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Lessons learned at the launch of Ravinanda Landmarks' Skylights at Wagholi:
|Lessons learned at the launch of Ravinanda Landmarks' Skylights at Wagholi
A) The 4 page launch ad of the 2nd phase of Ravinanda Landmarks Skylights at Wagholi raised important questions:
|Launch Ad - 4 Pages - of the 2nd Phase of Ravinanda Landmarks' Skylights at Wagholi Pune
1) Do you really know - how much you are paying for carpet area?
2) Are you charged for common passages / Aangan / lobby?
3) Are you paying for Carpet to Built-Up or Built-Up to Carpet?
4) Are you a victim of loading gimmicks?
5) Are you paying more for floor rise?
6) Are you paying for clubhouse & amenities as well?
7) Do you really know the infrastructure costs that you are being asked to pay?
8) Is your flat actually EMI free?
B) Why did Skylights at Wagholi raise these questions?
Because, Ravinanda Landmarks www.ravinandalandmarks.com realized that, the builders in Wagholi were "misguiding" flat buyers by hiding "important facts"! ("Misguiding" means "Cheating". "Important Facts" means "Truth".)
C) What is the difference between the other builders in Wagholi & Ravinanda Landmarks?
|Launch Ad - 4 Pages - of the 2nd Phase of Ravinanda Landmarks' Skylights at Wagholi Pune
Like the other builders in Wagholi - Ravinanda Landmarks do not cheat the flat buyers!
The replies to above questions were the unique selling points of the launch offer of the 2nd phase of Skylights at Wagholi:
1) 33 percent loading
2) Accurate Space Measurements
3) No Extra Charges for Aangan, Lobby or Common Passages
4) No Floor Rise Charges
5) Appropriate Infrastructure Charges
6) No Extra Charges for Clubhouse & Amenities
7) Transparent Communication
8) Guarantee of Fittings & Fixtures
D) Is there really any difference between Ravinanda Landmarks & the other builders in Wagholi?
1) Yes! There is a huge difference between Ravinanda Landmarks & the other builders in Wagholi:
|Visit the launch of the 2nd Phase of Ravinanda Landmarks' Skylights at Wagholi Pune
Other builders means - not exactly all the other builders in Wagholi. Other builders means only the neighbour of Skylights! And the difference is - to compete with it's neighbour - to distinguish itself from it's neighbour - Ravinanda Landmarks has not used any Bollywood actress.
Instead of using Deepika Padukone, Amisha Patel, Mallika Sherawat, Katrina Kaif, Bipasha Basu, Jacqueline Fernandez, Mugdha Godse, Evelyn Sharma, Sonam Kapoor or any other Bollywood heroine to compete against neighbour's Priyanka Chopra, Ravindra Landmarks has taken a "rational" approach. Huge difference. Isn't it?
2) Yes! There is a huge difference between Ravindra Landmarks & the other builders in Pune:
To survive leading builders in Pune are joining hands with the housing finance companies and coming up with some "lucrative" offers & payment schemes - like 0% (Zero Percent) Down Payment Offer by Paranjape Schemes & IndiaBulls Home Loans or DSK Master Plan by D. S. Kulkarni Developers Ltd. & TATA Capital Housing Finance Ltd. Ravinanda Landmarks has avoided to it.
There is no 'lucrative' payment plan for booking a flat in the 2nd phase of Skylights at Wagholi. Instead of setting a trap - Ravinanda Landmarks talks about transparency, accuracy, guarantee & appropriateness! Big difference. Isn't it?
3) Use Square Meters or Go to Prison:
The 4 page color ad told me that Ravinanda Landmarks is not like other builders. Ravinanda is a honest builder. But when I saw the floor plans & property price list - I asked myself - Why is it so hard for a builder to be honest?
You know?
The area statement was in sq.ft. - which is illegal.
The areas must be in sq.mt. Because, in 1956, the Indian government passed a Standards of Weights and Measures system to introduce metric system based on Punjab Act. The metric system began in October 1958, making metric weight mandatory by October 1960, and the metric measures mandatory by April 1962 banning all other systems. A builder who is selling properties using sq ft, instead of sq metres, for measurement can be booked under the Legal Metrology Act.
4) Sell Carpet Area or Go to Prison:
|Sell Carpet Area or Go to Prison
Long ago long ago, in 2008, Late Mr. Vilasrao Deshmukh, Chief Minister of Maharashtra, introduced an amendment to The Maharashtra Ownership Flats (Regulation of the promotion of construction, sale, management and transfer) Act, (MOFA) 1963 that will send builders who refuse to sell flats on the basis of carpet area to jail for three years.
In 2016, at Pune, Maharashtra, M/s Ravinanda Landmarks does not even mention carpet area of a flat on his floor plans. The area statement gives "Built Up Area" and it sells flat on Saleable Area.
5) Extortion of the Flat Buyers:
If you read the property prices of Ravinanda Landmarks' Skylights at Wagholi - you find following charges -
1) MSEB - Rs. 10,000
2) Legal Charges - Rs. 12,000
3) Infra Charges - Rs. 2,00,000 + 3.625% Service Tax
4) Society Registration - Rs. 10,000
5) Maintenance @Rs. 2.5 per sq.ft. + 14.5% Service Tax (If Applicable) for 18 Months
6) Cancellation & Transfer Charges - Rs. 200 per sq.ft.
These are not charges, M/s Ravinanda Landmarks. This is called extortion of the flat buyers.
6) No Environmental Clearance for Skylights at Wagholi!
When I visited the site of Ravinanda Landmarks' Skylights at Wagholi I saw that out of 8 buildings shown in the layout only 2 Buildings - A & B - were nearing to completion. E Building was under construction & excavation of the plot of C Building was going on.
I visited a flat in A Building. The flat looked okay. Entrance lobby would look quite glamorous. In short, the builder was trying his best to develop something good.
But why didn't you wait for the environmental clearance? I asked the builder, Mr. Sameer Jain of Ravinanda Landmarks.
Mr. Sameer Jain told me that in the recent meeting Skylights at Wagholi has received environmental clearance. Not only that! Mr. Sameer told me that the SEAC III committee had admired it too!
And you know - there are market compulsions too! Mr. Sameer told me.
True! Even the flat buyer has some compulsions. While booking a flat in a project by the builder who has committed a crime of violation of environmental clearance the flat buyers have a compulsion of confirming that the project has received environmental clearance.
When the flat buyer visits https://ec.maharashtra.gov.in/ - what does he find?
Ravinanda Landmarks' Skylights at Wagholi - Compliance Awaited
Then the flat buyer has a compulsion to book a flat only after Skylights at Wagholi obtains Environmental Clearance. Right?
E) There is no difference between Ravinanda Landmarks & the other builders in Pune!
By raising a few questions about unethical practices in Pune real estate market Ravinanda Landmarks has done a great job. I admire & congratulate Mr. Sameer Jain for that.
However, with the launch of the 2nd phase of Skylights at Wagholi, Mr. Sameer has proved that in the department of honesty - all builders in Pune real estate market are one and the same.
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CENTRAL ISLIP --A former Home Depot handyman from Long Island was convicted Monday of trying to extort $2 million from the company.
Daniel Sheehan, of Deer Park, was convicted by a federal jury and faces 30 years in prison. He had been charged with attempted extortion and the use of a destructive device.
Prosecutors say Sheehan sent an anonymous letter to the manager of a Home Depot store in Huntington last October. The letter said a bomb had been planted there.
Authorities later found a device and detonated it.
Prosecutors say the 50-year-old Sheehan later threatened to set off three more bombs on Black Friday if he didn't get $2 million.
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He said that the big tech giants were showing a lack of "originality" and if you opened most devices they used the same parts. Usui was talking about how Epson would soon move beyond its traditional product range to become involved in emerging technologies, such as wearables.
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Opening this month at the Van Eaton Galleries in Sherman Oaks, California, is a preview showing of original animation art being offered in an incredible auction by Profiles in History. Mike Van Eaton is the consultant to this sale – which includes over 900 lots that include key pieces from just about every classic Disney animated feature, and rare material from Hollywood cartoon shorts. All of this material is available to view in a physical catalog or online via PDF or as a flip book.
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dism wrote:Fretted about a 3.2m flood on the Clarence.
Learnt alot about the river rising and how I should plan for this is the future.
River now dropping. Water weed, getting a extention strop and getting sorted early for next time
Any tips appreciated.
That is a lot of water Dean. I don't know what the Clarence is like but up here (Fitzroy River, Rockhampton), the speed of the water increases as the flood depth increases and it can get insane. I imagine you would have to cope with a very fast run which makes weed and logs more of a menace than with slow runs.
The last two floods when I had Windchaser, I trialled a new idea which worked for me. The problem I found when trying to move Windchaser off the mooring when the flood was rising was the pressure against the boat making it hard for me to slip the loop off the mooring cleat. If I had a deckhand, I could have had the boat motoring forward against the flow to take the pressure off, but always by myself. If too much pressure and me not strong enough to budge the loop, I would simply cut the mooring rope, but this was not ideal even though I had a sacrificial end on it so no problems about cutting it.
I tied a 5 foot 12 mm rope about 5 foot down from the loop on the 20 mm mooring rope loop. Just used a double clove hitch. To moor up, I would take the tension on the 12 mm rope and wrap it on the cleat. I tied up the thin rope such that the main loop in the 20 mm rope could sit loosely over the cleat. Thin rope taking the pressure, the loop end of the thick rope slack. If I was feeling paranoid, I would put a whip of thin cord around the main loop holding it down on the cleat.
Here's how it worked. The thinner rope did not slide on the main mooring rope not did it reduce the strength of the main mooring rope. The thin rope took all the pressure off the loop of the main mooring line. It was thinner and if it had broken, the main line was still over the cleat so would have taken up the pressure. When I wanted to drop the mooring, the main mooring rope loop was loose on the cleat, no pressure on it as it was taken up by the thin rope, so lifted easily off. Then, since the thin rope was only wrapped on the cleat, it could be unwound no matter what the pressure, or could be cut as it was totally sacrificial.
While putting the two ropes on the cleat was a bit fiddly, I found it worked. Quick release is less stressful than trying to saw through a rope with the panic of a flood. You can understand why nobody ever uses chain from cleat to the mooring. If chain is jammed on a cleat, bit hard to cut and release.


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- Added unique, foreign key and not null constraints that mirror the public schema as well
- Added default values that mirror the public schema; there is currently a problem with this that, when the default value is zero and the field is the last in the list, it doesn't get created properly. I'm continuing to work on that.
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Whether you know it or not, you need to hire workers that will pay their own salaries if your business is to move forward and become a mature company. You may not know it yourself, but you contribute one way or the other to paying yourself when you work as an employee with another employer – everything you do in your office or workplace contributes to company-generated revenue which is used to pay you. Salaried workers tend to be lazy because they are only interested in their end-of-the-month pay-cheques, and they contribute little to what they earn because they are aware the management cannot readily measure their inputs. But this must change with you –
– Pay commissions instead of salaries: Place your workers on commissions or a earn-as-you-work payment and you'd see them sit up. Workers become lazy when they are placed on salaries, but dare to place them on commissions then you see them working hard to earn their own keep. They invariably get to pay themselves because they are paid according to the amount of target they achieve or the amount of revenue they bring into the business.
– Set targets to be achieved by teams: Set realistic targets for your workers and set up teams to attain these targets within record time. Teams tend to achieve more than individuals and their jobs get measured or monitored easily than that of individuals. Setting milestones for teams is the best way to go and you'd see them striving to achieve or beat the goal with a view to earning more or meeting company needs.
– Measure and monitor individual tasks: Develop a way to monitor what your workers are doing on daily basis and what they have achieved on any particular day. Ensure they do not just idle away at their work-desks or just play computer games while pretending to work. There must be a job monitoring system to measure and determine what individual workers have done for any particular day, week, or month and see how these have contributed to company revenues.
– Hire freelancers instead of fulltime workers: Have you ever thought about hiring freelancers instead of fulltime staff? Hyvin, it makes a lot of sense to hire freelancers instead of fulltime staff where the needed job can be done remotely or by telecommuting from anywhere. You can also outsource to other professionals as the need may arise and you see these working for their own pay. Hiring freelancers or outsourcing jobs has two main benefits: it saves costs and overheads; the job is measurable and monitor-able; you can accept or reject the job output based on quality merits; workers earn their own pay or rather work to pay themselves.
– Investments from workers: Have you ever thought of the possibility of asking your workers to invest into the business and then earn some rewards? Do you know it is possible to even raise more business capital from your employees if they forgo to get paid for a month or two as an investment into the business? The returns on their investments and share-capital can pay many of them for years to come without any difficulties if well managed.
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Arthur H. Rosenfeld, Ph.D. was originally appointed to the California Energy Commission by Governor Gray Davis in April 2000. The Commissioner was reappointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger January 26, 2005. The five members of the Energy Commission are appointed by the Governor to staggered five-year terms and requires Senate confirmation. By law, four of the five members of the Energy Commission have professional training in specific areas - engineering or physical science, environmental protection, economics, law, and one commissioner from the public-at-large. Commissioner Rosenfeld filled the physical science position until his retirement in January 2010.
Commissioner Rosenfeld was presiding member of the Research, Development and Demonstration Committee and the Dynamic Pricing Committee (Ad Hoc Committee); and was the second member of the Energy Efficiency Committee.
Art Rosenfeld received his Ph.D. in Physics in 1954 at the University of Chicago under Nobel Laureate Enrico Fermi, and then joined the Department of Physics at the University of California at Berkeley. There he joined, and eventually oversaw, the Nobel prize-winning particle physics group of Luis Alvarez at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) until 1974. At that time, he changed his research focus to the efficient use of energy, formed the Center for Building Science at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and led it until 1994.
From 1994 to 1999 Dr. Rosenfeld served as Senior Advisor to the U. S. Department of Energy's Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. In 2000 California Governor Gray Davis appointed him Commissioner at the California Energy Commission, and in 2005 he was re-appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. He was responsible for the Public Interest Energy Research program, with an annual budget of $82 M; for Energy Efficiency, including the California energy efficiency standards for buildings and for appliances; and collaborated with the California Public Utilities Commission to oversee California's Energy Efficiency Program with an annual budget of $1 billion. He retired from the CEC in January, 2010.
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The Cobblers will offer a contract to utility defender Lee Collins in the 'next few days', manager Aidy Boothroyd has confirmed.
Collins, who was released by Barnsley in January, played for a Town second string in a win over a Stoke City reserve side on Tuesday afternoon.
The 24-year-old can play at left-back or at centre-back and is available after agreeing a settlement at Oakwell during the transfer window.
He would provide cover across the back, and in particular for Joe Widdowson who is just two bookings away from a two-match suspension having picked up eight yellow cards this season.
League two leaders Port Vale were in the market to sign Collins, who they sold to Barnsley for £50,000 in March 2011, last month but instead brought in former Cobblers left-back Daniel Jones from Sheffield Wednesday.
Boothroyd is confident of agreeing terms with Collins, a player he feels can help the club progress to the next level.
"We had a look at Lee the other day and I like him," confirmed the Cobblers boss.
"If you're going to be successful and get out of the division at the right end then you've got to get players in who are better than the level you are at.
"Lee certainly is that and we'll be looking at doing something with him in the next couple of days."
Collins is not expected to be signed in time for the visit of Rochdale on Saturday (3pm kick-off), a game for which Northampton have no fresh injury concerns.
Defender John Johnson was given some match practice in the game at Stoke, while Roy O'Donovan also played to build his sharpness after a deadline-day move from Coventry City.


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Andy Burnham: Councils should control benefits budget
The benefits budget should be under the control of local councils, Andy Burnham has said.
The Labour leadership candidate said he would devolve the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) budget to local authorities if he were Prime Minister.
Mr Burnham said councils would do a better job of getting people back into work than the current "top down, dehumanised" welfare system.
During a Guardian leadership hustings in central London, the shadow health secretary said: "We've got a dehumanised DWP regime that is there to punish people, there to sanction people.
"That is the way in reality it comes down on the ground, where the staff in DWP are incentivised to apply these sanctions.
"I think we need a radical reshaping of how this system works.
"What I would do - I would give the DWP budget to local authorities, I believe they would do a better job of getting people back into work, of supporting people at a local level.
"I think we need a radical change to this top down, dehumanised approach that doesn't support people, it just seeks to punish them."
Mr Burnham also said he would give the Scottish Labour Party more power to set out their own positions on issues like welfare to win back voters north of the border who have drifted to the SNP.
The Leigh MP said: "If I am leader I will put powers through conference this year to give the Scottish party more autonomy, to give (leader) Kezia (Dugdale) more autonomy over issues like benefits for instance.
"Because Scottish colleagues wanted to campaign against the bedroom tax a full year before Westminster Labour gave them the permission to do that, we can't have that again."
Meanwhile, his rival Jeremy Corbyn appeared to backtrack from his call for Britain to leave Nato, saying there is no public appetite to pull out.
Earlier, he told a Daily Mirror hustings "I would argue for Nato to restrict its role. I don't think there's an appetite as a whole for people to leave Nato, I want to see Nato under much more democratic control."
He added: "It's a Cold War organisation, it should have been wound up in 1990.
"It's now given itself a global role and requires all its members to pay 2% of GDP.
"I would have a serious debate about the powers of Nato."
Mr Corbyn also reiterated his position that he would seek to empower members in Labour's policy making process and spread power away from the shadow cabinet and MPs.
He told the Guardian hustings: "I don't think we can go on having policy made by the leader, shadow cabinet, or Parliamentary Labour Party. It's got to go much wider. Party members need to be more enfranchised."
Mr Corbyn added: "Whoever is elected will have a mandate from a large membership."


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Volkswagen presented a three-wheeled concept vehicle earlier this month at the Los Angeles Auto Show that crosses the line between motorcycle and automobile.
Designed by Volkswagen's Design Center California (DCC), the two-seat GX3 is powered by a 1.6 liter four-cylinder engine producing 125 hp and 112.5 ft-lbs. of torque. Weighing a mere 1,257 lbs., the unit can reach 62.5 mph in 5.7 seconds, according to Volkswagen, which also says that the vehicle has a range of approximately 46 mpg.
The 215/45 R17x8J front wheels are controlled by a double lateral steering axle, and the single 18"x12" rear wheel, attached to an exposed single sided swingarm, is dressed with 315 rubber. Power is delivered via six-speed transmission and chain drive.
Other design cues include a central exhaust, anodized gold and black suspension components, LED lighting, five point racing harnesses, and "moto" style instruments.
The German car manufacturer says the GX3 was conceived exclusively with the U.S. in mind. The company says a production counterpart of the GX3 "could be on the market very soon" with a price just under $17,000.
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Karstens threw two shutout innings today at Pirate City.
Jeff Karstens took the mound today at Pirate City to throw two innings in a minor league game against the Philadelphia Triple-A squad. Karstens threw two shutout innings, allowing one hit and striking out one. The only base runner reached on a lead off single, but was erased on a caught stealing two batters later.
"I thought it was going to be a long day after the first guy got a hit," Karstens said. "I was like 'shoot, let's not start like this'."
The right-hander had a quick outing today, only throwing 26 pitches in his two innings, with 15 strikes. After the outing he went to the bullpen to get some more work due to the quick innings during his start.
"It was probably for the best," Karstens said of the quick outings. ...
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Euro 2012 will be a good building block for the future of the Italian national side, says Roberto Baggio.
Although the 45-year-old doesn't expect the Azzurri to win the European Championship, he believes it will be a useful tournament ahead of World Cup 2014.
"This Italy side is still a team in construction," the Italian legend, scorer of 27 goals in 56 caps, stated on Wednesday.
"The European Championship will certainly give an identity to the national side and players need competitions like this to create a strong squad."
Italy are hoping to impress after they arrived at World Cup 2010 as reigning champions, but they failed to get out of the group stage.
Cesare Prandelli replaced boss Marcello Lippi after that footballing disaster in South Africa.
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How to Twitter and Facebook and Still Get Things Done
It almost seems like magic the way that most social media juggernauts tweet, update Facebook, upload YouTube videos and respond to comments, seemingly nonstop, all while still managing to get work done. This is an issue that I have struggled with for quite some time. Recently, however, I have been exploring techniques to help myself better manage my time during the day, get more work done, and still remain engaged in social media.
Scheduling in time for social media
Once I began scrutinizing my daily work flow, one of the first things I discovered was that, while I was keeping a steady stream of engagement, the stream of engagement was chaotic and sporadic. In the social media world this isn't necessarily a bad thing, however, if you are trying to get real work done it is actually a huge distraction.
Every time I broke my train of thought to answer a tweet or respond to a Facebook comment, I was breaking down my productivity and inevitably getting less work done. So I hit Google with a few quick searches, looking for some advice. I quickly realized that the main problem was in my lack of planning and scheduling. Maybe if I devoted a fixed amount of time to social media engagement I could keep from breaking my concentration multiple times an hour.
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I decided to make a list of the most important social media interactions and execute them all within 10-15 minutes. My initial list looked something like this:
- Browse Dribble, bucket a few great pieces, follow a few great designers, comment on any good shots.
- Check Google Reader and add any worthwhile articles to Buffer (will talk more about this later)
- Respond to any @ replies on Twitter
- Respond to any interesting Tweets in my HootSuite feeds
- Browse StumbleUpon and find something worth sharing
- Reply to any comments on my blog
This list is in no way complete, nor is it a one size fits all. Your list might look completely different. Maybe you find the best engagement on Facebook. Maybe you're more of a Forrst user. Maybe you're an avid Yelper or Stack Overflow user. Your list should be tailored to your preferred networks and preferred level of engagement.
Use it
You've got the list, now use it. And if you can't accomplish it in 10-20 minutes, keep working on it until you feel it can complete it within a reasonable amount of time. Now go through the list once in the morning, then put it away, focus, and get some work done.
Making the most of your time
Now that you have a simple strategy for social media engagement without wasting time, using different tools can really help you get the most out of these small windows of interaction:
Scheduling tweets
An obvious problem with the 10-20 minute strategy is that you run the risk of flooding your streams with links and content in a really short period of time. Some of your followers/friends might not care for this as it feels spammy and can be kind of annoying.
Using a tool like Buffer can minimize this by scheduling your tweets to be shared at different times of the day. I've never been a huge fan of scheduling tweets but I have realized that, like most social media techniques, there's a right and a wrong way to use it. Putting link shares on a schedule is fine because there's no time factor. No one cares whether you actually shared an article right at this moment or shared it this morning and it's just now showing up. However, any tweet which answers the question "What's Happening?" should not be scheduled as it can be really misleading to your followers. I'm open to other opinions here, this is just how I've come to see it.
Social media dashboards
Social media dashboards can help you manage your social feeds and allow you to engage more quickly, efficiently and maintain a higher level of quality within your interactions. I've used a few social media dashboards here and there but the one I've settled on is HootSuite, mainly because it works well overall and is free. I also recommend Seesmic or TweetDeck, both of which are pretty solid and well vetted. If you know of any others which are worth mentioning, please share in the comments section below.
Practice makes perfect
The first time you employ the 10-20 minute engagement strategy, you may be left feeling like you haven't done enough. This technique isn't common and is pretty much the opposite of the way we are used to doing things. Just stick to it and you'll start seeing the benefit within the first day. The more you work at it the better the engagement will become.
Social media apps and integration tools
In the past, social media apps and integration tools which cause mobile alerts and desktop notifications have led me to dramatic decreases in productivity. This might not be a huge distraction to everyone but, if you're like me, when you see a growl notification, a red number on top of a dock icon, or hear your phone vibrate on your desk, you can't help but check it.
If this sounds like you, the main advice I can give you is to examine your social media apps and tools and ask yourself if you really need them on during the day. Are they really worth the distraction and loss in productivity? If the answer is no, uninstall and stick with the 10-20 minute strategy we discussed earlier. Trust me, you'll thank yourself at the end of the day when work has actually been done
Social web browsers
A social media web browser can be a great way to stay connected to your various networks during the day. Be careful though, as they can quickly become a hefty distraction. I don't personally recommend using a social media browser while you are working but, during down time, they can be really useful and a great way to keep up with your networks.
An obvious contender here is RockMelt. I have a couple pals who use it and rave about it. RockMelt renders like Chrome, but as I mentioned above, I don't recommend using it for development.
I haven't come across many other decent social web browsers (aside from the now deadpooled Flock). Do you know of any other contenders? Let me know in the comments section below!
Going Dark
The best thing you can do to minimize social media distractions is to go dark. The goal here is to cut yourself off from the networks which are distracting you and taking attention away from your work. Pretty much anything which produces alerts, notifications or messages is a potential distraction.
This concept was tough to wrap my head around at first. Once I gave it a try, though, I saw immediate results. My time in the "zone" increased and I felt more accomplished at the end of the day. This might seem scary at first, but try it for an hour, then two hours, then three and you will see a notable increase in productivity.
If you want to get extreme, I recommend shutting off your phone and logging out of your email as well. It might not be wise to ride a blackout like this for too long, but a little time in the dark side will help you appreciate the light side even more!
Engaging in social media is one of the best things you can do for your digital self. Creating relationships and engaging others is extremely important. It only becomes a problem when social media engagement interferes with your other projects and tasks. Hopefully I have helped you come to realize that the solution comes down to scheduling, proper time management, and of course the occasional blackout
Do you have any other tips for keeping up with social media without losing productivity? Let me know in the comments section below. Thanks for reading!
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|An improved settings.py configuration (revisited)
Several months ago, I floated an idea on this forum for re-structuring the settings.py environment.
It generated a fair amount of discussion. The consensus was that something really ought to be done, but no one was sure just what.
One strong opinion was that any new changes must involve a major move toward 12-factor configuration.
Another opinion was that 12-factor was an okay idea, but is not the best answer to many problems, and simply cannot replace settings.py in any practical way.
So, I have been fiddling with the problem on and off, and I think I have a solution which would be acceptable to pretty much everybody. Here is a not-so-short description:
1) Some people (like me, for example) really like the idea of structured settings and using DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE to switch their configurations around easily.
So I created a new module directory, and named it "preset" (because the scripts in it are imported _before_ settings.py). We can't call it "settings" because that would conflict with the name of "settings.py", which Python does not allow. (I was thinking about the six preset buttons on the radio of my Dad's 1957 Chevy.) These "preset" scripts import each other as in a classic J.K-M. structured settings design, until finally they import the common base settings.
For convenience sake, I added preset/test_* to my .gitignore file so that I can create test scripts willy-nilly as needed. I can happly switch between them using a simple
"./manage.py somecommand --settings=myproject.preset.test_whatever"
Also, the preset directory is pre-populated with several example scripts. Rather than trying to explain in settings.py how to create a DATABASES dictionary of dictionaries, there are several working examples for new guys to copy. One even opens two databases using a router. This would have helped me a lot when I was getting started. There are also example intermediate-level presets to define local-ish things like time zone and email addresses and similar whatnot, with some of the verbose explanations from settings.py moved into them.
2) Some people want a pure 12-factor configuration with no messing around with configuration files.
They are in luck. The default preset is "<project_name>.preset.default_settings". So if you don't select any (other) preset you get this one. It is special, because it is a reworked version of Kenneth Reitz's fine dj_database_url module. His idea was that you need about the same information to open a distant database as to access a distant file, so rather than burn up four or five environment variables, just lump all that information into a URL. So you can say:
export DATABASE_URL="mysql://vernon:firstname.lastname@example.com:3606/vernons_big_db?production=true;secret_key=gobbldygook"
The query keys are passed back as a dictionary, so your settings modules can do whatever you want with them. You have two local-programmed presets,either staging.py or production.py, depending on the value of the "?production=" query. They can be as different or as similar as you wish, or one import the other. Do you really want to set the time zone and the administrator email-address using environment variables? Go right ahead.
3) Some people like things fine just the way they are. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Relax, settings.py is right where you expect it, and still does everything it did before. If you really want to keep editing this one file, rather than moving your site specific information down into the presets, we will not stop you. All presets must eventually import settings.py. Therefore, settings.py will always maintain its most important function: it defines which applications are part of this project. If proper presets are maintained, all implementations of a project will use identical settings.py files.
One potential problem which I have been made aware of is: if settings.py imports local_settings (and expects those overrides to be final) there could be an unpleasant surprise when a preset overrides them. I added code to preset/defalt_settings.py to issue a warning if it sees that module local_settings has been imported -- but I don't know whether I like that solution.
You can see the present version of the code at https://github.com/vernondcole/formhub in branch make_presets_neater , if you really want to see how it would look in a production system. There are a few rough things in the code which would be better with help from the core -- like the need to trap and modify ImportError exceptions in order to get proper stack traces for errors in settings modules. Also, I wonder if DATABASE_URL should be more like DJANGO_DATABASE_URL?
So -- is this worth building a Patch so that people can _really_ tear it apart?
Vernon Cole
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|Carl Meyer
Hi Vernon,
There was not consensus that "something really ought to be done." I was
part of that discussion, and my opinion was (and still is) that nothing
needs to be done (in Django core).
(For reference, a link to that discussion:
https://groups.google.com/d/topic/django-developers/O89Qb_9pwmo/discussion )
Your proposed technique covers a lot of options - that's great. It works
fine without any changes to Django, and you can package it up as a
startproject template, use it, and promote it.
I think the default startproject template should remain as simple as
possible (that is, a single-file settings.py) and not try to provide all
possible ways of handling multiple-deployment settings.
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|Russell Keith-Magee
I agree with Carl. It takes a very selective reading of that discussion to say that there was consensus on anything.
I also agree that the default start project template should be kept simple, and any changes in project structure such as you have proposed should be maintained on a per-project basis, depending on the needs of individual projects.
Russ Magee %-)
|Re: An improved settings.py configuration (revisited)
Russ & Carl:
Thanks for the course correction. I guess one tends to read what one wants to see, rather than what the writer wrote.
Yes, this would make a good package, and I can do some different things with it that way. For example, I really want to type:
>dj -s test_vernon <command>
rather than:
>python manage.py <command> --settings=myproject.preset.test_vernon
I may call it something like django-quick-settings.
Again, thank you for your always kind and valuable input.
Vernon Cole


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The questions, the accusations and the evidence mount. Satisfactory answers from Mayor Rob Ford? They are nowhere to be found. The people of Toronto are entitled to answers. Starting with: who, exactly, is the Mayor? What kind of a character is he and what has he been up to?
Voters cannot wait for the trial of Alessandro Lisi, his friend and sometime driver, and for a certain video to be entered as an exhibit – if it ever is. Mr. Ford is now on trial, not in a court of law, but in the court of public opinion. The allegations against him are shocking, and they are supported by ever more evidence. And the Mayor has, once again, declined to respond.
Bill Blair, the Chief of the Toronto Police Service, says that police have a copy of a video that "is consistent with" the one that was seen earlier this year by Toronto Star and Gawker reporters. Mr. Ford said in May that the video was one that "I have never seen or does not exist." He called the allegations "ridiculous" and said, "I do not use crack cocaine, nor am I an addict of crack cocaine."
We now know that the video exists. And that's just the start. The latest round of allegations are another bombshell. They include photos showing furtive meet-ups, where accused drug dealer Mr. Lisi would leave mysterious bags in Mr. Ford's car. How can he remain Mayor if he will not even attempt to answer to any of this?
On Thursday, Mr. Ford emerged from his office to offer one of his classic non-answers. He played the same old record. Before insisting that he had to hurry back to the important work of answering phone calls, he said he could not comment, because the matter is before the courts. But it is Mr. Lisi's matter that is before the courts; Mr. Ford has not been charged with any crime. He is at liberty to answer all of the key questions about his conduct. His refusal to do so disrespects the office and the voters.
And then there's the video. It has been seen by three reporters and the police; when will the public get its turn? Torontonians need to be able to see the video – or rather the videos. Chief Blair said that there is more than one. It is in the public interest that the police disclose them. Mr. Lisi's trial may yet be years away; indeed, there may well be a negotiated plea, as with many criminal charges, so that Mr. Lisi's case is never tried.
Voters must be able to see for themselves whether it is Mr. Ford in the video or videos and, if so, what he is doing.
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The builders of the DIY CNC routers overwhelmingly prefer MDF as the basis for these machines over plywood because they say that plywood is not as dimensionally stable as MDF. They claim the dimensional changes in plywood with weather and time would affect the accuracy of the machine.
I am toying with the idea of building one of these machines (haven't told LOML yet), and it seems to me that cabinet grade plywood would be as dimensional stable as MDF. My view is that MDF is better for flatness and surface integrity, but with all the glue and cross grains in plywood, its dimensional stability would be about the same. Since plywood is easier to join than MDF, and I have a lot of cabinet grade scraps leftover from a previous project, I would like to use plywood.
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Cycle manufacturing industries protest steel price hikeFebruary 4th, 2008 - 8:31 pm ICT by admin
Ludhiana, Feb 4 (ANI): Representatives of cycle manufacturing and engineering industries on Monday staged protest against the Central Government's failure to control rising steel prices.
They burnt the effigies of Finance Minister P Chidambaram and Steel and Chemicals Minister Ram Vilas Paswan.
While demanding immediate check on rising prices, protesters demanded setting up of a regulatory commission to control prices.
"In the past few months, the price of steel has increased by Rs 4000 to Rs 8000. Our small industries earn a profit of two to three per cent and cannot bear the brunt of increase of 25-30 per cent in prices," said Charanjeet Singh Vishwakarma, President, United Cycle Parts and Manufacturers Association.
Steel majors, including Tata Steel, Essar Steels, JSW Steel, Bhushan Steel, Uttam Galva and the Steel Authority of India recently raised steel prices to offset the higher costs of raw materials such as coal, coke and iron ore. The cost of iron ore and coking coal, the key ingredients for making steel, have gone up by nearly 22 percent.
On Saturday, Paswan said the Ministry of Steel would review next week the decision of steel-makers to raise prices.
Paswan said he has proposed to the Finance Ministry that import duties on scrap iron ore should be cut to zero from the present five per cent, to offset rising input costs.
The Ministry also wants imposition of an ad-valorem duty or royalties on iron ore exports charged according to their values to curtail exports.
Globally, steel prices are likely to increase in most markets this year, with tight raw material markets leading to margin compression for producers, who do not control their sources. The prices of raw material increased by 300 per cent in the last three years.
Robust demand for steel from infrastructure and manufacturing sectors in the fast growing economies such as China and India, coupled with rising costs of iron ore and coking coal, have put pressure on global steel prices.
India, which is scaling up its infrastructure at a cost of 500 billion dollars in five years, plans to double steel capacity to 100 million tonnes by 2012 to meet domestic demand. (ANI)
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What to wear when the invitation says "country club casual?" The term once brought to mind collared golf shirts; khakis; Bermuda shorts; and just-above-the-knee golf skirts--all worn while walking the well manicured grounds of an exclusive country club.
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The handicapper is reluctant to lower Mcllhatton in the weights but Paul Nicholls' six-year-old beat a decent sort in a novice event at Fontwell on his latest start and has to go on the short-list again. He's got a lot more scope than the hat-trick seeking Maller Tree. IRISH BUCCANEER has every chance on today's terms and, with A P McCoy back in the saddle, is taken to recoup losses incurred when he fell at Kempton. Magic Money is becoming something of a course specialist and can't be ignored but Chepstow second Saint Breiz appears to have plenty of weight for his handicap debut and Descaro is probably out of his depth.
Mcllhatton (IRE) 9-4 (11-6) Tracked leading pair, hampered and left 2nd at 2nd, switched right before last, upsides last, soon led, shaken up and stayed on well flat, won at Fontwell 2m 4f nh nov hdl (4) gd in Apr beating Shubaat (11-0) by 2 1/4l, 10 ran.
Maller Tree 8-13fav (11-10) Made all, in command before last, ridden clear run-in, unchallenged, won at Wetherby 2m 6f sll hdl (4-8yo) (5) gd in Apr beating Rosslyn Castle (11-6) by 5l, 4 ran.
Saint Breiz (FR) 20-1 (11-5) Tracked leaders, challenged 6th, led next, headed 4 out, no impression on winner before last, stayed on same pace, 2nd of 12, 5l behind Ned Stark (10-13) at Chepstow 2m 4f nh nov hdl (4) gs in Apr.
Irish Buccaneer (IRE) 11-4 (11-4) Held up in rear, clipped heels and fell on bend after 2nd, in a race won by Cocktails At Dawn (11-1) at Kempton 2m 5f hcp hdl 0-130 (3) gd in Apr, 9 ran.
Descaro (USA) 50-1 (10-12) With leader, led before 2nd, fell next, in a race won by Leviathan (11-12) at Stratford 2m hcp hdl 0-125 (3) gs in Mar, 14 ran.
Magic Money 9-2 (11-0) Led, headed and blundered 2 out, one pace after, 3rd of 7, 22l behind Call The Cops (11-6) at Ludlow 2m 5f nh nov hdl (4) gd in Apr.
Lava Lamp (GER) 20-1 (10-13) Chased winner until before 5th, soon lost place and behind, well tailed off, last of 6, well behind Fear Glic (11-9) at Chepstow 2m 4f hcp hdl 0-140 (3) gd in Apr.
Look For Love 9-2 (10-13) Held up towards rear, headway and pecked 4 out, kept on same pace when mistake last, 3rd of 9, 10l behind The Rattler Obrien (10-13) at Newton Abbot 2m 6f hcp hdl 0-115 (4) gd in Apr.


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Originally posted by Aggie Man
Ummm-Kay! Just as I have been saying all along, there was no grounds for this suit and that it would be dismissed. Sorry for all you haters, now y'all will have to find another reason to disqualify him from POTUS; which, by the way, I have no doubt you guys will have successfully done within the next 24-hours
at all the haters
In a 34-page memorandum and opinion, the judge said Berg's allegations of harm were "too vague and too attenuated" to confer standing on him or any other voters.
Surrick ruled that Berg's attempts to use certain laws to gain standing to pursue his claim that Obama was not a natural-born citizen were "frivolous and not worthy of discussion."
The judge also said the harm Berg alleged did "not constitute an injury in fact" and Berg's arguments to the contrary "ventured into the unreasonable."
Originally posted by deathhasnosound
I don't think Berg is done yet. I think he is appealing.
Originally posted by deathhasnosound
reply to post by Aggie Man
It isn't over yet. I wouldn't count your chickens quite yet.
Originally posted by speaknoevil07
Why did the judge dismiss it........there seems to be enough proof. I just can't understand the level of blindness that the American public is tolerant of..
Those that bother to check the facts the facts aren't adding up......
Pleeeeeeeeese........someone stop Obama. If he was a real citizen I would have no issue......even though I don't have his beliefs I respect them. The issue is he is not Qualified to be President. What is wrong with the media, the public and the courts. I am just baffled at the level this goes.....
Stop Obama now! Maybe we deserve the rule of socialism. We are so ignorant that we don't deserve to carry the torch of freedom anylonger. Freedom dies in 2008, so sad. I am sad that MY generation is not standing up. I would stand. Will stand.......Hell I will stand alone if need be. I love this country it ideals.........I would die for it. I in fact can't stand to live when it is being pooped on like it is by the media and lame citizens who just stand by and let this happen.......COME ON people! Stand up!!!!
STOP OBAMA. What are you willing to do......sit and watch as the democracy we love is being stolen!
Originally posted by Aggie Man
reply to post by deathhasnosound
Well, I can tell you that judges at that level do not make political decisions, just to look like an arse when they get overturned by higher courts. Judges make decisions based upon interpretation of the law and/or case law. That way they are not dismissed from their position. But who knows, we shall see....but the clock is ticking.
Originally posted by Aggie Man
reply to post by speaknoevil07
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Saudi Arabian Oil Exports Rise on Refinery Cuts, JODI Data Show
Saudi Arabia's crude oil exports rose in September to 7.28 million barrels a day as local refineries cut processing by 14.6 percent, according to the Joint Organizations Data Initiative.
The world's largest crude exporter shipped 2.9 percent more crude while producing 0.3 percent less oil than it did in August, according to data posted today on JODI's website. Saudi Arabia pumped 9.72 million barrels of crude a day in September, the data showed.
Refineries in the kingdom processed 1.68 million barrels a day, down by 287,000 barrels a day from August, JODI said, citing statistics the Saudi government submitted to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
Saudi Arabia, the largest producer in OPEC, stored 269.3 million barrels of crude within its borders in September, up from 269.1 million a month earlier, the data show. The country, which burns crude to produce electricity and desalinate water, is seeking increasingly to use natural gas as a substitute fuel. By doing do, the government plans to free up more crude for sale overseas, where the commodity can sell at higher prices than it does at home.
JODI, supervised by the Riyadh-based International Energy Forum, uses statistics supplied by national governments to compile data on production, imports and exports for oil- producing and consuming nations. The data include crude oil and condensates and exclude natural gas liquids.
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My partner and I are planning a road trip starting in LA on May 26th we have 10 days and would like to cover all of the below without spendings days upon end in the car is this possible??? or should we take some of it as internal flights? would really appreciate any ones help.
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