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Group RebootsPosted by TeelaHerman.com on 5 years ago
Hi all!!!!
I started my very first (40 day) juice fast back in February of 2013. I was able to lose weight, break my addiction to unhealthy foods, and get my life back on track...
but then when it came time to eat "healthy", I found out that I had NO IDEA what healthy FOOD was. I was way too comfortable with juice fasting and I didn't have a CLUE as to what foods to eat and I would start gaining weight back slowly...so back to the juice fast I'd go! And I used my juice fasting as a crazy yo-yo diet, instead of learning what proper foods to nourish my body with.
I am sure there are so many other people out there who have been through something similar and I wanted to reach out and offer my support.
I've lost over 100 lbs and I still do my reboots, but now I do them for detoxification reasons, and not for weight loss. My life has changed tremendously and I am now in LOVE with body and my self-esteem.
I tend to be on Facebook ALL THE TIME....so if you want to connect that way, add me here: Teela GettingFit Herman
I also have some AWESOME accountability groups that I run on Facebook that focus on clean eating and daily exercise. I'd LOVE to have you join me.
My hope for THIS group is to come back here and check in daily with my progress, foods I ate, and the workouts I've dedicated myself to doing daily, for 30 minutes a day. Wanna join me? I'd LOVE to have any and all the support I can get....as long as offering my support and encouragement to others.
Sooooo.... now that you've finished your juice fast, let's get started with CLEAN EATING!
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The Entrepreneurial University – Pt3
In this post on the Entrepreneurial University, I look at questions of implementation.
Role models
The Entrepreneurial university involves faculty as well as the creation of external firms. For both types of activity, entrepreneurial role models are important to inspire the commercialization of research. "The research indicates that a bottom-up approach is more conducive to fostering academic entrepreneurship…". "…university management need to be cognisant of the underlying culture within their institution before engaging in interventionist policies." (Philpott et al. 2011: 169).
Intermediaries and boundary spanners
Individuals acting as intermediaries are required to connect the worlds of research and business, and thus integrate planning, finance and marketing skills with those of scholarly research. Grad students or post-doc fellows are suggested.
Spin-off policies are not all equal: "Most attention has been focused on spinout creation and not on increasing the probability that these firms are sustainable in the long run"; while different spin-off business models across disciplines require "a differentiated approach to their creation and development" (Siegel et al. 2007). There are also differences by discipline among faculty. Funding gaps, the judicious assignment of intellectual property and the requisite skills in technology transfer facilities must all be considered.
Orientation of the entrepreneurial university
Is the entrepreneurial program oriented towards creating new revenue streams for the university, or rather is part of a general plan for local or regional economic development (Siegel et al. 2007)? Geographic situation influences the orientation of policy: "A major tension for mid-range, as opposed to top universities, arises from pressures to develop internationally recognized areas of research excellence… and at the same time to transfer knowledge to the local economy." (Siegel et al. 2007: 498).
In the next post (the last of 4), I review some critique of the entrepreneurial role for the university.
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Chinese tech major Lenovo has added fizz to the Indian PC market with the launch of its latest products…
NEW DELHI, JULY 20, 2017: Aimed at consolidating its position in the India personal computers market, Lenovo today launched a wide range of portable laptops for multi-tasking, gaming, entertainment enthusiasts. The new models are a part of its 'Yoga' and 'Ideapad' series that comes loaded with latest tech and features.
The new 'Yoga' series include the Yoga 520 and Yoga 720, while the 'Ideapad' series include Ideapad 320, 320S, 520, 520S and 720S. The Lenovo Yoga 720S is the most expensive amongst all that come with a price tag of Rs.74,850, while the 'Ideapad' 320 is its budget offering priced at Rs.17,800.
"Our endeavor has always been to offer innovative and breakthrough technology that is differentiated to add value to our consumers. Our latest collection further strengthens our position as the trend setter in the PC space. Today we launch clutter-breaking, future-ready products that boast of category-first features at mainstream pricing," said Lenovo India Executive Director (Consumer Business and E-commerce) Rajesh Thadani while launching the new products.
"All our latest products that we are rolling out have been designed keeping in mind the customer's needs and expectations. Customers are an integral part of our decision making journey. Lenovo is creating its products
keeping in mind what our consumers want," he added.
Asked about Lenovo's contribution towards government's 'Make in India' initiative, Lenovo India Director (Consumer Products) Diptesh Ghosh said: "Our desktop computers are manufactured in India, but laptops are manufactured in China as they need more upgraded and latest technology which is not available in India. We are trying to upgrade our Indian plants so that more products can be made in the country."
Yoga 720 and Yoga 520 – premium convertibles with style and performance
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Both convertibles come with cutting-edge NVIDIA graphics, FHD screen and a fingerprint reader. The devices come with an immersive audio experience with JBL Speakers and Dolby Audio Premium in the Yoga 720 and Harman speakers in the Yoga 520. The optional Lenovo Active Pen provides a natural, intuitive pen experience with pin-point accuracy, palm-rejection technology and pressure sensitivity. Consumers can now get creative with the Windows Inking feature to either sketch portraits, write notes or share on-the- go.
Prices and Availability: Yoga 720 — Rs.74,500; Yoga 520 — Rs.39,600
Ideapad 720s, 520s, 320s – ultra-thin and light powerhouses
The Ideapad 720S has angled edges to look even thinner than it already is. It is ideal for those who are looking for feather-light portability with heavy-duty performance. With a backlit keyboard, up to 8 hours of video playback battery life, JBL Speakers with Dolby Atmos and with a starting weight of just 1.12kgs, the device offers the best of all worlds – premium performance and best-in- class design. This range also has the Ideapad 520S and 320S that are designed to keep up with entertainment and productivity needs of millennials and offer a chic versatility to suit their style.
Prices and Availability: Ideapad 720S — Rs. 74,850; Ideapad 520S — Rs.47,450; Ideapad 320S — Rs.34,750
Ideapad 520 and 320 – absolute multimedia entertainment devices
The Ideapad 520 and 320 offer the latest multimedia capabilities to customers with top-of- the-line processing and advanced graphics up to NVIDIA® GeForce 940MX. The Ideapad 320 has Dolby Audio-optimized speakers that deliver crystal-clear audio with minimal distortion at any volume. The Ideapad 520 offers a boost from the sound of the Ideapad 320, featuring Harman Speakers with Dolby Audio. The device also features a redesigned chassis with angled edges and metal surfaces that give it a stylish look. Preloaded with Windows 10 Home, both laptops guarantee lightning-fast responsiveness and reliable battery life.
Prices and Availability: Ideapad 520 — Rs.42,400; Ideapad 320 — Rs.17,800
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Welcome to our website. This blog and forum platform exists to support people on their path toward Unification; most discover this journey by reading my book, Unification: Bridging Your Ego and Divine Self Consciousness. Whether you've read the book, or are in the midsts of your process, I welcome you with a grateful heart.
My name is Jeanne Floresca and I'm a healer and writer. I'm NOT a medical doctor, licensed psychologist, or psychotherapist. I offer the information on this website as a self-help educator and ordained minister.
Much of what you'll read here or in my book was received via channeling, meditation, spiritual revelation, and working with plant medicine. I expand on the ideas using my personal experience, my background as a healer, and as a Matrix Reimprinting Practitioner – a type of energy psychology where we work with the younger self to release trauma.
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UK: The Meetings Show Looks to Boost Buyer Numbers
The Meetings Show has kicked off a drive to find more UK buyers for its 2015 edition.
Last month the show's new-look advisory board met to review the 2014 edition and consider the post-show feedback from its 3,000 visitors.
And show director Steve Knight, from Centaur Exhibitions, told meetpie.com the board's members had asked his team to focus on UK buyers for next year's show, which will be The Meetings Show's third incarnation.
"We have got a mix of both buyers and suppliers and others on the board, but they all really want us to focus on UK buyers. That was the key message and I think it is good because it shows there is still a lot of interest in our market," he said.
The 2014 show welcomed 721 hosted buyers, a 62 per cent increase on the previous year; of these, there was an 84 per cent rise in the number of UK-based buyers.


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New Delhi: TDP supremo and AP Chief Minister Chandra Babu Naidu held a meeting with the state functionaries to discuss the issue of special status for Andhra Pradesh State in Amravati today.
Since NDA government at Centre refused to grant special status to AP, MPs from the state are deliberately stalling both the houses.
CM Chandra Babu while addressing the meeting said, "Meeting is convened as an emergency to take everyone's suggestions and decide how to go forward in Parliament. We have invited organizations that fought for the state during bifurcation and the ones fighting now."
"We've been hoping each day that discussion on no-confidence motion will take place. Almost all parties across the country endorse discussion on our issues in Parliament," he added.
While representatives from BJP, YSR Congress Party and Jana Sena have not made it to the meeting.
Meanwhile, TDP has filed two no-trust motions along with YSRCP and Congress filing two no-trust motion in the Lok Sabha. Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan has adjourned the House leaving the four motions pending in Lok Sabha.


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I am looking at building a training application using CoursePress. However I will be selling to companies so they can train their staff.
Is it possible to setup a site or user structure so that admins in each company (set by me) are able to create / manage / delete ONLY users profiles (staff) from within their company. Each company can have multiple admins and multiple staff e.g.
Company A
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Company B
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Ideally I would like people to go into http://www.mysite.com/COMPANYA where they can access the courses and content. They won't be able to log into COMPANYB's site.
The courses and content will be the same for every company.
Should I use mulisite in this instance? If so how do I manage the courses and Coursepress settings globally (so I don't have to update every company's area individually).


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Subscribe a title insurance is essential to protect you from loss due to title defects. No third party would be then able to dispute its validity whatsoever as long as you remain the owner of the property.
Though highly recommended (big time), it is not mandatory when the deal is paid cash. However, all the banks require it in first place in order to qualify for a financing.
Its subscription is payable only once at the closing.
Conclusion, you've probably understood it, never buy a real estate without this insurance !
The Florida Real estate brokerage system is built differently than in our mother country in Europe. If each agency in France has its own listing, all realtors over here and regardless the company they belong to, have access to a database containing all properties for sale on the market which is the so called MLS (Multiple Listing Service).
Each party (whether he/she is buyer or seller) works his/her own agent.
Therefore, the difference is then being made by the skill and professionalism of your realtor.
Indeed, choosing your agent is fundamental because he/she will represents you all along the process to defend your interests, facing the other agent who will defend his/her client's ones.
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'Self Portrait in the 30th Day'
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Omg 30 paintings in 30 days. This one almost killed me. Nothing like a self portrait to make you test your insecurity and self judgement. But I wanted to note the end of this project and how much it consumed me. Jim (my partner in the 30 day challenge) and I worked through holidays, family celebrations, bad weather, sickness and frankly sort of exhaustion at the end.


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But how dare
a heart so young
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But how dare
a heart so young
be so worn?
I feel like I've been searching in me for something to write. I've tapped into what's inside, trying to scribble it out into a poem or the like, just for the sake of writing something. Needless to say, I failed (several times over).
Then I considered that hey, that could be a good thing. There's no grief for me to romanticize into pretty words and allusions to nature. But then I looked again, reflecting deeper, looking for anything.
I was empty.
It's a haunting thing, to look back and notice that you've been caught up in a soul-deadening routine of willing your day to end and willing your week to end and forgetting that that's your life running by. When your insides are carved out and hollow, there's much room for you to sink into some depth of anxiety, one that forces you to look and see what a horrible person you've become, you and all that dwells inside you, you, and your dark, twisted envy.
I don't know whether I'm able to snap out of this, or whether I'd grown accustomed to being constricted. It has been a while since I genuinely laughed, and far too long since I just had fun. It's selfish, considering that I could be living my best life right now, with more blessings than I can count. But I'm longing for laughter and freedom and a new breath in my lungs. I long, and I can't forgive myself for that.
There's a lot I can't seem to forgive myself for, wanting being the main thing. I never allow myself to want anything so much, because I can't bear the thought of not getting it after that. This void inside me I carved out myself, digging out faults in every single thing that excites me, or that I long for, or that I aspire to be. I fear rejection dreadfully, and loss, so much that I want always to maintain things as they are, that I purposefully convince myself that I can't do it, or that I don't really want it. There are external restrictions, too, but I avoid defying them because I don't really want it, or because I can't really do it. It's hard to fight for something you're indifferent about.
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British duo Maribou State produce warm, emotive electronic music drawing from house, garage, and indie rock, blending pitch-shifted vocals and rolling beats on releases such as 2015's Portraits and 2018's Kingdoms of Colour.
Maribou State were formed in London in 2011 by former classmates Chris Davids and Liam Ivory. Working tirelessly in their own homemade studio, they released several EPs and singles on Norman Cook's Southern Fried Records in 2012 and 2013, and completed remixes for Fatboy Slim, Lana Del Rey, Ultraista, Kelis, and many others. The duo's tracks received support from high-profile British DJs such as Zane Lowe, Gilles Peterson, and Pete Tong, and they began touring extensively, hitting festival dates around the world. Ninja Tune sublabel Counter Records signed the duo in 2015, releasing the "Rituals" 12" followed by Maribou State's full-length debut, Portraits.
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Saving The OceanTwo thirds of the globe is ocean. And while most people are just starting to hear about problems with overfishing, pollution, coral reef troubles and other issues, a far-flung group of unsung heroes --marine biologists, fisheries scientists, and conservationists worldwide -- are already hard at work inventing, devising and implementing solutions. By focusing on those solutions, the series helps viewers understand both what the problems are and the vision forward.
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SpringCM works best for companies that are growing and scaling with at least 250 employees. We serve all industries through a variety of use cases including buy-side, sell-side, onboarding and more.
SpringCM generates, automates, manages, and stores your documents and contracts, simplifying your business processes so you can close business faster. And make it easier for your customers to work with you. Because when your documents flow, work flows. SpringCM goes beyond Contract Management with a robust and scalable workflow engine that can automate even the most complex document processes. Standardize your business processes and increase visibility at every step.
SpringCM a Must for Contracts
Pros: Since nothing baout our contracts are standard we really needed a solution that allowed us to make changes easily. SpringCM's Editor gave us just that ability. The sales team can now make changes without bringing in the legal team. The redlining capabilities makes it easy for legal to see the changes when the contract reaches them. This has allowed for better overall communication between the department, contracts are getting through the workflow faster and sent out the door. We are closing business! SpringCM also integrates perfectly with Salesforce which is a must for us. The application is easy to use and has made for a happier sales staff.
Cons: Implementation did take longer than I anticipated but I'm not sure how much of a con that is. There was a huge learning curve for me on the admin side. Once I filled in the gaps with additional training I felt much more comfortable.
Overall: Our many variations of our contracts warranted a look for a solution that would help ease the pain of creating, editing and sending out contracts. Our old solution wasn't cutting it. After many months of due diligence we decided SpringCM was the best fit. The sales staff was patient with us and our million questions. The implementation team was fantastic. They took the time to learn about our business and needs to help get all elements correct.
Recommendations to other buyers: If you're looking for an application to help with either document management or contract management I would highly recommend looking at SpringCM. They were able to meet all our needs from both the sales and legal perspective.
by SpringCM on September 07, 2016
Thank you Robin! Closing more business and a happier sales team - definitely winning all around for Orion and SpringCM!!
Streamline contract workflow
Pros: The flexibility with the workflow is a plus when utilizing it worldwide across serveral different business units and products. It also integrates with Salesforce allowing streamline reporting across all our objects and and single sign on to one platform. The other benefit is the search feature which allows us to search for specific language through all our pdf contracts with their OCR capability. This feature has saved time across many departments.
Cons: Nothing - however, I would suggest adding the ability to print the history of the audit trail withing the contract worklfow. This is helpful for providing support to auditors.
Overall: We came to SpringCm with no contract management workflow. We worked with Spring to design a custom and complicated workflow that was able to scale both domestically and internationally. This was three years ago and we have just launched a new platform which has been received very well with our sales team.
Recommendations to other buyers: I would definitely recommend scheduling a demo with Spring to see how it could fit within your organization.
by SpringCM on September 07, 2016
Thank you Dana for your insight and feedback! Happy to hear that things are going well for your sales team and that you have been able to scale internationally!
SpringCM has transformed our contract and document management process.
Pros: SpringCM provides a seamless way for our staff to process, send, share, and track contracts and other documents in our system. All document management can be done within SpringCM without the hassle of downloading documents, attaching them to emails, etc. With a click of a button contracts can be created and send for signature; documents can be previewed, edited, sent for review, and much more. Our staff is now on the same page with document versions as SpringCM saves the newest version over the last, but allows us to easily access previous versions from the document history. Other features such as Workflows, Smart Rules, Dashboards have helped our staff automate and organize processes.
Cons: We would like to see a way for PDFs to be versioned. Certain file types are also not able to be viewed in Preview mode and it would be nice to have all file types available as a preview rather than having to download.
Overall: It has provided a seamless way for our staff to manage contracts and documents. It has saved us time and helped us to organize our processes.
East to set up and use right away. PDFs are searchable for key words using Chrome
Pros: Uploading files are fast, learning the software was easy, it's very flexible. We were able to create customized "attributes" to code our documents to make them easy to search and to categorize. The structure of the database is very flexible.
Cons: It times out after inactivity of about 15 minutes. It's not a real big deal but it means I have to log in again.
Overall: We store all of our fully executed contracts in SpringCM. We can locate what we need extremely quickly and we can share the documents with our many regional offices. By not storing hard copy versions of the contracts, we save money on paper and file drawers.
Amazingly helpful, intuitive tool - best one in our company
Pros: Everything! The integration of the reviewed, final file creation process with the agnostic (Word, PDF - doesn't matter) e-signature workflow is unsurpassed.
Cons: Would love to see a Contract Summary/Report template that's a bit dumbed-down for yours truly
Overall: SpringCM provides the most intuitive and value-added functionality of any workflow, doc management, or e-signature app in the marketplace. We use it primarily for legal review, contract formation, and execution.
Recommendations to other buyers: Keep up the great work, esp in customer support
by SpringCM on September 07, 2016
Thank you Marty for your review and your business! We will let the customer support team know that you appreciate them!
So grateful to have a contract management tool
Pros: I like the ability to manage document versions and history within a file, the flexibility to create forms and attributes for tagging documents and the amazingly quick and accurate search feature(s) this alone has saved me countless hours digging through folders and files to try and find what I need.
Cons: It does take some training to really understand the software and the logic behind it, but once you have that under your belt you can really customize the product to meet your organizational needs.
Overall: I started working for a company that had already purchased the SpringCM license, but no one in the organization was familiar with it or really used it. After some training by the great SpringCM team I really love having a real contract management tool that integrates with SalesForce.
Recommendations to other buyers: Take the time to review all of the knowledge base resources, you will always discover something new and innovative to make your use of the software better than before.
review from callisonrtkl
Pros: Using SpringCM in Firefox, I can quickly search for text in one or multiple documents. This is especially important when we need to search for specific legal language. I use the attribute feature so adding attributes to a folder so all documents in that folder have these attributes makes sorting and searching very easy.
Cons: In my opinion, the program times out too quickly. I end up logging in several times a day.
Overall: This software was so easy to use right away. I was able to design what we needed, implement it, and start uploading very quickly. Making design changes is very easy as well. We use the drop menus for type of document, legal language, city, state, and country. Easy to update data to the menus.
Director of Operations
Pros: Integration into SalesForce
Cons: Template and label management with docusign should be easer.
History and status from Docusign do not alway work, we have contract that get signed but never update in Spring CM. The systems should have a shelf auditing process between them.
Overall: We use Spring CM for all our contect management processes. As an e-commerce company we need to on-board and manage vendors and there contract quickly and efficiently. Spring CM allows us to do this with complete integration into our own home grown sales system and into Salesforce with minimal development time.
Recommendations to other buyers: Need more drag and drop feature to help manage and move documents easier. Would like to email notification to other parties that are not involed in the signing of the document as a status update
Viewing can be frustratin
Pros: Plugs into Salesforce
Allows for folders to help organize files
Can customize permissions
Cons: If you double click the file won't load
Overall: Our company uses SpringCM as a plugin to Salesforce and it works pretty well for what we need it to do. Granted any product will only work as well as the people who are using it. So some of my frustrations are more user related I believe than functionality. The main frustration I have is that I forget not to double click and then I have to reload the page in order to see the file I want to look at.
SpringCM has been a great solution for contract organization for our company.
Pros: SpringCM has been a great tool for multiple teams in our company. We utilize SpringCM as the one place to hold documents and their history.
Cons: The complaint I have of SpringCM is that if I go over of users it disables another user my knowledge of which user has been disabled.
Overall: SpringCM has been a great tool to hold contracts for our company. We always know where to go for our contracts and easily able to identify the history of those documents.
Drives Much Needed Transparency!
Pros: SpringCM is the single source of truth for all of our contracts in flight. Prior to the platform we had a contracts inbox that was a black hole to our Account Executives. The dashboard is a simple one-stop-shop for them to know where their contracts are in the review and approval process.
Cons: Dashboards and reports are not quite as configurable as I would like, and it would be nice if there was more seamless linking back and forth from contracts to the associated Salesforce objects. The great thing is that I've already been interviewed by the SpringCM product development team, and I feel like a valued customer that gets to weigh in on how these features are integrated into the platform.
Overall: We are new to the SpringCM platform. Working with the team on implementation has been fantastic, and our team is excited about how the added transparency and system will help us grow our organization!
Recommendations to other buyers: Take your time and get prepared before implementation planning. It is a tedious process, but very rewarding. Come into it with eyes open and look for ways you improve your business!
SpringCM is my right hand when it comes to contract management, not sure what I would do without it.
Pros: Easy to navigate, simple integration into SFDC and great editing, sharing and signing features. It syncs with my desktop which allows me to input docs without having to go into the system. Same goes for the SFDC integration, I get more users to access documents with the great connection where users don't have to log into SpringCM if they are already in SFDC. The price is more than reasonable, especially compared to other similar solutions.
Cons: I would love a way to create a parent child relationship with documents. The solution has evolved over the 7+ years that I have used it so I can't think of many cons.
SpringCM is easy and straightforward to use.
Pros: The system is easy and straightforward to use. It is easily scalable to a larger organization. It's also a very affordable solution.
Cons: There have been occasional latency issues, making the site slow. That has generally been quickly resolved.
Overall: Information is available from anywhere
SpringCM Review - Happy Customer
Pros: Quick to launch.
Easy to use.
Great professional services.
Responsive account reps.
Cons: Getting our workforce to remember to always use it.
Overall: We have been very happy with our decision to go with SpringCM. Our goals of: centralizing all contracts, applying search capabilities, and expiration notices were all met.
Very robust contract generation and management software
Pros: They just re-vamped their workflow tool and updated a lot of the features of the platform to be more modern. Their old workflow tool was still POWERFUL, but required pretty extensive research or a certification training class just to use it. A great step in the right direction; you can tell this company cares about improving!
Cons: The UI seems pretty dated. Sometimes certain features are difficult to track down, and the configuration can be a bit confusing at time. As a Salesforce and CRM administrator, I feel like I'm pretty good at hunting down features and settings, but sometimes SpringCM can prove to be a challenge. A small issue though, as it's a moot point when the rest of the platform works so well.
All Encompassing Time-Saver
Pros: The ability to set it up how best fits the organization.
Cons: N/A
Overall: SpringCM is very useful. It helps maintain all of our documents including revision and approval history. It's ease of use allows for quicker audits and consist information.
Great Contract Management Software
Pros: APIs that allow us to customize the software to our business and that they integrate with Salesforce
Cons: Some minor UI issues - back button logs you out of the system
Overall: Worked with the stakeholders on their initial implementation - the software was easy to work with and easy to train. We were assigned an implementation analyst (John-Mark) that went above and beyond for us.
Recommendations to other buyers: Great as a standalone product, however their extensive APIs are definitely the gold here.
Best reference tool !
Pros: Easy to manage documents, accessibility, secure, and maintenance.
Cons: None to mention at the moment
Overall: As a Contracts Administrator using SpringCm has become a great reference tool to store sensitive documents, cross-reference, navigate, easy to use methods, creativity, and promoting our brand. Also, great customer support.
by SpringCM on September 07, 2016
Thanks Thomas for your review - we are grateful for your support and business and hope to continue our no cons streak for you!
Easy to implement and use, Very Flexible
Pros: Ease of use, flexibility. This software can be used across the enterprise, beyond just contract management. Workflow is easy to use a configurable for almost any need.
Cons: performance could always be better; structuring of information could be more manageable,a s it is difficult to change once you set up a basic hierarchy; mass update tools
feedback about SpringCM
Comments: I like it your product because I can do a search and find document very easily not easy to find a software the allow the company to do file origination in such a fast manner.
Has many options, customization possibilities and configurations
Pros: Has many options, customization possibilities and configurations. Makes the contract system fully automated and adds full transparency.
Cons: Most customization's and updates need to be made via XML coding.and this can be time consuming and somewhat labor intensive.
Good product for document approvals
Pros: Apart from customer services, I like automated actions that integrate both with Salesforce and electronic signature systems, like EchoSign
Cons: Handling the advanced workflows can sometimes be tricky with result having to contact support and the work being delayed.
Overall: Experience so far has been good, mostly based on the excellent customer service & support. Well done to the support guys !
Recommendations to other buyers: Maybe put some more time into improving the advanced workflows UI & documentation on how to develop the advanced workflows
Top Notch
Pros: Great Contract Management system. We have used it to automate some of our workflows and retain document control.
Cons: They recently removed a feature that I really enjoyed, other than that, no real complaints. Reliable.
SpringCM Feedback- Purchase & Play
Comments: The discovery and configuration stages were much more work than our team originally intended. But to be fair and completely honest, our project was extremely complex. To add additional stress, we were really starting from scratch as we were in the process of designing our Salesforce Model and continued to make tweaks all the way up until a few days moving to Production. Overall though we pulled through and I believe we have a good foundation to build upon. I look forward to next steps.
Recommendations to other buyers: Provide Detailed Resources and Documentation
by SpringCM on September 07, 2016
Thank you Sarah for your review and honest insight into the implementation process, we are happy to hear that you are looking forward to all the benefits SpringCM will bring you!
Finally a better way for version control
Pros: Our team works hard, but putting the onus of managing the workflow solely on their inboxes made for frequent issues with version control and slow turnaround times. With SpringCM, we were always working on the latest version, could see everyone's input clearly, and had a clear idea of what was in the queue
Cons: We had to get an additional project from IT to allow for pop-ups. Without this, you won't receive alerts when there is a newer version that you should be working from.
Customer support was AMAZING. Helped us set up system. Attributes are the greatest feature.
Pros: We love the attributes feature. It has helped us manage key dates (expiration, termination, renewal, etc.) that we were missing before. It also helped us capture which contracts are in effect and which ones were terminated or not renewed. We had never tracked this before.
Overall: We were previously missing key dates (expiration, renewal, termination, etc.) for contracts. That no longer happens. Plus, we never had a good system for tracking contracts that were in effect or ones that were terminated/expired. We do now thanks to SpringCM.
SpringCM Experience
Comments: Our experience with support and customer service has been great. Our sales contact has been extremely helpful with custom items we want created and also helping to solve issues.
Pros: It saves cost of storing contract files in Salesforce.We save contract data in Salesforce and generate document/contract using Spring CM.It just needs one Template file format and we can generate contracts using Advance Workflows in Spring CM.It saves the efforts and cost
Cons: Some times Spring CM has some latency issues.It takes sometimes up to 10mins to sync Salesforce with SpringCM.Also documentation of SpringCM should be improved.
Overall: I got to learn new 3rd party appexchange products available in market.
Very easy user interface
Pros: Resembles typical file management structure. Security can be customized down to a document level. Similar setup/configuration to industrial-type DMS. Ability to integrate e-signature application. Version control and file history.
Cons: Would like the ability to customize user administrator access to attribute/metadata groups.
Overall: So far we have managed to use this application for several departments at my organization. Everyone has been pleased with the ease of use and multiple ways to ingest content seamlessly. Folder email addresses and hot folders for auto-routing are a must in our processes. Additionally, from a management standpoint, access and security is a breeze.
by SpringCM on September 07, 2016
Thank you so much Jeremy, happy to hear about your great experience with SpringCM!
SpringCM is a very convenient software
Pros: Overall, the features and functionality of SpringCM has been very useful since it provides a centralized location for the storage of contracts. What I like most about the software is that It provides collaboration across users. It allows users to request for document review or creation with just a single push of a button.
Cons: It had drawbacks like browser compatibility. SpringCM seems to work faster in Chrome compared when using IE
SpringCm is great document management.
Pros: Central platform for all documents used in our day to day processes and procedures. Gives every employee necessary accessibly of necessary documents.
Cons: I wish there were more features for attribute groups. SpringCM is used heavily for contract management. It seems like companies that use the platform for contract management instead of document management have more options and greater functionality with SpringCm overall.
Fairly new to SpringCM, but from how much I've used it so far, seems like a full-featured solution
Pros: 1. I like the interface. Slick, easy to use.
2. It is very full-featured. Can function as a full on document management system, not just contract management
3. Lots of automation features.
4. Good audit trails, easy to track changes and actions
5. In-depth workflows
Cons: 1. The workflow system has a UI that's pretty different from the rest of the application. Definitely seems to have been built more by a programmer than a designer. Though I hear this is being updated soon.
2. There is a ton of customizability, which means there are a lot of menus. Not completely a bad thing, but it can be tedious at times.
3. Things aren't always where you think they will be, but overall the UI and way things are organized is fairly intuitive.
So patient
Pros: ease of use especially in connection with SalesForce
Cons: I would like their to be more functionalities such as the ability to use more than 2 templates and also how to insert non-standard terms.
Overall: The SpringCM team has been on top of our demands and requests with weekly calls and due diligence. Email and phone contact has been excellent and Lauren has been able to respond in a very efficient manner. She was very patient and professional.
Recommendations to other buyers: none
Creating, tracking and signing contracts has become very streamlined.
Pros: SpringCM is a great tool for our contract purposes. It takes an outdated convoluted system we had in place and brings the whole process into the 22nd century with state of the art technology.
Cons: SpringCM is a custom solutions and as such takes quite a bit of time to set up and get just right bit once completed you will find it worth the effort
Overall: Streamlined contract process
My experience was overall great and felt that the software was user-friendly.
Pros: What I liked most about this software is that instructions are present in each functionality you use for you to follow. Also, most of the features are accessible and in detail.
Cons: What I liked least about this software is that the performance and some response time seems slow in some areas.
Allows us to put all contracts online for ease of access and monitoring
Pros: The software works well to store and track contracts and agreements and to allow permitted users to access them.
Cons: The reporting capabilities are a little difficult to design. The upfront structure and onboarding took longer than expected to implement
Overall: Ability to store and access agreements in one place with reportable attributes.
Best Salesforce Contract Management Application
Pros: Easy to use and simple to understand. Integrates with other Salesforce Apps. Contract processing and archiving on a single platform.
Cons: Nothing
Overall: Having SpringCM on Salesforce has both accelerated our commercial teams sales cycles and contract processing timescales. Simple to use and adopt, SpringCM has increased my teams use in our CRM.
Recommendations to other buyers: SpringCM has world-class software. It works especially well with other solutions of a similar profile. Something to consider if your company has adopted Salesforce and is thinking of integrating more applications across their platform in a wider digital transformation exercise.
by SpringCM on September 07, 2016
Thank you Matt for your insight into our Salesforce integration! Happy to hear that SpringCM has been easy to use and adopt across your team!
Implemented with my previous company...
Comments: I was on the training team at my last organization and helped to implement Spring CM before I left. It was definitely a product that was going to fill a big need. I can't question the functionality and capability of the product. I just thought the implementation was clunky and the support that we had to teach us the product and give us training tools was average. I ended up custom designing training materials to drive adoption and usage with my team. I know that this product added a ton of value for the folks who ended up using it on a regular basis, but my end wasn't ideal.
The application is very user friendly
Pros: What I like most is that all functionalities are accessible to all users.
All functionalities are in detailed and shown in the application
Cons: I can say what i like least about this software is, in terms of speed.
Some of functionalities are quite slow.
Overall experience was good.
Pros: SpringCM really helps a lot of legal users with regards to their documentation processes. The software is also user friendly especially for the legal users that are non-technical people.
Cons: SpringCM is sometimes sluggish and for legal professionals that have a lot of work to do, it's a hassle for them.
SpringCM is awesome!!
Pros: Clean, user friendly, helpful notifications, sync with Salesforce
Cons: Doesn't allow us to keep track of redlines
Overall: I have had a very good experience with SpringCM, however it doesn't provide all of the features my company needs in order to be efficient.
Recommendations to other buyers: No
My experience with the software is good.
Pros: Overall, the software is a very useful tool. It is easy to use and understand. It also saves time when requesting for legal support.
Cons: Sometimes the software is not working properly on IE browser, it works much better on Google Chrome.
SpringCM Renewal Quote
Pros: Not familiar enough with product.
Cons: Not familiar enough with product.
Overall: Contacted SpringCM for a renewal quote for upcoming maintenance expiring. Representative was very helpful and provided the quote in a timely manner.
Recommendations to other buyers: N/A
Spring CM review
Pros: it integrates nicely with salesforce and has good search functionality.
Cons: not able to customize enough
clunky workflows
inability to use certain features w/o a Spring license - this comes into place during the review work flow process
Overall: I am not impressed with the Spring CM software. It is not very customizable and the workflows are clunky. There are several basic features it seems to be missing to make life easier especially in the document review workflows. the Software is sporadically very slow and you have to refresh quite a few times waiting on new items to show up on the dashboard.
Awesome system
Pros: Mobility, functionality
Cons: None really
Overall: Easy to use, extremely organized, details on how to structure and create templates, I love the contract management system.
Recommendations to other buyers: No
Great App for Contract Management
Comments: Our finance/contract team love it. They are able to better track contracts throughout that process.
by SpringCM on September 07, 2016
Thanks Laura! Happy to hear that things are going well for you and your finance team!
Making things easier
Pros: It streamlines how we do business and gets us up to date with 2016 technology.
Cons: nothing bad to say here
Overall: Worked with Vidya and she was nothing short of phenomenal. Very easy to work with and made the whole process very easy.
by SpringCM on September 07, 2016
Thanks so much Mike! We will relay your kind words to Vidya and look forward to seeing more great results for your company!
SpringCM Review
Comments: So far SpringCM has been great for our company. I am the Document Control Administrator at an automotive manufacturing company. SpringCM is a platform that allows us to manage and control processes, policies, procedures, records etc., by creating a centralized repository for all documents that have been created in association with such. It is great!
Spring CM Review
Comments: So far it has been great (I have been using the program for about four months). I find the program easy to maneuver and work in and very user friendly. There are ton of features to edit, customize templates and a robust report function. The support staff at Spring is excellent as well.
Great software partner
Pros: Ease of use
Overall: The SpringCM team have been absolutely terrific in setting our document management system up. They are helping bring our process to the next level and have controls around important legal documents.
Recommendations to other buyers: Explore the API options, opens up flexibility.


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This story written by Destinie Candis, a Compassion Boston Bible Worker.
As Christian and I approached the address listed on the lead card, my pace slowed when I realized the contact lived in an apartment building. From experience, apartments are notoriously difficult for a Bible worker to get into. By the time we reached the door I had whispered a choppy prayer to the effect of, "Lord, please let Denise be home and receptive."
I reached out and pulled the handle to the outside door, and to my relief it was unlocked. We went into the small receiving room and found the button that corresponded with the number on the card, and Christian gave it a long press. No answer.
Again he pressed the button—this time short and quick—and the voice of a child came through the speaker asking who it was. I said, "My name is Destinie and I'm from It is Written. I'm responding to a request sent in by Denise." There was no response for a few seconds, but then with the electronic sound of a game show buzzer, the secondary door was opened to us.
As we made our way up the steps to the apartment, my heart began to leap with excitement because the experience was morphing into something better than what I thought it would be. When we turned the corner to her floor, the head of an older child, a teenage boy, was hanging out of the door in expectancy of our arrival. I told him again who I was, and he asked us to wait for his mother to come to the door. A few moments later, she emerged and I went through my introduction with her and placed the Daniel 2 study guide in her hand. When I told her about the impact it had on my life, and emphasized the amount of value it had to me, I saw her eyes widen a little and she was intrigued. We made an appointment for me to drop off the next lesson the following week.
While I left Denise with a wonderful study, God left me with a stronger hope and trust in Him, that He is in control of our situations no matter what past experiences may have brought us.


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Forty kilos of apricots and more still on the tree but inaccessible because the 'Pride of Madeira,' not realising how big it would grow, was planted too close, making it impossible to get to some branches. The shrub itself is not only enormous but so beautiful with its huge rosettes of bright blue flowers, quite spectacular, but there are still apricots on the branches above it and littering the ground below. Having used all the fruit we could, carrier bags full have been given away to friends and neighbours and, in exchange, we have had more than a dozen eggs and fourteen litres of olive oil. The second apricot tree that ripens a little later is already laden and fruit ripening so there's another bumper crop coming and the fruit on our one and only plum tree is also about ready. Its branches are so heavy with fruit they are practically hanging vertically. That too needs severe pruning later in the year. We did have two plums in the garden and a different variety in the courtyard but one died and the one in the courtyard developed a fungus and had to be severely cut back so no fruit from that this year. I see the avocado has flowered so maybe we'll get some pears later and the prickly pear is laden. That too will have to be severely cut back but the big problem with prickly pear is what to do with the bulky cuttings? It is the most amazing plant. Leave a leaf or a portion lying on the ground and you can be sure it will eventually take root. When Douglas and I came back from Italy some years ago, where we went in search of family history, we brought Chris a bottle of prickly pear liqueur; I wonder if I can make a prickly pear wine. Don't see why not. Actually, on second thoughts, I think I'll confine myself to the next lot of apricots. There are already nine demijohns of homemade fruit wine waiting to be bottled.
Douglas always had trouble starting the old petrol driven chain saw so bought himself an electric one and the nectarine has finally been cut to a six inch stump. Not only that but he has cut down an enormous fig taking up much too much space under a walnut tree and there is a month's supply of wood from it; not this next winter maybe but the winter after. The trunk is a good five inches or more across. It was laden with fruit but unfortunately it is a male and the fruit is inedible, otherwise it wouldn't have been taken down. We do have another, a winter fig. It is unbelievable how big everything has grown in the garden all of which needs drastically cutting back. I brought some seeds from Australia like nine years ago and the tree I planted is now something like forty feet high! We have also, having cut down the fig, found a good place to plant my loquat I have grown from a pip. It is the loquat season at the moment, unfortunately a very short season, just a couple of weeks or so, and I do love them, one of my favourite fruits. The mature tree we already have seems to have developed that fungus as well and what fruit there is is grey and shrivelled so nothing from it this year. Greeks call loquats moosmoola but the Cretans have to be different and here they are called thespoola. It's no wonder my Greek is still so poor, even after nearly sixteen years.
Everything is bone dry at the moment and we desperately need rain. The days can come over cloudy but soon the clouds disperse. Some shrubs are looking very dodgy and although we have a watering system it doesn't seem to get everywhere. Guess it's watering can and hosepipe time and summer is only just with us.


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No You Can't! vs. Yes I Can!
My 7-year son and 5-year daughter were sitting at the dinner table tonight deep in the middle of conversation. My son had challenged his sister to spell her first, middle, and last name.
She replied, "I can."
Him: "So do it."
Her: "No."
Him: "Then you don't know how."
Her: "Yes I do! I just don't want to right now."
I stepped in with motherly love before this ended in a drag-down, knock-em-out fight. In most cases, such a retort means she doesn't know how. I happen to know that she, in fact, does know how to spell her full name. I didn't bring this up. Why she didn't want to share this information with her brother at this point doesn't really matter. The thoughts that followed this conversation, do.
There are so many situations in which I feel like my daughter. Someone challenges me directly or indirectly, and my first response is, "YES I CAN!".
I don't stop to think about whether I should or actually want to.
This isn't about having the power to say No. I've gotten much better at that, turning down a volunteer opportunity at the kids' school when I'm already over-booked or declining an invite for a get-together when it would mean cramming it in between 5 other things scheduled that night. I am proudly protective of my space and my Quiet Time.
This IS about me, and you, and our entire society feeling like we need to prove something.
Especially as a woman and especially, I've found, as a work-at-home mother, I constantly feel as though I need to prove myself.
For some reason, I want it known that I can lead a meeting in an efficient and productive manner. I want to prove that I can maintain an intellectual conversation with someone constantly immersed in a professional environment. I want to show that I can pack a healthy lunch with little-to-no waste, make Martha Stewart proud with 30 adorable snacks for the kids' classmates, and run 13.1 miles without stopping, all while maintaining a successful online business and having oodles of time to create with wild passion in my studio.
When I'm not doing one part of this, I hear the little voice behind me scoffing,
"Yeah. You can't do it."
YES I CAN! I can do it all! Isn't that what we've been taught? If you want something badly enough, you'll find a way to make it happen.
(If this sounds familiar, I'll admit to having written about this before. Obviously I feel strongly about it. If it sounds familiar but you don't remember the post...perhaps we are alike in more ways than we know.)
I remember a call I made, many years ago, to a life coach offering a free 20-minute introductory session. His fees were far beyond what I could afford at that point, so while I was grateful for the session, I didn't want to lead him on. I acknowledged at the beginning of the call my gratitude but inability to pay for further sessions. His reply? That I was blocking my own progression. That the attitude that I didn't have enough meant I never would. That if I really wanted it, I'd find a way to make it happen.
Needless to say, that call didn't go well.
Sometimes, we just don't feel like doing something we otherwise know how (or have the ability) to do.
Sometimes, we honestly cannot do it (or do not know how) at that point.
Sometimes, we want to, we know how to, but it simply doesn't align with our deeper truth or the practical aspects of our lives.
Regardless, simply believing that we can and thus should is a terribly harmful belief.
Perhaps instead of thinking about what we might gain by chasing it all, think about what is sacrificed in the process.
In proving that we can afford the session, spell our name, run the race, get the promotion, collect the followers, achieve the goal...we sacrifice what many of us are trying to achieve in the first place:
Happiness. An ease-paced life. Living debt-free. Inner serenity. Intuitive guidance. Heart-connected companionship. Space and time just to be without worrying about what needs to be done.
When we try to prove ourselves, we fill in the blanks in someone else's story. Think about it: We already know we can or can't. We already know we want to or don't. We know what aligns with our calling. We have enough to do in remembering our own story. Why worry about correcting someone else's?
What are you sacrificing in your pursuits? What are you denying yourself in order to accomplish those goals? What truths of your own are you ignoring in order to satisfy someone else's?
When we are called to prove something, we are invited to an awareness. We are given an opportunity to look within ourselves and acknowledge our own beliefs and abilities - and asked to express those. This might mean replying to the request for proof; it might mean denying it. Either way, we can be grateful.
Next time that voice arises that says, No you can't - whether it is coming from outside or inside - might I recommend just trying out a different course of action.
Don't reply with, Of course I can.
Don't stick out your tongue.
Just smile and say thank you.


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Black and White Thinking Black and white thinking is when you look at something as all good or all bad; right or wrong; believing that something can be only one way or another without anything in-between. Black and white thinking is just that-- either black or white, with no "shades of grey".
Shoulds and Musts
When we think or say "I SHOULD", or "I MUST", this only puts pressure on ourselves and sets up unrealistic expectations. For example "I should get this house cleaned today"... "Should-ing" yourself only leads to feelings of shame and guilt, which aren't healthy motivators for change.
Current situations and events can trigger upsetting memories, leading us to believe that the danger is here and now, rather than in the past, causing us distress right now. For example, if you used to be in a relationship where your partner got quiet every time he/she was angry with you and right before they would explode with rage, which caused you a great amount of distress. Now, in your current relationship, every time your partner gets quiet, you attribute it to them being angry and withdrawing attention from you, causing you distress all over again, even though your current partner isn't angry and doesn't rage. The only difference is that in the current situation, the uncomfortable feelings are imposed upon the other person and not necessarily true.
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SEATTLE, July 2018 – Pacific Biomarkers, a premier biomarker laboratory services provider based in Seattle, announced the appointment of Dr. Cheikh Kane to the position of Director of Bioanalytical Services.
Pacific Biomarkers maintains a "fit-for-purpose" assay development and validation philosophy that spans feasibility to full validations using CAP, CSLI or FDA/EMA bioanalytical guidelines to match the intended use of a sponsor's drug in development. "Our validation work includes all novel biomarkers, technology transfers and bioanalytical work associated with a biologic drug where PK, ADA and immunogenicity assays are required", stated Dr. Amar A. Sethi, President and Chief Scientific Officer, Pacific Biomarkers. Dr. Sethi continued, "It is in keeping with this vision that we are pleased to have Dr. Kane join our organization." Dr. Kane brings with him 15 years of Immunoassay experience for large molecules, regulatory knowledge, and extensive problem-solving skills in the immunogenicity assay development area. In his role as Director of Bioanalytical Services, Dr. Kane manages the bioanalytical laboratory and provides scientific leadership and technical support to the Company's testing services. Prior to joining Pacific Biomarkers, Dr. Kane served as Principal Scientist and Group leader at Boehringer Ingelheim-US. Prior to that position, he was a Senior Research Scientist in the Immunogenicity group at Charles River Laboratories in Canada. Dr. Kane earned a PhD in Virology (Microbiology)-Immunology from National Institute of Scientific Research (INRS), Canada.
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Browsing by Author "Trovarelli, Alessandro"
Shape-dependent activity of ceria in soot combustion Aneggi, Eleonora; Wiater, Dawid; de Leitenburg, Carla; Llorca Piqué, Jordi; Trovarelli, Alessandro (2014-01)
Restricted access - publisher's policyIn this study, a series of conventional polycrystalline ceria and single-crystalline ceria nanorods and nanocubes were prepared by hydrothermal methods, and their structural, redo; and morphological properties were ...
Silver-based catalytic materials for the simultaneous removal of soot and NOx Castoldi, Lidia; Aneggi, Eleonora; Matarrese, Roberto; Bonzi, Rossella; Llorca Piqué, Jordi; Trovarelli, Alessandro; Lietti, Luca (2015-12-01)
Open AccessThe potential of silver-based catalysts in the simultaneous removal of particulate matter (soot) and NOxis investigated in this work and compared with that of a model Pt-Ba/Al2O3catalyst. The Ag (5 wt%) - Ba (10 wt%)/MO ...
Simultaneous removal of soot and NOx, over K- and Ba-doped ruthenium supported catalysts Matarrese, Roberto; Aneggi, Eleonora; Castoldi, Lidia; Llorca Piqué, Jordi; Trovarelli, Alessandro; Lietti, Luca (2016-06-01)
Open AccessRuthenium-based materials are investigated for the simultaneous removal of soot and NOx and their behavior is compared with that of model Pt-Ba/Al2O3 and Pt-K/Al2O3 catalysts.; The materials, 1%wt Ru-10%wt AM/MO (AM = Ba ...
Structural and electrocatalytic properties of molten core Sn@SnOx nanoparticles on ceria Bardini, Luca; Pappacena, Alfonsina; Domínguez Escalante, Montserrat; Llorca Piqué, Jordi; Boaro, Marta; Trovarelli, Alessandro (2016-11-15)
Open AccessThe morphological and chemical modifications following reduction in hydrogen at 873 K of stannic oxide deposited on ceria particles were studied in order to gain insights into the nature of Ce-Sn interaction under reducing ...
Structure and morphology of Pd/Al2O3 and Pd/CeO2/Al2O3 combustion catalysts in Pd–PdO transformation hysteresis Colussi, Sara; Trovarelli, Alessandro; Vesselli, Erik; Baraldi, Alessandro; Comelli, Giovanni; Groppi, Gianpiero; Llorca Piqué, Jordi (2010)
Restricted access - publisher's policyCatalytic combustion of methane has been studied for many years due to its applications in power generation and emissions clean-up. Among different catalysts, Pd-based materials are the most active for the catalytic ...
Surface faceting and reconstruction of ceria nanoparticles Yang, Chengwu; Yu, Xiaojuan; Heissler, Stefan; Nefedov, Alexei; Colussi, Sara; Llorca Piqué, Jordi; Trovarelli, Alessandro; Wang, Yuemin; Woell, Christof (2017-01-02)
Open AccessThe surface atomic arrangement of metal oxides determines their physical and chemical properties, and the ability to control and optimize structural parameters is of crucial importance for many applications, in particular ...
The effect of ceria on the dynamics of CuO-Cu2O redox transformation: CuO-Cu2O hysteresis on ceria Colussi, Sara; Amoroso, Francesco; Katta, Lakshmi; Llorca Piqué, Jordi; Trovarelli, Alessandro (2014-06-01)
Restricted access - publisher's policyCuO supported on ceria and alumina is prepared by incipient wetness impregnation and its redox behavior is investigated by means of XRD, XPS and TPO experiments. CuO on ZrO2 and on ceria-zirconia are also synthesized for ...
The formation of nanodomains of Ce6O11 in ceria catalyzed soot combustion Aneggi, Eleonora; Jiménez Divins, Nuria; de Leitenburg, Carla; Llorca Piqué, Jordi; Trovarelli, Alessandro (2014-04)
Restricted access - publisher's policyThe behavior of a series of CeO2 catalysts in soot combustion reaction was investigated by HRTEM and XPS. It is shown that nanodomains of reduced ceria in the form of Ce6O11 develop during reaction under oxygen-containing ...
The influence of nano-architectured CeOx supports in RhPd/CeO2 for the catalytic ethanol steam reforming reaction Jiménez Divins, Nuria; Casanovas, A.; Xu, W.; Senanayake, S. D; Wiater, Dawid; Trovarelli, Alessandro; Llorca Piqué, Jordi (2015-09-15)
Open AccessThe ethanol steam reforming (ESR) reaction has been tested over RhPd supported on polycrystalline ceria in comparison to structured supports composed of nanoshaped CeO2 cubes and CeO2 rods tailored toward the production ...
Water splitting reaction on Ce0.15Zr0.85O2 driven by surface heterogeneity Pappacena, Alfonsina; Boaro, Marta; Armelao, Lidia; Llorca Piqué, Jordi; Trovarelli, Alessandro (2016)
Open AccessCe0.15Zr0.85O2 was investigated in the two-step water splitting reaction. High-temperature treatment in N-2 induced compositional and structural heterogeneities which contributed to a six-fold increase of H-2 yield after ...


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Sunday, December 28, 2008
More blogging from work
Then today, or yesterday to be technical, I RAN 5 MILES!... My dad and I didn't get our acts together to run together at home, so sad. But he called me up to make sure I got home safe yesterday and told me had had run 5 miles, the longest since the 1/2 marathon. I got jealous, because I hadn't run that far...just a couple of 3 milers... So I bit the bullet and ran a fiver to the art musuem and back. It felt great. I think I'm back in the groove. I've been on my feet most of the night and everything feels good. I got a little bit of this creaky-rusty-door-opening-like feelingin my right achelies, but not pain!
Not really making progress with the push ups... I'll get there.
My week home was great, I got to catch up with some old lifetime friends, make some good memories with my family and enjoy Boston in the SNOW- lots of SNOW. I went sledding made hot cocoa from scratch and had my first holiday with my family in a full year! I introduced my parents to Buddy the Elf... what a great movie.
What amazed me was how everyone still wanted to talk to me about the marathon. Since none of this side of my family had seen me since, they all wanted to hear about it. I couldn't believe how proud and inspired they were. It made me feel so good to know that I was an inspiration to them, not necissarily to run, but to strive to meet goals of their own. Part of the reason I started to train was because a co-worker of mine did a 1/2 Ironman and is training for a full. I was inspired by her. There is something pretty powerful in this running stuff! It was special to see how such a personal achievement positively effected so many people in my life.
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Glad you had a nice visit back home. I agree with how inspiring running can be. It is not so much the running itself, but the dedication and accomplishment.
- December 29, 2008 at 7:19 AM
- N.D. said...
Sounds like a great visit home. It is really nice everyone wanted to still chat about the marathon, you must have felt so good! Good job on the 5miler!!! Sounds like you've been a working machine! I don't know how you do it.
- December 31, 2008 at 5:41 PM
- September 23, 2009 at 11:13 AM


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Brad's Cactus Shack Episode 14 – Sara and the Echoplex
Here's another episode where I activate old man story mode and tell you a thing or two about how the 1980's were. Part One involves a machine called an Echoplex, which I used for all kinds of fun and shenanigans as a kid. The Echoplex segment isn't quite as exciting as I'd hoped it would be, but it's still funRead more


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Here's sneak peek at a new diver from CX Swiss Military Watch. The Neptune has a Stainless steel case with a Sapphire crystal, screw-down crown and a water-resistance of 20atm.
The Neptune comes on a red Silicone diver's strap, priced 1215CHF. It will be released in 2018.
It seems very far removed from any of CX Swiss Mil. Watch's great diver's models such as 12'000FT, 20'000FT or Argonaut. Thumbs down! :(


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Books to Movies...
I feel my heart twinge in my chest and an immediate sense of questionability in whether I can truly continue with any typical contact with a person when I hear the phrase ……"I think I'll just wait for the movie."
The fuck did you just say? You want the cut down, condensed, most likely altered (butchered) version of this story? How is that possible?
I struggle with non-readers. Like the offensive words above, when I hear the sentence. "I'm not really a reader," I struggle to compute. If you mutter these words to me, be prepared for a discussion to follow, because, how? Is it just that you haven't found the right genre that fires your desire to devour words? Is it that you are so lacking of free time, there just isn't enough hours in the day for you to consider picking up a book? But, unfortunately, most of the time I pose these questions, I'm often met with an answer along the lines of, "I just find it boring. Why read it when I can see it on the screen?"
I've come to accept, in my own mind, that people who find reading boring, lack imagination and I feel sorry for them. They're missing out on the greatest a book can show you. How sad for them. These short sentences seem awfully judgemental, but truth be told, when it comes to people who don't read, I struggle to understand them.
Trust me when I tell you that my closest friends read and devour books like I do. If you aren't one hundred percent invested in the world of escape, of allowing the artfully crafted use of words to insert you into another world, I don't think we can actually be friends. I talk of book characters like they're real people, because for me, in the time I spend in that book, they most definitely are.
Which brings me to a question constantly thrown around - did you prefer the book or the movie? Don't get me wrong I always love a good screen adaptation, wanting to see my favourite stories unfold on the big screen, allowing me to see the world an author created and compare it to the version I imagined in my mind. But, if a trailer to a movie peaks my interest and I know it's an adaptation of a novel, I will always read the book first. How could I not? How could I not want to experience the story exactly how the author intended it? I understand the need for minor changes and omissions in an adaptation, but I want to experience the story in all its beauty first.
Now here is where I divulge my dirty little secret, I have a book, just one, in which, for me, the screen adaptation was superior. The movie caught me in a way the book didn't. It's the only one, but it's there and maybe totally cliché, but's it one of my all time favourite movies. The Notebook. I couldn't tell you how many times I've seen this movie, more than is probably healthy, but I love it and it hits me right in the feels every time I see it. The transfer of Noah and Ally from the words written on a page into their film, was done brilliantly. And then, well, Ryan Gosling. Gone was the gawky guy who was more liability than football hero in Remember the Titans and enter deliciousness of this unfairly beautiful man.
Aside from my love of The Notebook, the only film franchise that has come close to comparing in their book to film adaptation, was Harry Potter. Being a serious Potter fan, there are omissions in the story that still grate me to this day, but I can't fault the movies, because I loved every single one of them and like The Notebook, I've watched them all countless times and will continue to do so for the rest of my life.
Yet, The Time Travellers Wife, The Girl on the Train, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Me Before You, Twilight, A Walk to Remember, Dear John and dare I say it for fear of reproach, Fifty Shades of Grey; all disappointed me. I could go on, but I think you get the point.
So, why, do you ask, do I crave movie adaptations? Why, if more often that not, they disappoint, do I continue to watch?
Firstly, there's the possibility of another moment like The Notebook. For the movie to blow me away and to become one of my all-time favourites. But I think mostly, I like seeing someone else's version of the story come to life. Everyone interprets a story differently and I love seeing the characters I love (or love to hate), come to life, being able to see them in front of my eyes and watch their story become real again in a different way.
I have books I crave to be turned into a movie. I read a book I love and I consider what actors/actresses would play the characters, how scenes would look played out for our eyes and I dream of someone seeing the beauty in a story enough to create it in way that it's visible, for everyone. Especially those people that prefer to just watch the film, (insert eye roll), because if a novel is brilliant, I think the author should be celebrated in every possible way.


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Handset distributor Brightpoint is being investigated by Nokia for failing key criteria set out in its original accreditation, agreed in October last year.
Mobile News understands Brightpoint has missed volume targets through the second half of the year, and has been forced to sell UK stock into the grey market to make up the shortfall.
Brightpoint, led by Hugh Roper, denied last week any change to its Nokia distribution contract.
Brightpoint said: "Our contract with Nokia remains."
Nokia refused to comment. But sources claimed Nokia is at the point of pulling the contract as Brightpoint has failed to deliver sufficient sales of Nseries and Eseries devices, and Nokia has uncovered a series of grey market trades of its UK-stamped devices.
A decision by UK general manager Mark Loughran and retail head Sami Lehtinen is expected within the coming weeks.
Several handset vendors have grown impatient with stock intended for the UK market finding its way into mainland Europe and, commonly, Dubai in the United Arab Emirates recently.
Nokia's accredited distribution partners have been briefed lately on the likely consequences of foreign sale of UK goods.
BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion (RIM) has also been monitoring trading activity by UK sales channels, and is understood to have this month issued stark warnings to certain distributor and retail operations, including Brightpoint.
Carphone Warehouse has also come under scrutiny from Nokia lately after selling 67,000 'CPW'-marked Nokia 5530s for onward trade by UK traders outside of Europe.
Carphone had an August exclusive on the 5530 XpressMusic, and took 130,000 from Nokia in total.
But sales channels have reacted angrily to "unrealistic" manufacturer targets, in a climate of reduced demand and increased power of network retail.
UK Nokia partners are expected to sell around 50,000 units per quarter, as well as meet certain criteria about handset profiles, to retain direct relations.
Such targets are unrealistic, they claim, especially for a vendor that has failed to produce market-beating handsets in 2009.
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Bumpy Landing For Tycoon's Balloon
"This was the most important objective in ballooning that had not been accomplished, to do the first solo around the world," said Fossett, who flies back to the U.S. on Friday.
And even before he got a chance to get his earth legs back, Fossett was talking about what he hopes will be his next adventure: flying a glider 60,000 feet into the stratosphere, wearing a space suit.
For that project, he wants NASA as his partner.
Climbing out of his balloon's capsule Thursday, Fossett had a bloodied mouth but was jubilant after a bumpy landing on a remote cattle ranch in Australia's Outback.
"It is the Fourth of July here, but I don't know what's wrong with these Aussies, they don't seem to be very interested in it," Fossett joked shortly after landing. It was still July 3 in America when Fossett landed.
Fossett's balloon touched down safely at dawn on a rock-strewn plain on Durham Station ranch in a desert about 870 miles northwest of Sydney.
The capsule bumped along the ground for about 15 minutes kicking up clouds of dust before it stopped. Fossett clambered out and waved to members of his recovery crew.
He had a bloodied mouth from biting his lip during the rough landing, but was otherwise beaming and unhurt.
"It wasn't what I'd hoped for, but fortunately the Outback is a very big place and I didn't run into any power lines," he said after being whisked in his private jet to a press conference in Sydney.
At least three members of the crew were briefly dragged as they clung to ropes to help Fossett deflate the balloon. None was hurt.
Fossett said he had some problems deflating the balloon, but his ground crew, who had chased him in a helicopter, helped him. He landed the balloon despite windy conditions in the desert.
"I struggled with the speed and also the deflation system failed on the balloon," he said. "So I was skipping along and dragging for the best part of three miles."
"I fulfilled my ambition in ballooning. I might go out and rent a hot-air balloon, fly and have some fun with my friends, but I actually don't plan on making any more major balloon flights," he added.
The American adventurer said his final night in the balloon was one of his toughest.
He flew through turbulence so strong he feared it would burst the balloon, before a fire caused by a loose burner hose forced him to clamber out of his capsule in the freezing Australian night to put it out.
"This was a tough night. I had severe turbulence early in the evening and in fact I had my parachute on in case I had to jump. Then there was the propane fire we discussed, and then the landing," he said.
The 58-year-old Chicago millionaire sailed into the record books Tuesday night as he crossed east of 117 degrees longitude to become the first person to fly solo around the world in a balloon.
But gusty winds in Australia meant he had to wait until early Thursday to touch down.
Fossett said the fire started immediately after a hose fitting came loose. He was able to put out the fire by shutting off a ball valve joint, which is used to attach the hose to propane fuel tanks and the balloon's burner.
"Any fire in this kind of a situation is extraordinarily dangerous," Fossett said. "It can spread very rapidly and start burning through hoses. You'd be flying a bomb."
The mission control at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri erupted in applause when Fossett called to say he had landed.
Breaking the record, Fossett spent nearly two weeks living on military-like rations, breathing from oxygen cylinders and using a bucket as a toilet.
British tycoon Richard Branson - who also has tried and failed to do what Fossett did - said his achievement was greater than that of Charles Lindbergh, the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic in 1927 in single-engined monoplane.
"Steve Fossett deserves his place in the record books alongside Lindbergh. It has been an incredible feat," said Branson in a statement.
Fossett said his cramped, closet-sized capsule would be put next to Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis plane at the Smithsonian Museum.
The voyage around the world began June 19 in western Australia and took him exactly 13 days, 12 hours, 16 minutes and 13 seconds. By the time he landed, he had spent nearly 15 days aloft.
Fossett was able to sleep only about four hours a day during this trip, usually 45 minutes at a time.
High-altitude winds powered Fossett's Spirit of Freedom balloon along at speeds of up to 200 mph over the Southern Hemisphere. He spent most of his time over water, avoiding any countries that might object to his presence in their air space.
As well as becoming the first to circumnavigate the globe, Fossett also smashed two of his own previous records for the longest duration solo flight and the farthest solo flight.
According to his Web site, he flew for 14 days, 19 hours 57 minutes and 50 seconds. He covered 21,109.95 miles.
Fossett holds other world records in ballooning, sailing and flying airplanes. He also swam the English Channel in 1985, placed 47th in the Iditarod dog sled race in 1992 and participated in the 24 Hours of Le Mans car race in 1996.
Asked what he learned about himself during the trip, Fossett replied: "I learned that I get scared just like everyone else. I worry a lot more than I used to."


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