kansas," stated Tom Davis, president & CEO of USA800. "We are excited to make Lawrence our new home and have been impressed by the state of the art facilities offered at the I70 Business Center, as well as the highly skilled and qualified workforce in Lawrence. As a 100 percent employee owned company with half of our company owned by our front line agents, we are not your typical call center company. We believe in an inclusive work environment, which demonstrates the value and importance we place on our front line agents."
USA800 evaluated multiple Midwest markets before selecting its new home in Lawrence. The company favored the Lawrence location based on operational requirements being met in the existing structure, and the quality talent pool.
"It's exciting that USA800 chose Kansas as the best state to open its new call center and create hundreds of jobs," Kansas Commerce Secretary Pat George said. "The company's investment in Lawrence will contribute to our state's continued economic growth."
"The Chamber is excited to welcome USA800 to Lawrence," said Larry McElwain, president and CEO of The Chamber of Lawrence, Kansas. "We have experienced call center workers available for hire and we're pleased with the additional jobs for our local workforce. USA800 offers a wide variety of employment opportunities through a range of different schedules, which is an excellent acquisition for the Lawrence economy."
USA800's expansion was supported by the Kansas City Area Development Council; The Chamber of Lawrence, Kansas; the Economic Development Corporation of Lawrence & Douglas County; the Kansas Department of Commerce; Westar Energy; Newmark Grubb Zimmer; and the Workforce Partnership.
"Kansas City's history in telemarketing gives it a leg-up on call center location competition," said Bob Marcusse, president and CEO of the Kansas City Area Development Council. "We are proud to be the choice for USA800's rapidly growing workforce."
About USA800USA800 was founded in 1976 as a call center services provider. Since then it has become the largest 100 percent employee-owned call center in the nation, expanded services to provide multi-channel support and evolved its live agent call center services to provide high end performance based sales acquisition and customer support. USA800 is dedicated to investing in its contact center business and the communities it serves. The company's investment in its business and communities has created more than 1,000 new contact center jobs and resulted in significant advancements in its facilities and technology infrastructure. For more information about USA800, please visit www.usa800.com.


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The follow-up. Where did the "thank you" note go? I'll take anything. An email, a handwritten note, a carrier pigeon. If you appreciate the time a hiring manager spent getting to know you, tell them thank you. If you're dealing with a really traditional company, this could be why you didn't get the job. Don't let the last little thing get you on the way out. Have something ready to go so you can put it in the mail, or press send on the email, as soon as you're in the car (maybe wait a little bit so you don't seem too eager), but definitely do it within 24 hours. Use it to your advantage…add a few selling points. Remember the moments where you clicked with the interviewer, the times where they really seemed to nod and "get you," and mention that information again! You could potentially be competing with hundreds of candidates…stand out.
I hope these tips come in handy for you. Best of luck in your job searches.
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Former Reagan Assistant Secretary of Defense and Marine combat veteran Bing West had this to say about the United States' 10-year mission in Afghanistan:
"On the one hand we're trying to build a nation, and on the other hand we're trying to fight terrorists, and I think we have to focus down and say why are we really there, and just do what I think should be the military mission – stopping the terrorists, but not trying to bring Afghanistan into the 21st century."
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Woburn company applies DNA sequencing to budding marijuana industry
By: Jessica Bartlett
October 6, 2016
From Purple Haze to Orange Crush, the names given to different strains of marijuana are colorful, and largely just based on where the plant is grown or what people experience when smoking it.
But with medical marijuana's recent legalization in many states, Woburn-based Medicinal Genomics Corporation is clearing the haze from the differences among different kinds of plants, offering genomics-based quality and strain identification testing for medical and recreational marijuana.
"We set out to ask, what questions can we answer with DNA?" said Kevin McKernan, chief scientific officer for Medicinal Genomics, which also offers genomics testing for patients. "The first thing that became apparent in the market is people are tired of not knowing what strain they are dealing with. People name the strains with esoteric and colorful names, but there is no guarantee of what you have."
After offering a test version of the service to Colorado marijuana manufactures in April, the five-year-old company this week started offering genomics testing for marijuana growers across the country. Clients send DNA samples to the company and receive a partial genome sequencing of the plant, providing a fingerprint of each plant. That can help growers know which plants are psychoactive — containing the euphoric ingredient tetrahydrocannabinol — and which have high amounts of a compound known as cannabidiol that offers medicinal properties of the plant, without the ability to get someone high.
In the 25 states and the District of Columbia which have legalized medical marijuana, the market for genomics testing is wide open. Scientists now typically test only for contamination of plants.
But growers have started to sequencing their strains for intellectual property reasons, and also analyze the genetics to determine which plants are male and shouldn't be planted (male plants pollinate, ruining an entire crop), and which ones are most productive. For consumers, genetic mapping can tell patients which strains are related, so they can effectively shop at dispensaries. In recreational pot markets, growers are using genetic testing as a branding tool.
McKernan says the size of the market is tough to gauge, but he says safety testing in the food industry — which typically captures 1-3 percent of the market — may be a good guide. If that same percentage holds true in cannabis, the market opportunity could be as much as $1 billion, given the estimated $20 billion to $40 billion market anticipated by 2020. McKernan argues it could be even larger if the company helps marijuana growers breed specific plants with specific properties such as a longer plant with tall stems for hemp fiber, or one with a lot of seeds to make oil.
"We think it will go beyond measuring the fingerprints," McKernan said. "Traditional agriculture genomics is they began measuring … to select particular traits and could accelerate breeding programs."
While Medicinal Genomics is growing the marijuana-testing side of the business, the 100-person company will recognize most of its 50-100 percent annual growth on the other side of the business that looks at patients' genomes to determine the best treatments. Currently, the company is sequencing between 500 to 1,000 patients a month.


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That sure didn't take long. And it probably should come as no surprise that many of the top firms we cover here at 24/7 Wall St. are already tweaking their high conviction stock lists for 2017. They are trying to take into account macro changes that could make a difference this year, such as higher inflation, a stronger dollar and rising interest rates. They are also trying to factor in positives like lower nominal tax rates and less of the ever burdensome regulations that some feel have stifled business.
So JPMorgan has made changes to its U.S. Analyst Focus List for January, and some of the additions have solid upside potential. Each month, the firm asks its equity analysts for one to three of their best stock picks targeted to five different investment strategies: near term, growth, income, value and short ideas.
Some 16 companies are added this month, while 14 are removed. Here we focused on five that look to have outstanding upside potential. All are rated Overweight at JPMorgan.
Alexion Pharmaceuticals
Rumors have flown for some time that this may be a potential acquisition target. Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ALXN) develops and commercializes life-transforming therapeutic products.
It offers Soliris (eculizumab), a monoclonal antibody for the treatment of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), a genetic blood disorder, and atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome, a genetic disease. It also provides Strensiq (asfotase alfa), a targeted enzyme replacement therapy for patients with hypophosphatasia, and Kanuma (sebelipase alfa) for the treatment of patients with lysosomal acid lipase deficiency.
The company conducts Phase 4 clinical trials on Soliris for the treatment of PNH registry; Phase 3 clinical trials for the treatment of myasthenia gravis, neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder, and delayed kidney transplant graft function; and Phase 2 clinical trials for antibody mediated rejection in presensitized renal transplant patients.
The JPMorgan price target for the stock is $170. The Wall Street consensus target is $169.41. Shares closed on Tuesday at $143.67.
Eli Lilly
This stock also has substantial upside potential. Eli Lilly and Co. (NYSE: LLY) is a global health care company with numerous core products in a number of primary-care pharmaceutical markets. The company generates revenues from its pharmaceutical product and animal health segments.
The product portfolio includes Zyprexa (for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder), Gemzar (pancreatic cancer), Evista (osteoporosis), Cymbalta (depression), Cialis (erectile dysfunction), Strattera (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), Erbitux (cancer) and Alimta (chemotherapy). Eli Lilly also has a strong presence in the diabetes market.
The company posted third-quarter sales and earnings well below Wall Street's expectations, prompting shares to plummet to a four-month low before rebounding. The stock is down almost 10% on the year and offering investors an outstanding entry point. Top analysts on Wall Street are still very focused on the company's outstanding late-stage product pipeline, which they and others on Wall Street view as very undervalued.
Recently the company announced a disappointing Phase 3 trial for its Alzheimer's drug solanezumab, which missed the primary and secondary endpoints. While the analysts are forced to remove potential earnings from their model due to the failure, most remain positive on the stock based on "Underappreciated growth, driven by the diabetes base business, baricitinib and abemaciclib."
Shareholders receive a 2.75% dividend. JPMorgan has an $85 price objective, and the consensus target is $84.80. Shares closed Tuesday at $76.27.


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1. The Ebay auction for the Great Big Zucchini in the Little Wee Bikini is ending today around noon. There have been four bids so far, with the current bid standing at $2.22. People! At $1.79 a pound, this zucchini is worth at least $9.12! Not to mention the original bikini by Ottawa designer Julia Ringma, which is priceless!
2. Speaking of giant zucchinis, Grace dug up this picture of herself and her giant zucchini from back in the day. My zucchini and I think Grace and her zucchini are adorable.
3. Blog Out Loud Ottawa was held on Thursday night at Raw Sugar, and it was a lot of fun. I loved listening to the stories. Some of them were hilarious, and others were sweet. If you wish you could have been there, the full list of links to the original blog posts is on the BOLO blog. Many thanks to XUP who was kind enough to share her top-notch public speaking skills with me. She did a terrific job of reading my post, The Dead Dave Wall, for me. (Her own post, Tomato Soup, delivered in a a slightly sultry, slightly southern accent, was superb.)
Okay, I have to go stake some giant tomato plants now, and then go eat a bowl of grizzled tendons or something at Dim Sum. Have yourselves an excellent Sunday, and don't forget to bid on that zucchini before noon. You know you want it!
P.S. Happy Birthday Dad!


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Cool video! Just a reminder, DigiRock will be hosting a free Oldies Dance Party night on December 5th at the Mill (seen in the above video) at 9PM. Should be fun if you like the tunes from the 50's and 60's! Pass it on…
Haha my favorite was the first lady:
"I don't have an ex…yet." I don't even think she realized she said 'yet' Oy.


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"The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life." (Job 33:4)From the time of creation constant reference is made in Holy Writ to Messiah and the Messianic hope of Israel. 'The Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters'; the Spirit of God means Messiah. (Midrash Genesis Rabbah 2; Leviticus Rabbah 14)
The Spirit of YHVH is YHVH Himself...In the Tanakh, the word ruach generally means wind, breath, mind, spirit. In a living creature (nephesh chayah), the ruach is the breath, whether of animals (Gen 7:15; Psa 104:25, 29) or mankind (Isa 42:5; Ezek 37:5). God is the creator of ruach: "The ruach of God (from God) is in my nostrils" (Job 27:3). In God's hand is the ruach of all mankind (Job 12:10; Isa 42:5). In mankind, ruach further denotes the principle of life that possesses reason, will, and conscience. The ruach imparts the divine image to man, and constitutes the animating dynamic which results in man's nephesh as the subject of personal life. When applied to God, the word Ruach indicates creative activity (Gen 1:2) and active power (Isa 40:13). The Spirit of God also works in providence (Job 33:4; Psa 104:30), in redemption (Ezek 11:19; Ezek 36:26-27), in upholding and guiding his chosen ones (Neh 9:20; Psa 143:10; Hag 2:5), and in the empowering of the Messiah (Isa 11:2; Isa 42:1; Isa 61:1). In short, as the ruach is to the created nephesh, so the Ruach Elohim is to God Himself, part of God and identified with God. Ruach may be understood as the Author of the animating dynamic of the created order, the underlying Principle of creation, and the One that imparts the nephesh to the entire universe. The Spirit of God
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Many of the MKV fans have been asking "Does QuickTime play MKV? How to play MKV in QuickTime? ". Though MKV can package multiple sound and subtitle tracks in one file and is often adopted by HD videos, MKV can't be played by QuickTime. This article will introduce one pratical solution to play MKV in QuickTime.
Maybe some Mac users will recommend Perian to play MKV in QuickTime. However, actually in most situations, the installation of Perian still can't helps to play MKV in QuickTime either. That's because Perian has stopped providing support for it for some reason or even if with Perian's support, Perian version 1.2.3 can't work on Mac OS 10.7/10.8 from the beginning.
In order to play MKV in QuickTime successfully, a more recommended solution is to convert MKV to QuickTime best compatible and native format, MOV or MP4. To get that purpose, we will need a MKV to QuickTime converter. iDealshare VideoGo is the first option in converting MKV to QuickTime.
Besides batch converting MKV to QuickTime fast and easily, iDealshare VideoGo also can convert AVI, MKV, MOV,MP4, WMV, DV, 3GP, VOB, ASF, FLV, OGV, RM, MP3, WebM, to QuickTime.
Below is the step by step guide to convert MKV to QuickTime more supported MOV or MP4.
Free download the professional MKV to QuickTime Converter - iDealshare VideoGo (Windows Version, Mac Version), install and run it, the following main interface will pop up.
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Three months ago we launched a brand new version of our Bible study software for PC and Mac: Logos Bible Software 5. If you haven't checked it out yet, I'd encourage you to. Logos 5 is faster, better organized, and easier to use, and it has a cleaner look and lots of new and improved features. It's a fabulous tool for studying the Bible, theology, church history, and so much more. I've been using it for more than a decade. It's easily one of the best investments I've ever made. I wish every Christian family in the world owned at least one copy.
Here are five reasons you should consider purchasing it:
- It's an excellent value. The base packages give you access to a wealth of books, data, and tools at a significant savings off print.
- It's cutting-edge. You'll get access to some one-of-a-kind data and tools that will help you study the Bible more deeply and efficiently.
- It's accessible. Unlike most programs that limit the number of devices you can use your purchase on, Logos allows you to access your library on as many of your personal devices as you want: PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire, and online at Biblia.com.
- It's extensible. The base packages give you a library of hundreds or thousands of resources, but there's plenty of room to grow from there. You can choose from more than 32,000 Logos and Vyrso books to grow your library to meet your needs.
- It's on sale. The special introductory upgrade discounts end today (Monday, February 4, 2013).
If you're still not sure, there's a risk-free, 30-day, no-questions-asked, money-back guarantee. You can easily return it for a full refund if you're not completely satisfied with your purchase.
Here are a couple videos to whet your appetite.
If you're new to Logos, start by checking out the features, and then compare the 7 base packages.
If you're an existing user, check out the new and updated features, and then compare your discounted upgrade options.
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Marian Stockley, better known as Friday Brown, was born in Manchester on February 18, 1947. As a teenager she emerged as a very gifted young female singer handling folk, blues, pop songs and standards equally well. Not only was she very good-looking and had a great voice, she also played guitar, wrote poetry and composed songs.
She was 15 and had started studying to become an art teacher at Bolton art college, when she fell in love with a fellow student and guitarist, Wilf Lewis, who was three years ahead of her.
He asked her to join his group, The Mike Taylor Combo, based in Darwen, Lancashire. They entered the Lancashire and Cheshire beat contest in Liverpool in 1962-63, and Marian won the 'best vocalist' award and a contract with Peter Sullivan at Decca. Her loyalty to the group pulled singer Mike Taylor along, but not the group. They formed a duo called Marianne And Mike and had two singles released on the Decca subsidiary label Vocalion Pop in 1964, "As He Once Was Mine"/"Go On" and "You're The Only One"/"One Good Turn Deserves Another". Marian's boyfriend Wilf Lewis wrote the songs for them.
The year after, in 1965, Marian and Wilf became founder members of a new Salford based group called Wynder K. Frog along with Mick Weaver and sax player Alex Kirby (see also St. Louis Union).
However, Marian didn't stay long enough to do any recordings with the group.
Songwriter Graham Gouldman got in Friday Brown to sing on many of his demos at the time, for instance "Behind The Door", which was sent to Cher amongst others. St. Louis Union also recorded it.
Marian: "On the B-side of 'Getting Nowhere' there are two guitarists backing up my voice… one was me… the other was a young session guy whom I'd had the pleasure of working with on the Marianne and Mike sessions and loads of folk/blues stuff we did for the Beeb in London… His name was and still is Jimmy Page."
With "Getting Nowhere" Friday Brown's recording career was sadly getting nowhere, despite being part of a big Kennedy Street promoted UK package tour with Herman's Hermits, Dave Berry & The Cruisers, The Mindbenders, David & Jonathan, Pinkerton's Assorted Colours and Ivans Meads in the spring of 1966. After the short-term deal with Parlophone she signed with Fontana and recorded three singles for them between 1966 and 1969. Her first single on Fontana was "32nd. Love Affair", a selfpenned Northern soul hipswinger with accompaniment directed by Alan Caddy. It sold poorly at the time, but it has later become a highly sought single among collectors of Northern soul records.
1966 also saw her team up with High Society, a studio group with Peter Cowap, Christine Ebbrell and Keith Lawless (ex-Ivans Meads bassist) who recorded two tracks with Graham Gouldman behind the controls. "People Passing By", was written by Gouldman while Cowap had originated the flip. The blend of voices and Seekers style arrangement was perfect for the Gouldman song. It was released in the UK on Fontana in November 1966. A Stateside release was secured on Cameo Parkway Records, but sales were low on both sides of the Atlantic.
Graham Gouldman was then commisioned to produce Friday Brown's new solo single "Ask Any Woman"/"The Outdoor Seminar" (Fontana TF 851) in 1967. Again a great ballad written by Stewart/Langley and it's one of Friday Brown's most compelling performances on record. Credited as musical director was John Paul Jones (later of Led Zeppelin). Fontana also released the single in Holland, and in USA it was out on RCA Victor. But just like in the UK the single failed to do the trick chartwise.
Friday still had faith in the song and at the prestigious Knokke Festival in Belgium in 1968,"Ask Any Woman" was one of the songs she performed there. She also did a knockout rendition of a soul ballad titled "God Bless The Child", as well as "I Who Have Nothing", later a big hit for Tom Jones in 1970. Friday Brown stood out as a white version of Aretha Franklin. The British team at the festival that year also included Wayne Fontana doing "Words Of Bartholomew" and Marty Wilde with "Abergavenny".
Marian: "Marty and I were both up for the press prize at the Knokke festival in '68. I won it by one vote on the second ballot!"
Coinciding with Knokke a single was released in Belgium with the sublime "God Bless The Child" on the A-side and "I Want To Rain" on the flip. The latter was mis-titled "I Want The Rain".
In the UK her third single on Fontana came in 1969. It was a cover version of the country & western classic "Stand By Your Man" with accompaniment directed by Mike Vickers - a rendition certainly on a par with Tammy Wynette's original, but it failed to give her a much deserved commercial breakthrough as a recording artist.
In the late 60's and early 70's Friday was involved with the Dickinson Rd. studios for a time – performing at "The Simon Dee Show", "Pop North", Granada's "Scene At 6:30" and some stuff for BBC North West.
She also performed in various international song contests and festivals.
Marian: "I did an awful lot of TV, radio and festivals all over the place. I won the international prize in the Polish song festival in 1970 and then in the Bulgarian festival in 1971. I also sang in the Yugoslavian festival in Split in 1971, but got disqualified in that one for changing the arrangement!"
In 1971 Friday Brown moved from Fontana to Philips and recorded a couple of singles and a jazz-tinged easy-listening album for her new label. The self titled album included covers of contemporary hits such as Nilsson's "Everybody's Talking", Beatles' "Let It Be" and Simon & Garfunkel's "Sound Of Silence" alongside a couple of her own songs. Peter Knight directed the orchestra and the album was produced by John Franz.
Still with Philips she cut a new version of The Mindbenders' classic 1966 hit "Groovy Kind Of Love" in 1973. On the B-side she paid homage to her hometown with the selfpenned "Salford". The single was recorded at Strawberry Studios, Stockport with members of 10cc guesting on the sessions.
After that she was doing a lot of jobs for advertising agencies, writing and recording jingles for radio and television.
In the late 70's she was singing on a concept album titled "The Eye Of Wendor: Prophecies" by the Mandalaband.
Marian: "The project started out as music and songs for an idea that the writer/producer Davy Rohl had for 'Lord Of The Rings'. He didn't manage to get the rights, so we had to go back into the studio to re-record the re-written lyrics. This was one epic album and it took months and months to record it. We started the 'epic' in a Manchester studio in the city centre in 1976 with Davy bouncing and layering waves of oohs and ahhhhhs, high notes, low notes, and sounds I can't describe but somehow managed to do.
Davy got some money from Chrysalis to carry on with the recording and moved the production to Strawberry Studios in Stockport. Then money started to become a big issue. We needed a name artist, so I asked Maddy Prior from Steeleye Span to sing the solo on 'Like The Wind' and I therefore lost my solo song. Anyway the pennies continued to come from Chrysalis and the album was finished after two years in 1978."
Marian Stockley alias Friday Brown can look back at a long and versatile artistic career. She is a very gifted composer, singer and guitar player, but her artistic talent is also evident in the paintings she has done over the years. Is she still singing or writing songs?
Marian: "No, I don't sing any more..... Haven't been involved with the music business since 1984...... I did do some music related things with young people in the community until 1995 or so...... My head still writes songs, though..... no choice.... it just does..."
Thanks to Mike Baker for letting us use these two photos he took in BBC Manchester's new studio 'N' sometime between 1967 and 1972.
Mike's website www.bakerlite.co.uk is well worth a visit. Images copyright Mike Baker.
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7": Untitled=I Sing An Open Letter To A Man (Stockley)/ I Want To Rain (Stockley-Stockley) Fontana UNRELEASED ACETATE /--
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7": Stand By Your Man (Sherrill-Wynette)/I Want The Rain (Stockley-Stockley) Fontana TF 996, 267 917 /69
PORTUGAL EP: (From Knokke'68: Side 1: Wayne Fontana/Side 2: Friday Brown)
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FRIDAY BROWN: Ask Any Woman (Stewart-Langley)/The Outdoor Seminar (Stockley-Stockley)
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Featuring 30 artists from most European countries including Friday Brown representing Great Britain with a live performance of a song titled "It Was Not You" (B. Karadimchev, English words by Friday Brown).
Concept album featuring an impressive list of artists including members of 10cc, Barclay James Harvest, Sad Café, Moody Blues, Steeleye Span and the Hallé Orchestra. Friday Brown is on vocals.
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I recall being SO impressed by her doing a Bo Diddley number on Saturday Club - it was " Before You Accuse me" - and so hip for a lady to sing a pretty obcure (at the time) R & B number.
I also reckoned "Getting Nowhere " was a great "lost" UK lost hit
Stuart Booth
She also did a series for Tyne Tees in the sixties called A Girl called Friday.
We did 3 shows with her as the Two Good Reasons. David Mc Williams was also on the bill.
Chris Nicholson
I remember some days in 1978 when Friday came to Rostock (Germany) where she had taken part in the maritime song festival "Menschen und Meer" (Men And The Sea) long time ago. The audience and the people that watched her on tv loved her very much.
Best regards,
Johannes Reckzeh
Friday Brown was one of four singers who, along with the Northern Dance Orchestra, featured on BBC Radio Manchester's first jingles in 1970.
Source material: http://audioboo.fm/boos/464963-bbc-manchester-launch
Andrew Hewkin
I remember meeting Marrianne at The Beachcomber Club in Bolton in 1964, at that time she was a fairly regular visitor. I remember one occasion chatted with friends, including Marrianne, mostly about the music scene and the different styles of music of the era.
Harry Tonge
When I worked at Manchester airport during 1970/1973 Friday was on a TV show singing a song to me. I wondered if anyone remembers which TV show it was I would love to get a video of it if it exists. Can anyone help?
Gerry Mottershead
I think I remember a song she sang on local teatime TV (Yorkshire) probably ITV. Think it was called "Rocking Chair". Of course she sang it sitting in one. Am I correct ?
Steve O
I have a copy of her LP given to me by the Philips Rep as a sample. (White Label). Sleeve almost mint. Used to play this all the time. . . really nice LP !
Vic Kibby
To Steve O. The song was 'Getting Nowhere '. I think it was a pop programme they used to broadcast nationwide. Can't remember the title, however,I believe Ayesha presented it.
Not only "Stand by your man" was famous in Lebanon, also "Ask any woman" was very known and famous ... golden oldies. Friday Brown has a great voice ...
Cathy Lebanon
When I was producing for BBC Radio 2 in the 1960s, Friday Brown would travel down from Manchester to London to record sessions for series I was producing. She has a simply beautiful voice.
John Billingham
Friday Brown came over to Cleethorpes in 1979,and performed at The Sands Club,where I was the resident drummer. I became her musical director/drummer,before I joined The Nolan Sister's band. I have a recording of the Phillips LP, recorded directly from Marian's own copy. A lovely memory of some lovely days.
Kev Rogers
Marian Stockley, Ruth Ireland, Pat Wantling and me (Ann Perry) used to sing together in the last years of junior school - St Paul's Peel, Little Hulton - where Mr. Stockley, Marian's father, was the headmaster. Playtimes and dinner times we would go up to the attic room (good accoustics!) and do harmonies on 'Catch a Falling Star...' and other mid to late 50s pop.
Marian had a superb tone & timbre to her voice. I followed Friday Brown's career thanks to news from home (I left Lancashire when I was 17) - my mum wrote "Marian bless 'er was on the radio again yesterday, Friday Brown... Lovely voice.. & lovely girl". Good to remember - we are the same age, born the same year ('47) and myself, I must say, I still refuse to be 'my age'. I'm sure Marian and our other pals are the same.
I hope life is kind to all... a good vintage!
Ann Gavriel nee Perry
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"This unique, promising vaccine candidate brings more opportunity to our pipeline and is one of the most promising new advances to improve the lives of Alzheimer's patients worldwide," said Shankar Musunuri, Ph.D., MBA, Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Nuron Biotech. "Alzheimer's is a devastating neurodegenerative disease for which there is only a limited set of therapy options, so this novel approach to treatment is truly exciting."
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Ecology of Kokanee Salmon and Rainbow Trout in Crater Lake, Oregon
Report Number: 12784
Permit Number: CRLA1996AOZE
Date Received: Jan 01, 1998
Reporting Year: 1996
Principal Investigator: Mark Buktenica, National Park Service, Crater Lake National Park
Park-assigned Study Id. # CRLA1996AOZE
Permit Expiration Date: Jan 01, 1999
Permit Start Date: Jan 01, 1998
Study Starting Date: Jan 01, 1996
Study Ending Date: Jan 01, 1996
Study Status: Completed
Activity Type: Other
Subject/Discipline: Ecology (Aquatic, Marine, Terrestrial)
Objectives: Develop a better understanding of the ecological role(s) of introduced fish in Crater Lake.
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[Alyson Kuhn] The seventh volume of the Feltron Annual Report is fresh off the press. Actually, it's fresh off a litho press, a 40-in. die stamping press and a sewing machine. Last week we caught up with information designer Nicholas Felton and printer Glenn Schuster from DataGraphic when they were both relatively stationary.
The cover of the Feltron Biennial Report 2010/2011 shows nearly all of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and a little slice of New Jersey on the left. The back cover (see top) shows San Francisco Bay and Monterey Bay.
Is this the first report you've done covering two years?
NF: It is. We spoke at this time last year about my 2010 Annual Report, subtitled "The Paternal Report." After my father died in October 2010 and I discovered all his materials and documentation, I decided they were so captivating that I needed to do the 2010 report on his life. But my original 2010 "data collection scheme" was easily extended into 2011, so this new report is a comparison of the two years.
DataGraphic ran the 8-page report sheet-wise on a single form. Foreground: Page 6, "With Olga in New York City."
And what aspects of these two years are you comparing?
NF: If this report has a subtitle, it's With, When and Where. I had decided to keep track of every single place I went and how much time I spent with people — the people that I knew from prior experience I would spend the most time with: close friends, my office mates, my girlfriend and family. I had decided in October 2010 to move to Brooklyn for the first time, and then in April 2011, I began working at Facebook as a member of the product design team. So I now have a life focused on Manhattan and a life focused on the West Coast. In the report, I'm trying to graphically represent the dichotomies.
GS: On the cover, With, When and Where — in tiny type — reverses out of a flood of purple. Tiny type became the hallmark of this year's report.
The inside front cover, titled Twenty Ten, shows everywhere Felton went that year (from Abu Dhabi, UAE, to Whittier, Alaska) and the number of visits to each and every location — typeset in 4.5 pt Freya Bold (5.75 leading and 0 tracking!).
GS: We sent Nicholas several rounds of drawdowns ahead of time, and we also sent die strikes. We had foil-stamped a very large map — the die was 22-in. wide! — on the 2010 cover, but Nicholas wanted a more tactile effect this year. He asked us to recommend a stock that could take a large emboss. We used the same stock as last year — Mohawk Superfine Ultrawhite — but went up in weight from 65 lb Cover to 80 lb Cover for a deeper impression. We also printed the mailing label on Superfine Ultrawhite. The pressure-sensitive backing and label liner are applied after printing.
NF: Because I wanted to list every single place I visited each year and fit it on a single page, we had to use minute type. The emboss was the key to the cover. I reviewed sample die strikes, and I attended the press run, but I didn't see the interplay between the emboss and the printed cover until they literally came together.
The embossing die was so large it needed to run on a 40-in. Bobst stamper. Leaving the cover intact on the full form allowed DataGraphic to achieve perfect registration to the litho.
Did you use software you had developed to track and then graphically depict your data?
NF: For this approach, I found iCal to be the most successful way of tracking — it's inherently visual already, especially with color coding. I could just drag a box that said I was with my mother from 6:00 to 8:00 … and if I saw a blank spot, I knew I needed to fill it or adjust. The precision of iCal is 15 minutes, so if I did two things within 15 minutes, I'd have to divide it, but 15 minutes could handle most short events, like my commutes. I also used Last.fm and FitBit to collect data, and I wrote several applications in Processing to create the visualizations.
The 12 x 14-in. copper (1/4-in. thick) embossing die
GS: All the data pertaining to 2010 prints as a white knockout from the blue background [PMS 306], and all the data pertaining to 2011 knocks out from the magenta background [PMS Rhodamine Red]. That's true through the entire report. But the data doesn't stay separate, it overprints — which manifests as many gradations of purple.
NF: Rather than bucketing everything by categories — like food and drink and music — I'd rather do it by people, to show how the expression of Nicholas Felton changes based on who I'm with. This is set up by the structure, with spreads dedicated to the people I spend the most time with: Olga [girlfriend], Ryan [Daytum co-founder and business partner], mom.
A craftsman inspects the shoulder (angle of bevel) on the embossing die, to decide what makeready supplies (harder or softer) to use to build the counter for best effect.
Were you surprised by anything that the data illustrates?
NF: I think one of the most interesting elements that repeats is the time I spent with people based on the day of the week. There's kind of a "fingerprint" for each person. I spent the most time with Ryan on Wednesdays, and the other days of the week form a bell-curve around Wednesday. My girlfriend and my mother are Saturday people; my sister is a Sunday; Matt is a Thursday. I love being able to reduce statistics down to some key thing. I can think, "Matt is my Thursday friend." I think it would be extremely difficult to qualify a statement like that in hindsight without keeping track.
A craftsman at DataGraphic shaves down all the edges on the embossing die's counter, to avoid what Glenn Schuster calls "nipping" — small but unsightly nicks caused when the guillotine cuts through a multilevel surface. Especially with a dark printed cover, the nips would have been apparent.
Do you design much print work other than the Feltron reports? Production-wise, the new report seems pretty challenging.
NF: In January, I had to sit down and learn the state of the world regarding typefaces. And I had to pull out my Pantone book. Those wheels were not lubricated! I had anxieties at every level of this report — which is one of the reasons I flew out to the plant for the press check. The finished report looks harmonious, but trickiness abounds. All the pie charts and bar charts contain some degree of overprinting to show the relationship between 2010 and 2011.
A seamstress stitches the four collated, unsecured leaves. The needle perforations create a "score line" on which the book can then be easily folded. After folding, the book is guillotine-trimmed on three sides.
And can we assume that your documentation of 2012 in progress?
NF: Oh, yes. I have an iPhone app that I commissioned to help me record my year — I had another problem that I wanted to solve — that wouldn't limit me to these 15-minute increments. This app is helping me do some things in more detail and other things in less detail.
Does Olga now have a bicoastal life too?
NF: Olga is a musician. Last week she played at a festival outside Vienna, following her U.K. debut. Last Saturday, she performed a new classical piece at BAM in Brooklyn. She leads an exciting life!
Glenn Schuster comments, "Normally, we would put a booklet stitched like this in a special press to flatten it, but that pressure would have flattened the emboss on the cover."
I understand you're going to start shipping the new report this week. Have you shown it around yet to "your people?"
NF: I've doled out a bunch around Facebook. I was very pleased with the reaction — the rubbing of the cover and the smiling. I put a representation of the cover on Feltron.com a couple of months ago, so people would know it was coming soon and could pre-order the report. But I didn't simulate the emboss in Photoshop — I shaded the area, so you could "see" the topography. I wanted people to experience it for the first time in person, when they receive their reports.
Photos of the Feltron Biennial Report 2010/2011 © 2012 StudioAlex. All other photos: Glenn Schuster.
Nicholas Felton's infographics wizardry was featured in a short report by Suzanne Labarre on fastcodesign.com. Labarre describes Timeline (the updated Facebook profile, in whose development Felton was hugely inspirational) as potentially "… turning everyone into Nicholas Felton."
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Ceremonial turnover of Serbisyong Suarez Health Coupons for the 66 barangays of Tayabas, Quezon this January 29, 2013. Senior Board member Romano Franco "Mano" Talaga, 1st District Board member Techie Dator, Mr. Gerry Talaga, Councilor Luz Cuadra and the 66 barangay captains of the said town.(QUEZON PIO)
Lingap Kalusugan sa Barangay Health Coupons worth Php 1,650,000.00– or Php 25,000.00 each – were distributed to the 66 barangays of Tayabas, Quezon this January 29, 2013.
The health coupons, which can be used to pay for medical expenses in public hospitals within the province, were personally turned over to the barangay captains by Provincial Administrator Rommel Edaño.
According to Edaño, by paying taxes properly, Quezonians are helping the local government fund projects for the improvement of their province. He reiterated what Quezon Governor David Suarez reminds the people – that as long as tax collection is at least up to 60%, the health coupons are here to stay.
In the message of Senior Board member Romano Franco 'Mano" Talaga, he said that the board membersfrom the four districts of Quezon fully support the activities of the Provincial Government and Gov. Suarez as they see it is for the good of their constituents.
Association of Barangay Captains (ABC) President Romeo Cayanan said that "words are not enough to express gratitude" towards the programs of Gov. Suarez for the province. He also added that he and his fellow Quezonians have felt the improvement of healthcare in Quezon, thanks to the clear leadership of the current administration. (QUEZON PIO)