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T20 cricket is an extremely deadly format of the game. One dot ball in the last over or one six can change the entire game. Winners can be losers and losers can be winners. Who would have imagined that the 4 champion sixes from Carlos Brathwaite would snatch the game away from the English. Or for that matter the India-Bangladesh game, where Bangladesh just needed 3 runs from the last 3 balls, instead they gave away 3 wickets. This thrilling aspect of the game has kept it alive, and is also the reason behind the popularity of IPL and brand confidence in the shorter format of the game.
Cricketers are not the only ones to seek thrill, thrill buffs can be found everywhere. For instance if you are a passionate biker you would know what thrill means to you. It could be taking your bike for a long ride on rain-soaked roads or if you are a dirt rider then track is your playground for stunts.
In other words thrill is one of the aspect that connects T20 cricket and biking. Madras Rubber Factory or MRF Tyres – the Global Partner for ICC events from 2016 – decided to bring together Indian bikers who enjoy the thrill of T20 cricketing games; this way they could have some fun as well as cheer for ICC World T20 games and India.
To begin with, MRF Tyres released a fresh anthem that carries forward the brand's existing message: "There's a lot riding on us." The anthem played during the games as ads, created enough buzz. On Facebook the ad fetched more than a million plus views and on YouTube it has clocked over 3000 views.
Ride Along with MRF App
Ride Along with MRF app was launched with fanfare prior to the ICC World Cup 2015. Back then the idea of building a mobile app was to experiment with this second screen engagement format during the games. The app gave the chance to applaud for Virat Kohli when he hits a century, or pray for Team India when it's in trouble, with thousands of others – all in real time!
With the intention of promoting the MRF NV Series two wheeler tyres, the latest app was made to target the passionate biker community in the country and tie them around the thrill aspect of the game. "Last time the idea was all about second screen experience, this time the app is not just a cricket app but a passionate bikers-only app. The whole positioning of the app is on the bikers and then on cricket. Besides we also wanted to see if we are successful in holding consistent attention of fans through the app," informed Sandip Maiti, CEO at Experience Commerce, the digital agency behind the campaign.
To play this ICC WT20 2016 in true rider style, a 30-second Virat Kohli video was launched. The aim was to inform about the app and drive bikers to enjoy the T20 World Cup on the app.
Armed with a size of 21 MB, the app had a 27-day game plan with 4 MRF NV levels that had 150 challenges, which tested the true bikers on their passion of riding and cricket. Every day 5 challenges were given to the riders based on the games that were going to be played on that day and players needed to start collecting points. All this competition on mobile was for being one of the MRF Thrill Ambassadors.
These challenges included biking and cricket quizzes, viewing and reacting and showcasing talent via creating photos, videos and audio. All these activities if done right fetched points and that resulted in getting invited to T20 World Cup matches. 20 riders got the privilege to be the MRF Thrill Ambassadors in every game. Also, MRF merchandise and other grand prizes were up for grabs.
Sandip informed that the selection criteria for the MRF Thrill Ambassadors were based on factors that considered players who not only played the game diligently, but also created great content.
Apart from daily games, the app had sections like Gallery (collection of the top photos and videos shared by participants), My License, How To Ride, list of the Thrill Ambassadors and Thrill Diary. My License and Thrill Diary caught my attention as both had something unique to offer.
My License is a digital license that not only collects the required biker details but it also gives you a chance on how you can contribute to the community. That would be either by spreading cricket tips, or biker knowledge or creating great content or just by spreading the word.
Thrill Diary could be called as a quick diary of the thrilling event. The section holds notes on the various thrilling cricketing games along with account of some thrilling bike rides.
Social media connect
The mobile app made sure to target and get 20 MRF Thrill Ambassadors before every game, on social media the brand made sure to make buzz around the games and the app with the masses.
Facebook and Twitter became content distribution hubs along with YouTube. The content shared on social media can be seen under these heads:
Content around the app and Thrill Ambassadors:
#RideTheThrill this #WT20, get the Ride Along app now!
Android: https://t.co/y3Z7nJOaby
iOS: https://t.co/0MVgR0Trfa pic.twitter.com/PN10Z8u79V
— MRF Tyres (@MRFWorldwide) March 13, 2016
Tomorrow, the Super 10 flag off their journey. Are you geared up to #RideTheThrill during #IndvsNz? pic.twitter.com/mEfwgYvLs0
— MRF Tyres (@MRFWorldwide) March 14, 2016
#RideTheThrill to win #INDvPAK tickets!
Android: https://t.co/y3Z7nJOaby
iOS: https://t.co/0MVgR0Trfa pic.twitter.com/k2YVFC6XRR
— MRF Tyres (@MRFWorldwide) March 15, 2016
Fun content during the game with GIFs:
First six of the #Ind innings from the genius VK! #WT20 #IndvsPak pic.twitter.com/GFCmzAKlQH
— MRF Tyres (@MRFWorldwide) March 19, 2016
Dhoni finishes it off in style! #IND #RideTheThrill to beat #PAK by 6 wickets at Kolkata! #IndvsPak #WT20 pic.twitter.com/eVdCI47hCk
— MRF Tyres (@MRFWorldwide) March 19, 2016
Content around A-Z of thrill riding:
Game on, helmet on. #RideTheThrill with the A-Z of Thrill Riding. pic.twitter.com/1tERkfrH0f
— MRF Tyres (@MRFWorldwide) March 30, 2016
Turn on your ignition and rev up for #INDvWI. #RideTheThrill with the A-Z of Thrill Riding. pic.twitter.com/bJGKQ4X4oP
— MRF Tyres (@MRFWorldwide) March 31, 2016
Content around thrill moment of the game:
Our Thrillometer rating: Moderate! Losing wickets early on, dashed our hopes of riding into the semis #RideTheThrill pic.twitter.com/ck2lm6CGJW
— MRF Tyres (@MRFWorldwide) March 29, 2016
Thrillometer rating: Extreme!
A lot rode on him & Kohli delivered #IND a thrilling passage to the SF! #RideTheThrill pic.twitter.com/SG88ViXPKK
— MRF Tyres (@MRFWorldwide) March 29, 2016
In addition to this the social channels had umpteen contests to keep the fans thrilled.
Leveraging Virat Kohli on digital
India lost in the semi finals but Virat Kohli won the man of the series award and he was by far the best player from the Indian side in batting and fielding as well. Post Sachin Tendulkar, Virat has not only replaced the country's hope but is also the new brand ambassador of MRF.
During the Ride The Thrill campaign, the brand made sure to leverage him in the form of interesting videos. From inviting riders to download the app, Virat was also seen having fun at the thrill circuit. Here is a video of Virat doing a trick shot showing rolling cover drive.The video has fetched more than 60K views on YT and another 100K views on FB.
Objective-driven. Content-rich. Mobile-winning
#RideTheThrill was solely for bikers and driven by bikers around the thrilling WT20 games. The brand took the back seat and allowed bikers to ride the thrill and support the games.
The toughest challenge for any mobile-driven campaign is holding the attention of the user. Getting massive downloads isn't rocket science, you put media budgets and you can acquire downloads but retaining them is the deciding factor. And to do so, a brand will need to have a convincing reason driven by content.
In #RideTheThrill's case the objective was set quite clear: the target audience isn't the masses but the passionate premium bikers who swear by thrill and enjoy the biker life. With the objective set, the next milestone was to hold them or drive them back with content that excites bikers who love T20 games. The 27-day game plan was perfectly crafted to keep bringing in the participants. From creating simple tasks to interesting ones, the levels made sure to hold the player and have him compete on the leaderboard.
Additionally, the gratification of being Thrill Ambassadors and to be able to enjoy the games in a live environment, is one of the special moments for a cricket lover. The agency also shot videos with the ambassadors which were played in the stadium prior to the game. Now that is like a big moment to see yourself in the big screen!
Amplifying content around the campaign on social media has been smartly done with GIFs, visuals and videos. Sandip hasn't shared any numbers, but the app has been able to bring the participants back time and again. The final results are yet to be announced, meanwhile the brand is sharing videos where MRF Thrill Ambassadors are talking about their most thrilling rides ever.
This is a long-term vision of community building from MRF along with Experience Commerce. With this month-long campaign, the brand has connected with a sizeable number of passionate bikers that drive opinion in their circles. From here on these bikers have become the mouthpieces for the brand. What more do you want when passionate fans own their brands and vouch for them?


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Last week's NFL Draft forever changed the lives of young men who won the hard-earned privilege of joining the National Football League. They will spend long hours in preparation, play the sport they love at the highest level, and form bonds with teammates, coaches, communities and fans. There will be incredible highs and also challenges for each draftee in the months and years ahead. But collectively, the class of 2015 — just as all those who have come before them — will all face one thing: a life after football.
Some like to point to those who do not do well after their playing experience. Transitioning out of any job can be difficult. In football, however, that transition is not something that former players face alone. What some commentators and fans do not fully understand is that the NFL provides extraordinary resources to support a player's success and well being both on and off the field — and long after they've left the game.
The NFL educates, provides programs, services and resources, and works like no other employer in assisting players and former players in attaining success off the field. This education continues throughout the season for players at every club, starting with our rookie symposium. Players then must take responsibility for their future by embracing these resources and understanding how to access them.
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I knew beginning in my rookie season in 1992 that one day my playing experience would end and I would become part of the former player community. That foresight motivated me, as a labor leader during my playing days as it does in my present position in the league office, to champion what is dear to my heart — that our NFL Legends Community is cared for properly. The NFL takes great care to make sure our drafted rookies understand from Day 1 that it's never too early to plan for life after football.
My job involves keeping our game strong and assisting those who come after me to prosper during and after their playing experience. The work ethic and values learned through our great game are tremendous assets to leverage for success in other ventures. It takes personal responsibility, preparation and determination, matched with the right support, to do so.
The resources available to our former players have improved significantly since I entered the league. They include pension and disability benefits, 401(k) contributions from respective clubs and the club-funded NFL Annuity Plan for deferred compensation. With each new round of bargaining, the NFL appreciably expanded retiree benefits during the past decade, which included dedicating more than $600 million to increase pensions for pre-1993 players in the 2011 CBA.
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These programs and others have successfully assisted hundreds of players to transition into successful lives after football. You will spot them contributing to communities around the country as doctors, CEOs, teachers, policemen, judges and elected officials, just to name a few.
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Hydropower is the process of utilizing the mechanical potential energy of flowing water, transforming it into electrical energy to generate electricity. Note that in general, this does not refer to the energy obtained by flowing water in the form of tides. In the case of obtaining energy from the tides, the term tidal power is used. The amount of potential energy some stored body of water holds is measured using the height difference between the head race and tail race, known as the hydraulic head. Today, 16% of the electricity in the world comes from hydropower facilities, while values in the earlier twentieth century were much higher. In some countries around the world, hydroelectricity is the main type of electricity that is used.
Countries such as China, Canada, and Brazil are the leaders in total hydroelectricity generation with capacities of 200 GW, 89 GW, and 70 GW respectively.[2] Other notible producers include Russia, India, Norway, Japan, and Venezuela (which is almost completely dependent on hydropower).[2] See the data visualization below for more statistics on hydroelectricity in the world.
With special technologies, the energy of water can be harnessed by humans and used for electricity generation. Humans have been harnessing energy from water for millennia, although it was not used to generate electricity. The ancient Greeks used water wheels to grind wheat over 2000 years ago.[3] Hydropower continued to be exclusively converted directly into mechanical power up until the end of the 19th century when electrical dynamos where attached to the shaft to generate electricity.[4]
Hydroelectricity is generated at a hydroelectric facility - generally for large-scale generation this includes a hydroelectric dam. At these facilities, a dam holds back a large quantity of water, creating a reservoir. This reservoir holds water at a higher elevation than the rest of the original body of water (generally a river). This means that compared to the water in the river, the water in the reservoir has more potential energy. When a gate is opened at the top of the dam, the water flows through channels called penstocks down to the turbines. When the water reaches the turbines, the potential energy it held from being stored up in a reservoir is transferred to the rotational motion of the turbines. As the turbines spin, they move a generator and generate electricity. This is how hydropower (the power of water) creates hydroelectricity.
Although hydroelectric facilities that have large outputs generally use dams, there are some types of systems that do not utilize dams and have very little water storage (meaning there is no large reservoir of stored water). These types of systems are known as run-of-the-river systems, and are gaining popularity recently as alternatives to large scale reservoir dams.
Conventional hydroelectric generation relies on a head difference created by man-made dams and obstructions. The majority of current generation is conventional. Two types of systems that are considered conventional are hydroelectric dams and tidal dams. Unconventional generation techniques generally rely on flow rate or on a small head differential. These platforms produce less energy than conventional methods however they also have less impact on the surrounding environment. Some examples of unconventional hydropower platforms are low head hydro, run-of-the-river systems, instream hydro, and kinetic tidal.
Each type of hydroelectric generation method has an associated output classification based on its capacity. They are outlined in the table below.[5]
|100 kW - 1 MW
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|~ 200 W - 5 kW
The chief benefit of hydroelectricity is that it is less polluting than using the combustion of fossil fuels for electricity. Although not free from emissions and other environmental impacts, they are almost always significantly less polluting than other options. As well, hydroelectricity is relatively inexpensive to operate once dams and reservoirs are built and these facilities can operate at very high efficiencies.[2] For more information on the ecological impacts of hydropower facilities, see: water quality degradation and environmental impacts of hydropower. As well, since hydroelectricity is generated using the mechanical energy of water, which is high-quality energy. Since it is such a high-quality energy it can be converted to electrical energy with near 100% efficiency since there is minimal thermal energy involved (and thus thermodynamics doesn't have to be taken into account). However, there are still minor losses associated with friction and inefficiencies in the transportation of electricity (as a result of factors such as resistance in wires). Overall, this means energy from water can be converted to electricity with efficiencies higher than 90%.[6]
The map below shows the primary energy sources different countries use to generate their electricity. Hydroelectricity is seen in blue. Click on the region to zoom into a group of countries, then click on the country to see where its electricity comes from. Some notable countries include China, Canada, Brazil, Russia, India, Norway, and Venezuela.


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The 2014 Pitchfork Music Festival will return to Chicago's Union Park for a ninth year on Friday, July 18 through Sunday, July 20. 2014 marks the tenth year that Pitchfork has curated and produced a summer music festival in Chicago. The independently run, three-day event offers an exciting and diverse lineup along with one of the most inviting, reasonably priced and rewarding weekends of music around.


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Income, outcome, sales, expenses, payroll, invoicing, inventory, taxes, etc., etc., etc.; ugh, accounting. Quickbooks and Freshbooks are two online accounting services that can make all of that stuff a whole lot easier. Quickbooks is considered an 'industry standard' for small business to midsize business accounting these days, a complex yet honed software that's part of the Intuit suite (which also includes TurboTax). Freshbooks is a much newer cloud-based-only software that can do a lot of what Quickbooks can, but is geared especially toward the freelance and start-up industries, with some easy to use tools and a quirkier sense of humor.
Quickbooks keeps track of your deposits and expenses by downloading your banking and credit card transactions. You can assign categories for each transaction—like "Supplies & Materials, Cost Of Goods," or "Meals & Entertainment"—setting you up for tax time. When you first sign up, it goes back about three months, so several transactions may "need your attention." This can be a bit of a time suck when starting out, but the system begins to recognize certain vendors as certain categories and will automatically match them, you just have to approve with a click.
Keeping track of customers, vendors, and employees is also a breeze. Invoices can be emailed directly or printed, and payments can even be accepted through Quickbooks (for an additional fee). Expenses can be logged and later "matched" when they show up in your bank transactions (or just logged when they show up). In all packages but the very cheapest, you can also pay your bills from Quickbooks. Payroll is another additional service for an additional fee which enables you to keep track of each employee and help with taxes. All of this information can then be used to run reports on your business, presenting the information in easy-to-read graphs, and the data can be exported to email or Excel.
The big news with Quickbooks this year of 2014 is that the desktop software can finally talk between its Mac and Windows versions. It seems still to be in early stages of communication however, taking a few steps to prepare and convert the files back and forth, not a seamless dialogue, just yet. This is kind of a big deal if your accountant uses a PC and you use a Mac, or vice versa. In that case though, you'd probably do most day-to-day transactions in one system, and just export the final summaries/reports to the other. You can always export data to Numbers or Excel to view and work with them, but of course adjustments won't be made within the actual Quickbooks software.
Quickbooks for Mac 2014 boasts, "Designed for Mac Users by Mac Users." The interface looks like a typical Mac application, and has pretty straightforward and easy navigation, including a new customizable Left Hand Toolbar for shortcuts to your most-used features. The PC version doesn't quite follow suit with the new and improved Left Hand Toolbar, but still seems to display all the necessary information, just in a more PC style.
Other 2014 newness includes better email tools to interact with customers, a cleaner and more screenspace-efficient income tracking interface, and improved bank linking, so you can link up and keep track of multiple bank accounts right on Quickbooks.
Quickbooks offers both online and desktop versions of their product. The desktop versions are more expensive upfront, with two different packages at $149.97 or $239.97. The online versions charge by the month, with packages: Simple Start for $12.95, Essentials, $26.95, and Plus, $39.95. Each tier comes with a few more features for ascending business size/complexity, like how many accounts can use it, or the ability to create 1099s. So online is more accessible up front cost-wise, and time-wise too—if you have a good internet connection. You can download it on the spot, plus it is cloud-based, so you can access it from any device, including your phone at the coffee shop. The desktop version seems a bit more clunky, but the one-time cost could last you several years, and your accounting ability is not dependent on your internet access. And to do the math, $12.95 per month multiplied by 12 months comes out to $155.40—the least expensive Simple Start ends up costing more than the desktop. However, the online software is constantly updated, not stuck in the year you buy it.
Freshbooks "is simple and intuitive, so accounting isn't intimidating," says the website. Invoicing tools for freelance workers seem to be the company's niche that they've chosen to focus on and set themselves apart. Almost as an afterthought the "And So Much More" section includes the rest of their accounting services, including tracking expenses and linking to your bank account, or generating accounting reports and dealing with sales tax. The site also emphasizes the convenience of the cloud-based system, so you can access the constantly-updated software from anywhere on any device—as long as you have internet.
The site's text is conversational and light-hearted, with jokes, slangy sayings, and a witty squirrel mascot, presumably to please the Internet humor of freelancers. Under the "People" tab, instead of "Customers," you're dealing with "Clients" and "Staff and Contractors." In the invoicing section, you can choose a "classic" or "clean" style of invoice; the classic style looks very square next to the Freshbooks' own clean style.
There is also a tab devoted to "Estimates," so you can send estimates to potential clients. This section, however, only deals with concrete "items," whereas under the "Time Tracking" section, you can create projects assigned to clients, with individual tasks therein, plus you can estimate the time it will take. But it does not seem to link this time estimate back to the email-able estimates of the Estimates tab.
For certain freelancers, collaboration is a big part of the job, and Freshbooks offers "Team Timesheets" to help keep track of team projects, organized by individual tasks and members. And since everything is cloud based, these timesheets could work for people across town or across the world. They put quite a bit of effort into keeping track of time and expenses on the job, and the team timesheets are a good example of the tools which Freshbooks has specifically created for freelancing life—and Quickbooks hasn't.
To keep track of expenses, Freshbooks offers a pretty straightforward interface. The expense categories are much less specific (and therefore there are fewer categories), and the mechanics of categorizing is not quite as developed as in Quickbooks, which learns to match certain vendors to certain categories. This lack in sophistication proves especially troublesome when multiple accounts are connected, i.e. checking and credit—when you pay your credit card, that counts as its own expense, and cannot be matched to the other expenses on the actual card, so the expense or lump of expense counts twice. There must be a way around that, but it was not obvious on the site.
While there are indeed more fun illustrations throughout the Freshbooks site, there are fewer useful graphs and charts to illustrate any actual numbers. The home page has a pie graph to show spending categories and a bar graph for overall profit/loss, but otherwise the graphs don't come often throughout the rest of the site. Even the "Reports" tab does not seem to have an option for graphs anywhere. Graphs and charts are important to quickly grasp overall trends and concepts; one would think they are important for all entrepreneurs, but perhaps graphs may be more for small business owners and less so for independent freelancers.
Freshbooks does make it easy to accept payment online through PayPal and a number of other avenues. An emailed invoice can have a link to for your clients to pay right then and there. This appears to be an included service with the price Freshbooks.
After a free 30 day trial period, Freshbooks offers three pay-per-month packages: Seedling, $19.95; Evergreen, $29.95; and Mighty Oak, $39.95. Almost all of the features are included in all the packages. The main difference is the number of clients you can keep in your invoicing system—seedling cuts you off at 25, the next step up is unlimited. And how many additional staff can access your account, going from 1 to 5 to unlimited among the three packages.
Quickbooks has been around a lot longer and has more bells and whistles geared toward small business owners. The desktop version is nice if you don't have internet and would rather pay one up front cost, though it won't keep itself updated like the cloud-based software.
Freshbooks is quite a bit more 'hip,' and can definitely get the job done for freelancers with a straightforward service/billable time -based business.
After trialing both softwares for my own product-based (as opposed to service-based) small business, I would ultimately go with Quickbooks. Freshbooks was initially exciting and sleek, but the expense categorization was a big turn off, and Quickbooks is just better build for the mechanics of inventory, employees, etc., of a small business. That said, for writing this article—keeping track of time and invoicing—Freshbooks would make more sense.


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It seems that white women are beginning to grow tired of black women, black women's repeated attempts to imitate white women have not gone unnoticed by them and white women are now striking back pointing out the black woman's blatant shortfalls. I have always stated that black women constantly leave themselves wide open to be criticised, mocked and ridiculed.
On the issue of black women trying to be like white women Emma Swan is spot on, many of us black men have been stating the same thing for the longest while. Black women of course have denied the accusation, however the weave wearing, the skin bleaching and the application of lightening filters to their photos on social media platforms leaves no room for the evidence to be interpreted in any other way.
Of course we already know that black women hate being black from how they treat black children as opposed to their treatment of mixed race and white children. In like manner we can draw the same conclusion based upon how black women treat black men as opposed to the treatment they show white and other non black men. Lastly we know that black women hate being black from how they attempt to distance themselves as far as possible from their natural looks.
Emma Swan talked about "Bumquisha" due to the fact that black women primarily in the US are notorious for giving their children stupid names, thus they are jinxed from birth and their children commence their lives from a position of deficit. Bumquisha is also a reference to the fact that black women are renowned for being lazy individuals.
On the issue of "baby mommas" Swan again is not wrong, black women are well-known for birthing an extremely high rate of children outside of committed relationships/marriage. Remember, black women hate children as standard, they only have them for two main reasons, to use them as a tool to get on the government payroll aswell as a weapon to use again the father when required.
In the case of "nappy hair", it is actually black women who are the ones responsible for originating and circulating this phrase, they are the ones who commonly use the phrase "nappy hair" hating on their own black daughters and any other black women around them who decide to keep their hair natural. Black women ought to be ashamed of themselves, however we already know that black women feel no shame no matter what evil they commit.
The only area I take issue with Swan on is her last statement, of course white folks are more prone to success, we are under a white infrastructure, it has been set up for yourselves, not us. It is obvious that white folks would have much more of an advantage over other races in their own system, this isn't rocket science to figure out, this is straight logic and common sense.
Black women enjoy imitating white women, white women are currently the standard for black females hence why black women will always use white women as a comparator whenever they are caught engaging in questionable activities. Does the saying "white women do it too" sound familiar? This type of critique is going to occur more often, since black women have now set up white women as their gold standard, white women now have the right step in and reprimand black women whenever they see fit and whatever issues they choose.
Black women do themselves no favours attempting to emulate other races of women, from a black man's perspective if Keisha is trying her best to look like Suzy, it makes much more sense to deal with Suzy(the original)instead of Keisha(the copy). Black women have fallen, non black women have surpassed them in every way which is one of the main reasons why huge numbers of black men are choosing to abandon black women altogether.
Be sure to check out my book Negro Wars where I exclusively deal with the modern-day black women and her deeply insecure nature.
The Deprogramming And Decontamination Process Continues
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SBIR Phase I: Contextual ASR to Support EHR Adoption
Award Information
Agency: National Science Foundation
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Contract: 1142412
Agency Tracking Number: 1142412
Amount: $150,000.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
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Solicitation Year: 2012
Award Year: 2012
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2012-01-01
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2012-12-31
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AbstractThis Small Business Innovative Research SBIR Phase I project will use statistical analysis of historical medical records to create families of language models for each section of the traditional medical note and switch lexicons in and out of the automatic speech recognition (ASR) in real time based on the contextual position within the narrative note. Current speech recognition methods use a single, general-purpose medical lexicon to train a recognizer when identifying words. Medical context-specific probabilities are ignored. Because the DocTalk engine incorporates real time integrated ASR with natural language processing (NLP), there is an opportunity to utilize NLP contextual data to actually change the ongoing ASR process. This innovative text structuring method will exploit the statistical variability of language used in each section of the medical record. It is a unique opportunity to address delay in workflow; the largest barrier to a national electronic healthcare infrastructure, by using a cloud-based, open source leveraged solution. The broader impact/commercial potential of this project includes the ability of physicians to increase usable information, avoid third party transcription errors, and mitigate workflow delays. The majority of workflow delay in electronic medical records (EMR) is the need to perform manual operations to fill structured forms within the record, as opposed to simple unstructured narratives used in traditional written notes and transcriptions. Successful completion of this innovative proposed program of NLP-enhanced context based ASR will provide the accuracy required to deploy an integrated, interactive, intuitive, low-cost data entry system for small practice primary care physicians, and help overcome the largest obstacle to a national electronic healthcare infrastructure.
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Apparently the Rays missed Edwin Jackson. Because according to Buster Olney, the Rays have signed the white, relief pitcher version of Jackson, Kyle Farnsworth, two a one-year deal worth $3.25 million. There is even an option year that could push the total value to $6.0 million.
Well, we knew the bullpen wouldn't be as good in 2011, but we didn't realize the Rays would actually go with Farnsworth.


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It's amazing that a train conductor can't operate the trains well enough to consistently stop in the same spot, and it's friggin' dumbfounding that an operator--someone who's job it is to drive a train and is responsible for hundreds of lives--could forget how many cars were on his/her train!
As we mentioned when this topic surfaced a couple months ago, we've been on many subway systems where the location of the doors is marked ON THE PLATFORM. That's how precise they are.
The reason other systems are able to operate this way is because they've invested in reliable "Automatic Train Control" systems. Basically, autopilot for trains.
Metro has deployed ATC, but according to the Post's Robert Thompson, there "are lots of hiccups in our system."
Guess so!
So when will Metro get this problem fixed?
Here's what they had to say.
"We are now in the process of installing new computer software that will allow 8-car trains to run with precision stopping. With 1,116 rail cars, this will take a few months. Once it is done, we will begin running the trains in automatic. Even with this new software, it will not mean that all trains will run in automatic all the time.While we wait for Metro to field the latest ATC, we recommend an investment in some sticky notes. When a driver begins a shift, they could count the cars, write it down on the sticky note and leave it on the dashboard for future reference. We're not being flip here. Post Its would be a cheap, effective way to make sure train operators remember the number of cars on the train they're driving.
We will always run in manual when there is a track maintenance, inclement weather, extremely crowded platforms etc.
Also, to keep operators current on manual mode operation, there is a requirement to run trains manually on a regular basis."
Other news:
Metro employees appear to have stopped parking at the Kiss and Ride in Takoma, but now they're doing it at Braddock Road. (Thanks Addison)
Metro revisiting MetroAccess (WaPo)
Col. Pike Streetcar moving forward (DC Examiner)


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NBA.com Debuts Exclusive Charles Barkley Video Channel
for 2009 NBA Playoffs Coverage
New look to NBA.com for Playoffs to emphasize free video content through five video channels
Hall of Famer Charles Barkley takes center court on NBA.com with the debut of The Barkley Zone, a new video channel that will feature exclusive videos of the TNT analyst throughout the 2009 NBA Playoffs. The Barkley Zone will be one of five video channels available on NBA.com as part of the site's new look for the Playoffs, which will launch on Thursday, April 16.
The Barkley Zone will include video content such as Soundoff with Barkley speaking his mind on a variety of topics, and Where They Been? where he catches up with former teammates to find out about their post-NBA lives, beginning with former Phoenix Suns teammate and current Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson.
"Charles is a larger than life personality and one of the most popular broadcasters in sports television. Our goal is to always offer the fan the most compelling video content across all our digital platforms and Charles is the perfect fit to lead the way for our playoff site with a channel of his own.," said Bryan Perez, SVP and GM of NBA Digital.
The new playoff-centric design highlights the extensive video content available, including access directly from the homepage to hundreds of videos from five video channels — Highlights, Top Plays, NBA TV, TNT OverTime and The Barkley Zone, while the site's main video page will continue to house the entire library of NBA.com videos.
In addition, NBA.com is also launching new playoff match-up pages that will make it easier than ever for fans to follow their favorite teams, with a page dedicated to providing news, highlights, press conferences, stats and video previews to the next game from TNT and NBA TV analysts.
Other NBA.com playoffs highlights include:
- C Webb's Fab Five: NBA TV's Chris Webber will break down every NBA team to select the five best players of all time from that franchise on a new webisode series. NBA.com will debut the series during the NBA Playoffs, and fans can react to Webber's selections on the site's Fan Voice section.
- The Rashad Report: Emmy® award-winning sportscaster and NBA TV Fan Night host Ahmad Rashad hits the road with a video camera in hand to take fans behind-the-scenes for rare access to the NBA with footage from locker rooms, shootarounds and hotels.
- Team-based playoff email newsletters: fans can sign up for team-specific newsletters with highlights, postgame interviews and studio analysis that they will receive in their inbox the morning after their team plays.
- On-site video reporting at every game: field producers and reporters will continuously file video reports on both game and off days, bringing fans the most up-to-date, inside scoop on every matchup.
- Online game recaps and look-aheads featuring TNT and NBA TV studio and game analysts.
NBA Digital is a landmark partnership between the NBA and Turner Sports to jointly manage the NBA's digital assets, which include NBA TV, NBA.com, NBA League Pass, NBADLeague.com and WNBA.com.
Turner Sports, a division of Turner Broadcasting, Inc., presents some of the best and most popular sporting events worldwide and is a leader in televised and online sports programming. With events airing on TBS and TNT, Turner Sports' line-up includes NASCAR and NASCAR.COM, the NBA, Major League Baseball, professional golf, PGATour.com and PGA.com. Turner Sports and the NBA also jointly manage NBA Digital, which includes NBA TV, NBA.com, NBA League Pass, NBADLeague.com and WNBA.com.


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As was evident during the recent debate in Parliament, 'who broke India' is a question that Hindutva zealots throw at every given/grabbed/taken opportunity against Muslims and liberals. They are of course blind to the fact that much before Mohammad Ali Jinnah or any Muslim, the basis of India's partition was laid by the British Viceroy Lord Curzon (the partition of Bengal in 1905) and British backed Hindutva personalities.
But, crucially, the flag-bearers of the Hindutva ideology subtract two personalities–Jawaharlal Nehru and Maulana Hussein Ahmad Madani–from the answer to the query: 'who saved India'!
This might come as a surprise to many that Jinnah's 'two-nation' theory was opposed not just by Nehru but also Maulana Hussein Ahmad Madani. Born and brought up in Unnao in Uttar Pradesh, Madani became one of the most illustrious Presidents of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind and played a decisive role in the fight against making religion the basis of a nation-state.
In a 1938 book, 'Islam and Composite Nationalism', Hussein Ahmad Madani, the disciple of Rashid Gangohi, one of the illustrious founders of the Dar-ul-Uloom Deoband , proved how, as per Islam, nations cannot be formed on the basis of religion. Since the Muslim League was making Islam the basis of a nation-State, this was an extremely important thing to say back then.
Rashid Gangohi, Maulana's mentor, was not just a scholar, but he also fought actively against the British in 1857, India's first Independence war. Along with Maulana Nanatawi, Gangohi was a major figure in the 1857 episode called 'Jihad-e-Shamli', whence, from Shamli to Thana Bhavan, in the Muzaffarnagar-Saharanpur belt, a major section of Muslims, Jats, Rajputs, Brahmins, Gujjars and Jatavs formed a liberated zone of support to Bahadur Shah Zafar's anti-British regime in Delhi.
In the 1910s, during World War I, inspired by 1857, overseas Sikhs, Punjabis, Muslims, and other sections, organised the 'Ghadar uprising'. Though nipped by the British, the Ghadar uprising trigerred a series of 'mutinies' in British Indian Army regiments, notably the rebellion of 5th Light Infantry at Singapore in February 1915.
Parallel to the Ghadar movement, efforts to free India while the British were engaged in World War I, took the form of the Reshmi Roomal Tehrik, or the 'Silk Letter Conspiracy', and the setting up of India's first, post-1857, provisional-revolutionary government under Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh, the Marxist-Jat Prince of Mursan, Hathras, in Kabul.
Several Deoband personalities, like Ubaidullah Sindhi, and Maulana Mehmud Hasan, or 'Shaikh-al-Hind', were imprisoned by the British in the island of Malta, for playing a leading role in the Reshmi Roomal Tehrik.
Maulana Hussein Ahmad Madani was not sentenced per se. But such was his nationalist zeal, that he volunteered to serve time.
After his release in the 1920s, Maulana Madani devoted himself whole-heartedly in educational activities and the Indian freedom movement. Maulana Madani was one of the founding members of Jamia Millia University. He was close to Maulana Azad and provided crucial Muslim support to Congress in UP and Bihar
Maulana Madani was against the inception of Pakistan. He was of the view that in the present times, nations are formed on the basis of homeland (geographic basis) and not on ethnicity and religion.
On the issue of whether the identity of a nation depended upon its land or religion, there was an interesting debate between Husain Ahmad Madani and Allama Iqbal. The latter had to recognise Maulana's position. In the 1940s, Maulana Madani fought both against the British and Muslim League. He staved off several violent attacks organised by the Muslim League.
At the time when India was burning with communal frenzy, Hussein Ahmad Madani wrote: "All should endeavor jointly for such a DEMOCRATIC government in which Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Christians and Parsis are included. Such a freedom is in accordance with Islam…that Muslims could live as observant Muslims in a religiously plural society where they would be full citizens of an independent, secular India."
(Amaresh Misra is a well-known political analyst)


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The Best Pregnancy Books. There are so many amazing books and resources for expectant mothers today. I am personally partial to the ones with a little humor and those for moms to be who still want to look cute. Below you will find fabulous resources to help you through those long 9 months. Good luck – the baby will be here before you know it!
The Pregnancy Book: Month-by-Month, Everything You Need to Know From America's Baby Experts
by William Sears M.D. & Martha Sears R.N.
Looking for a Great Pregnancy Book? Select from Some of the Best Pregnancy Books Around…
After you've been pregnant for about 7 hours you will probably race down to the local bookstore to stock up on every book on pregnancy you can get your hands on. Save the trip and order a few online.
Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy
by Mayo Clinic
What to Expect When You're Expecting: Fourth Edition
by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel
The Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy
by Vicki Iovine
Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth about Pregnancy and Childbirth
by Jenny McCarthy
The Hot Mom to Be Handbook: Look and Feel Great from Bump to Baby
by Jessica Denay
I'm Pregnant!: A week-by-week guide from conception to birth
by Lesley Regan M.D.
Big, Beautiful, and Pregnant: Expert Advice and Comforting Wisdom for the Expecting Plus-Size Woman
by Cornelia van der Ziel M.D. & Jacqueline Tourville
Pregnancy Sucks: What to Do When Your Miracle Makes You Miserable
by Joanne Kimes & Sanford A. Tisherman
Chicken Soup for the Expectant Mother's Soul
by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Patty Aubery & Nancy Mitchell
Skinny Bitch Bun in the Oven: A Gutsy Guide to Becoming One Hot (and Healthy) Mother!
by Rory Freedman & Kim Barnouin
The Real Deal Guide to Pregnancy
by Erika Lenkert
What to Expect: Eating Well When You're Expecting
by Heidi Murkoff & Sharon Mazel
The Pregnancy Bible: Your Complete Guide to Pregnancy and Early Parenthood
edited by Joanne Stone M.D. & Keith Eddleman M.D.
Best Pregnancy Journals & Pregnancy Planners for Moms-to-Be
Here are some great pregnancy planners to help moms-to-be everywhere get organized as well as pregnancy journals so you can track your pregnancy and capture all of your memories.
40 Weeks +: The Essential Pregnancy Organizer
by Dani Rasmussen & Antoinette Perez
The Working Woman's Baby Planner: From baby's room to boardroom–you can have it all!
by Marla Schram Schwartz
Baby Chronicles Pregnancy Planner: A Portable Planner for the Mom to Be
by Dania Lebovics
Your Practical Pregnancy Planner
by Brette McWhorter Sember
What to Expect Pregnancy Planner
by Heidi Murkoff, Arlene Eisenberg & Sandee Hathaway
Great Expectations: Pregnancy Journal & Planner, Revised Edition
by Marcie Jones & Sandy Jones
The Belly Book: A Nine-Month Journal for You and Your Growing Belly (Potter Style)
by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
The Pregnancy Journal: A Day-to-Day Guide to a Healthy and Happy Pregnancy
by A. Christine Harris
The Working Woman's Pregnancy Book (Yale University Press Health & Wellness)
by Marjorie Greenfield
My Pregnancy Journal
by Alison Mackonochie
Butterflies & Hiccups: A Guided Pregnancy Journal
Laurie J. Wing
My Pregnancy Journal
by Anne Geddes
The What to Expect Pregnancy Journal & Organizer
by Heidi Murkoff
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PHILADELPHIA, April 20, 2010 – A new email archiving software system that enables companies to better handle regulatory compliance and storage issues has been launched by The Linux Box Corporation.
Called EnkiveTM, the open source email archiving and retrieval software empowers organizations to easily store email while retaining control over their IT infrastructure, information and processes. It was unveiled here at the AIIM International Exposition + Conference.
Enkive helps organizations address the issues of compliance with laws and regulations governing communications, as well as litigation support. This is achievable because Enkive captures email messages as they arrive or are sent to ensure they are retained before a worker can delete them in an email client. It permits recovery of email in full support of an organization's retention policies. Search and recovery of email from Enkive occurs in real-time -- just a few minutes rather than days.
"Given the constantly increasing regulatory requirements and litigation companies face today, e-mail archiving and retrieval should be in-use in companies of all sizes," said Jonathan Spira, chief analyst, Basex, a knowledge economy research firm.
Enkive also reduces storage costs by eliminating the capture of redundant messages and attachments. Its systematic approach reconstructs messages in the search and retrieval process -- using the body of the message and its attachments -- instead of relying on the traditional method of only checking text and metadata such as sender, dates, recipient and subject. Archived content can be encrypted (at a company's discretion) and is only accessible to authorized users.
"Even if compliance is not a key requirement, email activity represents a record of organizational communications that should be archived and made retrievable," said Elizabeth Ziph, CEO, The Linux Box. "Take for example a customer complaint sent to an employee which is accidentally deleted. Or a volley of emails between customers and employees that few in management are aware of. Wouldn't it be better if these could be retrieved in time to address customer issues before a situation escalates?
"We developed Enkive in response to client requests for an email archiving system with more dynamic management and security features than what was currently available. Open source archiving systems lack the ability to retain email based on policies that are time and content dependent. Enkive allows organizational decision makers to define and implement retention and retrieval policies to determine what to keep and what to purge."
Enkive uses the Alfresco open source as a framework for document and record management. It offers a full reporting service and flexible audit policy so decision makers can know who has accessed what in the archive and when.
For additional information, including how to purchase Enkive, contact The Linux Box sales department at 734-761-4689 or via email at [email protected]; or visit www.linuxbox.com.
About The Linux Box
Founded in 1999, The Linux Box Corporation (http://www.linuxbox.com) is a software development organization specializing in open source technology and the Linux platform. The Linux Box offers professional services, including customization and integration to a broad range of clients in industries ranging from energy and financial services to government, life sciences and the utilities. The company also offers a software product, EnkiveTM, which provides advanced email archiving solutions for organizations. The Linux Box is ISO 9001:2008 certified.
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Please CALL the night before the trip (7:30 PM to 9:30 PM) to confirm that the trip is a GO and to leave a local contact number or room number if needed.
Sun screen, sun glasses, a hat that will not blow off your head or has a chin strap, soft non marking shoes. Drinks and snacks, especially if you are bringing children. If you plan to take fish home, bring a cooler but leave it in the car. Storage is limited so just bring what you think you will need for a fishing trip, not a picnic. I have coolers built into the boat for fish and drinks.
A Summertime fishing trip is not a good place to get a new suntan! Sun-block helps but is not enough, especially for children. Shoes and socks, long pants, hat and long sleeved shirt are a must for most people coming from the North.
Shoes are very important for your safety! Sandals, Flip-Flops or barefooted won't work on a fishing boat. Don't be afraid to wear your new sneakers, the boat is clean and you won't be fishing in the bush. At least bring some clothes with you to put on when needed. Light colors are best, starting with white. Sun block is best applied at home before leaving for the charter. You can see what you are doing and apply it under your clothing more evenly. Greaseless type Sun blocks work better for fishing. I use Coppertone spe45 Sunblock Lotion, Waterproof/Moisturizing.
Dress warm on the cold days! If you plan on doing any outdoor activates during the winter months in Florida, you should bring a heavy jacket and pants with you. Standing on a boat for four hours in a cold wind can chill the heartiest. You may come from a much colder climate but you probably don't stand outside in the wind for four or more hours at a time. During the winter months we can have 80 degrees one day and 50 degrees the next.


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Our Team
About Us
Assembled from all over the world, each member of the ARV team provides valuable skills and life experiences. As unique as each of us are, we are commonly guided by the principles of respectful listening, honesty, and the joy of creating excellence together.
Fact 1
34 total number of tattoos (that we know of!)
Fact 2
Over 200 years of combined craftspeople experience.
Fact 3
Cumulative beard length steadily approaching 4 feet.
Meet the Team
Rick Allen
Exterior Finish and Hydrographics
Rick is a skilled, hardworking exterior finishing specialist. An excellent painter, his attention to detail in all aspects of our motorhome production is evident in is work. Rick lives with his wife and son. They enjoy hunting and fishing as a family.
Viki Bautista
Finance & Rentals
In addition to accounting responsibilities, Viki coordinates ARV Rentals. She acquired her excellent customer service and multi-tasking skills from working in a variety of industries. Viki enjoys her free time with her two young children, playing sports and traveling with them.
Jody Beller
Jody leads ARV's financial functions. She also plays a key role in human resources and the RV rental business. In her spare time, Jody loves spending time with her two teenage daughters and two dogs.
Alex Bentz
Alex is a member of ARV's finishing team. Before ARV, he worked as a diesel technician for Ford Motors. He is an avid woodworker, with experience in custom furniture and finish carpentry. Aside from being handy, he's also a dedicated golfer.
Don Davidson
Don works with the cabinet team to build, laminate and install cabinets. His love for this work started at a young age—Don has been a carpenter since the age of 14. As a Seabee for the United States Naval Construction Forces, Don was a mason and builder.
Steve Dillworth
Steve is part of our cabinet team. He brings 14 years of aircraft cabinetry skills to his role, as he helps ARV provide innovative, functional and elegant solutions. In his free time, he fishes and coaches softball.
Mitchell Dunbar
Mitchell coordinates ARV's Marketing and Social Media efforts. An Ohio State graduate that specializes in media technologies, he is always behind a camera or editing a video. In his free time, Mitchell makes music, explores nature, and pets dogs.
Tricia Eller
Client Communications
Tricia is ARV's client communications leader. Her primary role is to keep in contact with current and potential clients. Tricia works with the team to make sure projects are organized and completed on time. In the summer, Tricia can be found near Lake Erie, enjoying family gatherings.
Jose Estrella
Jose is a member of the finish team. Before joining Advanced RV, Jose worked at a desk manufacturing company. He learned his craft skills from his father, a handyman and family car mechanic. Jose and his wife are marriage consultants at their church, where Jose also serves as a pastor.
Jonathan Flick
Jon is ARV's lead engineer with 25 years of factory automation and design experience. He's an entrepreneur and an inventor at heart, having developed a variety of Class 1 medical devices. In his spare time, Jon works with tractors, boats, and off-road vehicles.
Mike Griffiths
Operations & Production
Mike is our production leader. As an expert, he applies his high standards to everything he touches. Mike grew up working on all things mechanical & creating architectural designs.
Brittany Immormino
Brittany is ARV's communication & configuration resource. She represents clients throughout the build process, helping them configure their motorhomes and document their designs. Outside of work, she helps the homeless community and is also a professional clown.
Mary Kapeluch
Mary provides ARV's upholstery team with 20 years of sewing experience. Her passion & creativity are undeniable as she fabricates elegant interiors for our coaches. Mary learned her trade as a young girl, knitting and sewing with her mom.
Frank Kolasinski
IT & Service
Frank is tasked with a wide range of activities at ARV. He previously owned an Internet service provider and has worked in tech, construction, and custom fabrication. Frank enjoys boating, home brewing beers, and playing the drums (check out Pawn Band on Facebook!).
Patrick Kordos
Patrick's 12 years of mechanical, electrical, & plumbing experience are essential in his role at ARV. His key responsibilities are troubleshooting, repairing, & servicing ARV coaches. His passion for building car stereos in his spare time is an asset to ARV's electrical department.
Charlie Laing
Charlie is on ARV's pre-cab team. According to Charlie, his main role is telling Patrick what to do. His background is in mechanics & metal working, skills he developed while working in his Dad's shop. He enjoys going to the zoo with his wife & two daughters, as well as night rides on his motorcycle.
Steve Markovich
Steve completes electrical & mechanical research and development for ARV & assists with production. His talent lies in integrating components & systems into a cohesive, easy-to-use interface. Steve also serves as a fireman and EMT.
Dave McArthur
David's experience with custom designing transporters for Nascar and Motocross are pivotal to his role in ARV's fabrication department. His attention to detail and willingness to learn are essential. In his leisure time, David can be found working on hot rods, gunsmithing and hunting.
Rob Michener
Rob builds and finishes cabinets as part of ARV's cabinet team. He brings extensive carpentry experience to the team. In his youth, he spent his summers working as a landscaper. He enjoys camping and attending his children's sporting events.
Steve Moore
Steve assists with the design and installation of ARV's cabinetry. His attention to detail and hard work enable him to deliver first-class results on a tight deadline. When not at work, Steve enjoys spending time with his children and participating in church activities.
Brian Morris
Brian is an expert craftsman & a resource for every part of our builds. His commitment to quality and productivity are the result of 22 years of experience. Brian enjoys competitive cycling, long distance running, and touring on his motorcycle.
Carolyn Nagle
Carolyn works in ARV's upholstery shop. She has expertise both as a seamstress and a draftsman. She takes an active interest in ARV's clients & enjoys conversations about camping. Carolyn spends her free time cooking and baking. Her homemade bread is exquisite, trust us.
Mike Neundorfer
Mike is the president of ARV. He supplies ideas & motivation, enabling team members to take ownership of their roles. Mike and his wife Marcia toured the U.S. and Canada in four different Class B Sprinter motorhomes, inspiring the creation of ARV in 2012.
Ian Nickels
CNC Machinery
Ian is ARV's CNC operator, responsible for creating tool path programs from engineered drawings. Using his mechanical skills, he once helped build a motorized couch. Outside of work, he is a handyman to his friends and family.
Zach Province
As a member of ARV's finishing team, Zach is one of the last people to touch a van before delivery. When he's not at work, you can find Zach in the gym, playing football, or working on his pride and joy: a modified Mustang named Selena.
Ron Simecheck
Ron is a member of ARV's pre-cab station. He prepares coaches for wiring, plumbing and finishing, and he also installs wheels prior to shipment. Outside of work, Ron enjoys fishing and spending quality time with his wife and daughter.
Janice Spicuzza
Design & Marketing
Janice is ARV's website and marketing coordinator. She's also involved with our clients' configuration process, bringing their custom built motor home into reality. She enjoys roller-skating and travellng with her husband and three young children.
Adam Stupi
Adam designs and builds cabinets and components for ARV. He has more than 25 years of experience in the building field. Adam ensures our motor home's have fine furniture quality that are integrated with other RV systems.
Rick Sturn
Rick is part of ARV's plumbing station. His experience includes decades of maintenance and carpentry work. His main job is installing hot and cold water lines for the faucets in our motor homes. He enjoys camping and canoeing with his wife, especially in The Alleghany State Park.
Dillion White
Dillion has been working at ARV since he was 17 years old. He's a member of the electrical team, where he helps wire crucial motorhome systems. An avid learner, Dillion enjoys tinkering with his project truck, the "Dang ol' Chevy".
Rob Wick
Carpentry & Design
Rob is the team leader for the cabinet station. He has more than 20 years of experience in high-end finish carpentry and cabinet building. Rob is excellent at listening to client ideas and transforming them into workable, innovative and beautiful designs.
Brian Witzke
A key member of Advanced RV's electrical team, Brian installs and documents our vans' interconnected systems. He is passionate about retro video games and candy corn. Don't forget to ask him about his circuitboard art pieces!


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Lifetime, the network for women and the shitty things that always befall them, has opted to put an end to Drop Dead Diva, its dramedy about a superficial, aspiring model who dies and finds herself reincarnated as a smart, plus-sized attorney, and then the learning happens. The show—clichéd and ridiculous in every element, right down to its court cases—has nevertheless been defended as frothy good fun, its core stupidity (like that of its protagonist) ameliorated greatly by its being buried inside a decent cast. The ratings certainly bear that out, with the show averaging over 2 million viewers since premiering in 2009—even during the season that saw Kim Kardashian brought on as a recurring guest star in a shameless grab for attention. But as Deadline reports, its cancellation is more evidence that Lifetime is increasingly moving toward "edgier fare," inspired by the success of The Client List, and as seen in its considering of projects such as the Silence Of The Lambs spinoff Clarice. Perhaps if Drop Dead Diva could have worked the case of a serial killer, then given him a handjob, she'd still be alive.
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I am one of those people who walk around with earphones in my ears whenever I leave home, and at various breaks in the day. I'm not listening to music much these days, but listening to people giving speeches (including stuff converted from the House of Commons audio format), audio BLOGS (also known as "podcasts"), CBC radio shows (Spark and Search Engine), and sometimes even books (often via Cory Doctorow's podcast). I'm an ideal customer for audio books, and would love to hear books in that format, if only some of the book publishers would sell them to me in a format I'm willing and able to accept.
To show the contrast, I will compare three different services I have run into, and my experimenting with audio books. I hope to see some of you tonight at the GOSLING 6-year anniversary party, if you wish to chat about this and related "Open Source Logic" topics.
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I am an avid listener to a number of "Netcasts" from TWIT.tv, and one of the sponsors of many of the shows is Audible. Given I support TWIT, I decided to take a look.
I was quickly disappointed.
The first thing I looked at was their "How Audible works" which lists 4 steps:
- Pick a plan -- no problem
- Download audible software -- Huh? Isn't this a website that should just work as Sir Tim Berners Lee intended the web to work?
- Purchase and download your book(s) -- no problem
- Transfer your audio to your AudibleReady(R) device -- Huh? Aren't these audio files?
The second step was a show stopper for me, even before I got to the 4'th step. I would prefer not to download unverified third party software as I like to know the software I'm installing has been adequately peer reviewed for security and other concerns. When I went to their software download page, I found that they only supported specific versions of Microsoft Windows (2000, XP or Vista) or to use iTunes if you have an Apple Macintosh computer. Since I run no Apple or Microsoft software in my home or office, there was no way for me to subscribe.
I could go to a friends house which has a Mac or Windows computer to download the files, but why bother?
I find it interesting that modern businesses like Google can author a multi-platform word processor that runs off of a website, but Audible isn't capable of having simple audio files download easily.
The 4'th step is equally embarrassing for Audioble. They have a whole complex section of their website where they list different devices that may or may not work with the files they send you. As we have all learned many times in the past with other "DRM" systems, just because you own a device capable of accessing the content today does not mean that any of that content will be accessible in the future.
The list of compatible devices are typical of a DRM system -- these are devices or software that are locked down where the owner of the device doesn't have the keys. Of the hardware I have at home (Neuros OSD, desktops and laptops running Fedora and Ubuntu, OLPC XO, etc), my cell phone is the only audio device that fits that description. I plan to replace this locked down device in the future with a fully unlocked cell phone (unlocked so I can choose carriers, and unlocked so I can choose my own software).
It is simply impractical for me to acquire content that I know I won't have any device to access it in the near future.
I'm a technical person and know the B.S. reasons they are making this far more complex than it needs to be. This will (and should) make people less comfortable with technology less likely to take this type of service seriously. Most people thought Beta vs. VHS was bad and that was only 2 choices, while DRM offers far more deliberately incompatible options. The claim from the proponents of "DRM" systems is that it is necessary to stop copyright infringement, but as someone heavily involved in that technology and policy debate I know that no peer reviewed study has ever supported that. In fact, there is considerable evidence that "DRM" systems only increase copyright infringement, and otherwise decrease sales.
I am offered a free download, and yet I'm not able or willing to accept a file from them for free. Obviously I'm not willing to pay for this.
eMusic Audio Books
I am already a customer of eMusic for music downloads, with an eMusic basic account that gets me 40 uninfected (by DRM) songs a month for $9.99.
When I first signed up I couldn't get the site to work as it said it would send me MP3 files, but it kept sending me .emp files. I quickly figured out that this was the file format used by their (then proprietary) Download Manager software. Fortunately there was an easy way to disable the download manager in the eMusic account settings, so I get .mp3 files rather than .emp files. I had no interest in downloading and installing their unverified proprietary software.
There have been improvements on that front, as they now have something called eMusic Remote which is in Beta. For this article I decided to download the package, and it is a LGPL version 3 licensed customization of the same Mozilla Foundation software that is the basis of Firefox and Thunderbird. While I believe this software could better be done as a plug-in to Firefox rather than yet another application, the move to Free/Libre software is a step in the right direction. The best would be if they simply had an option where the website worked without any additional software or plugins at all, allowing me to use the standard browser for Audio Books as I do for music.
While investigating the Audio Book option on eMusic I noticed that there was an eMusic Q&A: Cory Doctorow by Sarah Weinman. I'm a fan of Cory Doctorow, and have been wanting to get an audio book version of his book Little Brother since he spoke about the Audio Book DRM problem at the beginning of one of his podcasts. He has already read many of his other books into his podcast, which is why I already knew I would be an Audio Book fan.
Little Brother is available from eMusic, and this is as good a choice for my first purchase of an Audio Book as the movie "AntiTrust" was for my first DVD purchase.
I clicked on the "upgrade" option to turn on Audio Books and for $11.99/month (in addition to the $9.99 music plan) I get 1 audio book credit. Unfortunately, Little Brother is a 2-credit audio book. I received a free credit for signing up, and paid for a credit for the first month, which allowed me to download this book.
What the eMusic Remote did was create a new directory, into which 180 individual MP3 files of approximately 4 minutes each were placed. It is read by Kirby Heyborne, and is professionally done by Random House, the world's largest English-language general trade book publisher.
What I can't seem to find is an option to just buy a single book, whatever number of credits it costs, without signing up for some sort of monthly package.
There seems to be no way to turn off the download manager and still access Audio Books. For those of us that prefer to use the site without redundant software it would be simple for the site to automatically create a 'zip' file with the same 180 (plus the cover image) files that I could download. I consider the current software environment to be unnecessarily complex, and likely costly for them to maintain and support.
On Cory's web-page for Little Brother is a little widget that allows you to download the audio book from Zipidee. The preview page for this Audio Book indicates that this reading is the same one by Kirby Heyborne that eMusic offered me.
I clicked on "Download and own it" button and it asked me to sign up (username, password, email address -- all regular stuff). The second time I clicked on "Download and own it" I was sent to a shopping cart where I said I wanted to download Little Brother for $20 and then proceed to payment. The payment options included Paypal, which seemed to work when my regular credit card payment didn't work.
What I got was a single 163M MP3 file, almost 12 hours total.
I would want to edit this file to break it down into smaller chunks that I can listen to reasonably on my cell phone which doesn't have a proper fast forward option. Someone else thought the same thing and documented how to split it up on their Mac, but unfortunately not for a multi-platform application.
Little Brother
I already owned Little Brother in hard cover, having pre-ordered it to be shipped when it was released. I hadn't had a chance to read it. Having the Audio Book version got me into the story, and only a few days after downloading I heard the entire story (reading along with Kirby Heyborne at times). I started to listen with the 12 hour format I received it in from Zipidee, but quickly moved to the 180 file version I received from eMusic to make it easier to flip between my various devices and continue from the part I left off on (noting what numbered file I had left on).
The hero of the book, Marcus, could have been me. Well, the geeky part anyway, as I would not have become a social activist fighting for freedom when I was 17. The most political thought I had in those days was a typical "information should be free" belief of any hacker. I also had an honest, even if mistaken, belief that copyright law didn't apply to anyone under the age of 18.
Now that I'm over 40 I am far more political, but unfortunately far less technically up-to-date than I was at 17.
The technology is very different in this near-future book than what was available in the late 1980's, but the feeling like an outsider to the "normal world" and living inside a more secret online (via modem in those days) world is the same. We didn't need an XNet or cryptography to feel safe from the not-so-understanding eyes of adults -- most adults at that point simply had no idea what happened when a computer was connected to a phone line.
I would love to fountain about this book, but I don't want to spoil the story for anyone. There are small clips around the net to entice you in, including the preview offered by Zipidee, and episode 78 of Cory's podcast from April 29, 2007.
I think it is important for publishers to look at what is happening with this specific book. As with every other book by Cory, the full text is available as a free download under a Creative Commons license. His sales are doing very well, and that is largely without people like me who have purchased the book multiple times in multiple formats.
I'm likely to purchase this book more times to give away copies. It is a fiction novel that includes a lot of important real-world knowledge that young adults (chronologically or otherwise) should be thinking about. Is technology something that we should control, or that should be allowed to be abused to control us. And if we do want to take ownership and control over our own technology, how do we do that?
I have a few quick additional thoughts.
The most obvious thing to understand is that book publishers are screwing themselves over by thinking they want DRM on the audio books. DRM is only capable of reducing sales, not stopping copyright infringement. While the music labels are slowly learning from their mistake of infecting their music with DRM, the book publishers seem to want to have to learn this on their own. Publishers who go DRM-free, or at least follow the wishes of their authors who recognize that DRM is a bad idea, are simply going to make more money.
If you can avoid forcing people to download special software for your website, your website will just be easier to use. People don't need to own a specific brand of car (or even own a car) to purchase from a traditional retailer, so why the oddball software limitations with some online retailers?
I'm not convinced that the same business models that work for recorded music will work for audio recorded books. The monthly eMusic subscription of 40 songs a month has worked great for the last year and a half. I will let people know in a few months if the 1 (or 1/2) Audio Book eMusic plan works out for me at all. It would be great if they had the option to simply purchase books without some sort of plan.
If you download an Audio Book that you have been hearing around and dieing to read for more than a year before it is released, make sure you have some available time -- you won't have your eyes getting tired to slow you down, and you'll listen to the whole thing in short order.
I'm hoping to hear from other people about their experience with Audio Books, or if they have read Little Brother and would like to do their own review. Please, no spoilers ;-)


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Stylish ladies turn out for Network Ireland evening with Sonya Lennon
Stylish businesswomen from across the county turned out at the Osprey Hotel in Naas on Tuesday evening, May 21, for a style clinic with RTE presenter Sonya Lennon.
The evening was hosted by Network Ireland Kildare, the networking organisation for professional women in the county.
The attendees at the free style clinic got to learn some tricks of the trade for stylish dressing for business, and how to create the right image for work and home. There were also make-overs, colour analysis and a pamper zone.
For more information on Network Ireland Kildare and its activities, log on to www.networkkildare.com.


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Greetings Rapidan Ruritans from your 2019 District Governor,
Happy New year to all of you. I hope the holidays were a blessing to you all. As I announced at the convention, this years District Community Service project will be collecting spare change and donating it into our community to support children. At the national convention our First Lady of Ruritan Nelda Cassell announced that her national project will be Adoption Awareness. I encourage you to join these two together and donate your change to support a local adoption organization. My goal for the year is each club to collect $200.. I have great hope that we will exceed that goal!
Get inspired to help a local children organization by participating in our Collecting 4 Change Program. By you, your family and friends collecting the little bit of change you have hidden around your house, you can make a big difference in a childs life. All it takes is a few simple steps. Here's what you need to do:
- Find an empty mason jar, box, coffee can or anything to store change.
- Download this one-pager (link below) and tape it on your spare change jar
- The fun part!
- Inside the house: couch cushions, pant pockets, dryer, washer and anywhere else loose change winds up
- Get outside: the car, your neighbors, and everyone you know! Tell them what you are doing and have them join in on the fun. Contacting your local school district is another great idea! Teachers may be willing to put large water jugs next to their desk, and kids and teachers can drop their loose change from their purses and pockets into it!
- Now, we want you to take your collection jar and head to your local bank branch. Ask the manager to run it through their change counting machine. You will be surprised how much money you raised!
Now it's time to donate!
Don't forget to send your total to the District Governor:firstname.lastname@example.com
Click here for printable jar label for the Collecting Change program