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Over 3 years ago the third most popular social network in the world was created. Pinterest has become the ultimate hub for people to post theme-based images of recipes, fashion, crafts, and so much more. For local businesses in particular, Pinterest is the perfect place to connect with over 85 million unique visitors each month. Just recently, 'Place Pins' were added as a new addition to Pinterest.
"Place Pins were designed to combine the beautiful imagery of a travel magazine with the utility of a map online so you can share it with friends. You can access them from anywhere on your Android device or iPhone, too, which means you can find new places on the go and even get directions!" – Pinterest
From a Local SEO perspective, Place Pins creates the perfect opportunity for industries such as food and hospitality to promote their local businesses to a massive audience. If you actually do have the best burgers in town or the cleanest hotel in the city, active Pinners can now view your business address, telephone number, and images of products or services you offer on a map.
"Every day people Pin roughly 1.5 million places and with the addition of Place Pins there are now more than 750 million Pins of these destinations." – Pinterest
Before I provide you with a 'Step by Step Guide to 'Place Pins' I am first going to teach you some basic SEO practices to get your Pinterest account pulling in customers.
12 Best Practises to Use on Pinterest
1. Go to your settings, scroll down to 'Search Privacy,' and slide the bar to NO. You obviously want your business showing up in search engine results and if your bar is switched to YES, then all of your local business information will be hidden from Google and other search engines.
2. Go to your settings, scroll down to 'Profile,' and click 'Edit Profile'. Fill out the 'About You' section with a description of your local business and specific targeted keywords you are going after. Also, in the 'Edit Profile' section, fill out the full address for your business and your business website.
3. Also in the settings section connect your Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ accounts.
4. Create local specific boards such as the city your business is in and showcase pictures of your city. Name the board the name of your city.
5. Create other boards that showcase high quality images of your products, services, office, employees, business history and business type.
6. Follow other Pinterest users in your area that have the buyer persona your business is trying to target.
7. Only Pin high quality images that you would like your followers to share and post a high quality display picture of your company logo.
8. Write detailed descriptions with long tail targeted keywords for your products, services, and local images. Also, add a link in your Pin description to your product or service on your website and the price of your product or service. Although the links are 'no follow' you can still easily obtain new customers or clients by showcasing your products and services.
9. Just like Twitter, Google+, and Instagram it's also very important to use hashtags # when pinning to make your Pin easily discoverable.
10. Don't just Pin pictures of your own business. Become an active user of Pinterest in your community and Pin as well as "Like" other people's local pictures or images that relate to your business type.
11. Don't just promote your pins on Pinterest. Make sure to share your Pins across all social media sites your business is active on.
12. Add a 'Pin-It' button to your website so traffic to your site can easily Pin images they are interested in to their boards. Ensure that the title and alt text of all of your images are filled out because this is where Pinterest pulls in all of the default information about your image.
A Step by Step Guide to 'Place Pins'
I am now going to walk you through how to set up place pins for your local business to optimize your local SEO.As an example, I have used the official Pinterest page of McDonald's Corporation. McDonald's has done a fantastic job at maintaining their corporate Pinterest page with over 3020 followers. They have created a board called 'McDonald's Restaurants Around the World' which showcases unique McDonald's locations from all over the world. This board serves as a perfect example of how McDonald's can benefit from using 'Place Pins' to allow users to find their local locations. Once someone finds a location they are interested in, the pin will tell them the exact address and phone number of that McDonald's location so that they can easily find it.
Step 1.
Log in if you already have a Pinterest account or sign up with your Facebook account or email to set up a new account. Head on over to your board. If you haven't already, create a location specific board. This board should include high quality pictures of your local business. For example, if you own a hotel or resort chain you would want to include quality pictures of each location.
Step 2.
Select 'Edit' on your location specific board you would like to showcase on 'Place Pins.'
Step 3.
Once the 'edit board' screen shows up you will want to go to the 'Add a map?' switch and change it from 'No' to 'Yes'.
Step 4.
Once you have changed the switch from 'No' to 'Yes', select 'Save Changes'.
Step 5.
You will then be directed back to your board. Select the 'Cover Photo' on your location specific board and you will then be re-directed to Pinterest's new map.
Step 6.
Once you are here you will have two choices: either add an existing pin to the map by clicking on the '(+)' button next to one of your pins on your board or add a new pin to the map by clicking the 'Add a Place' button at the top.
Step 7.
You will then have to enter in the address of the location you are searching for. Pinterest pulls in all of its local business information from Foursquare. As you can see they have showcased 'Powered by Foursquare' on the button of the 'Add a Place' screen.
Note: If you haven't claimed your local business(s) listing on Foursquare yet, you will have to go through the verification process, which can take upwards of 3-4 weeks to be approved. Make sure to fully fill out your Foursquare profile and add an image of your local business so that as much information about your local business pin show's up on the Pinterest map.
Step 8.
Once you have found the correct address for your local business pin click 'Map It'.
Step 9.
On Step 6, if you didn't select an existing pin and instead clicked 'Add a Place', you will first have to 'Map It' then you will be re-directed to a page that makes you provide a description and either 'Upload a Photo' or select an existing photo of the local business.
Step 10.
Once you have placed your pin on the map. Select the pin again to expand it like the picture below. When you view the expanded version of your pin, you will be able to see the map and address of your 'Place Pin'. Click the 'pencil' to edit your pin.
Step 11.
Inside the edit screen the default source page will be Foursquare. Change the Foursquare URL to your local business URL. For example if you have multiple resorts with multiple websites you will want to make the source the homepage for each resort. If you only have one website with multiple locations you will want to make the source the contact page for that specific local business location. Although this link is 'no follow' it will still have the potential to convert several people that might not know about your local business into new customers.
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If you know any other ways to boost your SEO or Local SEO with Pinterest or would like to share a successful 'Place Pins' campaign your company has started, tell us about it in the comment section below!


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The unusually high temperatures experienced in the UK this summer has seen a number of outbreaks of Koi Herpes Virus (KHV) in hobbyist Koi ponds, as well as in natural bodies of water. There have been reported outbreaks in several trade premises, believed to originate in fish imported from Israel, and in the past 12 months the USA has seen several outbreaks among Koi imported from Japan.
KHV has been with us for at least 20 years, having been confirmed in Israel and Germany in 1998, and in tissue samples which were taken in the UK in 1996. The first recorded outbreak in Japan was in 2003 among food carp in Lake Biwa. KHV has since been identified in at least 28 countries, a list of which includes all of the major Koi keeping countries of the world.
The 2003 outbreak in Japan sent shock waves through the Koi industry and resulted in some very significant changes. The long-established practise of mixing Koi from different breeders for shipping from a central holding facility would cease as farms were required to health certify their Koi. Koi shows would also change, the All Japan Koi Show in 2004 would see the introduction of English style shows, or the 'my pool' system, whereby Koi from different sources were no longer mixed together.
Before the end of decade well publicised KHV outbreaks were confirmed at both Momotaro Koi Farm and Sakai Fish Farm in Japan, and later Chogoro Koi Farm in Niigata also had an outbreak.
Sadly the 20 years that have passed haven't provided us with a cure to KHV, it seemingly falls way down the importance chain for funding and investment in research. Still the testing methods for detecting KHV are far from fool proof. However, with what is known there are lots of things the hobbyist can do to minimise the risks they face of KHV getting into their personal Koi collection, and below we'll look at some of those things.
The first and single most overriding things is NEVER introduce Koi to your pond from unknown sources.
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It is very evident that Koi can carry the virus for a number of years without encountering the conditions which will cause the virus to break out. A significant factor in this is water temperature, research suggesting that outbreaks occur at water temperatures between 16-25°C, with 23-25°C being optimal. According to Met Office data the average temperature in England in July and August is 20.4°C and 20.1°C respectively. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland being lower. Given this then it is clear to see that many ponds will not get warm enough, for long enough, to trigger an outbreak except in periods of unseasonably high, and prolonged temperatures, as has been experienced in 2018.
Whilst a fellow hobbyist's collection may have always appeared healthy, or may not have had any new additions for a long time, be sure to consider the importance of time and temperature on the occurrence of KHV before acquiring a Koi from them and placing it directly into your own pond.
The more likely source of a new Koi is of course via a dealer. It's a very simple fact that not all dealers take the importance of quarantine equally! Some quite ridiculously still operate as though it is the 1980's when it was commonplace to collect Koi straight from the airport and sell them immediately, others thankfully operate a more belt and braces approach. Hopefully you don't need me to tell you which is the sensible dealer to visit?
By quarantining Koi prior to sale a dealer should be doing everything in their power to protect you and your collection from infection by parasites, bacteria or virus on new purchases.
In pre KHV days quarantining would have meant that the Koi were rested and parasite 'free'. Of course, now, as then, it's quite normal for Koi to carry low levels of parasites which they can live with without concern.
Nowadays, if a dealer is really concerned with minimising the risk of them supplying you with KHV infected Koi then the quarantine period is costlier, takes longer and, for them, contains more risk.
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The Oxford Dictionary defines 'biosecurity' as – 'Procedures or measures designed to protect the population against harmful biological or biochemical substances.'
The World Organisation for Animal Health's 'Manual of Diagnostic Tests for Aquatic Animals' states – 'Biosecurity measures should include ensuring that new introductions of fish are from disease-free sources and installation of a quarantine system where new fish can be held with sentinel fish at permissive temperatures for KHVD. The fish are then quarantined for a minimum of 4 weeks to 2 months before transfer to the main site and mixing with naïve fish. Hygiene measures on site should be similar to those recommended for SVC and include disinfection of eggs, regular disinfection of ponds, chemical disinfection of farm equipment, careful handling of fish to avoid stress and safe disposal of dead fish.'
The reality of this for Koi dealers means that the Koi should be quarantined in a separate facility to the regular retail facility. Nothing should be transferred between those facilities, for example nets, bowls, bags whilst the Koi are being quarantined.
Very significantly the quarantine period MUST include maintaining the Koi at a temperature range that is likely to cause the virus to break out if it is present in the Koi being quarantined, the practise of heat ramping.
It's a simple proven fact that subjecting the Koi to cycles of heat ramping during the quarantine period increases the likelihood of KHV breaking out.
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Given the evidence, surely any dealer truly concerned with protecting their customers from the risk of KHV would heat ramp their Koi, wouldn't they? Whilst it is true that there is no guarantee that KHV will be exposed by heat ramping there are numerous cases where heat ramping has proven to be the key in doing so and had it not been undertaken seemingly healthy Koi would have been released into unsuspecting customer ponds like a time bomb just waiting for the right environmental conditions, conditions like this summer, to explode with catastrophic results.
Home Quarantine
If you really want to be as 100% sure of protecting yourself from the risks of introducing KHV to your own collection, the adopt a period of quarantine yourself.
Before the days of KHV then I generally considered home quarantine as a luxury. Certainly many of the substandard quarantine systems I've seen used over the years did more harm than good when customers were buying from trusted dealers who had settled and treated newly imported Koi for parasites before release to the public.
As dealers have needed to take quarantine more seriously, and invest in setting up dedicated quarantine units, then perhaps for hobbyists they are also no longer a luxury.
There are excellent ready made fibreglass units available which sited in a suitable location can make ideal bio-secure quarantine systems. Filtration systems such as the Evolution Aqua EazyPod are relatively small and compact, reasonably priced, and deliver high quality water and are perfect for quarantine unit. It would be very simple to use a show pool and EazyPod as a temporary quarantine systems provided you have somewhere to locate it. With a small electric heater the water could easily be raised to the required parameters.
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It's not the end of the hobby
I remember the first outbreak of KHV being reported from Japan in 2003 extremely vividly, it was days before I was due to visit Niigata for the first time. Fearing that we may not be able to access farms or purchase Koi in Niigata we amended the schedule and visited elsewhere.
It was easy to believe that this was the start of the end for the Koi hobby, 15 years on it clearly wasn't, although the threat from KHV is perhaps greater than ever, certainly there is no progress in destroying the virus. However, by adopting sensible practises, and some precautions, it is very easy for the hobbyist to almost completely negate any risk of them being affected by the virus.
Links to additional information
CEFAS Fish Health Inspectorate – https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/fish-health-inspectorate
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European Union Reference Library for Fish and Crustacean Diseases – http://www.eurl-fish.eu/diagnostic_manuals/khv
Lincolnshire Fish Health – http://www.lincsfishhealth.co.uk/html/khv.html

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Chronic Care Management Services: 5 Reasons Physicians Leave Money on the Table
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It has been nearly a year since the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") introduced payment for chronic care management services ("CCM"). As of January 1, 2015, under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, physicians who perform CCM can bill for such services using CPT code 99490 and receive a payment of approximately $43 per patient per month. Although CMS estimated that a large majority of Medicare patients would be eligible for such services (as most beneficiaries have two or more chronic conditions), CMS received claims for less than one percent of the estimated eligible population.
So why aren't physicians billing for CCM when many are performing CCM services? Based on feedback from physicians, professional societies, and vendors, there are five main reasons physicians are not billing for CCM, and this is what your practice should do to correct this.
1. Patient enrollment is difficult and time consuming. Practices are required to have a conversation with patients to inform them of CCM services. Once informed, patients must provide written consent. Most practices are not organized in a manner that they can do this. To address this, practices should develop and implement a marketing and communications plan to introduce this service to eligible patients and educate them on the benefits. Much of the patient education can be done through educational materials, signage, video, and newsletters provided in the office, on the website, or via a patient portal. Education should focus on the benefits of monthly monitoring of the patient's health. Patients value both high-touch and high-tech approaches. Physician and staff time can be managed if these other tools are used.
2. Copayments create patient dissatisfaction. Patients are responsible for a 20 percent copay for CCM services, which amounts to approximately $8 per month. Since face-to-face encounters are not necessary, it is hard for patients to understand what services they are paying for, and many patients assume this is already a standard part of their care. Thus, the educational process is critical to overcoming this barrier. Patients will pay for services they feel add value to their health. At the same time, it is important to communicate to patients their financial obligations for CCM services. For many, secondary coverage will mitigate their out-of-pocket costs.
3. Electronic Health ("EHRs") may not effectively support CCM requirements. Although The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act has accelerated the adoption and utilization of electronic health records, and meeting meaningful use requirements fulfills many of the CCM needs, some EHRs may not currently have the functionality to adequately support and/or track CCM services. In the EHR, practices should create a care plan template and a tracker to report monthly CCM activities to ensure requirements are met. Additionally, interoperability challenges exist, including the sharing of patient data among providers. Practices should contact their EHR vendors and inquire about any upgrades or workflow recommendations to support CCM requirements. Also, some EHR vendors offer patient outreach services that supplement the CCM services offered by the practice and, collectively, the services of both meet the billing requirements for the service.
4. Compliance is difficult. To be paid for CCM services, practices must provide 24/7 patient access to care management staff, create a comprehensive care plan for each patient, and document at least 20 minutes of CCM clinical staff time per patient per calendar month, among other requirements. CCM services demand transformation of a practice, including care redesign using a team-based model of care. Practices on this journey or those that implemented medical homes will be better equipped to meet the CCM compliance requirements.
5. CCM services require an investment. Implementing a CCM program creates additional costs, including staffing, technology, marketing, and other general expenses, as well as can increase the physician's workload. However, the benefits often outweigh the costs. Practices receive new revenue for services they may already be providing, and patients can benefit from more frequent contacts from the practice. By assessing workflows and reassigning certain activities that do not require a physician's license, practices will gain efficiencies by involving other staff. The practice should perform a cost benefit analysis to understand both the costs and benefits of this service and budget accordingly. Most importantly, the practice needs to consider the strategic advantage of performing such services both in facilitating the move to value-based care and differentiating itself from its competitors.
While cost, implementation, and compliance are challenges, there are many benefits to the practice in pursuing CCM. Practices should not miss the opportunity to use CCM as a driver to position and prepare the practice for future success in a value-based payment environment, while receiving payment in today's fee-for-service world. Start now! Perform your cost-benefit analysis; identify any gaps in your ability to meet the CCM requirements; implement a plan to address workflows, staffing, and documentation needs. CCM can be a first step in transforming your practice for future success.


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Embedded RFID tags are the key component to creating an IoT (Internet of Things) connected environment. RFID is one of the most reliable and lowest cost of the IoT technologies, enabling the network of connected machines, devices, objects and applications. This connected network provides you with the data and analytics that help you to KNOW MORE and make critical business decisions – faster.
Whether you are an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) who is source tagging assets for reverse logistics or as a service to your customers, or an end user in a hospital or datacenter, the promise of big data and enhanced process efficiencies is driving IoT from the consumer market into business … and at a perfect time.
Concealed within a high value device or asset, embedded RFID tags help automate tasks such as inventory management and work in process tracking to provide visibility across a facility or supply chain, as well as track maintenance or returns once your product is commercialized.
Added Value for Your Customers
Everyone is demanding more today – more value, more features, more data. If you could deliver more to your customer wouldn't that make you a more valuable partner?
RFID-enabled products increase your value as an OEM and separate you from the competition. With this inexpensive, discreet tag you provide your customers the ability to create an Enterprise Asset Management solution that can improve their productivity and reduce costs. Not only are assets now easily traceable at all times, they are relaying information that helps workers know more about the business in order to improve material flow and asset management.
Tags hold more than just their ID# – these tags hold thousands of bytes of your data! Products can now carry their information with them wherever they go – which also means all the way through your distribution network. No expensive new systems or system integrations, unique information with each product!
Improved Process Traceability
- Track product lot numbers, revision level and configuration data for components
Enhanced Supply Chain & Reverse Logistics Management
- Easily & accurately track products between factory, distribution and consumer (from sale to repair or return)
Product Life Cycle Management & MRO
- Monitor performance and predict maintenance needs
Enhanced Product Security
- Eliminate fraud, counterfeit products and the potential for warranty abuses
Manage Your Assets in Real Time
A comprehensive Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) solution is one of the easiest and most obvious solutions enterprises are deploying to reduce operational costs and improve profitability. RFID-enabled products create a connected environment that enables you to gain efficiencies in the two areas with the greatest opportunity:
Inventory Management
- Efficiently manage your inventory to greatly reduce lost assets, over purchasing of products, and the unnecessary replacement of products or devices
Work in Process
- Gain unparalleled end-to-end visibility into your supply chain to help improve material flow management
MRO (Maintenance Repair Operations)
- Track certification and repair history on mission-critical equipment
The Science of Embedded Tagging
It's easy to see why Omni-ID is the market leader in designing and developing embedded tags. Our capabilities range from a team of in-house engineers and experts that design and architect solutions all the way though to our wholly owned manufacturing facility. We ensure you get the highest quality product, specific to your application, at the best price in the market.
We understand it's not one size fits all when it comes to embedding RFID into your products, that's the Omni-ID difference.
- More options: tags for on-metal, in-metal or plastic
- More choices: variety of form factors designed for small site/long range and discreet placement within a variety of metal or plastic materials
- Higher quality: designed for optimal performance depending on tag placement inside recesses
- Eliminate the guess work: tag placement carriers and application guidance (link to user guide)
- Best pricing for comparable tags in the market!
The Omni-ID solution becomes even more compelling when you consider adding asset tracking software. This software can be used as standalone or integrate with an existing ERP to provide a complete asset management solution passing data over a local network to allow machines and humans to work collaboratively. These flexible solutions allow businesses to focus on specific use cases that relate to their strategy and goals.
Custom Capabilities – We build your solution
Having manufactured and sold millions of embedded tags globally across a wide range of industries and products including golf balls, drill pipes for oil and gas exploration, medical device trays and tires we understand that many assets require a customized embedded solution for optimal performance. The type of asset and the tag location within it can affect the tag's performance.
Is your asset metal, plastic or wood? We make it easy to embed within your plastic mold tooling process. Is your asset used in a high temperature application, or a harsh environment? If you have a unique application, we can build you a customized tag to fit your asset.
Why are we so confident we can build your tag? Unlike other suppliers, we own our manufacturing and R&D facilities. This enables our engineers and RFID experts to conduct extensive testing, both off-site and on-site at customer facilities, ensuring that each application works as promised upon implementation.
Below is a sampling of the embedded RFID applications we have designed and manufactured:
Golf Balls
RFID tags have been encased in hundreds of thousands of golf balls to track the distance and location of the balls. This is currently being used in a highly popular premier golf entertainment complex where the competition of sport meets your favorite local hangout.
Medical Devices
Healthcare and medical device organizations lose billions of dollars annually due to waste, inefficiency and lack of visibility. Embedding RFID into medical devices and equipment provides the ability to track and audit medical instruments, tools and materials throughout the hospital – from delivery to storage to point of use. Better manage the supply chain while meeting the FDA's UDI regulations.
Tools and Tooling
The Omni-ID Bolt tag and Pin tag were developed and deployed for in-process/production tracking. Utilized to track each step through the manufacturing process, the RFID-enabled bolt or pin is temporarily placed on a product or in tooling to ensure quality and process accuracy without halting assembly. Data is cleared from the tag at the end of the process and the highly durable bolt or pin is removed and reused.
Finished Products
Omni-ID's expertise with embedded tagging in rugged, high impact and vibration environments (balance, orientation and environmental changes) makes it the perfect solution for OEMs seeking to provide value to customers and end users.
In the retail industry embedded tags enable you to more efficiently manage inventory to avoid under stocking and over purchasing. The analytics fed back from the product provides critical data that can help you understand how users are experiencing your product. Our manufacturing expertise enables us to customize based on application and asset, even considering ergonomics as seen on these eyeglasses.
Motorola Radio Knobs
Designed to assist in Motorola's inventory management process, an RFID custom tag was developed to embed into a volume-control knob which can be retrofitted into two-way radios enabling users to conduct inventory counts of 50 radios in six seconds, instead of four minutes. Read RFID Journal Article


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Report NEP-EEC-2006-05-13This is the archive for NEP-EEC, a report on new working papers in the area of European Economics. Giuseppe Marotta issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.
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The following items were announced in this report:
- Paolo Angelini & Francesco Lippi, 2006. "Did inflation really soar after the euro cash changeover? Indirect evidence from ATM withdrawals," Temi di discussione (Economic working papers) 581, Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area.
- Thierry Warin & Kenneth Donahue, 2006. "The Stability and Growth Pact: A European Answer to the Political Budget Cycle?," Middlebury College Working Paper Series 0606, Middlebury College, Department of Economics.
- Justina A.V. Fischer & Alfonso Sousa-Poza, 2006. "The Institutional Determinants of Early Retirement in Europe," University of St. Gallen Department of Economics working paper series 2006 2006-08, Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen.
- Alessandro STERLACCHINI, 2006. "Innovation, Knowledge and Regional Economic Performances: Regularities and Differences in the EU," Working Papers 260, Universita' Politecnica delle Marche (I), Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Sociali.
- Nordblom, Katarina, 2006. "The Complex Attitudes to Alcohol Taxation," Working Papers in Economics 207, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics.
- Item repec:ven:wpaper:24_06 is not listed on IDEAS anymore
- Andreas Ammermueller & Jörn-Steffen Pischke, 2006. "Peer Effects in European Primary Schools: Evidence from PIRLS," NBER Working Papers 12180, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Jacobi, Lena & Kluve, Jochen, 2006. "Before and After the Hartz Reforms: The Performance of Active Labour Market Policy in Germany," IZA Discussion Papers 2100, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- cipollone piero & Anita Guelfi, 2006. "The value of flexible contracts; evidence from an italian panel of industrial firms," Temi di discussione (Economic working papers) 583, Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area.
- Munch, Jakob R. & Rosholm, Michael & Svarer, Michael, 2006. "Home Ownership, Job Duration and Wages," IZA Discussion Papers 2110, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Marco CUCCULELLI & Giacinto MICUCCI, 2006. "Entrepreneurship, Inherited Control and Firm Performance in Italian SMEs," Working Papers 258, Universita' Politecnica delle Marche (I), Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Sociali.
- Diana Marina Del COlle, & Paolo Finaldi Russo & Andrea Generale, 2006. "The Causes and Consequences of Venture Capital Financing. An Analysis based on a Sample of Italian Firms," Temi di discussione (Economic working papers) 584, Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area.
- Müller, Elisabeth & Zimmermann, Volker, 2006. "The Importance of Equity Finance for R&D Activity – Are There Differences Between Young and Old Companies?," Discussion Paper Series of SFB/TR 15 Governance and the Efficiency of Economic Systems 111, Free University of Berlin, Humboldt University of Berlin, University of Bonn, University of Mannheim, University of Munich.
- Hakan Berument & M. Eray YŸcel & ZŸbeyir Kilin, 2005. "Business Cycles in Turkey and European Union Countries: A Perspective to the Membership," Working Papers 0506, Department of Economics, Bilkent University.
- Kaminski, Bartlomiej & Ng, Francis, 2006. "Turkey's evolving trade integration into Pan-European markets," Policy Research Working Paper Series 3908, The World Bank.
- Evzen Kocenda & Ali M. Kutan & M. Taner Yigit, 2005. "Pilgrims to Eurozone: How Far, How Fast," Working Papers 0501, Department of Economics, Bilkent University.


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Google will release a new solution for keeping bots from logging on to your web site
Google is about to roll out an updated version of the company's captcha protection that tries to determine whether a connection was made by a user or Mr. Roboto. Captchas are designed to separate between humans and bots. While sites may want to allow entrance to all human visitors, they may not be as forthcoming when it comes to bots.
Too many bot connections may impact a server's responsiveness negatively. Additionally, bots are often used for nefarious activities such as bulk registration of accounts, spam, scraping, and other activities with negative connotations.
Google's recaptcha captcha system is widely used on the Internet. The system is already one step ahead of many other solutions, as you may only have to click the "I'm not a robot" box to pass the captcha and enter the site.
You may get to solve a captcha or multiple ones if the algorithm used determines that you may not be human however.
This can be a really frustrating experience, especially if you use Tor or are connected to a virtual private network (vpn). The reason for this is that these services are not only used by regular users but also by spammers who get the IP addresses flagged.
While captchas are solvable most of the time, you may run into situations where the captcha is broken.
The new invisible captcha that Google showcases here goes a step further. Instead of having to click a box, users may not have to do a thing to gain entrance to a site that uses the new invisible recaptcha technology.
In the best case, access is granted without users doing anything. The algorithm determines that the user is human and grants access directly. The system falls back to captcha solving if the algorithm determines that a user may not be human.
Webmasters who use recaptcha on their properties may sign up already for invisible captcha to deploy it before it becomes available to the public.
All they need to do in best case is to replace the old code with the new on their web properties to make use of the new system.
Closing Words
Improvements to the detection of humans are always welcome. This one means that you may not even see a captcha if the algorithm determined that you are human in the background. That's a step in the right direction.
It seems likely however that this won't change much for Tor or VPN users. (via Caschy)


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We have some resident rats here...I'm was never worried about them as we've never had any (or mice) in the house and they keep the dogs endlessly amused as they run along the fence railings. That was until now! I came home from the beach with the doggles as it was getting dark last week and there was the little blighter (well, no so little actually!) up on the apple arch.
I had been wondering for a while what had been causing this kind of damage to the apples. Definitely not birds who peck bits here and there...this was consistent nibbling to one apple at a time until the last bit would disappear. I was suspecting rats and that was well and truly confirmed. I called the dogs and they went nuts once they saw the rat up there...they were jumping and yelping, the rat didn't know which way to go and finally launched itself off one side of the arch and unfortunately doggles were not quick enough. There were two repeats of the same, one in the early hours of Sunday morning (aarrgh, followed by a very drooby Sunday). Although the apples are being saved from rat nibbling, the kerfuffles have caused most of the still very green apples to be knocked off the tree. I've saved these couple...the bigger one was looking beautiful too :o(....with the hope that they might ripen off the tree.
Besides the failures in the garden (there have been more too - grrrr!), I've gotten back to making with some leather and have been finding that as I make I'm sorting the remnant pieces into streams suitable for their use.
This piece goes into the unusual/unique/interesting stream where anything might go! More to come on this next adventure...


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In today's world even Cartoons are full of violence and negative political and social messages. It's been proven that the first five years of a child's life are the most important in the development of their personality. So, exposing your kids to violent cartoons can result in harm to them. Your kids need your guidance and protection, especially when they are young and impressionable. Parenting requires special attention to what your kids are watching.
Today even Disney is producing a series of Gay Cartoons, so making sure that what your kids are watching is free of violence and social and political messages is crucial to their future. Cartoons are not harmless as many parents believe they are a tool that can be used by against your kids.
The easy Solution to negative Mainstream Cartoons is to go to Crossflix.com and have your kids watch great Animation that Entertains, Educates and Inspires. All of the Content that is on Crossflix is educational and much of it is Biblical. The more exposure your Child has to Great Christian Education the better person he or she will be.
Visit Crossflix now and avail yourself our affordable subscription rates.
The main mission of the people behind this channel is not just about profit but to spread and strengthen the faith in Christ by offering entertaining movies, documentaries, and Biblical education for adults and children.


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March Virtual HUG Events
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We're excited to bring you an amazing line-up of Virtual HUGs - sponsored by some of our largest HUG cities - featuring a diverse set of content taught by our most experienced HubSpot Academy Professors and product experts.
We know that community and conversation are some of the main reasons you love HUGs - it's one of the reasons we love them too!
To help you foster connections and have more meaningful conversations, all of our Virtual Events will feature Q&A time at the end. Following each event, we'll be posting resources to the HubSpot community, where our presenters, local HUG leaders, and other users can come together to talk about what they learned.
Let us know in the comments down below which one you're most looking forward to!
Check-out our line-up of content below, and feel free to share with your colleagues and friends:
What Do Campaigns in 2020 Look Like?
With so many different tactics and tools out there to help you effectively market and sell to your audience, it can be easy to get overwhelmed when putting together your next campaign idea. In this virtual event, Academy Professors Jorie Monroe and Anni Kim show you best practices for campaigns in the year 2020!
Attribution Reporting: How Successful Companies Measure ROI from Marketing
With attribution, you can tie all your marketing interactions to revenue, so you can make better strategic decisions and show the value of your work to the rest of your company. Product expert, Ari Plaut, will show you how it works in HubSpot.
Customer Success: The New Way to Win at Business
Inbound in today's world revolves around your customer. How do you delight them as well as turn them into your best marketers to continue to spin your flywheel? In this virtual HubSpot User Group Meetup, HubSpot Academy Manager, Courtney Sembler will cover key strategies and tactics to turn your business into a flywheel using HubSpot tools and industry best practices.
Best Practices for Building a Lead Generation Chatbot
In this virtual HubSpot User Group Meetup, HubSpot Academy Professor, Adi Shah will cover key strategies and tactics to help you build your first (or a better!) lead generation bot.
How to Improve the Customer Experience with Journey Mapping + Service Hub
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A Customer Journey Map is a visual representation of the stages or milestones a customer goes through with your company. Using this tool along with HubSpot's Service Hub can be a powerful way to better understand your customer and deliver value. In this Virtual HUG HubSpot Academy Professor Adriti Gulati will show you to get started with your own mapping.
Content Personalization in HubSpot
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Today's consumers expect more from websites than ever before. Personalizing the experience that visitors have on your website can help you stand out from the competition. In this virtual HubSpot User Group Meetup, HubSpot Academy Professor, Rachel Sheldon will teach you how to successfully implement personalization on your website using HubSpot's smart content.
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Invaluable support for innovative AI startups
Startups from across the world are taking part in Rockstart's cutting-edge new AI programme, which the company announced earlier this year. Each of the startups are spending six months working together with Rockstart's expert team of mentors. They're also receiving a support package worth around €600,000 from the accelerator's partners, which include Google, IBM and Amazon. Talk about priceless experience…
If that's not enough, the startups get a whopping €20,000 in cash, office space for the duration of the programme and €80,000 of in-kind funding. All in all, the programme will provide each participating company with access to market, capital, expertise and an invaluable network (academia and business) – each a vital factor for growing into a viable business. In return, Rockstart expects a 6% stake of the startups (after the companies receive their next round of funding).
"Building a company requires a strong team of the right people with complementary skillsets," said Rockstart's co-founder and CEO, Rune Theill. "It's especially important within AI, as founders need to bridge knowledge of deep tech with business. We therefore strongly believe that working with an educational institution like JADS will give the founders access to the right talent and expertise in order to succeed with a startup utilising AI. Along with JADS, we're putting together a stellar team of experts, mentors, and renowned business partners."
A promising pre-acceleration programme in Amsterdam
The six-month accelerator actually kicked off in October – a little later than expected. This is because the company launched a Launchtrack AI pre-acceleration programme, which began in Amsterdam at the end of August. The six-week programme – dedicated entirely to supporting talented individuals with deep technical knowledge – wrapped up at the end of September. and was a huge success. In fact, GeoSpark, which took part in the Launchtrack AI programme, ended up being selected as one of the startups for the full programme.
"Again, Rockstart is at the forefront of developments," said Ruben Nieuwenhuis, StartupAmsterdam's private lead. "And laying a foundation for growing Amsterdam into a city-wide AI cluster. StartupAmsterdam will join forces and actively engage in this ambition." Find out more about Amsterdam's awesome AI startups.
So Rockstart fully understand the importance of AI in the business ecosystem, and their equity-free pre-acceleration programme is a testament to this – as is the full six-month acceleration programme, as both aim to help bridge the gap between the business ecosystem and developments in AI.
"Rockstart is determined to make the Netherlands one of the most attractive places in Europe to build AI startups and is actively engaging large international corporations, academic institutes and the best technical experts from around the world to succeed in this mission," said the company's AI programme director, Marjel Quekel.
The participating startups
The innovative AI startups chosen to take part in the six-month programme are:
- AirSquire (Singapore) – an inspection management company that gives construction companies and real-estate developers the information they need to make faster, better decisions.
- AizoBot (India) – utilises driverless tech to develop autonomous robots – Litterbots – that clean streets and hospitality-sector floors.
- Baarb (North America) – provides fast and adaptable ways for travel companies to include personalised search/booking engines on their sites and apps.
- Birds.ai (The Netherlands) – uses cutting-edge AI techniques to extract information from drone images, giving inspectors a 'birds-ai view' of hard-to-reach assets, such as solar panels and wind turbines.
- Cambridge Humanae (Italy) – this startup's data-driven psychometrics streamline human-risk management in high-stress jobs (police, fire service, military, financial sector and more).
- GeoSpark (India) – develops a location-based app that lets users leave messages for their friends and family at specific locations. This startup initially took part in the pre-acceleration Launchtrack AI programme.
- OPTOSS AI (The Netherlands) – provides a platform that gives an intuitive live overview of data, helping users to detect anomalies in real time.
- Overscore AI (South Africa) – develops a language-processing programme that 'reads' documents just like a human would.
- Peazy (India) – created a parking search engine, which uses a complex algorithm to instantly lets users know where they can park.


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Betws-y-coed biking
Gwydyr Forest Park, just outside town, is one of the top trail-riding locales in Wales. The classic route is the Marin Trail with mostly forest track ascents and numerous singletrack descents of varying difficulty. The scenery is great, with mountain views along the higher sections. For rental, contact Planet Fear, Holyhead Rd.
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EMC Symmetrix EoSL September 2017
When EMC announced the retirement of several Symmetrix storage products (VMAX SE, VMAXe, and VMAX 10K), many CTOs will have immediately come under pressure from their account exec to upgrade. As is often the case, OEM demands to remain on the upgrade cycle are as much to do with propping up their profits as they are to ensuring your business is taking advantage of newer storage technology.
At the end of September 2017 support for these Symmetrix products ends, what are your options?
1. Push through an upgrade as quickly as possible
A hardware migration project typically takes many months to complete successfully. However your business could try and rush through a last-minute upgrade before OEM support ends.
This is a particularly high risk solution to the problem however, as you will not have much time to complete necessary acceptance testing before your existing maintenance contracts expire.
2. Take a more measured approach to Symmetrix retirement
If your migration project is not yet underway, or is at risk of running beyond the September deadline, you will need to consider an alternative approach. Clearly EMC will not provide support for post-warranty systems, so you will need to engage a third party who can deliver Symmetrix maintenance and support in the interim.
Taking a third party support and maintenance contract allows you to take as long as you need to complete a migration away from older Symmetrix storage. Not only will you have access to skilled engineers and spare parts, but you are also free to move away from EMC solutions altogether.
3. Maintain the status quo
The third option is to maintain the status quo – if your Symmetrix arrays continue to deliver according to your needs, why replace them? Again, you will need the assistance of a third party maintenance provider, but with the right agreement in place, you can extend the lifespan of these assets for another five years potentially.
Leaving post-warranty hardware in place makes good business sense too. Not only does the increased lifespan offer a greater return on investment, it also lowers the total cost of ownership – particularly when compared to the costs of a significant migration project.
You still need to make a decision soon
Whether you plan to complete a phased migration, or leave your Symmetrix systems in place, you still need to make a decision before EMC withdraw support in September. Particularly if you plan to source a third party maintenance provider to support your equipment.
In fact, you could start the process now – give us a call today to discuss your Symmetrix options for September and beyond.
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Sports medicine is helping Olympic athletes improve their performance and avoid injuries. An Olympic health official says science is also helping athletes select their best competitive sport.
Doug Fonnesbeck of Intermountain Health Care says his nonprofit organization runs one of the leading training and testing facilities for winter athletics in the United States. At one time or other, all of the top American speedskaters, snowboarders and bobsledders come through his facility, which also serves athletes from other countries.
In addition, his center now operates Olympic medical clinics for athletes and visitors, in conjunction with the University of Utah.
Mr. Fonnesbeck says a few years ago, the United States lagged behind some European countries in understanding winter sports and the risks they pose to athletes. "I was at a meeting in Colorado years ago with the U.S. ski team, and sent down the sports science people, and figured out that we weren't very sophisticated. And I was really disappointed and thought, here's America and we've got this thing down pat. Come to find out we don't, compared to places like Austria," he says.
Mr. Fonnesbeck says since then, U.S. medical specialists have improved their understanding of winter athletics. "They can now predict what kind of event you should participate in, whether it's the cross-country event, whether you have the residual (lung) volume that nature gave you that gives you the ability to run 15 miles on skis and still stand up, and the others that are downhillers," he says.
Mr. Fonnesbeck says people with powerful legs make successful downhill skiers, with the right training. He adds that nearly all world-class skiers damage their knees at some point, and one of the challenges facing his center is preventing those injuries. "So if we could prevent those kinds of things and strengthen them, make it safe going down those runs and improve their performance, that's what we'd like to do as a sports science center," he says.
The official worries that youngsters who are watching the Olympics will try to duplicate what they see, unaware of the dangers of snowboarding and skiing.
Alisa Camplin, the Australian gold medal winner for freestyle aerials, shares his concern. The 27-year-old skier earned the gold with a triple-twisting double-back-flip after the favored Australian, Jacqui Cooper, injured her knee in training. Camplin says maneuvers like hers require extensive training. "Listen. That's not like something you go and do day to day. It's a huge preparation and it's taken me seven years to be able to do that. We do trampolines, we jump into water first. There's a very strong safety bias with the sport," she says.
Health center official Doug Fonnesbeck says he is also keeping an eye on injury-prone reporters, after two cameramen rolled down a hill as they shot pictures of a ski jump.


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Shiraz 2015
This delightfully full-bodied and highly structured Shiraz infused with the fragrance of roses and violets it has flavours of blackberry, plum with hints of spice, followed by generous tannins through to a long finish.
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Handled with the greatest of care and least amount of stress our Bonic's Shiraz is fermented with a combination of Oaks. A portion is fermented with French Troncais and Allier oaks, with a small component undergoing wild fermentation, which adds to the wines complex personality.
Like its Chardonnay twin this Shiraz makes every occasion a great occasion, whether you're with friends, family or just wanting to enjoy a moment of perfect bliss, its vibrant nature and elegant flavors make it a perfect moment of happiness.
It is also a perfect accompaniment to red meats, pasta, cheese and of course barbequed food.
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The New Year has begun and if you are like me you set new New Year's resolutions this year. In previous years my New Year's resolutions have always included learning to cook, trying to use swear words less and working out on a more often basis. However this year I decided to push myself to my limits and make 2013 the year that I set saving more money as my New Year's resolution.
This year I decided to set a savings goal of $15,000 for myself. That's right from January 1 to December 31 I am going to save $15,000. We can all agree that I am now responsible with my money because I have learned from my credit card mistakes of the past. I have even started spending less money on snacks and eating out at restaurants; I try to cook at home as often as possible. However the one place that I find myself spending a lot of money is on travelling.
Set your financial priorities
I live on the east coast so it's very easy for me to take weekend vacations to great cities such as New York or Boston. Every time I have some money accumulated in my checking account (without dipping into my savings) I take a vacation, this is a bad habit because money that is not spent is money that can be saved.
However I love travelling and I don't really want to give it up just to save money because on my list of priorities travelling surpasses saving extra money. I do save money on a regular basis and if I save more money each month sometimes I ask myself, what am I saving for? I don't want to be the type of person who sacrifices my personal happiness just to save money because honestly I don't really care that much about saving extra money each month. I save for an emergency, I save for retirement and I keep enough money in my bank account to avoid all monthly service fees (now that I no longer have unlimited banking privileges since I quit working at the bank).
Find creative ways to save money
I decided that the key to saving money successfully is to find ways to save money without spending my own money. This way I will build up my savings in my bank accounts but I won't have to sacrifice my current lifestyle. I am the type of person that if something disrupts my life too much I stop doing it; so I have to save money without having to change my budget and this is how I am going to do it.
Save your tax refund. In previous years I have always used my tax refund to pay off debt, go on vacation or purchase items for our apartment, but this year I am going to save my half of our tax refund.
Save your bonus for retirement. My employer allows us the option to save our annual bonus pre tax into our retirement savings account or pay taxes on the bonus amount and receive the money in cash. I personally hate losing half of my annual bonus in taxes so over the last two years I have opted to put my annual bonus directly into my retirement savings.
Save with your employer savings plans. Many employers offer a retirement savings plan option as well as an employee share ownership plan. I know that this is a wonderful added benefit that not all employees have the luxury of receiving, however I believe in taking full advantage of this employee benefit. For every $35 I contribute into the plan my employer contributes $50. That's a great bonus.
According to my personal calculations I will be able to save $15,000 this year and it will only cost me $1,800 of my own money. The rest of my savings will come from my tax refund, my annual bonus and my employer savings plans. I will let you know how it turns out at the end of the year.
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Advent is here! A new liturgical year has begun, and I am always so grateful to start a new year in the life of the Church with this season of waiting and reflection. It is significant that the Church in her wisdom, gives us the Advent season to prepare us for the Christmas season…and for the rest of the Church year. We don't start with celebration; we start with waiting. Why?
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Ending and Beginning the Liturgical Year Without Regrets
That time of year is about to be upon us — the stretch between Halloween and New Year's that contains a lot of busyness in our society. Right in the middle of this busy time the liturgical Church year comes to an end, and the season of Advent begins a new one. It's a season with a lot of holidays and feast days, and sometimes (more often than we may want to admit) we come to the end of it exhausted and full of regrets about being so busy and rushed and not having had the time to reflect and prepare ourselves for the Christmas season (which extends at least 3 weeks past Christmas day!).
How can things be different this year? How do we walk through this time of year and these Church seasons with restful and joyful hearts? I have a few thoughts. Continue reading "Ending and Beginning the Liturgical Year Without Regrets"


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Harness the power of feedback
Client and employee feedback is critical to increasing client satisfaction, create loyalty and guarantee the long-term growth of your practice.
Collecting open and honest feedback is a vital tool in growing your Law Firm or Barristers' Chambers. Do you really know what your clients value about your services? What makes you stand out from your competitors? It's impossible to be objective when you work in your practice every day. Understanding the views of both your clients and your employees will enable you to build on your strengths and address any areas of weakness.
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- Establish what your clients' and employees' expectations are and how you can meet them
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Unlock new growth opportunities for your law firm
Do you already undertake client surveys, but find that you don't have the time to action the feedback that's given? Word of mouth referrals are still one of the most powerful forms of marketing – we trust other people more than we trust organisations. Your website might talk about how great your service is, but do you have the evidence from your surveys to prove it? Knowing that 9 out of 10 clients would recommend your legal services to a friend could be enough to sway a potential new client into bringing their legal issue to you, rather than to one of your competitors.
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Is your firm a great place in which to work? What your employees think about your practice has a direct impact on your clients. Do your employees understand everything that makes your service offering unique? Are they happy to come to work every day? It can be difficult for employees to be open and honest with you. Using an independent survey will encourage individuals to speak up and give candid responses, and initiating a survey demonstrates to your team members that you care about their views.
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Do you know how happy, motivated and loyal your employees are?
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Our engagement survey focuses on a number of specific areas including how employees feel about the leadership of the firm, their manager, the team they work with and the pay/benefits they receive.
The feedback obtained from the survey is presented in a comprehensive report and action plan, detailing key strengths, areas for improvement and an action plan.
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Bucks acquire South Dakota State guard Nate Wolters
Milwaukee uses first pick for Giannis Antetokounmpo, 18
South Dakota State University standout guard Nate Wolters has ended up with the Milwaukee Bucks.
He was drafted by the Washington Wizards with the 38th overall pick in Thursday night's draft, then traded to the Philadelphia 76ers and again to the Bucks.
Milwaukee sent the draft rights to Ricky Ledo, the 43rd overall pick in the draft, and a future second round pick to the Sixers.
Wolters is one of only four players in Division I history to leave school with 2,000 points, 600 rebounds and 600 assists, and the only player in South Dakota State history to surpass the 2,000-point mark.
Wolters said in a statement that to play in the NBA is a dream he's worked toward his entire life. He watched the draft from his family's home in St. Cloud, Minn.
The Bucks took 18-year-old Giannis Antetokounmpo from Greece with the 15th overall pick in Thursday night's NBA draft.
The 6-foot-9 forward averaged 9.5 points per game in a Greek league.


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Bridge Amplifier v2
Bridge Amplifier v2
A bridge circuit is a common arrangement in a variety of different measurement applications, but particularly in force and pressure transducers. The output of these sensor types is proportional to the excitation voltage applied, and is measured in millivolts. Signal conditioning and interfacing these sensors with a microcontroller or a data acquisition system requires a precision voltage source and a precision high gain amplifier stage. This board provides both in a convenient package. Gain is programmed with a single resistor. Excitation is jumper selectable from 1.27V to 10V.
In addition to force and pressure transducers, this bridge circuit can be used with strain gauges, thermistors, RTDs, or any other bridge or resistive type sensor. It can also be used as a precision differential amplifier simply by neglecting to connect the excitation. The versatility of this module is further increased by onboard charge pump that allows it to develop ±5V (nominal) bipolar output from a 6V to 30V single-ended voltage supply.
Key Updates from v1
- 40 mA excitation current
- Solder pads for 0.138" pitch screw clamp connectors
- Solder pads for bridge completion resistors
- Added cut lines for trimming board to fit inside a Bulgin Ethernet Cable Joiner, for IP68 environmental protection.
Key Features
- Precision excitation jumper selectable between 1.24V, 2.5V, 5V or 10V
- Resistor programmable gain from 4 to 10,000
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- Resistor adjustment of offset
Sample Applications
- Excitation and signal conditioning for load cells and millivolt output (4 wire) pressure transducers.
- Strain gauges
- RTDs and thermistors
- Any differential amplifier or instrumentation amplifier application.


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Idea Cellular isn't in the business of education and the Idea Internet Network is not a university. Idea is a mobile service providing company that makes profit when people subscribe to Idea for a basic phone plan and also when they avail its data plan for accessing the internet.
With India moving swiftly towards a mobile economy – driven by mid segment smartphones and affordable data plans – a new consumer is born daily and she wants to access the internet from her smartphone, she wants to learn from the world wide web and not miss out on the information age.
Every mobile telephony company is competing to get her to join their network. But, Idea cellular has been doing it innovatively. The company is grossly 'ullu banaoing' this emerging consumer segment by suggesting that they join IIN (Idea Internet Network), as it is the greatest place to learn.
A series of ads have been doing the rounds since December 2014, where people of various age groups and backgrounds, who haven't completed their studies, are now fulfilling their dreams by joining IIN.
The first TVC shows a young boy building a talking drone all by learning it from IIN, after facing rejection from IIT. Other ads include a proud eunuch who is learning algebra and other subjects from IIN, following a long spate of being rejected from educational institutions; a tourist guide who learns French from IIN and is now cool with his foreign tourists; a mother who is pursuing her studies after marriage, and so on.
The ads became the butt of jokes on social networks. Numerous memes, tweets began springing on the social web, giving more depth to the definition of IIN. IIN was also nicknamed as "Indian Institute of Nakli-degree"! Google 'IIN jokes' and check it out for yourself. Read "Sorry Idea, Twitterverse Do Not Believe 'IIN' Is The Greatest Place To Learn".
But on the other side are naive folks who believed in a university called 'IIN' which did not require any qualification, just the will to learn at any age. People searched for 'How can I join IIN', "What is IIN and how does it work?', 'Which is the best IIN in India?', 'What is it like to study at IIN?' 'Is IIN the best place to learn? Will it discourage students from going into IITs or NITs any more in the coming days?''. No Kidding! Read "How Can I Join Idea IIN?" The Story Of One Misleading Ad (After Another) From Idea Cellular".
Idea has now rolled out a new set of IIN ads. The earlier ones are no longer available on its YouTube channel.
In this TVC, a soldier posted at a remote location learns to pursue his passion for 'shayari' via IIN. He is shown accessing Google on his smartphone and learning to write the poetry in Urdu. Later he is heard entertaining his team, while the voiceover says, 'Zindagi mein jahan bhi chaho, wahan seenkh lo, Idea Internet Network se'.
This young guy is gifted an ancient scooter by his dad for his eighteenth birthday. Not wanting to displease his dad and also not wanting to take it to college, he takes up the task to transform it into a cool bike. Of course, he learns from IIN and surprises his dad with this new bike.
This one tops it all. This minute-long TVC tells the story of two aspiring chefs and how they face all kinds of hardships before establishing a successful hotel business. And, where did they learn the art of cooking from? IIN!
In an interview with Brand Equity, the brand played defensive while the agency, Lowe Lintas said they had no intention to mislead people; it is the viewer's fault if they misread the TVCs. Idea's IIN ads are undoubtedly raking in more data subscribers, but have certainly fallen in ethical brand communication.


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Nathan Allen was listed as the #2 top male blogger in the world by Huffington Post...and "I Dreamed Of This" ranked in the top 20 travel blogs worldwide. 2014 saw multiple viral articles, as well as Mapping Megan naming him one of the "Sexiest Male Travelers Alive"...which he found embarrassing / flattering.
His travel photography has been used by various print and media companies, including Shutterstock, The Telegraph UK, and photo features in National Geographic Magazine.
He was featured around the world on the Filipino Channel, as well as on CNN, Yahoo, GMA News, ABS-CBN, Rappler, Two Monkeys Travel Group, Our Awesome Planet, and Out Of Town Blog. He has been invited on television programs multiple times, and to give TED talks twice, but mostly he prefers to stay behind the camera:)


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Seven Powers of light, or as you may know them, The seven rays.
Sacred Wicca Seven Powers of light
I found myself wanting to know more about the Sacred Wicca's Seven powers of light after a discussion with another writer. I have a natural born love for anything Esoteric, but that does not mean I wish to hear all the mumbo jumbo that lazy people make up for themselves with out studying any sort of Theosophy. If you wish to do your own studies or more in depth study then I suggest that you read a fabulous book written by Helena Blavatsky, called
The Secret Doctrine, the Synthesis of Science, Religion and Philosophy. This is a compilation of her previous book,magnum opus, originally published in two volumes.
How are the Seven powers of light related to Wicca, and what makes them sacred?
To see how Theosophists made the Seven rays of light important in the faith of Wicca, you need to remember that although the Theosophists mentioned were around approximately half a century before Wicca was to come around by Gerald Gardner, you have to realise that Wicca was also a mixture of things that had come before. It was a break away from others, such as the Freemasons. So it makes sense that the Wicca believe in the thesis that Helena Blavatsky has on the Seven rays of light. After all she herself would have learnt of the Seven rays of light by spending time in a Buddhist monastery.
These Seven rays of light are sacred to Wicca and also other faiths such as Buddhism. They represent the purification of the spirit, The Higher self.
The Sacred Wicca's Seven powers of light are also more commonly known as the Seven Rays. These Seven rays are however energies. Theosophists such as Alison.A.Bailey and Helena Blavatsky are the best sources on theses on. The Seven Powers of light that these energies are;
The first light is the energy that is Will/Power/Purpose/Destruction and it is coloured Blue.
The second is the energy of Love/Wisdom/Coherence/Magnetism/Inclusiveness and is coloured Indigo.
The third is the energy of Active intelligence/Adaptability/Creativity, and is the colour Green.
The fourth is the energy of Harmony through conflict/Beauty/Sensitivity/Unity and is the colour Yellow.
The fifth is the energy of Concrete science/Science/Mind/Analysis and is the colour Orange.
The sixth is the energy of Love-devotion/Idealism/Adherence/Force and is the colour Red.
The seventh is Ceremonial Order/Organization/Group/Magic and is the colour Violet.
All of the above emanate from the pure white that is the centre of all.
Wiccans and other faiths use the study of these energies to perform their magic. The study is a journey and not a book. The study is something that has to be done by meditation, study and mindful thought. A witch has to learn to draw on these energies for use of their magic, that is what magic is, it is direction of the energy.
The seven rays are Sacred to everyone, whether they know it or not because they are the world's energies. They are in and around everything.
Wiccans also use this energy my meditating with the Chakras. These are points of the body and whilst meditating, the colour of the Chakra needed is envisioned to engulf the person. At the same time, the point on the body where the Chakra dwells is envisioned as the source of that colour.
Chakras are points of energy within the body and are the Esoteric equivalent of psychology.
The seven major Chakras
There are also seven major Chakras, Chakra in Sanskrit for Wheel. The Chakras are spinning wheels of energy at certain points of entry in your body. Each Chakra is related to the Seven powers of light and share a colour each with the same meaning. I will explain underneath.
The seven main Chakras and their meaning and colours are;
1) The Root Chakra. This Chakra point is found at the point of your sexual organs. It is near your perineum.
The colour of this Chakra is Red, and the conscious level of this Chakra is the physical body. It shares the same vibrational colour as the sixth ray.
2) The Sex Chakra. This Chakra is as suggested, the sexual energy, but also the creative chakra. It is the Chakra placed just below your navel, and is the conscious of emotions.
The colour of this Chakra is Orange and shares that with the fifth ray.
3) The Solar plexis Chakra. This Chakra point is found above the navel, where the rib cage forms a V shape. This Chakra is where you deal with anxieties, love for your surroundings and that "butterfly in your stomach" feeling. The conscious level of this Chakra is the intelectual thought, including judgement and opinions.
The colour of this Chakra is Yellow, and shares its colour with the fourth ray.
4) The Heart Chakra. This Chakra is just above the Solar plexis and up to the Collar bone. It is the Chakra for healing, but also for sensing energy fields and sending others energy. The conscious level for this Chakra is the Astral body.
The colour for the Heart Chakra is Green and shares that with the third ray.
5) The Throat Chakra. This Chakra is above the collar bone, up to the nose. It is the Chakra that makes us aware that our internal world and ethereal world is as real in existence as the material world. It is the Chakra that we of course find our confidence to communicate and state our will.
The colour for the Throat Chakra is Blue. This is shared with the first ray.
6) The 3rd eye Chakra. This Chakra is used for creating personal realities. It is where we consentrate on bringing oppositions in to harmony.
The colour of this Chakra is Indigo and is shared with the second ray.
7) The Crown Chakra. This Chakra is where the top of your head is. It is attached to realeasing the self in to the all. The Crown Chakra is also known as the Door to God. This Chakra is assosciated with the conscious of the spiritual.
The colour of the Chakra is Violet and sometimes White. This is shared with the seventh ray, which is not suprising to most.
So hopefully you can see the correlation between the Sacred seven rays of light and the Seven Chakras.