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Karen Pauli of Tower Group recently wrote Technology Direction in US P&C Insurance Claims Operations: Transforming a People Business (subscription required). This is a great paper and highly recommended for those of you thinking about how to improve your claims process as well as those just thinking about how you can use technology to improve what you might have historically considered a manual process. It struck me that enterprise decision management (EDM) can really make a difference.
The first point Karen makes is that claims is, and very much considers itself a "people" business. Historically claims organizations have feared that relying on technology will allow fraud to slip by and in over/under payment. They also worry that technology might get between the claims adjustor and the customer causing a loss in the conneciton they value. That said a number of drivers have combined to force claims organizations to make more willing to consider technology solutions. First there is a huge risk from the impending loss of claims expertise due to the retirement of the claims adjusters of the baby boom generation (something we have discussed before in EDM Could Be a Fix for the Aging Insurer Population). This know how cannot be allowed to just leave, nor can it easily be replaced. The second issue is that of compliance with regulations like Sarbanes-Oxley. Demonstrating compliance with regulations can be very difficult if the process is completely manual. Lastly there is a driver from customer expectations. As shown in the graphic on the right, customers are used to the kind of service they get from leaders in the new economy. They are used to service that is seamless and 24x7 365 days a year just like eBay or the credit card company. Delivering this kind of service forces more and better self-service as well as consistency across channels.
So these trends are forcing automation on claims organizations, despite their reluctance.
Karen argues that, unlike other carrier segments (such as underwriting), in which leading-edge technology resulted in completely automated processes, the greatest benefit to claims operations will be in decision support. I am not 100% with her on this but let's continue. Karen goes on to divide claims processing into 3 subsegments in each of which I see a value for decision management (not just decision support).
- Straight Through Processing where payment can be made immediately
Decision management of the claims payment decision and of the actions to take is critical to STP
- Fast Tracking some simple claims where additional information is required
Decision management can help decide what additional information is required, the sequence, how to get it etc. and can then handle the response when it is received
- Referred for manual processing
While this thread has a focus on decision support (to help the claims adjusters), there is a need for decision management around the decision to refer and why e.g. the potential for fraud or litigation
As Karen notes, the bottom line is that human skills are expensive and increasingly rare so you need to sure they will make a difference in the outcome before using them. Decision management can really make a difference in applying them less often and more usefully. The paper goes on to discuss various technologies for improving the claims process. Karen talks about four items:
- Business Rules
- Business Intelligence - including reporting and analytics
- Workflow
- Web Services
While this is a good list, I would talk about these slightly differently both because the use of rules and analytics together to make decisions has proven itself (particularly in insurance) and because her topic of "Business Intelligence" includes very disparate uses of data insight - both reporting/decision support and insight for use in rules. My list would therefore be:
- Decision Management
Business Rules and Predictive Analytics combined to automate decisions like whether to pay a claim, what additional information is required before a claim can be paid, which claims are at risk of fraud etc.
- Decision Support (BI and analytics)
To help those included in the process, when a person is needed. This might be reporting, predictive reporting etc.
- Workflow
- Web Services
Including the use of Decision Services
Karen ends with a strong emphasis on predictive analytics to drive superior results in terms of predicting risk and fraud, potential for subrogation and need for reserves etc. This is something Tower Group has discussed before. I completely agree that claims is an area where predictive analytics (check out the FAQ here) can make a big difference. One thing to bear in mind is that compliance in predictive analytics an issue - can you show how your predictive model came up with its result. The use of predictive scorecards in insurance and the drive to make the results of models like neural nets less opaque. The need to use predictive analytics comes up regularly, for instance in Insurers Not Using "State-of-the-Art" Analytics Face 'Grim Prognosis' and Predictive Analytics a must for Healthcare Payers.
If you are looking for an overview of how decision management can help insurance you could try this presentation - Live from InterACT: Putting Enterprise Decision Management to Work in Insurance and the general Insurance section of the blog. We have blogged before about Insurers finding millions of dollars in avoidable claims and about using EDM to achieve Straight Through Processing in Insurance. For a discussion of the difference between decision support and decision management, check out this interview.
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Oh god that was so long I'm so sorry, please don't be mad at me. ;-; I may have gotten a little carried away with that analysis, oops.
Oh god that was so long I'm so sorry, please don't be mad at me. ;-; I may have gotten a little carried away with that analysis, oops.
That was.... glorious.
Edit: change from amazing to glorious because oh it was.
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I totally see where you're coming from and I see the same thing. A+ for gif usage
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another thing to note is the space between the veins in the fluke and the scale shape, which are as identical as can be
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I try my best. Though I tend to overthink these things, sometimes...
its odd I find thare tails amazing and they seem friendly they even fallowd me on twtter too at but reading all this comments and looking at the compareing im not so sure they are safe since they are stealing tail designs plus im worred im next if my tail design gets out
Awesome, Tieri! I love your in-depth analysis!
In reference to the lotus tail, it's a lot more subtle, but definite design elements are copied directly.
Lotus' initial design has a definite swirl pattern down the body of the tail. Swimtails has used a leaf texture in their image, whose center rib follows the same line as Lotus Blossom's original design.
Also, the interpretation of the flower/fluke nearly identical as far as shape and proportion. Lilium, who designed a lotus-themed tail previously, used the lotus flower as her interpretation, but is decidedly different in her version. Also, Lillium had designed her tail in 2013, Lotus Blossom in 2014, and Swimtails had marked theirs with a copyright (©) 2015.
Like I said before, you can knock off a garment once it's produced, but Swimtails is offering a tail for production from an original DESIGN that was created by Lotus Blossom. That's where the theft of intellectual property comes in.
"Please don't fucking drown." - Regina, my daughter
Hello All , This is Ryan, owner of Swimtails, I see that there is a vibrant debate about our company and I feel it fair to join in
Lets Begin with the Dory Tail.
I was alerted yesterday morning of a design descrpancy regarding FinFolks Dory Tail, When I was made aware of this, I removed the tail from all of my sites and repremanded the designer. I also spoke with Abby, the owner of FinFolk directly on the phone and we came to an amicable agreement
As for the Lotus Tail, Our design was 100% NOT in any way inspired by anything but the Lotus Flower. Just because somebody made similar design and posted it to a forum, does not entitle them to intellectual rights to our idea.
When we were alerted that we "copied" her lotus tail, we searched and could not find her drawing, she had to send us a copy. In fact we just joined the Forum today after finding out that PearlieMae was making awful claims about us from one of our fans
So the question becomes this: Are we allowed to create tails based on fish that another designer had previously done?
Are fish copyrighted? Is it a "I did it first" mentality.?
PearlieMae, do you belive that your Lotus design was te first and only rendetion of a mermaid flower tail. I can assure you it is not. I have found in my research serveral other "lotus-like" mermaid tail dsigns that re-date your own.
Gee that kinda felt like a trial that we were not invited to, may we respond?
Hey PearlieMae, we did NOT rip off this design, we designed this with the inspiration of the Lotus Flower. Your drawing is not available to find on any search engines, nor is it an actual product that has been produced. How could we have possibly stolen this design?
Thank you for your kind comments. We get asked and sent pictures of drawings and snapshots of different fish ie. Lion fish, mandarin, dory/tang. People LOVE mermaids especially children which we get designs from all day. They all like to draw images for ideas for there next tail. We are learning now that we need to be very careful about designs that are out there already. We do not want a bad name. We want to supply the community nice fabric tails at a fair price. We are not offering silicone only fabric. So these tails would never be the same anyway.
Mermaid Selene, we removed PearlieMae's responses because of the accusatory nature of her messages. The Lotus flower tail was NOT designed based on her drawing. Just because she drew it first, does not give a right to accuse us and slander us. There are billions of people, millions of artists and thousands of mermaid artists, What are the odds of there being legitamtely simialr designs? I have spoken to the owners of a few major mermaid tail companies and they have assured me that they get accused of stealing designs too. One owner I spoke to confided that she designed a tail that she thought someone else ripped off because of the similarity, in fact that other designer had made their tail first.
Wow, you sure do like to throw around the slander word.
There are too many precise similarities (like the Dory tail) between your design and Lotus Blossom's design to believe it to be coincidental, in my opinion. If you had several flower design tails, and weren't so immediately defensive, I would be willing to believe that it was the universe coming together to show how great minds think alike. After your exchange with Lotus, I'm inclined to think that somehow you actually DID see her design.
And as for not responding, I don't live on the forum and just got out of a doctor's appointment.
"Please don't fucking drown." - Regina, my daughter
PearlieMae, your first mesage to us was "You have Stolen Intellectual Property" you went on to threaten us with a lawsuit. Again the Dory Tail was a mistake made that was resolved drectly with Abby from Finfolk. A designer was fired for this instance. However that does not mean that the lotus tail was copied. FinFolk's Dory Tail is an actual product that was been produced and purchased and is widely known. Your drawing of a lotus like tail is not widely published so we could have not even known it existed . Wishing you health at your Dr. App
Also, because the drawing didn't show up in your internet search of images doesn't mean you don't have access to the forum.
And the design in question doesn't belong to me, but a Mernetwork forum member, with whom you've had a lengthy exchange.
"Please don't fucking drown." - Regina, my daughter
None of our comments have been rude. This is why we had to block people from our instagram. Everything was an accusation. You and pearlie came at us very harsh
We have just signed up to the forum this morning, you can check for yourself PearlieMae
no way we could have seen that drawing, its not accessible unless you are a member of this com, even then, I would have to dig around for it, I still havent found it, only have an image that was sent to me directly
I can assure you theredknight100 that we are not out to steal anyones's designs. We are all part of a greater community of creative artists, if there are ever similarties, you can reach out to us directly. We have enough imagination to fill a room and don't need to steal. the Dory fin was a mistake that we owned up to, I had to fire one of my best designers becaouse of that. I also had a long conversation with Abby from FinFolk and we are on good terms. As for the lotus flower design, I KNOW that this is not in anyway inspired from PearlieMAe, because I created it myself
Please make all your posts in ONE post.
Here's the deal.
I started this thread.
I have 3 mermaid companies. www.halifaxmermaids.com www.atlanticmermaids.com and www.canadianmermaids.com and if the mernetwork members will let me toot my own horn here for a second, I'm one of the more well known mermaids with 32,000+ followers on facebook and a huge client base.
We're up for a $10,000 business grant so I have been researching who I can give my constant business to for fabric tail makers. We plan on buying a bulk order of tails to rent, and we want to get in touch with someone about being official resellers. So I have been contacting all the fabric tail makers online. THERE IS ONLY ONE FABRIC TAIL COMPANY IN CANADA AND THEY DO NOT FILL THE DEMAND. So there is a huge market here.
So for me, a well known, well versed, large company and potential client...
THIS DOES NOT LOOK GOOD TO ME. I have made LOADS of posts on mernetwork over the past 5 years about the issues of ripping off other tail makers. I refuse to support any company that does it. I have blacklisted loads of people. And it MAKES A DIFFERENCE. As a very well known mermaid I am asked at least 10 times a day "do you recommend ____?" on here, on facebook, on twitter, on instagram, on youtube, and on our website. YOU DO NOT WANT SOMEONE LIKE ME SAYING NO I DONT RECOMMEND THESE PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY STEAL TAIL DESIGNS... BECAUSE YOUR POTENTIAL CLIENTS WILL LISTEN TO ME.
So here is the deal. You've been researching the mer-community. You've come into it and your first official acts as a company have been to alienate a huge portion of your market.
The good thing for you? YOU STILL HAVE TIME TO FIX IT.
Instead of joining mernetwork and acting INCREDIBLY UNPROFESSIONAL and arguing with people (FYI this forum is for discussing anything in the mermaid world and most especially tail makers. So get used to it) and ruining your reputation before your business has even gotten off the ground... (cuz I promise you mermaids are like elephants... we NEVER forget)
Simply remove the designs, move forward, and never copy someone else again. If you take inspiration from someone else's design simply message them and say "hey, we'd love to have your permission to do a version of your design". THE COMMUNITY AND YOUR CLIENT BASE LOVE TAIL MAKERS WHO GO OUT OF THEIR WAY TO BE FAIR TO THE COMMUNITY AND THOSE TAIL MAKERS GET MORE BUSINESS AND ARE SPOKEN HIGHLY OF.
You have a REAL chance here! Do you realize how awesome people will think you are if you just take accountability and do the right thing and move forward into the future? WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES I get it. And you may not have realized how big of a deal this is to people. Tail designs are so personal and people put so much of themselves into it.
So those are your options at the moment:
1.Recognize you just made a big mistake in the community, even if you dont feel like you did you have to at least recognize that by community standards you did. Maybe you were ignorant to that, maybe you weren't. It doens't matter. Just recognize you made a mistake, pull the designs, be sure to change how you do things in the future, and people will respect you for it and recognize you as a tail maker with standards who are willing to own up when they mess up. And they'll give you a chance.
2. Or, you can argue, lie, defend, play the ignorance card, AND THE COMMUNITY WILL NEVER FORGET YOU DID THAT AND MAKE IT THEIR MISSION TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNOWS IT. I guarantee you it'll affect your business and reputation.
It's not a threat, it is just what happens! If you don't believe me you should look up the companies that have been black listed. Guess what? They're all bankrupt with horrible reputations.
You seemed so eager to be my tail providers! But I can't in good conscious give loads of business and money to a company that has stolen designs from my friends, and come on our forum and insulted them. You may not care about my personal business. But you'll care about what I and others have to say about it
So please, reconsider all of this. Take some time. Think on it. YOU HAVE EVERYTHING TO GAIN AND EVERYTHING TO LOSE.
You blocked me on Instagram because I defended Finfolk Productions who are my tailmakers and stated the truth.
As far as I'm concerned, I'm done with you.
We want to fix this.
I had a post similar to what Raina was about to say, but she's said it much better.
I have no pony in this race and I was willing to give you the benefit of the doubt on the lotus tail, but the clearly copied Dory tail was what swung it for me. It looks really bad. I'd say it would be your best bet to just let the lotus design issue go, at this point, as a gesture of goodwill. If you've got a team of creative designers then you'll have no problems coming up with tons of other awesome original ideas.
I agree this is getting way out of hand and we would like to speak with Pearlie Mae to fix this problem ASAP I gave her our private number.
There's really nothing to discuss. Drop the design, move on. It's really simple.
I agree with Raina and Ashmorelj. Maybe even just take the lotus design down, re-do it. and re-post it. What really made me not like the company was how harshly and rudely you responded to your possible clients. I get that most of the comments were accusatory, and some rude, but you are a BUSINESS and therefor in my eyes have zero right to even act so unprofessional and respond that way. I get that being accused of something you don't think you did triggers a reaction to lash out and defend yourself, which is fine. It's HOW you defended yourself that I have a problem with. The Tang tail was an obvious rip off, and you owned up to it and made amends. The lotus tail Is less obvious, but it looks like at the very least, whoever designed it took inspiration from that. You could have just put in the picture "inspired by Lotus Blooming", and been done with it. Who would that hurt anyway? Your customers will think you honest, and you would have patched any holes you made. Now, I'm all for second chances, but the people here in the mer community take a little effort to get back on their good side. I hope we can all come to a good conclusion.
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The Christian Carnival is up
Not long after I entered the blogosphere, I discovered the Christian Carnival. It's a great way to increase your blog's exposure and hopefully gain readership and what is fondly called "link love." I faded out of participation for a while, but I've decided to rejoin the carnival.
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A few weeks' ago, a contestant on The X Factor pronounced that their aim in life was to be happy every day; Simon Cowell commended this as, and I quote: 'a wonderful ambition'.
And this view is largely shared. Pharell Williams' scored a global hit last year with his song, 'Happy'; older readers will recall Ken Dodds' success 50 years earlier with his song 'Happiness' and those who recall hearing 'I want to be happy' on its first release have lived through a century in which happiness has been seen as the over-riding aim of our lives.
To be unhappy is to be denied if possible, explained if necessary; a source of shame and a cue for condemnation; acceptable only for the grieving, the sick and this week, for Sunderland fans. If the rest of us are not happy then the self-help industry and the pharmaceutical companies are always just around the corner offering to solve our problems.
Politicians agree. America's Founding fathers saw the pursuit of happiness as standing alongside life and liberty as fundamental rights. Both David Cameron and Nick Clegg justify tax cuts on the grounds that people know better than governments what will make them happy. The left argues that unequal societies make us unhappy, that government should act for the happiness 'of the many, not the few'. But as so often, the apparent difference between left and right conceals a much more basic agreement. Both agree that happiness should be pursued; they disagree merely on who should pursue it.
But happiness is a relatively recent concept. In the King James Version of the Bible the word does not appear at all. In modern translations it stands for the Greek for 'joy' (chara) or for 'blessedness' (makarios); words that have very different meanings. In old English to be happy meant to be lucky, a meaning still evident in the sense of bad luck in 'hapless'.
But what of today? There are at least four senses in which the word is used. The first refers to the experience of the moment; joy.
A second measures how well one's life is going; the kind of happiness to which we refer when recalling that we never knew how happy we were.
A third sense is about something we might want – to be happy with this meal or unhappy with that Christmas gift. Finally we say that people are 'happy' or 'unhappy'.
Three points are worth noting - first none of these senses implies any of the others. I can be happy about a particular outcome whilst unhappy with my life or I can experience joy whilst possessing a generally unhappy demeanour and so on.
Second, it is only in the sense of happiness as joy that someone's claim to be happy must go unchallenged. So we might simply not believe the person who describes a litany of problems – they have lost their home due to gambling debts, they no longer see their family and so on, but who then claims to be happy. "Despite everything I am happy" they say. "No you are not" we think.
Or my claim to be happy when Sunderland get a point at home might be countered by another fan who suggests I should only be happy with a win.
A third problem is this. It is only if I can move beyond desire, even the desire for happiness, as a reason for action that I can make judgments about which desires I should try to satisfy, which I should ignore, and which I should actively try to diminish.
Any parent faced with the screaming toddler's assertion that they want it, whatever it is, knows just as much. What the toddler needs to learn, and what we all need to reminded of, is not just that some desires are worth pursuing and others not, but about what it is that justifies the pursuit of this desire, here and now; other desires then and later and others not at all. In other words we need to learn what it is to have good reasons for action.
Happiness doesn't provide such reasons and this is why Simon Cowell was wrong. But he is not alone. For the last 300 years the West has seen the pursuit of happiness as the aim of life. But all the evidence we have shows that the last thing most of us are is happy. Perhaps we have been looking in the wrong place.
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Posted: Monday, September 28th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
Washington, D.C.—Security experts are skeptical of a Justice Department decision to allow Richard Reid, the "shoe bomber," to correspond with family members from his prison cell.
Reid, who pled guilty in December 2001, to trying to detonate a bomb which was concealed in his shoe on an overseas flight from Paris, France, to Miami, Florida, had been subject to restrictions on his communications with anyone outside the prison in which he is serving a life sentence. The timetable for those restrictions has lapsed, and the Justice Department, based on recommendations from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the U.S. Attorney's Office, and the Justice Department's Counterterrorism Section.
The decision has caused concern in some homeland security experts. Former New York City Police Commissioner Howard Safir questioned the decision, saying, ""If a terrorist can communicate with his family, with other associates — even with monitoring — he could use codes; he could be directing other terrorist acts." Safir, now a security consultant, went on to say: "This is somebody who tried to blow up hundreds of innocent people on an airliner, and in my view, he should be totally restricted."
Even under new, looser restrictions, Reid, who was born in England, will only be allowed to communicate with his family, his attorneys, and the media. Still, these restrictions are not enough, some say. Clark Kent Ervin, former inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security, pointed out: "those letters could be forwarded by family members to others."
In the past, convicted terrorists without such restrictions have managed to communicate with outsiders. Over 90 letters made their way to militants from three inmates convicted in connection to the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Some of the recipients had been linked to the Madrid train bombings. One of the letters "praised Osama bin Laden as a hero in a letter sent to Arabic newspapers," according to reports.
Reid poses a threat not only in his ability to plan other attacks from his cell, but also, according to Ervin, by inspiring others to follow in his footsteps. "The propaganda potential is huge for these kinds of things. Terrorists can be hugely inspiring figures."
A Justice Department spokesman says that all phone calls and letters are screened. "Mail is not delivered to or sent from such inmates until it is read and analyzed for intelligence purposes," spokesman Dean Boyd confirmed.
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19th June: Somewhere over Libya…
Well, we're finally on our way to Kenya, some …. actually, I'm too tired to try and work out how far we are behind schedule, it's now 18:53 UK time on Tuesday (those in the UK are probably watching the England vs Ukraine football match) according to the time on my tablet. Despite our promised 6pm departure time, we actually left around 7pm local time, and here's the real icing on the cake… guess what gate we departed from.. yes, Dear Reader you're way ahead of me… of all the gates, in all the world… we had to depart from Gate 13… play it again, Sam. Actually Sam, if you could resist from any repeat performances and just allow us to arrive as intended at our destination.
I want to make films*.. I want to make the type of films that have people talking out loud to the characters, trying to influence their actions. I'm watching Hugo, and am drawn in by the performance of Ben Kingsley, anything that can provoke such strong emotions has to be important, even with the intransient nature of the movies these days. As with a great number of movies I've watched whilst cruising at 33,000ft, Hugo seems to be such an amazing film thought I will admit that when it first started it seemed a little dull – however I'm now being drawn into the movie, and the depth and subtlety is pure magic… and that is, after all, what the movie business is all about. I will, however Dear Reader, reserve judgement until I return to Dear Old Blighty so I can sit through it in the cold light of day. "If you lose your purpose, it's like you're broken"… holey moley. The signs, it would seem Dear Reader, are all around me – I just need to interpret them.
10.35 Kenya time (but still not there yet!), and I've got my second wind (it was probably the beans at breakfast).. thought this might have something to do with the coffee I've just finished my meal with… possibly not the best decision in the last 24 hours, but certainly not the worst. I still can't believe we're only just over 24 hours from leaving the UK… so much has happened and it won't stop there. We've been informed that we will be arriving in at Mombasa airport around 2am, add an extra hour for getting through immigration and then an extra hour for the transfer to the hotel… so we'll get to our final destination around 4am. This might pose something of an issue as we're scheduled to then meet our contact in Kenya at 6am before heading off to the Masai Mara.. I guess I should be getting some sleep but The A Team is playing and even though I've seen it before I can't help but watch it again. I Love it when a plan comes together… which is more than I can say about diverted flights!
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Among my clean-up tasks for my vacation was a fresh & full backup image of my hard drive to my network drive. I upgraded to the latest version of Acronis True Image (http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/), so once the full backup is in place, I can update it incrementally. Unfortunately, the full backup has taken more than a day over my 100 Mbps ethernet connection. Ugh. Definitely need to update that connection to Gigabit speed.
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The Plantronics RIG 300HS is a PlayStation 4 Gaming Headset that's complete with a wallet-friendly price of £14.99 on the Plantronics website. The RIG 300 is also available for Xbox One (300HX), PC and a Univeral option also exists (300HC).
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Since the Plantronics RIG 300HS is a budget gaming headset, it's no surprise that its design features a lot of plastic, which is an unfortunate trait found on a lot of cheap gaming headsets. Plastic can be found everywhere, from the earcups to the covering on the connection point. This overuse of plastic means the headset's low price shines through quite obviously, it also brings into question the durability of the headset, making me be extra careful with it.
The plastic part aside, I do have to say the headset does look good. It has a modern/sleek appearance that's pleasing to the eye. The styling sits well with the technology of these times.
I'm not a fan of the modular design used for adjusting the earcups to fit on different sizes of head. Instead of a band that can be adjusted manually by pulling or pushing the earcups or automatically by your head, the Plantronics RIG 300HS features clip in/out earcups, which can be set into any of the three holes on each side. It's not a bad system on paper, but it's a lot more finicky and has more of a chance of failing.
Sticking out of the left earcup is a fully positionable microphone, that can be moved up and down thanks to a pivot point, as well as left and right thanks to a flexible bodied arm. The pivot is really easy to move, while at the same time proving to be very stable too, meaning there's no chance of accidentally repositioning the microphone. The same can also be said for the flexible arm part.
A 1.3m cable proves to be plenty for a simple connection to the bottom of a Dualshock 4 controller. An in-line control box is present on the cable and features a microphone on/off switch and a volume adjustment slider.
To test the audio quality of the Plantronics RIG 300HS, I have been using it on both my PlayStation 4 for voice chat purposes and my Moto smartphone for listening to music.
In a PS4 party chat, the sound is clear enough for me to hear other members of the party with no issues. Using the headset as the main audio source for the PS4 also yields some good results, although I have heard better. The sound is clear and crisp, the bass is decent but the volume feels quite limited.
Connected to my smartphone, the audio is ok, but it just seems to lack in terms of volume and treble. The volume feels so limited in this case, that listening to music this way isn't that enjoyable at all.
I am impressed with the microphone on the Plantronics RIG 300HS. It picks up my voice with ease, no matter what angle it's at and then it helps deliver my voice as clearly as can be to other members of the party. I have done a voice recording with it as well and it's definitely better than all the cheap generic branded headsets I've had from Amazon.
The Plantronics RIG 300HS is a pretty good PS4 gaming headset that won't break the bank. Of course, with such a low price comes things like tacky plastic build quality and low volume. That said, the headset looks great and sounds pretty good for the most part.
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Those of you who have followed the Undocumented Alien Children (UAC) story, which began in the summer of 2014, will note the nationality of two UAC's who brutally raped a 14-Year-Old Rockville Maryland Student.
Henry Sanchez, 18, originally from Guatemala and Jose Montano, 17, a native of El Salvador, brutally raped a 14-year-old high school student on Thursday. Sanchez had a pending illegal alien removal case (deportation order) pending, which was not carried out while immigration activists tried to block the deportation.
Sanchez and Montano dragged the 14-year-old victim into a school bathroom where they repeatedly gang raped her during school session. The sickening story is partially explained in the local news coverage:
You might also remember Glenn Beck, Dana Loesch and Senator Ted Cruz going to the Texas border during the summer of 2014 to bring teddy bears and soccer balls to the future rapists. (See Here and also See HERE)
I wonder how they feel about this story now?
Maryland – […] The victim told police she was walking in a school hallway on March 16 at about 9 a.m. when the two male students approached her, according to charging documents. Montano asked her twice to have sex, and after she refused, he forced her into a boys' bathroom and then into a stall, according to police.
The student told police that Montano and Sanchez raped her multiple times, according to the court documents. She cried out in pain and repeatedly told the two students to stop, she told police.
Forensic investigators said an inspection of the boys' bathroom later turned up suspected blood "that may be mixed with male fluid," the court documents stated.
Sanchez and Montano were arrested at school, police said, and have been held since Thursday.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says they have a detainer on Sanchez, a citizen of Guatemala. The agency could not comment on Montano's case since he is a minor.
In a letter to parents, Montgomery County Public Schools said school officials notified police immediately after the student reported the assault to a staff member. (read more)
The 2014 UAC Crisis was specifically an out of control influx of "Unaccompanied Alien Children" that were not children, and were not unaccompanied.
There were entire families relocating illegally, and thousands of South American gang members including MS13 gang members, all teenage or early twenties males, who crossed the border under the auspices of being children. They were categorized as "refugees" and settled in numerous communities throughout the U.S.
UAC Distribution Map by President Obama and HHS
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CTH was one of a small group of websites that began tracking the location of all the UAC's that were being disbursed by the Obama administration throughout the U.S. (See Here) We also tracked the amount of taxpayer money being used at the time.
Specifically to Maryland the South American UAC's were sent to:
♦ 2014 Windsor Mill, Maryland – 1 Facility – BOARD OF CHILD CARE OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, INC [Residential Emergency Housing and Care for UAC's] Address: 3300 Gaither Road BALTIMORE, MD 21244 HHS Grant $2,387,200
♦ 2014 Baltimore, Maryland – 1 facility – LUTHERAN IMMIGRATION & REFUGEE SERVICE [Foster Care Placement] Address: 700 LIGHT ST BALTIMORE, MD 21230-3850 HHS Grant $14,957,523
♦ 2014 Staunton, Virginia – 1 facility – Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Detention Home [Residential ORR/DCS Secure and Staff Secure] Address: 300 Technology Drive STAUNTON, VA 24401 HHS Grant $3,282,893
♦ 2014 Bristow, Virginia – 1 facility – Youth For Tomorrow [Residential Shelter UAC Program ] Address: 11835 Hazel Circle Drive BRISTOW, VA 20136 HHS Grant $8,314,702
What makes all of this worse is that the influx of these "UAC refugees" was not organic in nature. Exhaustive research discovered there was a specific program in place by the Obama Administration to seed the exodus and create a manufactured UAC crisis at the border – Outlined Here –
That young rape victim in Maryland is a specific victim of the damage caused by the UAC crisis initiated by President Obama and the blind idiots like Glenn Beck, Dana Loesch and Senator Ted Cruz who were codependent enablers allowing the Obama administration to carry out the scheme.
Dana Loesch presents herself as a womens rights and gun rights activist. She is currently a leading spokesperson for the NRA. However, Loesch's activity with Beck and Cruz on behalf of President Obama in 2014 is what has inevitably, and predictably, culminated in the victimization and rape of a 14-year-old high school student in Maryland – and hundreds more rapes and murders throughout the country.
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A century of class and substance from Ian Bell rescued Warwickshire from a perilous position on the second day against Middlesex.
It was a well-timed innings in several respects. Most pertinently, Bell?s 143 not out kept Warwickshire in this game, while in the longer term, this innings may be highly significant to Bell?s Test prospects.
Without Bell?s input, Warwickshire would have been in deep trouble. On an awkward pitch no-one else could muster the technical skill or concentration required to survive, let alone prosper. Yet thanks to Bell (235 balls, 18 fours) Warwickshire find themselves in a decent position to build a first innings lead today.
England coach Duncan Fletcher will meet up with Bell today to discuss his England prospects. But it?s a shame that none of the England selectors could have been at Edgbaston yesterday. Had they seen this innings, Bell?s inclusion in the first Test squad of the summer (to be announced in a little more than two weeks) would be all but certain.
On a pitch demanding constant circumspection, Bell stood alone. Under pressure to deliver for his side and in the knowledge that the national spotlight is on him, he appeared nerveless. He scored over 100 runs more than any of his colleagues and while they struggled, appeared comfortable. He is a class act and, remember, was only 23 earlier this month.
Of all the candidates for the final places in England?s Test team this summer, Bell is the strongest in terms of both technique and temperament. He is also the youngest and he is in the best form. This century, the 12th of his first-class career and the highest of his four at Edgbaston, followed scores of 96 against Glamorgan and 63 against Kent. He?s ready now.
There is an old-fashioned quality to Bell?s batsmanship. Unlike most of his competitors for a Test spot (Rob Key, Mark Butcher and Kevin Pietersen) Bell is more of an accumulator than an dominator.
In terms of technique he is perhaps most comparable to Mark Ramprakash, but in terms of temperament, comparisons with Geoff Boycott are fair. He rarely gives his wicket away, avoids unnecessary risk, and is prepared to wait for the poor ball and grind out a score if required. He will not be intimidated by Australia.
That?s not to say his innings was not attractive. He used his feet wonderfully well to the spin of Paul Weekes, regularly skipping down the pitch and driving on both sides of the wicket, while he also displayed some pleasing cuts and drives against the faster bowlers. In the course of his innings he passed Alvin Kallicharran?s Warwickshire record for the most first-class runs scored in May; 317 in 1984.
He had one moment of fortune. On 61 he played back to a delivery from the excellent Alan Richardson only to see the ball cannon into the stumps but, miraculously, leave the bails unmoved. Otherwise it was a chanceless innings. Perhaps a few more runs than normal ? and not all intentionally ? came through third man, but on such a pitch, these moments are inevitable and Bell kept his composure throughout.
Richardson bowled well again. Having removed Jonathan Trott when play started at 2pm, playing slightly across the line to one that nipped back, he remained the most demanding of the Middlesex attack.
He is a stone slimmer and a yard swifter than when he was at Warwickshire and, on this form (and on this pitch), would be an asset to any side; which does pose the question: why could Middlesex get more out of him than Warwickshire?
Alex Loudon helped Bell add 88 for the fourth wicket. Loudon again looked a highly promising batsman, timing the ball perfectly off the body as well as unveiling some sweet drives. He was perhaps a shade unfortunate to be very smartly caught at short leg, turning the ball cleanly off the face of the bat straight to Ben Hutton.
Dougie Brown was caught behind, attempting to run a ball down to third man while Tony Frost unveiled a couple of silky cover drives before nibbling at a one he could have left.
Ashley Giles lent steadfast support, however, driving crisply and helping Bell add 91 so far for the seventh wicket.
There is much work to do. The pitch is unlikely to improve and batting last will not be easy. Warwickshire require a sizeable first innings lead to dominate the rest of this game, and Bell?s summer of hard work has hardly begun. He will surely spend much of it on a grander stage.


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Case Study: Santa Monica City Explains It 'Like A Kid'Shawn Forno 10.18.2017
Everyone knows that whiteboard animation and explainer videos are great for explaining complicated topics. It's in the name. Animated TED Talks, RSA-style animation, and tech startup videos showing off the newest features of flashy apps are the norm. But a great explainer video doesn't have to look like it just stepped out of a corporate synergy business meeting. In fact, some of the best explainer videos look like they were made by a kid.
Animated Video: Explain It To Me Like I'm a Kid
When the Santa Monica City Attorney's Office set out to make an animated video explaining tenant rights under Fair Housing Regulations they turned to the most unlikely source for inspiration—kids. They held an elementary school poster contest, and approached us about turning the winning design into an explainer video.
"As soon as I heard the concept, I was really excited about the possibility of creating an animation in a children's art style," explains Creative Director, Will Gadea. "The idea of approaching an issue like fair housing from a kid's point of view, with kid's art was really powerful." The result is one of the most innovative (and fun!) explainer videos we've ever made.
Explainer Video: Re-learning Animation
The video, featuring the winning entry from seventh grader, Peter Riedle, lays out exactly what tenants can expect from landlords and properties thanks to California Fair Housing Regulations, regardless of any disabilities or special circumstances. And while Peter provided some fantastic concept art, turning a seventh grader's poster into a full fledged animation is "more challenging to than you might think," confesses Gadea.
"I'm a big fan of children's art. It's a fresh view of life," explains Gadea, "but our designers had to unlearn how to draw, essentially."
"I hadn't really done a lot of hand-drawn animation since my college years," admits Director/Animator, Scott Strong. "This project, benefited greatly from the imperfections of a human's touch, so I decided to hand-draw the animation. While the designer was unlearning some of her more refined drawing techniques, I was actually re-familiarizing myself with long-dormant skills!"
The project came together when Gadea suggested a live-action introduction featuring Peter holding his winning art. "We suggested that we film Peter with his art, then zoomed in to kick-off the animation with Peter reading from a script." After that, the message takes centerstage, and that's the whole point—the message.
Rhoades agrees, "When you have the right production team, you can achieve your exact vision for the project—and then make it even better. That's what happened here. IdeaRocket and Peter did such a great job with the animation, along with our feedback at every step, that we got our dream animation."
Clarity is King
Even the script was carefully crafted to sound comfortable coming from a young person (Peter also narrates the animation) to show that anyone can understand Fair Housing laws. The video is simple, clear, and comprehensive, and that clarity and simplicity is exactly what drew Deputy City Attorney, Gary W. Rhoades to bringing kids into this unique project in the first place:
"We saw animation as a way to creatively raise fair housing awareness and bring complicated fair housing law to lay persons. The Santa Monica City Attorney's Office has sponsored a fair housing poster contest with local students for many years. Hundreds of students participate each year and from the many works of art that we see, it's been clear to us that kids bring a vibrant understanding to the issue of equality in housing."
Animated Explainer Video: Picking a Winner
This video's objective is awareness of housing law, so hooking viewers with a compelling angle, and great character design is key. "We were looking for a student poster that had plenty of character and style for carrying an animation across the goal line. As soon as Andrea Cavanaugh and I saw the wheelchair-using, eye-patch-bearing 'John' on Peter's colorful poster, we knew we had a winner," explains Rhoades.
The Santa Monica City Attorney's office liked Peter's contest winning design (and the subsequent video) so much that they held a public screening of the explainer video on October 18th. The event featured an interview with Peter, a presentation on the implications of the Fair Housing Act by Rhoades, and a life size cutout of the video's protagonist "John."
Making A Great Explainer Video: Even A Kid Can Do It
Santa Monica's Fair Housing video highlights all the classic strengths of animated explainer video. The video grabs viewers right off the bat with a unique idea and interesting, colorful visuals. Then, it keeps people hooked with a narrative (read by a contest-winning seventh grader), that delivers clear, concise information in under a minute. It's a total slam dunk. If viewers want to know more, they can just call the Santa Monica City Attorney's Office (the number and website are at the end of the video).
"Working on something meaningful is incredibly rewarding. I'm proud of the amount of care and love that our team put into this video," concludes producer, SaraJane Askildsen.
While it's fun to focus on the techniques, hooks, and engaging factors of animated explainer videos, remember that your video only has seconds to get your point across. The ability to get that message across in a memorable, lasting way is what it's all about. Don't waste your time on expensive CGI and technical nonsense. All a great explainer video needs is a good story, strong characters, and a simple explanation. The best animated videos are so simple, even a kid can do it.
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Even on a UK only search they still haven't come up by page 15 of results (and I'm getting bored of clicking).
Anyway, I actually know where their stupid site is, and the gist behind their whole campaign is, allegedly, truth and honesty. The other general theme behind their campaign is one of racism. Kilroy-Silk, when interviewed yesterday, stated that
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He is basically a hateful man, and I really quite detest him.
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Regardless of your views on Europe, I'm sure most of us can agree that [Kilroy] really is a horrible, horrible man.
His quote of today, "no-one voted for britain to become multi-cultural, it was imposed by those liberal fascists in london"
So wouldn't it be amusing if the opinion poll on his own website about the european constitution showed a yes vote.
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Then this morning I was sent a link to Veritas-Lies. Oh yessss. Veritas, the party of truth and honesty, seems to have been playing around with the truth and honesty of the poll on their website.
Their poll originally asked 'Do you believe the U.K. should adopt the new European Constitution?' On 14 April 2004, a campaign was started on gay community website OUTintheUK.com, asking people to vote 'yes', in favour of the poll. By the evening of 15 April, the 'yes' votes were rapidly gaining ground on the 'no' votes, as shown in this screenshot, taken at 10pm on 15 April.
The vote narrowed to just 30 votes between 'yes' and 'no' at around 8am on 16 April. But by 9am the 'no' vote had shot up by 500 additional votes, as you can see in this screenshot taken at 11am on 16 April. The unlikeliness of 500 additional no votes genuinely being registered between 8am and 9am on a Saturday morning is reinforced by the fact that only 2,000 votes had been cast in total since the poll began on 2 February 2004.
However, at around 2pm on Saturday, the 500 additional votes suddenly vanished, leaving the 'yes' votes with a marginal lead. However, the wording of the poll had also been subtly changed to introduce a double negative: it now asked 'Do you believe the U.K. should not adopt the new European Constitution?' as you can see in this screenshot taken at 2.10pm on Saturday. This converted all the former pro-Constitution votes into votes against the Constitution.
The party that prides itself on 'truth' has shown quite admirably that it simply can't handle the truth.
Bearing all that in mind, I very much like this song that someone has written. It is a rather catchy theme song that I think Kilroy et al should consider adopting as the party anthem...
And finally, my hamsters seem to have bagged me some search engine referrals today. One person came to me via Pierrot 2005 knitting, and another via "Heidi and Clara" download. And while knitting may actually prove to be a suitable pastime for the rather lazy Pierrot, I'm afraid that Clara, and her unfortunately deceased sister Heidi are not available for download.


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— A bipartisan group of senators is working to reopen the government as Washington lumbers into Day 26 of the partial shutdown.
— China is close to acquiring a hypersonic missile, according to a new Pentagon report.
— A new caravan of Central American migrants is heading toward the U.S.-Mexico border, providing fresh ammunition for President Donald Trump's drive for more barriers.
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SENATORS TRY TO BREAK SHUTDOWN DEADLOCK: "About a dozen Democratic and Republican senators are beginning member-to-member and staff level conversations on how to break the deadlock between President Donald Trump and Democratic leaders, who are not even talking any more about how to reopen the government," writes POLITICO's Burgess Everett.
"But few senators believe the group has a real shot at success, given that its chief goal is at odds with Trump's current hard-line stance. And party leaders aren't offering much encouragement."
The House on Tuesday rejected a bill that would have opened the nine agencies that are shuttered, reports POLITICO's Caitlin Emma.
The measure, which required a two-thirds majority for passage, was rejected 237-187.
Meanwhile, House Democrats turned down Trump's offer to have lunch on Monday, via POLITICO's Heather Caygle, Andrew Restuccia and Rachael Bade.
Nugget: "One House Democratic aide called the White House's outreach 'haphazard,' saying Democratic lawmakers received their invitations at random times Monday night, 'on nearly an hourly basis' instead of a specific bloc of members all receiving the invitation at the same time."
Weary State Department workers grumble about working without pay, writes POLITICO's Nahal Toosi.
And unpaid workers will stay unpaid after a federal judge sided with Trump, per POLITICO's Ian Kullgren and Rebecca Rainey.
NEW CARAVAN HEADING NORTH: "Several hundred Honduran migrants in a new U.S.-bound caravan crossed into Guatemala on Tuesday, as U.S. President Donald Trump seized on news of the advancing group to try to build support for a wall along his country's border with Mexico," reports Reuters.
COAST GUARD LEADER'S MESSAGE: Commandant Adm. Karl Schultz confirmed on Twitter Tuesday that members of the Coast Guard won't be receiving their paychecks.
But Schultz added that USAA has donated $15 million to Coast Guard Mutual Assistance "to support our people in need."
Here's a look at what the Coast Guard, under the Department of Homeland Security, did this month, minus a paycheck, per Military.com.
CANCELING THE MLK RECESS: "Both chambers of Congress are likely to cancel the year's first recess next week if the partial government shutdown drags on into a fifth week," write POLITICO's Burgess Everett and Heather Caygle.
NEW RANKING MEMBERS FOR APPROPS: Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.) has been named ranking member of the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, reports POLITICO's Jennifer Scholtes.
The former subcommittee chairwoman, Rep. Kay Granger (R-Texas), is now ranking member of the full committee.
MISSILE REVIEW COMING: Dare we say it? The long-delayed Missile Defense Review could be released Thursday, reports The Associated Press, which says a layer of satellites may be added to America's missile shield.
PANEL URGES PENTAGON REFORM: An advisory group created by Congress "on Tuesday released its third and final volume of recommendations to streamline the Defense Department's lumbering acquisition bureaucracy," per Defense News.
HYPERSONIC GOALS: China is "close to fielding a hypersonic missile and other new weapons meant to keep U.S. aircraft and warships at bay during a conflict over Taiwan or disputed islands, a new Defense Intelligence Agency report says," writes our colleague Wesley Morgan.
And the Pentagon believes China is also developing a long-range nuclear bomber and an early warning system based in space, via Bloomberg.
NORTH KOREANS ARE D.C.-BOUND: "Three North Korean officials, including the top envoy involved in talks with the United States, are booked on a flight to Washington, Yonhap news agency reported on Wednesday, suggesting a possible breakthrough in denuclearization talks," writes Reuters.
And Trump sends a letter to Kim Jong Un: CNN
A WARNING: "Iran can enrich uranium up to 20 percent within four days, its atomic energy chief said on Tuesday, a comment apparently aimed at showing Tehran could quickly expand its enrichment program if its nuclear deal with world powers collapses," Reuters reports.
TALIBAN TALKS IN PERIL: "The Taliban issued a statement Tuesday threatening to end contact with the U.S. even as Washington's peace envoy makes another round of the region in pursuit of a negotiated end to Afghanistan's protracted conflict before a frustrated President Donald Trump makes good on his 2016 campaign promise to end America's involvement," writes the AP.
WHY TRUMP SLOWED THE SYRIA WITHDRAWAL: The president was convinced to keep U.S. troops in Syria longer during his visit to Iraq after Christmas, according to a new account by Reuters.
"Lieutenant General Paul LaCamera, the commander of the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, explained to a president who had lost patience with the war why too rapid a withdrawal could not be done without putting troops at risk, according to three officials familiar with the briefing, the contents of which have not been reported in such detail."
ORDER OF BATTLE: U.S. Navy ships are massing in the waters near the Middle East, reports USNI News.
RUSSIA WARNS U.S. OVER NUKE PACT: "Russia has stepped up criticism of U.S. efforts to implement a major strategic arms treaty with an unusual message to lawmakers accusing Washington of undermining the agreement," via The Wall Street Journal.
POUR ONE OUT FOR THE 'VINO VIXEN': "The 'Vino Vixen,' a Trump administration appointee who gained notoriety over allegations she created a blacklist of disloyal career government staffers, has left the State Department," Nahal writes.
"The employee, Mari Stull, had her last day at State on Friday, a department official confirmed to POLITICO on Tuesday. It's not immediately clear where she's headed to next or if she will land another position in the administration. Her alleged blacklist activities are under federal investigation."
SURFACE NAVY ASSOCIATION: It's Day 2 of the association's national symposium in Crystal City, Va. The full agenda is here.
On Tuesday, the Navy's No. 2 officer said the service struggled to adapt to the influx of cash that came with Trump's defense boost, Wesley writes.
"While there's no doubt we're on a better trajectory today, we did not initially respond very well to this injection of cash," Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Bill Moran said.
MONEY FOR NEW GEAR: "Funding in the Army's budget for new systems will match spending on legacy systems in just a few years as it pursues its major modernization goals, Army Undersecretary Ryan McCarthy forecast today," via our colleague Connor O'Brien.
He said funding right now is about 70 percent "legacy" and 30 percent new, and wants to get to 50-50 by fiscal 2023.
GETTING IT DOWN PAT: Your Morning D correspondent noticed the Pentagon's border troop announcement Monday night referred to "Acting Secretary of Defense Pat Shanahan." A quick survey of DoD websites shows a few Pats but many more Patricks.
So we asked Shanahan's office what he likes to be called. It's Pat.
— If anything, America's defense budget is too small, Jon Kyl and Roger Zakheim write: POLITICO Magazine
— Congressional Republicans are reasserting their support for NATO after a report that Trump wants out: The Hill
— The U.S. is keeping a watchful eye on Taiwan as China's military capabilities grow: Reuters
— 'Be ready to fight now': Admiral talks China and Russia: Breaking Defense
— The Navy is moving toward unleashing killer robot ships: Defense News
— Major upgrades are on the way for the Army's missiles, tanks and artillery: Army Times
— An American ISIS member who was detained in Syria says he 'wanted to go see exactly what the group was about': NBC News
— An American is killed in the Kenya attack: Reuters
— Veterans: Women are already in combat, so stop saying they shouldn't be in combat units: Task & Purpose


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Today I finished the rather large interactive tutorial of Scrivener for Mac. It's a piece of writing software designed by a novelist for novelists, screenwriters and anyone who wants to be able to organise every aspect of their writing in one place. For example, while Microsoft Word expects you to write your draft in one massive document, Scrivener allows you to have a separate file for each chapter, append a synopsis and notes to those files in order to remind you what the hell you originally wanted to write, and have a research folder where you can put PDFs, videos, web links, audio notes and anything else you've come across in order to help your novel go swimmingly.
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The start of the week showed great weather. From take-off and heading outbound to the new rigs I really believe I could see all the way out to Kelantan. I do not recognise many of the east coast islands save for Pulau Tenggol, as it sits on the 20-mile range mark from Kerteh, and Pulau Kapas abeam of Marang, but each time I look at Pulau Kapas, I think of a friend of mine who encouraged me to become an offshore pilot. Yes, it's the Pirate King of Kapas Island, Captain Sharif Abbas.
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Haze too, has turned the aquamarine seascape into a sullen featureless colloid, making familiar ships like FSO Angsi and her family of rigs a miserable vista in the choking grey shroud.
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It's the end of my five-day cycle. I will start my five-day rest cycle not by resting, but by pursuing an impossible dream.
Let's see how that goes.