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A few years ago, I advised a client to get involved in the community. I told him (and countless others) "Get involved in the religious, political, social, and charitable activities of your community. Be a good citizen."
"Get involved in Rotary," was my advice to Bill Pickens of Memphis, Tenn. In Rotary, he took on the challenge of the "Gift of Life" program for his district. Under his watch, the hearts of 30 children from around the world have been mended.
Sometimes little ideas are life changing. Sometimes they are life saving.
Here is an email I received from Bill. I share it with you because I'm proud of him, and while it is said "Pride goeth before the fall," I think I'll risk the fall and say, "I'm proud of me."
Four words. "Get involved in Rotary." Thirty lives made whole and who knows how these lives will pay forward the goodness they received from Bill Pickens. What goes around …
I just Googled myself a little while ago. The first one that came up is "Bill Pickens; Wealth Management …" The next three were for my work with Gift of Life in Rotary.
The best advice I got from you was to get involved in Rotary. They make no bones about it being a place to network, in addition to community service.
I have done well by doing good. I have picked up several million-dollar accounts (including an $18 million 401(k) plan) and made countless "connections" with CPAs and attorneys.
It has been rewarding and gratifying in so many ways. Many of the best friends I have in this world have come through Rotary. But putting first things first, we've now helped thirty children.
Here is a picture of a girl with a mended heart and a whole life ahead of her. The personal rewards for having made a difference in these kids' lives is impossible to describe.
Be a good citizen. Don't put it off until tomorrow: Be a good citizen today. It will change your life and may save others.


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Born and raised in Wellington, New Zealand, David Fa'auliuli Mamea worked for The Man for too long before throwing it all in and doing the South Seas Film & Television production course. Despite a high proficiency with VCRs and computers, these skills meant nothing when it came to operating a camera or driving an edit suite. He concentrated on screenwriting.
Since 2002 he has worked on film, television, theatre and radio projects in genres ranging from sci-fi to soap, comedy to horror, and documentary to drama. Some of his handiwork can be found on this site. He has also directed a feature and a short film, and produced two short films.
He lives in Northland with his Lovely Wife. Any connection between their children leaving the nest and the explosive growth in their menagerie is purely coincidental.
Feel free to say hello.

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Close to the Puerta del Sol, Hostal Astoria is a strategic location to visit Madrid. It is placed in a building classified as BIC (Good of Cultural Interest) by the Autonomous Community of Madrid, because at the ground floor of this building, Former Hotel Rusia, took place the first cinema exhibition in Spain on San Isidro's Festivity.
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By RICH FOLEY
A few months ago, the computer that I used for 12 years to write this column was retired in favor of a newer model. The move into this millennium allows me to bring each new installment in on a flash drive instead of the floppy disks required before.
I had purchased four boxes of the diskettes several years ago at a clearance sale, figuring that it might be my last chance to find any new ones. Now, I had three sealed boxes left over and no idea what to do with them.
A co-worker predicted I'd never find a buyer, but last week, a business owner in Adrian took them off my hands. It was one of those rare occasions when both seller and buyer were happy. I sold them at a small profit, and the buyer said my price was half of what he'd have to pay elsewhere. If only I could do that with the rest of my useless junk—wait, make that rare treasures—I wouldn't have to worry about ending up on an episode of "Hoarders."
At least computers themselves, no matter how obsolete they are, still have enough value remaining in some of their components to make it worthwhile for some organizations to take them in and dismantle them for the recyclable parts. That option seems to be over for televisions.
Goodwill Industries, the go-to place to disposal of your unwanted computer, no longer accepts donations of televisions, citing the expense of disposing of unsold donations. I'd be willing to guess that the switchover to digital television probably caused a big drop in used television sales, as it's impossible to tell at a glance whether or not a used set is digital or will require an additional converter box or cable connection to make it useful.
At least you might have some luck giving away that old television to a friend or at a garage sale. Millions of one once-common household item are becoming a burden to their owners as they no longer have any value and the cost to dispose of them runs into the hundreds of dollars. Yes, I'm talking about the piano.
A recent New York Times article told of millions of pianos being sold from 1900 to 1930, the high water mark for American piano manufacturers. The best year was 1910, when 365,000 were purchased. The advent of radio cut into the need to have a piano for entertainment and sales have been dropping ever since.
Most pianos made in those days had a life span of 80 years or so, meaning there are now millions of worn-out pianos badly in need of expensive repair in homes, churches and schools.
Not only are these old pianos expensive to repair, lack of business has resulted in a deep decline in skilled piano technicians. What's more, electronic digital pianos and portable keyboards can now be purchased for several hundred dollars or good quality imported pianos are available for under $3,000.
"Instead of spending hundreds or thousands to repair an old piano, you can buy a new one made in China that's just as good, or you can buy a digital one that doesn't need tuning and has all kinds of bells and whistles," said Larry Fine of Acoustic & Digital Piano Buyer magazine.
I'm not sure if Mr. Fine is related to the same-named member of The Three Stooges, but the article quoted 2011 sales figures from Music Trades magazine that show the marketplace is moving quickly toward substitutes for the traditional acoustic piano. Last year, sales of electronic keyboards were 1.1 million, followed by 120,000 digital pianos and a mere 41,000 acoustic models.
The upshot of this trend is a huge increase in the business of piano movers. Most charge $150 or more to pickup your no longer wanted piano. Most of the movers hold on to them for a while, as any piano they can find a new home for could result in another moving fee.
Eventually, the movers have to reduce their inventory and haul some of the pianos no one has expressed interest in to a landfill. One landfill charges around $25 for each piano it takes in, then crushes them with a front-end loader. A recycling company picks out the wood and metal debris for future use.
This all sounds pretty sad, but one piano restorer made it sound almost natural. "You've buried your grandmother," said Martha Taylor. "You have to bury her piano."


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Kevin Vitale currently serves as the General Manager/COO of Baltusrol Golf Club in New Jersey, as he has since 2003. Founded in 1895, Baltusrol boasts 36 championship holes of golf and has hosted the Men's and Women's U.S. Open Championships a combined 9 times, the prestigious U.S. Men's and Women's Amateur Championships a combined 6 times, and most recently the club played host to the 87th PGA Championship. During his tenure, the club has been chosen a Platinum Club of America four times, and in the most recent poll, the club was ranked number 16 in the United States.
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I just purchased a nice Gitzo GH1780QR ball head for my tripod. This head has a nice set of 3 levels that make it easy to properly level the camera. I have been using my Canon 100-400mm lens with it. I've noticed something odd about the way this lens particular mounts onto my camera when I bolt the Gitzo head plate to the lens rather than the camera body. When set perfectly level, the camera body itself appears to be tilted a few degrees, so when taking a shot, it is not fully horizontal. I am using a Canon Rebel XSi (450D) body.
Is this something normal and expected with the EF 100-400mm IS USM L lens from Canon? Or is this a defect, and something I should have fixed? To resolve the imbalance, I have to tilt the ball-head slightly off-axis, but this in turn affects panning.


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|2007-05-03, 01:02
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Weapon of Mass Discussion
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: New York, USA
Claymore Manga
This thread has been re-purposed as the general Claymore manga discussion thread. A long time ago, we split discussion into two separate threads (one English, one Japanese) out of consideration for English readers who did not want to be spoiled by already released Japanese chapters. This time has long come and gone, so we've removed the Japanese thread and turned this into a discussion thread for all Claymore manga. As always, be mindful of the rules.
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|2007-05-03, 01:22
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Oh lord... what a question. There was so much happening in volume 7 that I almost got a heart attack, though for me the biggest issue was the kiss.
As for the new arm, fercrissakes! That was not a power up system. While it is full of unique and interesting potential for abuse, you can't seriously call it a power up system. To abuse this system you'd need to find someone whose body is stronger than your own. Then you'd need to kill them somehow, hack off their limb and make it your own. Not exactly the same as going SSJ-2 or learning bankai. The uses for this are rather limited and honestly nobody can benefit from this nearly as much as Clare. Clare is really the only strong person whose body is weak enough to need the flesh of others.
Also, this is very story driven and extrememly emotional. At first I'm suffering as Clare learns to fight without her right arm. Then I almost freaked out when Ilena chopped off her own arm for Clare to use. It won't be as shocking in the future, but it is still a big deal to take someone else's flesh and make it your own.
|2007-05-03, 01:27
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Location: Philippines
I'm alright with it cause it's definitely better than gaining strength so soon cause of "a will to live" or "I want to be the best" or some such ideal that most shounen heroes tend to sputter in the middle of a fight.
Thus far, even with her rank it's nice that all the skills and powers Clare has displayed were well explained. (she's been practicing that skill of teresa for quite some time).
Interesting to note that the reason she ranks 47 is cause she's only really a quarter youma so being able to cross swords with other claymores requires her to have at least a half youma arm...:P
I'd throw a fit though if she ends up as some medieval version of frankenstien if picking body parts from future comrades become a trend
|2007-05-03, 01:27
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In the end, I just didn't like it, and hope that it never happens again. >_< !!
|2007-05-03, 01:30
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I seriously doubt Clare would want to do it again unless she is forced to. After all, think about the first time she did it. It was an act of love to make Theresa's flesh part of herself. She didn't just want to be a Claymore. She wanted to be a Claymore born of Theresa.
With Ilena, Clare had been bonding with Ilena as her student and she needed that arm too much to say no. I rather doubt that this will happen again casually. At least I hope not.
|2007-05-03, 01:51
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Regarding that part about Theresa, I'm actually surprised that the organization agreed to Clare's condition. Recruitment must have not been good those years for them to go along with a whim that created a substandard claymore (all other factors aside, my university math professor attests that 1/2 > 1/4 lol).
|2007-05-03, 01:57
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Considering that Clare is the first, and probably only person who wanted to become a Claymore at her own free will (( Ophelia is debatable )), I doubt the Organization cares too much. Clare was offering herself for free for a flexible condition anyway, so the Organization has nothing to lose by accepting her. Besides, the Organization treats their Claymore like disposable crap anyway.
|2007-05-03, 06:18
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|2007-05-03, 07:41
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As for the arm Bieng a "power up", It's less cliche than "train for a week, get five times stronger". Also I think Claire has to be at more of a disadvantage against her fellow Claymores. She made her whole figting techneque revovle around sensing Yoma Power, and if they supress it, she can't sense it. As Miria said, it's perfect for awakened biengs.
|2007-05-03, 09:06
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I really dont think Clare is weaker than the other Claymores in resp to Yoma powers . She may be ranked 47 IMO thats for her skills . She is 1/4 Terresa too and thats her trump card . She can already ultilize Terresa's yoma power sensing abilities and predict move, we have know idea what else is in store . Terresa was in a league of her own even Priscilla Unawakened was no match for her
|2007-05-03, 09:42
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Location: the Netherlands
Am I the only one who is a little bit disturbed by the bloodthirsty pshycho ways of Ophelia?
She easy made it into the top 10 of all time evil villians with her cruel antics
Spoiler for manga eng 6 + 7:
When I thought a bit deeper about why she disturbed me I came to the conclusion that despite her age being (on appearence based) in the same range as Clare.
She is almost like a little kid. A little kid who is very intelligent/powerfull but has no moral values and thus without remorse dismembers insects (in her case, yoma's, awakened ones..fellow claymores, human witnesses). (she also was quite childish when she brought up her preffered 'nickname' based on her deadly sword style)
I have read the raws but since my japanese isn't good enough I have to wait for volume 8 to come out in june to really understand her pshyche cause I do not accept that a thirst for vengeance (for her brother) can warp someone to be that evil and remorseless.
Also based from what I read in vol. 6/7 its almost if she actually liked Clare (in her own warped way) or at least admired her sort of.
|2007-05-03, 11:31
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Proud Yuma Lover.
Join Date: Apr 2007
My guess about Ophelia is that she was really unhinged after her brothers death, and the process to become a Claymore didn't help any. She became a monster because she lacked any and all emaphy, and its horribly fitting she didn't even realize it when she awakened, as her psyche was so twisted to begin with. In some ways she's tragic, because she's a poster child for the quote "In the hunting of monsters be careful you do not become one yourself."
Oh and her name was kinda fitting for someone so crazy, wasn't it?
|2007-05-03, 11:47
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Location: the Netherlands
You mean that the manga artist is probably reffering to the Ophelia from 'The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'? (wikipedia for the win )
If this is indeed the case we have to do a research on all the claymore names we suspect
I tried a search for Galatea (the nr. 3 ranked claymore) however the possible match in Greek mythology was a bit wierd and didn't quite fit what I have read/heard about her so I dismissed it.
|2007-05-03, 11:57
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Location: Philippines
Hmm, pairing up Claire with someone like Ophelia reinforces Mirai's theory that the organization wants team VI dead. I'm a bit worried that the others are being led to similar high risk missions. Hope they do get to meet again cause it would be so much better fighting as a team.
|2007-05-03, 12:28
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Not Enough Sleep
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Location: R'lyeh
Age: 44
For Illene's arm i re-read that part twice just make sure i didn't miss read anything. It was one of hell of a surprise as i was wondering how Clare can gain more power without Claymore turning into a DBZ with all the power ups.
|2007-05-03, 13:26
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Not Enough Sleep
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Location: R'lyeh
Age: 44
Like she said, she doesn't need it anymore. She has no intention of going after priscilla and she can regrow a normal type arm in a few months. But yeah it did take a lot of guts and stuff to do that.
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NAACP blasts Stamford's response to racist incident
STAMFORD — More than a month after an interracial couple found a highly offensive slur spray painted on their garage door, the Bulls Head residents now say they are under attack by the very people who they hoped would protect them.
The City of Stamford has issued the couple a blight citation, which carries a $100 daily fine, for failing to remove or cover up the N-word in front of their home.
Homeowner Heather Lindsay, who is white, said she won't remove the racial slur from her garage door until authorities "do their job" and "not just cover it up and sweep it under the table as they have done in the past."
Lindsay said her home on High Clear Drive has been vandalized several times and at least three of her neighbors have yelled the N-word at her husband, Lexene Charles, who is black.
Several friends and representatives of the local and state NAACP chapters held a news conference outside the couple's home Monday morning to condemn the Jan. 14 incident and denounce the city's response.
"For them to be called nig----, it must be so hurtful that they can easily just erase the board and suffer within, quietly by themselves, and act like nothing happened," said Darnell Crosland, legal counsel for the state NAACP. "And in fact, that's what the Stamford police asked them to do. They were requested to take the sign down... and to just act normal, like nothing happened."
The attorney called on the Stamford Police Department to conduct a full investigation of the incident and assure the couple that they are safe.
"What we want you do to is to go canvass this neighborhood and find out who did this," Crosland said. "What we want you to do is to put a patrol car out here and act like you give a damn, and make sure these people are protected."
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"You are directed to remove, correct, or abate the above violations within seven (7) calendar days from the date of this notice. Any failure to remove, correct or abate the violations, shall result in the issuance of a citation in accordance with the ordinance with fines imposed of one hundred dollars ($100.00) per day for each day the Blighted Property remains in violation, which can be enforceable as a lien on your property, and which may also be converted into a Court Judgement, and may cause the removal or abatement of the violation at your expense."
Excerpt from a notice of blight violation issued by the City of Stamford's Office of Operations on Feb. 7, 2017.
No witnesses
Authorities said they are fully investigating the case.
"The incident that occurred is disgusting and it is something the Stamford Police Department continues to have under investigation," Ted Jankowski, the city's director of public safety, said in an emailed statement.
Jankowski said officers spoke with the homeowner and neighbors but could not find a witness who saw or heard anyone spray painting the sheet-metal garage door. The few security cameras in the are did not capture the incident, he said.
The police department has repeatedly offered to remove the racial slur from the property at no cost and Chief Jon Fontneau personally spoke with the couple, but the homeowner has refused the offer, Jankowski said.
"The neighbors were very upset when the incident occurred and truly felt for the couple," Jankowski wrote. "However, the residents who have condemned the racial incident are upset and are complaining about continuing to see the racial slur and how it is disturbing the peace in the quiet neighborhood."
'Lasting effect'
One of the neighbors said Monday she does not remember seeing a similar racist incident in the neighborhood since she moved there in the 1970s. Another neighbor, Paul Evanko, said he understands the seriousness of the incident, but he hopes the word gets covered soon.
"There are kids in this neighborhood," he said. "Why do we have to subject them to that?"
Crosland said removing the word could make the home a target again.
"We say 'no' to that," he said. "They're not going to suffer alone. We're going to suffer with them."
Lindsay, who's lived in the home since 1990, has a foreclosure trial on her house scheduled for March 7. The woman said she's also been served with other blight notices because of what she described as unfounded complaints from some of her neighbors.
Lindsay said she and her husband, who moved in with her in 1999, have not been able to sleep since the racial slur was painted on their garage on Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday weekend.
Their supporters on Monday urged authorities to question at least three specific neighbors who Lindsay said have discriminated against the couple in the past.
"We want those people investigated," said Andre Cayo, the family's attorney. "We want those doors knocked on. We want their basements to be searched for spray cans."
Jack Bryant, president of the Stamford NAACP, said the slur is "profoundly offensive" and a "scathing insult" that will have "a lasting effect not only on the family residing in that house, but also on Stamford as a community."
"One of Stamford's strengths is the diversity of its population," he said. "We all should feel safe and comfortable living here, no matter what race."
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I am happy to announce the launch of funpop.net, my new site. Funpop.net is a place to find cool or fun stuff from around the web. A 5 minute distraction for your coffee break or a place to find something to do at lunch.
Funpop.net started as the funpop twitter stream, I created the site to provide an archive of the tweets, and other features not available on Twitter such as tags and comments.
The site is build on Ruby on Rails and uses a PostgreSQL database as the back-end. It's integrated with Twitter and features a Twitter based publishing system allowing content to be added to the site from Twitter itself. The site has an XML API should you want to use the information for your own purposes.
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Kansas City Public Schools to offer breakfasts, lunch during summer
Kansas City Public Schools will offer free breakfast and lunch to its students 18 and under and eligible disabled adults 18 or older on weekdays between June 3 and Aug. 2, according to a news release.
Eileen Houston-Stewart, the school district's chief communications and community engagement officer, said a number of their students cannot get nutritious meals when they are away from school.
"We recognize this (issue) and want to fill that gap so when our students return in the fall, they are healthy and ready to learn," she said.
Schools offering the meals are Central, Satchel Paige, Wheatley, Gladstone, Paseo, Melcher, Trailwoods, Garfield, Garcia, Attucks, Border Star, ACCPA Lower and Holliday.
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Modeling Project Releng/Building/Signing And Packing
This document is a work in progress.
1. You must have permission to ssh to build.eclipse.org. This is where the signing will occur.
2. You must be able to ssh from your build server to build.eclipse.org without being prompted for a host key or password. The first time you try to connect from your build server, accept the host key and you should never be prompted again. If you can ssh from your build server to dev.eclipse.org or download1.eclipse.org, you should be able to connect to build.eclipse.org using the same credentials and ssh key.
3. While on build.eclipse.org, you must be able to create files in your staging folder, eg., /home/data/httpd/download-staging.priv/modeling/emft.
4. While on build.eclipse.org, you must be able to run /usr/bin/jarsigner.
If you cannot do any of the above things, open a bug and ask for access. cc: your PMC for approval and optionally, User:Nickb.
1. Create an "all" or "master" feature, which will build SDK, examples, and any other features you might build. This obsoletes the need for an SDK builder, runtime builder, doc builder, and examples builder. You can still use your custom doc plugin builder; this just cleans up some redundancies in your .releng project.
If your SDK feature already contains all your smaller features (including runtime, source, doc, and examples, but not tests) then you don't need a new "all" feature.
- Example 1: JET All-In-One ("Master") Feature
- Example 2: GEF All-In-One ("Master") Feature
- Example 3: UML2 SDK Feature (already includes Examples)
2. Add this new feature to your map file.
3. Add a new builder/all/ folder in your .releng project. Your old builder/sdk, builder/doc, builder/examples folders are no longer required and can be deleted. As in step 1, if you're reusing your SDK feature, this step is not required. Just update your customTargets.xml to create the Master Zip.
- Example 1: JET's /builder/all/
- Example 2: GEF's /builder/all/
- Example 3: UML2's /builder/sdk/customTargets.xml
4. Change your .releng/buildAll.xml to use new signing/packing code. You'll notice that many targets have been removed to buildAllHelper.xml to simplify this file, and some things have been reordered. The most important change is that you must now define your own packaging; however, by only doing a single PDE build for the whole "All" feature (and a second one for your tests), your build will run faster. This is important because jar signing can take a few minutes or as much as an hour, depending on the queue ahead of your build.
- Example 1: JET's buildAll.xml changes
- Example 2: GEF's buildAll.xml changes
- Example 3: UML2's buildAll.xml
5. Use the Master zip as input to the buildUpdate.sh script, by updating your promoteToEclipse.*.properties file.
# zip(s) to use for update site generation filePrefixesToUnzipArray=( "GEF-Master-" );
6. Add pack200="true" to all your update site's site*.xml files:
<site pack200="true" ...>
7. Promote as before.
Testing / Install Verification
When you install your signed features from the update site, you should see something like this:
- bug 173651: Support Pack200 in Modeling builds / update sites
- bug 217929: M2T Signing & Packing
bug 217945: Problems with file permissions in signed/packed jars
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Global Consumer Confidence Increases as Optimism Continues to Rise in Many Markets
New York, NY – Aug. 17, 2017 – Global consumer confidence showed signs of continued improvement in the second quarter of 2017, with an index score of 104, which was up three points from quarter four 2016.
Confidence scores were highest in Asian markets, with six of the top 10 index scores hailing from Asia Pacific. Confidence was also high in most measured markets in Europe and Latin America, as many posted confidence gains. Despite a four-point decline from quarter four of 2016, North America posted a score of 117, and remained the highest region globally.
Established in 2005, the Nielsen Consumer Confidence Index is fielded quarterly in 63 countries to measure the perceptions of local job prospects, personal finances, immediate spending intentions and related economic issues of real consumers around the world. Consumer confidence levels above and below a baseline of 100 indicate degrees of optimism and pessimism, respectively.
Global Highlights:
- Global consumer confidence increased three points from the fourth quarter of 2016 to a score of 105.
- Second-quarter confidence scores increased from the fourth quarter of 2016 in 41 of the 63 markets measured in the online survey.
- Confidence gains were seen throughout most measured markets in Asia-Pacific, Europe and Latin America. Meanwhile, confidence decreased in two of five Africa / Middle East markets and in one of two North American markets.
- Consumer confidence in North America remained higher than any other region globally, with an index of 117.
- Confidence in Europe continued on an upward trajectory for the ninth consecutive quarter, as 22 of 33 countries posted index increases, resulting in a regional score of 85.
- Confidence in the Asia-Pacific region strengthened modestly, rising three points to 114.
- In Latin America, confidence was stable at 85, showing a one-point increase from the fourth quarter of 2016.
- Africa / Middle East saw the greatest change in confidence levels, with the index rising five points to a score of 88.
Looking ahead, 61% of consumers felt the coming 12 months would be a good time to buy the things they want and need. When it comes to consumer concerns, the economy, health and job security are the top three concerns globally over the coming six months.
"Consumer confidence around the world is showing a number of bright spots, and there is a growing sense of improving consumer sentiment in many global markets," said Suresh Ramalingam, Consumer Insights Lead, Nielsen. "Discretionary spending intentions are also on the rise in many global markets, particularly in North America.
"Not surprisingly, terrorism continues to feature high on the list of concerns in Europe and North America in the facing of escalating threat and incidence impacting on national security in a number of countries."
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Nielsen Holdings plc (NYSE: NLSN) is a global performance management company that provides a comprehensive understanding of what consumers watch and buy. Nielsen's Watch segment provides media and advertising clients with Total Audience measurement services for all devices on which content—video, audio and text—is consumed. The Buy segment offers consumer packaged goods manufacturers and retailers the industry's only global view of retail performance measurement. By integrating information from its Watch and Buy segments and other data sources, Nielsen also provides its clients with analytics that help improve performance. Nielsen, an S&P 500 company, has operations in over 100 countries, covering more than 90% of the world's population. For more information, visit www.nielsen.com.


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Ten years after a devastating worldwide event, the balance of global power has dramatically shifted. As what's left of the nation's Special Operations forces, a mysterious group known only as "Ghosts" lead the fight back against a newly emerged, technologically-superior global power.
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- Product Features
Lutron extends its popular LED/CFL dimmer line to include the Maestro style.
This dimmer is specifically designed to work with many dimmable LED and CFL bulbs. See bulb compatibility list at Documentation tab.
Low and high-end trim on these Maestro CFL/LED dimmers is accomplished digitally (see instructions.) Simple button presses allow the user to digitally adjust and set the low or high-end trim. This allows you to remove any undesirable dimmer behavior at the low end, such as flicker, pop-on or drop-out. We typically do not see flicker at the high-end, but occasionally we notice dead travel, which can be eliminated with the high-end trim. This behavior depends on bulb construction and what load is on the dimmer. By trimming the dimmer, you can tune it for your installation exactly the way you want it.
- Smooth-action integrated linear slide control for easy, precise operation.
- Features large switch and small slide dimmer.
- Green LED dots indicate dimming level.
- Does not require that the neutral wire run through your dimmer's gang box.
- 150 watts capacity.
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