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SASA Recognizes Leadership
Above and Beyond Service Award: This award is for a member who has demonstrated outstanding service to SCPS in its continual goal of improving the quality of education.
Lamp of Knowledge Award: This award is for a member whose guiding light is the beacon of knowedge inspiring and motivating current and future SCPS leaders.
Community Partner Award: For a member of the community who has made outstanding contributions to the field of public education.
Emerging Leader: This award is for a full time member who is newer to leadership and is making significant contributions to the profession and demonstrates potential for leadership and service. THe recipient of this award must be within their first three years of their leadership position.
Raymond L. Gaines Leadership Award Purpose: This award is made in memory of Raymond L. Gaines, former Executive Director of Secondary Schools for Seminole County Public School.
The recipient of this award should be an individual who is: an Instructional Leader with Integrity, committed to students, honest, dedicated, courageous, a team player. The recipient has: evidence of actively mentoring students, adults, or promising leaders, done something above and beyond with a subgroup, high quality learning opportunities for students, made exemplary contributions to the profession and the community. Eligibility: Minimum five years as an administrator.
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Phoenix Award
Given to 3 students (elementary, middle, and high) who have overcome great hardships or road to achieve notable success. These can include low socio-economic status, ESOL, family hardship, disability, or any other similar circumstance.
Student Leader Award:
Awarded to three students (elementary, middle, and high) who best exemplify consistent leadership qualities both in school and in the community.
Post Secondary Education Scholarships: Seniors graduating from a SCPS high school, with a parent that is a full-time employee of the school district, are eligible for this scholarship. One scholarship recipient from each of the 9 high schools.
As a continuing affirmation of its support of Seminole County and its youth, the Seminole Association of School Administrators has established a program that annually awards one scholarship for each high school.
The applicant must submit the following in a completed packet:
A completed application
An official copy of his/her high school transcript
A copy of his/her most recent report card
ONE (1) letter of recommendation from his/her principal or assistant principal
ONE (1) letter of recommendation from a counselor or a teacher
A 200-300 word essay outlining his/her career goals and reason for applying
The scholarship award may be used at any of the following Florida public institutions:
Vocational/Technical school
Junior/Community/State College
Four-year college or university
CONTACT: Felicia Naidu if you have questions call 407-320-0322 or email felicia_naidu@scps.k12.fl.us
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Class of 2021 – postmark deadline is March 5th, 2021
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As classes near, Maryland universities say their COVID plans are in place
By: Special to The Daily Record Christine Hansen August 20, 2021
Masks and vaccinations will be the rule for students at the University of Maryland, College Park, and for other schools in the state. (The Daily Record/File Photo)
As the school year approaches, colleges and universities across the state will be reopening their campuses to students, faculty and staff while implementing plans to guard against the spread of COVID-19.
The reopening plans were studied and discussed as early as last year, with announcements for on-campus guidelines and plans disseminated – and in some instances tweaked — in the spring and summer of 2021.
In April, University System of Maryland Chancellor Jay A. Perman issued a vaccine mandate for all University System of Maryland schools – which comprises 11 campuses and four regional higher education centers across Maryland, serving over 170,000 students. Vaccination records are required to be submitted to each campus's health centers.
"We've been living with COVID for so long now that we forget we're still in the middle of a public health emergency. But these variants — and the increasing disease burden in young people — are reminding us again that we're not out of the woods. And I'm convinced that the risk of doing too little to contain COVID on campus this fall is far greater than the risk of doing too much," Perman said in his mandate address.
Students, faculty and staff who qualify are able to request medical or religious exemptions but must undergo regular biweekly on-campus COVID-19 testing, in addition to wearing masks at all times. Unvaccinated individuals will also not be permitted to live on campus, or have access to campus facilities. Students may also face cancellation of class registrations.
To encourage students to comply with the guidelines, many campuses, like the University of Maryland, College Park, offered vaccines to faculty, staff, students and their families. The campus is also holding weekly prize drawings for those students who are vaccinated.
Similar to the USM colleges and universities, McDaniel College in Westminster is also requiring students to be fully vaccinated for a return to campus. Faculty and staff are not required to get vaccinated, but over 80 percent of employees have submitted documentation of their full vaccination status.
Students must show proof of vaccination by Sept. 1, and the vaccinations are tracked much like other on-campus vaccinations, like meningitis, said Cheryl Knauer, public relations director at McDaniel.
"Those who are vaccine-exempt or who have only received their first vaccine dose upon arrival to campus will be required to undergo weekly COVID testing until fully vaccinated. Also, any residential or commuting student not fully vaccinated by the date of their arrival to campus will be required to provide documentation of a negative COVID test administered within seven days of their return," Knauer said.
Students who arrive without proof of vaccination or COVID test will not be issued keys or parking permits, she said.
Goucher College held "an aggressive voluntary compliance program over the summer," including weekly raffles for those who documented their vaccination status, which brought the college's vaccination status to over 90 percent, said Kristi Yowell, associate vice president for human resources at Goucher.
For faculty and staff, vaccination against COVID-19 and compliance with Goucher's guidelines is a condition of employment. If faculty or staff do not get vaccinated or do not submit religious or medical exemptions as required by law, they will be considered in non-compliance and terminated from their position, Yowell said.
For Goucher students, much of the same system and guidelines are in place. Frequent communications are reminding students of the deadlines. If they have not met those requirements, students face holds on their accounts, registration drops and housing.
While there have been reports of fake vaccination cards across the U.S., Maryland college officials are not concerned.
"Our student health center reports any questionable submissions to the Office of the Vice President & Dean of Students, and it is investigated. If the documentation is found to be falsified, that is a violation of our code of conduct, and that student would go through our student accountability process," said Nicole Johnson, dean of students at Goucher.
Employees face similar disciplinary action, including and up to termination of employment at Goucher, said Yowell.
McDaniel students would also face disciplinary action, said Knauer.
The rise in cases due to the Delta variant has also shifted how campuses plan to implement mask and social distance mandates. University of Maryland, College Park, will now require all students, staff and faculty to wear masks indoors, regardless of vaccination status. All USM campuses are also requiring all staff to perform a self-health screen every day for symptoms of COVID-19 before coming to any property or class.
McDaniel is following federal guidelines and encourages those individuals who have not been vaccinated to wear masks while indoors. Goucher is requiring masks and social distancing of at least six feet.
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Searching for warmer weather, moving closer to adult children and grandkids or pursuing a change in scenery are just a few reasons why many Americans choose to move in retirement.
These retirees often relocate for emotional reasons, but it's important to consider the financial impacts, too. If you have a desire to pull up roots in retirement, pause to think about the following financial items.
•Consider the costs to sell your home. Even if you're downsizing, trading spaces comes with a price tag. Staging, finding a Realtor, hiring a moving company and cleaning services are all expenses that may be key to putting your home on the market. You may need to be prepared to manage two mortgages for some time or be ready for a quick closing time frame depending on the housing market in your area.
•Be strategic about the long-term financial effects. If you make a profit on the sale of your current home, use the money to fund one of your financial goals. Adding it to your retirement fund, investing it to pay for your grandkids' college education, or putting it into a trust are some of the many ways the windfall can accelerate achieving a financial milestone. If you acquire a higher mortgage to purchase your new home, map out how the additional debt impacts your retirement long-term. Ideally, you'll be able to absorb the increased cost without compromising your retirement lifestyle.
•Know the potential tax impacts. Moving across state lines can change how much you pay in taxes. This is particularly true for retirees because there's wide variation in whether and how much states tax retirement income. Property and income taxes can also vary, which may be important if you plan to work or own a business in retirement. Check with a professional to assess the tax impact of your new locale. If you sell your current home and it has appreciated in value, discuss whether you owe a capital gains tax.
•Research health care services in your new location. Ask your medical insurance provider if your plan covers the services, specialists, prescription drugs and medical clinics that you need near your new home. The quality of care and cost may be different than what you're used to, so it's important to do your research. Additionally, it's worth thinking about the long-term care and assisted living facilities that are nearby. Even if you hope to age in your new home, knowing your options can be crucial in case you or your spouse experience an unexpected medical event.
•Account for your retirement lifestyle. The reason many retirees move in retirement is to live out a lifestyle they have dreamed about for years. As you decide whether you want to move, be prepared for additional expenses to travel, invest in a hobby or start a business. Your food and entertainment spending may also increase as you fill your newfound time and explore your new city.
Moving to pursue your retirement dreams is exciting, but there can be a lot of factors to consider in deciding when and where to purchase your new home.
Shawn Bumgardner is a financial adviser and president of Clear Horizon Wealth Advisors, a private wealth advisory practice of Ameriprise Financial Service Inc., in Southgate. He can be reached at 734-284-3700.


ActiveExit™ is a system utility that can automatically log off users from their accounts after a period of inactivity. If you are a system administrator and users of your network often forget to log off before leaving, ActiveExit can save you quite a bit of your nerve cells. Even if the user has locked the computer, ActiveExit can log the user off after the idle period you specify, without your intervention.
If you manage a large network of computers using Active Directory and Group Policy, you can use ActiveExit to edit a Group Policy Object (GPO) to manage all network computers from one central location on the server.
What can ActiveExit do for you?
When ActiveExit is enabled, it is monitoring the user activity: the keyboard, the mouse, and (optionally) the CPU. If no user activity has been detected during the time interval of your choosing, ActiveExit displays a message to the user (for the duration of your choosing, too). If no user activity detected after that, ActiveExit forcefully logs off that user from Windows.
Unlike WINEXIT and other similar utilities, ActiveExit can log off the inactive users even if the users locked their screens before leaving. (The administrator will no longer have to unlock the screens manually each time it happens).
Unlike WINEXIT and other similar software utilities, ActiveExit does not replace the screensaver of the user with its own. If fact, ActiveExit does not depend on the Windows screensaver functionality at all: each user is welcome to choose any screen saver or none at all, ActiveExit will work just the same.
This is a powerful feature of ActiveExit that you should consider carefully. Normally, if a user attempts to log off while there are unsaved changes to the documents, Windows prompts the user to save the changes before logging off. With ActiveExit, the automatic log off happens unconditionally, even if there are changes still unsaved by the user. The unsaved changes, if any, will be lost and the user will be logged off.
After the last user has logged off, if no one logs back on to the computer during the interval of your choosing, ActiveExit can shut the computer down, sleep, or hibernate it.
ActiveExit supports Windows Server 2016 (and some earlier versions, both x64 and 32-bit). ActiveExit fully supports Active Directory and Group Policy, as well as the automatic software installations with the MSI packages, that makes it easy to deploy and manage it even on a large network.
You can use ActiveExit configuration utility to directly edit a GPO (without the need to mess with the ADM or ADMX files) and manage a large number of the domain computers from one central server via the Group Policy.
ActiveExit comes with a built-in license that allows its free use for the personal, non-commercial purposes on up to 5 computers within the local network, and can monitor up to 5 user sessions on each computer simultaneously.
If you want to use ActiveExit for the business purposes, then you can use the built-in license for the evaluation purposes only, for no more than 30 calendar days from the day of the first installation of ActiveExit. If you want to continue using it after the initial 30 days, you must purchase one of the business licenses we offer.


What is The Signature Strengths® Performance Program?
How can Signature Strengths help you and your employees?
What if, identifying these strengths helped your business flourish?
This distinctive values-based, developmental coaching helps business leaders grow a thriving workplace culture; supporting recruitment, engagement and staff retention.
Signature Strengths® are an exceptionally valuable, yet underutilised resource that you and your employees already own! They're your identified core values used as 'drivers' for wellbeing, professional productivity and organisational profit.
Exceptional leaders and high producers deserve recognition and support at their level. They feel very accountable and yet they're often left to their own devices because they're independently successful. You might agree… It can be lonely at the top!
Coaching can help even the most effective leaders become their own best coach and leader, because they're the type of person who wants to bring out the best in others, and you wouldn't want to lose them.
The program encourages collaborative conversation at Supervision and Performance Review, to enhance collegiality, job satisfaction and productivity.
Duration: 3, 6 or 9 week implementation to ensure sustainability and your R.O.I.
MBL's strategies help identify your unique strengths and those of your team; activating powerful COMMUNICATION, improved COLLABORATION and transformational CHANGE.
MBL's strengths-coaching helps align personal and organisational values to create a compelling workplace; a place where business owners, leaders and managers retain quality employees, achieve commercial objectives and increase client engagement.
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) have recognised the value of MBL's work in performance enhancement and career progression.
Are you a progressive leader who wants to elevate productivity and improve business growth?
Make time to confidentially discuss how The Signature Strengths® Performance Program can help you achieve desired results.
We believe in your achievement and sustainable results. If you're committed to work through MBL's processes and not satisfied with your results, we will refund your fee.


At any one time we are dealing with a variety of industry matters, some new but many ongoing. The list below is not exhaustive and enquiry should be made to the BDA on any item not listed.
An incident in 2005, whereby two elderly people died overnight from carbon monoxide poisoning adjacent to an air flush drilling site on coal measures, has given rise to the formation of a working party to produce guidance on drilling into coal. The working party, principally Coal Authority, Health & Safety Executive and BDA, is producing a document titled "Guidance on Managing the Risk of Hazardous Gases when Drilling or Piling Near Coal". The document will be published in early 2011.
Coal Authority permission has to be obtained when drilling into its property. For further details click here. Water flush is generally required when property and public is nearby. Please also read the HSE Position Statement.
In 2009 a drill rig and its steel platform disappeared into a shaft that collapsed in North Wales. The drilling operatives stepped off just in time.
You can see the drill rods and flushing hoses. The rotary rig was not found even though the ground was excavated subsequently to 13 metres to cap the shaft.
BDA together with Coal Authority will be producing guidance for shaft drilling works. A major review on platform requirements and design will be addressed in the guidance.


Why do you want window pads? This can be a frequently requested question by most people because they do not know its importance. The primary aim of getting this guard would be to stop your children from falling in the house window. Simultaneously, it may be employed to prevent burglars or intruders entering your house. This really is helpful especially when you're abroad or on vacations.
There are lots of kinds of window pads available for sale based on your requirements and budgets. Many people choose to have normal pads and a few may choose the invisible type to create their house looks nice.
There's also plenty of designs like well. For instance, many people choose to have flowery design, artistic design or simply an easy design. This will depend greatly in your house theme. There's also several colors that you should select from. Many people prefer light color although some prefer dark color. Dark black or brown color frame can make your home looks unique and stylish.
There prices with this window frame varies from $50 to $500 with respect to the materials and also the sizes needed. If you go searching for a pleasant design to help your house be looks beauty and cozier, you very well may need to spend more income. Also, check on the kind of secure needed. This will be significant to lock your window pads whatsoever occasions.
Aside from this, it is best that you should install security alarm for your window pads. Whenever, there's somebody that is attempting to interrupt to your house, the sensor is going to be triggered. Then, your security alarm is going to be activated to alert the folks around that somebody is looking to get to your house without permission.


NPWZ - Neah Power Systems Inc.
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NPWZ Neah Power was founded in 1999, but CTO/founder Leroy Ohlsen had been thinking about alternative energy for years.
NPWZ Neah Power has grown to include a world-class engineering and scientific team from around the world. Prototype development continues and the company expects to make its energy products commercially available in 2012.
NPWZ Neah Power Systems is a publicly-held company. Original venture investors include Frazier Technology Ventures, Alta Partners, Intel Capital, Castile Ventures and WestAM.
Neah Power Systems Inc.(NPWZ) is developing long-lasting, efficient and safe power solutions for portable electronic devices, including notebook PCs, military radios and other power-hungry computer, entertainment, and communications products.
NPWZ Neah Power Systems uses a patented, silicon-based design for its micro fuel cells that enable higher power densities to enable lighter-weight, smaller form-factors and lower costs.
This silicon-based architecture lets Neah Power use a componentized design so that a fuel cell can be tailored to meet each customer's needs, varying the components to achieve required power, size, and operating duration.
This exceptional flexibility and NPWZ Neah's ability to leverage the silicon industry's manufacturing technology set Neah Power apart.
It is difficult to fathom a more demanding power user than the military. Modern, effective soldiers have come to rely on increasingly sophisticated computational and communications gear. In fact, it's been said that there are two limiting factors determining the length of mission: water and batteries.
The amount of water and batteries a soldier can physically carry often defines the duration of a mission and the likelihood of success.
These military devices require a dependable, lightweight, compact power source to extend operational runtimes. On top of this, the electronic equipment and power sources need to be able to perform reliably under harsh operating conditions in the field.
NPWZ Neah Power's patented silicon-based fuel cell is expected to address these fundamental issues and provide a superior power source for all sorts of military applications. The Neah Power fuel cell is expected to provide two to three times the energy capacity versus the standard BA-5590 battery, while remaining in the same compact form.
Importantly, soldiers can benefit from the ability to continuously run their electronic equipment without the need to wait for recharging. Fuel cells can produce power as long as a fuel source is provided. When one fuel cartridge is exhausted, a soldier could simply pop it out and insert another one to continue the power supply. Instead of carrying multiple batteries, soldiers would only need to carry only one fuel cell and several lightweight fuel cartridges for continuous power capability (see below).
The BA-5590 is the U.S. Military's most widely used portable power source, supporting hundreds of communication and computational applications in the field. Though proven, these batteries are big and bulky, and weigh soldiers down. Instead of carrying multiple batteries for extended missions, dramatic weight and volume reductions are possible by carrying one fuel cell and multiple cartridges (see below). Greater reductions are possible with longer missions.


Have North Koreans stopped to think about the holes in the official message?
One of the most dangerous things for a dogmatic ideology – like the state ideology of North Korea – is its internal contradictions. If the doctrine is attacked from the outside, the blind faith of a believer is very hard to overcome. However, when one points out that it simultaneously teaches things which contradict themselves – faith is likely to start wavering. This article intends to do just that – point at the issues in which North Korea disagrees not with the outside world, but with itself.
North Korea claims that the socio-political system of the DPRK is vastly superior to that of the South. North Korean citizens, they say, are free and live their prosperous life sponsored by the state, thanks to the great socialist system established by the Great Leader comrade Kim Il Sung himself. Meanwhile, South Korean citizens apparently live in living hell, suffering everyday under the yoke of American imperialists.
If the Southerners are suffering and you want to ultimately preserve the system which makes them miserable for all eternity – are you really the loving father of all Korean people?
So what would comrade Kim Il Sung – apparently, the wisest and the kindest being in human history – teach us about unification? Would you expect him to express desire for the malevolent South state to be destroyed, so that the Southerners will enjoyed the same happy life as the Northerners?
Hell no. The Great Leader instructed that unification should be done through creation of a confederation in which both systems would be preserved. Forgive me, Great Generalissimo, but this is just outrageous. If the Southerners are suffering and you want to ultimately preserve the system which makes them miserable for all eternity – are you really the loving father of all Korean people?
South Korea, the DPRK asserts, is a puppet state, created by American imperialists. Being such, it has no legitimacy. It is a fake, a charade orchestrated by Washington in its evil desire to rule Korea. Logically one would assume that the talks about unification should be conducted with the United States – pretty much like the issue of the border between Manchukuo and Mongolia in the late 1930s, which was decided not by Xinjing and Ulaanbaatar, but by Moscow and Tokyo.
But no. The DPRK likes direct talks between the Government of the Republic and the "traitorous puppet clique" – i.e. the Republic of Korea's government. From the point of view of the North Korean ideology, these talks make as little sense as trying to talk to a dog which bites you instead of the dog's owner.
One of the DPRK's central doctrines is that all its society is as one. It is a single-minded unity (ilshimtangyol) of all the population around the figures of the Great Generalissimos and the Beloved Marshal. This is, essentially, a society free of conflict and with no necessity of political competition, since the proposed candidates always enjoy 100 percent support of the population.
Meanwhile, North Korea also says that there are three political parties in the country. Apart from the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), which guides the Korean people from victory to victory, there is also a Social Democratic Party and the Party of Young Friends of Chondogyo. This does not make any sense. If there is no competition, since the perfection has been achieved, why are these two parties needed? If the society is united around the WPK and the Leader, who are these people, who at some point of their life decide: no, I don't like the idea of joining the WPK, I would rather submit my application to the Social Democratic Party instead? The DPRK offers no answer.
As every North Korean modern history textbook says, the Korean people were enslaved by the Japanese imperialism for decades, but the Great Leader comrade Kim Il Sung assembled the Korean People's Revolutionary Army (KPRA) and, in August 1945, struck a death blow against the Japanese in the final offensive for the liberation of the motherland.
North Koreans cannot ask these questions, of course, since openly exhibiting doubt in the state ideology would result in imprisonment or execution.
The Korean People's Army (KPA), North Korea asserts, is the apex of military development, the organization of invincible might, armed with Great Leader's thought, Songun Idea and the principle of "one against a hundred." Should the Supreme Commander issue the order then the final war will begin, the American imperialists would be smashed and Korea would be united.
The question is: Why would he not? Since the KPA is vastly superior to both the American army and the "puppet army" of South Korea – why not crush them and liberate the suffering brethren? Still, there is no answer.
This contradiction is very close to the previous one. As North Korea teaches, the Korean War (called the Fatherland Liberation War in the DPRK) ended in glorious victory for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Meanwhile, while evil Yankees singed the instrument of surrender in Panmunjom, not only they have not disarmed themselves and the DPRK flag was not hoisted at the White House, they did not even withdraw from the South Korea. Moreover, a small part of the DPRK which was under Pyongyang's control before the war, was taken by the South after 1953 – like the city of Sokcho, for example. Why was that allowed, if the war ended in utter defeat for the Americans?
North Koreans cannot ask these questions, of course, since openly exhibiting doubt in the state ideology would result in imprisonment or execution. However, people still think about these postulates – and for those who try to approach them logically, the contradictions within the ideology may be as damning for it, as the truth from the outside world.


Television's biggest names in comedy and drama wait for the Primetime Emmys all year. Well, the wait was finally over as the anticipation came to a halt Sunday night. SheKnows has your hook-up to all you need to know about the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards including the wins of Mad Men and Modern Family, just as we called it!
The 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards kicked the party off right with host Jimmy Fallon taking on a spoof of the night's most celebrated show — Glee.
His task in the stunning opener? Jimmy Fallon and the cast of Glee had to form their own glee club to win the money to get into the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards. Brilliant, I know! Cue the music and the night's most famous stars. Tina Fey, Joel McHale, and Hurley from Lost, among others, joined Fallon and his misfit cast from Glee singing and dancing down the halls of the Emmys.
But wait it gets better. Add the shunning of Kate Gosselin, Betty White as Jon Hamm's raunchy dance teacher and Jimmy Fallon being slushied by Jane Lynch, and it was an Emmy opening made for the history books.
The opening number set the precedence for a down to earth and interactive night of excellence.
The 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards had a vibrant vibe with Jimmy Fallon's writing input and styling. The use of musical parody to introduce the five categories of television was a genius addition that set the show apart from years past. Adding to the clever idea was the use of big name stars like Kim Kardashian and Julianna Margulies to sing the category intros with Fallon. It felt like one big variety show in a way.
The use of Twitter to introduce presenters was also a new and unique way to get home viewers involved in the process. One home viewer tweeted, "I'd hit that," as Tina Fey walked to the podium. Hey, Jimmy Fallon issued the challenge to watchers and they didn't fail.
Twitter, witty dialogue, and musical comedy weren't the only things happening at this year's Emmys. Check out this girl's top moments provided by some of the big winners of the night.
In a stunning purple gown, Jane Lynch took down the competition Sue Sylvester style, as she took home the award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. As gracious as ever, Lynch thanked her wife Linda and gave credit for her parents' upbringing in musical theater. Jane Lynch garnered the first award of the evening for Glee.
The Emmys pushed the envelope in many aspects, but one that leapt off the page was the introduction for the winners as they walked to the stage. Jim Parsons of The Big Bang Theory strutted up to grab his Best Actor in a Comedy Series award to quite the intro. The announcer casually advised, "Nerds everywhere are setting cars on fire and then using their inhalers." Jim Parsons' speech was particularly heartfelt because he really felt nobody would vote for him. Kudos to the dorks of the world.
It really was Edie Falco's time to shine. The gorgeous actress took home Best Actress in a Comedy Series. Edie Falco has done a stellar job in her role on Nurse Jackie and there couldn't have been a better time for her to be acknowledged.
Now, Conan O'Brien didn't win for Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Series. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart did. So why put it in the winning moments section? It had to be mentioned. Many people were wondering what Conan O'Brien would say had he been given the mic. Now we'll never know. Coco fans might feel a little jaded come Monday morning to not have heard from their leader, but we're sure O'Brien is just fine.
The Bob Hope Humanitarian Award was graciously given to the silver fox, George Clooney. Julianna Margulies presented her friend with the symbolic trophy for his work and efforts in giving back during trying times. George Clooney used his charm and humor to accept the award that clearly brought tears to the actor's eyes. "Here's hoping that some bright person in this room or at home watching can keep putting the spotlight on these pressing issues after the cameras have stopped rolling," George Clooney urged.
Jon Hamm might have gotten locked out, but Mad Men sure didn't. The popular AMC show took home Outstanding Drama, proving the 60s are hotter than ever.
Not sure if I would call Modern Family's Outstanding Comedy win an upset, but many felt Glee was ripe for the picking. The cast and crew were truly gracious when accepting the Emmy and this creative and smart program truly deserved to be at the podium.
While the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards have come and gone, the impact of Jimmy Fallon and his new interactive theme will hopefully press forward.
Take a look at the winners in some of the most popular categories.


This was my first BMW 7-Series, a 1993 V8 730i Sports model. It had factory-fitted Sports seats, Shadowline trim and Cream Bilstein shocks.
The 730i was an excellent car, I couldn't have had a better introduction to the BMW 7-Series. It wasn't without its faults and suffered from the usual complaints that the M60 V8's commonly had. The PCV valve popped, there were pools of oil in the spark-plug wells and the ECU failed on one of the eight coil outputs. All these faults were easy to repair but the steering slowly deteriorated to a point where a front-end rebuild was necessary. Replacement of the upper-arms helped but it was never great and used to tramline quite badly.
However, the fact that the engine suffered from the usual PCV valve failure was a good point! At the time of purchase the 'Nikasil Issue' was very well known in that the early 90's V8's could suffer from bore-wear. Nikasil was impregnated into the cylinder walls (no liner was used) during manufacture to harden the surface. Unfortunately the high Sulphur content in some UK petrol supplies broke down the chemical structure leading to premature bore-wear which was shown (most noticeably) by a tick-over that would rock the car. A failed PCV valve caused the same symptoms and that was why so many BMW V8's sold at ridiculously low prices....and this was one of them. After replacing the PCV valve, removing oil from the spark-plug wells and replacing the HT stubs this V8 was as smooth as the day it was made.
Later problems were rust appearing below the fuel filler and under the rubbing-strips by the rear-wheel arch but as the pictures show (all taken just before it was sold) it was still in excellent condition, especially the interior that was close to perfect. It also suffered from a failing Lambda sensor on one bank that would slowly enrich the mixture to a point where the catalyst would get exceptionally hot! A quick disconnection of the battery would reset the ECU adaptations and off it would go again for another 100 miles.
The wheels were 16" Style 8 Alloys from an 8-Series (E31) and suited the car well. The standard 15" Basket-weave alloys look too old-fashioned, larger wheels compromise the suspension on the E32 making the ride harsh and cause the usual wandering which was a 'feature' anyway.
One of the common E32 complaints is the headlights, these get dimmer as the car gets older. The cause is two things, the glass fronts which get pitted and the reflectors which get duller with age. The reflectors are made of plastic, the silvering is vacuum-deposited and is very easily destroyed by rubbing. However, they can be revitalised by careful wiping with a solvent on a lint-free cloth. Both the dipped-beam and the fog lights are projectors and cleaning of the lens also helps. The E32 lenses are glass, the E38 (the successor to the E32) have plastic lenses giving much poorer edges to the beam pattern.


Samsung Galaxy M20 vs Redmi Note 7: Who Deserves Your Money?
Samsung's entry into mid-level category can change things. But fans are excited about Redmi Note 7 !
Xiaomi is all set to launch Redmi Note 7 under its newly separated sub-brand Redmi. An upgrade over the current Redmi Note 6 Pro, the smartphone launched in China a couple of weeks back. Samsung Galaxy M20 is going to be a much-needed relief for the company, the segment it's been continuously losing its market share to the Chinese competition.
Redmi Note 7 will launch in India in the second week of February.
The upcoming Redmi Note smartphone in India will comes with a water drop notch, gradient finish, 48MP camera, Snapdragon 660 chipset and more. Samsung Galaxy M20 is the company's latest bet to take on the mid-range bestsellers.
Let's do a quick comparison to find who's going to be a better contender in the new sub-12,000 segment.
Samsung Galaxy M20 has an all-aluminium metal body. In comparison, Redmi Note 7 has a new polycarbonate body in a gradient finish. The device doesn't sport a completely metal body, but the new Redmi Note 7 design does look cool compared to Galaxy M20.
Both the smartphones look smart. But the gradient finish on Redmi Note 7 stands out against the dated design of Samsung Galaxy M20.
Redmi Note 7 sports a 6.3-inch Full HD+ LTPS display with a water drop notch in an 19.5:9 aspect ratio offering a screen resolution of 1080 × 2340 pixels. While Samsung Galaxy M20 features a 6.3-inch Full HD+ FHD+ Infinity-V screen in an 19.5:9 aspect ratio.
Both the smartphones offer good screen space with lesser bezels. Galaxy M20 with U-shaped notch have a slightly higher screen-to-body ratio compared to Redmi Note 7 with the V-shaped notch.
The Samsung Galaxy M20 runs on the new Exynos 7904 octa-core processor coupled with upto 4GB RAM. While Redmi Note 7 will come with the 2.2GHz Snapdragon 660 octa-core chip with up to 6GB RAM.
Both Galaxy M20 and Note 7 can handle day to day tasks and mid-end games with ease. Though, Redmi Note 7 with Snapdragon 660 will offer a more refined performance.
Samsung Galaxy M20 offers upto 64GB of internal storage with upto 512GB expandable memory. In India, Samsung Galaxy M20 is available in two variants: 3GB of RAM and 32GB storage and 4GB of RAM and 64GB storage.
In China, Redmi Note 7 has been launched in three storage versions: 3GB+32GB, 4GB+64GB and 6GB+64GB. As per a recent leak, two Note 7 models will come to India.
Redmi Note 7 runs on MIUI 10 based on Oreo 8.1. The Android 9 Pie on Note 7 is expected by mid-2019. Similarly, Galaxy M20 also runs on Android Oreo based on Samsung Experience UI.
Samsung Galaxy M20 has a rear dual camera setup comprising of a 13-megapixel primary camera and a 5-megapixel secondary camera. While the Redmi Note 7 will come with a primary 48-megapixel Samsung sensor with an f/1.8 aperture paired with a secondary 5-megapixel depth sensor.
The Redmi Note 7 rear camera has an edge here over Samsung Galaxy M20 with better overall performance irrespective of any lighting conditions.
Up front, Redmi Note 7 comes with a 13-megapixel selfie camera backed by AI capabilities. While the Samsung Galaxy M20, on the other hand, offers a 8-megapixel single sensor.
Both the smartphones will offer better wide-angle selfies backed by AI-based features.
Both Redmi Note 7 and Samsung Galaxy M20 come with Dual SIM connectivity, 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11, Bluetooth v5.0, GPS and a dedicated 3.5mm headphone jack.
Redmi Note 7 will come with the same old 4,000mAh battery with support for Quick Charge 4.0 technology. In comparison, Samsung Galaxy M20 has a higher 5,000mAh battery with 15W fast-charging support.
Galaxy M20 has an edge here over the Redmi Note 7.
Samsung Galaxy M20 is currently available exclusively via Amazon and Samsung India online stores.
Both Samsung Galaxy M20 and Redmi Note 7 are pretty good phones from Xiaomi and Samsung each. Redmi Note 7 comes with solid performance, a good looking display, an awesome camera, solid build and much more. While the newly launched Samsung Galaxy M20 definitely would give the Note a solid fight.
Both the smartphones are complete packages at their respective prices.
Samsung Galaxy M20 is refreshing and better, compared to what Samsung has been doing with its mid-range smartphones lately. Galaxy M20 has been priced very aggressively starting at just Rs 10,990.
Coming to Xiaomi, if the company launches Redmi Note 7 at around Rs 10,999 or another 500 bucks more, it can soon beat some of the best selling smartphones in the range.
To sum up, Samsung Galaxy M20 will definitely lack in the camera department. The 48MP Samsung sensor on Redmi Note 7 surely offers an advantage over the Galaxy M20 dual shooter. But, if we leave the cameras, Samsung Galaxy M20 is a solid buy at the price.
"Samsung Galaxy M20 vs Redmi Note 7: Which Smartphone Deserves Your Money?", 5 out of 5 based on 1 ratings.


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Q: Build failed with an exception. Gradle problem with flutter I am trying to build the gradle for my app but the build fails
I tried to change gradle version number and gradle plugin version number but every time i get stupid error, i dont know why! I tried based on this doc and changed
gradle 5.6.4 >>> gradle plugin version 3.6.3
gradle 5.6.4 >>> gradle plugin version 3.6.0
gradle 5.6.4 >>> gradle plugin version 3.4.0
gradle 5.6.2 >>> gradle plugin version 3.6.0
gradle 5.6.2 >>> gradle plugin version 3.5.0
and list goes on but i get same error every time that says:
* What went wrong:
A problem occurred evaluating project ':app'.
> com/google/common/util/concurrent/SettableFuture

I tried to change base on this question
Help cause I get trouble for last 3 days for this error and I am newbie to flutter.
current numbers are:
distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.6.4-all.zip

classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.6.3'

Thanks
And this is result of flutter run -v
[  +31 ms] executing: [C:\src\flutter/] git -c log.showSignature=false log -n 1 --pretty=format:%H
[  +79 ms] Exit code 0 from: git -c log.showSignature=false log -n 1 --pretty=format:%H
[   +1 ms] f7a6a7906be96d2288f5d63a5a54c515a6e987fe
[   +1 ms] executing: [C:\src\flutter/] git tag --contains HEAD
[ +410 ms] Exit code 0 from: git tag --contains HEAD
[   +2 ms] 1.17.1
[  +13 ms] executing: [C:\src\flutter/] git rev-parse --abbrev-ref --symbolic @{u}
[  +34 ms] Exit code 0 from: git rev-parse --abbrev-ref --symbolic @{u}
[        ] origin/stable
[        ] executing: [C:\src\flutter/] git ls-remote --get-url origin
[  +28 ms] Exit code 0 from: git ls-remote --get-url origin
[        ] https://github.com/flutter/flutter.git
[ +180 ms] executing: [C:\src\flutter/] git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD
[  +98 ms] Exit code 0 from: git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD
[        ] stable
[  +77 ms] Artifact Instance of 'AndroidMavenArtifacts' is not required, skipping update.
[   +1 ms] Artifact Instance of 'AndroidGenSnapshotArtifacts' is not required, skipping update.
[   +1 ms] Artifact Instance of 'AndroidInternalBuildArtifacts' is not required, skipping update.
[        ] Artifact Instance of 'IOSEngineArtifacts' is not required, skipping update.
[        ] Artifact Instance of 'FlutterWebSdk' is not required, skipping update.
[   +6 ms] Artifact Instance of 'WindowsEngineArtifacts' is not required, skipping update.
[        ] Artifact Instance of 'MacOSEngineArtifacts' is not required, skipping update.
[        ] Artifact Instance of 'LinuxEngineArtifacts' is not required, skipping update.
[        ] Artifact Instance of 'LinuxFuchsiaSDKArtifacts' is not required, skipping update.
[        ] Artifact Instance of 'MacOSFuchsiaSDKArtifacts' is not required, skipping update.
[        ] Artifact Instance of 'FlutterRunnerSDKArtifacts' is not required, skipping update.
[        ] Artifact Instance of 'FlutterRunnerDebugSymbols' is not required, skipping update.
[  +63 ms] executing: C:\android\src\platform-tools\adb.exe devices -l
[  +69 ms] List of devices attached
           127.0.0.1:62001        device product:dream2ltexx model:SM_G930K device:shamu transport_id:1
[  +16 ms] C:\android\src\platform-tools\adb.exe -s 127.0.0.1:62001 shell getprop
[  +71 ms] Artifact Instance of 'AndroidMavenArtifacts' is not required, skipping update.
[  +10 ms] Artifact Instance of 'AndroidInternalBuildArtifacts' is not required, skipping update.
[   +1 ms] Artifact Instance of 'IOSEngineArtifacts' is not required, skipping update.
[        ] Artifact Instance of 'FlutterWebSdk' is not required, skipping update.
[   +3 ms] Artifact Instance of 'WindowsEngineArtifacts' is not required, skipping update.
[        ] Artifact Instance of 'MacOSEngineArtifacts' is not required, skipping update.
[        ] Artifact Instance of 'LinuxEngineArtifacts' is not required, skipping update.
[        ] Artifact Instance of 'LinuxFuchsiaSDKArtifacts' is not required, skipping update.
[        ] Artifact Instance of 'MacOSFuchsiaSDKArtifacts' is not required, skipping update.
[        ] Artifact Instance of 'FlutterRunnerSDKArtifacts' is not required, skipping update.
[        ] Artifact Instance of 'FlutterRunnerDebugSymbols' is not required, skipping update.
[ +424 ms] Generating
C:\Users\Milad\AndroidStudioProjects\flutter_app123\android\app\src\main\java\io\flutter\plugins\GeneratedPluginRegistrant.java
[  +81 ms] ro.hardware = samsungexynos9810
[ +100 ms] Launching lib\main.dart on SM G930K in debug mode...
[  +16 ms] C:\src\flutter\bin\cache\dart-sdk\bin\dart.exe
C:\src\flutter\bin\cache\artifacts\engine\windows-x64\frontend_server.dart.snapshot --sdk-root
C:\src\flutter\bin\cache\artifacts\engine\common\flutter_patched_sdk/ --incremental --target=flutter --debugger-module-names
-Ddart.developer.causal_async_stacks=true --output-dill
C:\Users\Milad\AppData\Local\Temp\flutter_tool.dea96117-9a58-11ea-b26c-003018a2b692\app.dill --packages
C:\Users\Milad\AndroidStudioProjects\flutter_app123\.packages -Ddart.vm.profile=false -Ddart.vm.product=false
--bytecode-options=source-positions,local-var-info,debugger-stops,instance-field-initializers,keep-unreachable-code,avoid-closure-

call-instructions --enable-asserts --track-widget-creation --filesystem-scheme org-dartlang-root --initialize-from-dill
build\cache.dill
[  +36 ms] executing: C:\android\src\platform-tools\adb.exe -s 127.0.0.1:62001 shell -x logcat -v time -t 1
[  +80 ms] Exit code 0 from: C:\android\src\platform-tools\adb.exe -s 127.0.0.1:62001 shell -x logcat -v time -t 1
[   +1 ms] --------- beginning of main
           05-20 09:45:19.493 I/LockboxService( 2694): Completed task: true
[  +19 ms] <- compile package:flutterapp123/main.dart
[  +11 ms] executing: C:\android\src\platform-tools\adb.exe version
[  +43 ms] Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.41
           Version 30.0.1-6435776
           Installed as C:\android\src\platform-tools\adb.exe
[  +11 ms] executing: C:\android\src\platform-tools\adb.exe start-server
[  +39 ms] Building APK
[  +34 ms] Running Gradle task 'assembleDebug'...
[   +5 ms] gradle.properties already sets `android.enableR8`
[  +33 ms] Using gradle from C:\Users\Milad\AndroidStudioProjects\flutter_app123\android\gradlew.bat.
[   +2 ms] C:\Users\Milad\AndroidStudioProjects\flutter_app123\android\gradlew.bat mode: 33279 rwxrwxrwx.
[  +47 ms] executing: C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\jre\bin\java -version
[ +827 ms] Exit code 0 from: C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\jre\bin\java -version
[   +1 ms] openjdk version "1.8.0_212-release"
           OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_212-release-1586-b04)
           OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.212-b04, mixed mode)
[   +6 ms] executing: [C:\Users\Milad\AndroidStudioProjects\flutter_app123\android/]
C:\Users\Milad\AndroidStudioProjects\flutter_app123\android\gradlew.bat -Pverbose=true -Ptarget-platform=android-x86
-Ptarget=C:\Users\Milad\AndroidStudioProjects\flutter_app123\lib\main.dart -Ptrack-widget-creation=true
-Pfilesystem-scheme=org-dartlang-root assembleDebug
[+1433 ms] Welcome to Gradle 5.6.4!
[   +2 ms] Here are the highlights of this release:
[        ]  - Incremental Groovy compilation
[        ]  - Groovy compile avoidance
[        ]  - Test fixtures for Java projects
[   +1 ms]  - Manage plugin versions via settings script
[   +1 ms] For more details see https://docs.gradle.org/5.6.4/release-notes.html
[+2954 ms] FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
[  +97 ms] * Where:
[        ] Build file 'C:\Users\Milad\AndroidStudioProjects\flutter_app123\android\app\build.gradle' line: 24
[   +1 ms] * What went wrong:
[   +1 ms] A problem occurred evaluating project ':app'.
[   +2 ms] > com/google/common/util/concurrent/SettableFuture
[  +16 ms] * Try:
[   +1 ms] Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output. Run with

--scan to get full insights.
[   +2 ms] * Get more help at https://help.gradle.org
[   +1 ms] BUILD FAILED in 3s
[ +949 ms] Running Gradle task 'assembleDebug'... (completed in 6.4s)
[+8351 ms] Exception: Gradle task assembleDebug failed with exit code 1
[   +5 ms] "flutter run" took 16,098ms.

#0      throwToolExit (package:flutter_tools/src/base/common.dart:14:3)
#1      RunCommand.runCommand (package:flutter_tools/src/commands/run.dart:569:7)
<asynchronous suspension>
#2      FlutterCommand.verifyThenRunCommand (package:flutter_tools/src/runner/flutter_command.dart:723:18)
#3      _rootRunUnary (dart:async/zone.dart:1192:38)
#4      _CustomZone.runUnary (dart:async/zone.dart:1085:19)
#5      _FutureListener.handleValue (dart:async/future_impl.dart:141:18)
#6      Future._propagateToListeners.handleValueCallback (dart:async/future_impl.dart:682:45)
#7      Future._propagateToListeners (dart:async/future_impl.dart:711:32)
#8      Future._completeWithValue (dart:async/future_impl.dart:526:5)
#9      _AsyncAwaitCompleter.complete (dart:async-patch/async_patch.dart:36:15)
#10     _completeOnAsyncReturn (dart:async-patch/async_patch.dart:298:13)
#11     RunCommand.usageValues (package:flutter_tools/src/commands/run.dart)
#12     _rootRunUnary (dart:async/zone.dart:1192:38)
#13     _CustomZone.runUnary (dart:async/zone.dart:1085:19)
#14     _FutureListener.handleValue (dart:async/future_impl.dart:141:18)
#15     Future._propagateToListeners.handleValueCallback (dart:async/future_impl.dart:682:45)
#16     Future._propagateToListeners (dart:async/future_impl.dart:711:32)
#17     Future._completeWithValue (dart:async/future_impl.dart:526:5)
#18     _AsyncAwaitCompleter.complete (dart:async-patch/async_patch.dart:36:15)
#19     _completeOnAsyncReturn (dart:async-patch/async_patch.dart:298:13)
#20     AndroidDevice.isLocalEmulator (package:flutter_tools/src/android/android_device.dart)
#21     _rootRunUnary (dart:async/zone.dart:1192:38)
#22     _CustomZone.runUnary (dart:async/zone.dart:1085:19)
#23     _FutureListener.handleValue (dart:async/future_impl.dart:141:18)
#24     Future._propagateToListeners.handleValueCallback (dart:async/future_impl.dart:682:45)
#25     Future._propagateToListeners (dart:async/future_impl.dart:711:32)
#26     Future._completeWithValue (dart:async/future_impl.dart:526:5)
#27     Future._asyncComplete.<anonymous closure> (dart:async/future_impl.dart:556:7)
#28     _rootRun (dart:async/zone.dart:1184:13)
#29     _CustomZone.run (dart:async/zone.dart:1077:19)
#30     _CustomZone.runGuarded (dart:async/zone.dart:979:7)
#31     _CustomZone.bindCallbackGuarded.<anonymous closure> (dart:async/zone.dart:1019:23)
#32     _microtaskLoop (dart:async/schedule_microtask.dart:43:21)
#33     _startMicrotaskLoop (dart:async/schedule_microtask.dart:52:5)
#34     _runPendingImmediateCallback (dart:isolate-patch/isolate_patch.dart:118:13)
#35     _RawReceivePortImpl._handleMessage (dart:isolate-patch/isolate_patch.dart:169:5)

A: I cleared caches in C:\Users\{your username}\.gradle\caches and build was successful.

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Umoru Abdulfatai is a young, smart and talented writer. He is a National Diploma (ND) graduate from the department of Architectural Technology, Federal polytechnic Auchi, Edo State, Nigeria. Umoru loves to share his knowledge and inspiration poems with others.
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Life is like a beautiful melody, only the lyrics are messed up. People cry not because they're weak, it's because they've been strong for too long, don't let dream just be your dream, there is no key to happiness the door is always open.
Men don't follow titles, they follow courage, life doesn't get easier, you get stronger. To face the darkness your heart must be pure, because genius only means hard-working all one's life.
Live life with diligence, decode your own epic, because there is no chance, no destiny, no fate that can hinder the firm resolve of a determined soul. The proper function of a man is to live, not to exist.
Play your role, do what has to be done, it's not who you are underneath, it's what you do that defines you. Do not for one repulse, give up the purpose that you resolved to effect.
Keep your hope alive and never lose your faith, the difference in winning and losing is most often, not quitting. Because if you are doing your best, you will not have to worry about failure.
In life, we all have an unspeakable secret, an irreversible regret, an unspeakable dream, and an unforgettable love. If you are not brave enough, nobody will back you up. Because an idea is the most precious yearning in life.
Beauty is all around you if you just open your heart to see. Dreams are one of those things that keep you going and happy.
Memory is a wonderful thing if you don't have to deal with the past, life is a battle, the world is your arena. Let's not do anything hasty, you can't have a better tomorrow if you don't stop thinking about yesterday.
The hardest part of loving someone is being in love, even when they no longer love you. The truth Is some people are so lucky to even when they hurt others, they still get so much love. While others are so unlucky and even when they give all the love and care in the world they end up being hurt. But in some cases, smiling is better than explaining the reason why you are sad.
As a lady you can be happy without him, you can afford to carry on life without him, but he can't afford any. If a man cry for a woman, it doesn't mean he's stupid, when a man can't move to another woman it doesn't mean his stubborn, when a man is always depressed and moody it doesn't mean he's a loser, when a man is crazy about a woman it doesn't mean he has lost insanity, it simply means he can't love another woman the same way.
But sometimes you have to give up on some people not because you don't care, but because they don't.
Heavy eye's are like heavy clouds, they need to let off some water to feel relief,. When a man his not ashamed of his tears never ask why, for they are like the rain on the blinding dust on the earth. Some men wish they where stones so that when they are thrown far far away, yes they might broke into pieces, but they won't feel any pain.
If it's taking all your heart, if it's killing your strength, if it's making you bear so much pain, if it's making you ignore everything else, make sure it worth it otherwise let go.
It's so painful to know that someone means the whole world to you, and yet you mean absolutely nothing to that person.
That's why they say when someone you love so much breaks your heart, cry a river and build a bridge over it and let go.
Don't remember how someone breaks your heart, but remember the person who taught you to live with a broken heart. Forget every sense of pain, and pain himself will disappear.
Your experience should teach you when to take a break, even when you are highly experienced in matters of the heart. Every reasonable woman out there dreams of a gentle and genius man, only when she has all it takes to make him fall in love.
A beautiful morning, and a wonderful day.
Beautiful stars, and a lovely moon.
Beautiful road to success, with the footprint of destiny.
Your life must be controlled by love.
Sometimes you see your whole life running in front of you, and you don't know the beginning or the end, you always wish if you had a remote to press a rewind or pause button or better still forward it to the end but you can't do that, you just have to believe in who you are.
The difficult part of life, is to think of a solution which will never come. Holding a machete doesn't matter, aiming the right object matters a lot. Don't let other people kill your perfection, don't let others decision kill your own motivation, because everybody has its own destination. If we worked hard, if we did right we'd have a place. Don't judge a book by its cover the outer most picture might not be the same with the innermost.
Characters are different, if only we settle down and study them. Try getting the meaning of words before you use them, try getting the meaning of decision before you make them. The more you try the harder it becomes you just have to keep your faith alive for you to make a success.
Don't distaste others because they dislike you, hatred is not what they need in return. Let us all show love to one another, love is the message.
Happiness is what you can't live without, is time to stand out, stand up, break a way to be free, hold on to what is real, let it go whatever people think of you.
If you put your heart in it, you can go to the distance.


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Q: special character return nil in nsurl I have an nsstring like this
http://example.com/webservices/test?method=eventlist&title=Prog%
i want to change this nsstring to nsurl, but it returns nil in nsurl.I know it return nil because of percentage at the end, but i want to add percentage with every title to get an value.. So i dont know how to do this ?
Can anyone help me?
Thanks in advance............

A: You need to encode the special characters into URL codes :
NSString *encodedURLString = [urlString stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding];

NSURL *URL = [NSURL URLWithString:encodedURLString];


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'Person of interest' sought in home invasions
Police in Dearborn and Livonia seek information on this individual.
'Person of interest' sought in home invasions Police in Dearborn and Livonia seek information on this individual. Check out this story on HometownLife.com: https://www.hometownlife.com/story/news/local/livonia/2016/08/29/person-interest-sought-home-invasions/89531190/
David Veselenak, hometownlife.com Published 9:48 a.m. ET Aug. 29, 2016
Police in several Wayne County communities are looking for information about this individual, whose image was captured on a home security camera system earlier this month.(Photo: Courtesy of the Dearborn Police Department)
Police in several Wayne County communities are asking for the public's help in identifying a "person of interest" that may have information regarding several home invasions.
Police in Livonia and Dearborn are asking the public to help identify a man captured on a security camera outside of a home earlier this month in Livonia.
According to a Nixle alert sent out by the Dearborn Police Department, several home invasions and home invasion attempts have taken place, and the person on camera is considered a person of interest in those cases.
"We are asking anyone with information to please come forward and assist us in this investigation," said Dearborn Police Chief Ronald Haddad in a statement. "We will do everything we can to keep the community safe and your help is needed to identify this person."
It's believed the suspect may have committed similar crimes in other surrounding communities.
Crime Stoppers of Michigan is offering a $1,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the subject responsible for these home invasions. Those with information can contact the Dearborn Police Department at 313-943-2241 or anonymously through Crime Stoppers by calling 1-800-SPEAK-UP.
Capt. Robert Nenciarini of the Livonia Police Department said the home invasion that took place in Livonia happened earlier this summer at a home near Joy and Wayne roads, a home that the suspect does not live at.
"We'd like to identify him, because he's obviously up to no good," he said.
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Returning to Koblenz 11 years later
Traxy Thornfield 7 April 2014 Travel Diaries
In 2001 I went to Koblenz in Germany twice: January and December. Both times it was to attend the Modern Talking Fanclub Party (totally awesome, btw). When my husband and I embarked on our driving holiday around Europe in 2012, we didn't really know where we wanted to go for the most part, but I knew I wanted to return to Koblenz, so we scheduled a two-night stop there.
The Electoral #Palace (Kurfürstliches #Schloss) in #Koblenz. The side facing the Rhine/Rhein river. . #palace #Germany #visitgermany #rheinlandpfalz #castlegarden
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Things are rather different when you're no longer an 18-year-old who has scraped together all her savings in order to spend 20 hours alone on a bus to get there. I wish I could say the late September weather was an improvement over January/December time, but during our three-week journey, we were really lucky with the weather … except for when we were in Koblenz.
We stayed at a guest house/hotel in Güls, one of the suburbs, and took the bus into town. Somehow, I had completely forgotten Koblenz is just a big town like any other, but it was still exciting to see the sights again, because this time, I had the love of my life to show them to.
Festung Ehrenbreitstein, #Koblenz, #Germany. #fortress #FestungEhrenbreitstein #RheinlandPfalz
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Things looked very similar.
Well, with the exception of a new shopping centre I don't think was there last time, and that they now had a much easier way of getting up the mountain to Festung Ehrenbreitstein! Having previously walked up that 118 metre cliff, being able to take a cable car instead is a big improvement, especially when it's raining.
We had an afternoon and a whole day in town, so the first afternoon we went around shops – and I popped into Reuffel bookstore to buy the autobiography of Thomas Anders. Where better to pick it up than in his home town, in the bookstore where I first found out I had won a dinner with him? 😀 (Later back at the hotel, I even started reading it before I remembered I don't know enough German to understand most of it.)
Previously, I had only been up that rock because I stayed in the youth hostel there, but as it turned out, there were a lot of things to see up there – more than just the view! There were a number of different exhibits, including an art gallery, and we both felt it was money well spent going there, despite all the signs and things to read were almost exclusively written in German. You can get a combi-ticket for the fortress and the cable car (cheaper than buying them separately), so that's what we did, without even knowing what to expect up there.
There were roof gardens up there. ROOF. GARDENS. Plural!
Back down in the town, I tried to find the restaurant Faustus so we could have a meal there (again, not being a poor teenager is a definite plus), but despite us being on the road where I thought it was, I failed to find it. After double-checking where it was supposed to be, it turned out to no longer be Faustus, but a takeaway pizzeria. So that's a shame.
On the plus side, Koblenz turned out to have a nice Chinese lunch buffet restaurant almost overlooking the Moselle (Mosel), and a surprising amount of ice cream parlours. Oh by the way, the ice cream sundae that looks like a heap of spaghetti with ketchup is basically just ice cream they've put through a potato ricer to make it look cool. Our favourite ice cream place was this one, down by the Liebfrauenkirche: eGeLoSia. Lots of tasty flavours, and for a good price too.
Even though it was windy and rainy for the most part, it was nice to see Koblenz again after about eleven years, even though the almost mythical, magical Thomas Anders Town of my memories turned out to be a city like many others. Now it has a new sort of magic to it instead. One with ice cream parlours, travel kettles ("tea and coffee making facilities" is apparently a very British thing, hence why we decided to buy a kettle on day three of the journey), vinyards clinging to cliff-sides, and a very 1970s looking hotel bathroom.
One of the gravity-defying #vineyards along the river #Moselle / #Mosel in #Germany, travelling east toward Koblenz. . #visitgermany #travel #europetravel #eurotrip #roadtrip #rheinlandpfalz #rhinelandpalatinate
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How do they even get up there? And how do they pick grapes without falling off?
And no, we didn't see the Weidung/Anders family out on the town (which would have been so much fun), but that wasn't the reason for us going to Koblenz. We went there to see what it was like to visit as proper grown-up tourists, and see the sights. The answer is: still worth it. 🙂
Germanialand Thomas Anders


Star Trek: A Call To Duty is one of the most versatile Role-play games on the internet, offering players the chance to assume the role of a Starfleet Officer using a variety of methods – Chat-based role-play, Newsgroup posting, or Play by E-mail.
Don't have the time to commit to a live chat version? We have a wonderful solution, just for you; play on our play by forum (Newsfleet) version. The Newsfleet version is for people who wish to either take more time to consider their replies and actions than can be afforded in a live chat game, and has no requirement to attend a set time and place every week, if your schedule is more erratic, the Newsfleet Division is right for you.
Chat based games last for one hour at the same time each week, where you will have the chance to develop your character as he/she interacts with other crewmembers assigned to your ship, and play a part in a storyline created by the Ship Manager (SM). After the mission, you are required to email a "log" to your other shipmates, offering you the chance to develop your character's own personal view on the events of the mission.
PBeM games run constantly with players posting narrative emails several times a week that describe the actions of their character, an officer serving on a starship or station. Players work together to create a collaborative story under the guidance of their Ship (or Station) Manager (SM). PBeM does not require you to be online at any fixed time during the week.


Demonstration of several covariances types for Gaussian mixture models.
See Gaussian mixture models for more information on the estimator.
Although GMM are often used for clustering, we can compare the obtained clusters with the actual classes from the dataset. We initialize the means of the Gaussians with the means of the classes from the training set to make this comparison valid.
We plot predicted labels on both training and held out test data using a variety of GMM covariance types on the iris dataset. We compare GMMs with spherical, diagonal, full, and tied covariance matrices in increasing order of performance. Although one would expect full covariance to perform best in general, it is prone to overfitting on small datasets and does not generalize well to held out test data.
On the plots, train data is shown as dots, while test data is shown as crosses. The iris dataset is four-dimensional. Only the first two dimensions are shown here, and thus some points are separated in other dimensions.
# Only take the first fold.
# Try GMMs using different types of covariances.
# initialize the GMM parameters in a supervised manner.
# Train the other parameters using the EM algorithm.


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There are many factors that should be considered while talking about Best Laptops for machine learning. Rather than the laptops for everyday use, best laptops for machine learning should have a lot more specifications along with the best features. As machine learning is tough, so it requires tough as well as durable machines. With the increase in analysis platform worldwide, leading tech companies are integrating machine learning. What kind of machine should Students and beginners invest according to their budget who want to enter this domain? As there is a variety of best laptops for machine learning that we are going to talk about here.
For the projects you have in your mind, having a personal machine, you have to choose the mobility of your machine. As if you want to carry it around or with yourself, a laptop. A customized desktop is one of the handy ways to optimize workflow or for training the algorithms at work or at home.
Laptops having higher processing power gets heavier and in this way, their portability gets diminished.
The higher processing power shrivels the battery life of laptops and hence the portability gets diminished also in this case.
Portability would be of much value to you as a number of datasets have outgrown the handling power of a reclusive machine and for processing will depend upon you for getting access to Cloud.
The appropriate and ideal laptops which would be best for machine learning are going to be discussed here.
For RAM, my primary suggestion is a 16GB RAM but RAM of 8GB is also fine as 16GB RAM offers little advantages over 8GB RAM.
If you are interested in gaming or as well as you need a laptop for research purposes, advanced GPU is the most valuable one to get rely upon. For machine learning, the best recommended GPU`s are Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti and GeForce GTX1080 Ti.
For machine learning and research purposes Core i3, Core i5 and Core i7 laptops are available in the market. The 7th or 8th generation of Intel i5 is recommended. More powerful and high-performance laptops of i7 are also suggested.
Best laptops for machine learning would be recommended with a screen size of 15-inches as this size would be extremely useful in investigating any kind of data as well as information.
Choose MacOS for steady and smooth execution but if you are used to Windows OS you can go with this as it all depends on your will.
The Hard disk of 256GB or 1TB is recommended as it all depends on the type of data you are using.
A motherboard should give you an option to add extra GPU`s and the recommended one which is 32PCI will give you this option.
Its software is Windows 10 Pro, fastest surface Pro ever.
Intel 7th Gen Core i7 processor.
Battery life is 13.5 hours of video playback.
With Windows Hello face sign-in for enterprise security Enterprise-grade protection TPM chip is used.
With 1.73 lbs (784 g), it is the Lightest Surface Pro yet.
Comprises of storage of Solid state drive (SSD) 512GB.
Consists of Ambient light sensors.
separately) and Surface Keyboard (also sold separately).
5.0MP front-facing camera with 8.0MP rear-facing autofocus camera.
Dual microphones and 1.6W Stereo speakers.
Features a 2.8GHz,quad-core Intel Core i7-7700HQ processor.
Consists of a graphics card of Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 (6GB GDDR5).
The hard drive of 1TB,256GB solid-state drive of your own choice.
Battery life is up to 7 hours.
Widescreen IPS display of 15.6 inches full HD.
Consists of Red Backlit keyboard.
6 GB of dedicated GDDR5 VRAM.
All games and All works are without lagging.
Provides real value for your money.
GTX 1060 is a real deal at this budget.
Graphics memory capacity is up to 4GB.
Graphics memory technology is GDDR5.
Screen size is 39.6cm (15.6").
LED backlight technology, full HD screen mode.
The display screen type is LCD.
8GB is its standard memory and there is no memory card reader.
The total hard drive capacity is 1TB.
256 GB of total solid state drive capacity.
Maximum battery run time is 7 hours.
No PWM-adjustment for all brightness levels.
7th generation, Intel dual-core, Core i5-7300U processor.
8GB of RAM and 256GB of solid-state drive (SSD) storage.
Screen size is 13.5 inch.
Memory Graphics is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 discrete GPU w/2GB GDDR5 graphics.
Battery life is up to 17 hours.
Best in a class battery.
Heavier than last year`s model.
It has a 2.5-GHz Intel Core i5-7300HQ processor.
RAM is of 12GB along with a 1TB, 7,200-rpm hard drive.
Consists of an Intel HD Graphics 630 GPU, Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 GPU with 4GB VRAM.
A touch screen of 1920 x 1080.
Consists of a touch bar with integrated touch ID sensor.
15.4-inch LED-backlit Retina display with IPS technology.
500 nits brightness with true tone technology.
Consists of a 2.2GHz 6-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 4.1GHz, with 9MB shared L3 cache.
Storage capacity is 256GB and 512GB SSD.
Onboard memory of 16GB of 2400MHz DDR4.
Graphics of 2.2GHz as well as of 2.6GHz.
HD camera 720P face time.
The battery is glued in place.
8th Gen Intel, Quad Core i7-8550U.
Intel integrated graphics along with NVIDIA GeForce GTX1050 and AMD Radeon 540.
FHD of 15.6 and 15.6 HD.
4GB onboard DDR4 with 16GB Intel Optane.
Battery life up to 6 hours, rapid charge, power off mode.
Designed to keep up with you.
Machine learning is one of the toughest jobs which require laptops having the best features to make the job easier. By having one of the above laptops, one can test, train or build their machine learning models in a very short time. For machine learning, you can buy a mediocre as well as a great laptop on the basis of their performance. I hope you guys liked it. These are the 7 best laptops for machine learning that are discussed above. If you have any suggestions, do comment, please.


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Emergency Medicine Physician
Envision Physician Services
Emergency Medical Associates (EMA), an Envision Physician Services Provider, is seeking Board Certified/Board Eligible Emergency Medicine physicians to staff the Emergency Department at Albany Memorial Hospital located in Albany, NY.
Albany Memorial Hospital, part of St. Peter s Health Partners, is celebrating 150 years as a healing presence in the Capital Region. Awards and accolades include accreditation as a Chest Pain Center by the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care, for the second time; Designated Stroke Center by the New York State Department of Health; Center for Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine accreditation; and is the recipient of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association s Get With The Guidelines (GWTG) Stroke Silver Plus Quality Achievement Award.
Hospital Profile
30-bed community hospital with ambulatory surgical services
Renovated, state-of-the-art-facility
24/7 Hospitalist service covers Medical/Surgical/Tele Unit and responds to in-house codes
Top notch radiology program is well staffed, has Tele-radiography for cases after hours, and PAC for digital radiology viewing
Wound Care Center, hand rehabilitation
Emergency Department Profile
40,000 annual volume
Broad community pathology that includes minor trauma and moderate medical acuity
20 room ED with hard wired monitors and 8 bed fast-track
27 hours per day of physician coverage
28 hours per day of APP coverage
24 hours per day of scribe coverage
5.3% admission rate. Higher Acuity patients are transferred to tertiary centers in town including St. Peter's Hospital
Meditech EMR moving to EPIC July 2020
Able to work at all 3 St. Peter's Health Partners Emergency Departments
Academic affiliation with Albany Medical Center provides rotations for fourth year medical students and PA students affording academic involvement and adjunct faculty appointments for interested EM physicians
Active EMS program provides medical direction for 9 local squads and conducts ACLS training.
Albany, NY is among the best-kept secrets in the Northeast. This picturesque region is located at the convergence of the Hudson and Mohawk Rivers, and is a short drive from the Adirondack, Berkshire and Heldeberg Mountains. Residents enjoy abundant local culture including museums and the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. Tanglewood - the summer home for the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Pops - is only an hour away. The amenities of NYC, Boston and Montreal are also within a 2 - 3 hour drive. Forbes Magazine lists Albany as one of America s Best Places for Business and Careers in 2018, and U.S. News & World Report ranks Albany as one of its Best Places to Live in the nation for 2018.
Sports and recreation abound in this thriving community that also boasts the region s most desirable suburbs and schools. Emergency Physicians ski for free at Windham Mountain, about 1-hour south of Albany. Several outstanding colleges and universities are located in the Capital District area. The new beautiful Albany International Airport is close by and offers direct connections to all major hubs.
BENEFITS AND COMPENSATION
Envision Physician Services is a dynamic physician- and clinician-led medical group that has been offering exceptional career opportunities for more than 60 years. With more than 25,000 affiliated clinicians coast-to-coast, Envision Physician Services is nationally recognized for delivering clinical excellence supported by innovation, integration and exceptional leadership.
Candidates considering becoming a teammate at Envision Physician Services will find full-time, part-time and independent contractor opportunities available in a variety of community types, from rural and underserved communities to major metropolitan areas; practice settings, from small hospitals to academic health systems; and job levels, from entry level to senior management. Envision teammates also benefit from the following resources:
Strong leadership at local, regional and national levels
Exceptional quality of practice backed by comprehensive support services
Optimal care teams with flexible and equitable scheduling options
A-rated professional liability insurance
Extensive variety of practice settings coast-to-coast
Competitive compensation, including several benefit options
Opportunities for professional development, mentoring and career advancement
Clinician mental health and well-being support
Comprehensive education and training on leadership, management and clinical best practices, including a wide variety of CME programs
Clinical and scientific research opportunities
*Benefits vary by division, clinical specialty and employment status.
Envision Physician Services is a leading national medical group, delivering care when and where it's needed most. Our team of 25,000 clinicians specializes in anesthesiology, emergency medicine, hospital medicine, radiology, surgery and women's and children's care. Together, we care for more than 32 million patients a year and support healthcare partners across 45 states and the District of Columbia
As a part of Envision Healthcare, we are making a meaningful difference in patients' lives and driving innovations that improve the delivery of care and the health of communities in every corner of America. We treat more than 15 percent of the country's emergency department visits, deliver more than 120,000 babies, conduct more than 10 million radiology reads and provide more than 2.6 million anesthesia cases each year.
Each Envision partner facility or health system has its own unique culture, but all of our sites recruit and hire clinicians who share the group's core values of being patient-focused, team-oriented and caregiver-inspired.
Envision Physician Services values the diverse perspectives and experiences of our teams. We recognize that through our collective expertise, we can improve the delivery of care for patients and clinicians. Learn more about our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion here and how we are supporting clinician wellness here. We are proud to be an EOE/AA employer.
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Document folder is one which is the default storage of your computer. All the download materials are stored in this section. All MS Office attributes like document files, excel sheets, PowerPoint are also placed in this folder. Apart from these, your photos, eBooks, Bluetooth files, Outlook PST files are stored in this drive. To speak in a nutshell, this is the most important folder in your laptop or PC. Imagine one scene that you lost this drive accidentally. What would you feel?
Here I am sharing one experience of mine. Once I was deleting some junk folders from my laptop and unfortunately I deleted my documents folder by mistake. I was really worried by that time and searched for a recovery tool and found one in a name of Remo Recover which really helped me get my document folder back without any data loss. If you face such problem ever in future then I would highly recommend you to use one of the best recovery tools i.e.: Remo Recover.
This is really a million dollar question. And to get a satisfactory answer you have to read the below mentioned points regarding this tool.
Remo Recover scans the entire system in a few minutes and retrieves all the deleted data easily. It can recover deleted data from formatted or partitioned drives and also from the drives that are not mounted at the time of OS installation.
This software is compatible with most versions of Windows like Windows Vista, Windows XP to Windows 2000, 2003, Windows 7 / 8 / 10 and it provides a very good user interface with the simplest steps to run so that even a newly aware person can execute this tool easily.
This tool can easily identify and recover more than 300 file types and sort these files according to any one file configuration like file name, file size, file extension, etc.
By creating a Disk Image, it bypasses the Bad Sector area and then it recovers all the data that were previously preserved in that section.
One of the fascinating features of this tool is that after completion of the recovery process, it helps you have a preview for the recovered files and folders. You can access the data from the preview window which shows steady and reliable performance of this software, Remo Recover.
For time saving purpose, you can pause and resume the scanning process anytime you want with the help of the "Save Recovery Session" Option.
Delete using Shift + Delete combination will surely make you pay for this. You won't be able to restore the files from Recycle Bin as of manual delete helps you do so.
Third Party Application: Use of any unlicensed third party tools may delete your document folder completely.
Virus or Malware attack is another cause of losing your document folder completely.
Formatting / reformatting or partitioning / repartitioning of your storage drives at the time of new OS installation, there may be chance of permanent loss of the document folders.
Apart from these above said factors there may be some other causes that may delete your "My Document Folder" permanently. You should be very conscious about such factors of losing your valuable folder.


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Q: Count rows returned from mysql query with distinct values I am tryimg to count the number of rows returned from a mysql query using the code below. I cannot get the count despite trying many things. Could the problem be distinct vales. Here is my query
SELECT DISTINCT SUBSTRING_INDEX(location,'>',-2), count(*) as location FROM tablename

A: Use the count() as the following:
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT column_name) FROM table_name;

May be the following queries would answer exactly what you want.
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT SUBSTRING_INDEX(location, '>', -2)) as location
FROM table_name;

Or
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT location) as total
FROM table_name
WHERE SUBSTRING_INDEX(location, '>', -2) != location;


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Digital advertising is a relatively new discipline—at least when you consider how many years businesses have been messaging consumers to promote or sell a product or service. In the age of digital, online advertising is one of the most effective ways to expand your reach, find new customers and boost your bottom line. However, the vernacular that goes along with digital advertising is new too, and is often misused or misunderstood.
Success in the world of digital requires many things. But, next to knowing how to execute, you also need to know how to communicate. So, we put together a list—a cheat sheet of the most important language surrounding digital advertising concepts, techniques and strategies.
A/B Testing: Digital advertising success is often the result of testing different versions of your content. Slight variations in landing pages, ad copy, email and even call to actions can have a huge impact on conversion rate. A/B testing is the process of conducting experiments using two variables (A and B) to identify top performers. One version of copy (A) is used as a control, while a second version (B) is used to challenge it. A/B testing is the easiest way to measure and test different versions of the same content at the same time.
Ad Blocker: The amount of advertising content directed at consumers today is staggering. It's no surprise that ad blockers would surface. An ad blocker is basically a tool—usually an app or a browser extension—that lets you limit or 'block" some of the advertisements that appear on your screen as you navigate the web. With the rise in ad blockers, brands have started using native advertising techniques to deliver ads that blend in with on page content.
Ad Targeting: Ad targeting is the technique of delivering ads to a pre-selected audience based on specific attributes. Location, demographics, web browsing behavior and past purchases are all considered when looking for a targeted audience.
Algorithm: An algorithm is an automated code that uses data to make decisions. In digital advertising, algorithms play a critical role in placing bids on media in real time, and in many ways, have become the "secret sauce" in programmatic buying.
Attribution: As digital ad spend reaches dizzying heights, savvy businesses want to know what they are getting in return for their investment. Attribution is the science of getting these answers by uncovering all the touch points responsible for a conversion.
For example, a customer may interact with one of your ads ad before following up with an email and a phone call. First touch, last touch, and multi-touch attribution models help businesses drill down to see exactly where and how their customers convert. With the first touch, for example, the first customer point of contact gets credit for the conversion. With multi-touch, the ad, email, and phone share partial credit.
Call to Action (CTA): A call to action is copy that invites the reader to take a specific action or set of actions, like "Buy now", or "Call today." CTA's often begin with a verb and may appear on web pages as buttons, links or images.
Click Through Rate (CTR): CTR is a digital advertising metric that measures the ratio of clicks to impressions of an ad online. To calculate the CTR, divide the number of clicks by the number of times your ad was seen. Then multiply by 100. Across industries, the average CTR for a search ad is 1.91%. For display ads, the average is 0.35%.
Conversion: A conversion is counted each time someone takes an action suggested by a call to action. It could be as simple as a click or download, or as complicated as signing up for a newsletter, filling out a form or making a purchase online.
Conversion Rate: This is the percentage of visitors that take action or convert in relation to the number of people who visit a website. The conversion rate is calculated by dividing the number of conversions by the number of visitors who click an ad.
Cost-Per-Action (CPA): CPA is an advertising model where you pay only when a visitor takes a specific action, like downloading a form.
Cost-Per-Click (CPC): CPC is the typical cost you pay for every click registered as part of your advertising model. CPC is calculated by dividing the total amount invested by the number of clicks your ad receives.
Cross-Channel Advertising: Also called omnichannel, cross-channel advertising means placing ads across multiple digital channels—search, social, display, mobile and email for instance. Most advertisers today use one or two channels. But, creating an integrated cross-channel advertising strategy is the key to reaching your audience wherever they are.
Display Ad: One of the most popular forms of online advertising, display ads come in a variety of shapes and sizes and can appear practically anywhere on a website. Sometimes they appear on the top of the page or to the right of content and even on the bottom of the page. Banners are the most common display ads.
Display ads reach millions of people online and work to increase brand awareness, boost website traffic and increase sales. Display advertising software is also available to help you target, purchase, manage, and track ads.
Engagement: Connect with your audience in a meaningful way and you're "engaging". With social media, your engagement rate measures the level of interaction between your social profiles and your followers. It's calculated by dividing the number of visitors that "like", "share" or comment on your content by the number of times your ad was shown.
Floating Ads: Ads that appear to float above the content of a website. A pop-up window is an example.
Google Adwords: Advertising software offered by Google, "Adwords" helps you create online ads that target people at exactly the moment they're looking for the products or services you offer. AdWords works on a pay-per-click model—you bid on keywords and pay for each click you receive on your ads. As the most popular search engine, Google gets incredible traffic and can deliver the most impressions and clicks to your ads.
Impression: An impression is the number of times an ad was shown to a user, regardless if they clicked on it or not. People may see the same ad more than once, but each time is a separate impression.
Landing Page: This is the page a user is sent to after clicking on an ad. Landing pages are highly optimized and designed to generate the maximum amount of conversions, whether it's downloading an e-book, filling out a form or subscribing to a newsletter.
Native Advertising: Promoted ad content that's designed to look like non-promoted content on a webpage. Native ads follow the same format and style guidelines of the webpage they are placed one.
Omni-channel: A multi-channel approach where the customer experience is prioritized by creating an integrated, seamless, consistent experience across channels.
Pay-Per-Click Advertising (PPC): Also called search engine marketing, paid search or search advertising, PPC is an advertising model where you "bid" for ad placement in a search engine's sponsored links, and only pay when someone clicks on your ad.
Done well, PPC is a sound investment—a $4.00 bid that results in a $400.00 sale is smart. But, building a successful PPC campaign can be tricky. With keyword research, organizing ad groups, writing landing pages and optimizing for conversions, businesses often turn to digital agencies for help.
Programmatic Media Buying: An automated way of buying media that makes it easy to reach the right person, at the right time and in the right place. Ads are purchased using a set of parameters that are predefined by you, the advertiser. Programmatic advertising uses data to make decisions about which ads to buy in real time, improving efficiency and increasing the effectiveness of ads.
Reach: This is the total number of people exposed to or "reached" at least once by an online ad.
Real-Time Bidding: The process of purchasing digital ad space in real time using innovative tools and in-the-moment knowledge about an audience.
Retargeting: Also called remarketing, this is a type of online advertising that targets users who have already visited a website or online store, showed an interest, but didn't convert are targeted again.
Rich Media: An online advertising format that uses new technology to deliver more complex features, For example, audiovisual elements can enrich the customer experience.
Search Engine Marketing (SEM): Also called search advertising or paid search, SEM is about gaining traffic and visibility by advertising on search engines like Google, Bing, and Yahoo!. Paid search is used in tandem with search engine optimization and organic search techniques to build a comprehensive search strategy.
Search advertising allows you to place your service or product in front of people who are already looking for them. Paid search ads are targeted based on real searches, meaning ads are shown to people looking for what you offer. Search ads are billed on a pay-per-click (PPC) basis: you only pay when someone clicks on your ad.
Search Engine Optimization (SEO): SEO is about optimizing your online content so that it appears or "ranks" as a top result on search engines for a specific keyword. Most online searches begin with Google. What's more, the first five results get most of the clicks—people rarely move on to page two or beyond.
Share of Voice: The amount of presence you have on an advertising channel in relation to your competition. Share of voice is usually expressed as a percentage and can be measured by using the number of conversations about your brand versus the total number of conversations about your industry as a whole during the same time period.
Social Media Marketing (SMM) Social Advertising: Social advertising involves placing ads on social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Software is available to help automate the ad buying process. It's common to see ads on social media in the post feed, where it looks natural.