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A young person dies in a drunk driving accident. After his funeral, his friends celebrate his life by inviting everyone they know via facebook event to go bar hopping, then driving to the scene of the accident and placing empty beer cans around the roadside memorial. Pictures taken and posted online to document the whole event.
A young person dies of a drug overdose. This person struggled with abusing drugs and alcohol for several years. On the anniversary if his death, his friends rent a party-bus and get blacked-out drunk. Again, pictures taken and posted online to document.
I know that people are allowed to grieve however they want, but aren't these examples huge slaps in the face to the deceased and their families?

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With the New Orleans Pelicans having returned from their brief road excursion, coach Monty Williams ticked off the areas in which he'd like to see improvement.
Heading into Wednesday night's game against the Los Angeles Lakers at Smoothie King Center, Williams had defense at the top of the list after the Pelicans were shredded by the Cleveland Cavaliers' trio of LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love.
Secondly, Williams mentioned not turning the ball over. And he'd like to see the Pelicans take advantage of being at home by winning impressively.
"We have to continue to build our home court," he said. "That's a big deal for us, winning at home and taking advantage of our ability to score. But we've got to defend better."
For the Pelicans, the game likely will afford that opportunity as well as being a gauge of the team's home-court advantage.
In previous seasons, save for last season with guard Kobe Bryant was out injured, New Orleans' home games against the Lakers were annual reminders that this city's NBA team was not quite there yet with having a strong, loyal home fan base. Embarrassingly, the arena would be divided among those pulling for the home team and Lakers fans, with the latter usually being the loudest as the game neared its end and the visiting team pulled away to victory.
However, like last season's Lakers, this season's edition is nowhere near the Lakers of deceased former owner Jerry Buss. Those teams were championship contenders year in and year out.
Last season, the Lakers were a collection of second-line players, except for power forward Pau Gasol, who signed with the Chicago Bulls in the offseason.
These Lakers, 1-5 heading into Tuesday night's game at Memphis, likely will provide ample opportunity for Pelicans fans to drown out those of the team from L.A., if there are many present.
On paper, the Lakers would appear to be defenseless against the drives of Tyreke Evans, Anthony Davis' shots and offensive rebounds, and the Pelicans' fast break, with Ryan Anderson shooting 3-pointers.
Los Angeles allows an average of 112.7 points per game, which is last among the NBA's 30 teams. The Lakers are last in defensive field-goal percentage (48.4), second-to-last in opponents' 3-pointers per game (10.0), 28th in defensive 3-point percentage (41.8), 26th in opponents' assists per game (23.8) and 23rd in rebounding differential, with foes outrebounding them by 3.1 per game.
However, Williams points out that they still have Bryant, who in his 19th season is second in the NBA with a 26.5 points per game scoring average.
"They've got Kobe, and they've got some veterans on their team that have been in good programs and won a lot of games," Williams said. "I'm talking about (power forward Carlos) Boozer, (point guard Jeremy) Lin. (Center Jordan) Hill is a guy who can play."
Of concern heading into the game is that the Lakers showed rare defensive capabilities in Sunday's win against Charlotte, holding the Hornets to 13 points in the third quarter.
"It just looks like they get after teams, and they put so much pressure on you on the offensive end (102.8 ppg)," Williams said. "It looks like they were zoning a little bit, and teams that do that can break your rhythm."
The Lakers have seven new players. However, through several systems and as much wear and tear on his body as anyone who ever played in the league, Bryant remains the major threat. New Orleans fans have seen him have 40- and 50-point games against their team. Perhaps the unkindest cut of all came two season's ago when he led the Lakers back from 25 points behind to a victory in which they scored the game's final 20 points.
"We've played against him so many times before, we look (on tape) at our pick-and-roll coverages with him, when he gets the ball in the sweet spot, how we help out," Williams said. "And yet, coach (Byron) Scott is running a different system. They're running that Princeton stuff, so he's got high pick-and-roll sets as opposed to when he was in the Triangle.
"When he was with coach (Mike) Brown, they ran a lot of San Antonio stuff. So we've guarded him in different spots, but it's the same Kobe."
Sports Illustrated has an in-depth article in its latest edition on Pelicans forward Ryan Anderson and his struggle to find meaning and hope after the suicide of his girlfriend, Gia Allemand, during the summer of 2013. The article is titled "Love, Loss and Survival" and was written by Sports Illustrated's Chris Ballard. … Pelicans power forward Anthony Davis leads the league in blocks (4.17 per game) and rebounds (13.0), and is fifth in scoring (24.5) and steals (2.50). … Scott coached the New Orleans Hornets from 2004-2009, guiding the team a 56-26 record and the Southwest Division title in 2008.


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Sell more print and online advertising
September 11, 2012
By Jerry Bellune
One of the first questions new coaching clients ask me is how can my people sell more advertising? This is a common problem for all of us in newspaper advertising sales.
Our friend Scott Channell has the answer: Ask better questions. Through the questions we ask, Scott says, we uncover:
• True buying motives and how prospects actually make buying decisions.
• The specific conditions that we must meet for them to buy from us.
When interviewing a prospect or upselling a current advertisers, remember that:
1. People will tell us how to sell them—if we let them.
They love to talk about themselves and their businesses, goals and challenges. Let them. Steer them. Listen for information you can use to close.
2. Reward them by actively listening.
Most business owners and managers are frustrated because they feel they can't talk about this with employees. Their spouses and children don't want to talk about it. Then you come along and really listen. Who do you trust? Those who care about you because they listen to you.
3. Close on the details.
What we ask is important. Our follow-up questions are even more important. We gain details we can use to close through good follow-up questions.
21 questions to ask
your advertisers
1. Looking 12 months ahead, what is different about your market? What do you want to accomplish?
2. What are your major challenges? Major opportunities?
3. Tell me about your advertising and marketing strategies?
4. Are you experiencing problems retaining customers? Attracting new customers?
5. What do your customers tell you about their experience with your products and services?
6. How much time does it take you to plan your advertising and marketing?
7. What are your major concerns about your advertising and marketing?
8. Do you have available expertise for advertising and marketing?
9. Describe your biggest unmet needs in terms of sales, advertising and marketing?
10. If someone needs what you offer, what keeps them from buying from you?
11. Are there any common misconceptions customers have about your business?
12. What are the most significant benefits people get when buying from you?
13. What are your two most important sales events each year?
14. Who is your ideal customer? Where does most of your business come from?
15. Is your business experiencing the kind of growth you need and want? How are you dealing with this?
16. Is there anything else we should discuss before we discuss advertising options for you?
17. Are there other individuals involved in this decision?
18. How did you decide on your current advertising strategies?
19. What were the results in sales and revenues?
20. What are you doing now in regard to your advertising and marketing?
21. We have all had bad experiences. Have you had bad experiences with advertising you need to avoid?
Equip your account executives with these 21 questions, rehearse with them and watch what happens. Please let me know what kinds of results you get.
For Scott Channell's tips and newsletter, write him at firstname.lastname@example.com
September's takeaway thought. Start your own sales educational program the easy way with my book, "Selling by the Numbers." E-mail me for details at email@example.com. © The Bellune Co. 2012
Jerry Bellune's new leadership book, "What It Costs to Be the Boss" will be out this year. He coaches newspaper owners the field-tested strategies of he and his family's profitable publishing companies in South Carolina.


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Suicide Squad
Disclaimer: All familiar characters belong to DC or Marvel. I own Farrah/Persiana and Lance/Diablos. This story starts out after the end of Crimes of Passion.
Chapter 1: The New Squad
A red-haired teen in red tights and a red vest was walking along the hallways of what appeared to be an underground complex. His name is Roy Harper, the hero known as Speedy. Formerly of the Justice League and Titans East, the archer had been a mole for Checkmate, secretly monitoring the League's activities long before Farrah's arrival. Lance knew of this and kept quiet, but it all came out when Lian, Roy's daughter, was kidnapped by a deranged scientist. Getting kicked out of both teams, Roy has given up the identity of Speedy for a more…intimidating one for his new employer; Arsenal. He had been called in by Amanda Waller for an important meeting. What it could have been about was anyone's guess, but, with a woman known as 'the Wall' was concerned, it was something big.
As Roy walked in, his eyes widened,
He barely dodged a boomerang. As it headed near his head, he saw it get embedded into the wall. A voice shouted,
"Oi! Watch it, Red!"
The voice belonged to a man with curly brown hair, wearing a blue jacket and blue hat, with white boomerangs on it. His name was Digger Harkness, Captain Boomerang.
A woman shook her head,
"Leave the kid alone, Digger."
She was dressed in all black, had black hair, and a black eye mask. Her name is Eve Eden, Nightshade.
Roy looked at Captain Boomerang,
"You're one of Flash's villains! What are you doing here?"
Digger gruffed,
"The same thing you and the Shelia are. We're 'ere cuz o' th' Wall."
Nightshade sat back down and continued reading, pretending the fight never took place. Roy smirked and took a seat next to her,
"Hey, beautiful."
Nightshade turned and reared shadowy claws on her hands,
"One more come-on like that; and I'll banish your manhood into the darkness."
Roy winced and quickly stayed quiet in his seat.
After a few minutes of waiting, a heavy African American woman with short hair walked in, wearing a professional business suit. Her name is Amanda Waller, and she was known as the 'Wall' for two reasons; one, she was about as big as one. The second; no one, not even Batman, could intimidate her.
Waller looked at the three people,
"Let's get to it; you've been drafted."
Digger scoffed,
"Tell us something we don't know, Shelia."
Amanda shot him a glare, and the boomerang master quickly sat straight. Eve smirked,
"I like her already."
Amanda continued,
"As I was saying, you al have been drafted to work for Checkmate's newest, and most dangerous assignments. You are members of the Suicide Squad."
Roy thought this over for a minute,
"Wait, you mean, you're drafting super villains for this squad?"
Waller shrugged,
"Villains, volunteers, former Checkmate Agents; the list can go on."
Speedy shook his head,
"All right, but just who else is joining up in this little party of ours?"
Just then, a blonde woman stepped in. She looked to be an older version of Supergirl, and definitely more…buxom. Amanda looked at her,
"Power Girl."
Power Girl folded her arms,
"I still don't see why I'm here. I just want a rematch with Supergirl, her bitch cat friend, and her bitch Amazon." (1)
The heavy-set woman nodded,
"You were supposed to infiltrate and report on Lex's activities. You did your mission."
The blonde scowled,
"Did it include being cut up by a psycho were-cat?"
A man with a short crew cut and a black leather jacket walked in. He smirked,
"Well, nice to see some lovely ladies around here."
He slid next to Power Girl,
"Hey, gorgeous. Those real?"
The endowed blonde rolled her eyes and threw the man across the table. He landed and rubbed his head,
His hand began glowing and the earth started shaking. His name is Booker Washington, Major Disaster.
Waller shouted,
"Disaster, stop it now!"
Major Disaster's ability was he could create natural disasters using a specially designed armored suit. However, years of use eventually internalized this power, and he could create earthquakes, make volcanoes explode, along with a host of other abilities with his mind. Later, he found out he can increase the likelihood a disaster happens to a person or area by focusing his mind. He was also built like a tank, but one word from Waller, and he whimpered,
Once the earth began to settle, a black haired woman in a green shoulder-less outfit walked in. Her name is Cheshire, formerly a hired assassin. She specializes in poisons and acrobatics. She smirked,
"Hello, Roy."
Arsenal was stunned,
"Jade? What are you doing here?"
Jade shrugged,
"I can't see my old bed partner anymore? Too bad."
She traced a finger on his chest, purring seductively,
"I was hoping for another time in the sack. I've been working out, you know."
Captain Boomerang, who had been staring at the assassin's backside, nodded,
"It shows from this angle, Sheila."
Jade threw a knife right at the boomerang master's head. It missed, barely. She snarled,
"Don't even think about it, Digger. I'm here for my Roy."
She kissed him on the lips, and sat down, lustfully gazing at the former Titan.
Waller folded her arms,
"Now that we're all here; to business. The six of you have been selected for various reasons-."
Digger quipped,
"By drawin' names out o' bloomin' hat."
Waller glared at the Australian, to which he curled into a ball. Amanda continued,
"As I was saying, you six are selected because you all have a slight…gray area…when it comes to morals. We are here to do the things that the League would never dream of doing, mainly kill people that need to be killed."
She slid several folders onto the table,
"Your first mission is the retrieval of plans for an armor known as War Machine."
Roy nodded,
"I remember this thing. I fought it when I had to rescue Lian." (2)
Amanda Waller looked at her team,
"Let's go to work."
Next Chapter:
The Suicide Squad gets more than it bargains for when they come face to face with Ultron! Stay tuned for more, fellow readers!
(1) Happened in Justice League Persiana
(2) Happened in Crimes of Passion


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Is there a way to make an image dynamic in a template?
Also, is there any other way then sending a preview to send an email to an individual, through the API?
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To answer your other question, you can send draft campaigns to individual email addresses via the API (free, to a max 50 email addresses per day). Happy to answer any questions about this.


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I love fresh pico de gallo. Whenever I visit Mexico I eat it by the bucket. No joke. I have been making it at home for a few years and have recently sped things up by using a small Kitchen Aid food processor. Although the chunky style is my preference, the time it takes to chop all the ingredients by hand is not worth the effort now that I have found a way for a quick 2 for 1 salsa and guacamole recipe. Efficient!
Read on.
Before you Start:
Prep time: 5 min
Serves: A lot. Makes 3 cups salsa and ~2 cups guac.
To make things easier:
– Small food processor. You can cut by hand like a sucker if you don't have one.
Spices and other 1 teaspoon garlic powder Course Salt to taste Veggies 1/2 Cilantro bunch 1 small-medium onion (white preferably) 3-4 medium sized Roma tomatoes 2 Jalapenos (seeds removed) 2 Ripe Avocados 1 Lime
1. Peel your onion and set aside 1/4 for guac. No tears, you are a big boy. Deseed your jalapenos and tomatoes.
2. In small food processor combine 3/4 onion, 1 jalapeno, tomatoes, and garlic powder. Chop chop.
3. Squeeze juice from lime and salt to taste.
4. Set aside salsa in a separate dish. Reserve a couple tablespoons in the food processor for guac. This is Key!
5. Add remaining onion, jalapeno, and avocados to mixer. Smashie Smashie. Salt to taste.


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One thing I didn't like about this book was the romance, one minute Cas is saying how he's going to kill Anna and then the next minute he loves her! Okay so I get that feelings develop when you learn more about a person. But Anna is a ghost and he is a human which somehow doesn't work, they're doomed from the start so its not exactly going to work for them. It was cute how Cas was the only person she could truly be calm around before she got set free and I did like seeing how he always made sure that she was alright.
Overall I really enjoyed this book, the pacing of it was great as there was never a dull moment that dragged on. The plot line was clever and kept me on the edge throughout the whole of the book, I felt nervous for the characters a lot of the time. I actually liked the horror aspect to the book especially as Kendare Blake hasn't held back in some parts which you'd expect a YA author to do. I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in paranormal YA or if your someone who is looking for something thats slightly gruesome in some parts, this is the book for you!


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Friday, December 14, 2007
Knitting News
The balaclava is finished! I hope to get some photos to post tomorrow or Sunday; we're getting ready for company right now, so Gary's not available to pose.
Also, I've been experimenting with different seating. The ideal knitting chair has excellent back support, but no arms. Knitting on our various couches was making my back unhappy, and dealing with chair arms was making my back unhappy in another way. I solved this by resurrecting an old chair from college: a small folding rocking chair, wooden with a caned seat and back, without arms.
Perfect! It was just what the doctor ordered.
Except that it's twenty-five years old, and the caning on the seat has started to give way. I can still sit in it, but that probably won't last long! So now I have to figure out if it makes more sense to have it recaned -- I'm not even sure where I'd have that done -- or to try to find a new one.
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John T. from Birds Etcetera sent in a link to this story about the invasive iguanas in Boca Grande, Florida. While the ISW has certainly posted about this topic before, the article has a couple of interesting parts that make it worth a read. First is the idea of a using "sustainable harvest" to keep populations of green iguanas (Iguana iguana) and black spiny-tailed iguanas (Ctenosaura spp.) in check. Magnum Reptiles is one trapping company that has committed to taking in wayward iggies and selling them as exotic pets to people in other parts of the country.
The other thing in the article that caught my eye is much more sinister. Another trapping company, Iguana Busters, appeared this past October on the local Florida news to demonstrate how the iguanas they captured are euthanized by placing the reptiles in a freezer. When the interview was rebroadcast on the Today Show, Iguana Busters received more than 100 death threats from irate animal lovers (read more here). Luckily, at least one of the animal-rights activists was sensible enough to have a real conversation with Iguana Busters, and they are working out a way to do what Magnum Reptiles offered: send captured iguanas to people willing to adopt them. NBC2 News has the scoop on the controversy and also a great video, don't miss it.
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A well-written and in-depth assessment of the situation, Jennifer. Very nicely done!
By John L. Trapp, at
What are the chances that "rehomed" iguanas will establish a new population somewhere else if they escape or are released? While it's nice to think that the captured individuals will live long and prosper in a new location, is this really a safe way to address the problem of invasive species?
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It's unbelievable anyone has the gall to support a "sustainable harvest" of an invasive species! This is absolutely insane thinking.
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MILWAUKEE (AP) Sunny conditions on Monday helped road crews deal with the remnants of a blustery snowstorm that blacked out thousands of homes and businesses and was blamed for at least 22 traffic deaths in the upper Midwest.
Sgt. Michael Melgaard of the Wisconsin State Patrol in Eau Claire said driving conditions improved substantially for holiday travelers starting in the late morning.
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"The roads were clear for the most part and traffic was moving at normal speeds," he said Monday afternoon. "It seemed like there was a lot of steady holiday traffic, but it's starting to wane now as people are getting to their destinations."
But in Michigan, crashes on icy roads Monday evening caused multiple injuries and shut down sections of three interstate highways in Detroit, Dearborn and Warren, radio station WWJ-AM reported.
The weekend-long blast of ice and windblown snow led to multi-car pileups that closed sections of several major highways on the Plains.
Adding to the death toll, authorities say a woman died in Maple Valley Township, Mich., about 60 miles north of Detroit, after she lost control of her truck and it rolled into a ditch filled with water. The woman was trapped in the overturned truck, said police who discovered the wreck Monday morning.
The storm rolled through Colorado and Wyoming on Friday, then spread snow and ice on Saturday from the Texas Panhandle to Wisconsin. On Sunday, snow fell across much of Wisconsin and eastern Minnesota and parts of Michigan and Indiana.
Up to 15 inches of snow fell over the weekend on parts of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, which typically gets heavy snow, and freezing drizzle glazed some highways Monday morning in counties along Lake Michigan.
The storm system had blown out to sea Monday morning, but in its wake wind blowing at 25 mph picked up moisture from Lake Erie to create lake-effect snow in Buffalo Five to 10 inches of snow was possible there and in other parts of western New York by Tuesday morning, the weather service said.
In Chicago, some 250 travelers stayed overnight Sunday at O'Hare International Airport after 300 flights were canceled because of high winds. The airport set up cots for travelers, and flights were running smoothly Monday, airport spokesman Gregg Cunningham said.
The freezing rain, ice, gusty wind and heavy snow over the weekend knocked out power to than 421,000 homes and businesses in Michigan and Illinois, as well as thousands in Wisconsin. Only 6,000 customers were still without power in Michigan Monday evening, while scattered outages remained in Illinois, utility representatives said.
In addition to the Michigan fatality, accidents on highways slippery with snow and ice killed at least eight people in Minnesota, three in Indiana, three in Wyoming, five in Wisconsin and one each in Texas and Kansas.
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Climb up five dark flights to the studio of Gogy Esparza and you'll find yourself in an interior design tumblr dream. A high ripped tin ceiling sprayed with oil and latex paint by Gogy, it's a bright, open perfect place to get your haircut or just hang out. With an old fashioned barber chair in one corner (found on Craigslist) there's plenty of space to flip through the stack of unusual waiting room mags.
Whether he's showing his collaborative art project El Vacio at Comme des Garçons Black Shop in Berlin, or talking it out with scissors in his hand, Gogy is constantly exploring and staying curious. See what he thinks about getting lost, growing up, cutting hair and making art in 2014.
First off, who are your hair heroes?
My aunt, and my big brothers, who I learned the trade from. But I've also been lucky enough to work alongside some of the city's best stylists and characters over the years. I've always been the youngest guy in the shop, so I'd try to absorb as much as I can, everyone has their little tricks.
What was your hair like when you were 13?
I kind of looked like Little Richard. I had that skinny stache. Long, long hair, a bit past my shoulders. But I used to get it braided in cornrows every week, and I had a crispy shape-up.
What made you want to become a barber?
I was too shy growing up. I looked up to barbers, namely my big brothers because they always knew how to crack a joke. They knew how to talk to any and everyone, navigate through different personalities. That's a trait I always wanted to learn. I started cutting during the very beginnings of the internet era, so the shop was still the way a lot of information was exchanged — it's where you felt the most plugged in.
Where do you go to find Hairspiration?
I do look at a lot of magazines and editorials, both new and old. Old music videos, films, books. But I think I absorb the most when I travel. The haircut is usually the first thing I notice on a person. And each place I've ever been to always has a few styles very specific to their city or country. I'll even get my haircut at a local shop, just so I can learn as much as I can about the shop culture, or even the technique.
I know your clientele is male, but have you ever cut your mom's hair?
No, I haven't cut my mother's hair, but I actually do cut a lot of my girlfriends' hair.
What are you doing when you aren't in your studio?
I like to do the stray dog thing, just roam and get lost. I need it, it's how I figure most things out and when I take most of my photos and videos. I saw this little documentary on Daido Moriyama and he would sneak off into sketchy little alleys all the time. I like being curious. I'm always at the movies, and I like dancing in the clubs.
Tell me what you're planning for your upcoming show in January?
NEW NEW! is what we're calling our show in January. It signifies a fresh start for me in my new space, and I'm super lucky to show alongside Peter Sutherland and Maggie Lee. Its really an honor for me, to have them believe in my stuff and support, and the show will also serve as a kind of studio warming. Please come check it out, our opening is on the 22nd of January!


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#1 Foam::sigFpe::sigHandler(int) in "/opt/openfoam210/platforms/linux64GccDPOpt/lib/libOpenFOAM.so"
#2 in "/lib/libc.so.6"
#3 void Foam::fvc::surfaceIntegrate<Foam::Vector<double> >(Foam::Field<Foam::Vector<double> >&, Foam::GeometricField<Foam::Vector<double>, Foam::fvsPatchField, Foam::surfaceMesh> const&) in "/opt/openfoam210/platforms/linux64GccDPOpt/lib/libfiniteVolume.so"
#4 Foam::tmp<Foam::GeometricField<Foam::Vector<double >, Foam::fvPatchField, Foam::volMesh> > Foam::fvc::surfaceIntegrate<Foam::Vector<double> >(Foam::GeometricField<Foam::Vector<double>, Foam::fvsPatchField, Foam::surfaceMesh> const&) in "/opt/openfoam210/platforms/linux64GccDPOpt/lib/libfiniteVolume.so"
#5 Foam::tmp<Foam::GeometricField<Foam::Vector<double >, Foam::fvPatchField, Foam::volMesh> > Foam::fvc::div<Foam::Vector<double> >(Foam::GeometricField<Foam::Vector<double>, Foam::fvsPatchField, Foam::surfaceMesh> const&) in "/opt/openfoam210/platforms/linux64GccDPOpt/lib/libfiniteVolume.so"
#6 Foam::tmp<Foam::GeometricField<Foam::Vector<double >, Foam::fvPatchField, Foam::volMesh> > Foam::fvc::div<Foam::Vector<double> >(Foam::tmp<Foam::GeometricField<Foam::Vector<doub le>, Foam::fvsPatchField, Foam::surfaceMesh> > const&) in "/opt/openfoam210/platforms/linux64GccDPOpt/lib/libfiniteVolume.so"
#7 Foam::fv::gaussLaplacianScheme<Foam::Vector<double >, double>::fvmLaplacian(Foam::GeometricField<double, Foam::fvsPatchField, Foam::surfaceMesh> const&, Foam::GeometricField<Foam::Vector<double>, Foam::fvPatchField, Foam::volMesh> const&) in "/opt/openfoam210/platforms/linux64GccDPOpt/lib/libfiniteVolume.so"
in "/opt/openfoam210/platforms/linux64GccDPOpt/bin/icoFoam"
in "/opt/openfoam210/platforms/linux64GccDPOpt/bin/icoFoam"
in "/opt/openfoam210/platforms/linux64GccDPOpt/bin/icoFoam"
in "/opt/openfoam210/platforms/linux64GccDPOpt/bin/icoFoam"
#12 __libc_start_main in "/lib/libc.so.6"
in "/opt/openfoam210/platforms/linux64GccDPOpt/bin/icoFoam"
Floating point exception
Is Courant number the problem? But max courant number is terrible high!!
Thanks for the reply!
I have seen tha,t in other post, Courant number is indicated as the problem. Here I have C number equal to 7.3117e+297, it is terrible high. I don't know why it is so high.
Greetings Mattia,
Since it's icoFoam, there are at least two reasons this error occurs:
Thanks Bruno for the reply.
When I run checkMesh I have "failed 3 mesh checks".
What means that the mesh is damaged?
Best regards
I meant "damaged" in a generic way.
As you've seen, it failed 3 mesh checks, which means that there seems to be something wrong with the mesh... which could be considered as "damaged". ;)
You'll have to diagnose yourself what checkMesh tells you is wrong and fix "blockMeshDict" so that checkMesh no longer complains.
Hi Mattia,
which error messages do you get? Some messages are not as critical as other.
And set your start time to 1e-6 or 1e-7 for starting your solution.
But first check your mesh again. Like bruno said, you have to improve your mesh quality if the errors are critical errors
- the solution fails when calculating a Laplacian, and the mesh fails 3 tests, so you should report what tests it fails (or the whole output of checkMesh), and most likely re-mesh until those errors disappear. Tweaking the solver is unlikely to help.
- Please, next time don't write your question is "urgent". All questions are "urgent" in the same way, and trying to get more attention usually results in the opposite. :D
Ok. I'm sorry Alberto.
Thanks all for the reply!
Best regards.
How can I undestand where it's the problem of mesh? For example what is the face that has zero area.
Sorry but I'm studying openfoam from a week.
Checking geometry...
Overall domain bounding box (-5 -5 0) (15 5 0)
Mesh (non-empty, non-wedge) directions (1 1 0)
Mesh (non-empty) directions (1 1 0)
All edges aligned with or perpendicular to non-empty directions.
Boundary openness (0 0 2.45443e-16) OK.
Max cell openness = 9.72873e-16 OK.
Max aspect ratio = 0 OK.
***Zero or negative face area detected. Minimum area: 0
<<Writing 28416 zero area faces to set zeroAreaFaces
Min volume = 1.33333e-300. Max volume = 2e-300. Total volume = 3.95333e-296. Cell volumes OK.
Mesh non-orthogonality Max: 90 average: 90
***Number of non-orthogonality errors: 39300.
<<Writing 39300 non-orthogonal faces to set nonOrthoFaces
Face pyramids OK.
***Max skewness = 706.342, 42336 highly skew faces detected which may impair the quality of the results
<<Writing 42336 skew faces to set skewFaces
Coupled point location match (average 0) OK.
Failed 3 mesh checks.
Best regards.
With checkMesh and doing the mesh better I solve the problem. Thanks a lot.
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- Short lead times: since OD furniture is manufactured locally by leveraging a network of furniture workshops, lead times from purchase to delivery tend to be significantly shorter than the alternatives offered by traditional design furniture distribution companies that often rely on sea shipping from the Far-East and are generally are not able to cope efficiently and economically with small order quantities.
- Emotional appeal: I believe there is an increasingly evident demand among consumers and companies for unique products and experiences, handmade goods, craft and artisan-ship, locally made and sourced a products and a wider movement away from the mass-produced, the commodity shopping establishment, the Ikeas and Tescos of the world. Consumers ascribe an emotional premium to the experience of having a direct connection with the makers (think Esty), the hosts (think airbnb), the drivers (think Uber/Lyft) or whoever is crafting the experience for the end user. OD, by connecting the customers with the makers and the designers, provides a much more engaging, transparent and responsible way to buy furniture that the alternatives out there.
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- A big and compelling vision executed by a team with deep domain knowledge
- Office furniture is clearly only the first step for OD, although it in itself represents a large opportunity to build a valuable business. Once the machine is well oiled though, there is nothing stopping OD from moving into home furniture and home decor more broadly and, eventually, into any product category that can be digitally fabricated. The idea of of ultimately taking on Ikea, a €30B revenue business, is not that far fetched.
- I am confident that a team with deep domain knowledge in industrial design and crowd-sourcing, such as the one that Tim is leading up, is best placed to execute on this compelling vision.
I am excited to see the business grow and validate my investment thesis over the next few years!
Do Listed Markets Understand Ecommerce?Posted: March 11, 2014 Filed under: Ecommerce, valuations | Tags: ecommerce, IPO, Multiples, Online Retail, Stock Market 3 Comments
I have been keeping a close eye on the recent IPO activity of online retail businesses in the UK.
AO World is the most recent example, an online retail business selling a range of white good brands which listed on March 3rd 2014 and achieved a market capitalisation in excess of £1.5B (close to 6x historic revenues), joining ASOS and Ocado in what seems to be an uncontrollable euforia amongst retail investors for anything that involves selling and online.
Having looked at ecommerce businesses in the private market as an investor over the past four years, what caught my interest is that such valuations are nowhere to be seen in private equity land. Some of the most recent deals in the private markets (interestingly one has to go back to December 2011 to find the first relevant one), such as Wiggle, Moonpig or MyProtein, were done at 2-3x revenue and 10-13x EBITDA. This is a world apart from what the listed markets are valuing online retails businesses at the moment: Ocado (70x EBITDA), ASOS (80x EBITDA), AO (147x EBITDA).
So why are private equity investors not paying such high multiples for online retail businesses, while listed market investors pile in?
A few charts should help shed some light. Red dots represent listed online retail companies (including the ones rumoured to be listing in the next few months e.g. Boohoo, Photobox), blue dots represent privately owned online retail companies. Three things appear quite evident:
1) Listed market investors are happy to pay a premium for revenue growth, unlike private equity investors;
2) Private equity investors value margins, while the listed market investors don't seem to care that much;
3) There is a slight premium for scale in the listed markets, not in the private markets;
Three things could be explaining this data:
1 – The level of sophistication amongst private equity investors is higher than that of listed market investors (listed equity fund managers, pension funds, retail investors). This would explain private equity's obsession with margin (a rough proxy for the quality of the business model) rather than topline growth (which could come at the expense of margins). In a nutshell this is Amazon's equity story of how they won the heart of Wall Street: a business carefully run at zero margin to keep topline growing at >20% pa to win market share of all retail. More equity analysts covering UK ecommerce stocks could be a good thing as the market capitalisation of online retail businesses in the UK now tops £10B.
2- There is a scarcity of growth stocks for UK fund managers to take exposure to and the offline to online shift is still one of the few attractive growth stories remaining out there. So anything that simply smells ecommerce, regardless of the actual underlying business model, will attract a premium valuation. This is actually causing severe headaches amongst some of the best IPO candidates (and their bankers) that, despite operating at 30-40% margins, will inevitably be thrown in the "online retail" bucket by the listed markets and possibly get an Ocado (5% margin) or an AO.com (3% margin) multiple on their revenue (c. 4x). I am sure they won't be un-happy about those multiples, but in theory they should trade at a premium to less attractive business models.
3 – Listed markets seem to believe that with size come economies of scale in ecommerce, and therefore they are happy to ascribe a premium for larger businesses. But is that actually the case? The same data set suggests the opposite, the larger the business the lower the margins (a proxy for its efficiency) i.e. it's either growth/scale or margin in ecommerce. This brings us back to point 1: how sophisticated are the listed market investors?
8 Areas of Internet & Digital Media I Will Pay Closer Attention to in 2014Posted: January 5, 2014 Filed under: Investment thesis | Tags: digital media, ecommerce, edutech, entrepreneurship, Marketplaces, mobile, startups, uber, wearables 2 Comments
How Important is the Off-Price Channel in RetailPosted: September 25, 2013 Filed under: Ecommerce, Retail | Tags: apparel, ecommerce, off-price Leave a comment
I have been thinking at the off-price retail market recently, both offline and online. Businesses playing into this market rely on accessing surplus stock from brands, and then selling it down to the end customers at a markup (but still at heavy discounts to RRP). Surplus stock fundamentally exists because of structural inefficiencies in the retail industry which make it difficult for brands to accurately forecast demand (and therefore production): production cycles are long, so brands don't know if it will be a good season until it's too late to react. In categories like fashion, where trends are volatile and their lifespan difficult to predict, this factor is even more important: fear of missing out forces brands to deliberately over-produce.
One key question from the investor's perspective is whether these structural imperfections will at some point go away, as brands become increasingly good at forecasting demand. That would obviously reduce the economic need for off-price retailers, as in a perfect retail marketplace brands should be able to sell 100% of their inventory at full price.
So I looked at the US market, where more data is available on listed off-price retailers. I specifically looked for evidence of low / decreasing importance of off-price retailers in the retail value chain (in my mind low was <5% of the entire market, a completely arbitrary low number). I was therefore surprised to find that the basket of six off-price retailers I used in my analysis contributed to 16.3% of the US Clothing & Clothing Accessories market in 2012, up from 12.9% in 2005. I looked at the clothing and accessories market as off-price retailers tend to mainly sell that.
Note: off-price include TJX, Ross Stores, Big Lots, Stein Mart, Overstock, Bluefly.
Source: companies accounts, US Census
This is even more impressive if one thinks that those off-price sales occurred at c. 50% discount to full retail price, so in terms of volumes the importance of off-price retailers in this category is enormous.
My analysis is deliberately conservative as it is excluding all privately-owned off-price retailers which I could not easily get revenue data for. These include large online off-price retailers such as Gilt, RueLaLa, HauteLook etc which experienced very high growth over the period I looked at and certainly would add % points to the 16.3% number I got to and steepness to the red curve.
What this is suggesting is that surplus stock is unlikely to go away from the industry any time soon and, if anything, brands should be feeling more comfortable in their over-production decision because of the efficiency of these channels in clearing up their unsold stock.
What this is not showing though is the impact on margins that this channel has for the brands…
Amazon: Growing More Inefficient?Posted: August 18, 2013 Filed under: Ecommerce | Tags: amazon, ecommerce Leave a comment
Since Q3 2010 Amazon has been consistently growing headcount at a faster rate than net sales: while TTM net sales went from $30.8B in Q3 2010 to $66.8B in Q2 2013 (2.2x), headcount grew from 28k to almost 100k (3.1x) over the same period. What's interesting is that this is a clear inversion of trend compared to the quarters leading up to Q3 2010: from 2001 to 2010 net sales grew by a factor of 10x while headcount 'only' trebled.
If one then looks at sales growth by segment (Amazon reports net sales by Media, Electronics & General Merchandise and Other), it all starts making sense: the bulk of the growth in absolute terms has come from the EGM segment, which grew from $15.6B TTM net sales in Q3 2010 to $43.1B TTM net sales in Q2 2013 and now accounts for close to two thirds of Amazon total net sales. EGM includes stuff like consumer electronics, DVDs, software, home & garden furniture, toys etc. which, unlike books, movies and video games (included in the Media segment) is heavy and bulky and requires both more warehouse employees AND more warehouse space. Also, as Amazon pushes aggressively towards same day delivery, more fulfillment centres are required to get closer and closer to the end customer, which is likely to further diminish Amazon efficiency at generating revenues.
Q3 2010 looks like an inflection point when the Media segment started being shadowed by the EGM segment in terms of net sales.
Benedict Evans, in a brilliant post on Amazon's (lack of) profits, has recently speculated that the company could well be a cleverly orchestrated 'Ponzi' scheme where top line growth can only be sustained by suppressing profitability and constantly re-investing every cent of free cashflow back into the business (and particularly, in fulfillment centre staff).
"The other view is that this isn't actually possible – that Amazon is a sort of Ponzi scheme. It can only grow by running at zero profit – as soon as it puts up prices or cuts capex the business will collapse, and as soon as the share price stops going up all the staff will leave. "
While the market does not seem yet to buy into this thesis (Amazon stock price trebled since Q3 2010, despite razor thin profits), I think it is interesting to draw a comparison between Amazon and other brick and mortar retailers that have historically suffered from Amazon stellar growth.
While Amazon pulls in c. $700k in annual sales per employee, the bricks & mortar retailers average just over $200k per employee. Again, that all still makes sense: the volume of online customers that can be serviced for every warehouse employee exceeds that of a physical retail store; and while Amazon's servers don't need that many dev ops to keep them up at night, other retailers need cleaners to mop the floors at each store location every night. That's why on paper ecommerce beats brick & mortar retail on a unit economics basis. What's interesting though is the trend in Amazon revenue per employee: while Amazon is still significantly more efficient than its offline competitors at generating revenues, the trend is now clearly showing a steady decline.
The acquisition of Kiva Systems, a warehouse automation company, in March 2012 (Amazon's second largest ever after Zappos) was timely, although it is yet to make an impact on revenue / employee efficiency.
I will be monitoring this metric over the next few quarters.
[UPDATE TO Q3 2013: numbers are out. As expected Amazon continues to grow more inefficient. With total employees now at 110k, it's average LTM revenue per employee is at a 10 year low of $730k]
Traditional Retailers Race to Online Drives eCommerce ValuationsPosted: March 24, 2011 Filed under: valuations | Tags: bubble, ecommerce 2 Comments
I just read about Walgreens acquisition of Drugstore.com for over $400mm. Wow.Traditional retailers are really feeling left behind in the race to online…this is happening more and more often. Not too long ago Morrisons, the UK supermarket group, acquired Kiddicare and snapped up a minority stake in FreshDirect, the US online groceries retailer. While this is a natural move for companies that have traditionally operated in the offline world (and do not have a clue about online), it is also driving valuations of eCommerce businesses through the roof, literally.
These are some multiples I have calculated based on public info:
- Drugstore.com, at $409mm enterprise value, is being valued by Walgreens at 25x 2010 EBITDA and 22x 2011 projected EBITDA
- Kiddicare, at £70mm, was valued by Morrisons at well over 20x 2010 EBITDA
- ASOS trades at over 30x 2011 forecast EBITDA!
- Ocado trades at 30x 2011 forecast EBITDA
I would love to see a chart of eCommerce multiples pre dotcom crash..I bet they were not that far away from what we are seeing in the market these days (if you have a source, please send me the link!).
UPDATE: some useful data on Ben Horowitz's blog, which compares multiples now vs. the dotcom bubble. The answer is: we are not in a bubble! yet.


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Congressman Charles Rangel told a crowd of more than 700 people Saturday that access to free preventive health services are just some of the new benefits that New Yorkers can look forward to in the Affordable Care Act.
"We know that many Americans don't get the preventive care they need because of the cost. Seven in ten deaths in America result from chronic and often preventable diseases -- this is unacceptable," said Rep. Rangel. "Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, free preventive care now will keep many in Upper Manhattan and across the city healthier and save money in the long run."
Rangel provided an overview of the new healthcare law, which help craft as Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee.
"Access to quality healthcare is a right that every American deserves, regardless of how much money they make, where they live or what they do for a living," said Rangel. "The bill we passed may not have been what we all wanted, but it was a good first step to making that right a reality for millions."
Afterwards, a panel moderated by WWRL personality Mark Riley, further examined how the law would affect residents. Speakers included: Harlem Hospital Executive Director John M. Palmer; HealthFirst President and CEO Pat Wang; Commission on the Public's Health System Director Judy Wessler; The Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce Vice President of Programs Patricia Ricketts; Family Health Center at North General Family Center President and CEO Dr. Neil Calman; New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation Senior VP LaRay Brown.
The Congressman thanked Palmer, Healthfirst and the rest of the organizers for continuing to spread the good news about the new law.
"The first victory for securing quality healthcare was won this spring, but if we are going to win this war, we have to have more forums like these," said Rangel. "People have to know what they are entitled to and so that they can live longer and healthier lives."
Rangel applauded the new regulations issued by the Obama Administration last week to help make prevention affordable by requiring new health plans to cover recommended preventive services at no cost to the patient. The regulations, based on provisions in the Affordable Care Act, will keep Americans healthier and help save money over the long term by increasing access to preventive care.
Thanks to these reforms, Americans who enroll in a new health plan on or after September 23, 2010, will have access to preventive services without being charged a deductible, copayment or coinsurance.
Next year, an estimated 41 million Americans will benefit from these new prevention provisions -- 31 million in new employer plans and 10 million in new individual plans. By 2013, an estimated 88 million Americans will benefit from the provisions -- 78 million in new employer plans and 10 million in new individual plans.
Comprehensive preventive care can save billions of dollars and thousands of lives. There are 69 million workers reporting missed days due to illness each year, which reduces economic output in this country by $260 billion per year. Every dollar spent on immunizations could save $5.30 on direct health care costs. However, the costs of these services are often prohibitive, and Americans currently use preventive services at only half the recommended rate.
"This is one of the many important reforms Democrats created to save working families money and put them -- not insurance companies - in control of their health care," said Rangel. "Its legislation that will provide generations with access and security, legislation that we stand ready to defend against Republicans who have threatened to repeal this and other parts of healthcare reform if they take control of the Congress this November."
Depending on age and health risks, the types of preventive services that will be available without a deductible, co-pay or co-insurance under these new provisions include:
* Blood pressure, diabetes, and cholesterol tests;
* Many cancer screenings;
* Routine vaccines for diseases such as measles, polio, or meningitis;
* Flu and pneumonia shots;
* Counseling, screening and vaccines for healthy pregnancies; and
* Regular well-baby and well-child visits, from birth to age 21.
Americans are beginning to see the benefits of health reform. Seniors who are affected by the Medicare prescription drug "donut hole' coverage gap are receiving checks to lower their costs, 4 million small businesses have received notice that they are eligible for a health care tax credit potentially worth tens of thousands of dollars to help them cover their employees, young adults are now allowed to stay on their parents' insurance, insurance companies have stopped their practice of rescissions -- or dropping people's coverage when they need it most, and some outrageous premium hikes have been reversed.
For more information on Congressman Rangel's position on healthcare issues, please visit his web site at www.rangel.house.gov.
Source: http://rangel.house.gov/2010/07/rangeleveryonedeserveshealthcare.html


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They turned to Allah
They acknowledged their mistakes and repented
They became stubborn and their hearts became hard.
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the background is one of the pictures i took when we were out in the desert in colorado i have been so busy enjoying retirement that i haven't been here much but each of you hold a special place in my heart and now and then i will try and show you some of the places we have gone too
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