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Salesforce has as many as 3 releases in a year. And if you're a Salesforce user, then you know their release notes are never-ending.
The point here is that from the perspective of the product, all those features released definitely are useful and add value to the product. But, every user is not going to need all those features and the ones that do need it, have to go through those 200 pages of release jargon.
You might not be launching your new features with a release notes novel to go along with it. But, the crux of the problem remains the same.
The delivery of the new feature was spectacular – it was built after hours of research listening to customer feedback, analyzing competitors, and building the product roadmap. You are certain that this feature will help the end-users be more productive with their work. However, there is a gap between the delivery and usability of the new feature and the main reason for that is in the way your end-users understand the existence and value of it.
Ultimately, introducing new features in a way that they get drilled into the end-users' day-to-day activities is the key to feature adoption.
Here are 10 ways to help you drive new feature adoption –
While this is the generic way of communicating about your product's latest feature, it's still a critical step. The blog could include the product release notes, extensive description of the feature and its uses, and a product tour that explains how exactly to use it.
These new feature release blogs work with your email campaigns to help your customers succeed in using that feature to the fullest. Leave no stone unturned, right?
With feature release blogs, you're engaging with all your users and telling them that the feature is coming. They land on your blog, read it, but then, maybe, crickets. Feature adoption seems to be going for a toss.
Blogs are just the first point of information where you're telling the users something exists. Read on to know more ways on how you can continuously engage and re-engage with your users and drive feature adoption.
When you launch a product aimed at solving a problem, the impetus is in tackling the demand for that solution. But, the difference between a product launch and a feature launch is in the discovery- making sure the users find out that feature exists now in your product.
So, reminding users about the new feature becomes imperative because they might just go about their day, using your product for just as much as they have until now.
Enter, login screen.
Users will see the login screen from time-to-time due to being automatically logged out after a given period. This space gives you the opportunity to talk about your most recent feature release or even your old features that need a bit of love.
For instance, take a look at how Drift does it:
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Now, your users are in the product, doing what they do with it every day. How do you showcase your new feature in a way that it pushes the users to take an action and try out the feature?
Unlike phone calls or emails which might catch the users in a non-contextual environment, Whatfix's interactive popups engage the conversational aspect of user interaction, ie, while the user is actually using the product. This level of contextuality and instantaneous response helps you both gauge and create awareness at the same time.
You can easily draw attention to the feature with a simple popup that says "Try out the new feature". You can even embed a video, link it to an article, or trigger a feature tour, like this-
The best part is, these walkthroughs can be segmented according to the users based on the user group that would benefit from the feature you've released.
Webinars are how you meet the expectation of "seeing is believing". When the new feature is released, sewing together the how-to use the feature while demonstrating its benefits is like giving your users a specific recipe for success. You are essentially teaching the users how to use the new feature by giving them a context of where it could work.
While introducing a new feature through a webinar, you always want to demonstrate the value of the feature and not focus just on the functionality of it. Users care about how this feature is going to help or solve their problem so they can shift to a better state of productivity.
When you're designing the webinar, start at the pain points. Use the customer feedback blurbs to make it interesting and to show your users that you're listening to them. When you establish the pain points, you are putting the feature in their context.
For instance, if you're a social media management tool, you might get a query/feedback like this- "I want to schedule more than 100 social media posts across networks in one shot. Will that be possible?"
If your new feature can do that, touch-base on how social media scheduling is beneficial to keep an active presence. Then talk about how it would be if users have to schedule 100+ posts one-by-one. And then BAM! Introduce your new feature (one that allows bulk scheduling of posts) that will solve all of these problems in the most effective and efficient way possible.
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And, what do people do? Watch the entire season on Netflix that very same night.
It's the simplest thing – reminding users that something is happening in an app. Push notifications, when done right, keep the users engaged and makes them return to the product. When you release a new feature, a well-crafted push notification will re-engage your users and direct them to open the app to try out the feature.
When timed right with an actionable messaging, push notifications are there to bring your customers to the aha! moment faster.
Reminder Tooltips are a great channel for new feature discovery. If you've noticed, Facebook does this really well with a simple in-app tooltip like this:
(Source: Facebook)
Reminder tooltips are there to give the users a quick note: "Hey, do X with Y". And since they are contextual to where you are in the app, it's not as intrusive as a popup nor is it noncontextual like a blog or newsletter. The main idea here is to make sure that there's no feature unexplored.
There are plenty of open-source options to create such tooltips. If you want to create custom tooltips, you can try Whatfix. Using Whatfix you can create action driven interactive tooltips for new feature announcement within minutes.
The new feature is released. You've done your due diligence of sending an email, publishing a blog, and even maybe conducting a webinar.
But, think of your email open rate. How many people opened your email? How many people clicked on the CTAs/links? Think of your feature release blog. What are the session rate and conversions like?
Typically, the average open rate does not cross 20.81%. Not everyone reaches this open rate and even if they do, not all users read through the email sent or the blog that's published.
But, does that mean you stop and give up on new feature adoption?
Think about your product. In an already busy user interface, you need to draw attention to that new feature you've just released. Well, you can't make it jump up and wave at your customers now, can you?
Yes….and no.
The Whatfix Beacon is an attention-grabbing and actionable element that draws the attention of the users to a specific element. Once the users click that beacon, it redirects them to a specific interactive walkthrough, video, or URL. Here's how it works –
Take this as the golden truth – every day someone who is a potential customer is looking at your product for the first time. Though you are communicating a new feature to your old customers, you are also engaging with new customers.
In-app messages is a channel where you can explain how the new feature works and nudge the users to get started in a natural way when the user is active within the app itself.
This form of messaging helps you start a conversation with the user to take an immediate action or invite them to try out the new feature. Since it's highly contextual and conversational, it proactively alerts users to discover the new feature.
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It also helps in making your users feel that help is here in the most accessible and clear way possible. This helps in re-engaging with the users and potentially making sure that they are using the new feature.
Analyzing the user's interaction at different points in your product can help you create highly targeted email campaigns that drive them to dive deeper into each feature on your app.
Once a user completes an action, behavioral triggered emails will follow up with the users giving them a set of next steps to be taken after that action. This creates a flow starting from one feature and educating the users about what more they can do in your app to get the most out of it. This way, you are not only driving the usage of the new feature but also tying that new feature with other features, giving them a neatly packaged solution rather than just telling them to perform a random action.
A how-to content is best delivered from within the application so that your users don't have to leave to figure out how something works. With every new feature, you are essentially onboarding your customers to use it. The discoverability of that feature becomes the most crucial aspect which is solved by the Whatfix Beacon. Once it is discovered, an in-app interactive walkthrough will be able to guide them in a streamlined manner, covering all the touchpoints.
These interactive walkthroughs don't have to be restricted just to the new feature. It can tell a story of how that new feature can be used in conjunction with the other features in your product so they get more from your app. This way, you're not only driving feature adoption, but you're also driving product adoption.
Feature adoption isn't just about getting all your customers to use that new feature you've just released. These strategies can be used to revive the old features your customers aren't using anymore, drive them to explore the hidden features in your product, and all-in-all nudge them towards using almost every feature in your app. When your customers get a taste of using your app to its fullest, they realize its complete potential, and they become less likely to leave you.
How are you driving feature adoption in your company? Tell us in the comments!


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What are our positions on issues pertaining to Santa Clara County?
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Toby Stephens, Tara Fitzgerald and Christopher Eccleston will join Gillian Anderson in the cast of A Doll's House at the Donmar Warehouse from 14 May (press night 19 May).
The stellar cast – which also includes Anton Lesser and Maggie Wells – has been assembled for Zinnie Harris's new version of Ibsen's classic, which stars Anderson as devoted wife Nora, who, after risking her reputation for her husband, begins to question that devotion. Harris sets the story against the backdrop of British politics at the turn of the century, in a world where duty, power and hypocrisy rule.
Stephens was last at the Donmar Warehouse in Harold Pinter's Betrayal in 2007. His numerous stage credits include The Country Wife and A Streetcar Named Desire at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, plus Coriolanus and Hamlet for the Royal Shakespeare Company. His screen outings have included television dramas The Camomile Lawn, Cambridge Spies, Jane Eyre and The Tenant Of Wildfell Hall – the latter two alongside Fitzgerald – and films Die Another Day and Onegin.
Eccleston is well known for his screen appearances which have included the films Shallow Grave, 28 Days Later and Elizabeth and television roles in Cracker, The Second Coming, Heroes and a season as Doctor Who when the programme was revived by Russell T Davies in 2005. Eccleston has not been seen on a London stage since Miss Julie at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in 2000, though he has worked more recently at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, appearing in Hamlet and Electricity.
Fitzgerald's stage work has included Our Song at the Apollo theatre, Hamlet in the West End and on Broadway and Antigone at the Old Vic. She was due to appear in Pinter double bill The Lover and The Collection in the West End in 2007 but pulled out after falling ill. Her face is recognised for her work on films Brassed Off and I Capture The Castle and roles in television series The Virgin Queen and Waking The Dead.
Experienced actor Lesser was last seen on the London stage in The Vertical Hour at the Royal Court in January last year.
A Doll's House, which is directed by Kfir Yefet, opens at the Donmar Warehouse following Dimetos, starring Jonathan Pryce, which runs until 9 May.


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The Missed Catastrophe
György Ligeti's grotesque operatic spectacle »Le Grand Macabre«.
»Le Grand Macabre« at the Elbphilharmonie: Ligeti's monumental operatic spectacle was performed in the Grand Hall in May 2019.
György Ligeti was an artist from his early youth. While still a child, he was already inventing music, drawing and painting, and writing texts, and he even thought up a fictitious country by the name of »Kylwiria«, which he painted pictures of and even drew a map of. Obviously, this sparkling mind had to write an opera eventually, an opera where visual imagination, lateral thinking and a love of literature and theatre joined with music to form a single work.
In 1978 Ligeti finally brought out a monumental work that the Hamburger Abendblatt called »the world's craziest opera«: »Le Grand Macabre«, an absurd vision of the end of the world set between the Middle Ages, coarse drama and a stage spectacle full of paradox.
A Love of GamesLearn more about the composer György Ligeti
If ever an opera could cause brain damage, it's Gyorgy Ligeti's ›Le Grand Macabre‹.
The World's Craziest Opera
First performed in 1978, »Le Grand Macabre« brings into play every theatrical resource imaginable and every linguistic one as well, from lofty Latin through gutter language to salads of syllables. The story is set in »the fictitious principality of Breughelland, in no particular century«. Like the artist Piet Breughel, Ligeti depicts life and death in all their different shades – bursting with colour and lust, full of nakedness and naked greed, intoxicated and bizarre.
With this, his only full-length opera, Ligeti broke down every boundary he encountered: the boundary between visual imagination, language and music, between vision and reality, between yesterday, today and tomorrow, between the serious and the grotesque, between tragedy and comedy, and between different genres and styles.
The End of the World as a Comedy
Breughelland is where the outlook on life and carnival interact, where vivid imagination clashes with real life and reveals its driving forces. And the main driving forces are two in number: life and death. Life is represented literally by the couple Amanda and Amando, whose inexhaustible sexual appetite carries them through every disaster. Death is embodied by the almighty figure of Nekrotzar, who threatens to wipe out the world at midnight by striking it with a comet. He plays the part of an omnipotent ruler, dictating how people think, feel and act.
According to Ligeti, the basis of the opera is the removal of fear through making very serious things ridiculous.
But there's one person he hasn't reckoned with, namely the wine taster Piet the Pot, who makes sure he's never sober. Nekrotzar enlists Piet's help and rides into town on his back to announce his apocalyptic tidings. But Piet gets his lord and master involved in a serious drinking bout, so that he completely forgets about the comet and the end of the world. Oh, fiddlesticks! Now everyone will have to wait for the next disaster.
Infinitely Grotesque
There are all kinds of other people in the opera as well: a wimp of a prince, a fortune-teller who's lost control at home, a dominatrix named after a drug (that's his wife), and of course the inhabitants of Breughelland.
Elbphilharmonie: Pictures from the »Le Grand Macabre« Rehearsals
The Music
The music is just as grotesque as the story: baroque-style tunes overlap with twelve-tone constructions – the latter a post-war composing technique where the notes are no longer organised as a network of chords, but instead in equally valid mathematical series – which in turn is a reference to Beethoven's »Eroica« Symphony.
Ligeti piles up all manner of quotations, one on top of the other. In Scene III, for example, he quotes a piano rag (Scott Joplin's »The Entertainer«), an Easter hymn from the Orthodox liturgy, a Mozart parody (from the opera »Don Giovanni«, all kinds of folk music and a cha-cha.
The Story: Chaos in Four Scenes
Scene I: Apocalypse with Car Horns
Concert of car horns. Piet the Pot, tipsy as usual, strikes up the famous »Dies irae« sequence from the Latin requiem for the dead. Nekrotzar climbs out of his tomb and declares Piet his slave. Amanda and Amando are looking for a place to make out undisturbed, and climb into a tomb together. The Prince of Death rides towards the city on Piet's back and announces the imminent end of the world, accompanied by a chorus of spirits.
Scene II: Sado-Maso and a Vampire's Bite
In the house of the court astrologer: Astradamors is a messy fellow, and the inside of his home looks like the attic in a Hitchcock film. His wife Mescalina pulls off an S/M number, then falls into a deep sleep after too much red wine, and dreams of a better man. The better man appears: Nekrotzar, a real guy with vampire qualities. Mescalina emits a horrific scream and dies. Astradamors jumps for joy, and gets Piet to help him drag the corpse into the cellar. Nekrotzar announces that the end of the world is nigh.
Scene III: The Prince Who Isn't One
In Breughelland. Two rival ministers control prince Go-Go, a big fat baby of a man. Go-Go resigns in order to stuff his face undisturbed. The head of the secret political police, Gepopo, warns them about the rebellious mob. Astradamors approaches, singing merrily, and risks a little dance with Go-Go. Then Nekrotzar rides in on Piet's back with a great hullabaloo and lets himself be drawn into a booze-up.
Scene IV: The Last Judgement
All the characters assemble at the cemetery. Piet and the fortune-teller Astradamors come in, confirm to each other that they are dead, and swap condolences. Go-Go appears, convinced that he is the sole survivor, but learns otherwise. Mescalina argues with the ministers. Everyone joins in a final dance, and the two lovers sum things up: »The best thing of all is if you really love one another. If you do that, time stands still and there is nothing but eternity.«
Hinter den Kulissen: »Le Grand Macabre« in der Elbphilharmonie
Text: Habakuk Traber, last updated: 28.7.2020
Cover photo: New York Philharmonic / Alan Gilbert © Chris Lee, 2010
Archiv: »Le Grand Macabre« in der Elbphilharmonie
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The White Shadows mail art call has been on my radar for a few months now. Ideas have flitted through my brain, only to be dismissed as "not quite right."
Over the weekend, inspiration finally took hold and this is what transpired…
'Affirmations of a Confident Woman' turned out far better than I ever thought it might.
Christy Tomlinson (Scarlet Lime) developed this cool line of products with Pink Paislee, of which the white printed coffee filter paper is a part. It worked really well for my purposes here. I particularly like the shading that occurred as the gel medium (used to adhere the piece to black card stock) dried. It brought a depth to the piece that I did not expect.
Happy Trash (and Memorial Day!) to you, until we meet again!


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Could someone please let me know where on earth November went please?! In fact it's been such a busy month for me at work that I'm sad to say it didn't leave much room for my non-nine-to-five fun. That said, there's always room to discover new trends and make-up, so here are my faves from the month gone.
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October beauty favourites!
I always find life starts to speed up at this time of year. Working in publishing there's always plenty that needs to be done in time for Christmas – stockpiling copy for January issues and putting together special material for any clients' Christmas activities, so for me it's a great time to make sure I have some pamper products on hand for the end of a tiring day…
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Get ready for party season!
Christmas is just around the corner – yes we said it – which means plenty of parties and chance to go a little OTT with your makeup. We don't mean slap-happy-halloween, more glitz and glamour, after all, it's the glitter season! So why not take a look at our latest feature for glossy lifestyle title Cambridge Edition Magazine and discover some gorgeously glimmering goodies!
September beauty favourites
September was a super busy month for me – but of course there's always time to try new products, and fall in love with 'old' products all over again. The weather may be getting dull but it certainly doesn't mean your makeup has to. Here's a round up of my favourites last month!
MAC Retro Matte collection – new launch!
As big fans of a matte lip, we were so excited to hear of MAC's latest launch for AW13. The new Retro Matte formula includes eight Pro Longwear Lip Pencils and eight Lipsticks, plus we've heard that all 16 shades are going to be here to stay, so no fear (for now at least!) of falling for a limited edition colour only to have have the pain of it becoming discontinued. We were lucky enough to get our hands on one of their most striking shades in the collection; All Fired Up is a confident fuchsia red that is surprisingly easy to wear for its initial bold appearance, where I feel the matte finish offers a more grown up look to this cracking candy colour. Continue reading


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Flame Sama's Youtube Channel!And like Flame Sama's Portal on Facebook.
I added three Bored posts.Food for thought-lay the fuck off McCartney, Stay In School Kids - Don't Be On A "Bustdown" Page..., and Rockin In The Free World - An Outside Perspective.
Added two recent FB notes here, "I'll Register To Vote" and "'Vanity' Explained".
Happy Firework/Gunshot Day.
So...first update to come out of me in two months.
I added a little spoken word bit I wrote after a class discussion about words.
Apparently Firefox and Webs aren't exactly friends at this moment so I have to use my main computer and work with IE.
I have some stuff to throw up on here then this place is about sealed. I pretty much don't write any long-form posts, poems, or short stories any more so this place is going to reach dormancy. It'll still be here but I don't see much being added. College is coming up soon.
Longest I've gone in a long time without an update...well, high school sucks.
I removed the Youtube embed pages to clean up my Navbar, now there's just a link to my Youtube channel on the front page. Maybe I'll post a notice here when I upload a new video, idk. I did, however, record two new Rock Band videos yesterday (well, a few hours ago). Any recent videos I failed to post here will be there as well, 102 and counting on my Youtube channel...
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Final Day at Q-School and New Season Draws
The marathon that is Q-School reaches its conclusion today with the final 16 players in Q-School 3 fighting it out for the last 4 main tour places up for grabs from this event.
On the main tour itself, yesterday was notable for the draws being published for the first three events of the season which start off with the qualifiers for the Wuxi Classic in Gloucester on Monday.
Perhaps surprisingly Ronnie O'Sullivan has entered, he starts off his campaign against the man who works behind the bar at the venue Michael 'Wazza' Wasley and this tournament also of course sees the beginning of Bazza's big gamble; the flat 128 structure which will become an increasingly familiar sight as the season progresses, how it goes remains to be seen.
Tuesday also saw the draw for the qualifying rounds of the Australian Open which follows the Wuxi qualifiers at the same venue. This event does not follow the same flat structure and at first sight suffers from a severely depleted field, the highest ranked player that I can see in the qualifiers is Ken Doherty who is currently in 27th spot. This means that only 16 players above him in the rankings have entered the tournament, probably because of the prize money and associated travel costs which I commented on the other day here.
I'm guessing that not many of the 16 with the exception of Neil Robertson will be from the top 8, but we shall see, there may be the odd few that fancy combining it with a holiday in Australia, I think I remember Shaun Murphy saying he had friends there and enjoyed his time in Aus and I imagine former champ Ballrun Bingham and current one Barry Hawkins will be on the plane but after that it's anyone's guess.
The Bulgarian PTC draw also came out and once again the World Champion O'Sullivan has bucked the trend and entered and if this YouTube clip is to be believed he is really looking forward to it, you can see the excitement on his face in fairness.
You can view the draw for the Wuxi Classic here.
You can view the draw for the Australian Goldfields Open here.
You can view the draw for PTC Bulgaria here.
It's great to see that the World Snooker PDF's are up to their usual standard too.
Here's the draw for today, you can keep up with these matches on the live scoring here.
Gareth Green 4-1 Sydney Wilson
David Morris 4-2 Ant Parsons
Lee Spick 4-3 Darren Cook
Phil O'Kane 0-4 Duane Jones
Adam Wicheard 4-1 Darryl Hill
Chris Wakelin 4-1 Darren Bond
Josh Boileau 1-4 Ashley Carty
Rhys Clark 3-4 Fraser Patrick
Gareth Green 1-4 David Morris
Lee Spick 4-2 Duane Jones
Adam Wicheard 2-4 Chris Wakelin
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From four of today's hottest fantasy authors-all-new novellas of dark nights, cruel cities, and paranormal P.I.s.
The best paranormal private investigators have been brought together in a single volume-and cases don't come any harder than this.
New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher delivers a hard-boiled tale in which Harry Dresden's latest case may be his last.
Nightside dweller John Taylor is hired by a woman to find something she lost-her memory-in a thrilling noir tale from New York Times bestselling author Simon R. Green.
National bestselling author Kat Richardson's Greywalker finds herself in too deep when a "simple job" goes bad and Harper Blaine is enmeshed in a tangle of dark secrets and revenge from beyond the grave.
For centuries, the being that we know as Noah lived among us. Now he is dead, and fallen-angel-turned-detective Remy Chandler has been hired to find out who killed him in a whodunit by national bestselling author Thomas E. Sniegoski.


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And when the blue snowflakes start fallin'that's when the blue memories start callin'you'll be doin' alright with your christmas of whiteand I'll have a blue, blue christmas.
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Baton Twirlers to represent Ireland at International Cup
By Aideen O'Flaherty
TWELVE girls from a local baton twirling club have been selected to represent Ireland at the World Baton Twirling Federation International Cup in France this summer.
The twelve athletes, who range in age from 12 to 23, are from the Fettercairn-based Fusion Twirlers and they qualified for the Irish squad after taking part in national trials that were held by the Baton Twirling Sport Association of Ireland last week.
The troop will now go on to be part of a 62-strong team, made up of baton twirlers from around the country, representing Ireland at the competition.
Michelle Harris, who is part of the Fusion Team which runs the Fusion Twirlers club, told The Echo: "It's out of this world [that they got selected] – they had very, very tough competition.
"They're still on a high, they've been going into training singing.
"They're working hard, they'll be going up against the best of the best."
The World Baton Twirling Federation International Cup will take place in France from August 4 to August 8.
There are 54 kids in total who train with the club, with Laura Molloy as director, and for further information about the Fettercairn Community Centre-based club visit the Fusion Twirlers Facebook page.


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By all indications from recent earnings reports on Wall Street, the economic recovery is well and truly on its way. However, it's important to ask: Just how firm is that footing? And what practices are companies employing that could be dangerous for the economy's long term health?
Dropping productivity
One key element to economic growth that's currently being ignored (or repeatedly brushed aside in favor of businesses holding on to massive amounts of cash) is capital investment. What is the affect that decision will have? The answer can be seen in worsening productivity figures.
Back in 2009, when the economy was shaky, corporations got mean and lean, cutting out all extras and putting pressure on employees to work harder to keep their jobs. Every efficiency that could be squeezed out of the situation has been. Now, not surprisingly, productivity has stalled. In fact, since 2011, productivity has grown less than 1 percent per year (as contrasted with 5 percent in 2009).
Capital investment lagging
So, just what's missing? The answer is capital investment, which is down 30 percent in recent years. That's left workers with outdated tools to do their jobs, be it a computer, forklift, or the advanced training needed to help send overall efficiency higher.
In saving all they can, businesses have sacrificed spending to upgrade the tools and invest in personnel, elements that help productivity improve. In fact, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reports that the average age of business equipment in the workplace is some 7.4 years, the oldest it's been in 20 years. In 2010 and 2011, capital-per-worker-hour dropped for the first time since 1987, the first year the BEA began tracking the data.
Economic toll
This overall drop in productivity is also reflected in the nation's gross domestic product (GDP), which is at a 65-year low. In part, some of the hesitance on the part of companies to invest in themselves has come from government uncertainty. It's not that long ago that the nation was worrying about the "fiscal cliff" and a government shut-down.
There's also been an important tax break that was allowed to expire. Companies used to be able to deduct up to $500,000 on investments in new equipment on their corporate taxes. With the expiration of the law in 2013, that figure has been reduced to $25,000 annually.
This lack of enthusiasm for capital investment has also been reflected on Wall Street, where companies who reinvest in themselves have not been rewarded with higher stock prices. Instead, those companies who used their cash to repurchase stock or raise dividends (instead of purchasing new equipment) have prospered.
In the end, however, this is short-sighted thinking. Better productivity benefits not only workers (in the form of higher wages) and business owners (more profit), but the overall economy as well.


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Reuben Feffer (Ben Stiller) is a successful risk assessor for a leading insurance firm; Polly Prince (Jennifer Aniston) is a rolling stone who plays her life like a roulette wheel. When Reuben's bride Lisa (Debra Messing) jilts him on their honeymoon for a nudist scuba-diving instructor (Hank Azaria), Reuben decides to ask Polly on a date. After all, they knew each other in seventh grade, and their meeting at an art gallery opening, where she is working as a waitress, seems to be prompting fate. But how much risk can a man take when playing the game of love?
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A wry romantic comedy with endearing characters, Along Came Polly goes a long way to show that even the best laid plans are destined to be changed. Opposites attract, they say, making this into a match made high in the heavens. He calculates the risks and plays it safe; she lives life on the edge. He has a plan; she revels in having a plan to have no plan. 'When you least expect it, something great may come along.' And for Reuben, it's Polly who unexpectedly crashes into his organised life and makes mayhem.
From comic screenwriter (and director) John Hamburg (Meet the Parents, Zoolander, Safe Men) comes this inventively funny, formulaic Hollywood comedy with larger-than-life characters and a splendid cast that makes the most of every single moment. Ben Stiller's intense Reuben is the ultimate conservative party-pooper, who avoids spicy food because it might upset his irritable bowel syndrome, while Jennifer Aniston's free-spirited Polly is the epitome of indecision, being unable to decide whether or not she wants to go on a date at one sitting. Reuben's initiation on the spicy-food circuit, dirty dancing and risk taking brings plenty of laughs, while tattooed, liberated Polly is introduced to the concept of planning, and even starts writing children's books (albeit about maimed children). Of course, their differences are what make Hamburg's script funny, as his characters are extremes and the ensuing situations outrageous. The humour comes from observations of everyday life coupled with wit and a dash of slapstick; the result is an uplifting, light and good-natured film that simply entertains.
When we first meet Reuben, he is about to marry the perfect girl (Debra Messing, lovely), at the perfect wedding, with a perfect future assured. But it takes no time at all for heavenly perfection to be devastatingly defunct, as the verry-French, well-built naked scuba diver Claude (an amusing turn by the hilarious Hank Azaria) whisks Reuben's bride away and is caught flapping in a compromising situation wearing flippers. Reuben's anal nature is counter-balanced by his 'wing-man' Sandy (Philip Seymour Hoffman, outlandish) whose role as Judas in the community production of Jesus Christ Superstar (but he also wants to sing Jesus' songs too!) is inspired. As for Polly, working as a waitress, she doesn't seem to notice that there are two different colours for wine, as she tops up the glasses for guests at the opening of an art gallery. Between the toilet humour, sight gags, one-liners and odd-ball situations, watch for Bryan Brown as the 91% uninsurable billionaire adventurer Leland Van Lew who has a zest for life, parachuting from tall buildings in a single bound.
Along Came Polly achieves exactly what it sets out to achieve. It's an undemanding, well-made fun outing with a cast that delivers.
CRITICAL COUNTFavourable: 1Unfavourable: 0Mixed: 0
CAST: Ben Stiller, Jennifer Aniston, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Debra Messing
PRODUCER: : Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher, Hank Azaria, Alec Baldwin, Bryan Brown
DIRECTOR: John Hamburg
SCRIPT: John Hamburg
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Seamus McGarvey
EDITOR: William Kerr
MUSIC: Theodore Shapiro
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Andrew Laws
RUNNING TIME: 95 minutes
AUSTRALIAN RELEASE: January 22, 2004


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The Routledge Handbook of Maritime Management
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HI GoCentral - so many sites allow a nice slideshow right on the top of the home/landing page - and it's a bummer that GoCentral can't provide this. it's weird because you can do it on another page - why can't they figure out how to let us do this right on the top of the homepage where people are most apt to scroll through a set of photos. Please add it to the list of upgrades! thanks!
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Future of ACA Uncertain After Congress Rejects Alexander Fix
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Will the tens of thousands of Tennesseans covered under the Affordable Care Act have coverage in future years?
The answer is uncertain after a bill crafted by Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., failed to make it into the spending bill advanced in Congress this week.
The bill would have restored payments to insurers to supplement co-payments and deductibles and give states more power to regulate health insurance under the ACA.
Jacy Warrell, executive director of the Tennessee Health Care Campaign, says while Alexander's proposal didn't fix everything, it was a step forward.
"What has some people concerned about the bill: It might not be enough after all the damage that has already been done with attempted ACA repeals and it doesn't fix everything, but it does help some people at some income levels," says Warrell.
One sticking point that stalled the legislation is the debate over whether to withhold funds from insurance plans that provide abortions. Opponents of the legislation also say it didn't go far enough to fix the ACA.
Supporters of the bill say it could have lowered insurance rates by up to 40 percent. Insurance companies are predicting rate hikes of at least 10 percent because Congress did not stabilize coverage in this year's spending bill.
Warrell says now that there's little hope for Congress to provide a solution, Tennessee lawmakers must now step in and expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.
"Sen. Alexander has done what he can do at the federal level," she said. "But what we really need is for our state legislators to stop refusing federal tax dollars designated to provide care to uninsured Tennesseans."
A study this month by the University of Montana's Bureau of Business and Economic Research estimates the expansion of Medicaid in its state generates a half-trillion dollars a year in health-care spending, and of that, 70 percent is new money in that state's economy.


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Kish Bank
The Kish Bank (Irish: Banc na Cise)[2] is a shallow sand bank about seven miles (11 km) off the coast of Dublin, in Ireland. It is marked by the Kish Lighthouse,[3] a landmark well known to sailors and ferry passengers passing through Dublin Bay and Dún Laoghaire harbour.
Kish Bank Lighthouse in 2011
|County Dublin
|Year first constructed
|July 1963–July 1965
|Year first lit
|7 April 1992
|reinforced concrete
|Tower shape
|telescopic cylindrical tower with four balconies, lantern and helipad
|Markings / pattern
|white tower with a red band
|Tower height
|31 metres (102 ft)
|Focal height
|29 metres (95 ft)
|Original lens
|two million candlepowers (three in fog)
|27 nmi (50 km)
|Fl (2) 20s. 24 hours light
|Admiralty number
|NGA number
|ARLHS number
|Ireland number
|Managing agent
|Commissioners of Irish Lights
Many ships were wrecked on these shallows. The Vesper was lost in January 1876; the Norwegian MV Bolivar ran aground on the Kish Bank during a snow storm on 4 March 1947; both wrecks are frequently dived.[4] A mailboat operated by the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company between Dún Laoghaire, at the time Kingstown, and Holyhead, the RMS Leinster, was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine on 10 October 1918. She went down four miles (6 km) east of the Kish Lighthouse with over 500 lives lost, the greatest single loss of life in the Irish Sea. Fifty-five wrecks are listed for the Kish Bank area at Irish Wrecks Online.[5]
In 2000, the Department of Marine and Natural Resources awarded licenses to allow detailed studies to be carried out on the Kish and Bray Banks in relation to the construction of a large offshore wind farm. Press reports at the time suggested 100 or more wind turbines might be erected.
The lighthouse
Before the present Kish Lighthouse was installed in 1965, the sand bank had been signalled by a lightship since 1811. An attempt to build a lighthouse in 1842 was abandoned because of destruction caused by severe weather. The first Irish electric lightvessel, the Gannet, was installed in 1954.
The Commissioners of Irish Lights decided in 1960 to erect a reinforced concrete lighthouse with helicopter landing pad on top. The lighthouse was built in the Coal Harbour of Dún Laoghaire, and designed by Christiani & Nielsen.[1] The first section of lighthouse cracked while it was being built and had to be discarded. The second telescopic lighthouse was completed, towed to its station, extended to its full height and installed in 1965, with a projected lifetime of 75 years. The sand bank was bored in 1961 and a seismic survey revealed about 300 feet (91 m) of sand at the site. Construction began in Dún Laoghaire in 1963. The completed structure was towed from the harbour out to the sandbank on 29 June 1965. The tower was raised on 27 July 1965 to its full height of 100 feet (30 m), with twelve floors inside, and with a 32-foot (9.8 m) wide helicopter platform on top.
The lightvessel was removed on 9 November 1965 and the new lighthouse replaced it, operating at between two and three million candlepowers, depending on visibility conditions. The beam is visible for 27 nmi (50 km). The lighthouse was automated on 7 April 1992, and the keepers came ashore.[3]
Burials at Sea
At the time when the Department of the Marine permitted burial at sea (of people who had died on land) they normally required the burial to occur at the Kish Bank where the tides are strong, and where the sands are always moving.
See also
- Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Eastern Ireland (Leinster)". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- Kish Bank. Irish Placenames Database. Retrieved: 2010-10-22.
- Kish Lighthouse. Commissioners of Irish Lights. Retrieved: 2010-10-22.
- Louth, Cormac (2011-02-06). "The Wreck of the Bolivar". Maritime Institute of Ireland. Archived from the original on 2010-11-26. Retrieved 2011-02-06.
- Kish Bank. irishwrecksonline.net. Retrieved: 2010-10-23.
External links
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kish Bank Lighthouse.


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My older brother killed my hamster? What should I do??
So a few nights ago I went out for a few hours, my parents weren't home and my 19 year old brother was the only one in the house. When I came back home, I checked on my pet hamster and he was dead. His face looked crush and there was blood in his mouth. Nearby I found a book with a blood smear on it. When I confronted my brother he was very drunk, when I tried talking to him he laughed at me and wouldn't admit to it.
My parents came home, they were pissed obviously. But they tried excusing it as he was drunk. Now it's forgotten. What should I do? I really doubt my older brother has an excuse for this behavior, he has a history of this. How do I make my parents take more action? Or maybe I should? Any suggestions on what to do ? ??
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- heart o' goldLv 79 months agoFavorite Answer
I'm so sorry for the loss of your pet. This is not your fault, don't feel guilty, allow yourself to grieve and ignore those who don't respect your feelings.
I want to suggest that you recognize that your brother is probably a sociopath and your best bet is going to be to protect yourself from him. If your parents are "excusing" his behavior by saying he was drunk they are colluding with a sociopath. This is not uncommon in families, I have a sociopath brother who tormented me and my pets until I cut him out of my life. The reaction I got from my family was "Oh, that's just S___. He does that to everyone." - like that made it ok. Even when I point out that at least a half dozen women have had to get restraining orders and how many times he has been arrested for assault and other offenses "Oh, those girls all deserved it, it wasn't his fault, it's a misunderstanding, it was blown out of proportion."
From a legal standpoint, there is little you can do. From a life-learning standpoint you can use this experience to help you learn and remember to protect and defend yourself from your own family.
You may want to google and read to gain an understanding of:
Toxic family
Toxic parents
Toxic sibling
Personality disorders
Dark triad personality disorders
Emotional and psychological abuse
Interpersonal abuse
As you read on the above you will find things that sound / feel familiar that can guide further reading and research. I will apologize in advance for opening Pandora's Box for you on this - I wish someone had done it for me when I was young. I didn't realize I had been abused by my toxic family all my life til I was 50. 10 years later I'm still healing and so happy to be free of them.
I also want to suggest that you start planning your exit from this family. If you are a young person not yet able to move out on your own, start planning for that. Get a bank account (probably best secretly) figure out how to start a next egg, start researching housing options and part time jobs, even if just a few hours a week. Get a start on adult interactions in the world and plan for when you will be out of the house and able to make your own decisions.
If you are college bound at your parents expense, look for colleges that are out of the area of your family, far enough that weekend visits aren't practical. This will be incredibly freeing. Once you are away from your family, with an understanding that you were raised in a toxic and abusive environment, which causes you to actually see that kind of behavior as "normal", you will learn to identify toxic behavior quickly and avoid it and seek positive, healthy relationships that will allow you to grow and be yourself.
If you do as I suggest and start learning about this sort of abusive behavior and what I think is going on in your family structure you are going to be outraged, you are going to want to "fix" it, you are going to want to share what you are learning with your family in the hopes that they wake up and change. Try to resist this urge and FOR AT LEAST A YEAR allow your understanding of the dynamic to allow you to emotionally detach, back up and watch the dynamic unfold in front of you while staying as detached and uninvolved in it as possible. If your family senses you are no longer knee-jerk reacting to their behavior they will probably try harder for the reaction they are used to. They may try A LOT harder. Eventually, if you stop reacting, they will move on to other "prey" because you won't be filling their needs by allowing them to control your feelings. If you try to talk about this with them, they will tell you that you are crazy, mixed up, that YOU are the abusive and confused one. That is your proof of the abuse, nutty as it sounds, that they blame their abusive behavior on your and your perceptions.
You could also try talking to a school counselor or an adult you trust, but be cautious about things that may get back to your family - if an abusive family feels they are losing control of their scapegoat they make it even harder for the scapegoat and if you are trapped in the family by age and economics for the moment, that will be very very difficult for you.
If you have any sort of resources to get out of the house, to move in with a friend or other, not abusive, family member, try to do that. And as I suggested, google and read and keep quiet about what you will be learning about interpersonal dynamics, at least for now.
I wish you the best.
- nannyf2Lv 49 months ago
That poor hampster, what a horrible way to die. The only thing you can do is not have any more pets while your brother still lives at home. It sounds like he needs help for his alcoholism. All the best.
- PearlLv 79 months ago
maybe you should talk to someone in animal control about it
- linkus86Lv 79 months ago
You have a problem because you can't prove your brother was responsible because you nor anyone else saw it happen. Your hamster could have escaped and knocked a book on himself just as easily as what you think your brother did and all your brother did was put him back in his cage. If you can't prove the crime your parents can't convict your brother.
In the future you can maybe get a video camera of your bedroom to protect your things, or maybe just secure them apart from your brother better. Good Luck.
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- JerryLv 79 months ago
1. Harming animals for no good reason is an indication of serious mental health problems. Don't get any more pets. Keep yourself safe.
2. Being drunk isn't a "engage in wrong doing with impunity" card. Remind your parents that while intoxication may EXPLAIN your brother's behavior, it doesn't EXCUSE it. Let them know that you're disappointed in them for not holding your brother accountable for such clearly wicked behavior.
3. Don't seek revenge. Two wrongs don't make a right; they make a blight. Keep your own behavior above reproach so that it remains clear that your brother is the guilty perpetrator while you (and the poor little hamster) are innocent victims. And keep yourself safe by not challenging your drunk mentally ill brother. Just keep your head down.
- RickyLv 69 months ago
I remember when I was a kid I killed a bird and I sure did feel guilty as f uck. I thought it was a fun thing to do but I was wrong. I easily learned that taking another animals life away is wrong. I felt so bad I cried so hard. From there I never touched another animal again. I know how precious life can be. Your bothers are both cycles
- Anonymous9 months ago
Your parents should be handling this. It's not up to you to "take action." Don't get another pet.
- martyLv 79 months ago
Report him to authorities. Animal abuse is a serious crime these days and will soon be a felony.
- LindaLv 79 months ago
Don't get another pet until you move out and get your own place. I doubt you can do anything. Your brother is one demented sicko.
- The Football GodLv 79 months ago
Get a pit bull next time. At least you'll know whose blood is smeared anywhere.


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Hopper Bus launches to positive feedback
PUBLISHED: 10:36 01 June 2019
Sidmouth's Hopper Bus officially launched at the weekend and has already been proving itself popular.
The service returned on Saturday and will run everyday, throughout the summer, until September 1.
A series of new routes have been introduced this year including buses to King's Garden Centre eight times a day, as well as The Donkey Sanctuary.
A reduced timetable will also operate during Sidmouth FolkWeek.
This year, organisers are carrying out a customer survey and are encouraging users to have their say.
Councillor Kelvin Dent, the scheme's co-ordinator, said: "The weekend was good, on the first day the drivers said it was really great how much money they had taken.
"It was one of the best we have ever taken.
"We have had some positive feedback about it being excellent value for money, the drivers being very pilot and a great way to get down into town."
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All projects are Graded based on the Michigan State Standards for Visual and Performing Arts. Students will be given a rubric, either digital or paper form, and they will turn in their rubric with their project. There are some main things we are looking for on most assignments. Not always will we be using standards from each of these categories, but here are the top ones, and a summary of what kind of things we do with that category
This is talking about how we make things. Are we responsible with materials, are we mastering techniques, are we being safe. Do we finish and publish our artwork after self evaluating and improving?
Again more in line with the actual art making, we want to be creating with critical thinking skills, and collaborating with each other, developing NEW ideas, making knowledgeable choices about materials and techniques, principles of design and processes.
Be able to describe our own artwork, improve our artwork, compare and contrast artwork to others, and identify personal and community meaning or connections to our artwork.
Analyze in Context
Analyze and Make Connections
Be able to understand, analyze and describe artwork and the historical, social, and cultural contexts. Meaning we are able to take other's viewpoints, and understand influence of culture on artwork, along with interpreting meaning
Make connections between art and other academic areas and areas in life...how does what we learn in art help you in other classes, or help your life skills, and critical thinking ability.


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by Belinda P.
If my ex-husband died and had a house insured under FHA and his daughter's name was not on the house could she continue paying the mortgage and keep the house?
Hello Belinda,
Thank you for stopping by and leaving your question here. I always enjoy meeting new people and helping them get answers to their questions.
You have not given me many details, but I will try my best to answer your question.
First you need to know I'm not able to offer legal advice. You will need to seek professional help for an exact answer that fits with your situation.
However, with the disclaimer out of the way, let me share with you what I think will be the case.
Even though your ex-husbands daughter (she must be your step-daughter) is not on the mortgage, she may be an heir to his estate.
If he re-married and has a surviving spouse, she will become responsible for the mortgage now since she is the next of kin. If he did not marry and his daughter is the natural born heir, then she will be faced with a choice.
The obligation of the mortgage does not go away with the death of the person who signed the mortgage. It gets passed onto the estate in most cases and then the estate becomes liable.
So it gets real sticky, but his daughter may be able to continue the payments and keep the mortgage going. She should be sure and get listed on the deed in some way as the executrix of the estate.
She may also want to get the house refinanced into her name in case their are other heirs to the estate that may lay claim to it.
Again, you must seek legal advice. From the lenders point of view they just want their money. They really don't care where it comes from as long as it's not illegal funds.
Also, his daughter would not be able to get any credit points for the paying the mortgage in his name.
Depending on how old the FHA home loan is, perhaps it can be assumed. However I'm not sure of the exact dates FHA stopped issuing assumable mortgages. Seems to me it was in the late 80's. You would have to read the loan documents.
Hopefully this helps.
Kind Regards,
Jeffrey Ragan
I cosigned for a home my son lost due to being hospitalized and then laid off. I had bought a new car after co signing for the home. I couldn't pay the house payment and my car payment on my own along with other expenses back then.
My credit is around 720 I kept my bills paid every month never falling behind on anything.
My car and another I had cosigned for are paid off now.
I want to buy a home with a FHA loan. Will I be able to get the loan just being out of foreclosure since March 5, 2009 and my son being out of the house April 5, 2009 as ordered by the judge? I had signed a quit claim deed so he could borrow money from the credit union in a equity loan on the home back then.
Hello and Welcome;
Thanks for stopping by and asking a question. I'm not sure you will get this answer since you did not click the box to be notified when I answer, but here it is.
FHA requires a 3 year waiting period if you have been through foreclosure. You may want to check out my webpage on FHA Loan Requirements for additional information.
This page also talks about credit requirements which you appear to have met already. You have to have a spotless record since the foreclosure. Since you have a 720 credit scores you have done well and want to keep that up until March of 2012.
Your 3 years will have expired by then and you should qualify for an FHA loan.
Sorry, I wish I had better news for you, but that is the guidelines lenders use and will insist you meet.
In the mean time, keep your bills paid on time and before you know it the 3 years will have passed.
Kind Regards,
Jeffrey Ragan
Can I still qualify for a HUD loan if you are already buying the home? I'm buying a home already but I'm doing it owner financing and I need to get out of that.
Hello Friend,
Welcome to my website and thank you for looking to me for answers to your questions.
You state that you are buying a house right now with owner financing. You want to know if you can get a HUD Loan or find first time home buyer programs.
First off, HUD is actually the government organization that helps neighborhoods develop and assist with loan guarantees to the banks. HUD stands for Housing and Urban Development.
So HUD and FHA work together to help people like you and I to own homes. FHA was established in 1934 as the Federal Housing Authority. So together they offer loan guarantees so the banks will lend you money on low interest and down payments.
If an FHA loan defaults, HUD then takes it over and offers it for sale on the market. That is why they are called HUD homes. It was a home bought with an FHA loan which the person defaulted on and now HUD will help get it sold again.
So the answer to your question about getting a loan on the house you are already buying, yes you can if you have sufficient credit and equity.
The only way you find that out is to have an appraisal done to determine value. Then you need to know your credit scores to see if you can qualify for a mortgage.
FHA will do the loan providing you can meet the FHA loan requirements.
Please pay a visit to the links provided in this reply for additional information.
I hope you find this helpful.
Best Regards,
Jeffrey Ragan
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well done alfonso, thanks for trying random numbers as well. im learning new techniques here as well.
well done. alfonso how can i amend the problem so that the coder will be forced to generate random values? :)
true randomness is a bit involved to test (particularly without the stats toolbox), plus the sum constrain adds some additional complexity to the randomness of the resulting values (see for example this Cody problem: http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/cody/problems/331-compute-area-from-fixed-sum-cumulative-probability). In any way, the simplest solution to discourage this sort of extremely-non-random solutions would probably be running your current testsuite twice (with identical inputs) and then checking that the returned vectors are different...
Another possibility, would be to test that there is no repetition in the returned values, which can easily be tested with: assert(all(diff(sort(sum_array))));
you're right guillaume, i apppreciate that.
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Sophomore guard Victor Olaidpo scored 21 points and junior guard Jordan Hulls scored 18 on six 3-pointers as Indiana pounded Chattanooga 78-53 in Assembly Hall on Sunday in the Hoosiers' second game of the season.
Verdell Jones added 16 points, but more importantly, the Hoosiers put together a much more impressive defensive effort than they did in either the season opener against Stony Brook or the exhibition against Indianapolis. Forward Omar Wattad scored 24 points for Chattanooga, but none of the other Mocs scored more than seven as they shot just 17-for-63 (27 percent) from the field. Chattanooga beat Indiana on the glass 45 to 36, but the Hoosiers caused 25 turnovers and scored 30 points off of those turnovers.
Much like in the Stony Brook game, the Hoosiers needed more than 10 minutes to get going, but once they did, they blew the game open quickly. They were down 21-18 with 7:42 to go in the first half, but finished on an 18-3 run to take a 36-24 lead into the break. A 20-7 run to start the second half made it 56-31 with 12:37 to go and the lead never dipped below 21.
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ilias LALAoUNIS Earrings
Wonderful pair of ilias LALAoUNIS earrings made from solid 18K gold. The earrings have clip-on fastening with good tension.
ilias LALAoUNIS is a renowned Greek jeweler with a long history in the production of quality jewellery.
Country: Greece
Metal Composition: 18K Gold
Total Approximate Weight: 18.96 grams
Approximate Measurements: 3cm x 2.4cm (1.18″ x 0.94″)
Condition: Beautiful pre-owned condition. Please take a careful look at the pictures for detailed condition and feel free to ask any questions that you may have. Also please note that since the pictures are zoomed in any wear will not be as visible when the item is held at normal distance.


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Sorry it's taken so long for a new "Movie Of The Day". I've been quite busy in real life and trying to catch up with the plethora of movie-related news on the site.
Who said remakes were a recent trend? The Dawn Patrol, a World War I movie directed by Edmund Goulding (A Night At The Opera), is based on an eponymous film helmed by Howard Hawks (Scarface) a mere eight years before. Adapted by Seton I. Miller (Pete's Dragon) and Dan Totheroh (The Devil And Daniel Webster), The Dawn Patrol is set in 1915 and relates the routine of fighter pilots enrolled in the 39th Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps, focusing primarily on two of its members.
The film stars some of the era's biggest names, including Errol Flynn (The Adventures Of Robin Hood), David Niven (The Guns Of Navarone) and Basil Rathbone (a dozen Sherlock Holmes movies in the 30s-40s). Trailer and review after the jump.
Mmmh, well there's not much I can say really. The Dawn Patrol holds up quite well today, mostly thanks to some superb acting. The movie's plot is pretty good, even though it's been seen in a hundred other war films (maybe not before, but certainly since). As for action, there isn't much of it, this being primarily a talk-driven film, but the big action sequence featuring Flynn and Niven's characters bombarding a German airstrip is overly long and ultimately boring. Sure, they didn't have the techniques and budget we enjoy today, and this representation is probably more realistic than cool-looking explosions with bombastic music, but it still is pretty boring.
But once again, you don't watch this film for the action. The Dawn Patrol is a classic war film that has aged very well indeed and features some truly wonderful actors doing a truly wonderful job. So while it isn't a very impressive movie by today's standard's, it remains highly engrossing and a worthwhile viewing experience.
Verdict: A brilliantly acted, efficient film. The Dawn Patrol holds a 7.6/10 on IMDB and isn't rated on Rotten Tomatoes.


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Country InfomationOver the last 50 years, Korea's economic and social progress has transformed it from a poor agrarian state to a first-world country and an important economic power. Today, Korea ranks among the world's leading economies, with a population of close to 50 million and its overall GDP at an estimated US$1,212 billion in 2013 (equal to US$24,843 per capita) among the top 15 in the world. Hence, a majority of the country's population expects to receive a high level of medical care.
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Around 2,000 medical device manufacturing companies exist in Korea, with particular strength in ultrasound apparatus, dental products, therapy apparatus and consumables. About 60% of the market consists of imported products (in 2013, imported medical devices made up about 70% of all reimbursed devices and diagnostics).
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Master Coaches Series Success
Wednesday 5 July saw the completion of the inaugural Master Coaches Series with EA NCAS Level 3 Dressage Coach Roz Tippett presenting on the use of the Dressage Training Scale in everyday training for all levels.
The Series was introduced by EWA CEO Dwight Pedlow with the aim of increasing membership use of the State Equestrian Centre whilst providing educational and social opportunities to keen equestrian enthusiasts. More than five hundred equestrian enthusiasts enjoyed the teachings of coaches every second Wednesday evening from March to July with many groups returning each week.
WA has a number of outstanding EA NCAS Coaches who are fantastic educators and the Series gave them a platform to present on common topics encountered in training. These topics ranged across the three disciplines of dressage, jumping and eventing as well as general lectures and demonstrations on equine behaviour. The relaxed atmosphere and encouraging learning environment proved popular with discussions on training regularly continuing upstairs at the bar following the Master Classes.
Some words of wisdom from the presenting Coaches were:
"It is not good enough to have a great jumper. I can't emphasise enough the importance of good flatwork" - Les Bunning (NCAS Level 1 Coach) on the topic of improving line and straightness.
"A lot of faults at the lower grades come at early fences. Use your time and don't waste it before you begin" - David Dobson ( NCAS Level Coach) on the topic of jumping a course in competition.
"Don't get quick and drop the reins! Aim for a close distance, keep tall and the poll up" – Phillipa Collier (NCAS Level 2 Coach) on the topic of riding cross country over show jumps.
Thank you to the coaches, demonstration riders and arena attendees for making the series a success.


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When it comes to executing your sales process, things can be going along just swimmingly, with the close within reach … until a rookie-style blunder throws you off track.
Don't let flubs trip you up; learn about which mistakes to avoid – and how to avoid them – below:
Being Unprepared for Calls or Meetings.
Without thoroughly researching your prospect ahead of time, you're left with little information to go on once it's time to meet or chat. And what customer would want to work with a company that seems indifferent when it comes to understanding the customer's needs?
How to sidestep this mistake: Thoroughly research your prospect ahead of time, gathering information on their target customer, their industry, their competition, etc.
Providing Too Much Information.
Yes, your solution is complex and you have a lot of information to share. But be cautious about how many details you pack into a meeting, or risk turning off your prospect.
How to sidestep this mistake: Identify what is most important to them and focus only on those things! Distill your pitch down to the essentials. Give your prospects the nitty-gritty details only when they ask for them.
Failing to Listen.
The customer gets it: You've got something to sell. They're willing to listen to your side of the story, but it's likely to get old real fast if you won't take the time to listen to what they've got to say.
How to sidestep this mistake: Active listening is one of the most critical sales skills to master. Consciously take the time to ask, "What are your top challenges?" and "How will solving these things improve your business?" Then shut up and listen!
Using PowerPoint as a Crutch.
PowerPoint can be a useful sales tool … but customers will disengage quickly if you have too many slides. You can really stumble and lose credibility if you're too reliant on technology and then run into technical difficulties during the presentation.
How to sidestep this mistake: Avoid PowerPoint all together, especially early in the sales cycle. Turn the meeting into a conversation instead of a presentation! Use the whiteboard … ask questions, tell stories … and practice, practice, practice.
Bad-mouthing the Competition.
Sure, you think your product is superior to the competition. But naming names when trying to prove how your product is best looks tacky at best and is a complete deal buster at worst.
How to sidestep this mistake: If you absolutely must, make comparisons to competitors in a vague, oblique manner. Better yet: Let your product or service stand on its own, and leave the competition out of it.
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Railhouse Brewery was officially founded on Dec. 1, 2010 in the historic town of Aberdeen, North Carolina.
Founded by Brian Evitts of the U.S Navy, and Mike Ratkowski of the U.S Army, the brewery is proudly veteran-owned by 3 branches of the Armed Forces.
Our beers can currently be found across North Carolina, South Carolina and parts of Georgia. Keep an eye out for us as we continute to expand!
Railhouse Brewery is owned by Army, Navy, and Air Force veterans and is distributed in North & South Carolina, Georgia, and South Korea. Our iconic American Flag bottle caps distinguish us on the shelves of local grocers and bottle shops as does our focus on malted barley providing balanced beers to the masses. In addition, we have partnered with the KA-BAR knife company of Olean, New York to co-brand our english brown ale. A company over 100 years old with a storied legacy, and iconic knife design which is the best known knife in the world.
The Brewery originally opened its doors to the public in December 2010 introducing locals to flavorful craft beer. The two original founders of the brewery, Brian Evitts (veteran of the U.S. Navy) and Mike Ratkowski (veteran of the U.S. Army) met as managers of the same company.
We're proud to call North Carolina home and love making beer!
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Ka-Bar Brown
A rich, dark brown ale with notable nuttiness up front. A slight roasty character and a hint of chocolate and toffee come through before ending with a subtle bitterness. The USMC KA-BAR is an icon and a legend in the world of knives. It was one of the general issue knives to the United States Marine Corps in World War II and quickly gained popularity. As a Veteran owned brewery, a partnership with KA-BAR Knives only made sense, so naturally we co-branded thi brown ale with KA-BAR Knives. This knife remains the first choice for many men and women of service who carry it as their personal option knife still today. Our tap handles for the KA-BAR Brown Ale come directly from the KA-BAR factory in Olean, New York.
• First Place, English Brown Ale, North Carolina Brewer's Cup 2013
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This malt forward IPA opens with a light floral aroma, followed by sweet, caramel and biscuit overtones. Finishing with resinous tropical fruit esters, the bitterness does not linger long. After serving their country, the veteran owners quickly found themselves working in the cog of corporate America. The bold decision to leave and follow their passion of brewing was the inspiration behind this beer. Free yourself from Corporate America. Go on, take a sip of Freedom!
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10 days after André Borschberg's arrival in Cairo following the crossing of the Mediterranean Sea, Bertrand Piccard took off with Solar Impulse 2 (Si2) for the final leg of the first ever Round-The-World Solar Flight - a pioneering endeavor considered impossible by many when initiated 15 years ago. Si2 is now heading to Abu Dhabi where it should land after a flight of two days and two nights, depending on weather conditions.
At the controls of Si2, the revolutionary airplane that flies with no fuel propelled only by the energy of the sun, Bertrand Piccard took off from Cairo International Airport, for the final stretch of the first ever Round-The-World Solar Flight, and is expected to land at the Al Bateen Executive Airport in Abu Dhabi on 26 July. For this last leg, Bertrand will be welcomed by André Borschberg who flew Si2 for the departure from Abu Dhabi in March 2015. Close to crossing the finish line and achieving the incredible goal of circumnavigating the globe with zero-emissions, Solar Impulse is now more than ever writing the future of energy efficiency.
But the suspense entirely remains for the last leg of this pioneering journey which promises to be as challenging as the previous 16, in particular due to current heat in the Middle East, especially at this time of year. The hot temperature is at the limit of the design requirements of Si2. In addition it causes, even at high altitudes, thermals and turbulences forcing the pilot to stay longer periods of time with the oxygen mask for many days in a row.
"It's very emotional to take off from Egypt with Si2, given that I landed here in 1999 after accomplishing the first non-stop round the world balloon flight. It's precisely here that started my dream of making another circumnavigation, but this time without fuel, only on solar power. I'm excited to come so close to the goal, but unfortunately there are still so many people we have to motivate before having a world running on the same clean technologies," shared Bertrand Piccard, Initiator and Chairman, currently piloting Si2 toward Abu Dhabi.
"I am very moved to see Bertrand take off for the last leg of this incredible dream. It reminds me of the first time we met to discuss this seemingly impossible mission and the excitement it created in my mind. Today, we are living the final moments of a once in a lifetime adventure contributing to setting a new milestone in aviation - one centered not on speed or height, but instead on exploring new clean and efficient technologies that can almost make it possible for the plane to fly with unlimited endurance, a week, a month; something that was never done," said André Borschberg, CEO, Co-Founder and Pilot.
To make his dream a reality, Bertrand Piccard, a medical doctor and explorer at heart, teamed up with André Borschberg, an engineer and savvy entrepreneur. Both men have been taking turns piloting Si2 around the world, but have different respective roles within the project - while Piccard outlined the project's vision and political reach and brought together the partners who provided funds and technology for this adventure, Borschberg pulled together the team that designed and constructed Si2 and drives the airplane's technological innovations into new engineering solutions.
Thanks to the immense support of the Swiss Embassy in Egypt and the Egyptian Ministry of Civil Aviation, in particular the Civil Aviation Authority, the Cairo Airport Company and the National Air Navigation Service Company, as well as the help of the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and the Egypt Tourism Authority, Solar Impulse was able to run efficient and smooth operations in Cairo and successfully prepare for the final leg of the journey. After landing in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, where the adventure started in March 2015, Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, together with their team and partners, will continue Solar Impulse's mission of advocating that concrete energy efficient solutions can solve many of the challenges facing global society today.
Source and top image: Solar Impulse