David's career over the last 25 years has been in knowledge transfer; creating infrastructures to promote translation of new ideas and concepts into commercial reality.
After 10 years at the Babraham Institute leading the early commercial aspects of the development of the Babraham Research Campus, he moved to Birmingham in 2008 to develop a new strategy to deliver what has become the Innovation Birmingham Campus.
Innovation Birmingham (IB) provokes digital innovation and adoption across all sectors; orchestrating communities to catalyse collaborative creativity to establish new ventures and catalyse growth of existing businesses. In 2018 IB became part of Bruntwood Sci Tech and from a position of greater strength will continue to promote the Campus as the heart of Birmingham's thriving innovation district.
Mark leads University of Nottingham Innovation Park (UNIP) which, uniquely, is both on one of only four University Enterprise Zones and one of 6 UK Space Agency pilot incubator sites. UNIP is a profitable business supporting the growth of a community of over 100 tech-driven and knowledge-intensive organisations based within 11,000m2 of office space co-located with university research facilities.
Mark's current responsibilities cover all aspects of property and facilities management, strategic development, developing business support, stakeholder management, business development, marketing and events. Mark also provides advisory and mentoring support to developing incubators in Malaysia and China.
Since 2005 Mark has been led a number of incubation and science park projects and has been responsible for soft infrastructure, tenant relations, and strategic development at Liverpool Innovation Park (LIP), and Sheffield Bio incubator. He also briefly operated his own business support consultancy for Biotech and Healthcare start-ups.
Initially trained as an Applied Biological Scientist, mark holds a PhD in Biology (Genetics) from Leeds and followed a research career until gaining his MBS from Edinburgh Management School. Mark also holds a PG Cert for Business Incubation, Coaching, and Mentoring from Huddersfield.
John Leake is Business Development Manager at Sci-Tech Daresbury and graduated from the University of Birmingham in Chemical Engineering.
He started work at Unilever in a variety of roles in engineering, sales, marketing & global business management based in the UK & USA. He also worked for Ineos as a Global Marketing Manager.
He became Business Development Manager at Sci-Tech Daresbury in 2006 with responsibility for attracting & supporting companies on-site, and developing strategic partnerships. Sci-Tech Daresbury is one of the national research and innovation campuses and home to over 130 technology companies.
It was awarded "The Setting the Pace Award" for the leading UK science park by the UK Science Park Association in 2017, as an important regional facility for supporting and developing the high-tech economy.
John sits on the Cheshire & Warrington LEP Science & Innovation Strategy Board and the Liverpool City Region LEP Digital & Creative Sector, and Investment Boards.
Graham joined Imperial Innovations as the Incubator Manager in 2010. He is responsible for the day to day running of the facility working closely with spinouts and companies renting laboratory and office space from the College.
Graham organises events to support the businesses while also helping connect companies with industry experts to help their businesses grow. He provides support to the organic growth spin outs through the Innovations start up packages, helping these companies set up bank accounts, branding and websites.
He has been working in Incubation for over 10 years and has previously managed a successful digital media Incubator in London's Tech City. Graham has a MBA from the London Metropolitan Business School.
Jo Stevens (previously Willett) has over 20 years' experience of providing business development and incubation support to innovative, high growth companies. Prior to joining Oxford Innovation, Jo worked on several regeneration projects in the Thames Valley, developing opportunities for a range of social and community enterprises.
I n November 2000 Jo joined Oxford Innovation to establish and develop the Culham Innovation Centre & Harwell Innovation Centre, in partnership with the UKAEA Fusion Research Team.
Appointed as Oxford Innovation's Managing Director in 2017, Jo has previously had responsibility for the overall development of OI's network of innovation centres. Jo led the research project looking at business survival and growth across 15 centres over a 10 year period, which was published in July 2014 and has also undertaken numerous feasibility studies for new innovation centres, undertaking site assessments, brand development, operating models and business plans for funding.
Most recently Jo provided consultancy for a Science Centre on Milton Park, Abingdon; advised AHSN (Buckinghamshire) on a proposed Innovation Centre network and is currently working on feasibility studies in NI, ROI, Essex and Kent.
Patrick is Deputy Director of the National Innovation Centre for Ageing and Professor of Practice, Innovation Environments at Newcastle University. He has worked widely across the applied research and innovation arenas for the past 33 years in organisations ranging from small technology start-ups tinternationally recognised translational research laboratories. He is particularly interested in the construction and operation of innovation environments – physical and virtual; their organisational structures and functions and how they operate at regional, national and international scales.
Over recent years he has developed a particular interest in deep collaboration co-location models where innovation and research assets sit alongside 'users' of such research expertise to drive open innovation, commercialisation and economic growth.
Patrick is a member of the Satellite Applications Catapult Advisory Board and served as a Board member of the UK Science Park Association for five years. He has represented UKSPA at events in Bulgaria organised by the FCO Science & Innovation Network and worked in Australia and New Zealand advising on the development of an Alliance of Agri-Food Science Parks (supported by funding from the BIS Global Partnerships Fund).
Bob Cushing has been delivering Broadband services to multi-tenanted buildings for over 10 years and a member of UKSPA for eight.
Bob has attended every UKSPA meeting bar two in his period of membership and co-wrote the UKSPA Telecoms and Broadband Best Practice Guides.
Mike Herd is the Executive Director of the Sussex Innovation Centre, a business incubator that is based on the University of Sussex campus in Brighton. Another opened at No1 Croydon in 2015 and a third site will open in central Brighton in 2017.
Mike has worked closely with the centre's members since it was formed in 1996, building relationships with local investors, academics, funding bodies and technical experts.
Mike won the Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion in 2013 and has worked to develop over 300 businesses based at the centre and supported many hundreds more. In that time over 30 of these busineses raised investment of more than 1 million GBP, with many more achieving healthy exits through trade sales or flotation.
Dave Hockton is Senior Operations Manager at MIRA Technology Park an 842 acre transport cluster based in Leicestershire. Dave manages the day to day operation of the park, the management of the property portfolio and the rapidly increasing tenant base.
With outline planning permission for 2M ft2 of development and Enterprise Zone status the park has been transformed over the last six years into a campus style environment attracting investment from both private and public sectors.
With 20 years' experience in the MIRA, Horiba-MIRA and MIRA Technology Park businesses with a professional background in IT followed by a career change into Property and Estate Management in 2009, Dave has led the operational development of the park including speculative developments creating office, laboratory and workshop spaces with occupancy levels in excess of 98%.
Prior to joining MIRA Dave spent time running IT departments in the Higher Education sector at DeMontfort University and in the telecoms industry at GEC Plessey Telecommunications and also a spell as a self-employed IT consultant during the dotcom boom.
Dave holds a Master's degree in Computing from DeMontfort University, is a member of the British Computer Society and a Chartered IT professional.


LEONI has developed a reliable method for calculating the transfer impedance (TI) with the help of which we can calculate and simulate the ideal shield geometry for your cable. Various frequency-dependent parameters, such as conductivity, inductive coupling and the skin effect, are taken into account in this calculation.
Contrary to expectation, a tighter braided shield or a thicker foil do not necessarily provide better shielding. Small variations in the cable's structure, e.g. braid angle or the braid wire diameter, are much more efficient.
Thanks to this edge in know-how, LEONI offers you a cable at lower cost that is optimally shielded without using more material or having any disadvantages in terms of weight and diameter.


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14 Best Nightlife Experiences in Manila
Where to Go and What to Do at Night in Manila
The best nightlife experiences in Manila showcase the city's love for music and fun. The capital city of the Philippines is a huge metropolis that hosts venues for just about every type of night owl, from lively nightclubs for dancers to live music bars for concert-goers.
There are even pub crawls for those looking to hit up some of the city's long-standing bars and pubs, where they can enjoy a wide range of drinks and catch the latest sports events all night long. Check out our list of the most popular nightspots in Manila – there's indeed something for everyone after dark in Manila.
Black Market Manila is a trendy club that caters mostly to a cool crowd looking for something beyond DJs playing top 40 pop hits. A warehouse-style club with an industrial concept that plays edgier underground music, the place sees a good mix of locals, expats, and tourists all looking to have a good time. Music depends on the night, but you might hear anything from drum & bass to dubstep to hip hop.
Poloha: 2723 Sabio St, Makati, 1233 Metro Manila, Philippines
Otevřeno: Wednesday–Saturday from 10pm to 4am (closed on Sunday–Tuesday)
Telefon: +63 (0)2 403 5019
Filipino musicians are famous all around the main tourist destinations of Southeast Asia and beyond. It seems that the talent for singing or playing a musical instrument is in the blood of every person in the country. There are live music bars aplenty in Manila, and you should easily find a bar dedicated to your favourite style of music.
Craft Rock & Grill and Handlebar specialise in rock music, while Tago Jazz Cafe attracts world music and jazz aficionados, 12 Monkey's Music Hall & Pub and Tomato Kick are into indie and acoustic, and Strumm's Makati is the right venue if you like retro music.
City of Dreams Manila
City of Dreams Manila is 6.2-hectare complex that houses 3 hotels (Crown Towers Manila, Nobu Hotel Manila and Hyatt Hotel) and a casino, as well as plenty of bars, lounges, KTV rooms and nightclubs. You can also find the DreamPlay theme park and The Shops at The Boulevard Mall within this massive complex. City of Dreams Manila is open for 24 hours.
Poloha: Asean Avenue corner Roxas Boulevard, Entertainment City, Barangay Tambo, Parañaque City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Karaoke bars and lounges
Many Filipinos are skilled musicians and talented singers, and they usually enjoy spending the evening around a drink while singing along with their favourite tunes. Therefore, KTV or karaoke boxes can be found all around the city.
Club ZZYZX Manila
Club ZZYZX Manila occupies a large space with a mezzanine overlooking the dancefloor. It's one of the best places in Malate to dance and drink all night long. This nightclub also serves food for you to enjoy in the comfortable lounging areas on the 2nd floor. Club ZZYZX Manila is located on Remedios Circle in Malate, a district reputed for its lively nightlife scene.
Poloha: 1851 Jorge Bocobo St, Malate, Manila, 1004 Metro Manila, Philippines
Otevřeno: Daily from 10pm to 6am
House Manila
House Manila at Holiday Inn Express Manila offers a world-class clubbing experience. It's an opulent and large venue that can accommodate up to 1,600 people, including 400 seats. Electronic Dance Music and Top 40 hits rock most of the nights, with local and international DJs on tour bringing original sounds on special nights.
Poloha: Holiday Inn Express Manila Newport City, Resorts World Manila, Pasay City, Philippines
Telefon: +63 (0)916 638 7666
Revel at The Palace
Revel at The Palace is a luxurious nightclub that attracts stylish locals, expats and tourists looking to enjoy a fun night out. You'll find lavish décor and furnishing, upscale and intimate ambience, and a wide range of dance music. International DJs often stop by Revel at The Palace on weekends, so head there early for the best spots. The entrance fee allows you 2 drinks and gives you access to Palace Pool (another famed club set around a swimming pool).
Poloha: 11th Ave Corner 38th St, Uptown Bonifacio Taguig, Taguig, 1634 Metro Manila, Philippines
Otevřeno: Tuesday–Saturday from 10pm to 5am (closed on Sundays and Mondays)
Royal Night Club
Royal Night Club on General Luna Street, features a French and English-inspired, palatial décor, top-quality sound and lighting equipment, and plenty of comfortable VIP lounges, both around the dancefloor and in a mezzanine above it.
Special theme nights include Ladies, Throwback, Fresh, and All Star, which take place from Thursday to Sunday. The music policy at Royal Night Club is a mix of House, EDM, Top 40, mashups, and hip hop.
Poloha: 5343 St, General Luna, Makati, 1210 Metro Manila, Philippines
Otevřeno: Monday–Thursday from 10pm to 6am, Friday–Sunday from 6pm to 6am
The Palace Nightlife Manila
The Palace Manila is a popular nightlife destination located in the hip and dynamic city of Taguig. The complex consists of several nightclubs as well as a day club, bar, and restaurant. The entire facility is all about a luxurious experience, so expect a good mix of local celebrities, expats, and Manila's affluent youths. Some of the busiest spots within The Palace Manila include XYLO Nightclub, The Island, and Revel.
Poloha: 11th Ave The Palace Complex, Uptown, Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines
Red Light Districts
Manila has 3 main red-light districts housing go-go and striptease bars as well as naughty massage parlours. These spots are P Burgos Street in Makati, EDSA Entertainment Complex in Pasay, and the slightly less exuberant districts of Malate and Ermita on Manila Bay. Naturally, they are far from family-friendly and can be a little shockingly overt.
Strumm's
Strumm's Makati is one of the best places to go in Manila for fans of live music. The different bands performing here mostly cover pop, soul, R&B and rock from the '70s and '80s.
You can tell straight away that the musicians are not only skilled, but they really enjoy what they do and are great entertainers. Drink-wise, Strumm's Makati serves all the usual suspects for that type of establishment, including potent cocktails, as well as pub food.
Poloha: 110 Jupiter Street, Bel-Air, Makati, Philippines
Otevřeno: Monday–Saturday from 7pm to 2am (closed on Sundays)
Manila PubCrawl
The Manila PubCrawl has been around since 2012, offering you an exciting bar-hopping trip through Manila after dark. For a modest fee, an enthusiastic local team will take you in small groups to the 5 most popular pubs and bars of a predetermined district.
Different routes are available, including Makati, Bonifacio Global City and more. You'll obviously have a drink, meet people, discover cool venues and have fun, feeling like a local.
Poloha: Makati Ave, Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines
70's Bistro
70's Bistro, owned by a Filipino artist, features some of the most talented musicians in town. Considered to be the breeding ground for the local music scene, try visiting the bar on nights when award-winning performers are scheduled to perform.
The music here is mostly reggae, but you can enjoy local bands covering songs by The Beatles on Saturday nights.
Poloha: 46 Anonas, Quirino 2-3, Quezon City, 1102 Metro Manila, Philippines
Otevřeno: Monday–Saturday from 6pm to 3am, Sunday from 6pm to 5am
H&J Sports Bar and Restaurant
H&J Sports Bar and Restaurant is best described as a good escape from the madness of nearby P. Burgos Street (Manila's lively nightlife district).
A welcoming atmosphere is enhanced by stand-up comedy routines and live televised sport. Drinks are reasonably priced and the crowd generally sociable at H&J Sports Bar and Restaurant. The venue is open for 24 hours.
Poloha: Felipe, Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines
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Just How Important Is A Premier League Talisman?
No matter what level of the game, there is no doubting the importance of having a goal scorer within your ranks. This is certainly apparent in the Premier League where the finest margins can decide whether a club is earning all three points or going home empty handed.
Repeat this scenario 38 times over the course of a long and punishing league campaign and the lack of firepower in the final third of the pitch can ultimately be the difference between success and failure.
That success could be measured in the form of winning the title, or it could be securing a place in Europe. That failure could be measured by missing out on silverware or even a fate much worse, that of course being relegation.
But just how important is a talisman in the Premier League? Not only that but which teams seem to have an over reliance on their forwards. It's all very well having someone who knows where the net is, but one player cannot win football matches on their own, no matter how talented they are.
In this article we're going to analyse who makes the biggest contributions to the 20 top flight outfits and just how much of a positive effect that has had for their respective employers as we reach the business end of the season.
Here we can see that Mohamed Salah of Liverpool leads the scoring chart, this comes thanks to his tremendous four goal haul against Watford before the international break. That quartet of strikes at Anfield sees him go clear at the top from Tottenham's Harry Kane, who is currently out injured.
With Salah's four goal advantage coupled with the unknown return date of Kane, it does make the Egyptian the favourite to go on and win this season's Premier League Golden Boot. What is interesting though is the contribution that the two players make to both Liverpool and Tottenham respectively.
Earlier in the season Manchester City Manager Pep Guardiola, referred to Tottenham as the 'Harry Kane Team' – a comment which implied that the North London outfit had an over reliance on his goals.
That is a statement that may well have had an element of truth as the 24-year-old was certainly doing more than his fair share of goal getting for Spurs. At this point of the campaign he has been responsible for 41% of the club's top-flight goals this season.
However, he has found himself an ally in the top 10 of the Premier League goal scorers chart as South Korean international Son Heung-Min has lessened that load slightly by scoring 12 goals of his own, meaning that he has chipped in with one fifth of Tottenham's league goals this season.
The fact that Son has found his way into the top 10 is testament to how he has kicked on, but it also does a lot to destroy the notion that Tottenham have an over-reliance on Kane. If they do carry a certain label, then why aren't Liverpool called the 'Mohamed Salah Team'?
If we look at his contribution to Liverpool's goals this season, he has been responsible for 38% of them. He has however been ably assisted by teammate Roberto Firmino who has chipped in with 19% of Liverpool's goals in this campaign.
There is no doubting that Liverpool have been incredibly impressive in attack this season and it has arguably been much more of a team effort with 73 goals scored up until this point. So, because there has been a wider spread it means that Salah contributes slightly less as a talisman.
Looking at all the top 10 goal scorers in the list above, it is Harry Kane that makes the largest contribution to his team. That does not necessarily mean that there is an over reliance on him, it can also mean that he is once again having another successful season as one of the best hitmen in the division.
The second largest percentage contribution in that top 10 list comes from the man at the bottom of the chart. Glenn Murray's goals for Brighton this season have been instrumental in keeping them a safe distance from the drop zone.
The evergreen forward has found the net on 11 occasions this season and considering that Brighton have only scored a total of 28 times, then they are obviously putting a huge amount of reliance on the 34-year-old.
Right now, it is something that seems to be working as Chris Hughton's men look to be just a couple more wins away from securing a second straight campaign in the Premier League. It's not necessarily how many goals you score in a season that will define whether you beat the drop or not and the Seagulls are living proof of this.
You could argue that a club like Brighton are perhaps more reliant on someone like Glenn Murray then Tottenham are with Harry Kane. At least in the case of the latter, they do have an element of back up especially what with another player currently in the top 10 goal scorers chart.
However, if the goals of Glenn Murray were to dry up between now and the end of the campaign or the former Bournemouth forward was to get injured then the East Sussex outfit would arguably feel that impact more as they do not have a ready-made replacement.
It's quite apparent that Manchester City are going to win the Premier League and a second piece of silverware after their Carabao Cup success in February, not only that but they have by and far above the highest goal scorers in the division.
They've found the net 85 times up until this point, with their top marksmen being Sergio Aguero who has 21 goals to his name. An impressive tally but with only 25% of City's goals being scored by the Argentine it just goes to show that there is no over reliance on one player at the Etihad.
The fact that they have so many players capable of finding the net has played a huge part in their runaway success this season, you only need to look at the fact that Raheem Sterling occupies fourth place in the scoring charts at present to see this point being proven.
Having two forwards so high up means they can share the load in terms of goal scoring exploits, if this is the case then it is a huge advantage in the race for the title as it gives the man in charge the opportunity to rest and rotate his star players.
Not only that though but in terms of Manchester City they also have the likes of Gabriel Jesus, Leroy Sane, David and Bernardo Silva. This quartet have played their part when it has mattered and with such an embarrassment of riches it is no real surprise that they have blown away almost all that has tried to stand in front of them.
If we go across Manchester, then the red half of the town would have been pinning its hopes on Romelu Lukaku to help deliver the title. The Belgian international has scored 14 times this season, a contribution which has arguably been something of a disappointment by his own standards.
You could also volley the criticism that Manchester United simply have not scored enough goals, only 58 at the time of writing as Jose Mourinho's pragmatism has seen them fail to mount anything resembling a title challenge.
Lukaku has been responsible for 24% of Manchester United's Premier League goals this season, this shows there is not perhaps too much of an over reliance on the former Everton hitman but whether he needs to be scoring more or the club do is something you can probably argue until the season ends.
If we look at another Belgian international, Eden Hazard is Chelsea's only representative in the top 10 scorers list. That is something of a surprise especially after the huge investment in Alvaro Morata last Summer.
Hazard has been deployed as a false nine as of late which has allowed him to test opposition defences and he has been rewarded with 11 goals. This means that he has contributed to 21% of Chelsea's goals in this current campaign.
The fact that Chelsea have only scored 52 though is again startling, Hazard's return is probably par with what you would expect from the former Lille player, but the defending Premier League champions have misfired in front of goal when it matters, and they are in danger of missing out on a top four spot.
Like Manchester United, Chelsea have scored something of an underwhelming amount of goals this season, had they scored more as a club then the likes of Lukaku and Hazard could well have made smaller contributions.
At the same time though, you could also argue that they themselves could have scored more therefore extrapolating their own contributions. Truth be told, that is all conjecture and we can only deal with the true stats in front of us.
One thing that is not conjecture is the fact that Jamie Vardy is joint 5th in the charts, as he is another player who has 14 goals to his name at the time of writing. The Leicester forward is undoubtedly the man to spearhead their attack.
His goals have given the East Midlands outfit the prospect of a Europa League place next season and the England international has scored 31% of Leicester's goals this season, this would intimate that there is a heavy reliance on his goals.
We can look at the first goals chart in a different way to give us a better insight into the reliance on certain players.
As mentioned Harry Kane makes the biggest contribution to any of the teams that are represented in the top 10. He is followed by Glenn Murray, Mohamed Salah and Jamie Vardy. A fair statement to make is that there is certainly a reliance on these four men to deliver the goods.
The other variable here are the two Belgian internationals Hazard and Lukaku who are caught between two metrics, they could return more goals themselves, but their respective teammates also need to contribute more to the cause.
If we revert our attention to the bottom of the list, the obvious and correct hypothesis would be that the teams battling to beat the drop will have the lowest amount of goals scored. If we look at West Brom then the fact their two top scorers have only scored five goals each speaks volumes.
You could point to the fact that they have two players who have chipped in with 10 goals between them as something that might boost their hopes, the problem here is that Jay Rodriguez and Salomon Rondon are responsible for 40% of the Baggies top-flight strikes this season.
If they are doing their bit, even then though you can argue that it is nowhere near enough then the rest of the squad's scoring input has been largely non-existent. This also a similar issue over in East London with West Ham.
Javier Hernandez and Marko Arnautovic have chipped in with 14 goals between them – but they are responsible for 38% of all the Hammers' goals this season. Again, these two may well be doing their bit, but whether that their return had been good enough for the money that was spent to bring them to the London Stadium is perhaps up for debate.
Ultimately though the fact that nearly two-fifths of all West Ham's goals have come from two players alone does mean that there is something of an over reliance these two, but it also does boil down to a shortage of goals in general.
Another team that currently occupies the bottom three is Stoke, their top scorer at present is Xhedran Shaqiri. His seven goals have kept the Potters in with a chance of beating the drop but again the fact that he alone has been responsible for nearly a quarter of all Stoke's goals this season is something of a concern for manager and fans alike.
Southampton have rolled the dice and replaced former Manager Mauricio Pellegrino for Mark Hughes, but they have done little to replace Charlie Austin. The fact that he has been a long term absentee due to injury and is still top of the Saints' scoring charts says it all.
Austin has only scored 6 goals all season but has still contributed to one-fifth of Southampton's top-flight tally. If ever there was the time for someone else to pick up the batten at St Mary's and lead the club away from the relegation zone, then it is now.
We already the top four percentage contributors as mentioned above, but what is interesting is the fact that Arsenal's top goal scorer makes the lowest contribution to his team's total output. Alexander Lacazette who was signed from Lyon has delivered just nine goals in what has not been the most auspicious start to this Premier League career.
However, it seems that the split of goals at Arsenal is much wider than anywhere else as even though he is their top marksmen there is nowhere near the over reliance on him then there is at other clubs.
This point could arguably be further reinforced as his first team place is no in doubt due to the signing of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from Borussia Dortmund, couple that with the fact that the French international has been injured and it seems as if life goes on at the Emirates without Lacazette.
If we were to say the teams at the bottom have the biggest reliance on their top scorers, then that is a hypothesis that more false than true. The reason being that if you look at league placing column above you, six of the new top ten are made up of teams that currently sit in the top half of the Premier League table.
Therefore, a fairer conclusion would be that the teams at the top of the table have a greater reliance on their marksmen as the pursuit of silverware is one that is usually delivered by the very best strikers that the Premier League has to offer.


For ShoutMeLoud, I use Facebook as a Significant social Media station to connect with Shouters. I use various Facebook programs and programs, to help me with this process.
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Users that Gave Post Planner positive feedback said that the interface is intuitive and user-friendly. They also mentioned that scheduling articles to Facebook accounts and their Twitter is easy and seamless.
A client Who gave Post Planner a review on Capterra reported that the app is not difficult to understand. He likes the'search for articles' attribute which helps him come up with articles that encourage follower engagement. He shared that the instinctive system makes it very easy for him to schedule text articles, pictures, and videos on his Facebook and Twitter accounts.
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PostPlanner is a Facebook program which helps Page administrators and group administrators automate their FB property. You will find a lot of features help consumers that are useful .
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PostPlanner addresses the most Frequent Issue With Facebook's status update, and that's the difference. For instance: If I want to print a"Good Morning" message on my Facebook page, then I'll be posting it A.M. IST, but for nations other than India, then it may be evening or day.
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Gov. Hochul chooses Mary Bassett to lead N.Y.'s health department.
Mary Bassett, who won acclaim for leading New York City through a series of health crises, was named on Wednesday as the state's new health commissioner.
Dr. Bassett ran the city's health department for four years until 2018, and joins the state after a stint as director of Harvard's FXB Center for Health and Human Rights.
The announcement by Gov. Kathy Hochul comes less than a week after Dr. Howard A. Zucker, the current health commissioner, announced he would resign in the wake of political pressure stemming from his role leading the state's pandemic response under former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo. Dr. Bassett's appointment will take effect on Dec. 1.
"Our recovery from this pandemic requires tested leadership and experience to improve health equity and access across the state, and Dr. Bassett is perfectly equipped to lead the New York State Department of Health during this critical moment," Governor Hochul said in a statement Wednesday. "Dr. Bassett is both a highly regarded public health expert and an exemplary public servant, and I look forward to working with her to keep New Yorkers safe and healthy."
"I am humbled and honored to return to my home state of New York to lead the Department of Health at this pivotal time," Dr. Bassett said in a statement.
Dr. Bassett was praised for her handling of the Ebola scare in 2014, as well as for steering the city's response to an outbreak of Legionnaire's disease and to the threat of Zika. She was known for taking racial justice and social equity into consideration when setting the city's health policy, developing neighborhood health centers in an effort to better serve the most vulnerable New Yorkers.
But the health department also came under scrutiny during her tenure for its handling of lead paint inspections in New York City's public housing system.
Early in the coronavirus pandemic, she was one of the authors of an op-ed urging Mr. Cuomo, who was then governor, to release older and high-risk inmates, as well as those incarcerated for noncriminal parole violations and those nearing release, from the state's jails and prisons.
"This is not only an issue about the health of people in prisons, but also a public health crisis that threatens to become a humanitarian disaster," the op-ed warned.
Dr. Bassett, who grew up in Washington Heights, served as a deputy health commissioner under Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg before being appointed to the city's top role by Mayor Bill de Blasio.
She received degrees from the University of Washington, Harvard, and Columbia University, where she has also taught. She spent seventeen years in Zimbabwe developing interventions for the treatment of AIDS and consulting for nonprofits including Unicef and the World Bank.
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Marian and I were down at Final Qualifying on Tuesday to watch Craig, then we headed up to St. Andrews to watch Michael play in the Boyd Quaich. Craig struggled and didn't make it through and Michael shot +4 so it wasn't the best day of golf for the boys but we both enjoyed watchimg them.
It was pretty cool to see Sam Locke qualify for the open after winning the qualifier on -7. Sam has been a part of the Foundation for a few years now and great to see him qualify for The Open.


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1 Three Competitive Pressures Driving Digital Commerce Strategy.
2 Three Benefits of Delivering Unified Commerce.
Today's commerce landscape is increasingly complex and competitive. Merchants are under constant pressure to manage budget and headcount, while sustaining growth and enhancing differentiation and customer loyalty.
Meanwhile, the impact of technology has created higher shopper expectations. Customers not only demand the best deals, they want seamlessly mobile, socially integrated offerings.
Growing merchants feel the impact of this trend. They understand that meeting these customer needs, no matter how demanding, is instrumental to outgrowing the competition. It may seem daunting, but merchants who see these challenges as opportunities are transforming into innovative, customer-first organizations that offer value across all touch points.
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Pressure #1: Writing a best-in-class CX story.
According to Salesfloor, 84 percent of online shoppers expect retailers to provide a robust and engaging online experience.
In today's fragmented shopping environment, merchants must grapple with the evolution of technology and multiple shopping channels, including tablet and social. Shoppers now expect omnichannel fulfillment — they want to buy online and pick up in store, return online orders to a store, and ship to a store.
The good news and the bad news about customer experience (CX) is that it's up to you to deliver a winning experience. Merchants need to connect the dots of their customers' touchpoints with their brand in ways that are meaningful to them. In a competitive market dictated by customer needs, there is no margin for error in delivering engaging, helpful service and shopping navigation. As shoppers move across various activities and channels, you must deliver a consistent experience that maps closely to their interests.
Delivering a personal experience is the ultimate way to compete in today's commerce market. But it can be challenging to keep an eye on the moving target that is digital commerce, which constantly creates new ways for shoppers to search and buy.
An Infosys report revealed that 86 percent of consumers believe personalization has some impact on their purchasing decisions. They also found that more than 31 percent of consumers desire more personalization in their shopping experiences. Shoppers now expect you to remember them and to deliver a tailored shopping experience. You must understand where you stand in the personalization journey. Use insights from shoppers' interests and other digital behaviors to understand and meet your customers' demands.
Your customers expect you to remember who they are and what they like and don't like. They expect you to not just serve their needs, but also anticipate them and make their increasingly busy lives easier to navigate. But while this was simple enough in the one-to-one environment of the neighborhood shop of 50 years ago, it's harder than ever with more than 720 potential paths to a purchase.
The drive to provide contextual commerce by using insights from shopper interests and digital behaviors creates a demand for solutions that allow merchants to quickly deliver more meaningful, personalized offers at scale.
If the last decade is any indication, digital will continue to revolutionize the shopping experience. Merchants need to optimize their strategies across digital channels, including marketplaces, mobile, social, and future intelligent personal assistance technology. It's also critical to implement processes and technologies that can quickly adapt to thrive as new channels emerge.
According to Sprout Social, 75 percent of consumers have purchased a product because they saw it on a social channel. Merchants need integrated tools to seamlessly engage with and acquire potential customers through social. Other core functionalities that help retailers compete in the social sphere include product catalog extraction, social store creation, simplified ad creation and optimization, and content integration.
According to Criteo, 40 percent of all 2015 commerce was transacted on multiple devices. It's clear that fast, efficient mobile-first experiences are essential. Customized, responsive experiences are driving differentiated engagements, which requires retailers to consider various channels, including progressive web applications that offer an app-like experience straight from a browser.
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The digital revolution has significantly benefitted the customer. The customer is reshaping the industry and determining how businesses compete across multiple channels and geographical locations. Staying ahead of the pack depends on how fast and how effectively you respond to their expectations.
The pressure to maintain or expand growth in the face of increasing competition often means exploring new business models or channels. Forrester anticipates that by 2020, the U.S. B2B market online will top a staggering $1.1 trillion and account for 12.1% of all B2B sales in the U.S.
For B2C merchants, the B2B boom can present an opportunity for growth and an interesting view of some of the behavioral changes that dictate customer expectations in a shopping environment. Social selling, for instance, has changed the meaning of quick-response customer service. Thanks to Amazon Prime, the National Retail Federation (NRF) reports that four in ten online shoppers expect retailers to offer free two-day delivery.
In addition to adding channels, many businesses are considering new markets to sustain growth. A Pitney Bowes survey found that 66 percent of consumers that have ever made a domestic online purchase have also made an online purchase from another country, creating pressure for businesses to expand into new markets. Brands are now looking at ways to compete by globalizing their product reach, but with added localized customization.
Forrester reported that 81 percent of organizations are either using or planning to use mission-critical apps in the cloud. And 77 percent identified improved agility as the key motive for moving core apps to the cloud.
When you consider how the cloud can help businesses manage customer data more efficiently, this makes perfect sense. According to iVend Retail, 92 percent of consumers shopping across multiple channels, meaning data is collected from multiple points. Having comprehensive access to customer data can help you outpace the competition by helping accelerate global deployment, making it easier and faster to spin up new environments.
While many efforts are focused on acquiring new customers, repeat purchasers are the lifeblood of a business, so finding new ways to connect with and continually earn loyalty from shoppers is an important contributor to long-term growth.
Customers now expect trusted website security, full transparency on shipping costs, easy access to customer support, and visibility on product information. They also expect rewards for loyalty across channels. iVend Retail found that just more than 50 percent of shoppers surveyed feel equally rewarded with loyalty rewards online and in-store, compared to 40 percent who felt that way a year ago. With stiff industry competition, meeting customer expectations is paramount to driving loyalty.
Pressure #3: Adapting to change. Quickly.
As we all know, the commerce landscape is fast-paced and unpredictable. That's why you must be ready to go with the right information at the right time. Plus, you must be agile and flexible to consumer and market demands. With attention to data details and a nimble approach, you'll be set up for success today and tomorrow.
Every day, according to Forbes, 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are created, while 90 percent of the data in the world today was created in the last two years alone. These vast amounts of data are awesome for understanding and catering to customers. But sorting through it is overwhelming. It's hard to know what's working and what isn't, and how to get that information quickly.
The right business intelligence tools will give you customizable dashboards and KPIs to help you analyze disparate data sources using one unified view. With this information, you can improve purchase frequency, order size and conversion, and optimize and personalize the customer journey. An optimized view into data sources provides merchants with the insight and transparency required to navigate change in an agile manner.
Marketers and merchandisers need to move quickly to adapt to customer demands and tailor content to customer segments. Teams need the ability to easily extract insights across multiple sources, positions, and organizations to simplify the fine-tuning of various experiences delivered to shoppers.
With the right tools, teams can bypass development and IT bottlenecks to easily create, preview, and schedule site updates. Streamlined admin tools mean less time spent managing back-end processes and more time for developing and testing compelling campaigns to drive sales.
By empowering internal teams to focus on their own tasks, you'll reduce developer workloads and maximize efficiencies by managing one commerce relationship that's a flexible, cloud-based platform.
The shopping experience is where the rubber meets the road — it's where shoppers form an impression about you as a merchant, based on your ability to deliver on the promises of delight, relevance, and value.
Agile processes, customer-centric strategies, and integrated solutions are critical to uncovering more opportunities for success. Focus on maximizing your competitive potential by delivering better shopping experiences. With improved conversion and efficiency, you'll see the results in your bottom line.
Learn more about taking your e-commerce experiences to the cloud with Magento Commerce Cloud, part of Adobe Experience Cloud.
Andy Hoar et al., "US B2B eCommerce Forecast: 2015 To 2020," Forrester, April 2, 2015.
Bernard Marr, "How Much Data Do We Create Every Day? The Mind-Blowing Stats Everyone Should Read," Forbes, May 21, 2018.
"Fulfillment and Delivery," National Retail Federation.
"Great Omnichannel Expectations 2016–2017 Shopper Survey Report," iVend Retail.
"It's a Cross-Device World: Criteo's Q4 Mobile Commerce Report Reveals Top Companies Bet Big on Mobile Consumers," Criteo, February 17, 2016.
"Omnichannel Retail Associate Study," Salesfloor, September 2016.
"Pitney Bowes Survey Finds Majority of Global Consumers Shop Cross-Border," Business Wire, October 12, 2016.
R "Ray Wang, "Live Engagement Marketing Supercharges Event Marketing," Constellation Research, May 6, 2016.
"Simply and Innovate the Way You Consume Cloud," Forrester, commissioned by Infosys, October 2014.
"Turned Off: How Brands Are Annoying Customers on Social," Sprout Social, 2016.


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There is no need to co-wash 3-4x/week. Most products require a surfactant for thorough removal, so you are not sweating your product out. If your concern is sweat buildup on the scalp, then consider using witch hazel or dry shampoo since you wear twists.


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Medium Roast decaf: Predominantly made up of high plateaux, Ethiopia is the 5th producer and the 10th exporter of coffee worldwide: 60% of Ethiopian coffee is exported, about 172 000 tons per year. Legend has it that Ethiopia is the birthplace of coffee farming and about 14% of its production comes from the Sidamo region (former province). Grown at high altitudes, the Ethiopian Sidamo offers a smooth, deep and fruity flavor.
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The Argument Nadezhda Tolokonnikova Wasn't Allowed to Make at Her Parole Hearing
[Originally published by The Russian Reader]
Yesterday, April 26, 2013, a district court in Zubova Polyana, Mordovia, denied imprisoned Pussy Riot activist Nadezhda Tolokonnikova's request for parole. According to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Judge Lidiya Yakovleva agreed with arguments made by prison authorities that it would be "premature" to release Tolokonnikova given that she "had been cited for prison rules violations and expressed no remorse," and had not participated in such prison activities as the "Miss Charm Prison Camp 14 beauty contest." Judge Yakovleva made her ruling without allowing the defense to make a closing argument, thus allegedly violating the Criminal Procedure Code. Tolokonnikova had written her statement out in advance. The translation below is of the Russian original as published in full on the web site of RFE/RL's Russian Service (Radio Svoboda). Photos courtesy of the Free Pussy Riot Facebook page.
"Has the convict started down the road to rehabilitation?" This is the question asked when a request for parole is reviewed. I would also like us to ask the following question today: What is this "road to rehabilitation"?
I am absolutely convinced that the only correct road is one on which a person is honest with others and with herself. I have stayed on this road and will not stray from it wherever life takes me. I insisted on this road while I was still on the outside, and I didn't retreat from it in the Moscow pretrial detention facility. Nothing, not even the camps of Mordovia, where the Soviet-era authorities liked to send political prisoners, can teach me to betray the principle of honesty.
So I have not admitted and will not admit the guilt imputed to me by the Khamovniki district court's verdict, which was illegal and rendered with an indecent number of procedural violations. At the moment, I am in the process of appealing this verdict in the higher courts. By coercing me into admitting guilt for the sake of parole, the correctional system is pushing me to incriminate myself, and, therefore, to lie. Is the ability to lie a sign that a person has started down the road to rehabilitation?
It states in my sentence that I am a feminist and, therefore, must feel hatred towards religion. Yes, after a year and two months in prison, I am still a feminist, and I am still opposed to the people in charge of the state, but then as now there is no hatred in me. The dozens of women prisoners with whom I attend the Orthodox church at Penal Colony No. 14 cannot see this hatred, either.
What else do I do in the colony? I work: soon after I arrived at Penal Colony No. 14, they put me behind a sewing machine, and now I am a sewing machine operator. Some believe that making political-art actions is easy, that it requires no deliberation or preparation. Based on my years of experience in actionism, I can say that carrying out an action and thinking through the artistic end-product is laborious and often exhausting work. So I know how to work and I love to work. I'm no stranger to the Protestant work ethic. Physically, I don't find it hard to be a seamstress. And that is what I am. I do everything required of me. But, of course, I cannot help thinking about things while I'm at the sewing machine (including the road to rehabilitation) and, therefore, asking myself questions. For example: why can convicts not be given a choice as to the socially useful work they perform while serving their sentences? [Why can they not chose work] in keeping with their education and interests? Since I have experience teaching in the philosophy department at Moscow State University, I would gladly and enthusiastically put together educational programs and lectures using the books in the library and books sent to me. And by the way, I would unquestioningly do such work for more than the eight hours [a day] stipulated by the Russian Federation Labor Code; I would do this work during all the time left over from scheduled prison activities. Instead, I sew police pants, which of course is also useful, but in this work I'm obviously not as productive as I could be were I conducting educational programs.
In Cancer Ward, Solzhenitsyn describes how a prison camp detective stops one convict from teaching another convict Latin. Unfortunately, the overall attitude to education hasn't changed much since then.
I often fantasize: what if the correctional system made its priority not the production of police pants or production quotas, but the education, training, and rehabilitation of convicts, as required by the Correctional Code? Then, in order to get parole, you would not have to sew 16 hours a day in the industrial section of the colony, trying to achieve 150% output, but successfully pass several exams after broadening your horizons and knowledge of the world, and getting a general humanities education, which nurtures the ability to adequately assess contemporary reality. I would very much like to see this state of affairs in the colony.
Why not establish courses on contemporary art in the colony?
Would that work were not a debt, but activity that was spiritual and useful in a poetic sense. Would that the organizational constraints and inertia of the old system were overcome, and values like individuality could be instilled in the workplace. The prison camp is the face of the country, and if we managed to get beyond the old conservative and totally unifying categories even in the prison camp, then throughout Russia we would see the growth of intellectual, high-tech manufacturing, something we would all like to see in order to break out of the natural resources trap. Then something like Silicon Valley could be born in Russia, a haven for risky and talented people. All this would be possible if the panic experienced in Russia at the state level towards human experimentation and creativity would give way to an attentive and respectful attitude towards the individual's creative and critical potential. Tolerance towards others and respect for diversity provide an environment conducive to the development and productive use of the talent inherent in citizens (even if these citizens are convicts). Repressive conservation and rigidity in the legal, correctional, and other state systems of the Russian Federation, laws on registration [of one's residence] and promotion of homosexuality lead to stagnation and a "brain drain."
However, I am convinced that this senseless reaction in which we now forced to live is temporary. It is mortal, and this mortality is immediate. I am also certain that all of us—including the prisoners of Bolotnaya Square, my brave comrade in arms Maria Alyokhina, and Alexei Navalny—have the strength, commitment, and tenacity to survive this reaction and emerge victorious.
I am truly grateful to the people I have encountered in my life behind barbed wire. Thanks to some of them, I will never call my time in prison time lost. During the year and two months of my imprisonment, I have not had a single conflict, either in the pretrial detention facility or in prison. Not a single one. In my opinion, this shows that I am perfectly safe for any society. And also the fact that people do not buy into state media propaganda and are not willing to hate me just because a federal channel said that I'm a bad person. Lying does not always lead to victory.
Recently, I got a letter containing a parable that has become important to me. What happens to things different in nature when they are placed in boiling water? Brittle things, like eggs, become hard. Hard things, like carrots, become soft. Coffee dissolves and permeates everything. The point of the parable was this: be like coffee. In prison, I am like that coffee.
I want the people who have put me and dozens of other political activists behind bars to understand one simple thing: there are no insurmountable obstacles for a person whose values consist, first, of her principles and, second, of work and creativity based on these principles. If you strongly believe in something, this faith will help you survive and remain a human being anywhere.
I will surely use my experience in Mordovia in my future work and, although this will not happen until completion of my sentence, I will implement it in projects that will be stronger and politically larger in scale than everything that has happened to me before.
Despite the fact that imprisonment is a quite daunting experience, as a result of having it we political prisoners only become stronger, braver, and more tenacious. And so I ask the last question for today: what, then, is the point of keeping us here?
Filed under contemporary art, critical thought, feminism, gay rights, open letters, manifestos, appeals, political repression, Russian society
Tagged as Alexei Navalny, Bolotnaya Square Case, closing statement, correctional system, hearing, Maria Alyokhina, Mordovia, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, parole, political prisoners, Pussy Riot, Putinism, rehabilitation, Russia, Russian police state
2 responses to "The Argument Nadezhda Tolokonnikova Wasn't Allowed to Make at Her Parole Hearing"
nedhamson
Reblogged this on Ned Hamson Second Line View of the News and commented:
Let her go!
Rudi Vaclav Affolter
Keeping her in prison is just crazy and pure vindictiveness. As for the idea that she has refused to cooperate by not taking part in a "beauty contest" – what century is Russia living in? Has Russia swung back to the time when women were judged on their bodies? Who incidentally would have judged the contest? Some men brought in from outside to ogle the women? I cannot believe her fellow prisoners would have been judging it! We have moved on from such things : we do not judge women on their looks now.


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Yes it is frag.., But I am gonna keep trying to photograph those wily gooses.
Good to see the Canada geese back, eh! It's always the sound for which I listen each year here in the Cariboo when the snow is finally starting to melt, and when I hear it, I rejoice. Maybe their honking is their way of rejoicing to be back home!
By the way, I am reading this on a computer, and I do not see a "like" star button for your post. It's only giving me the option to comment. I've seen this on many other blogs lately. I don't know if it's a WordPress glitch or something on my end.
Hi Steeny, I am glad you enjoyed my article. And regarding the like button. I wonder if it is your computer or internet service. Others have indicated they "like" my article by selecting the button that comes just before the comments section.
It does have a like button for comments, but just none shows up for the original post. Will have to query WordPress's help forum on this.
Excellent shots, John. Love the takeoff !


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Powless focused on European success in 2017
Pat Malach 2017-01-26T19:09:00Z
20-year-old American looking to build on breakout 2016 season with Axeon Hagens Berman
Neilson Powless will be in his second year at Axeon Hagens Berman in 2017. (Image credit: Davey Wilson)
Neilson Powless proved himself to be a top time trialist in 2016. (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Neilson Powless takes part in yoga class at the 2017 Axeon Hagens Berman training camp (Image credit: Davey Wilson)
Nielson Powless put son the jersey fro Tiour of California's best young rider.
Nielson Powless made it two stage wins for the USA at the Tour de l'Avenir (Image credit: jeep.vidon)
Neilson Powless (Axeon Hagens Berman) was a busy man in 2016. In a single season, the 20-year-old mountain-biker-turned-roadie established himself as a top rider in both the US and the international U23 peloton, winning national calendar races and California's best young rider jersey in the States, then soloing to the queen stage win at the Tour de l'Avenir in France later in the year.
Axeon Hagens Berman announces finalised 2017 roster
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Merckx ready for ninth year behind wheel of development team
Before the 2016 season, most of the international cycling world knew little about Powless, who won't turn 21 until September, but the Northern Californian's rising star has actually been ascending for some time. Although 2016 saw Powless take control of the spotlight, he'd already been winning races for a decade.
An early start, a first win
Both of Powless' Parents were triathletes, and competition was an early part of his lifestyle growing up in Roseville, California. His first official USA Cycling result came in 2007. Then-10-year-old Neilson beat two other riders to claim victory in the junior 10-12 category at the Nevada City Bicycle Classic, a race he would win three more times as he aged through the junior ranks.
Powless didn't follow fellow Nevada City winner Greg Lemond's direct route to road racing success, however. He raced mostly mountain bikes with a few road events mixed in as he competed through his teens, and he briefly got into triathlon, where he also excelled. Mountain biking was his main focus, however, and he was a top rider junior on the US circuit, finding success in races including Bonelli Park, Sea Otter and nationals, and representing the US in Europe.
He introduced stage racing into his 2014 road program and started the season in February at the Valley of the Sun stage race in Arizona. He finished second overall in the junior race, and USA Cycling noticed. The USA Cycling development Program invited Powless to compete in the junior Paris-Roubaix race, where his introduction to European road racing was harsh.
"I showed some promise and USA Cycling brought me to Europe and put me in Paris-Roubaix and it was a bit of a shock," Powless admitted, describing how he crashed before the first cobblestone section. "It was a rough experience."
Powless persisted, however, and he added more road racing to his schedule that year as he continued to find success on the mountain bike. A surprise fourth-place finish in the junior time trial at the national championships was further proof of his talent on the road.
Finding a rough road in Europe
In 2015, Powless turned his focus 100 percent toward road racing, signing with the Hagens Berman domestic elite U23 team and spending a year learning the ropes while mostly riding in service of teammates.
"It was a rough season, but it really prepared me for the 2016 season by showing me how hard bike racing is," Powless said. "You really have to work hard to win almost any race, so it really pushed me that next off-season, because I kept thinking back to how much I was hurting."
The suffering in 2015 drove Powless to increase his focus and dial in every aspect of his training.
"I think that definitely had a lot to do with my successes last year, just the season before that being so hard physically, it really pushed me to focus solely on cycling and work on every aspect, in terms of like form and stretching, making sure that I was prepared for every race," he said. "It turned out pretty good."
Putting it all together in 2016
Characterizing Powless' 2016 season as "pretty good" is sublimely understated, of course. When Axel Merckx's Axeon development team merged with the Hagens Berman and California-Giant development teams in the off-season, Powless found himself on one of the most successful development programs in the world. Almost immediately, he started proving his mettle in 2016 as a top performer.
He performed well in several California regional races, including a third-place overall in the San Dimas Stage Race, an early-season event that draws multiple pro teams. After that, he headed to Redlands and churned out a time trial win that upset the domestic circuit apple cart, beating established time trial specialists like Tom Zirbel and Evan Huffman. Suddenly, everyone wanted to know about this new Axeon rider.
"It was kind crazy," Powless said, "because in December the year before I was talking with my coach about goals, and we were like, 'Yeah, let's go to San Dimas and try and then Redlands, and if we can win a stage at Redlands that would be great, then see what happens at Joe Martin.' It was kind of unexpected. It was a really awesome thing to be able to hit all those goals and continue with it."
It continued next at Joe Martin, where Powless rode consistently well enough to leave himself just seven seconds shy of the overall lead going into the last day. Time bonuses during the final criterium and a second-place finish there pushed him into the overall win.
Next up at the Tour of the Gila, Powless made it on the podium during two stages, including third in the time trial, finishing 12th overall in the hilly race in New Mexico. The race proved to be the perfect set up for what Powless was able to accomplish in California, where he animated the Queen stage with a daring early attack on Mt. Gibraltar to finish fifth there. Powless held his top five GC position until the final day, when a slight bobble near the end of the stage cost him 49 seconds and dropped him to ninth overall, still an amazing result that earned the best young rider jersey for the then-19-year-old.
"So me and my coach – not flying blind – but we weren't really sure how long we could keep it going," he said. "So we just kept rolling with it and kept the momentum rolling as long as we could. It was a great year, and Redlands was the big one that kind of kick-started the whole thing."
The results continued for Powless at the USA Cycling U23 National Championships, where he finished second to teammate Geoffrey Curran in both the road race and time trial as part of Axeon's dominating performance at the events. Another time trial win at the Tour de Beauce led into a short break before Powless attacked the Tour of Utah and then had a chance to take his newfound form and knowledge back to Europe.
While teammate Adrien Costa was chewing up the roads in Utah on his way to finishing second overall, Powless eased back into racing and started rebuilding his form. The climbing-heavy race at altitude was the perfect jump start, and a couple of Italian one-day races helped put some speed back in Powless' legs before the Tour de l'Avenir.
Powless finished second in the time trial at l'Avenir and then dropped everyone on his way to a solo win on the summit finish of the final stage. He followed it with a USA Cycling team time trial win at the Olympia's Tour and sixth in the World Championships time trial in Doha.
"Me and my coach worked well together, and he laid out a plan and made it happen," Powless said. "It was a really awesome season."
More European racing in 2017
Having firmly established himself as one of the top U23 racers in the peloton, Powless is eager to keep testing himself and challenging his abilities as he prepares for the next level. He knows he needs more European experience to really push himself and grow, and his 2017 program will reflect that. He expects to spend the majority of the spring overseas.
"Last year I spent almost all the spring in America, so I think next year I'll probably do some races to experiment and see what kind of rider I can be," he said.
"I'm really looking forward to the one-day races, doing Flanders, Wevelgem and Liege," Powless said, remembering that there was a particular race he'd like to try again. "If it works out, I'd like to do Paris-Roubaix. I'd really like to go back and put a stamp on that race.
"It's an amazing event, and to finish on the velodrome is almost nostalgic from watching that race on TV. Racing across the cobbles, I think it would be a really awesome race to do and it would help with the experience moving forward, just doing a race like that, doing the most difficult races I can find. I think that will be good for me in the long run."
Although the team's ability to compete at the Tour of California is still up in the air as the UCI and race organisers work out the rules for the handful of new WorldTour events, Powless counts the US's biggest race among his top goals.
"Obviously, if we go to California that will be one of my biggest goals of the season," he said. "Anytime you get to show yourself against WorldTour riders, that's a big opportunity and you need to take advantage of that. But that being said, California is still up in the air for our team. I have a schedule laid out right now that doesn't include California in case we don't go go."
No matter what happens with the race schedule, Powless' goal will be to expand his palate and prove he's ready to compete at the top level.
"The biggest pressure I'm putting on myself is being able to show everybody that I can put out results in Europe and ride well in Europe," he said. "I showed I can be really strong domestically and I had some good races in Europe as well, like l'Avenir. That was an amazing race as well with the results I was getting early on.
"I think this year is going to be really exciting for me, to learn about myself and learn how to race better – just have fun with it right now, keep racing as much as I can in Europe."


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Claims News Service, May 16, 9:25 a.m. EDT -- Twelve of America's most renowned doctors presented their latest findings to maximize outcomes in seriously injured workers to 165 attendees recently in
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Claims News Service, May 16, 9:25 a.m. EDT — Twelve of America's most renowned doctors presented their latest findings to maximize outcomes in seriously injured workers to 165 attendees recently in Boston. The event was hosted by Best Doctors Inc. and American Re-Insurance Company, with the intended goal of helping workers' comp medical professionals and claim managers improve the quality of care and cut costs.
The physicians covered the most serious and costly on-the-job injuries, including brain trauma, burns, and musculoskeletal injuries.


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Tuesday, January 29, 2008Filed in Reviews
Review: Othar's Twitter (28 January 2008)
by M. Alan Thomas II
Title: Othar's Twitter
Site: http://twitter.com/Othar
Recommended for: Fans of Girl Genius, pulp heroes/adventures, and/or narration by friendly, intelligent psychopaths
Database entry: /stories/othars-twitter
[Sidebar: An interview with Phil Foglio]
Preliminary notes
Othar's Twitter is written on Twitter, a personal status-message syndication service. Twitter has a 140-character limit for posts, which Othar's Twitter works within rather than attempting to circumvent.
Othar's Twitter is a prose side-story to the popular webcomic Girl Genius. It contains at least one minor spoiler for Girl Genius (for the end of Volume 3) and may not be entirely comprehensible without having read at least some of the Girl Genius background material.
This review will have to repeat the minor spoiler for Girl Genius volume 3, as it is important to understanding Othar's Twitter.
They called him mad
Othar Tryggvassen, Gentleman Adventurer, is a hero. He is quite sure of it. How could he not be? He battles the (presumably) evil overlord of Europe when not ending the reigns of terror of the mad scientists (or "sparks," as they are called) who plague the countryside. He is equally sure that being a hero means that he will always win. Unfortunately, he also believes that all sparks, regardless of circumstances, are inevitably evil and must be killed . . . including, eventually, himself. This friendly, intelligent psychopath is the narrator of Othar's Twitter, written as if he was actually providing status updates on his life via Twitter.
It is often interesting to read a story narrated by someone who is insane. It is almost always interesting when the narrator realizes that they are insane, particularly if they are not entirely clear on the nature or extent of their madness. It is also very difficult to write such narration in fiction, and Phil Foglio et al. deserve praise for managing it. However, in this case it is more than just good writing, it is a key part of the underlying goal of the work.
During my interview with Phil Foglio (see sidebar), he said that "A large part of the Girl Genius meta project is an attempt make people aware of the difference between 'history' and 'narrative', and how different people see the same thing in different ways." Othar certainly sees the world differently from many people, but not from all. Indeed, he is a folk hero in the Girl Genius world because he actually does rescue innocent villages and towns from oppression and impending destruction at the hands of mad scientists, even if he's viewed as a dangerous psychopath by those who feel that less-dangerous sparks should be considered innocent until proven guilty. However, it is not clear to me that Othar's Twitter is always effective in getting across the moral that Phil stated in the interview.
Othar's Twitter's storylines has steered clear of the main Girl Genius plot, and it of them, meaning that neither work provides an alternative viewpoint on the other. Although Othar does seem to be capable of comprehending others' viewpoints on some level, there haven't been many in the Othar's Twitter stories so far. The first story arc does not include Othar being confronted with any worldviews other than his own. The second does show Othar being confronted by alternative points of view, but one of the two major ones has already appeared in Girl Genius proper and the other seems to be the result of one side not having all of the facts regarding a previous incident. (It is possible that there is more at play there, but if so, Othar's madness renders him incapable of realizing and transmitting it to the audience.) I'm not sure that a difference in views based on a difference in knowledge of the facts presents an effective argument or example for the stated moral.
Moral aside, Othar's Twitter is a highly entertaining read, especially for a fan of Girl Genius. The short entries are well-crafted, use an unusual but interesting narrative structure, and are easy to keep up with. They are also rather silly. Insofar as its immediate goal is to entertain and engage people who are or might be interested in Girl Genius and one of its best-loved side characters, Othar's Twitter is a resounding success. I will be reading this one for the foreseeable future.
Othar's Twitter receives full marks for entertainment and technique. It also achieves its immediate goal of entertainment and engagement. However, although it does make some progress towards helping with the message of the meta-project that it is a part of, it mostly fails at that goal, keeping it from qualifying for a grade in the A range. While it may improve in the future, for the moment I have to give Othar's Twitter a B+.
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Judson University's Architecture Department will welcome Carolyn Armenta Davis to campus at 4:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8, in Herrick Chapel as part of the Architecture Lecture Series. Davis will lecture on "Black Architects and Today's Diaspora" to highlight the innovate and award-winning designs in architecture and the impact of the Atlantic African diaspora on design in an age of globalization.
Davis, a graduate of Indiana University who has relocated to Chicago, has presented widely as an international architectural historian, lecturer, critic, writer, and curator on African diaspora architecture.
Her lecture will be titled, "Black Architects and Today's Diaspora," highlighting innovative and award-winning designs in architecture. Particularly, Davis will consider the impact of the Atlantic African diaspora on design in an age of globalization. This lecture series is the first element of Judson's focus for Black History Month in February.
An honorary member of the American Institute of Architects, Davis is an international expert on the African diaspora's intersection with architecture. She has spoken in more than 60 cities around the world, and her research on Black Diaspora women architects is archived at the Schlesinger Library of Radcliffe College, Harvard University.
She also won the AIA Chicago Small Projects Award in 2014.
In addition to her numerous speaking engagements and academic commitments, Davis is also an international business development consultant. She has serviced corporations, foreign governments, non-profit arts organizations, and multi-lateral agencies. She has traveled to more than 70 countries on five continents.
With many years of experience lecturing in the architectural community, Davis' work on African diaspora and design has been featured in numerous textbooks and magazines, including ARCHITECT magazine and Prentice Hall's Understanding Art by Lois Fichner-Rathus.
Judson University is a fully accredited, private Christian institution representing the Church at work in higher education. Nestled along the beautiful Fox River in Elgin, Ill., just 40 miles northwest of Chicago, Judson is home to more than 1,280 students from 37 states and 20 countries. Judson offers degrees in more than 65 different majors and minors for traditional, graduate and adult students and ranks consistently among the Best Regional Universities in the Midwest by U.S. News & World Report. Judson has also been recognized as a "Christian College of Distinction." With an academically challenging environment and encouraging spiritual community, Judson shapes lives that shape the world.