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Learning How to Open Up Data at the National Library of Scotland
Back in May 2012 I heard via Karen Coyle (who's based in California) that there was an Open Knowledge Foundation Meet-up in a pub just 50 metres from my office at the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh. It's amazing how the web works! I had never heard of Open Knowledge Foundation before but given that I was trying to learn more about open data and had questions about how to publish data openly (and perhaps really because the meeting was in the pub …. mmm beer) I decided to attend.
At the meeting I learned a whole lot about open data initiatives in the city of Edinburgh, met many interesting people from all sorts of backgrounds who were working on open data, and drank some beer. But what I came away with which was most valuable to me and the National Library of Scotland was a promise from Naomi Lillie that she would put me in touch with a colleague at the Foundation who would help answer my questions about how to publish data openly.
Sam Leon dropped me a line and with his help I came to realise that publishing open data could be very easy and straightforward. Sam explained that we also needed to think about how we wanted to license our data, that it should be both structured and documented, and then we could publish it.
I decided that if National Library of Scotland was to dip its toe in the open data pool that we should start with a very small set of data. I chose the Library's collection of 40 digitised photographs of the construction of the iconic and beautiful Forth Bridge. I could also readily put my hands on a version of the metadata that I could give to the world and give it to them NOW.
The main issue for the Library was addressing whether we could and should release the metadata associated with the collection under an open license. After discussions we decided that we could, in principle, publish metadata that had been created in the Library under CC0. We came to this conclusion because we think of our metadata as an advert for the Library's resources. If we made metadata freely available to others to use, re-purpose, and develop and create new services it will "point back" to NLS resources. This could thus expose our collections to a wider audience and in more innovative ways that we could achieve ourselves.
So, we had a small set of metadata that was readily available, for which we were comfortable licensing under CC-0, it was also nicely structured and could be easily documented. We've now made it available via the Datahub which you can find here.
We have learned a lot from our collaboration and involvement with the Open Knowledge Foundation. They have helped me and National Library of Scotland understand clearly the benefits of releasing data openly to facilitate its reuse. As a result of our interaction, the Library will, in the coming months, work to develop policies relating to open data and in time plan to release more and larger collections of metadata as open data. Through Open Knowledge Foundation meet-ups we've had the opportunity to meet with colleagues in other organisations and discuss how we can work with them to collaborate on mutually beneficial open data projects. And then there's the beer.
If you're reading this and have been in the same position as me and National Library of Scotland and are wondering the how, the why and the wherefore of open data, I encourage you to contact the OpenGLAM team for their advice or seek out an Open Knowledge Foundation meet-up in your area. Because it's time to let your data leave home and run free.


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sprintf seems to ignore special characters - seemingly anything with a hat. Problem reproduced on Mac 64bit El Capitan and Ubuntu 64 bit, but not on Windows machines tested. This demonstrates:
> nchar(sprintf("%-20s", "Sao Paulo"))
[1] 20
> nchar(sprintf("%-20s", "São Paulo"))
[1] 19
Background SO question: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36500467/sprintf-seems-to-ignore-some-special-characters
Variation on the same theme:
> sprintf("%13s", "blåbærgrød")
[1] "blåbærgrød"
> sprintf("%13s", "blabergrod")
[1] " blabergrod"
It looks like something is counting bytes instead of characters.
As the docs say, this wraps the system sprintf C function and that is out of our control. However, it is a question whether we ought to be using the locale-extended version (sprintf_l), but that could be opening a can of worms if we want it to work cross-platform.
If you read the help page of sprintf, it talks about the fact Encodings are important.
If you look at the help page of nchar, you also learn that there are different types.
As a consequence, I see the following (on Linux, R 3.3.0 beta):
> nchars <- function(x) vapply(c("bytes","chars","width"), function(typ) nchar(x, type=typ), 1)
> sp <- "São Paulo"
> Encoding(sp)
> nchars(sp)
bytes chars width
10 9 9
> nchars(sprintf("%-20s", sp))
bytes chars width
20 19 19
So I'm claiming there is no bug at all. ... (but am not yet closing the report)
The help page of 'sprintf', in "Details" section near the end, says:
Field widths and precisions of %s conversions are interpreted as bytes, not characters, as described in the C standard.

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An irregularly updated blog whose purpose is to chronicle the development of my various wargaming projects, but primarily my foray into the joys of colonial wargaming set in the Sudan
Sunday, 9 July 2017
Naval Wargames Weekend 2017, Over for Another Year
I've just got back from the Naval Wargames Weekend in Gosport. As always it was a fun couple of days with a variety of games, although a bit quieter than previous years due most likely to the lovely weather which I think kept more than a few NWS members and wargamers away and on the beach. Despite that a good time was had by all and we were able to enjoy a range of games from Renaissance to moderns, as well as an excellent tour of the museum's reserve collection (including a Polaris/Chevaline missile and a Japanese Type 93 torpedo).
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Old-style Jewish bakeries are a dwindling lot, but one Chicago Web site entrepreneur has taken up the call for rugelach, the cream cheese- and butter-rich pastries that reside in the food memories of many Jewish people -- old and young alike.
Leon Greenberg, a former mortgage banker, turned his passion for cooking into a catering and online rugelach business. Greenberg comes from a large rugelach-loving family. He once brought 500 pieces to a family reunion in the Bahamas. But it really wasn't a burden.


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A five year old St. Louis boy is recovering from his injuries after falling from the 3rd story window of his family's apartment. It happened around 5:30 p.m. in the 3400 block of Chippewa. An adult on the ground, caught the child before he hit the concrete sidewalk.
The boy, Trystan Corbell, climbed onto a window ledge from his third floor bedroom. His mother says she left him in his room for a few minutes while she went into the next room to change her clothes and change her other son's diaper.
Michelle Corbell says Trystan is autistic and managed to open a locked bedroom window, move the mini-blinds aside, and climb onto the ledge.
Passers-by on the street saw the child and screamed. A man, standing nearby, rushed to help and caught the child.
The boy's teeth reportedly hit the rescuer, Carlos Rucker, cutting Rucker's forehead. Rucker is the Corbell's neighbor. Police say Rucker was nearby when the child climbed onto the window ledge and a crowd gathered. According to police, Rucker pushed through the crowd and put himself in a position to catch the child.
Fire officials say Rucker did not appear to be seriously injured, but he was taken to St. Louis University hospital. A spokesperson for the hospital said that Rucker was admitted into the ER and received stitches, but would likely be released tonight.
Trystan was also taken to the hospital and may need stitches, but it otherwise recovering well - according to the boy's mother. Corbell says Rucker saved her son's life.
How can you thank or even try to repay someone that has saved something so irreplaceable, like your child's life? It's impossible. I don't even know what to do," said Corbell.
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As enthused as Marcus Harrison was Sunday about starting against the Bengals, the Bears defensive tackle wondered if the end result would have been different had the guy he replaced -- Tommie Harris -- remained in the lineup.
"Of course we missed him," Harrison said Monday. "Tommie's like the tempo-setter. When you see No. 91 out there and you're the opponent, you know you have to plan for this game and respect them. And that changes up the offense a little bit.


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Are reports of Mexico's lawlessness and drug-related crimes an accurate portrait of the country? Is Mexico as dangerous as portrayed?
Certainly, what you hear about violence are reality and not just made up by the media. Mexico has its share of problems and most of the issues are drug-related.
Also, the US State Department has travel warnings in place for Mexico.
You may think nobody is traveling to Mexico given how the country is depicted in the media, yet travel statistics are showing this is not the case.
"Many tourists, mainly from the neighboring USA, now consider Mexico to be a bargain and not the dangerous drug-ridden country it has often been depicted in the media," points out Tourism-Review.com.
"About 7.1 million tourists visited Mexico in the first eight months of this year. Hotel occupancy in Mexico was up 10 percent through August 2010, according to Smith Travel Research, while the number of international tourists coming to Mexico was up 27.5 percent in July 2010, compared to July 2009."
What is the draw?
It's cheaper — compared to Europe and the US.
But tourists are advised to take precautions, use common sense, and avoid certain areas.
Generally, we hear the violence is concentrated in certain regions, mostly interior areas away from popular tourist destinations like the Riviera Maya, Cozumel, Cancun, and Los Cabos.
Until recently, crimes were related to the drug trade, but there have been a few recent incidents where innocent people have become victims.
Some precautions include not driving on rural roads and highways at night. Bandits occasionally set up roadblocks and rob travelers, but these incidents are not common.
The State Department advises US citizens to avoid unnecessary travel to Michoacán and Tamaulipas, and to parts of Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Durango, and Coahuila.
The warning also says: "Millions of US citizens safely visit Mexico each year. This includes tens of thousands who cross the border every day for study, tourism or business and at least one million US citizens who live in Mexico … Resort areas and tourist destinations in Mexico do not see the levels of drug-related violence and crime reported in the border region and in areas along major drug trafficking routes."
Interestingly, Mexico ranks as one of the top international travel destination in the world and is the number one international tourism destination for North Americans traveling abroad.
Perhaps, another evidence of the country's relative safety for most visits: many tourists to the country are repeat visitors, which could mean that many tourists leave with positive experiences.
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Andrew Sullivan, the author who still harbors serious doubts about the veracity of Sarah Palin's ultimate pregnancy, has determined that outgoing Pope Benedict is gay.
In a post titled "Two Popes, One Secretary," Sullivan writes that since Benedict will live in the Vatican with Archbishop Georg Gaenswein, his trusted secretary, he must be gay.
"So Benedict's handsome male companion will continue to live with him, while working for the other Pope during the day," Sullivan wrote. "Are we supposed to think that's, well, a normal arrangement?"
In the past, Sullivan, without any proof, concluded that it seemed "pretty obvious" that Pope Benedict "is a gay man."
Pope Benedict departed the Vatican on Thursday, temporarily leaving the Roman Catholic Church's leadership vacant.


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And so we sit, complacent, and unwilling to move ourselves to take the lead in bringing ourselves to a point of change. "No one else is changing, why should I?" and "No one else seems to care, I'm not going to either." And we see exactly what this creates - a world of individual bubbles, walking around ignoring each other, ignoring the problems with our world, ignoring the suffering that happens on a daily basis, due to our neglect to change anything.
What is the starting point of this unwillingness to step up and be the change, in justifying 'no one else is changing'? Spite - it is spitefulness that drives the individual to say 'fuck it' to the world and only worry and focus on themselves, their happiness, their wants, their needs, their desires. We simply accept what is here, deliberately turn our cheek to what is here and all because we are too afraid to stand up and be a voice that shouts loud enough for all to hear, this is unacceptable - We are responsible and we must be the change.
This absolutely starts within ourselves, at an individual level - each one having to take responsibility for their point within existence that consist of the whole we have here. And collectively, there is a hole in humanity that has been created through spite, greed, and self interest. We are waiting for someone else to make the move, to take the stand, to give direction - never realizing WE... I... Me... am the One that must be the Change.
I have recently seen this point within me, this justification as to why I've accepted and allowed myself to become possessed by emotions and feelings of irrational energy - I thought, "they've reacted - they've allowed this - they are not changing... I don't have to either." And so, no One taking the stand and being the change, because all are waiting for the other one to change.
Obviously no one is to blame for who they are - I am not in a position to say, "it's their/your fault" because I am the one who exists here and accepts and allows what exists here as me, within and without and so the fact that this point exists within me - this belief, this idea, this acceptance - is my responsibility. It is then my responsibility as to why this world is not changing - because I am not changing me, because I am still accepting and allowing this idea that I 'need' someone else to do it, that I need someone else to take the lead, to give me direction, to pave a path for me to follow. When in reality, this is the illusion of all religion - all beliefs in some higher power that suggests, I am not wholly responsible for every little thing in existence in it's entirety, there is 'someone else', 'something else' and THEY are the one's responsible. And so we accept some higher power to be the ones in charge to change our world and blindly follow this beLIEf that abdicates us from any responsibility and consequence. Yet we cannot escape our consequence - it is here as this World. It is the millions of children dying of starvation, it is the homeless people begging for money on the corner, it is the politicians making choices for their interest over the interest of the public, it is the wars that are waged, it is the the porn industry, it is the human trafficking, it is the hate, the anger, and the blame - it is manifested as our very world that we are equally participating and collectively accepting and allowing as is. And no one is willing to say, 'enough is enough, I cannot accept and allow this anymore - till here no further' - because the One that is Me is still accepting and allowing the justification as to why I can fall into the reactions of the mind that feels it's self interest is threatened and then blames the other guy for being the one that is causing the problem.
The inner is the Outer. The Outer is the Inner and our Inner World is reflected as our Outer World and we can see it in the relationships we create with others, in our back chats, in our thoughts, in our words, in our deeds. What we pay attention to, what we entertain ourselves with, what we give value as what is 'important' in this world, all consists of sustaining exactly what is here as our World.
Is it worth it? Are we being effective? Well, perhaps before these questions - first things first - are we still waiting for someone to change first? To save us? To show us how? To take the lead? Why are we not leading ourselves? Why are we not directing ourselves? Why are we not showing the way? Why must we wait for someone/something to give us the sign we have been looking for or to throw the consequences that are manifested in this world on our door step before we are willing to make that one move - that one step as the standing within the principle of who I am, what I will accept and allow and what I will not accept and allow.
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History of Hugo Street Reserve
Hugo Street Reserve
Hugo Street Reserve is on the corner of Hugo and Vine Streets, Redfern.
Houses and a corner shop were built on this site in the early 1880s. During the Great Depression which began in 1929, when unemployment grew to 30 per cent in parts of Sydney, the houses could not be leased. When the owners defaulted on their mortgages the houses were repossessed by Colonial Mutual Life and left vacant. Damage by vandals made them derelict and the Redfern Council ordered their demolition.
The site was acquired in stages between 1948 and 1956 by the South Sydney Municipal Council for a playground. Toilets and a cantilevered roof weather shelter were erected in 1957.
In 1977 16-year-old resident Matthew Raschke wrote to Council asking for a basketball ring to be installed, and was pleasantly surprised to find his request was granted. This was later expanded to a full basketball court. Matthew was the son of Dr John Raschke, founder of the Australian National Basketball League.
56-68 Hugo St, 1955. (City of Sydney Archives, CRS 47/777)
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Manchester United midfielder Michael Carrick has been ruled out for four to six weeks after breaking a bone in his foot.
The 27-year-old England international limped out of Saturday's Barclays Premier League defeat at Liverpool.
Carrick missed Tuesday morning's training session for the start of United's Champions League defence against Villarreal on Wednesday night but now looks set to also miss the game against Aalborg and is doubtful for the visit of Celtic on October 21.
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Lots of things get blown up and torn apart in "Iron Man 2," as you would expect from any self-respecting blockbuster kicking off the summer movie season. The magnitude of destruction far exceeds that of its predecessor -- from rows of cars to armies of drones to Tony Stark's cliff-top Shangri-La -- and includes repeated instances of characters walking away from a massive fireball without looking back. 'Cause looking back is for wimps.
But that's not all that gets obliterated here. The substance of the original "Iron Man," the brain and the soul that set it apart from the typical seasonal fare and made it one of the best films of 2008, also have been blown to bits.
Tony Stark had purpose back then, and despite the outlandish fantasy of his Marvel Comics-inspired story, as a person he had a believable arc. Crafting the high-tech suit and transforming himself into a superhero gave this selfish industrialist and self-destructive playboy a sense of drive, a reason for being beyond just his whims and indulgences.
Here, he's purely arrogant once more, with some glimmers of mortality and daddy issues. And Robert Downey Jr., so irresistibly verbal and quick on his feet in the first film (and in pretty much every film he's ever made), seems to be on autopilot. Sure, he's got a way with a one-liner, and his comic timing is indisputable, but he's done this song-and-dance routine before and seems rather bored with it.
Then again the character -- and the sequel itself -- are less defined this time. Narratively, "Iron Man 2" is a mess. Director Jon Favreau, working from a script by Justin Theroux, throws in too many subplots, too many characters -- and what a waste of that cast, actors who can really act like Mickey Rourke, Sam Rockwell, Don Cheadle and Samuel L. Jackson in an eye patch as Nick Fury, offering a bit of foreshadowing to "The Avengers" film. (For more Marvel movie geekery, stick around until the end of the credits.)
As we recall from the last line of the first film, the whole world knows that Stark is indeed Iron Man. Now the government (led by Garry Shandling as a sniveling senator) wants him to turn over the suit for the military's benefit, and his best friend, Lt. Col. James "Rhodey" Rhodes (Cheadle in place of Terrence Howard) can only do so much to protect him.
Meantime, there's a new foe in the form of Russian bad guy Ivan Vanko (Rourke, buried beneath tattoos and a Boris-and-Natasha accent), who's built a suit of his own in his dank Siberian abode, complete with electrified tentacles; sadly, he and fellow acting heavyweight Downey spend most of their screen time apart. In no time, Stark's rival, Justin Hammer (Rockwell, turning on the smarm) snaps up Vanko and asks him to build an army of Iron Men for himself.
Then there's the battle Stark is waging internally, as he reflects on his own weakening body and the memories of a scientist father (John Slattery, glimpsed in old movies) who didn't love him enough. And speaking of love, "Iron Man 2" also tries to find time for the blossoming relationship between Stark and his right-hand woman, Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow), while dangling the possibility of a dalliance with a mysterious new assistant (Scarlett Johansson).
So yeah, there's a lot going on here. The enemy -- the focal point of the whole movie, for that matter -- remains murky, making you realize about halfway through that it's unclear exactly what "Iron Man 2" is supposed to be about.
Favreau seemed to handle all the expensive toys effortlessly the first time, an exciting discovery given his previous work on smaller films like "Made" and "Elf." The strain shows now in a lack of momentum and a reliance on generically bombastic action sequences. (The final showdown looks like several blips of light, chasing each other around the skies above New York's Flushing Meadows.)
The cinematography from Matthew Libatique is, once again, an engaging mix of bright, crisp exteriors (especially in IMAX, the way "Iron Man 2" was shown to Los Angeles critics) and tangibly gritty intimate moments. But the big, shiny action sequences -- the reason audiences get giddy for movies like "Iron Man 2," ostensibly -- too often look cartoony. That's especially true of the initial showdown between Stark and Vanko at the Grand Prix of Monaco, with its cars tumbling end-over-end before -- you guessed it -- bursting into flames, just as it seems the "Iron Man" franchise itself is doing.
Associated Press movie critic Christy Lemire wrote this review.
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Some of the best places to quench the need for your morning coffee or that evening cocktail.
With an ample outdoor space and a cozy indoor vibe, Otto Lounge is an ideal location to have a chilled out evening or a crazy Lan Kwai Fong night.
Coffee shop in Causeway Bay Hong Kong - cool vibe and good coffee
The interior is inspired by the restaurant's former life as a meat warehouse, bare brickwork and exposed pipes blend well with elegent styling. Good atmosphere, attentive service, up and coming location. Great with kids too as there is a play area.
AmeriCraft is the leading importer and distributor of American craft beers in Hong Kong. Visit their website for home delivery or join their Beer Club and receive a mixed case of craft beer every month and special benefits. AmeriCraft carries a huge variety of award-winning craft beers from Anchor Brewing, Founders Brewing, Iron Fist Brewing, Jolly …
One of Hong Kong's brightest additions to the coffee scene. Staffed by an award winning Barista, with beans sourced from the Cameroon and style oozing from every cup, this place is really worth a visit.
If you are looking for a bar that really knows its whiskey, then Angel's Share is the place. 100+ whiskeys are available for sampling, including the bar's showpiece "featured barrel" – a full sized barrel from which a rotating whiskey selected by staff is drawn directly. It feels like a bachelor pad with dark wood and …
Sail Victoria Harbour on board an iconic junk complete with splendid red sails. Cruises are available day and night across the harbour and around the islands, and drinks and snacks are available on board.
Sai Kung bar and cafe. Suitable for a big night out or just a relaxed night with friends. Outside seating available, and shows live sports games.
Bar de Luxe is a bar that serves unique, handcrafted drinks and offers fantastic a fantastic view of the city in a simple, classic environment. The bar was opened by Hidetsugo Ueno, the man behind Tokyo's Bar High Five and will be home to female mixologist, Yuriko Naganuma.
Purveyors of some of Hong Kong's finest coffee brewed by experts. The industrial chic interior is a great place to take some time away and relax and upstairs they sell coffee beans and machinery for retail and commercial customers. Food served too, with pasta recommended.


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Special report: The iPhone 4 is available now on T-Mobile from £25 per month.
Want to know if the Milestone the Android landmark its name suggests? Read on for the downlow on Moto's new challenger.
Cybercriminals are basing spam campaigns on iPhone jailbreaking. So be careful out there.
The Michael Jackson character from Plants vs Zombies has gone the way of all flesh.
Android users have had personal information stolen by a rogue application.
Apple is attempting to tackle the slow operation of the iOS 4 platform on its iPhone 3G.
Samsung will be updating the Galaxy S smartphone to Android 2.2 in September.
Antenna problems did nothing to dampen enthusiasm for the iPhone 4, says O2.
HTC Desire and Wildfire users can look forward to all the fun of the FroYo soon.
The rise of Android is swelling the coffers at HTC.


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Arcana Heart 3: LOVE MAX!!!!!, the newest fighting game from Aksys Games and Arc System Works for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and the PlayStation®Vita handheld entertainment system, is shipping to retailers nationwide and is also available on the PSNSM today! Arcana Heart 3: LOVE MAX!!!!! is an over-the-top 2D fighting game that features 23 unique and bubbly "angels" with powerful arcana battling it out to save Japan from the nefarious Drexler Institute!
We have a nifty new trailer for you to view here!
About Arcana Heart 3: LOVE MAX!!!!!
From veteran fighting game companies Aksys Games and Arc System Works comes Arcana Heart 3: LOVE MAX!!!!!
Why Arcana Heart 3: LOVE MAX!!!!! ? – It allows players to change the very stats of their character by choosing different arcana to complement their feisty angel. Each arcana bestows special attacks, abilities and more, meaning that players will not only get to learn how new arcana affect their characters, but each opponent is nearly unpredictable!
Loads of Fun Modes!!!!! – Whether you need a break from all of the fighting or want to duke it out against your friends, Arcana Heart 3: LOVE MAX!!!!! features modes that are fun for everyone! Arc System Works has implemented its famed netcode into the game, allowing players near lagless battles!
Voluminous Story Content!!!!! – Each fighter not only knows how to pack a punch, but they each have a story that goes along with their air-dashing ways. Follow the angels through a massive amount of hidden scenarios (over 300!) that depict the (mostly) pleasant daily lives of our delightful heroines.
Arcana Heart 3: LOVE MAX!!!!! features two cover sheets! The US exclusive cover features three of our lovely angels in full fighting poses – ready to kick some *** . Flip it over and you get these cute, spunky girls in full-on cheerleader attire!
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Watch The Throne moving 436,000 copies its first week between the super power of Jay-Z and Kanye West isn't "wowing" many online users… they're waiting to see week 2.
Jay-Z and Kanye West's "Watch the Throne" arrives, as expected, at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, selling 436,000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan. It's the second-largest sales week of the year for an album, behind only the 1.1 million start of Lady Gaga's "Born This Way."
"Throne" was available exclusively through iTunes from Aug. 8-11 before going on sale at all digital and physical retailers on Friday, Aug. 12. SoundScan's tracking week ended on Sunday, Aug. 14.
"Throne" sold 321,000 downloads, marking the second-largest digital week ever, behind only the 662,000 moved by "Born This Way" in its first week earlier this year. While SoundScan does not disclose retailer-specific sales figures, sources say "Throne" broke iTunes' one-week sales record — with nearly 290,000 digital copies sold through the retailer.
"Throne" also earns Jay-Z his 12th No. 1 and West his fifth. For Jay, the achievement extends his record as the solo act with the most No. 1 albums in history. Only The Beatles, with 19 No. 1s, have more. – Billboard


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The service provides an all-inclusive package to school governors. This includes an annual training programme providing a comprehensive range of courses for governors. Access to guidance, advice and information about governance issues, a telephone helpline and termly newsletter.
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In addition to the functional security, Oracle Advanced Pricing provides an additional level of security
called pricing security. Pricing security provides an additional security which can be used to restrict pricing activities such as updating and viewing pricing entities to users who are granted specific access privileges.
Make sure you set up oracle Inventory, BOM, MRP/ASCP correctly before starting the setups for Oracle Capacity.
The steps shown in the above pic are the set up steps just for the Capacity product. All these setup steps are optional.
Resource Group
Capacity planning is the process of determining the production capacity needed by an organization to meet changing demands for its products. In the context of capacity planning, "capacity" is the maximum amount of work that an organization is capable of completing in a given period of time.
Similar to 11i & R12, You can create below transactions in fusion receivables
• Invoices and Debit Memos
• Credit Memos
• On-Account Credit Memos
• Chargebacks
• Adjustments
All the new fields in fusion application transaction form are outlined in the above pic.
Oracle Fusion Receivables provides most of the functionalities available in Oracle EBS 11i/R12. All the mandatory setups are also similiar to the setups available in 11i/R12.
OFR allows you to perform most of your day-to-day accounts receivable operations. Receivables lets you manage customer billing activities, process customer payments, manage accounts receivable balances, and perform tasks that are related to revenue recognition and revenue adjustments.
What is a tree?
A tree is hierarchical structures that enable several data management functions such as better access control, application of business rules at various levels of hierarchies, improved query performance, and so on.
In 11i/R12 there are many configuration data which 'er shared across all the OUs. Ex: Payment term. It's good because you are required to define the data only once but the biggest disadvantage is that there is no method to restrict the access. In fusion application a new concept of data sharing is added, where you define reference data set(s) and determine how the data is shared or partitioned.
Traditional planning systems like MRP uses item attribute lead time offsets to align supply order due dates with demand dates of need. The ASL providers greater accuracy in making lead time offset calculations during the planning process. You can specify supplier & item specific lead times. This ensures that your orders are placed early enough to provide the selected supplier adequate time to react to your demand for each item.
You specify the invoicing method based on the distribution rule that you select for the contract
project. Oracle Projects supports three methods of invoicing:
• Based on bill rates or markups applied to detail transactions:
- Time and Materials (T&M) when using bill rates, or
- Cost plus when using burden schedules
Using Oracle Projects features, you can manage and control your invoices, review and adjust them online, and review the detailed information that backs up your invoice amounts. When you generate invoices, Oracle Projects calculates bill amounts, creates formatted invoices for printing and posting, and maintains funding balances


text: Tories in £1.5 billion NHS sell-off scandal 04 October 2014 A new investigation by Unite has found that since 2012 a scandalous £1.5 billion has left the NHS and gone into the pockets of just 15 private companies linked to 24 Tory MPs and Lords who voted for the Health and Social Care Act (see notes to editors). Many of these MPs and Lords have benefited from the combination of their links to private healthcare and the sell-off of the NHS. The 24 Tory MPs and Lords, include, The Prime Minister David Cameron, Andrew Lansley, Jo, Johnson, William Hague and Nadhim Zahawi, Nick Herbert, David Ruffley, Chris Skidmore, Mark Simmonds, Nicholas Soames, Jacob Rees-Mogg and Kwasi Kwarteng. Lord Blackwell, Baron Higgins of Worthing, Baroness Cumberledge, Baroness Wheatcroft, Baroness Bottomley, Lord Freeman, Lord Popat, Lord Patten, Lord Glendonbrook, Lord Hunt and Baroness James of Holland Park. Unite general secretary Len McCluskey said: "This is a national scandal and the Tories must be held to account. The government had no mandate to sell-off our NHS but they did just that. You have to ask yourself why? "Since the vote to sell-off our NHS £12 billion pounds of our services are now in private hands. Key clinical services including cancer care, blood analysis and mental health have been sold off or are up for sale. It is time to scrap the Health and Social Care Act and save our NHS. "David Cameron promised there would be no top-down reorganisation of the NHS, but he lied. How can we be in a situation where dozens of his MPs, voted for the sell off and had links to private healthcare companies, knowing this would open up new opportunities for the companies that pay them. "It's no wonder that calls to protect the NHS from TTIP, a EU-US trade deal that threatens to make the sell-off of the NHS permanent, are being ignored by the Tories. "The next election will be make or break for our NHS. It is clear what Cameron's preferred path is – an American style health system." ENDS For further information contact Ciaran Naidoo on 07768 931 315 Twitter: @unitetheunion Facebook: unitetheunion1 Web: www.unitetheunion.org Notes to editors The £1.5 billion is only a proportion of the total value that continues to rise as a result of the Health and Social Care Act. Millions of pounds gained by private companies from NHS contracts with links to Tories are still to be unearthed. The 15 private companies that have secured revenue from NHS contracts and the links to Tory Lords and MPs; Company Value of NHS Contracts Link to Tory MP or Lord Advantage Healthcare (Interserve) £418,729 thousand Lord Blackwell Bupa £235 million Baroness Bottomley Beachcroft consortium £20 million Lord Hunt of Wirral BMI Healthcare (London & Regional) £24 million David Cameron Care UK - The majority of Care UK's revenue is attributable to publicly funded entities such as Local Authorities, Clinical Commissioning Groups and other NHS bodies. £659.6 million Andrew Lansley, Nick Herbert, David Ruffley, Chris Skidmore Circle £121 million Mark Simmonds, Baron Higgins of Worthing, Nicholas Soames, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Kwasi Kwarteng, Jo Johnson Cumberledge £20,000 thousand Baroness Cumberledge DLA Piper £2.639 million Baroness Wheatcroft Odgers £200,000 thousand Baroness Bottomley PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers) £3.4 million Lord Freemen TLC Group £4.43 million Lord Popat The Practice (MMC Ventures) £636,275 thousand William Hague Tunstall £5 million Lord Patten Serco £432 million Lord Glendonbrook & Baroness James of Holland Park SThree £2.6 million Nadhim Zahawi Selection of companies attached to Tory parliamentarians and money made thanks to the Health and Social Care Act. Circle Circle which were the first private company to take over the running of an NHS hospital have also recently been awarded a contract by Bedfordshire CCG as the prime contractor for musculoskeletal services worth £120 million over 5 years. Circle investors are also donors of the Conservative Party and have given money to MPs offices. One of those investors, Robin Odey of Odey Asset Management has donated to the offices of Nicholas Soames, Jacob Rees-Mogg and Kwasi Kwarteng who used to work for Odey Management as an analyst, and Jo Johnson, head of the number 10 policy unit. All voted for the bill. Conservative peer Baron Higgins of Worthing holds shares in Lansdowne UK Equity Fund, another investor in Circle. Voted for the bill. Care UK The majority of Care UK's revenue is attributable to publicly funded entities such as Local Authorities, Clinical Commissioning Groups and other NHS bodies. In their 2013 annual report for bondholders, the Care UK group received £659.6 million in revenue for the year. Part of this sum included the purchase of Out of Hours company, Harmoni, John Nash was the Chairman of Care UK. MP: Former Health Secretary Andrew Lansley who co-wrote the health and social care bill received £21,000 to run his office from Caroline Nash the wife of John Nash when he was shadow health secretary. John Nash was chairman of Care UK at the time. Voted on the legislation with the government. MP: Nick Herbert received donations from Caroline Nash. The donations were £15,000 in 2008 and in 2009. Voted on the Health and Social Care bill legislation with government. MP: David Ruffley also received a £10,000 donation from Caroline Nash in 2009 - Now Care UK have won contracts in his constituency. Voted on the Health and Social Care bill legislation with the government. MP: Chris Skidmore who in June 2010 attended a "Should we abolish the NHS?" event hosted by the free market think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs received £5,000 to his office in run up to the election in 2010 from Caroline Nash. Voted on the Health and Social Care Bill with government. Lord Popat'swife Sandhya Popat is the sole owner of a nursing care home company that has given the Conservative party over £200,000. Lord Popat has given £284,707 in donations to the Conservative party, with one donation of £25,000 given one week after the Tory health reforms were unveiled. Lord Popat was the owner listed until 2013 and his interest as Chairman was deleted after he was made a Lord in June 2011. David Cameron made Dolar Popat a Lord shortly after entering No 10 in July 2010. A freedom if information request has revealed how The Popat family company, TLC Group has made £4.43 million via the new commissioning groups that were created following the Health and Social Care Act. Despite this clear conflict of interest, Lord Popat was allowed to vote on the Health and Social Care bill helping it to become an Act. Tory MP Nadhim Zahawi is a non-executive director of Sthree which has received at least £2.6 million from the changes to the NHS by providing staff to the new Commissioners of the NHS. Former Health Secretary Baroness Bottomley is a Director of International Resources Group Ltd, which is 100% owned by Odgers (Group) Ltd. Bottomley acts as chair for the Odgers Berndtson Board & CEO Practice. The practice conducts searches for 'high level' Chairmen, CEOs and non-executive directors for plcs and private companies. Richard Boggis-Rolfe the chairman of Odgers Berndtson has given £207,500 in donations to the Conservative party up until the election. They have been responsible for filling key positions in the new NHS regulator Monitor. In total 12 senior personnel have been sourced and vetted by Odgers at a cost of nearly £200,000. Baroness Bottomley voted on the Health bill and when speaking at a Health bill reading said 'I give this Bill an unequivocal and extraordinarily warm welcome.' Baroness Cumberlegeowns a training company that prior to the health bill being passed, moved into an alliance that was vying for contracts to develop the new CCGs. Her company then went on to gain several contracts doing just that. Ms Bottomley also voted on the Health bill, helping it become an Act. She secured £1,200 +VAT for a one-day course for Horsham and Mid-Sussex and Hastings and Rother CCGs. Her company was paid £12,896 from NHS South-Eastern Hampshire and NHS Fareham and Gosport CCGs via a bursary from NHS South-Central SHA for one-day course on 'Understanding Politics Masterclass.' David Cameron's leadership campaign and the Conservative party General Healthcare Group (GHG) is owned by a consortium led by Network Healthcare Holdings (Netcare), the largest private healthcare organisation in South Africa, which gained international notoriety in 2010 after admitting involvement in organ trafficking. The private equity firm Apax Partners has a 32% minority stake; the secretive Livingstone brothers' property company London and Regional owns around 7.5%. GHG operates under two brands, one of them is BMI Healthcare, the UK's largest chain of private hospitals. Adrian Beecroftis a director of Apax Partners, he joined in 1984, and for many years was its Chief Investment Officer. He has donated over £500,000 to the Conservative Party since 2006. London and Regional donated £10,000 to David Cameron's leadership campaign in 2005. They have donated £76,930 to the Conservative Party, £50,000 in 2010 before the H&SCA and £26,930 on 21 August 2012 after the H&SCA had passed. William Haguereceived donations from Bruce Ferguson MacFarlane, founding director of MMC Ventures, which part-owns The Practice Plc. He has donated £20,000 to William Hague – in four amounts on 06/02/2006, 23/05/2008, and 23/02/2009 and Alan William Morgan, founding director of MMC Ventures, donated £5000 to William Hague on 23/05/2008. NHS link: The Practice Plc runs 60 GP surgeries and further clinical assessment and treatment services (CATS) across the NHS. Unite is Britain and Ireland's largest trade union with over 1.4 million members working across all sectors of the economy. The general secretary is Len McCluskey You may also be interested in... Government needs to transform funding system to tackle Cornish tourist challengesUnite, the UK's largest union, is calling on the government to reform its local funding formula to ensure that Cornwall and other tourist hotspots are better able to cope with peak holiday periods. 'Unpaid leave' plan for Somerset county council staff is due to financial incompetence, says UniteUnite acting regional secretary for the south west Steve Preddy said: "This crisis is entirely of this Tory-controlled council's own making. If it had taken the advice of its financial advisors and raised council tax in line with inflation in recent ... Government must stop dithering as West Midlands hospital faces further delays, demands UniteUnite, the UK's largest union, is calling on the government to 'stop dithering' as financing problems are set to further delay the completion of the Midland Metropolitan Hospital in Smethwick, which has been stalled following the collapse of the orig... Leicester victory over 'tax avoiding' NHS hived-off companyUnite national officer for health Colenzo Jarrett-Thorpe said: "This is a significant victory in our campaign to stop these entities being formed which could lead to a Pandora's Box of Carillion-type meltdowns – with the adverse knock-on effects on j... Mental health services in Oxfordshire face severe cuts, Unite warnsUnite national officer for health Colenzo Jarrett-Thorpe said: "Oxfordshire clinical commissioning group ranks in the bottom half of national spending on mental health – it is a serial underfunder."


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An international anti-terrorist organisation is charged with capturing weapons of mass destruction and ensuring they do not fall into the wrong hands. However, their latest mission is their most vital - finding an experimental device that will cause every nuclear reactor in the world to go into meltdown. Action thriller, starring Joe Lara and Udo Kier


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It is not just about being a workaholic; working week after week without a break can take a toll on you. That's exactly the reason why a number of people prefer to go for weekend away, vacations etc. I did this exact thing a couple of day ago and it did help me, that's what inspired me to write this post.
I took a day off, sat home, binged watched series, did absolutely nothing and it felt really nice.
Here's how it helped me and here's how it helps,
Helps you focus better
Working nonstop can lead to a burn out. You need to pause and take breaks. The day off can let you calm down and keep your stress in control, this leads to you work better and focus better when you get back to work the next day.
Back with a bang
With that stress gone and after you spent a day doing things that you wanted to do you are more motivated the next day. You get to work with a positive attitude, ready to win that project and finish all the pending work.
Allows you to calm down and take care of yourself
Mental health is as important as physical, unfortunately you cannot call in work and ask them that you need a mental break. Calling in sick and explaining that you have a flu is still acceptable, but calling your boss and saying that you need a mental break is not acceptable. It is not a bad thing to want to relax and calm down, but relaxing equals to 'chilling at the beach' in today's dictionary.
Have you ever taken a day off just to relax? Tell me about it in the comments below; you can also share what you did that day J


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TechSmith, makers of my (up to now) favorite SnagIt and Camtasia have created the Jing Project, a new screen image & video capture tool. It is slick, simple, easy, and fun. I just installed it and am loving it. Right now it's complete FREE, thanks TechSmith. It hooks up to screencast.com to make sharing online easy and has a wonderfully smooth user workflow.
The How-To Geek blog has done a great review, so to get the details, check out their post Capture and Share Images and Videos the Easy Way.
(thanks to the How-To Geek blog for the pic here too)
btw, Jing has a nice blog too, and talk about showing off new features with the most perfect little video, check this out, wish all new release notices were this simple & effective, inspiring
Update (6/12/08), 20% Features, 80% Usefulness: After having used Jing for a little while now, I've got a report on it's usefulness… So Jing has both static image & video screen capture, but it is a small subset of features compared to using SnagIt & Camtasia, it has like 20% of the features, but they're the features that are used 80% of the time. For example, for static screen captures, you can annotate the capture with arrows, boxes, highlighting, and text with Jing, which is what I'd do 80% of the time with SnagIt, but Jing doesn't have some of the more unique annotations like clipart, torn edges, borders, etc that SnagIt does. So I've found that I'm using Jing 80% of the time and the other 20% I pull up SnagIt or Camtasia. I'd recommend using Jing first, and if you need more, then try SnagIt or Camtasia.


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The three-day celebration of the golden jubilee of His Eminence, William Cardinal O'Connell, reached its culmination yesterday forenoon in what was literally a "mass meeting" of about 40,000 persons in Fenway Park. It was certainly one of the most impressive Sunday services ever held in this city.
On the program it was called an "Open-Air Mass and Religious Civic Ceremony." And, in a way, that describes it. But there was something more to it – there was something that could not possibly be embodied in a phrase.
Spiritual dignity
In the first place there was an atmosphere of kindliness, sympathy and fellowship, tempered with spiritual dignity, which everybody in that vast concourse felt. It wasn't merely during the mass, which the Cardinal celebrated – it was something radiant that was felt by everybody throughout the whole meeting.
It seemed like a sort of preparation for the unforgettable address of the Cardinal after all the others had spoken – his response to what had been said in the way of eulogy by the other speakers, and to all the token of esteem that have been showered upon him the past week or more, from all over the world.
There was a spirit of exaltation in that address – of fine tolerance and broad sympathies. No one present – who saw it and heard it – will soon forget his splendid eulogy of the Jewish race or his fervent words of regard for President Roosevelt. The applause showed that his words had touched the hearts of those present.
The day and the time and the place were all perfect for such exercises. The weather was beautiful during the hours of the service. And the arrangements also were perfect. The altar, flower embowered, was in the center of the field, about 200 feet from the grandstand.
Grandstands crowded
The immense audience had been coming into the grandstands for an hour or more before the exercises began. They came from all over Greater Boston and from distant points in the Archdiocese. And they were all promptly cared for.
The great applause came when the Cardinal, in his red robes and beretta, with the other prelates and guests, appeared and moved slowly in processional between the line of the Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus to the altar.


text: Serve up flavored popcorn favors to your guests (with recipes!) #Food#Reception Advice#food#reception#steal-this-idea#wedding favors January 5 2017 | Catherine Clark bijouxandbits Photos by: Jasmine Norris Photography Photos by Jasmine Norris Photography Related Post Serve "walking tacos" at your reception A "walking taco" is an awesomely portable, perfectly portioned, totally casual snack that would be perfect during a cocktail hour or reception. The trick is... Read more Nidia and Jamal had tons of things going for their sweet Indiana wedding, but we couldn't stop drooling over their many flavors of popcorn favors (among a few favors!) they served to their guests. They had Chicago Mix (a Chicago staple of cheddar cheese and caramel mix), Asian BBQ, and Bombay Seasoning. I totally want all of those flavors right now. Read on for more photos AND more flavored popcorn recipes below… Ooh, I also spy apple butter favors… but let's stay on topic before I get apple distraction. You could translate this idea to the reception, cocktail hour, or even before the ceremony for mid-tears noshing. Don't forget the scoops! Scroll down for a few more popcorn flavor ideas for your own flavored popcorn favors… Rosemary parmesan popcorn with browned butter Flavored popcorn favors recipe ideas: Trail mix popcorn Combine salted, cheese, or caramel popcorn with peanuts, pretzel sticks, raisins, M&M's, and other trail mix goodies. Cookies and cream popcorn Combine kettle corn or plain popcorn with crushed Oreos and 6 ounces of melted vanilla candy melts. Cinnamon sugar popcorn Mix plain popcorn with two tablespoons of melted butter in the bag, two teaspoons of sugar, and sprinkle cinnamon on top. S'mores popcorn Combine plain popcorn with mini marshmallows, Golden Grahams (or broken graham crackers), and drizzled chocolate. Cookie butter peanut popcorn The taste of popular cookie butter + popcorn. Recipe here! Rosemary parmesan popcorn with browned butter Savory and delicious. Recipe here! more wedding popcorn ideas: These personalized popcorn favors can be food, favors, AND table numbers You might remember Jensen and Quinn's #goals brunch drunk love wedding, but do you recall the most wonderful food element of all? We are loving these personalized popcorn favors that… Read More Offer a wedding popcorn station for theater-style snacking Remember Scott and Arthur's super adorable Castkills wedding where they made us grin like whoa at their antics? There was even more to see. At their reception, they offered up… Read More Reporter Name * Reporter Email * Original text Enter the original text here. Edited text* Enter your suggested copyedit here. Notes You can add a note for the editor here. * Required information. Fix Typo Catherine Clark Catherine Clark is Offbeat Bride's Senior Editor. In her spare time she loiters at her local library, makes art, watches movies en masse, plays video and tabletop games, poorly cooks healthy things, cuddles with her feline fur baby, and blogs at BijouxandBits.com. @enidjcoleslaw @bijouxandbits @bijouxandbits PREVIOUS Doing good while getting wed: wedding charity ideas to support your favorite causes NEXT Rain falls like love at this "mutual weirdness" citrus colored wedding Show/Hide comments [ 0 ] Join the conversation Cancel Reply Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Sign me up for your offbeat awesomeness newsletter! No-drama comment policy Part of what makes the Offbeat Empire different is our commitment to civil, constructive commenting. Make sure you're familiar with our no-drama comment policy. Biz owners & wedding bloggers Please just use your real name in your comment, not your business name or blog title. Our comments are not the place to pimp your website. If you want to promote your stuff on Offbeat Bride, join us as an advertiser instead.


text: Fiumicino to Parabiago trains might be a good value for money solution: travelling in Italy by train is often rather cheap and faster than taking a bus indeed Trains leave from Fiumicino Aeroporto and arrive at Parabiago every 60 minutes on average. If travelling with Trenitalia, you need to know the Fiumicino to Parabiago train schedule: the first train leaves at 06:27, while the last ride is at 18:27. A Fiumicino to Parabiago train cost about 98.3 €. But how long is the train ride from Fiumicino to Parabiago? Your journey takes about 6 hours on average.


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In order to make money, you need to attract people towards your site; the more people that come to your site, the better chance you have at getting money. If you wish to increase your Internet traffic, consider search engine optimization. Take the time to utilize the insights you'll read here in order to optimize your website with search engines.
Search engine results can be improved in a number of ways. Your site will show up in results more frequently if you use SEO effectively. As you improve performance, users will benefit from a more enjoyable experience.
When you develop SEO pages, it pays to have lots of shorter pieces on related topics instead of a single long one. Long pages get weighted less than shorter ones by the search engines. Additionally, most internet users prefer to read shorter articles rather than longer ones.
Keyword density is important when optimizing an internet page for various search engines. Ideally, your page's overall keyword density should be at 20% or less.
Meta Tags
It is important to have descriptive anchor text for all of your links, particularly internal links to other areas of your website. Your link should never read simply "click here"; this doesn't benefit your search engine rankings in any way. Selecting the optimum keywords to use in anchor text will really get you noticed by the crawling spiders.
To achieve the best ranking in search engine results, incorporate a number of keywords related to your market niche in the meta tags for your website. Many experts have also recommended including misspellings of the keywords in the meta tags if someone happens to spell it wrong. The content of your meta tags is what helps the search engine categorize your website and determine how to describe your link to searchers. As an example, if "traveling" is your keyword, include "traveling" in addition to the European spelling of "travelling."
Buy an easy to remember domain name. This is very helpful to people who have found your content on YouTube. They are memorable and easy to say.
Research their previous experience, and how long they have been working in this field. Learn about the possible risks of hiring an SEO company before making a decision.
Meta description tags are an extremely useful tool for optimizing your website for major search engines. Description tags provide a good value to you, as it will be used to blurb about your site or page on search engine results. Make your meta tag information concise and meaningful. This will draw more guests into your website.
Another SEO tool is to be involved in blogging. Blogs get ranked easily since search engine algorithms prefer highly-structured data and new content. To rank sites highly, search engines like to see backlinks.
Starting a blog about your website and participating in other related blogs can be an effective SEO technique. Search engine spiders tend to sort page rankings by the amount of fresh content and structure a website offers. This makes blogging an ideal platform for people who want to boost their page rankings. Getting links to your site out there is essential for your search ranking.
Site Map
The best way to increase traffic is to place new relevant content on your website. Visitors won't keep coming back if they can't find what they came to your site to get. Having good content is a crucial step in driving traffic to your site.
Adding a site map to you site is vital to any SEO process. Spiders can easily decipher you site if you have a site map. If you have a large website, you might want to break your site map into multiple sections. Each map should not exceed 100 links in size.
Many site owners forget to check their sites for grammar issues, even though that is one of the most important things about owning a website. Make sure that all of the information on your site is clearly laid out for your visitors and for search engines. Search engines are more likely to disregard your website or give it a low ranking if keywords are misspelled or your content contains a number of conspicuous grammatical errors.
You can do it alone if you learn how SEO works. There is a wide array of resources you can look to for help in learning the trade. Many websites and books are available to help you with SEO.
Don't use too many keywords. Instead, stick with about a dozen keywords that best reflect your site. Analytical tools can help bring the most visitors to your site.
Site Map
Using webpage captions is wise for SEO purposes. Thus, if you have lots of photos or news articles on your site, utilize keyword-rich captioning to boost traffic.
Develop a site map as a way of assisting search engines to index your pages. Also known as a navigation bar, a site map allows search engines to find pages from any other page of your site. A site map may have a significant impact on search engine rankings, even for small websites.
It's important to make sure that each picture on a website has an "alt" tag. These tags show what an image should be if it doesn't load, or the visitor has disabled image display in his or her browser. These alt tags are read and indexed by the search engines, so putting keywords there helps to improve ranking.
As a first step, conduct research about keywords. Wisely choose which keywords to use on your website and in your titles. You should research what people are looking for when looking for products in your market and select your keywords from what are being used to search. Using these phrases across your site will make your site's rankings skyrocket.
Improving your search engine ranking will improve your overall business. A lot of businesses do not realize this fact.
Your websites should never have duplicate content if you are going to stay out of the spam filters of search engines. Sometimes you might even be posting duplicate content and not even know that you are. Posting duplicate content can result in the search engines viewing your site as spammy.
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posted this build for a fast farmer dps ashe. i noticed that most of the builds here focused on leveling the volley or frost shot first.
this is how i build my ashe if i play.
you'll notice that i leveled up my hawkshot to 5 first before those 2 other skills,
that's because i tend to farm. yes i do gank but you cant always kill much hero right? so farming with +5 gold every minion kill would give you fast money to buy these items.
i also love this build if i have TF with me! +7g every minion kill. FTW!
this build is not for those who just jump in on clashes. you'll have to be very careful because you might get killed in seconds. but if you have a good tank and knows how to get your self in distance from every clash, you'll own pretty much.. you can 2 hit any AP build legends(crit).. this will give you 1k crit on low armor legends and 400-500 for heavy armored legends..
for summoner abilities, i always use that two (ghost & cleanse) so i can run and chase.. but you can use exhaust instead of cleanse so if ever you have met someone on road you can have them miss their attack to you.. and own them fast with your high dps..
btw, you should get vampiric scepter as your first item so you could stay on you lane much longer.


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SIG Sauer
|Firearms, Sporting Goods
|Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
|SIG Sauer Inc., Newington, New Hampshire and Exeter, NH
SIG Sauer, GmbH, Eckenforde, Germany, United States
Area served
|Handguns, rifles, ammunition, electro-optics, airguns, suppressors, shooting accessories
|Gunsmithing, training
|Lüke & Ortmeier Holding Gruppe
Number of employees
|L & O Holding Gruppe
|SIG Sauer, Inc.
SIG Sauer, GmbH
There are two SIG Sauer companies. The original company, SIG Sauer GmbH, is a firearms manufacturer and importer. It had been formed as a partnership between Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft of Switzerland and J.P. Sauer & Sohn of Germany. It is a subsidiary of Lüke & Ortmeier Gruppe (L&O Holding), which also owns Swiss Arms AG.[1] [2]
A separate company was founded in the USA in 1985 with the name Sigarms (until October 2007) to import and distribute SIG Sauer firearms into the United States. Since 2000 SIG Sauer Inc. has been organizationally separate from manufacturer SIG Sauer GmbH.[1][3]
SIG (now known as SIG Holding, AG) no longer has any firearms business. This last was sold to L&O Holding of Emsdetten, Germany and was renamed Swiss Arms.[1]
Schweizerische Waggon Fabrik
The origins of the SIG Sauer company lie in the company named Schweizerische Waggon Fabrik or Swiss Wagon Factory (in English) which was founded in 1853 by Friedrich Peyer im Hof, Heinrich Moser and Johann Conrad Neher.[4][5] In 1860, a state-of-the-art rifle of their creation won a competition by Switzerland's Federal Ministry of Defense, resulting in the award of a contract to produce 30,000 Prelaz-Burnand rifles. The Prélaz-Burnand 1859 was invented by gunsmith Jean-Louis Joseph Prélaz and an army officer Edouard Burnand and adopted as rifle M1863 (15,566 made by SIG).[6]
Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft (SIG)
Upon receiving the contract to produce rifles the company name was changed to Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft (SIG), German for "Swiss Industrial Company" (in French regions of Switzerland was known as Société Industrielle Suisse).[4] reflecting the new emphasis on their production.[7]
The SIG P210 pistol was developed in 1937 based on the French Model 1935 pistol (The Petter-Browning Design was licensed). It was adopted by the Swiss military in 1949 as the "Pistole 49". This single-action semi-automatic P210 brought SIG much acclaim, due to the precision manufacturing processes employed in its manufacture and its resultant accuracy and reliability. The P210 frame design incorporates external rails that fit closely with the slide, thus eliminating play in the mechanism during firing. The P210 was noted for its extreme accuracy. The Petter-Browning patent which was a refinement of the Browning Hi-Power (P35) which was John Moses Browning's last design which was created for, but not adopted, the French 1935 pistol.
In the 1970s SIG purchased both Hammerli[8] and J.P. Sauer and Sohn, which resulted in the formation of SIG Sauer.
SIG's remaining firearms business was sold in the year 2000 by L & O Holding.[9] It is now known as Swiss Arms.[10]
There are now two SIG Sauer companies, one in New Hampshire, USA and the other in Eckenforde, Germany. Since its creation in the USA, all new SIG Sauer designs presented by this company have been designed in the USA.
A new design of firearm was created in response to the Swiss Military and Police requirement for a handgun to replace the P210. The new design was based on the Petter-Browning design but was simplified. It should properly be called the SIG Sauer System, which is in fact the labeling on one of the first SIG Sauer handguns. A modified SIG Sauer P220 design was produced for the Browning Arms company in 1977. On the right side of the slide are the words "SIG Sauer System". This was the first SIG Sauer P220 type sold in the USA. When the sales of the Browning BDA ceased in 1980 the P220 was sold in its own form.[11]
Swiss law limits the ability of Swiss companies to export firearms.[12] Swiss companies who wish to do this have to do so by using a foreign partner. In the case of SIG they chose the German firm of J.P. Sauer & Sohn. In partnering with Sauer, SIG also combined their expertise in firearms design.
The Sauer 38H had been produced in competition with other German makers such as Mauser and Walther at a time with new designs began to feature a double/single action trigger. The Double Action trigger mechanism combined with the advanced safety features including the hammer lowering decocking lever, were contributed by Sauer to the new P220 design.[13]
SIG Sauer's line of handguns began in 1975 with the SIG Sauer SIG P220.[11] Prior to World War II, Sauer had been primarily a maker of shotguns and hunting rifles. During the war, they produced a handgun, the Sauer 38H, but afterwards had withdrawn from this market. With SIG as their partner/owner, Sauer returned to the business of manufacturing handguns.
SIG Sauer Inc.
In January 1985 SIGARMS was established in Tyson's Corner, Virginia where the handgun models P220 and P230 were imported into the USA from SIG Sauer in Germany. Two years later the firm moved to a larger facility in Herndon, Virginia and introduced models P225, P226, and P228.[14]
SIGarms moved to Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1990 where Production facilities had been established and production began on the P229 in 1992.[14]
The parent company, SIG Sauer GmbH, is a subsidiary of manufacturing firm L&O Holding, which also owns Swiss Arms AG which was formerly a division of Sig Holding AG. Since 2000 SIG Sauer Inc has been organizationally separate from manufacturer SIG Sauer GmbH. [3] SIGarms, and its European sister companies, J.P. Sauer & Sohn, Blaser USA, Mauser Jagdwaffen GmbH, and Swiss Arms were bought by Michael Lüke and Thomas Ortmeier in October 2000.[15] In 2007 SIGarms changed its name to SIG Sauer.[16]
Ron Cohen, SIG Sauer's president and chief executive officer joined the privately held firm in 2004. Born in 1963 and of Israeli ancestry, Ron Cohen studied at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology and served in the Israeli Defense Forces. Cohen was a commander of a combat unit between 1979 and 1984.[17] In 2004, according to Cohen the company was near failure, with just 130 employees. Cohen decided to add AR-15-pattern rifles to the company's product mix, which he credits with saving the company. By 2016, it had over 1,000 employees and was selling more than 43,000 firearms a year.[18] SIG Sauer is the largest of the five sisters companies and one of the largest firearms manufacturing entities in the world.[4]
According to SIG Sauer, one-third of US police use SIG firearms.[19]
Sig Academy
SIG Sauer operates a firearms training school in the U.S. led by German specialists, the SIG Sauer Academy, in Epping, New Hampshire.[14]
Other Product Lines
Sig Sauer produces a wide range of accessories for the firearms and sporting goods industry. [20]
US Modular Handgun System bid
The U.S. military has produced a requirement for a new handgun to replace the current M9 model (Beretta 92FS). In February 2016, bids were submitted by 12 companies to compete for this contract which was expected to result in purchases of more than 500,000 pieces. As of July 1, 2016, SIG Sauer was reported to be one of three remaining competitors who were in consideration for this contract.[21] On January 19, 2017, SIG Sauer was awarded the contract.[22]
See also
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "San Swiss Arms". swissarms.ch. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ↑ "Is my "Made in Germany" (or West Germany) SIG Really German?". realgunreviews.com. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Taking a Tour of SIG Sauer's Manufacturing Plant". thetruthaboutguns.com. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "About Us : Overview".
- ↑ http://www.guns-review.com/innovaeditor/assets/SigSauerMCX_516/founders_5.jpg Photo of Founder
- ↑ "Prelaz-Burnard rifle in Swiss Rifles Forum".
- ↑ http://www.sigsauer.com/LawEnforcement/Default.aspx%7C Sig-Sauer Law Enforcement
- ↑ GmbH, CARL WALTHER. "Home - Hämmerli Website".
- ↑ Grässlin, Jürgen; Harrich, Daniel; Harrich-Zandberg, Danuta (28 September 2015). Netzwerk des Todes: Die kriminellen Verflechtungen von Waffenindustrie und Behörden (in German). Heyne Verlag. pp. 18–19. ISBN 978-3-641-18226-7.
- ↑ Kapella, Jürgen. "Swiss Arms: Startseite".
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Ayoob, Massad (14 May 2014). Gun Digest Book of SIG-Sauer. Iola, Wisconsin: F+W Media. pp. 55–56. ISBN 978-1-4402-3920-5.
- ↑ Pike, John. "Swiss Arms Industry".
- ↑ Smith, W.H.B. (1968). Book of Pistols and Rifles (7th ed.). Stackpole. p. 287.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Haas, Frank De; Zwoll, Wayne (31 October 2003). Bolt Action Rifles. Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Publications. pp. 2–3. ISBN 0-87349-660-4.
- ↑ Ayoob, Massad (29 May 2012). Massad Ayoob's Greatest Handguns of the World. Iola, Wisconsin: F+W Media. pp. 237–238. ISBN 978-1-4402-2877-3.
- ↑ Ramage, Ken (19 November 2008). Guns Illustrated 2009. F+W Media, Inc. p. 30. ISBN 0-89689-673-0.
- ↑ "SIG SAUER Inc.".
- ↑ "This is how SIG Sauer cashed in on selling assault rifles". Newsweek. 27 June 2016.
"It was a company on the verge of bankruptcy and about two seconds away from imploding," company CEO Ron Cohen recalled in a 2010 profile in Management Today. Then, Cohen made a swift decision that would save the company and turn it into the No. 4 gun manufacturer in America: He turned the company's sites onto "AR-style" assault rifles that would be marketed to civilians.... In 2004 the company had a mere 130 employees. ... A decade later it sold 43,141 guns in a single year and today has more than 1,000 employees in manufacturing facilities across the country.
- ↑ "Military / Federal Government -> Overview".
- ↑ "Sig Sauer Inc.". officer.com. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ↑ "The Top Three Contenders For The U.S. Military's XM17 Modular Handgun System Contract - Bearing Arms - APX, Beretta, Detonics Defense, Modular Handgun System, P320 MHS, Sig Sauer, STI". 1 July 2015.
- ↑ "After 10-year effort, Army selects new pistol makerI". CNN.com. 19 January 2017.
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Polychromy laboratory
This laboratory studies the painting techniques of polychromies on diverse supports. Only non-invasive (without sampling), non-destructive (without destroying the sample) and micro-desctructive (with micro-sampling) analysis methods are used.
The study of the painting techniques is based on:
- the identification of the components of the paint layers (pigments, colorants, binders, varnishes, additives...);
- the identification of the function of each layer in the layer structure (preparation, isolation, underlayer, glaze...);
- the analysis of the interactions and transformations of the materials after aging (phenomena of decoloration, whitening, blackening, forming of soaps, salts, crusts...);
- the study of the methods of fabrication of pigments (raw material, differences in quality, forgery / fraud)
The research of this laboratory focuses on:
- the study of organic colourants (identification methods, studies of the properties, behaviour, degradations, method of fabrication, frequency of use in the glazes);
- the study of the techniques and technologies of polychromies and the reconstruction of preparation and application techniques (applied brocades, glazes, aventurine, gilding...);
- the development of micro-destructive methods for organic colourants by reducing the quantity needed for their identification;
- the development and improvement of non-destructive spectroscopic imaging methods.
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LisaRaye McCoy Talks Stacey Dash's Departure From Single Ladies
With the highly anticipated second season of Single Ladies almost upon us, LisaRaye McCoy talked to JET magazine about the behind-the-scenes drama that resulted in Stacey Dash's exit from the show and newcomer Denise Vasi jumping into the Louboutins she left behind. Check out highlights below (via TheYBF):
On moving on without Stacey Dash, who played her best friend on the show:
"Believe me I wish things had worked out because I thought Stacey and I were great together. She was my age and we were working it. It was sex-symbol to sex-symbol. But she didn't want to be there. I was disappointed about that. She had some issues. I'm not sure exactly what those issues were. In the end, she and VH1 made a decision."
On the catfights that really went down on set:
"Yes, there was a disagreement over a scene. And it really wasn't with me. It was with the director. I think it was about 2 or 3AM and we'd been shooting all damn day. Stacey tried to argue with the director about a line. And I'm like: 'Girl, if you don't say what the director wants you to say.' It wasn't that serious at first, but it went there.
It's a bunch of women on the set. We might all be on our damn period at any given point. I just wanted us to move forward. Then the argument took on a life of its own. The show decided to use it for publicity. They just ran with it."
The rest of LisaRaye's interview is just as juicy as that little tidbit, and you can read it all in next week's issue of JET magazine. Single Ladies season 2 will premiere May 28 at 9pm ET/PT on VH1!!!