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computer is slow will not go online and has no recovery disk. I can not even reset to factory settings. running vista home
HP supply a recovery partition which can be accessed by repeatedly pressing F10 at startup
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i think its corrupted i have tried to do that and got the same problem. it tells me the fat32 file is corrupted or missing files. i need to know where to get a recovery disk. thanks for the reply princecorum.


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"Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail." ITG has the tools and knowledge to make a successful maintenance plan to improve plant process output and manufacturing production.
ITG has been providing Maintenance Planning services for more than 15 years to assist industrial plants in implementing preventative and predictive maintenance plans and training of their maintenance staff. Our maintenance planners have a thorough knowledge of the maintenance process and the ability to interface with a wide variety of plant personnel.
ITG provides Preventative/Predictive Maintenance Planning to our industrial clients as well as commercial and institutional clients. The base plans that have been implemented include all process unit operations from product unloading through packaging, boiler, chiller, ammonia compressors, air compressors, and air handling units.
Typically, a project consists of the evaluation of a new or existing production line or process area of a plant. Our maintenance planners travel to the facility and inspect all the pieces of equipment, interview the maintenance personnel, and collect all required data. Our assessment includes identifying each piece of equipment, identifying the entire maintenance staff, and understanding how all of the parts and pieces are operating currently. The next step is to develop an equipment-specific preventative maintenance plan and each individual maintenance task instruction set. This is followed by matching the maintenance tasks with all of the maintenance and operations personnel, and developing a 52-week plan for the production line.
In addition, ITG provides the service of entering the detailed maintenance task instructions in the client's Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) as well as several different training options for the facility. Training includes basic training of maintenance personnel on executing the detailed task, development of predictive maintenance plans, spare parts controls, SAP system training, and advanced maintenance training. Clients can also take the 52-week plan and the individual instructions, and insert these in to their CMMS.
Many clients recognize the importance of implementing a Maintenance Plan provider to be part of their future installations. Our maintenance experts serve as members of the project team from the onset of the capital approval through the duration of the project, operating as a component of the project process just as the project manager, engineer, and construction manager functions. Clients understand the need for this service because it provides the critical transition required to deliver a project from engineering to construction to plant personnel.


text: Home > Opinions OPINION: Of Wanting to be and Being a Leader Edmund Tayao Posted at Nov 07 2019 12:52 AM Share Save Facebook Twitter LinkedIn And they're off. You can very well read their actions and calculate what they are calculating. Still pretty early, and they know that; for sure they have learned a lot from the many who aspired and failed before, all because of a very well-publicized early start. These would be leaders must have thought that it is an advantage to get it on and prepare early, that's true, but only if one is very sure he has nothing to hide. Or if there is anything that he would likely be made to answer for, he has to have an acceptable excuse. In fact, it might even be a way to show what kind of leader he could be, showing vulnerability at one time and demonstrating decisiveness, resilience, even magnanimity and or humility. Not all attacks or propaganda is negative; in fact it could be made to be a plus to a candidate. Preparedness is not being able to anticipate everything; there is no such thing. Preparedness is knowing yourself truly well (Never assume you already know yourself if you're running for public office. No one knows oneself fully well unless you really are that experienced and have come to have a taste of many challenges, even fixes), or in the case of the one handling a candidate, make sure you know your candidate very well. Only then can one possibly respond to anything that will be thrown and only then one can figure out how best to engage the public. You can very well have a pretty good understanding of the public and the many issues the country face. Engaging is going to be effective however only if you are able to fit the candidate to the context, to a particular circumstance. Whatever it is, it should be a conscious effort to manage the public and the public's reaction from the very start. You can do all the tricks of the trade, leading and misleading the public, after all, all the tools useful in that regard have now become widely available, thanks to technology and a public that has become attached and detached at the same time, but a really damaging information about you is something that cannot remain hidden for long. There is information that in fact should not be damaging but is twisted for the purpose of doing damage. The difference is in how it is handled, which as already explained depend significantly on the candidate him/herself. The bottom line is, the more one tries to hide something, the more it is difficult to handle. There's no standard or model framework for all wannabe presidents or senators. Disabuse yourself that because it happened to Juan before that it could happen to Pedro and Petra, possibly, but the narrative will always be different as the life and times of every person is unique. You just have to capitalize on your strength and manage your weaknesses if you cannot entirely do away with it. The reason for the proverbial "it's destiny" to be President is because "authenticity" is key. In the end, it's about connection to the people, and there's no recipe for that. Either you're authentic or your not. You cannot be authentic if you are not authentic because it is difficult to remain effective in acting authentic in a constantly spontaneous environment. Plus, the idea of timing is an important consideration. There's no such thing as accidents. Opportunities come and made to come according to your unique position in society, this is one important example why knowing about the candidate is important. You might consider an incident or issue as an accident, as it is something you didn't expect, but it is not an accident in the sense that it will not happen to you if you are not in the position and particular circumstance at the particular time it happens. An opportunity to respond to an issue happens only when one is in a position to respond, if one is a party to the issue. You can nevertheless find situations where you're not a party but could make yourself to be a party and be in a position to respond. Either way you have every means to prepare or at least figure out a way to act effectively. There is no particular fixed rule or outcome in politics that is basically what we are trying to make sense here. Especially with the kind of system we have, everything depends on the person and so much is at stake at every issue and even circumstance. It is so damn difficult to calculate and expect things to happen as planned, not in the current political system. This is the same reason why it has always been sheer luck on the country's part to have a good President. No party or electoral system can somehow determine who gets to be President as we don't have real political parties and our electoral system is designed to focus on the person. The key is in the first phrase, "No particular fixed rule." One can be leading at a particular time and suddenly at a tail end in no time. Any party who initiates a particular propaganda is not always the one who ends up benefiting from it. Again, so much depends on the person dealing with a particular issue. A negative situation can be made positive, and this becomes the measure of one's character and therefore leadership. There are so many recent examples we can use in this regard. The rather challenging fix to what could have been a really divisive run up to the Speakership, the so-called "ninja cops" that suddenly hit the headlines, the damaging series of earthquakes in Mindanao, and of course the never ending drug war issues. We can dissect any and all of these in another occasion but for now we can focus on the latest development on the latter. Most recently it has resulted to an interesting twist, the President admitting failure and defeat and sharing to the public the degree of difficulty that he said he did not expect. Depending on which side of the political fence you are, your reading of these pronouncements would either be positive or negative. Those who are supportive of the President and the administration have only seen magnanimity in this pronouncement. Those who have always seen the President in a bad light however see this only as an admission of failure. Magnanimity or failure, the Vice President is now asked to be part of the anti-illegal drugs campaign. And as expected, there was a cacophony of voices reacting to the move of the President. Most notable of which is of course the view of many in the opposition that this is a trap and that the Vice President should not fall into it. This is an opportunity however; again good or bad, this is a chance for the Vice President to prove that there is a better way to what has always been claimed as bloody and ineffective government approach to its drug war. On the side of the President, if we are to see something good into his policy action, we can assume 2 possible things. One, he wants to share to the Vice President the extent of the problem so that perhaps in the process, at the very least, there could be better communication between them. The hope perhaps is to show that it is really a dire situation that everyone's help should be welcome. This then brings us to the second point, perhaps it is expected that the criticisms that preceded this appointment actually have options that could be considered to make the anti-illegal drugs effort more effective. Of course, considering the fixture of distrust in politics, it is just right to see the President's move as simply devious, that it was very well-planned to make the Vice President fail and therefore discredited. If this is true, those who thought of it should have also considered that in the course of the Vice President's work, this devious plan would likely be discovered and seen by the public. In which case, the plan could backfire and that the Vice President will end up benefiting from what was intended to hurt her public persona. In fact anyone in that situation could very well just really try one's very best to do what's right and show how much of a team player he or she is. Now if despite all these efforts, it still is a failure, it could no longer be blamed on the person, and perhaps the public, including all those who have become permanently partisan on both sides realize the real extent of the problem and at the same time shows the need to cooperate and work together. Either way, it could end up a win-win situation. Then again, let's not get too much ahead of ourselves. Disclaimer: The views in this blog are those of the blogger and do not necessarily reflect the views of ABS-CBN Corp. Share Save Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn blog roll, featured blog, Edmund Tayao, EdSight, Leni Robredo, Rodrigo Duterte, drug war, war on drugs, Cabinet Read More: blog roll featured blog Edmund Tayao EdSight Leni Robredo Rodrigo Duterte drug war war on drugs Cabinet


text: This image from ESA's Mars Express shows a dried-up river valley on Mars named Nirgal Vallis. This oblique perspective view was generated using a digital terrain model and Mars Express data gathered on 16 November 2018 during Mars Express orbit 18818. The ground resolution is approximately 14 m/pixel and the images are centred at about 315°E/27°S. This image was created using data from the nadir and colour channels of the High Resolution Stereo Camera. The nadir channel is aligned perpendicular to the surface of Mars, as if looking straight down at the surface.


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(RxWiki News) In our modern world of cell phones, computers and mobile devices, it's hard enough to concentrate. Add a genetic predisposition to attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and you might find yourself using medication to keep you focused.
If you do, you're not alone.
"Talk to your doctor about ADHD treatments"
In an observational study that spanned almost ten years, researchers found some interesting trends among how many people are using pharmaceuticals to treat ADHD and how much those drugs cost.
To narrow down the specifics, researchers used a national cohort (group) of children ages 3-17 from claims made on Florida's Medicaid program. Over the period of the study, which included 107,486 individuals from 1996-2005, they found that the number of children who used ADHD medication increased 3%, but who used antidepressants declined 6%.
Even with these small increases and decreases, spending on mental health increased 61%, but spending on stimulants (which are the kind that help treat ADHD) skyrocketed 157% . This is most likely because the price as well as the number of days these medications are being taken also increased.
So while there was only a relatively small increase in the percentage of children who use ADHD medications within this study, spending on those medications doubled itself over.
The good news is that over 90% of ADHD medication is now long-acting and quickly replacing short-acting stimulants.
This study was sponsored by the American Psychiatric Association and published by Psychiatric Services VOL. 63 No. 2 on February 1, 2012. No conflicts in funding were presented.


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Wildflower glory ready to make a grand entrance
Work is starting shortly to prepare the way for the spectacular annual display of wildflowers across Swansea.
Almost 180 sites across the city including roundabouts, roadside verges and parks due to burst into bloom by the middle of June.
Swansea Council's Parks and Cleansing Service will begin preparing the areas targeted for the seeds to be sown in the next couple of weeks.
More than 41,000 square metres of wild flowers - equivalent to about seven football pitches in size - will then be planted next month and in May
Since it started the wildflower scheme has grown and grown, attracting praise from residents and visitors alike.
There will be some changes with some sites left without flowers to regenerate and other new sites added.
The wild flowers scheme is funded by Swansea Council with contributions from local Councillors and some town and community councils.
Mark Thomas, Cabinet Member for Environment and Infrastructure, said: "The wild flowers scheme has been extremely popular with residents and visitors since being first introduced a few years ago, so I'm pleased to say preparations have now started for their return this summer.
"It's a terrific scheme because it raises people's spirits, improves the look of the city and boosts biodiversity by attracting more bees and other pollinators to urban areas.
"A lot of work goes into the scheme each year and we are confident this will pay-off again."
Some of the funding for the scheme comes from sponsorship by local communities, ward members and businesses and Cllr Thomas said: "The level of community support for the scheme is excellent. The fact that councillors, businesses and other organisations are willing to support it just proves its popularity."
The council also works in partnership with the Friends of the Botanical Gardens, who sell the seeds during their plant sale events.


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HP takes aim at 'visual hacking' with new integrated privacy screens
World's only notebooks with built-in feature that helps block unwanted "shoulder surfing."
By Amanda Naranjo, Corporate Communications Intern, HP Newsroom
Keeping information on a PC secure is important. Consumers and corporations alike take great steps to keep their files safe – creating hard-to-crack passwords, installing powerful anti-virus software and securing their wireless connections.
But there's one area where many of us remain exposed – the computer screen itself. Whether we're tapping away at a busy airport terminal or a neighborhood coffee shop, an exposed screen allows sensitive information to be viewed by anyone who just happens to glance over our shoulders.
On the business side, "visual hacking" or "shoulder-surfing" – is an increasing concern for company CIOs who are tasked with managing a new crop of highly mobile workers, with almost 60 percent reportedly taking their work outside office walls, according to Pew Research Center.
HP, along with partner 3M, has found a way to address this largely-overlooked security gap. Today, HP unveiled the world's only notebooks with integrated privacy screens. HP Sure View, a new integrated feature of the HP EliteBook 1040 and EliteBook 840 laptops, helps protect against visual hacking with the press of a single button.
"Today's millennial workforce is increasingly mobile, creating new data security challenges for businesses as confidential information can be more easily hacked from a user's screen – a process called visual hacking," said Alex Cho, vice president and general manager, Commercial PCs at HP. "The addition of HP Sure View to our PC security solutions helps address the risks associated with visual hacking and gives customers the freedom to work more confidently and productively in public spaces with the touch of a button."
How HP Sure View works
HP Sure View, developed with innovative 3M privacy technology, eliminates the need to apply an external filter onto a laptop to safeguard onscreen information. With one keystroke , users toggle into a "privacy mode" and the screen appears dark to those not viewing it from head-on.
This feature reduces up to 95 percent of visible light when viewed at an angle, making it difficult for others to view information on the screen. Users, however, have a clear view when looking directly at the screen, allowing them to work securely without fear of confidential data exposure in open spaces or close quarters such as an airplane, commuter train or bustling coffee shop.
Unlike external filters that need to be applied to the screen, Sure View is always with you, since it's an integrated feature in the display. It's also less costly than separate privacy, anti-glare and other filter accessories over the life of the notebook, depending on features and sizes.Product information, including pricing and availability, can be found here.


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Hi. I bought MyNovel 4.0 some years back and I have the disc and activation code, but they no longer work. You can activate it offline, but I don't have that code and I just cannot get in touch with MyNovel.biz. Can you help me, please? Many thanks.
Unfortunately, MyNovel seems to have been discontinued by its developers. The application's website is no longer available and there's no contact info remaining, so it's highly unlikely that you'll be able to get in touch with the company. In case you need an alternative writing tool, I recommend taking a look at WriteMonkey or FreeMind.


text: He said that that great effort is being taken to upgrade the quality of the urban environment of Colombo, its suburbs and other key cities throughout the country with the intention of creating clean, green, people friendly cities where the environment will be preserved, existing facilities upgraded in order for the people to have a better life. He said that in order to assist this process a separate division within the Police will be established to monitor the work progress of the contracted companies. Another significant step in urban development is the regeneration of urban spaces through Private Public Partnerships in which investors work with landowners to build mixed developments in areas they occupy, he said."Under the Resettlement of Underserved Settlements Project being undertaken by the Urban Development Authority, some 70,000 families living in poor conditions in Colombo will be given housing in high rise buildings designed and constructed to a good standard," he added. (Colombo Gazette) He expressed confidence that Colombo will once again bloom as the Garden City of the East.He also said that the role of the Urban Development Authority in restoring the heritage buildings of the city and giving them a new lease of life. The police, in addition to fighting crime, will now also have a separate unit to monitor garbage collection.Secretary of Defence and Urban Development Gotabaya Rajapaksa said that steps have been taken to expedite the collection of garbage in Colombo.


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QUEBEC—Mourners in Quebec City are paying their respects to former premier Bernard Landry today as his body lies in state at the provincial legislature.
Premier Francois Legault was among the first to arrive at the visition for the former Parti Quebecois leader, who died Tuesday at the age of 81 of a pulmonary disease.
Landry's casket arrived early this morning, draped in a blue-and-white Quebec flag and accompanied by a police procession.
Another visitation will take place Monday at Montreal's Notre-Dame Basilica, ahead of a state funeral on Tuesday.
Landry was a prominent figure in Quebec's sovereignty movement for half a century, and served as the province's premier from 2001 to 2003.
The longtime Parti Quebecois member leaves behind a partner, Chantal Renaud, and three children from a previous marriage.
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Fall 2020 Simon & Schuster Adult Distributed Publisher Catalog
Pegasus Books
Pegasus Books
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Title Status
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Category Full 1
SPORTS & RECREATION / Fishing
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports
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Lords of the Fly
Madness, Obsession, and the Hunt for the World Record Tarpon
Monte Burke, Author
About the Book
Other Formats
From the bestselling author of
Saban, 4th and Goal,
comes the thrilling, untold story of the quest for the world record tarpon on a fly rod—a tale that reveals as much about Man as it does about the fish.
Book Description
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, something unique happened in the quiet little town on the west coast of Florida known as Homosassa. The best fly anglers in the world—Lefty Kreh, Stu Apte, Ted Williams, Tom Evans, Billy Pate and others—all gathered together to chase the same Holy Grail: The world record for the world's most glamorous and sought-after fly rod species, the tarpon.
The anglers would meet each morning for breakfast. They would compete out on the water during the day, eat dinner together at night, socialize and party. Some harder than others. The world record fell nearly every year. But records weren't the only things that were broken. Hooks, lines, rods, reels, hearts and marriages didn't survive, either. The egos involved made the atmosphere electric. The difficulty of the quest made it legitimate. The drugs and romantic entanglements that were swept in with the tide would finally make it all veer out of control.
It was a confluence of people and place that had never happened before in the world of fishing and will never happen again. It was a collision of the top anglers and the top species of fish which would lead to smashed lives for nearly all involved, man and fish alike.
Lords of the Fly
, Burke, an obsessed tarpon fly angler himself, delves into this incredible moment. He examines the growing popularity of the tarpon, an amazing fish has been around for 50 million years, can live to 80 years old and can grow to 300 pounds in weight. It is a massive, leaping, bullet train of a fish. When hooked in shallow water, it produces "immediate unreality," as the late poet and tarpon obsessive, Richard Brautigan, once described it.
Burke also chronicles the heartbreaking destruction that exists as a result—brought on by greed, environmental degradation and the shenanigans of a notorious Miami gangster—and how all of it has shaped our contemporary fishery.
Filled with larger-than-life characters and vivid prose,
Lords of the Fly
is not only a must read for anglers of all stripes, but also for those interested in the desperate yearning of the human condition.
"I distinctly remember the first tarpon I hooked. After about a half-dozen leaps that would leave an audience at Sea World slack-jawed, I looked up at the end of my fly rod bent against the horizon and thought: 'Good God, I've got a dinosaur on a stick!' A tarpon is one of the greatest creatures in the sea.
Lords of the Fly
gets to the heart of why. You will love this book."
— Michael Keaton
"This is a story of the obsessed, unhinged, and often brilliant dreamers who chase giant tarpon—a primeval fish with breathtaking glamour and ungodly strength. The thrill of hooking one on a fly rod is impossible to exaggerate, so you can believe every word of Monte Burke's funny, wistful, wonderful book. He's clearly as sick as the rest of us."
— Carl Hiaasen
"In Monte Burke's
Lords of the Fly
we are treated to an exquisitely detailed portrait of tarpon, its mysterious habits, its place in history, in art, in Biblical lore. But it is the fish's extraordinary fusion of power and speed and its prehistoric majesty and its ferocious fight that attracted a flamboyant cast of characters who shared the obsessive drive to land a world record tarpon or simply to have one of those high-flying monsters on the end of their fly line. In witty and muscular prose, Burke ties together these disparate elements as neatly and beguilingly as a well-crafted tarpon fly."
— James W. Hall, author of the Thorn series
"Monte Burke is a superb researcher with an ear for lyricism that does not degrade into poetic gobbledygook. The story he weaves makes
Lords of the Fly
the most compelling non-fiction book I've read in years."
— Randy Wayne White, former fishing guide and author of the Doc Ford series novels
Finally, a book about tarpon and the obsessed anglers who pursue them that's as spirited and majestic as the fish themselves. Through extensive reporting and writing that shimmers like a Florida flat, Burke puts the reader in the boat, on the fly rod, and at the marina bar with the legends of the fishery. You'll be hooked from the first sentence.
— David DiBenedetto, editor in chief, Garden & Gun and author of On the Run: An Angler's Journey Down the Striper Coast
National interviews and media attention
Off the book page features in outdoor, fishing and nature oulets
Events in Florida and New York City
Special sales outreach to Orvis, Bass Pro Shops, and similar angler retailers
Author Bio
Monte Burke
is the author of the
New York Times
Saban: The Making of a Coach
, a biography of Alabama head coach, Nick Saban. He is also the author of
4TH And Goal: One Man's Quest to Recapture His Dream
, which won an Axiom Award for biography, and
Sowbelly: The Obsessive Quest for the World Record Largemouth Bass
, which was named one of the best books of the year by
Sports Illustrated
and Amazon, and was chosen for Barnes & Noble's "Discover Great New Writers" program. After a 14-year stint as a reporter, staff writer and editor at
, he is now a contributing editor at the magazine. He is also a contributing editor at
Garden & Gun
The Drake
. Connect with him via Twitter @monteburke, or through monteburke.com.
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September 2020


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Festivals everywhere
5th September 2011
As the summer draws to a close and the festival season moves indoors we can start to look back at the highlights of what has been a hugely successful year for our artists and look forward to a few more great events still to come.
Our year began in March when Rango and the 17 Hippies took the marathon trip to Australia and New Zealand for the WOMAD festivals in Adelaide and New Zealand. Then we all popped over to the Emirates in April with Sain Zahoor and El Tanbura for more WOMADs, this time in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain.
The merry month of May saw Sheelanagig at Green Man in Clun and the enormous Acoustic Festival of Great Britain, then June brought Sarah Savoy and the Francadians for a literally flying vist to Wychwood's main stage, in a set segued by Eliza Carthy and Robyn Hitchcock. June rolled on with Soothsayers headlining Salisbury's final night on the Cathedral lawn, Steven Sogo winning over a big Liverpool crowd at Africa Oye and Jaipur Kawa Brass Band not only amazing the Glastonbury masses in the Theatre and Circus fields but doing three extra last minute shows in the early hours in the Astrolabe marquee.
July was awash with festivals and with Sarah Savoy back over as well as her family, The Savoy Family Cajun Band here for a rare UK visit, Americana dominated with appearances at Llangollen, Grillstock on Bristol's harbourside, Birmingham International Jazz, WOMAD Charlton Park, The Sage's Americana Festival, Southern Fried in Perth and Cambridge's Summer in the City standing out. Rango went on a mini Euro tour starting at Roskilde and Jaipur Kawa were to be seen all over the gardens of Larmer Tree Festival and at Camp Bestival, where they were joined by their fellow Rajastahani's, Kawa Circus.
Whilst India's other summer visitors were not fairing so well on the cricket pitch, the brass band and the circus compensated at August festivals, Bracknell, Nottingham, Greenbelt, Scarborough and Towersey to name but a few. August Bank Holiday saw a welcome UK return for the 17 Hippies, with Shambala proving to be the ultimate setting for their unique style.
Edinburgh Festival draws to a close in September and with audiences there overdosed on festival fare by now Kawa Circus could have faced quite a challenge but their charm and skills won the day, the weekend even. Next up is the big one, the long awaited one, Bestival. Sold out, with 48,000 descending on the Isle of Wight, Jaipur Kawa Brass Band and Kawa Circus will be on the bill, alongside Bjork, The Cure, Pendulum and Fatboy Slim!
But last weekend we took some time off and went to Moseley Folk Festival, sans bands! And what a gem, undoubtedly the best festival we have been to all year – magical location, groovy crowd, perfectly proportioned, inspiring line-up, TINARIWEN!!!, intimate gigs – what more can you ask?Back to News


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Worldwide Production Agency has dropped Hollywood stunt coordinator Joel Kramer after Eliza Dushku accused him of molesting her during production of the 1994 film "True Lies."
The talent agency "elected to part ways" with Kramer based on the allegations, according to a statement sent to Deadline.
"Such behavior is unacceptable and entirely at odds with the standards of conduct we demand of ourselves, and expect from our clients," Richard Caleel, the agency's president and general counsel, said.
In a Facebook post Saturday, Dushku accused Kramer of sexually abusing her in his Miami hotel room when she was 12 and he was 36. Kramer had "methodically" built her parents' trust over months, before he offered to take her swimming at the stunt crew's hotel pool one day, Dushku wrote.
According to her Facebook post:
I remember vividly how he methodically drew the shades and turned down the lights; how he cranked up the air-conditioning to what felt like freezing levels, where exactly he placed me on one of the two hotel room beds, what movie he put on the television (Coneheads); how he disappeared in the bathroom and emerged, naked, bearing nothing but a small hand towel held flimsy at his mid-section. I remember what I was wearing (my favorite white denim shorts, thankfully, secured enough for me to keep on). I remember how he laid me down on the bed, wrapped me with his gigantic writhing body, and rubbed all over me. He spoke these words: "You're not going to sleep on me now sweetie, stop pretending you're sleeping," as he rubbed harder and faster against my catatonic body. When he was 'finished', he suggested, "I think we should be careful…," [about telling anyone] he meant.
Dushku also accused Kramer of intentionally injuring her during a "stunt-gone-wrong" soon after an adult she confided in appeared to confront him about the abuse.
Kramer called the allegations "entirely untrue," in an email sent to HuffPost on Monday.
"These allegations are a well-crafted fabrication by Ms. Dushku," Kramer wrote. "I do not understand what motivated Ms. Dushku to make this statement and I hope that she can find it in her conscious to correct this injustice and return my good name to me."
Kramer told HuffPost that he texted Caleel on Saturday, denying Dushku's accusations but telling him he would "understand" if the agency chose to drop him.
Several people close to Dushku, including her mother and former agent, have come forward to say the child actress told them about the molestation at the time.
Jamie Lee Curtis, who played the mother of Dushku's character in "True Lies," wrote in a blog post for HuffPost Sunday that Dushku told her about the abuse a few years ago.
"I was shocked and saddened then and still am today," Curtis wrote. "What allegedly happened to Eliza, away from the safety net of all of us and our purview is a terrible, terrible thing to learn about and have to reconcile. The truth will set us all free."
Read Dushku's full post below:
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- Draize eye test (1)
- OECD guideline (1)
- alternatives (1)
- corneal equivalent (1)
- eye irritation testing (1)
In the last decades significant regulatory attempts were made to replace, refine and reduce animal testing to assess the risk of consumer products for the human eye. As the original in vivo Draize eye test is criticized for limited predictivity, costs and ethical issues, several animal-free test methods have been developed to categorize substances according to the global harmonized system (GHS) for eye irritation. This review summarizes the progress of alternative test methods for the assessment of eye irritation. Based on the corneal anatomy and current knowledge of the mechanisms causing eye irritation, different ex vivo and in vitro methods will be presented and discussed with regard to possible limitations and status of regulatory acceptance. In addition to established in vitro models, this review will also highlight emerging, full thickness cornea models that might be suited to predict all GHS categories.


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Cream was a chemical explosion like no other, the blueprint for every supergroup to follow and the heavy blues precursor to Hendrix, Zeppelin and so much more. 50 years since their earth-shaking debut album, the bloodlines of that hallowed trilogy come together to pay tribute to Cream's legendary four-album reign over the psychedelic frontier of the late 1960s.
Kofi Baker (son of Ginger) and Malcolm Bruce (son of Jack) unite with Will Johns (Eric's nephew by marriage and son of Zeppelin/ Stones/ Hendrix engineer Andy) to unleash the lightning that electrified a generation.
Feel the fire and the freedom of 'Spoonful', 'Strange Brew', 'Sunshine of Your Love', 'White Room', 'Crossroads' and 'Badge' – performed by master musicians whose lives have been steeped in the Cream spirit and legacy.
EXPERIENCE a once-in-a-lifetime concert salute to the most innovative and explosive supergroup of all time, in the hands of those that knew them best.
WATCH as they interplay live with their fathers on the big screen; classic moments in rock history brought back to life.
LISTEN as they share personal insights and stories, complete with rare, yet to be seen family footage and photographs.
Duration: approx 2½ hours (incl. interval)
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A few loosely organized thoughts on Francis' recent interview with America magazine, "A Big Heart Open to God."
Francis did not speak about changes to Church doctrine.
This point has been made by most conservative Catholic commentators in response to Francis' interview. And it's true. Francis did not imply there are any doctrinal shifts forthcoming on issues such as gay marriage or women priests. He also strongly condemned abortion while speaking to a group of gynecologists the day after the interview was published. Catholics hoping for swift changes to the Church's official policies on these issues should temper their enthusiasm.
But that doesn't mean nothing has changed.
Although Francis did not announce any modifications of core Church principles, the tone and content of his interview suggests a change of direction in how the Church approaches culture war issues. This new focus underscores a potentially transformative shift in the Church's ability to engage in dialogue with a broader scope of peoples and cultures. Francis is placing a greater emphasis on how the Church can act as a steward to help people find "daily sanctity" as they navigate the confusing, painful, and disappointing annals of daily life. He is also focusing more on the pastoral role of the Church and placing greater importance on helping the poor and afflicted.
We can see a recalibration of sorts taking shape in Pope Francis' commentary. The central themes he discusses of love and helping the poor have always been a part of Church teaching, but he makes a point to contrast these against how the Church has recently (fairly or unfairly) been perceived as focusing on things like homosexuality and contraception. Perhaps this contrast will be a continuing element of Francis' papacy. "This church with which we should be thinking is the home of all, not a small chapel that can hold only a small group of selected people," he tells interviewer Antonio Sparado, S.J. Inclusiveness is the order of the day, with a heightened focus on "the essentials, on the necessary things: this is also what fascinates and attracts more."
I found the Pope's anecdote about the mother who had an abortion to be a particularly tender manifestation of this idea:
I also consider the situation of a woman with a failed marriage in her past and who also had an abortion. Then this woman remarries, and she is now happy and has five children. That abortion in her past weighs heavily on her conscience and she sincerely regrets it. She would like to move forward in her Christian life. What is the confessor to do?
The quote indicates a refreshingly realistic look (from the highest post of the Church!) at the realities and consequences of living in an imperfect world. The Pope's story focuses on helping the woman reconcile her decisions in order to find greater peace in her spiritual life. A great deal of Catholic commentary on abortion in the U.S. centers on why women are forbidden to have them, but Francis is hinting at an approach that gives deeper consideration to the effects of extremely difficult and painful decisions. Making a conscious effort to expand the discussion in this manner, even if the core of the discussion is unchanged, is a crucially important step both in helping those in need and demonstrating the rationality of the core. Again, this does not entail any shifts in doctrine, but simply looking at contentious issues more broadly will go a very long way in revitalizing how most people view the Church.
The concepts might not be revolutionary, but the proclamation of them is.
Last May, Francis made headlines when he said that atheists could be redeemed. James Martin, S.J., reflected on the Pope's sermon by noting:
Pope Francis is saying, more clearly than ever before, that Christ offered himself as a sacrifice for everyone. That's always been a Christian belief. You can find St. Paul saying in the First Letter to Timothy that Jesus gave himself as a "ransom for all." But rarely do you hear it said by Catholics so forcefully, and with such evident joy.
This same forcefulness seems to be a recurring hallmark of Francis' papacy thus far. Beyond shifting the conversation on how the Church engages with the public, Francis is also articulating little-known beliefs with greater clarity and compassion. This was evident in his recent letter to an Italian newspaper responding to an atheist's columns about the Church, and it's on full display in "A Big Heart Open to God." Francis' commentary on uncertainty is particularly important for finding common ground with unbelievers:
…in this quest to seek and find God in all things there is still an area of uncertainty. There must be. If a person says that he met God with total certainty and is not touched by a margin of uncertainty, then this is not good. For me, this is an important key. If one has the answers to all the questions—that is the proof that God is not with him. It means that he is a false prophet using religion for himself. The great leaders of the people of God, like Moses, have always left room for doubt. You must leave room for the Lord, not for our certainties; we must be humble. Uncertainty is in every true discernment that is open to finding confirmation in spiritual consolation.
Hearing the Pope say that uncertainty is an integral part of faith is revelatory, not because it's an unheard of theological principle but because the point has been made rather poorly of late. That so many people are reacting so well to the Francis' words is proof positive of how the Church hasn't effectively conveyed core principles to nonbelievers (and, often, the laity) in the recent past. Spreading this kind of testimony that makes faith a more relatable proposition to so many people will hopefully be a constant throughout Francis' papacy. This is how the Church wins back the credibility it squandered in the child abuse scandal (in conjunction with a renewed focus on helping those in need and emphasizing grace and love). "The ones who quit sometimes do it for reasons that, if properly understood and assessed, can lead to a return," he says. Better engagement with these people by actually addressing their concerns is crucial and it's wonderful to see Francis acknowledging this.
Spaces vs. Processes
I found the following to be the most interesting part of this extraordinary interview:
…there is a temptation to seek God in the past or in a possible future. God is certainly in the past because we can see the footprints. And God is also in the future as a promise. But the 'concrete' God, so to speak, is today. For this reason, complaining never helps us find God. The complaints of today about how 'barbaric' the world is—these complaints sometimes end up giving birth within the church to desires to establish order in the sense of pure conservation, as a defense. No: God is to be encountered in the world of today.
"God manifests himself in historical revelation, in history. Time initiates processes, and space crystallizes them. God is in history, in the processes.
"We must not focus on occupying the spaces where power is exercised, but rather on starting long-run historical processes. We must initiate processes rather than occupy spaces. God manifests himself in time and is present in the processes of history. This gives priority to actions that give birth to new historical dynamics. And it requires patience, waiting.
Francis is positing a model for how the Church should act in order to achieve meaningful, lasting, and adaptive change. He argues that there is a strong temptation to react against new challenges with a reversion to traditional solutions and established rules. But to more fully engage with God, new frameworks, new methods of solving these new problems, must be established.
Francis' characterization of how God is "in the processes" of history successfully captures how the amalgamation of our individual strivings for the ideal and the perpetual disappointments that result are one way the divine is manifested in our world. He's correct that we need reconsider how our most powerful organizations and institutions (including the Church) influence the moral constructs that govern our coexistence. It's a logical philosophy, too. Trying to affix theological bandages on new barbarisms doesn't necessarily solve their root causes, but establishing clearer moral paradigms might help reduce some of those problems altogether.
This is a difficult process that will take a great deal of time, and it's fair to argue this rhetoric of enacting new processes is an ambiguous gambit that could result in negligible moral enhancement. But it's exciting to hear Francis discuss the necessity of reevaluating the core bases behind how the Church can be an influence for the good. Power is not a meaningful tool unless aligned with (and not forced upon) the systems through which people live. Working to restructure these systems and the actors which shape them is a goal most worthy of the Church's full engagement.
It's important that we initiate the historical process of a new theology of women. But how?
One particular example of a system that warrants reconsideration is the role of women in the Church. Francis had previously stressed the importance of this question and he revisits it once again in the interview. "We must therefore investigate further the role of women in the church. We have to work harder to develop a profound theology of the woman," he says. But he has also spoken out against the ordination of female priests. So what is to be done?
This is admittedly wild speculation on my part, but I wonder if Francis was hinting at the creation of an entirely new role for women in the Church, something that would parallel the position of a priest or bishop. "Mary, a woman, is more important than the bishops," he says, and also notes that "the feminine genius is needed wherever we make important decisions." If women are this critical to the future of the Church, it follows that they need a role with equal power and influence as clergymen. I'm not sure there is any doctrinal basis on which this new position could be developed and it would likely be met with immense scrutiny and questioning. But it would essentially end the debate about "women priests" by simply creating an entirely new religious branch of the hierarchy in which women could wield substantial power.
Again, Pope Francis did not say that such a revolution is on the horizon, and this idea is merely an extrapolation of how the Church could best give women such influence without changing core doctrine. But his words do hint that change is coming. The question is- when? And what will that change entail?
Our fear of eventual disappointment in Francis is all the more acute after this interview.
In our original debate series about Francis, Matt had the following cautionary note regarding initial excitement over the Pope's rhetoric:
I worry that some of the early enthusiasm about Pope Francis has led to unrealistic expectations about his ability to heal the divisions in the Church. I also worry that over time, should Francis fail to deal with the problems of corruption in the Vatican and to burnish the tarnished public image of the Church, his oratorical style will come to be judged much more harshly than it has been thus far. No longer will it be a "most welcome approach to the papacy," as Chris puts it, but a feeble substitute for action.
Matt expressed the same concern when we spoke recently about this new interview. I share his concerns now with a greater degree of apprehension than from earlier this summer. Francis' words have earned him accolades across the political and social spectrum, but they hinted at few specifics for any potential policy shifts. The role of women in the Church was addressed, for example, but what will actually be done? One has to worry that continual soaring rhetoric without tangible change will lead to claims that Francis is all hot air and no action.
Fortunately, Francis has bought himself a good amount of time, especially through his emphasis on discernment.
If we created a word cloud of the most frequent terms used in the Pope's interview, I'd guess that "discernment" would be at or very close to the top of the list. Francis hammered home the importance of critical reflection on both a macro and micro level in order to make the wisest, most prudent decisions for both himself and his flock. He speaks at length about discernment in the interview; for brevity, I'll cite his reference to John XXIII: "See everything; turn a blind eye to much; correct a little." The idea of seeing and reflecting on everything but not trying to overhaul the status quo suggests Francis will be a proponent of humble discernment going forward.
It's important to emphasize that Francis realizes the requisite discernment for overseeing 1 billion Catholics, along with the process of enacting new historical processes, will take time. He notes that this initiative "requires patience, waiting." "I believe that we always need time to lay the foundations for real, effective change. And this is the time of discernment," he says. This is an important clause that, if repeated often enough, actually gives additional weight to the Pope's pronouncements. Let's tackle these issues as quickly as we can, but let's make sure we're trying to solve them correctly before we jump, he seems to be saying. In conjunction with the amount of goodwill he seems to have earned so far, I think Francis has bought himself a good amount of time before people start criticizing him for a lack of substantial change.
The translators did a wonderful job.
Much credit is due to the translators of the original Italian interview for crafting an easy-to-read yet engaging and beautiful piece. Lines like the following are almost poetic in their depth and diction: "We have to find a new balance; otherwise even the moral edifice of the church is likely to fall like a house of cards, losing the freshness and fragrance of the Gospel." Truly fantastic work.
Francis' literature anecdote provides a model for artistic engagement that the Church should follow.
In speaking about his musical and artistic preferences, Francis shares an enlightening anecdote about when he taught young school boys:
Of course, young people wanted to read more 'racy' literary works, like the contemporary La Casada Infiel or classics like La Celestina, by Fernando de Rojas. But by reading these things they acquired a taste in literature, poetry, and we went on to other authors. And that was for me a great experience. I completed the program, but in an unstructured way—that is, not ordered according to what we expected in the beginning, but in an order that came naturally by reading these authors.
Is it possible for the Church to extrapolate this model in how it engages with popular culture and contemporary art? I hope so. The idea of using familiar material as a jumping point into the divine seems like such a logical way to show people the joy of both faith and art. More on how this could be accomplished in a future post.
Above all, faith is love made manifest, and this transcends dogma.
"But the proclamation of the saving love of God comes before moral and religious imperatives."
I did a double take when I first read that line in the interview. We've already established that Francis did not suggest forthcoming alterations to core doctrine, but this is a succinctly shocking mission statement for the Church in the twenty-first century. To hear him say that proclaiming God's love transcends any religious edicts almost seems like subversion of Church authority- and from the Bishop of Rome, no less!
But it's not, and it reminds us of what the Church's ultimate goal is: to encourage the love of Jesus and to provide scalable systems that facilitate the transmission of this love. Its edicts are ultimately ways that are, or were, thought to best encourage this process. Francis seems to realize the danger of letting these edicts become hardened dogma and get in the way of actually spreading love: "If the Christian is a restorationist, a legalist, if he wants everything clear and safe, then he will find nothing," he says.
This is why I think it's appropriate to call "A Big Heart Open to God" a kind of recalibration in how the Church engages with the world. It's not that Francis is proclaiming new ideas or concepts, but rather that he's trying to reframe the discussion (especially that of nonbelievers) around deep connections and agapic love.
A reader of Andrew Sullivan's blog wrote in with a positive impression of the Pope's interview but ultimately focused on how he "can never return to Christianity because it is, in a phenomenological sense, meaningless." I've only had limited theological training in my academic career, but it seems to me that Pope Francis is making the absolute strongest argument in this interview why Christianity has as much meaning and importance in contemporary life as any other accepted religious belief or secular principle. It's not based on worshipping a big hairy man in the sky; it's about achieving a divine connection through love, in the hope that we can make these broken things glow and burn a little bit more. It's about "common sanctity," as Francis says- seeing holiness "in the patience of the people of God: a woman who is raising children, a man who works to bring home the bread, the sick, the elderly priests who have so many wounds but have a smile on their faces because they served the Lord, the sisters who work hard and live a hidden sanctity."
Simply making sure that people know this is the core of the Church instead of strict proclamations against contentious issues is an important task. Despite the myriad of praise, criticism, and commentary it's received so far, "A Big Heart Open to God" ultimately succeeds because it initiates this process of renewed engagement. This will be a primary component of Francis' papacy, and it certainly seems that he's off to a good start.


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38-Tonne Driverless Mining Machine Expertly Navigates Narrow Glass Labyrinth
Paid partnership with Sandvik
In recent years, self-driving vehicles have been a widely-discussed topic, mostly at a conceptual level.
However, global engineering group Sandvik has had automated loaders and trucks working in real mines for over 20 years – with zero accidents involving people.
To prove its capabilities, Sandvik moved things above ground and put its next generation of automation to the test.
In a spectacular film, an 11-metre, 38-tonne Sandvik mining loader navigates through a labyrinth of glass, all by itself. While glass is clearly a different material to the rock walls the loader's laser sensors are designed for, the loader detects the fragile labyrinth and maneuvers through its narrow aisles with ease.
You can check out the impressive display below:
To prove the feat's realness, Sandvik's CEO Björn Rosengren takes over the driving at the end of the film and crashes into the glass labyrinth.
Jouni Koppanen, Senior Systems Engineer for Automation at Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology, said:
Sandvik's self-driving loaders have been in use for more than 20 years, with over 2 million operating hours underground.
A benefit with autonomous systems is that we can move people from the environment underground, that can be hazardous, to safe control rooms above ground, improving safety and productivity for our customers.
Recently Sandvik introduced the next generation of autonomous systems, saying, "It's groundbreaking for the industry that our mining machines now are able to load material, transport and empty it all by themselves," Koppanen says.
For CEO Rosengren, the glass labyrinth test was obviously a special day at work. But the unique feat also demonstrates Sandvik's view on innovation.
He said:
Some of today's most sophisticated technology is found within Sandvik's different business areas.
We've always worked close to our customers developing new products and technologies. Going forward we clearly see digitalization as a key area. It will help both us and our customers to be more productive, efficient and sustainable.
While a glass labyrinth might not be a traditional operating environment for a mining loader, such unconventional thinking has enabled Sandvik to stay at the forefront of technologies like automation.
"Years before the automotive industry was even talking about concept vehicles, Sandvik's self-driving loaders and trucks were already successfully working underground," Koppanen says.
Sandvik's automated system means that its loaders and trucks learn the safest and most efficient route the first time they enter a tunnel.
Guided by a set of lasers, the vehicle's intelligent system maps out and records a path. Sandvik's patented algorithms, together with the loader's sensors and gyroscopes, ensure it knows where to go underground, where GPS is not possible.
Today, Sandvik has more than 40,000 employees globally, with approximately 2,600 working as researchers in around 50 R&D centers.
From engineers to digital specialists, Sandvik aims to boost innovation with a blend of competencies that work together.
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Just back from a day of filming in the Therapiezentrum Burgau, about 2 hours' drive from Pforzheim and supporters of the An Saol project. After Pádraig's therapies this morning, my two friends collected me (driver and film maker) and off we went. It was a truly amazing day.
It's late, so here are just a few pictures of the day – with a huge 'thank you' to Prof Bender, Herrn Ott-Schindele (in charge of therapy), and Christiane Knorr (deputy therapy lead) for the time they took to share with us their enthusiasm, energy, and dedication to persons with severe acquired brain injuries. A big 'thank you' also to my two friends who I will meet again tomorrow here in Pforzheim!


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The heavy dark falls back to earth
And the freed air goes wild with light,
The heart fills with fresh, bright breath
And thoughts stir to give birth to colour.
– Matins, John O'Donohue
Franklin Parrasch Gallery is pleased to announce its first exhibition of Jefferson City, Montana-based painter Anne Appleby. The show, entitled Hymn: First Light, Last Light, consists of eight works from the artist's most recent series. Observing and responding to her secluded wilderness surroundings, Appleby distills her own perceptions of natural elements as they perpetually alter throughout their life cycles.
Acknowledging the activity of constant transition and impermanence in the natural world, Appleby articulates an impression of the quality of light (or lack thereof) in pre-dawn and post-dusk states. Reflecting upon an Ojibwa belief that certain souls wander in a pre-color state before they wander into the light, Appleby intuits the metaphorical impact of such a journey in these paintings, each of which depicts shifting tonal densities of grey built through numerous subtly visible chromatic layers. Exploring the mystery of chromatic perception, the artist's surfaces, which often consist of up to 50 layers of oil and wax mediums, resonate with variation and depth.
As noted by Emily Stamey, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at Wichita State University's Ulrich Museum of Art:
"Appleby's holistic attention to her physiological and psychological experiences in nature plays an equally important role in her process. Rather than work only empirically from what she sees, the artist allows subjective remembered experiences in the landscape to guide her. She describes the approach as "interior," a practice that acknowledges her very personal relationship to nature."
Born in Harrisburg, PA in 1954, Appleby studied at Philadelphia College of Art before relocating to Montana in 1971, subsequently earning her BFA at the University of Montana, Missoula, and eventually establishing a studio and residence in the sparsely populated community of Jefferson City. In addition to receiving her MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1989, Appleby's educational background includes a fifteen-year apprenticeship with Ojibwa artist and holy man Ed Barbeau, with whom she learned and refined processes of intense meditative awareness in nature. The tenor of Appleby's work reflects the sensation of that observational practice and resides at the core of her philosophical approach to painting.
Appleby's work has been exhibited in numerous solo exhibitions at galleries and museums worldwide, including Mayor Gallery, London (2010); Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco (1993-2011); Villa e Collezione Panza, Varese (2007); and Borzo Gallery, Amsterdam (2016). Her works are held in the permanent collections of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery (Buffalo, NY), Daimler Art Collection (Stuttgart/Berlin, DE), Denver Museum of Art (CO), Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA), National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC), the Panza Collection (Lugano, CH), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (CA), and the Seattle Art Museum (WA), amongst others. A solo exhibition titled A Hymn for the Mother will take place in 2020 at the Missoula Art Museum (MT).
Hymn: First Light, Last Light will be on view at Franklin Parrasch Gallery, 53 East 64th Street, New York, NY, from October 25—December 20, 2019. For images, biography, and further information, please contact the gallery at firstname.lastname@example.com or at 212-246-5360 during business hours: 10a-6p, Tuesday-Saturday.


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Know Your ABTs: 3 Testables for Email Marketers
"EVERYBODY GETS A TEST!" Matt Byrd yelled, channeling his inner Oprah Winfrey. He's right to be excited—testing different parts of email marketing is essential, and he laid out a number of different paths to success in Nov. 4's Direct Marketing IQ Brunch & Learn webinar, "7 Email Tests to Run Today (and Tomorrow)." With almost infinite variables in any email campaign, it can be tough to know where to begin. Luckily, Matt Byrd—the senior email marketing manager at Cambridge, Mass.-based email testing and analytics provider Litmus—has seven categories (and tips for each) to help get you rolling.
Right off the bat, it's important to remember that "testing is about finding what works for your own audience." Just because one particular strategy is billed as "Best Practice," doesn't necessarily mean that it's going to be effective in your individual campaign. Even though boosting open rates and clickthroughs is good, the end goal should always be conversions.
"The latest stat out there is that email has an average of 4,300 percent ROI," said Byrd, "but it also has a GAZILLION percent ROR (Return on Relationship)." If those two stats aren't reason enough to start testing your email campaigns, then we're not sure what is.
There are two basic testing methods: A/B Testing and Multivariate Testing. In A/B Testing, you're sending two different versions of the same email with one thing changed, while in Multivariate Testing you might have many different versions of an email, with many combinations of things changed.
No matter which type of testing you go with, be methodical! "Don't just test for the sake of testing, or because 'testing' is the cool buzzword," Byrd cautions. The point of testing is to get to know your audience better—and in the long run, how that information can better your business practices.
Jeremy Zimmerman is Associate Content Editor for Target Marketing magazine and Direct Marketing IQ.


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Michelle Judge undertook her first Quest back at the start of March in Kenmare. Read about how she got to that point and how it all went.
A friend of mine told me about Quest in 2018 and convinced me to purchase a bike, we started training straight away. We decided to book in for Quest Killarney later in the year, in October to ensure we had adequate training done. We decided to make a weekend of it so I recruited a few more people and it was all systems go with all roads leading to Killarney.
Other friends of mine were taking part in Hell & Back in September 2018 and were fundraising for the extremely worthy MS Ireland charity, so I gladly joined their team for the race. Unfortunately, with about 2km to go on Hell & Back I fell and injured my ankle. I visited my physio later in the week to get her opinion on my chances of completing Quest, sadly she sent me to A&E for an x-ray and put a halt to my plans! I traveled to Killarney with the gang and cheered them all over the finish line; I was extremely jealous and adamant that I would be injury free for next year's races.
In January we signed up for Quest Kenmare, I had done no training over the winter with the ankle still niggling at me, but it was time to start training once again. I took part in the Bike Fit Physio's training day in January (highly recommend this!) and it was a bit of an eye opener- I was going to have to ramp up my training if I was going to finish Kenmare in one piece! We arrived in Kenmare on the Friday night, with a power outage in the whole town it was a bit of a struggle settling into the house we had rented so we decided to go into the town and found a candle lit bar to have a drink in to settle the nerves. The weather conditions on the morning of the race were less than ideal- we were soaked to the skin before we even made to the start line but accepting that we couldn't get any wetter we embraced it! My legs were like jelly racking up our bikes before the run, but by the second loop I was feeling great and flew back into Kenmare on the second cycle stage. The kayaking was cancelled because of weather conditions so it was straight onto the run to the finish line. It was honestly the best feeling running over that finish line and receiving the medal – I looked like a drowned rat but felt $100,000,000 dollars!
Four of us did the race with two of our group finishing in the top 10 of the Challenge route. Myself and the final member of our group did it well under the goal we had set ourselves – I wouldn't have done it under my time if it wasn't for Aisling, my friend who did it with me! We went to the Quest after-party that night, a great ending to the weekend.
My tips for anybody considering doing it – attend a training day, find a training partner or someone to do this race with you (it really does help!) and HAVE FUN!


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dearest blog,
dam dam dum!
owh, you can still get fireworks in various params. something to ponder upon.
the journey to the east coast started half past midnight with the anticipation of less traffic on the road but to no avail, there were like the whole of KL on east coast expressway that night.
rempiters revving their 'montrous' beasts, volution wannabes with 60 series tires…hadoi pecah perut!
left KL at 12.30 midnight, arrived safely in pulai chondong (chondong = italics kan?) around 10.30 a.m. next morning…apa hilang akal ke 10 jam dalam keter? poor mama since this is like the first time we celebrated eid in kelantan and she had to endure the long painstaking journey to the east (jelebu 2 jam je max kan mama kan? boleh ikut shortcut lagi...). before we continue on further, let us celebrate those who don't want to make a difference…
presenting car #1
this fella cucuk angin like there's no tomorrow, overtaking at double lines and when there's an oncoming car from the opposite, he potong sayur'ed right in front or from the side. he thinks driving altis is cool enough to do that? well, at least he's not a volution wannabe.
next, car #2
this red (i don't know what the model is) car came straight all the way from the back overtaking all the people who are making differences along the double line. (weh, gua pun hangin kancil kat depan ni slow tapi lek la brader!)
lastly, car #3
a seasoned car (notice the stock rims, meaning that this car in no wannabe) driven by some middle-aged pakcik with family on board. i don't know whether this one theory that i learnt is true – makin alim pakcik tu, makin gangster dia drive.
celebrating eid in the east coast was marvellous with lotsa food. managed to meet up with all the relatives there (tahun ni mama follow raya, dapat jumpa pakcik yang kitorang sendiri lama tak jumpa – berkat kut). two cousins got engaged, a friend got married, all in a happy mood.
1st raya – family round trip day #1
2nd raya – family round trip day #2, a cousin got engaged. at night, a stroll around wakaf che yeh.
3rd raya – azra's wedding followed by a trip to pengkalan kubur.
4th raya – siti khadijah's turn, went back to KL.
5th & 6th – kong giler kat umah….
7th raya – travelled back to jelebu (nothing unusual that night – thank god)
8th raya – head down south to melaka.
9th raya – the bourne marathon (identity – supremacy – ultimatum) – pueh hati den!
10th raya – the most boring day in the office…lemau beb!
the simplest chronicles of eid ever, i think..hahah.
15th raya – turun melaka lagi – patutkah?


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Understanding the difference between correlation and causation is essential for anyone who's interested in becoming science literate. In order to appreciate this, let me present you with a shocking fact: When ice cream sales increase, so do homicide rates (1).
Before we start banning the sale of ice cream to prevent the loss of innocent lives, let's define both correlation and causation. Correlation is a mutual relationship or connection between two or more things. Causation, on the other hand, is the action of causing something. In short, the difference is that two things can be correlated, but that doesn't mean that one thing caused the other.
Going back to the ice cream example, it's true that ice cream sales and murder rates are positively correlated. However, ice cream doesn't cause murder. It turns out, both ice cream sales and increased homicide rates have a third variable in common: heat. When temperatures rise, ice cream sales increase. Unrelated to the ice cream, summer heat also causes murder rates to increase. *
The main takeaway of this post boils down to one sentence: correlation is not causation. While it might be easy to remember that when someone tells you that ice cream and homicide have been statistically linked, it becomes trickier when the claim is less outrageous. Maybe a friend tells you that they read an article saying people who eat kale live statistically longer. You want to live longer, so you start eating lots of kale. After all, eating kale will give you a few extra years, right? While those kale salads probably aren't bad for you, you've forgotten that correlation isn't causation. I think it's significantly more likely that people who eat kale are more concerned with health and wellness, and therefore live a bit longer, than kale alone being responsible for a longer life.
Discard that kale salad and go buy yourself some ice cream, because correlation is not causation. **
* Heat is thought to cause an increase of murder rates for a variety of reasons. One reason is that heat makes people more irritable and quick to anger, and therefore more likely to commit an act of violence (2). If you're interested in reading more, this article provides a well-cited discussion of the heat-murder phenomenon (3).
** Health disclaimer: Kale is healthier than ice cream. All I'm saying is that eating ice cream won't get you murdered, and eating kale won't make you live to one hundred and eighty-two.
- K. Scheidegger, Rebutting the myths about race and the death penalty (2012) (available at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2178223).
- C. A. Anderson, Heat and Violence. Curr. Dir. Psychol. Sci. 10, 33–38 (2001).
- W. Moser, Heat and Crime: It's Not Just You Feeling It. Chic. Mag., (available at http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/The-312/March-2012/Heat-and-Crime-Its-Not-Just-You-Feeling-It/).


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Singapore skyline on March 24, 2020 in Singapore. Singapore will not allow short term visitors to enter or transit through the country from Mar. 24 to contain the spread of the infection.
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Singapore has set aside another 48 billion Singapore dollars ($33.17 billion) to support its businesses and households after official preliminary estimates showed the Southeast Asian economy shrinking by more than expected in the first quarter of this year.
The additional spending on stimulus came just a month after the country announced 6.4 billion Singapore dollars ($4.4 billion) of economic and health-care measures to tide through the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Together, the two support packages account for around 11% of Singapore's gross domestic product.
"This is a landmark package and necessary response to a unique situation," Heng Swee Keat, Singapore's deputy prime minister and finance minister, said in a speech in parliament on Thursday.
To fund the new measures, Heng said the government will draw up to 17 billion Singapore dollars ($11.78 billion) from the country's reserves. Singapore's President Halimah Yacob, in a written message read out by the speaker of parliament, said she has given her in-principle approval for the use of reserves.
The exact amount of Singapore's reserves is a state secret, but various estimates have placed it at hundreds of billions in U.S. dollars.
This is only the second time that Singapore has dipped into its reserves. The first time it did so was in 2009, during the global financial crisis, when the government drew 4.9 billion Singapore dollars ($3.40 billion).
The new measures announced by Heng include wage subsidies to help businesses keep their workers, deferment in income tax payments for companies and self-employed persons, as well as cash payouts to Singaporeans.
Heng also introduced additional support for specific sectors that have been badly hit by the coronavirus outbreak, including the aviation, tourism, land transport and arts and culture industries.
The aviation sector will get 350 million Singapore dollars ($243.26 million) of additional support, while flag carrier Singapore Airlines will be announcing a "corporate action" with support from state investment firm Temasek Holdings, the minister added.
Singapore Airlines cut its passenger capacity by 96% until the end of April. Trading of the airline's shares on the Singapore Exchange was halted on Thursday, pending an announcement.
Singapore's economic contraction
Singapore was one of the earliest outside China to report cases of the disease, which has been formally named COVID-19. The country recorded its largest daily jump of 73 confirmed cases on Wednesday, bringing its total to 631, including two deaths.
Before the stimulus announcement, Singapore released preliminary estimates of its first-quarter economic performance. The country is one of the first to release data on gross domestic product, providing a glimpse of how the virus outbreak could affect the global economy.
Singapore's economy contracted by 2.2% year-over-year and 10.6% quarter-over-quarter in the first quarter, said the Ministry of Trade and Industry. The year-over-year contraction was the deepest Singapore has recorded of 2009 during the global financial crisis.
Economists polled by Reuters had expected the Southeast Asian economy to contract by 1.5% year-over-year and 6.3% quarter-over-quarter.


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So, I just got an email asking if I can come in to a company next week to take an Excel test.
My question is, how fast can I really learn Excel? I have a basic grasp and I'm a quick learner, but now I am freaking out that I have to learn this so quickly. I know there are free tutorials online, I just don't want to make a fool of myself at this interview.
HALP. I'm always asking for help here.... but HALP.


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Clay Miller
Clay has practiced solely in the field of catastrophic injury and wrongful death since graduating from law school. His practice is limited to the representation of victims. For more than 25 years, Clay has successfully represented hundreds of individuals who have suffered serious injuries or lost loved ones as a result of a truck or automobile wreck.
Clay is licensed in New Mexico, Texas and Colorado. He is a recognized trial specialist and Board-certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization as well as a member of the invitation only trial lawyer organization the American Board of Trial Advocates.
In addition to truck wrecks, Clay has successfully tried cases involving automobile accidents, construction accidents, work site injuries, premises defects, products liability, medical malpractice, and commercial business loss due to fraudulent conduct in the sale of commercial vehicles.
Clay is regularly asked to speak to and teach other attorneys in the area of truck wrecks on topics ranging from innovative trial strategies to unique discovery and investigation techniques involved in truck wrecks.
In 2017, Clay tried two cases in two states in less than 6 weeks. In the first trial, Clay won his client a $30,800,000 jury verdict as a result of a commercial loss and weeks later landed a $26,500,000 jury verdict for a man left paralyzed after an accident. Clay's favorite trial moment is when he represented the husband and children of a woman killed when a truck driver fell asleep at the wheel of his truck on a run from Hobbs, New Mexico. After the truck driver denied for 3 hours falsifying his logs, Clay confronted him with phone records proving that the driver had faked his logs trying to show he had gotten adequate sleep the next before the accident The case settled shortly before closing arguments for $5,800,000.
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College Station, Texas
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US NEWS | Best Lawyers® In America
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2007-2009; 2012-2019
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- American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association
Chair, Advocates – 2002
- Dallas Trial Lawyers' Association
President, – 2008-2009
- American Association of Justice
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Josh Birmingham
Josh Birmingham was born in Las Cruces, New Mexico and raised in the small oil town of Hobbs, New Mexico. He graduated from the University of Nebraska in 2004 where he was a part of the Big 12 champion baseball team and was a College World Series participant. He obtained his law degree from the University of Tulsa: College of Law in 2007 where he earned numerous awards in Mock Trial and Negotiation competitions.
Josh began his career at another prominent law firm where he fought for the victims of other's negligence. After 9 years Josh left being a trial lawyer and became an executive for a healthcare consulting firm but his passion for helping others in the law quickly pulled him back. Josh has tried numerous cases in both state and federal court. Josh began his first day with Miller Weisbrod in trial with Clay Miller representing an injured construction worker, Fernando Canales. Josh second chaired the trial and handled all of the medical expert testimony in the case.
Josh is a member of the State Bar of Texas, American Association of Justice, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Dallas Trial Lawyers Association, and Dallas Association of Young Lawyers. He is currently on the Dallas Trial Lawyers Board of Directors and served as the president of the Mesquite Bar Association for four years. Josh was named Thomson Reuters | Texas Super Lawyers Rising Star in 2016 and 2017.
Josh accredits his passion toward helping others to his mother Pam Parkinson, a nurse and business woman, and his father Ray Birmingham a college baseball coach.
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Hey there! Feeling like you want to get away for the weekend to enjoy the sun, swim, have a great barbecue, and empty your mind in a beautiful beach around the camp fire for two days? Awesome, your camp guddy is here for you :) I'll take you via my own car and provide you the necessary camp equipment. We will go for shopping first and camp at one of my favorite spots which is just 80km (50miles) away from Istanbul. (Akçakese, Istanbul) For further questions, you can contact me. Here are some videos of my camping events : https://youtu.be/N8swbawEji4 https://youtu.be/8YGLVkCl3WQ https://youtu.be/Wz1ZatEdCgM https://youtu.be/EW-qdP5_cx4 https://youtu.be/lZyJy0OZUJA More videos in the youtube channel.
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