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"Sumptuous blend of synth heaven" Nemone, BBC Radio 6 Music
The first EP from Albert's Favourites' synth-production duo Modified Man focuses on; analogue sounds, throwing out heavy editing, recording music with as few processes as possible and grabbing performances as single takes.
Modifications: Set 1 is a diverse set of tracks recorded over the last 18 months as Dave Koor and Scrimshire found their feet, writing together for the first time.
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Among these six tracks we have Modification 1, the very first step into this new project, the first composition and experiment. Every part of this track was made as live. Even down to Scrimshire manipulating the tape echo on Dave Koor's Rhodes solo as an integral part of the solo, each responding to the other. This set out the concept for all that came after.
Alongside it you will find broken beats (Questionable Things, System Is Fatal) a deep, deep Cobham cover (Stratus), some overloaded, synth-bass-down-tempo weirdness (Hythe Path) and bubbling, ambient soundscaping (Fractus).
About Modified Man
Dave Koor is a prolific keys player as part of The Expansions, and in the live bands of Connie Constance, Andrew Ashong and The Gene Dudley Group with fellow label founder Jonny Drop. Adam Scrimshire cut his teeth with solo project Scrimshire (a Gilles Peterson, Don Letts and Huey Morgan favourite) as well as running the Wah Wah 45s record label, home to Dele Sosimi, The Milk, Resonators and Paper Tiger. Both love playing soul records in public and trying to count to free jazz.
The Modified Man duo announced their arrival last year with a remix for legendary Fela Kuti collaborator Dele Sosimi. Eschewing sampling elements of the original, for reinterpreting passages from scratch with their synths, surrounding it in a deep, broken-soul sound.
"The Modified Man mix is one of the best broken tracks I've heard in a while" Patrick Forge (Mi Soul/NTS)
With Stratus, their first release on Albert's Favourites, the south London record label they co-founded with Jonny Drop, Modified Man continued to pay homage to their influences.
Acknowledging the analytical commitment to re-interpreting soul-jazz classics demonstrated by Marc Mac (4Hero), the uncompromising digital punch of broken-beat godfathers Bugz In The Attic, the canny ear for hypnotic loops mastered by Massive Attack and, of course, the futuristic, experimental brilliance of drum-legend Billy Cobham.
Modified Man's sound straddles decades. By surrounding themselves in tapes, synths, microphones and reverb boxes, they've sought, not to wallow in nostalgia, but to grab some physical, real energy from solid objects, each with their own personalities, making a declaration about the future. One of physical expression in a digital era.
Modification 1 and Stratus (part one and two) are a part of a 12" EP out this summer.
"Perfectly merging the sound of broken beat and future jazz, the tune is a lush ride powered with twisted synths to atmospheric keys, sharp drum thumps and wobbling bass tones that would make Herbie Hancock gloriously smile." ColoRising
"Fantastic! Definitely got your Headhunters on!" Ashley Beedle
"Lovely work! Definite support!" Osunlade
"Crisp, lush, transportive. Timeless. ★★★★★" DJ Nutritious
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"I'm supporting this fully. Love it its so right up my street." Rebecca Vasmant, Schiehallion Record Company
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"ESSSSSENTIAL!!!!! In the box for sure." Mike Stukes, Mystic Vybes WHCR 90.3 FM (NY)
"Here we go with the post-modern Herbietronic boogie" Gerry Hectic
"Stratus is amazing and I am really loving that tune!" DJ Nelito
"Some broken beat bubbling goodness that I can definitely appreciate. The acid elements are tastefully dropped in the mix as are those Rhodes sound nuggets!"Baz Hickey, 45Live
"Really love it, quite different and a great mix of genres yet with originality that is getting increasingly harder to find" DJ Dapper Dan
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Development and Evaluation of Two SCORM-Templates with Problem-Based Learning Theory
Ching-Kun Hsu; Chih-Kai Chang; Jin-Tan David Yang
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2008 (Jun 30, 2008) pp. 388–393
The purpose of this study is to examine learning outcomes of two Problem-Based Learning templates on SCORM-Compliant Sequencing and Navigation Specification. The study implements courseware by developing SCORM templates combined with PBL strategy...
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Evaluation of A MALL system integrating instant translation and shared annotation for ESL reading on PDA
Ching-Kun Hsu; Yu-Ying He; Chih-Kai Chang
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 898–904
The extensive reading course is one of the best ways for ESL learners to improve their reading ability by large quantities of texts. However, the shortage of the vocabulary makes the extensive reading difficult. Hence, this study developed a CALL...
Verification of the Perception and Optimal Number of Learners in a Group for Computer-Assisted Language Learning
Ching-Kun Hsu; Ching-Yi Hsu; Yu-Ying He; Chih-Kai Chang
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 1720–1735
The study developed the computer-assisted language learning software combined with mobile learning in English reading. In other to evaluate and verify which number of collaborators in a group can have higher benefits in reading comprehension, the...

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Are "Happiness Studies" Bogus?
The happiest age is 23. The happiest age is 85. Money can buy happiness. Money does not affect happiness. Using the Internet makes you happy. Using the Internet makes you sad. Too much happiness can make you unhappy. (What now?)
It's not surprising that "happiness researchers" have reached such conflicting conclusions when the very foundation of their field is so tenuous. No philosopher, psychologist, or new-age guru has conclusively defined, let alone quantified, the very subjective concept of happiness.
Not that that stops journalists from uncritically reporting the results of "happiness studies" as though they were uncontroversial facts. One of the most popular courses at Harvard is called "Positive Psychology." Even policy makers have bought into the hype: the "wellbeing index", most recently endorsed by U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron, is being touted as a better measure than GDP in evaluating the health and happiness of a population.
The trend of comparing happiness levels is tenuous at best and dangerous at worst. Take the example of France. France ranks lower than Iraq or Afghanistan on the wellbeing index, in spite of a higher standard of living in nearly every observable measure — access to health care, education, amenities, gender equality, chance of not getting blown up upon stepping foot outside. So should France scrap national health care and install more land mines? Obviously not — and there must be something very wrong with a scale that would even make that question plausible.
I'm always going to be skeptical of any study claiming to quantify "happiness" — but even apart from the methodological problems with treating self-reported happiness levels like scientific data, we can't assume that happiness can or should be pursued. Some researchers have even found that deliberately pursuing happiness as a goal can backfire and leave the would-be optimist feeling worse —making the whole exercise seem kind of pointless. I agree with George Bernard Shaw: "The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you're happy or not." Happiness researchers must be a pretty miserable bunch.


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In this tutorial, you'll learn how to create a "Spin to Win" coupon wheel campaign that will boost engagement and conversions.
Seriously. Gamified optins have been known to turn 2-3% conversion rates into conversion rates of 30% or more.
Gamification works because it's engaging and memorable. And, when people start thinking about your brand more often, they get curious.
So they subscribe to your newsletter or buy your products.
And, just like that, you've gained another customer thanks to a coupon wheel popup that took you just a few minutes to create.
Other companies are using gamification with great success:
- After using points and badges to gamify their website, Verizon Wireless boosted browsing time by 30% among half their users.
- Gamification helped Volkswagen China's crowdsourcing project go viral. As a result, they garnered over 33 million hits and nearly 120,000 ideas submitted.
- Ford Motors increased sales by more than $8 million and boosted Facebook likes by 600% with gamified content.
Ready to create a coupon wheel popup of your very own? Let's do it!
How to Create a Coupon Wheel Campaign
Before we get started, you'll need to join OptinMonster. For access to Coupon Wheel campaigns, you'll need a Growth Plan.
All signed up? Good. You'll start on your Campaign Dashboard where you click Create New Campaign to create your campaign.
Next, choose your campaign type. We'll be using Fullscreen.
Now, you'll choose your campaign template. Obviously, you'll want to choose a coupon wheel template.
You'll notice that there are 3 color options pre-built for you. However, these campaigns are fully customizable. If you want purple or chartreuse, go for it!
We're going with Wheel – Blue for this tutorial.
Give your discount wheel campaign a name that will help you remember it and choose the site you want the campaign to appear on (don't worry, you can choose later if you want).
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Design Your Campaign
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You can even change all of the wheel selections to customize discounts and coupon codes:
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Once you have your coupon wheel campaign designed the way you want, it's time to set up display rules.
OptinMonster has an extremely powerful rules engine so you can fine-tune who sees your campaigns and when. This results in higher conversion rates!
We're going to set up our coupon wheel campaign to appear if the visitor tries to leave after seeing the checkout page.
This is a campaign designed to reduce cart abandonment. If the visitor has seen the checkout page it means that they've started the checkout process, so leaving your site at that point means that they're abandoning their cart.
Perhaps winning a discount will convince them to complete their purchase?
And, even if it doesn't, spinning the wheel at all gets them subscribed to your email list so you can market to them later!
Here's what the Display Rules look like:
We start by setting a condition of If visitor has visited URL path that exactly matches checkout (you'll want to replace "checkout" with whatever your checkout page slug is).
Then, we add exit-intent technology, connecting the 2 rules with AND so both conditions have to be met to trigger the campaign.
Add Integrations
To collect email addresses from your visitors, you'll need to add an integration to connect your email marketing service provider.
We'll go through the setup using Constant Contact as an example. If you don't use Constant Contact, don't worry. OptinMonster integrates with just about everything.
From the Integrations tab, click on Add New Integration. Then, choose Constant Contact from the Email Provider dropdown:
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You'll need to then log in to Constant Contact and click Allow:
Now you'll be able to add an Account Label (just an internal name so you can easily identify the account).
Then, click Connect to Constant Contact.
Finally, choose the Email Provider List you want new subscribers added to. Constant Contact defaults to General Interest.
Pro Tip: Don't have an email service provider yet? Add Monster Leads integration to collect email addresses anyway!
Save your coupon wheel campaign and you're ready to move on!
Connect Analytics
OptinMonster comes with analytics built-in, but if you want to connect Google Analytics it's really easy to do.
Under Non-Active Connections on the Analytics tab, you'll see Google Analytics. To connect, click the Connect button.
If you've already added a Google Analytics account, you'll be able to select it from the dropdown. If you're adding Google Analytics for the first time, choose the Add a New Google Connection option from the Google Analytics Account dropdown.
When you click to add a new account, you'll need to then click the Generate Authentication Code button.
You'll then get a new window that asks you to connect OptinMonster to your Google Account. Select the Allow button.
On the next screen, you'll get an authentication code, copy that code before continuing.
Now that you have your code, go back to the campaign builder and paste it into the Google Authentication Code field. In the Account Label field give your integration a unique name. Use something that will make this integration easily identifiable for you.
Click the Next button.
On the following screen, you can choose the Website Profile. We recommend choosing All Web Site Data of the property that you want to connect.
Save your campaign.
Publish Your Campaign
All that's left is to publish your coupon wheel campaign!
Optinmonster gives you several easy ways to get your campaign live:
From the Publish tab, just toggle the Status to Live and Save your coupon wheel campaign.
If you need more information, take a look at the documentation for embedding OptinMonster on your site.
That's it! You've successfully created a Coupon Wheel campaign that's sure to increase engagement and reduce abandoned carts.
Want to do even more to reduce cart abandonment? Check out these great, tip-filled articles:
- 11 Proven Ways to Reduce Shopping Cart Abandonment (UPDATED)
- 14 Abandoned Cart Email Examples Proven to Boost Revenue
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Having massive student loan debt can be a huge weight on you emotionally and financially. Refinancing student loans is one way to save thousands of dollars in interest. But if your credit is shot and you get rejected from various lenders, it can be discouraging. But that doesn't mean it's the end of the road.
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"I wasn't trying to skip payments, but my priorities were with my family and my home first. Not to mention other monthly spending costs of food, etc. My salary – although seemingly high – was not adequate to pay for all," she explained.
After missing three payments, she realized just how much it was affecting her credit. Her credit score was now at an all-time low of 550. FICO credit scores range from 300 to 850, and 550 is solidly under the "poor" credit score rating, which is the lowest rating.
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After her credit tanked, Anna knew she had to get out of denial and face her loans head on. She was left with $374,500 from Great Lakes loans at 7% APR and $10,000 from Navient at 8% APR.
She decided to consolidate her student loans with a Direct Consolidation Loan through Great Lakes and get on an income-driven repayment plan. Anna didn't get much guidance on which income-driven repayment plan would be a good fit for her and ended up on income-contingent repayment (ICR).
ICR is the worst of all the income-driven repayment plans as it takes the highest percentage of income and has the longest repayment term. Under ICR, borrowers pay 20% of their discretionary income, compared to 10 or 15% on other income-driven plans.
Under ICR, her payments were an astonishing $5,000 per month. Even with a good salary, this wasn't exactly "affordable."
"I realized that my ICR payments were either calculated incorrectly or that something was not right because it was unreal that 50% of my earnings were to be allocated to my loans," she said. "That's when I called Travis, who told me to consolidate and switch to REPAYE. I did, and my payments went from $5,000 to $860 per month."
Travis, founder of Student Loan Planner, suggested getting on the Revised Pay As You Earn (REPAYE) plan, which is much more borrower-friendly. Under REPAYE, payments are capped at 10% of discretionary income.
Anna ultimately wanted to refinance. But Travis suggested she get her credit in shape first, as the delinquencies had badly affected her credit.
Refinancing student loans
After getting on REPAYE and lowering her monthly payments, she started paying off more debt.
"That gave me some breathing room that allowed me to get back on track and make on-time payments while also focusing on my high-interest debt first," she said.
So with the extra cash freed up, in addition to taking on more shifts, she was able to ditch all of her high-interest credit card debt as well as her private loans within a year.
After committing to paying down debt and improving her credit, her credit score improved significantly. Anna was able to get her credit score from 550 to 740. It was at that point she knew she was ready to refinance.
Even though Anna had improved her credit score significantly and paid off a good chunk of debt, there were still some delinquencies on her record. She ended up getting rejected from four different refinancing lenders, including SoFi, Credible, LendKey and Laurel Road.
When learning about her rejections, the common thread among them were those missed payments her on her record.
"The delinquencies from last year's missed payments haunted me," she said.
But she was determined to try all of her options. Anna ended up being pre-approved with Earnest for $384,500, which would cover both her Great Lakes loans and Navient Loans, all without a cosigner.
She was also approved by CommonBond for $374,500, which would have only covered her Great Lakes loans and would have required a cosigner.
Anna chose a 15-year term with Earnest and got her interest rate lowered to 5.33% with a monthly payment of $3,140. Going from 7% and 8% to 5.33% made a huge difference given the amount of debt she had.
Student loan debt success story with the refinancing ladder
To combat her debt, Anna plans on working more shifts and employing the refinancing ladder approach she learned from Student Loan Planner.
After making additional payments and being aggressive with her debt, she intends to refinance again after every $100,000 paid off — and secure a better rate with better terms at another lender.
"It was like a lightbulb moment went off with the refinance ladder," she said.
According to our refinancing survey, half of student loan borrowers don't know you can refinance more than once.
"I was afraid to refinance because I thought there was a restriction. I was always afraid of getting into a situation where you're locked in. But knowing that I can improve my rate by refinancing, that was very motivating," she explained.
Now Anna is on the road to debt freedom. Using the refinance ladder strategy, she now has a plan to get out of debt completely within three to four years. Her credit has improved, and she's making progress toward her financial goals, writing her own student loan debt success story.


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Originally published by Sweet Lemon Magazine, November 5, 2013 – Republished with permission.
While "saving the best for last" is overly cliched, it's exactly what I've done with the last installment of #FallBucketList series.
Cookies have always been a favorite treat of mine, both to bake and to eat, because they're relatively simple to make, bake quickly, and are easily transported. Snickerdoodles, which are a type of sugar cookie coated in cinnamon-sugar, are my favorite kind of cookie to make in the fall. The way they crack when they bake gives them a 'wow factor' that's guaranteed to impress those you share them with and their spicy flavor pairs well with fall favorites like apple cider (try a hot toddy!) and hot chocolate.
[Recipe courtesy of Martha Stewart Living]
– Set of dry measuring cups
– Set of dry measuring spoons
– A medium sized mixing bowl
– A large sized mixing bowl
– An electric mixer
– A plastic spatula
– A wooden spoon
– A teaspoon
– A small, shallow bowl
– 2-4 cookie sheets
– Parchment paper
– 2 wire cooling racks
Optional Equipment:
– Small ice cream scoop
– 2 ¾ cups of all-purpose flour
– 2 teaspoons of cream of tarter
– 1 teaspoon of baking soda
– ¼ teaspoon of salt
– ½ cup of unsalted butter
– ½ cup of shortening or lard
– 1 ¾ cups of sugar
– 2 tablespoons of ground cinnamon
– 2 large eggs, at room temperature
Ready, Set, Bake!
1) Preheat your oven to 400°F, making sure to move one rack to the top third of the oven and the other to the bottom third. Trace your cookie sheets out onto your parchment paper, then cut out the tracings to create liners for your cookie sheets. Repeat until you have enough liners to make 4 dozen cookies (between 4 and 6 tracings depending on the size of your cookie sheets).
2) In your medium sized mixing bowl, combine the flour, cream of tarter, baking soda, and salt. Set the bowl aside.
3) In your large sized mixing bowl, beat the butter, shortening/lard, and 1 ½ cups of the sugar together with your electric mixer set to medium speed until the mixture is fluffy and no longer grainy.
4) Use your spatula to scrape the butter mixture down the sides of the bowl, add eggs, and beat the mixture until combined.
5) Add the dry mix to the butter mixture and mix with you wooden spoon until the ingredients are fully combined.
6) In your small, shallow bowl, stir together the remaining ¼ cup of sugar and the cinnamon. Make sure that this mixture is well combined and uniform in color.
7) Using your small ice cream scoop or teaspoon, form uniformly sized balls of dough. Roll these balls of dough in the cinnamon-sugar and place them on your parchment lined cookie sheets. Keep in mind that snickerdoodles tend to spread quite a bit as they bake, so you may need to reduce the number of cookies per sheet from the standard 12 to 10 or 8, depending on the size of your cookie sheets. (The recipe should yield about 4 dozen cookies.)
8) Bake the cookies for about 10 minutes or until they set and start to crack. Rotate the cookie sheets about halfway through the baking time. Once you've removed the cookies from the oven, allow them to cool on the cookie sheets for about 5 minutes before moving them to your wire cooling racks to allow them to cool fully. The cookies will keep in an airtight container or Ziploc bag for up to a week… if they last that long.
What are your all time favorite cookies? Feel free to share the recipe below, tweet a link, or share a photo of your home baked goodies on Instagram, hashtag #SLbakes!
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Former rulers of Greeley Chorale's Madrigal Feaste return for 16th annual celebration
November 29, 2004
Get ready for a battle of the bands — Greeley Chorale-style.
The past monarchs of the annual Madrigal Feaste will be duking it out Dec. 10-12 to determine to ruler of the 16th annual feaste.
"This is a way to honor many of those monarchs who have been loyal to us," said Glenn Brickley, a chorale member. "Besides that, we just think it's going to be a lot of fun."
He wouldn't give specifics for the method of warfare the monarchs will use but said it will be enough to keep the audience highly entertained.
All but one of the past monarchs from the feaste's 16 years will be attending for the battle. Most are well-known members of the community who have kept in close contact with the chorale through the years, Brickley said.
The battle of the monarchs will add some variety to the event, which typically has one king or queen each year to rule over to feaste. This year's king or queen will have the honor to reign over the 100-voice chorale on its 40th anniversary.
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The event is considered by many in Greeley to be one of the kickoffs of the holiday season, where the ballrooms at the University Center of the University of Northern Colorado are transformed into a 17th century English castle. The decorations are so elaborate that even the walls of the ballroom will look like castle stones, Brickley said.
Guests are entertained by chorale members who serve as waiters, jesters and other characters while they travel from table to table to entertain. The kilt-clad Fort Collins Bag Pipe and Drum Band and dancers from the Scottish Highlands will help entertain as well. As the audience dines by candlelight, they are entertained table to table to holiday music by ensembles from the chorale and the Greeley Children's Chorale.
This year, the chorale will premier a new composition of the "Boar's Head Carol" arranged by Stephen Caldwell who was commissioned by the chorale to write the piece. Other music will include a French Canadian song entitled "The Huron Carol" arranged by Allan Bevan and a song from the chorale's CD "Sounds of the Season."
The feaste is one of the chorale's most popular concerts and typically sells out every year. Some guests have never missed a performance and others choose to attend wearing period clothing, Brickley said. A few area businesses even use the feaste as their annual Christmas party.
"For the entertainment you get, it's a great deal," he said.
The 16th annual Madrigal Feaste is 6:30 p.m. Dec. 10-12 in the ballrooms of the University Center at the University of Northern Colorado, 10th Avenue and 20th Street, Greeley. An additional matinee is at 1 p.m. Dec. 12. A 15-minute pre-show begins in the lobby of the UNC student center.
Tickets are $30 for children under 12 and students with an ID. Adult tickets are $40 and seating in the special King's Circle is $55. To reserve seats call the Union Colony Civic Center at 356-5000.


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Spotlight on FCCLA
December 6, 2016
FCCLA is a nationwide club that has many chapters all throughout the country. In FCCLA, or Family, Career, Community Leaders of America, there are so many things going on that you are sure to find something that pleases you. With about 5,400 chapters and over 160,000 members nationwide, you could tell this is worthwhile to be a part of. Freehold Boro High School has a chapter, and they do so many fun things, so it is not an opportunity worth missing. The chapter goes on two trips a year that consist of conventions in which students can present their projects. One trip is in the fall and the other, an overnight trip, is in the spring. There are so many different types of projects to be a part of, ranging from topics like cooking, fashion, community service, children and family, finance, leadership, violence prevention, interior design, the environment, business, nutrition, education, and more. In order to fund these projects, students take part in several fundraising activities including selling different things like coupon books and chocolate, and by hosting FCCLA's own Annual Fashion Show. This Fashion Show is a fun and exciting way to fund for their spring trip that involves the entire school community. In addition to fundraising and trips, the chapter does a lot of community service projects. All in all, FCCLA is such a fun club to be in and there is something for everybody! So, join FCCLA today as the chapter begins preparing for their spring trip.
-Donia Osman: Vice President of FCCLA


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Winter sports in Pyeongchang
Pyeongchang is synonymous with winter sports, home to arguably the best skiing and snow-boarding in Korea. Chosen as the host of the 2018 Winter Olympics, the area has been transformed from a domestic ski destination into a winter thrill retreat of international renown. Visit during the winter months and you will find excellent conditions for a range of winter sports. Avoid weekends and school holidays though, as this part of eastern Korea is extremely popular with locals!Back to experiences in South Korea
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Kenzi introduces new tracking technology in the Middle East
Abu Dhabi-based firm Kenzi Technology has teamed up with US company Inkode to launch a new luggage tracking technology in the Middle East.
Abu Dhabi-based firm Kenzi Technology has teamed up with US company Inkode to launch a new luggage tracking technology in the Middle East.
Inkode is working with Kenzi on the regional launch of its chipless remote identification system (CRIS) technology, which uses radio frequency to track bags.
Speaking to ITP.net from the Dubai Airport Show, where the two companies are promoting the technology, Kenzi Technology CEO Madhu Sethi explained that the CRIS differs from standard tracking technology because it works without a chip.
"Most of the tracking devices are using RFID chips, a physical chip that gets placed in a device or a piece of plastic. This is doing the same thing without the benefit of a chip," he said.
This helps both to reduce cost and is also more secure as many chips can be hacked, according to Sethi.
Kenzi is planning to do a pilot of the technology at Abu Dhabi airport, and is talking to governments in the region for use of the technology in ID cards and passports, Sethi revealed. "In the next 30 days, we will hopefully sign a contract for a pilot," he said.
Using the technology could bring airlines savings of 'millions of dollars', according to Sethi, as the system enables airlines to track passengers' movements throughout the airport therefore cutting down on delayed flights and lost luggage.
Lost luggage costs global airlines over US$2 billion a year, according to the security solution provider.


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Sts Perpetua and Felicity Prayer
"Heavenly Father,
your love enabled the saints Perpetua and Felicity
courage to endure a cruel martyrdom.
By their prayers, help us to develop in love of you.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
"Blessed Saints Perpetua and Felicity, please watch over all mothers and children who are separated from each other because of war or persecution. Give special attention to mothers who are imprisoned and guide them to follow your example of faith and courage. Amen."
Saints Perpetua and Felicity, were martyrs. They lived during the period of early persecution of the church in Africa by emperor Severus. Where as most saints lives are considered to be mythical or were under doubt. St. Perpetua recorded her trials on her account "The Passion of St Perpetua, St Felicitas and their companions."
In the year 203 AD Vivia Perpetua a well educated noble woman. Decided to follow in her mothers footsteps and become a christian. This was despite the ongoing christian persecution at the hands of emperor Severus. Her brother also decided to follow the path of Christianity.
Saint Perpetuas father was very worried about her. He tried to convince her to denounce Christianity in order to save her life. She was twenty two years old, well educated and had a child. There was no mention of the father so it is assumed she might have already been widowed.
After an altercation with her father about her religious stand. He attacked her and they had to be seperated for a few days. She was happy about this even though it meant she was to be imprisoned.
She was arrested along with four other catechumens. Including two slaves Felicity and Revocatus. Also there was Saturninas and Secundulus. Perpetuas was baptized before being arrested. She had a gift of "The Lords Speech" and could receive messages from God.
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Call for Help to Construct the Assumption of Mary Catholic Church, Umoja, Nairobi, Kenya
The prisons were overcrowded and the heat unbearable. There was also no lights, and they were constantly being pushed around. She also admitted to being scared, but the most painful thing was being separated from her child.
At the time young slave Felicity was even worse off. She did not only have to endure the stifling heat, overcrowding and rough handling. But also had to do it while 8 months pregnant.
There was a pair of deacons who ministered to the prisoners. They paid the guards to move the martyrs to a better part of the prison. Thanks to this Perpetuas mother and brother were able to visit her and to also bring her young child.
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During the trial St Perpetuas father once again tried to convince her to renounce her faith. The judge also took pity on her and tried to convince her renouncing Christianity would save her life. But she was steadfast in her faith, and refused. As a result she was sentenced together with the others to be thrown to the wild beasts of the arena.
while praying after her brother suggested it to her, Perpetua was shown a long golden ladder. It reached the heavens and on the sides it had; swords, lances, hooks and daggers. This was so that anyone climbing without looking up to heaven would be harmed. At the bottom was a dragon to scare anyone coming down from heaven.
Perpetua first saw Saturus go up first, he told her he would wait for her. When she got up the ladder, she saw a beautiful vast garden and a tall man with white hair and dressed like a shepherd milking sheep. He gave her curd from the milk and she ate it. She woke up with the sweet taste still in her mouth. when she told her brother what had trnspired they immediately understood they had to suffer.
Meanwhile Felicity was also in torment. It was against the law to execute a pregnant woman, since it was seen as spilling innocent and sacred blood. She was afraid she would be left behind by her friends when they get executed. But two days before the execution date she gave birth to a girl who was adopted by some Christian women.
There was a feast the day before the execution. This was to allow the people to see the martyrs and mock them before the execution. But the instead turned it on them by laughing at them for not being Christians and even urged them to join the faith.
When they got to the arena, they refused to be dressed in the pagans traditional religious garbs. They maintained they are dying to maintain their freedom to worship God.
The men were attacked by Bears, Leopards and Wild boars. The women on the other hand were stripped and made to face a rabid heifer. After they were attacked by the heifer for a while, the crowed cried out they had had enough. The two women were removed and clothed, they were then made to face the gladiators. Perpetua called out to her brother and other Christians to stand fast in faith and love ona another. Also they urged them not to let suffering and stumbling to block their path to salvation.
Saints Perpetua and Felicity stood side by side and were killed by swords at Carthage in the Roman province of Africa. They are the Patron Saints of mothers, expectant mothers, ranches and butchers. Their feast day is March 7.


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I have been seeing The Five Minute Journal all over Instagram lately, so a week ago I bought it on Amazon and decided to see what it's all about. I just completed my 9th entry (literally just now, so I think I did today wrong… oops.) Basically, what it is is a journal that fosters positivity. You begin each day by reading a positive quote (or a weekly challenge which is what this post is- I'll get to that in a minute), writing three things you are grateful for, three things that would make the day great and a daily affirmation. At the end of the day, as in the last thing you do before you go to bed, or second to last for me tonight, you write down three amazing things that happened that day and one thing that you could have done (or not done) to make the day even better.
I have found that I have become a pretty negative person, which is funny because back in middle school I had a friend tell me I was the most optimistic person she had ever met. Funny how things change. Well, I want to change that back, so I thought this journal might help. So far it has forced me (in a good way) to reflect on my day in a different way than usual. I always used to focus on all the negative things that happened, like how I missed my train and didn't get home until even later, or how someone on my commute shoved me off the train to make room for themselves. Now, I am not saying I did a complete 180° after 9 days, but I have noticed it's becoming easier to focus on the more positive aspects of my day.


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Mumbai: 56 inmates HIV+, 22 have TB in Arthur Road jail
Twenty-three-year-old Amol Godbole was an inmate at Arthur Road jail facing a criminal trial for cheating before being acquitted a year-and-a-half ago. During his tenure at the jail, what intrigued him was that a large number of his fellow inmates were either HIV-positive or had tuberculosis (TB).mumbai Updated: Jun 06, 2015 23:00 IST
Twenty-three-year-old Amol Godbole was an inmate at Arthur Road jail facing a criminal trial for cheating before being acquitted a year-and-a-half ago. During his tenure at the jail, what intrigued him was that a large number of his fellow inmates were either HIV-positive or had tuberculosis (TB).
After stepping out of jail, he decided to file a right to information (RTI) petition in March, which revealed that 56 inmates in the prison were HIV-positive and another 22 had TB. Godbole says that his RTI was also driven by the scant attention jail officials paid to the inmates' condition. The doctors in the prison have a common medicine for everyone coming with any kind of disease, he said. "During my time inside the jail, I have seen inmates suffering from TB and HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus). There was hardly any kind of medical attention given to them inside the prison," he said.
Speaking of his experience of living in the jail, Godbole said, "Even if an accused gets an order from the magistrate court or sessions court, the staff inside the jail would give various excuses for not taking him to the hospital. It is just a method of extorting money out of them. The moment an accused offered some money, which could range from Rs1000 to Rs3000, they would make sure that the accused was taken JJ Hospital."
The former inmate said that most of the accused could not even offer money to the staff as the guards take away a chunk of the money the accused get from their relatives. "I used to be on duty at the 'mulakat' (place inside the jail where the accused meet their relatives or friends) and I saw that each time an inmate got money, half of it was taken by the guards," he added.
His claims are supported by his advocate Prakash Salsingikar, who also represents those accused in some high-profile cases in the city. Citing an example, Salsingikar said that on September 9, 2013, a court had passed an order to send an HIV-positive inmate to JJ Hospital for adequate medical care. But the patient was not taken to the hospital till February 2014. Even the hospital authorities had written to jail authorities in January 2014. Despite that, the patient was not taken to the hospital."
Salsingikar continued, "There have been unprecedented delays in treatment. To receive treatment is the inmates' basic right. The situation is getting worse day by day inside the jail. Two of my clients have TB and one of them is also HIV-positive."
However, BM Bhosle, superintendent at Arthur Road jail, refuted the allegations. He said, "We always follow court orders. If by chance there is a delay in taking any accused to hospital, it is because of lack of staff in the prison. We keep TB patients quarantined in a separate barrack." Bhosle rubbished the allegations of prison staff accepting money. "None of the staff has ever asked for or accepted money. These are false allegations," he said.


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GHS IB Student Featured in HIBS Newsletter
Goshen High School is pleased to announce that one of their students, senior Charlie Collins, had a full-page story featured in the Newsletter of HIBS-Hoosier Association of IB World Schools. Charlie, who is also a varsity football and baseball player for GHS, is an IB diploma candidate on track to graduate this spring. His article reported on the collaboration of IB students from GHS and from Flint Southwestern Classical Academy, of Flint MI.
Click on the link below to read the article:
Vol.2 – Issue 3 – HIBS Newsletter
Welcoming the students from Flint (on the left, holding the sign).
#19, entering Foreman Field.
Again, #19. (This picture is from a previous year.) Charlie is in his last athletic season as a RedHawk.
Thank you, Charlie, for representing GHS so well, in both the classroom and on the athletic fields. Good luck next year!


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There's joy to be found in the dark recesses of bureaucracy. Exhibit A: This weekend, a filing deep in the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau's (TTB) archives sparked a fervor among bourbonheads. The certificate authorizes Buffalo Trae to begin bottling and distributing a new whiskey called 'Weller Full Proof.'
To sell liquor in America, you must first receive an approval called a "COLA" from the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB). On Friday (3.07), the agency OK'd an application for Weller Full Proof.
Whiskey fans will notice a few distinct attributes to this Weller in the paperwork. Notably, the non-chill filtered bourbon will also hop on board the wheated whiskey wagon.
Weller already experimented with the heated whiskey trend last year. Their "Craft Your Perfect Bourbon" (C.Y.P.B.) program crowdsourced suggestions for a new flavor profile. The distillers then created a new spirit based on the results: CYPB Wheated Whiskey.
As for the titular 'Full Proof,' that would be 57% ABV.
The COLA also contained approved labels for the bottle. (pictured above) The buff lettering on a royal blue background is, indeed, handsome. However, there's actually plenty of info on the back label. That text follows below.
"William Larue Weller developed his original bourbon recipe with wheat, rather than rye. Bottled at the same 114 proof in which it was entered into the barrel, this non-chill filtered wheated bourbon forgoes chill filtration to preserve all the naturally occurring residual oils and flavors that occur during the distillation and aging process (potentially making it appear cloudy at cold temperatures). This bourbon balances a rich mouthfeel, with robust notes of vanilla and oak. A whiskey that satisfies the demand of the non-chill filtered whiskey enthusiasts, honoring the man who made wheated bourbon legendary."
At press time, Buffalo Trace had not responded to a request for comment. NP will update the story as information becomes available.
That means the no details were available as to how many bottles or when they might see market.


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From OSMwiki
i have only 32bit hardware, and have not had a chance to use a 64bit linux distro yet... 32bit ubuntu and the software with ubuntu studio 32bit works well with my presonus firepod, and the apps i use most work great (ardour, jack, jammin)...
I tried 64 bit Slackware and I quit it - not recommended if you need any apps that are 32 bit and don't give you the source - way too much hassle. It may be easier with other 64 bit os's. I'm on 32 bit slackware 13.0 with a generic kernel from kernel.org that I applied the RT patches to and I'm running a stable 32 bit Linux DAW. I have a PentiumD processor 2.8Ghz with 1GB RAM.
I'm running 64-bit vanilla Ubuntu at home, with a bunch of audio packages added on, and it's been mostly fine. The general desktop is fine (including Flash in Firefox, etc.), and all of the audio apps I use day-to-day compile and run flawlessly on 64-bit. 32-bit and 64-bit apps can happily co-exist in a JACK session, so binary-only JACK apps, like Pianoteq or the Loomer plugins, are fine. Wine-based stuff for Windows VSTs is generally fine, too -- both dssi-vst (for running VSTs as DSSI plugins) and fst (for running VSTs as stand-alone JACK apps) work fine once you have them installed.
Where you run in to problems is with linking 32-bit plugins in to 64-bit apps. If you want to run Ardour with its built-in VST support (not something I've tried, but hey, maybe someone does!), you can't build Ardour as 64-bit, though in theory if you installed a 32-bit Ardour on your 64-bit system, it should run fine. The same goes for native Linux VSTs in a host like Qtractor.


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|"Every Glance"
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Thailand Political Stalemate:
Pro-government rally heightens crisis
Court to rule tomorrow on ruling party vote fraud case
Government supporters from the Thai countryside converged on the capital on Sunday in a bid to counter to rival protesters who seized control of Bangkok's two airports and forced the prime minister to run the country from afar, reported the Associated Press.
The pro-government rally was held ahead of a crucial vote fraud case that could deliver a crippling blow to the six-party coalition government as it tries to cope with the protesters.
The Constitutional Court has apparently moved faster than usual to wrap up the case on Tuesday, and it is widely expected to order the disbanding of Somchai's People Power Party (PPP) and two other coalition partners.
If it does, Somchai and other leaders would be barred from politics and many cabinet ministers would have to step down.
"It is obvious that there is interference with justice. It was well planned, and this is a concealed coup," DAAD leader Veera Musikapong told the Nation newspaper.
The chaos has worried Thailand's neighbours, who are due to meet there next month for a regional summit. Surin Pitsuwan, head of Southeast Asia's 10-nation grouping, Asean, said a postponement might be wise. Somchai was to make a decision on the summit on Tuesday.
Neither the army nor Thailand's revered king have stepped in to resolve the crisis - or offered the firm backing that Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat needs to resolve the leadership vacuum.
The problem runs deeper than the airport closures, which have stranded up to 100,000 travelers, strangled the key tourism industry and affected plane schedules worldwide. Political violence has added to the sense of drift bordering on anarchy that pervades the country's administration.
No one claimed responsibility, but Suriyasai Katasila, a spokesman for the protest group, blamed the government.
Afterward, senior protest leader Chamlong Srimuang met with Bangkok police chief Lt. Gen. Suchart Muankaew. The two agreed to have police and protesters jointly patrol protest sites at the prime minister's office and Don Muang domestic airport.
The alliance says it will not give up until Somchai resigns, accusing him of being a puppet of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, the alliance's original target. Thaksin, who is Somchai's brother-in-law, was deposed in a 2006 military coup and has fled the country to escape corruption charges.
Thousands of government supporters wearing red shirts, headbands and bandanas joined a Sunday rally against the protest alliance.
"This is a movement against anarchical force and the people behind it," government spokesman Nattawut Sai-Kua told The Associated Press. "They want anarchy so that the army is forced to intervene and stage a coup."
But the army, which overthrew Thaksin among other previous coups, says it has no plans to oust Somchai. Still, the military's failure to back up Somchai's efforts to restore order give the impression it alone will decide how the situation will be resolved.
Somchai declared a state of emergency, but security forces have so far failed to move on the protesters.
The social and political divisions have slipped into deadly violence. So far, six people have been killed in bomb attacks, clashes with police and street battles between government opponents and supporters.
Eighty-eight planes, which had been parked at Suvarnabhumi since protesters forced operations to cease, have now been allowed to leave the airport, without passengers.
Some airlines were using an airport at the U-Tapao naval base, about 90 miles (140 kilometers) southeast of Bangkok. But authorities there were overwhelmed with hundreds of passengers cramming into the small facility, trying to get their bags scanned through a single X-ray machine.
The Federation of Thai Industries has estimated the takeover of the airports is costing the country $57 million to $85 million a day. Some of its members have suggested they might withhold taxes in protest.
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This weekend I did several book signings and sold enough to make it worthwhile even though it was tiring. The Borders store at Cumberland Mall in Atlanta was super nice, prepared and supportive. They treated me like I was a Pulitzer Prize winner. It was the kind of atmosphere where it would be great to return to when we make it big with Micah's Child or other works. When I do a signing, the reaction of people I engage varies greatly. Some look at you like "you're not famous, don't talk to me" and others act like they are thrilled you asked them to take a ten dollar bill. Thank goodness for the nice folks because the others make me wonder why I am out there trying to get readers to give Diane and I a chance. I truly believe that our novel is written well enough and inspirational enough to do well if we could just it in the hands of readers around the nation. The picture is at one event in which I ran into a mom of a kid I coached 12 years ago, well before I entertained the thought of writing. It was great to catch up and learn that I had a positive influence on the young man's life. So, with the few things that bugged me on the day, the positives more than make up for them.
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This past weekend, me and George, a writer buddy of mine went to the Atlanta history center to hear Gene Hackman talk about his latest book. It's a co-authored book about Andersonville and I got one for my dad for Father's Day. After the two authors spoke in front of the packed, about 600 people, crowd, they offered to answer questions. Well, Gene Hackman is one of my favorite actors and he was Popeye Doyle in The French Connection. In the movie, there is a scene where the cop(Doyle) hassles a lowlife on the street. He asks him, "Have you ever picked your toes in Poughkeepsie?" That's where the state pen is. So, after I asked my little question about writing, I said, I just have to ask this of Popeye Doyle and I let fly with my question. He got it but some didnt and they looked at me with a quizzed face. Anyway, it was major cool and I asked him afterwards if he wanted to read the script for Four Lions but he declined. He said that he hadn't been in Hollywood for over 4 years and he had no plans to go back, and that he wouldnt even know who to contact. It was a great night nonetheless. And we ate at Buckhead Diner afterwards which was cool even though our waiter was a bit of a smartass. Good food despite that.
10:23 PM in Book events | Permalink | Comments (0)
Hey, just a quick note to say that I will be in Charlotte at the Borders on Rea Rd this Saturday, March 15, from 12-3PM. Stop by and say hello. Hope your writing is going well and if not, write anyway.
Went Civil War digging today in downtown Atlanta but all I found of note was a 1952 Franklin half dollar. It looked great coming out of the ground all silver and shiny. We also filmed today's event and should put it up on YouTube soon.
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Hey, I will be at the John's Creek Borders on Feb. 23 from 12-3PM, signing Micah's Child. Drop by if you can. Also, if you know any book clubs who need a speaker, Diane and I would love to chat with them. Thanks and we hope something happens with the Fat Boy book this spring. Or one of the movies.
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Hey, I did a few signings in December. They went well and I really enjoyed chatting with folks who came by to get their copy of Micah's Child. The second picture is in Griffin, GA, at the Next Chapter bookstore. It is owned by former teachers and everyone there is so supportive. The ladies who own the store are very nice and they have a great location, downtown on the main street through town. Stop by if you are in the area. The first shot is in John's Creek Borders; I am signing a book for Daniella, one of my students.
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Just wanted to say tnanks to the people who bought books at the signing on Saturday. It was a pretty busy day and hopefully some book clubs will be interested in reading the book. Even the customers who didnt buy a copy were very nice and readily took a bookmark or postcard. I promise to have some pictures from this weekend's event. Happy reading!
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Diane was the featured guest on Radio Sandy Springs, a local station here in Atlanta. She talked about our books, mostly Micah's Child, and the screenplays we've written. Diane did a great job and read very melodiusly from our novel. She must have done a good job because within minutes of the show, a listener contacted us about speaking to their book club. The host is Carole Madan and her show is Momma Nature. It is a woman-only show so I got to sit and watch them talk. Other than that, we will be in Niles, Ohio, and Morgantown, West Virginia, this weekend.
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Hey, just a quick note to let you know where Diane and I will be in the near future. Saturday, June 23, at Yawn's Books in Canton, Georgia, from 2-4PM. Saturday, June 30, we will be on AM720 radio at 10:25AM, and then at the Waldenbooks in Columbus from 2-5PM. July 6 at the Morgantown, PA, Barnes and Noble from 5-7PM. July 7 at Borders in Niles, OH, 2-5PM. In Pittsburgh, Borders Express, July 8, 2-4PM. Come by if any of these are nearby for you. Meanwhile, we are still working on screenplays. And I am getting my kitchen redone. And thanks to our PR guy in Pennsylvania, Chris Rishack. Contact us for a book club talk at [email protected]
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Diane was in town and we had several events this past weekend. We signed books at two Borders stores and an independent bookstore in Dunwoody, Smythe's books. All the events were enjoyable and we sold about 20 books, all but two to total strangers. We sold to many women that could help spread the word about our novel. Hopefully, some book clubs will get interested. They are always fun anyway. We had a great time and met some fascinating folks. Even though we have signed before, it is still a rush to know that someone is reading our words. Our other projects are moving forward and we should hear something soon from them. We will let everyone know.
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Case Study: Azlan Tech Data Increases Revenues Via Cloud-Based Transactions
PROBLEM: Azlan Tech Data, an international distributor of technology solutions, wanted to increase revenues from its service contract business.
SOLUTION: Hired a technology platform provider that specializes in expediting and automating sales processes, and providing a channel-friendly approach to service quoting, ordering and renewing.
RESULTS: Since launching a cloud-based service contract management platform last year, Azlan Tech Data's service contract revenues have increased 40 percent.
As a distributor of technology products and solutions throughout Europe for market leaders such as Cisco, IBM, HP, Oracle and Avaya, Azlan Tech Data sought an easier way for the end user to complete service transactions with its vendor partners, in this particular case Cisco. To help in that quest Azlan hired MaintenanceNet, a service technology platform provider, to expand the scope of its service sales initiatives.
"The primary motivation [for hiring MaintenanceNet] was to look for a front-end sales platform that would enable our salespeople to quote services as efficiently and effectively as products," says David Harvey, European director of Cisco at Azlan Tech Data.
MaintenanceNet's cloud-based service contract management platform (called Felix) automates and expedites Cisco's quoting, ordering and renewal processes, and integrates seamlessly with Cisco's ERP system as well as both Cisco's and Azlan's ordering platforms. Quotes and order certificates are delivered in an electronic format and can be branded with the reseller's logo and translated into local languages and currencies as required.
After getting Felix up and running, it became quicker for Azlan Tech's salespeople to quote Cisco services than it was Cisco products, says Harvey. The first step was an internal implementation on Azlan's part, but there was additionally functionality that Felix offered the distributor.
Service renewals became the target of Azlan Tech Data's focus. Since the company was selling one-year, two-year, and three-year service contracts, there was an opportunity for an annuity business for renewals. Azlan Tech wasn't effectively capturing the renewal opportunity, Harvey notes, and the majority of resellers that Azlan did business with didn't have a platform for renewals management.
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Joe Keenan is the executive editor of Total Retail. Joe has more than 10 years experience covering the retail industry, and enjoys profiling innovative companies and people in the space.


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This Robobuster is nothing more than an effective tool built in DIMENSION 68-V by the elderly RAY STANTZ of that world, with help from his assistant, MIKE THE GOLEM. Robobuster patrols with Mike as silent backup, its systems powered by the ghosts it busts.
When Mike was made aware of the massive breach of the PRIME DIMENSION's containment unit, he made sure to bring Robobuster along to help contain the situation.


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Some of the biggest health food trends of 2019January 7th, 2019
Pacific Rim flavours
Heavily influenced by Asia, Oceania and the western coasts of North and South America – the likes of colourful fruits including guava, dragon fruit and passion fruit are set to replace goji berries. Sugar and meat substitutes are also in the picture thanks to the rise in demand for jackfruit (regularly used to replace pulled pork) while luo han guo – a sweet-tasting fruit – is now used as a natural sweetener.
Wellness-focused brands are readily embracing the health movement with the launch of granolas, nut butters and soups all containing the widely-embraced product.
Guilt-free frozen treats
Vegan choices to low-calorie tubs, ice cream is high on the agenda for health-conscious individuals on the hunt for a guilt-free treats recently.
The frozen food industry is set to grow even more with flavours such as avocado, houmous and tahini set to grace the supermarket shelves.
Plant-based foods
Thanks to the rise in flexitarianism, plant-based foods are selling fast with increasing numbers of people changing their consumption habits of meats. Mushrooms are playing a big role in the market.
Ocean-inspired flavours
Seaweed snacks have grown in popularity in recent years but this is just the beginning, other ocean-inspired greens such as seaweed butter and kelp noodles are set to become big news. Puffed snacks made from water lily seeds, plant-based tuna alternatives with algae ingredients and crispy salmon skins packed with omega-3 are also on the agenda for 2019.


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4 Sep 2019
Business must take the lead in tackling the climate crisis
In 2019, we saw widespread mass protests throughout western societies not experienced since the anti-Vietnam war movement of the 1960s. More than a million students walked out of classes worldwide. And once again people from all walks of life took to the streets fully prepared to face arrest by demonstrating in support of the extinction rebellion movement.
The climate crisis is now being seen as an extreme global emergency, rather than an inconvenient change in weather systems. At the end of 2018, the UN Secretary General warned us:
- Humanity and life on Earth now face a 'direct existential threat'
- The world must act swiftly and robustly to keep global warming under 1.5°C and try to avoid utterly catastrophic impacts to life on Earth
Governments start to take action; but is it enough?
The UK government, led by the previous Prime Minister, Theresa May has now set a goal for the UK to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Gas boilers will be banned in new homes from 2025. And the sale of new conventional petrol and diesel cars will be banned from 2040.
However, at the current rate of warming: 0.2°per decade, global warming will reach 1.5°C between 2030 and 2052. This means that by 2050, London may already be nearly 6°C degrees warmer in the hottest summer month. The horrendous 38° conditions seen this year on 25 July could become a regular occurrence.
According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), even 2°C of warming above pre-industrial levels would mean catastrophic flooding, drought, food scarcity and large scale loss of many species. These changes will impact economies, disrupt markets and make life extremely difficult for companies and people.
We recognise the seriousness of the climate crisis. As a very long-term business, with commitments to customers and their families over 50 years or more, we want to ensure that the environment supports communities and businesses throughout this century and beyond.
Our actions to reduce carbon emissions
We also recognise that most young people want to see urgent action to reduce global heating. The feeling exists that the older generation has massively failed the young and their future families.
Legal & General agrees that carbon emissions must reduce and consumers must switch from fossil fuels like gas and oil to green energy. We have invested into both offshore-wind projects and onshore-wind farms. We helped finance the acquisition of the Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm, which will become the world's largest offshore wind farm project, powering over one million homes.
We have also taken action to accelerate the use of electric cars. By 2030 there could be up to 11 million electric vehicles on the road and up to 36 million by 2040. We have invested into Pod Point, one of the UK's leading companies in providing electric vehicle charging solutions for homes.
As one of Europe's biggest investors we know that we can use our strength to influence boards both in the UK and elsewhere to develop strategies that support the transition to a low-carbon future. We have taken action to remove companies from our Future World funds that fail to develop a sufficient strategic response to climate change. Under our Climate Impact Pledge, we assess and score over 80 of the world's largest companies, engaging with them to improve their management of the risks and opportunities presented by climate change.
What business needs to do
Our CEO, Nigel Wilson is chairing a cross-industry body to address climate change risks and opportunities in institutional and retail financial services. We believe that all big companies should follow our lead in fighting to ensure that the aim of the Paris Initiative to limit temperature growth to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels is achieved.
The key actions that investors should take are:
- Increase investments in clean energy such as solar power, offshore and onshore wind
- Invest in electric car production and the infrastructure to support this, such as batteries and charging points
- Invest in helping consumers meet the cost of replacing fossil-fuel heating systems, with green energy systems
- Phase out investing and lending to companies that create excessive carbon usage
- Companies that invest in housing should ensure that house builders not only follow environmental standards of production, but also create environments where the infrastructure supports walking, cycling and the use of public transport
- All companies, regardless of whether they are investors, should ensure that any board plans to reduce the company's carbon footprint are followed through
It's no exaggeration that we are facing an unprecedented global emergency. Action for change must start today and business must take the lead in making that change happen.


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Harper's Magazine calls for a counter-attack against Trump
Tim Barker, "Terms of Engagement," Harper's Magazine, February 2017, 28-29, offers some thoughtful remarks in his contribution to a cover story called "A Resister's Guide – Let the Counterattack Begin." Ten other writers complete the section on how to resist the Trump excesses.
The following quote applies to our current celebration of Black History Month:
"Given current trends, it would take the average black family 228 years to match the level of wealth currently held by the average white family. It should not be difficult to see that race is, for non-white people in the United States, a fundamental way of experiencing material ('class') inequality."
Here is a selection of Barker's comments focusing on the class vs. identity discussion:


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A puppetry and clowning show, Beaver Dreams (La Fièvre du Castor) tells the story of a family of beavers and a family of humans living in the heart of the Quebecois forest.
Tell us about the show.
Beaver Dreams (La Fièvre du Castor) is an all ages multi-media puppet, physical comedy, family-friendly, bilingual, cardboard-set extravaganza. It's a meditation on a family's multi-generational war on a beaver family on their lake in the Laurentian mountains, as told from their and the beaver's perspectives. Both experience the same nightmare that commercial development destroys their corner of paradise.
Why should someone come see your show?
First of all, it's just plain old fun! It's not the kind of theatre that's going to hit you over the head. It's goofy, visually evocative, but at the same time, very simple. A story about a family of humans and a family of beavers just trying to share the same lake.
Its unique performance style blends different styles of puppetry, including shadow puppetry, large scale and small scale, digital animation, storytelling by real people talking off the cuff (not scripted), and expert clowning and physical action. It really is an all ages show and often the mix of ages in the audience inspires everyone to play along with us. It's theatre that everyone can enjoy. It is also bilingual in some parts, so if you're working on your French, get a taste of this too.
Moreover, people have told me that they really did feel transported into the beaver's world, so pull up a log, rest, and enjoy this sweet piece of nature in theatre.
If your show was a superhero which superhero would it be, and why?
Captain Planet. The show really does fall on the side of protecting the planet because both the humans and the beavers want the same thing, to protect their piece of nature from development. Captain Planet was all about that. He had the powers of all the elements plus heart, and I believe our show truly is from the heart. Your heartstrings are sure to be tugged a little.
If you could see only one show at the Vancouver Fringe this year, besides your own, what show would that be?
Oh man! What a question. I have a lot of friends in the Fringe, because I lived in Vancouver for over a decade and only just recently moved to Montreal. So most of my favourite artists are here. Some of my best friends and most inspirational artists whom I've learned so much from are Mind of a Snail Puppet Co. Multiple Organism. I've seen the various iterations of this show in progress and I know it's good. Of course, I have to support the other puppet artists, because it really is so so so different from traditional theatre. We work extra hard to do it all and we are often misunderstood and underappreciated. So, yes I would recommend any other show with puppetry and clowning, my two favorite art forms
The Details
Venue: Havana Theatre (1212 Commercial Dr, Vancouver)
Tickets: http://tickets.vancouverfringe.com
Twitter: @LostFoundPuppet
Website: http://www. lostandfoundpuppets.com
About #FringeDuJour
#FringeDuJour is a daily peek at some of the shows coming to this year's Vancouver Fringe Festival. We've asked Fringe artists to answer a few questions to entice you to see what they have to offer and to help cross-pollinate the Fringe.
The 2017 Vancouver Fringe Festival runs September 7-17 on Granville Island and stages around town. Visit http://vancouverfringe.com for tickets and information.