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PRIORITIZE TO OPTIMIZE: "If a contractor is already investing heavily in search marketing, and they still want to continue to grow their business, the answer is Facebook," said Ben Landers. Photo courtesy of Blue Corona Inc.
NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION: Welcome 2017 by allowing social media to turn your clients into friends and followers who like and share your stories within your community and across the globe. Photo courtesy of Blue Corona Inc.
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KEYWORDS HVAC contracting / HVAC Sales / Marketing and HVACR / social media and HVAC
In today's digital world, social media has definitely caught up with, if not surpassed, traditional marketing outlets. It gives contractors a unique opportunity to reach thousands of existing or potential clients in a way they never could before.
"I have spoken numerous times at seminars and to contractors' associations on the subject, and I'm quick to point out that social media starts with the word, 'social,'" said Rich Morgan, president of Magic Touch Mechanical in Mesa, Arizona. "It's an opportunity to create a conversation and develop relationships with potential clients and maintain relationships with existing clients."
While social media might seem like a cheap and easy way to grow your business, it's not.
"Like everything in life, what you get out of it, there's a correlation with the effort you put in," said Ben Landers, president and CEO of Blue Corona Inc., a web marketing, analytics, and search engine optimization (SEO) company. "We don't need to convince people to get on [social media]. They're already on it. They need to be convinced to actually be active and have a strategy."
It's never too late to start. For example, Steve Schmidt, president of Frederick, Maryland-based Frederick Air Inc. didn't start using social media until 2014. "That was when Dave [Schmidt] became our sales manager," said Steve Schmidt, Dave's father.
Steve Schmidt admitted that he didn't really understand social media. While he had accounts set up prior to 2014, no one was paying attention to them because he didn't know how to use them.
"As soon as I had someone in the company who knew how to handle social media, I said, 'here – run with it,'" he said.
The Schmidts eventually decided to hire an outside company to manage the company's social media accounts. "I understood that I couldn't spend my time doing it," said Dave Schmidt. To be successful, you either have to set aside the appropriate amount of time every week to do it yourself, or you have to hire someone you trust."
"I manage all of our social media personally," said Morgan. "I was an early adopter of social media and am well-read and practiced in this area. It made sense for us to keep it in-house. Social media is all about the 'long game,' not immediate demand service. I feel it's better to use your own voice whenever possible."
Social media spans many platforms — Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Pinterest, Google Plus, and Instagram, just to name a few — so, as a contractor, where should you start?
"The most important thing contractors can do is know who their customers are," said Dave Schmidt "We know who our customers are. They're a Facebook generation of people."
"I've focused on Facebook and Twitter, as they have proven to produce the best results with regards to return on investment," said Morgan.
And, when asked, Landers agreed that Facebook is by far the biggest social media platform.
When it comes to managing each social media site, Landers suggests contractors avoid posting the same content across all platforms.
"Every company generally has a voice, tagline, or company message, and most carry some overarching theme across your website, traditional marketing, and all social media," said Landers. "I would not share the same content on LinkedIn that I share on Facebook. The context is different," he said. "LinkedIn is business, Facebook is entertainment — in order to be successful, you have to have great content, and you have to understand the context."
Contractors have to think about what's bringing people to the platform they're using. People don't want to waste their valuable time reading useless information or advertisements. "We don't post much but we curate what we post well," Dave Schmidt said. "Community-based stuff — events or other charitable things we're doing on behalf of the community — work best."
The types of posts that tend to get the most engagement from followers are those that humanize the company.
"Social media enables us to demonstrate expertise in our field, put a personal and more human face to our brand, engage with and demonstrate we are part of the community, and promote our business in a friendly, non-sales-pitch manner," said Morgan.
According to Landers, "When you look at the worst HVAC contractor Facebook pages, their posts focus on 10 percent-off furnace replacements. Then, five hours later, they post, 'Here's another coupon.'"
People tend to just scroll through stuff like that, he said. "They're [contractors] on Facebook with a machine gun, shooting promotional messages at us," Landers said. "They might as well run out on the street and throw business cards in the air — that's also cheap, until you get a littering ticket."
So, is social media the be-all, end-all for marketing? The answer is, no — at least not for now. While the majority of Americans are on Facebook or some other social media platform daily, very few of them are actively having HVAC problems in their homes or businesses.
"It's different than being present on Google when someone is searching for a furnace replacement or repair company. I generally recognize search marketing as a higher priority than social media," said Landers. "If a contractor is already investing heavily in search marketing, and they still want to continue to grow their business. The answer is Facebook."
"Our industry is always going to be fighting the big-box stores," said Steve Schmidt. "One way to fight with them is through our relationships. We have to be more than air conditioner fixers and market our companies accordingly."
Morgan started focusing his energy on Facebook when he saw another business using it in ways he never thought possible. Steve Schmidt's wake-up call came when he brought his son on staff. Landers said he realized he needed to promote his business on Facebook when he got a friend request from his mom. So, if you're an HVAC contractor who hasn't yet had that "Eureka!" moment — let the anticipation of the 2017 evolving trends be it. Welcome the New Year by allowing social media to turn your clients into friends and followers who "like" and "share" your stories within your community and across the globe.
2017 TRENDS TO LOOK FOR
Talkwalker, a social media analytics company, issued an article called "The Top Social Media Trends for 2017 – The Influencers View." The company interviewed several social media experts to get their opinions on what contractors and companies should prepare for. The most notable ones are:
1) More Targeting and Integration — "Rather than it [2017] being a revolutionary year, it will be an evolutionary one," said Neal Schaffer, CEO of Maximize Your Social. Companies need to invest their money in the areas that will help them grow, not just target segments based on network size. "Brands should focus less on quantity of written content and, instead, have a 'less is more' approach by focusing on quality," he said. "The visual content area will help you truly cut through the noise and be heard."
2) The Social Storytelling Evolution — Snapchat has changed the way we tell and share stories. Now, other platforms, such as Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, are beginning to follow in Snapchat's footsteps, creating their own storytelling tools. "Given this, it would be beneficial for brands to start investigating and putting into action steps to add more storytelling elements into their social marketing plans — more immediate, multi-scene narratives that help better connect users to their brand stories and purposes, which really works to enhance the 'social' element," said Andrew Hutchinson, content and social media manager at Social Media Today.
3) Businesses will Need to Learn to Sell on Social — "In 2017, businesses will have to figure out what works for them in social media. There's been a lot of new platforms distracting from the end goal of selling," said author, Marsha Collier. "Center on the psychographics [what your customers care about] versus their demographics."
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Percy George Burge James (9 March 1917 – June 1993) was an English amateur footballer and minor counties cricketer.

James was born in the Rhondda. He began his career with Oxford City before the Second World War. He had a brief professional football career, making two appearances and scoring one goal in the Football League for Luton Town in 1949. He later joined Worcester City as a player-manager. He played amateur international football for Wales.

James also played cricket at minor counties level for Oxfordshire as a leg break bowler between 1938–51, making 27 appearances in the Minor Counties Championship. He died in June 1993.

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THE CASTAWAY CRITTERS RAFTED TO U.S. SHORES ABOARD THE JAPAN TSUNAMI DEBRIS
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On the debris found from 2011's tsunami, more than 300 alive marine aquatic species were found on board travelling with it. A new study has found that hundreds of species might have been travelling on this debris across the ocean. After the tsunami took place in 2011 in Japan, a boat washed up on the U.S. coast with pelagic gooseneck barnacles clinging to it.
In 2011, a huge tidal wave or tsunami had occurred in Japan which had created havoc. It had destroyed the coast of Japan along with displacing everything and everyone from their habitat. On its way out, the tsunami had taken away a huge amount of debris to the sea. Even the marine life of Japan was affected.
According to the new findings, Japanese marine life might have taken the pieces of floating wood or estates to travel across the oceans. In Science magazine, the researchers from the United States have stated that there have been various spotting of living Japanese marine life species from 2012 to 2017 on the shores of Hawaii and North America.
More than 289 living marine species have been spotted on buoys, crates, fishing boats, docks and other objects. There is a distance of over 7000 kilometers from Japan to America which was travelled by marine species on more than 634 tsunami debris.
Approximately 65 percent of the species found in the debris has never been spotted in the Pacific Ocean near North America which marks a threat to the natural habitat and marine ecosystem of the already established aquatic life. The study establishes the fact that the native marine ecosystem might get unbalanced due to the invasion.
SOME OF THE MARINE LIFE SPECIES FOUND
From amongst the range of species found in the debris, some of the castaway critters include-
Ø Skeleton Shrimp- these are found in Japan and use their strong rear claws for making algae as their prey.
Ø Northern Pacific Sea Star- these are invasive in nature and can live in deep waters.
Ø Japanese shipworms- these are large molluscs which look like worms, living in wooden objects.
Ø Slipper nail- these were basically native to U.S. but became invasive in Japan and now have returned back.
Ø Japanese barred knifejaw fish- some of them were found trapped inside the well of the boat which made the fish survive during the two-year long journey.
Ø Bryozoan- white and brittle, these moss animals can infiltrate a new habitat easily.
THE END STORY
The journey marks the dispersal of transoceanic species which imposes various implications for the marine biogeography.
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Ricoh states that the new GR DIGITAL II retains the concept of the GR DIGITAL, and is a "high image quality compact camera that achieves excellent resolving power from edge to edge, low noise, and low color aberration".
1. GR DIGITAL concept was inherited, and even higher image quality achieved.
* The GR DIGITAL II is equipped with the newly developed GR ENGINE II image processing engine to keep the excellent resolution, tone characteristics, and color saturation of the GR DIGITAL, while achieving dramatic reduction in noise.
* A new 1/1.75-inch CCD with 10.01 million effective pixels is employed to achieve improved resolution with an increased number of pixels.
* High image quality that meets the needs of professionals is achieved by coupling with the F2.4 aperture, f:5.9mm focal length (equivalent to 28mm on a 35mm camera) GR LENS popular for its high resolution feel and low distortion.
2. Highly expressive photos can be taken thanks to an acceleration sensor that measures camera tilt along the perpendicular axis and the newly developed image processing engine, GR ENGINE II.
* With the addition of an acceleration sensor, the GR DIGITAL II could be equipped with an electronic level function that allows users to know if the camera is level while looking at the LCD monitor. Adjusting levelness when taking pictures of buildings or scenery takes further advantage of the characteristics of GR LENS with its small distortion.
* With the level indicator display on the LCD monitor, composing photos with horizontal or vertical lines visible is possible without looking away from the camera when shooting.
* A level sensor sound to let you know if the camera is level during shooting can be set.
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* A 1:1 aspect ratio (vertical/horizontal ratio) image size that allows for easy photography of square format images is included.
* Square format is achieved where one can enjoy photography different from standard rectangular images. That aspect ratio has been well received with classic 6x6 medium-format and Ricoh Caplio GX100 cameras.
* RAW mode also is compatible with 1:1 aspect ratio (vertical/horizontal ratio).
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* Color, color depth, contrast, and sharpness of an image can each be adjusted in +/- five steps.
* Color can be selected as desired from sepia, red, green, blue, and purple.
5. Enhanced operability while inheriting a design to accompany photographers wherever they go.
* The function button allows for one-push mode switching. Settings can be registered to switch from "JPEG to RAW," "color to black & white," between "Snap and AF," and others for quick switching of modes when sudden photo opportunities present themselves.
* Functions registered to the Fn button can be saved to the My Settings Mode.
* By displaying the depth of field in the focus bar, the distance range of the depth of field can be confirmed in advance.
* The 2.7-inch, 230,000-pixel display with a 160 degree viewing angle is easy to view from both low and high angles.
* Writing time for RAW mode has been reduced and shooting during RAW image writing has been achieved.
* A manual pop-up flash operated by a sliding switch is employed to prevent accidental flash operation. The camera is equipped with a flash exposure compensation function that can compensate light intensity from +2.0 EV to -2.0 EV.
* An information display mode shows specific information of your choice on the screen even when the LCD monitor is turned off thereby increasing its ease of use when using the external viewfinder.
* The mode dial is equipped with two My Setting modes. Just aligning the mode dial to a My Setting allows the user to switch to a preregistered shooting setting of choice.
* The GR DIGITAL II has been equipped with an ADJ. lever to assign functions with a push after setting values are chosen from the operation menu in ADJ. mode.
* Automatic horizontal or vertical rotation of images according to the camera position has been achieved and can be viewed during playback on the LCD monitor.
* A thin, compact size was achieved, measuring 107.0 × 59.0 × 25.0 (W x H x D) and weighing 168 g, while ease of use was improved.
6. Expandability is increased with a wide range of optional accessories.
7. GR DIGITAL optional accessories can continue to be used with the GR DIGITAL II. And the new GT-1, GV-2, and GC-2 can also be used with the original GR DIGITAL.


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Steinway (LVB) Stock Down as Kohlberg Drops Out
Shares of Steinway Musical Instruments Inc. (LVB) closed down -1.32 or -3.33 percent on Tuesday, after news that Kohlberg & Co. had dropped out of their $438 million or $35 per share bid for the company. Kohlberg refuses to match the bid Steinway received from Paulson & Co announced on Monday. According to some sources, which have yet to be confirmed, Paulson & Co. offered $38 per share for Steinway in a deal worth about $477 million, which drove Steinway & Co. stock to a new record high of $39.90 per share on Monday, closing the day at $39.53.
Traders were expecting a bidding war to ensue between the buyout firm and the hedge fund. Daily Chart Waltham, Massachusetts based Steinway Musical Instruments Inc. was founded in a Manhattan loft in 1853 by Henry Engelhard Steinway, a German immigrant. The company has since grown into a global musical instrument manufacturing multinational corporation. The company sells its products to professional and amateur musicians, orchestras and schools through a worldwide network of dealers. Its product lines include Steinway & Sons pianos, Ludwig drums, Selmer Paris saxophones and Leblanc clarinets among others. On Tuesday, Steinway announced that in a regulatory filing, Kohlberg had waived its right to match or outbid the competing offer. Kohlberg had made Steinway a $35 per share bid in July with a clause allowing Steinway 45 days to "go-shop" for a better offer. Steinway did not disclose the name of the new bidder, stating in their press release that Steinway had "received a definitive offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of the Company's common stock at a purchase price of $38.00 per share in cash from an affiliate of an investment firm with over $15 billion under management. The definitive offer includes a fully negotiated merger agreement and the related financing commitments." According to some sources, billionaire hedge fund tycoon John Paulson's Paulson & Co. is the most likely candidate and fits the description in Steinway's press release. Nevertheless, Tuesday's filing by Kohlberg put a damper on the stock rally, sending shares down more than three percent. John Paulson is primarily known as a trader that made billions betting against the sub-prime mortgage market. The Steinway buyout will be the first time he leads a leveraged buyout, although he has worked on other deals before. Steinway stock has been a stellar performer since June when share began creeping higher. The stock began the year at 21.75 and has risen more than 43 percent YTD. The attraction for the company is justified, with a strong cash flow, an excellent balance sheet and stable business, the mystery bidder is getting a gem of a company. Another consideration is the real estate for the manufacturing facilities in Europe and the United States, which are worth a considerable amount. While the offer seems high, the deal has not been consummated; there is still a deadline of midnight tonight, August 14th for another suitor to make a higher bid. Other News About LVB Why Steinway Is Likeley To Be Sold To A Hedge Fund Manager NPR article listing the reasons the company will get taken over by a fund. Steinway Schedules Second Quarter 2013 Earnings Release for August 6th Earnings will be released on August 6th. Other Stocks in the News Apple Jumps as Icahn Tweets About Large' Stake Icahn discloses on Twitter. JCPenney's 100-Year Bonds Swoon Amid Retailer's Turmoil Retailer loses on 100 year gamble. Copyright 2013 by InvestorGuide.com, Inc. InvestorGuide has no control over the sites we link to, is not affiliated with these sites, and cannot take responsibility for their quality or suitability. The news, analysis, commentary and profile information is not meant to be comprehensive, and the data provided is not guaranteed to be accurate. WebFinance Inc., the publisher of this newsletter, is not a registered investment advisor or a broker/dealer. This is not a stock recommendation newsletter but rather a source for investment ideas, and we encourage you to fully research any company before considering investing. The opinions expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of nor are they endorsed by WebFinance Inc. No employee of WebFinance has owned or currently owns any shares in the company described above. The above is neither an offer nor solicitation to buy or sell any securities. The trading of securities may not be suitable for all potential readers of this newsletter, and the purchase of stocks mentioned in this newsletter may result in the loss of some or all of any investment made. We recommend that you consult a stockbroker or financial advisor before buying or selling securities or making investment decisions. We are not responsible for claims made by advertisers and sponsors. Anyone who makes decisions based on what they read here does so at their own risk and cannot hold WebFinance Inc. (DBA InvestorGuide.com, Inc.) or its employees responsible.
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Harrison Township est un township du comté de Kossuth en Iowa, aux États-Unis.

Il est fondé en 1890.

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L'SpVgg Weiden è una società calcistica tedesca con sede a Weiden, in Baviera.

Storia
Il club nacque nel 1912 con l'istituzione di un dipartimento calcistico nel club di ginnastica Turnerbund Weiden. Il dipartimento calcistico divenne indipendente il 19 gennaio 1924 ed ebbe un certo successo, vincendo i primi titoli locali nel 1924 e il 1931e ottenendo la promozione in Bezirksliga Bayern. Tra il 1929 e il 1934 il club fu unito con il Fußball Club Windischeschenbach nel SpVgg Weiden-Windischeschenbach. Nel 1934, il team disputò la Gauliga Bayern, una delle sedici divisioni che formavano la massima serie dopo la riorganizzazione del calcio tedesco fatta nel 1933 sotto il Terzo Reich. L'SpVgg Weiden fu retrocesso dopo appena una stagione. Nel 1941 riuscì a tornare in Gauliga, dopo essersi fuso a causa della guerra con il Reichsbahn SV Weiden a formare il Reichsbahn Sport- und Spielvereinigung Weiden, questo club rimase nella massima serie fino al termine della seconda guerra mondiale.
Dopo la guerra il club riprese a giocare con il nome di SpVgg Weiden e scivolò al livello più basso del calcio tedesco prima di ritornare nella Landesliga Bayern (II) nel 1947, facendo una fugace apparizione di una sola stagione in seconda divisione nel 1954-55. Nel mezzo, il club partecipò anche alla Amateurliga Bayern (III).
Il club non riuscì a qualificarsi per la nuova Amateurliga Bayern a girone unico e si iscrisse alla Landesliga Bayern-Mitte. Dopo essere tornato in Amateurliga, riuscì a conquistare la Regionalliga alla prima stagione. Tuttavia il Weiden riuscì a rimanere in Regionalliga solo per una stagione, tornando in Amateurliga nel 1966. In Amateurliga il Weiden conquistò due secondi posti, nel 1971 e nel 1972, ma nel 1975 venne retrocesso.
Dal 1977 al 1981, il Weiden finì in Bezirksliga, ma poi riuscì a tornare in Landesliga e, nel 1985, in Amateur Oberliga Bayern nel 1985.
Dalla metà degli anni '80 alla metà degli anni '90 il club giocò in terza divisione e, dopo la ristrutturazione della lega, in quarta divisione. All'inizio degli anni '90 la squadra ha fatto alcune apparizioni in Coppa di Germania (1991 e 1992). Dopo essere retrocesso in Landesliga Bayern-Mitte (V) il Weiden vinse il titolo nel 2006 e ritornò in Oberliga. Nel 2008.09 il Weiden ha vinto il campionato e è tornato a disputare la Regionalliga, che non disputava dal 1966.

Stadio
L'SpVgg Weiden disputa le sue partite casalinghe nello Stadion am Wasserwerk, inaugurato nel 1928, ha una capacità 10.000 posti.

Allenatori recenti

Stagioni recenti

Palmarès
 Campionati
 Upper Palatinate/Lower Bavaria campione: 1934, 1940, 1941
 Oberliga Bayern (V) campione: 2009
 Amateurliga Bayern campione (III): 1954 (sud), 1965
 Landesliga Bayern-Mitte campione (V): 1954, 1964, 1985, 1988, 2006
 Coppe
 Oberpfalz Cup vincitore: 1996, 1997, 2009
 Giovanili
 Campionato di calcio bavarese Under 19 secondo: 1962

Apparizioni in Coppa di Germania

Bibliografia
 Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag ISBN 3-89784-147-9
 Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv storia delle leghe tedesche inferiori
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    processMap1(map); // ERROR
    processMap2(map); // OK
}

I want my methods to work with both Map<String, List<String>> and Map<String, List<Object>>

A: You have a method that expects an object of type X. In order to pass an object to this method, this object must have a type Y that is a subtype of X.
This may be obvious for simple cases:
void processNumber(Number number) { ... }
void callIt()
{
    Integer integer = null;
    processNumber(integer); // Fine. Integer is a subtype of Number

    String string = null;
    processNumber(string); // Error. String is NOT a subtype of Number
}

So far, so good. But now you're entering the confusing world of subtype-relationships for parameterized types. Angelika Langer goes into the details in her Generics FAQ: Which super-subtype relationships exist among instantiations of generic types?:

This is fairly complicated and the type relationships are best determined setting up tables as explained in this FAQ entry.

So I won't even try to reproduce this here, but only try to explain (simplified) why the second version works, but the first one doesn't.

The fact that the second version works can be explained with the type inference that the compiler does. Basically, it just looks at the argument, sees that it is Map<String, List<String>>, and infers that the T of the method declaration must be String for this to work. You can imagine this as T simply being replaced with String, and then the method matches perfectly. (It's not really so easy, but can intuitively be understood like this)

The reason of why the first version does not work is seemingly simple as well. Coming back to the initial statement: The method expects an object that has a subtype of the type declared in the method signature. And the key point is:
Map<String, List<String>> is not a subtype of Map<String, List<?>>
This fact can (in this case) even be simplified by omitting the method invocation:
Map<String, List<String>> map = new HashMap<>();
Map<String, List<?>> otherMap = map; // Does not work

Again, I'll leave the details of the "type theory" behind that to the FAQ entry linked above, but to at least explain why it is not allowed: A Map<String, List<?>> is a map that maps strings to lists that contain an unknown/unspecified type. So the following implementation of your processMap1 method would be valid:
public void processMap1(Map<String, List<?>> map)
{
    List<Number> numbers = new ArrayList<Number>();
    map.put("x", numbers);
}

And imagine, calling this method with a Map<String, List<String>> was valid:
public void f() {
    Map<String, List<String>> map = new HashMap<>();
    processMap1(map); // Imagine this was possible
    List<String> shouldBeStrings = map.get("x");
}

then you would end up with a ClassCastException sooner or later, because you pass Map<String, List<String>> to the method, but the method is allowed to put a List<Number> into this map.
Or for short: It is not allowed because it is not type-safe.

Edit in response to the comments (this goes somewhat beyond the original question, so I'll try to keep it short) :
For the second case, there is no T to capture any type. The type is ?, which, intuitively, can stand for any type. In the case of the suggested call from reverse to rev for lists, the T is still ?, but may be used to dedicatedly represent the type of the elements in the list. Or again, referring to the subtype relationships:
List<T> is always a subtype of List<?> (regardless of what T is)
The suggested call from processMap1 to processMap2 does not work for the reasons explained above: Even when Y is a subtype of X, the type Map<String, Y> is not a subtype of Map<String, X>. Here, this question may be relevant.

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