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AFUE furnace efficiency is a measure of how efficient your home's furnace is at heating your home. AFUE is an acronym for annual fuel utilization efficiency. Newer furnaces have advanced technology components that enable very high AFUE ratings.
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How AFUE is Calculated
AFUE is a ratio of the annual furnace output heat energy to the annual input of fuel energy. The current procedure for determining AFUE ratings takes into account more than the older AFUE calculation. For example, any non-heating season furnace pilot input loss goes into the calculation. This is one of the reasons why furnace manufacturers went away from the standing pilot light. The pilot light consumed fuel every hour of the day but did not contribute any to heating the home. In the case of natural gas furnaces, the AFUE rating does not include the electricity usage to operate furnace components.
In addition, the modern way of determining the AFUE rating of a furnace incorporates more real world usage. The AFUE rating represents the actual season long average efficiency of the furnace. This includes operating transients. And it also takes into account the lower furnace efficiency associated with cold startup.
AFUE Listed on Yellow Energy Guide Label
Furnaces and certain other appliances are required to have an Energy Guide label from the factory. The yellow label identifies the AFUE rating of the furnace. A template of such an Energy Guide label is shown below. The XX.X shown in the box is where the AFUE rating would go. For example, one might show 95.0 for the efficiency rating. The Federal Trade Commission is charged with regulating these Energy Guide labels on new furnaces and other select HVAC equipment. Other select appliances also fall under this Energy Guide labeling requirement.
AFUE vs True Thermal Efficiency of Furnace
A different measure of furnace efficiency is the true thermal efficiency of a furnace. This would be a measure of furnace efficiency at a specific moment in time. For example, assume an AFUE rating of 95% (this is the year long average efficiency). On initial cold furnace startup, the true thermal efficiency would be lower than the 95% AFUE rating. Then once the furnace has been operating a few minutes the true thermal efficiency would increase. Once the furnace is warmed up, the true thermal efficiency would be higher than the 95% AFUE rating.
Homeowners would find the AFUE rating more meaningful as it allows them to compare a new furnace to their old furnace. Or to compare the efficiencies of two different furnaces. A new 95% AFUE furnace is 15% more efficient than a new 80% AFUE furnace, for example.
There are Still Useful Applications for New 80% Furnaces
There are, by the way, useful applications for 80% furnaces today. Installing a new 95% AFUE furnace in a home with an older 80% furnace requires vent piping. PVC combustion air piping connecting the 95% furnace with the outside air is required. In some applications, there is no convenient way to run these PVC pipes to the outside. In these cases, a new 80% furnace may be a convenient option.
80% Furnaces Have Round Metal Flue Pipes
A photo of an 80% furnace in a residential application is shown below. The large round metal piping carries the hot flue gases out of the furnace.
The metal flue normally passes up through the roof of the home and out a metal vent cap. A similar metal vent cap is shown in the photo below.
90% And Higher Efficiency Furnaces Have PVC Pipes For Flue and Combustion Air
The photo below shows the two white PVC pipes connected to the top of the furnace. These PVC pipes carry combustion gases between the furnace and the outside of the home. These PVC pipes are required for high efficiency furnaces.
PVC Pipe Terminations For Furnace Flue and Combustion Air Supply On Outside of House
The two PVC pipes run to the outside of the home or structure as shown in the photo below.
ASHRAE Approved Methods for Determining AFUE Ratings
A governing body with the acronym ASHRAE has developed the approved method for determining the AFUE ratings. There is an established procedure that laboratories follow to obtain AFUE ratings on new furnaces. The ASHRAE standard for AFUE determination is Standard 103. ASHRAE stands for the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers. ASHRAE is an American professional association seeking to advance heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration systems design and construction. One can visit the ASHRAE website for more information on their organization.
The ASHRAE standard is designed to follow the DOE codes for furnace efficiency. DOE is an acronym for the U.S. Department of Energy. Further information on the DOE codes can be referenced on the DOE website.
The Way AFUE Was Previously Calculated To Measure Furnace Efficiency
The way AFUE was previously calculated resulted in an over estimate of furnace efficiency. An older 80% AFUE rated furnace has an AFUE rating of up to 70%. And in most cases, they were quite a bit less efficient that that. They were certainly not 80% efficient.
What this means is that for a 70% efficient older furnace, 70% of the fuel's energy goes to heating the home. The other 30% goes right out the furnace flue. Newer furnace designs are commonly in the 95% AFUE range, with some models even more efficient. For furnaces in the northern US, an Energy Star Rating requires the furnace to be at least 95% efficient. Visit the Energy Star website for more information on these EPA qualified furnaces and appliances.
Why Newer Furnaces Achieve Very High Efficiencies
Newer furnace technologies and designs have allowed these very high furnace efficiencies. The following features make newer furnaces more efficient.
Electronic Ignition Systems
Electronic Ignition Systems: Furnace designers eliminated the older design for using a standing pilot light to ignite the furnace burners. The standing pilot was replaced with an electronic ignition system. The electronic circuitry lights the burners with either a direct spark igniter or a hot surface igniter. There is a noticeable efficiency gain with not having that pilot light run all the time.
The image below is of a standing furnace pilot light.
Sealed Furnace Combustion Chamber
Sealed Furnace Combustion Chambers: If your home has a 20 year old furnace, it likely pulls room air to support combustion. Air from your home, which you have already paid to heat with the furnace, is used for combustion. This air then goes right out the furnace flue. The home is then at a slightly lower pressure than the outside. So outside air is pulled inside through any cracks or crevices around window frames and doors. This makes the house seem drafty as well. Newer high efficiency furnace designs pull outside air through PVC pipes to the furnace. The combustion gasses are also exhausted through PVC pipes outside. This design improves overall efficiency and makes the home more comfortable. There are less temperature fluctuations in the home. This design is also safer for home occupants.
The image below (which we have seen earlier) also shows the sealed combustion chamber in this older 90% furnace. Looking closely, the rectangular metal box near the center of the picture shows the sealed combustion chamber. There is a round observation window with a black rubber gasket surrounding the observation window.
Secondary Furnace Heat Exchanger
Secondary Heat Exchanger and Inducers: Newer high efficiency furnaces have a secondary heat exchanger that pulls that last bit of heat out of the furnace. This last bit of heat is then used to heat the home instead of going out the furnace flue. An inducer (combustion air blower) is used to help raise the efficiency of the furnace.
Advanced Furnace Heat Exchanger Design
Advanced Heat Exchanger Design: The burner flame is directed into the furnace heat exchanger. Hot combustion gasses pass through the internal passages of the heat exchanger. The furnace blower directs air flow over the hot heat exchanger thereby warming the air. This warm air is then directed throughout the home via ventilation ducting. The advanced heat exchanger design uses exotic metal designs that transfer heat better. In this way, more of the heat from combustion goes into heating your home. Less of the heat from combustion goes out the flue.
Two Stage Furnace Design
Two-Stage Furnace Designs: Older furnaces have single stage burner designs. The blower in the furnace also operated at a single speed for heating. Early in the heating season, the heat load is lower. The furnace kicks on with its full heating capacity however. The furnace likely doesn't run that long to satisfy the thermostat call for heating. This leads to some temperature swings in the home. Newer two stage furnaces have a lower heat capacity available. This lower stage runs when heat load is lower. A more uniform home temperature profile is the result. And the furnace efficiency improves as well. The second stage is available for the colder periods.
Variable Speed Furnace Blower
Variable Speed Blower: The use of variable speed blower fans in the furnace allows a more comfortable home. Air flow is lower during first stage heating. And a higher air speed is used when the second stage heat is called for. The variable speed blower creates a more uniform temperature range in the home. Variable speed blowers also move air to upstairs rooms better than standard blowers do.
Programmable Thermostats
Programmable Thermostats: While not directly associated with the new higher efficiency furnaces, a programmable thermostat raises efficiency. These thermostats have programs that change the temperature setting. When people are away from the home the set point is adjusted to use less energy. Programmable thermostats can also improve home comfort levels. The thermostat can be set to adjust the home to a more comfortable temperature just before occupants get home or wake up.
Additional Information
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Here are some other HVAC related topics that may be of interest to you. Click here for information on what air filter would be best for your home. There is also information available here on what MERV ratings for air filters mean.
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Jose Mourinho says captain John Terry will receive a contract extension at Chelsea and believes the defender has the desire to ensure next season will not be his last at Stamford Bridge.
The 34-year-old's current deal expires at the end of the 2014-15 campaign, but Mourinho believes his form means he will be staying at Stamford Bridge.
"What I can guarantee is he will be a Chelsea player next season. I can guarantee that," Mourinho said.
"No doubts he's going to get his contract. I know what my board tells me. I also know what the player tells me."
Chelsea policy dictates that players over the age of 30 are offered only 12-month deals, a challenge Terry has taken in his stride, according to Mourinho.
"I don't know (how long he can play on for). At this age it's very difficult to predict," Mourinho said.
"At Chelsea, we decided at a certain age - to stimulate the players, to provoke the players, to make them feel the past doesn't play a role and it's all about the present and tomorrow - they get one year of contract.
"If they don't accept they are not ready for the challenge, and we wouldn't want them. John accepted the first challenge last year, accepted this season already. That is a guarantee the fire is there.
"If the fire is there, this contract will not be the last contract he signs."
Terry signed his current deal 48 hours after the end of last season - Mourinho's first back at Stamford Bridge - but his next offer could come soon.
"It will be before the end of the season, for sure," Mourinho said.
Asked if terms had been agreed, but the deal not yet signed, the Blues boss said: "I think it's around that."
Mourinho also believes he has time to find Terry's successor in the centre of the Blues defence - Kurt Zouma could prove to be that man - after helping to revive a career which appeared to be on the downturn under the Portuguese's predecessor Rafael Benitez.
"This is a process we can take our time, because John is proving again this season that he's a player for years," Mourinho added.
"When I came back (in June 2013) he was coming from a difficult period. Last season he was very good, this season I think even better."
Terry lifted the Capital One Cup on Sunday following a 2-0 win against Tottenham at Wembley. He now has 13 major trophies for the Blues.
It was Mourinho's first trophy of his second spell.
Petr Cech played in goal at Wembley, despite being displaced as first choice by Thibaut Courtois this term.
Mourinho will not stand in Cech's way should he wish to leave at the end of the season, b ut the Czech Republic goalkeeper's status means a big fee will be required to prise him from Stamford Bridge as his contract does not expire until the end of next season.
"He will make his decision," Mourinho said.
"I would like him very much to stay (but) I don't waste my time trying to persuade him, because I know nobody can persuade him.
"If he tells me he wants to leave, I will tell him my opinion and my opinion is one of the three best goalkeepers in the world. Huge money."
Cech will be a substitute at West Ham on Wednesday, with Courtois back in the side after missing out at Wembley.
"I didn't explain it. I just decided," said Mourinho of his goalkeeping choice for Wembley.
"I didn't need to speak with him (Courtois) to understand he was sad, but I think that (at West Ham) Petr will be sad because Courtois is playing."
Mourinho followed his first trophy in English football, the 2005 League Cup, with Chelsea's first championship in 50 years.
Chelsea resume their bid for a first Premier League title in five years at Upton Park, five points clear with a game in hand after second-placed Manchester City lost at Liverpool on Sunday.
Mourinho thinks the title is about more than just two sides.
"Arsenal nine points (behind), Manchester United 10 points," he said.
"Mathematically it is open, and not just mathematically. 12 matches is a lot."
West Ham have one win in 10 Premier League games - a run which includes a 2-0 loss at Stamford Bridge - but Mourinho is taking nothing for granted and knows it is important to win after Sunday's double boost.
He added: "It's a massive match, a very difficult match.
"We are going to West Ham and to teams who desperately need points: Leicester, Hull, QPR, West Brom, Arsenal, fighting for top four.
"West Ham don't need the points. I don't think they are going to play Champions League, but they are not going to have relegation problems.
"They have nothing to lose. They will play to try and win the game."

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Types of Hemorrhagic Rash
A hemorrhagic rash is under-the-skin bleeding. The various types of this rash include:
- Petechiae (small blood spots under the skin)
- Ecchymosis
- Purpura
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- Meningococcal rash (meningococcal disease)
- Hemorrhagic fever rash
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WILLIAMSVILLE — McKenzie Smith had 10 kills and Allie Edwards finished with eight to help Pleasant Plains High School survive a tough three-set challenge from Sangamo Conference rival Williamsville 25-14, 22-25, 25-18 in volleyball on Thursday.
Jade Garrett led the Cardinals' defense with 13 digs while Ali Fraase added 10 and MacKenzie Houser finished with seven. Williamsville's Emily Roberts tallied a match-best 18 digs while teammate Ellie Pensabene logged 10.
Chloe Burt had 10 assists while Pensabene had 12 for Williamsville.
Pleasant Plains improved to 4-0 (overall, 2-0 Sangamo).
Welte, Cavaliers hand Southwestern first loss
CARLINVILLE — Adriann Welte had 11 kills, 15 digs and two blocks to lead Carlinville to a 25-22, 19-25, 25-21 South Central Conference win over Piasa Southwestern.
It was the first loss for the Piasa Birds (6-1).
The Cavaliers (2-2) also got 26 assists and 10 digs from Sarah Deneve. Jordyn Houseman had 13 digs; Gracie Reels had four service aces, and Lexi Egelhoff had eight kills and three blocks.
Spartans third, Carlinville second
CARLINVILLE — Southeast's Caleb Wind scored on the sixth penalty shot to break a tie and give the Spartans a 3-2 win over Lutheran in the Carlinville Kickoff Classic third-place game.
Prince Efenogo had a goal and an assist for the Spartans (4-2-1). Matthew Turner had Southeast's second goal. Thomas Crain assisted on the first goal.
Jerseyville downed Carlinville 4-0 for the title.
Hawks, Cardinals reach Four Corners title match
Riverton took an early 2-0 lead over North Mac, and would score three more to defeat the Panthers 5-1 at the Four Corners Classic.
It advanced the Hawks, 6-0 and winners of the Riverton Pool, to the title match against Pleasant Plains (5-1) at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Field of Dreams in Riverton. The Cardinals won the Williamsville Pool Thursday with a 3-1 win over Warrensburg-Latham.
North Mac scored its first goal after trailing 2-0 Thursday, but the Hawks answered eight minutes later to add a cushion.
Riverton's Seth Tavenor stuffed the stats, scoring the Hawks' second and third goal, and also assisting on the three other Riverton goals.
Joey Lee scored two goals and an assist for Pleasant Plains to lift the Cardinals over Warrensburg-Latham.
Kasra Nassirpour scored on Lee's assist and also had an assist of his own on Lee's first goal.
In Thursday's second match at Riverton, Beardstown's Angel Perez tallied a goal in each half, with both being assisted by Ricardo Reynoso to lead the Tigers to a 2-0 victory over Sacred Heart-Griffin.
Williamsville's explosive half leads to big win
In Thursday's other game at Williamsville, the host Bullets scored their first goal less than a minute into the match and added seven more to defeat Taylorville.
Elliott Bloomberg scored the first and third goals for Williamsville.
Eight minutes after Bloomberg's first goal Braden Voights added the second and the goals kept coming. The Bullets scored six goals in the last 20 minutes of the first half.
Quinn Easley scored three times for Williamsville and teammate Logan Sarginson assisted on two of Easley's goals.
Saints win late
Host Calvary waited till just under 20 minutes in the second half to score the lone goal of the match to defeat Decatur Christian 1-0 at Calvary.
James Williams found himself in a crowd when the ball entered the box. Williams settled and fired from 17 yards out to give the Saints the victory.
Zac Rose had seven stops in goal for Calvary.
Humke third at U-High Classic
NORMAL — Chatham Glenwood High School's Madison Humke fired a 3-over-par 75 to finish third among 111 golfers in the Normal U-High Girls Classic at Weibring Golf Club Thursday.
Humke finished four strokes behind winner Alaina Bowie of Champaign St. Thomas More. Glenwood finished 12th overall with a team score of 410.
Sacred Heart-Griffin finished fourth in the team standings with a 341 — 53 shots from par.
Natcha Koonmee was the Cyclones' top finisher. Her 9-over 81 tied for eighth individually. Sofia Lowis (85, tied-13th) and Rachel Ducaji (86, tied-15th) also placed in the top-20 golfers for the Cyclones. SHG was one shot from tying Normal Community and St. Thomas More for second place.
Sofia Baptist shot an 84 and finished tied for 10th individually. That helped Springfield High finish eighth with a score of 370.
The host Pioneers took the team title with a score of 329.
Davis fires 36 to lead Bullets
PANA — Faith Davis' even-par 36 took medalist honors and led Williamsville to a dual victory over Pana on Thursday at The Rail Golf Course.
The Bullets, who totaled 187 to the Panthers' 234, also got a 49 from Angela Egger.
PATRICK MARKER scored Chatham Glenwood's lone goal, an unassisted tally in the first half, in the Titans' 4-1 loss at Collinsville. The Kahoks are 5-0; Glenwood is 3-3-1.
SEAN DERRICK was medalist with a 4-over-par 40 to lead Pleasant Plains to a quadrangular win at Country Hills in Greenview. Freshman KYLE ABRAHAM added a 42 for the Cardinals, who had a 174 total to second-place Mason City Illini Central's 216. Williamsville was third with a 224.
SAM KNEBEL shot a 2-over-par 38 to lead Greenville to a triangular win over Macon Meridian and Pana at Oak Terrace Golf Course. The Comets won with a 183, followed by Meridian (206) and the Panthers (220). Meridian's KYLE FARMER had a 44.
JUSTIN WEST shot a 1-over-par 36 to earn medalist honors to lead North Mac to a quadrangular win over South County, Greenview and Palmyra Northwestern with a team score of 170 at Terry Park in Palmyra. West had two birdies. DANE RICHIE shot a 43 to lead South County to a second-place showing, 15 strokes behind North Mac.
GAGE KRIDER, an individual for Buffalo Tri-City in a triangular match, earned medalist honors with a 4-over 40 at Shoal Creek in Raymond. SAM HERMAN and ANDREW SKINNER each fired 41s to lead Raymond Lincolnwood to the team win, with 168 strokes — 29 shots better than second-place Carlinville.
Jacksonville Routt's HARRISON CHUMLEY recorded a 3-under 33 to the Links of Jacksonville to earn medalist honors. But Jacksonville's AYDIN FOLKER (34) and BRADY KAUFMANN (35) each came to the clubhouse under par to help the Crimsons (7-1) win the quadrangular title over Routt, 150-158.
Auburn's KATIE TANNER shot an even-par 36 at Shoal Creek in Raymond to lead the Trojans to a quadrangular win. ELLIE KNIGHT, also of Auburn, carded the second-best score of 42. They helped Auburn finish with just 180 strokes. Raymond Lincolnwood got a team-best 44 from CAMERON KRAGER to finish second, ahead of Carrollton and Carlinville.
KARLIE SCHNEPP birdied the No. 9 hole at Shambolee Golf Course in Petersburg to finish with a medalist score of 37, which led Rochester to a triangular win. Rochester scored 185 and improved to 6-4. Pittsfield was second with a 228, 26 strokes ahead of Petersburg PORTA.
ANNA WELTER had 10 aces for Calvary in a 25-12, 25-6 victory over Jacksonville ISD.
ABIGAIL FITZPATRICK had 12 digs and nine kills for Mount Pulaski in a 25-19, 25-13 victory at Athens.
MADDIE CARTER recorded seven kills, six digs and two aces in a Petersburg PORTA victory at home over North Mac.
JESSICA MCDOWELL had an all-around performance, leading her Normal University High team to victory over Champaign Central with nine kills and 11 digs.
HOLLIE BEKESK kept Staunton on track to victory over Mount Olive with 29 digs in the match.
Niantic Sangamon Valley's GRACE HONEYMAN had four digs and four aces in a 25-12, 25-14 victory over Edinburg.
SYDNEY BUHNERKEMPER has 21 assists and nine digs for Springfield High in a loss to Normal.
CARA ANDERSON boosted Lutheran High to a three-set victory over Riverton, 25-22, 22-25 and 25-17 to put the Crusaders at 5-3. Anderson had 12 digs and 30 assists.
MALENA BIXBY had 12 kills and ANNIE BURNS had 23 assists for New Berlin in a 25-21, 25-19 victory over Pawnee.
BELLA POWELL had seven kills and eight digs for Jacksonville Routt, but the Rockets lost to Auburn, 25-12, 25-16.
KAYLEE HOLLAND had eight kills and an ace for Pana in a victory at Moweaqua Central A&M.
FAITH WASHKO had 15 digs for Sacred Heart-Griffin but fell short of a win, losing to Decatur St. Teresa.
LANEY PARKER had seven digs and three aces for Lanphier in a 25-18, 25-19 victory over Peoria Central.
GRACE PETTY had seven kills, seven digs and two aces for Rochester, which took three sets to defeat Taylorville 25-21, 21-25 and 25-23 to move the Rockets to 3-1.


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Toilet 2.0 by Dave Hakkens. Toilet 2.0 Toilet 2.0 is ready for the future, it's made from corian which makes it thinner, lighter and stronger.
The shape is deigned to prevent splashes. Bathe – Modular Bathtub by Justin Wagemakers & Blue Sky Design Group. Bathtub Just for You!
The Bathe is a very well thought-out and planned bathtub design. It has accessories and attachments that can be customized as per each family member's requirements to suit their needs, without any additional fuss. The amazing number of storage and accessibility options makes it the ultimate space-saving fitting! Bathboard – Folding Bathtub by Sylwia Ulicka Rivera. A Bouncy Bath!
The Bathboard is a too-good-to-be-true design. It has all the makings of an excellent bathtub; one, which folds up and holds enough water for a good soak. But my only worry is that will the framework take the weight of water + the person using it? For the moment lets just consider this, the tub is made from foam rubber treated to be very elastic and spongy. It weighs less than 3 kgs and juts out only 12-cms from the wall.


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The Indian Government has declared that Indian passports that are handwritten or issued before 2001 with a validity of 20 years are no longer valid for travel, as of Nov. 24, 2015. As per reports here, the International Civil Administration Organization has deemed that all passports issued anywhere in the world must now be machine-readable to comply with airport regulations worldwide. Foreign governments may deny a visa or entry to a person travelling on a non-machine readable passport from Nov. 25.
Venkata Ramana, a spokesman for the San Francisco Indian Consulate, was quoted to have told the media that "Hand-written Indian passports and passports issued before 2001 must be converted to electronic, scannable passports to conform with international standards." He noted that many people have already converted their passports, and guided readers to cgisf.org for instructions on how and where to apply for a new passport.
The Indian Embassy noted in a bulletin that 286,000 handwritten passports were still in circulation as of November 2014. The Embassy noted that the Government of India has been issuing machine-readable passports since 2001.
"Indian citizens residing in India and abroad and holding such passports with validity beyond Nov. 24, 2015 are advised to apply for re-issue of their passports well before the deadline in order to avoid any inconvenience in obtaining valid visa or international travel," stated the Embassy.
The Embassy also noted: "Many international travelers may not realize that having an unexpired passport is sometimes not enough to obtain visas or to enter certain foreign countries. Indian citizens traveling on passports which may expire in less than six months should renew their passports before any upcoming international travel. The universal practice in vogue now is: 'Once your passport crosses the nine-year mark, it is time to get new passport,'" said the Embassy, adding that it was especially important to check the validity of passports for minors, whose travel documents are only valid for five years. Adults receive 10-year passports.


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GDPR – these four little letters are inducing widespread panic in marketing companies across the UK.
But, as they're whispered during secret soirees at the water-cooler, what exactly does this initialism mean? And how can marketers avoid meltdown now this milestone has been passed?
Well, you'll be pleased to know that 3ManFactory are here to help you realise that this change is an opportunity, rather than crisis!
GDPR literally means: the General Data Protection Regulation, and it's one of the biggest changes to our data laws that we're likely to witness. Ever.
Currently, the UK is compliant with the Data Protection Act 1998. However, unforeseen advances mean that people's data is being used in ways that are not accounted for under this legislation. For instance, both Facebook and Google swap access to individual's data for uses of their services.
The EU therefore aims to give people more control over what happens with their personal data, as well as providing simpler, clearer laws for businesses that are consistent throughout Europe.
With this in mind, the UK will still adopt these changes, despite voting for Brexit. It will officially come into effect on 25th May 2018, which hopefully gives companies enough time to get their head around the new laws and to make sufficient changes to the way they manage data.
In the most basic of terms, this change will affect:
In real terms, an example of a controller would be a market research company conducting research for a client. If they determine what data they're collecting and how, as well as who the data will be collected from and how they're presenting their results, they are definitely controlling data.
An example of a processor could be a brand of email marketing software, such as MailChimp. This software is used by brands to market to consumers, by processing end-consumer data for its brand customers.
Facebook would also be an example of both a controller and a processor, since it collects the data from its users when they open an account, and then stores and processes this information. For example, this social network takes its users' data, compiles it, and uses it to target demographics when creating Facebook ads.
Now you know this, there is one really important piece of information that you MUST hold on to like your life depends upon it: even if the controllers and processors are based outside of the EU, they MUST follow the GDPR regulations that apply within the EU if they are handling the data of EU residents.
In essence, GDPR refers to how controllers and processors must ensure that personal data is 'processed lawfully, transparently and for a specific purpose'.
These are some of the main points that need to be considered under the new legislation:
Whilst many people assume that GDPR is going to cause the mother of all headaches, you really should view this change as an opportunity to improve your business for the better!
Marketing companies will have extensive databases bursting with contacts. However, after investing your valuable time in gaining consent from your lengthy lists of contacts, and after witnessing the purchasing of mail lists go on the decline, you will undoubtedly transform the way you use data.
It's a case of quality over quantity. Rather than having a database that lists hundreds of thousands of insignificant contacts, you will have a smaller database that consists of people who are genuinely interested in your goods or services. The quicker you adapt to these regulations, the quicker you'll receive a better ROI.
Plus, not only is the current maximum penalty for failing to adequately protect customer data a huge £500,000, but from 2018, this is set to increase to £16.9 million or 4% of a company's global annual turnover (whatever works out higher!). For a larger company, this could be catastrophic, so imagine the devastating impacts this could have on a smaller business?
With these figures in mind, don't get caught out. Like us, make sure you have a surefire plan of attack to tackle this looming change in legislation, before it's too late! If you need help or support in putting your GDPR plan in place, get in touch!


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For years, Roku has been known for its streaming boxes and sticks, but that's slowly changing as the company invests more in streaming services. It started with The Roku Channel, and now that's growing into something more.
The Roku Channel, which originally offered access to free, ad-supported movies and shows through Roku devices, broke out of the box and into the browser in August of last year. Roku has apparently seen success with this model because now that's expanding in a big way.
First off, you'll now be able to access The Roku Channel on both iOS and Android devices, dramatically increasing the channel's availability and usefulness. All the same content will be along for the ride without cost—you just need a Roku account.
What's more, the company announced this morning that it would also start offering access to premium subscription channels like HBO as part of The Roku Channel. That means users will be able to add multiple services to their Roku account, pay them all on one bill, and watch them all in one place—this rivals what Amazon does as part of its Prime Video package, or services like Sling have been doing for years.
The biggest difference here is that The Roku Channel doesn't require any sort of subscription in the first place. Amazon requires Prime membership before it offers any add-on streaming service, and TV providers like Sling naturally require users to be signed up for their service in the first place. As far as I can tell, Roku is the first service to bundle premium subscriptions into an otherwise free app.
This is clearly a power move by the company and a smart one at that. Loads of users already access content on The Roku Channel—some of which I'm sure don't have access to any other streaming service—and this will make it easy for them to bundle extra services.
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Resorts of the Year 2019: Best Service in the East
1. Mad River Glen, Vt.
"Mad River Glen is a unique experience—on a powder day, there is not a better place to be. I had my best powder day this season ripping runs off the single chair, followed up with a beer in the Base Box. Skiers from Mad River Glen and Sugarbush go back and forth between the two areas. The Mad River Valley offers amazing skiing, great restaurants, beautiful unspoiled beauty, and a good vibe."
2. Smuggler's Notch, Vt.
"Smuggs is the reason I live in this area. Can't beat the challenge of the terrain ANYWHERE on the East coast. ANYWHERE!! The locals are the best people in the world. The kids programming is unmatched. They're growing life-long skiers with heaps of respect and appreciation for the mountain and the sport. Tons to do. Scenery is amazing. Service is tops. I really can't say enough about Smugglers' Notch."
3. Wachusett, Mass.
"I have been skiing for over 60 years and Wachusett is the most customer- friendly resort in the East in my estimation. It is small, but offers awesome snow even in bad winters, and plenty of activity in between seasons, too. A well-stocked ski shop, excellent food for decent prices, and great customer service."
4. Sugarbush, Vt.
"Sugarbush always provides a consistent product. The grooming is the best I've seen anywhere, and the woods skiing is quite challenging. The staff, both trailside, and in the concessions areas are incredibly friendly and willing to make your total experience excellent. It's quite obvious that the owner of this resort puts the highest priority on customer service and product delivery."
5. Mount Snow, Vt.
"Overall best resort I have ever skied at. Every employee goes out of their way to ensure you are taken care of. The positive attitude and quality of service is unparalleled."
6. Holiday Valley, N.Y.
"Although Ellicottville being a small town with two ski resorts, Holiday Valley shines above the other in every area. Impeccable grooming, great terrain, and service like no other."
7. Bretton Woods, N.H.
"Love going to Bretton Woods, the guest services staff are friendly and helpful, ski patrol is out there to help if need, lift operators are friendly, and groomers do a great job!"
8. Wildcat, N.H.
"First time at Wildcat this year and it did not disappoint: great snow, fast lifts right to the top, I skied laps until my legs could not hold me up any more. The base lodge is small and is true New England charm with out the fake stuff. Local feel and everyone there treated us great."
9. Okemo, Vt.
"Okemo is a great family mountain. A perfect place to learn. A perfect place for a mixed skill level group. Expects can have fun and find challenge, and there is plenty of variety for the intermediate and beginner. Everyone can have a fun story at the end of a day."
10. Mount Sunapee, N.H.
"Everyone at Sunapee, from employees as the lodge to the lifties to fellow skiers at lunchtime were so friendly and welcoming."


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Due to the tight costings of the tasting evenings, we can only accept cancellations and offer refunds up to 7 days before the event. If you need to cancel within 7 days of the event, we can attempt to resell your spaces, and if successful, will then offer a refund on the resold spaces. We will, of course, offer a full refund if we have to cancel!
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Okay, Episode 5!
So it's revealed that Hayama was forced to make a deal with Central for Jun, and his motivations are completely understandable at this point. Could you imagine the frown on Jun's face if the Shiomi Research Group was shut down after earning so many partnerships? Hayama most certainly didn't want to imagine that and did the unthinkable, joining forces with those he himself dislikes. It's in line with his character, and I'm glad it was this rather than a gamble for power on his part.
We learn most of this information from our messenger Dojima, who just so happened to be in the bath at the same time as Souma and Terunori. I gotta say, the synergy between Souma and Terunori is great, and had the show gone a different path, I could easily see the two being the best of friends. It also helps that their hairstyles complement each other, and of course they're passion for cooking. I have no idea how the hell these two are so ripped though. All they do is cook and I suppose that can get you some crazy arms and stamina, but Souma and Terunori have some rocking pecs and abs for their age. Then you have Dojima who's a contender for Mister Universe should he choose to.
I loved how Alice called Souma before the Shokugeki, promising that her, Kiba, and Souma would scold Hayama once everything was done and over with. I'm glad the three became such good friends over the Moon Festival since it'd be nice for Hayama to have more close connections past Jun.
Speaking of Alice, it was quite interesting to see her father come into play during this episode. I was curious what Director Azami's brother would be like, and he is quite intimidating at first with his stern attitude and batarang eyebrows. However, his lovey dovey side for Alice and his wife was adorable, and I'm glad not every father in the Nakiri family was insane.
For the cooking match itself, I thought the tightrope metaphor was a solid choice. Bear meat is explained as an extremely volatile ingredient, with a thin line between great flavor and gamey odor. Souma's take on bear meat in particular pushes the limits to the extreme, and impresses the judges quite a lot, but will it be enough to beat Hayama?
Typically, Shokugeki has some interesting formulas for how the winner is declared during matches. Sometimes, if Souma is first to present his dish, he is seemingly "beaten" at first, only to reveal that there's a hidden twist in his dish that swings the tides in his favor. Other times, it goes the entire other way around, with the opponent being declared the preemptive winner, only for Souma to topple the judges with his dish. This episode follows the first, but I'm not sure where the show might take this. On one hand, Souma is our protagonist, but Hayama has a strong motivation too. Souma beating Hayama and destroying Hayama's hopes of preserving the Research Group sounds unlikely, and if Souma does win, he'll likely compromise something. There's also a chance he loses too, but I have no idea where the show might go from there.
But Souma isn't the only character we have to worry about. Megumi and Aldini are facing off against our favorite Elite Ten senpai, Rindo! I'm actually a bit more excited for that battle than the current one since we've never had a chance to see Rindo in action. Looking forward to it!


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@Zeus > Ok, i get what you mean - might be a nice idea. I'll pass this along.
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not sure if this has been requested but i think this would come in very handy if you could rename a cue point thats stored in memory (see attached image) ie id like to be able to rename my 00:00:133 cue point to start and mmy 00:54:997 to baseline then if i set a cue point later on i could call it vocal
either that or if you could set markers and name them
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i think any possibility of colour coding these would be great - similar idea but just using colours
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Color coding the Cue points would be almost as beneficial as renaming them, and probably easier to implement.
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Beachgoers heading to the Gulf Coast this week could be greeted by the first tropical system to threaten the United States this year.
A tropical depression is expected to form late Wednesday or early Thursday from a broad area of low pressure moving slowly west over the northern Gulf of Mexico, the National Hurricane Center said.
The center upgraded the chance that the tropical depression forms within the next 48 hours from 50% to 70%.
A tropical depression is an area of thunderstorms that produces a circular wind flow with maximum sustained winds below 39 miles per hour.
If maximum sustained winds strengthen to 39 to 73 mph, the system becomes a tropical storm. And if they strengthen to 74 mph, we'd have a hurricane.
It's too early to pinpoint where this system would strike the worst or how intense it would be.
But a "general westward movement is expected as the system most likely tracks toward the Louisiana or Upper Texas coast over the weekend," CNN meteorologist Dave Hennen said.
High tides and strong winds also threaten southeast Louisiana or coastal Mississippi, especially if the system develops quickly and gains strength, the National Weather Service's New Orleans office said.
But what if the tropical depression doesn't happen? Coastal cities will still get hammered.
"Even if the system doesn't fully develop, very heavy rains are forecast along the Gulf Coast region, with up to 10 to 15 inches of rain possible along the future path of the storm," Hennen said.


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On average, marketers are spending a quarter of their budgets on social media. What do they expect the return on that investment to be?
Thorin McGee
It's no surprise that marketers are allocating 27% of their budgets to content marketing. But how are they spending it?
Marketers we surveyed are spending 22% of their budgets on Google Ads, mostly on search and display advertising.
Adobe to acquire one of the most respected B2B marketing automation platforms on the market, go head-to-head with Salesforce.
There is no denying that technology has changed the publishing industry in profound ways. Denis Wilson, Editor-in-Chief of Publishing Executive, sat down with Target Marketing's Thorin McGee for an installment of the "Tech Talk Face Off" video series, taking a closer look at exactly what has changed, how it impacting publishers, and what they need to…
Too often, we treat "marketing technology" as a synonym for "digital marketing." But technology has advanced in all facets of life, and in every marketing channel. And few channels have learned more new tricks than print marketing. Interactive print ads all paper-based marketing materials to do amazing things. Magazine ads…
Although Amazon says no plans to put ads on its Alexa voice assistant, but they've started asking advertisers what they might pay for.
Here's what marketers are seeing as the most important digital marketing goals, challenges, tactics and more for the year ahead.
We can see a lot of ways commerce is changing today. How is marketing to consumers going to look in 2025 and beyond?
New research sheds light on the processes companies use to choose their marketing technology purchases and manage vendors.
Bob Bly once asked, "Can a Computer Write Better Copy Than You?" Well, InspiroBot can definitely write a weirder motivational poster!
Of course you've heard the phrase "Content Is King" being tossed around lately. Maybe it's all still a little nebulous to you, and maybe you need a few tips on how to put it into practice. We've got an interview with Robert Rose , "the Content King," that will do the trick. Rose is the chief strategy officer for the Cleveland, Ohio-based Content Marketing Institute. He also teaches the Content Marketing Master Class, find a location near you and register here.
Issues surrounding fair use, copyright and content aggregation are all very much unsettled in the world of digital publishing, and to a large extent in the courts themselves. There is little legal precedent to guide rulings on online copyright infringement, cases can be expensive, and judges themselves often don't understand the technologies involved.
Across the conference, magazine publishers embraced aggressive flexibility. That seemed to be the message of every executive speaking at the 2010 Publishing Business Conference & Expo (PublishingBusiness.com), held from March 8-10 at the New York Marriott Marquis Times Square: That they're working across every platform to give readers what they want to read, where they want to read it, and sell advertisers robust, reportable, multichannel marketing campaigns.
Are we doomed? David Granger, editor-in-chief of Esquire magazine and provocateur at the Publishing Business Conference and Expo's Monday Keynote Q&A, asked that question a dozen ways about everything from the publishing industry to America itself. Steve Forbes's answers never swayed: "If we can just get a benign [economic] environment, these things [innovative entrepreneurs, business practices, technologies, etc.] will come popping up" and be successful.


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COmanage: Collaborative Organization Management
COmanage, a project funded by the NSF and Internet2, is a collaboration management platform that allows organizations to meet their science and research objectives using key collaboration tools in a secure and effective framework. By leveraging federated identity management services, the authentication and authorization of Collaborative Organization (CO) members are handled in a single, efficient process defined by the CO. This process automatically creates the accounts and access controls for tools such as wikis, calendars, conferencing tools and other domain applications that are available to organization members.
COmanage is part of the InCommon Trusted Access Platform, a community-developed open-source IAM software suite.
NSF SDCI Bedrock Award
Information about the National Science Foundation - Software Development for CyberInfrastructure (NSF-SDCI) Bedrock award, which provided major funding the COmanage project, is available on the NSF SDCI Bedrock Award page.
- Internet2 Press Release (2010): Internet2 Middleware Initiative Awarded NSF Grant to Enhance Science and Research Collaboration (pdf)
- NSF Award Announcement
The COmanage Project in platform deployments around the world. The platform includes:
- The COmanage Registry, an Identity Management System (IdMS) designed for collaborative organizations
- A rich set of APIs to connect federated applications the consume attributes and access control information provied by the COmanage Registry.
The software, installation guides, best practice information, and architecture information are available on the COmanage wiki. The project uses open standards and is licensed under the Apache2 license.
NOTE WELL: All Internet2 Activities are governed by the Internet2 Intellectual Property Framework.
Development of this software is supported with current funding from Internet2 and previous contributions from Stanford University and the National Science Foundation (Grant No. OCI-0721896, OCI-0330626, OCI-1032468).
Features include:
- Ability to create enrollment flows specific to an organizations requirements
- Direct provisioning of information in to an LDAP directory
- Ability to create VO-specific attributes and connect them to a federated identity
- Support for VOOT and Grouper
- Documented API for tool integration
Future releases will include:
- Audit and reporting functionality
- Time-based expiration and account de-enrollment
- Service notifications
COmanage is open-source software licensed under the Apache 2.0 license. See http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html for a copy of this license.
To Subscribe to the COmanage Community List
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Published On: June 11, 2017 08:10 PM NPT By: Republica | @RepublicaNepal
DANG, June 11: CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli has said that no power can postpone the local level elections scheduled for June 28.
Speaking at a party program in Dang Oli assured the participants that the local polls will take place on the scheduled time despite Rastriya Janata Party Nepal's announcement to protest against the polls.
Coming hard on the RJPN, Oli said that it took part in the prime minister's elections but is planning to boycott the local level elections, depriving Madhesi people of their franchise to elect their representatives.
"In the local level elections, Madhesi representatives will be elected by the Madhesi people. RJPN does not want to let them elect their representatives. They took part in the prime minister's elections but they are boycotting the local level elections. It is a political dishonesty," Oli said.
He further warned the government not to postpone the scheduled elections in the name of brining the RJPN on board the election process.
Meanwhile, he claimed that democracy will fullly be ensured once the CPN-UML wins the elections.


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Recovery agents find and retrieve people and property. Some recovery agents work for repossession agencies, while others work as independent contractors to law enforcement organizations, lending institutions and credit card companies. Recovery agents repossess bank-financed items that the purchaser has not paid for and fugitives wanted by law enforcement. In either sense, the job is both challenging and potentially dangerous.
Job Profile
Recovery agents locate and retrieve both people that failed to appear in court per the terms of their bail agreement and unpaid property used as collateral for loans. In both scenarios, recovery agents research the nature of the case, locate the property or person and develop a recovery strategy. They follow strict legal procedures during the recovery process. After recovery of the item or person, recovery agents deliver it to a location authorized by the creditor or law enforcement agency.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
The competencies required to carry out the responsibilities of a recovery agent include knowledge of state statutes relating to bail regulations, procedures for surrendering defendants and seized property into custody, legal principles for identifying and locating people and property, as well as skills in surveillance, observational awareness and mental alertness. The ability to react quickly during dangerous situations is particularly useful during the seizure and recovery of both property and people.
Education and Experience
There are typically no formal education requirements for recovery agent positions. Individuals with backgrounds in physical security control and law enforcement, and previous experience with tow truck and heavy equipment are ideal candidates for recovery agent positions. Some states require licenses for recovery agent jobs. Many employers require a valid driver's license, clean driving record, drug screen and criminal history background check.
Training and Certification
Individuals can take training to qualify for a career in property and fugitive recovery. While the training and certification requirements vary by state and employer, in general, verifiable training in civil or criminal law, use of force and restraint, safety techniques, defensive tactics and certification in the use of tasers, batons and Oleo capsicum resin sprays or foams, prepare and qualify individuals for jobs as recovery agents.
Independent recovery agents typically are paid a percentage of the recovered item's total value. Recovery agents employed by repossession agencies may experience steadier work, plus benefits; however, the earnings per job are lower. According to earnings data from Direct Protective Services, in 2009, the median annual earnings of recovery agents in the United States ranged from $75,000 to $250,000. Alternatively, Indeed.com reports $52,000 as the median expected earnings for repossession agents in the United States, as of 2010.


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Welcome to our Course Collection
At Unicorn we believe in providing learning solutions that appeal to all learning modalities.
|Some may think that Walter Burke Barbe's 'Learning Modalities Model' (VAK) is a bit of a myth, but there certainly are people that have preferences when it comes to learning something new. Age, technology, social media; choices made for us by the education sector and our places of work have now shaped how we prefer to learn.
Think about how you would approach learning a new task. Let's say you have a job interview and your prospective employer wants you to deliver a short presentation on yourself using PowerPoint. You've got it on your laptop, but you have never really used it.
So, how would you learn how to use it? Would you just open it and see what you could do on your own? Would you head to the library or to Amazon and get a copy of PowerPoint for Dummies? How about using that gateway to all knowledge, Google to see if there are any blogs that will help? Or how about YouTube for some videos? Or maybe phone a friend or colleague to help? Believe it or not, each of those relate to a learning modality and most of you will have a preference.
However, would you pick the right one for you?
Most will pick multiple methods, so just like with our eLearning content, it would be a blended approach. Unicorn and our carefully selected content partners all believe in this methodology, designing and creating content which is rich in audio, video, text and tests. Some however pick a style and make it their own, like our latest content partner Bookboon – the Netflix of eBooks.
No matter what your preferred modality, at Unicorn we've got it covered.
2019 Course Collection
You can now view our full range of eLearning all in one place - our 2019 Course Collection
In this catalogue we include full listings of all of our Governance Risk and Compliance courses - including details of which courses are applicable to which sectors and job functions. The catalogue also details the recommended CPD allocated to each piece of eLearning.
The comprehensive directory also includes itemised listings from each of our 3rd party content partners - including RESILIA, MicroLearn, Video Arts, Metidian and Bookboon.
You can grab a printed copy from your Customer Success Manager or pick one up at our stand (#L10) at the upcoming Learning Technologies Exhibition.
We will be updating the catalogue each quarter - highlighting new courses and updates to existing collections. You can always find the latest version in PDF format here.


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Bringing the Best in Lake Geneva Real Estate to You
Fred Geldermann is passionate about his hometown of Lake Geneva and brings a lifetime of community knowledge and market insight to any client looking to buy or sell not only on Geneva Lake but throughout the Southeast Wisconsin Lakefront communities. With his partner Cindy Maher, Fred has closed over 500 transactions totaling $130 million in sales in Walworth County, Burlington and western Kenosha County.
Fred is also passionate about protecting his clients interests-whether it's finding and securng the perfect property to achieve his clients short-and long-term financial goals, or helping his sellers get the best value in the shortest amount of time. His is keenly aware of the changing regulatory enviroment, always looking for opportunities by understanding changes and anticipating ramifications.
Fred understands the value of your money, and works tireless to preserve
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As a full-time resident of Lake Geneva, Fred understands the different objectives of his full-time and "vacation property" clients. He has seen the market evolve and change in good economics and bad and is only happy when his clients get the service and outcomes they deserve.
Prior to launching his real estate career, Fred ran a successful brokerage business at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and continued trading until he built his real estate portfolio. He holds a BA from Marquette University and worked construction during school breaks, which gives him an added advantage when it comes to seeing the potential in any property.
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In addition to capturing all activity using Screen Watch, BeAware allows you to record emails and chats as text files and record visited web site addresses.
You can review all that BeAware has recorded at anytime. Simply open BeAware (enter admin password if one is set) and select Activity Monitor from the options on the left of the BeAware window.
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Obsolescence Management Plan- An Essential Health Insurance Policy
With a robust obsolescence plan or strategy in place obsolescence can be managed early and addressed methodically, it can provide significant through life savings and with the recent publicity regarding cuts in UK defence equipment costs this is an area that is welcomed with open arms as Obsolescence has a particularly major impact on the supportability and through life costs of equipment. Darren Topley, CMCA(UK) Obsolescence Strategy Advisor explains:
"As a company that specialises in all aspects of obsolescence management, CMCA(UK) live and breathe the subject matter on a daily basis and we're always looking for innovative ways to help our clients overcome the challenge. We're also ideally positioned to observe the impact of obsolescence in situations where processes and resources are inadequate or ineffective in managing the risk."
Effective proactive obsolescence management consists of an holistic cycle of planning, monitoring, mitigating and reviewing that is designed to minimise the impact of obsolescence on system support costs and availability, through the early identification and application of appropriate strategies, resources, tools and resolution options. It's increasingly important for any organisation involved in the manufacture and support of equipment to understand their product through life cost drivers. The impact of obsolescence on cost is particularly acute for equipments that are technology dependent, complex in nature or have an operational lifecycle in excess of 8 years. Not only does effective obsolescence management help to reduce through life costs, it can also be the deciding factor in maintaining a competitive edge. Further, developing an obsolescence management strategy and plan will help a company to identify many of its obsolescence drivers and will provide the necessary information and options to mitigate the risks in a timely and efficient manner. For this reason proactive Obsolescence Management should be viewed as an essential health insurance policy and readers should note that its impact extends across most industries.
Currently CMCA(UK) is developing obsolescence management plans and mitigating obsolescence issues for a very diverse portfolio of clients across many sectors including defence, security, tobacco, pharmaceutical and oil & gas. All of these industries have a common problem in needing to quickly resolve increasing instances of obsolescent or obsolete items. Furthermore, many organisations do not have the resources or knowledge to manage obsolescence and therefore prefer to employ the expertise of a Subject Matter Expert. Here at CMCA(UK) we are specialists in developing obsolescence management frameworks that encompass all aspects of planning, monitoring and resolution. We've also developed an obsolescence management 'one stop shop' called ATOM that aims to provide a fully integrated obsolescence management service at all levels which has enjoyed a very warm reception both from existing and new clients. But we're not standing still! We're also delivering and developing a whole raft of services that we see as complementary to obsolescence management such as direct procurement, long term storage and tools that can monitor and track key obsolescence concerns such as REACH etc.
Our goal is always to help our clients to see the bigger picture so they can react in a timely manner; If we succeed then they succeed…..


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I'll go on record right now and predict that VP Biden will be the BIG-TIME water-carrier for the unions in the Obama administration.
Thea Lee, assistant director of public policy at AFL-CIO, says she has gotten strong indications from "various sources" in the Obama transition that Biden will be a point-person for their concerns.
Biden has also selected Jared Bernstein, a strong labor advocate, as his chief economic adviser.
Just another example of the Obama pro-business agenda.


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We are not alone… Kicking back on the front porch, looking out across the evening sky, there lies our proof. The sky is filled with an infinite amount of objects. Some we are able to identify, but there is a multitude we can't identify.
As I sit here thinking, I sense how small I am with respect to the world around me. If I exist right here and now then out there in infinity there are an infinite number of opportunities for a living being to exist. It would be self-centered for me to think that all this was created just for the human race.
The truth of the matter most humans say "I am the center of my universe!" they are a species of privilege. Is that why they selfishly disrespect each other and our planet? Sadly, we have put a price tag on human life as well as the ground we live on. I know I am getting a bit off track. The why as the way we are is still unknown but it does describe the consequence of our thoughts and behavior.
It seems to me if everyone would join me on the porch, looking skyward, maybe coming to the realization of how small, but not insignificant. And maybe even experiencing a change of heart. That wouldn't be so bad would it?
How can I be sure that there are other living beings? Have I seen them? No, I can't say I have actually seen one or than that I can remember. But by the sheer numbers of probability there must be other life forms somewhere in the universe. I am sure if they have been in the neighborhood, which I'm sure they have they have presented themselves to the ones they intended to.
We continue to ignore The continuous reported sightings. Ruling them out as weather balloons, clouds, and just aircraft. This is the same way we ignore the evidence of climate change and continue to war one with another.
One would wonder if we are not intentionally trying to destroy what our creator has provided for us, this planeta perfect dwelling place . Home for the human body. Disregard for the precious gift of life.
We are not alone. We live in an infinite universe with infinite possibilities only just beginning to scratch the surface as to all that is .


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A memory from our last day of summer vacation this year.
Month: August 2012
Color Reflections
I'm finding myself drawn to the beauty in reflections of color, no matter where my day takes me.
Whether I'm at our local car show,
walking past the motorcycle repair shop,
sitting at the bakery's metal tables,
enjoying a finger puppet show,
or during a quiet board game at home,
reflections of color keep grabbing my attention; I love what I see!


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New BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE Trailer Puts It All On Show
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IMHO, Zack Snyder is highly underrated. Man of Steel was an incredible movie, a movie about power and struggle and a real enemy! Real threat. A villain that actually was memorable and also underrated. Much better then anything Marvel has put out there. The punches felt real, the destruction felt real because of two Gods clashing. Everyone wants a silly 80s,90s Superman because they are an aging generation full of nostalgic feelings. This is why Marvel is so fucking overrated.
Batman fits Ben Affleck. I love his voice. Henry fells more and more like a Superman, someone who is accepting his power and growing, which is awesome because we saw an insecure God in the first movie. The chemistry is real and I feel the tension between them. Looks like great fun.
S vs B looks promising and I am sure this won't be everything important in the upcoming movie.
Doomsday is a nice Surprise.
The only thing am still not sold is Lex Luthor but I won't judge till I watch the movie.
Bruce is basically acting like Luthor in this. Minus the crazed hatred for Superman that makes Luthor compelling as a villain. I think Eisenberg was a decent choice as he was never supposed to physically menacing. But he just seems awkward in this. Kind of like, I dunno, Clark Kent. Atleast if the characters suck you'll get your destruction. Snyder is good laying waste to things.
Generational vitriol aside, you're a little bit off as it feels like you believe it's only creative choice for its own sake with Disney/Marvel and Warners/DC.
The DC/Zack universe is deliberately designed to target (what I believe is) your age group, roughly 13-30 years old. The goal is to create highly styleized, textually darker movies that appeal to both pre-teen and older Millennial/Gen-Z angst.
With international a fairly predictible return at this point, the decision was to focus on one of the two most frequent US-domestic film going segments -- the other being families -- and try to maximize both (theater) rental and sell-through revenues.
The challenge with this approach is two-fold:
First, while it may allow for (slightly) more complex narrative choices, it nearly eliminates the opportunities (outside of X-Box licenses) to monetize the merchandising streams as well as Marvel can by strategically aiming AROUND your demo and focusing on (admittedly) nostalgic Gen-Xers and -- MUCH more importantly -- their CHILDREN, drawing them in to the toys, sheets, clothes, games, Disney XD cartoon offerings etc etc.
While families with older children -- like mine -- will certainly take their kids to a dark, PG-13 offering, there are MANY who won't and that number is larger than the Gen-Z'ers who bypass more than one Marvel offering.
The second challenge is that they are focusing on the demo most likely to skip theatrical and download illegally from a bit-torrent site.
While the film business is turning into a more niche/demo-focused affair in general, the studios are still "broad casters" and -- as always, imo -- Warners is taking a bigger gamble with their DC features than I would want to take by following this path.
I may be in the minority here, but I think Eisenberg is a one-note actor and not very good at hitting that note to begin with. I find his/Zack's choices with Lex to be understandable and totally distracting at the same time. But, as Tiberius would rightly note, I'm a nostalgic old f*ck at this point, so what-evs (that's what you kids say these days, right..?)
I agree with Tiberius though on Henry Cavill -- while I think he isn't the star everyone was hoping he might be (thought he was a charisma-sinkhole in MAN FROM UNCLE), I think he is very good in this version of the Superman role.
Hahaha, not true, I am actually 44 and loved Man of Steel. Was different then previous superhero movies. General Zod was...interesting. I am a sucker for good villains.
DC was always different then Marvel, even if you compare their comic book offerings, you'll see a much, much different tone.
Anything by Vertigo beats in my mind 80% of Marvel stuff. I collect both for a longer period but my tastes always leaned towards DC, French comics, Italian and Japanese. Marvel was predictable and played it safe. Was boring as hell for me.
I don't like the PG-13 rating either.
Thank you for taking the time to reply in such a constructive way man, appreciated.
I think he is playing a rich kid billionaire who is intelligent, clumsy and goofy (but highly intelligent and dangerous) that in the end becomes a real villain and serious threat. Someone you would never take seriously, take your guard down. When you underestimate your opponent you always get hurt badly. It seems that is how Superman sees him here.
Can't predict, we will see how the movie plays out.
That was an interesting reveal, but to be honest the trailer felt... odd. It started off slow having that little introductory clip at the beginning but it then gradually turns into the typical fast editing trailer towards the end. Hopefully that's not indicative to the whole movie.
The first two teasers/trailers had just the right amount of information, shame that they couldn't resist blowing their load before the movie comes out.
Man Of Steel would have been a incredible movie if the script didn't decide to crap itself and go for total destruction of cities along with the narrative. As if we're supposed to believe that no one died in any of that destruction but be emotionally attached to Superman as he doesn't want to kill Zod but has to.
They stated that people died. A lot of people.
Yes, which is my point about the scene where he kills Zod, they try to make it some emotional battle of his morals, but it doesn't work with everything that happened before it.
Yes and I think that is the point, that the Superman is not perfect, that he is learning and for the first time in his life encountered a real enemy that could actually destroy everything.
I like him being unbalanced, insecure and vulnerable. In my eyes makes him more human and more interesting.
He is a guy that has incredible power but has no idea where and how to use it. The world is big, he can't save everyone.
Perhaps it's just the fact that they are probably still cleaning up the production in post, but the sfx on display in the trailers are rather disappointing.
U Should Have MORE Up-Votes 4 this .!!!!!
NICELY said, ....AND PERFECT points imho..
.........as i've mentioned before on a few other "film plat-forms", KUDOS ..AND PROPS to Snyder and crew for ultimately (at least thus far from the looks of things) creating characters who are Unique, ...Unexpected, Original, ..and yet.feel Genuine.........
this might seem like a WAYY left-field comparison of sorts *might be too for that matter, lol*; but - first time i viewed this trailer: my overall reaction was akin to what might transpire if i had viewed a streaker while taking in an opera at the met. Surprise, Disbelief, ..Questions GALORE........ ...but given a nice enough "figure" ... 'Trailer." in this case,.. .........which this WAS. I ........LOVED EVERY SINGLE Second of it.. ~ ~ ~ ~ I hope that this made sense.. ........... LOL.
....kinda sorta tying this whole thing in with you're obs. about L.L. and the actor who portrays him. .......i have/had GRAVE concerns about that EXACT same thing (too.). ...but ~ watching him, ..he seems childish...............kinda immature.................................yet VERY Dangerous, Unpredictable, Unstable, and Uneven. ........*kinda like the whole trailer (!) .
*and i HASTEN to add ~ ALL of this IS, IMHO. ...NOT trying to cram/stuff this down ur throat. *or ANYone's ftm..
....and i hope it doesn't appear that way.
SO. ..........one final item then...... ..........I'm BONKERZ over MofS too.
.....ANoTHeR film that is alienating as the day is long is Sucker Punch..
*which i also happen to be "in Love" with.
Whatdidya think of that film ??
Honestly, never understood the hate toward Sucker Punch, it is a unique movie full of metaphors. There is so much more out there to be hated, some really, really bad movies.
I loved it because it does not spoon-feed you. Goes straight into a girls psyche (mind) and goes nuts.
The characters just look flat but if you just sit down and think a little bit more you'll see how multifaceted they are. We forgot to think lately, we just want popcorn and mindless kick to our emotions to make us feel better (it is not necessarily bad, but every movie being like that is bad). Just look at Marvels Guardians of the Galaxy. There is absolutely no sense of adventure in that movie, no sense of real threat and you put a couple jokes and people scream like it's the second coming.
How amazing, wow, incredible, this movie is a masterpiece. I mean, really?
I also would love to share this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Deserves more attention.
I gotta leave for now ................but ... SHOOT.!!
....more l8tr on tomorrow, if you are willing, ready, and able.
They should had just done away with the Superman journalist thing.
My guess is they're trying to force as much in as possible in order to gain ground on Marvel. Avengers worked out because the groundwork was so expertly laid out over the course of the first 5-6 solo films... This obviously wasn't. It's going to backfire. Calling it now.
Also, did nobody point out to the crew here that Doomsday looks suspiciously like one of Michael Bay's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
That said, I'll admit I got a little jolt of the "Fuck Yeahs!" when they panned back to show Wonder Woman standing there, knowing the shit is officially about to go down...
I'll take unpopular internet opinions for $500, Alex...
and a-LOT of thozz .'s seem SOOOO obvious..........
..going back to youre most recent response and reply................
...I LOVE films that do NOT, as u mention "spoon feed" the viewer..
*fair warning ~ Fairly MASSIVE MAMMOTH list of - .recommendations ahead.!; ~ ~ ~
~ ~ ~ ..........the likes of: Trance, Predestination, Automata, Black Out, Snowpiercer, Cloud Atlas, How I Live Now, The Congress, Mr. Nobody, A Lonely Place To Die, Renegade (Blueberry), Largo Winch, Largo Winch II, The Good The Bad The Weird, Life of Crime, Cat Run, The Brothers Bloom, Kill Me Three Times, Savages, Dredd, RocknRolla, Enemy, Two Guns, Get the Gringo, ............ ....etc ..etc.
........Not to Mention (.or forget..) SP as well as MofS.
...............SOME of these are a bit more "check-your-brain-at-the-door" than others. ........but all ..are ~ S.TELLAR imo.. .and WELL Worth thinking about and mulling over.
~ ~
....circling BACK then, to Guardians Galaxy..
Funny (- or interesting..) thing. I actually liked Guardians.
(at) least; the other marvel outputs are just about ink blots compared to this one, imo. .....i DID "dig" the "baddies" in this film, i kinda thought that they did pose an actual concern and threat.
...........but -- i certainly (Think.) i get you're drift - as far as the marvel/dc conversation is concerned. ...REALLY. - ...marvel just DOESN'T deal with and or address much if any real life issues, so to speak. ....Guardians, even though i personally DO Dig that one --- IS rather "far out"...
*pardon the pun..
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I have a bad habit of sending an email, then reconsidering what I've said. Is there any way to "unsend" an email message from Gmail so I can rephrase it?
So Google has a time machine you can tap into called Gtime. That'll take care of what you're asking about: it lets you back up a maximum of 15 minutes into the past.
No, just kidding. There's nothing like that available — as far as I know, at least! Ya never know with Google — but there's a different way to solve the problem and it's a feature that started out in Gmail Labs and is now a full-blown part of the standard Gmail system: Undo Send.
What it does is delay actually sending your email after you click on the "Send" button, letting you have a few seconds to come to your senses and "Unsend" the message, which then lets you continue composing it, change your mind and delete it, etc.
For real. Let's have a look!
Here I am writing an email to President Trump, and I'm poised to send it:
Without any changes, a click on "Send" sends the email, done deal, nothing I can do about it.
But instead, let's enable Undo Send and see how things change. To do that, you'll want to choose "Settings" from the gear menu on the top right:
Once you choose that, you'll see that there are a zillion different preferences and settings for your Google Mail / Gmail account. It's quite staggering, actually. But don't worry, you can stay on the main page, "General" settings. Just scroll down to find this:
Enable it by clicking on the checkbox. That's easy enough.
By default, it has a 10 second delay, but you can tweak that to be longer if you really need a few seconds to think:
Five seconds seems almost pointlessly slow, but it might be good if you find that you accidentally press Send without having actually finished your email. I know I certainly get one of those sort of emails every day or two, followed a few minutes later by "sorry, sent that too soon". On the other extreme, 30 seconds is a pretty long time in practice.
Set as you desire? Great. Don't forget to scroll to the bottom of the Settings page and click "Save" to make sure that the change affects your Gmail experience.
Now I'm going to click "Send" on that letter to the President. This time the little yellow alert window has a new link:
Actually, now that I think about it, I do want to work on exactly what the letter says before really sending it along to the White House. That's done by clicking on the "Undo" link in the middle of the status window — before it vanishes and it's too late!
The message composition window re-opens with my message loaded, and the status update changes to:
A very simple concept, but certainly quite easy to work with, and as long as you don't realize hours later that you shouldn't have sent a particular email, it will prove most helpful for you!
Now about that time machine, Google…


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I thought they turned out pretty fun, although I tried machine binding again. Still hate it. I had so many misses on the back it was driving me crazy, and on a piece this small, I don't even think it was faster. Still, I hope my swap buddies enjoy it and I can't wait to see what I receive from my far away guild buddy!
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So have you ever felt this way about your favorite social media outlets? I know I have. I don't want to throw the proverbial 'baby out with the bath water' but, I feel like it's worth talking about, especially for my fellow "Stay-at-home-Mom" (SAHM) pals.
Facebook has been blamed for contributing to many a failing marriage, as has texting, emailing, and numerous other social media mediums. Why? Well for one, since our cellphones allow us the privacy of communicating with whomever we want, whenever we want, it can be risky. A healthy marriage can't subsist on secrecy.
Probably my biggest beef with Facebook, in particular, is that its posts tend to be well-edited, snapshot moments of our lives. You know what I'm talking about: "look at us on our awesome two-week vacay", or "we are having the best time on our third trip to Tahiti this month", or "my college grad son just got an awesome job making $300,000/year straight out of the classroom!" Still yet, we've all read posts such as: "I have the best husband/wife ever", or "my husband is the greatest; he just brought me a dozen red roses for absolutely no reason" , or "look at the new car/house we bought after my husband's huge bonus!"
While my examples may be a bit exaggerated, oftentimes these type of posts leave us unhappy with our current situation, without us even realizing we weren't happy in the first place. Sure, we are happy for our friends who are doing this or that; it's that we find ourselves comparing our current situation in life to their current post. Some have even dubbed this as "Facebook envy". WHOA! It has a name. Kinda sad, if you ask me.We are all guilty of tweaking our posts to make us look our best whether in pictures or in words. As if that's not enough, we use flattering filters, cropping, and other such tools to edit and enhance even further.
Just imagine being in a lonely or loveless marriage and reading some of the posts mentioned. Consider a single parent on a fixed income reading such posts who can't afford to take any sort of trip because it's just not in the budget. Or someone who is recently divorced or even widowed reading all about your seemingly perfect marriage. Perhaps someone is going through a terrible battle with their health and their feed is full of such inaccurate portrayals of life.
I confess, since being a "SAHM," my time spent on social media has been drastically cut. No longer do I have the "luxury" to peruse posts portraying the annual "Christmas card" moments of their lives. I have to admit, I have felt better and less bothered in doing so. I have wrestled from time to time with going 'off the grid'. The only problem with that is that social media has become the prominent way we communicate with the outside world. No longer do we pick up the phone to call someone; we jump on social media and chat away utilizing the very latest in technology to enhance our communication experience. Gone by the wayside are face-to-face conversations where we can read one's facial expressions rather than analyze the tone of an email or post.
Honestly, I could continue my soapbox rant on and on and on with my opinions and thoughts of the whole social media thing, and they would be just that, opinions. Instead, I feel it a better use of my words to encourage us all to be more mindful of what we post and how we portray ourselves to others. Imagine what it would be like to read more authentic posts. I'm not suggesting loading up our feed with negative babble; rather portray life as it is rather than "photo shop" everything to make our lives appear to be better and more exciting than they actually are. After all, what does this accomplish? We probably wouldn't continue on this path if we thought we had the capability to make others feel jealous, or even hurt.
In conclusion, no need to ditch social media. Consider living in the real world among your "friends" on social media. Perhaps even weed through those who aren't truly friends, keeping only those you want to maintain communication with. Life is precious and so are the people who make it, so why not mind your words a little more closely and seek to encourage instead of building yourself up to be someone you're not. "'Cause ain't nobody got time for that!"


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