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Water Industry Urged To Protect Homes & Businesses From Sewer Flooding
Graham 30th November 2017
The UK's sewerage and water companies have been called on to take action to better protect homes and businesses around the country from sewer flooding, after a new report showed that nearly a third more properties were flooded in this way in 2016-2017.
The Consumer Council for Water (CCWater)'s Clear way forward: Building a resilient sewerage and drainage system (2016/2017) publication revealed that nearly 5,700 properties suffered sewer flooding last year – and more can be done to protect customers from the consequences of this by gaining a deeper understanding of which properties are likely to flood.
Companies have been taking steps in this regard which have been welcomed by CCWater, with figures showing that the number of external areas flooded with sewage dropped by 11 per cent in 2016/2017. The number is also down by over a third compared to five years ago. But the watchdog has also pledged to keep putting pressure on industry to follow through on its commitment to reduce flooded properties by 33 per cent between 2015 and 2020.
Head of policy and research at the organisation Mike Keil said: "Sewer flooding is a horrendous ordeal for customers to go through, so we are disappointed to see an increase in the number of properties that have been flooded.
"Companies usually respond very well to flooding incidents but customers expect more than that. They want peace of mind that their company has done everything it possibly can to protect their home or business in the first place."
CCWater is now keen for companies to use better modelling so they can understand which properties are most likely to suffer in this regard, while working alongside other agencies to implement more effective long-term solutions to flooding.
Key findings in the report show that the country's sewer network is under pressure from blockages and flooding, and both climate change and population growth will only exacerbate the situation in the future. Communication with customers is key to managing the challenge of sewer blockages, while keeping rainwater out of the existing sewer network is also a priority.
Earlier this month, a city centre road in Cambridge was closed for up to two weeks after a sewer collapsed and emergency repairs were required. This involved digging down into the sewer itself (buried metres underground) so that the damaged section could be fixed. Before refilling the hole, engineers had to make their way around gas mains, water pipes and electricity cables.
And back in October, landlord of the Masala Kraft Indian restaurant Amit Patel told the York Press of the devastating impact another sewer collapse had on his business, saying that stock and freezers had to be taken out and destroyed. Specialist excavating equipment had to be used for the repairs in this case because the pipe was down so deep.
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Mark of the Legion is the fourth studio release by the American brutal death metal band Deeds of Flesh. It was released in 2001.

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians
Jacoby Kingston - Bass, vocals
Erik Lindmark - Guitar, vocals
Mike Hamilton - Drums

Production
Recorded at Moon Productions
Produced by Deeds of Flesh
Thomas E. Gingell - Engineer

External links

 MySpace Profile

Deeds of Flesh albums
2001 albums

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Thanks for checking out my site. I'd love to share with you a little about myself and why I LOVE what I do.
I was born and raised in the Wenatchee Valley. For all of you who may not know where that is, central Washington State would be the place. I was a competitive downhill ski racer growing up with the mountains in my backyard. The mountains are definitely where I feel most "at home" but I have also developed a huge crush on the ocean. Living in Melbourne, Australia and working extensively on the Big Island of Hawaii I feel like my curly hair was meant to have a place near the beach.
I have a small tribe and I wouldn't want it any other way. Koren (11), Teagan (9), and Lachlan (6), tend to rule my world followed up by #oscarthepom and #tatumthelab. Nothing beats being a mom, but I'm just as grateful for their grandparents living close by!
I believe the small moments and the little things, are just as important as the biggest events in our lives. The day-to-day, the details, the littlest memories I never want to forget. So that's why I do what I do. I'm a picture taker. A detail documenter. A life preserver.
I treat my clients like family. I want to document life as if they were my own moments I'm trying to cherish. I strive to bring out the honest in each family all while making sure everyone is having the BEST time!


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SIERRA AUCTION JOINS BILICKI AND RSS RACING AT ISM RACEWAY
Sugar Hill, GA. (February 21, 2019) - Josh Bilicki and RSS Racing are pleased to welcome Sierra Auction as a primary sponsor for the March 9th NASCAR Xfinity Series race at ISM Raceway. The news comes just three weeks after Bilicki announced he would join RSS Racing for the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series season.
"I'm very excited to welcome Sierra Auction to our team," says Bilicki. "Sierra Auction came onboard my car as an associate sponsor at the Fall Phoenix race in 2018, so it's very cool to see them step up to a primary sponsor. Phoenix was the sight of my first NASCAR oval start, so the track is special to me."
Sierra Auction is Arizona's Largest Public Auction House. For over three decades (Est. 1986), Sierra Auction Management, Inc. has been dedicated to providing the best auction experience for buyers and sellers. Sierra is a full service auction company specializing in the sale and disposition of vehicles, equipment and surplus assets for over 150 government agencies, large and small corporations, bankruptcy trustees, financial institutions, and charities.
Sierra is the sole auction outlet for Seized vehicles from the Attorney General of the State of Arizona, Department of Public Safety (DPS), the Counter Narcotics Alliance (CNA), City of Phoenix, City of Mesa, and the vast majority of Government and Police agencies statewide! Additionally, Sierra has partnered with numerous charity organizations to auction donated vehicles.
In addition to a primary sponsorship at ISM Raceway on March 9th, Sierra Auction will become a secondary sponsor at the fall race race weekend at ISM Raceway and an associate sponsor for the remaining races of 2019.
The NASCAR Xfinity Series race at ISM Raceway will be televised live on FS1 on Saturday, March 9th at 4:00PM ET. Tickets can be purchased at www.NASCAR.com.
About RSS Racing: RSS Racing fields the No. 38, 39, and 93 Chevrolet Camaros in the NASCAR XFINITY Series with drivers Jeff Green, Josh Bilicki, and Ryan Sieg. RSS Racing has competed in NASCAR events since 2009 from its headquarters in Sugar Hill, Ga. The team had its best career finish of 2nd at Iowa Speedway in 2017. The team recorded its best points finish of 9th with Ryan Sieg in 2016.
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The premise of Justice (or Seeking Justice, as it is named in the States) is not fundamentally unworkable. The basic plot seems almost like an affectionate homage to Hitchcock, with people essentially trading motivations for murder, with a mysterious organisation (known as "the Organisation") offering people a chance for revenge against the person who hurt them – but with a caveat. If they do you a favour, you will have to do them a favour later on. It's not a bad premise for a revenge thriller, but the problem with Justiceis that it takes itself far too serious, and expects us to do the same. What could have been a cheesy-yet-enjoyable thriller becomes an overly long and self-important waste of time.
I have to admit that X-Men: First Class is a movie that I find myself in a wild state of flux over. At times, I'm delighted by the sensational casting, the fantastic director and the wonderful artistic design that we're seeing. However, I am equally curious as to what the point of a prequel is, or why Bryan Singer jumped ship so quickly. At times, it's one of my most anticipated movies of the coming year, while at others it's just another film awaiting release. Somewhat lost amid the announcement that Bane and Catwoman would be the villains of The Dark Knight Rises, Fox released a slew of information about their newest X-Men film last week. looking at eth photos, I can't help wondering whether the superhero movie genre is on the cusp of the nostalgia-fest which has swept their comic book counterparts in recent years.


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Completing A Foundation In 10.5 HRS!
Posted by Trevor Baty on Monday, September 18, 2006 · Leave a Comment
WHAT THEY DID
In an unprecedented 10.5 hours, Coello & Associates constructed a full 8 foot basement and 850 square foot attached garage foundation from start to finish.
THE CONCRETE WAS KEY
A foundation like the one for this home would typically take a minimum of three days to complete from start to finish. On day one the footings were set up and poured and on day two the same was done for the walls. The walls then sat overnight before the forms could be stripped away. As you can imagine, trying to condense this process into a 12 hour time slot was a challenge. Careful planning was a must, but that was only the beginning.
A proprietary concrete mix supplied by Bend Industries was key to the success of the project. The concrete was designed to reach 8,000 psi after 28 days, which is twice that of the concrete used for our standard foundation walls. Even more important was that the concrete had reached 3000 psi in strength only four hours after the walls were poured. To put that into perspective, the code requires that a foundation wall reach only 2500 psi in 28 days.
This allowed the carpenters to begin quickly decking the home. The foundation was backfilled less than ten hours after the wall pour. When using their standard concrete mix, they recommend waiting a week to ten days before backfilling a foundation for best results.
Coello & Associates' utilization of Durand aluminum forms with attached hardware also aided in the fast construction of the basement. This advanced forming system helped the crews set the walls both correctly and with extreme efficiency.
While the perfect concrete mix and superior forming system were instrumental in constructing the foundation on time, it also took the determination, skill, and hard work of 36 individuals to truly make the project a success.
WHAT THEY GAVE
For Coello and Associates, it meant 280 man-hours on the site, secretive ground-work, and material donations from Coello and other partner companies.
Following show guidelines, two things had to happen according to Michael Coello, General Manager. First, this had to be a surprise to the family, and second, everything needed to be donated. Sharing this project with only a few key people, Michael got their foundation project organized.
First he went to their suppliers for donations and expertise with the special requirements for the quick-turn-around. Among them were Bend Industries, CertainTeed, Axim, Victory Steel, Tremco Barrier Solutions, and Monarch Windows. In addition to their labor force, equipment and forms, Coello & Associates donated anchor bolts, steel rebar, and foundation insulation.
A foundation this size, completed in a 'normal' timeframe, would typically cost approximately $25,000.
Michael called a company meeting and said "We have a tremendous opportunity to change a family's life, and that it would happen through this show. The employees were tremendously excited to do it. I didn't have to say another word – no one declined."
Michael Coello says constant lightning and bad weather threatened throughout the evening. Coello crews started in shifts — staging the first 12 at 4 pm on the 1st, then 3 hours later adding another 11, then 3 hours later adding the remaining group for a total of 35, who all worked until Michael started sending them home after 3 am.
WHAT THEY GOT
On a professional level, the recognition of their company's role in the project may not necessarily bring them more work, but Michael believes it will help to reinforce their company brand recognition, something they try to work on constantly. Michael also believes this project was a step towards 'walking the talk'; to show that as a company Coello and Associates can do projects like this that are out of the box and display their ability to work with different specs and standards.
On a personal level, Michael says "We only get so many chances in life to affect other peoples lives. This was our chance. I felt that because they came to us and thought we were the ones that could meet this dying man's needs, then we were the ones. It gave us great satisfaction and wonder to be a part of this."
Enjoy these comments from Coello employees who helped with this project:
• Tom Poznanski – It was a great honor to participate in an experience which will be televised. It made me feel good knowing that I helped the family/homeowners in a personal way to improve the quality of their home.
• Jason Terhardt – My experience was awesome. This job was unique and was a challenge in many different ways. From a timeline that most of us never had encountered to a concrete mix that was such a fast setting product. The whole job site has such a great feeling that it basically gave you a rush from start to finish. To top it all off you have a crowd of people watching you and cameras all over the place making you feel like you are being privileged to be on that particular job site.
• Scott Blaskowski – I felt a great sense of pride in what we accomplished. I'm sure it is something I will talk about for years to come. Being able to help this family out and being given the opportunity to work on this project by our boss reaffirmed what we try to do here at Coello & Associates… "Fulfill Peoples Dreams". Thanks for the opportunity. It was incredible to see what could be done with concrete also. The suppliers we worked with were awesome and the mix design did everything we needed perfectly!!
• Keith Mittelstaedt – Not only am I very proud to have helped out in this special project, but I feel very privileged as well. It was a very impressive project with a lot of thought and heart put into it. The amount of good people and volunteers is also overwhelming. So many people with so much skill all brought together to tackle this feat was amazing. I hope I was able to help make a family's dream come true.
• Ben Reinke – I feel that it was a great honor to be able to participate in the Home Makeover project. From start to finish I was filled with excitement and adrenalin just trying to take in everything that was going on around the site. It is truly amazing to see a project like this take place with all the contractors and volunteers working so hard and in sync to accomplish this dream. I will never forget the events that took place that night. Thank you for the awesome opportunity.
• John Reuteler – As a fan of the show I know the highs and lows the family feels during this process. It was a great feeling to be part of their high. It was also a new challenge for me personally. It was not the most difficult house but the timeline we had to finish it in was a real challenge. To do a job in under 12 hours that usually takes 3 days was a new high for me.
OTHER CFA MEMBERS
In addition to CFA member Coello & Associates, other CFA members who were partners in this home construction were CertainTeed Form-a-Drain, Durand Forms, LaFarge North America, Tremco Barrier Solutions Horizon, and Monarch Manufacturing.
Steve Gross, Director of Marketing for CertainTeed wrote in to say "We are honored that Coello & Associates recommended Form-A-Drain to help form a solid foundation for the Koepke's home. Form-A-Drain was chosen because of its unique three-in-one offering, as it served as a sturdy footing form during the 'Extreme Makeover' construction, and will provide foundation drainage and radon evacuation benefits for years to come."
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`dumpling` is the name of the DotNet dump analytics and storage service. Given a dump file, the service extracts information and catalogues it for future review.

#####The Vision
A runtime developer is looking for bugs to fix, and visits the `dumpling` website. They are presented with a view of the most impactful runtime issues. If they come across a failure they'd like to investigate, they may download the offending zipped up dump file and extract it to their machines for further review.

#####`The Status`The Pieces
![For Context](images/drawing1.png)

1. Supported Users
   - Automated Infrastructure
   - Tools
   - Humans
2. `todo`[RESTful Front-End](rest.md)
   - **upload dump file**
   - Get Status
   - Retrieve Dump File
3. `todo` [State Table](state-and-storage.md)
4. `todo` [**dump + runtime artifacts storage**](state-and-storage.md)
5. `stable`**analysis** Infrastructure
	- (**queue**) Azure Topic
	- Workers
		- Ubuntu 14.04 VM
		- CentOS VM
6. `todo` [**analysis artifacts storage**](state-and-storage.md)
7. `todo` Report Viewing
   - `todo` PowerBI for high-level status
   - `todo` ASP.Net WebViews for actionable data

#####The Gap Tasks
These are the remaining actionable tasks to meet the minimum-viable product of our vision.

1. Bring up SQL Database
    - `sschaabs` has a code-first Entity Framework base laid out that has withstood the test of time.
2. [Create REST Interface](rest.md)
	- (POST) AddDump
	- (GET) GetStatus
	- (GET) RetrieveDump
	- (POST/UPDATE) Update/AppendData
	- (methods) APIs for retrieving results to pre-defined SQL queries.
3. [Spawn State Table](state-and-storage.md)
4. Create web view that displays the results of our dumps.
	- Write SQL queries to be displayed
	- PowerBI (pass success)
	- Write HTML/JavaScript to be viewed.
	- Adjusted/Unadjusted mean time to failure.

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Korean Drama Black Information
Drama Title: Black
Alternative Title: 블랙 / Black
Genre: Romance, Crime, Thriller, Fantasy
Published Date: October, 2017
Total Episodes: 16
Casts: Song Seung Hun, Go Ah Ra, Kim Dong Joon, Lee El, Jo Jae Yoon, Lee Kyu Bok, Kim Won Hae , Jung Suk Yong, Lee Chul Min, Lee Kwang Hoon
Subtitle: English Sub
The story of a grim reaper, Black (Song Seung Hun) who gets erased from the memories of the world for breaking the rules of heaven and falling in love with a mortal woman, Kang Ha Ram (Go Ah Ra) after inhabiting a human body.
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his is a drama about a group of thieves who cause damage to a small, elite group who secretly manipulates South Korea.......
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Hye-seong Oh (Tae-yeong Yun), who excelled at skipping rocks as a child, loved Eom-ji Choi (Min-jung Kim). As childhood friends Eom-ji Choi made Hye-seong's life warm. Ten years later Hye-seong Oh has become a baseball player and meets Eom-ji again. She is in a relationship with another childhood friend Dong-tak Ma (Seong-min Park).One day, Hye-seong hides his injury as a pitcher and throws a perfect game. After that pe......
This drama is based on the U.S. drama series "Suits" that has aired on the cable USA Network since 2011.
Choi Kyung Seo (Jang Dong Gun) is a legendary lawyer at the top law firm in South Korea. He has charisma and an attractive appearance. He hires Go Yun Woo (Park Hyung Shik) as a rookie lawyer for the law firm. Go Yun Woo has excellent memory.......
This is a drama about a woman who hates pretty boys and a man who is obsessed with appearance, overcoming their prejudice.
Lee Kang Woo (Ahn Jae Hyun) is a handsome guy, who enjoys being the center of attention. In his past, he was dumped for being ugly. Since that moment, he has been obsessed with his appearance. Meanwhile, Joo Seo Yeon (Oh Yeon Seo) is an enthusiastic P.E. teacher. She does not like han......
The series tells the secret romance between a South Korean heiress of a conglomerate and a high-ranking North Korean officer.
Yoon Se Ri (Son Ye Jin) is an heiress to a conglomerate in South Korea. One day, while paragliding, an accident caused by strong winds leads Yoon Se Ri to make an emergency landing in North Korea. There, she meets Lee Jung Hyuk (Hyun Bin), who is a North Korean army officer. He tri......
This drama is about the slice-of-life and daily activities around the teachers, students, staffs of a private institution that prepares for civil service exam around the area of Seoul's Noryangjin. The characters like to drink alone afterwork for their own reasons.
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Games Commentary
Pairings & Results Standings Cross Tables Games (PGN)
Round 10 report
The sole leader of the tournament Elina Danielian suddenly lost to Pia Cramling while Humpy Koneru managed to win against Lilit Mkrtchian. One round to go the Indian player is half a point behind the top-runner and shares the second-third places together with Maria Sebag, who made a peaceful draw in the game against Maia Chiburdanidze. Indian regained chances to win the tournament and to qualify for the match with Hou Yifan if she manages to score against Zhu Chen tomorrow. The final results of the tournament also depend on the outcome of the game Danielian-Stefanova. Nana Dzagnidze lost the second game in a row and can not have an effect on the situation in the last round. The 11th round starts at 12 a.m. local time and promises to be spectacular.
Photos of the 10th round are in the gallery.
Humpy Koneru - Lilit Mkrtchian 1:0
After the opening White got an initiative by sacrificing a pawn. Under the time trouble Black didn't find the best continuation and lost the game.
Humpy Koneru: I tried to make the game more complicated. I had better chances in the middle game: good piece play after she took a pawn on d4. Of course taking the pawn was not a good choice. I was clearly better after that. Still I'm not sure about the position: probably I missed something in the middle game. For example I should have played 26.Qe1 instead of 26.Qd2. I think instead of 30…Nf3 30…Kc4 is a good move and after 31.Rc4 dc 32.Bd6 Black had 33…Rd8. I have no expectations about the last round I'll just play normal. I already missed many winning games, so I'll try just to play.
Lilit Mkrtchian: It was difficult game. In the time trouble I lost a piece but maybe after Qd3 and d4 and Bd6 it was over. My mistake was to think too much in the opening, that's why in the important moment I had no enough time to calculate all variations and because of that I blundered.
Batkhuyag Munguntuul – Antoaneta Stefanova 1/2 : 1/2
Antoaneta Stefanova tried once again to avoid known opening by playin g 2.Bf4 and later on she managed to win a pawn and got a clear advantage. Afterwards Black found some contra play and made a draw.
Batkhuyag Munguntuul: The game was complicated and in the opening position became very interesting. After 20 moves we both had no more than 10 minutes left. I expected 2.Bf4 so I checked some variations before the game but still we spent a lot of time in the opening. After e5 I was expecting the move 8.Bg5 and after be6 she could try to protect her pawn on c5 by playing 9.Qa3. I think she should not play 35.h4 in the endgame (diagram). It would be better to choose 35.Qc1 Ld2 and 36.Qf1 protecting from mate. After h4 it is draw, maybe she missed Rd4. In the end she had to give a perpetual check otherwise it's dangerous for White.
Pia Cramling – Elina Danielian 1:0
Queen's Gambit was handled in the game. Immediately after the opening the game was transferred into an ending with a small advantage for White.
Pia Cramling: It was just a very solid opening today. I've got a bishop pair and all the time the position was a little bit more pleasant for me. So we played and played and repeated the position sometimes because, from practical point of view, it's good to repeat the moves when you have better position and not much time. Under the time trouble she let me get exactly what I wanted – to push c pawn. I was surprised she took the pawn on a5 because it was better just to stay (diagram). So my opponent tried to hold that position but then she lost a control, she didn't really have any move and after I played Bc2 it was over.
Nana Dzagnidze – Zhu Chen 0:1
Slav Defence was played in the game Dzagnidze-Zhu Chen. After the opening Black got enough counter play and after the game transferred into an endgame, Black had a little advantage due to the worse pawn structure of White.
Zhu Chen: I didn't expect she would play 4.Qc2 because normally she plays some other variations. I think during the game I didn't do anything, she made everything by herself. I'm sorry for her but what to do – I`m also suffering in this tournament. I could not understand why did she play 18.Ke5 and made those triple pawns. Maybe a computer can hold this position but for human it seems to be really difficult.
Martha Fierro – Xu Yuhua 1/2 :1/2
The game was equal after the opening. Move by move Black took initiative and got an advantage after Nd3 (diagram).
Xu Yuhua: After the opening Black had a good position but maybe it was not enough for victory. My opponent spent a lot of time thinking how to defend that position but I think she made some mistakes. A good chance for her was to play 29.Qc2 instead of Qd2 and go to the rook ending with chances for a draw. Also it would be better for White to play 31.Qd3 instead of Rc4 and try to hold my pawn.
Maia Chiburdanidze – Marie Sebag 1/2 :1/2
French Defence was handled in the game. Black played a solid line with 3...de4 and equalized the position.
Maia Chiburdanidze; I`ve played French defence against French player Marie Sebag. I think I equalized the position and also it seems Marie didn't really try too hard to put some tension on me.
Marie Sebag: Normally my opponent plays Karo-Kan but today she chose French Defence and it was a surprise for me. So I preferred to make a draw (diagram).
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It doesn't take long for the morning mist to "burn off" to give us a peek of the warming sun in the blue, blue sky. This photograph was taken about 20 minutes after sunrise.
So your winter now should be coming to an end, and one without rain as I understand it? I don't know when you have a "rainy season." Ours is usually spring, though that varies in these later years. I hope things are not as bad as I read about NSW.


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Review: The 10.2-inch iPad is more of the same, and that's not a bad thing
AppleInsider
Posted: October 1, 2019 4:09PM
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Almost a footnote to the iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro, Apple announced the new seventh generation 10.2-inch iPad for 2019 at its "By innovation only" event. The new iPad isn't revelatory, and is an enlargement of an iteration that Apple delivered in 2018 with the education-focused sixth-generation iPad.
The new 7th-generation iPad
Right off the top, the seventh generation has the same build quality, solidity, and ease of use as the previous generations.
Just like it was over a year ago after Apple's spring 2018 event, AppleInsider telling you about an iPad and what it can do for you is a waste of time. The odds are pretty good you're reading this review on one.
Instead, we're going to look at what sets the new iPad apart from older gear.
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What's the same?
Non-laminated display
Based on what we've been hearing from users, the biggest complaints about the iPad are the re-use of the A10 processor that Apple used for the sixth-generation iPad and the non-laminated screen.
For the screen, every other generation of iPad plus the iPad Air used a non-laminated screen, so upgraders from a very old iPad or even the fifth generation from two and a half years ago will have the same screen that they've always had. They'll have a better one if they're coming from the original non-retina iPad or the immensely popular iPad 2.
The iPad still has a non-laminated display
Apple decided in 2017 to use the non-laminated screen going forward with the lower-end of the product line, and 2019 is no different. The slimming laminated display is on the iPad Pro, iPad Air, and iPad mini -- all more expensive than the seventh generation iPad.
Given the educational focus of the seventh generation iPad, there is clearly an advantage to the non-laminated screen from a service standpoint. If the glass breaks on the new iPad, it no longer necessitates a multi-hundred-dollar whole-screen replacement.
There were complaints in 2017, carried forward to 2019, that the lack of a laminated screen detaches users from the interface. We aren't going to deny that the laminated screen is nicer, but from an operational standpoint, the non-laminated screen induces no lag or delay in user input -- nor has it ever.
Also as with the 2018 iPad, the display is not a Wide Color with True Tone display, like in the iPad Pro, nor should anyone have ever expected it to be. However, color fidelity is the same as the iPad has always had, prior to Apple's enhancements for the 9.7-inch iPad Pro.
A10 processor
In regards to the A10 processor, Apple told us while demoing the unit that it not just twice as fast as competing PC laptops, but also twice the speed the previous sixth-generation iPad. Even when pressed about it, they repeated this refrain about the difference between the sixth generation iPad and the seventh several times, very specifically. We were very skeptical of this claim.
The 7th-gen iPad gets a 697 and 1397 in the Geekbench 5 test
Turns out we were right to be so, despite the new iPad having more application RAM. In Geekbench 5.0 testing, the new iPad got a single-core score of 697 and a multi-core 1397. The sixth-generation delivers 692 and 1367. That's no difference at all, so why they repeated this mantra isn't at all clear to us. We'll chalk it up to confused and revised marketing messages not getting promulgated correctly on the floor.
There's another implication of the A10 used in this iPad, and the A9 used in the fifth-generation iPad, though. Apple likes supporting an A-series processor in iOS for five years since the release of a product that last used it.
So, in this case, that means that A9 devices like the iPhone SE and iPhone 6s, and A10 devices like the iPhone 7 are likely going to be supported for a long time -- two more years at least on the former, and now five more years for the iPhone 7.
Apple Pencil support
Responsiveness from the first generation Apple Pencil on the seventh generation iPad is about the same as it is on the original 12.9-inch iPad Pro -- meaning pretty great. Our artists that we tapped to test it out still liked it just a hair better on the 2017 iPad Pro lineup, and far more than any Android equivalent that they had tried to that point.
First-generation Apple Pencil support
But, they preferred the second-generation Apple Pencil on the iPad Pro to the first generation. Even with the adapter included with the Apple Pencil, charging the stylus is awkward, and much more refined on the new Apple Pencil.
Two speakers
Charitably, iPad speakers are adequate. Physics applies here, and the iPad simply lacks room for large speaker chambers. The 2019 iPad has two speakers, like last year's model -- with the iPad Pro having four.
7th-gen iPad speakers
To test the speakers, we again did a blind test with 10 participants of varying ages. Without telling the participants which hardware they were listening to, we played back an assortment of tracks on an iPad mini 2, iPad Air, iPad Air 2, 2018 12.9-inch iPad Pro, and the 2019 iPad including audio books purchased from iTunes. The tracks we used were streamed from Apple Music.
Out of our 10 testers, at three feet, three identified the four speaker iPad Pro as having better quality, with the remainder calling the difference too close to tell between the four-speaker iPad Pro, the iPad Air 2, and the 2018 iPad. At eight feet, none of our testers could tell the difference.
The connectivity suite remains the same. Bluetooth is still version 4,2, Wi-Fi is still 802.11ac, and the wired connector is still Lightning.
In the real world, we're not seeing any faster web page loads than we did with the sixth-generation iPad. This is as much a testament to that device from 2017, as it is a comment on the seventh generation iPad.
We're only making a slight nod in this direction. The cameras are identical to those on the fifth generation iPad, and are functional. They aren't nearly as good as the cameras on even the iPhone 6 -- but they aren't intended to be.
7th-gen iPad camera
Picture quality between the 2018 iPad, the 2017 iPad, the 9.7-inch iPad Pro, the first generation 12.9-inch iPad Pro, and the iPad Air 2 are essentially indistinguishable.
The stand-out feature of the seventh generation iPad is the larger 10.2-inch screen. The new display has a resolution of 2160x1620 pixels at 264 pixels per inch. In our testing, we got a brightness of about 482 nits on the seventh generation unit.
Multitasking is better with a bigger screen and iPadOS
The sixth generation iPad from 2018 has the same pixels per inch, giving it a 2048x1546 resolution, with about the same brightness as the new model.
The new iPad Pro models deliver the same pixels per inch, but more brightness. Our 12.9-inch iPad Pro from 2018 delivered about 584 nits, in a Wide Color with True Tone display -- which the seventh generation does not have.
With that larger screen, comes a bigger iPad enclosure.The new unit is 250.6m tall, 174.1mm wide, and 7.5 mm thick. It weighs 483 grams with Wi-Fi only, and the LTE model weighs 493 grams. For comparison, the 2018 iPad is 240mm tall, 169.5mm wide, has a thickness of 7.5mm, and weighs 469 grams with Wi-Fi and 478 grams with LTE.
To keep this all in perspective the original iPad was 242.8mm tall, 189.7mm wide, 13.4mm thick, and came in at 680 grams.
Smart connector
The seventh generation 10.2-inch iPad is the first entry-level model to support the Smart Connector. That also means that it can use Apple's Smart Keyboard for the first time.
7th-gen iPad Smart Connector
To us, the Smart Connector is potential unrealized. When it debuted on the iPad Pro line, we envisioned a large variety of peripherals and use cases for the connector, but so far, none of these have materialized, and we're not seeing many signs of this improving.
The new iPad repeats nearly every cue, and follows very closely in the footsteps of the the 2017 and 2018 iPad in all but screen size. All three are the closest thing we've seen from Apple that approaches the lower end of the tablet market.
Again, the new iPad isn't going to revolutionize education any more than the technology as a whole may or may not have already. It still isn't cheap enough to really draw in administrators already dealing with tight education budgets, but more importantly, it isn't making educational content any cheaper.
2019 7th-gen iPad
Also again, despite Apple's educational focus, the seventh iPad still excels and is aimed at people with older iPads, in an effort to convince them to get a new device. The 2018 sixth generation iPad is an inexpensive entry-level device, that keeps on hitting the target that it zeroed in on more than two years ago with the fifth generation iPad.
If you have the iPad Air 2 or older, or the 9.7-inch iPad Pro and are looking to upgrade, the 2018 sixth generation iPad is unquestionably a good buy. Realize, though, that if you have the iPad Air 2 or that first generation 9.7-inch iPad Pro, you'll lose the laminated display -- but the better performance may be worth it.
But, if you have the fifth generation iPad, and certainly the sixth generation, there may not be enough here to upgrade unless you really want that bigger screen. Had Apple shifted to the A11 processor, this would be a different conversation, though.
Like early last year, those looking for Apple's mightiest iPad regardless of cost just need to sit this one out.
Entry-level price.
Smart connector.
Everything you liked about the sixth generation iPad, just bigger.
We'd rather the seventh generation iPad use the A11, not the A10.
None of your old cases fit.
If you're used to a laminated display, this is a step backwards
Deals on Apple's new 10.2-inch iPad
Instant discounts on Apple's new 2019 iPad are already available, with Amazon knocking $30 off 128GB Wi-Fi models at press time.
For the latest deals and product availability, be sure to check out the AppleInsider 10.2-inch iPad Price Guide, which is updated daily.
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Eric_WVGG Posts: 960member
October 1, 2019 4:51PM
The slow processor is the most interesting thing about these new iPads.
Historically, Apple always puts their latest chips in new devices, even "low-end" devices like consumer iPads and most notably the iPod Touch. For years analysts would predict that Apple would put slower chips in these units (presumably to save on costs, or to differentiate the lines). Instead they'd get the latest and greatest, but then stay on the shelf without updates for several years at a time.
This pattern finally broke the the latest release of the iPod Touch, and now these new iPads. The old chips are now "fast enough" and the new chips presumably too expensive. This change in strategy was inevitable, but nonetheless disappointing.
Kopfschmerzen Posts: 53member
I wonder how many years of software support will the new iPad get, and so will other devices based on A10. Even if it's 'only' three years, that makes buying iPhone 7 safe.
Metriacanthosaurus Posts: 880member
Eric_WVGG said:
It has nothing to do with cost. If anything it costs more to produce an A10 than a A12 or A13, simply because they have to keep manufacturing yet another chip, at low volume.
It has everything to do with differentiation. If this newly released iPad had an A13 or even an A12, it would give everyone a reason to consider instead of an iPad Pro.
MisterKit Posts: 464member
I am really glad that I grabbed the 2018 128g at $329 when they were blowing them out on Amazon. That was a real sweet spot of a deal.
DuhSesame Posts: 1,265member
If you think about it, the i5-8210Y isn't any faster than the 6th-gen Core-U series, despite being much efficient, it's quite similar to the iPad situation.
lkrupp Posts: 10,315member
DuhSesame said:
Well, I don't care what chip is installed or how efficient it is. I care about using the device to do what I need to do and the experience while using it. The iPad is the very best tablet on the market anywhere.
lkrupp said:
Well, Apple didn't think it's unusable, otherwise, it will be long gone, so does the MacBook Air.
eightzero Posts: 2,772member
I bought a launch day iPad because I could see sitting in a chair like Steve did at that (admittedly a bit strange) on stage demo and consuming content. That's all I really want an iPad for. I want the best screen, fastest loading thing available. I don't need a stylus, keyboard, kickstand or any of that.
I would like the ability to turn a lot of things off. Much of the multitasking stuff is rather unintuitive, and nothing is more annoying that having a computer device do something not intended, and then not knowing how to reverse it. I'm all for added capability, just don't force it on me.
tht Posts: 4,711member
Does the keyboard have full key spacing? Not squished?
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Yeah. Apple seemingly has some big gates for accessories developers to climb for this, and it is not just a paper or certification thing. It seems all they want it to be is a simple connector for a keyboard, that's it. There are driver limitations, OS limitations, port capability limitations, etc, that limit what you can do.
The iPad Pro smart connector location pretty much put the nail in the coffin for the connector being anything other than a keyboard connector.
I am am hoping they come to realize that their iPad customers want more than they can provide, and put either USBC or TB on both the bottom edge and on the left edge. Ports that can output 5 W at least, preferably 10 W, enough to at least drive an external drive by itself.
Something like a solar panel folio, something I would be interested in for the kids, might be doable for the Smart Connector, but I don't think the hardware can take anything more than 1 W of power, if that.
hentaiboy Posts: 1,249member
tl;dr it's bigger
djames4242 Posts: 643member
MisterKit said:
I did the same thing. For my needs (watching videos, reading magazines and newspapers, editing documents in Pages), it's just fine. It's a big upgrade from the iPad Air (the original version) that it replaced.
montrosemacs Posts: 113member
Apologies - slightly OT. What's the likelihood of an October announcement of new gen iPad Pros? There are some rumors out there...
edited October 2019
Metriacanthosaurus said:
…presumably to save on costs, or to differentiate the lines…
I definitely think that was the case in the old world. But it's notable that A10 is where they started adopting names like "Fusion" and "Bionic" and multiple low-power cores and whatnot, and they really are much more impressive CPUs (more than just year-over-year speed improvements).
I think there's every possibility that the A11 Bionic + are more expensive in similar ways to how Xeons are more expensive to produce than Intel Celerons or Cores.
disneylandman Posts: 297member
October 2, 2019 4:49AM
A 3 year old chip in a brand new device makes you wonder if it will only run iOS for two more years, then get cut off. That's the problem. Next year they'll likely drop the A9, and a year after that, the A10.
macplusplus Posts: 2,111member
disneylandman said:
So they should not update the 6th Gen and leave it as is? Why bother for the 6th Gen because in two years we'll drop the A10?
Even if it lasts two years, an update is an update nevertheless. Besides there is no reason to think that Apple will drop the iOS support for A10 in two years, the period an Apple device becomes vintage is measured not since its release date but since its last production date. If A10 is dropped in 2021, if will become vintage in 2026 and until then iOS support will continue.
nicholfd Posts: 808member
Dropped models are not always because of which A series CPU it has. For iOS 13, the models dropped did not have enough RAM. This is more likely the reason future models will be dropped vs. because of CPU model.
wizard69 Posts: 13,377member
Inevitable? No it is more about a change at Apple that focuses on milking product lines and screwing over the consumer. This new iPad release is simply a more disgusting example of that trend.
The biggest problem here is the A10 processor and the lack of any widely usable AI / ML support. AI talks about 5 years of support but that ignores the lack of AI support for apps. This chip will age very quickly because of that, thus making this iPad a bad long term investment. You simply will not be able to leverage in a performant matter any of the new software products leveraging ML processing.
As for hardware costs I really see concerns about hardware costs to be completely bogus. If any thing the attempt here by Apple is to make the new IPad Pros (when they come) look that much better. The problem is you are paying good money for a 3-4 year old processor in these iPads. New iPads that barely improve the performance numbers and that Apple has apparently lied about. So in reality you end up with a performance delta that is more like 5-6 years over the new iPad Pros. It is a bit of a whitewash to imply that there is anything good on offer here.
Kopfschmerzen said:
This is where it gets complicated! Support can mean different things to different people, however even if A10 based devices get another 5 years of "support" it doesn't mean that you will be running modern software on the chip. In that regard I fully expect a much larger proportion of the IOS software base to require some sort of AI/ML hardware to work in 5 years (probably much shorter than 5 years). So you could easily have a supported chip with terrible software support.
It comes down to what you expect from your computing device. Some people literally use iPads for just e-mail and web access so the device might age better for them.
In any event the use of the A10 over a more recent processor just boggles the mind here because cost isn't the significant issue. Even if an A11 or A12 added $10 - $20 to the cost this new iPad would have been a significantly better value to most users. Hell they. could have under clocked an A12 a bit and still offered far better value.
That is great if you are somebody that doesn't manage their money carefully. However for most people focusing on the "experience" is nonsense, being practical is far more important. Part of practical is good value for the dollar. This new iPad just sucks in this regard and yes a good part of that is a processor that is ancient and doesn't support modern techniques.


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Interactive Ebooks and Self-Publishing Make Waves at BEA
Peggy Hageman
It was unseasonably chilly on Tuesday as BEA opened its doors, but inside the Javits Center the floor was as hot as ever. Digital and self-publishing options seemed to be everywhere (Amazon Kindle Direct, Kobo Writing Life, and BookBaby to name a few) and I noticed more booths for reading glasses than in previous years. Or maybe the fact that I really need to get a pair was just making me notice them more.
Publishing solutions for both business and individuals were big this year. Digital and self-publishing solutions seem to be working together. There were also several companies aimed at helping authors become more media savvy and even camera-ready.
It was also clear that interactivity is becoming more widespread in the ebook industry. I had the chance to check out OverDrive's HTML5 reader app, OverDrive Read, for its library clients' material, which allows the reader to integrate what they're reading into their social networks.The company unveiled the reader at BEA. and it allows just about anyone with a web browser to read OverDrive ebooks.
Kobo's Author Notes was very exciting as well. An author can add notes to the digital margins of the text, which the reader can access through a small icon. It's similar to a DVD commentary except that the readers can comment on the comments creating a dialogue between author and reader within the pages of the book itself. (The feature can also be turned off if the reader finds it intrusive.) Kobo also unveiled Writing Life, a "one-stop, do-it-yourself publishing portal" that promises a very easy, and speedy, conversion to an open-source format for DIY authors.
Higher education and academic publishing are also moving into a digital direction but in different ways-I'll write more in depth at that later. For now, it's off to soak my feet and prepare for tomorrow.


Airbus parent EADS conceded defeat in an epic, decade-long contest to sell aerial tankers to the Pentagon and confirmed it would not protest the award of a $30 billion contract to Boeing Co.
EADS North America Chairman Ralph Crosby expressed disappointment after Boeing won the contract on the third attempt, but said the U.S. company had undercut the bid to use European Airbus aircraft by a total of $2 billion.
"It's clear the there is no foundation for protest," he said, adding that the Air Force had followed the ground rules.
EADS confirmed its decision at a news conference after Reuters reported on Thursday that it was poised to waive its right to appeal the contract for 179 planes, turning its focus to other weapons contracts and acquisitions.
The move may ease transatlantic tensions over defense contracts but is likely to dismay lawmakers in Alabama where EADS planned to assemble its fleet.
For Boeing, the move marks a double victory — keeping its 767 production line running for a decade longer, and blocking Airbus from establishing a commercial airplane manufacturing site in the United States on the back of the tanker deal.
EADS shares closed earlier down 0.4 percent. Boeing was down down 1.28 percent at $70.43 after making big gains on Thursday.
The Pentagon awarded the hotly contested contract to Boeing last week, calling it the "clear winner" in a competition that Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions said had devolved into a "low price shootout."
Air Force officials had said EADS was entitled to protest if it believed errors were made, but that the Pentagon expected to prevail in any protest.
The EADS move paves the way for Boeing to begin work in earnest on an initial $3.5 billion development contract for the first 18 planes that it signed with the Air Force last week.
Defense analyst Loren Thompson said the news was almost all good for Boeing, allowing it to hold on to a core franchise and keeping its main rival out of the U.S. market.
But he said Boeing would be under intense pressure to perform under the very aggressive bid it submitted.
EADS said its own analysis showed that Boeing's proposed price was $21.4 billion against its own offer of 23.4 billion, making the EADS proposal more than 9 percent more expensive.
The Pentagon plans to stage separate competitions in coming years for another 300-plus refueling planes, which provide fuel to fighter jets and other warplanes in mid-flight, extending the range of military operations.


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/**
 * @file ffmpegjs-plugin.js
 * @since 3.8.0
 */

import videojs from 'video.js';

const ConvertEngine = videojs.getComponent('ConvertEngine');

/**
 * Converter engine using the ffmpeg.js library.
 *
 * Deprecated. Use the ffmpeg.wasm plugin instead.
 *
 * @class
 * @augments videojs.ConvertEngine
 */
class FFmpegjsEngine extends ConvertEngine {
    /**
     * Creates an instance of this class.
     *
     * @param  {Player} player
     *         The `Player` that this class should be attached to.
     *
     * @param  {Object} [options]
     *         The key/value store of player options.
     */
    constructor(player, options) {
        super(player, options);

        /**
         * Enables console logging for debugging purposes.
         *
         * @type {boolean}
         */
        this.debug = false;
        /**
         * Path to worker script `ffmpeg-worker-mp4.js` (H.264 & AAC & MP3 encoders)
         * or `ffmpeg-worker-webm.js` (VP8 & Opus encoders).
         *
         * @type {string}
         */
        this.convertWorkerURL = 'ffmpeg-worker-mp4.js';
        /**
         * Mime-type for output.
         *
         * @type {string}
         */
        this.outputType = null;
        /**
         * Additional configuration options for the ffmpeg.js library.
         *
         * @type {object}
         */
        this.pluginLibraryOptions = {};
    }

    /**
     * Setup recording engine.
     *
     * @param {Object} mediaType - Object describing the media type of this
     *     engine.
     * @param {Boolean} debug - Indicating whether or not debug messages should
     *     be printed in the console.
     */
    setup(mediaType, debug) {
        this.mediaType = mediaType;
        this.debug = debug;
        this.stdout = this.stderr = '';

        // set output mime type
        if (this.pluginLibraryOptions.outputType === undefined) {
            throw new Error('no outputType specified!');
        }
        this.outputType = this.pluginLibraryOptions.outputType;

        // setup worker
        this.engine = new Worker(this.convertWorkerURL);
        this.engine.onmessage = this.onWorkerMessage.bind(this);
    }

    /**
     * Invoked when recording is stopped and resulting stream is available.
     *
     * @param {blob} data - Reference to the recorded `Blob` that needs to be
     *     converted.
     */
    convert(data) {
        // save timestamp
        this.timestamp = new Date();
        this.timestamp.setTime(data.lastModified);

        // load and convert blob
        this.loadBlob(data).then((buffer) => {
            // specify input
            let opts = ['-i', data.name];

            // add ffmpeg options
            opts = opts.concat(this.convertOptions);

            // use a temporary name
            opts.push('output_' + this.timestamp.getTime());

            // start conversion
            this.engine.postMessage({
                type: 'run',
                MEMFS: [{name: data.name, data: buffer}],
                arguments: opts
            });
        });
    }

    /**
     * Received a message from the worker.
     *
     * @param {Object} event - Event containing converted data.
     * @private
     */
    onWorkerMessage(event) {
        let msg = event.data;
        switch (msg.type) {
            // worker loaded and ready to accept commands
            case 'ready':
                break;

            // worker started job
            case 'run':
                // notify listeners
                this.player().trigger('startConvert');
                break;

            // job finished with some result
            case 'done':
                // converted data
                let buf;
                try {
                    buf = msg.data.MEMFS[0].data;
                } catch (e) {
                    this.player().trigger('error', this.stderr);
                }

                // store in blob
                let result = new Blob(buf, {type: this.outputType});

                // inject date and name into blob
                this.addFileInfo(result, this.timestamp);

                // store result
                this.player().convertedData = result;

                // notify listeners
                this.player().trigger('finishConvert');
                break;

            // FFmpeg printed to stdout
            case 'stdout':
                this.stdout += msg.data + '\n';
                break;

            // FFmpeg printed to stderr
            case 'stderr':
                this.stderr += msg.data + "\n";
                break;

            // FFmpeg exited
            case 'exit':
                break;

            // FFmpeg terminated abnormally (e.g. out of memory, wasm error)
            case 'abort':
            case 'error':
                this.player().trigger('error', msg.data);
                break;
        }
    }
}

// expose plugin
videojs.FFmpegjsEngine = FFmpegjsEngine;

export default FFmpegjsEngine;

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Tuesday 29 April 2008 at 10:24 am There seems to be plenty of surprising stuff over at the BBC website. One of the strangeties is this reaction test game on which you're given the job of a shepherd. Armed with tranquilizer darts, you're trying to stop your flock of turbo charged sheep from escaping. One by one they try to make the run, and one by one you stop them with your darts. After five attempts you're given your reaction times and an overall grade of your performance. Fun, and oddly addictive!
Virus 2 is a simple, yet challenging puzzle game. The aim is to make the virus spread from the bottom-left corner to cover the whole area. This is done by changing the colour of the virus, allowing it to spread further. A nice little brain-teaser that gets harder and harder, as the number of turns allowed is lowered each time you manage to spread the virus all over the field.
Card Toss is a fun little game of throwing playing cards into a hat without having to find a real hat to toss cards into. No need to tediously pick up cards scattered on floors anymore! Nice hand-drawn graphics, smooth animation, and simple gameplay.
More waste of time to come (someday)!
Thursday 17 April 2008 at 10:13 am Grand Prix Racing Online is an online multiplayer Formula 1 management game, in which you take the role of the mastermind designing the strategy of your racing team. The tasks are numerous: hire and train drivers, develop the car, choose the correct settings for the track in question, plan the race strategy, and so on.
Essentially the game is not very complex, and learning the basic options is a breeze. The difficult part is finding out what the correct car setup might be; how to optimize the downforxe with front and back wings, what is the correct bias between engine power and acceleration, how much gasoline should the car have in the qualification stints and in the race, how many pit stop visits should there be in the race, what's the most excellent choice of tyres for the current weather, etc. Success comes with practice, experiment, trial and error. However, even the best planned tactics can fail simply because of a driver mistake, a crash, a sudden change in weather, technical errors, you name it.
The races take place on Tuesday and Friday evenings, and they can be followed live with real-time lap by lap updates, during which it is also possible to chat with other managers. The game has players from all over the world, but it seems to be most popular in the Baltic countries, Poland, Finland, and the UK. The community around the game is vibrant and friendly, which makes it very easy to get started. Nice!


A gentle reminder that the FLA QUIZ will be held on TUESDAY NIGHT, 9 DECEMBER 2014 at 6:30PM. The questions, set and presented by your genial and erudite quizmaster and host, Robin Egerton, are guaranteed to intrigue and excite, puzzle and delight. The "Court of Appeal" this year: David Pilbrow SC. There will be prizes!


The quote above is from a Mondoweiss article by Avigail Abarbanel with the headline It's time for American Jews to recognize that they have been duped (by Zionism).
This very courageous Jewish lady who now lives in Scotland is a psychotherapist (which means that she treats psychological disorders). She was born in Tel Aviv in 1964. During her two years of compulsory service with the Israeli army in which she became a Staff Sergeant, it invaded Lebanon. In 1991 she left Israel to make a new life in Australia. (I quote below her explanation of why she abandoned Israel). In 2001 she renounced her Israeli citizenship.
Avigail's Mondoweiss article is an expression of her frustration and at times fury at what she regards as the "disconnect" in so many Western Jewish minds. Her main point is that many American and other Western Jews who are becoming increasingly uncomfortable and even troubled by Israel's policies and actions are wrong to believe that Israel "has suddenly got worse and become immoral." She puts it this way.
Still steeped in Israel's Zionist mythology fueled by generations of Israeli Hasbara (propaganda) efforts, Western Jews truly believe that Israel used to be better but that it has gotten worse, moved to the right. Israel has always been right-wing, if right-wing in this context means committing and then whitewashing Zionist settler-colonialism and its obvious and characteristic evils. Israel has not changed for the worse, it's always been bad.
The psychological rot in the Israeli psyche runs deep and I felt it from the moment I became aware of myself. In hindsight I know that this is why I left in 1991. I left to save my life and my sanity. Israeli society has always been sick because you can't build something healthy on a criminal foundation, where so much abuse has been, and still is being inflicted on others. Not everyone in Israel is a psychopath. Ordinary people don't do so well when they live a lie and cover up evil deeds. Just watch the psychology in families where child abuse is committed and not acknowledged. It's torturous. American Jews either do not know or refuse to acknowledge that Israel is a settler colonial project. If they knew or if they acknowledge it, would it make a difference to their opinion?
I will not trust American Jews and their supposed left-liberal values until I see intellectual honesty. I want to see true human courage to cope with the feelings that facing the truth about Israel can bring up. As long as they exclude the Palestinians, I won't believe or trust any good deeds, or any humanitarian sentiments that Jews around the world have for marginalized, oppressed groups. Until they show true moral courage and conviction indiscriminately, I am just not buying it.
I don't have time or respect for those who are Progressive Except on Palestine (PEP). I am not being paid a commission by Ilan Pappé's publishers but I will not be able to respect Western Jews until The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine (Ilan's book)becomes an essential read for every member of the Jewish community out there and until things are discussed honestly.
Willful blindness means you base your views on fiction or a distorted version of reality, and this leads to a schizophrenic, nonsensical existence. But even more importantly it is nothing less than full collusion with a massive crime against humanity. I hold every Zionist Western Jew who is an apologist for Israel, or who supports it, complicit in Israel's crimes. The truth is out there for everyone to read about and see in great details. There is no excuse for this kind of dishonesty. It is time American Jews faced the truth and drew the obvious conclusions from it.
I agree 100 percent and then some with Avigail's statement that there is no reason to believe or even hope that Israel will change its ways of its own accord. Change from within could only happen if a big majority of Israeli Jews were prepared to acknowledge that a terrible wrong was done to the Palestinians by Zionism. And that's never going to happen. A truth is that most Israeli Jews have been brainwashed by Zionist propaganda to the point where they are beyond reason on the matter of justice for the Palestinians.
But are the prospects for change as a result of outside pressure on Israel really any better?
A few days ago I read something on LobeLog (a web site I respect and admire) that caused me to think the answer is "Perhaps yes" and that it's not yet time to abandon all hope that Israel could be obliged by outside pressure to end its defiance of international and denial of justice for the Palestinians.
Jim Lobe was quoting from a conversation Chris Nelson had with a former AIPAC official on the subject of why the Zionist lobby is so heavily invested in seeking to secure enough support in Congress to kill the nuclear deal with Iran.
First of all it's important to know who Chris Nelson is and what his credentials are. Jim Lobe put it this way. "Chris Nelson writes and publishes a private daily newsletter, The Nelson Report, that's considered must-reading for everyone from Washington think-tankers, lobbyists, administration officials, and congressional staff to foreign embassies and multinational corporations. He closely follows events and developments affecting East Asian geo-politics and economics and is as well-connected to D.C. policy circles as anyone I know. His access, based on his many decades of Washington experience, his fairness, and his discretion in protecting sources is probably without parallel, at least among journalists who cover the region and beyond.
Here now (with my emphasis added) are the five reasons the former AIPAC official gave Nelson to explain why the Zionist lobby is determined to keep on targeting Iran.
1. Iran has been the group's raison d'être for two decades and it doesn't know what else to do. Its troops are trained to attack Iran and the lobby can't afford to admit failure lest it lose supporters.
2. Iran (the alleged threat it represents) has been an enormously lucrative fundraiser for AIPAC, just look at what they're spending ($40 million plus) on this campaign alone. It needs to keep the issue alive for institutional imperatives.
3. Until this agreement was signed AIPAC never had any competition. Everyone wanted to bash Iran. Even with this agreement Iran will continue to act in ways that make it an inviting target. The Ayatollahs aren't smart enough to stop chanting "Death to America" and stop threatening to wipe Israel off the map, practices which are a boon to APIAC.
4. Without this cause AIPAC and this Israeli government as well as their Republican allies may have to focus on a more critical issue, like peace with the Palestinians.
5. So Iran bashing's what Bibi and AIPAC's big givers want.
That explanation points the way to the truth about Zionism's greatest real need.
It is to have an enemy which it can present to the Western world as a threat to Israel's existence.
Zionism's assertion that Israel has lived and still lives in danger of annihilation, the "driving into the sea" of its Jews, is the reason why Israel's leaders have not been required by the major powers to end their defiance of international law and denial of justice for the Palestinians.
For several decades Zionism got away with its assertion that the Arabs, regimes and their military forces, were the threat. (As I document in detail through the three volumes of my book Zionism: The Real Enemy of the Jews, this Zionist assertion was complete propaganda nonsense. Israel's existence was never, ever, in danger from any combination of Arab military force. And that was because the Arab regimes never, ever, had any intention of fighting Israel to liberate Palestine).
But after the 1973 war, in which Israel could have gone to capture the capitals of all of the frontline Arab states, Zionism had a problem because its assertion that the Arabs were a threat to Israel's existence was no longer credible. Israel desperately needed a new enemy if it was to succeed in preventing its occupation and on-going colonization of the West Bank becoming the subject of serious concern in the corridors of Western power and possibly action.
The revolution in Iran gave Zionism what it wanted and needed – a new enemy which could be presented as a threat to Israel's existence. Provided Israel's leaders and their lobby in America could make their false charges about Iran's nuclear intentions stick, the Ayatollahs were the guarantee that Israel would not be subjected to real pressure to end its occupation of the West Bank and be serious about peace on terms the Palestinians could accept.
In the context above the P5+1 agreement with Iran could (I do say only could) be a game changer. What I mean is this.
When AIPAC fails to secure enough votes in Congress to override an Obama veto, and if Israel does not then resort to a false flag operation to cause the deal to fall apart, the new and developing relationship between the American-led Western nations and Iran will rob Zionism of an enemy it can present as a threat to Israel's existence.
I assume that what the AIPAC official meant without saying so is that if and when Israel does not have an enemy it can present as a threat to its existence, the governments of the major Western powers might find the will to use leverage as necessary to try to cause the Zionist (not Jewish) state to be serious about peace on terms the Palestinians could accept.
During the long countdown to the P5+1 agreement with Iran I thought the odds in favour of there being a deal were 60-40. Despite the optimism I have expressed above, I fear the odds in favour of Netanyahu and the completely mad men to the right of him resorting to a false flag operation to kill the deal are the same. (By false flag operation I mean an Israeli attack on an American interest or interests somewhere which with manufactured/false evidence would be blamed on Iran).
Dear Hart, American Jews are not the only ones duped by Zionism. There are 65 million American evangelists who are also duped by Zionism. Let's not forget India's prime minister Modi, German Chancellor Markel, Ben Obama and Sajid Javid, UK's 'cultural secretary' among these dupes.
There is a misconception that Israel had prevailed against both Egypt and Syria in the 1973 war. In fact, Israel faced a very humiliating certain defeat to the extent that it frantically warned Washington it had no choice but to use its nuclear arsenal against its neighbours, at which point the US intervened decisively by airlifting men and equipment to the battle front, sufficient enough not only to halt the Arab forces, but to drive them back too. Israel is not as invincible as it would like the world to believe.
@ Sami - there is another thorn in Israel air force which Israeli military historian hate to mention.
During October 1973 Israel's Yom Kippur war on its Arab neighboring countries – A squadron of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) arrived in Syria to fight alongside the SAF and halt the Israeli advance over the Golan Heights. The PAF pilots Sattar Alvi and Arif Mansoor, engaged and shot down an Israeli F-4 Phantom over Egyptian airspace. Another dogfight between the PAF and IAF over Syrian airspace came to a memorable end with Pakistan obliterating the Israeli Mirage IICJ flown by M. Lutz with air-to-air missiles. This was enough to convince other Israeli fighter planes to bug out and abort all further incursions into Syria.
Other Pakistani pilots who joined Syrian force as volunteers included future Air Marshal Nur Khan, Salem Metla, Shahbaz Khan, Wisaam Faris and Wisaam Shuja'at. Late President of Syria Hafiz Assad awarded two of the pilots country's highest decorations for gallantry.
Pakistani air force states that all its 12 volunteer pilots scored direct hits against Israeli aircrafts and suffered no losses. During the 1973 war, Flt. Lt. A. Sattar Alvi became the first Pakistani pilot, flying a Syrian aircraft to shoot down an Israeli Mirage in air combat. Similarly on the Egyptian front, PAF pilot Flt. Lt. M. Hatif , flying an Egyptian MiG-21 shot down an Israeli F-4 phantom in an air combat. Pakistani Air Force did not lose a single pilot or aircraft in any of the wars.
Her decency, honesty and fierceness sets an example for us all.
arry on Their monstrosities Against The Palestinians ( The Rightful Owners Of This Territory That They Have Stolen From them Thru Every LOW Means Under the Sun.. No more Being Silent While These Creatures Who have Infiltrated OUR Guvmt. with Their Kind...to Do their Dirty Work. No more Will The American Citizens Be Willing to Be Thrown out There ON the Battle Line To Fight The Zionist Wars For THEM. No more Will They BE Left Able TO Gloat AT the Stupidity of THE Goyim ! No more. Another Black Flag to be Pulled ANYWHERE at ALL ..Would Signal in the END of That Sliver of Land They Have Named Israel...The Seas Would See the Last of Them. SO>>Best The jews of There and Here..Wise up and Open UP their Eyes..And REalize Their Scheme Did NOT Pay Off After All. Think long and Hard. You Neo-con-Zionists ! Your Days ARE Close at Hand And The Countdown has Begun.. Better Make Peace >>No more Wars Will be Allowed. Thank God !!
Rehmat, thanks for the additional info. By the way, Kissinger managed to drive a wedge between Egypt and Syria by getting Sadat to unilaterally cease fire without consulting Assad. This enabled the Israelis to redeploy their Sinai war machine against the Syrians - we know the rest! Treachery galore, not forgetting, of course, King Hussein's solo flight in his helicopter to Jerusalem to alert the Israelis that Egypt and Syria were cooking something, but luckily arrogant Sharon contemptuously dismissed the king's treachery as hallucination.
Dear Alan, your visit to Kalamazoo few years back still reverbates with many of us for your depth of intellect and analysis. One book that sheds light on events from the 1950s till now is The King's Counsel by Jack O'Connel. It is an insider account of the 1967 and 1973 wars, as well as the Gulf wars. Interesting and disturbing as well.
Also, thanks for Rehmat's input on the Pakistani pilots bravery which did not make headlines then. We are always grateful.
psychologist who has recognized the evil of Zionism. People can indeed change and grow!
JEWISH media POWER IS REAL!
Actually, it is safe to say that virtually every mainstream publication or or other type of media organ is "nothing more than a screen to present chosen views." The great battle over the last century has been a battle for the mind of the Western peoples, i.e., non-Jewish Euros.
The chosen won it by acquiring control over essentially the complete mainstream news, information, education and entertainment media of every type, and using that control to infuse and disseminate their message, agenda and worldview, their way of thinking, or rather the way they want us to think.
Since at least the 1960s this campaign has been effectively complete. Since then they have shaped and controlled the minds of all but a seeming few of us in varying degree with almost no opposition or competition from any alternative worldview.
So now most of us are mentally trapped in the box the chosen have made for us, which we have lived in all our lives. Only a few have managed to avoid it or escape it, or to even sometimes see outside of it, and so actually "think outside of the (Jewish) box."
If Israel can compel the USA to intervene in its wars by threat (made o USA) to use its nukes (against Arab enemies), then it has no legitimate fears and all the blather about Iran is precisely that -- blather.
We should tell this story (about USA help in 1973) over and over again.
And Abarbanel's "take" on the Jewish-Israeli psyche confirms what my uneducated guess always was: that the dominant people of a country founded in robbery and murder and forced exile and much worse done by the Fascist (as Einstein said) terrorist gangs that rid Palestine of Britain in 1945-48 -- such a people are criminals to the bone and cannot be otherwise. The Netanyahu government of 2015 seems to bear this out.


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[Movies] What Happens Next (2011)
Many times I wonder what motivates people to put together an independent LGBT movie. Clearly it's not for the money since there's a very limited market for these movies and thus ticket sales aren't something to look forward to. I suppose something inspired them to put these movies together - maybe a personal experience that they wanted to use as a story or just a personal yearning that they wanted to address.
When it comes to movies like What Happens Next, I really can't help but think that the folks behind the movie have some sort of a message that they want to convey. Whether this message is just a noble one or perhaps one derived from personal experiences is not for me to say.
This is but one of many movies that I ended up watching one after the other over the holiday season to help build up my review queue. It certainly had its nice, poignant moments, but it also had a lot of confusing bits, as is typical for many movies of this nature. I watch them so all of you can have a better sense of what the movie might be like before you plunge in head first.
I'm on the fence about whether or not I want to endorse this one.
Synopsis: What Happens Next is 2011 LGBT comedy written and directed by Jay Arnold together with co-screenplay writer Thom Cardwell. It had debuted at the 2011 FilmOut San Diego film festival.
The movie begins with Paul Greco (Jon Lindstrom) finally selling his company in order to embrace retirement. His sister Elise (Wendie Malick) gives him a dog to give him something to build a new routine around given the radical shift in his life. Thus as he embraces becoming a pet owner, he find himself absorbed in various dog-related duties including daily walks in the park. There he meets Andy (Chris Murrah), another dog owner who also patronizes the same part. The two engage in daily conversations while their dogs play and a friendship begins to build.
Andy eventually reveals that he's gay and Paul finds himself developing significant feelings for the younger man. Given how busy he has been with his business over the years, he never really invested too much time in personal relationships, and thus these feelings are an unusual awakening for him. Andy constantly shares stories of his conversations with Paul with his best friend Roz (Natalia Cigliuti) and she becomes wary about his growing fascination with this straight man. So she endeavors to fix him up with a photography artist who is putting up his first show at her art gallery - the same young man who is actually the son of Elise.
Now to be fair, I can buy into the 55 year old gay awakening story angle. It's not completely unheard of and I've encountered friends who weren't able to come to terms with their sexuality until much later in life. But it would have helped if Paul had had other on the fly "experiments" over the years, even if only under the influence of alcohol. To have completely no idea about this side in him primarily because of conversations with a young guy in the park was a bit of a stretch, but I suppose one just have to buy into the movie logic at work here.
And for the young man to claim to be wary about things in the beginning but still feel like he was somehow cheated or used in the process of becoming more intimate with Paul just felt very immature. I could see this turn coming from a mile a way but I still hoped against hope that it wouldn't go down this road. But of course a movie needs conflict and the first night together was of course going to be used as the vehicle for movie drama moments. I think the movie makers could have gone in a new direction in this area, but clearly it was an opportunity wasted.
And it's a shame since there were some genuinely interesting moments during the various conversations between Paul and Andy. But all that had to give way to the predictably "clever" interconnections factored into the story once you bring in the plot threads related to Elise's son. They made sure there were plenty of reasons for the various characters to mix up the plot later in the movie. Paul was Brian's confidant while Elise already suspected he was gay. She tries to attend a PFLAG to better understand her son and this leads her to meeting Andy, who is a volunteer. Rince, lather and repeat.
The movie isn't the rib-tickling variety of comedy. If ever, it's more the type of comedy that involves unusual or even uncomfortable situations that are supposed to be amusing to the audience. You will never really laugh in the movie but I guess you might smile a few times. Or maybe just a smirk.
What Happens Next isn't exactly bad nor is it particularly good in any way. It was certainly decent, but has a lot of the pitfalls and tropes that we've seen time and time again in many different LGBT "comedies" of this tone. So the movie can only really get 2.5 supposedly cute moments with the dog out of 5.
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Q: where to find presto latest version repository and presto release notes Sorry if I ask details about the right place for download presto version , but for now we are using presto version - presto-server-317
we want to move to the highest presto version - presto-server-350
we saw that the please for the new presto version is on mvnrepository repository on link - https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/io/prestosql/presto-server/350/
but we not sure if this is the official place !
but I could not find the documentation about this new version , and prerequisites before implantation the presto version - 350
I will appreciate to get help about where are the documentation for presto version 350 , and how to know the release notes for presto version 350

A: Actually, the PrestoSQL project was renamed to Trino in December of 2020.
PrestoSQL version 350 is the last version with the PrestoSQL brand. As of writing this answer, Trino version 356 is the latest version overall.
The latest release notes can always be found at https://trino.io/docs/current/release.html.
Due to the trademark that was imposed by the Linux Foundation, the namespace and therefore location of the presto artifacts were changed as well. You can find them here: https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/io/trino/trino-server/
You will likely want to migrate first to version 350 before migrating to the first Trino version (351). More information on this is available in the migration guide.

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BANH MI CARTS GIVE GOOD JOBS
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With economic development focusing on industry and services, along with the shift in labor structure, it is predicted that the blue-collar labor force in Vietnam will reach 43 million people by 2025. Thus, Viec Lam Tot's mission is to connect and meet the job demands for more than 40 million blue-collar workers in the period of 2021-2025, which is expected to solve the riddle of the labor force for Vietnam's economy. Furthermore, the launch of the Viec Lam Tot platform will enable us to improve the lives of Vietnamese workers by assisting them to find more and better job opportunities with a one-touch application that takes less than a minute. Viec Lam Tot aims to support blue-collar workers in improving professional skills, getting better jobs, thereby improving income and the quality of life.
Developed from the Jobs category on Cho Tot - Vietnam's leading online classifieds site, Viec Lam Tot positions itself to be one of the leading recruitment and job search portals in Vietnam, specialized blue-collar jobs. Viec Lam Tot features a variety of 24 blue-collar occupations including manufacturing workers, shipper, security guard, kitchen assistant, driver, sales, other unskilled jobs, ... Job seekers can apply for a job by directly contacting the recruiter via phone call, text message, or creating a brief application within five steps.
After a months-long COVID-19 lockdown, the labor market in Ho Chi Minh city and nearby industrial provinces witnessed an upward trend for employment demand from job seekers. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Chotot launched Viec Lam Tot at the right time and immediately the new sub-brand was at the center of attention. In the strategic plan to launch Viec Lam Tot, "Banh mi carts give good jobs" campaign was one of the most important product launch activities in 2021 aiming to introduce the new brand name and its value proposition to the targeted consumers - blue-collar workers. Translating into an action plan, the campaign's success was measured via the uplift in brand presence and brand awareness.
"Banh mi cart gives good jobs" campaign is Viec Lam Tot's official product launch to the public. The campaign primarily targeted blue - collar job seekers, aged between 18 - 34 year old in Ho Chi Minh city, Binh Duong and Dong Nai.
In 2021, people, mostly migrant workers, in Ho Chi Minh city and nearby industrial provinces (Binh Duong and Dong Nai) struggled a lot during a months-long COVID-19 lockdown. Many people lost their jobs and were confined to their rented room amid restrictions and fears of infection. They starved for new job opportunities in order to earn some money to cover their pile-up expenses. This led to an increasing amount of job-finding posts and job search on social media. Then, most of the discussions and concerns circled around their need to have the job fast to bounce back when the situation got better.
When the 4th wave of COVID-19 was at its peak, Ho Chi Minh city, particularly, and nearby industrial provinces tightened restrictions. As the cities were under "ai ở đâu ở yên đó" ("stay where you are") regulation, people could not travel across districts, even leave their homes or go shopping for groceries/medication. Therefore, going to work or having essential food, such as banh mi, on a usual basis seemed a far off possibility which led to viral discussions on social media as people vented about their frustration and crave for regular street food, including banh mi. Then, banh mi was under the limelight on social media as the must-have street food after lockdown because this seemingly day-to-day dish suddenly became so difficult to have.
The image of having a job is usually associated with that of bringing food to the table. The word "breadwinner" in English is the best depiction for this insight since the word describes the person in a family who works to provide the money that the family needs to live on. In Vietnamese, there is also a proverb "Có làm thì mới có ăn" ("You have to work to feed yourself"), so the insight also resonates well with Vietnamese culture. In the 4th wave of COVID-19, many people in major industrial areas fell victim to unprecedented layoffs, including a massive number of blue-collar workers - one of the most vulnerable members of the society.
So, why does Viec Lam Tot choose banh mi and banh mi cart to be the campaign's key asset? In Vietnam, particularly in Southern provinces, banh mi is the most popular dish as a quick 'n easy way to start off the day. To many blue-collar workers, banh mi is also typically chosen for breakfast due to its affordable price, so banh mi usually refers to the image of blue-collar workers.
From above-mentioned insights, Viec Lam Tot came up with the strategic approach "CÓ VIỆC NHANH NHƯ ĂN BÁNH MÌ ("GETTING JOBS AS FAST AS EATING BANH MI") and the brand tagline "Việc Làm Tốt - Chốt làm luôn" ("Get a good job fast"). Translating insights into a campaign that delivered results, the big idea was transforming hundreds of banh mi carts into hundreds of mobility job centers that appeared at every corner of the streets in Ho Chi Minh city. To bring this idea to life, Viec Lam Tot partnered with Ma Hai - one of the best coverage chains of banh mi carts in Ho Chi Minh city. To further focus on the targeted audiences, Viec Lam Tot chose Binh Tan district, Go Vap district, district 12, etc. where many industrial parks, and factories reside as well as many blue-collar workers live.
The big idea was transforming hundreds of banh mi carts into hundreds of mobility job centers that appeared at every corner of the streets in Ho Chi Minh city so that the mass audience could approach and experience the Viec Lam Tot platform. By partnering with Ma Hai - one of the best coverage chains of banh mi carts in Ho Chi Minh city, Viec Lam Tot was able to appear in hundreds of locations on many busy streets. To leverage the campaign awareness, Viec Lam Tot also collaborated with MC Quyen Linh as the main influencer connecting Viec Lam Tot brand with the targeted audiences and encouraging them to use Viec Lam Tot.
"Banh mi carts give good jobs" campaign consisted of a series of consecutive events held over several days all across Ho Chi Minh city and social media to spread awareness. All of the events were under
the same concept of banh mi and job search for blue-collar workers. The campaign started off with the big-stunt activation event revolving around the banh mi carts as mobillity job centers. At the event, the banh mi carts were covered with Viec Lam Tot's branding image, including interface mock-ups, domain name and brand logo, and campaign's key message: "GETTING JOBS AS FAST AS EATING BANH MI'' via on-site POSM, such as standees, banners, banh mi wrapping papers.. In addition, at the banh mi carts, Quyen Linh played as the main host to test and take hands-on experience of the Viec Lam Tot platform, then later introduced and engaged people to the Viec Lam Tot platform through the QR codes printed on the POSM. The concept of the activation event was to create an experiential event in which allowed people to immerse in the experience of job search and job finding on the Viec Lam Tot platform. Participants of the activation event also had the opportunity to join in a minigame hosted by Quyen Linh and named "Việc cho chính mình" ("Get a job for yourself"), adapted from the famous game show "Vượt lên chính mình" ("Overcome all obstacles"). The minigame participants were challenged to find and get jobs on Viec Lam Tot faster than the time of a person eating a banh mi.
After the kick-off event, Viec Lam Tot continued to sustain and expand the level of awareness with other simultaneous activities in the amplifying phase. Namely, a group of PG/PB was devised to distribute Viec Lam Tot's leaflets of the campaign and QR code to people in traditional markets, or localities. If a person logged into the Viec Lam Tot platform and successfully created accounts, they would get a 20.000 VND mobile card to call the recruiters. Viec Lam Tot also collaborated with Quán cơm Nụ cười - a charity kitchen in Ho Chi Minh city - to serve free banh mi and guide the homeless and destitute coming to the kitchen on using the Viec Lam Tot platform. The purposes of these offline activities were to create word-of-mouth discussions and bring them to social media. Moreover, Viec Lam Tot also expected to generate good feelings to people aware about the brand advocacies.
Along with offline activities, creative contents on social media were also generated. In the big-boom phase, videos of Quyen Linh introducing Viec Lam Tot and campaign "Banh mi carts give good jobs" took over social media channels by storm. On Facebook and Youtube, Viec Lam Tot created 3 different versions of Quyen Linh videos, including the full version, the 15-second version and the 6-second version. 3 video versions had different meanings. For the full version, Viec Lam Tot aimed to show the entire course of the activation. For the 15-second version, Viec Lam Tot aimed to show the condensed message of the campaign and leverage the campaign awareness. And for the 6-second version, Viec Lam Tot aimed at running digital performance by showing straight-to-the-point key messages. Besides, there was also a fourth vertical version tailored for TikTok. In the amplifying phase, creative social posts such as "Bí kíp tìm việc" album ("How to get your job" album) and TikTok series "Có việc nhanh, có việc chất" ("Fast and cool ways to get a job") produced by trending TikTokers.
CONNECTION PLAN
Applying the offline-to-online model, the campaign brought people's offline experience at banh mi carts to online channels through well rounded internal and external communications. Viec Lam Tot divided the digital plan into 2 phases: big boom and amplifying. In the big boom phase, Viec Lam Tot mostly targeted its main audience: blue-collar job seekers aged from 18 to 34 years of age in Ho Chi Minh city, Binh Duong, and Dong Nai - the top 3 industrial provinces in the South Key Economic Zone region. The objective of this phase was to entice the target audience to the Viec Lam Tot platform by using creative contents on social media. With recapped video of Quyen Linh and banh mi cart activation event at the core, Viec Lam Tot treated it as a PR stunt to maximize awareness on social media and gain people's attention via media publishers and digital solutions. Viec Lam Tot also took over social and digital channels, such as Facebook, Google, Youtube, TikTok and Viec Lam Tot's internal channels, by storm. In this phase, the campaign's creatives and key message as well as the brand image of Viec Lam Tot were rapidly and widely promoted to approach both new and existing users.
In the amplifying phase, Viec Lam Tot expanded its audience and included all job seekers who were in dire need of having a new job and a fresh start. Therefore, the creative contents and digital targeting on social media also needed to be more inclusive and adapt to the expansion. To target other younger audience with fresh and light-hearted taste, Viec Lam Tot cooperated with hot TikTokers to produce the series "Có việc nhanh, có việc chất" ("Fast and cool ways to get a job") highlighting how fast and cool to have a job, especially find that job through Viec Lam Tot. On Facebook, we generated creative social posts such as the "Bí kíp tìm việc" album ("How to get your job" album) along with PR articles to reach a more mature audience who already had manual labor jobs and aged above 35 years old. On Youtube, we also created another 15-second video to reach a mass audience. The content of the video was about Viec Lam Tot asking the audience If they were feeling satisfied with their current jobs, and If they wanted to have a fresh start, they could look it up on Viec Lam Tot.
OBJECTIVE-BASE KPI
The campaign also achieved fruitful results on social media. The total views across channels (TikTok, Youtube, Facebook) were at 12,8 millions video views. Other social metrics on across channels were also impressive with a total of 100 thousand social interactions, 3,5 thousand mentions, and 2 thousand social shares. Moreover, recorded from social listening, the campaign reached 0.98 sentiment score which nearly reached the maximum 0.99 sentiment score. It is safe to claim that the "Banh mi carts give good jobs" campaign brought a very positive impact to social communities. Compared to the committed KPI, the campaign brought a positive impact to the business. Nearly 1 million users visited the Viec Lam Tot platform in just one and a half months of running the campaign. Through the campaign, the total revenue of Viec Lam Tot lifted up by 20.9%. However, more than just fulfilling the KPI, "Banh mi carts give good jobs" campaign also brought positive contributions to society. More than 1,4 millions job opportunities had been introduced to millions of job seekers who suffered and had their life overturned by the pandemic. Looking from the macro-scale, the campaign had introduced more job opportunities to millions of Vietnamese people and joined hands to recover Vietnam's economy in the aftermath of Covid-19 outbreak.
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