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Big Foot and the Loch Ness Monster do exist
June 27th, 2014 by SteveM 25 Comments
Let's just get the bad news out of the way right away. Driver swaps WILL NOT be in the Season 3 build. Take a minute to go file a protest, punch a wall, crush a six pack or whatever else you need to do to get that frustration out of your system. Then come back and finish reading.
Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock . . .
Okay, feel better? So now that we have got that over with, I am going to write something that anyone that has read one of my blogs knows I never do: Makes as close to a promise as you will ever get from me about release dates. If I was allowed back in Vegas again and a casino would take my bet, I would put money down that driver swaps will be in the season 4 build. In fact, I'd bet all the money I could get my hands on as well although, in reality, that's not so much considering I have two small children who literally never stop eating. But to reiterate, the driver swap feature really is coming, and it is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Some of you may have seen our post in the forums a month or so ago saying we needed more testers to help get driver swaps tested. If it was not obvious that this was a sign that Big Foot, the Loch Ness Monster and Grant Reeve actually do exist and testing is in fact going on with driver swaps, then I don't know what is. Quite frankly, driver swaps are really close enough that we're not missing this build by much. I could go into a long-winded explanation of what development branches are and how they work, but only a handful of you will really appreciate it…. and the engineers will point and laugh at me after writing it.
So the short explanation is that after locking Randy Cassidy in his office for two years to work solo on driver swaps, we now have seven engineers working on this project. And with the massive amount of changes being made to the code for this feature, we have kept it isolated from the main development branch. We re-purposed a particular environment specifically to test this feature which we now need to prepare for the actual build that will be released in less than a month. Although testing has been going really well, the feature just doesn't have the polish it needs to be moved over to the main branch, and we really need to focus testing on the goodies coming out in the next build.
The good news is that once we get this build out, we plan to close our eyes, cross our fingers and merge all of this code into the main branch, pretty much committing ourselves to releasing driver swaps in the Season 4 build.
Now that the timeline is hopefully a little clearer, let me tell you about the actual feature. I really am not lying when I say the feature is awesome. I have been sim racing for over twenty years now and worked in the industry for 15 years. iRacing has literally been integrated into my life for 10 years, day and night, 365 days a year, so I don't always have a desire to sit down and just enjoy it when I actually get a few minutes to myself. I know some of you probably think I just kicked a puppy there, but it's just a fact. I generally use the sim for work purposes and not as much for entertainment as I used to do.
Testing driver swaps these last few weeks has changed that for me. I legitimately have had fun and it has opened a new way for me to interact with the sim that I never would have imagined. I think when we originally sketched-out the design of this we had a pretty good idea that it would scratch a big itch for the endurance racing types out there; but with the way it has been implemented I think it will be much bigger than that. This feature has the potential to really create a multiplayer "co-op" feel, both in leagues and official racing; a feel I think people will not really understand until they try it. Interestingly enough, you really don't need to run long races to appreciate and use it.
I will give you an example. The other day we wanted to test some changes that had been made with how the race servers communicated with the database, so we had an "all hands on deck" test session. I mistakenly decided to team up with Otto and we entered a 16 lap street stock race at Rockingham along with the rest of the company. Creating a team is easy. Click on the "teams" tab from the menu, click the "create team" button and follow the simple instructions. Once you have done this you can invite members to your team.
Once I invited Otto to my team I registered for the race and we both joined the session as "Slobbargoat Racing". What instantly becomes important is communicating with your team mate(s), because only one of you can drive the car in warmup at a time. Otto and I immediately started bickering (as we always do about everything) but in this case it was about who got to do practice laps first. I was the first one to click "drive" so I was on track first, and I did a handful of laps before pulling into the pits and into our pit stall. I hit the "escape" key and Otto mashed the "drive" button and was instantly placed in the car in the pit box which he drove out of the pits and destroyed…..
The warmup finishes up and we decide that I will start the race, so at least we have a shot at making it halfway. FYI, there will be options in place allowing both hosted and official races to have minimum and maximum laps or time required in the car in order to score points for a driver in the race. We did not have any of those functions selected for this race, rather we just decided to make at least one driver change for each team in the race.
The field was gridded by iRating because nobody qualified for the race, but qualifying will work exactly like it currently does on the member site: The grid will be set by the qualifying time of the fastest team member who is registered when the server launches. Not surprisingly, the team consisting of Shannon Whitmore and Kevin Bobbitt was on pole due to Shannon's cheating and/or iRating depending on how you look at it.
The race starts and I am able to hang with Shannon because he is busy abusing his admin privileges to clear his jump start black flag and to issue black flags to the team of Weidner and Cross to keep them at bay. Otto and I had decided to do our driver change on lap 8 which ended-up being a lap later than Shannon and Kevin. Shannon pits and I put down a decent lap and do everything I can to get into the pits cleanly and without speeding. I park in the box and immediately start smashing the keyboard to find the escape key while Otto hammers his mouse waiting for the drive button.
We complete our stop and Otto manages to get out of the pits without penalty and rejoin the track with a nice four second lead. I immediately switch over to be the spotter and start giving Otto updates as to how far back Kevin is and what the lapped traffic ahead looks like. With one lap to go, I sense danger when I see Richard "crashes everything" Jobling meandering around the track in front of Otto. I start screaming at Otto to just be patient and ride it out instead of trying to pass the wayward Mr. Jobling. Alas, apparently after you hit 50 your hearing really starts to go and, sure enough, Otto collides with Richard. Our street stock badly damaged, Kevin cruises by, race lost.
And you know what? It was the most fun I've had in a race in a very long while. I was excited to try and outperform not only the rest of the field but also my teammate. I was nervous about making a mistake on the track or in the pits and letting my teammate down. I was anxious to minimize the time I took to make a driver change to, hopefully, give us an advantage on the other teams. I was eager (if slightly delusional) to see my teammate perform well, and watching the race actually meant something now because I had an actual horse in it. I was bitterly disappointed at losing because of bad judgment by my teammate, but also because I should have told him sooner about the rolling disaster in his path.
What's hilarious about all of this emotion was we had just done a silly testing race in an environment where statistics mean nothing! I can't imagine how it will feel to compete in a race like this on the member site where it actually matters. Racing has for the most part always been a "me against the world" sport, but I can see this feature changing that. I can absolutely see short sprint races in both oval and road becoming a huge draw because of these emotions and the ability to experience them with a friend, even a mediocre one like Otto.
I am sure some of you will discount my words as marketing hype and that's perfectly understandable, but here are the facts as I see them:
This really is a "first of its kind" feature in the sim racing space and I, Steve Myers, think it's a blast.
I would definitely put all the money I stole out of Tony's wallet on the probability of driver swaps being in the Season 4 build.
The Loch Ness Monster, Big Foot and Grant Reeve do in fact exist, and Otto is a mediocre friend with questionable judgment.
PS – I negotiated on your behalf with Greg to get two teaser screen shots from tracks in progress. You owe him a pizza.
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About Steve Myers
Steve Myers is the Executive Vice President and Executive Producer of iRacing.com. His day to day activities include over seeing and coordinating production, engineering and licensing and trying to get many far more intelligent people than himself heading in the same direction. Steve has been with iRacing since the doors opened in May of 2004 and previously was a Producer at Papyrus Racing Games since early 2000. In his spare time Steve enjoys watching from his comfortable couch all forms of sports including motor racing and occasionally will drag himself to an actual event. Steve lives outside of Boston Massachusetts with his wife and two daughters.
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Beside the excitement for the new features coming, this was really an enjoyable post, Steve! Cheers!
Tommaso Carlà
June 27th, 2014 at 11:51 am
Beside the excitement for the new features coming, this was really an enjoyable post to read, Steve!
Thanks for your hard work!
Tommaso Carlà
June 27th, 2014 at 11:52 am
Thank you very much! 🙂
Diego Colafabio
June 27th, 2014 at 12:03 pm
great writeup…. best yet!
Andy K
June 27th, 2014 at 12:42 pm
There is no limit to the awesomeness this will bring to iRacing. This seems like it will be the coolest thing you guys have ever done.
Todd Bettenhausen
June 27th, 2014 at 1:23 pm
hehehe Fantastic read, i see the good potential of the swaps, i also see some complaining for a Team points system to reflect the new dynamic.
I can't recall if Team functionality was to be included with driver swaps or not but us getting that sooner than later would be great.
Having a repository of Sim Racing Teams/ members on the iRacing site itself would be fantastic.
Depending on how much you guys put into it we could use them to promote ourselves vs hosting individual sites.
It can also be another $ generator like hosted sessions to have iRacing host easily customizable pages that we'll use to promote out Teams.
Marcus Caton
June 27th, 2014 at 1:29 pm
Richard Jobling
June 27th, 2014 at 1:33 pm
Which livery will be on the car? The driver's who started the team? The driver's who first go in the car? Or does it change with whatever driver is currently in the car?
Brett M. Waldrep
June 27th, 2014 at 1:38 pm
Sweet, repaved Phoenix!
Bryan Clark
June 27th, 2014 at 1:54 pm
Can't wait! And enjoyed a good chuckle 🙂
Lisa Pineda
June 27th, 2014 at 2:48 pm
awesome news! thanks for taking the time to write about it… have fun finishing the thing! 😉
June 27th, 2014 at 3:21 pm
I had a good fun reading your post, can't imagine how much fun i'll have when i actually have the chance to use this feature. Great read, thanks!
Thiago Izequiel
June 27th, 2014 at 3:47 pm
I for one am super excited about this driver swap feature, but the obvious question arises.. are people / teams going to use it? certain top split drivers no doubt, no questions as everyone has same times etc but what about lower down the stack where you might not have that matched time consistency? whos going to want to team up with someone who will take them from 2nd to 12th..
June 27th, 2014 at 4:08 pm
Great!! Thanks for that, iRacing!
Renan Azeredo
June 27th, 2014 at 4:20 pm
The feeling of sim racing in person with people is so intense. The ability to run multiple drivers in single race will allow more people to race In 1 event. Great job @iracing G.E.
gweedo ecclestoned
June 27th, 2014 at 4:33 pm
This, along with the Holden V8 is going to make most Australians heads explode……Having used a similar feature in rFactor many years ago for a 1000km race at Bathurst, I can tell you that everything said above is true, 10 fold ! Just the build up to a race is huge, the nerves of the start and just lapping, knowing that your responsible for someone else's race as well adds a huge dimension not seen in this service. It is by far one of the most anticipated update to the service. As a League founder, I can tell you , we have been planing to use this feature since before the announcement that Bathurst was coming to the service (we had inside info from a member of Bathurst city council 🙂 ) and just cant wait to get our hands on it.
Thanks so much to all iRacing staff who have worked/are working on this, you really dont appriciate just how much the community and in particular Australians are of your efforts to get this feature implemented.
Mike Koroleff
June 27th, 2014 at 6:25 pm
Great Post, Looking forward to it, Updating some iRacersResource.co and our ISRALeague.com sites for the changes. Going to be some fun racing. Thank You
PJ Losey
June 27th, 2014 at 8:25 pm
What an Amazing Post! Great Read and I really think this will Revolutionize Sim Racing For Ever!!!!
JD Smith (V8sOnline)
June 27th, 2014 at 8:40 pm
Excellent news, it sounds like you have done "another" great job. Thank you.
I will have to spend Season 3 finding some fast teammates 😉
Allan Paterson
June 28th, 2014 at 2:30 am
Great read and I'm looking forward to this awesomeness. I am happy to order pizza for you, but alas, I live in Australia…
Bernie Wiemers
June 28th, 2014 at 3:33 am
Great to have a date nailed down, bring it on!
Mark Bird
June 28th, 2014 at 3:47 pm
Well at this point, just missing the 24 Hours of Lemans!
Fabrizio Raffa
June 29th, 2014 at 5:10 am
What is driver swaps&
June 29th, 2014 at 8:38 am
This is really going to kick things up to a higher level, this is going to be epic, even as a spectator.
Sean Seebran
June 29th, 2014 at 10:44 pm
This is really is great news 🙂 can't wait for this feature to be released. I hope this will open an endurance championship in the near future, perhaps season 1 2015!!
Sergio Carretas
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What is Premium Pricing Strategy?
When a company introduces a new product, the marketing manager has to decide how to position the product in the marketplace and which pricing strategy to use. The choice depends on many factors: the target demographic, the price point of the product, its psychological image, and the amount of money budgeted to promote the product. One strategy might be to use a low price initially to penetrate a market and get an early foothold. The premium price strategy lies at the other end of the spectrum and sets a high price for the product.
A company could use a premium pricing strategy to establish its product as a high-quality product in the minds of consumers.
What is Premium Pricing?
Companies use a premium pricing strategy when they want to charge higher prices than their competitors for their products. The goal is to create the perception that the products must have a higher value than competing products because the prices are higher. The company is betting that the consumer will not investigate to find out if the product is truly a higher-quality item. Marketing managers want consumers to believe that the brand name by itself is enough to assure them that the product is better than the competition's product.
A premium pricing strategy has the advantages of producing higher profit margins, creating tougher barriers to entry for competitors, and increasing the brand's value for all the company's products.
Premium Pricing Examples
Rolex is a good example of a company using a premium pricing strategy to great success. If all you want is a watch to tell time, you can buy a Timex for $28. The Timex may even have more bells and whistles than the Rolex, but consumers are willing to pay $10,000 for the Rolex because they perceive the product to be extremely high quality, and it is an ultimate status symbol.
A Honda, costing around $25,000, is reliable and will get you from Point A to Point B at a reasonable cost. However, some consumers would rather make the trip in a Bentley, and they're willing to pay more for it. The Bentley costs around $250,000, but the owner believes that it is a high-quality car and is certainly more of a status symbol than a Honda Accord.
When to Use Premium Pricing
Premium pricing is most effective in the following situations:
- Early introduction: Premium pricing can be most effectively established when a product is first introduced to the market.
- Uniqueness: Small businesses that have unique products can differentiate their merchandise with higher prices and a quality image.
- Luxury products: Consumers perceive that the product is a luxury product and has exceptionally high quality or exclusive design.
- Strong barriers to entry: If a company has spent a large amount of money to establish its merchandise as premium products, then competitors would have to spend considerable sums of money to position their products in the same class.
- Limited production: The seller can create exclusivity by limiting the number of products available in the marketplace.
- No substitutes: Companies can make it difficult for competitors to copy their products by taking strong legal steps whenever similar products appear.
- Patents: Having a patent or copyright on a design or some other unique feature of a product is a forceful deterrent to other competitors who might want to offer similar products.
How to Establish Premium Pricing
- Identify the features that are considered high-end and highlight those elements in your marketing, the decor of the store, and in the dress code of the employees.
- Explain the value to the customer and demonstrate why it's worth the extra money.
- Go the extra mile. Find something extra in the product to offer customers.
- Don't sacrifice price. If necessary, reduce prices a little for long-time customers.
- Project financial stability. Customers want to know that the company will be around for a long time. It's part of the value image.
While it's natural to focus on and point out the weaknesses of the competition, companies have more success with premium pricing when they concentrate on creating value that makes their products worth the higher prices. Establishing a product with a high-priced image takes time, money and the efforts of everyone in the business. The entire marketing program must project high quality, and the consumer must be convinced that the product is worth every penny.


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Childhood: those carefree days of rambunctious young life, where "playing" was a way of exploring; where we deconstructed and hacked our physical realities into our own creative imaginings; where we evolved by being flexible and tolerant of changing playing fields; where we engaged and played productively with one another, sharing a common vision and goal.
Our young lives fed on this cognitive stimulation. It drove us to experiment outside of any given boundaries and helped us creatively change the meaning of our everyday physical tools – all for the sake of enacting our game. After all, how else did the sofa cushions turn into makeshift castles during a game of dungeons and dragons?
As the age-old proverb goes, "Necessity is the mother of invention." In the same vein, literacy professor Dr. Karen E. Wohlwend asserted in her 2015 article, "Making, Remaking, and Reimagining the Everyday: Play, Creativity, and Popular Media," that children use contexts – such as play scenarios – through relocation, where they "'make do'… and reimagine together what seems possible as they come up with pretend alternatives and imagined worlds that better fit their purposes."
Yet after childhood comes young adulthood, bringing with it academia – which places our pioneering, creative spirits into neat little boxes. Structure and a siloed mentality are the norm, while playing, with all its infinite wealth of possibilities, is regarded as a foolish pastime best left to our childhood years. It's regarded as nothing more than a sign of immaturity in adulthood.
Here we now are, a group of adults standing at the intersection of cataclysmic societal changes brought on by advancements in digital technology – and all of us with closed-off mindsets. Instead of pivoting or looking for creative ways to problem-solve, we are scuttling like lumbering dinosaurs.
Is it any wonder then that our businesses and brands are failing? Failing to remain relevant. Failing to retain customer loyalty, and, most importantly, failing to think creatively. In today's landscape, which tacitly requires us to be more playful, exploratory, engaging, and to constantly evolve, out-of-the-box solutions cannot support the reframing of business and brand models. Is this complex, technology-immersed landscape so otherworldly that we – the species who built the wheel, discovered fire, and created some of the most monumental inventions for survival – have lost our way?
Should we be alarmed, then, when the fashion industry – the very arbiter of creative innovation – fails to creatively connect with its consumers as it once did?
What if we viewed work and play as a single unit, rather than separate entities? What if we bootstrapped the psychology behind childhood play – where our focus is free to wander, and we can explore any idea without restrictions – and used this as a part of a creative business-mapping process? Could this free will help us rewire our mindset and master ambiguity in a complex landscape where reality is constantly being redefined?
In this scenario, managers, designers, and strategists would be equipped to playfully improvise with constantly-evolving digital trends and to seamlessly pivot with new technology inventions such as AI, 3D printing, nanotechnology, augmented reality (AR), VR, blockchain, radio-frequency identification (RFID), holograms, and more. These "super toys" would be morphed into powerful tools for product innovation, customer engagement, and brand retention.
In today's digital society, most consumers have the attention span of a flickering light bulb. People want a product that is multi-functional, reasonably priced, and that has an authentic narrative. More importantly, they want a product to be personalized to their individual needs and they want to act as a partner – a player in a brand's narrative – during their purchasing journey.
Very few old brand stalwarts have made that transition successfully, though there are some exceptions. Sephora, Hamleys, and Vans, for example, have created environments that are rich in new product experiences, product innovation, and personalized brand engagement for their customers – without impinging on any of their fundamental brand values.
Sephora, which is heavily reliant on brand licensing and partnerships, has cleverly navigated these murky waters by facing the challenging question of their platform's relevance. They created an ecosystem of demand by building a powerful community and an emotional relationship with consumers with their "Teach, Inspire, and Play" (TIP) approach. The consumer is an integral player in their in-store beauty classes and how-to videos. Sephora connects the consumer with personalized product information both online and in-store, and they couple it with an engaging, exciting brand experience. The consumer is a co-creator in this open-ended, non-static environment; they are encouraged to interact with a powerful feedback loop. Their interactions co-exist seamlessly with those of their peers, all while remaining on the Sephora platform.
It's a different landscape for toy companies today, however. In the past, these retail stores inspired natural enthusiasm and excitement from children with just the mere mention of their brand name. But today, these very proprietors of playful childhood dreams must compete against companies selling new super toys, such as VR and AR games, as well as with those providing 24-hour access to digital media. A few toy brands, however, have managed to stand their ground.
Much like Sephora, Hamleys have subtly rewired their brand relevance by designing a theme park-inspired retail layout. Each product they sell speaks to a recognizable childhood story and theme, with some themes including Enchanted Forest, Imagination, LEGO World, Magic Kingdom, Metropolis, Motor City, Park, Safari, and Space. This nontraditional, open-ended environment encourages customers of all ages to play, building a long-lasting personal and emotive connection with the consumer. It boosts the brand's reputation and its product relevance while also allowing the consumer to be a player in their brand narrative by sharing their experiences via social media.
Footwear giant Vans is another exciting example of how evolving from traditional marketing strategies can result in commercial success. They took the very essence of their brand DNA and crafted it into an authentic, edgy brand experience with their in-store retail concept in the tunnels of Waterloo station. Coined the House of Vans, the store is not just a point of sale, but also a place for consumers to connect. Their indoor skate park, art galleries, and live music venue fuses into one seamless physical manifestation for Vans. The consumer's purchasing journey is entirely personalized; in a similar fashion to how children imagine physical tools as various play items (think turning a wooden spoon into a sword), Vans has created a space where consumers can "morph" the tools of digital media and physical space, and in doing so elevate brand awareness and build brand loyalty.
These three examples clearly reflect how a company can better navigate change and grow their consumer base by exploring, evolving, and productively engaging with their audience using a shared vision and goal. Traditional business models, on the other hand, are task-oriented juggernauts – everything is linear, and everyone has a specific role. Simply put, these models fail to translate to today's realities. In a world where a brand's relevance is no longer a given based on maturity, performance, or the successful implementation of Kotler's Five Ps of Marketing (product, price, promotion, place, and people), it's apparent that another element needs to be added to the mix.
Brand marketing strategies today are less about communication and more about conversation – conversation between a brand and their consumers on a singular digital platform. Brands must interact with their consumers as peers and put personalization – the sixth P – at the intersection of their product, price, promotion, place, and people strategy. The psychology behind play could be the Holy Grail for achieving this interaction.
As the old adage goes, "You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation." This statement may have been easily dismissed in another time, but today, it could be a brand's saving grace for truly understanding their consumers.
A smart company would entrench value based on agility, openness, and a shared brand philosophy between their consumers, products, and brand. They would think in many different ways – big, small, and experientially. They would recognize that this new playing field means going back to the basics; that is, they would understand that failure will be a part of the picture as they explore new ideas and pursue innovation.
Operationally, they would form cross-disciplinary teams with marketers, designers, and strategists, who would be hybrids comfortable playing within ambiguous environments. And strategically, they would add personalization as a sixth element – the connecting point of their marketing strategy – and use the methodology of play to inspire and craft that great brand story.
In short, any brand willing to play today will still be in the game tomorrow, long after their peers have fallen out of the rankings.


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In the season of resolutions to improve our lives, what could possibly be better than the announcement from a study out of Canada that sex burns as many calories as exercise?
For some, the news may come as a boon. With time at a premium as everyone struggles to get back to work after a month of sloth and indulgence, working in a promise to get fit alongside relationship commitments can prove taxing on the schedule. And with women burning an average 90 calories and men an average 120 per coupling, that's nothing to be sniffed at.
Admittedly, I am somewhat thicker around the waist than I was back in the days when I was shagging for cash, but then again, I was also 10 years younger which couldn't have anything to do with it - oh no. As certain media outlets repeatedly inform us, it is a woman's duty to look precisely the same at every age past 25, or as it's known in the biz, 'ageing gracefully'. Until the point at which your neck is noticeably several decades older than your face in which case you've 'gone too far'.
With adverts for package holidays filling up the airwaves, as well, the inevitable self-criticism about getting a bikini body will probably have crept in alongside New Year's resolutions. If getting busy in the bedroom can help advance some people's goals, then isn't that far preferable to the folks who bang on endlessly (no pun intended) about yoga and the 5:2 diet throughout January?
Talking about fitness, exercise, and so forth is the publicly accepted alternative to talking about your New Year's Diet, or as I like to think of it, the annual opportunity to do a Facebook purge. I care as much about people sharing protein powder pancake recipes as I do the prognosis for finding water on the far side of the galaxy, which is to say, not one bit. And I say this as one of the four people in history ever who has tried protein powder and liked it (what can I say, I'm a sucker for anything containing the word 'shake').
The fact that at 90 calories per roll in the hay sex burns about as much as a slow-ish 15 minute jog will no doubt surprise many, who believe that a brisk warm-up on the treadmill in the first month of the year burns the equivalent of a Sunday roast dinner with all the trimmings. The dirty secret of the exercise industry is that, in fact, you have to do a lot of exercise to lose weight by that method alone. A lot. Like, way more than mere mortals will ever do. We're talking porn star levels here.
Take for example rowing: done correctly, this blasts about 700 calories an hour. And when was the last time you saw someone pounding away at the devil's treadmill that is the Concept II with decent technique for anything like an hour? Heck, even Olympic medallists like James 'not exactly skin and bones' Cracknell only take it out for a six-minute spin at a time.
And every second is pure, pure agony that can only be lessened by joining an actual rowing club and taking up the sport to the level that rowing sprints in the gym feel like blissful relaxation in comparison. Been there, done that, got knocked out of Henley in the first round. And my ass was exactly the same size afterwards.
Face it: exercise is for improving quality of life, not shedding pounds. Fitness is not measured by calories and a number on a scale except by tumblr tweens and dodgy features in women's mags. It's about getting out and doing more of the stuff you love, whatever your shape. If your version of fitness is dancing all night in killer heels and having rampant sex, hurrah! You're doing it right. But please don't you dare log it on your Fitbit.
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Photos taken during the April Playday workshop by Kim Sherrod.
The Nuno felting Workshop taught by Kathy Hays was attended by these members:
Cheryl Martin, Nancy David, Betsy Meyer, Eileen Dykstra, Lori Stone, Roberta Miller, Kathy King, Marsha Kaszuba, Shawn Woods, Patsy Monk, Pat Fox, Adrianne Coloton, Judy Merick, Anne McCunney, Carol Anderson, Kendra Drobnak, Laura Reed and Kim Sherrod during Play Day March 22, 2009.
|Kathy Provided us with 3 types of fabric to laminate with wool. The yellow was dyed scrim, blue was chiffon and magenta was silk organza.
|Once we laid down a fine layer of wool roving on the bubble wrap we got busy layering the scrim, chiffon and organza on top. After that we added some soapy water and gently patted it to make sure it was thoroughly saturated.
|Some of our members mixed their colors to obtain a higher contrast.
|Using one long piece of bubble wrap we laid each wool and fabric combo in a row.
|Once it was determined to be wet enough, we rolled it up and tied the bubble wrap with two pieces of knee high hose. This was when all the felting aerobics began!
|We rolled them 100 rolls and then untied it and rerolled it and retied it starting at the opposite end.
After another 100 or so rolls we were ready to unroll it from the noodle and bubble wrap and take each wool laminate and roll it up in a bamboo sushi mat and give it 20 or more rolls to full the felt.
|After each piece was pinch tested and held up to check to make sure the fibers were showing on the opposite surface we gently held them in our hands and rolled them, "like baby birds" and suddenly the samples looked wrinkled and textured and it was pronounced a successful workshop!
|Kathy also had kits for sale and I know I will be working on mine sometime soon!
It was great to learn a new technique and to have fun with fellow Surface Design Members.
|I used my yellow scrim and brown wool laminate to make a wee elf coat.
It was great to learn the process, although it was physically a lot of work, I think the end result is worth it.
Thanks to Judy for all her work in making this class happen!
I would love to see everyone's finished samples from the class so please remember to bring them to the May meeting!
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Not everyone can sing. Not everyone can write. Even fewer people can sing professionally. Even fewer can write professionally. Do not be like those poor deluded souls who audition for the X Factor and clearly can't sing for toffee. There are far too many hopelessly written typescripts sloshing about on publisher's slush piles. They clog up the system and are a waste of everybody's time, particularly if you are a good writer yourself. There is a mistaken view that writing for children is easy. It isn't. There is another view that children's books today are of generally poor quality. They aren't. On the contrary the rest of the world is queueing up to buy children's books published in the UK. If you do not yourself know in your innermost soul that children will enjoy your story then please I beg you do not send it (or even show it) to anyone. Before you send it, it is an excellent idea to read stories aloud to children. But, for an honest opinion, not your own children. They are biased. You don't need to like children yourself, but they need to like your work. No, strike that, they need to LOVE your work. Getting published is a paradoxical business. To get published your work needs to be recognised by someone else. Your champion! You are in the peculiar position of an egg looking for a particular sperm among thousands. Apologies if that is a ghastly thought, but it shows you how the odds are stacked against you. Every publishing success story has a different route. Nowadays, professionally speaking, your champion will in all likelihood be either a commissioning editor in a largish publishing house, or a literary agent.
Getting your typescript to either and having them actually read it are necessarily tortuous and difficult. Personally speaking I wouldn't waste a second worrying about it all. Your job is to make your story irresistible. Concentrate on that. It is surprising how many really brilliant things are never lost.
· As an editor at Oxford University Press, Transworld and Scholastic, David Fickling worked with writers including Philip Pullman and Jacqueline Wilson. He founded David Fickling books in 1999, which is now an imprint of Random House.


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|Home > On the Effects of Coating Thickness in Transient Heat Transfer Experiments Using Thermochromic Liquid Crystals
Transient heat transfer experiments typically employ thermochromic liquid crystals to temporally map surface temperatures. The desired heat transfer coefficient is then calculated from the solution of Fourier's 1D transient heat conduction equation which is set to model the wall temperature at the solid–fluid interface. However, the experimental conditions do not always justify this assumption due to occurring layers of additional paint shielding the actual liquid crystal from the immediate exposure to the working fluid. The disregard of these additional layers with respect to their thicknesses in the evaluation process produces biased heat transfer results. In order to systematically assess the effect of coating thickness on the evaluated heat transfer, the present investigation reports on the application of three different liquid crystal types in layers in transient experiments. These were conducted for two different flow regimes using separate test facilities, i.e. a flow over a tetrahedra-shaped vortex generator and jet flows from an in-line row of orifices within a low aspect ratio impingement channel. Reynolds numbers of 100,000 and 50,000 based on hydraulic and jet orifice diameter were investigated, respectively. Upon consideration of the actual liquid crystals' coating thicknesses from measurements, the investigations show that disregarding the layer thicknesses can lead to a significant underestimation of the resulting heat transfer, particularly for large thicknesses. By taking into account the respective coating thicknesses the experimental discrepancies could be reduced from 14% to less than 5%, accomplishing high data redundancy.


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A Gap Year: The Daraja Way
Since its inception in 2012, 115 girls have graduated from the Transition Program. The concept for the program developed in reaction to the long "gap" in the Kenyan academic calendar between national secondary school exam results and college matriculation. We decided to use this time by extending our curriculum for graduating students, ensuring that every Daraja girl could be as prepared as possible for higher education, career, and adult life.
The length of the programming varies according to the Kenyan academic calendar, but typically lasts between three and five months, commencing soon after students finish their K.C.S.E. exams. The Transition Program allows students to learn life skills in both a classroom and practical environment.
In the Classroom
Transitioners stay on campus, giving them additional time to strengthen relationships with each other and their teachers. The primary focus of their new course load is building up their career and life skills. Class topics include:
- Career Exploration
- Computer Skills
- Personal Finance
- Community Leadership
- Home Economics
- Integrity & Ethics
- Business Skills
- Citizen Responsibilities
Computer Skills has been one of the most popular Transition topics. All 34 Transition participants in 2016 completed computer training, and tested and received completion certificates in each Microsoft Office program. After completing the program, they all pointed to this training as one of the most impactful parts of the program. Transitioners also continue to take the ever-popular W.I.S.H. class, and dive deeper into topics that concern the development and empowerment of young, adult women.
In the field
To put their new skills to practice, girls spend a significant portion of Transition in community service, internships, and entrepreneurship training.
Community Service
Transitioners volunteer in similar, or even the same, projects they devoted so many hours to in secondary school. During the 2016 program, more than 3,000 individuals indirectly benefited from community service projects performed by Transitioners from Daraja. Projects included conducting workshops for primary school girls on feminine hygiene, reproductive health, and the dangers of FGM (Female Genital mutilation.)
2016 Transitioners also organized and participated in a Red Cross blood drive, and taught a seminar on water sanitation to an audience of 300 community members.
Every Transitioner is required to undertake an internship. In the past, students have worked at various businesses, non-profit organizations, research centers, and local schools. Through internships, girls learn valuable work skills, build up their resumes, and insert themselves into positions of responsibility in their communities. Daraja has consistently received stellar feedback from the girls' employers about their performances.
Students also gain practical business knowledge: In 2016, seven Transitioner groups presented their business plans to a 52-member audience including college students, entrepreneurs, County Assemblymen, four NGO representatives, and the Chairman of the Chambers of Trade and Commerce. In fact, many of the Daraja girls have proven to have a real affinity for business: Mary, a Transitioner from 2013, supplements her income by helping aspiring entrepreneurs write their business plans.


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Rackspace Intelligence
Getting started with Rackspace Intelligence for the cloud
Last updated on: 2018-11-01
Authored by: Constanze Kratel
Note: This guide is for Rackspace Intelligence on a standard cloud account. If you have a dedicated account, see Getting started with Rackspace Intelligence for dedicated accounts.
Rackspace Intelligence provides a dashboard that shows actionable insights into the health of your infrastructure. You can use these insights to improve your system's performance and availability.
You can use Rackspace Intelligence to help you understand the following kinds of entities:
- Rackspace cloud servers
- Rackspace cloud databases
- Other entities that might be hosted by Rackspace or an another service
Rackspace Intelligence can gather and act on only the information that is available to it. For example, if you define a website that is hosted outside of Rackspace as an entity, then you might be able to place a check on its ping time, but you probably won't be able to check the space available in its file system.
Access Rackspace Intelligence
Use the following steps to access Rackspace Intelligence:
Log in to the Cloud Control Panel.
If your account is configured to require it, you might need to perform additional steps to lMulti-factor authentication from the Cloud Control Panel.
In the top navigation bar, click Select a Product > Rackspace Intelligence.
Learn Rackspace Intelligence vocabulary
To fully use the features that Rackspace Intelligence offers, you should familiarize yourself with the basic concepts about entity monitoring and metrics. For more information, see Learning the Rackspace Intelligence vocabulary.
Explore the Rackspace Intelligence dashboard
Actions that you can perform in the user interface are grouped into four sections: Monitor, Alert, Suppress, and Visualize. Within each section, you can view details about the action. For more information, see Understanding the Rackspace Intelligence user interface.
Begin working with a new entity
As soon as it becomes aware of an entity, Rackspace Intelligence can discover and display basic status information about it. Rackspace Intelligence can give you deeper insights about an entity if you configure that entity to provide more information. For suggestions on steps that you can take to maximize the information available to Rackspace Intelligence, see Preparing to use Rackspace Intelligence.
Manage how Rackspace Intelligence monitors your infrastructure
You can use the Monitor, Alert, Suppress, and Visualize sections of the interface to identify infrastructure that you want to monitor and examine events in your configuration.
Use the Rackspace Intelligence dashboard
You can use the Rackspace Intelligence dashboard to examine and manage how Rackspace Intelligence interacts with your infrastructure. The Rackspace Intelligence dashboard provides information about the following items:
- Entities monitored by Rackspace Intelligence
- Monitoring agents
- Open alerts
- Current suppressed notifications
- Notifications that were suppressed in the past
You can also use the Rackspace Intelligence dashboard to generate graphs to visualize infrastructure status.
Monitor entities
The list of entities identifies all entities known to Rackspace Intelligence. While displaying the list of known entities, you can perform management functions such as defining new entities.
The Monitor section of the interface also displays information about Notifications and Notification Plans.
Monitor open alerts
The list of open alerts identifies all entities that are currently in a status for which you have asked Rackspace Intelligence to trigger alarms.
Depending on the notification plans that you have defined, appropriate communications and actions might have already occurred in response to these alerts. Examine the list directly to investigate infrastructure status in context whether or not you were automatically notified about status changes.
Change how Rackspace Intelligence communicates its findings
You can manage how you are notified of status changes, as well as which notifications are suppressed.
You can also examine a log to investigate the changes that occurred while notifications were suppressed.
Report infrastructure status
When Rackspace Intelligence detects a status change, it can report its findings by sending email or a text message. Rackspace Intelligence can also respond to a status change by executing a policy that is defined by a webhook.
To customize how Rackspace Intelligence responds when it detects a status change, perform the following actions:
- Define notifications . Ensure that you also provide contact details as part of this process.
- Define notification plans. Ensure that you also define the notifications that you want to perform, and under which circumstances.
Suppress reporting of infrastructure status
Rackspace Intelligence enables you to suppress notifications when notifications are temporarily inappropriate, such as during scheduled maintenance activity.
Examine the suppression log
To investigate the alerts that the system muted but that ordinarily would have prompted notifications, you can examine the suppression log.
View what Rackspace Intelligence sees
The information in this section shows you how to view the information that Rackspace Intelligence sees.
Visualize infrastructure status
Rackspace Intelligence can report its findings visually through the following types of graphs:
Basic graphs: These predefined graphs enable you to observe changes in the status of an entity that occurred within a specific time range.
Custom graphs: These graphs enable you to compare multiple entities and multiple metrics.
Create checks and alarms for your entities
The information in this section shows you how to create checks and alarms for your entities.
Create and manage checks and alarms
Rackspace Intelligence provides a wizard that enables you to create monitoring checks that collect metric data for your infrastructure. You can set up alarms for your checks to receive notifications when certain metric data meet criteria. You can also perform management functions, such as editing your checks and editing your alarms.
Experience what Rackspace has to offer.
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You definitely want to look after your health no matter what time of year it is, but you might not think of summer as being a time that could really affect it. However, the hot weather, bright sunshine and unhealthy foods that are common during summer can all have an effect on how you feel.
Luckily, there are things you can do to ensure you continue to look and feel great all summer long - even if the kids being off school means you're running around a lot more than usual! Here are some of our top tips to stay healthy until autumn, even if the British summer isn't as warm as we might hope.
Swap your bedding
It can be hard to get to sleep when the weather is hot. You can end up tossing and turning, as well as feeling hot and sticky, which doesn't help you get a good night's rest. Changing your bedding for lighter options can make a big difference.
Opt for a thinner duvet or make a switch to sheets and blankets on hot nights and enjoy how much cooler it will make you feel. You can also promote a more relaxing environment by spritzing our Citrus and Lavender room mist in your bedroom before you go to bed.
Get outside
We all need plenty of vitamin D to stay healthy, which means making the most of the sun before autumn and winter arrive. Spend as much time as you can outside, even if it isn't brilliantly sunny, as this will improve both your physical and mental health.
Just be sure to wear sun protection to look after your skin and avoid being in the sun around midday. If you want to keep the bugs away while chilling in your garden, light one of our Citronella outdoor candles.
Make time to relax
Having the kids off school, going on holidays and having to think of family activities can all be fairly stressful. Trying to do a lot of things during the summer can soon leave you tired and mean you miss out on having fun during the season. This is why it is important that you make time to relax.
Enjoy some time to yourself and make it a regular thing so you can reduce your stress levels and make the most of the summer. Relax in a long bath with our refreshing Greentea and Grapefruit bath foam, unwind in the evening with a scented candle or simply read a few chapters of your book while spending the day on the beach.


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Near Port Selao
I can't believe it. I've been furiously scribbling notes for the past 2 hours trying desperately to recall every word the Jackal said to me over our last three interviews.
My cassette tapes have been confiscated – the tapes containing the Jackal interviews. All three of my interviews are gone. I have nothing.
I woke this morning to banging in the hotel hallway. Every day reveals some new crisis, so much so that these emergencies start to feel routine.
Just as I considered making a hasty exit, the banging arrived at my door. Two men entered -- contractors. An African who looked to be in charge and a younger Filipino. While the African stood at the entrance, the Filipino began rifling through my belongings.
I asked the African who he was, APR or UFLL, but he gave me nothing. Suddenly the Filipino shouted, "I have them!"
He was clutching my cassettes. "Good," snapped the African. "Take them. We'll destroy them at the office."
They both turned and marched out. I raced after them shouting to stop. I followed them right down to the street. I could have been a ghost. They walked with complete disregard for my presence. They climbed into their rover and sped off. The Filipino parted with a sideways smirk to me.
My tapes were gone. Were they really planning on destroying them? God, I hope not. And I can't tell you if they were APR or UFLL.


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Classically mimicking nature, 18ct Fairtrade Gold ring with discreet Canadian diamonds abstractly scattered across the surface resembling the trickle of sunbeams. Every piece is organically crafted by hand in our Battersea studio.
Material: 18ct Fairtrade Gold with Canadian sourced diamonds
kO-mO-'re-bE a new fine collection in 18ct Fairtrade Gold and ethically sourced diamonds || Sunbeams as they trickle and flow through knots, twists and entwined branches of age old trees. Nature. Warmth and light meandering through life's obstacles, reaching out with a gentle touch. It is a language of oneness and union - that we are one in and of Nature. Language allows us to share, to connect, to be one and yet, it evades us. And so we borrow and share meaning through another language - KOMOREBI.


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Former Oakland University women's basketball coach Beckie Francis wants to know why she was fired, and a court hearing next week may reveal that information.
Deborah Gordon, who represents Francis, has filed a lawsuit against the university, asking the court to compel OU to provide Francis's complete employee file.
'OU relieved Beckie of her duties for cause,' Gordon said Friday.
'They don't want to provide her with the part of her file that says what the 'for cause' is. They don't mind going to the media to say she's relieved of her duties for cause. They've done that and many other things with the media. They will not give (the cause) to us.'
Gordon said the filing is 'not a lawsuit in the traditional sense.' She and Francis are seeking an order declaring Oakland University in violation of the Bullard-Plawecki Employee Right To Know Act and costs, damages and actual attorney's fees incurred in obtaining the personnel file.
A hearing - which Gordon presumes will be the only hearing in the case - is scheduled for Wednesday in front of Oakland County Circuit Judge Martha Anderson.
'I think people just assumed in the normal course that certainly (Francis) must have been told (what the cause of her firing was),' Gordon said.
'Anything she knows, she knows from what has been in the media.'
In June, OU officials released a statement to the media regarding Francis' termination.
'Indications of conduct and behavior of the women's basketball head coach, that if true could be malfeasance and materially adversely affect the orderly or efficient operation of the women's basketball program, came to the attention of an Oakland University administrator in April.'
Francis was officially fired June 12.
After Francis was fired, one of her former players, Jenna Bachrouche, told The Oakland Press that Francis attempted to convert her from Islam to Christianity and obsessed over Bachrouche's weight, going so far as to challenge her to a weight loss contest.
'You don't cross Coach Beckie or you will get harassed,' Bachrouche said at the time.
Gordon said Francis began seeking the information in June, and Gordon became involved a few weeks ago.
'I've been going around in circles,' she said, noting that the university has fulfilled her requests for documents with files full of mostly redacted information.
'As a longtime employment attorney, this is a new one for me,' Gordon said.
'I've never had this much of a problem getting an employees files.'
OU has paid nearly $100,000 for an internal review into Francis and her basketball program over the past six months.
Francis' request for relief states that the coach has requested a complete copy of her personnel record five times. One of those times was on Sept. 16. Two days later, the university denied the request, 'mischaracterizing (her) request as a (Freedom of Information Act) request for her personnel record with requests from 'media outlets seeking disclosure,'' the request for relief states.
One week later, Francis retained Gordon and submitted a new request, which was granted on Oct. 2.
'The report was redacted to the point that only the headings of the report were legible,' the request states, adding that the university said the internal review report 'does not satisfactorily meet the definition of 'personnel record.''
Gordon said representatives of the university have not provided case law to support that position. Francis is willing to have all names redacted.
Also revealed in the request is a 90-day statute of limitations created by OU, which expires on Nov. 30.
'(Francis) has less than a month remaining to file an action for breach of contract under the terms ... of her employee agreement,' the request states.
OU released a brief statement Friday afternoon.
'The University has been engaged with the former head basketball coach's attorney and has already provided her with substantial documentation,' reads the statement from Dave Groves, assistant director of media relations at Oakland University.
'While doing so, however, the University has been careful to respond in a manner that properly balanced the University's various legal obligations, including the federally mandated protection of student privacy rights. The University will continue to strive to protect the privacy rights of its students.'
Francis was hired in 1997 and signed a five-year contract extension in 2009. She led the Golden Grizzlies to two NCAA Tournament appearances, was named conference coach of the year twice and was the second-winningest coach in program history at the time of her termination, according to the request filed by Gordon.
She received annual salary increases and excellent performance evaluations from the university and had her teams ranked in the top-20 percentile among women's Division I teams in academic performance throughout her tenure.


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China's Dalian Wanda is seeking up to $1.5 billion for its film unit, Wanda Pictures, according to a new report.
The Wall Street Journal, citing financial documents, says Wanda Pictures is valued at $5.35 billion (RMB35 billion) as it preps for an initial public offering.
Last month, Wanda Pictures agreed to pay up to $3.5 billion for Legendary Entertainment, producer of such films as "The Dark Knight Rises" and "Pacific Rim."
Wanda Pictures also includes its own Chinese production operations–they include box office hits "Mojin The Lost Legend" (previously known as "The Ghouls") and "Goodbye Mister Loser." Its gross revenues are reported as $1.05 billion (RMB6.7 billion).
Wanda Group chairman Wang Jianlin has previously stated that he was considering flotations for one or both of the production or distribution companies. He has not indicated on what exchange the IPO would take place, though a mainland Chinese market or the Hong Kong Stock Exchange are the most likely. (Exhibition chain, Wanda Cinema Line is listed in China, Wanda Commercial Properties in Hong Kong.)
Wanda Group also owns U.S. movie theater chain AMC Entertainment.
The latest move appears to show Wanda Pictures being given either a full IPO, or a backdoor listing through use of a listed shell company, or its injection into another company controlled by Wanda. The documents seen by the WSJ show that if Wanda Pictures does not achieve a listing within a year that the investors will receive an offer from Wanda Culture instead and that they will be given a 15% annual return.
Wanda Pictures is currently 20% owned by Wang personally, with Wanda Culture already holding 55% and Wanda group the remaining 25%.
It is not clear whether the acquisition of Legendary has yet been completed. Last month it received approval for the deal from U.S. trade authorities, but Chinese regulatory approvals are also required. The cash injection and later flotation of Wanda Pictures would represent a way for Wanda to reduce the cost of the deal.


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Most Helpful Apps for Your Next Hiking Adventure
If you love nature as much you love staying fit, hiking is the activity for you After all, it's the only outdoor activity that lets you exercise while discovering and exploring the wonders of nature on foot. Perhaps this is the reason behind the popularity of hiking, especially in recent years. Indeed, the number of hikers in the U.S. climbed to more than 47 million during spring 2017, compared to a tick over 44 million during spring 2016.
During its rise in popularity, the activity of hiking also grew in ease of access, much due to more advanced ways to prepare for your adventure. For example, several apps now help you choose the best trail for the particular time of year, your hiking route, and what you need to do to prevent getting lost. Take a look at the following hiking apps in this vein.
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Download any of these apps to prepare for your next hiking adventure. You can also use them to plan and organize all of your future hiking trips. This way, you can experience various topographies and geographic features specifically of interest to you.
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Families and earn foreign share in the sale of homes in 2015 for the second year. According to the real estate yearbook 2015 of the College of Registrars, house sales made by households accounted for 87.3% of all transactions in 2015, representing a 2.6% increase, while the purchase of flats by foreign marked a new record high by packing 13.18% of total transactions.
Real Estate Registration Statistics shows the growing importance of foreign buyers in the housing market. Specifically, housing acquisitions accounted for an annual average of 13.2% of all transactions recorded in 2015, adding the seventh consecutive year of growth from 4.2% in 2009, which marked the lowest point. Thus, home purchases by foreigners has maintained its "favorable evolution" during 2015, leading to a new year high of home buying by foreigners to be above 13.01% in 2014.
By region, the participation of foreign citizens observed especially in tourist geographic areas par excellence: Baleares (35.6% of total sales made in the community are carried out by foreigners), followed by Canarias (28.1%) and Valencia (26.4%). As a counterpoint, with less presence of foreign transactions, Galicia (0.6%), Extremadura (0.8%) and Castilla y León (1.4%) would stand.
Following recent legislative reforms that allow the granting of residence permits to foreigners who perform one or more real estate acquisitions for a total amount equal to or above 500,000 euros, the yearbook includes a segmentation in this regard. These operations of high value homes have accounted for 5.2% of all purchases made by foreigners, similar to 2014 and 4.7% higher than 2013. Of these, 62% are EU citizens and 38% remaining non-EU, down on 2014, the year in which the latter reached 44.9%. By region, highlights again Baleares, with 16% of transactions above 500,000 euros.
Statistical Yearbook Property Registry also analyzes the use of housing as well investment or use through halftime possession of their owners when they sold. The purchases with period exceeding five years have passed possession of 43.7% in 2007 to 80.7% of the total in 2015. By contrast, operations with period less than five years increased from 56.3% possession in 2007 to 19.3% in 2015. with small ups and downs, the average time of possession has increased from 7 years and 10 months in 2008 to 12 years and 7 months of 2015, representing 62% more.
Regarding the surface characteristics of the homes purchased, buyers are still plumping for average-sized homes or medium-large. Specifically, the houses less than 40 square meters accounted for 3.7% of transactions, followed by 40-60 square meters, with 17.1%.
Thus, the remaining 80% corresponds to the houses of 60-80 square meters (29.1%) and those over 80 square meters, which staged themselves 50.1% of acquisitions. By autonomous communities, Navarra and Extremadura stand, where two thirds of households have acquired more than 80 square meters. On the opposite side Catalonia and the Canary Islands, where two-thirds would be below the surface would be located.
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The recorder data show that, with rising share in the sale of homes, businesses continue to lose weight in the housing market, and that carried 12.7% of all operations in 2015, compared to 15.3 % in 2014 and 21.9% in 2013, although still widely exceed the volume of 2007 (5.1%).
The distribution of purchases and sales between individuals and legal persons is not homogeneous throughout Spain. Canary Islands, Murcia and Catalonia are the regions where companies have a greater weight in housing operations, while Basque Country, Extremadura, La Rioja and Asturias are the territories where the role of individuals is higher.


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The ASSAM State Higher Secondary Education Council, Guwahati is conducted 1st and 2nd year Higher Secondary annual final examination tests for Assamee and English medium annual public examinations in the month of March every year. The Higher Education of Assam State will be issued the AHSEC HS Admit Card 2020. forr higher secondary first and second semester Science and Arts/Commerce stream students annual public examinations March.
Students who are wish to appear and reappear as a regular, private, vocational candidates to the class 11th and 12th stage HS final exams they can download Online admit cards.The AHSEC will distribute the original HS admit card for annual public examinations to 1st and 2nd year Arts and Science students through the State government and private colleges head of the departments/principals in before one month of the examination schedule.
All eligible students who are appearing to the final exams will collect your AHSEC Science, Arts and Commerce Roll Number slips through your concerned college principals. In case if you are not received with any problem or anyone can forgotten the Assam HS original Admit Card 2020 or Roll Number Slips given by the Council of Assam State the candidate can download through online before 15 days of the commencement of the examination schedule from the following simple steps:
- Log into Assam Council Official website http://www.ahsec.nic.in
- Find HS Admit Card option
- Select first and second semester
- Enter school name and present Roll Number
- Click the download link.
The AHSEC Assam HS online admit card 2020 or examination roll number slip will displayed on the screen and check the details like candidates photograph, college details, allotted examination center, details of the stream confirm it and take a copy of printout for attend the examination center in before one hour of examination time. The AHSEC Officials are accepted the online HS Admit Card is original AHSEC roll number 2020 slip for appearing final annual examinations March 2020 for all regular and private candidates.
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