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Question: Why are there holes in my pecans?
Answer: Many people had problems last season when harvesting pecans and discovering white larvae inside instead of a pecan. The pecan weevil was a common pest problem late last season. By the time most people discovered the problem it was too late to control. The pecan weevil is a pest to start controlling in August and September to prevent discovering problems later this year.
The pecan weevil causes two types of damage. The first type is when the adult weevils puncture the nuts in early August, causing the nuts to fall after two or three days. The adult pecan weevils are reddish-brown to gray beetles with long slender snouts and thin legs. Larval feeding within the nut causes the second type of damage. The larva chews a circular hole through the shell, and, as nuts fall to the ground, it exits the nut, and burrows into the soil. Larvae are creamy white, legless grubs with reddish brown heads.
Understanding the life cycle of the pecan weevil helps explain why the weevils cause two types of damage. The adult weevils emerge from the soil from August through September. The majority of weevils fly to the tree trunk or tree canopy while a small number walk. After the female adult weevils puncture the nut in early August, the eggs are laid inside the developing pecan. At maturity the larvae exit the nut and burrow into the soil. They remain in the soil until the following August where they pupate and emerge as adults. Then the cycle begins again with the adult weevils puncturing the pecan nuts.
Now that we know how those white larvae get into the pecan, the next question is how to get rid of the pecan weevil. Because the adult weevils are emerging from the ground during August in search of pecans to puncture, that is the time when you want to control them. You want to control the adult weevils as they are emerging from the ground because they cannot be reached once they are in the nut or while they're in the soil. The weevil's emergence from the soil is during a two-month period of August to September, so monitoring for when the adults emerge from the soil is important. Also keep in mind that the weevils usually emerge from the soil after a rainfall. A dry or hard soil provides a physical barrier to the adult weevils, delaying their emergence from the soil. Several techniques can be used to monitor for when the adults emerge from the soil. A simple way to monitor is inspecting nuts that have dropped to the ground for puncture holes.
There are many traps available for monitoring the pecan weevil varying in cost and in the amount of labor required to set up. A homeowner can avoid the cost of a trap by wrapping burlap around the pecan tree three to four feet above the soil and tying it in place at the bottom. The remaining burlap is overlapped and then tied at the top. This causes the weevils to walk over each flap thus delaying their trip up the tree and allowing time for grower observation. If you did choose this monitoring method, you want to set it up just before August and monitor it daily for weevils to indicate when to start spraying. As you monitor for the weevils you can go ahead and destroy the weevils you do find on the burlap to provide some control. One downfall to using this monitoring method is that you only know how many are walking up the tree and since most fly to the tree, you may not be getting an accurate idea of when the adult weevils are moving to the tree.
If you decide to use insecticide to control the pecan weevil, applications should be made every 7 days from mid-August through mid-September using an insecticide that contains the active ingredient carbaryl. If you want to try to avoid using insecticides or want additional control along with the insecticide, a good control method is to gather and destroy weevil-infested nuts as they fall to prevent the larvae from entering in the ground and hanging around until next growing season.
August through September is the time to be on the lookout for the pecan weevil. With an understanding of the pecan weevil's life cycle and knowing when to watch for the weevils emerging from the ground you may prevent the disappointment of opening pecan shells during harvest just to find those white worms enjoying your pecans instead of you.
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Arthropods are a large group of animals distinguished by having a chitinous, segmented exoskeleton (outer skeleton) and jointed appendages. Examples of arthropods found in the Pacific Northwest include:
1. Insects: Characterized by 3 pairs of jointed legs and body divided into 3 major segments. Frequently one may see one pair of antennae on the head and many possess wings. Insects are terrestrial and aerial. Only a handful may be found living by choice in marine habitats.
2. Arachnids: Characterized by 4 pairs of jointed legs and body divided into 2 major sebments. Antennae are lacking from the head and none possess wings.
3. Crustaceans: Characterized by 5 pairs of large jointed legs (one pair may be pincers) or in some cases one pair of legs per body segment. The body is frequently divided into 2 major areas, with the tail divided further into smaller segments. Crustaceans have 2 pairs of antennae. They are largely aquatic, although some are terrestrial. None have wings.
4. Centipedes: Characterized by a small head with similar shaped body segments. One pair of jointed legs is found per body segment. One pair of antennae are found on the head.
5. Millipedes: Characterized by a small head with similar shaped body segments. Two (occasionally one) pair of jointed legs is found per body segment. One pair of antennae are found on the head.

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Achieving and sustaining high productivity levels is every professionals goal, and they adopt various tactics and strategies to boost the quality and speed of their work. But, have you ever thought about the fact that work output actually begins from the work-desk and, therefore, how you plan your desk space will have a strong impact on productivity levels?!
Research indicates that an effective workspace design boosts productivity and satisfaction, while a disorganized space leads to a cluttered mind and drop in productivity. This infographic highlights 6 smart tips for a productive workspace and how they work.
What Is The Best Desk Setup For Productivity?
Infographic by – Quill

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Employee training sessions are crucial for any type of organizations to enhance the skills, knowledge and productivity of their workforce. However, not all training sessions are created equal, and many can fall short of their objectives by falling into some deadly traps! In order to create effective and impactful training experiences, it is essential to avoid these 4 deadly sins that often plague employee training sessions! By recognizing and addressing these common pitfalls, organizations can create engaging and successful training sessions that empower employees and drive organizational growth.
1. Death by Monotony
One of the deadliest sins of employee training sessions is creating a monotonous and uninspiring learning environment. Reading from slides or relying solely on lectures can quickly lead to disengagement and decreased retention of information. Instead, training sessions should be dynamic and interactive and involve employees consistently. Incorporate a variety of learning methods, such as group discussions, live polling, quizzes, hands-on activities, case studies, role-plays and anonymous live feedback. By incorporating different learning styles and encouraging active participation, employees are more likely to be engaged and retain the information presented throughout a whole session or multiple training sessions.
2. Death by Irrelevance
Another fatal sin in employee training sessions is failing to make the content relevant to the participants. Generic presentations and training materials that do not address the specific needs and challenges of the employees will result in disengagement and a lack of application. To avoid this, conduct a thorough needs assessment before designing the training session. Tailor the content to the participants' roles, responsibilities, and skill gaps. By making the training relevant to their day-to-day work, employees will see the immediate value and be more motivated to apply what they have learned. Actively ask employees want they want to learn or know about and shape your training materials around the needs or your workforce. That way you can really deliver the answers your employees are wanting to understand!
3. Death by Passive Learning
Passive learning, where participants are simply passive recipients of information, is a grave sin that can hinder the effectiveness of employee training sessions! Employees need to be actively engaged in the learning process to fully grasp and internalize new concepts and terminology. Incorporate interactive elements into the training, such as quizzes and group activities so employees can learn by doing. We all learn differently... BUT many studies show that people learn more quickly and retain information by teaching or actively applying the knowledge in a live situation. Encourage participants to ask questions, share their experiences, and collaborate with their peers. By fostering active participation, employees become more engaged, retain information better, and develop a deeper understanding of the content.
4. Death by Lack of Follow-up
The final deadly sin of employee training sessions is neglecting to provide adequate follow-up and reinforcement of the training course content. Training sessions alone cannot guarantee long-term behavior change, skill development and continuous learning. Organizations should establish post-training support systems, such as coaching, mentoring, resource management systems and ongoing assessments. This continuous reinforcement ensures that employees can apply what they have learned in their day-to-day work and that the training has a lasting impact on their performance in the workplace.
Make your training programs interactive and effective
Employee training sessions play a vital role in developing the skills and knowledge of the workforce. By avoiding the 4 deadly sins of monotony, irrelevance, passive learning, and lack of follow-up, organizations can create impactful and successful training sessions. Engaging employees with dynamic and interactive learning experiences, tailoring the content to their specific needs, fostering active participation, and providing ongoing support are key factors in ensuring the effectiveness of employee training. By investing in high-quality training sessions and applying the right practices and principles, organizations empower their employees and drive continuous growth and success.


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Random acts of kindness go a long way toward putting a smile on someone's face and reshaping a not-so-great day into a special memory that impacts not just the recipient but everyone that person comes in contact with that day.
Next week, imagine how many people you can touch by taking a moment to thank a nurse for a job well-done. First, you will bring a smile to the nurse. Then, the nurse will unknowingly share that smile with patients and colleagues throughout the day and those people will pass the gesture along to the people they interact with. In a busy clinic or hospital, your simple "thank you" to a nurse will touch hundreds of people.
We celebrate National Nurse's Week in early May to coincide with Florence Nightingale's birthday. Just as Nightingale tirelessly cared for soldiers during the Crimean War (_PHONE_), our nurses care for all types of patients—some are very sick and others are generally healthy.
Make plans to surprise a nurse with a random act of kindness during Nurse's Week and know that your thoughtful expression will not only make the nurse's day, but you will share kindness with many people who may need a boost. You will never know it, but your actions may help a patient overcome a frightening diagnosis or help a young family cope with grief. What a terrific way to say thank you and honor our nurses!
Sylvia T. Brown, EdD, RN, CNE
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Networking and Exchange, well this can cause issues upon issues and log events you might have not seen before.
For example, on a customer server, the following 3x event ID's were logged every 10-15 minutes:
Here are screenshots of each error:
From the server, you can ping the network, other servers can ping this server but there is an underlying network issue.
Some steps you can do to fix this:
- Live migrate the VM(if its a VM) to another host and do a reboot.
- Check the DNS settings on the server and make sure the main NIC is set under the binding order correctly.
- Register DNS on the server by using the ipconfig /registerdns command.
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Technology developed at The University of Nottingham will be giving James Bond the edge over his enemies when the latest high octane 007 adventure hits cinema screens later this week.
When Daniel Craig reprises the role of Fleming's iconic superspy in The Quantum of Solace, he will continue the franchise's special relationship with Aston Martin by taking the wheel of their flagship model, the DBS.
And a new lightweight but super strong material developed by researchers in the University's Polymer Composites Group, in collaboration with Aston Martin engineers, will be helping to ensure that any high-speed chases leave him stirred, but not shaken.
Underneath the cool, sleek exterior of the DBS is a highly engineered body structure which contains components made using a unique process, Directed Carbon Fibre Preforming (DCFP). During the process, carbon fibres are placed by a robot into a carefully controlled form and epoxy resin is injected around the fibres to create a carbon fibre composite component.
The DCFP process produces a material that is both light and incredibly strong and is able to withstand huge impacts in the event of a crash, making it ideal in the use of high performance cars like the DBS. In addition to this, the material is greener than many of its mainstream counterparts as it can be recycled in accordance with European vehicle end of life directives.
Professor Nick Warrior, in the University's Faculty of Engineering, said it was exciting to think that technology which originated in Nottingham would be seen by cinema-goers around the world.
He added: "The high strength and low weight characteristics of the DCFP have enabled the Aston Martin designers to increase the performance of the DBS reduce its fuel consumption and ultimately minimise 007's carbon footprint — we hope to be able to spin-out DCFP to more affordable vehicles in the near future."
The DCFP process is part of a longstanding research collaboration between The University of Nottingham and Aston Martin. A unique carbon fibre 3-D braiding process, developed by the research group, was an integral component used in the windscreen pillar of the Aston Martin Vanquish, seen in the 20th James Bond film, Die Another Day.
The DCFP technology was also used in the Aston Martin DBSV12 car seen in Daniel Craig's first outing as Bond, Casino Royale. The car was seen in a spectacular crash in which stunt driver Adam Kirley used an air cannon behind the driver's seat to propel the car into a record seven rolls.
The DCFP process was developed during the ALBOS project (Affordable Lightweight Body Structures), government-funded Technology Strategy Board (TSB) programme through the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR). Aston Martin, The University of Nottingham and composites materials suppliers Hexcel and Toho Tenax formed the industrial partnership to create the new process. The project was managed by Qinetiq.
The University continues to work with Aston Martin in a new BERR TSB project, Advanced Structural Preforming.
Provided by University of Nottingham
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Objektorientierte Modellbildung in der naturwissenschaftlichen und technischen Bildung: Entwurf und Erprobung eines Modellbildungskonzeptes für den Physikund Technikunterricht und für die Produktion von Lernund Informationsmedien Object-Oriented Modeling in science and technology education: Design and evaluation of a modeling concept for courses in physics and technology and for educational media production.
How do students create internal models when they learn about physics? This is long since a major topic in physics education. Since the importance (whilst not the principles) of internal modeling is commonly understood, a vastness of model creation tools for physics education exist. But modeling is a topic that runs way across the bounds of physics, and physics education, alone. In my work, I compared the modeling principles and modeling tools of physics and technology education and of computational science in their present form and in their development across the past decades.
In accordance to its focus towards quantitative description of patterns in natural behavior, Physics science and Physics education covers a wide range of sophisticated models and modeling tools with aim towards mathematical description. This comes along with a renown competence in software modeling and simulation. Technical and engineering science use physical modeling as well; in addition, they face the challenge to describe huge technical systems in a commonly understandable fashion, e.g. to forster the cooperative work of teams or specialists with different background on the same project. Thus, technical science has developed normative rules for model generation and graphical description, e.g. in the Norm VDI 2222.
Perhaps the most dynamic development of modeling techniques and modeling tools took place in computer science. I found a fasttrack development of modeling techniques rising from early control flow diagrams up to modern object-oriented modeling techniques using a normed and well defined Unified Modeling Language, UML.
My approach was to tailor the modeling tools and principles of technical and computer science for the use in physics and technology education, and in the important field of media design for this educational fields. Thus, I derived a simplified form of UML, called the didactical Unified Modeling Language dUML. Furthermore, I adopted the principle of object-oriented modeling and design for the use in physics and technology education.
To test my approach, I prepared, guided and evaluated a group of five practival implementations:
1.The production of instructional media for higher education in the Project Komponentenorientierte Lernsoftwareentwicklung, founded by the North Rhine-Westphalia government.
2.The production of information media for public use, one of them chosen for public presentation on the Media-Festival Bilder aus der Physik 2001 in Göttingen.
3.A large-scale empirical evaluation in physics courses of class level 10 and 11 with 149 participating physic students.
4.The implementation of component-oriented learning software and dUML in technical education courses of class level 10 and 11.
5.A description of a possible concept implementation in economic or social science courses.
Advisor:Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Wolfgang Haupt; Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Horst Harreis
School:Universität Duisburg-Essen, Standort Essen
Source Type:Master's Thesis
Keywords:physik astronomie gerhard mercator universitaet
Date of Publication:02/17/2003


Can Red-Eyed Tree Frogs Eat Mealworms?
Red-eyed tree frogs can eat mealworms as they contain fat, fiber, protein, and calcium. However, they should be fed infrequently and in small quantities as a supplement to your frog's diet; otherwise, their high chitin levels may cause impaction in the frog's gut.
Red-eyed tree frogs are carnivores and insectivores, and their primary diet in the wild would be moths, grasshoppers, flies, and even other frogs. The best food for your frog is crickets, supplemented with mealworms or wax worms now and then for variety.
Your mealworms should be raised in a sterile environment and should not be wild-caught, as they may carry pesticides, diseases, and parasites that are harmful to your frogs.
Is a Mealworm Nutritious?
Mealworms are a good source of nutrition to Red-eyed tree frogs and are safe for your frog to consume in moderation. Red-eyed tree frogs are not generally picky eaters and will eat anything that moves (including other frogs.) You should endeavor to vary your frog's diet to mimic their opportunistic feeding patterns in nature. A diet made up of only one item, such as crickets, may lead to health issues even when supplemented with calcium and vitamins.
Red-eyed tree frogs are not picky and will usually eat anything that moves (including other frogs). A varied diet is recommended, as a single item diet will be unbalanced and lead to health issues, even when adequately supplemented. Mealworms make a great addition to the variety of your red eyes diet and live mealworms provide high protein levels for amphibians.
Mealworms are not actually worms at all but are the larval form of the Tenebrio Molitor or Mealworm Beetle, a darkling beetle species. Newly hatched mealworms are often referred to as mini-mealworms by sellers, and the average mealworm nutritional information based on a controlled diet is:
Protein 20.27%
Calcium ratio 3.2%
Fat 13 %
Fiber 1.73.%
Ash 1.5%
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Why Can Mealworms Be Bad for My Red-Eyed Tree frog?
While being nutritious, mealworms can also be bad for your amphibians. Mealworms have a high level of chitin, which is a type of insect fiber. Chitlin in the mealworm cuticle is indigestible and may inhibit nutrients' absorption in the frog's gut. The mealworm's outer shell may not break down in your frog's gut and create compaction that can pose deadly for your Red eyes.
Typical mealworm pupa may have up to 13% chitin content, which is relatively high compared to the common field crickets, which only contain between 1.65% and 2.42% chitin levels. So, when feeding mealworms to your frogs, you should ensure that you limit the volume and frequency of mealworms in your frog's diet.
How Do I Feed My Red Eyed Tree Frog Mealworms?
Your mealworms provide the best nutrition if you 'gut load' them before feeding to your amphibians. Gut loading is a process whereby you feed your mealworms highly nutritious food that will be passed on to your frogs when they consume the worms. For example, by providing your worms with food high in vitamins, your frogs are ensured to absorb those nutrients along with their prey.
Because mealworms are high in fat and protein but lack many essential minerals and vitamins, they often need to be supplemented. You should feed your worms top-quality organic vegetables 12-24hrs before being fed to your Red eyes.
To ensure that your mealworms are ready to be consumed, you should place them in a tub with smooth sides with a quarter-inch of bran or cornmeal for food and substrate.they require moisture as well, and you should place thinly sliced vegetables on top of your bedding such as:
 - Potatoes
 - Apples
 - Lettuce
 - Carrots
 - Collard greens
 - Squash
If you intend to keep your mealworms longer for breeding purposes, you should ensure that you remove rotting fruit and vegetables from your mealworms to prevent mold. Always rotate your food items to expose them to various vitamins and minerals that make them more nutritious to your frogs.
Once they are loaded up with fresh fruit and vegetables, you should dust your mealworms with calcium/D3 and multivitamin supplements. When dusting your feeder insects, ensure that you provide a dusting of calcium three times a week and calcium plus D3 twice weekly. Multivitamins can be given to your frogs once a week.
When offering your frogs mealworms, ensure that the worms are not larger than the frog's head, and for young frogs no larger than a quarter-inch wide. You should feed your Juveniles every day, subadults every 2-3 days, and adults 2-3 times per week.
 Because Red-eyed tree frogs are nocturnal feeders, they are most active at night so feeding your mealworms at night means they will be more likely to be eaten straight away. This method ensures that your calcium/vitamin coatings are less likely to be eaten rather than rubbed off by the worm's movement in the substrate.
Mealworms are a great way to increase the variety of foodstuffs on your tree frog's menu, which is essential for your pets to thrive. However, care should be taken to only offer mealworms infrequently to avoid the hazards of chitin impaction. Wild-caught mealworms may be harmful, and you should purchase mealworms with a specialized diet or breed your own to ensure they are safe for your frogs to consume.
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Things to Do During Labor to Prevent Boredom
Mom and Dad in Labor
Things to Do During Labor to Prevent Boredom. Photo © Lillian Elaine Wilson/Getty Images
Labor is not the thrill a minute that television shows and movies can portray it to be. In fact, much of labor is sitting around and waiting. You are usually waiting for the next contraction, which in the early part of labor can be 15-20 minutes apart. This is a lot of waiting time.
One of the problems with waiting is the emotional toll it can take. This is particularly true if you are doing nothing but waiting.
Staying busy between the contractions or if you've had medications, like an epidural, can help you keep your wits about you. So what are you supposed to do to stay busy? Try one of these activities:
Tell Jokes
This may sound really silly, but jokes can be just what the doctor or midwife ordered. I will never forget when I learned this at a birth. The mother was seven centimeters and right after a contraction was over she leaned over to me, grabbed my arm and said, "Tell me a joke!" I quickly recalled one from my then fourth-grade son. She smiled, chuckled a bit and relaxed back. After the next contraction, she did much the same, though this time demanded a joke from her husband. We went back and forth like this for two hours. She even had the nurses cracking jokes, because her husband and I were running out of jokes to tell her. So consider packing a joke book or bookmarking some joke sites.
This mom later told us that this helped her relax so much in between contractions.
Play Games
Playing games is a great way to take up some time and yet use up the mental energy that would normally be spent ruminating over labor and wondering where that next contraction was or when the baby would get here.
One thing I love about playing games in labor is that there are so many options, that there is usually at least one game or two that really works well for a family. Things to keep in mind about playing games in labor would be:
 1. How far apart are the contractions that need your attention?
 If they are pretty close together, you'll want to pick a game that offers quick turns. The same can be said for mental activity, think chess versus tic tac toe.
 2. Is laughter a good thing?
 If you enjoy laughing and think it will help, consider games that are laughter inducing. This can really help calm everyone's nerves.
 3. How much movement is required?
 Like the questions about contraction length, a good question is how much movement is required. For example, charades takes up a lot more space and requires a lot more movement than say a card game.
If you like to write, the lull in between contractions or from the period of receiving an epidural to when you need to push, may give you a chance to reflect. Perhaps you would write a letter to the baby, a journal entry, talk on Twitter or Facebook, or even address birth announcements.
Whether you use your computer, a phone or a pen and paper, this can keep you emotionally and mentally occupied.
Watch a Movie
Another way to stay occupied and keep from being bored is to watch a movie. This is great to do in early labor or if you've had an epidural because it's a longer venture. You can usually bring something to watch on your computer or phone. I wouldn't count on your place of birth having too much by way of movies. Though many hospitals offer televisions, with varying amounts of shows. A shorter show may be great if you need to stop to pay attention to contractions. Be sure someone else has the remote and be sure that they understand that the television or computer goes off at baby time.
Yes, sleep if you can. This hold true no matter where you are in labor nor where you physically are located, home or place of birth. This is particularly true if it's a time of day that you would normally be sleeping. Don't let the excitement of the thought of labor keep you up, you won't sleep through the birth and being awake won't make the baby come any faster. In fact, it's a great way to wear yourself out. It's also a great time for partners to rest as well, or get some food and water.
Closing Thoughts
Whether you plan to use any of these ideas or not, it never hurts to have one or two tucked away in case you need it. This is particularly useful if you have a longer labor, which most people won't know until they are in the middle of it.
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The graph shows faint emissions from cold intergalactic dust, which rose to a peak in the middle of the Coma Cluster of galaxies as
ESA's Infrared Space Observatory scanned across it. ISO followed the two slanted lines across the image. Both measurements gave
similar results, which have been averaged to show the signal more clearly.
Intergalactic dust has never before been observed directly. This notable detection may have wide implications for cosmology and
the evolution of galaxy clusters. The temperature of the dust is minus 220 to minus 240 degrees Celsius.
The egg-shaped appearance of the cluster, being narrower in a north-south direction (top to bottom) than in the east-west direction
(left to right), was found in an analysis of the Coma Cluster with the German-US-UK Rosat satellite. Contours of X-ray emissions,
from gas at 80 million degrees, increase in intensity towards the cluster's centre but are not circular. Some evidence has been found
in the ISOPHOT scans, that this non-circularity is also present in the infrared.
Astronomers interpret the shape of the Coma Cluster as evidence that it is colliding and merging with a smaller cluster of galaxies.
This collision perhaps explains how the intergalactic dust clouds were created. Fierce winds of gas experienced in the collision of
clusters may expel dust from the galaxies. The two large galaxies near the centre of the Coma Cluster have been stripped bare of dust.
|CREDITS : ||ISO graph and scan lines : ESA/ISO, M. Stickel, D. Lemke & ISOPHOT team|
Visible-light image : STScI Digitized Sky Survey
X-ray contours : Rosat Data Archive & S. White, A. Vikhlinin


usually a sign of over-watering or getting burned by too much sun.
Why is my mother of thousands dying?
There can be several reasons why a mother of thousands starts to wilt and eventually dies. The most common reasons why an alligator plant looks like it's dying include over-watering, too much direct hot sunlight, or under-watering. If you act in time, you may be able to save a dying plant.
Is a mother of thousands a good plant for terrariums?
Mother of thousands is not the right plant for closed terrariums because they are invasive and can affect other plants. These plants produce chemicals that can stunt the growth of other nearby plants. Also, these succulents may not grow as well in the moist, tropical environment of terrariums.
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The making of a myth
The Spectator, 19 January 2013
When John Kelly was transported from Tipperary to Tasmania in 1841, for stealing pigs, he couldn't have imagined that 170 years later there'd be an exhibition of paintings of one of his offspring at Dublin's plush Museum of Modern Art (until 27 January). Yet here he is, Ned, the 19th-century Oz-born bushranger and cop-killer, as imagined by the Australian painter Sidney Nolan (1917–1992).
Painted in the 1940s, Nolan's Ned Kelly series deploys a childlike style to capture the criminal Kelly Gang's 1880 shoot-out with police.
In each painting Kelly wears his mysterious mask and hovers over the bloody action, more motif than man, as if observing his own canonisation into Oz legend. (Cont'd below.)
The exhibition reminds one how much the Kelly story is a creation of art rather than reality. Artists have long been drawn to the romance of the Kelly story. Peter Carey won the Booker Prize for his True History of the Kelly Gang. Mick Jagger and Heath Ledger have played Kelly in swashbuckling movies.
With that featureless mask, Ned has become a blank slate on to which creatives and philosophers project their ideals. Whether Aussie Robin Hood or anti-colonial rebel, his legend says more about us and our needs than about him and his deeds.
Indeed, Nolan, with his knowingly naive paintings of a helmeted hero of the Oz outback, is father to Ned the legend as much as John was to Ned the man. As Andrew Sayers of the National Museum of Australia says, 'Nolan's Kelly has become Ned Kelly.'
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Large organizations with geographically distributed editors often benefit from process support when creating, reviewing, publishing and translating content. Optimizely is built for a distributed way of working, with various options for managing content creation and publishing depending on the size and setup of organizations.
Ways of controlling the publishing process:
The following features can be used to control the publishing process:
- Content must be approved before it can be published
Content approvals is a way to make sure that content is reviewed and approved before it is published. When an editor has finished working on a content item, the item is set to Ready for Review. One or more appointed reviewers must then approve the content item before it can be published. The reviewers are defined by an administrator in an approval sequence.
- Changes must be approved before they are applied
Change approvals is a way to make sure that certain changes are reviewed and approved before they are applied. The changes that are applicable for review are changes that affect how your website looks to visitors, such as moving a page to another parent item in the structure (as that can affect menus) or changes to access rights, language settings, or expiration dates.
- Publish multiple related content items at the same time
The projects feature and the projects gadget let you preview and publish multiple content items at the same time, such as a landing page, blocks and products (if you have Optimizely Commerce installed) that are part of a campaign.
- Restrict publishing access rights
Access rights let you control what editors can do where in the content structure. A typical example is to restrict the right to publish content to editor groups. This means that the publish option is not available for editors. Instead, they use the Ready to Publish status option. You can then view the content under Tasks.
- Use the Tasks tab
The simplest way to monitor content creation activities is to use tasks. The Tasks option lists changes to content filtered by content status.
You can use the following options for monitoring content creation and content approvals:
Option Description Draft Lists all draft versions that have been created or changed by you. Rejected Lists all content items in status Rejected that have been created or changed by you. Items are set as Rejected when they have been set to Ready for Review or Ready to Publish and then are declined. You can edit and update content in status Rejected before you set it to Ready to Publish or Ready for Review again. In Review Lists all content items on the website that are set as Ready for Review. See Content approvals. Ready to Publish Lists all content items on the website that are set as Ready to Publish and that you have publish rights to. Marked as Being Edited Lists all content items on the website that you have set as being edited. See Tools under Basic information properties. Recently Changed Lists the last items that are changed for the website by you or any other editor. Awaiting Review Lists the content items that you have sent for review and are in content status In Review. Declined Reviews Lists the content items that you have sent for review and are declined items in content status Rejected. As soon as the item is updated, it is not displayed in this list anymore. Approved Reviews Lists the content items that you have sent for review and are approved, that is in content status Ready to Publish. As soon as the item is published (or updated), it is not displayed in this list anymore. Awaiting Your Review Lists the content items that you are one of the designated approvers of. Approved by You Lists the content items you have approved. As soon as the item is published (or updated), it is not displayed in this list anymore.
Clicking a content item in the filtered task list displays the item in the main area. Use the versions gadget to see the version history for that particular content item. If you have publishing access rights, you can decide upon further publishing actions from the versions gadget.
If you are using A/B testing, you see a number of tasks related to this feature in the Tasks list. The available options under Tasks can also be configured specifically for your website by a developer.


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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
|Look up armenian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.|
Armenian refers to something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia:
- Armenians, persons from Armenia, or of Armenian descent
- Armenian language, the Indo-European language spoken by Armenian people
- Armenian cuisine
- Armenian alphabet
- Armenian (Unicode block)
- Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, one of the republics that made up the former Soviet Union
See also
- SS Armenian, ship torpedoed in 1915
- List of all pages beginning with "Armenian"
- Armenia (disambiguation)
- List of Armenians
|This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title.
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Embedded Components
The ECU software can be roughly subdivided into two sections:
The application contains the desired functionality, and the infrastructure software handles basic functions.
Usually the infrastructure software includes the operating system and software components for communication and underlying I/O and memory services.
From Vector you get standardized software components for the infrastructure software. These components make it easy to port and reliably integrate ECUs from different suppliers into a network. Special communication modules are responsible for exchanging information between ECUs via a bus system such as CAN, LIN, FlexRay or Ethernet.
The communication modules from Vector are standard software components that are based on generic code. They are available in numerous OEM-specific variants and are available for a lot of different hardware platforms. The ECU developer configures them individually to obtain a solution customized to his specific application.
Software Component for Vehicle Diagnostics
You can obtain the Flash Bootloader in many OEM-specific variants and for many different microcontrollers. To meet your project requirements you can configure it with the PC-based configuration tool GENy and DaVinci Configurator Pro respectively. The Flash Bootloader may be used in either conventional or AUTOSAR conformant ECUs. You can also update ECUs with POSIX-compatible operating systems such as Linux in a time-saving and efficient way.
Qualification Program Vector Certified Embedded Professional
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Is your company utilizing an accurate, repeatable measurement for assessing current development practices?
The International Function Point Users Group (IFPUG) is a global non-profit organization based in the United States. The organization consists of function point analysis users and offers a set of standard counting practices for professional use along with certification opportunities. IFPUG function point standards are used globally to determine software quality, risk, compliance, productivity, and complexity. IFPUG owns Function Point Analysis (FPA), as defined in ISO standard 20296:2009, which specifies the definitions, rules, and steps for applying the IFPUG's functional size measurement (FSM) method. FPA can be traced to the work of Allan Albrecht of IBM who pioneered functional sizing in 1979, which derived a functional size of product value distinct and disassociated from lines of code, technology, or software language.
IFPUG maintains the Function Point Counting Practices Manual (CPM) and the SNAP Assessment Practices Manual, the recognized industry standards for functional and non-functional sizing. IFPUG provides testing and certification for the Certified Function Point Specialist (CFPS), the Certified Function Point Practitioner (CFPP), and the Certified SNAP Practitioner (CSP). Generally, certification is for three years, although the CFPS has a certification extension program.
IFPUG benchmarking offers the ability to create a standard measurement process to assess software development and compare it to industry standards. Benchmarking helps companies understand where their application development practices are relative to industry peers, so they can determine process or skill gaps and form the basis for improvement. IFPUG benchmarking helps organizations to:
A number of factors should be benchmarked to properly evaluate current development practices and implement improvement efforts. IFPUG benchmarking allows companies to develop a base measurement for evaluating:
These base measurements make it possible for an organization to know how many hours were required to complete each business function within an application (i.e. Delivery Rate). When combined with testing data, they can help determine the number of defects per function point injected into an application during a specific release.
How can your organization obtain the benefits offered by IFPUG benchmarking? Automated analysis solutions measure an application based on the number of business functions or function points required by end users. This type of measurement provides a base measurement that enables organizations to continuously monitor new or existing applications efforts – whether they are enhancements or maintenance projects.
CAST Application Intelligence Platform or AIP is the only automated solution capable of assessing multiple languages in a complex, multi-tier infrastructure. It is an enterprise software analytics solution that automates IFPUG's function point analysis – enabling fast, accurate benchmarking at one tenth the cost of manual counting.
With AIP, your organization will be able to:


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Date: Around 1999
We have a hybrid poppular tree that branched after about 4
ft making 2 large branches. In the center there is a hole which seeps
water constantly. This has been going on about 3 years, You can see air
bubbles about every 15 seconds. We were told that the tree would heal
itself. So far its still leaking. We tried packing it with a plastic bag
and the seeping continues. Our concern is that it may become rotten at
the base and fall over on the house. Do you have any idea where the
water is coming from. We are in the country and have well water. Thanks
The roots and xylem (vessels) of trees transport the water from the soil up
to the branches.
Anthony R. Brach, Ph.D.
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Gardening Articles: Flowers :: Roses
Community Gardens Add Value to Inner City Homes
by Charlie Nardozzi
Community gardens not only provide healthy food, exercise, and green spaces for city residents, they also revitalize neighborhoods and increase home values. Researchers from the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association studied the effect of a new community garden in New York City on home values in a 1000-foot ring around the garden. They found that in poor neighborhoods, after 5 years the community garden increased home values by as much as 9 percent. The impact was greatest for well-tended community gardens and those furthest away for city parks and green spaces.
For more information about this study, go to: Real Estate Economics.


The Reclamation Project
A furry solarpunk shared world.
User Tools
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TRP - Year One
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Appears in: The Underground Star
An unassuming coin with a human head on the heads side and a canine shaped head on the tails side. It is shiny and is about the size of a 50 cent coin. In the corner of the coin there is a small stamp that declares it "GNDN". The coin itself holds a strong magnetic charge that is activated when the coin is moved quickly. This movement usually manifests in a coin flip. The polarity of the field changes depending on which side is face up. Heads up the coin attracts metal within a radius the size of a small room and can form a large tower if left undisturbed for a period of time. Tails up the coin repels metal as soon as it comes into contact with the surface the coin is currently laying on. Currently resides in the tunnels of the Warrens. Though, there may be others scattered about.
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Natural native-spoken Spanish can be challenging for learners. Not everyone speaks slowly and precisely like the teacher in your classroom, or the way they speak in made-for-study recordings. Lupa stories, by Radio Ambulante, are made for native listeners. This is exactly what you need to train your ears.
Lupa lets you slow everything down, all the way to half speed (0.5x), using the audio speed controls.
Make sure Assist Mode is on (the 'light bulb' icon is yellow.)
While studying a new chapter, find a comfortable speed where you can hear at least half of the words. After you feel confident with the material, make sure to listen once through the chapter with Assist Mode off (white 'light bulb' icon) so your ears get used to listening at native speeds.
Remember, there's a world of difference between "slow Spanish" and native Spanish at a slower speed. With Lupa you're always listening to authentic Spanish, the kind you'll hear in the real world.
Read about all the other features at your fingertips to help you listen and understand effectively.


The Northern Ireland High Court in C (A Person under a Disability) v Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland [2020] NIQB 3 has awarded damages of £16,500 for a breach of article 3 in respect of a failure by the police to conduct a proper investigation into the reported rape of a twenty-year-old woman with Asperger's syndrome.
The Claimant was diagnosed with Asperger's when twelve years old and lacked capacity to bring the proceedings in her own right. She alleged that she was raped and that the police failed in a number of respects. These included:
- The police failed to seize any relevant CCTV footage and did not conduct house-to-house inquiries to seek further witnesses;
- No attempt was made to follow up the Claimant's statement that she had left personal belongings in the place where she was raped;
- No attempt was made to retrieve the Claimant's diary, which her mother told the police might contain relevant information;
- There was no follow-up of the Claimant's mother's telling the police that her daughter had received text messages asking her not to proceed with the allegation;
- The police initially failed to take any statements from the people who were with the Claimant on the night of the rape;
- The Claimant was not interviewed until six months after she had been raped;
- The police failed to submit relevant evidence for analysis for over five months;
- The investigating officers had received inadequate training with respect to the investigation of rape relating to a vulnerable adult and were not aware of Achieving Best Evidence Guidelines.
The judge recounted the detailed history of the investigation. Without repeating all of that here, his conclusions were:
- There had been delay in conducting an ABE interview, due the inability of the police to assemble an appropriately credited and experienced team to conduct it. When an issue arose as to the Claimant's wishes to continue with the complaint, an officer should have visited her to ascertain whether she wanted to proceed [61].
- The investigating officer had no specific training in the investigation of serious sexual offences, particularly those involving vulnerable victims. He had no familiarity with policy documents and document on investigating child abuse and rape. The absence of training was a systemic failing [62].
- There were operational failures of a failure to obtain statements, a delay in obtaining statements, a failure to follow up investigative leads, a delay in following up investigative leads, a failure to secure and process evidence, delay in securing and processing evidence, a failure to reassess the overall strategy when it was clear that the interview of the Claimant was going to be delayed and a failure of supervising officers to direct a change in strategy [63].
The judge considered that these encompassed both operational and systemic failings. The operational failings could not be described as minor or insignificant but were serious. They resulted in the Ombudsman recommending misconduct proceedings for two officers, who accepted that they had failed to conduct a thorough investigation. Two more senior officers received advice and guidance for their supervisory failings. The combination of all the failings represented a failure to carry out an effective investigation and undoubtedly constituted a breach of article 3 [92].
The judge further considered that although the police's failures would have caused the Claimant some upset, distress and frustration, the significant and severe psychiatric and psychological deterioration which occurred following the incident would have occurred even had the police conducted the investigation in a flawless manner. In those circumstances, the judge awarded damages of £16,500 including interest.
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text: Stellar activity has a particularly strong influence on planets at small orbital distances, such as close-in exoplanets. For such planets, we present two extreme cases of stellar variability, namely stellar coronal mass ejections and stellar wind, which both result in the planetary environment being variable on a timescale of billions of years. For both cases, direct interaction of the streaming plasma with the planetary atmosphere would entail servere consequences. In certain cases, however, the planetary atmosphere can be effectively shielded by a strong planetary magnetic field. The efficiency of this shielding is determined by the planetary magnetic dipole moment, which is difficult to constrain by either models or observations. We present different factors which influence the strength of the planetary magnetic dipole moment. Implications are discussed, including nonthermal atmospheric loss, atmospheric biomarkers, and planetary habitability.


› wiki2xhtml, Quick start Guide
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What does it really require to create a web page with wiki2xhtml? Here a short overview and an introduction which is to show the potentials of wiki2xhtml.
Create xhtml-Files
You may wonder: "Why not html?". xhtml[1] is in principle the same as html with the difference that the code has to be cleaner. Thus you can be a little more sure that the browser which reads the file also shows what you want.
wiki2xhtml reads text from arbitrary text files[2]. Binary files[3] (like images) which don't contain text are not accepted. To edit and write text files, I recommend Windows users to use an editor like Notepad++, PSPad or Notepad2 (please do not use the provided Editor from Microsoft, you cannot work with it). Good platform-independent editors are e.g. jEdit (Java) and Vim (for keyboard freaks).
The text file's extension is irrelevant, but ".txt" is recommended, so you immediately see that it is a text file. If you just don't have a text at hand you want to create an xhtml file from, you may for instance use a Filter Text[4] Now store the text into a file (maybe index.txt which will be index.html after converting; this file is automatically shown if you visit a page) in a separate directory. In this directory (e.g. "page" in the program directory) you should keep all your data so you won't have to look for it a long time.
The program is started in the following way:
In the now appearing dialogue field you can add your file (index.txt) by clicking the button "Select/Add files". Click "Next" and "Go!". The file index.html will be created in the directory "html".
If that is enough for you, you now can terminate the program by clicking "Exit". If not, you can go back to the previous tab[6] and change the settings (and go on with the quick start guide). Top
Add a menu
As soon as your web page is made up of more than one page─what usually is the circumstance─you will need a menu to navigate. In order that it does not have to be entered on every page again and, if you have to change something, you do not have to change it on every page, it is stored in a separate file which is built-on according to the pattern "* Title 1, Filename 1 ↵ * Title 2, Filename 2 ↵ …» (↵ betokens a return). Create a second text file (blindtext.txt) with any content (and at will another one). You have to consider that the file extension is.html after converting the.txt file! So index.txt becomes index.html, blindtext.txt becomes blindtext.html. The new files now are to have the name "Home" and "Blindtext" in the menu. Create a new text file for the navigation menu (navigation.txt) and insert the menu: * Home, index.html * Blindtext, blindtext.html Now (in wiki2xhtml) choose the file navigation.txt under "Settings › Set the index file" and click again on "Go!". And the page possesses a menu. Top
There are still a few commands you ought to know. You can find an overview over all possible commands in the Documentation.
Headings have to stand on a separate line. For a second level heading you have to insert two equal signs at the beginning and at the end of the line (for a third level you have to set three equal signs etc., upto 6): == Seasons ==
The second level heading, thus the page headline, can be set anywhere in the text with the following command: {{H1:Spring}}
Links are recognized automatically, if they start with http://, www, or ftp://. If you want to set a name for the link, it can be labelled as follows: [_URL_ Create PDF Files]
Is the target lying on the same domain (for example _URL_.html is being linked with _URL_.html), you can instead set an internal link (here in doc.html): [[doc-de.html German]]
That brings you the following link: German. If you encounter problems with links, take a look at the Documentation. If it does not help, you may read the FAQ in the documentation or ask in the mailing-list.
Bold/Italic: For this mark-up you use the apostrophe. If you enclose text with two apostrophes, it is set cursive, with three apostrophes it is set in bold type. '''Bold''' and ''italic'' together is '''''terrible!''''' Top
 1. [↑] Wikipedia: XHTML
 2. [↑] Text Files: See _URL_
 3. [↑] Binary Files: See _URL_
 4. [↑] A Filter Text is used to fill in text to look how something looks like, see also Blindtext (de).
 5. [↑] Command line in Windows: cmd.exe
 6. [↑] Wikipedia: Tab.


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Image: Southern Ribbonfish skin
The side of the body just behind the pectoral fin. The fish was washed up alive on Diamond Head Beach, south of Laurieton, New South Wales, August 2006.
- Col Waters and Terry White
- © Col Waters and Terry White
- Common name:
- Southern Ribbonfish
- Scientific name:
- Trachipterus jacksoniensis
One of the characters used to identify species of Trachipterus is the arrangement of the tubercles along each side of the dorsal fin pterigiophores.


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What Are Mineral Rights?
Mineral Rights: the rights to the natural resources lying below the earth's surface. Any transfer of land may be accomplished with or without the transfer of the subsurface rights. Normally, the term "mineral" is considered to include almost anything of value found under the earth's surface. However, the term ordinarily does not include commonplace materials such as soil, sand, gravel, clay, and water.
In the United States the law creates a difference between surface rights and mineral rights. Surface rights include the right to build or farm on the land while mineral rights include the right to mine the property.
The United States is one of the few nations that allow private ownership of underground mineral resources. When reserved the owner of the mineral rights can then enter into contracts and agreements to mine and extract the minerals which may or may not include royalty payments to the surface owners.
Now, Who Owns Them?
Starting in April of this year (2013) the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) has begun to reserve mineral, oil, and gas rights in any real property it conveys in the US. This new policy applies to all FDIC owned residential and commercial property except for condominium units and real property valued at $50K or less. The FDIC's closing instructions will have an addendum addressing the reservation requirement and require the deed to contain the reservation.
If you wish to purchase the mineral rights from the FDIC you may do so, however, a specific price must be negotiated for the rights separate from the rest of the property.


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Don't you just love the massive advancements made in the realm of technology? The Mobile Lorm Glove is one of them, where they will help the deaf and blind communicate with other people via mobile technology. Why is it called the Lorm Glove? Well, it relies on "Lorm," a tactile signing language which is used by people who have sight and hearing impairments. At the bottom side of the glove lies pressure sensors which will translate "Lorm" into visual or audible forms of communication, such as text messages or speech for example – over a mobile phone. Catch a video of the Mobile Lorm Glove in action after the jump.
The glove itself will also allow its wearer to receive text messages thanks to tactile feedback patterns. A bunch of vibration motors have also been thrown into the mix on the back which will translate messages into vibrations, and hence, you might "read" a book in an entirely new way by "feeling" your way through a whole audiobook. The Mobile Lorm Glove is the brainchild of Tom Bieling, Ulrike Gollner and Gesche Joost, and it is still in its early stages, with the next phase targeting direct speech input and output.Follow:GadgetsMedicallorm glove


The Council of European Employers of the Metal, Engineering and Technology-Based Industries (CEEMET) has recently launched a new joint manifesto on industrial growth with the European engineering industries association, Orgalime. CEEMET's director explains why they have done so.
Uwe Combüchen is director general of CEEMET. He was interviewed by EurActiv's Jeremy Fleming.
Why have you published the joint manifesto?
The European Commission recently sent a clear message stressing that industry is vital to the economic recovery and that the industrial output must grow to reach 20% of GDP. We had been discussing the conditions needed in the current challenging time to get the manufacturing sectors back on track or keep them on the right path - what would be needed to ensure growth and jobs in the sectors? - and we decided to jointly respond to the Commission's recent communications such as "A stronger European industry for growth and recovery".
Why is the metal industry significant for industrial development?
The metal, engineering and technology based industries are critical to the European economy, directly employing upwards of 13 million people. Our voice needs to be heard on what European industry needs from the EU. We have listed in our joint policy manifesto a number of core issues for our industry, where we believe improvements will indeed help to ensure a stronger and greener manufacturing economy in Europe.
Are you concerned about the current state of the negotiations on the MFF, in relation to Horizon 2020?
As we have understood, within the future EU budget, the aim is to ensure that "spending should be mobilised to support growth, employment, competitiveness and convergence" and we do think that better focusing of the scarce resources better is always positive.
As national governments are cutting budgets, it is normal that the EU will need to do so too. The cuts should be done in inefficient areas and where no real added value has been reached. Spending should however absolutely not be cut in some key areas such as innovation, research and development. Rather, the budget should be increased there to keep Europe in the frontline of industrial development and to ensure growth and creation of new jobs.
What is your opinion on the recent review of Europe's industrial strategy?
We are of course very supportive of the Commission's renewed focus on industry. The four pillars that the communication focuses on are crucial (investment in innovation, better market conditions, access to finance and capitals, human capital and skills). Now we have to make sure the right measures are taken to ensure the implementation of the pillars. This is not something the Commission can do alone – we have to work together on ensuring the best conditions for industry in Europe.
How are you intending to make your manifesto message heard?
The Manifesto has also been sent to hundreds of stakeholders in Brussels and in national capitals. We plan to keep the priority topics on the agenda in the future in all times when we contact and discuss with our stakeholders as well.
By joining the forces with Orgalime we wanted to make sure the topics get more weight since they are so important to both organisations, and need urgent action, such as ensuring competitive labour markets in Europe and making national social security systems future proof (reforms are surely needed as well as with the pension systems) and responding to the skills shortage in the EU manufacturing industry so better matching of skills and labour market needs.


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A team of scientists have unearthed the secret to a strong painkiller which they claim can be created from the saliva of the sea snail. The new pain-relief pill is derived from a chemical found in the saliva of the sea snails.
This particular chemical is used by the snails to catch prey. The snails produce the saliva which contains a deadly amount of peptide toxins to help it catch prey due to its disadvantageous slow pace. They inject this chemical into the passing prey with needle-like teeth that shoot out of their mouths.
The chemical is a great painkiller, as effective as morphine but minus the risk of addiction that morphine carries. Though the scientists have transformed the chemical into a pain-killer, it needs to be injected directly into the spinal cord and thus only a limited amount can be used. In spite of this, the scientists believe it is a better pain-relief method than the present ones and a natural one too.


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Labeljoy organizes labels in Groups, which are containers for one or more labels. You can have more than one group per job, and create complex printing jobs.
Each group can contain Barcode, Text and Graphic elements that display whatever is needed to create the desired labels. All elements added to a specific group will then be replicated on all labels belonging to that particular group.
In the Group settings dialog box you can define the Copy number you need for a specific group, or link that group to an external data source so the label elements can be linked to specific fields of the selected data source (only for the Full version).
The layout determines the position and size of the labels on paper. Labeljoy will replicate the same elements (with different characteristics when connected to a data source) many times on a single sheet in case the layout defines more than one column or row (for example with multiple label adhesive sheets), or print only one position per sheet (for example with envelopes).
Element editing will take place through a specific setting dialog box specific for each type of element being edited. For example, setting properties for a Barcode element will take place through a setting dialog box organized in tabs that will contain all customizable aspects of a barcode element, such as the type of barcode, the back color, the size, etc.
Each editing window has 3 buttons that enable you to apply or cancel the changes made. These buttons are:
- OK: by clicking this button, all changes made will be applied and the dialog box will be closed.
- Apply: this button applies the changes made but does not close the editing dialog box. This way you will be able to make further changes to the selected element.
- Cancel: this button will close the editing dialog box and will roll back the element editing status to the way it was before the editing window was opened, even if the Apply button was clicked.
You will also always find in the lower left side a help icon that will enable you to show this help guide, opened to the page related to the current application context.


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Mechanics of Advancement: In Venturing
Venturing is for young men and women who are 14 through 20 years old, or who are 13 and have completed the eighth grade. Its purpose is to build character, promote citizenship, and develop personal and mental fitness. Each Venturing crew is responsible for achieving these aims by designing a program that appeals to its members. Thus, Venturing is a catalyst: It brings together adults and young people, and incredible things happen. It is all about asking themselves and one another what is possible, and then setting out to plan and execute toward fulfillment.
Sea Scouts is a specialized branch of Venturing with its own handbook, program, and system of advancement and recognition. Its members may work on and earn any of the Venturing awards and recognitions (see "Mechanics of Advancement: In Sea Scouts," 184.108.40.206).
220.127.116.11 The Goals of Venturing
There are four goals for Venturers:
- Gain practical experience from knowledgeable people.
- Engage in activities centered on leadership, service, social activities, fitness, the outdoors, and citizenship. The idea is to develop balance, to take responsibility, and to become mentally, emotionally, and physically fit.
- Experience and provide positive leadership, to set and follow examples, and to learn by doing.
- Have a chance to learn and grow in a supportive, caring, and fun environment.
18.104.22.168 Advancement in Venturing
The purpose of the Venturing awards program is to facilitate these four goals; provide a pathway for personal development; encourage learning, growth, and service; and recognize high levels of achievement. Advancement is accomplished when an active program emphasizes it and pays attention to the four steps of the process: preparation, learning, qualification, and recognition. Bronze, Gold, and Silver are the awards for the advancement track, but others also are described below. Venturers have until their 21st birthday to complete their awards.
For detailed requirements and more information on Venturing advancement or recognition, see the Venturer/Ranger Handbook, No. 33494; Sea Scout Manual, No. 33239; Quest Handbook, No. 33151; TRUST Handbook, No. 33154; and Venturing Leader Manual, No. 34655. Except in Sea Scouts, Venturers work on awards, not ranks, and they can choose to work along with others in a crew or go it alone. They may also work simultaneously on the Bronze, Gold, and Silver awards; there are time-oriented requirements, but not between the earning of one award to the next.
The Gold and Silver awards require a crew review.There is no council or district involvement, except perhaps guidance on best practices. All work for the awards must be completed by the member's 21st birthday, but the review may be held after that.
22.214.171.124 The Venturing Awards
126.96.36.199.1 Bronze Award. Venturers may choose to earn just one Bronze Award-perhaps the one best matching the crew's interest area-or more, or all five of them. They represent an introduction to skills and life experiences, and include Arts and Hobbies, Sports, Sea Scouts, Outdoor, and Religious Life. These entry level awards encourage achievement of the Gold and Silver awards. Crew Advisors or specialty "consultants" approved by the crew Advisor, who are much like merit badge counselors, pass members on requirements. No committee review or board of review is involved.
Venturing is dynamic, with built-in flexibility at many levels. In some cases this carries over to Bronze Award requirements, where limited substitutions are allowed based on what is available in your area. For specifics, please refer to the Venturer/Ranger Handbook, No.33494, and the Venturing Leader Manual, No. 34655.
188.8.131.52.2 Gold Award. One Bronze award is required for the Gold Award, and candidates must be active (regardless of award level) and registered for at least 12 months. They must serve in a leadership role (within or outside the crew); participate in a district, council, or national Venturing activity; accomplish personal goals; and plan and lead activities. Letters of recommendation are required, along with a written presentation for a crew review committee. This consists of four to six Venturers and adults appointed by the crew president in conjunction with the crew Advisor. Venturers may choose to deliver the presentation orally at the review meeting, but this is not required. The review committee provides final approval. There is no district or council review board, but the advancement must be reported to the council.
184.108.40.206.3 Silver Award. Silver is the highest award for Venturers. It says they are leaders who serve, who are fit and prepared, and who have honor. Candidates must earn the Bronze and Gold awards, be proficient in emergency preparedness, participate in Ethics in Action, and complete Introduction to Leadership Skills for Crews. For the Silver Award, Venturers first establish a plan of action and then carry it out. When requirements are fulfilled, they go through a formal review with four to six Venturers and adults appointed by the crew president in conjunction with the crew Advisor. There is no district or council involvement in the review process.
220.127.116.11.4 Ranger Award. High adventure and the outdoors have always been emphasized in the Boy Scouts of America, and Venturing is no different. The Ranger Award encourages a high level of achievement and proficiency in outdoor skills. It exemplifies challenge. Eight core requirements and at least four of 18 electives must be completed. If the Outdoor Bronze Award has been earned, the Venturer is already halfway there. Candidates may work on their own or with other crew members. Advisors and consultants must sign for requirements. No crew review or board of review is involved.
18.104.22.168.5 Quest Award. The Quest Award is about fitness and sports. Candidates learn about nutrition, exercise plans, and what is required for a healthy life. They may be introduced to an enjoyable sport helpful toward that end. As with other Venturing awards, members share with others what they have learned. This can be done through presentations or even sports clinics. Five core requirements and at least one of five electives must be completed. The Sports Bronze Award comes first. There is no review board.
22.214.171.124.6 TRUST Award. The TRUST (Tending, Respecting, Understanding,Serving, Transforming) Award helps Venturers learn about themselves, their communities, and religion and culture. It recognizes that trust is an essential part of relationships; that learning to trust is the challenge; and that learning to understand one another—especially those from different backgrounds and nationalities—represents a good start. The five core requirements are Tending Your Faith, Respecting the Beliefs of Others, Understanding Other Cultures, Serving Your Community, and Transforming Our Society. Candidates must work with a religious leader or with consultants in a related field of expertise. No board of review is involved.
126.96.36.199 Past Credit for Venturers
The requirements for all Venturing awards require the work to be done as Venturers. For example, even though a young man earned the Backpacking merit badge as a Boy Scout, before he became a Venturer, he must pass the Ranger backpacking elective once registered as a Venturer. Some requirements may call for certification such as Scuba Open-Water Diver, American Red Cross Standard First Aid, or BSA Lifeguard. Current certifications such as these maybe used regardless where they were earned.
188.8.131.52 Multiple Credit for Venturers
Venturers may receive multiple credit for requirements. In the above example, if the Backpacking merit badge was earned while the member was also a Venturer, the effort could also count toward the Ranger elective. Further, experiences such as the Red Cross Emergency Response course could be used for the Ranger first aid requirement and the first aid and lifesaver electives, and also for the Silver Award's emergency preparedness requirement. Venturers may not receive multiple credit for something like a tabletop display or a presentation. These must be done separately and relate directly to each situation requiring them.
184.108.40.206 Boy Scout Advancement in Venturing and Sea Scouts
Venturers and Sea Scouts who earned First Class rank as registered Boy Scouts or Varsity Scouts are qualified until their 18th birthday to continue with Boy Scout advancement. If desired, they can maintain multiple (dual) registration in a troop or team, and also in a crew or ship, and work on ranks in either unit. Wherever the member is registered, the Scoutmaster and crew Advisor or Skipper decide with the young man which one will oversee his advancement. If the Advisor or Skipper does so, but is unfamiliar with Boy Scouting, the district advancement committee should identify an experienced Scouter to assist. It is important for Venturing and Sea Scout leaders to understand that Boy Scout advancement procedures must be followed.
Any work done while a Venturer or Sea Scout can count toward both Boy Scout and Venturing or Sea Scout advancement at the same time. For instance, a conservation project required in Boy Scouting can also count in Venturing. Position of responsibility requirements for Boy Scout ranks may be met by the Venturer or Sea Scout serving in crew or ship positions as outlined in the Boy Scout Requirements book, No. 34765. The Advisor or Skipper conducts the unit leader conference. The crew or ship committee conducts Star and Life boards of review, and Eagle Scout boards follow the local council's established procedure.


Accounting automation has far-reaching applications than just faster reporting and bookkeeping. However, many applications offer automation with limited functionality in other areas. In fact, automation plays a major role in developing and maintaining important accounting processes. Here's why your accounting needs automated internal controls.
Why Accounting Needs Automated Internal Controls
Internal Control Automation
First, internal controls maintain your data safety and compliance with key regulations. These are defined rules, procedures, and IT mechanisms established to prevent flaws and maintain accounting data accuracy. Additionally, these are also used to maintain accountability and safeguard the system against fraud and internal data theft. Internal controls provide an integrated web of protections for your data. Simultaneously, protections and processes can also tie into regulatory processes.
Automation lets you create rules and processes that run independently once established such as:
 - Define who has access to what accounting data
 - Restrict and control who can do what with accounting data
 - Maintain proper accounting and reporting sequences
 - Establish and reinforce specific data requirements
 - Log changes and access to data
Automated controls prompt users to perform functions according to rules established around best practices and/or to satisfy compliance. Internal controls also protect accounting data from exterior and internal threats. Furthermore, let's examine specific automation features you can use for compliance and security.
With compliance, efficient accounting is only part of the equation. Internal controls serve to manage the data according to regulations and work to prevent non-compliant activity.
Businesses can easily prevent accounting compliance issues and streamline the process by using high-level accounting automation. In regulatory compliance, process automation is critical, given the rapidness of the modern workplace and data error and theft risks. Above all, financial data needs to be secure but also transparent and logged according to specific requirements. Automation empowers you to maintain financial data that satisfies any requirements upon entry and updates. Instead of manually documenting files to be compliant, automated rules does this for you for each record.
The most important internal controls for your company's compliance dictate how data is cataloged in the system. You have options to create automated rules that will disallow improper data handling. You can also automate specific rules for data entry, permissions for viewing or manipulating data, and defining sequences.
 Here are some specific features:
 - Validation rules
 Create standards for recording and handling data. Based on business logic, these rules prevent processes from being completed out of sequence or inappropriately. This is an essential tool for making your financial compliance reliable and easier to manage.
 - Workflow rules
 Establish and automate internal processes and procedural steps orchestrating key accounting functions. Dictate how data is logged, accessed, processed, and used. These can be formed to comply with regulations too.
 - Approvals
 Automate sequences of events to require an official signoff on record to ensure accuracy and legitimacy. No one can alter or use the accounting data unless they are designated approvers or are given approval.
All of these features, and other compliance-focused automation, also double as security measures.
To fully protect your accounting data, you need to fully control who can view, alter, and share it. You also need to track activities within the system. Automated accounting internal control functions help protect you from both internal and external data theft. Specifically, how accounting data is implemented and handled.
Today, 80% of breaches are attributed to human error. This includes times when staff have access to key information and accidentally allow hacks or viruses into the system. All of these can seriously harm your businesses' operations, finances, reputation, and customers. To prevent this, define the level of control staff has over the financial data. This is done through features like user permissions and user role hierarchy. Respectively, these features automatically recognize and restrict who can do what in the financial records. Let's look at these and a few other automated features in detail.
Here are some specific features:
 - Two-factor authentication
 Automatically enable the second level of authentication for every login. You should also be able to implement this when a user is performing a specific function.
 - User permissions
 Define what tasks users can perform, approve, and access. Create unique permission sets for more complex processes. These are in place automatically whenever people work in the system.
 - User role hierarchy
 Establish a user hierarchy that lets you dictate which specific user(s) can view or change specific components of accounts or records within the system, like reports.
 - Real-time event monitoring
 Monitor and detect standard events in near real-time. You can store the event data for auditing or reporting purposes.
Immense Added Value with Automated Internal Controls
Automated controls don't just make things easier and safer, they enhance your entire accounting lifecycle and workflow. Additionally, these also enhance your overall operational proficiency. Can you imagine not worrying whether you're meeting compliance rules or that your data is adequately protected? In addition to this peace of mind and efficiency, your accounting data is stronger and more reliable.
Accounting Seed offers these automations and more right out-of-the-box. Learn more about automation in our free guide or schedule a free demo to see our internal control in action!


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Eclipse is a part of a Military force of spec-ops Soldiers founded in 2092 known as Tactical Enforcers and purpose built for covert operations known as Tactical Enforcers. The Enforcers, could also be used boarding Enemy vessels. He stands roughly 6ft 10", is somewhere in the 20-30 age gap and dons a layered polymorph form of Armour that compresses when struck by a heavy force such as Gunfire, which renders effectively all projectile and solid weapons effectively uneffective. It has an almost biological appearance because of the way it covers the wearer. The helmet on the other hand, looks very much mechanical. A narrow cyan visor provides the Enforcer wearing it with a HUD, displaying time and mission objectives. A crest of the same fabric as the body Armour gives them a good deal of head protection and the 'jaw' of the Helmet can be removed by the wearer and exchanged for a more suitable piece of equipment e.g. An oxygen tank or an air filter.
By the 23rd century, Earth had begun to establish civilisation off world, colonising their own Moon and Mars. The Military unit Eclipse had once worked for became more diverse. Having an upped version of the original Armour used centuries before that could now prevent burns from Plasma weaponry. This was down to conducive pannels that now lined the exterior of the compressive plates. This gave the suits which still retained their original look a darker tint. Improvements were also made to all standard issue weapons, which now had two modes of primary Fire. A Plasma Launcher functioned as the main mode of fire and mirrored how real weapons functioned, firing 'bursts' instead of a continuous beam. The bavk-up form of fire relied on conventional Projectile weapons launched by expanding gasses in the event the Plasma fire malfunctioned. An Enforcer of the same callsign of Eclipse operates within this time period, however wether he is a different person, a clone or the same person is down to speclution.
Marines: The Marine Corps of RP-1 are a bunch of NPCs' equipped with a bulkier less organic looking and less effective version of Enforcer Armour, their helmets do not hide their face and they're equipped with the same general weapons as Enforcers. They emphasize on 'homefield advantage'. Having their base of Operations hidden under RP-1. A series of elevators hidden around the Island allow them to spring up at any given location, allowing them to flank the hell out of any invading forces. They can also be deployed over-seas. Respectively, as the Enforcers advanced in the time gap between their birth and the 23rd century, the Marines grew too.
Important notes: Technologies recovered from [undisclosed] have been reverse engineered and reproduced to create alot of non-combat used by the Enforcers, three such devices are Parrotech, Revival Chambers and Recovery Canisters. As the name implies, Parrotech can mimic many devices within reason, however when used to copy other machines found in [undisclosed] no results were yielded. Scientists believe it is more of a learning tool than a weapon.
Revival Chambers can completely recreate any recently deceased organics with their memories from a nescessarily large sample of DNA.
Recovery Canisters are just glorified Bacta Tanks.
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This article will help you convert your Windows XP, Vista, and 7 based laptop in a Wireless HotSpot. One you setup your laptop as HotSpot then you do not need a router, switch, hub, etc… to form a network, in fact other laptops or PC's can connect or access the internet through this newly created HotSpot
What do I need to set a HotSpot?
- Wired net connection
Once you have all the above things mentioned, you are all set to follow the steps:
How to setup HotSpot on Windows Vista and 7:
- Got to Control Panel
- Click on "Network and Sharing Center"
- Under Tasks choose "Setup New Connection"
- "Setup Wireless Ad-hoc network"
- Now type in a "Network Name"
- Choose "WEP" password if you don't want to share the connection with the entire world
- Click "Internet connection sharing"
Now a WiFi enabled machine will be able to connect to the network you have just setup with the WEP password
Lets setup a HotSpot on a Windows XP machine:
- Go into Control panel
- Open "Network Connections"
- Right click on "Wireless Connection" and click on "Properties"
- Click on the "Wireless Networks" tab and select the check-box which says "Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings"
- Under "Preferred networks" click "Add"
- Type a name in "Network name" text box
- Select "Shared" from the options under "Network Authentication"
- Under Data encryption select "WEP" and type in your password in "Network Key" field and now click "OK"
- Now the new HotSpot should show in the list of preferred networks.
- Click on the "Advance" button and select "Computer-to-computer (ad hoc) networks only" and press close
- Hit "OK", we are done with the wireless connection properties
One more step, we have to change something in the wired connection setting so that it knows that it has to share connection with the computers accessing our HotSpot.
- Go to local Area Connections, right click it and select properties
- Go to the "Advanced" tab and under Internet Connection Sharing check the box which says "Allow other network users to connect through this computer's internet connection" and make sure the box under that is NOT selected so that no one can disable the network remotely.
- Hit "OK"
- Have FuN!


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In this day and age, with the whole Social Media Revolution and a focus on inbound marketing, one has to ask themselves:
- Does cold calling really work?
- Can I achieve ROI in winning potential clients using this technique?
- Can training cold calling strategies helped my lead generation cause?
- Is B2B appointment setting really worth the time or should I focus on something else?
1. The Opening Statement
In most cases, it is the opening statement that sets the tone. If you fumble with it, surely you won't impress the person you are calling, more so when your call is not expected. Focus on being short, polite and to the point. If you blurt out a whole paragraph before the person has had a chance to breathe, it is going to be a an epic fail, likely. Something like, "Hi! This is John with Vendere Partners. Wanted to find out if you've ever used or though of using a lead generation company before?""
2. Do Some Research on the Potential Client
Effective lead generation requires research about prospective clients, even if it's a cursory glance at their website. B2B lead generation works better when you can show you've done your homework. Be aware of their areas of specialization, their business techniques and practices. Remember, you have to convince them that this call is important to you and this can usually be done by starting a sentence with, "I noticed on your website..."
3. Practice, Practice and more Practice
When I would complain about baseball practice, my dad used to tell me, "Son, practice like you're the worst; perform as if you are the best." The same is especially true for phone inflection. Make mock calls and talk with a friend, or even record yourself. See that you don't slip, but more importantly gauge the tone of your voice. Is it pleasant and inviting or robotic?
Effective telemarketing skills require a certain level of confidence, and you need to feel in control before making the plunge. The more you practice, the more liberty you have to open up and be yourself.
4. Break the Ice
This means initiating contact. It means not going right into your value prop, and objectives, but taking a moment to build a rapport and comfort.
Also, be aware that the person you are calling might have received similar calls so if he/she is not in the mood, give them space. You might simply suggest calling some other time. But it is always important to "Break the Ice." This is one of the most important things in the process of cold calling. Make the other person feel "connected." It's sometimes intangible, but for me, I always enter an initial business conversation thinking, "I'd rather be chatting about this over a beer, but the phone will have to do for now."
5. Stay Focused
Establish a connection to your prospect but never forget: An initial cold call is not meant to result in immediate soaring sales. Nobody agrees to do business worth thousands of dollars in one phone call. Dialing the number is the first step; everything after that is geared towards advancing the prospect through the sales funnel. It is to get the other person to agree to talk more or meet for some meaningful purpose.
The bottom line is be pleasant with your prospect... not creepy!


Why Should I Choose Zigz?
What is a zigzag?
The full form of zigz is a zigzag indicator,and it is used to lower the fluctuations of the random price and identify price changes.
The zigzag indicator drawsa graph whenever there are fluctuations in price and whenever the price changes from the price from pre-decidedprice,and this help the traders to identify different prices. The graph does not move when the price change is less than 5%,and as zigzag takes note of even this smaller price,it makes it easier to spot the price at any time.
Why use zigzag
 - You can have stocks at lower prices as by keeping an eye on the zigzag graph you can know the pattern of the price going up and down and get the stock when the price will at its lowest and sell it when it worksat its highest because of which zigzag can keep, you in profit once you learn how to understand the graph.
 - It can be less risky if you know how to use it,as researching the stocks before buying them can always be less risky, and watching the graph and understanding it can have a very low probability to have a minor loss.
 - It gives you high potential returns as you don't need to calculate on a calculative to see if you are spending less money or getting the same interests.
 - They provide more strategic alertness.
As there can be some e disadvantages, you have to know before using zigzag that it can go through the lag as the other websites and the previous graph can be drawn twice.
 - Make sure that you have set a large indicator setting for the depth in comparison to high.
 - Draw Fibonacci line once the two swings are completed
 - Have patience and wait for three-wave swings
 - And now wait for the bars to get drawn,which should be higher low at right and left
 - You have to buy near the three-bar pattern
 - Protective loss below the bars should be confidential
 - Enjoy your profit.
Different percentage settings can be used to see the best result by only experiments. It only notes the present and past prices and does not depict the future. It can also reveal a reversal pattern.
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installed):
$ pip install virtualenvwrapper-win
In Windows, the default path for WORKON_HOME is %USERPROFILE%\Envs
Basic Usage
 1. Create a virtual environment:
$ mkvirtualenv project_folder
This creates the project_folder folder inside ~/Envs.
 1. Work on a virtual environment:
$ workon project_folder
Alternatively, you can make a project, which creates the virtual environment, and also a project directory inside $WORKON_HOME, which is cd-ed into when you workon project_folder.
$ mkproject project_folder
virtualenvwrapper provides tab-completion on environment names. It really helps when you have a lot of environments and have trouble remembering their names.
workon also deactivates whatever environment you are currently in, so you can quickly switch between environments.
 1. Deactivating is still the same:
$ deactivate
 1. To delete:
$ rmvirtualenv venv
Other useful commands
List all of the environments.
Navigate into the directory of the currently activated virtual environment, so you can browse its site-packages, for example.
Like the above, but directly into site-packages directory.
Shows contents of site-packages directory.
Full list of virtualenvwrapper commands.
With virtualenv-burrito, you can have a working virtualenv + virtualenvwrapper environment in a single command.
When you cd into a directory containing a.env, direnv automagically activates the environment.
Install it on Mac OS X using brew:
$ brew install direnv
On Linux follow the instructions at direnv.net


Creating Value with Proto-Research Persona Development
Prateek Jain, Soussan Djamasbi, John Wyatt
International conference on HCI in Business, Government and Organizations. eCommerce and Consumer Behavior. HCII 2019. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 11588. Springer, Cham
To stay competitive in marketplace, companies have to design compelling products that are successfully adopted by their intended users. To achieve this goal, companies must establish and validate a shared understanding of their customer base. In this paper we propose a persona development process for creating value in an organization. This process, which can be conducted relatively quickly and cost-effectively, provides a roadmap for continual assessment of organizational understanding of customer base. It creates value for companies by allowing them (1) to build consensus internally around their customers' needs, goals, and preferences, and (2) to validate/test the accuracy of the assumptions they make about their customers. We tested this process in a fortune 500 company. Our results suggest that our process is both effective and efficient in establishing a shared understanding of the customer base and in testing the accuracy of assumptions made by organizations about their customers.


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History of Annuities
Reviews the evolution of annuities. This article starts with the earliest annuities, in Roman times, and takes you up to their use in the Great Depression.
Annuity and Insurance Advertisements
Highlights the early use of direct mail advertising for annuities and insurance in 1840s England, with examples of rare Mulready lettersheets and envelopes.
Annuity Certificates of the Bank of England
Presents a concise history of Bank of England annuities, a special type of government bond issued from the late 1600s through 1888 to finance wars, stipends for royalty, and major public projects.