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Below is a list of common questions regarding Kindful Payments including how to track and report, what to do with declines/failures, viewing payouts, and more.
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Which card types are accepted?
With Kindful Payments, you're automatically set up to accept all major cards as soon as you create your Kindful account. Nonprofits in the United States can accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express, JCB, Discover, and Diners Club debit and credit cards.
Can someone donate using their bank account and routing number?
Yes! Kindful Payments supports donations made with Bank Account & Routing numbers.
I just noticed that some transactions were refunded even though this did not go through the office staff. Why is that?
When an ACH payment is made, a "soft approval" is placed on this with the bank. This allows the payment to immediately show up in your account. If it fails when the bank attempts to approve it, the gateway will mark it as unsuccessful and display it as a refund.
My donors received an error message for their zip/postal code and they are unable to continue. What can we do?
If you are collecting the address using the Donation Plugin or the Events module, your donors will feel like they are duplicating their address entry. They will always have to insert their billing zip code on the donation forms as a way of validation of the donation processing. This secondary postal code entry box appears as they are entering in their card details, and it must be filled out to complete the donation.
How do I track my payouts and fees?
You can track your payouts (bank deposits) in Kindful. Here you can see deposits and fees separately for accounting purposes.
Tip: To view fees charged for Kindful Payments, select View from the Payouts list to view the detail of a Payout. You'll see a Fees line item along with the net payout amount.
Does Kindful Payments charge any additional fee for international, Stripe-supported currencies?
Can I use Kindful Payments?
Only tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organizations in the United States can use Kindful Payments.
How are funds transferred?
Kindful Payments transfers funds to your bank account depending on your pay period. New Kindful Payments customers receive a seven-day probationary payout period, assuming Kindful Payments remains connected for that same period.
After the first successful payout, the nonprofit is authorized for 2-business-day rolling payouts if there is no fraudulent activity.
If an authorized account is disconnected then reconnected, the 2-day payout schedule persists. In other words, disconnecting an authorized account does not change its payout schedule.
Note: You will not receive funds if your payout balance is below $1.
How often do funds payout to my bank account?
We transfer funds within 2 business days on a 2 business day payout schedule. Some banks may take longer to process transactions. Payouts occur daily when funds are available. It's not currently possible to alter the payout schedule.
What counts as a business day?
For merchants in the United States, business days are Monday to Friday, except federal holidays.
Payout shows "Paid" but no funds have been deposited.
We transfer funds every day, but most banks will only process the transfer on business days. This means that if funds were sent to you on a holiday or a weekend, you would probably see the money in your bank the next day your bank is open. For transfers sent on business days, you should be seeing the funds by the next day.
If the transfer was submitted on a business day and you don't see the money in your bank account within a couple of days, this likely means the transfer failed.
Can I receive payouts in other currencies?
Kindful Payments only supports payouts to nonprofits in the United States - $USD.
My payout "failed". What do I do?
When payouts fail, this typically means there was an issue with the bank account that you have on file. This also places a hold on all pending transfers to your account until the issue with your bank account is resolved. If you update your bank account to a valid checking account, the failed transfers will be retried automatically within the following 72 hours.
If your current account is valid and you're unsure why the transfer failed, you should reach out to your bank to investigate the issue.
How long does it take for my donor to get refunded?
We submit any refund you make to your donor's bank immediately. They will receive the funds from a refund in their account approximately 5–10 business days after the original refund. This will vary based on your donor's bank.
Note: Refunds might appear in the form of a reversal. In the case of a reversal, the original payment will drop off your donor's bank statement, and a separate credit is not issued.
When a charge is refunded inside the authorization period of a charge (partial or full), the donor might not see a line item on their statement for a refund as we simply adjust the capture amount for the charge when it settles. They might still see the charge as "Pending" on their statement until the period expires.
Can a refund be canceled?
No, refunds cannot be canceled. If the card that you've refunded is expired or canceled, the donor's new card will be credited with the refund. In the rare case that the donor doesn't have a new card, the bank will usually send the refund to the donor's bank account.
Are there any processing limits or fund reserves?
There is no limit to the amount you can accept each month/per transaction through Kindful Payments, and your funds will be transferred to your bank account on the same schedule regardless of volume. Kindful reserves the right to pause payouts if we notice questionable activity or abnormally large transactions until we verify there is no fraudulent activity.
Please note that Kindful Payments can only issue instant payouts above $9,999 to bank accounts, and not debit cards. The limit for a payout to a debit card is $3,000. We recommend that you setup and use bank accounts for all payouts; this method can accept instant payouts of any amount.
Can I refund a chargeback?
A dispute happens when the credit card networks refund a charge at your expense. Because of this, it's not possible to refund a disputed charge. If you did, you'd be giving your donor their money back twice.
Why am I charged a fee for each chargeback?
When a chargeback is filed, Kindful Payments is debited the full amount of the charge fee to help cover the cost of processing the dispute. You can submit evidence to have a dispute resolved in your favor – if you end up winning the dispute, we return the full amount (charge plus the chargeback fee) back to you.
My donor said the dispute was a mistake. Can it be reversed?
If you've talked to your donor and they've agreed to drop the dispute, then you should tell them to contact their bank and drop the chargeback. You should also submit evidence to the donor's bank, including the statement where the donor said they would drop the charge. You could include evidence such as:
- The date and time that you received the payment
- The billing information that the donor used
- The IP address and country used for the payment
- Receipt information for the payment
My donor's payment was declined. What do I do?
Declines happen for a variety of reasons. When we submit a charge to your donor's bank, they have automated systems that determine whether or not to accept the charge. These systems take various signals into account, such as your donor's spending habits, account balance, and card information like the expiration date and CVV.
Since these signals are constantly changing, a previously successful card might be declined in the future. Even if all of the card information is correct, and your donor previously had a successful payment, a future charge can still be declined by a bank's fraud prevention systems.
Can I find out more about the decline?
We show as much information as we receive from your donor's bank about a decline in the activities page in the transaction's detail section. Most declines are generic, so we don't have much information as to why a charge was declined. If all of the card information seems correct, it's best to have your donor contact his or her bank, inquire for more information, and ask for future charges to be accepted.
My donors are being prevented from making a donation on my Kindful giving page. Donors are getting an error telling them the "destination account needs ... capabilities enabled". What does this mean?
When Kindful Payments is connected as a payment gateway, Stripe handles verification on your account, and here Stripe is saying your account still needs to complete the verification process with Kindful Payments (powered by Stripe) before it is able to receive funds.
If you go to your Payment Gateways page and click Settings under Kindful Payments, you will immediately be prompted to finish the setup.
Can I accept debit cards on Kindful Payments?
Kindful Payments can accept Visa, Mastercard, Amex, JCB, Discover, and Diners Club debit cards.
Can I move the card tokens (vault) from Kindful Payments to another payment provider?
While we hope that your experience with Kindful Payments is incredible, we understand if you need to switch payment processors. Kindful Payments does not currently support exporting card tokens, but we are actively working to bring this functionality to customers.
Where can I view my Payouts in Kindful?
There's a View Gateway Payouts option in Settings > Fundraising Settings, under the Gateways link. This option is only available when Kindful Payments is enabled for your organization and there has been at least one successfully Payout. This option will not display if a gateway has never been connected or Kindful Payments is disabled.
How can I see transactions associated with a specific Payout?
We've added a "by Payout ID" filter to view transactions associated with a Payout. Go to Activities, then select the Current View search field , select the "By Payout ID" filter and enter the Payout ID of the Payout you wish to view.
*Note, Seeing the individual transactions that make up each payout is only available when using Kindful Payments and Stripe. If you are using Authorize.net, you will not be able to see the individual transactions making up each payout.
Can I use other gateways with Kindful Payments?
Kindful Payments is a standalone gateway. But, it can be enabled along with the other gateways we integrate with: Stripe, Authorize.net, or PayPal.
What should I do if I get notified that a donor disputed a charge?
Contact the bank/card issuer and provide them with supporting documentation that proves the charge did happen.
Kindful Payments and QuickBooks: how will this affect the QuickBooks integration?
Using Kindful Payments will have no affect on the QuickBooks integration. In a related vein, Kindful Payments allows you to view deposits within Kindful, under the Payouts section (whereas previously deposits would only be viewable by logging into the respective payment gateway).
Will there be the ability to track fees separately per transaction?
Fees won't be able to be tracked per transaction, but there is a new view for "fees charged" per Payout. This makes reconciliation much easier for Kindful Payments users.
Can Kindful payments be used for text-to-give or mobile donations?
Kindful Payments supports donations in the Kindful admin dashboard, on donation pages, and the donation plugin. This includes text-to-give, since text-to-give uses Kindful's standard donation page checkout flow.
What's the conversion process to switch from Stripe and how long does it take?
Currently, Kindful is not able to convert your existing Stripe customers/charges over to Kindful Payments. Please email firstname.lastname@example.com if you would like for our team to look into potentially adding this functionality.
Using another Gateway with Kindful Payments?
If you were using a different gateway with Kindful before connecting Kindful Payments, any existing recurring transactions and billing profiles will not carry over to the Kindful Payments gateway. New billing profiles are created in Kindful Payments.
Using Stripe with Kindful Payments, will new donors/donations use Stripe or Kindful Payments?
Newly entered donations will be processed through Kindful Payments once it's set up.
How long do ACH donations typically take to payout?
These take on average 7-10 business days to process. If these are a part of the first payout, they may take longer.
How do I know if an ACH donation is declined?
When an ACH donation is processed by Kindful Payments, the transaction activity will appear in your Kindful Account. However, it's possible that after 2-3 business days processing will return a decline. Declined transactions occur for many reasons, including insuffient funds in the donor's account.
How do I turn off SMS notifications?
Kindful Payments will send you SMS (text message) notifications from time to time, including when a deposit hits your bank. You can disable these messages by replying STOP and we don't send any further texts to that phone number
We changed our legal name. We tried to change our name in Kindful Payments, and it does not verify. What can we do?
With Kindful Payments accounts, the verification process is all controlled by Stripe. Without the documentation, there may not be an immediate fix for this. We recommend replying to the verification email from Stripe explaining your scenario and then Stripe will proceed from there.
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Still have questions?
Feel free to send our support team an email, or you can call the phone number found in the lower left hand corner of your Kindful Admin account to speak to a team member.


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While my second great-grandfather, Orlando Shrum, was a young man living in Shenandoah County, Virginia with his parents and siblings in September of 1858, he received a letter from his older brother David, who lived in Grass Valley, California. David had set out a few years earlier to find his fortune in gold mining. I've been sharing David's letter to Orlando here in several posts. Start with part one of the letter HERE.
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"I bought into a set of claims this summer, which required all the ready cash I had. Soon after buying, the water failed and we will have no more work until rains commence, probably not until December or January. In the meantime we are making extensive preparetion for working when water does come. It requires considerable money to make our improvements. We have a flume in course of erection (and nearly completed) to convey water to the claims at a "height" of 140 or 150 feet from bedrock; said flume will be 1500 feet long and sixty feet high, (above the surface of the ground) and will cost the company about $1,000.00."
"In addition to this, we are having about 300 feet of sheet iron pipe made, to conduct water from the flume, down the bank, through gutta percha hose. The pipe will be 11 inches in diameter and will cost us about $1.00 per running foot.
Our claims are among the best (or are so considered), on a hill, and if they continue to pay as they have done, will satisfy us, for the large expendenture we are making upon them. The claims here, however, are somewhat uncertain, and owners do not realize their expectations. I will let you know how they pay when we get to washing."
Next time : Read the final part of David's letter where he finishes up his news about his mining claim and asks about home in Virginia.

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Cozy Hot Chocolate
Steaming mugs of these smooth beverages are a nice anytime treat with my husband, Ken.—Marie Hattrup, Sonoma, California
Total TimePrep/Total Time: 10 min.
Makes2 servings
- 2 tablespoons baking cocoa
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1/4 cup water
- 2 cups 2% milk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup whipped cream
- Ground cinnamon, optional
- In a small saucepan, mix cocoa and sugar. Add water; stir until smooth. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Boil for 1 minute. Reduce heat; stir in milk and heat through.
- Remove from heat and stir in vanilla. Serve with whipped cream; if desired, sprinkle with cinnamon.
Nutrition Facts1 cup: 241 calories, 11g fat (7g saturated fat), 40mg cholesterol, 121mg sodium, 28g carbohydrate (25g sugars, 1g fiber), 9g protein.
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Dec 30, 2012
Easy, fast, and tasty; I tripled the recipe for company. I would like to try doubling the chocolate, as well, because it was a very subtle flavor.
Jan 13, 2011
Love this simple little recipe for hot chocolate. I cut it in half for just me. I have to admit I have used it every day since seeing this recipe, one of my guilty pleasures!
Nov 27, 2010
Quick and easy hot chocolate for two ...next time I think I'll try almond extract for a litle more flavor.
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Walter Pater's Marius the Epicurean and the Discourse of Science in Macmillan's Magazine: "A Creature of the Nineteenth Century"
- English Literature in Transition, 1880-1920
- ELT Press
- Volume 48, Number 1, 2005
- pp. 38-54
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Walter Pater's Marius the Epicurean and the Discourse of Science in Macmillan's Magazine: "A Creature of the Nineteenth Century" Gowan Dawson University of Leicester WALTER PATER'S Marius the Epicurean, a philosophical bildungsroman which traces the progress of its eponymous hero during the age of Marcus Aurelius, has long been recognised as a peculiar hybrid of generic forms. Its literary significance lies not in the conventional attributes of nineteenth-century realist fiction such as consistent characters or complex plotting, but rather in a self-conscious manipulation of various levels of discourse and genre that anticipates the fictional techniques of modernism. This insistent intertextuality has been noted frequently by modern critics of the novel. Carolyn Williams, for example, writes of "the massive achievement of Marius the Epicurean as an encyclopaedia of genres . . . with its interpolated fragments of other works, its overt, self-conscious intertextuality."1 Williams, along with other critics, conceives of Pater's text as primarily a compendium of ancient genres such as scripture and classical mythology, with only occasional allusions to more modern writers such as the eighteenth-century American Calvinist Jonathan Edwards.2 However, much of the intertextuality of Marius is considerably more contemporary and incorporates a nineteenth-century textual form that critics of the novel have previously overlooked: scientific writing in the periodical press.3 The discourse of science was a defining element of many late-Victorian general periodicals, and the work of several prominent scientific writers initially appeared in nonspecialist journalistic form.4 The acute controversy over the allegedly materialist epistemology of contemporary science fought out in the pages of general periodicals in the 1870s is incorporated within the discursive framework of 38 DAWSON : PATER Pater's novel. The presence of this discourse in Marius, deeply embedded in the text and not formally marked off in any way, implicitly connects Pater's historical fiction set in opulent second-century Rome with the conflict between science and religion in late-Victorian print media.5 For Some Reasons I Should Have Preferred That Mode Unlike nearly everything else Pater wrote, Marius, his only completed novel, was first published as a two-volume book in March 1885 without having previously appeared in the periodical press. It had, however , initially been written with a view to its serial publication in Macmillan's Magazine. Although it was not entirely unexpected, Pater was clearly disappointed when John Morley, who had moved from the Fortnightly Review to become editor oÃ- Macmillan's in May 1883, turned the novel down as stylistically unsuitable. In a letter to the proprietor, Alexander Macmillan, he expresses himself "not surprised that Morley was unable to take my M.S. for the magazine, its unfitness for serial publication having sometimes occurred to me, though for some reasons I should have preferred that mode."6 As Laurel Brake has pointed out, the highly wrought prose of Marius did not provide the suspense or romance required of serial fiction in a magazine which at this time was publishing popular novels by the likes of Mrs. Oliphant and Margaret Veley.7 Despite this editorial rejection, Pater's novel nevertheless has a close relation with the prevalent kinds of discourse published in Macmillan's and similar journals, and is importantly shaped by its putative encounter with the discursive form and public values of this kind of periodical. Founded in November 1859, Macmillan's was the first of a new, innovatively priced genre of periodicals with which entrepreneurial publishers sought to reach an unprecedentedly large middle-class audience . These so-called "shilling monthlies" attempted to appeal to the widest possible range of readers, from both sexes as well as across generations , by combining high quality nonfictional essays with the most fashionable forms of fictional writing.8 During its first decade Macmillan's was selling over 20,000 copies every month, as well as providing a convenient opportunity for "trailing" forthcoming books from its proprietor's publishing company. Although the magazine was imbued with the Broad Church Liberalism of Frederick Denison Maurice and other Christian Socialists, it also set out to foster an "open platform" for intellectual debate by, for the first time in a mainstream periodical, 39 ELT 48 : 1 2005 insisting...


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Authorities in Georgia say four men they've arrested are part of a small militia comprised of ex-military personnel.
FOX News Radio's Eben Brown reports in our ongoing series on national security:
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Five men are facing charges in Georgia for stockpiling assault weapons and plotting attacks on public parks, and investigators say they're part of a small militia nicknamed "FEAR" - which is made up of mostly U.S. military men. Four of those five recently arrested were in the military.
The group made headlines last year when four former soldiers from Fort Stewart were charged with murdering another member and his girlfriend over concerns they might report the group's activities.
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Dos Equis, one of the fastest growing upscale Mexican imports in the U.S., is celebrating the Halloween season with its fifth annual Masquerade program. The fully integrated, 360° program provides LDA+ consumers access to the Most Interesting Man's entourage to help them create or attend an epic, fall celebration that rivals the Masquerade itself. Masquerade will be supported by a comprehensive marketing campaign that includes national TV, radio and out of home advertising, digital partnerships, retail and on-premise POS materials and a sweepstakes providing consumers the opportunity to enter to win the grand prize trip to New York City to attend a Dos Equis inspired event.
"As a brand, Dos Equis encourages consumers to be interesting and spontaneous and Halloween is the holiday that encompasses this uninhibited spirit," stated Leanne Maciel, brand manager for Dos Equis, HEINEKEN USA. "We know that more than half of adults are likely to throw or attend a Halloween party that features alcohol creating a great opportunity for retailers to utilize creative programs, like Masquerade, to drive profit. With the help of the Most Interesting Man's little black book and his party planning guide, Dos Equis will entice consumers to make this year's party more epic than ever."
In order to drive traffic in store and increase program awareness, Dos Equis has formed partnerships with hyper-targeted digital platforms, including Evite, Ibotta and Valassis Digital to help consumers plan and attend parties and provide desirable offers to increase consideration.
At retail, eye-catching POS including five and 10 case stackers, standees, pole toppers and interactive decals, door handles and fridge headers will engage consumers and encourage cross category purchases (where legal) with partner Jim Beam® Casa Sauza to leverage the Halloween party occasion and provide consumers with all of the party essentials including Sauza® and Twang® Beer Salts. In addition, MIR (mail in rebate) and IRC (instant redeemable coupon) offers (where legal) on salty snacks and Halloween supplies including decorations, adult-sized costumes and pumpkins will not only amplify the spirit of the season, but increase basket rings for retailers.
On-premise programming will include banners, posters, table tents and coasters with a call-to-action directing shoppers to DosEquis.com/Masquerade where they will find party planning details on entry to the consumer sweepstakes. Consumers will have the opportunity to interact with a Virtual Reality Masquerade experience via the Most Interesting Man's virtual reality cardboard. The Masquerade website will also include The Hub, a page dedicated to delivering party and attendee tips from a team of professionals including a DJ, chef, tailor and event planner to ensure this year's celebrations are the most interesting.
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Summer means bright nails, and the prompt for today's Nail Crazies Unite challenge is neon. I've used a Maybelline Bleached Neon polish called Coral Heat.
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Leela Dance Collective's show Imagine India begins with a traditional invocation to evoke courage and strength. This focuses the dancers to perform their opening dynamic and rhythmic dance called "Malkauns Tarana." Students then have the opportunity to learn hand gestures (mudras) through the telling of a traditional story of how a young boy named Krishna cleverly defeated the evil creature Kalia Daman. "Thaat," a classic piece from India's medieval era, demonstrates the distinctions and characteristics of the northwestern and northeastern styles of kathak. From medieval India, the performance progresses to modern India where dance and music moved from the courts onto performance areas in front of an audience. "Kathak Yoga" is a 20th century composition that highlights the thrilling dynamics of classical dance and music of Northern India. The final piece features a sawaal-jawaab (call and response) between the dancers and the musicians. Throughout the performance, students learn about other traditions, such as dress, ghungroos (ankle bells worn by dancers), footwork patterns, hand gestures and facial expressions (abhinaya).
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Banking without banks in the developing countries today.
While most people in the developing countries still don't trust their government and banks, because of the development of technology the price of a cellphone has been steadily going down since the introduction of the first cellphones to the market, and more and more people in the developing countries have been getting cellphones.
In some cases, cellphone service providers were able to build more sophisticated systems and provide better coverage than in the developed countries because in the developed countries the providers had to upgrade their existing systems while keeping these systems running and in the developed countries companies were able to create better systems from scratch, which turned out to be faster and less expensive.
This is why it was possible for Kenya, a country with the population of about 50 million people, to build excellent systems and coverage for cellphone service. Today, about 38 million of people in Kenya have active cellphone subscriptions, The situation is very similar in South Africa, where according to the estimates about 80% of the population will have smartphones by 2020.
This is occurring becausewWhile companies such as Apple keep innovating and keep introducing new expensive feature-rich models to the market and people in the West often feel that a good cellphone costs $700-$1000, in reality basic smartphone models are also feature-rich and much less expensive, especially compared to the phones that were on the market as little as five to ten years ago.
The drop in cellphone prices is one of the main reasons why people in countries such as Kenya went from not having any device to owning a smartphone. In the West, the process would different. People have been buying appliances such as TVs, microwaves and washing machines for decades. In the developing countries, people often wouldn't have such devices because they are expensive and not every household has electricity. Then, when the computers started appearing on the market, people in the West started buying computers. For them, electricity was not a problem and the price of a computer wasn't a problem. People in the developing countries in many cases still couldn't afford to buy a computer.
However, things have changed drastically with the introduction of cellphones to the market and the dropping prices of smartphones. A phone can be affordable to people in developing countries and even when electricity is a problem, it is possible to charge a phone not a home because the device is very portable. In many developing countries busy markets and areas have kiosks that are in business of letting people charge their devices, and so a person can leave a phone for a few hours at a kiosk while doing shopping or being at work and charge the device even if the person doesn't have electricity at home at all times.
Because of the proliferation of cellphones, today many people in the developing countries don't have a bank account and can't get one because the process is very complex, but they do have cell phones. This is the reason for the popularity of systems and businesses that allow people to send money using their phones without having an access to a bank account, such as M-PESA, which has quickly become the most popular money transmitting service in the developing countries.
M-PESA has launched in Kenya and Tanzania in 2007, two years ago the Bitcoin network came into existence. The service has later expanded to a number of other countries, including South Africa, India, Romani and Afghanistan.
The service provides its users with the ability to deposit and withdraw money to their accounts via a network of agents. It is important to underline that these agents are not banks. An agent would typically be a small kiosk that provides a number of various services. Such a kiosk would be smaller than, but somewhat similar in functionality to a store such as CVS or a Walgreens or a small deli in the United States, many of which are located all over cities and suburban areas of the country.
By 2012, Kenya had about 17 million active M-PESA accounts and Tanzania had about 6 million active accounts by 2016.
The difference between M-PESA and a bank account is that M-PESA allows for instant micro-transactions. People do not have to deposit large amounts of money or keep them in their accounts for a long period of time.
The original vision for M-PESA was to build a system that would increase the number of microloans in the developing countries by allowing micro borrowers and lenders exchange funds by using a network of mobile airtime sellers. It was only later that the service refocused on a different goal, the goal that made it the most successful mobile payments system in the world, which has been sending funds to other people and making payments of various sizes.


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The topics of investment, asset accumulation and old-age provision are ubiquitously relevant. With interest rates on the rise, many investors are forced to rethink their asset-building strategy. The recent discussion about the poor means of the statutory pension insurance, which for many predetermine old-age poverty mean, give rise to more in-depth attention to financial products and investment forms.
Principles of investment and rules for asset accumulation
Regardless of which investment type an investor is counting on, every responsible saver should know and consider some important rules and principles in order to be successful in asset accumulation:
- Debt settlement is a top priority
- Successful asset accumulation requires thorough planning
- Pursue a long-term and consistent plan
- Distribute savings on different investment forms to minimize the risk of loss
- Keep an eye on the entire portfolio for every investment decision
- Pay attention to the interplay between return and risk
- Long-term investments prefer
- Pay attention to the costs of the investment forms
A new car, the dream of your own home or retirement – there are many reasons to save.
Debt settlement: the most effective form of investment
A new car, the dream of your own home or retirement – there are many reasons to save. Nevertheless, anyone who wants to save systematically and regularly repay part of their income should first repay their debts. It is more advantageous to use an inheritance or a one-time payment from his employer to replace existing loans or to compensate for the credit line than to invest the money. In general, the interest rates on loans are significantly higher than the return that can be earned with an investment.
Proceed systematically
Saving requires a high degree of self-discipline. Anyone who plans his asset accumulation and proceeds systematically will find it easier to reach his savings target. Experience shows that the savers, who act according to plan, react more calmly in the event of violent price fluctuations and are better protected against panic-related misbehavior.
Diversification: The A and O at the investment
The best financial experts can not predict how an investment will develop in the future. Economic development is determined by the interplay of many factors that can not be calculated even with complex models. In addition, sometimes political events have a dramatic impact on the price of stocks, bonds, currencies or commodity prices. To compensate for such fluctuations and minimize the risk of loss, investors should invest their savings as widely as possible . In the financial world, this diversification of invested money into various forms of investment is called diversification. Anyone who invests scattered money can compensate for losses on an investment with profits from other investment forms.
Relationship between investment duration and investment performance
Experience shows that long-term oriented investors are the most successful. Therefore, anyone who wants to build a financial cushion for old age, as early as possible to start retirement . Over many years, short-term price fluctuations play a subordinate role. In addition, many investors underestimate the positive impact of the compounding effect , which significantly increases the return on long-term investments.
Often ignored: The cost of investing
Every form of investment causes costs. When buying and selling shares and other securities, transaction costs, fees and sometimes brokerage commissions are due. In addition, owners of securities need a deposit for which the financial institution collects custody fees. Shareholders of funds will not only participate in the profits generated, but also in the costs of managing the assets. Many investors are interested in gold to safely invest savings. Those who buy physical gold must keep in mind that safekeeping entails the cost of a safe deposit box or the purchase of a safe.
The costs incurred must be carefully considered when planning your investment because they reduce the return on the investment.
The main criteria of investment for asset accumulation:
Risk, security, availability
After all, the financial market offers a wealth of products that should be used differently depending on the individual situation. In any case, when wealth is accumulated, never put everything on one card.
An effective asset accumulation can only be achieved through a sensible mix of risk, security and availability.
How the weighting of the individual shares in the individual investment portfolio should turn out, however, is determined by the initial situation of the individual saver and, of course, the type of investor.


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Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Perfectly Natural Weed & Grass Killer
I was sent a bottle of Perfectly Natural Weed & Grass Killer to try and the timing was perfect because I've had a weed explosion in the gaps between my flagstones and in the crushed gravel paths surrounding my vegetable beds. You get a little busy and suddenly you've got a lot of weeds. I tried hula-hoeing some and pulling others, but really didn't have the time to get on my hands and knees and pull every single weed in my yard.
Enter Perfectly Natural Weed & Grass Killer.
I'd read about homemade vinegar concoctions as weed killers but also read that the typical 5% acetic acid concentration in table vinegar wasn't really enough to kill weeds while the recommended 20% concentration was strong enough to blind a person.
Perfectly Natural Weed & Grass Killer, however, has the following breakdown.
Active Ingredient: Clove oil..... 8%
Inert ingredients: Vinegar (maximum 8% acetic acid in solution)..... 90%... Lecithin.... 2%.
It's reportedly "100% Organic and Family Safe"
Manufacturer recommendations include wearing eye protection and gloves during application, but it's nice not having to worry about lingering herbicide toxicity in the garden. The bottle label doesn't boast OMRI certification, so I will need to look into the caliber of approval it's receiving from other respected organic gardening organizations and practitioners. Having OMRI "cred" really makes it a no-brainer for me.
Would I buy this product or something like it? Very likely. In fact, I'll bet if I'd used this fast-acting herbicide sooner, I probably wouldn't have been faced with a weed explosion at all. It would have been more of an easily-handled weed situation.
It's nice to have another weapon in the "less toxic" weed-control arsenal. Wonder if it's sold by the gallon. Peaceful Valley Farm Supply sells a similar product called BurnOut II, containing 4% Clove Oil and 93% vinegar (which I assume to be 5% acetic acid), lecithin, water, citric acid and mineral oil.
Perfectly Natural is sold online at Unique Products Are Us and locally at nurseries, KMart, WalMart, and Fred Meyer.
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- Anonymous3:12 PM
I hope the manufacturers aren't equating "natural" and "organic" with "safe." Clove oil and acetic acid (with lecithin as an emulsifier to make them mix) are at least non-toxic, but do handle them carefully and don't let the spray get in your eyes. 20% is a pretty high concentration for any acid, and while acetic acid isn't as corrosive as, say, sulfuric acid, it can still cause chemical burns to tender parts of the anatomy. And the clove oil itself could cause irritation in that high a concentration. Use with the same common sense you would with any other garden chemical.ReplyDelete
After all, it does kill plants dead.
Now, if you want another "natural" solution to weeds in gravel, stone, and concrete areas, check out the solution that has my teenage son actually asking to help with the weeding: http://tinyurl.com/jotx9
Yes, let's not confuse "organic" with "safe". You do have to be careful with any product, whether synthetic-based or organic.ReplyDelete
Perfectly Natural uses 8% acetic acid, not 20%. I wouldn't go near the 20% stuff, even in a haz-mat suit.
P.S. My 13-year-old son would LOVE to use the flaming weed killer your son uses gleefully. His mommy, however, would get the vapors and have to lie down a lot.ReplyDelete
Let's see, what would I feel safe allowing him to use to rid our garden of weeds? Boiling water? Nope. Fire? Nope. Herbicides? Nope. His hands? You betcha! ;-)
I also discovered this weed killer this year (saw it at Walmart) and I'v been using it on thistle with good results. Sometimes I have to go back and spray again, but it works.ReplyDelete
You know Angela the photo ABOVE the one of the weed product..looks like an art piece to me!! Take out the cationsReplyDelete
(treated,untreated,untreated put a frame around it and what a great art pc.!! I"m just an earthy kind of girl!
Very helpful, Angela. Thanks.ReplyDelete


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I'm no military expert but this doesn't sound good at all. Perhaps there are some things that simply should not be accessible via the internet. I understand the need for sharing and collaboration, but when China is able to hack in and potentially steal our most sensitive weapon system designs, we're not doing something right:
WASHINGTON POST – Designs for many of the nation's most sensitive advanced weapons systems have been compromised by Chinese hackers, according to a report prepared for the Pentagon and to officials from government and the defense industry.
Among more than two dozen major weapons systems whose designs were breached were programs critical to U.S. missile defenses and combat aircraft and ships, according to a previously undisclosed section of a confidential report prepared for Pentagon leaders by the Defense Science Board.
Experts warn that the electronic intrusions gave China access to advanced technology that could accelerate the development of its weapons systems and weaken the U.S. military advantage in a future conflict.
The Defense Science Board, a senior advisory group made up of government and civilian experts, did not accuse the Chinese of stealing the designs. But senior military and industry officials with knowledge of the breaches said the vast majority were part of a widening Chinese campaign of espionage against U.S. defense contractors and government agencies.
The significance and extent of the targets help explain why the Obama administration has escalated its warnings to the Chinese government to stop what Washington sees as rampant cybertheft.
In January, the advisory panel warned in the public version of its report that the Pentagon is unprepared to counter a full-scale cyber-conflict. The list of compromised weapons designs is contained in a confidential version, and it was provided to The Washington Post.
Some of the weapons form the backbone of the Pentagon's regional missile defense for Asia, Europe and the Persian Gulf. The designs included those for the advanced Patriot missile system, known as PAC-3; an Army system for shooting down ballistic missiles, known as the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD; and the Navy's Aegis ballistic-missile defense system.
Also identified in the report are vital combat aircraft and ships, including the F/A-18 fighter jet, the V-22 Osprey, the Black Hawk helicopter and the Navy's new Littoral Combat Ship, which is designed to patrol waters close to shore.
Also on the list is the most expensive weapons system ever built — the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, which is on track to cost about $1.4 trillion. The 2007 hack of that project was reported previously.
China, which is pursuing a comprehensive long-term strategy to modernize its military, is investing in ways to overcome the U.S. military advantage — and cyber-espionage is seen as a key tool in that effort, the Pentagon noted this month in a report to Congress on China. For the first time, the Pentagon specifically named the Chinese government and military as the culprit behind intrusions into government and other computer systems.


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'The gentiles will want to be our slaves. Being a slave to a Jew is the best'
Just as Israel was getting ready to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day, news broke of Rabbis Eliezer Kashtiel, head of the Bnei David pre-military academy in the settlement of Eli and Rabbi Giora Redler, telling their students it wasn't Hitler who was in the wrong, it was the Jews he killed.
Redler can be heard describing Hitler as
'the most correct person there ever was, and was correct in every word he said… he was just on the wrong side."
In other words Hitler's only fault was that he targeted the wrong people, Jews, instead of those who were members of the lower race (Arabs?).
"The real Holocaust was not when they murdered the Jews, that's not it. All these excuses — that it was ideological or systematic — are nonsense," he said. "Humanism, and the secular culture of 'We believe in man,' that's the Holocaust."
The rabbis are not alone. It is a widespread belief amongst religious Zionists that the 'real Holocaust' is assimilation, inter-marriage even abortion because all of these involve a loss to the Jewish race.
Rabbi Shimon Elitov, a member of Israel's Chief Rabbinate told a conference in Budapest in 2014 that "Assimilation in the shocking numbers that we see is worse that the physical Holocaust that we saw," (my emphasis) Rabbi Yisrael Eichler, a Knesset member for the Haredi United Torah Judaism told a Knesset Committee that assimilation was the 'silent Holocaust'.
If you believe that what is most important is the preservation of the Jewish nation/race then there is a racist logic that the physical extermination of Jews should be seen as the equivalent of those Jews who have been 'lost' to assimilation.
Rabbis Kashtiel and Redler were giving a lecture to recruits to the Israeli army. The videos of their lectures featured on Israel's Channel 13 last Monday. They can be heard calling for the enslavement of the "stupid and violent" non-Jews due to their genetic inferiority.
Again the Bnei David rabbis were not unusual in advocating that non-Jews should be slaves to Jews. The late Sephardi Chief Rabbi Ovadia Yosef also urged that non-Jews become the slaves of Jews and that non-Jews should be banned from living in Israel.
Rabbi Kashtiel told his young audience that
"The gentiles will want to be our slaves. Being a slave to a Jew is the best. They're glad to be slaves, they want to be slaves, instead of just walking the streets and being stupid and violent and harming each other, once they're slaves, their lives can begin to take shape."
"All around us, we are surrounded by peoples with genetic problems. Ask a simple Arab [because all Arabs are simple - TG]'where do you want to be?' He wants to be under the occupation. Why? Because they have genetic problems, they don't know how to run a country, they don't know how to do anything. Look at them,"
"Yes, we're racists.' He said.
'We believe in racism… There are races in the world and peoples have genetic traits, and that requires us to try to help them. The Jews are a more successful race."
What is important to understand is that these people are not marginal cranks. They hold power in Israeli society. United Torah Judaism is part of Israel's ruling coalition. The idea that assimilation, Jews marrying non-Jews, is the equivalent of the Holocaust is common to secular Jews too because racial supremacy is the knot that binds secular and religious Jewry.
The leader of the 'centrist' Yesh Atid and one of the leaders of Israel's Blue & White party, Yair Lapid reacted to the wedding of Israeli Arab broadcaster Lucy Aharish to Jewish actor Tzachi Halevy by saying that intermarriage was problematic because "we haven't recovered from the Holocaust yet."
|Students at the Bnei David pre-army academy learn in the study hall. (Screen capture/YouTube)
This isn't the first time that Bnei David has been in the headlines. In July 2016 Bnei David Rabbi Yigal Levinstein, was recorded calling LGBT people "deviant." Less than eight months later, Levinstein told IDF recruits that military service drives female soldiers "crazy" and strips them of their Jewishness. In February of this year, another Bnei David rabbi, Yosef Kelner, lectured students on women being "weak-minded" and possessing a reduced capacity for spirituality.
The Jerusalem Post explained why, despite former Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman threatening to cut their funding, Bnei David has been the darling of the Israeli military. It all began in the late 1980s when the then-head of IDF Central Command Amram Mitzna and Rabbi Levenstein conceived of a program that would encourage more religious-Zionist young men to become IDF officers.
In 1988, together with Rabbi Sadan, Levenstein created the very first religious pre-military academy. Today there are dozens of such pre-military academies throughout Israel. In 2016, Sadan received the Israel Prize, its highest award, for the project.
As the Jerusalem Post explained 'It would not be an exaggeration to say that the religious pre-military academies revolutionized the religious-Zionist approach to military service.' Quite simply there are now hundreds of religious-Zionist zealots in the IDF, all of them influenced by the racist, sexist and homophobic teachings they have received and for whom the Palestinians are no more than subhuman.
As the religious manual Torat HaMelech, a guide to killing non-Jews legally explained, the Arabs are the historic biblical enemy Amalek and in war it is one's duty to wipe out every Arab, children included.
After the footage was broadcast Kashtiel and Redler claimed their comments were taken out of context! Rabbi Kashtiel stated that
"yes, we are racist. We believe in racism, there are races in the world and genetic qualities of nations. This requires us to think how to help them."
Rabbi Radler explained that the Holocaust was a divine punishment designed to make the Jewish people leave the diaspora and that the true Holocaust, according to him, "is secular culture in which we believe in man, that is the Holocaust."
In other words the Holocaust was punishment for Jews who refused to leave the diaspora. Which was what Christian fundamentalist Pastor John Hagee, President of Christians United for Israel said when he described Hitler as a 'hunter' sent by god to chase the Jews to Israel.
Rabbi Radler went on to say that "Hitler was the rightest person there was" and that Nazi ideology was true as there is a
"masculine side which fights and is focused on honor and the brotherhood of men and a feminine world which is soft and moral and claims one should submit the other cheek."
It will be claimed that what the two rabbis said was an aberration. That they are a couple of bad apples. The reality is different. Rather than being the odd one's out, Radler and Kashtiel are normative.
Repeatedly religious rabbis, especially the Military Rabbinate, have urged that Arabs be treated with extreme cruelty and that the civilian population is a legitimate target. Chief Military Rabbi Avichai Rontzki was responsible for religious propaganda being given to soldiers during Operation Cast Lead in 2008-9 arguing that soldiers should consider all Palestinians, as legitimate targets. The attack on Gaza was portrayed as a religious wars against the Jews' ancient enemy, the Philistines. One of their favourite phrases was 'being kind to the cruel [the Arabs] is to be cruel to the kind. [Jews]'
The sexism on display at Bnei David is anything but exceptional. Another Military Chief Rabbi Colonel Eyal Krim supported the idea of rape in war ruling that "Even though fraternizing with a gentile woman is a very serious matter' it was permitted during wartime.
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It is widely known and understood that prospects and customers begin their online product search on a search engine or on Amazon. In fact, according to a survey by PowerReviews 35% of customers begin their search on Google and 38% on Amazon.
Customers are looking for convenience when considering a purchase. Most prefer to search online rather than talking to one of your sales reps or walking into a store. Depending on the industry, as many as 80% of customers have researched their product purchase online before they even talk to you.
To take advantage of these growing customer habits, you must ensure that your products are findable through online search engines. Here are three tips to help make that happen.
Key Words
When a prospect enters key words into the search field in Google or Amazon or another vendor site, how will they know that the best results will be presented? What can be very frustrating for the prospect, and a lost customer for you, is when no suitable results are presented. What the user will see will be the results crafted by the best search engine optimizers, pay-per-click managers, and feature advertisers. What the user is not necessarily seeing are the results that meet their needs.
We understand that search engine ranking is important, but consider this: What it you reallocated some of the resources spent on SEO or PPC advertising and used it for producing and displaying great content? What if you really let your products tell their stories? Not only would you be rewarded by Google's website crawlers organically for having great content, but also your potential customers would find your products more easily and buy from you. In addition, as you review key word usage on your site, you will be able to more appropriately refine your key word selection through a feedback loop to reflect the words that your customers use to find products on your site. Read more on this topic.
Once a potential customer has found your site, you want them to be able to find suitable products within your assortment quickly and easily. By setting up a great taxonomy within inRiver, your products and associated attributes will be organized and properly classified, assisting users in being able to efficiently search and filter for the SKU that best meets their needs.
Read more on taxonomy and how it benefits your downstream channels in this blog by our partner, Earley Information Science.
Product Up-sell and Cross-sell
One way your business adds value is by helping customers make informed purchasing decisions. This does not just apply to the way you promote single products ― it also applies to the way you cross-sell and up-sell.
When you have high-quality information—categorized and tagged appropriately—it is easy to show customers how to combine complementary products. You gain a competitive advantage and increase revenue because you give your customers an in-depth understanding of the product and guide them toward the ideal solution for their needs.
When you deploy inRiver Product Marketing Cloud, you are able to quickly and easily create product assortments and relationships—in the manner of a "look book" for retailers or "additional parts and services" for B2B vendors. Contact us for a demo!
Kathryn Zwack, Senior Content Marketing Manager, inRiver


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Milan-Linate airport is open
Full operation after three months of work - VIDEO
From today the full operation of the Milan-Linate airport resumes, entitled " Enrico Forlanini", which reopened from October 26th with the landing of the first Alitalia flight from Rome. The plane was "inaugurated", as is the tradition, with the water cannon from the fire brigade fire trucks. The airport reopened after three months for renovations and refurbishment.
Also present was the mayor of Milan Giuseppe Sala and the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Paola De Micheli.
The first take-off took place on Sunday morning with a Lufthansa flight to Frankfurt. Among the changes, the remaking of the runway, the construction of a new tunnel and the use of cutting-edge systems such as the X-ray machine which carries out a real "TAC" for the passengers' luggage and then reconstructs the contents of the baggage in 3D.
Below, a video with the first aircraft landed in the Milan-Linate airport:
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency


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Jau-Fei Chen, Chi wei Zhang, E. Lei Zhang, and E. E. Zhang v. Jau-Hwa Stewart, E. Excel International, Inc. and Does 1-10 v. Taig Stewart, Beverly Warner, Angela Barclay, Dale Stewart, Hwan Lan Chen, et al : Unknown
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Document Type
Legal Brief
Publication Date
Original Brief Submitted to the Utah Supreme Court; digitized by the Howard W. Hunter Law Library, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah; machine-generated OCR, may contain errors.
Daniel L. Berman, Stephen R. Waldron, H. Thomas Stevenson; attorneys for appellant.
Michael D. Zimmerman, Todd M. Shaughnessy, James D. Gardner, Kimberly Neville; attorneys for appellee.
Public record document (some rights may be reserved).
Recommended Citation
Legal Brief, Chen v. Stewart, No. 20020927.00 (Utah Supreme Court, 2002).


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Reflections on.......10/09/2012 12:03
I have had little time for reflection this summer. It has been one of the busiest periods of the last few years, with little time for painting.
Having said that, I have completed a new piece called "The people in darkness have seen a great light" which I will add shortly and I have been continuing my battle with "The Father's embrace" now on its fifth version! The canvas is going to be inches thick with paint by the time I finish this epic!
I have just finished the end of my first trading year with Veritasse and have been doing the accounts. It's easy to get overwhelmed with figures ( and I frequently do!) but more important to remember why Veritasse exists and who is really in charge. God is faithful. It is not easy having a small business in this economic situation, but we are still going ahead!
I have been reminded of my own mortality and my own powerlessness recently. I guess that the devil has a vested interest in making me feel as if I can't make a difference. The demands on a Town Councillor are quite heavy and there are some big challenges.
I have found myself thinking, "If I can't sort out littering in North Powys, what chance have I got in the more important issues facing Newtown."
The answer is.. I can't do it alone. None of us can. I know that God has brought me to the town council "for just such a time as this" and that His strength will be sufficient for me to accomplish what he asks of me.
And anyway, it's just not true that one person can't make a difference. History shows that where one person is prepared to stand up and be counted amazing consequences follow.
This summer, I have become a grandmother for the first time.It is quite a responsibility, thinking about that very topical word, "legacy". I pray that my grand-daughter will be proud to have me as her granny, even if she laments my clothes sense!(I was wearing my Greenbelt patchwork trousers yesterday while blackberry-picking, and a teenage lad shouted across that he has lost his curtains! Cheeky blighter!)
Please do pray for me as an artist and councillor and for Veritasse to serve God's people well and to make a profit! If you want to contact me, feel free. I am always happy to chat.


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June 30, 2011
A major sugar producer in Poland and a local engineering company have installed K-Patents Process Refractometers to all of their sugar mills. They started using the first K-Patents units in 2002 in few mills and due to their excellent performance they have placed several orders with K-Patents over the years.
June 28, 2011
A manufacturer of diisocyanate-based products had found that Refractive Index was an ideal method to monitor the rate of reaction in hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI) reactor. They were looking for a refractometer, which could provide higher accuracy and repeatability.
June 27, 2011
A breakfast cereal plant in Lancacshire, England, manufactures a high quality range of ready-to-eat breakfast cereals. The cereals are manufactured with conventional and extrusion processing. The company produces the following cereals: Corn Flakes, Bran Flakes, Wheat Flakes, Coated Flakes, Fruit & Fibre, Shredded Bran Sticks and Squares.
June 27, 2011
The purpose of an ammonia water treatment plant is to take the ammonia, NH4, which is present in water as an impurity, out of the water. An ammonia water treatment plant in Italy, which is a customer of K-Patents, gets its water from underground and its ammonia level is about 400 ppm. The plant uses caustic (30%), active carbon and iron chloride, FeCI3, for treating the water.
June 23, 2011
The customer's company's quality assurance principles, standards and technology help maintain their reputation as one of the most trusted brands worldwide. K-Patents has numerous installations at the customers tomato plants worldwide. There are several reasons why the tomato paste producer has chosen K-Patents Sanitary Refractometers for their plants.
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January 16, 2012 - Counted as one of Sescoi's most loyal customers, Harvey Precision has seen some major advances in
WorkNC since the original installation. John Harvey says, "Over the years we have seen some impressive leaps in functionality, but at the heart of WorkNC is its ease of use, its reliability and the quality of its toolpaths, which is what attracted us in the first place. However, the most amazing advance of all has been the speed increase we got with WorkNC V21."
The company produces a large number of electrodes which it requires to spark the complex cavities it produces, so the reliability of WorkNC is an essential element in its production cycle. John Harvey explains, "When quoting, our customers send us a wide range of different CAD formats. Translation into WorkNC CAD is very easy and foolproof. Once we have the go ahead we can then import the 3D tool models in WorkNC CAD to extract the electrode shapes directly from the design data. Once the electrodes are inside our software we quickly analyze the electrode geometry for the smallest radius so we know the minimum cutter size required, we check draft angles and simply select a machining sequence from a set of standard machining routines that we have developed over the years. We apply this sequence to the new geometry to automatically create a new set of toolpaths which are perfectly adapted to each new electrode. It is easy to underestimate the complexity of this task and to forget about the problems associated with producing roughing and finishing electrodes from the same geometry. WorkNC makes it all very straightforward."
The high speed Hurco machine used by Harvey Precision cuts the electrodes quickly, rarely taking more than an hour even for the most complex ones. The blank electrodes are first mounted on System 3R pallets and then loaded onto System 3R pneumatic chucks on the machine table making location of the copper blanks quick and accurate. "Once we have created the CNC code for each new electrode in WorkNC we just press start on the machine and it works, the only labor involved is loading and unloading. We have recently added a robot to do the electrode handling, enabling us to run the CNC machine unmanned overnight, producing up to 16 electrodes in series without stopping! If we did not have WorkNC's 100% reliability, this would be impossible" says John Harvey.
Just recently, Harvey Precision has upgraded to WorkNC V21 and replaced its computer hardware with an i7 4 core processor. WorkNC V21 uses parallel processing and multi-threading algorithms to take advantage of the capabilities of these computers. John Harvey was highly impressed with the speed improvement. "I can only say that when I saw the speed of WorkNC on the new hardware my jaw hit the desk, it is a huge quantum leap in performance. We did a back to back comparison and a job that took 4 minutes 45 seconds on the old system took just 50 seconds on the new one."
WorkNC is hugely important to Harvey Precision. John Harvey says, "WorkNC makes complicated things easy. We cut cavities in hardened steel and the high-speed toolpaths are absolutely reliable. We see the problems that other toolmakers have, and we just don't get them. The surface finish in particular is excellent compared with others I have seen. Each release of the software has seen a refinement in the toolpaths which are very high contact with no wasted movement. We would not be in business without WorkNC."
About WorkNC CADCAM:
Please do not hesitate to contact us should you require further information.


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Bear Tank
$12.00 $30.00
Product Details
Your Little Love will be ready for the great outdoors with this modern bear print tank! The rust orange color is offset with a sand trim and black bear and arrow print. Made from 100% organic cotton by Lola & Stella in Portland, OR.


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Qualified and productive human resources
Wallonia has human resources that offer a genuine goldmine for companies setting up in the Region!
In terms of staff recruitment, a series of measures allows companies to reduce their salary costs and find training courses particularly adapted to their activities.
A qualified workforce...
The percentage of qualified human resources in Belgium is among the highest in the world: 1/4 of people of working age have at least one higher education diploma.
This is also completed by a high level of multilingualism owing in particular to the country's central position at the heart of three major Anglo-Saxon, Germanic and Latin cultures.
Graph : Language skills - are meeting the needs of enterprises (max = 8,98)
... and productive !
Productivity in the industrial sector is among the highest in Europe and, in particular, is ahead of Germany, France and the United Kingdom.
Graph: GDP per hour (US $) - OECD 2017
Hiring, recruiting, training staff, we are here!
In collaboration with FOREM, we are here to help you hire qualified staff or to design tailor-made training adapted to your specific needs. We are also able to provide you with a complete simulation of the employment aids from which your company may benefit during its development in Wallonia, or to help you obtain advice about hiring workers from outside the Economic Area.
Training: a varied and high quality offering
Wallonia offers a large selection of training courses that meet the needs of the corporate market.
Schools and university centres
Courses are provided in no fewer than the 130 higher education training centres and 9 universities (grouped into three academies) spread out over the entire region.
Skills centres
Skills centres are places that provide expertise for the training of the workers of the future. They ensure training, information and awareness-raising for workers, job seekers, students, teachers, company directors and executives, and help to support the competitiveness of companies. Wallonia currently has 25 Skills Centres managed by Forem.
Research centres
Recognised research centres constitute skills centres in their respective technological fields and are privileged stakeholders for companies wishing to improve their procedures or develop a new product
Eduniversal ranking – May 2017
2017 ranking of the Uniplaces student accommodation rental platform
Four Belgian universities in the top 200 of the Times Higher World University Rankings (09/2017)


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|Posted by John Bartus on January 25, 2014 at 7:40 PM
The idea for this film came from my own creativity, a lot of kids from 4th/5th grade to present always told me that i had nice drawings and have a creative vision that i enjoy 24/7. So i drew interpretations of Me, my brother and friend Cory and figured i could use my own creative vision to deliver to the big screen. I also planned a TV series slightly before even discussing the movie, and i'm definetly planning on working on a TV adaption as well.
Keep you posted for more updates regarding the film..
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Bowler Bag/ Cross Body
A mini duffel perfect for a big day, a diaper bag or a gym bag.
- Large side cargo pockets, interior zip and slip pockets, exterior mini pocket with velcro closure.
- Removable adjustable shoulder strap as well as short straps so you can use it as a tote or a cross body.
- White topography liner, made from plastic bottles.
- 17" long x 12" tall x 7" wide
- Clean with a damp towel or, if necessary, you can throw it in the washing machine and hang to dry. Do not put it in the dryer.
Tags: Backpack, Crossbody, Diaper bag, Duffel, Eco, Feed bags, Luggage, Recycled, Recycled rice bag, Reused, Rice bag, Shoulder bag, Sustainable, Upcycled
Vendor: torrain
Type: Lifestyle


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Website open, tea being drunk and enquiries being answered. Deliveries are still taking place.
Meet Prem Magar - a very important member of our team.
Prem is 36 years old and after three years of school he started work in a rice mill.
Rice mills are extremely hard physical work with a less than stellar safety record. It was not guaranteed work and he only got paid when they needed some extra muscle. He filled in by dish washing in people's houses.
Today marks the fourth anniversary of the appalling earthquake that hit Nepal on the 25th of April 2015, killing about 9000 people, injuring more than 20,000 and rendering about 500,000 homeless.
Blog Fair trade fortnight Fairtrade Behind the brand
Meet the people behind the brand who help produce Black Yak……so they can also 'Be an Individual'.
In the first of our people stories and to also celebrate Fair Trade fortnight's 'She deserves a living income', we would like to introduce you to Rupa!
Gift Present Inspiration History Love Valentine's Day Blog
St. Valentine's Day has its roots dating back to a Roman Pagan fertility festival known as Lupercalia in the year 496 AD, between the 13th and 15th of February.
Look Book Outfit Ideas Inspiration Winter
Has January been glum? After all of the festivities, January tends to be a quieter month for everyone. To cheer you up and add the sparkle back this winter, we have put together a look book to freshen up your winter accessory wardrobe for this year!


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Saturday, March 29, 2008
Measuring Training Takeaways
All training programs should have takeways for the trainees and importantly the trainees should be in a position to measure the same, and have the ability to apply the learnings in their professional life.If a trainer imparts training without any tangible and measurable takeaways, then inspite of he being an excellent trainer, he does not serve the purpose. How to measure...........takeaways, get in touch with me.
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