text:
Introduction to Psychiatric Disorders Commonly Associated With Criminal Behavior
Psychiatric Disorders
Unit S.M.A.R.T. Goal:
Students will be able to appropriately diagnose with 80% accuracy the mental conditions someone may be suffering from.
*Unit S.M.A.R.T. Goal written with this downloadable guide -> SmartGoals Template for Educators
Today's Objective:
Students will begin learning the basics of identifying Psychiatric Disorders Associated With Criminal Behavior.
7 Key Theories on Why We Commit Crime
Organized vs Disorganized Killers Chart
Warm Up:
Go to m.socrative.com and enter room number "A89559b4"
Results – Period 3 – Warm Up Responses (1-25-2016)
Task #1 –
On Friday (1-22-2016) you were introduced to Psychiatric Disorders Associated With Criminal Behavior (Version 3). Continue to keep the powerpoint and your cheat sheet in mind while we analyze Prot's condition. Additionally, remember that we are practicing diagnosing with this case first before we look at criminals suffering from these conditions as well. Lastly, do not forget that not everyone with these conditions is a criminal there just happen to be many criminals who are suffering psychiatric disorders as well as being criminals.
Task #2 –
On Friday we looked at some general questions regarding the K-PAX film clips. Today I want us to practice using Cornell Notes to guide our observational analysis of Prot. Download the Cornell Note .doc below, save it as a google doc, and then share it to firstname.lastname@example.com
Downloadable .doc -> Cornell Notes Template
Task #3 –
Once you have your K-PAX Cornell notes template downloaded, saved, and shared to email@example.com Then watch the video clips below.
Task #4 –
After viewing the video clips of Prot you will be diagnosing him with a mental disorder(s). We will be using the Chavez Academic Paragraph Writing Format. Your diagnosis paragraph will be evaluated by yourself and a peer using the CCHS Academic Writing Rubric.
Ticket Out the Door:


text:
Plastic Bodies
Sunday, October 18, 2015 - 2:00pm
Run Time:
9m 15s
Lucy, is an average sized woman living in a "skinny" world. One night, she is left to work alone in a hip fashion boutique and the pressures of seeking the perfect body begin to get the best of her. She takes an experimental weight loss medication guaranteed to give her the body she wants. Unfortunately, it has unintended side effects causing Lucy to wonder if she's losing her mind, or if something more sinister is at play.
Directed by:
Melissa Whitman
Produced by:
Alison Town
Written by:
Melissa Whitman
Main Cast:
Kaitlyn Jenkins and Ellie Jameson
About the Director
Melissa Whitman was born and raised in Minot, North Dakota. She left home to attend Columbia College Hollywood. In 2014, she graduated with honors. She is currently a member of Zombie Joe's Underground Theatre. She continues to pursue her passions including filmmaking, writing, painting, and theatre.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
ISSN (Online) : 2550-2212
Frequency : Quarterly
Editor-in-Chief : Wira Jazair Yahya (email@example.com)
Aims and Scope : Journal of Advanced Vehicle System provides an academic platform for professionals and researchers to contribute innovative work in the area of vehicle technology including, but not limited to vehicle propulsion, vehicle dynamics, vehicle ergonomics, vehicle safety, driving behavior, autonomous vehicle, vehicle design, vehicle manufacturing, human-machine interaction, advanced sub-system, aerodynamic, green technologies, etc.
Recent Articles
Volume 4, No. 1 (March, 2017)
A study on Malaysian long-haul bus drivers' inappropriate driving behaviours and attitude towards traffic safety
Nor Fadilah Mohd Soid, Noradrenalina Isah, Zulhaidi Mohd Jawi
Editorial Board
Wira Jazair Yahya
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia,Malaysia
Associate Editors
Saiful Amri Mazlan
Advanced Vehicle System Laboratory, UTM, Malaysia
Hairi Zamzuri
UTM-Proton Active Safety Laboratory, Malaysia
Mohd Azizi Abdul Rahman
Advanced Robotic Laboratory, UTM, Malaysia
Ahmad Muhsin Ithnin
Malaysia – Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT)
Mohd Azman Zainul Abidin
DFRAN Research Technologies Sdn. Bhd
Mohd Fauzy Ahmad
DFRAN Research Technologies Sdn. Bhd
Nizam Hanis Md Ishak
DFRAN Research Technologies Sdn. Bhd
Hirofumi Noge
UMaizuru National College of Technology, Japan
Tsuyoshi Koga
Yamaguchi University, Japan
Yoshiyuki Kidoguchi
Tokushima University, Japan
Khairil Anwar Abu Kasim
Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS)
Nor Azwadi Che Sidik
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Universitas Sebelas Maret, Indonesia


text:
Box-Office Milestone: 'The Conjuring' Horror Universe Passes $1B
With its latest film, Annabelle: Creation, earning more than $110 million worldwide as of Friday, New Line Cinema's Conjuring cinematic universe has surpassed the $1 billion mark at the global box office.
The horror universe, headed by James Wan and producer Peter Safran, includes the films The Conjuring 2 ($320.4M), The Conjuring ($319.5M) and Annabelle ($257M).
Heat Vision breakdown
"We are thrilled with the success of Annabelle: Creation and enormously proud to continue bringing this hugely popular Conjuring franchise to theaters everywhere," said Sue Kroll, president of worldwide marketing and distribution at Warner Bros. Pictures. "We congratulate our colleagues at New Line Cinema, our astute marketing and distribution teams and everyone who put their collective creative energies together to tell such wonderfully frightening stories for movie audiences around the world to enjoy."
Annabelle: Creation opened in theaters on Aug. 11. New Line will next release The Nun, based on the character appearing in The Conjuring 2, directed by Corin Hardy and due in theaters July 13, 2018. The studio also is in active development with Wan's Atomic Monster and The Safran Company on The Conjuring 3 and The Crooked Man, the latter also based on a character that appeared in The Conjuring 2.
Said Toby Emmerich, president and chief content officer of Warner Bros. Pictures Group: "This year marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of New Line, and without question the horror genre has always been an integral and important part of the company's DNA. While the genre has certainly evolved over the decades, watching the critical and commercial success of the Conjuring universe has been truly spectacular and I am incredibly proud of all the talented people involved in making this happen."
- Rebecca Ford
- email@example.com
- @beccamford
Sign up for Heat Vision's weekly newsletter for all things comics, sci-fi and more.
Thank you!
The scoops will hit your inbox every Friday.
Want more THR?
Sign up for our other newsletters.VIEW
by Kirsten Chuba
by Sheri Linden
by Carolyn Giardina


text:
Search This Blog
NAM...365 is designed to show what it is like to be a National American Miss Contestant! Open Calls are happening NOW!
Showing posts from September 12, 2010
The 2009-2010 NAM Miss Indiana Pre-Teen Bailey Jaclyne Perez is on a Mission to HELP KIDS Smile !!!
- Get link
- Other Apps
NAM Winner Puts her Title to GOOD Use !!!
NAM Girls in the NEWS !!! Check it Out !!!
NAM Arizona Titleholders Give Back ...
What is your Favorite NAM Memory ?
- Get link
- Other Apps


text:
As you may know if you've read my 'Turning 20…' and '21 Things to do Before I Turn 21′ posts, it's just been my birthday. I asked on twitter, and loads of you asked for a 'what I got' kinda post. I'm very grateful for what I got and I was completely spoilt, especially to say I have a very small family.
I'll go through each person and what they got me…
To start, from my Mum I got some skincare products from the Body Shop, a new handbag, a bracelet (from Portugal), and a bottle of Malibu. Mum also paid for me to get my hair cut and died (for the first time)!
I obviously love my Dad but he is a pain for buying presents. He rang me up two days before my birthday asking what I wanted…TWO DAYS. I mentioned I needed some new jeans, so as I'm an awkward size, I mean a 6ft girl hasn't exactly got short legs, I offered to order them and he gave me the money. I got a black ripped pair from Missguided, and some blue ones from ASOS. He also got me this super cute Mrs Pots and Chip plush from the Disney store…so cute, and a gift card for Primark.
Molly is one of my closest friends, and she clearly knows me so well because her presents were amazing. I was gifted a beautiful mug to put in my room (I don't drink hot drinks but she knew it would look cute in my new room), and is now holding the Real Techniques blending sponge she also bought me. She bought me the most beautiful notebook, and a bag of chocolate buttons. This girl knows me very well!
Mum's best friend, and my godmother Julie got me a Soap and Glory set, and put money in a card. My mum's other closest friend Jean got me a Body Shop shower set, in vanilla brule, it smells amazing.
Pat is like a grandma to me and every birthday, Easter and Christmas she spoils me. She bought me a Clinique gift set, and put far too much money in the card! I'm eternally grateful.
My Nan and Grandad, got me some stationary, a pretty purple purse and put some money in a card.
Vicky and Mark (Cousin and partner) sent me the traditional Primark voucher, knowing my love for the store!
Christine (Neighbour) very kindly brought round a card and a Body Shop voucher, I already know a few products I'll be buying with this!.
My other closest friend Tegan got me a beautiful bracelet, sweets, face-masks, a Lush bath bomb, oh and a cheeky little shot!
Another friend Louise kindly got me a bottle of prosecco, which I'm sure I'll be consuming pretty soon!
The BEST boyfriend ever, Adam, truly went all out and spoiled me (like WTH). Firstly he got me THE TOO FACED CHOCOLATE BAR PALETTE (*arghhh*) and some other amazing products from Sephora including some Too Faced Makeup Brushes, the Benefit They're Real mascara, Too Faced Better Than Sex mascara and Sweet Peach Creamy Oil Lip Gloss, and also some Sephora face masks and primer samples. He knew I secretly wanted the Chocolate Bar palette but never asked for it due it's price tag, so you can imagine how shocked I was! Other makeup he bought me (which I'd asked for because I never dreamed of getting high-end makeup), was the I Heart Makeup Naked Chocolate pallet, fixing spray and the unicorn highlighter.
He bought me a beautiful Orchid, as this seems to be a plant that I don't kill. He also got me a Mickey Mouse PJ set, floral blouse, Mickey Mouse jumper and socks, and some black boots he knew I had my eye on.
Other gifts from Adam included a Minnie Mouse makeup bag set, arm band to put my phone in whilst at the gym, Soap and Glory Sugar Crush body wash, and Jimmy Choo Flash EDT. Also a beautiful grey Boux Avenue lingerie set.
Finally, he's took me for a night away, staying in a Luxury apartment in Harrogate, and taking me to Gino D'Campos restaurant, knowing I've been wanting to go for a while now. Also he surprised me with some other gifts when I got there, including a Millie's Cookie, Mickey Mouse dressing gown and a cup little chip purse. Take a look at my post on Instagram! Let's just say he truly spoilt me and I'm very lucky.
So yeah, I am a very lucky 20 year old and ever so grateful and thanful for everyone who bought me presents, and wished me a happy birthday. My birthday couldn't have been any more amazing!
Nat x


text:
Boulder, Colorado — C&R Technologies has announced the worldwide release of the new Thermal Workshop™ product. Thermal Workshop is CRTech's exclusive thermal-specific version of Comet™, the innovative multi-physics engineering analysis environment from Comet Solutions, Inc. Developed specifically to integrate seamlessly with CRTech's Thermal Desktop® product, Thermal Workshop greatly extends the analysis capabilities and productivity of the Thermal Desktop user.
Thermal Workshop solves long-standing problems associated with the extraction of geometry from CAD models to thermal analysis software. Thermal Workshop provides capabilities for importing native CAD (e.g., Pro/E, Solidworks, NX CAD), ACIS, STEP, and IGES files, and passing corresponding meshes and other model information seamlessly into Thermal Desktop. In the Thermal Workshop environment, objects may be "tagged" as needed to describe boundary conditions, contact conductance, heater locations, etc. Once the analysis process has been created and saved, if the CAD geometry is altered, then the process can be used to automatically update the Thermal Desktop model. The Thermal Workshop environment can also be extended to enable automation of other multi-disciplinary and multi-physics engineering analysis domains.
In addition to executing a SINDA/FLUINT thermal analysis in the traditional "batch execution" mode from within a pre-defined process template, Thermal Workshop and Thermal Desktop can be running simultaneously with 3D CAD software during an interactive thermal model building session on the thermal engineer's workstation. This enables the thermal analyst to leverage the unique capabilities above of Thermal Workshop while still working from within the familiar environment of Thermal Desktop. Bottom line, Thermal Workshop will enable thermal analysts to significant increase their analysis process productivity and spend more time evaluating "what if" design alternatives vs. repeatedly performing manual and error-prone geometry manipulation and model building/meshing tasks.
Thermal Workshop is the logical next step in a 4-year strategic business partnership between C&R Technologies and Comet Solutions Inc. to provide world-class geometry-integrated modeling and simulation process automation for thermal analysis engineers.
"Comet Solutions has developed a very tight working relationship with CRTech's technical team and we are extremely excited about the impact that our partnership will have on the way that thermal engineering is performed across many industries", said Malcolm Panthaki, CTO and Founder of Comet Solutions. "CRTech's deep thermal analysis domain expertise and industry experience has been instrumental in developing the initial user requirements for this new Thermal Workshop product and Comet will continue to work closely with CRTech to ensure that Thermal Workshop expands in functionality to meet the needs of the advanced thermal analysis community worldwide."
States Brent Cullimore, President and co-founder of C&R Technologies, "We are continually searching for ways to make thermal/fluid engineers more productive and to enable them to participate more fully in early design stages. Both goals are being met by our collaboration with Comet Solutions, who brings exciting new technologies that overcome traditional hurdles in model development and maintenance. Both companies' shared commitment to customer success has led to a tremendously powerful product."
Formed in 1992, C&R Technologies provides products and services in the areas of heat transfer and fluid flow design and analysis. C&R Technologies are the authors of world-class thermal and fluid software including SINDA/FLUINT, Thermal Desktop®, RadCAD®, FloCAD® and Sinaps®.
Comet's Performance Engineering Workspace is a geometry-independent and tool-neutral integrated modeling environment for performing multi-disciplinary simulation process automation for standard, well-defined and repeatable design engineering activities. Comet enables CAE analysts, systems engineers and design engineers to: * Capture and re-use engineering IP/best practices
* Perform more robust trade studies earlier in the product design process
* Collaborate across the entire project team
* Reduce manual re-work and errors
* Maintain consistency of simulation results over time
* Have all project engineering disciplines work off the same product data
* Have an audit trail of all project models, simulation processes & results
Popular Articles
- Maruti Suzuki Case Study - Product lifecycle management solutions speed vehicle design and enable lower prices
- Delcam's complete CAM range on show in Vietnam
- Gerber Technology RELEASES ACCUMARK™ vstitcher™ Version 4.3
- Michael Schley named as 2008 ifma fellow
- Gerber Technology Releases WebPDM™ Version 5.3
- CCE Updates its Mastercam Interoperability Product to support Mastercam X3
- Mastercam X3 mini sites
- INCAT To Host Executive Conference 'Ushering in the Virtual Manufacturing Age'
- Autodesk Acquires T-Splines Modeling Technology Assets
- Howe and Howe Technologies Inc Create Jaw-Dropping Vehicles with SolidWorks


text:
Um, pretty much nothing.
May 27, 2009
La la la-la la la
Um, pretty much nothing.
20 comments:
I just had to google Mylicon...LOL!! Gassy little guy, huh?! :)ReplyDelete
Anyways, OMG I've never seen such a cuter thing in all my life!! Seriously!!! I absolutely LOVE that Smurf outfit and of course the little "Smurf" wearing it is completely adorable as well!
o-m-g! AH! he is just so precious!!ReplyDelete
davi, are you aware of how blessed you are to have 4 BEAUTIFUL boys? i mean really, for them all to be so perfect is pretty amazing. i love the smurf suit and i cant get over his lips. i want to hold him again!!ReplyDelete
GAHHHH!!! :) your lil' smurf is KILLING ME with all his cuteness!! so darn cute! sorry he has tummy issues...i still don't know how you do it! add a baby that cries more than he should to the mix? i would be toast. you, my dear, are my hero. mama of the year? i think so :)ReplyDelete
That is too cute! He is so yummy!ReplyDelete
OK - so so cute.....ReplyDelete
i know your probably not going to be in business for a while - but i desperately want some onsies from you for this little lady..... :)
anyhow, hope you are doing well - keep up those precious Twain pics... oh and more of the 4 boys together :)
He is so cute. And I am loving that outfit. Can't wait to see your little Tweedle again!ReplyDelete
SO cute! Love the pictures! And I LOVE the smurfs! =)ReplyDelete
I love it!! That is totally cute, and I had a dedicated love of Smurfs (and quite the collection of 'em, which would probably be worth something now if I still had them...sigh...), but your lil' Smurf baby is the cutest thing ever! He is just beautiful, and Smurfs make me happy. ;-DReplyDelete
Could he be gassy due to dairy? *Don't shoot me, I'm just the messenger* Were your other babies gassy? Any crying/gasiness in my babies was always linked to dairy in my diet - so shoot me now, but I just had to ask.
thanks guys:)ReplyDelete
and yes, gretch, i do feel blessed with all my boys!
molly june- i don't deserve any awards--i come unglued when twain shrieks!
kiley-i wish i could do onesies, but i am still on maternity leave, indefinitely:( this 4 kid thing is hard!
Laina-don't feel bad about being a messenger! i have cut out dairy every since i saw how gassy he was in the hospital. i miss my cheese:( all my boys were gassy until they started rolling and became more mobile!
Cheese makes them gassy??? Rachel is full of gas too.... So we always keep Mylicon on hand too. I wish they sold it in bulk somewhere.ReplyDelete
Twain is SO YUMMY!!! I can hardly stand how adorable he is, especially dressed as a little smurf. I must get my hands on him.ReplyDelete
I'm sorry he's having tummy issues... it's so hard to deal with the constant crying. I would come unglued too. :) I hope it gets better soon!
we can miss cheese together, because I had to cut out my dairy too... Rosalie seems to be a bit lactose intolerant and likes to spit up her ENTIRE meal (usually on me) if I've had any. Yuck.
teheheh. so cute. and sorry about the fussiness. :( I forget about all that. I mean, don't babies just lay there all the time quietly sleeping and looking adorable!?! :)ReplyDelete
I miss you friend! Summer is almost here, and I can't wait to come visit!
aaah!!!!!!!! SO YUMMY IS HE!!! I want to come play tomorrow! I miss you! and him too =)ReplyDelete
Oh my goodness that is the cutest thing EVER! I am actually very jealous! Davi he is absolutely perfect =)ReplyDelete
I always wanted to be Smurfette!ReplyDelete
He's so precious. I want one!
Twain is just too precious!!!!! Like no kidding, I don't think I've ever seen a more perfect newborn EVER! (shhh!! dont tell my boys!)ReplyDelete
he is seriously delish. I want to snuggle and smooch!
Hi Davi,ReplyDelete
I confess to being a stalker on your blog :-) I'm Emily and Megan's mom Susan. Twain is such a beautiful baby - congratulations! He's so adorable in his Smurf outfit.
I just wanted to say hello and congratulate you on such a precious new little one. You have a wonderful blog!
i meant to say on the earlier post that your niece, emily, looks soo much like you!ReplyDelete


text: Google Adwords is a powerful advertisement platform that gives small and large scale businesses alike incredible marketing opportunities. The methods and techniques used to reach consumers is cost efficient and unparalleled when compared to traditional market practices. Although getting the hang of Google Adwords isn't easy and requires several complicated steps for perfect execution, theContinue reading »


text:
About LiveNX
LiveNX is intelligent, action-oriented software that provides real-time visualizations, deep monitoring, configuration, and troubleshooting of Cisco and other vendor network devices, with an easy-to-use graphical user interface. The system consists of a lightweight, but highly scalable framework and multiple technology modules, each providing specialized software functions and feature sets. Technology modules currently available are LiveNX QoS, Flow, Routing, IP SLA and LAN.
LiveNX provides a different approach to network management that combines extensive device knowledge with rich network visualizations. The software captures the actual router and switch configurations to build a highly interactive "mental model" of the network, enabling users to literally "see" flows, routes, and QoS policies operating in real time—across the network topology and deep inside each device. The result is an incredibly true and relevant understanding of the network for fast and accurate troubleshooting and highly informed decision making.
LiveNX runs on a standard Windows PC as a client-server application accessed with a supported web browser. The features available and the number of network devices that can be managed concurrently depend on the license purchased. The software includes a comprehensive collection of pre-configured device settings and templates based on industry and manufacturer best practices that enable IT engineers at any experience level to perform advanced router functions with ease and confidence.
For monitoring, the software polls the remote network devices at a user-settable polling rate using SNMPv2 or SNMPv3. The polling engine has been optimized to poll at a speed of up to 10-second intervals for fast updating of information and values that show actual rather than averaged rates for the instant, accurate feedback. The data is also stored in its own database for report generation and historical views.
For configuration, the software includes an intelligent, knowledge-driven engine with self-contained rules for each of the various technologies supported. IT engineers can connect to the routers using Telnet or SSH for advanced, on-the-fly router configuration without the need to use the Cisco command line interface (CLI).


text:
Tuesday, August 1 - We have settled into Whistler for a week and plan to visit the Whistler, Pemberton and Whistler Millennium clubs during this time. Our energetic and hard working Assistant Governor Liz Scott meets us at each club. We are certainly well looked after - thanks Liz!
The Rotary Club of Whistler holds its meeting this week as an evening event (their other three meetings each month are breakfast meetings) and a very nice group of more than 30 are present. President Ken Martin leads this club and his team provides us a good overview of their work which has spanned many years in the community. Rotary is well represented in Whistler with numerous visible projects that range from the colourful Adirondack chairs at the Whistler Olympic Plaza to trail signage and much more. They also are very active with a project in Uganda. Top priorities for this club are getting membership back on a growing trend and renewing their club's strategic plan. The once a month evening format is a good example of a club using the new club flexibility and they include their partners in these meetings - thus expanding the reach of Rotary in a tangible way,
Wednesday, August 2 - We drive to Pemberton to spend some time with this small but exceptionally active Rotary club. President Dave den Duyf welcomes everyone to the morning meeting and we have a good interaction with all present. Past President Liz Scroggins is their international champion and works with the i empowerment education module in Lesthoto, South Africa and other locations. Rotary is evident at many locations in the community, but none more so than at One Mile Lake where Rotary has provided a fitness circuit along the trail way, and also built many sections of boardwalk and swimming floats. It is a great effort carried out over several years - and still continuing as Rotarian Steve Hitchen is out measuring today for a new expansion to the Dog Beach area of the Lake.
Thursday, August 3 sees us visit the Rotary Club of Whistler Millennium at their regular lunch meeting. The club of our immediate Past District Governor, Lyn Stroshin, this is a young and majority female club that is very active and we have an engaging meeting with the Rotarians - including a great question period. President Jens Ronneberger is the club president this year, and we see how a young and engaged group operates. Their focus is on youth, and they work hard with Interact, youth exchange, and support RYLA. Their membership model is also unique as we have two youngsters along with their mom's at the meeting. Family involvement starts early here! They have just completed supporting the Ironman event in Whistler (operated Checkpoint 3 and received great coverage in the local paper) - and at the meeting we have a visiting Rotarian from Walkerton, Ontario who completed his fifth Ironman this past weekend!
Sunday, August 6 - We drive to Squamish and spend a busy day working with the Rotary Club of Squamish club members, exchange students and friends in serving up Beef on a Bun at the Club's famous Rotary Beef BBQ. This annual effort has been going now for over 50 years and has become an institution at the Squamish Loggers Sports weekend each year. President Judy McQuinn handles the cash window and sells the food as the long line moves quickly to enjoy fresh cut beef with all the trimmings. But you have to see this amazing machine in action to really understand what goes into this event.....The fire crew arrives before 5AM to get the fire going, then the huge slabs of beef roast for hours on a custom designed huge rotisserie. Next is the cutting station, where the slabs are carved into workable chunks for the slicer. The sliced beef is then mixed with gravy, and measured amounts of beef are placed onto the fresh buns. Each is individually wrapped and served across the counter. Fixings include fried onions, horseradish and other accompaniments. The lines are long but move quickly as the customers receive their bounty and go away happy! At the end of the two day event they have served more than 2,550 sandwiches with 1,500 pounds of beef, 220 pounds of onions, over 100 litres of gravy and condiments. Congratulations to Rotarians Barry Wetter and Mark Goodwin who headed up the event this year.


text:
New accessories by Hayon for Fritz Hansen
Jaime Hayon has just created a sofa pillow, two plaids and a sofa tray, all of which complement and give the finishing touch to the new modular sofa Lune™, which he has also designed.
The motifs are Hayon's characteristic drawings and universe.
He has had free hands to unfold motifs that put a smile to the lips, which is always the starting point for his artistic work.
See more on Fritz Hansen's website here.
Fritz Hansen A/S
+45 4817 2300


text:
Management & Technical Advisors
Chris Hilbrands
Chief Financial Officer
Chris has worked as Chief Financial Officer for a number of public companies listed on the ASX and AIM, primarily resources focused. He has been responsible for the day to day financial and administrative operations together with the statutory reporting and compliance obligations of these organisations. He has a B.Com and is a Chartered Accountant.
Trevor Barnard
General ManagerTrevor was country Managing Director of PPC Ltd's business in Zimbabwe and separately the DRC for numerous periods over the last 20 years, where most recently he was responsible for the construction of a 1 million tonne per annum cement business in the DRC at an estimated cost of USD300 million, and subsequent Managing Director of the business. The project was completed in the first quarter of 2017. PPC Ltd is a leading supplier of cement, lime and related products in southern Africa.
Mike Kitney
Consultant, Metallurgy, Process Design
Mike is a practising metallurgist with over 46 years experience in mineral processing ranging from R&D, operations, management and latterly project design, construction and commissioning. Minerals exposure includes alumina, phosphate, gold, copper, tin and lithium. Mr Kitney has specific experience in spodumene beneficiation and downstream lithium carbonate plant design, construction and commissioning. He also holds an MSc degree in Mineral Economics.
Nick Rathjen
General Manager, Corporate Affairs
Nick is an Australian capital markets executive with more than 8 years' experience in investor relations, stockbroking and banking. He was most recently head of Investor Relations for an ASX listed company, where he was responsible for investor communication over a period where the company developed its operational capabilities and delivered significant revenue growth. He holds a Master of Applied Finance from Kaplan University and is a graduate and member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD).
Roger Tyler
Chief Geologist
Roger is a British geologist, who after almost 30 years working experience in Africa, is now Technical Director for Farvic Consolidated Mines. He has an Honours degree in Mining Geology from the Royal School of Mines and a Master of Engineering in Mineral Resource Estimation from Witwatersrand University. Roger worked for 15 years as a geologist in various African countries and later as a Senior Resource Analyst for Anglo American Corporation. Most recently however, he was Anvil Mining's DRC exploration manager and led the programme which resulted in the development of the new Kinsevere mine. He is a shareholder in Farvic and Prospect Resources.
David Miller
Consultant Marketing and Off-take
David is a mining engineer, with over 35 years' experience in the resources industry. He has held a number of mine management positions in Australia as well as business development and marketing roles in companies and projects in Australia and southern Africa. David has over 10 years' experience in the lithium industry since joining Sons of Gwalia as General Manager Strategic Development in 2006. He has been involved in the evaluation and early expansions of the Greenbushes lithium mine, the listing of Talison Lithium on the TSX as well as the evaluation of lithium projects around the world, market analysis and the marketing of lithium products.


text:
LEHMAN Name Report:
LEHMAN's Popularity and Statistics
LEHMAN in Braille (Blind) Alphabet :
LEHMAN in Sign Language :
LEHMAN in Morse Code :
LEHMAN in Marine Flag Language :
LEHMAN as a Barcode:
First Names which are compatible or rhyming with LEHMAN. They will be the best brother/sister names for LEHMAN.
Names That Includes LEHMAN as a WholeLehmann
Compatible Names with LEHMAN According to First Letters
Compatible Names According to First 5 Letters (LEHMA) - Names That Begins with lehma:
Compatible Names According to First 4 Letters (LEHM) - Names That Begins with lehm:
Compatible Names According to First 3 Letters (LEH) - Names That Begins with leh:Lehua, Lehn, Lehi, Lehel, Lehigh, Lehner, Lehrue, Lehlia, Lehien, Lehr, Lehan, Lehsueh, Lehim, Lehnhoff, Leh, Lehrer
Compatible Names According to First 2 Letters (LE) - Names That Begins with le:Lee, Lewis, Leonard, Leslie, Leon, Leo, Leigh, Leroy, Lester, Leland, Leah, Lea, Lesley, Leonardo, Leonid, Leticia, Lenore, Leanne, Leila, Leighton
Rhyming Names with lehman According to Last Letters
Rhyming Names According to Last 5 Letters (EHMAN) - Names That Ends with ehman:Rehman, Urrehman, Abdurrehman, Ehman, Hehman, Stroehman, Gehman, Nehman
Rhyming Names According to Last 4 Letters (HMAN) - Names That Ends with hman:Rahman, Bahman, Lakshman, Abdulrahman, Cushman, Othman, Abdelrahman, Bachman, Lachman, Nachman, Richman, Hinchman, Abdurrahman, Bohman, Tilghman, Pezhman, Churchman, Couchman, Berchman, Loghman
Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (MAN) - Names That Ends with man:Norman, Herman, Roman, Sherman, Coleman, Lyman, Freeman, Ayman, Hyman, German, Raman, Salman, Suman, Newman, Truman, Man, Chapman, Thurman, Kalman, Aman
Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (AN) - Names That Ends with an:Alan, Brian, Susan, Jean, Jonathan, Allan, Dean, Joan, Bryan, Juan, Evan, Nathan, Sean, Christian, Ian, Jan, Ryan, Ivan, Dan, Van
Compatible Names with LEHMAN According to First and Last Letters
First Names which start with le and end with an :Levan, Lelan, Levitan, Leman, Lean, Leeman, Lenihan, Leban, Lennan, Leighan, Leedean, Lederman, Ledman, Lerzan, Lenahan, Leaman, Lethan, Lechman, Lezan
LEHMAN Meaning
Name meanings are given in many internet websites and we focus on giving more interesting (and useless too!) information about names than meanings. But considering most of our visitors insist to see meaning of LEHMAN in this page, we are giving you a google search box in which you can type "meaning of LEHMAN" or "LEHMAN+name+meaning" and find what you are looking for :)
LEHMAN & Numerology
The sum of alphabetical order of letters in LEHMAN is 53:
With this sum name LEHMAN ranks as 15373.rd name according to its arithmetic value (... 15371.ollie, 15372.umar, 15373.lehman, 15374.ijeoma, 15375.glenna ...). There are 992 other names which have the same sum of 53 in our database (1.33%)
Most common names with the same arithmetic sum of 53 are:
keith, deborah, laura, gerard, julia, syed, guy, kyle, saul, elmer, colin, marta, rosa, karin, kiran, merle, chung, janine, ashraf, sudha
Some words from the dictionary with the same arithmetic sum of 53 are:
staid, didactic, daring, vocal


text:
Each week we will bring you a summary of what happened this week on our site, on Twitter, and in the wider world of civic data. Suggest stories on Twitter with #ThisWeekInData.
Pittsburgh ran its first Inclusive Innovation Week. The initiative aims to help ensure that all residents of Pittsburgh are included in the city's new tech initiatives by reaching out to previously underserved sections of the population. Over 60 events were planned for the week, covering a wide range of topics and intended audiences, in an attempt to engage as many groups as possible.
Steve Goldsmith described Washington, D.C.'s Urban Forestry Administration (UFA) and their innovative data-driven approach to tree management. UFA wanted to estimate the number of trees in their jurisdiction, and turned to lidar data to do so. They soon discovered, though, that lidar data could enhance their work across the board, from enforcing tree permits to highlighting growing successes. In the future, UFA hopes to build a model integrating lidar data to find the best areas to strategically plant trees to mitigate stormwater runoff.
Next City wrote about Miami's new interactive 3D map of the city's future skyline. The map, which includes recently completed, current, planned, and proposed construction projects, is designed to help residents understand how the city's downtown area will change with the rapid development occurring. Users can also see zoning codes and details about the developments, providing them with an easy and clear way to become informed about Miami's construction.
GovTech described the city of Chicago's data-sharing partnership with Allstate. Allstate's analytics team has been analyzing much of Chicago's data to improve city services, beginning with exploring how food inspections could be improved. Using a number of relevant datasets, the Allstate analysts were able to create a more efficient route for inspectors, focusing on areas with high chances of having critical health code violations. The partnership allowed Chicago to better leverage its data with the power of Allstate's analytics team, and plans to turn to other areas to continue improving public safety throughout the city.
CityLab profiled DataUSA, a new open-source government data visualization website created by the MIT Media Lab and Deloitte. The site features open data sets from cities, counties, states, and federal agencies, displayed in a way that's easy and accessible even for non tech-savvy users. DataUSA tries to present data in a way that's most useful for end users, instead of how it was collected. Maps and other "stories" of interesting data insights are included, demonstrating how much value can be extracted from data.
The Data Quality Campaign wrote about the importance of providing jobs programs with not just funding but recent and thorough data. In order to understand the best programs, services, and strategies to connect youth with lasting jobs, jobs programs need data on how well these programs are currently working. Much of this data is being collected by state education and workforce agencies, and a bigger emphasis on partnerships could allow jobs programs to be much more effective in their work.
GovTech interviewed Debbie Cotton, the CIO of Phoenix. She discussed the importance of shared services on a limited budget, getting tech buy-in from departments across the city, outside partnerships, and Phoenix's IT future.
Next Century Cities announced the first Next Generation Engagement Awards, rewarding communities with broadband access initiatives to increase civic engagement and participation. Winning communities will receive up to $30,000 to launch or improve a projected aimed at improving engagement; suggested project topics range from participatory budgeting to transportation improvement. All municipal governments are eligible, and applications are due June 15, 2016.
NextGov hosted a Twitter chat with the federal tech community on the Internet of Things. The chat covers the meaning of IoT, pioneers and leaders, potential usages, and major privacy and security concerns.
Hollie Russon Gilman interviewed Mike Flowers, a What Works Cities senior fellow and former NYC Chief Analytics Officer, about integrating data into governance. Flowers had three key takeaways: people, not technology, will reform government, empathy is needed to understand the current civic tech landscape, and humility about the limits of tech can lead to better solutions.
The Sunlight Foundation featured a post by Kevin Miller, senior executive analyst for data analytics in San José, on the development of open data and analytics in the city. Until 2015, citywide analytics and open data were fairly limited due to a series of budget constraints and a lack of an organizational data plan. In 2015, the Data Analytics Team was formed and the city began to think more about data policies. Miller describes the changes that he has already seen in the city as a result of a new data strategy, and considers the potential moving forward.


text:
Massive change is being sparked in the publishing industry, thanks to the enterprising–and exhausting–work of authors who've taken it upon themselves to share sales information with the intention of helping authors make informed decisions where publishing opportunities are involved. Authors like HM Ward and Hugh Howey have been as transparent as they can be about their own sales and publishing opportunities in order to present a clearer picture of what publishing looks like in 2014.
Now, AuthorEarnings.com has released its report on Barnes and Noble activity where Nook Press sales are concerned. The data, which can be found HERE, highlights the percentages of bestselling titles that were published via both traditional and self-publishing routes, as well as small press and indie press houses. This report indicates that, of the top 5,000 ebooks in the Nook store, self-published bestselling titles made up more than half of the bestsellers.
The report goes on to breakdown the data for both authors and consumers, with the ultimate goal remaining affording people in the industry to make the informed decisions. Working solely on presumptions and unfounded theories about how self-published titles fare–both for better or for worse–doesn't help anyone.
The industry as whole and in all its manifestations needs to adopt an air of openness and transparency that other industries have already made standard. Unfortunately, data like these reports, while vital to informed business practices for both authors and publishers, may eventually result in greater access to accurate sales data, but for now are only drawing ire from the industry's critics.
Mercy Pilkington is a Senior Editor for Good e-Reader. She is also the CEO and founder of a hybrid publishing and consulting company.


text:
Home /
Our Sources / About Us
/ FAQs /
Advanced Search
Not what you're
looking for? Try an advanced search.
Download the entire decision to receive the complete text, official citation,
docket number, dissents and concurrences, and footnotes for this case.
Learn more about what you receive with purchase of this case.
United States District Court, District of Columbia
September 18, 2017
DAVID WILSON, Plaintiff,v.U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, et al., Defendants.
pro se plaintiff, David Wilson, who is incarcerated,
filed this civil case, alleging that the defendants, the
United States Department of Justice (the
"Department") and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms and Explosives (the "Bureau"), violated
the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"), 5 U.S.C.
§ 552 (2012), by failing "to release [to him] the
requested information pertaining to his requests under the
FOIA." Complaint ("Compl.") at 1. Currently
before the Court is the Defendants' Motion for Summary
Judgment ("Defs.' Mot."). After carefully
considering the parties' submissions, [1] the Court
concludes for the reasons set forth below that it must grant
the defendants' motion for summary judgment.
Facts Regarding the Plaintiff's Conviction
November 2007, a jury convicted [the plaintiff] of aiding and
abetting the August 17, 1998[] first-degree double murder of
Sabrina Bradley and Ronnie Middleton." Defs.' Mem.
at 1. During his trial, the government introduced evidence
that the plaintiff was "a member of a [District of
Columbia] gang called [the] Congress Park Crew [and] was
particularly close with an associate named Maurice Doleman,
whom he regarded as a brother." Id.; see
also Pl.'s Opp'n at 3. Doleman allegedly
"robbed the girlfriend of one of the [rival] gang's
members, " and "[i]n retaliation, the boyfriend
paid Ronnie Middleton and another member of the [rival] gang
to kill . . . Doleman, which . . . they did."
Defs.' Mem. at 1; see also Pl.'s Opp'n
at 3-4.
further support of the plaintiff's involvement in the
murders, the government also presented evidence that, on
August 17, 1998, the plaintiff "was driving with two
other Congress Park members-Antonio Roberson and Antoine
Draine-when they came upon . . . Middleton sitting in a Ford
Bronco." Defs.' Mem. at 1-2; see also
Pl.'s Opp'n at 4. The plaintiff, with his passengers,
then drove to his house, "retrieved a .9mm Glock
handgun, " "drove back to . . . [the location
where] Middleton [had been observed], " and
"Roberson opened fire on the Bronco." Defs.'
Mem. at 2; see also Pl.'s Opp'n at 4.
Sabrina Bradley, Middleton's girlfriend, and "a
gentleman nicknamed Teeny Man" were in the Bronco with
Middleton. Defs.' Mem. at 2. Bradley and Middleton were
struck by the bullets fired by Roberson, and they later
"died of their gunshot wounds" at a hospital;
"Teeny Man managed to escape through a window and
fled." Id.; see also Pl.'s
Opp'n at 4.
witnesses . . . testified at trial about [the
plaintiff's] role in the murders." Defs.' Mem.
at 2. One of the witnesses, Bobby Capies, who was also a
member of the Congress Park gang, testified that the
plaintiff "described to him the events recounted
above." Id. In light of this and other
evidence, the jury found the plaintiff guilty. See
id. The plaintiff appealed his conviction and sentence,
alleging that the prosecution did not disclose a report
summarizing a police interview with Capies in violation
Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963). See
Id. Despite another member of this Court's
post-conviction agreement that the summary report should have
been disclosed by the government, the plaintiff's demand
for a new trial was denied and that ruling was affirmed by
the District of Columbia Circuit. See id. at 2-3;
see also United States v. Bell, 795 F.3d 88 (D.C.
Cir. 2015).
plaintiff nonetheless remains convinced that the government
did not disclose to him all exculpatory evidence that would
have altered the outcome of his trial. See Pl.'s
Opp'n at 7. Specifically, the plaintiff asserts that the
Metropolitan Police Department ("MPD") and the
Bureau conducted a controlled operation on June 14, 1999,
whereby they enlisted a confidential informant to record a
conversation with Antonio Roberson. See id. at 4-6.
Detective Michael Will's written report of the operation
indicated that the informant was able to record Roberson
confessing to the murders. See id. According to the
plaintiff, the tape recording, which was never disclosed to
him, "unequivocally exonerates him of having any
involvement with the murders." Id. at 6.
Facts Regarding the Plaintiff's FOIA Request
April 21, 2015, the plaintiff sent the Bureau a "FOIA
request seeking a copy of [the] tape recording and transcript
of a conversation between [the] alleged confidential
informant and Antonio Robinson." Defs.' Facts
¶ 3; see also Boucher Decl., Exhibit
("Ex.") A (FOIA Request dated April 21, 2015);
Pl.'s Opp'n at 8.[2] Having failed to receive a response to
his FOIA request from the Bureau, on June 8, 2015, the
plaintiff sent a letter to the Bureau, notifying the agency
of its failure to timely respond to his FOIA request.
See Defs.' Facts ¶ 4; see also
Boucher Decl., Ex. B (letter from the plaintiff to the Bureau
dated June 8, 2015). Additionally, on that same day, the
plaintiff resubmitted his April 21, 2015 FOIA request,
attaching to it a Certification of Identity for Antonio D.
Roberson and an obituary for Roberson. See Boucher
Decl., Ex. D (resubmission of April 21, 2015 FOIA Request);
see also Defs.' Facts ¶ 6; Pl.'s
Opp'n at 9. On June 19, 2015, the Bureau responded to the
plaintiff's original April 21, 2015 FOIA request,
advising the plaintiff that, because his original FOIA
request sought "information relating to a third party,
" it "refus[ed] to confirm or deny the existence
of responsive records pursuant to Exemptions 6 and 7(C) of
the FOIA" without the third party's "consent[
or] proof of death, an official acknowledgment of an
investigation of [the third party, ] or an overriding public
interest." Boucher Decl., Ex. C (letter from the Bureau
to the plaintiff dated June 19, 2015) at 1; see also
Defs.' Facts ¶ 5; Pl.'s Opp'n at 9.
on July 15, 2015, the Bureau received the plaintiff's
June 8, 2015 resubmitted FOIA request. See Boucher
Decl., Ex. D (resubmission of April 21, 2015 FOIA Request).
On August 20, 2015, the Bureau sent the plaintiff a letter
acknowledging receipt of his resubmitted FOIA request.
See id., Ex. E (letter from the Bureau to the
plaintiff dated August 20, 2015); see also
Defs.' Facts ¶ 7; Pl.'s Opp'n at 9-10. Then,
on August 25, 2015, the plaintiff sent the Bureau a letter
indicating that he had not received a response to his June 8,
2015 FOIA request; the Bureau received this letter on
September 2, 2015. See Boucher Decl., Ex. F (letter
from the plaintiff to the Bureau dated August 25, 2015).
response to the plaintiff's June 8, 2015 resubmitted FOIA
request, the Bureau "initiated a preliminary search of
the Treasury Enforcement Communication System
('TECS') and N-Force, which are two law enforcement
databases that would most likely contain information
pertaining to [the p]laintiff." Defs.' Facts ¶
10. The Bureau "found no responsive records" as a
result of these searches. Id. ¶ 14. The Bureau
then "concluded that any criminal investigation
associated with [the p]laintiff's criminal case would
have originated in the Washington Field Division and deemed
it as the component likely to possess responsive records,
given the nature and venue of the criminal case referenced in
[the p]laintiff's FOIA request." Id.
¶ 15. Thus, the Bureau "submitted a search request
to [its] Washington Field Division on August 20, 2015."
Id. ¶ 16. After receiving no response to his
resubmitted request, see id. ¶ 8, on May 31,
2016, the plaintiff filed this action against the defendants,
and after receiving notification of the plaintiff's suit,
see id. ¶ 9, the Bureau, on July 18, 2016,
"again contacted [its] Washington Field Division to
determine if they had located any responsive records, "
id. ¶ 17. Subsequently, "the Washington
Field Division conducted a search of TECS, N-Force, and its
accession and transfer records located in the Washington
Field Division and found no responsive records."
Id. ¶ 18. Additionally, the Washington Field
Division searched its "accession and transfer records
for all cases opened during fiscal years ("FY")
1998 and 1999." Id. ¶ 20.[3] "[A] search
of the accession and transfer records for FY [19]99 revealed
no responsive records, " but a "search of the FY
[19]98 records revealed the existence of the 7th District
Assault with Intent to Kill ('AWIK') file."
Id. ¶ 21.
was a violent-crime initiative engaged in by Special Agents
assigned to Group II of the Washington Field Division in FY
[19]98 and [19]99. The purpose of the initiative was to
assist the [MPD] with solving and reducing violent crimes
involving firearms in the District of Columbia."
Id. ¶ 22.[4] Regarding the criminal investigation of
the plaintiff, the Bureau stated that
any information, evidence or transcript retained by [the
Bureau] regarding assistance provided to [the] MPD on a
murder investigation under the AWIK initiative would have
[been] documented or stored in the 7th District AWIK file
folder, [as] 742207-98-0020, because the murder in question
occurred on Congress Place Southeast, Washington, D.C.-within
District 7-in FY [19]98.
Id. ¶ 24. However, "[t]he Washington
Field Division was unable to locate . . . [the accession or
transfer transmittal form submitted to NARA] for the District
7 AWIK file folder corresponding to case number
742207-98-0020." Id. ¶ 26. The Washington
Field Division then "attempted to find a duplicate copy
of the transmittal [record] submitted to NARA within the
files maintained by [its] Records Management Office."
Id. ¶ 27. Unable to find a duplicate copy,
see id. ¶ 29, the Bureau "sought an
opinion from NARA regarding whether the District 7 AWIK file
could be retrieved with the case number but without the NARA
transmittal form, " id. ¶ 30. NARA
responded that its staff was "unable to locate the
requested records" based on the information provided
and requested additional information to locate the requested
material. Id. ¶ 31. Unable to provide NARA with
any additional information, see id., the Bureau
concluded that it had conducted a reasonable search to locate
the requested materials, satisfying its search obligation
under the FOIA, and now moves for summary judgment.
Our website includes the first part of the main text of the court's opinion.
To read the entire case, you must purchase the decision for download. With purchase,
you also receive any available docket numbers, case citations or footnotes, dissents
and concurrences that accompany the decision.
Docket numbers and/or citations allow you to research a case further or to use a case in a
legal proceeding. Footnotes (if any) include details of the court's decision. If the document contains a simple affirmation or denial without discussion,
there may not be additional text.
Download the entire decision to receive the complete text, official citation,
docket number, dissents and concurrences, and footnotes for this case.
Learn more about what you receive with purchase of this case.
LRC, Inc. About Us


text:
– CHLOE • by L'ATELIER KONTOR 202 –
The 'Aimi Series' shines with its beautiful light gold coloured glass vase with mosaics from Lene Bjerre filled with a bouquet of highest quality, carefully preserved Infinity Roses in a colour of your choice. The beautiful light gold glass votive reflects style and personality and creates, with its different design, a very special ambiance that gives a special touch to the entire interior design.
Materials used: Preserved (Infinity) Roses
Rose count: about 11 Infinity Roses
Rose colour: Choose your favourite
Size: diameter 15 cm x height 15 cm
Note: rose color may deviate from the product image and may turn out slightly darker or brighter.
Note 2: The Aimi Vase is handmade and mouth blown. You will therefore not find two votives that are completely identical.
Fresh Roses for an Eternity!
The roses of our Infinity Collection are genuine, freshly picked roses that are carefully preserved in Ecuador. Through a special procedure these roses are prepared to give you several years of pleasure.
Forever Yours!
The roses will bloom for you for up to 3 years.
As such, they spread love and warmth in your own four walls, in your office or as a gift for your beloved one for a long time.
Living a lush life on mere air and love!
Never water again! Our Infinity Roses require no water or any other care products. They simply bloom without any help.
Also, please not be touch them too roughly to prevent them from losing shape and colour.
Additionally, our Infinity Roses love shaded areas and not be exposed to excessive heat, direct sunlight or humidity.


text:
The rising expectations of customers and technological advancements have changed the way in which interactions take place. Customers today are demanding more convenient, simplified, transparent and personalized communications. Successful organizations have understood the importance of investing in customer experience as it tends to be the crucial driver in delivering great business outcomes. Gradually, organizations have become more customer-centric rather than focusing on product, price, and brand as the differentiator.
To garner great customer experience, it is essential for an organization to be present on all the channels of communication be it social, mobile, text or email. Aligning business goals as per the customer's need is not the end. To win the race organizations must pay heed to their customer's journey and keep on adding new innovations to their existing strategy.
Also, delivering a personalized experience in the world of hyper-connected customers has become the key to successful business operations. Organizations are slowly transforming their customer communications into highly personalized and dynamic ones which in turn is fostering superior customer experience. Thus, to keep up with the ever-changing requirements, organizations must quickly roll on towards the right direction.
Previously, customer service consisted of multi-channel mode of communication where customers communicated with companies through different channels that were not integrated among themselves. Thus, it was necessary for businesses to look for a technology that can suffice the rising demands of their customers. The customers today are tech-savvy demanding a greater number of services while expecting a seamless and consistent experience across all touch points or channels. In order to better serve their customers organizations need to make a move from multi-channel to omni-channel.
Unlike the multi-channel communication mode, omni-channel customer engagement model helps in tracking the entire customer journey and thereby, creating a consistent and optimized experience. Customers have the freedom to switch between different channels without any hassles such as loss of information, or the need to repeat existing information.
Though both Multi-channel and Omni-channel communication modes seem similar, their definition and strategies go down to different paths. To have a clear understanding, let us deep dive into their definition and best practices:
Multi-channel Communications: Businesses engaging with customers via multiple channels like social media, web, email, etc., are using multi-channel mode of communication. Companies under this category are majorly focusing on various channels but are not bothered about maintaining consistency at every touch-point. Furthermore, Companies with this approach give more importance to products rather than customers. Optimizing customer experience and creating relevant interactions do not fall under this class.
Omni-channel Communications: Organization using Omni-channel communications are more focused on creating consistency along with relevant interactions. Under this category, organizations use different channels for communication but they are diligent to ensure that the same messaging and context is present at every touch-point. For example – an organization providing customers with the ability to engage via social media, email and mobile would be more focused on ensuring consistency in messaging and design across each touch-point.
The Rise of Omni-channel Communications
Globally enterprises have understood the importance of omni-channel communication, as from a customer's perspective this approach helps in superseding customer expectations. Initially, brands like Amazon, Flipkart, etc. entered the omni-channel arena by offering differentiated services and truly unified experience for their customers. Later, the entire economy was under the influence of omni-channel experience. This approach has empowered the entire world to act and decide as per their convenience.
Here are few benefits of Omni-channel communication strategy:
On-demand proactive communications– With omni-channel approach dominating the entire economy, the expectation of customers for on-time services have touched sky heights. With consistent experience across channels, customers can research a product or service as per their feasibility. For instance: A customer traveling in a bus requests communication from his insurance provider and selects a few options on the app. After the selection, he somehow drops out due to lack of time. Later during the month sitting back in his office, he again decides to take a look at those insurance communications. He expected that he would have to research again, but to his surprise, he found out that all his previous research were already available even on the website version accessed via desktop. This explains how relaxing life can be in an omni-channel world where customers can access communications anytime, anywhere and on any device.
Customer convenient experience– Communications today is defined by the convenience to seamlessly interact on different touch-points. With more competition in the market, it becomes important for organizations to deliver experiences that create a wow moment. These wow moments will help organizations in overachieving their goals and building customer trusts. Organizations have to realize the importance of seamless experience across channels while keeping in mind the needs of hyper-connected and super-engaged customers.
Data-driven strategy– Organizations can adjust their customer communications by tapping different channels through which their customers interact and thereby collect useful insights. These insights can further be processed and used for creating meaningful outcomes via upselling and cross-selling opportunities. For instance, bill amount and reminders along with the new offerings can be sent via SMS or a notification on the due date itself.
Organizations who have adopted the omni-channel communication mode are already reaping out its benefits and setting high standards of service levels. Moving forward businesses have also started focusing on making these communications more interactive and personalized.
With FCI (customer communication management company), organizations can constantly innovate and deliver omni-channel customer communications that are more personalized and bi-directional. Click here for a quick demo – https://fci-ccm.com/request-a-demo.php
Please mention feedback and suggestions in the comments section below!


text:
From vaccinations against measles to some Muslims' assertion that no one should draw Mohammed, we are constantly being told that we should respect religion. But why should we respect or accommodate beliefs with which we disagree?
Tag Archives: Mohammed
Mohammed Loses a Buddy, gets PTSDMarch 6, 2013
Mohammed Wins a MedalFebruary 22, 2013
Drone CourtFebruary 18, 2013
After the confirmation hearing for John Brennan as CIA Director elicited discomfort among media and Congressional elites about targeted assassinations of US citizens, some suggested the creation of a "drone court" similar to the rubberstamp FISA court, in order to issue pseudo-judicial death warrants for victims placed on the president's "kill list."


text:
When the summer came to a halt, school bounded in. For the seventh graders, it started a day earlier with 7th grade Orientation. On Monday, August 20th, self-conscious seventh graders strode into school without intimidating eighth or ninth graders.
Mr. Fleming and Mr. Bake introduced the kids to seventh grade. They greeted the students with friendly smiles and explained what they'd need to know for a successful. The students enjoyed meeting their new teachers and friendly peers.
While talking with many of those seventh graders, I realized they had many concerns. Many said that seventh grade was much different from sixth grade. Kyle Bartlett said, "There are multiple teachers and classes, unlike sixth grade. And there is also a lot more homework!" Dax Davis said, "The food here is much better!" Sage Olson noticed that, "The school is a lot bigger." In addition, Lacey Gardner mentioned that, "We hate being called Sevies!"
Do you believe that first impressions are important? Well, with your teachers first impressions are everything. If you are wild and rambunctious, your teacher will form an opinion about you. Students also form opinions about teachers. If our teachers are boring, we believe that that class will be boring too. Madeleine Riding says, "Most of the teachers are super nice. But it bugs me that some of the teachers aren't as funny as others." I asked students who their favorite teachers were so far; some said that they did not know yet. However, a couple said Ms. Holley and Mrs. Binks.
Many seventh graders feel intimidated. When asked "Why?" Samantha Roberts confirmed that her locker intimidated her. Those things can sure be very intimidating! Lockers are very confusing if you do not know how to work them. That is why seventh graders have such a hard time. Abbey Colledge said, "I took me five tries to open mine the first time, and I still haven't perfected it." Along with Abbey, Ashlee Allan said it took her a couple tries the first time, but she perfected it in a week.
Older students can be intimidating. Delaney Vest said, "Ninth graders are the most intimidating and so is becoming the youngest again."
These seventh graders are now a part of our school and we should help and support them. Remember to Back the Pack.


text:
Open source enthusiasts, Star Wars obsessive, and photo taker
@politicalcustard Bloody Vikings! is nice for getting temporary emails (which is at least somewhat beneficial to privacy)
@jamesvasile I feel Rocket (https://rocket.rs/v0.4/guide/) is definitely up there. I also like the Rust book (https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/) and Godot (https://docs.godotengine.org/en/3.0/about/index.html).
@codeLilac Yeah that can be frustrating. Something I figured out was that you can actually just search for someone via the web client (type in something like "@mirdaki") and follow them from their
@chris Hello and welcome!!
@gffo Welcome! Hope you like it here!
@obsir welcome!
@zajo Hello there!
Just got my shirt and stickers from participating in #Hacktoberfest
Tickles the imagination, doesn't it? #Mars #NASA #InSight #wakeuponanotherplanet
Just thought I'd share this wonderful line from http://lawsandsausagescomic.com/comic/1201
@rnickson Hello there!
Comics legend Stan Lee dead at 95 https://boingboing.net/2018/11/12/comics-legend-stan-lee-dead-at.html #Entertainment ##StanLeeRIP #obituaries #StanLee #Comics #deaths #obits #Post
@GoatsLive Hello! I'll be a little disappointed if we can't program directly from our brains by then haha
@mindshoot Thank you for the welcome!
Open source enthusiasts, Star Wars obsessive, and photo taker
Fosstodon is an English speaking Mastodon instance that is open to anyone who is interested in technology; particularly free & open source software.


text:
Hello Friends! Thanks for stopping by! With the holiday season just around the corner, I wanted to put together my best tips and practices for hosting guests and preparing your guest room! This all started when my parents stayed in our apartment, while I was in the hospital delivering our babies. I went above and beyond to make our space extra cozy, and I thought it would be beneficial to share it with all of you! 🙂 In partnership with Serena & Lily, I put together a list of my guest room essentials for you and shared some ways I incorporate Serena & Lily products in our household! Of course you can always add to this list in the comments below. xx A
First thing is first! Make things comfortable. I absolutely love our Serena and Lily bedding, so I keep an extra set on hand for when guests are in town. The quilt is great to have on hand, especially during the colder months, and I especially love this soothing hue of blue. Did you know that blue is calming and is the most recommended bedroom color because it promotes relaxation and tranquility? Serena and Lily has so many gorgeous blue options, including the sheets, pillow, shams and quilt I picked out!
There are other simple ways you can make your space extra comfortable, including providing a water carafe, a catch all dish for holding jewelry, a healthy snack(s), reading material and an alarm clock. I also like to keep Lavender Linen Spray out on the nightstand. It's the little things that make all the difference. Also providing spare hangers for your guest to use is also a nice touch!
Next, make things easy!! In this day and age, hopping on someone's WiFi is usually the first question that is asked. You can download the PDF I created for our WiFi Sheet! Just fill it in with your WiFi details. 🙂 I keep this printed and in a frame for when guests come to visit, and the frame helps from me misplacing it or it getting lost in the shuffle of things! When we don't expect guest to stay over, we just keep this on our bar cart. Talking about keeping things easy, having a spare key is also important in making guests feel extra welcomed and not like they're intruding. It makes all the difference when your guests arrive and leave, and allows more freedom and flexibility – especially if they're arriving during the work week or are on a different schedule than you are!
When it comes to the bathroom, there are a few things you can do to make your space extra accommodating. Invest is a complete set of towels, so when guest stay over you can put them aside for them. I'm only saying this, because I have so many random towels I've collected over the years! I didn't realize how random our towels were until I was trying to put together fresh white towels and wash cloths for my parents to use and ended up having to mix and match. Serena & Lily has a bunch of great neutral options that feel so luxurious you're going to want to replace all of your towels! I especially love their Healdsburg towel with the fringe detail.
Next, when it comes to the bathroom having a clean bath mat is also very important. I love this one from Serena and Lily because it is so easy to wash and helps make our tiny bathroom feel more comfortable. It's also easy to roll up and store for special occasions. I also like to keep a pair of spare slippers in our bathroom when guests are visiting! Like I said, it's the little things that help make your loved ones extra welcomed! We also keep a stool next to the tub that we leave out soaps, lotions and toiletries on. Since we only have one bathroom, it doesn't stay there permanently. But this stool is surprising super handy and we have been using it all over the house for other things, like as a plant stand!
Other bathroom things to keep in mind when you're hosting guests is to leave a spare roll of toilet paper out, along with a candle and matches. If we're all hanging out, I'll just leave that candle lit in there on the counter. And lastly, I make sure to have a complete set of sink accessories, that includes a tooth brush holder and soap dispenser for our guests to use too! It not only completes our vanity, but it also is nice being able to refill the dispenser with liquid soaps.
I hope you find my Guest Room and Hosting Essential List handy! Would you add anything to it? Cheers!


text:
Jordan Spieth hit a wedge to 4 feet for birdie on the final hole for a seven-under-par 63 and a one-stroke lead Thursday in the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Conn.
Making his first appearance at TPC River Highlands, Spieth, a 23-year-old Texan, had eight birdies and a bogey in his afternoon round after tying for 35th last week in the United States Open at Erin Hills in Wisconsin.
Johnson Wagner and the Connecticut native Brett Stegmaier each shot 64 in the morning. Stegmaier had seven birdies in a nine-hole stretch in the middle of the round and closed with a bogey on No. 9.
Rory McIlroy, also playing for event for the first time, had a 67. Jason Day shot 72. They missed the cut in the Open.
GARCÍA TWO BACK IN MUNICH Sergio García opened his first event in Europe since his Masters victory by shooting a bogey-free six-under 66 to lie two strokes off the lead at the BMW International Open in Munich.
Carr Completes Deal With Raiders
Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr completed a five-year contract extension that will keep him with the team through the 2022 season.
Carr tweeted that an agreement had been reached to add five years to his current rookie deal that expires after this season. The Raiders are counting on Carr to be the face of the franchise when it moves to Las Vegas for the 2020 season.
Both sides had expressed a strong interest in signing a long-term deal. Carr, who was scheduled to enter the final year of his rookie contract, had imposed a deadline of the start of training camp in late July.
Carr has transformed the Raiders from a perennial loser into a contender after being drafted in the second round in 2014.
He lost his first 10 starts as a rookie before winning seven games his second year and taking the Raiders to the playoffs in 2016 with a 12-4 record. Carr missed the final game of that season and the playoff loss to Houston with a broken leg.
CHIEFS' REID GETS EXTENSION The Kansas City Chiefs have given Coach Andy Reid a contract extension and parted ways with General Manager John Dorsey, making two important decisions on what is typically a quiet week in the off-season. Reid, 59, is 43-21 with three playoff appearances in four seasons in Kansas City, helping to deliver an A.F.C. West title last season.
Sánchez Scores as Chile Ties Germany
Alexis Sánchez struck early to become Chile's all-time leading scorer as the South American champions were held by Germany's young squad to a 1-1 draw in Kazan, Russia, that left both teams in good position to advance to the semifinals of the Confederations Cup.
Sánchez netted his 38th goal with the Chilean national team by poking the ball into the net with his left foot after a smart pass by Arturo Vidal in the sixth minute. The ball hit the near post before crossing the line to allow the Arsenal forward to pass the 37 goals scored by Marcelo Salas.
Germany, with only three players from its World Cup-winning team, played catch-up most of time against the more experienced Chileans, but it earned a draw after Lars Stindl scored from close range in a counterattack just before halftime.
The result left both teams with 4 points each in Group B, three more than Australia and Cameroon, which played to a 1-1 draw in St. Petersburg.
SALAH HEADING TO LIVERPOOL Egypt wing Mohamed Salah will get another chance to prove himself in the English Premier League after sealing a move to Liverpool from Roma.
Financial details were not disclosed, but sections of the British media reported that Liverpool paid 39 million euros ($43.5 million) for Salah.
Salah, 25, made just six league starts during his time playing for Chelsea from February 2014 to February 2015 before being sent on loan first to Fiorentina and then Roma. He was one of Serie A's top performers last season, scoring 15 goals and setting up 11.
Federer Makes Quarterfinals in Germany
The eight-time champion Roger Federer defeated Mischa Zverev, 7-6 (4), 6-4, to book his quarterfinal place at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany.
Federer, who is bidding for his 16th grass-court title, hit five aces and converted three of his four break opportunities. He next plays the defending champion Florian Mayer, who upset the sixth-seeded Lucas Pouille, 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-3.
AFTER UPSET VICTORY, DEFEAT The unheralded Australians who blew open the draw at Queen's with first-round wins over Andy Murray and Milos Raonic came back down to earth. Jordan Thompson, a last-minute injury replacement, and Thanasi Kokkinakis, ranked No. 698, both lost in the second round in London.
AZARENKA OUSTED IN SECOND ROUND The former world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka's comeback ended in a second-round defeat at the Mallorca Open, with the two-time Grand Slam title winner losing, 6-1, 6-3, to Croatia's Ana Konjuh.
SURPRISING LOSS IN BIRMINGHAM Elina Svitolina suggested she might withdraw from Wimbledon after a surprise second-round loss at the Aegon Classic in Birmingham, England. Svitolina, ranked fifth and the leading seed after a host of withdrawals, was beaten by the Italian qualifier Camila Giorgi, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2.
Goldschmidt Powers Diamondbacks
Paul Goldschmidt and Chris Owings hit three-run homers, Zack Godley threw well into the eighth inning, and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Colorado Rockies, 10-3, in Denver. Goldschmidt finished with three hits and four R.B.I. to increase his season total to 64, tops in the majors.
Arizona took two of three in the National League West matchup and is now tied with Colorado for second place in the division behind the Dodgers. The Diamondbacks have won 12 of 14 and are a season-high 19 games above .500.
IT'S NOW DAVID ORTIZ DRIVE Boston has renamed a street in honor of the retired Red Sox player David Ortiz. Mayor Marty Walsh called the man known as Big Papi a "legend on and off the field" at the ceremony to rename the street formerly known as Yawkey Way Extension, near Fenway Park, to David Ortiz Drive. The Red Sox are scheduled to retire his No. 34 on Friday.
CUBS SEND DOWN SCHWARBER The Chicago Cubs demoted the struggling slugger Kyle Schwarber to Class AAA Iowa. Schwarber is batting .171 with 12 homers and 28 R.B.I. in 64 games.


text:
Convention and Visitors Bureau ready to help residents recruit, plan events
The CVB has an array of free services it can provide to help residents recruit meetings and conventions to OKC.
The CVB has an array of free services it can provide to help residents recruit meetings and conventions to OKC.
With the recent American Airlines announcement that non-stop service to Miami from OKC begins later this year, 24 destination cities now have such flights.
We're creating clusters around companies like bioscience, aerospace and defense, energy, and we have a really robust economy. Theres a lot more activity, whether it's venture capital investments, accelerator and incubator programs or things that make it easier for entrepreneurs to grow."
When SYNQ3 Restaurant Solutions opened their Oklahoma City branch in October 2018, the CEO, Steve Bigari, projected that the company would hire 300 OKC-based telecommute employees in 2019.
The U.S. Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy is hosting a regional roundtable discussion in OKC on regulatory reform to get feedback on regulatory burdens from small business leaders.
The recently released 2018 State Ranking of Worker Compensation Premium Costs showed Oklahoma has improved its workers compensation premiums by 20 places out of the 51 states and territories measured since 2010.
Like OKC in general, April is a busy month for conventions and events that draw out-of-town visitors here.
Creative Oklahoma has chosen five promising entrepreneurs to be the first included in its inaugural Oklahoma Entrepreneur Mentorship Program (OKEMP), an initiative licensed from and modeled after the Massachusetts Institute of Technologys Venture Mentoring Service.


text:
Okay, so here's something else I didn't know existing. The pilot episode for a Three Stooges television show with Moe, Larry and Shemp. The whole thing just feels wrong–and not because I have some kind of Shemp bias, either. It's so obviously a television show and not their numerous fantastic shorts. And it's not like they can't handle television–they are the Stooges, after all. Check out Moe's appearance here.
Anyway, here it is. And some more slightly wrong Stooge bits follows after it…
[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent="yes" overflow="visible"][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type="1_1″ background_position="left top" background_color="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" spacing="yes" background_image="" background_repeat="no-repeat" padding="" margin_top="0px" margin_bottom="0px" class="" id="" animation_type="" animation_speed="0.3″ animation_direction="left" hide_on_mobile="no" center_content="no" min_height="none"][ad#shortpost]
Direct link for the feedreaders.
Found via Classic Television Showbiz.
Here's a bunch of the color bits they shot for The New 3 Stooges, their animated show. These were used to intro the shows. Again, they are just lacking something. And yes, it might be that these have Curly Joe, admittedly.
Direct link for the feedreaders.
And because we mentioned it, here's "The Noisy Silent Movie," one of the animated shows. The Stooges don't seem to work in this form, either.
Direct link for the feedreaders.
Am I just completely biased against non-traditional Stooge-dom? Does this make me a Stooge purist?
Direct link for the feedreaders.
Ahhhh. That's better.


text:
So what in case you do not possess a backyard to earn a fairy garden, you always have the decision to produce a miniature garden which can be put on the window sill. Bonsai should require sunshine five hours or longer daily. Position the tree so it seems balanced in the path that you need and hence the front confronts the ideal front of the kettle. Therefore many different decorative tree varieties, and various landscape layouts, surely make it hard for that the vast majority of individuals to ascertain that is right for them.
Pruning the ideal way at the ideal time on the ideal plants is very significant, irrespective of plant size. BONSAI STYLES After a tree was purchased or implanted with the goal of earning bonsai, another step to do is to train, contour and organize it. Apprenticeship bonsai, should you live, continues for about five years, though it's around the master to select when you've finished your instruction. The leaves are oval and bright green in summertime ) It is potential to use your creativity to generate precisely the exact same layout, or merely use an old doll home also.


text:
I DID feel for Kate Winslet's character in The Mountain Between Us (now
available to rent via all the usual means).
Alex has played a blinder – she has sent fellow plane crash survivor Ben (Idris Elba) off to go seek some help as her ankle is still giving her some gyp.
And she is just getting settled back on the sofa under numerous warm blankets beside the log burner with a belly-full of soup for a well-deserved little snooze and he comes bursting back through the door of the deserted cabin in the frozen woods and says he is not going without her. Marvellous.
We next watch her trudging and hobbling on, disappearing into deep snow drifts, no doubt cursing him under her breath.
I had seen the ads for this film last year and a bit like Collateral Beauty, which also stars Winslet, assumed the big names would equal a half-decent film.
It is more unusual as its foundation is clearly disaster movie which then morphs into a romance with a comedy chaser. And I am not sold on the casting.
Let me give you a taster and you can see if you want to do the same as me and instead of stepping out into atrocious weather conditions to watch The Mercy or The 15:17 To Paris at the cinema (I will do this at some point), opt for this.
Intrepid American photo-journalist Alex has been "shooting neo-Nazis for the Guardian", and is getting married in the morning. London-born brain surgeon Ben has to operate on a dying 10-year-old the next day.
Yet they are both stuck at Salt Lake City airport as all flights have been grounded because of an impending storm.
Persuasive Alex railroads a charter pilot to take them in a light aircraft across a mountain range. They bundle in along with a golden retriever which wants to come for the ride. Alex displays her investigative reporter techniques to find out more
about her new friends as they soar above the peaks while Ben is happy to just
play Candy Crush. The man at the controls has a stroke at the worst possible time and they plummet into the Rockies. He ends up in a frosty hand dug grave.
After the other three survive Ben lighting a fire in the wrecked fuselage dripping with avgas, the hazards come thick and fast. Dog (as he gets called) fights off a cougar and they all enjoy a meat feast on the BBQ (not before Winslet has reprised her
'Come back' line as the hound bounds off, teeth bared, protecting his adoptive
I am sure the actress was delighted when she saw she would fall through a frozen lake at one point as well. You would think she would never agree to such nonsense ever again.
We have bear traps, slippery precipice and only four almonds, two candy bars, a half-eaten sandwich, a handful of cookies and a sherbet lemon to live on as they embark on an icy trek through the wilderness to civilisation and safety.
Clearly having forgotten her fiancé at this point, she gets to spoon Ben to preserve heat, have Ben's hands on her bresticles to stave off frostbite, drift off under the
stars wrapped in Ben's arms to prevent hypothermia while listening to a piano
concerto on his Spotify using the dregs of his battery (and he is supposed to
be a brain surgeon).
'The heart? Oh it is just a muscle', he growls, while flexing a few others by the fireside.
He may look fine with fresh snow in his beard. I just never fully believed in their danger or the emotional connection.
At the other end of the flight experience spectrum is The World's Most Luxurious Airline, a cheeky documentary I stumbled across on Channel 4, now available to catch up.
This centres on Singapore Airlines and its half a billion-pound upgrade of its 'turn left' first-class facilities. And with it comes a veritable feast of characters.
We meet 20-year-old would-be Branson, amiable Alex, the aviation analyst who, packing 70,000 social media followers, comes as part of the delivery for new developments in the industry. He takes his selfie stick into a trolley cupboard and sits in there at one point.
Then we have the team building the new mile-high suites 7,000 miles away from Asia in Newport, south Wales. One too many creases in the seat and a stiff catch and everyone is sweating. But then the table tops cost the same as a new Mondeo #randomcomparison
I loved BK…he lives with his mum and dad and his staggering collection of models ('the temptation to buy more is always there – like a drug addict'). When he is not dressing his nieces in miniature versions of the legendary cabin crew outfits (they looked delighted), he is bending his neck backwards to glimpse passing aircraft and
calling out their numbers.
Finally, terrifying are the pair running new staff training, ripping off Nicki Minaj lashes and demanding buns are lopped.
It is an eye-opening 50 minutes.


text:
Something Stinks in Knysna
Shaun van Eck, current CEO of Knysna Tourism, is incompetent. The dictionary, Merriam-Webster, includes "incompetency" in the definition of "arsehole". He is not alone. The Board of Tourism, which includes Knysna DA member, Mayor Georlene Wolmarans, are full of bullshit too. This mail results from the death of patience. I tried the "correct" channels and failed. Additionally, i am a poor man who cannot afford rent let alone a lawyer. Being public is my only protection. Being public is the only way to get the truth. Every day this week, i will post a blog on the real Knysna. Visit … 'Click here to read full article…'


text:
Gift Guide for Grandparents
If you're searching for inspirations on what to get your grandma or grandpa, hope this helps you out 🎄 Treat your grandparents to a little bit of luxury and show them how much they are appreciated!
Gift guide for Kids
What to get the kids in your life! Whether its family, other relatives or for friends children, why not give them a gift which can also be useful and teach them about life and science!
Christmas Wishlist – Skincare
Christmas skincare wishlist! I LOVE skincare, so it was really hard to narrow down this list! Gift ideas for the skincare lover in your life!
Secret Santa Gift Guide for all Budgets
I've got a secret santa gift guide to suit all budgets! If you're struggling to find something which is actually nice, I hope this list inspires you!
Gift guide for Him
Gift guide for him - the man in your life! Partner, family member or colleague. Hopefully something in this list will inspire you! 🎁


text:
Most good anglers are well aware that a surface chugging plug at times attracts and catches more fish than anything in a tackle box.
These same anglers also are likely aware that natural baits and jigs have their important roles in the scheme of fishing, too.
Combine these deadly fish attractors and you come up with one of the most inventive and remarkably effective fish-catching rigs ever devised - the indefatigable popping cork.
Basically, a popping cork is a 3- to 5-inch-long float made of cork, Styrofoam or hard plastic. The float is positioned to the fishing line above a bait or lure, and the rig is ready. The angler casts the popping cork to a likely spot where sea trout, reds, bluefish, even largemouth bass are likely to be found, then yanks hard on the rod a time or two, making the float pop loudly on the surface - while the bait or lure dangles enticingly several feet below.
After a cork pops, an angler pauses the retrieve, much like a fisherman would work a top-water plug. After a few seconds, the angler pops the rig a couple of more times, pauses again, pops the cork another time or two, and if no fish strikes, he retrieves the rig and makes another cast. When a fish hits, the float is pulled under, so it serves double duty as a strike indicator.
The theory behind using a popping cork is that gamefish are attracted to surface commotion because it simulates surface feeding of other gamefish. When predator fish come to investigate the sounds, they see a bait or lure dangling below the cork and hit it.
A surface plug might work, too, but often fish drawn to surface strikes won't hit on top.
A jig or live bait might be effective, too, but the popping of a surface cork draws attention to the offering.
Who first discovered the popping cork and its effectiveness has long since been forgotten.
But for years, Florida anglers from the Panhandle to the Ten Thousand Islands have employed the rig with outstanding results. The popping cork for decades even was the bread-and-butter terminal tackle rig of commercial hook-and-line sea trout fishermen throughout much of the South.
A typical popping cork is concave at its widest end, the other end is tapered. It looks much like a top-water chugger plug, without hooks. In fact, some anglers make their own popping corks out of old, discarded surface chuggers, and some fishermen even make them out of wooden dowels. But very good popping corks are available commercially, and they're inexpensive.
Some of the best commercial popping corks have a hole through their center from one end to the other. One good way to rig such a cork is to run a short length of 20-pound test line through it so about 8 inches of line protrude from each end. Slip a small plastic bead (the commercial type with a hole through the center) onto each end of the line and tie a barrel swivel to each end.
The plastic beads help prevent barrel swivels from cracking and breaking the cork as its is fished.
Rigged this way, a popping cork can be readied for fishing in just seconds. Simply attach the barrel swivel at the cork concave end to the fishing line, then tie a 3- to 4-foot leader to the swivel at the tapered end of the cork. A bait hook or jig tied to the other end of the leader completes the rig.
Some commercial popping corks are made so the fishing line can be slipped into a lengthwise slot cut in the float. Then a small plastic plug is pushed into one end of the cork to secure the float and prevent it from sliding up or down the line.
These popping corks can be rigged in a hurry, though they're often not as durable as the type previously mentioned.
Popping corks frequently are employed with live bait, generally shrimp, mullet, menhaden, shiners, pinfish, pigfish and the like.
Sometimes, especially when working areas with fast tides that impart action to the offering, dead baits, strip baits, jigs, streamer flies or even sinking plugs or spoons can be used effectively with popping corks.
Popping corks are best fished with medium-light spinning or bait-casting tackle, and lines testing 10 to 20 pounds. Rods 7 to 8 feet long are preferred, because their long length help the sharp popping action that must be given to a cork.
Prime places for fishing a popping cork include shell bars, sandbars, over and near flooded grass flats, alongside channel edges and around docks, piers and bridge abutments.
The popping cork is a popular terminal tackle rig with wade fishermen. In fact, some people say the so-called "Texas popping rod" was designed specifically for fishing popping corks.
Popping corks are most productive when used in calm, sheltered water. They're superb for night fishing, or when used around tangled cover such as mangrove roots and docks where fish hide far back in the cover and must be drawn or attracted some distance to a lure.
Popping corks surely are not a never-fail method of catching fish. But they're something that should be in every serious angler's tackle box for those times when you've got to make some noise to wake up and shake up sportfish.


text:
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 17 — The planning of the country's transportation framework must take into account commercial traffic growth which is booming owing to increasing public appetite for e-commerce, the National Transport Policy (NTP) 2019-2030 highlighted.
In the report unveiled today, the NTP revealed that on estimate, every one in five trips taken by households nationwide, is shopping related, and that the proliferation of e-commerce and online shopping platforms has the potential to replace a significant portion of these trips in future.
This in return, the report said, would see the e-commerce growth opening demands for infrastructure and facilities to facilitate for the inter-state movement of goods from production centers, intra-state movement of goods to localised distribution points as well as last mile delivery from distribution centers to consumers.
"The e-commerce contribution to Gross Domestic Product recorded RM49 billion in 2012 and increased to RM68 billion in 2015. The upward trend is expected to continue, almost doubling in 2020 with RM114 billion under business as usual scenario, and expected to hit RM170 billion with right interventions.
"A study in 2016 suggests that Malaysia is at an inflection point of e-commerce growth with a projected annual growth rate of 11 per cent which is indicative of significant potential for growth.
"As online shopping captures a larger market share, it will reduce consumer travel associated with shopping trips, however commercial traffic will increase as a result," the report said.
It added that the last-mile delivery into congested urban areas, as well as the advent of new logistic technologies and business models such as autonomous deliveries and consolidated deliveries, must be given attention.
The NTP also stressed on the need to increase efficiency in managing air traffic, particularly that brought by low-cost carriers.
The report cited the International Air Transport Association's 7.2 billion projection of travellers globally, doubling from the 3.8 billion in 2016.
"The National Transport Strategy Study by World Bank (2014) forecasts the annual growth of passengers of 4.1 per cent between 2013-2033 in Kuala Lumpur International Airport, 6.1 per cent in Penang Airport and 5.5 per cent in the Kota Kinabalu International Airport.
"Future planning needs to take into account future growth in passengers as well as in airfreight," the report said, pointing out that air travel in the past decade have been shaped by the high growth in low-cost carriers (LCCs), which account for as much as 25 per cent of the global industry's estimates.
"Aside from their impact on passenger growth and mobility, LCCs have brought about fundamental changes in air travel such as focus on secondary airports, the adoption of point-to-point travel (as opposed to the traditional hub and spoke model) and increased automation in both sales and services (i.e. check in and boarding)," the NTP read.
The NTP was developed through close collaboration between the government and private sector.
Since September 2016, over 150 members from the government, academia and representatives of the private sector have convened in a series of workshops, focus group discussions and meetings, to formulate the transport sector blueprint.
The plan highlights visions for land, air and sea transport, for both passenger and cargo movements.


text:
San Francisco-based fitness app company fitmob raised $5 million from 112 investors -- $1 million of the funding came from Recruit Strategic Partners and was previously disclosed. Some $3.25 million of the round came from Mayfield Fund, Structure.vc, Venture51, Queensbridge Capital, and Vast Ventures. The remainder came from investors on AngelList.
This brings the company's total funding to at least $14.8 million. The company's previous round was in January 2014.
"The fitness industry has never lacked variety, but it's lacked an easy to use, cost efficient method for people to discover, access, and enjoy the thousands of options out there," fitmob CEO and co-founder Raj Kapoor said in a statement. "This funding will help us bring freedom of choice and community to the millions of people who are currently tied down to their memberships that only allow them to access one studio or gym."
To use fitmob, users access a list of indoor and outdoor workouts led by trainers in the user's city via their fitmob app. The app is available on iOS and Android. Fitmob offers a $99 per month unlimited pass that allows members to access classes in their area. The service launched in San Francisco and spread to six more cities in 2014. With the funding, fitmob aims to expand its Passport offering from seven to 50 US cities in 2015.
Fitmob currently offers its service in San Francisco, Austin, Dallas, Philadelphia, Portland, San Jose, and Seattle. Classes offered include crossfit, yoga, barre, zumba, MMA, circus, TRX training, and pilates.
The company was formed by photo printing company Snapfish cofounder Raj Kapoor and search personalization company Ness Computing cofounder Paul Twohey.


text:
Negotiated tendering
A negotiated tender is effectively a single-stage tender carried out between the client and just one contractor. Thus negotiated tenders are obtained by the client, inviting one contractor of their choice to submit a tender response for the project. This is then negotiated with the client's professional team (usually the client's cost consultant).
Documents produced are appropriate to the chosen procurement route.
The benefit of this route is the speed with which a price can be obtained for the proposed works. However, the competitive advantage of a formal bidding process is reduced and the client could end up paying more for a quicker start on site, albeit with a contractor of their choice. Also, many public bodies and government departments will not allow negotiated tenders except in exceptional circumstances, as it is difficult to prove that value for money has been achieved or that favouritism has been avoided.
A negotiated tender has a good chance of being accepted as satisfactory by the client because selection is based on previous successful working arrangements between the client and the chosen contractor.
© Coventry University. CC BY-NC 4.0


text:
Separate names with a comma.
Discussion in 'PS4 & PS3' started by chichi, Mar 17, 2014.
That's Home, not Gone Home.
ahhh crap. my bad
No horror games for me. Just can't play them, though I will watch someone play them. I watched someone stream their gameplay of Outlast and enjoyed it, but I refuse to play it.


text:
Hey there readers, welcome back to another edition of "Foodie Fridays". Today I will be making a quick and easy drink, Peanut Butter Chocolate Punch. Let's get into the recipe..... Ingredients: 1½ cup ice 1¾ cup milk 1 tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder 5 tbsps. peanut butter 4 tbsps. brown sugar 1 tsp. vanilla essence Directions: … Continue reading Foodie Fridays #9
Tag: #Chocolate
Foodie Fridays #7
Welcome back readers to another edition of "Foodie Fridays", in this edition I will be sharing muffin recipe with you guys. This muffin recipe I'm going to share with you was a little experiment of mine. It maybe strange that I don't eat bananas, however I do like banana bread. For this this recipe I … Continue reading Foodie Fridays #7