To date, UFO Studios has enjoyed the company and work contributions of eighty two individuals from twenty two different countries including Japan, Taiwan, Argentina, India, Australia, Canada, the USA, and Europe.
Volunteers need not be artists or musicians, but should have an interest in the creative arts. The minimum period for volunteering is two weeks, as it takes time for people to become familiar with their new surroundings and our routine.
We expect 25 hours of work per week in return for accommodation, food, utilities, and unlimited wifi access. The work is varied depending on the time of year and which aspect of the project's development is current. One may be asked to weed paths, harvest fruit, cook, clean, chop wood, cut grass, build a bottle wall or dig a trench, therefore, a willingness to tackle any type of work is essential. Even so, the schedule is not rigid and previous volunteers have been more than happy to perform the tasks asked of them. Potential volunteers should enjoy taking the initiative and helping with the day-to-day functionality of the project as well.
Individuals such as carpenters, plumbers, electricians and builders should specify their skill as there are several buildings requiring renovation. If we know when you are available we can plan specific work around your visit. This is true also of people with experience of traditional and/or green building methods.
The timetable is very flexible and is also weather dependent. Working five hours a day, Monday to Friday, is the norm but volunteers may work longer hours for 4 days and have an additional day off.
It is inevitable that each individual will bring her, or his, own life experience and attitudes with them, however, at UFO Studios, it is expected that volunteers will be able, and willing, to share both work and relaxation time with people from differing backgrounds regardless of ethnicity, sexuality, race or creed.


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Evaluating the benefits of floral patches for supporting beneficial insects in legume crops, Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Arusha, Tanzania.
Pest damage of legumes is one of the major challenges to food and nutritional security in Africa and disproportionately affects poor farmers growing low-input orphan crop grain legumes such as beans, pigeon pea, cowpea and lablab. Pest control is typically dependent on high agrochemical inputs which may have negative impacts on users and consumers and severely impact non-target invertebrates that can otherwise be beneficial to food production through pollination or natural pest regulation. Agricultural systems are ecologically complex and must function with natural habitats rather than deplete them. More resilient agriculture and focussed investments for smallholder farmers can deliver transformative change and enhance prospects and livelihoods of the world's poorest while safeguarding against risks.
In Tanzania, Kenya and Malawi, legumes are grown and consumed by millions of farmers and their families providing protein, micronutrients and vitamins so represent one of the most important means to enhance nutritional security. Food poverty exceeds 18% in these countries and agriculture is central to reducing this livelihood gap. Yields of key legumes such as beans and cowpea are presently very low (500-700 kg/ha) but potential yields are >3000 kg/ha. Consequently, there is great potential for millions of farmers, particularly women (the primary growers of orphan legume crops in Kenya, Malawi and Tanzania), to increase nutritional and food insecurity by improving production of legumes.
Biodiversity underpins agricultural ecosystem services and food security, livelihoods and economic development by provisioning natural enemies of crop pests. Natural enemies reduce populations of pest insects thereby reducing reliance on synthetic insecticide application. Natural Pest Regulation has been estimated to be worth US$906 billion. Non-crop habitats in field margins provide the environment required to support natural enemies of pests including hoverflies. Management or manipulation of this non-crop habitat can help to support natural pest regulation and can even be augmented and sustained in better managed natural or manipulated agro-ecosystems. The occurrence, density and impacts of most beneficial insects in smallholder ecosystems, however, are poorly understood, particularly in Africa.
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participatory methodologies related to interaction with society.
In addition, five integrating projects will be developed, transversal to thematic projects, which will stimulate PT teams to adopt inter and transdisciplinary perspectives in the fields of modelling, epistemology/ethics, interaction with society, communication and innovation. A series of strategies, including the Steering Committee, the use of information and communication technologies, seminars, the establishment of interdisciplinary orientation are being adopt by IN-TREE to integrate the project team.
POLINFRUT network, coordinated by Dr Blandina Viana (UFBA), is one of the thematic project (PT) of IN-TREE whose main goal is understanding how changes in the supply of pollination services affect the functioning and stability of agroecosystems and what are their socioeconomic and environmental implications. POLINFRUT network is also interested in investigating the efficiency of agroecological practices in the maintenance of pollinator communities and pollination services in agricultural crops. POLINFRUT also seek, through collaborative and transdisciplinary research, to assist decision making on the solution of problems, contributing to the implementation of public policies for social development, and promoting changes in attitudes that contribute to reducing the loss of pollinator diversity and pollination services.
Fruit farming in the Brazilian caatinga. Picture by Patricia Rebouças.
An international consortium of researchers, led by the University of East Anglia in the UK, has been funded to work on enhancing the sustainability of fruit production in the highly biodiverse semi-arid caatinga, in Brazil. The three-year project is called Sustainable Fruit farming In the CAatinga: managing ecosystem service trade-offs as agriculture intensifies (SUFICA). It brings together agro-ecology researchers from the UK, Brazil and Chile.
The goal of SUFICA is to enhance the competitiveness, sustainability and long-term resilience of fruit farming in the São Francisco Valley in Brazil as it intensifies, through cutting edge research on agricultural ecosystem services and biodiversity. The project will co-design and test nature-based innovations on intensive fruit farms, which generate multiple environmental benefits whilst enhancing profitability of farm through improved yield or quality and reduced inputs.
SUFICA involves the entire supply chain, from farmers in Brazil, through international fruit supply companies, to a UK supermarket (Waitrose) and a global partnership of agri-food companies developing a biodiversity metric for supply chains (Cool Farm Alliance). The collaboration is a response to strong market signals in the agri-food sector that farmers should take action to support biodiversity. The research links this biodiversity objective with production-enhancing ecosystem services – pollination, carbon storage and water flow regulation - to assess the potential for management that benefits both biodiversity and production. The approach, termed 'ecological intensification', has shown promise in Europe and North America, but has not been experimentally tested in tropical semi-arid environments.
The project is scientifically ground-breaking. It tests ecological intensification using a replicated Before-After-Control-Impact experimental design, codeveloped with the farming community in a specific landscape, to generate long-lasting impact.
SUFICA establishes the necessary research infrastructure and tools to monitor and continually improve biodiversity and ecosystem services on farms in the São Francisco valley, and demonstrates how a partnership approach enables the benefits of agricultural growth and environmental protection to be combined.
This project surveyed plant and invertebrate biodiversity in bean ecosystems in Tanzania and Malawi to evaluate their ecologies. The project identified field margin plant species that (i) attract, nourish and provide habitat for natural enemies of pests; (ii) promote the activity of pollinator insects in crops and (iii) provide environmentally-benign 'botanical insecticides' as additional control for pests. This required a systematic analysis of roles and interactions of pest and biological control species/habitats, supporting development of management systems that increase productivity through strategic integration of biodiversity. Using this knowledge we are developing interventions that maintain and optimise these ecosystem services.


Land speculator/investor, Farouk Kubba, purchased the property north of Santa Fe Hills for just under $1.3 million in 1981 (roughly $3.4 million in today's dollars). Kubba understood that buying the land was a risk. For example, despite the many acres, the steep slopes and constraints leave only a small footprint that is economically feasible to build homes; The land is environmentally sensitive, and contains the headwaters of Agua Hediunda Creek; Finally, a majority of his land is outside of San Marcos, in unincorporated San Diego County land that was (and still is) zoned for much fewer homes. Farouk Kubba hedged his bets for buying this land based on the prospect that San Marcos would eventually annex the land into San Marcos jurisdiction (thus, the land would be subject to the much less restrictive San Marcos zoning rules).
An ongoing conflict with the project is that the planning principles of San Marcos City Planners are not in alignment with San Diego County Planners, (or the community!). At the time Kubba purchased the land, the San Marcos City Planners would have allowed up to 300 homes on the property (as opposed to San Diego County only allowing 60-70 homes). Part of the City's rationale for allowing more homes was because more homes will extend Las Posas further north, and more homes will help pay for the future complete extension of Las Posas to Buena Creek Rd. (Note: In later years, San Diego County asked to remove the future extension of Las Posas to Buena Creek Rd., deeming it unnecessary. San Marcos rejected this suggestion and ended up getting their way. This is another example of the difference in planning principals between San Diego County and San Marcos).
Nine years after purchasing the land, in 1990, Kubba completed an Environmental Impact Report for a 275-home development. This was the same year that the very first homes of Santa Fe Hills began construction. According to Farouk Kubba, because the housing market was not doing well in 1990, he chose not to proceed with his project and to wait out the market.
The population of San Marcos was about 62,000, no Grand Plaza, no 78 on/off ramp at Las Posas, and Paloma Elementary student/teacher ratio was 20/1. Rick Gittings was San Marcos City Manager.
Kubba came back in 2002 with a Supplemental Environmental Impact Report and a new home development project consisting of 230 homes. At this point, most of Santa Fe Hills had been built out. There was much less open space available for wildlife, and the distance between the high-density homes of Santa Fe Hills and rural neighborhoods north of Santa Fe Hills was closing in. For many of the same reasons the Highlands is objected to today, it was objected to in 2002. The San Diego County Planning department, the EPA, US Fish & Wildlife Service, California Dept of Fish & Game, and Twin Oaks Community Sponsor Group rejected the project because of Kubba's plan to build a large number of homes on sensitive, highly constrained, land. The community had the same exact objections, but the community also objected the project because of its relationship to the future extension of Las Posas Rd. Even the San Marcos Planning Commission voted against the project. However, City Council ignored all of the objections, and allowed the project to move forward.
Population of San Marcos was about 68,000, still no Grand Plaza, Paloma Elementary student/teacher ratio was 22/1. Current San Marcos Mayor, Jim Desmond, started his first term on City Council.
Despite all of the commotion, by 2004 Kubba could not secure all of the development permits. San Marcos City Council approved a 1-year extension for Kubba to secure the permits.
The population of San Marcos was now about 72,000, Grand Plaza was in the beginning phase of construction, the 78-on/off ramp at Las Posas was completed, Paloma Elementary student/teacher ratio was 23/1. City councilmember Chris Orlando was on the Planning Commission, and starting his first term on City Council. Jim Desmond was still on City Council. City Manager, Rick Gittings retired this year.
In 2012, the San Marcos population was about 87,000 (up 25,000 from 2002). The 2011-12 student/teacher ratio at Paloma was 30/1 (10 more students per teacher since 2002). A 2013 SMUSD letter says that existing school capacity with SMDUD currently is not adequate to meet the student population, with 4,474 more students than it is equipped to handle. According to a 2014 city survey, the #1 concern of 21% of San Marcos citizens is traffic (up 10% from the 2009 survey). The City is now focused on a Smart Growth strategy, a growth plan that is supposed to prevent sprawl. Former City Manager, Rick Gittings, is now a private consultant for Farouk Kubba.
Since 2006, Santa Fe Hills has been completely built out, as well as the construction of the 94-home subdivision of Loma Alta (within Santa Fe Hills), and the ~300-home subdivision of Rancho Santalina (just West of Loma Alta). Additionally, Palomar College is expanding to accommodate more students, the 370 Condos of Palomar Station was recently completed (first intersection exiting Santa Fe Hills), the 368 apartments of Davia Village are expected to start construction late 2014 or 2015 (neighboring Palomar Station to the east), and now the Newland Sierra development in North San Marcos consisting of 2,135 homes is in the pipeline. I don't have historical traffic figures, but you can imagine the traffic increase getting in and out of Santa Fe Hills now compared to when Kubba first proposed a project in 2002.
The San Marcos Highlands project has been a strongly opposed development project since it was first introduced in 2002. Farouk Kubba consistently submits high density project maps that simply do not fit within the constraints of the land nor benefit San Marcos or Santa Fe Hills. San Diego County Planning Division, numerous agencies and hundreds in the community have opposed his high density development maps every time, yet Kubba ignores them. With as many changes that have occurred throughout San Marcos since the Highlands project was first introduced in 2002 (less open space, overburdened schools, more people, more traffic, smart growth planning), a new sprawling home development in this area makes less sense now than it ever has.
Contact sanmarcoshighlands@gmail.com for important updates about this project.
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I know what you guys are thinking, I bet you are wondering what I smell like- but hopefully not in a creepy way!
I always find it interesting reading about the different scents people wear and I am always looking for new recommendations.
So I thought I would tell you about the perfume I use. I am not one of those people who has multiple scents for different occasions- I would just get overwhelmed with it!
So that means I just have the one, and you can see it up there ^^^.
I use: DKNY MYNY. This is the Eau de Parfum in 50ml, which you can get here for £31.99.
I am normally not a fan of DKNY perfumes, they are usually just a bit meh or too girly, just not really my style.
But this is a bit different, although the top notes are quite typically girly (raspberry and pink pepper) it is balanced out well with hints of musk! Overall it's a really nice scent and I must say I like it.
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The copy of the atlas studied is in the library of the National Maritime Museum; call number E6837. The notes are brief; the reason for studying the map was to see what roads had been added by Lea, other matter was incidental, and detail notes can wait until we have a copy of the map in the HMCMS Map Collection.
Coats of arms of local noblemen are added to the map.
Seckford's coat of arms has been removed.
A new royal coat of arms is added.
Although the grid is not drawn across the map there are letters a..m across the top and a..n down the side, for indexing the county area.
The original map title cartouche etc have been erased; it is possible to see some of the 'rubbed out' engraved lines. This makes space for a town plan, like the one on Speed's map of the county.
Hundred boundaries are added, with the hundred names in the areas on the map.
A network of roads, graded as larger or smaller roads by having a double or single engraved line.
The added roads have been sketched on a pale copy of Saxton's original map. In making this sketch it was noticed that the engraved road line passed through some places, by others, and generally attempted not to confuse the appearance of the map. I do not believe that the going or not going through can be relied on as an indication of what the road did. It is clear that the road was added as a route from place to place, not as an accurately surveyed map element.
The road do use the bridges that were marked on Saxton's original map. I have indicated these on the sketch by a circle around the bridge where the road uses it.
Places on the map that the road definitely seems to go through are emphasised with a spot. Some of these places are not on the original map and Lea's place name is added to the sketch.
A few other incidental additions by Lea have been noticed on the sketch - but these are not a complete or reliable note of differences between the original and edited maps.
from Bagshot, Surrey; through Blakwater, over the Newmill flu: (River Hart), Hertleyrow, Newnham, Basingstoke, Wotton (St Lawrence), Malshanger, Polhampton, Laverstoke, Whitchurch, Hurseborn (Hurstborne), Andover, Midle Wallop, Hampshire; to Sarum, Wiltshire, and westwards.
from eastwards to Gylforde, through Godalmynge, Thursley, Surrey; then Lippock, Hampshire; in and out of West Sussex and Hampshire; through Petersfelde, Heat house, Harnden, Portesbridge, Kings T, to Portesmouth, Hampshire.


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Meeting the Vignelli's
When we arrive at the Vignellis' Upper East Side apartment to interview Lella, her husband Massimo answers the door. Their combined home and studio is a duplex apartment, dominated by a giant, lead window. We chat while waiting for Lella to appear – she is not entirely well. A storm rages outside and every so often a lightning strike rattles the church-like window. Later, when we listen to the tape, there's so much rumbling at times that we can barely hear what we're saying.
Suddenly Massimo looks up and says, »I think that's Lella,« sensing her presence. And there she stands, on the balcony that looks out over the large, high-ceilinged room. She comes down to talk and introduces herself. Lella Vignelli is regal. Though today, at the age of 78, she is no longer working, she is sharp, impeccable and has an air of knowing something the rest of us don't. After all these years in the US, her accent is still unmistakably Italian. Despite her health issues, she projects authority, and it's easy to see why clients and suppliers did as she said.
Lella and Massimo Vignelli met when they were very young. They both studied architecture in Venice and later moved back and forth between Italy and the US, running a successful business, the Vignelli Office of Design and Architecture, in Milan with big clients like Pirelli and Olivetti. When the pair settled in New York at the end of the 1960s, they, Ralph Eckerstrom and others launched Unimark International, one of the world's biggest design firms at the time. Lella says they felt like missionaries during those first years; in the US there was much in need of designing.
The Vignellis have a holistic approach to design that they put forward in their book Design is One. Lella's broad and impressive output proves their motto: »If you can design one thing, you can design everything.« She has turned her hand to every kind of project, from furniture, interiors, showrooms and exhibitions, to product design, silverware and clothing. When we meet, Lella wears a gray pantsuit and jewelry of her own design. The furniture we sit on is from their shared portfolio, and Massimo pours water into glasses he designed. All follows from a directive that is both prosaic and like a command from a higher sphere: »If you can't find it, design it.«
Ever since they first met, their private relationship has been impossible to separate from their intellectual and creative partnership. In an interview with the couple, from the early 1980s, Lella says that they did compete with each other in the beginning, but that the ambition- to one-up one another in those early years was soon replaced by cooperation. They answer all questions using the pronoun »we.«
Not everyone has understood just how closely they have worked, and the couple is frustrated that Massimo has often gotten sole credit for projects that they have done together, or »for my work,« as Lella sharply puts it.
Throughout art and design history there are a smattering of couples in the same profession. Cipe Pineles and William Golden, and later Will Burtin, for example. But it is more common to find a pairing of two related professions, such as Massimo and Lella Vignelli – graphic- designer and industrial designer. The role distribution, and how the female partner, or wife, has been involved in the process, may not always be clear to others. Bertha Goudy and Edna Beilenson helped their men with typesetting, and Ray Eames took an active part in the Eames' work as a couple.
The issue of partnership has often surfaced in our work on Hall of Femmes. For us the image of a professional creative couple has always held a certain allure – a partnership in love and work. Perhaps because we too are a »design couple,« albeit not in the romantic sense. For ten years we worked together in a seamless partnership in which it was impossible to divine who did what. In our case this never meant that one of us was obscured by the other. Do women who work in tandem with their men run a higher risk of this?
Admitting to ourselves that the Vignellis' private relationship inte-rests us as much as their professional one feels shameful, almost taboo. Like everyone else, we've been taught that a designer's actual work is the aspect important to a historical biography. To intrude into the private sphere would be messy. This seems even more loaded when it comes to women. If a woman is living with a man who is successful in her field, people's opinions of her professional life will likely be influenced by it. Martha Scotford writes about this in her introductory essay. So, in deference to their life-long collaboration, we decided to interview the Vignellis together, although Lella is our main interest.
After the interview, Lella and Massimo walk us to the door. Mas-simo remarks how important it is that Lella get the book she deserves.
We have to agree with him on that. Lella smiles her most radiant smile and says »I never let myself be intimidated by the attitudes
of others.«
Preface from Hall of Femmes: Lella Vignelli, published 2013
Editor: Sarah Clyne Sundberg
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SPEAKING CLOCKS
Words & illustrations by Andrew Emmerson
This is an 'entry level' guide to the subject, with links to resources on other websites.
Clicks and buzzes
What did people do before the speaking clock was invented if they wanted a time check? Simple: they rang the operator and asked her the time by the exchange clock on the wall, but this was not precise to the second, nor could the exchange always answer just when the customer wanted. The first genuine speaking clock machine was introduced in the USA in 1927, coming to Paris in 1933, The Hague in 1934 and Switzerland in 1935. But automatic time service (of a Heath-Robinson kind) had been available to telephone users in San Francisco since the late 19th century; by listening for to an observatory clock at least a minute and decoding clicks and single and double buzzes against some detailed instructions you could set a pocket watch - but it helped if you already knew more or less what the time was. A proper speaking clock is far more convenient...
The first British clock
The Speaking Clock service was inaugurated in London on 24th July 1936 with a pair of clocks in Holborn exchange (they had been developed by the Post Office Research Station at Dollis Hill, north London). A second pair of clocks was installed in Liverpool during 1942 as a safeguard against interruption, with a 'ring main' connecting both sets of clocks by diverse routes to all exchange centres in the country.
Two coloured photos of TIM taken from cigarette cards of the 1930s.
Source: writer's collection.
P4727 - the first speaking clock mechanism, which used photographic storage in revolving glass discs.
BT copyright image, used with acknowledgement.
P1280 - a technician adjusts the amplifiers of the first speaking
clock mechanism; note Tele. 121 and Bellset 20 on the wall at rear.
Click here for more pictures of the Speaking Clock
Here is a 'popular' description of TIM, taken from Practical Mechanics magazine, May 1938 (page 425)
A brief description of TIM the G.P.O. Clock, which has answered over 20,000,000 calls since its installation just over a year ago.
By William G. Pike - Talking Clocks are not new inventions, for clocks of this nature have been in use for a considerable time in Europe, Asia and elsewhere. There is nothing, however, quite like TIM, the wonder instrument of the Post Office. The sounds which come from this clock are recorded on glass discs, reproduction is remarkably clear and the discs are practically everlasting. Eighteen months' severe testing in the Post Office research station has resulted in the clock giving an extremely accurate performance. It is only possible, at present, to hear this clock in the London district, but it is hoped to extend the service to other large towns in the near future. Proof of the popularity of this clock is shown by the fact that over 20,000,000 calls have been made since its installation a little more than a year ago. The public's appreciation of accurate time is evident, for 37,000 people asked the time between 8 a.m. and zero hour on the last Armistice Day.
Glass Discs
The main part of this ingenious clock consists of four circular glass discs like gramophone records. On each disc are photographed the various numbers and phrases as spoken into a special microphone by Miss J. Cain, who is now known as "the girl with the golden voice." The sound tracks, similar to those on the edge of a talkie, film, are arranged in a series of concentric circles.
Upon dialling the letters TIM a subscriber is connected with the clock and hears a voice repeating the time. The announcement is phrased as follows: "At the third stroke it will be ten, twenty-five and thirty seconds precisely" (or whatever time it is) followed by pip ... pip ... pip. The period of listening lasts from 1.5 minutes to 3 minutes, after which the call is automatically cut off.
Of the four discs, two share the minutes, each having thirty sound tracks. The other two discs are used for the hours and seconds. The hour disc has twelve tracks and the seconds disc six tracks. The various words of the sentences are also recorded on the various discs, so that when an announcement is made all the discs come into use.
Speech Reproduction
The reproduction if speech from the sound tracks is produced by focussing a ray of light on the discs and letting the light fall onto a photo-electric cell mounted on the opposite side. The electric current from the photo-cells is amplified, the volume of sound being such that two hundred people may listen at the same time.
The light rays are obtained from small electric lamps and a number of lenses. Each disc has its own lamp and set of lenses, usually referred to as the "scanners." The "scanners" are mounted on carriers which move in and out of the discs in order that the ray falls on the appropriate track. Movement of the "scanners" is governed by cams mounted on the carrier shaft. The cams work in conjunction with three ratchet wheels, one each for the hours, the minutes and the seconds, the ratchet mechanism being operated by trip magnets.
Extreme Accuracy
A very accurately controlled electric motor drives both the discs and the scanners. Extreme accuracy is ensured, for the motor speed is governed by a master clock having a free pendulum, beating seconds. Attached to the bottom of the pendulum is a slide having a number of transparent areas. Placed in front of the slide is an electric lamp, a series of lenses and a narrow vertical slit, and behind the slide is a photocell.
The current produced by the light falling on the photo-cell is amplified and used to give impulse to the pendulum. As long as the pendulum vibration. is constant, no impulse is given, but as soon as the vibration decreases, current from the photo-cell is used to increase the vibration to normal. In order that the error between the third pip and true time shall not be more than 0.1 second, the master clock is connected by relays to Greenwich Observatory, and synchronisation takes place every hour. Should the clock be out of step with Greenwich time, one of a number of relays is operated, causing the current in the coil of a magnet - which is placed beneath an armature fixed to the pendulum rod - to vary. By varying the force the rate of the pendulum can be advanced or retarded and brought into step
Actually there are two clocks installed at the exchange. Erected side by side, both are running continuously. Should the first clock break down or have an error in excess of a tenth of a second from G.M.T. at any hour, the second clock automatically comes into action. The Post Office have spared no energy to make this service the most accurate possible, and they have been rewarded. TIM has already netted the sum of £85,000.
P4728 - the room where the first speaking clock was installed.
BT copyright image, used with acknowledgement
Full technical details of the Speaking Clock were given in an Institution of Post Office Electrical Engineers paper dated 27th October 1936. It can be downloaded here (warning: the file is 15MB long and is only on the CD).
Wartime developments
During World War II technology from the Speaking Clock was applied to other interesting projects. Special noise-cancelling microphones and headphones were devised by the Post Office for tank use. Deep below their Dollis Hill research station a special chamber with deafening sound effects was constructed to simulate a tank's interior. Producing the sound effects with which to test these devices was another matter; recordings on 78rpm gramophone records would not last long enough and the chosen solution made good use of other Post Office technology.
First of all recordings were made - on direct-cut disk - of a tank rumbling past a microphone. Ten-second recordings made in this way were transferred to 35mm film by the Crown Film Unit (a new name for the old Post Office Film Unit) and a two-second long section finally transferred to glass disc, for playing continuously on a speaking clock machine.
Apparently the joint in the recording and the two-second repetition were not noticeable in use. Similar machines were made for the Royal Air Force; these generated continuous background aircraft noise effects for training radio operators. Four different aircraft types were covered, at normal speed and at absolute maximum. Yet another machine was for training fighter pilots; this was a twin-channel simulator, providing continuous aircraft noise and spasmodic machine-gun effects as and when required.
Postwar developments
A replica of TIM using similar photographic soundtracks but with crystal oscillators for greater accuracy was produced in 1954.
New clocks using a revolving magnetic drum replaced the original speaking clock introduced in 1936. The 79 separate phrases required for a 12-hour clock were recorded as circular tracks spaced 1/16 inch apart along the length of the drum. The pips were not recorded on the drum but were derived from an oscillator. The Speaking Clock had accuracy to approximately 1/20 second. Like the first clock, the second speaking clock had its accuracy calibrated and corrected by referencing to a time signal from the Royal Greenwich Observatory, broadcast by Rugby Radio Station.
The Speaking Clocks in the Irish Republic and Channel Islands were seemingly not modelled on the British design. Ericsson Telephones Ltd described its own 'time announcer' product in the July 1962 issue of the Ericsson Bulletin and this may have been the product that these telephone administrations bought.
During the 1980s (possibly 1990s) BT renamed the Speaking Clock 'Timeline' but the name did not find much appeal.
In the 1980's British Telecom devised a solid state speaking clock known as Chronocal. It occupied a 19-inch rack cabinet about 3U (5.25") tall and could be equipped with either the Pat Simmons or Brian Cobby voices. The present digital system was introduced in 1984 and needless to say, this has no moving parts at all.
20,000,000 calls to TIM in the first year - 1936.
265,000,000 calls to TIM from London users from 1936 - 1949.
400,000,000 calls to TIM nationwide from 1936 - 1949.
Final of Golden Voice Competition for the Speaking Clock
The photograph shows the Postmaster General with judges who include Major Tryon and Mr John Masefield, the Poet Laureate (Picture dated 21 June 1935).
The voices of TIM
Jane Cane - the first voice of the Speaking Clock voice. She was chosen after a nationwide competition among 15,000 women telephonists and was awarded ten guineas. Until then she used her first name Ethel but dropped this in favour of her middle name, Jane, and made a record for the GPO helping other staff improve their speaking voice. She went on to become announcer for Henry Hall during one of his broadcast concerts and was offered a film part by Columbia Pictures under the name of Jane Cain. Born 1st May 1909 - died aged 87 on 19th September 1996.
Miss Ethel Cain dialling TIM at Dollis Hill to hear her own voice tell the time, 20th March 1936.
Pat Simmons - A competition was held in 1963 to find a replacement for Miss Jane Cain's voice for the Speaking Clock. It was won by Miss Pat Simmons, an Assistant Supervisor in Avenue Telephone Exchange, London. She was to be heard until Brian Cobby replaced her in 1985.
Pat Simmons recording
Brian Cobby - The voice of the Speaking Clock today, he is interviewed at http://www.waitrose.com/food_drink/wfi/notesandmiscellany/profilesandinterviews/0210106.asp and this is an extract:
How did you become the voice of the speaking clock?
I moved to Brighton more than 30 years ago and got a job with the Post Office, where I worked for 16 years. In 1984, British Telecom [as the Post Office's telephone arm became in 1981] decided to change the speaking clock. They ran a competition among the staff to find a replacement voice, which had to be clear and warm with no regional accent. After a series of regional heats, I beat a lady from Lowestoft in the final. She became the voice that says, "the number you have called has not been recognised." I became the voice of the speaking clock on 2 April 1985 at 11am, precisely. The telephone lines were jammed with people trying to listen.
How long did the announcements take to record?
Just an hour, but it was hard work. I recorded the times in a studio in London, where I had to read from a 33-page script. It was calculated mathematically [only 86 words are actually used], so I didn't have to go all the way round the clock. Later, we found that we hadn't taped the 'o' clock' so I had to drive back up to London just to record that.
Might we have heard your voice anywhere else?
Maybe. Before I worked for BT I was an actor. As well as films and some Shakespeare, I did a lot of voiceover work, mostly for commercials. In 1965, I did one of my most famous voiceovers: the countdown for the TV programme Thunderbirds.
The poster above them looks intriguing...
Yes, it's from a 1959 film I did, called The Nudist Story. It was billed as being shown in 'blushing technicolor'. Many years later, a Sunday paper ran a story, 'Speaking clock in nude movie'. The picture they printed of me was actually that of a boy who played my brother, who, alas, was a lot skinnier than me. I had a great body in those days...
The wording of Brian Cobby's announcement was altered in 1986 to include the phrase "sponsored by Accurist " to become "At the third stroke the time sponsored by Accurist will be...."
Lenny Henry - Lenny Henry is to provide the voice of the speaking clock for the next fortnight. The comic's Black Country burr will replace the usual plummy tones of BT's service as part of a Comic Relief fundraising drive. Callers dialling 123 pay will 10p for the service, and proceeds from today to March 23 are expected to raise £200,000 for the charity. Lenny, who is temporarily replacing Brian Cobby as the voice of the clock, is only the fourth ever person to take on the role in its 67-year history. He will be putting on a different voice each day in the hope of encouraging people to ring back. He said: "I can hardly believe it. Wait until you hear what we've done to the pips." March 10, 2003
Alicia Roland - A 12-year-old girl says she is proud to have become the only child and the first Scot to record the Speaking Clock in its 67-year history. The schoolgirl's voice will be heard by up to two million callers over the next week. Alicia, from Brookfield, Renfrewshire, beat thousands of children from all over the UK in a competition to become the voice for a week. The idea is part of the Big Listen, a week of activities which encourages adults to listen to young people and raise money for the charity ChildLine. Organisers estimate Alicia will raise £200,000 during her week in the job - calls cost 10p and BT is donating every penny to the good cause. She said: "It's very nice to be the first child to do this job, I think it's good for people to hear a child's voice when they ring up. "My friends at school were a wee bit envious but they've been really supportive, they said they're going to ring up the clock loads this week." It is only the fifth time that the Speaking Clock - which began in 1936 and receives 80 million calls a year - has been changed. 13th October 2003
The original dialling code was TIM, short for Time, which was used in London and other major cities. At smaller locations the code was 8081 or 9-8081. After the change to all-figure numbering at the end of the 1960s the TIM code was changed to 123 and elsewhere 8081 was changed to 123 also, some time in the 1990s.
The accuracy of the speaking clock is beyond reproach, within five thousandths of a second in fact. With a built-in crystal oscillator and microprocessor logic control, the complete apparatus is made of solid-state microchips and occupies no more shelf space than a small suitcase does. Contrast that with the array of motors, glass discs, photocells and valves of the original speaking clock back in 1936 - it took up most of the floor space of a small room!
Major organisations such as Network Rail and London Weekend Television have permanent feeds of the clock from BT into their private internal phone systems so employees can check the time without making an outside call. The timing of all ITV television programmes is synchronised to TIM as well, so when your local station goes over to ITN for the News at Ten, this is done "at the third stroke". And perhaps the strangest - and certainly longest distance - call to the British speaking clock is from the factory in Hong Kong that which makes the handsets for the new VideoPlus VCR programming system. The in-built clock is set to British time, courtesy of BT's Timeline service.
Update, by James Campbell (January 2001)
A direct feed existed to the BBC. I remember in about 1983 visiting a BBC building on the Embankment just round the corner from Westminster tube station, it was no 1 (can't remember the name of the road). It was a half derelict building covered in pigeon sh*t, but on the second floor was the BBC Parliamentary Recording Unit. It was linked via cables under the road to the Houses of Commons and Lords. This was a place that looked like a museum but was fully operational. The thing that I found amusing was the fact that they recorded all the material in mono on one track of the tape recorder, and recorded TIM on the other track as a quick time reference. Because the pips were rather good at breaking through to the other speech track, this particular TIM, provided by BT, did not have any pips and was known by the BBC as "seedless TIM".
What's left to see or hear of the old clocks
Not a lot is the simple answer. The Australian clock of 1954 used to be on display at the Science Museum in London but after falling into disrepair. One of the original TIM clocks was preserved and was donated by British Telecom to the British Horological Institute's museum at Upton Hall near Newark, but this too is not in working order. People report having heard the Pat Simmons speaking clock (thanks to TIM 2000) on the following numbers: (0870 765) 8081, (0845 092) 8081, 0845 124 9068 and (0131) 477 7676.
The above numbers may not be accurate so try 01352 838081 and 01286 868081.
TIM 2000
In the year 2000 a project was devised for creating a compact electronic speaking clock (with the Pat Simmons voice). Around 75 units were sold (there are no plans to make any more). For more information see http://www.samhallas.co.uk/repository/tim_2000/
The Post Office Speaking Clock in Practical Mechanics, June 1936 (pp 514-515).
The GPO Speaking Clock in Practical Mechanics, May 1938 (p 425).
The Speaking Clock of Paris in Practical Mechanics, April 1934 (pp 317-318).
The New Speaking Clocks in The Post Office Electrical Engineers' Journal, April 1963 (pp 1-6).
Further resources on the WWW
The BT Speaking Clock. http://www.telephonesuk.co.uk/speaking_clock.htm
The UK Early warning system that used Speaking Clock lines for distributing alert signals. http://www.ringbell.co.uk/ukwmo/page211.htmand http://www.ringbell.co.uk/ukwmo/
British Horological Institute. http://www.bhi.co.uk/
British Pathé news film archive. http://www.britishpathe.com (there are some superb pre-war newsreels that you can download from this site; try entering 'speaking clock' or 'golden voice')
Sound clips. http://www.eurocosm.com/Application/Products/Teleph/tel1GB.asp
Multilingual speaking clock software. http://www.kempke-city.de/TC_info/tc_info.html
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I'm only 18 years old, so you know that I can't do this on my own. But I'm glad that I don't have to.
Not only do I wanna take a culmination of what I have written and put it in a studio and make them sound fancy, I want to make them exciting for you! I write so that others can be inspired, or relate to what I felt in the moment that I wrote them down. I want to make them something that you feel is your own. But in order to give you all these things, I'm going to need all of your support! This doesn't just mean financially. Although I do need funds, I'm looking to you, as supporters and backers, to be my promotion and marketing team! I need you to tell everyone you know...and I mean everyone you know! I need you to share this project on your Facebook, Twitter, MySpace(does that still exist?), Tumblr, Instagram, whatever social network you have, throw it on there! The more people we get to join in on this journey, the more I can give back to you for your support!
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Contemporary in design and look, the Addison Conference Centre boasts 6,600 square feet of flexible space with beautiful 14 foot high exposed wood beam ceilings. Sleek, modern furniture highlights the ...Read moreContemporary in design and look, the Addison Conference Centre boasts 6,600 square feet of flexible space with beautiful 14 foot high exposed wood beam ceilings. Sleek, modern furniture highlights the avant-garde warmth of the pre-function area and exhibition hallway. Floor-to-ceiling windows envelop the Centre, revealing serenely captivating panoramic views of Addison Circle Park.
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Girl's USC rejection letter turns out to be prom proposal
Letter tells teen her college admission is in jeopardy
Updated: 4:31 PM EDT Apr 11, 2014
A girl who was recently accepted at the University of South Carolina got a second shocking letter telling her that her she was instead rejected by the college.The letter to Caitlyn Metzker that arrived with official-looking USC letterhead and envelope, said, "Unfortunately, it is clear that your grades are not what they were when we accepted you."The story of the letter was spotlighted Friday by Carson Daly during "What's Trending" on the Today show.The letter goes on, in very convincing, official-sounding language to tell Metzker that there is concern about her senior year performance.The letter concludes by saying, "It saddens us to say that your admission is in jeopardy, and we may have to pull our admission from you due to your poor school ethic and attendance. However if you were to just agree to go to prom with your boyfriend we could reconsider letting you continue to be a South Carolina Gamecock. So what do you say, will you go to prom with me?"Metzker responded in a tweet that said, "Oh my god Dylan. Thank you for the heart attack."The creative prom proposal went viral, and was retweeted more than 6,300 and favorited more than 13,000 times by Friday morning.Many of the responses included sentiments like "I would have killed him," but most cheered on the creative approach to a prom invitation.There's no official word yet, but the guess is that Metzker said, "Yes."
COLUMBIA, S.C. —
A girl who was recently accepted at the University of South Carolina got a second shocking letter telling her that her she was instead rejected by the college.
The letter to Caitlyn Metzker that arrived with official-looking USC letterhead and envelope, said, "Unfortunately, it is clear that your grades are not what they were when we accepted you."
The story of the letter was spotlighted Friday by Carson Daly during "What's Trending" on the Today show.
The letter goes on, in very convincing, official-sounding language to tell Metzker that there is concern about her senior year performance.
The letter concludes by saying, "It saddens us to say that your admission is in jeopardy, and we may have to pull our admission from you due to your poor school ethic and attendance. However if you were to just agree to go to prom with your boyfriend we could reconsider letting you continue to be a South Carolina Gamecock. So what do you say, will you go to prom with me?"
Metzker responded in a tweet that said, "Oh my god Dylan. Thank you for the heart attack."
The creative prom proposal went viral, and was retweeted more than 6,300 and favorited more than 13,000 times by Friday morning.
Many of the responses included sentiments like "I would have killed him," but most cheered on the creative approach to a prom invitation.
There's no official word yet, but the guess is that Metzker said, "Yes."


I first read this in November 2000.
Lloyd Simcoe and his partner Theo Procoides are scientist at CERN working in high energy physics. Today is their big day - they expect to finally detect the Higgs bosun. Instead something very strange happens: for two minutes everyone in the world blacks out and experiences their lives as they will be twenty one years from now. It's naturally enough, a bit of a shock, and a particular shock to everyone who is injured or dies during this two minute blackout.
So if you know your future, what do about it? Do you work to make it happen, do you relax and enjoy the wait, or do you try to change it in order to retain some semblance of free will?
This was a fairly interesting read. It started off well, but then slipped sideways into something of a detective thriller and, close to the end, drifted off into a quasi-religious overview of humanity's future through to the end of time. At this point I almost gave up and put the book down. Still in a rare episode of surprising generosity, I decided to read the book through to the end, so I made another coffee and lit another cigarette and ended up being pleasantly surprised. There was a point to it after all.
What's it got? Well, the Flashforward itself, the effect on the people who experienced - not what I'd have expected at all - and some nice thoughts about free will, multiple universes and the effect of knowing one's future. It also has the absolutely charming Michiko, albeit she is sorely abused. On the other hand there are absolutely no aliens, and indeed, if there were ever to be a sequel, absolutely no chance of aliens.


We personalise your stay by taking care of every last detail.
Ours is a small language stay agency based in Lugano with thirty years of experience behind us.
We have personally experienced the evolution of the sector, and have realised that it has come to a complete levelling out of stay offers, which are now geared towards producing a sort of "standard" experience, comparable to that of a "package" holiday.
Tired of this homogenising, we decided to do something different and go against the current. We decided to turn to a niche market for people who want to take full advantage of the learning period in order to have a truly unforgettable experience.
So, we have created a real "boutique of language stay" where the proposal is only limited by your ability to imagine what you want to do, while we think of the rest.
"Combine the useful with the delightful." This is what we want our clients to receive, a goal as simple as it is clear: to guarantee an experience that will stay forever in their hearts for all those who choose to organise a language stay with us.
To formulate a proposal, the agency or traditional operator essentially poses four questions: what language do you want to learn; where do you want to go and for how long; how many hours a day do you want to study; and do you want to stay with a family, on campus or in a residence? From here, the usual options to choose from will emerge.
Instead, we begin with the assumption that these questions do not go far enough to make a study trip a truly unforgettable experience, in that too many elements are overlooked, as are too many wishes, and too many opportunities will not be seized.
We listen, suggest, evaluate and then propose, convinced that the most important part of the trip must be made before leaving.
This is why we have developed a section of the site that helps suggest additional options to be followed up by an in-depth analysis by our enthusiastic consultants in order to give you the option that best suits your wishes.
As the person in charge of the agency, Margaret handles contacts with schools around the world. An expert in languages and a passionate traveller, she diligently and professionally analyses the needs and objectives of the clients by finding the ideal solution for each and every one.
Edith has always been interested in new trends. She loves to find something original and out of the ordinary to suggest to clients. Her sunny personality has enabled her to establish a broad network of relationships in many places.
Andrea's analytical training is crucial to realising every flight of fantasy. He has great enthusiasm for the efficiency and quality of our organisation, into which he directs all of his experience.
Those looking for something special, exclusive, adventurous and ... much more!
Parents who want to give their child a positive experience and one dedicated to total safety.
Professionals with very special needs who must coordinate their work with their studies.
To all those who have special needs: from the handicapped to the elite sportsperson.


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When I take my browser window (Google Chrome) and shrink it, the menu bar pops onto a second line way before there's no more room for it on top. i would like the black area on the left of the logo to shrink first to be aligned with the content box and then only once there's no more room for the content, there also is no more room for logo and menu on top... but how can I get this achieved I'm wondering?
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A: You may want to use CSS3 media queries. Using them you can specify separate styles for different browser sizes.
More info about responsive design you can find here: http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-mediaqueries/#width

A: I actually had to remove the inner padding on the left side of the logo and instead give the "toplogo"  a fixed width (in pixels) with auto margin on either side to get it centered on the page. That seems to give me what I was looking for.

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Up until a few weeks ago, I didn't know I would have to decide the country I was going to be studying at so that I prepare myself better for it and choose the correct subjects and meet the right requirements! I had been considering the UK, among other countries.
Now, don't get me wrong, the UK is a beautiful place from what I've seen. I went to a college fair and fell in love with Aberdeen. I would LOVE to come study here in a couple of years. There is just ONE thing that worries me. I live in an international community (Dubai) and everyone here is friends with people from all over the world, and their places of origin do not matter as long as we get along. I have friends from every continent on the planet, and a lot of friends from the UK too, part of the reason I'm considering it. However, what's it like there? Are people willing to be friends with people regardless of where they come from, or does everyone tend to form little cliques? I don't know if I could live in a place where I was judged based on where I come from (I'm originally Bulgarian) and not based on who I am. So what's it like? I hope I haven't offended anyone in any way because that was certainly not my intention!
Everyone's cool over here. There are students from all over the place and everyone is welcome.
You'll be fine. If anything, people will think it's pretty cool that you're from Bulgaria and you've lived in Dubai makes you sound interesting. Wherever you go, there'll be plenty of international students, so you won't be the only one. Plus even home students will be from a variety of different backgrounds. I think you'll find the majority of students to be very welcoming.
Am I obliged to go to UCAS uni if I get accepted in the USA?
Is there any way to apply to more than 5 universities?
Do I apply on student finance as home or international?


Our school meals are popular and accommodate all tastes as well as providing excellent value for money. From September 2014 all children in the Early Years Foundation Stage, Year 1 and Year 2 are entitled to a free school meal under a government initiative.
If you are paying for a meal for an older child, it should be paid for in advance. The correct money should be sent in a sealed envelope clearly marked with the child's name and class. Please make cheques payable to Mowbray Primary School.
A vegetarian alternative is always available to the main meal, as is a choice of vegetables or salad and traditional pudding, fresh fruit or yoghurt.
If you think you may be eligible to claim for free school meals,please enquire at the school office for further details. Even if your child wishes to have sandwiches, please apply for free school meals, as eligibility may mean your child can access additional provision in school.
Key Stage 2 children are allowed to buy a mid-morning snack from the school kitchen.
Look out for letters about our marvellous themed lunches to celebrate special events or holidays.


The description from the Generative Design book reads as follows: 'The step from harmonic oscillations to Lissajous figures is very easy now. Instead of one oscillation, two are calculated, one of which defines the y-coordinates of the point to be drawn (as demonstrated) and the other its x-coordinates. The adjacent image depicts an oscillation with frequency 2, an oscillation with frequency 1, and a 90º phase shift, which together results in a Lissajous figure in the shape of a reclining 8.' Here you can find the original program I started with.
As usual I changed the global variable names. The size of the display window and I added some letter spaces to improve the readability of the program. Made the background gray and I filled all curves because the strokes displayed were giving a bad image quality.
This animation is fine as long as you don't cranck up the frequency rate of one or both frequency curves to lets say 7 Hz. If it higher everything will be unreadable. So I think its better to make that information static. But it is also more boring. Until here I don't want to go any further with these examples. I could make more variations but the intention is to understand how Lissajous figures work. And that is clear to me now.


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Welcome to the latest episode of Too Long; Didn't Watch, a new podcast produced by Rolling Stone and OBB Sound, presented by Google Assistant, and hosted by yours truly. In each episode, we attempt a new method of scaling Peak TV, by pairing a celebrity guest with a series they've never seen and showing them only the very first and very last episodes, to see if they can figure out what in the world happened in between.
For this week's episode, we welcome actor and comedian Rob Huebel, from Medical Police, Childrens Hospital, Transparent, and recurring guest appearances across half of Peak TV. Huebel and I sat down all the way back on March 12th of last year, the second and final TLDW episode recorded in person. (Jon Hamm watching Gossip Girl was the other one.) At the time, it was clear we were heading for a quarantine, but not necessarily for how long; while making small talk before the recording, I mentioned that my wife and I had just put down a deposit for one of our kids to have their birthday party at a local ice rink later that spring; Huebel gave me a concerned look, shook his head, and said, "I don't think you're having that party."
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The atmosphere of foreboding was, sadly, perfect for our show of choice: The Leftovers, the HBO drama that I consider the best show of the 2010s. Adapted by Damon Lindelof and Tom Perrotta from Perrotta's novel of the same name, The Leftovers follows the aftermath of a mysterious global event in which a random two percent of the population vanishes without explanation. It's a show about collective trauma, and the many ways it can drive you mad if you're not careful. As we watched the pilot and then the finale, we couldn't help noticing how appropriate it was to our own circumstances in those early days of the Covid pandemic.
Even more than Gossip Girl or Game of Thrones, The Leftovers is a great test of the podcast's ridiculous premise, because the finale is so wildly different from the pilot — starting with the fact that Carrie Coon's Nora Durst is in every single scene (and practically every shot) of that final episode, when she appears for only one brief scene in the series premiere.
Could Huebel follow this jarring shift? How did he feel about watching such an intense show in this weird fashion? And how did it feel seeing it while the total number of reported Covid cases began to skyrocket? All this and more are revealed in this week's episode.
You can subscribe now to Too Long; Didn't Watch wherever you get your podcasts, including Apple, Spotify, Stitcher, Acast, Google, TuneIn, and Pocketcasts. If you like what we're doing, please rate and review us on the platform of your choice. You can also stream the latest episode right here:
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When computers were invented for the first time, many businesses took advantage and started using them to automate their everyday manual tasks. That improved productivity and boosted revenue. The same thing happened when the internet was born. And now a new wave of technologies is upon us, one that will change the face of the business world forever.
Most businesses have already adopted these new technologies to improve their marketing, product development, and customer retention and engagement tactics. However, there are still some which haven't especially small and medium-sized businesses. If you want to take your business to warp speeds, here are some of the most important technological advancements you need to incorporate.
Simply put, cloud computing offers hardware and software services through the internet. It has revolutionized the way businesses are being conducted. When you shift your business to the cloud, your technological capital costs are reduced as you won't have to deal with hardware and software maintenance, for example. This happens because cloud services offer inexpensive storage, processing, and network solutions.
It's more secure and you will observe an increase in productivity, which will increase your revenue.
Mobile phones have changed our lives and they have indeed shaped the way businesses are run. Before the advent of the smartphone, mobile phones were only used for calling and texting. When the smartphone arrived, businesses started developing applications to offer their services to customers constantly on the move.
Nowadays, mobile apps are used for trading, buying products or services, etc. People want business websites to be available on their mobile phones as well; hence, you should start developing mobile-optimized websites and appealing apps if you want to expand your reach and boost your sales.
You might be using apps like Whatsapp, Facebook messenger, Viber, etc. These are VoIP applications or voice-over-IP applications; in layman terms, it means communicating with another person over the internet. Such apps have taken over the world by storm because it reduces your monthly phone bills.
Businesses are also using VoIP apps like HipChat and Slack for real-time communication; this has cut down their monthly communication costs and has decreased email volumes.
Customer satisfaction is the goal of every business and customer support goes a long way in in fluencing it. Of course, providing customer support through live chats and telephone calls is a good way to connect to your customers; on the flipside, using live videos to deliver customer support changes everything.
When your customers can talk to representatives through face-to-face interaction, it engages them and boosts customer satisfaction levels through the roof. Furthermore, it streamlines the entire process by providing faster solutions and lesser confusion.
Businesses have started using advanced software solutions like accounting software, inventory management software, web-based catalogs, database management systems, interactive websites, and customer relationship management systems. Incorporating such software will increase your business productivity and improve the workflow.
Technology is also utilized in enhancing the marketing of products or services like using videos for promoting a product. Mobile devices like tablets are often used to offer instant customer support. And let's not forget using social media platforms to attract potential customers and obtain more exposure for goods and services. Combining all of these will ensure your business takes off at the speed of light!
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Two leaves, each inscribed on one side. To Frederick Oldfield Ward (1817-1877) concerning Thomas Hood's (1799-1845) magazine, and Dickens's intention to contribute a "very short" piece to the next number, as assistance to Hood; promising to do so "with sincere pleasure." Toning, old folds, some foxing, the ink dark and legible, 7 1/4 x 4 1/4 in.
Dickens' characterization of the piece he promises to write is especially apt, as his satirical contribution, a "Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood" published in Hood's Magazine, volume one, January to June 1844, refers to the Tom Thumb craze sweeping England at the time, and describes a method that parents are currently employing to stunt their children's growth.


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Characters, Males, Major characters
VOICE Kevin Duda
Timmy is one of the main characters. He is voiced by Kevin Duda.
Timmy is one of Sunny's friends. He hosts talent shows and contests in Friendly Falls. He has terrible singing skills but doesn't seem to notice when he sings off-key. Timmy is one of the salon's best customers and has wavy blond hair that is similar to Sunny's but much shorter.
Timmy is a little awkward, but he comes across as well-meaning and confident. Whenever he talks to Sunny, he seems to get nervous and his eyes wander a lot.
In "The Topi-Hairy Contest," Rox says to Sunny: "Awesome! Timmy's judging the contest, and he loves you!" implying he may have a crush on her.
Timmy has blue eyes and dirty blond hair with golden streaks. One long strand of hair is always in front of his face. His eyebrows are light brown. He wears a light blue jogging sweatshirt, a white undershirt, blue jeans, and red converse sneakers. Timmy's color scheme (yellowish hair with blue attire) matches Sunny's.
He is the first character other than Sunny to have his name in an episode title ("If Timmy Gives You Apples").
Timmy, Sunny, Doodle, and Cindy are the only four characters to appear in every episode so far.
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The zero-based number of the column whose value is retrieved.
The value of the specified column in provider-specific format.
Because the DataTableReader always returns the type stored within the underlying DataColumn, the value returned by calling the GetProviderSpecificValue method always returns data of the same type as the data stored within the DataTable. When you work with the DataTableReader class, calling the GetProviderSpecificValue method returns the same value and type as calling the GetValue method.


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Victor Ashe: Why are UT's administrative salaries so out of step with market?
Victor Ashe
Shopper News columnist
When Beverly Davenport was fired as UT chancellor, the vice chancellor for communications, Ryan Robinson, left almost immediately. He had started his job at $225,000 a year, and within 13 months Davenport had twice raised his salary without telling anyone to reach $255,000.
This position is one that handles communications with the public. It is the voice of the campus while the UT system has its own communications office. Tisha Benton, currently deputy to the Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Conservation and Environment, assumes the position Dec. 17.
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She worked here in Knoxville at one time at WATE and is considered well qualified. However, her current position in state government, where she makes $146,000 a year, often changes when there is a new governor.
Her salary now jumps to $220,000 (an increase of $74,000 or 52 percent). That is the question here and campus wide. Namely, why does UT Knoxville pay its campus and system administrative personnel much more than the Knoxville job market justifies.
Clearly, the starting salary far exceeds what a typical communications person in Knoxville would earn. For example, the combined salaries of the communications people for Mayors Madeline Rogero and Glenn Jacobs is less than what Benton starts out at. My guess is that Benton would have happily taken the job at $160,000 a year, which would still have been a pay raise but saved taxpayers $60,000 a year.
One can only hope the new board will insist on salaries at the campus level consistent with the local job market and then consider raises after the new hire has been here a year, when their performance might merit an increase, not the other way around. That is what happens in the private sector.
UT interim president Randy Boyd garners early fans
New interim UT President Randy Boyd has a breakfast meeting scheduled with Knox, Anderson, Blount and Jefferson County lawmakers on Friday morning, Dec. 7, at 8 at Andy Holt Towers.
Boyd has hit the ground running with many meetings with different stakeholders, not only in Knoxville but Chattanooga and Martin. He is clearly listening. One member of UT's Faculty Senate texted after Boyd visit, "Very positive interactions with Boyd today. Palpable faculty optimism. Very refreshing."
It will be hard for Boyd to keep this up, but he is off to a great start.
The UT board of trustees will lose one of its newest members when Lang Wiseman resigns Jan. 19 to become legal counsel to Gov.-elect Bill Lee. Lee will appoint a successor to Wiseman, which must be confirmed by the legislature. Wiseman will have served less than seven months on the board.
Victor Ashe is the former Knoxville Mayor and former Ambassador to Poland. He writes for Shopper News.