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How much water flows over Iguazu Falls per second?
Tom Oliver | Member since 2013 | 10+ Answers Submitted | ✔ Verified
Following massive rainfalls in Misiones, Argentina, and Santa Catarina and Paran�, Brazil, the famous Iguaz� Falls are now overflowing, carrying 46,300 cubic meters per second �33 times the usual water flow rate.
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Keeping this in consideration, how much water flows over the Iguazu Falls each second when they are in flood?
Following massive rainfalls in Misiones, Argentina, and Santa Catarina and Paran�, Brazil, the famous Iguaz� Falls are now overflowing, carrying 46, 300 cubic meters per second �33 times the usual water flow rate.
Subsequently, question is, how many waterfalls does Iguazu Falls have? 275 waterfalls .
Raquel Camden | Member since 2010 | 10+ Answers Submitted | ✔ Verified
what river flows over Iguazu?
Paran�.
Adalie Latham | Member since 2005 | 10+ Answers Submitted | ✔ Verified
Has anyone survived going over Iguazu Falls?
Two US tourists have died in an accident at Iguazu Falls on the border between Brazil and Argentina. They were in an inflatable boat which capsized after apparently hitting rocks near the base of the waterfall, Argentine officials said. At least five others were rescued from the water but suffered injuries.
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Are Iguazu Falls a wonder of the world?
Iguazu Falls chosen as one of the natural seven wonders of the world. It is 82 metres high, 150 metres wide and 700 metres long, while the rest of the falls average 64 metres. Iguaz� (Bing River, in Guarani) Falls has long been one of Argentina and Brazil's most popular touristic destinations.
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Are the Iguazu Falls worth it?
Don't skip Iguazu - it is definitely worth going to see - nothing at all like Niagara. You can easily see what needs to be seen in a day and a half, including traveling time. All you really need is to spend 1 night, preferably at the Sheraton, the only hotel in walking distance to the falls.
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Which ocean is closest to Iguazu Falls?
It springs at 900 meters above sea level from the Atlantic coast, of southeastern Brazil and flows in a generally westward direction to its confluence with the Parana River. The Iguassu River forms part of he boundary between Argentina and Brazil.
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Is Iguazu Falls bigger than Niagara Falls?
The Iguazu falls are larger than Niagara and even wider as it has a span of falls throughout the area. The Let's compare! The atmosphere at Niagara is of a tourist town while the Iguazu Falls is more of a national park (both at the Brazil falls side and Argentina Falls side).
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Do you get wet at Iguazu Falls?
Getting wet under Iguazu Falls. When visiting the National Park - either from Argentina or Brazil, get on the jet boat and see the falls from the water. It's fun and you will get wet. The tour operators will give you a water tight bag for your things and those with Go-pro's will get that shot under the water fall.
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What is so special about Iguazu Falls?
Of all the waterfalls in the world, Iguazu has the highest annual average flow, more than Niagara Falls. Iguazu Falls is taller than, and twice as wide as Niagara Falls. Iguazu Falls was formed as the result of a volcanic eruption. This eruption left a large crack.
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Why do people go to Iguazu Falls?
The Iguazu Falls are a reminder of the power and the fragility of nature. It is the most powerful waterfall in the world. When you visit you'll find the noise and sheer force of the water astounding.
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Rio de Janeiro - Seven tourists and a Brazilian guide died and three people were injured in a boat crash at Brazil's Iguazu Falls, one of Latin America's top tourist attractions, officials said.
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Is Iguazu Falls better from Brazil or Argentina?
The Argentinian side Iguaz� National Park is much bigger than its Brazilian counterpart, with more trails to walk along and some that lead you right into the open water. You'll need at least a full day (or two) to see it all and walk all of its trails.
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Is Iguazu Falls the biggest waterfall in the world?
These 275 Falls make up the largest waterfall system in the world. The falls divide the river into the upper and lower Iguazu. The Iguazu River starts near Curitiba city of Brazil. It is 1320 km long river.
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Joining the Amazon in its new title of the world's great natural wonders is the Iguazu Falls. The Iguazu Falls are situated on the border of Argentina and Brazil not far from Paraguay; meaning Brazil also now has 2 noted natural wonders along with Peru.
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Hello Friends! With the start of a new school year and fall in the air, I am excited for a fresh new start as I begin blogging again.
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First listed on 16 April, this house has been on Domain for 6 days (last updated on 17 April). It was last sold in 1996 and 11 other 4 bedroom house in Riverwood have recently been sold.
We couldn't find a recent sale of another house with 4 beds, 3 baths, 1 parking space in this street.


era noida office is closed any idea on where is office now ?
i went to their office in noida sec 3. it is closed and building is 'for rent' . does anybody has any idea where their new/other office is where we can try to find them ?
Is this website/forum a good idea?
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Q: MFC SDI Text Editor I am creating an MFC SDI explorer style application (it has a splitter bar and the right-hand pane is the text-edit area, left-hand pane is the tree-view)
My right-hand pane is a CRichEditView.
I want to be able to detect when a user has edited the text so that a flag is set to show that a change has been made but has not been saved. I have tried several ways of doing this e.g. catching WM_KEYDOWN in PreTranslateMessage, but this catches everything and prevents the keypresses from editing the view. I have also tried adding ON_WM_KEYDOWN() to the message map in the MyView.cpp. Again, this seems to prevent the keystrokes from having any affect on the text in the view. I want to allow the user to edit the text in the view, but the application to know that this has been done.
Please help - I have looked for hours for ways to do this.
Many thanks

A: Adding ON_WM_KEYDOWN() to the message map is probably the correct approach. You must make sure that your implementation of the OnKeyDown() method calls the base class method so that the message gets passed on as appropriate.

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Information Gathering and Marketing
24 Pages Posted: 15 Apr 2008
See all articles by Heski Bar-Isaac
Heski Bar-Isaac
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
Guillermo Caruana
Centre for Monetary and Financial Studies (CEMFI)
Vicente Cuñat
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Financial Markets Group
NYU Working Paper No. 2451/26026
Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Vol. 19, Issue 2, pp. 375-401, Summer 2010
Date Written: April, 2008
Consumers have only partial knowledge before making a purchase decision, but can choose to acquire more detailed information. A firm can make it easier or harder for these consumers to obtain such information. We explore consumers' information gathering and the firm's integrated strategy for marketing, pricing, and investment in quality. In particular, we highlight that when consumers are ex-ante heterogeneous, the firm might choose an intermediate marketing strategy for two quite different reasons. First, it serves as a non-price means of discrimination - it can make information only partially available, in a way that induces some, but not all, consumers to acquire the information. Second, when the firm cannot commit to a given investment in quality, it can still convince all consumers of its provision by designing a pricing and marketing policy that induces some consumers to actively gather further information. This mass of consumers, in exchange, is sufficiently large to discipline the monopolist to invest in the quality of the product.
Keywords: information gathering, monopoly, marketing, pricing, investment
JEL Classification: D42, D83, L15, M31
Bar-Isaac, Heski and Caruana, Guillermo and Cuñat, Vicente, Information Gathering and Marketing (April, 2008). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1120858 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1120858
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Q: How is Hubble constant measured by the method of observing BAO? How is Hubble constant measured by the method of observing BAO?By just reading some articles it seems to me a more complex method than the astronomic scale.Can this method be explained in few words to point the idea how data is fetched from observing oscillations in power of emissions and is there some way to figure out why we encountered the crisys in measuring the Hubble constant?

A: BAO experiments essentially measure two quantities, one parallel to the line-of-sight
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\beta_{\parallel} = H(z_{\rm eff}) r_s (z_{\ast})
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and the other perpendicular to the line-of-sight
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\beta_{\perp} = \frac{ r_s (z_{\ast})}{D_A(z_{\rm eff})}
\end{equation}
Here $H(z)$ is the Hubble parameter, $ r_s (z_{\ast})$ is the comoving sound horizon at recombination (i.e. the standard ruler) and $D_A(z_{\rm eff})$ is the comoving angular distance to the observation redshift, $z_{\rm eff}$. The latter is computed as
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D_A(z_{\rm eff}) = \int_0^{z_{\rm eff}} \frac{dz}{H(z)}
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The standard ruler $ r_s (z_{\ast})$ is well constrained by CMB experiments. For the shape of $H(z)$, one needs to assume some model (such as $\Lambda$CDM). Thus, by fitting the theoretical predictions for $\beta_{\parallel} $ and $\beta_{\perp}$ to the BAO data, we get indirect constraints on the expansion history of the universe, $H(z)$, and thus on the Hubble constant $H_0 = H(z=0)$. In a similar way to other probes of the early universe (as the CMB), this method gives a value of $H_0$ that is in tension with the direct measurement in the local universe (using the cosmic distance ladder). Note that even if BAO observations are made in the late universe (by looking at the large-scale distribution of galaxies), it is considered as a early probe because It provides a constraint on $ r_s (z_{\ast})$, that gives information about the primordial plasma.


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FBI sifts health bond king's wreckage
By Lauren Chambliss
Updated: 19:00 EST, 1 December 2002
LANCE Poulsen, the yachtsman and engaging entrepreneur behind the collapse of one of America's big bond issuers, once said that the biggest mistake in his life was running his yacht aground off the Florida coast. He was moving at high speed in shallow water.
The FBI agents and accountants who are poring over the books of National Century Financial Enterprises suspect Poulsen operated his business the same way - at such high speed neither regulators nor the firms he did business with noticed he was floundering until it was too late. Now, many of his investors have been caught in the perfect storm.
National Century reported debts of $4.1bn (£2.6bn) before collapsing last month - its assets are unknown - setting off a chain reaction of bankruptcy filings by half a dozen small US healthcare companies dependent on its financing. Big Wall Street firms have also been burned. CSFB for example, has had to take $214m in write-offs on National Century bonds, accusing the company of 'massive fraud'.
David Coles, the court-appointed turnaround specialist now heading the company says as much as $1.3bn appears to be missing, though it will take months to sort through the company's complex financial holdings. The FBI raided company offices last month, carting off boxes of documents. 'There may well be issues of self-dealing,' David Alexander, an attorney involved in the case recently told the court.
Poulsen has gone underground. He can't be reached through the Ohio company or at his $1m Florida waterfront estate, with its cascading waterfall, luxury yacht and other trappings of wealth. The 59-year-old former chief executive is, or was, active in the Florida conservative social scene. He has given tens of thousands of dollars to Republican candidates and lent the company jet at least once to Florida Governor and Presidential sibling Jeb Bush.
Poulsen is unlikely to be welcome at any political soiree any time soon. Not until his name is cleared of possible wrongdoing, but even then enough personal history has been unearthed to cast a shadow on the once-sterling reputation of a man who made his fortune taking risks in the complex world of healthcare funding. National Century essentially repackaged healthcare company outstanding bills and sold bonds backed by the promise of billable income.
The big Wall Street firms he dealt with had no inkling the son of Danish immigrants had a chequered past long before establishing National Century in 1991. He began his professional career as a beer salesman in St Paul, Minnesota, but moved to Florida and quickly climbed the career ladder. He ran Dinsmore Tire Centers, also on to the rocks, filing for bankruptcy in 1984.
He was arrested by West Palm Beach police for writing bad cheques and America's tax authorities once put a lien on his property because they said he owed nearly $50,000 in back taxes.
Running background checks on business partners is not normal practice on Wall Street, so Poulsen slipped in under the net. His company's bonds were given gold-plated AAA ratings. A charismatic salesman, National Century filled an important niche as a link between small and medium-sized healthcare companies and the Wall Street bond market they were not big enough to tap on their own.
It is not known how much Poulsen paid himself as National Century's chairman and chief executive. Since it is a private company it did not have to meet strict disclosure requirements demanded of publicly held firms. It has also been reported that some of the less viable healthcare companies - several owned by Poulsen or his associates - may have been getting more than their share of income from triple-A bonds.
The income flow has stopped now. Not only are his days of commuting from Florida to Ohio by Hawker 800 jet over but Poulsen and wife Barbara's assets have been temporarily frozen by a Florida judge in a separate case involving a contested 1998 merger.
In a civil suit, the State of Massachusetts claims Poulsen and a healthcare company he owns cheated a takeover target out of $31m. Those yachting days - ill-fated or otherwise - may never return.


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Q: How can I exclude the first row from a result query? Consider the following query-
SELECT * FROM GAME_LIST WHERE
  genre     = (SELECT Genre FROM GAME_LIST WHERE name='$searchTerm') OR
  publisher = (SELECT Publisher FROM GAME_LIST WHERE name='$searchTerm')
  ORDER BY CASE WHEN name LIKE '%$searchTerm%' then 1 else 2 end, points DESC

This query will generate number of rows from GAME_LIST table. For example-
A - 123 - W
B - 235 - R
C - 323 - R
D - 146 - R
E - 167 - W
F - 189 - W
G - 165 - R

But I don't want to include the first row (in this case A - 123 - W).
How can I achieve this within my existing query?

A: Use the offset capability of limit.  In MySQL, this would often be written as:
  ORDER BY CASE WHEN name LIKE '%$searchTerm%' then 1 else 2 end, points DESC
  LIMIT 1, 9999999

The second argument is just a big number to be sure you get all the rows you want.
This can also be written as:
LIMIT 99999999 OFFSET 1

The OFFSET counting starts at 0 for the first row, so 1 skips the first row, starting at the second.

A: Use the following:
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A wooden observation tower is intended for observation of the wild horses, birds, two rivers and city panorama.
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Viewing tower reaches the height of 19.2 metres or six floors; wooden stairs lead to the top observation platform. The first level of the tower is accessible also to the persons with reduced mobility.
A 3.2 km long Health Trail starts at the foot of the tower and leads towards the northern direction of the Palace Island; it is suitable for walks, Nordic walking and biking. Health Trail is closed during the nesting time of birds from April 1 to June 30, and at that time wild horses and birds can be observed only from the viewing tower.
No more than 15 persons can be located in the viewing tower at the same time;
Children may climb the viewing tower only under supervision of adults;
It is prohibited to climb the viewing tower during storm and strong wind;
It is prohibited to climb the viewing tower if the steps and railing are covered with ice.
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Do you have a child who will be 5 on or between 1st September 2022 and 31st August 2023? If so, you need to complete an application for a school place so that your child can start school in September 2022.
From September 14th 2021 you can apply online on the Durham County Council school admissions website. You will also be able to access essential information that will help you in making your application.
If you cannot access the Council's website please contact the School Admissions and Transport Team on 03000 265 896 and you will be sent a copy of the guide for parents and an application form.
Please note that the deadline for primary applications is midnight on 15 January 2022.
The offer of a school place will usually be made in April 2022.
If you require any further information or support with admissions please contact school.
We are committed to meeting the needs of all children including those with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities. We would ask parents to discuss the identified needs with the school prior to starting so that appropriate intervention and support can be planned and implemented. A meeting with the SENDCO, Mrs Firth, can be arranged prior to joining school, and she will also attend SEN review meetings at previous settings/schools as part of the admission process. Advice from the LA or other agencies may be requested to ensure any the school can meet any needs appropriately.
When our school can meet the needs of children with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities, pupils will be treated equally when arranging admission, and we are committed to ensuring that procedures and steps are put in place, to ensure that this is as smooth running and as fair as possible.
Full details of the admission arrangements can be found in the Primary and Secondary Admissions brochure produced by Durham County Council and further information can be found in the school Admissions Policy that can be found in the School Policies section of our website.
The School Admissions and Transport Team
Contact Durham County Council's school admission and transport team on 03000 265 896.
All other admissions are arranged by the Local Authority. You are welcome to visit the school but you will need to apply through the Admissions Team at County Hall on 03000 265 896.
Any parent or carer who is considering West Rainton Primary School as a possible place for their child is warmly invited to visit school. Contact should be made with the headteacher to arrange a convenient time.
Visit the Durham County Council website for information regarding the school admission process and primary school admissions. To appeal against an admission decision visit: School admissions-appeals.
Applying for a school place if your child has an Education, Health and Care Plan or a Statement of SEN
Children and young people with an Education, Health and Care Plan (or Statement of Special Education Needs) follow a different admission and transfer process for a new school. Please continue to complete Durham County Council's parental preference form, as part of the admission process to a new school. You continue to have a right to request a particular school and this will be considered alongside the information that we have about your child's special educational needs. The information would have been provided as part of the Education, Health and Care assessment or following the review meeting.
At West Rainton Primary School, we pride ourselves on having a caring, inclusive ethos. If your child has Special Educational Needs or a Disability, please contact us to arrange a visit.
Equally, if you have concerns over potential needs before you decide to apply for a place at our school, Mrs Firth, our dedicated SENDCO and Deputy Headteacher, will happily discuss the provision on offer for your child in our school, in accordance to the Code of Practice 2014. We will discuss and plan together for the needs of your child as an individual, ensuring that they start at our school in a well-supported, caring manner.
We make a commitment to providing the nurturing, progressive education that your child deserves, regardless of their needs. We would ask parents to discuss the identified needs with the school prior to starting so that appropriate intervention and support can be planned and implemented. Advice from the LA or other agencies may be requested to ensure any the school can meet any needs appropriately.
If you would like to discuss your SEND requirements in detail please contact the school to arrange an appointment.
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Perspective > Medscape One-on-One > Adashi
HRSA's Wakefield on CHCs, ACOs and Strengthening the Health Workforce
Eli Y. Adashi, MD, MS, CPE, FACOG; Mary Wakefield, PhD, RN
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Eli Y. Adashi, MD, MS, CPE, FACOG: Hello, I am Eli Adashi, professor of medical science at Brown University and host of Medscape One-on-One. Joining me today is Dr. Mary Wakefield, administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). An agency of the Department of Health and Human Services, HRSA is committed to improving access to healthcare services for some of our nation's most vulnerable citizens. Welcome.
Mary Wakefield, PhD, RN: Thank you. It's nice to be here.
What Are Community Health Centers
Dr. Adashi: We recognize that community health centers (CHCs) must be a huge piece of your charge. They also figure in a big way into the Affordable Care Act or the healthcare reform bill. What is a CHC for short?
Dr. Wakefield: You can find CHCs in every state of the union. We have more than 1100 community health centers in urban and rural areas across the United States. But many of those health centers have additional, related sites so right now we have more than 8100 sites in the United States.
Dr. Adashi: Is there an estimate of the total number of patients that CHCs might be caring for?
Dr. Wakefield: About 19.5 million patients are seen in CHCs. Interestingly that number went up just over the last couple of years. That's probably due to economic circumstances, people losing their jobs, and then losing their health insurance coverage. So this infrastructure across the United States, that safety net infrastructure, became even more important recently.
The Affordable Care Act and CHCs
Dr. Adashi: If and when the Affordable Care Act, the healthcare reform bill, goes through as originally envisioned, how many patients are likely to be cared for by the CHCs?
Dr. Wakefield: We'll likely see millions more patients than we are currently seeing. The Affordable Care Act provides a very significant investment in CHCs. An investment that rolls out over the course of about the next 4 years to help support operations of health centers, to help with construction, and to help with expanded services. Health centers, for example, are a little bit atypical. They provide behavioral health services frequently, they provide healthcare services, and then of course typical or traditional primary care and illness prevention relation services. The Affordable Care Act allows many of the health centers to expand their services, to expand their sites, and to engage in renovation or construction; all of those investments through the Affordable Care Act over the course of the next few years are made with the expectation that we'll have millions more patients being seen in them.
Dr. Adashi: That would make the CHCs responsible for a very substantial fraction of the total population.
Dr. Wakefield: Yes.
Dr. Adashi: One element that is dominant in the Affordable Care Act and throughout the nation these days is of course the emphasis on care coordination, and it's easy to see how the CHCs could be the perfect sites for such efforts in terms of primary care coordination. Is HRSA focused on that part of the equation in some way? Is it issuing grants to encourage that activity? What can you tell us in that context?
Dr. Wakefield: You're right care coordination is really critical to the way CHCs operate, and through our grants we're trying to encourage even more of that. For example, we have an array of different types of healthcare providers that work together even within a CHC. The expectation is that nurse practitioners, doctors, dentists, psychologists, and others are all working together to coordinate care around a patient or a patient and their family. In addition CHCs have an obligation to make referrals for patients when they need to see specialists or when they need something other than a primary care physician. That's part of the package in the way a CHC operates. In fact, CHCs already have a lot of the elements of patient-centered medical homes with the deployment of health information technology, team-based care, and a heavy emphasis on care coordination. It's an expectation, and it's an expectation that we'll build out even from the coordination that currently occurs.
Dr. Adashi: In many ways the CHCs may be ahead of the curve and the transition for them might be more natural and easier than for some.
Dr. Wakefield: I would say you're probably right because in many of those settings you find an array of services and an array of service providers that are not always typical in our traditional clinics.
How Do CHCs Fit Into the Accountable Care Organization Concept?
Dr. Adashi: Another key element of the Affordable Care Act is the Accountable Care Organization (ACO) concept. Do the CHCs fit into that overall concept? Are they expected to be part of ACOs wherever they may be?
Dr. Wakefield: We certainly expect that some of the CHCs will absolutely step up and participate in the ACO provisions of the Affordable Care Act. They're allowed to by law and in some cases they can choose to form networks even among CHCs. So, yes, they have a place at that table.
What Is the Health Service Corps?
Dr. Adashi: Some of the staffing of the CHCs is done by the National Health Service Corps, which is a little known part of the health workforce. Could you tell our viewers what the National Health Service Corp is, and how is it fairing these days?
Dr. Wakefield: The National Health Service Corp is a really important program that the federal government supports. It provides scholarships and loan repayment to primary care clinicians, for example, that are willing to practice once they graduate in underserved rural or urban areas. In our health profession shortage areas across the United States, of which there are many, this is a really important program because it focuses on the deployment or the distribution of primary care providers to ensure that the communities that need them the most, whether you're talking about downtown Baltimore, downtown Miami, or you're talking about my home state, North Dakota, and rural communities there. It really helps to ensure that these areas have access to key frontline providers.
The providers in this program include family medicine physicians, oral hygienists, dentists, physician assistants, and other providers. In exchange for service in underserved communities, individuals can receive loan repayment or scholarships. The loan repayment, just to give you an example, it runs about $60,000 for 2 years of service, and scholarships help to support tuition, cost of books and fees for students, and the program has grown markedly in the course of the last 2 years, and it will continue to grow through Affordable Care Act investments. Frankly, it was fairly anemically funded up until just a couple of years ago. We've been able to more than double the size of the National Health Service Corp. It's very exciting; now more than 10,000 clinicians are being fielded to underserved communities. In many cases, that means that a community of individuals who would have had difficulty accessing a pediatrician for example, now may well have one courtesy of the National Health Service Corp. It's a very important investment of the Affordable Care Act; about $1.5 billion is being spent, as a matter of fact.
Teaching Health Centers
Dr. Adashi: Remarkable. Another novelty that is not widely recognized is the so-called teaching health centers, which are finding homes in CHCs. Can you share some insight as to what these teaching health centers are, how they are coming along, and how they are expected to change the healthcare workforce?
Dr. Wakefield: The teaching health centers program has been stood up through the Affordable Care Act. It's an extremely important investment because what it does is really support the training of primary care physicians, for example, in community-based settings. Often times those community-based settings are CHCs, so it really drives the training of our next generation of primary care providers to where most patients are seen. Hospital training is certainly important and these residents would also receive that, but it really focuses on encouraging residency training in a community-based setting. We fund about 17 teaching health centers now, and there was a little bit of concern about a decrease in interest from some graduating medical students in primary care. There was a bit of a concern about whether we'd be able to fill the slots. I'm really pleased to say we've been able to fill all the slots, and the applications have exceeded the resources that we have available. It's a really good start for a very important program that's supported through the Affordable Care Act.
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Dr. Adashi: In this context I believe it is true that HRSA is one of the Health and Human Services agencies that is most concerned with the healthcare workforce, the size thereof, the makeup thereof, etc. What do you in your leadership position have to do in that regard? What keeps you awake at night? Where do you invest? What should we be looking for in terms of future activities on the part of the agency?
Dr. Wakefield: Part of the equation that I pay most attention to is certainly around issues of supply. Primarily I'm concerned with the supply of primary care providers, but not just primary care providers, because we do have a portfolio of health professions workforce training programs that invest in scholarships for students. We also invest in curricula, trying to drive new innovative curricula across health professions training programs. We have health workforce programs that invest in the next generation of healthcare providers that will be making services available to our elderly. We have an array, really a broad portfolio, of workforce programs based within the HRSA. The good news is that those programs are highly valued by this administration, having received significant support during the past couple of years, focusing on both supply and distribution of providers.
One of the areas we've been paying a lot of attention to recently is ensuring that we're doing our part to incentivize training programs to train clinicians with competencies that will allow them to practice even more effectively in teams, which makes sense when you talk ACOs and reengineering our healthcare delivery system so that we really capitalize on the full array of services to individuals and their families. It's about supply and demand but it's also about how we are preparing that next generation of clinicians. Probably one other point worth noting is that we take our role very seriously in terms of the contribution of all our programs to strengthening the nation's healthcare workforce, but we're not doing it alone. We're working very closely with health professionals, training programs, and universities and colleges. Also we work a lot with national associations that represent medical school faculty for example, and maybe at least as important if not more, we work closely with states.
Support for Pediatric Medicine
Dr. Adashi: Finally and mostly for the benefit of the pediatricians among our viewers, there has been some concern about the future of graduate medical education support of pediatric residency slots. Do we have any clarity on that issue? What can we tell members of this discipline about the future support of pediatric residency positions?
Dr. Wakefield: First of all we recognize they are extremely important. That's a critically important provider. Secondly, we do support pediatric residency training through some of the programs that I've already mentioned including the National Health Service Corp, as well as other programs. We've also supported pediatricians and pediatrician residency training through investments of the Affordable Care Act. HRSA has been responsible for implementing the Children's Hospital Graduate Medical Education (CHGME) Program -- that might be the program that you're asking specifically about. There were no funds in the president's budget for fiscal year 2012. However, there is activity on Capitol Hill, and as we watch the appropriations process unfold there, there certainly are efforts around CHGME to reauthorize that particular program.
Dr. Adashi: It's probably fair to say that it's a little bit out of our collective hands. It's on the hill and it's subject to the vagaries of the budget process. On this note a sincere thanks to Dr. Wakefield and to you our viewers for joining Medscape One on One. Until next time, I am Eli Adashi.
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Cite this: HRSA's Wakefield on CHCs, ACOs and Strengthening the Health Workforce - Medscape - Jan 10, 2012.
Eli Y. Adashi, MD, MS, CPE, FACOG
Professor of Medical Science, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
Disclosure: Eli Y. Adashi, MD, MS, CPE, FACOG, has disclosed the following relevant relationship:
Served as a director for: Alere, Inc.
Mary Wakefield, PhD, RN
Administrator, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, Maryland
Disclosure: Mary Wakefield, PhD, RN, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
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Dream Racer, How it All Started!
Dream Racer started like pretty much any idea, without a clue of what we were getting ourselves into, sounds familiar? by Christophe Barriere-Varju.
I thought I'd quickly share with you some of the background story on the making of Dream Racer. At that time little did we know the film will be on its way to win 10 International Awards and become the most awarded motorcycle film of all time!
I am no actor, and Simon was no film maker – a perfect recipe for disaster. So when we went around asking people for support, Simon regarding production and pre-sales, and myself chasing sponsors to actually make the race saying "We are making a film called Dream Racer, would you like to come on board and help us?" Well, I think you know the answer to that question!
A BIG FAT NO from pretty much anyone, including producer, distributors, sponsors, and a lot of time wasted.
As you will discover in Dream Racer, that BIG FAT NO made us even more determined to show that anyone with a dream could accomplish anything, and the story you will watch is not about Christophe or Simon, it is the story of everyone, and this is exactly why independently produced film Dream Racer has been receiving so many awards, 10 in total as I type this and a bunch of other film nominations.
Not only we had a film in the end, but we were proud to say it was a GREAT FILM. If you have not read viewers testimonials, please do so when you get a moment at http://www.dreamracer.tv/testimonials and feel free to share this link as well.
Despite being a successful adman — i.e. creating award winning 30s ads that no one wants to watch 😉 Dream Racer was Simon's first feature film. Knowing that he was good at his job, I thought he was the man for this project and my brief to him was to "collate 93 minutes of 30s 'ads' into a full feature film that will leave people inspired" – pretty straightforward as a brief no?
We both went on carrying a camera with us 24/7 and recording events as they unfolded, including some of our conversations and frustrations toward one another as we are both two very different individuals with a different view on life, and risks.
The original name for the film was 'Freedom Racer'. The name came from Simon's t-shirts he had made a few years back called 'Freedom Brothers', and a yet to be published personal biography book of me by Lisa Smith called 'Business Racer'.
However, the brief to Simon was to create an inspiring account of pushing oneself to achieve a dream, and for many years I had signed racing autographs with the words "Dreams Do Come True" – so I changed the name of the film to Dream Racer which was much more appropriate for the film.
As I said before, I am not an actor and Simon was learning along the way to be a film maker, but we had dreams, passion and determination on our sides. When you watch Dream Racer those are not rehearsed scenes and scripts. Pretty much every scene was shot only once, except when I forgot to press RECORD or when the batteries died half-way through recording. So what you will watch are scenes as they were filmed the first time, without TAKE 2.
We had more than 300 hours of footage filmed on 9 different camera formats. The first version of Dream Racer was 10 hours long, I was pretty happy with that but Simon thought it was too long (sic). The next version was 3 hours long and still had to be cut down.
The final version of Dream Racer is 93 minutes long, the editing done by Adrian Back is phenomenal, not only that, but he managed to create a seamless HD quality from all the different cameras we had. The editing was so good that Dream Racer was nominated for Best Edited Film in Australia.
Next came the music. When you watch Dream Racer (perhaps a second or third time), please pay particular attention to the music. Every single music track has been composed from scratch especially for Dream Racer. A few tracks were composed in Australia and the majority of it was done in Los Angeles by Matteo Zingales who composed the music for DreamWorks Megamind and the Saint. The music is so good that we will release the Music Soundtrack in the future.
Being our first film, Simon and I wanted it to be excellent. The story of Dream Racer is timeless, it is something that touches all of us as individuals, young and old, men and women. The story is about reaching for your dream at all cost, whether it is to race the Dakar, climb a mountain, travel, become a singer — whatever that dream might be. It is about Dreams, Determination, and Resilience, and it is the reason why Dream Racer won so many awards worldwide and receive such positive testimonials.
A lot of sacrifices have been made to make this film and are being made to promote it so that audiences all around the world can watch Dream Racer. This is not a Hollywood production with million dollars marketing budget, and we rely on every one that purchased the film through our website to let their friends know about it.
My personal request is once you have watched Dream Racer, please tell EVERYONE you know, as every DVD or Apparel sale will help fund the next story!
If you are yet to watch Dream Racer, I am certain that you will enjoy our story, and I look forward to hearing your feedback. But for now, make sure to let people know, and if I could ask you (if you managed to read this long article up until now) to share this article on social media, friends and families that will be great. This will help us in proving that we don't need a big Hollywood budget to bring great and true stories that positively impact all of us on everyone's screen.
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extern CheckpointType peloton_checkpoint_mode;

namespace peloton {
namespace benchmark {
namespace logger {

void Usage(FILE* out) {
  fprintf(out,
          "Command line options :  logger <options> \n"
          "   -h --help              :  Print help message \n"
          "   -a --asynchronous-mode :  Asynchronous mode \n"
          "   -e --experiment-type   :  Experiment Type \n"
          "   -f --data-file-size    :  Data file size (MB) \n"
          "   -l --logging-type      :  Logging type \n"
          "   -n --nvm-latency       :  NVM latency \n"
          "   -p --pcommit-latency   :  pcommit latency \n"
          "   -v --flush-mode        :  Flush mode \n"
          "   -w --commit-interval   :  Group commit interval \n"
          "   -y --benchmark-type    :  Benchmark type \n");
}

static struct option opts[] = {
    {"asynchronous_mode", optional_argument, NULL, 'a'},
    {"experiment-type", optional_argument, NULL, 'e'},
    {"data-file-size", optional_argument, NULL, 'f'},
    {"replication-type", optional_argument, NULL, 'g'},
    {"logging-type", optional_argument, NULL, 'l'},
    {"nvm-latency", optional_argument, NULL, 'n'},
    {"pcommit-latency", optional_argument, NULL, 'p'},
    {"skew", optional_argument, NULL, 's'},
    {"flush-mode", optional_argument, NULL, 'v'},
    {"commit-interval", optional_argument, NULL, 'w'},
    {"replication-port", optional_argument, NULL, 'x'},
    {"benchmark-type", optional_argument, NULL, 'y'},
    {"remote-endpoint", optional_argument, NULL, 'z'},
    {NULL, 0, NULL, 0}};

static void ValidateLoggingType(const configuration& state) {
  if (state.logging_type <= LOGGING_TYPE_INVALID) {
    LOG_ERROR("Invalid logging_type :: %d", state.logging_type);
    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
  }

  LOG_INFO("Logging_type :: %s",
           LoggingTypeToString(state.logging_type).c_str());
}

std::string BenchmarkTypeToString(BenchmarkType type) {
  switch (type) {
    case BENCHMARK_TYPE_INVALID:
      return "INVALID";

    case BENCHMARK_TYPE_YCSB:
      return "YCSB";
    case BENCHMARK_TYPE_TPCC:
      return "TPCC";

    default:
      LOG_ERROR("Invalid benchmark_type :: %d", type);
      exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
  }
  return "INVALID";
}

std::string ExperimentTypeToString(ExperimentType type) {
  switch (type) {
    case EXPERIMENT_TYPE_INVALID:
      return "INVALID";

    case EXPERIMENT_TYPE_THROUGHPUT:
      return "THROUGHPUT";
    case EXPERIMENT_TYPE_RECOVERY:
      return "RECOVERY";
    case EXPERIMENT_TYPE_STORAGE:
      return "STORAGE";
    case EXPERIMENT_TYPE_LATENCY:
      return "LATENCY";

    default:
      LOG_ERROR("Invalid experiment_type :: %d", type);
      exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
  }

  return "INVALID";
}

std::string AsynchronousTypeToString(AsynchronousType type) {
  switch (type) {
    case ASYNCHRONOUS_TYPE_INVALID:
      return "INVALID";

    case ASYNCHRONOUS_TYPE_SYNC:
      return "SYNC";
    case ASYNCHRONOUS_TYPE_ASYNC:
      return "ASYNC";
    case ASYNCHRONOUS_TYPE_DISABLED:
      return "DISABLED";
    case ASYNCHRONOUS_TYPE_NO_WRITE:
      return "NO_WRITE";

    default:
      LOG_ERROR("Invalid asynchronous_mode :: %d", type);
      exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
  }

  return "INVALID";
}

static void ValidateBenchmarkType(const configuration& state) {
  if (state.benchmark_type <= 0 || state.benchmark_type > 3) {
    LOG_ERROR("Invalid benchmark_type :: %d", state.benchmark_type);
    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
  }

  LOG_INFO("%s : %s", "benchmark_type",
           BenchmarkTypeToString(state.benchmark_type).c_str());
}

static void ValidateDataFileSize(const configuration& state) {
  if (state.data_file_size <= 0) {
    LOG_ERROR("Invalid data_file_size :: %lu", state.data_file_size);
    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
  }

  LOG_INFO("data_file_size :: %lu", state.data_file_size);
}

static void ValidateExperimentType(const configuration& state) {
  if (state.experiment_type < 0 || state.experiment_type > 4) {
    LOG_ERROR("Invalid experiment_type :: %d", state.experiment_type);
    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
  }

  LOG_INFO("%s : %s", "experiment_type",
           ExperimentTypeToString(state.experiment_type).c_str());
}

static void ValidateWaitTimeout(const configuration& state) {
  if (state.wait_timeout < 0) {
    LOG_ERROR("Invalid wait_timeout :: %d", state.wait_timeout);
    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
  }

  LOG_INFO("wait_timeout :: %d", state.wait_timeout);
}

static void ValidateFlushMode(const configuration& state) {
  if (state.flush_mode <= 0 || state.flush_mode >= 3) {
    LOG_ERROR("Invalid flush_mode :: %d", state.flush_mode);
    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
  }

  LOG_INFO("flush_mode :: %d", state.flush_mode);
}

static void ValidateAsynchronousMode(const configuration& state) {
  if (state.asynchronous_mode <= ASYNCHRONOUS_TYPE_INVALID ||
      state.asynchronous_mode > ASYNCHRONOUS_TYPE_NO_WRITE) {
    LOG_ERROR("Invalid asynchronous_mode :: %d", state.asynchronous_mode);
    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
  }

  LOG_INFO("%s : %s", "asynchronous_mode",
           AsynchronousTypeToString(state.asynchronous_mode).c_str());
}

static void ValidateNVMLatency(const configuration& state) {
  if (state.nvm_latency < 0) {
    LOG_ERROR("Invalid nvm_latency :: %d", state.nvm_latency);
    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
  }

  LOG_INFO("nvm_latency :: %d", state.nvm_latency);
}

static void ValidatePCOMMITLatency(const configuration& state) {
  if (state.pcommit_latency < 0) {
    LOG_ERROR("Invalid pcommit_latency :: %d", state.pcommit_latency);
    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
  }

  LOG_INFO("pcommit_latency :: %d", state.pcommit_latency);
}

static void ValidateLogFileDir(configuration& state) {
  struct stat data_stat;

  // Assign log file dir based on logging type
  switch (state.logging_type) {
    // Log file on NVM
    case LOGGING_TYPE_NVM_WAL:
    case LOGGING_TYPE_NVM_WBL: {
      int status = stat(NVM_DIR, &data_stat);
      if (status == 0 && S_ISDIR(data_stat.st_mode)) {
        state.log_file_dir = NVM_DIR;
      }
    } break;

    // Log file on SSD
    case LOGGING_TYPE_SSD_WAL:
    case LOGGING_TYPE_SSD_WBL: {
      int status = stat(SSD_DIR, &data_stat);
      if (status == 0 && S_ISDIR(data_stat.st_mode)) {
        state.log_file_dir = SSD_DIR;
      }
    } break;

    // Log file on HDD
    case LOGGING_TYPE_HDD_WAL:
    case LOGGING_TYPE_HDD_WBL: {
      int status = stat(HDD_DIR, &data_stat);
      if (status == 0 && S_ISDIR(data_stat.st_mode)) {
        state.log_file_dir = HDD_DIR;
      }
    } break;

    case LOGGING_TYPE_INVALID:
    default: {
      int status = stat(TMP_DIR, &data_stat);
      if (status == 0 && S_ISDIR(data_stat.st_mode)) {
        state.log_file_dir = TMP_DIR;
      } else {
        throw Exception("Could not find temp directory : " +
                        std::string(TMP_DIR));
      }
    } break;
  }

  LOG_INFO("log_file_dir :: %s", state.log_file_dir.c_str());
}

void ParseArguments(int argc, char* argv[], configuration& state) {
  // Default Logger Values
  state.logging_type = LOGGING_TYPE_NVM_WAL;
  state.log_file_dir = TMP_DIR;
  state.data_file_size = 512;

  state.experiment_type = EXPERIMENT_TYPE_THROUGHPUT;
  state.wait_timeout = 200;
  state.benchmark_type = BENCHMARK_TYPE_YCSB;
  state.flush_mode = 2;
  state.nvm_latency = 0;
  state.pcommit_latency = 0;
  state.asynchronous_mode = ASYNCHRONOUS_TYPE_SYNC;
  state.checkpoint_type = CHECKPOINT_TYPE_INVALID;

  // Default YCSB Values
  ycsb::state.scale_factor = 1;
  ycsb::state.duration = 1000;
  ycsb::state.column_count = 10;
  ycsb::state.update_ratio = 0.5;
  ycsb::state.backend_count = 2;
  ycsb::state.transaction_count = 0;
  ycsb::state.index_type = INDEX_TYPE_HASH;

  // Default Values
  tpcc::state.warehouse_count = 2;  // 10
  tpcc::state.duration = 1000;
  tpcc::state.backend_count = 2;
  tpcc::state.transaction_count = 0;
  tpcc::state.index_type = INDEX_TYPE_HASH;

  // Parse args
  while (1) {
    int idx = 0;
    // logger - a:e:f:g:hl:n:p:v:w:y:
    // ycsb   - b:c:d:k:t:u:
    // tpcc   - b:d:k:t:
    int c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "a:e:f:hil:n:p:v:w:y:b:c:d:k:u:t:",
                        opts, &idx);

    if (c == -1) break;

    switch (c) {
      case 'a':
        state.asynchronous_mode = (AsynchronousType)atoi(optarg);
        break;
      case 'e':
        state.experiment_type = (ExperimentType)atoi(optarg);
        break;
      case 'f':
        state.data_file_size = atoi(optarg);
        break;
      case 'i':
        state.checkpoint_type = CHECKPOINT_TYPE_NORMAL;
        break;
      case 'l':
        state.logging_type = (LoggingType)atoi(optarg);
        break;
      case 'n':
        state.nvm_latency = atoi(optarg);
        break;
      case 'p':
        state.pcommit_latency = atoi(optarg);
        break;
      case 'v':
        state.flush_mode = atoi(optarg);
        break;
      case 'w':
        state.wait_timeout = atoi(optarg);
        break;
      case 'y':
        state.benchmark_type = (BenchmarkType)atoi(optarg);
        break;

      // YCSB
      case 'b':
        ycsb::state.backend_count = atoi(optarg);
        tpcc::state.backend_count = atoi(optarg);
        break;
      case 'c':
        ycsb::state.column_count = atoi(optarg);
        break;
      case 'd':
        ycsb::state.duration = atoi(optarg);
        tpcc::state.duration = atoi(optarg);
        break;
      case 'k':
        ycsb::state.scale_factor = atoi(optarg);
        tpcc::state.warehouse_count = atoi(optarg);
        break;
      case 't':
        ycsb::state.transaction_count = atoi(optarg);
        tpcc::state.transaction_count = atoi(optarg);
        break;
      case 'u':
        ycsb::state.update_ratio = atof(optarg);
        break;

      case 'h':
        Usage(stderr);
        ycsb::Usage(stderr);
        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
        break;

      default:
        fprintf(stderr, "\nUnknown option: -%c-\n", c);
        Usage(stderr);
        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
        break;
    }
  }

  if (state.checkpoint_type == CHECKPOINT_TYPE_NORMAL &&
      (state.logging_type == LOGGING_TYPE_NVM_WAL ||
       state.logging_type == LOGGING_TYPE_SSD_WAL ||
       state.logging_type == LOGGING_TYPE_HDD_WAL)) {
    peloton_checkpoint_mode = CHECKPOINT_TYPE_NORMAL;
  }

  // Print Logger configuration
  ValidateLoggingType(state);
  ValidateExperimentType(state);
  ValidateAsynchronousMode(state);
  ValidateBenchmarkType(state);
  ValidateDataFileSize(state);
  ValidateLogFileDir(state);
  ValidateWaitTimeout(state);
  ValidateFlushMode(state);
  ValidateNVMLatency(state);
  ValidatePCOMMITLatency(state);

  // Print YCSB configuration
  if (state.benchmark_type == BENCHMARK_TYPE_YCSB) {
    ycsb::ValidateScaleFactor(ycsb::state);
    ycsb::ValidateColumnCount(ycsb::state);
    ycsb::ValidateUpdateRatio(ycsb::state);
    ycsb::ValidateBackendCount(ycsb::state);
    ycsb::ValidateDuration(ycsb::state);
    ycsb::ValidateTransactionCount(ycsb::state);
    ycsb::ValidateIndexType(ycsb::state);
  }
  // Print TPCC configuration
  else if (state.benchmark_type == BENCHMARK_TYPE_TPCC) {
    tpcc::ValidateBackendCount(tpcc::state);
    tpcc::ValidateDuration(tpcc::state);
    tpcc::ValidateWarehouseCount(tpcc::state);
    tpcc::ValidateTransactionCount(tpcc::state);
    tpcc::ValidateIndexType(tpcc::state);

    // Static TPCC parameters
    tpcc::state.item_count = 1000;            // 100000
    tpcc::state.districts_per_warehouse = 2;  // 10
    tpcc::state.customers_per_district = 30;  // 3000
    tpcc::state.new_orders_per_district = 9;  // 900
  }
}

}  // namespace logger
}  // namespace benchmark
}  // namespace peloton

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For me there are really only TWO essential movies of the season. Holiday Inn. White Christmas. Don't get me wrong, I watch more than just the two. I love more than just those two. But there is just something oh-so-magical about Bing Crosby. He ba-ba-bings into my heart I suppose. Who knows?
I don't love everything about Holiday Inn. I could have done without the Abraham Lincoln number in blackface. I could have done without the big-dance-number for the fourth of July with firecrackers. But almost everything else is oh-so-magical. Especially the ending.
I also adore White Christmas. I don't know how I could ever choose between the two. The singing. The dancing. The falling in love. Again, just oh-so-magical.
This was written for My Friend Amy.
I LOVE White Christmas! I really want to go home and have some cocoa and watch it!
I'm going to have to rent Holiday Inn - I don't know that I've ever seen it. And I'm always in search of good black and white Christmas movies. I love Shop Around the Corner (is that what it's called) with Jimmy Stewart.
I also love "Meet Me in St. Louis" and the original "Miracle on 34th Street."


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O2 and HanseNet to become an integrated telecommunications company
Setting the course for future growth
Job cuts across both companies
MUNICH. O2 and HanseNet are to become one company. This will give rise to the third-largest telecommunications provider in Germany in terms of revenue. The company will continue to operate under the name of Telefónica O2 Germany with its head office in Munich. To ensure sustained growth, all departments will be reorganised. The company will cut around 1,100 jobs.
"With O2 and HanseNet we are merging two strong companies into one and thus creating a future-oriented organisation that can act quickly in the market", says René Schuster, CEO Telefónica O2 Germany. "As the new Telefónica O2 Germany, we will make the lives of our customers easier with new bundled products and further expand our shared strengths in service and sales." Due to the agreement with Telecom Italia the Alice brand will still be used for more than two years before becoming O2. Hamburg will be preserved as a site. O2 will manage the technology from Munich and Hamburg in future. The Verl branch as well as offices in Dortmund, Frankfurt, Hanover, Leipzig and Stuttgart will be closed. The integration should be completed by 31 March 2011. The job cuts will be spread over both companies and the planned measures will be carried out in consultation with the Economic Affairs Committee and the relevant works councils. The reduction of the workforce to around 5,000 will be done in line with the social contract without enforced redundancies. The merger with HanseNet will make Telefónica O2 Germany a strong number three in the German telecommunications market. In the first half of 2010 the company reported a consolidated revenue with HanseNet of € 2.3 billion and has almost 19 million mobile and fixed-network customers. O2 operates one of the most high-tech mobile networks in Europe as well as a fully IP-based fixed network. Already at the beginning of August the company announced as part of the integration that it would consolidate its customer service at four sites in future. It is the plan for the remaining three sites to be run by a strategic partner.
Telefónica O2 Germany GmbH & Co. OHG belongs to Telefónica Europe and is part of the Spanish telecommunication group Telefónica S.A. The Company offers its German private and business customers postpaid and prepaid mobile telecom products as well as innovative mobile data services based on the GPRS and UMTS technologies. In addition, the integrated communications provider also offers DSL fixed network telephony and high-speed internet. Telefónica Europe has about 55 million mobile and fixed network customers in Great Britain, Ireland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Germany.


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Without wandering off into the weeds, where we end up talking about why a toaster looks like a toaster, let's just answer this question simply in marketing terms. Why does design matter in marketing?
Design is an ambassador. Your design represents your company. Your logo, your website, an email… these things are often the first things a potential customer sees when they're first learning about your company. As an ambassador, great design sets you apart from your competition. It defines your visual style. It communicates the things that make your company unique. It also builds trust. People instinctively trust a well-designed, modern website more than a shoddy one that was last updated in 2006.
Design is a salesperson. Design can actually perform some of the work of moving people through the buyer's journey. Design helps to move prospects forward, from awareness to consideration to decision. It forms a connection that drives sales. Great inbound marketing design appeals directly to your buyer personas. It ignites interest and moves prospects through the buyer's journey by maintaining that interest and highlighting your key differentiators.
So what makes design great? We said before that it's more than just looking good. The simplest answer I could think of to "what makes design great?" consists of three words, which by magical coincidence all begin with the letter C.
Great design is clear. We know that one of the functions of design is to guide your audience where you want them to go, not just from page to page on a website, but also by guiding the eyes to the important information. Good design does this effectively by being as clear as possible. You don't want your customers or prospects guessing where to click, or missing an important takeaway. So we want the design to be clear.
Great design is clean. Reduce your message to its essential components. That means keeping the word count in your written content to a minimum, but it also means keeping your design content to a minimum. Trim the fat and keep your design lean.
Great design is consistent. Define your brand through consistent use of your logo, your color palette, your fonts, and the style of your illustrations, icons or photography. Consistency can be a strong force for pulling a buyer through their journey.
Let's go into each of these more deeply, and look at examples of what we're talking about for each of these three keys to great design.
Which button to go down? You can guess, and you have a 50/50 shot, but you shouldn't have to guess. The designer of these buttons didn't think about UI. Make sure the design makes things like this easier to figure out, not harder.
I mean, it's cute, right? But they've outsmarted themselves a bit, haven't they? They've made it so the user has to spend a few seconds looking at it trying to figure out if they're supposed to be able to read it, or if they have an ocular migraine coming on. Then, they have to figure out to mouse over a certain area to reveal the message.
That's all users are going to say, right? "Oh. Hunh." But I guarantee you the designers at Bolden were all high-fiving one another when they came up with this.
Don't let your designer, or the designer in you, get too clever for your own good. Being clever is fine, but they should have figured out a way to be clever while communicating their message instantaneously, and clearly.
I looked at this picture and read all of that and still didn't understand it. One hour parking during the day, but what happens after 6? I don't know.
Then we have specific directions for Monday and Sunday, then we jump back to Friday and Saturday. What about the other days? I guess that's what the top sign is for, but I'm not sure.
I should be sure. And someone is sure. I guarantee you the ticketing officers on this street know when they can ticket cars, down to the minute. Someone who knows what the rules are on this street surely could have used a clearer design to communicate it.
What might be better? Imagine a table with the days of the week across the top and the hours of the day down the side. Color-coded blocks tell you when you can park. If you're in the green, your good! A sign like that would be clear, easy to understand, and take up less than half the space of this sign, using just a fraction of the words.
Clear design almost always communicates in the simplest way possible.
And that leads into our next C: Clean. So once again let's again try to define it by looking at examples of the opposite.
So here, we don't really know what to look at, do we? My eyes can't fixate on any one thing, so they just glaze over. This is an extreme example, but it's a potential pitfall in everything we design. Boil it down to one message. Communicate that message effectively. That's clean design.
This website homepage is a much less extreme example, but it's still a case where cleaner would be better. The busy background image, with all of its color and texture, has rendered the main headline virtually unreadable. Perhaps even worse, what should be the main call to action is even more hidden! (See that little "Shop Now" next to the arrow there?) A cleaner design would make sure that these important messages don't get lost.
So I don't have to tell you what's wrong here. It just looks terrible. It takes some serious effort just to figure out what this is ever for. Part of clean design is creating a hierarchy of your messages.
Think in terms of what your audience wants to know. First they'll want to know what are we talking about? Message one should be "First Annual Pennington Hamfest." That should be much more prominent than everything else.
Then the audience asks "OK, what's that?" So that should be second in order of prominence, but instead I think that answer is hidden up here in the corner: "Ham Radio Swapmeet." Before anyone out there gets excited, I'm sorry, you missed it. It was several years ago.
Information like that – time and place — should be the third level in prominence. And so on.
You can use design to guide your audience through what they want to know: "The Pennington Hamfest is a ham radio swapmeet and it's on June 2, 2012." Clean design doesn't get in the way of that, it makes it quicker and easier.
Consistent. This is our last "C" that we're going to discuss, then we'll get into how to apply these three "C"'s of great design to the buyer's journey.
So let's look at the image above from the consistency angle.
Like I said, lots of fonts going on there. All different weights, all different colors, some in italics and some not, some outlined, some with a drop shadow. There's absolutely no consistency here. It's as if every piece of text was "designed" completely independently from everything else, then it was all dropped together on the page.
There should be a consistent look established, then all of the design should spring from minor variations on that look.
Logo. Every company that has a logo should have rules about how to use that logo. Don't stretch it, don't leave parts of it off, don't put a big ugly starburst behind it, stuff like that.
Fonts. In print design, I usually say that you should pick just two fonts. For a lot of online applications, it's really best to just pick one. Then you can use different sizes and weights of that one font. Choosing one font family goes a long way toward establishing a consistent look and allowing for a little more creativity elsewhere.
Color palette. If you haven't already, you should establish color guidelines for your brand – make them part of your brand. There are lots of resources that will help you pick a palette of colors that work well together, depending on the feeling you want to convey or the mood you want to create.
Create a look based on that theme.
And set a style for images and how you use them. This can mean selecting a set of icons that share a consistent look or sticking to a certain style of photography.
Now let's look at an example of all of the things we've talked about, in action. We're going to look at the campaign we created for an inbound marketing comic book we created at madison/miles media. We spent years working on this book, so we really wanted to create a campaign around it that worked.
How did we create an inbound offer campaign that used design to propel the buyer along their journey?
Is it clean? We've limited our elements: We have our main character, some simple and direct text, and an image of the comic book. All of this is on top of a background from the comic. It gives it some visual interest, but doesn't interfere at all with the other elements.
Is it consistent? Well, this is the first piece most people will see, so we're establishing the look here for later pieces to be consistent with. But, we're already establishing consistency with the comic book itself by pulling in the gold color from "WILD!" in the title, the font we used for the "Drive Your Customers" part of the title and the more traditional font from the cover that we used for the subtitle. That's Benton Sans, which is our main madison/miles media brand font. We use that for the "Get Your Free Comic Book" button. So, yes, we're consistent with the established look of our company and the offer itself, and we're setting some other guidelines for how we'll use elements through the other pieces in our campaign.
Clear. Simple message, delivered in a way that works to clearly guide the potential customer our way.
Clean. Limited number of elements, used in a way that enhances and doesn't interfere with the message.
Consistent. Same fonts, colors and imagery as our previous piece. We set the look and we're sticking to it.
It's clear. The title of our comic book is big and centered below the hero art. It's very clear what's expected from the visitor. Fill out the three form fields and click the big, easy to see button. Easy peasy.
It's very clean. We originally had a light blue background on this. Just a clean white ended up working better. Nothing fancy here at all, but it's not needed. We have plenty of visually interesting elements just with our comic book art.
And it's consistent with the CTAs. Imagery from the same sources, the only thing is we're giving them a peek inside the comic book now. You may notice we've also introduced another font, but that's madison/miles' secondary font from our website, Playfair Display. So we're bringing in a little of that now, but keeping everything consistent with established looks. We also have the green bar at the bottom, which is our madison/miles media green. So again, just introducing some of our branding in a very subtle way.
And now we arrive at the thank you page.
Again, it's clear. Big button to download the content offer. Very clear secondary calls to action guiding the visitor to now learn a little more about who we are. It's clean. We did keep the blue background on this page, to differentiate it a little. But it's very subtle and unobtrusive. And finally, it's consistent. Same colors, fonts and imagery.
One of the hopes of the thank you page is that the visitor will then follow one of these links. We want that to be a smooth transition as well. So, if they click to go to the Resources page on our website, it feels like a continuation of their journey.
Because we used things like our brand fonts and colors along the way, we established consistency with our brand and made for a smooth transition out of our offer and into our main site. Nothing jarring or confusing design-wise, because we brought in that brand consistency in subtle ways.
So by using clear, clean and consistent design in our inbound marketing, we're powering the buyer's journey. Use these same principles in your design to move your potential customers down their path towards making a connection with you.
madison/miles media is recognized as a top content marketing company on DesignRush.
As madison/miles media's art director, Ben puts his background in magazine and advertising design, film and video production, and print and digital delivery systems to good use. He lives in the Atlanta area with his wife and three kids.


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Blake Shelton Takes Shot at Gwen Stefani in Award Acceptance Speech
Heavy on The Voice
By	Beth Heyn
Country music superstar and longest-tenured coach of The Voice Blake Shelton won a 2020 People's Choice Award, and he took the time during his acceptance speech to give a special shout out to his fiance.
Shelton took home the PCA for Top Country Artist at the 2020 show, making it yet another trophy to add to his ever-growing collection.
"Wow, this is crazy," he said during his speech. "This is absolutely insane. I'm so happy that we're able to have this award show in spite of everything."
Shelton had a few people to thank for his award, which he appreciated since he's recently opened up about how he believes that fan-voted awards are the ones that matter the most.
Shelton Thanked Stefani in His Speech
A post shared by Blake Shelton (@blakeshelton)
Shelton continued his speech, talking about all the people in his lives he wanted to thank.
"Me and my team should be thanking all the fans out there who voted for this thing," he said. "And I don't spend a lot of time on social media anymore, but when I do look at it, all I see is fans retweeting and voting for-lately, for the People's Choice Awards. Thank you so much."
He continued, "Thank you to my new fiancée, Gwen Stefani. That's S-T-E-F-A-N-I, if you need to Google it to figure out who she is. Thanks for the inspiration and I love you guys, thank you."
In his acceptance speech for the Collaborative Video of the Year at the 2020 Country Music Television awards, Shelton said that he was excited because fan-voted awards are the kind of awards he believes matter the most.
"I really do believe that these awards shows are beginning to lose credibility over the last few years," Shelton said. "And, fan-voted awards, to me, are really the only stand-up awards shows left in our industry it feels like sometimes. Because you guys are the ones who buy the records, you come to the shows, and you vote on all these things."
Stefani Showed the Engagement Ring in an Instagram Story
During the show, Stefani sat in the car and waited for Shelton to come back outside due to COVID-19 precautions. She documented the process on her Instagram story, and she ended up showing off her huge engagement ring.
"So basically I have to stay in the car because of COVID but I'm here to support Blake in case he wins," she said, flashing her ring at the camera when adjusting the mask she was wearing.
It's fitting that Stefani showed her ring for the first time on Instagram, as she also took to Instagram on Tuesday, October 27 to announce that Shelton popped the question and she said yes.
"@blakeshelton yes please!" she captioned the photo.
Shelton shared the same photo alongside the caption, "Hey @gwenstefani thanks for saving my 2020… And the rest of my life.. I love you. I heard a YES!"
Together, Stefani and Shelton also recently won a CMT award for the best collaborative video of the year for their song "Nobody But You," which they wrote and performed together.
"NEVER IN MY WILDEST DREAMS?!!!!" Stefani said of the award. "Thank u to everybody that listened and voted we see you guys out there working hard for us and we appreciate it!!"
Shelton will likely continue winning awards in the country music world for years to come.
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Country music superstar and longest-tenured coach of The Voice Blake Shelton won a 2020 People's Choice Award, and he took the time during his acceptance speech to give a special shout out to his fiance.


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Dealing with backlog: Until Dawn
Finally finished with this game! I got it for Christmas 2015, shortly after this game was all the hype, and started playing it a couple days after. Then I forgot about it. I rediscovered it when I was playing Michonne and picked it up again a few days after I completed Michonne. I didn't restart the game, but continued on my exisiting playthrough - eternally grateful for all the "Previously on..." this game has.
Before I asked my parents for this game I had seen PewDiePie play it and I knew how his playthrough turned out. So I remembered a bunch of things. Still I managed to go in a different direction. Don't know how. It's the tiny things that matter.
Jessica was the first to die for me. She died in chapter four after she was dragged through the window by the wendigo. Mike chased after her; I missed one single button, which made him too slow to save her in time and she lost her jaw. Lovely. One single button.
I continued on and managed to keep literally everyone else alive until the end. The first time I got ready to blow up the lodge I got too trigger-happy and blew the whole thing up while three of them were still in there xD So I replayed the last chapter, in which I missed a button again. I went slow through the scenes in the lodge. Everyone got out, and then Sam died. It was during one of those don't move things, and I swear I didn't move, but I did miss a button when Sam was running towards the lodge, which may have resulted in that don't move check being harder to pass? I don't know, but it seems likely. In any case I got through the game with only Jessica and Sam dead, and Josh being cannibalistic.
I really enjoyed this game, because it was so full of choice & consequence, everything I did would get some sort of consequence later on. Whether I missed a button or chose whether to run or hide, the action would come back and bite me at some point. Butterfly effect, all throughout the game. I also really liked the early therapy sessions with Peter Stormare :P Wonder if the game had been different if I hadn't been so persistent with the gore? Wonder if the psycho had worn a different mask if I hadn't said that clowns were creepy af? (They are.) Every single thing you do is a choice in this game and it makes all the difference, and it's amazing.
(What follows here is me ranting about consoles and the characters. You may skip it.)
I rarely play games on console because I'm so bad with the controls. I usually play games like this or other story-heavy things which aren't all that fast paced, because I keep messing up the buttons. For Until Dawn, those times I missed a button it was always because I can never remember which button is circle and which is square. I always have to translate the symbols in my head before pressing and sometimes I was just a bit slow. Triangle is easy. It points up and the button is up. X is always down. Then we have square and circle, with basically the same colour when in a dimly lit room and several times I just forget which button is on which side. Generally I know that square is left and circle is right, but in the heat of the moment I tend to forget. The mishaps I've had in Until Dawn have been me pressing circle when it should be square and vice-versa.
My favourite character was Sam. She was the only one who could keep calm in the midst of everything, and she was the only one who wasn't a spoiled brat complaining about everything. Every time I played as Emily or Jess (thankfully the latter wasn't for long) I just wanted to punch them. Funny thing? Going through Tumblr it seems like Emily is the fan favourite. I don't get it, but fine. Apparantly it's because she's intelligent and resourceful and ok, yes, she is. She's both of those things, but she's also an annoying bitch, a spoiled brat who complains like a baby when things aren't to her liking and uses her boyfriend as a servant. Like ffs, it's not until Matt and she are separated that she actually starts to do things properly instead of just asking Matt to do them for her. I wanted to punch Matt too but for completely different reasons. He was so leashed and he didn't even see it. I liked both Ashley and Chris, but they kept frustrating me with not revealing their feelings for each other and a lot of the time I just yelled "Just kiss!" at the TV screen. Mike, was the one character that grew on me. I didn't like him initially, but he grew up in the face of danger and became someone really level-headed and useful.


Posted in Press releases. Tags: birds, cygnets, Eastbourne, Hampden Park, Swan Sanctuary, swans, waterfowl, wildlife rescue on September 9, 2014 by East Sussex WRAS.
Southern Water staff called out East Sussex Wildlife Rescue & Ambulance Service (WRAS) after a goose was found trapped in a sewage tank at the Uckfield Water Treatment Works in Uckfield today.
Posted in Press releases. Tags: Goose, sewage, Uckfield, waterfowl, wildlife rescue on July 29, 2013 by East Sussex WRAS.
Posted in Press releases. Tags: bird, cygnets, dyke, Eastbourne, relocation, sewage, Shinewater, swans, waterfowl, wildlife rescue on October 15, 2010 by East Sussex WRAS.
Posted in Press releases. Tags: bird, heron, Uckfield, waterfowl, wildlife rescue, wind chime on October 13, 2010 by East Sussex WRAS.
WRAS will be holding a Spring Fair on Saturday 18th April from 9.30am till 12noon at the Clinton Centre, opposite Barclays Bank in Seaford Town Centre. Our Christmas Fair was a great success and we hope this one will be too.
Posted in Press releases. Tags: course, Fundraising, poster, Seaford, Spring fair, waterfowl on March 23, 2009 by East Sussex WRAS.
Posted in Press releases. Tags: birds, cygnets, Eastbourne, housing estate, Langney, swans, waterfowl on June 30, 2008 by East Sussex WRAS.
Law lets swans down at Hove Lagoon – again!
Posted in Press releases. Tags: bird, Brighton, Hove, law, protection, swans, waterfowl on February 21, 2008 by East Sussex WRAS.


01:45 jhol: so would the normal procedure here be to import these into the rnndb?
01:49 jhol: and do nouveau regs in the driver code and db get renamed to match the manufacturer names?
01:52 jhol: but what about the pre-existing code?
01:52 skeggsb: it won't exist anymore?
04:33 swiftgeek: anyone with tesla + LVDS output + dpi > 96 ?
09:42 moben-: Is that the expected result and/or should I produce more logs?
12:25 RSpliet: pmoreau: isn't that documented in envytools?
12:26 RSpliet: "no one knows"
13:02 moben-: I'll try not to. Would be hard anyway, the gpu seems to be the hardest part to get out of the laptop, after the motherboard.
17:01 CptRageToaster_: What would I need to remove to stop these from occuring?
17:08 CptRageToaster_: would I still need to blacklist the nouveau driver as well?
17:11 CptRageToaster_: would I need to create a new <filename>.conf?
17:20 CptRageToaster_: dmesg has a much higher percentage of useful information now!
19:37 DYO_1: Debian 7, nouveau driver, DVI-I-1 reported by xrandr, black borders. I did http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/TroubleShooting/#index9h3 and http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/TroubleShooting/#index4h3 but it does not work right.
19:37 DYO_1: Can someone help me?


Quiz: Who Is Your Disney Princess Doppelganger?
Which Disney animal is your favorite sidekick?
Sebastian the crab from "The Little Mermaid."
Pascal the chameleon from "Tangled."
Mushu the dragon from "Mulan."
Thumper the rabbit from "Bambi."
Which real life princess are you a big fan of?
Katherine Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge.
Which activity gets you outdoors?
Which hunky Disney prince catches your eye?
The Beast from "Beauty and the Beast."
Prince Eric from "The Little Mermaid."
Which non-royal Disney movie warms your heart?
What kind of slippers adorn your feet?
I have a huge collection of ballet flats.
I wear clogs and boots almost all the time.
Where do you love to spend your Saturday morning?
Having coffee with my friends.
Working on some improvement projects.
Which hair accessory is your favorite to wear at work?
Where do you love to curl up with a book?
On the beach under an umbrella.
Laying on my comfy bed.
Next to a warm fireplace.
What kind of toy did you collect as a little kid?
Which holiday do you go all out for?
How do you love traveling for your holiday vacation?
On cruise ships and ferries.
I prefer to drive on road trips.
I love to fly for my trips.
I like watching the countryside from a train.
Which season are you in love with?
Which meal do you love making for a date night at home?
Green curry and black rice.
Sweet potato fries and salmon burgers.
Which adult beverage do you like to pair with a night of Disney movies?
Which location do you feel makes the most beautiful wedding venue?
Which color would you choose for your new smartphone?
An Irish castle on the bluffs.
A small cottage in the woods.
A grand palace with beautiful gardens.
Where do you want to volunteer the most?
What is your favorite snack from your childhood?
Which Disney song do you sing in the shower?
"Hakuna Matata" from "The Lion King."
"A Spoonful of Sugar" from "Mary Poppins."
"A Whole New World" from "Aladdin."
"I'll Make a Man Out of You" from "Mulan."
Which board game do you love to play with your friends?
Who do you turn to for advice when life gets rough?
How do you usually keep your hair?
Which celebrity do you get your fashion inspiration from?
Which girl power television show gets you inspired?
Which at-home spa service do you love to pamper yourself with?
A sea salt exfoliating scrub.
A coconut oil hair mask.
What do you feel was your best subject in school?
Their dependability and trusting nature.


It goes without saying that people have lots of inquisitive queries related to soundproofing paint.
Is sound insulating paint capable of blocking out the noise?
Since you're here I'm assuming that you've decided firmly to find a solution to unwanted noise.
A lot of my clients have encountered myths from their friends & families, and they contacted me for the validation of what they had heard about soundproof paints.
Are you also the one with a similar frame of mind?
Without any doubt, soundproof paint is one of the easiest and budget-friendly methods to combat unwanted noise.
Should we have an in-depth discussion about soundproof paint?
Soundproofing paint can perform extremely well against the loud noise of your neighbors or their footsteps.
Nonetheless, soundproof paint isn't an ideal way to combat high-frequency noise alone rather combining it with soundproof curtains, moving blankets, window films, bass traps etc can be a better approach to dampen unwanted sound.
The best thing about these soundproof blanket is that it will combat the noise as well as decorate your room.
Unfortunately, soundproof paints don't come in a variety of colors.
You'll need to settle down with a few available colors.
Just like regular paints, these paints are also water-based.
The main difference is that they are packed with latex, an environment-friendly.
It is tapped from natural trees.
These latexes aren't toxic, and also helps in sound insulation when added to the paint.
Since it dries out fast so you can expect fast execution.
If you're a newbie, then you should be aware of the fact that a single layer of soundproof paint isn't gonna do the miracle.
At least, you need three layers of coating to have a tangible impact.
Bonus Tips: The more the layer of soundproof paints the better will be the performance.
There isn't any restriction, you can use these soundproof paints literally on any surface.
The good news is that you don't need to paint the entire walls or other surfaces with the soundproof paints.
Rather, you can use the soundproof paint for the most vulnerable surface, and the rest of the surfaces can be painted using the normal paint.
Since these paints are chunky so you can expect the cracks of your room walls to be less visible.
Soundproofing your home is NOT the only benefit that sound insulating paints possess.
Never ignore the thickness of these paints.
Once applied on the walls of your room, it will keep your room warm in cold weather and vice-versa.
In short, you get thermal insulation free with soundproofing.
As a newbie, it is REALLY important for you to understand the working procedure of soundproofing paints because it will help you to make an informed decision.
These heavy-bodied paints have ceramic microspheres coupled with soundproofing fillers leading to an increase in sound absorbing ability.
You can expect a tangible reduction in the bouncing of the sound waves.
Since these paints are good at sound absorbing rather than sound blocking so it can dampen the echoes, reverbs, and vibrations very effectively.
As mentioned earlier also, I've been working as a soundproof consultant over a decade now, and I've helped quite a good number of clients to soundproof their home as well as offices.
However, the soundproofing market is flooded with paints and it wouldn't be easy for you to take a decision if you aren't well informed about the things that you need to look for in soundproofing paint.
Remember, you need to apply multiple layers of acoustical paints.
By doing so, it will form a thick yet soft layer on your walls. These soft layers prevent sound waves from bouncing back.
As a result, echoes, vibrations, and reverbs can be controlled.
Now, the question arises, "how to apply a Sound Absorbing Paint?".
You can apply it on walls, ceilings, wood, metals etc.
These paints can be easily cleaned, so you don't have to worry at all.
Though these paints aren't available in as many colors as regular paints still you've enough colors to select from.
I can assure you that you'll get the color that will suit your home decor.
These paints can be applied in more than one ways.
The time required in the entire process will depend on a large extent to the method that you'll select for painting your wall.
For example, to speed up the process, you can consider spraying the soundproof paints on the wall.
The other way to paint your wall fastly is by using rollers.
Nevertheless, painting the walls using a brush can be a time-consuming affair.
Out of all the three methods, the one I recommend is the rollers method.
Without any doubt, there are some REALLY good rollers available on the market.
However, I prefer Bates paint roller over others. It comes in packs that constitute of rollers, brushes, and paint trays.
The price is quite affordable, and the performance is highly effective.
When it comes to getting the best of soundproofing paints, creativity is the key to success.
Try to increase the layers if you aren't satisfied with the performance.
It is highly recommended to apply more paints in the corner of the walls.
Once you've applied the soundproof paints on the walls, the next thing that you need to do is to use the furniture and bookshelves in a smart and efficient way.
Just try to cover the walls with the bookshelves and furniture to get a mindboggling result.
Again, before painting your walls, try to seal all the gaps and cracks using a soundproofing adhesive such as Green Glue.
But, it will ONLY work for the mid-level frequencies.
For lower & higher level frequencies, you'll need to look for other soundproofing materials.
Last but not least, share with your friends and family, in case, you feel they are looking for similar kind of information.


"Where do your grandfather and grandmother live?"
Translation:A nagypapád és a nagymamád hol lakik?
Why use lakik and not laknak in this sentence?
A compound subject with és joining several singular things can take a singular verb.
It can, but does it have to? If I use laknak would that be wrong? Or do you have a choice between the singular and plural?
I can understand that, it is true (a little bit) in English as well. But in English, the rule is very simple: compound subjects are singular if they refer to one person or thing. For example, Green eggs and ham is my favorite lunch!
So, at least in English, grandfather and grandmother is plural and never singular. But in Hungarian, clearly the rule is very different, and seems to be more like you describe.
It's possible I missed it, but I don't remember the course ever telling us this fact.