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Sales capabilities, that's what your writers need! This, as strange as it sounds, is great advice. In this article we will look at why this counter-intuitive advice actually does make sense.
You want your highly technical, capable writers to create engaging copy. But beyond writing training, you're at a loss for how to get started. Somehow you started thinking about sales, but you know that these writers aren't skilled in forging relationships like a salesman. They even shy away from the idea of selling.
What's a manager to do?
Typically, management will respond by training in plain English, or simplification, thinking that it's the right solution.
But there is another way, and it's really counterintuitive. It's teaching them how to sell instead.
Why teach content writers sales principles?
When you think about it, all sales are about relationships. Relationships only exist when you have engagement, trust, and a two-way exchange. That's because selling is about provision of value.
Content is also about providing value. Someone who reads what you write is learning from you. You are building a relationship with that reader. You learn this as people start saying to you, I could almost hear your voice when I read your article.
So even when we don't like to think about it, you need a relationship before you can sell. The uncomfortable truth is that you can't get anybody to do anything if you aren't prepared to provide value to them first.
By asking your writers to have a sales mindset, you're asking them to think about delivering value first.
This really makes writing fly.
Start with the 12.5 principles of sales greatness
Jeffrey Gitomer has an amazing library on sales, and he is my go-to guy for anything related to sales thinking. He has 12.5 principles of sales greatness, which you can find in his (extremely useful) Little Red Book of Selling. Check out his book at this non-affiliate link.
Your writers probably don't need more technical skills
People often lead content writers with technical skills. This is because we want the outcome. If we aren't getting the outcome, then it must be in the technical skill that the problem lies, right?
Many technical folk who are brilliant in their own roles (like lawyers, engineers, doctors, trainers, accountants, spaceship mechanics) find it astonishingly difficult truly to stand in the shoes of their audience. They have amazing, big, important things to say! They need to say them! They know why they're important!
They can write; they don't engage
They break one of the key rules of sales, which is: Engage me and I will convince myself.
For some people, not being the teacher when they write is supremely difficult. It's like trying to ask them to stand on one leg, rub their bellies and their heads with different arms and at the same time ask them to sing Advance Australia Fair backwards.
Often, technical folk often never get real feedback from real readers
It's hard for them to stand in their readers'shoes, because they've never (or rarely) had to do it.
Technical people also work in their own specific teams, often writing (as I mentioned in my last article here) for themselves and their bosses. The tips I gave in that article about going and having conversations is where this all begins.
But to take it to the next level, you have to understand how to reorient yourself so that what you write is beneficial for those people.
Great sales people do this effortlessly. Why not learn from them?
Given that the sales literature is literally stuffed to overflowing with this stuff, it makes sense to learn from it, doesn't it? If I were to say to you that great content is about relationships, value, engagement, and creativity; and if you then hear someone like Mr Gitomer saying the same thing about sales, then aren't we really talking about the same thing?
It's because we are!
Right now you are reading this and you can't help but think to yourself, well, you might be onto something, Leticia. Right?
When you're writing something, you're doing it for a reason, a purpose, and intention. You never write just for the hell of it. You always write for a reason. Internally, it's to inform, get action, create change, gain information, or something else. Externally, it's also to inform, to educate, to encourage buyers, to create mindset shift.
Selling is the same kind of game. Mark Bonchek argued the exact same thingin the Harvard Business Review: That data and information isn't enough to sell innovative things because a shift in thinking is required.
Some benefits of bringing sales thinking to the writing table
Making the change in paradigm from content to sales is itself a massive change. Getting others on board may be difficult, because most of us grew up being punished for thinking differently. It's not exactly a popular thing to do, especially at school!
So let's look at the benefits of training your technical teams in sales thinking before you dive into the specific skills of writing.
The first benefit is that sales encourages us to think about how we add value to other people. Knowing your real value proposition and what you think your value proposition is, are two different things. It means you have to really understand your customer (or your reader, in the case of content).
The second benefit is that, in the words of Jeffrey Gitomer, it 'kicks your own ass'. If you screw up when you're selling, the only person responsible is you. It's hard work! Businesses don't often fail because they sell. They fail because they don't sell. This attitude in relation to your content gives you the impetus to look at your data, and figure out what did and didn't work. And then to try again.
The third benefit is that you learn the deep meaning behind the idea of engagement. People don't part with their money to any old shambling fellow who comes along, unless they feel sorry for him. They have to trust you. Trust is the bedrock of all good relationships. It's also the reason why you read the people that you read. If they were rubbish, you wouldn't spend your valuable time on whatever crap they wrote, even if you DID think it was good for you!
It's possible, even if you think you hate selling
Gaining an appreciation for the nuances of sales is easy, but it takes time and good resources. You may also be feeling like you hate sales. You might be thinking that you're terrible at selling.
Yet, every day you put on your best attitude and go out and rock the world. This means that you understand sales better than you think you do.
By helping your technical teams to apply sales thinking, you will end up with a team that more easily engages other people.
This has knock-on effects:
- They will build relationships with other people more easily.
- They will become better at demonstrating the value of whatever you offer, to whoever your audience or readership is.
- They will instinctively change how they relate to the world (and may even become more human in the process).
3 tips to help you create this change
What follows are three tips that you can start using right now, to reorient your team of writers.
1: Get familiar with the Value Proposition Canvas
Using a tool like the value proposition canvas gets you out of your head, and gives you a systematic framework for getting to the real value in what you're offering. It's perfect for brainstorming ideas, and for using the data you gather from your clients while you do it.
2: Ask more questions!
The best solution to not knowing how to deliver real value to someone is to ask more questions. The best questions get people to think. If you can do this, the person you ask is more likely to give you information that you can use to help them.
3: Publish your way to success
Just as the best way to make a sale is to get in front of a prospect, the best way to craft incredible content is to get it in front of people. Publish, share, distribute. Don't be shy about it. In digital, you can always pull it down, edit it, shift it. Testing is how we turn mundane into magnificent!
In summary
As the world of content gets more competitive, people's attention gets harder to attract. Knowing the basics of great content, plain English, and simplicity is one thing. But knowing how to really engage people for better outcomes is something else.
When you combine the principles of good content with a nuanced understanding of how to capture and 'sell' the right message, you will stand a long way out from the 'noise'. Your readers will find what you write valuablerather than some other article to skip past.
Let us know your thoughts!
Have you ever used this approach with your technical, internal teams? I'd love to hear about your approaches! Leave a comment and tell us your experiences in shifting technical folk into a value-add mindset.


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So this is just an update for my future reference.
After my exams are done which is Dec 14 I am planning to make a bunch of videos and post them up on Youtube and other things as well. Some of the videos that I hope to make are How to make your own tinted moisterizer, contouring, makeup looks, cheap holiday gift-wrapping ideas and maybe more but I want to update this blog everyday. As I can't update my physical book everyday maybe I'll post up photos of the physical book online as well.
As for the blog I will be able to write in more everytime and maybe one time there will be an essay. ^_^ Things that I plan to do over the winter break is updating my book and blog for sure everyday if I can, reading the samurai traditions textbook and preparing a pop culture and samurai traditions lecture for the upcoming new year, cleaning my room (that will take a day for sure), preparing for my new courses for the winter, finish sewing up the pencil cases that have been waiting since the summer. There will be a lot of sewing for sure, I have to finish everything or else I won't get it done.
Later, there will be an update on how my day went and maybe a photo or two. I'm glad that I've stolen my dad's Sony camera… maybe when I have a part-time job in the summer I'll get one.
So that is it on the future plans… doing my best for the finals!!

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It is important to have a legislative framework that defines the collection, transportation, recovery and disposal of waste in order to build a sustainable integrated waste management ecosystem. These kind of legislations and directives ensure waste is recovered or disposed without endangering human health or the environment and permits, registration and regular inspections ensure that all adhere to the requirements. These legislations also ensure that appropriate steps are to be taken to prevent or reduce waste production, secondly recover waste by means of recycling or use waste as a source of energy.
be'ah is collaborating with the Ministry of Environment and Climate Affairs (MECA) to review the current laws and regulations for waste management and is working towards establishing a new framework of regulations for waste management as per the Government's vision for this sector.
be''ah believes that a robust waste management eco-system is intrinsically connected to protecting and preserving the environment. Committed to this belief, be''ah aims to establish an Environmental Centre of Excellence and position it as an industry-leader in the region. The Center will be dedicated to promoting research and development, innovation and knowledge-sharing pertaining to the environment and waste management in particular. In order to encourage a culture of fostering new ideas in these areas, the Centre will also include a training institute. Working closely with colleges and universities, the Research Council of Oman, MECA and other partners who share the same vision, the institute will become a knowledge Centre to develop the right practices towards creating a sustainable future. The plans and strategy to develop the Environmental Centre of Excellence has begun and it is envisaged to set a new benchmark in the region.


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Thursday, October 10, 2013
Fall Leaves WIP
I rarely share WIP, mainly because I get so lost in the creating I forget to take pics. Today I remembered! Some of my friends were talking this morning (and yesterday) about how much we love fall. The colors just wow me like nothing else. And given my recent love of negative painting I started working on this:
I cannot tell you how much I LOVE mixed media! I am finally getting to the point where I can just stop over thinking it and just have fun.
Here's a close up:
Back to the drawing board but as always, thanks for dropping by =0)
Labels: #Soul Food, Acrylics, collage, Mixed Media, Soul Food, Watercolors, WIP
3 comments:
- Von said...
Ohhhhh Dana -- LOVE this (and you know I'm not overly on orange) but the mixup with the greens and teal (!!) and little pops of red -- well it just makes it SING! Brilliant!
- October 10, 2013 at 1:12 PM
- Harriet H said...
gorgeous ... nothing like fall colors
- October 10, 2013 at 2:09 PM
- sweetpea1030 said...
Hi, Dana
The backgrounds on some of the mixed media is beautiful. Like yours, you can zoom in or out, focus on one part or the other...I've begun to think of them as background papers. So please try to remember to take pics of WIP because the backgrounds are another feature of the art. I really like both pics of your project, the close up is my fav, but the whole paper is full of beautiful fall colors.
Thanks for sharing.
- October 10, 2013 at 7:25 PM
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Archive for August, 2006
2006 FBB Long and Short Picks
FBB Week 1 — Here at last
My gawd this has been the longest week of the year. For those of you who run it is like the end of a long run, where you're physically drained, dehydrated and on the verge of a bonk — with the finish line only a few miles away. For others (Blaine) imagine a really bad hang-over, you head over to Furr's and the line is 30 deep. At some point you reach the milestone — aid station or cafeteria check-out — and in this case it is the kick-off to the college football season.
|Kansas (-21.5) vs. Northwestern State (Lawrence)
KU is one of six Big XII teams who scheduled 1AA teams to start the season. And I for one applaud the effort. This may seem contrite given the grief and shame we piled on to Tech's non-conference schedule last year but the Hawks balance it out with trips to the Glass Bowl in Toledo and play the Card's 05 demise in South Florida. Here's a little tidbit for you….1AA Northwestern state beat 1A UL Monroe to start the season last year. And guess who KU plays next week…you guessed it UL Monroe. Wait, does that run counter to my scheduling justification? KU needs to pick up three of the first four to have a legitimate shot at seven wins and another post season bid.
While probably the most talented team Mangino has fielded to date it is also the most inexperienced as the Jayhawks are replacing eight starters on defense – including the Big XII Defensive POY. And to boot, KU has five true frosh and seven red-shirt frosh on the two deep depth chart – one of those being quarterback Meier. I am loving Demons more and more.
KU will get off to a rough start but will wear NWSt down in the second half.
Though no line is available – Robert work your magic – I am confident KU will win by three touchdowns and a field goal – KU covers.
Nice work RObert
|Tech (-26.5) vs. SMU (Lubbock)
Has anyone forgotten the classless showing of the head pirate from last season. I can assure you the staff at SMU has not. And they are feeling pretty good about this season rattling off five of their last six games last season. Will it matter – no. SMU does not have the players to run with Tech – even if the Raiders are lead by a frosh QB. I am sure he will strike early, struggle for the remainder of the half and regain form due primarily to the worn out Stangs. Tech covers and, given the opportunity to humiliate SMU again….Leach defers.
|Texas (-41) vs. North Texas (Austin)take 2
Lost the original post in a blog edit and now the computer on which I typed the original may be dead. Quite the week….anyway…..
On to the Mean Green in Austin – again – once again this game will be a bore. The team from Denton boasts of a strong running game, and they will get their numbers (see north of 160), but only against the third teamers late in the game. And let me go on record to state UT's third string would beat North Texas on raw talent alone…hell put in the practice team.
Again this game will be a drag as everyone, including the North Texas mascot will be looking ahead to the Buckeyes. One would think that Mack plays it conservative, not wanting to give too much away…but when the third team is in your not giving up too many secrets. Texas covers….and finds itself in another QB controversy as both will look like Heisman candidates in this one.
|Louisville (-22) vs. Kentucky
I love this opener – two interstate rivals. It's too bad UK resembles KU in their interstate rivalry in the Terry Allen era. Brohm will get his numbers and will give receive a high octane boost of confidence that his bad wheel is back to full strength. And if not 100% ….then we'll be hosting Robert and his caravan as they attend the Emerald Nuts Bowl here at ATT Park. The Cards beat up on the Cats once again but will miss the cover….hell I have to pick one team to come under the line.
Wildcard: Tennessee (-2) vs. Cal (Knoxville)
I can hear the collective cries now….what no UM vs. FSU – we did that game last year and will most likely do it next year….no ND vs Rambling Wreck – we'll most definitely do ND vs. USC and ND vs. Michigan and who knows, another ND game down the line.
But when will we get another opportunity to discuss college football's version of the girl who enters her senior year with a boob-job – the Cal Bears – vs. the down and out Vols. The pillow fight Pac 10 is looking for legitimacy beyond USC and everyone else. I mean…did any take then undefeated UCLA seriously by game 10 of last season — NO. And with our free trial of XM Radio I have heard countless times that Cal's talent is on par with SC – put down the pipe. SC is still the most talented team in the country and if Cal is behind them the are wayyyyy behind.
Anther reason why I like this game is, despite all the hype around Cal, Tennessee is picked to win???? This is the same team that completely erased the memory Fulmer's national championship and had fans stating – Tee Martin who???
Yes, the real Ville (108K per game) is a tough place play but this doesn't make sense. I'll have to chalk it up to they know something I don't so I am going with Smokey to cover.
FBB kickoff 2006
Yes folks…it is that time of year again…when end-of-season baseball frustrations are replaced with the biased, over-hyped expectations of our Alma Maters. It's time for college football and FBB….let's get off the message boards and on to the gridiron.
Story lines of the 06 season include:
- It's Year 1 AV (After Vince) in Austin and the orange clad fans will be reminded, yet again, that Greg Davis is at the offensive helm. Will this year's t-shirt state: Wear Orange, Stay Late, and Bitch About Mack.
- Mark and Julie enter year one of a three year gloat period — note: only National Championships allow for a multi-year gloat and not wins in the Capital One Bowl.
- Bush and Brohm realize that it is put up or shut up this year for the Cards — BCS or bust. And with that RObert looks to extend is collegiate web of associations to fall back on should the Ville run into this year's version of the South Florida buzz-saw.
- Once again>, KU tries to make history and qualify for consecutive bowl bids. It will come down to how well the Flying Manginos replace 8 starters on defense, a frosh QB leading the troop, and establishing a 1000 yard rusher for the first time in 13 effing seasons. Feel IT.
- And quite possibly the most interesting story may come out of Lubbock as parity is real the Big 12 South…but of course not by the Red Raiders did.
Yes folks…..it is time to get-it-on.
And with every new year we add a new twist to FBB. This year I'm throwing in a 10 point bonus based on your ability to both long and short AP Top 25 teams. Your long team is the team you expect to exceed preseason expectations. For example — if TCU (AP preseason rank #22 ) finishes 10th in the final regular season AP ranking ** prior to the bowl season** you pick up 12 pts. Another hint — Ohio State (preseason #1) would be the absolute worst long. Conversely, your short team is that team that falls short of expectations — TAMU and Tennessee are always popular picks for a short. Hypothetically, if Norte Dame — preseason #2 — finishes the regular season 15th you pick up 13 pts. Taking each scenario, the sum of both is 25 points. The player with the best long and short combination is awarded 10 end of season FBB points. Keep in mind, it is a comparison of AP pre -season ranking and the final regular season ranking heading into the bowl season. The idea is that this gives us one more topic to banter on week over week.


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The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) will once again be conducting Operation Bait Bucket, a joint initiative between the ministry and the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters (OFAH) under the Invading Species Awareness Program, in support of protecting Lake Simcoe's aquatic resources.
Through the Operation Bait Bucket initiative, MNRF crews from the Aurora District office visit and engage with ice anglers around Lake Simcoe to speak about maintaining the health of the lake and preventing the spread of invasive species.
The overall goal of OBB is to meet with anglers on their own turf while they are fishing Lake Simcoe to discuss ways they can help prevent the spread of invasive species. The primary message will be focused on letting anglers know not to dump their leftover bait buckets (water and minnows) into the lake when they are finished fishing.
Quick facts:
- More people fish Lake Simcoe during the winter than all other seasons combined. Thousands of ice anglers fish the lake every weekend throughout the winter, and it is home to several major ice fishing competitions.
- During OBB, we are trying to engage all ice anglers so that they will feel committed to helping us control the spread of invasives both into Lake Simcoe and from this lake to others.
- Prevention is the most effective tool we have in our efforts to combat the spread of invasives and disease.
- In 2017, OBB staff were able to engage with 2,856 anglers on the lake.
- For more information about Operation Bait Bucket and the protection of species in Lake Simcoe please contact Wil Wegman at email@example.com or 905-713-7730.


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Goughs Solicitors help Churchfields School Swindon achieve Acacademy status
PUBLISHED: 14:47 12 September 2011 | UPDATED: 21:37 20 February 2013
Goughs Solicitors, one of Wiltshire's leading law firms, would like to congratulate Churchfields Academy, Swindon become one of the first schools in Swindon to achieve Academy status on 1st September 2011.
Goughs, one of Wiltshires leading law firms, would like to congratulate Churchfields Academy, Swindon who became one of the first schools in Swindon to achieve Academy status on 1st September 2011.
Churchfields has a long tradition of providing high quality education, specialising in Maths, Computing and Science and caters for approximately 1000 students aged between 11-16. The school offers a distinctive learning community, within a friendly and purposeful atmosphere, ensuring students are prepared for todays technological world.
Goughs formed a close working relationship with both the school and the local authority advising on all aspects of employment, staff transfers and crucially, the asset transfer agreement. Goughs continues to build upon their excellent track record of working with schools to help achieve Academy status.
Academy status will bring the school not only greater autonomy, but also increased freedoms such as curriculum freedom, Churchfields can now decide which subjects should be studied and greater control over the schools budgeting and purchasing.
Steve Flavin, Headteacher of Churchfields Academy said We are delighted with this achievement. Our conversion to an Academy is in the best interests of the students, the staff and the local community. We are now able to work more closely with parents, governors and all those who have an interest in the school, allocating additional funding to support our students learning and life chances. This year Churchfields achieved record examination results with 93% achieving 5 good grades at GCSE. Academy status will support the schools vision to become the best secondary school in Swindon.
Goughs has been instrumental throughout the legal process and have advised us clearly, concisely and constructively. We are more than happy to recommend their services to other schools who are thinking of converting to an Academy.
Goughs encourages all schools who are considering applying for Academy status to contact Gabby Corp or Kevin Basnett on 01249 812086 to discuss the legal and practical implications or to arrange a no obligation meeting.


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Plane Crashes into House or Building
Every airplane accident can spell tragedy, but there is an extra element when people on the ground are involved in these disasters. Those who go about their business in the seeming safety of their homes never expect a plane to crash into their living room. Planes crash into houses more often than most people realize and certainly more often than the lenient regulations in these accidents would imply. In our experience, after a plane crashes into a house or building, the emotional, physical and financial consequences are potentially as far reaching for those on the ground as those aboard the aircraft.
The legal options for the airplane passengers as well as those harmed on the ground can be difficult to navigate, and discovering all the parties responsible for these incidents can be more daunting than meets the eye. Whether the victim is the pilot, passenger or a person on the ground that is killed or injured in such an event, you will need a lawyer who is familiar with the complexities of the investigation and litigation processes that are necessary after planes crash into houses.
How Often Do Planes Crash Into Houses?
As with all air travel, accidents are not common, but they do happen to hundreds of planes each year. However, there are certain factors that tend to play a part in a large majority of cases where planes crash into houses.
Most planes crash into houses near airports. In the event a pilot cannot make it to the nearest airport, most pilots will try to land their plane in an empty stretch of land, such as a large grassy field or a clear roadway. Whenever a plane is experiencing difficulties midair, an air traffic controller (if one is available) will usually try to direct the struggling aircraft to the nearest airstrip. This exposes the houses surrounding airports to the possibility that a plane with mechanical difficulties can fall short of the desired landing area and accidentally crash into a house.
It is important to note that houses around large, international airports are mostly unaffected by these instances. This is because most of the time when a plane crashes into a house, a small plane, or general aviation aircraft, is involved. In fact, while the number of large commercial airline crashes has decreased, the number of small or general aviation plane crashes has remained largely unchanged over the years.
It is becoming harder for private planes to take off and land at large airports that are servicing commercial airlines, so these planes are generally directed to small airports, often in the middle of residential areas. Not all airports have control towers. Not all airports with control towers are manned by air traffic controllers around the clock. Smaller airports are not always certified to handle planes carrying 30 or more passengers. This lack of certification also means that these airports are not required to have a tower with staff to visually monitor, and separate, planes taking off or landing, even when the pilots are required to fly by visual flight rules.
Smaller personal planes and helicopters are not required to carry insurance, and neither are the maintenance facilities that service these small planes. Private pilots are allowed to have fewer hours of in flight training under their belt and the airplanes and helicopters they fly are often left without many of the safety protocols and technology that are standard for large passenger planes.
Take for example the homes surrounding the Santa Monica Municipal Airport. This small airport has had 42 planes crash land within five miles of the airport since the 1980s. Many people in the community have been petitioning to close the airport for decades out of fear of further accidents damaging their homes. And, Santa Monica Airport does have a control tower, but it is not staffed around the clock.
Who is to Blame When Planes Crash Into Houses?
A plane usually crashes due to a number of factors. Our law firm has decades of experience in ferreting out the true causes of these tragedies whether it be related to aircraft maintenance, faulty plane design or aircraft malfunction, pilot error or even air traffic controller negligence.
It is often hard to determine the party or parties at fault when planes crash because so many of these issues can mask one another. Even NTSB reports sometimes incorrectly determine the cause of an air crash. A USA Today investigation found that many planes crashes which the NTSB originally claimed were caused by pilot error, were determined in court to have been caused by defective parts or poor design. This is why it is so important to have a proper investigation done by an experienced aviation attorney. It is often the case that the NTSB report is just the starting place for a thorough investigation when it comes to small airplane or helicopter crashes.
In one of our most recent cases, a Beechcraft Bonanza crashed into a home in Palm Coast, Florida, killing all three people on board. The potential causes of the crash were not apparent until our firm took a closer look at the incident. In this case, when the pilot reported a vibration in his engine to air traffic control, the FAA air-traffic controller directed him to an airport, which they said was only five miles away. Our lawsuit, on behalf of the family of one of the deceased passengers, urges that the airport the controller suggested was not the closest airport since there was another airport available that was two miles closer. We also contend that there were additional errors made by the controllers who directed the pilot to fly farther away from the airport and perform numerous turns, which caused the aircraft to lose precious altitude while having insufficient engine power. Tragically, these events culminated in the airplane crashing into a home less than a mile from the airport.
Hidden Issues After Planes Crash into Houses
Unlike larger airplanes, pilots of small planes that hold only a few passengers are often not as thoroughly trained. They are not required to train as long as pilots who fly for airlines before they are certified and they have little to no oversight when it comes to plane maintenance or maintaining their skills. Additionally, flying a plane is not treated like driving a car in the eyes of federal regulators. This means that for small planes that are privately operated, the pilot is not required to have insurance. When one of these pilots makes an error that sends an aircraft into a nearby residence, the homeowners can find themselves in a terrible situation. With no, or minimum, insurance on the plane to cover the destruction of the home, the homeowner might be left to cover the loss. Many homeowners' insurance does not necessarily cover a loss caused by a plane crash. Often times there are no clearly identifiable responsible parties to shoulder the financial burden of the destruction of property, not to mention any death or injury to persons in or near the home, resulting from such an event. It is for these reasons, at least, that experienced aviation attorneys should be consulted in an effort to determine if there actually is a responsible party who should be held accountable for the losses.
Why Doesn't the FAA Require Insurance on Small Personal Planes?
According to the FAA it doesn't make monetary sense to require every pilot to carry insurance. This is because, they argue, an accident involving a plane crash is much rarer than getting into a car accident and so these tragedies are considered a matter of "risk assessment." Statistically, this argument does not hold up, as there are many more cars on the road than airplanes in the sky, so a direct comparison is not helpful. Also, in our opinion, this fails to account for the fact that uninsured airplanes can creates a gap in insurance coverage where the damages can add up to millions of dollars. It is our belief that all pilots should carry insurance that adequately considers the magnitude of the loss that can be inflicted by a crash. Current regulations leave innocent victims unprotected in the event that helicopters or planes crash into houses or buildings.
Legal Representation for Victims of Plane Crashes
If you or a loved one are harmed either in a plane or on the ground after a plane crashes into a house or building, it is important to find representation that can effectively navigate the issues inherent with such a devastating event. Discovering the true cause of these accidents is often an even more complicated process when the damage extends beyond the downed plane and passengers.
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Some tips to help you get maximum enjoyment from your fireplace
Settling down in front of a crackling fire is one of the treats of winter. But before enjoying your fireplace, take a few precautions to ensure you enjoy it safely:
- Hire a professional to inspect the fireplace every year before you use it the first time.
- Open the flue before starting a fire; close it when the fireplace is not in use.
- Keep fire embers from escaping with a glass door or mesh screen.
- Never use flammable liquids to start a fire.
- Never burn any type of trash or cardboard boxes in a fireplace.
- Do not leave a fire unattended.
- Keep a fire extinguisher handy.


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You Can Now Legally Stream Prince's Music Again
Prince had a love-hate relationship with the internet. This led, in 2015, to him pulling his back catalog of music off streaming services such as Spotify and Apple Music. However, Prince tragically passed away last year, and his back catalog is now available to stream once again.
In April 2016, the American singer-songwriter who was once known as "the artist formerly known as Prince" passed away. His death was unexpected, and he died tragically young at just 57. Unfortunately for his fans, anyone trying to stream his music as a tribute was out of luck.
Prince Wasn't a Fan of Streaming
It's fair to say Prince wasn't a fan of streaming services in general. In 2015, he pulled all of his back catalog from Spotify, Apple Music, and more in a row over royalties. This meant that most of the Purple One's music (all of the good stuff) was only available on Tidal Is Jay Z's Tidal Music Worth a Second Listen? We weren't impressed by Jay Z's TIDAL at launch. Now, one year on, we thought we'd check in to see if TIDAL is worth using... Read More .
However, with Prince having passed, his estate has deemed streaming services worthy of Prince's music once again. Which means you can now stop buying his CDs/scouring through your library of MP3s/sourcing his back catalog from less reputable websites.
Prince's back catalog of music should now be available on Spotify, Napster, Apple Music, and Amazon Music at the very least. This will be everything Prince recorded for Warner Bros. Records between 1978 and 1996. This includes 18 studio albums and six compilation albums.
Dictated By a Huge Tax Bill
The decision to essentially go against Prince's wishes has probably been dictated by the huge tax bill now due on Prince's estate. His assets are estimated to be worth around $200 million, which means $100 million will be lost through federal and state taxes How to Stay Safe from Tax Fraud This Tax Season Tax fraud is on the rise, and filing your taxes online makes you a target. What can you do to make sure that you aren't the victim of tax fraud this year? Read More .
Are you a fan of Prince? Were you disappointed when his back catalog disappeared from streaming services? Are you pleased to see it return to Spotify, Apple Music, and others? What song will you be streaming as a tribute? Please let us know in the comments below!
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From the set of prints "53 Stations of the Tokaido." Travellers ascending a steep hillside, under deep snow, to the entrance to the castle of Kameyama.This station developed around a castle town. The keep and gate of Kameyama Castle on a hill towers over the village. And a procession of a feudal lord is ascending the hill.
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Microsoft Lumia 540 PC Suite download
If you recently purchase a new Microsoft Lumia mobile phone and want to get a smooth communication with this phone using your computer, then you have landed on the right spot. From the link below, you can download Microsoft Lumia 540 PC Suite, and install this PC Suite on your computer. Start communicating with your phone, and get the right data of the phone on your computer.
Microsoft's contract with the Lumia phone has been abandoned.
Now, Nokia is going to get up the right trajectory with the Nokia 3, Nokia 5, and Nokia 7 mobile phone.
You can now enjoy the product of Nokia Himself, not the phone trained by Microsoft, with Installed Windows on them.
So, if you have that phone, installed Windows operating system, Nokia Lumia 540, you can enjoy all the features which you use to get on the other smartphones.
Manage your data, share the files, receive the data and start browsing your internet using your computer.
Send/receive the messages using the carrier and using the computer you are using. You know send/receive the messages using the computer is easy, writing messages on a mobile phone is not that easy.
Features of Microsoft Lumia 540 PC Suite:
No doubt Microsoft did the job well with the manufacturing Microsoft Lumia 540.
- So, connect your mobile phone to your computer, by downloading Microsoft Lumia 540 PC Suite.
- Communicate with your mobile phone using your computer
- Share any video, audio or any other type of document with just one tap of the finger
- You will get the general category of the data sorted out in different forms, videos, audios, documents and much more.
Manage the applications you have installed on your phone, like get to know the basics information of the applications, uninstall them, edit them accordingly your need and use Share your internet connection to your computer.
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Install the latest updates by just one tap of the finger, and chose either you want to get them installed on your phone.
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At Keylane, we have over twenty years' experience of software implementation within the complex environments of major insurers and pension institutions. Over 90 successful projects has enabled us to create an effective, standardised work process that we continually improve and update with every new project.
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They key to successful software implementation is detailed, structured planning. We supervise the introduction of the new administration system within your organisation in close collaboration with your own IT department, following a proven, step by step methodology. This ensures you get the best professional support in the migration of your old system to an efficient, flexible and cost-effective Keylane solution.
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The paperless office has been a legend since the 1970s, and yet, it has still not come to fruition. According to Consultant News, 31 percent of companies are ordering more paper and paper tools – such as staplers, paper clips, etc – than they were five years ago.
The paperless office unrealized
CMS Wire reported the war between digital and paper has been going on for years, but hasn't made much progress. Technology is deemed to be agile and cheaper, but employees have still continued to use paper, regardless of the electronics implemented in their offices.
"We've been promised a paperless office culture for years, but it's painfully clear that dead trees aren't going to go out of fashion for a long time to come," BusinessWaste.co.uk spokesperson Mark Hall said in a statement.
CMS Wire reiterated an AIIM Industry Watch report which found despite the mobility and technology available for office workers, document management systems have yet to become suitable enough to completely eliminate paper.
Being green with paper
The way for companies to save waste, be greener and bypass the expensive digital route is to accept paper processes.
"That way we can stop killing trees to keep our companies in paper," Hall said.
Consultant News reported that many businesses prefer paper over electronic documents. It is perceived as more formal and professional while electronic documents are easy to create and deemed impersonal. If organizations instead work on creating a system that eliminates paper waste, they can make their employees comfortable by keeping a physical paper system and be greener.
One strategy to do this is creating a print quota for employees and making a sheet of how much paper is used throughout the month. Showing statistics makes the waste much more real for staff.
The issues preventing the paperless office
The problem with moving onto digital is that there are still restrictions in place. Overall, employees prefer paper. CMS Wire found that 47 percent of workers believe a lack of management initiatives and mandates prevents the company from becoming truly paperless.
Additionally, 43 percent of employees prefer handling and reading printed products. Forcing electronic documentation on these workers would be unfair, and it risks lowering employee morale.
For certain industries, legal risks can come with going paperless. According to American Medical News, electronic medical records have opened a whole new can of worms in regard to legalities. Electronic documents can easily be modified by nearly anyone, which leads to court cases like the one defense attorney Catherine Flynn is dealing with.
A New Jersey doctor has been sued for medical negligence because a patient's electronic history was modified illegally. It's been extremely difficult to even have proof since electronic records change permanently. The source highlighted how system breaches and accusations of illegal modifications are becoming more common in the healthcare world, all due to the popularity of electronic records. It's only a matter of time before these problems move into the corporate world if organizations begin to take on electronic documentation.


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"There's a lot to be said for making people laugh. Did you know that that's all some people have? It isn't much, but it's better than nothing in this cockeyed caravan." That's the thesis spoken by the main character of Sullivan's Travels. In this film, writer and director Preston Sturges grapples marvelously with how a filmmaker can justify making light comedies—like his own The Lady Eve—with, as his surrogate in the film declares, "the world committing suicide."
That surrogate is John L. Sullivan (Joel McCrea), a successful director fed up with the hit comedies he's made. He wants to make "something that would realize the potentialities of film as the sociological and artistic medium that it is," to which one executive interjects, "with a little sex in it." Sullivan specifically wants to adapt O Brother, Where Art Thou? (a fictional book whose title the Coen brothers would later take for their 2000 film), a story of "tramps, lockouts, sweatshops, people eating garbage in alleys and living in piano boxes and ash cans."
Before he can make the film honestly, however, Sullivan realizes that he—having lived a life of privilege—needs to experience what that life is really like. Much to the dismay of the executives at his studio, Sullivan dons some hobo clothes from the costume department and heads out on the open road to find out "what trouble is." Along the way, he meets an aspiring actress (Veronica Lake) who joins him on his journey—as Sullivan later says, "there's always a girl." Only once Sullivan actually finds "trouble" does he come to understand the value of his work, and the arrogant nature of his whole endeavor. Before he starts his journey, his butler (Robert Greig) tries to tell him that "the poor know all about poverty, and only the morbid rich would find the topic glamorous."
The fourth comedy Sturges directed rapidly at Paramount, of Sullivan's Travels he wrote in his autobiography that he conceived the movie as a reaction to his colleagues. "After I saw a couple of pictures put out by some of my fellow comedy-directors which seemed to have abandoned the fun in favor of the message, I wrote Sullivan's Travels to satisfy an urge to tell them that they were getting a little too deep-dish; to leave the preaching to the preachers."1
He cast the ever-reliable Joel McCrea as his leading man, and took a risk on Veronica Lake, who had just made a dent in the industry with her supporting turn in I Wanted Wings. "For some unexplainable, glorious and celestial reason, Preston Sturges suggested me for the part to Paramount's brass," Lake wrote in her autobiography. "'NO!' That was the initial response. 'She's a great siren but no comic. Sultry, yes. Funny, no.' But Sturges persisted. God bless him."2 Sturges fought hard to get her in the film, and together they worked to help her develop as an actress. "I always gave terribly stiff reading of lines that I'd learned long in advance of the day's shooting," Lake wrote.3 They decided to try a few days where she would wait to look at her lines until just before shooting, and it worked. "Don't ever walk on my set knowing anything about your lines or scenes," Sturges told her.4
"I didn't for the rest of the film and for most of the other films I worked in," she wrote.
She also neglected to tell him or anyone at Paramount that she was pregnant, with the film set to wrap about a month before the baby was due. Once she finally told him, a furious Sturges spent lots of time with his crew figuring out how to hide the bump. It was worth it however, because her witty detached performance is perfect—much better than every film she made later—and she found it "a joy to make. Preston Sturges displayed absolute genius."5
Sturges' most obvious form of genius is his writing—after all, he spent a decade as a writer before he started directing in 1940. The dialogue crackles here in a way few other writers today can match, and his balancing of comedy and drama puzzled critics because it was so ahead of its time. There's also the ways he pokes fun at the industry, with references to Ernst Lubitsch and Frank Capra, and his understanding of the entire town's perception of their superiority. His entire cast is superb, as always—including Sturges' regulars, William Demarest, Harry Hayden, Arthur Hoyt, Torben Meyer, Jimmy Conlin, Eric Blore, George Anderson, and many more. Then there's Sturges' filmmaking ability, which he doesn't get nearly enough credit for. Near the start, there's a long take that makes The Revenant look bad; as Lake describes, it was "one of the fastest in feature film production. We did 390 feet in one continuous take. It included 95 separate speeches, 1,121 words and three actors—McCrea, Robert Warwick and Porter Hall. Hall had to give every speech in the film with a cigar in his mouth and went through 121 cigars during the shooting."6 That scene is peak Sturges, in a movie that might be his best work.
Yet the film was met with a mixed reception, one Sturges seemed to, sadly, come to agree with. "One local reviewer wanted to know what the hell the tragic passages were doing in this comedy," Sturges wrote. "And another wanted to know what the comic passages were doing in this drama. They were both right, of course." He also felt he had failed when it came to the ending, writing that "the ending wasn't right, but I didn't know how to solve the problem, which was not only to show what Sullivan learned, but also to tie up the love story. It would have been very easy to make a big finish either way, but one would have defeated the other. There was probably a way of doing it, but I didn't happen to come across it. It might be profitable for a young director to look at Sullivan's Travels and try not to make the same mistakes I did."7
At least Lake lived long enough to see the film take on the substantially more esteemed reputation it has today. "It seems to be falling into that vague area of the film classic, and it pleases me greatly to see this particular motion picture reach some plateau of critical acceptance. It at least gives me a running chance to be remembered for my best work, the secret dream of any actress."8 She can rest easy: Sullivan's Travels is today regarded as a classic, and one of the very best of 1942.
Additional research by Natalie Busch.
Where to Watch
Rent it on iTunes / Amazon / Google Play
Buy it on DVD / Blu-ray (Criterion)
For More on Sullivan's Travels
Read the review in The New York Times
Watch the Trailer
References [ + ]
|Preston Sturges, Preston Sturges by Preston Sturges (New York: Touchstone, 1991), 295.
|Veronica Lake, Veronica (New York: Bantam Books, 1972), 83.
|3, 5.
|Lake 1972, 87.
|Lake 1972, 888.
|Lake 1972, 90.
|Sturges 1991, 295.
|Lake 1972, 94.


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Things to know about Spring Download, Installation & Configuration
Things to know about download/installation/configuration of Spring Framework:
The Spring Framework and container is packaged in several JAR files. Spring is a library(.jar files) of classes that will be packaged with and used by your Spring-enabled applications. Installing Spring involves adding one or more JAR files to your application's classpath. It does not have an executable runtime. Therefore, Spring is more similar to a library like Jakarta Commons than an application server like JBoss.
How you make Spring available to your application's classpath will vary depending on how you build and run your application. You may choose to add the Spring JAR files to your system's classpath or to a project classpath in your favorite IDE (as we will see in the post on configuring Spring Framework with Eclipse). If you're building your application using Ant or Maven, be certain to include Spring in your build's dependencies so that it will be included in the project's target deployment.
Downloading Spring:
There's plenty of additional materials in Spring's full distribution, including Spring's API documentation, examples, and the full source code for the Spring Framework. Therefore, the first thing you'll want to do is to download the full Spring distribution. Refer to Spring Framework Installation & Configuration post. When downloading Spring, you will have 2 main choices: you can either download a Spring distribution that comes with its own dependencies or you can download a distribution that contains only the Spring JAR files. Even though the former is a much larger download, its better to download the one that comes with dependencies so that you won't have to hunt down other JAR files that your application needs.
Exploring the Spring distribution:
Once you've downloaded the distribution, unzip it to a directory on your local machine. The Spring distribution is organized within the directory structure described in the table below. Several of these directories contain the Spring source code. The aspectj/,mock/, src/, and tiger/ directories contain the source code that makes up the Spring Framework itself. Meanwhile, the test/ directory contains the unit tests used to test Spring Framework. Although it's not essential to using Spring, you may want to venture around in these directories to see how Spring does its stuff.
The Spring developers are extremely talented coders and there will be probably a little something to learn by reviewing their code. The docs/ directory contains two important pieces of documentation. The reference document is an overview of the entire Spring Framework. Also, the JavaDocs for the entire Spring Framework can be found under docs/—you'll probably want to add this as a bookmark in your web browser, because you'll refer to it often. The samples/ directory contains a handful of sample Spring applications. Of particular note are the petclinic and jpetstore examples. Both of these applications highlight many important elements of the Spring framework.
Building your classpath: Read more…
Spring Download & Installation
Spring Framework Download & Installation:
At the time of this post, the latest Spring Framework release available to download is Spring Framework 3.0.0.RC2, which is a development release. Previous releases are also available for download such as Spring Framework 2.5.6.SEC01 which is the current production release. All you have to do is navigate to http://www.springsource.org/download, chose and download the Spring Framework release that you want to work with.
Since our posts on Exploring Spring Framework will be based on Spring Framework 2.5 production release, we will see the download and instruction steps for this release. Steps should be the same no matter what release you chose.
Download Instructions:
1. Navigate to http://www.springsource.org/download site, here you can download the Spring Framework release from the Spring Downloads section:
2. Once clicking on the download link, you will be presented with community / enterprise download of Spring Framework. Chose the community download option: Read more…


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Watermelon and mint - have your bowl and eat it too!
written by Marsha Seidelman, M.D.
Before the watermelon season is over, try this creative serving idea with peaches and mint. Watermelon is, as you would assume, mostly … water, and weighs in at only 46 calories per cup, which is mostly sugar. A good sweet watermelon doesn't necessarily need anything to improve it, but this combination with peaches, berries and mint really hit the spot tonight. The mint especially made the flavor of the watermelon and peaches pop!
Mint comes in 600 varieties, but the two that we're most familiar with are peppermint and spearmint. Peppermint is used mostly in the form of oil in sweet treats, like candy or ice cream; spearmint, which you can find in the produce section of the supermarket with other fresh spices, is more savory. It is used in certain Indian dishes, and a favorite of mine, Thai green curry paste, as well as in mojitos with tequila and citrus.
Mint is rich in menthol, which makes you aware of the cold receptors in your mouth and on your skin. You may be familiar with this from the cool sensation from mouthwashes or the icy sensation of Vicks VapoRub. It was often added to cigarettes; we now know it decreases the cough reflex, so it enabled, and with its cool taste encouraged, more people to smoke cigarettes. It has been used to treat gastrointestinal symptoms. By relaxing the muscles of the GI tract, it eases bloating, cramping, and bowel irregularities. One caution though, is that by relaxing the muscles, can sometimes worsen heartburn and reflux.
Here's a creative fruit bowl creation for a summer day.
Juice of 1 orange
2 Tbsp fresh mint, sliced thinly
Then cut the melon in half. If you'd like to make a basket shape leave a handle intact across the top. You can make a stroller by leaving half of the
Then, scoop out the watermelon with a melon or ice cream scooper. Let the empty melon drain upside down for a few hours if possible. Refrigerate the melon balls.
Meanwhile, cut up any other fruits - I used white and yellow peaches, berries and kiwi. Add fresh squeezed orange juice just to coat the peaches and keep them from turning dark. Refrigerate
When you're ready to serve, combine the melon and other fruit and toss with the mint. Fill the basket - and you're done!
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The example data is from 2 tables of the classical Northwind database:
Orders table with the main fields: OrderID, EmployeeID, OrderDate, Freight, CustomerID
Customer table with the main fields: CustomerID, CompanyName
Retrieve data of the entire table
SQL: select * from Orders
R: A1<-sqlQuery(conn,'select * from Orders')
esProc: $select * from Orders
Comments: The word count of esProc and SQL codes only differs by one word. The R language has a strong flavor of programming.
Where: Search for the order which has a freightage higher than 100 and is placed before the year of 1998
SQL: select * from Orders where Freight > 100 and OrderDate < '1998-01-01'
R : subset(A1,Freight > 100 & OrderDate < as.POSIXlt('1998-01-01'))
esProc: =A1.select(Freight > 100 && OrderDate < date("1998-01-01"))
Comments: Both SQL and R solutions are close to SQL to some extent. R is of the typical function style, and esProc is of the typical object style.
Order: Sort by employees correctly, and then sort by freightage in reverse order
SQL: select * from Orders order by EmployeeID, Freight desc
R: A1[order(A1$ EmployeeID,-A1$Freight),]
esProc: =A1.sort(EmployeeID,Freight:-1)
Comments: R solution is to retrieve 2 vectors from A1 at first, pass them to the function order to group them together for sorting, and then export the serial numbers. At last, data will be rearranged according to the serial number. The computing process of R language is rather winding, not as straightforward as SQL. It is because that R is good at handling vector, the access to structured data will take column as the basic unit, and the parameter usually takes up a whole column. By comparison, SQL takes the record (column) as the basic unit, with parameter as the column name.
esProc solution resembles that of SQL because esProc takes the record (row) as the basic unit .
Group & Sum: Summarize by employee, sum up the freightage, and count the orders:
SQL: select EmployeeID, count(OrderID), sum(Freight) from Orders group by EmployeeID
A4<-aggregate (A1$Freight,list(A1$EmployeeID),sum)
esProc : =A1.group(EmployeeID;EmployeeID,~.count(),~.sum(Freight))
Comments: In this case, it is obvious that R and SQL differ greatly. The algorithms available in R may be clearer for mathematicians, and means more learning efforts for users accustomed to SQL.
Join: Perform left join on Orders table and Customers table by CustomerID.
SQL :select * from Orders leftjoin Customers on Orders.CustomerID=Customers.CustomerID
R :merge(A1,B1,by.x="CustomerID",by.y="CustomerID",all.x=TRUE)
Comments: The join of SQL equals to join of esProc or the merge of R. Similarly, the left join of SQL equals to join@1 of esProc, or merge(...all.x=TRUE) of R. Obviously, esProc is more alike SQL in the respects of both the syntax conventions and the literal meanings.
Distinct: Remove the duplicate CustomerID
SQL: selectdistinct CustomerID fromOrders
R: unique(B2$CustomerID)
esProc: =B2.id(CustomerID)
Comments: The keywords of the two solutions respectively differ to that of SQL. However, their usages are basically the same to that of SQL. In which, R is the typical function style, and esProc is the typical object style.
Like: Search for the record with Island in ShipName
SQL : select * from Orders where ShipName like '%Island%'
R: subset(A1,grepl("Island",ShipName,ignore.case = TRUE))
esProc : =A1.select(like@c(ShipName ,"*Island*"))
Comments: R supports several means to match, including the regular expressions, and is more powerful than esProc in this respect. The usages of esProc are more close to that of SQL, and fit for those who are familiar with SQL.
As can be seen from the above comparison, esProc has a coding style more close to that of SQL since esProc supports the data structure of "Record" by the infrastructure, making it more suitable for users who are familiar with SQL. In addition, compared with R language, esProc provides the representation style of "object + functions" that is much easier for those who are familiar with database to accept.
R is more resourceful in details and third party support, ideal for mathematicians.


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ESU 64499 LokSound V4.0 M4"Universal sound for reprogramming", 21MTC, Gauge: 0, H0
The LokSound V4.0 M4 is the world´s first Quad-protocol decoder! Aside from DCC, Motorola® and Selectrix®, all incorporated into the LokSound V4.0, the LokSound V4.0 M4 also speaks the M4 protocol! Thus the decoder is a 100% compatible to all mfx®-capable command stations on the market. It will be automatically recognised and can be fully programmed.. That´s why the decoder is "first choice" for all Märklin fans who do not want to miss out on mfx®.
To ensure that almost all locomotives can be retrofit with this multi-talented decoder, we offer the LokSound V4.0 M4 with many different interfaces such as 8-pin, 6-pin or PluX12 plug as well as wireless 21MTC or with a PluX16 interface as well as versions with PluX22 Interface for the latest Fleischmann® or ROCO® vehicles.
Operational modes
The LokSound V4.0 M4 is a real multi-talent. It speaks 4 data protocols and can thus be really used anywhere. Except during DCC operation with RailComPlus® recognition, the decoder will be automatically recognised by Märklin® command stations via the M4 protocol. For owners of older layouts, the decoder has additionally been equipped with the well-known Motorola® and Selectrix® data format.
The LokSound V4.0 M4 can be also used on analogue DC or AC layouts. The built-in motor control will learn the motor manners and synchronise the drive and lighting functions with the sound functions. So, model railroaders without a digital system can also enjoy the LokSound decoders, of course, despite the sounds triggered by function keys. No matter with which command station you operate the decoder it will always be perfectly integrated. Thanks to its M4 recognition, it will be automatically detected by Märklin Central Stations® and 16 functions will be available. Of course you´ll be able to adjust all parameters with your command stations as you are used to do.
During DCC operation there will be up to 28 functions available. The decoder will be automatically recognised in a matter of seconds by an ESU ECoS with RailComPlus® detection and show all functions as well.
Owners of the "older" Märklin® 6021 will be not excluded for sure. 4 addresses per decoder enable to switch up to 16 functions. A built-in programming mode makes reprogramming ,even with this dignified command station, possible. Last but not least it should be remembered that the decoder can be operated reliably with Selectrix® command stations.
All of this sounds far too good to be true? It gets even better: The LokSound V4.0 M4 decoder recognises all common break systems, such as the Märklin® break system, the Lenz® ABC break system (with slow drive function!), Selectrix® diode break systems or ZIMO® HLU® systems: the decoder will always recognise the desired operational mode full-automatically. For us being the creator of this function, it is a matter of honour that during braking a constant distance can be defined.
Motor control
You expect an excellent motor control from a LokSound Decoder and deservedly so! LokSound V4.0 M4 is equipped with the 5th generation of load control. You can adjust the control frequency adaptively to the speed. So many motors will run even better and softer. You can determine a limitation of the load control's influence with the Dynamic Drive Control (DDC) to control very accurately in station or shunting switch areas. Uphill running also appears very natural with it.
The most important element of the new LokSound V4.0 decoders is the sound chip. This is why we have equipped the LokSound V4.0 M4 with an enormous memory of 32 MBit to save up to 276 seconds of original sounds. The LokSound V4.0 M4 works with 8 polyphonic channels, i.e. that the decoder is able to play up to 8 different sounds simultaneously, using the 16-Bit mixer and the nearly noiseless D/A convertor.
So we can provide a much better monitoring of the original locomotive´s complex elements as it is possible to combine several channels. You'll recognise the difference at once! The sounds will be transmitted to the loudspeaker using a new digital "class D" amplifier. Combined with the ESU high performance speakers (with an impedance of 4-8 Ohms) you will achieve an unprecedented sound quality! Each individual sound can be mixed in volume independently via CVs.
LokSound V4.0 M4 decoders have six (6) function outputs, each with a constant current of 250mA. The versions with 21MTC interface have two more non-amplified outputs with logic level to meet the NEM 660 standards. All important light functions like Flash, Gyrolight, Mars light, fire box and so on are provided including the individual adjustment of brightness for each function. Of course, the decoders provide automatic coupling and decoupling for couplers by Roco®, Krois® and Telex® and from now on even a full beaming head light function. The LED mode controls the right light effects when using LEDs. These features will, of course, also work with mfx® command stations (e.g. Märklin® Central Station 2).
Safe operation
If desired, it is possible to connect a PowerPack (ESU 54670, see page 62) to the LokSound V4.0 M4, as to all other ESU V4.0 decoders. This energy storage continues to supply the decoder with energy if the power consumption is not optimal due to dirty tracks.
Of course, all function outputs and the motor current output are overload protected. We want you to have fun with your decoder as long as possible!
Future built-in
You can update the firmware of the LokSound decoders. This means, the internal software on the decoder's memory can be replaced by new versions if necessary. You'll simply need the ESU LokProgrammer and a PC.
Sound variations
ESU, as the technologic and market leader takes your requirements for sound very seriously. For the LokSound V4.0 M4 decoders, all sounds created for the 4th generation of LokSounds can be used - or projects that have been created for a LokSound V3.0 M4 can be converted just by a few mouse clicks. There are already more than 200 sound variations available. ESU is extending the sound library all the time and provides all sounds on our homepage for free download.


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Celebrity Summit wears refurbs well
The cruise industry keeps outdoing itself. No sooner does one company introduce a ship with a lineup of new features, innovative use of deck space and a celebrity chef partnership than another ship is on the drawing board with another new dining concept, new family stateroom configuration, new amazing waterpark.
The speedy advance of shipboard features for a line's flagship class leaves the line with a perennial problem: what to do about the older vessels in the fleet. How do cruise lines update ships that were designed at great expense and often refurbished but don't have the new bells and whistles, or were built during an era of cruising when tastes and priorities were different?
The issue can affect the company throughout: Being able to train and move crew effectively between classes of ships, for example, or in sales and marketing.
Each line deals with fleet upgrades in different ways, depending on the need — from individual ship refurbs to multiship programs like Carnival's Evolutions of Fun and Holland America's Signature of Excellence — and one way is to bring the best of the new innovations to the older ships and make them into brand standards.
Take Celebrity, for example. The Celebrity Solstice debuted in 2008 to a storm of praise and a slew of new features: The "clean cuisine" at Blu, the AquaClass category of suites, the creperie called Bistro on Five and the Lawn Club with real grass, to name a few.
Celebrity's Millennium class, meanwhile, is separated from the Solstice by about eight years. The 2,000-passenger Millennium ships are different from their modern sister ships because of their size and because, simply, they were constructed when different trends were in vogue.
The ships had a main dining room and an alternative-dining restaurant for the special-occasion night, serviceable bars (martini bar on the port side, champagne bar on starboard), a cigar bar, a linear lido buffet restaurant, an Internet cafe. There were three levels to the evening dress code.
In January 2010 then-CEO Dan Hanrahan revealed the plan to import the best of the Solstice innovations to the Millennium ships during three-week drydock periods, and introduced the term "Solsticize" as a verb and industry buzzword.
Greg Purdy, Celebrity's senior vice president of operations, last month talked about some of the reasoning behind the Solsticizing of the older vessels.
"I think what we did — we know we're not going to get a Solstice-class ship — [was] to make sure the ships are relevant and attractive to the market we're going after," he said.
"You'll feel like you were with the brand you were marketed to."
The Summit experience
On a cruise aboard the 12-year-old Summit this summer, the melding of old and new seemed consistent. If I hadn't studied an old deck plan, and had memories of sailing on the Constellation, several years ago, to guide me, I probably wouldn't have known that the Bistro on Five had been carved out of a former lounge, or that Qsine hadn't always been in its space on Deck 11.
In fact, occasionally, a few of the Solstice amenities seem better situated on the Millennium-class ships, Purdy said. Qsine was a perfect example: With the room's "dramatic" high ceilings and tall, windowed walls that look out to the top deck and over the ocean, guests are treated to a stellar view (see related report, "In dining, whimsy vs. refinement.").
Some of the innovations in traffic patterns can't be replicated on an older ship without tearing the footprint out completely. There's no getting around the linear setup of the Oceanview Buffet, which had some, but not all, of the same food offerings on its port and starboard counters.
I'd brought my young daughter, so I was ineligible to stay in the adults-only AquaClass. On the Solstice these cabins are located on the deck below the spa, but on the Summit the cabins are located aft; the spa, far forward; and Blu, the exclusive restaurant with its own design scheme, is a carve-out of the main restaurant.
The Martini Bar in the ship's atrium appeared to be a clear winner: It was set into a windowed alcove and featured a solid menu of drinks, from fancy cocktails to the familiar standards, expertly poured.
One thing that Solsticizing does is sharpen some of the spaces that previously were less defined or less trafficked. For example, the Martini Bar, which Purdy said "livened up that whole central atrium area."
Bistro on Five was a pleasant change from dinner in the large Cosmopolitan dining room, and the menu of crepes was unique. The design of the room was fresh and modern. Its presence also leaves the adjacent Cellar Masters with a more defined space. One fun feature here is a wine dispensary where cruisers can swipe their cards for a measure of wine (bartenders are also on hand).
The Summit's iLounge, on Deck 6, isn't as striking as the Apple displays on the Solstice ships, which are on view in the main atrium.
However, the ship is WiFi-enabled now, so cruisers are able to use their MacBooks aand PC laptops throughout the vessel. They can shop for Apple products at the store in the Galleria shopping zone separate from the iLounge.
Some things onboard just change over time, regardless of Solsticizing. Michael's the cigar bar is now Michael's the craft beer bar (cigars can be purchased and smoked at the outdoor bar behind the Oceanview).
And other interesting Solstice favorites aren't on the older ships. I was disappointed that there wasn't a Lawn Club, for example, which I thought could have been a great add to the Summit's forward top deck.
Of course, not every bar and lounge and blade of grass can make the final cut during a Solsticizing, and Purdy said that the line makes decisions based on, among other things, amount of drydock time available, perceived return on investment and what they think will be "the best for the experience" — it is a business, after all.
The retrofit also added cabins to the Millennium-class ships. But Purdy emphasized that the return isn't necessarily all based on bottom-line dollars and cents.
"The bigger kind of return is that we can market all our ships more cohesively, and ticket prices [are] more cohesive," he said, "having the iconic venues to make it a more cohesive fleet."
Rebecca's picks
• Kudos to the roving waiters in the Oceanview breakfast buffet who toted carafes of coffee to diner's tables, and in particular the waiter who sang out as he walked. "Coffee, coffee!" No matter what shape you're in, if you're a coffee lover it's always better to receive your coffee with a song and a smile. And the complimentary coffee in the Oceanview is pretty darn decent.
• Parents: Kids can hang at the Fun Factory during the day, and/or they can stay for the dinner hour and nosh (chaperoned) on pizza at the Oceanview cafe; there are also Fun Factory evening hours. This is perfect for parents who want a nice dinner with a length or conversation above the tolerance of your standard grade schooler. A high schooler we met onboard gave good marks to the XClub for tweens and teens.
• The Bermuda route is a unique itinerary: two days at sea, two-and-a-half days in port in Dockyards, Bermuda, then one day at sea. It's an excellent offering for clients who a) like the cruise experience and b) like sand and sun on their vacation but c) want to spend a little more time in one destination. The Summit departs from Bayonne, N.J., convenient to Newark Airport. It also attracts a big drive market.
• The food on the Summit was good: The lunchtime pool-area grill was OK, and the healthier fare at the spa cafe next to the thalassotherapy pool was good for those people who like healthy food on their cruise (I am told that Those People do exist). However, lovers of Indian food are in luck. To my tastebuds the Asian fare seemed to be the most consistently great offering at the Oceanview, and the Indian fare was the best of the Asian offerings. The Indian-influenced plates at Qsine were also terrific.


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Bihar is the 13th largest state of India, with the 3rd largest population living in an area of 94,163 sq km. According to the 2011 census, the state has a population of 10.41 crore people, out of which only 11.29% live in urban areas and the rest in rural areas. The state has a literacy rate of 61.80%. Bihar is an amalgamation of three main regions – Magadh, Mithila and Bhojpur. It is an entirely land-locked state, bounded by Nepal in the north and by Jharkhand in the south. Bihar is one of India's most historically and culturally rich states. The Magadh Empire, Nalanda, Budhhism, Madhubani painting and Bhagalpuri silk have their origins in Bihar. The rural population is primarily engaged in agriculture, and they are the largest producers of vegetables in the country.
The Bihar Panchayati Raj Act, 1993 was passed in accordance with the 73rd Constitution Amendment. Panchayats at all the three levels have been entrusted with duties and functions in respect of all the 29 matters listed in the Eleventh Schedule of the Constitution. Bihar Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society (BRLPS), an autonomous organisation set up by the Government of Bihar and supported by the World Bank is spearheading the task of enhancing the social and economic empowerment of the rural poor in the state.
Kudumbashree NRO has been working with the Bihar Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society in two major domains- MEC project and SVEP.
MEC Project
Under the MEC project, Kudumbashree NRO initially started its project in the year 2012 for a period of three years. The work was carried out in Gaya and Muzaffarpur districts of the state. The main objectives of the project were
- Creation of sustainable livelihoods for rural people through self employment initiatives
- Provide community level handholding support through trained MEC
- Enable SRLM to formulate state policy for enterprise promotion and support
At the end of the project period (three years) a post mid term review was conducted after which it was extended for another year till 2016. Some of the main activities that were conducted under this period were the selection and capacity building of the MEC. This was a yearlong activity. Subsequently, the benchmarking and marketing assessment of existing enterprises in villages of the district was also done. Concurrently, the primary activity of enterprise development was initiated. To monitor the health of the enterprises started under the project, training on Performance Tracking System (PTS) was also imparted to the MECs. Towards the end of the project, some of the better performing MECs were also selected and trained to work as trainers for new project areas and SVEP. The MEC Policy was also rolled out by the SRLM, based on which MEC groups signed an agreement with the CLFs for further enterprise promotion and support.
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Micro Enterprise Consultants (MEC)
Micro Enterprise Consultant Groups
Micro Enterprises promoted
Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme
The MoU between JEEVIKA (Bihar SRLM) and KS NRO was signed in January 2016 for implementing SVEP in 6 blocks. In Phase I, SVEP project is being implemented in Barachatti and Bodhgaya blocks of Gaya district, Moraul and Mushahari in Muzaffarpur district, Dhanarua in Patna district and Jandaha in Vaishali district for a period of four years. In the year 2018, six more Blocks were taken up (Phase 2) that included Dobhi block in Gaya district, Bochaha in Muzaffarpur district, Bihta in Patna district, Rajnagar in Madhubani district, Kharik in Bhagalpur district and Bihar Sharif in Nalanda district.
The project which aims at promoting non-farm based livelihoods started with selecting CRPs-EP and equipping them with business skills through training programs. The CRPs-EP were trained for 42 days on soft skills and business management. These training sessions have helped the CRPs-EP hone their business acumen and handle business plans proficiently. The CRPs-EP while working in a group have been generating income by delivering the services to the entrepreneurs as per the project guidelines. These groups have established more than 3000 enterprises in the Phase I blocks. The project has helped in creating impact in the form of increase in the household income of entrepreneurs, local innovations by CRP-EP, increase in the capacity of the community based organisation in promoting entrepreneurship, different types of enterprises being promoted and sustainability of enterprises.
As of March 2020, 12,463 enterprises have been supported by CRPs-EP across 12 blocks.
SVEP project status in Bihar as of June 2020
No. of Blocks
No. of CRPs-EP trained
Phase 1 Blocks - 212
Phase 2 Blocks - 161
Total Target till March 2020
Phase 1 Blocks - 10744
Phase 2 Blocks - 4500
Number of enterprises supported till March 2020
Phase 1 Blocks - 7956
Phase 2 Blocks - 4507
Number of Mentors deployed
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Situated on the corner of Robinson Road and the Great Southern Highway, it provides a range of powered sites and on-site caravans. The park also has all caravan park amenities and café available. For additional information, please call 9823 1681.
The Woody Tavern offers comfortable accommodation above the tavern. A range of packages can be arranged. Enquiries can be made to telephone 9823 1508.


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Yarn bombing.
It's a warm and fuzzy (quite literally!) type of street art.
Crafty knitters and crocheters are leaving their creative marks on
benches, trees and bike racks; any public place that could use a bit of brightening
can be dressed with colorful graffiti-like expressions!
Unlike graffiti, however, this can be removed at any time-if you really want to.
Without a plan or pattern, the resulting designs are often made from leftover yarn scraps.
What a cozy way to bring a smile to passersby!
So, who started this craze? Her name is Magda Sayeg of Houston, Texas.
In 2005, hoping to jazz up the exterior of her shop, she knitted a cover
for her door handle, and one for a nearby street sign.
After receiving great positive feedback, she yarn bombed drab neighborhoods near and far.
Since then, yarn bombing caught on as a fun phenomenon around the globe.
The Andy Warhol Bridge in Pittsburgh, PA was the unsuspecting target
of a yarn bombing event called "Knit the Bridge."
For more information:
Magda Sayeg
Knit the Bridge