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Using tidal energy as a clean energy source to generate electricity
Авторы: Абд Али Лаит Мохаммед, Исса Хайдер Абдулсахиб
Рубрика: Технические науки
Опубликовано в Молодой учёный №11 (197) март 2018 г.
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Абд Али Л. М., Исса Х. А. Using tidal energy as a clean energy source to generate electricity // Молодой ученый. — 2018. — №11. — С. 62-69. — URL https://moluch.ru/archive/197/48871/ (дата обращения: 18.07.2019).
Abstract. The potential of electric power generation from marine tidal currents is enormous. Tidal currents are being recognized as a resource to be exploited for the sustainable generation of electrical power. The high load factors resulting from the fluid properties and the predictable resource characteristics make marine currents particularly attractive for power generation and advantageous when compared to other renewable energies. Moreover, international treaties related to climate control have triggered resurgence in development of renewable ocean energy technology. Therefore, several demonstration projects in tidal power are scheduled to capture the tidal generated coastal currents. Regarding this emerging and promising area of research, this paper reviews marine tidal power fundamental concepts and main projects around the world. It also report issues regarding electrical generator topologies associated to tidal turbines. Moreover, attempts are made to highlight future issues so as to index some emerging technologies mainly according to relevant works that have been carried out on wind turbines and on ship propellers.
Keywords: renewable energy, potential energy, tidal current, prototype model, generated electricity.
A plenitude of renewable energy options is offered by oceans, that encompasses over 70 % of the total mass of our blue planet. Oceans are an exuberant source of reliable, indigenous and sustainable power supply. Principally, ocean power can be harnessed in three basic forms- ocean thermal, wave and tidal energy. Reliability and high predictability of tides, compared to ocean thermal and wave energy is something that elevates the tidal energy. By the end of 2016, global energy accounted to 536 MW, mostly contributed by tidal power generation [1]. Tidal energy can further be harnessed in two ways- potential energy and kinetic energy. The former is captured within the water level difference during flood and ebb tide which can be exploited using a tidal barrage. The latter develops due to tidal currents and can be harnessed with the help of tidal current turbines, featuring working principles of axial flow, cross flow, oscillating hydrofoil turbines is reported in [2].
The tidal height difference or water level variation created between high and low tide is utilized to generate tidal range power. Historically, the most common and commercially viable approach of harnessing this energy is the construction of tidal barrage. There are different operating methods of power generation that can be carried out within a tidal barrage [3]. Principle feature of these methods includes three significant phases: the filling phase when water fills the artificial basin, the holding phase when water is held on either side of a sluice gate in order to create the necessary tidal range, and finally the generation phase when water is allowed to flow through turbines to generate electricity. This basic principle of tidal barrage technology is one of the leading methods for tidal energy extraction. With the gradual depletion of traditional fossil fuels and rising concerns over climate change issues, the pursuance of exploring the renewable resources has become an urgency. In recent years, global interest has shifted towards the advancement of research on tidal energy prospects, along with the development of tidal energy converters and progression of lab-scale tests on prototype devices. In this paper, a low-cost, small-scale prototype is designed based on the tidal barrage concept. A horizontal axis turbine is developed and experimented inside modular flow channel of a Parshall flume. The key objectives of this paper are to study the dynamic behavior of tidal devices and observe the turbine performance in artificial tidal flows. Finally, a comparison of the experimentally extracted power of the lab-scale prototype and theoretically obtained results are provided for validation and evaluation of the prototype model [3–6] as shown in the fig 1.
Fig. 1. Tidal Turbine
2. Physical principles of tidal energy
Gravitational interaction between the moon, the sun, and the earth attributes the rhythmic rising and lowering of tidal height. The attraction force exerted by the moon or the sun on a molecule of water can be calculated as f = KMm/d2,
Where f is the attraction force, K is the universal constant of gravitation, M is the mass of the moon or sun, m is the mass of a water molecule, and d is the distance from a water molecule to the moon/sun. Due to the less distance between the moon and the earth, the moon exerts 2.17 times greater force on the tides as compared to the sun. As a result, the tide closely follows the moon during its rotation around the earth, bulging along the axis pointing directly at the moon. When the sun and the moon are in line, whether pulling on the same side or on the opposite side, their gravitational forces are combined together and this results in a high "spring tide". When the moon and the sun are located at 90◦ angle to each other, their gravitational force pulls the water in different directions, causing the bulges to eliminate each other's effect. This results in a smaller difference between high and low tides, which is known as a "neap tide" The concepts of spring tide and neap tide. The period between the two spring tides or neap tides is around 14 days, half of the lunar cycle. The range of a spring tide is commonly about twice as that of a neap tide, whereas the maximum period cycles impose smaller perturbations. Tidal wave can also be reinforced by reflections between the coast and the shelf edge, and funneling effect (due to the shape of the coastline as the tidal bulge progresses into a narrowing estuary), In addition, tide can also be diurnal (one tidal cycle per day with a period of 24 h and 50 min) or mixed (with a tidal cycle intermediate between a diurnal tide and a semidiurnal tide) as shown in the fig 2 [4].
Fig 2. Tidal variation during a week
3 .Project components: The project comprised multiple work-packages of which two are discussed herein, namely those relating to the TEC machine, (MC) and the numerical and analytical modeling, (MD) works underpinned by field measurements. The component parts of the MD programmer designed to provide (i) improved environmental understanding and (ii) improved engineering tools are shown in Table I which relates tasks to the project technical reports (see Fig.3) [5].
Fig. 3. General scheme of a marine current conversion system
3.1. Modelling activities driving field measurement campaign specification: Within the modelling work package numerical modelling work was undertaken by E.ON, DNV-GL and EDF.
MD1 involved cutting-edge numerical simulation (conducted on EDF's IBM Blue Gene supercomputer) of the Alstom 1MW tidal turbine in turbulent flows [6]. The construction and validation of a model of the wider Fall of Warness, Orkney site [7], [10] was carried out under MD5 and incorporated both existing EMEC datasets and new Uo E field measurements for model calibration and validation as part of MD2. MD6 involves the validation — through comparison to field and machine data — of the DNV-GL RA Tidal Bladed software which seeks to capture environmental and turbine characteristics in a desktop application [8] as shown in the fig 3 and fig 4.
Fig 4. Photograph of ESIP
3.2.Campaign specifications and methodology
A. Acoustic Doppler Profiling
Following a review of available technology the primary technique adopted for acquiring flow velocities from multiple locations was acoustic Doppler velocimetry using instruments and instrument-arrays of the classes: divergent, convergent and orientable single-beam, herein labelled respectively DADP, C-ADP and SB-ADP. Acoustic Doppler Profilers (ADP) have been successfully used to characterize the mean flow conditions and energy flux in several sites for TEC installations [9]. Conventional ADPs emit acoustic allusion from a number of transducers installed on a single device. While a variety of beam configurations exist, in order to deduce a three-dimensional velocity measurement, these acoustic beams must be transmitted in at least three directions [10] which necessitates, for a single instrument, that beam directions are diverging. During ReDAPT multiple single beam 1MHz ADPs were procured operating on a newly available prototype communications and software platform that enabled instruments to be aligned in any direction (e.g., stream wise, transverse, vertical) whilst offering faster sample rates and accurate control of triggering. This flexible system of instruments offered new opportunities for flow description and latterly wave measurement including the deployment of a prototype converging Acoustic Doppler profiler.
B. System integration and commissioning trial on the predecessor 500KW Tidal Energy Converter
To gain experience on data acquisition and analysis trial deployments were agreed, planned and conducted on the existing Alstom 500kW DEEPGEN III. Five Nortek single beam ADPs (SB-ADP) were installed to brackets welded in-situ at the top rear of the turbine orientated to capture velocities in the streamwise, transverse and vertical directions. A Nortek AWAC 1MHz D-ADP was installed to the top rear of the turbine orientated vertically (upwards) and a long range low frequency (192kHz) Nortek Continental SB-ADP was installed at the top rear of the turbine orientated backwards along the streamwise direction. Table I epitomize the instruments used (across this and subsequent campaigns) and their electrical and communication protocol configurations.
Selection of instruments used across the 500KW and 1MW TEC deployments
C. System integration on the 1MW Tidal Energy Converter
instrumentation systems were installed and commissioned on the 1MW machine. The instrumentation methodology involved two seabed mounted RDI Teledyne Workhorse Sentinel 600kHz D-ADPs deployed either side of the turbine along the primary flow direction to provide depth profiles and um-impeded inflow (and reference) velocities to the turbine. These deployments are shown in Fig. 5. On DEEPGEN IV three instrumentation mounting points were allocated: one on the top of the rear of the turbine nacelle — where the Edinburgh Subsea Instrumentation Platform 1 (ESIP-1) was installed, one on the rear of the turbine — where ESIP-2 was installed and a single sensor on the center line of turbine rotating hub. ESIP-1 can be seen in Fig. 4. Fig. 5 shows typical seabed mounted D-ADP campaigns photographs taken from on-board the deployment vessel the KML Severn Sea [11].
Fig 5. Photograph of ESIP-1 taken from scissor lift platform showing instrumentation mounted atop the 1MW TEC at Hatston Quay, Kirkwall, Orkney prior to turbine deployment
3.3 Energy Storage System
In this paper, an ESS based on supercapacitors is adopted [5], [6]. Figure 2 illustrates a supercapacitor-based ESS and the bidirectional DC/DC converter. Its model is given by (1) to (3).
Vess= Lsc + Vsc …………..1
Vsc = Rsc I sc + usc …………..2
The current transferred between DC-bus and supercapacitor is given by:
iess = Sessisc …………..3
= — …………..4
The reference DC-bus currents are given by:
where DC is the reference DC-bus voltage.
The reference grid currents in the rotating reference frame dq are given by:
where and are the reference active and reactive powers injected to the electrical grid. The reference grid currents in the natural base abc can be obtained through the Concordia and Park transforms.
In this section, several simulation results are presented to validate the proposed power smoothing and LVRT enhancement strategy. These simulations are carried out in the Matlab/Simulink environment. The IGBT switches are considered to be ideal. The 5-phase PMSG and other principal devices are simulated using the dynamical equations given in our previous work [12]. The simulation sampling time is set to T sample = 10−6s. Switches states (Sabc, SEES, and Sabcdef) are computed at each control sampling time (T control = 2.10−5s) by the three proposed MPC algorithms. The cost coefficient k is set to 50.000 in these simulations.
The grid-connected 5-phase PMSG-based tidal turbine parameters are listed in the Appendix.
Fig 6. Tidal speed under the swell effect.
Fig 7. Active power with/without the super capacitor-based ESS
Fig 8. Rotor speed.
Fig 9. DC-bus voltages.
The output power smoothing performance is evaluated when the system operates under the swell effect. The simulations are based on real tidal speed data measured at the Raz de Sein site in Bretagne, France as shown in Fig. 6. Figure 7 shows the active power injected into the grid when considering the swell effect. The simulations under voltage sags are also carried out to evaluate the LVRT ability without disconnecting from the grid. The two following fault scenarios are presented: (a) the grid voltages decrease to 50 % of the rated value during 5s (from 5 to 10s) and (b) the voltages are totally interrupted during 0.3s (from 5 to 5.3s). It should be mentioned that faults duration is two times longer than the requirements of grid codes. The 5-phase PMSG rotor speed is shown in Fig. 8. In both normal and faulty modes, the generator achieves good tracking performances. The tidal turbine remains at its maximum power point and the generated energy is then maximized. The DC-bus voltages, presented in Fig. 9, remain at its reference value with small fluctuations. The grid line currents, active, and reactive power are given in Figs. 10, 11 and 12, respectively.
Fig 10. Grid currents for normal operation (top), voltage sag of 50% (middle) and voltage interruption (bottom).
Fig 11. Active power.Fig 12. Reactive power speed.
The average power variation is about 27 %. This is inevitable and depends on the sampling time Ts. A smaller sampling time will improve the power quality but this requires more powerful calculation capacities. It is interesting to note that there is no difference between normal and faulty operations. The LVRT capacity is improved and the system can ride-through the most severe grid voltage sags
Tidal energy is a result of the orbital kinetic energy of the moon, earth, and sun. It provides zero gas, solid, or radiation pollution and is an inexhaustible supply of energy. As a kind of green energy, tidal energy has some significant merits. Tidal power energy does not depend on the season or the weather type, so it is more predictable, compared to other sources of energy such as wind or solar energy.
To clarify the characteristics which are important indicators in the design of a water turbine for use in tidal power generation, the characteristics of the output, the solidity, the number of blades in the water turbine, and the starting torque were measured in water channel tests, and the following results were obtained.
Fig. 13. Starting torque characteristics (V = 0.8, V = 0.179).
(1) The characteristics exhibit almost identical trends in the water turbine efficiency and tip speed ratio unrelated to the flow speed. The maximum output of a water turbine was clearly shown to be proportional to the cube of the flow speed.
(2) For a constant number of blades, the water turbine efficiency reaches a maximum at a solidity of 0.179. The generated torque increased as the solidity increased.
(3) The average starting torque in one rotation increases for three or more blades. For four or more blades, there are no regions of rotational angles where the torque becomes negative during one rotation, and the distribution becomes flat. Thus, starting becomes easy.
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Основные термины (генерируются автоматически): TEC, SB-ADP, LVRT, ESS, PMSG, IEEE, DNV-GL, DEEPGEN, D-ADP, ADP.
renewable energy, potential energy, tidal current, prototype model, generated electricity


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Working on hand-pressed apple cider at a garden open house hosted by GROW Windham at the community garden at Lauter Park on October 16 are (l-r): GROW Windham's Sally Milius, Chelsea Cherrier, Education Coordinator at the CLiCK Kitchen, ad Windham Mayor Tom DeVivo. (Melanie Savage)
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Q: Are there any disadvantages to shrinking a database? My production server's database grows unexpectedly and almost I am going to create a job for shrinking the database which runs once in a month. Is it a good idea?
The backups was failed and the time of failure huge transactions were logged which rapidly grows the DB.
I am using SQL Server 2008 R2.

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The backups was failed and the time of failure huge transactions were logged which rapidly grows the DB.

If this was a one-time occurrence and your log file (LDF) is grotesquely huge, take a log backup and then shrink the log file (only) to its pre-bloat level just this once.  Otherwise, leave it the way it is.
The reason you don't want to shrink your data file is because it fragments your indexes, which can affect performance. In addition, because your indexes get fragmented when you shrink your database. the next time your re-indexing kicks off, your datafile will grow for rebuilds and your log file will grow for reorgs.
The reason you don't want to shrink your log file to a size smaller than its usual working size is because instant file initialization works for data files, but not for log files, so if the log file is going to grow to that size again it'll be a performance hit while it grows.
There's a lot of information on why shrinking is bad.  Only do it if you have a good reason.

A: The disadvantages are efficiency. If your DB keeps expanding, it is doing so for a reason.  Shrinking it is doing a lot of IO that the DB will just expend more time to undo as it expands back to its original size. This is a lot of DB effort for no effect in the end.
The effort would be better spent on understanding what is causing it to grow, and (in some cases) mitigating that particular process. For example, perhaps there is a large bulk ETL operation that can be segregated into its own tablespaces / datafiles for better efficiency, with the temporary tables dropped after the operation is complete.
The upshot is that a DB usually has a equilibrium size for a given workload and dataset, and it takes a structural change to move it.

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Computers and design software, play an increasingly important role. Using computer aided design (CAD) software, engineers are able to capture more information about their designs. The computer can automatically translate some models to instructions suitable for automatic machinery (e.g., CNC) to fabricate (part of) a design. The computer also allows increased reuse of previously developed designs by presenting an engineer with a library of predefined parts ready to be used in designs.
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Fabric structures are characterized by having a rather small mass relative to the applied load, which is determined through an optimization process. The types of structures that FSA focuses on include air-inflated, air-supported, cable net, frame-supported, geodesic dome, grid shell, tensegrity (cable-and-strut) and tensile (or tension) structures.
A structure that uses air-pressurized membrane beams, arches, or other elements to enclose space. Occupants of such a structure do not occupy the pressurized area used to support the structure.
A building wherein the shape of the structure is attained by air pressure and occupants of the structure are within the elevated pressure area.
Single-layered anticlastic surface made of two sets of closely spaced cables that are orthogonal (or nearly so) to one another. The net usually supports a fabric or pliable material.
A structure that is comprised of a frame or frames that form a loadbearing structure without the aid of any fabric or pliable material. However, the membrane may contribute toward the stability of the structure.
Spherical, singe- or double-layered shells made up of hexagons and pentagons.
A curvilinear surface (synclastic or anticlastic) composed of linear elements configured to form squares, triangles, and/or parallelograms. They may be single or double-layered and sometimes employ in-plane cables for stability and shear resistance.
A structure that is characterized by a tensioning of the fabric or pliable material system (typically with wire or cable) to provide the critical structural support to the structure.


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Ingoldmells
Fantasy Island issues statement over plans to bring in new maximum age limit at caravan parks
Caravan owners may have to buy a newer van or leave
Nicholas FletcherReporter
Officials want to give people as much warning as possible [stock image of caravan park in Ingoldmells] (Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto)
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Fantasy Island has released a statement after it was announced a new maximum age limit for caravans is on the horizon at its sites.
From March 1, 2022, a new maximum age limit of 22 years will be imposed at parks owned by the popular attraction.
Business bosses at the Ingoldmells site revealed the change in a letter sent to hundreds of caravan owners last week.
It stated that caravan owners who have concerns about their van should contact officials for advice on an upgrade or help finding an alternative location.
Anxious caravan owners have been left weighing up their options, deciding if they want to pay up for a newer van or leave the site.
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Popular Lincolnshire pub 'closes with immediate effect' after shock departure of manager
Now, Fantasy Island has issued a statement and insists it wants to give people as much warning as possible.
A spokesperson said: "Our change in policy to operate an age limit of the caravans on our sites has been developed to help improve the overall quality of the parks and the caravans that are on them, and ensure they are successful and thriving parks for many years to come.
"The 22-year age limit is designed to ensure the least amount of impact to our current licence holders while still achieving the goals of the policy, and is considerably more generous than many other park policies in the area.
"We have tried to give our licensees as much notice as possible and all current licence holders are free to renew their annual licence agreement for 2021, before the changes come into effect in March 2022."
The letter sent to caravan owners (Image: Submitted)
One man, who sent Lincolnshire Live a copy of the Fantasy Island letter but wished to remain anonymous, previously said: "I own caravans on the Fantasy Island Eastgate site in Ingoldmells and hundreds of owners have been told that the site will now introduce an age limit to the sites."
It comes after East Lindsey District Council imposed similar rules at the Kingfisher Caravan Park in Skegness.
East Lindsey District Council


Online sales taxes: What will the impact be on businesses?
On behalf of Frost & Associates, LLC posted in Tax Controversies on Sunday, September 2, 2018.
In a major ruling last June, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the authority of states to impose sales tax on online transactions. The Court said such taxation is permissible even if a company does not have a physical presence in a state.


When shooting weddings, videography does demand heavy cooperation with other shooters than photography. The more videographers you have, the better the film. But having said that, filming a wedding alone is a hard challenge.
I filmed this wedding alone for Maritess and David. But everyone made it easier because they always cooperate. I had no issues and the filming went out smoothly. Yes it can be made better with a second videographer, but this does not stop me from giving the clients an excellent wedding film that the couple will cherish for a long time.


Finmarket. – GAZ Group has started the assembly production of GAZ and Ural vehicles in Cuba, as stated by the deputy prime minister of Russia Yuri Borisov.
"We attended the opening of the assembly line of GAZ and Ural this morning. We have provided supplies to the assembly sites at Cuban factories, which already make production at a certain localisation rate in the country. I hope that these enterprises will manufacture not only to meet the domestic demand, but also for the partners of Cuba in the Caribbean region" – said Borisov about the assembly of vehicles in Cuba, at the Russia – Latin America Business Forum in Havana.
Borisov did not give any further details.
"This is an investment to an economy, which will pay dividends not today, not tomorrow, but in the next decade" – said the deputy prime minister, drawing attention to the changing character of the relationships between the Russia and Cuba. The assembly of Russian vehicles in Cuba is a very important step according to Borisov. From the word "supply" we are moving to a new slogan "joint development", said the deputy prime minister, concerning the economic projects between Russia and Cuba.


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Best Things to Do in Philly in March
Our picks for what's worth doing in Philly this month, including French classical pianist Hélène Grimaud, a tribute to Hendrix and Kirk Franklin performing some Gospel.
By Victor Fiorillo·	 3/3/2016, 1:38 p.m.
Daughter at the Union Transfer
Check out Not to Disappear, the brand-new release from this atmospheric British band. Our favorite single is "Doing the Right Thing." We think you'll like it.
Daughter plays at Union Transfer on March 3rd. | Photo by Francesca Jane Allen
Hélène Grimaud at the the Kimmel Center
Our Orchestra is joined by the daring French classical pianist for a program that includes Brahms and Schumann.
Wolfmother at The Trocadero
Doomy hard rock at its modern best, all the way from Australia. Listen to their eponymous 2005 debut for a primer, especially the Grammy-winning single "Mother."
Philadelphia Flower Show at the Convention Center
After a few years of rather lackluster shows under the former leadership, new Pennsylvania Horticultural Society president Matt Rader gets a chance to impress and turn things around.
Two Trains Running at the Arden Theatre
We're pretty sure Kash Goins is one of the busiest guys we know. The 42-year-old Point Breeze native has three school-age sons, a wife, a house in North Wilmington, and a full-time job with an insurance company. He also runs his own theater company, GoKash Productions. He acts on local stages. (This month he turns up at the Arden with a pivotal role in August Wilson's Two Trains Running.) And he recently delved into TV and film, with a speaking part in Creed, a spot in the next M. Night Shyamalan movie, and some just-completed work on Fox's Gotham. "I feel terribly uncomfortable waiting for opportunity," says Goins, a graduate of South Philadelphia High and Lincoln University. "I just speak, and the universe speaks back." Through April 10th.
Kash Goins turns up at the Arden with a pivotal role in August Wilson's Two Trains Running March 10th through April 10th. | Photo by Jauhien Sasnou
Okwui Okpokwasili at FringeArts
The New York City-based writer and performer brings to town her latest work, Bronx Gothic.
The Who at Wells Fargo Center
It's worth it just to hear "Baba O'Riley" played live once in your lifetime.
The Sound of Music at the Academy of Music
If you don't take Mom, she'll never forgive you.
See The Sound of Music at the Academy of Music on March 15th through March 20th. | Photo courtesy of the Kimmel Center
An Octoroon at the Wilma Theater
A modern interpretation of the 19th-century play, featuring an all-star Philadelphia cast.
Dr. Dog at the Fillmore
One of Philly's most inventive bands in their debut at our newest concert venue.
Biz Markie at TLA
We don't like going to South Street these days, either, but for the master of the human beat box — and, of course, a memorable personality on kids' show Yo Gabba Gabba! — we might make an exception.
"Get Pegged" at FringeArts
A boundary-pushing monthly cabaret from gender-bending Philly troupe the Bearded Ladies.
Prisoner's Song at Rotunda
A moving musical composition and performance about life behind bars.
"Experience Hendrix" at the Borgata
Some of the greatest guitarists alive in the world today, from Buddy Guy to Dweezil Zappa to Kenny Wayne Shepherd, pay tribute to the man, the myth and the legend.
The tribute to Hendrix plays on March 19th. | Photo courtesy of the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa
Hoodie Allen at the Electric Factory
From Penn grad to rapper; he just came out with his second album, Happy Camper.
Megadeth at the Electric Factory
At 50 million albums and counting, Dave Mustaine and his migraine-inducing friends aren't going anywhere anytime soon. Suicidal Tendencies opens.
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical at Academy of Music
The Tony-winning story of a giant of American songwriting.
Kirk Franklin at Tower Theater
Gospel, just in time for Easter.
Mac Sabbath at Underground Arts
If you want a sense of humor with your metal, you can do no better than this wonderfully terrible Black Sabbath parody band that dresses in scarified McDonald's character costumes and changes the lyrics to suit their fast-food spirit. "I am Iron Man" becomes "I have frying pan," and so forth, and so on.
Red Baraat at the Ardmore Music Hall
One of the country's preeminent party bands combines bangra and funk in a show that the ladies love to dance to.
Bonnie Raitt at the Kimmel Center
A rare tour from a rare talent.
The Nether at the Drake Theater
Interact Theatre Company takes on a futurist work the New York Times has described as "very cunning and equally creepy."
Pat Martino at Chris' Jazz Cafe
If you've never seen this jazz guitar icon — and native South Philadelphian, to boot — you owe yourself the chance.
Primary Stages at the Community Education Center
A festival of 10-minute plays. Perfect for those of you with short attention spans.
The Trocadero
Victor Fiorillo	Senior Reporter at Philadelphia Magazine @phillyvictor
https://www.facebook.com/VictorKnowsPhilly/
vfiorillo@phillymag.com


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We cut several leaves from colored gift tissue paper, and Emily spent a long time arranging the leaves around the window to make a beautiful frame. Once they were in place, we used black tempera paint for the veins of the leaves. So much FUN!!
It was a colorful (and frugal) way to celebrate the beginning of Autumn, and I can't help but smile every time I open the door!
Emily is so proud of how bright and cheerful it is when the sunshine comes through — beautiful!
I love the way it frames the view out the window but doesn't obstruct it!
Thanks, we've done lots of window displays in the past, but none that frame it this way… Lots of potential! Have fun!!
I have never heard that saying, but it's so beautiful!! Very appropriate, indeed!
So pretty! And easy! I might just have to let my little girl give this a try!
Very pretty! Maybe we'll try this on our sliding window!
Oh, that would look so pretty — enjoy!!
Oh you're awesome Val. This has been on my list, but I didn't like the way I've seen it adhered to the window before (mainly because I didn't have it!) -I have glue sticks, that's for sure. And its so easy for the kids to do. We're definitely doing this now. I can't wait!
YAY!!! That makes me SO happy, Jamie! Have fun!!
I didn't know that. It looks great.
Thank you!!! I never knew either, but gave it a try & it worked beautifully! Have fun!!
How lovely! And I just picked up some more coloured tissue paper the other day. Perfect for school holidays next week. Thanks once again!
Perfect timing!!! I must have picked up on the tissue paper vibes. 😉 Enjoy!!
This is truly beautiful! I love how she frames it around the window.
So sweet, Rashmie! Thank you!!
I love the black paint lines, and the washable glue stick tip is great- thanks!
You're welcome, Katey! Now I have big plans for our bay window in the kitchen… can't wait! 🙂 Have fun!
I love it. I totally need to try this.
Yes, yes — do it!!
YAY!!!! Have a great time!!
Beautiful! I would love to try it with my daughter. We used washable glue once to adhere a waldorf star (made from kite paper) to a window and it worked just fine. It washed off fairly easily after several months of being on the window actually!
This was an awesome idea. My son and I decorated our bay window yesterday and added a cling-stick skeleton for Halloween. The leaves suddenly became body casts for the skeleton. It was hilarious! What a fun afternoon activity. Thanks for the idea.
Love this! So very pretty!
I loved this craft so much! I definitely want to do it! The colors look so great!
This is awesome. Just a warning. It doesn't come off as easy as you think. Just use a dab, enough to hold it on or you'll end up with sore arms rubbing the window clean.


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compared to Karbon A15, it appears unexciting. The touch response is nice and the small and compact form factor makes it a great device. It's not meant for gaming and even simple games hang on it. But, that is the case with most budget smartphones. We found the speaker very low and the camera very basic. Outdoor photo and video quality looks decent but suffers horribly in low light. Also, it's a single SIM phone with a 3.2inch display. Karbon A15 has a bigger display, dual SIM and also a better processor.


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Goás (llamada oficialmente San Pedro das Goás) es una parroquia española del municipio de Abadín, en la provincia de Lugo, Galicia.

Otras denominaciones

La parroquia también es conocida por el nombre de San Pedro de Goás.

Localización

Se ubica en el centro del concejo, al sur de la capital del concejo y atravesado por la carretera CP 11-01. El río Abadín atravesia la parroquia. Su capital es Pumariño.

Geografía

En sus términos, se encuentra un interesante cerro llamado Alto de Abeleira, con una altura de 608 metros. Se trata de una elevación tectónica originada por la falla de Murás; una gran falla que recorre la comarca de Tierra Llana. Dicha elevación se asoma rocas muy antiguas, encima de rocas recientes que data del terciario.

Organización territorial

La parroquia está formada por ocho entidades de población, constando siete de ellas en el nomenclátor del Instituto Nacional de Estadística español:

Entidades de población

Entidades de población que forman parte de la parroquia:
 A Costa
 Casanova (A Casanova)
 Butarreira
 Gaúte
 Leiras
 Pumariño
 Vidás (Os Vidás)

Despoblado

Despoblado que forma parte de la parroquia:
 Vilar (O Vilar)

Demografía

Patrimonio

 Iglesia de San Pedro: fue construida en el siglo XVI, forma capilla y sacristía. Tejado de dos aguas en cada lado, y a cuatro aguas la sacristía. Tiene puerta dintelada, con una espadaña a la que tenía 2 campanas, que fueron robados recientemente.  En la capilla, tiene retablos laterales, y la más mayor, todas data del siglo XIX.

Referencias

Bibliografía

Enlaces externos

 Geología de Terra Cha

Parroquias de Abadín


Stuart H, Chen S-P, Christie R, Dobson K, Kirsh B, Knaak S, Koller M, Krupa T, Lauria-Horner B, Luong D et al.. 2014. Opening minds in Canada: background and rationale.. Can J Psychiatry. 59(10 Suppl 1):S8-S12.
Stuart H, Chen S-P, Christie R, Dobson K, Kirsh B, Knaak S, Koller M, Krupa T, Lauria-Horner B, Luong D et al.. 2014. Opening minds in Canada: targeting change.. Can J Psychiatry. 59(10 Suppl 1):S13-8.


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Production theory 2
Wilhelm Dangelmaier, Production Theory 2, Springer-Verlag, 2017.
Book | English
Dangelmaier, Wilhelm
Wirtschaftsinformatik, insb. CIM (bis 2018) / Heinz Nixdorf Institut
In the multi-volume work on "Theory of Production", the production models and processes born today from practice are to be derived for the first time on a mathematically justified basis and thus also given the production economy a scientific basis. A constructivist point of view is to be set aside for "we just organized our company that way and it has proven itself", and so the many descriptive "factory management teachings" are to be replaced. Volume 2 deals with the structures of production. Based on the newly interpreted construct of the "production point", larger units are composed step by step: single-stage and multi-stage technical quantities. In addition, the production point integrates the subdivision used today in business administration into the object-oriented, activity favoring black box thinking and the functionalist view of consumption and production functions. The conceptual foundations are mainly algebraic input-output systems. Based on the structuring and parameterization options at the production point, alternative organizational concepts for single and multi-level productions are developed. For the engineering sciences, a detailed treatise on the evaluation of production success is particularly important in this volume, which systematically leads to product calculation and the planning of an economically successful production program. Based on the structuring and parameterization options at the production point, alternative organizational concepts for single and multi-level productions are developed. Particularly important for the engineering sciences is a detailed treatise in this volume on the evaluation of production success, which systematically leads to product calculation and the planning of an economically successful production program. Based on the structuring and parameterization options at the production point, alternative organizational concepts for single and multi-level productions are developed. For the engineering sciences, a detailed treatise on the evaluation of production success is particularly important in this volume, which systematically leads to product calculation and the planning of an economically successful production program.
Dangelmaier Wilhelm. Production Theory 2. Springer-Verlag; 2017.
Dangelmaier, Wilhelm. (2017). Production theory 2. Springer-Verlag.
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Dangelmaier, Wilhelm. Production Theory 2. Springer-Verlag, 2017.
Wilhelm Dangelmaier, Production theory 2. Springer-Verlag, 2017.


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De Duitse Canadezen (Duits: Deutsch-Kanadier , Engels: German Canadians) omvat een groep van meer dan 3 miljoen mensen van de Canadese bevolking.

Geschiedenis
De eerste Duitsers kwamen in Canada, toen van Duitsland nog geen sprake was. In de achttiende eeuw vochten Duitsers voor de Britse koning George III, die ook keurvorst van Hannover was in de Amerikaanse Onafhankelijkheidsoorlog. Een aantal van hen bleef daar wonen en mengde zich met de Frans-Canadese bevolking. Een eerste grotere migratiegolf was er echter al na de verovering van Nova Scotia. Vele Duitsers hadden gevochten voor de Britse koning en wilden zich in het nieuwe gebied vestigen. Er kwamen vele protestanten als tegengewicht voor de katholieke Acadiërs. Deze instroom begon al vanaf 1751 en in het zuiden van Nova Scotia zijn er heden vele dorpen en mensen met een Duits klinkende naam.

Rond 1800 kwamen vele mennonieten uit de staat Pennsylvania, de Pennsylvania Dutch. Vooral de stad Berlin in Ontario herbergde vele Duitsers. Tijdens de Eerste Wereldoorlog werd deze stad hernoemd in Kitchener. Tussen 1830 en 1860 volgden ook nog eens zo'n 50.000 Duitsers uit Europa.

Aan het einde van de negentiende eeuw volgde een nieuw instroom uit Oost-Europa, voornamelijk Rusland-Duitsers, mennonieten die opgejaagd werden door het Tsaristische regime in Rusland. De boeren, die de barre weersomstandigheden van Rusland gewend waren hadden minder moeite om zich aan het klimaat in hun nieuwe thuisland aan te passen. Toen de Verenigde Staten in de jaren 1920 quota's oplegde aan de instroom van Centraal- en Oost-Europa kwamen er nog meer migranten naar Canada, tot dit land het zelf ging beperken.

Door Eerste Wereldoorlog kwam er ook een Germanofobie en werden vele Duitse straat- en plaatsnamen vervangen door meer Engels klinkende namen. Ook begonnen de Duitsers zelf met het spreken van Engels hierdoor. Ook na de Tweede Wereldoorlog migreerden nog zo'n 400.000 Duitsers naar Canada.

Geografie

De meeste Duitse Canadezen wonen in Toronto (220.135), Vancouver (187.410), Winnipeg (109.355), Kitchener (93.325) en Montréal  (83.850).

Op de Canadese prairie wonen ook veel Duitse Canadezen. Nagenoeg de helft van de bevolking van de provincie Saskatchewan is van Duitse afkomst.

Galerij

Volk in Canada
 Duitse


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The Hays code
May 9, 2012 By urbanora in Catalogues and databases, Censorship, Organisations, Resources Tags: Silent films	6 Comments
Will H. Hays c.1921, from the Library of Congress
Meet William Harrison Hays, chairman of the Republican National Committee, then U.S. Postmaster General, then president of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA) from 1922 to 1945, making him one of the most influential people in American film. The MPPDA (later the Motion Picture Association of America) was formed following the criticism made of the Hollywood following such scandals as the death of the drug-addicted Wallace Reid and the lurid Fatty Arbuckle case. The industry feared the imposition of federal censorship and created the MPPDA to demonstrate that it could govern itself.
The MPPDA was therefore a trade association whose chief interest was in maintaining good relations with government, church groups, and other bodies concerned at the influence – real or imagined – that motion pictures had, particularly on the young. Its best known output was the Production Code, popularly known as the Hays code, of 1930, which set down moral guidelines for the production of motion pictures, with these three guiding principles:
No picture shall be produced that will lower the moral standards of those who see it. Hence the sympathy of the audience should never be thrown to the side of crime, wrongdoing, evil or sin.
Correct standards of life, subject only to the requirements of drama and entertainment, shall be presented.
Law, natural or human, shall not be ridiculed, nor shall sympathy be created for its violation.
The Code as not mandatory at first, but became so in 1934 (hence the 'Pre Code' films of the era immediatelt before 1934) and would remain in force, though progressively infringed, until 1968, when it was replaced by the MPAA ratings system.
All of this makes the operations, decisions, personnel and associates of the MPPDA of huge relevance to the study of American motion pictures, in the silent era and beyond. And so the creation of the MPPDA Digital Archive is considerable importance to our field.
This is a database, with digitised documents, of the extant records of the General Correspondence files of the MPPDA, covering the period from 1922 to 1939. The MPPA microfilmed some of its archive of documents in 1965, then threw away the originals. Researcher Richard Maltby discovered the reels in 1984 and had copies made of twelve of them. Subsequently the original microfilms were donated to the Special Collections Department of the Centre for Motion Picture Study of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, by which point some had been mislaid (covering the 1920s). So some of the reels made by Maltby are the only surviving copies, and they can be found on the MPPDA Digital Archive.
There are some 35,000 pages available. Owing to the poor quality of the microfilms, the use of optical character recognition for converting the documents into word-searchable text wasn't possible. Instead – and thanks to assorted research grants – Maltby as fellow researchers at Flinders University, Australia (notably Ruth Vasey) have transcribed, described or otherwise annotated huge numbers of the documents, as well as having them digitised and ordered in a form that respects their original arrangement and enables reliable citation for scholars. It is a model piece of database construction.
An advertisement for Daughters of Today (1924) which caused an uproar by mentioning Leopold and Loeb (see http://mppda.flinders.edu.au/records/137)
So what will you find? You will find the essential minutiae of an industry protecting its reputation through the subtle arts of public relations. As the website puts it:
The documents in the MPPDA's General Correspondence files are an immensely rich source of information about the history of the motion picture industry. They describe the organization and operation of the industry's trade association, and include extensive correspondence and other documentation relating to industry policy and public relations, distributor-exhibitor relations, censorship and self-regulation. The great majority of this material is unavailable from other sources.
You will find letters, telegrams, memos, press releases, speeches, official statements, newspaper cuttings, and much more. The search apparatus is extraordinary. As well as being able to search for any term, you can search by frame reference, year, record type, keyword, organisation, film, or person. In each case a drop-down menu is provided, with the number of records held under each term, so straight away you can see that there are, for example, 75 press releases available, 13 documents on audience research, 30 records relating to United Artists, 10 documents on Battleship Potemkin, and 986 document that reference Will H. Hays himself. Some of the classification employed (i.e. for the keywords) is idiosycratic or unevenly applied (only one record keyworded under 'sex'?), but it makes the database compulsively browsable as well as useful.
The database is open to all, but the document appear in low resolution form unless you are registered with the site (which is free). The higher resolution images come with a helpful zoom option for examining documents in closer detail. There is much background information on the MPDDA, its archives and the construction of the database, with quick links to featured records, people and organisations available on the front page for these needing a flavour of what the site contains (so, for example, the entry on Harry Warner gives you a short biography, links to organisations and links to all association records where he is mentioned). Although the archive is advertised as covering 1922-1939, there are a few documents going back to 1912.
Richard Maltby, Ruth Vasey and the Screen and Media Department of Flinders University, Australia continue to work on the database, adding new transcriptions and supporting descriptive information. It is an extraordinary achievement and a huge boon to moving image research, for the silent era and beyond.
Go explore.
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Joe Thompson says:
Luke: I'm glad your connection to the world has been restored. We had a three-day outage some years ago and it was nice and quiet but I found it disorienting. I keep repeating myself, but I feel lucky to live in a time when so many records are available to people all over the world. Thank you for letting us know about this one.
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Hi Joe: Yes, I'm back online at last, after a week of having been cast into the darkness. It's worrying how dull things appear once you have no internet. Lots to catch up on now.
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I saw this on a 'website' and don't know how to reply. I think British early cinema buildings should be preserved, and evidently Nicholas Hiley thinks likewise.
Stephen Bottomore
http://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/ark_of_covenant_plans_for_historic_hackney_cinema_1_1372297#article-comments
As a collector of sorts of the unusual new forms to which old cinema buildings have been adapted, I have to admit that a part of me rather likes the idea of an Edwardian cinema becoming a replica of an Ethiopian church which claims to house the Ark of the Covenant (and maybe Nick does too). But of course when there are so few that survive they must be preserved where they can be – after all, you can build a pastiche church anywhere, so why spoil an historic cinema building in the process?


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What Happened to Mattie, One of the Youngest Characters to Ever Appear on 'JAG'?
By Leila Kozma
May 7 2020, Updated 12:37 p.m. ET
JAG gave us some of the most memorable, likeable, and best-written characters to have ever existed.
Take Leroy Jethro Gibbs, an investigator who first appeared in a Season 8 episode titled "Ice Queen" before his storyline expanded into the plot of NCIS.
From Harmon Rabb Jr. to Pitchta, his KGB spy-turned-nanny, or his adopted daughter, Mattie, the show portrayed a whole host of amazing characters.
We investigate: What happened to Harm and Mattie?
What happened to Mattie? Did the popular 'JAG' character die?
Mattie (Hallee Hirsh) first appeared in a Season 8 episode titled "Back in the Saddle."
Unconventionally enough, she was presented as Harm's (David James Elliott) employer — a business-savvy teenage-something who's already taken over the family empire, Grace Aviation.
Mattie had to give instructions of all sorts to a clueless Harm, whom she hired as a corp duster.
As the sole lead of the company, she enjoyed the ability to exercise managerial control over every aspect of the business.
As a teenager still coping with the grief felt over the tragic loss of her mother and the extreme anger and bafflement triggered by her alcoholic father's incalculable actions, however, Mattie had a much tougher time overcoming challenges.
Irreversibly intrigued by the strange young woman, Harm decided to get to know her better — and in a later episode, he even offered to adopt her. Unfortunately, Mattie passed on the big opportunity, fleeing back to her useless father instead.
A Season 10 episode titled "JAG: San Diego" captured a tragic airplane accident that left Mattie in a coma. Needless to add, the news left Harm devastated.
The next few episodes revolved around his attempts to come to terms with the crushing loss, showing how Mac (Catherine Bell) tried to be there for him even at a time of unprecedented crisis.
Mattie woke up from the coma at the very end of the Season 10 Finale — leaving her future open to the viewers' interpretation.
The last-ever episode of the show was a success for the most part. However, many have criticized CBS for its reluctance to renew the show for another season — and for its failure to give creators enough notice to come up with a strong ending.
"CBS had us on the bubble, and I kept saying, 'I want to take this show and go four or five episodes out, come up to [the ending slowly] and really build to a finale,'" executive producer and creator Donald P. Bellisario tells Chicago Tribune.
However, the studio had a different creative vision, telling the crew to hope for the best and prepare for the worst instead.
"We can't tell you if that's going to be your finale. You may get picked up," Donald explains what he was told at the time.
In the end, the creators were left with a few weeks' notice, and they chose to leave most storylines incomplete. Mattie's character was no different. The viewers never got the chance to find out what the future held for her and Harm.
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Kanye West lunching with Trump today; Chicago crime on the menu In a almost 10-minute long speech in the Oval Office, West says he was pressured not to wear his red "Make America Great Again". Trump also defended West as a "nice guy" and "actually a different kind of person than people think".
Tennis star Nadal helps clean-up operation in flash-flood hit Majorca Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal joined in a minute of silence at his academy in the neighbouring town of Manacor. A previous version of this story corrected the spelling of the town to Sant Llorenc, not Sant Lorrenc.
CC Sabathia Criticized Angel Hernandez After The Yankees' Elimination Mitch Moreland was again on the bench with hamstring soreness, though Cora said he was available to pinch hit (he didn't). He was awful behind the plate today", Sabathia told reporters after the game, per Tim Healey of Newsday .
Seann Walsh 'deeply regrets' kissing Strictly Come Dancing partner Katya Jones Comedian Seann and his professional partner Katya became the focus of attention over the weekend, for all the wrong reasons. The pair later apologised for a "one-off drunken mistake" , as the so-called "curse of Strictly " appeared to strike again.
Inside Hurricane Michael's eyewall as it made landfall On Wednesday morning, the agency's Short-term Prediction and Research Center shared a view of the Category 4 hurricane. Almost 850,000 homes and businesses were without power in Florida, Alabama, the Carolinas and Georgia on Thursday.
Jessica Padgett made a decision to honour their wedding day by visiting the grave of her husband-to-be Kendall James Murphy, a firefighter who was killed in a auto accident in November past year, aged just 27.
Mandi took photos of Jessica while she put on her dress and did her makeup.
WTHR has the full report.
"She made broken look so handsome and strong look invincible".
Both her maid of honor and best man gave a speech, photos show. Murphy was killed by an alleged drunk driver in November 2017 while helping a vehicle crash victim.
Jessica's photos have touched many people after going viral on Facebook, racking up thousands of reactions and comments.
As Kendall opened the passenger door of his auto to get his protective gear, he was struck by the speeding vehicle and died immediately.
Witness Terry Teegee said the blast shook the area at about 5:30 p.m. "So we are asking everybody to chip in", said Stout. The natural gas shortage itself affects customers throughout British Columbia , Washington and Oregon.
Credit: Daviess County Sheriff Dept.
She also shared that she had been dreading the wedding day for a very long time: "Now I can look back at those memories that Mandi took, and the ways I got to honor Kendall and be with Kendall and see all the support I had that day".
Murphy was a "selfless man of God who loved spending time with family and friends", according to the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation.
The assocation also said: "He had a true servant's heart and captivating personality that would light up any room". Murphy's parents brought Kendall's work gear as well as his cowboy boots. He didn't know a stranger.
Blake was arrested and charged with with "causing death while operating a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol content of.15 or more", although the case has not yet been set for trial. She said: 'What a emotional, awesome weekend this was!
This wasn't what we wanted in the end, but at least we know we will never be alone, we have all become one big supporting family!
My heart breaks for you Jessica Padgett.


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A small modular part of an operating system kernel which implements its basic features.
'A superior approach is to instead implement a microkernel, or lightweight operating system, designed for the specific purpose of serving data.'
'Their argument was that, due to their intrinsic design, microkernels' basic functions could be transformed into modules and, thus, loaded and unloaded as needed.'
'According to long-running Mac user website MacInTouch, at least one CD distributed by the major label includes a Mac OS X application that purportedly installs a pair of extensions to the operating system's microkernel.'
'Divorcing a filesystem from the kernel, he says, is the same as microkernels' attempt to split the guts of a system into discrete pieces.'
'This is actually an architectural dispute: Tanenbaum believes in microkernels and Torvalds doesn't.'


his month Vibrance has welcomed its new staff introduction scheme for employees.
Vibrance recognises its strengths as an organisation, and understands that one of the best ways for other people to hear about the charity is through its existing staff.
The staff introduction scheme is a great way for staff to introduce people who they think have the relevant experience or the right attitude to work for Vibrance.
If the applicant introduced is successful at the interview stage, the staff member who made the introduction will be rewarded £250, once the probation period has been completed.
If you would like to find out more information on the staff introduction scheme please contact director of human resources, Nita Desir-Adeshiyan, on N.Desir-Adeshiyan@vibrance.org.uk.


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How Some Financial Brands May Be Shredding Search Marketing Money
Begin your thinking about Pay-Per-Click marketing and Search Engine Optimization with 'if' and 'why,' not 'how much to spend.' Savvy bank and credit union practitioners strike a balance between spending and what they will gain from increasing traffic. And they always consider web-based promotion in the context of every other aspect of their marketing program.
Many smaller banks and credit unions that haven't tried search engine optimization (SEO) or search engine marketing (SEM) should try listening to the voice of the customer before they spend any time or money on either family of web tools.
In advising that, search expert Wil Reynolds isn't using marketingspeak. He means "voice of the customer" quite literally — as in, asking the branch staff what they've been hearing from people when they come in.
"Doing SEO and SEM correctly costs money, one way or another, so getting them right is critical. But knowing whether your institution should even be bothering is a prerequisite."
"If they're hearing consumers say things like, 'I was looking at your services online' or 'I found you online,' that is an indication of what could be working," says Reynolds, Founder and Director of Digital Strategy at Seer Interactive. "And ask people how they happened to pick your institution. When they tell you, 'I was searching for this' or 'I was searching for that,' then find out if your institution's website shows up in a Google search for any of those words."
It's simple and hands on, and he says it works.
SEO and SEM, which is also called pay-per-click marketing, or PPC, are all about bringing traffic —the right kind of traffic — to your institution's website. Doing these disciplines correctly costs money, one way or another, so getting them right is critical. But knowing whether your institution should even be bothering about SEO and SEM is a prerequisite.
SEO entails a variety of techniques for increasing traffic through "organic search." Essentially, this means taking steps to make it easier for Google and other search engines to find your site's content, "judge" it to be valuable, and to match it to the search terms that people use to find material on the web. SEM, often referred to broadly as "paid search," entails marketers bidding for keywords to appear in the paid listings at the top of search results. The winners, judged according to their bids and other factors, appear. If a searcher clicks on a paid link, the site's owners must pay for that.
For most institutions, marketing budgets will always be like a lifeboat — not everything can fit aboard. Marketers in this position have to be smarter about their choices, Reynolds says, than their counterparts at megabanks who can drop huge sums on multiple techniques. This can foster a more careful approach, he explains, which, in the end, may be better.
For Some Institutions, Cost of SEO/SEM isn't Warranted
Reynolds, who spoke at The Financial Brand Forum on these themes, says that during the Las Vegas event he got into a conversation with an attending marketer at a casino table.
"Financial marketers need to ask themselves how people are searching for their institution, online — or even if they're searching at all."
— Wil Reynolds, Seer Interactive
As the dice rolled, "she told me that her credit union is based in the middle of Oklahoma and that it chiefly works with farmers," says Reynolds. The marketer told him that she spends a good portion of her time promoting the credit union at rodeos and carnivals. She said that she doesn't spend much time online for her job.
"That was pretty eye-opening for me," says Reynolds. "It emphasized that financial marketers need to ask themselves how people are searching for their institution, online — or even if they're searching at all." For some institutions, says Reynolds, their universe is so small that there may not be enough people searching online to make it worthwhile paying someone to produce content to make the site rank significantly on Google.
Conversations with visitors in the branch can be a start. But before the institution spends money on focus groups, which might run $10,000 to $20,000, Reynolds advises that there are free tools that can help. Especially useful, he says, is Google Trends. This enables marketers to see what searches are ranking highly in the U.S. or in part of a state, or internationally. Marketers can input specific searches and see how high interest is in those subjects.
"One of the great things about Google Trends is that you can see trends by city or state, so you can look at whether people are actually searching for credit of a particular kind in your markets," says Reynolds. "If they are, then you have to see where you are currently showing up in their searches. On the other hand, you might find that no one is searching for your institution that way."
Checking things out like this first can save the institution money. Reynolds says there are vendors who will happily consume marketing budgets seeking an audience that just isn't out there.
There's another reason to consider carefully if and what to promote with SEO and SEM. Reynolds says financial providers must frankly decide if what they want to promote is competitive.
Take deposits. If an institution's rate on a particular account is anemic compared to what else is being offered online, "you can waste a whole lot of money going after these things and never see the results you want. You have to be honest with yourself. Remember, people can see everything on the web," Reynolds says.
The decision regarding where to spend money in search promotion can't be an isolated one either. Reynolds says a financial institution must balance the cost of obtaining traffic versus what it will gain from the portion of traffic that turns into sales or ongoing relationships. Some pay-per-click terms available may be very competitive and go for $20 or even more per click — and you pay whether you sell or not. Some may be quite inexpensive — a dollar or so.
The cost must be assessed in light of the potential gain.
"Understanding the lifetime value of a consumer really helps you to back into a model that you can understand," says Reynolds. "Be able to say, 'Here's how much I put out, and here's what I've gotten back as a result'."
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Good Things Can Come from Being Smaller and More Agile
There is a tendency to think that very large providers have a lock on SEO and SEM because they have very deep pockets. Actually, Reynolds says he gives their efforts a C+ at best.
"I would look instead at companies like Ally Bank and Simple," says Reynolds. "These pure online players tend to be much more into testing their ad copy over and over again, and seeing what works and what doesn't work. Some of the bigger, more established banks are a little bit stuck in the Stone Age. They don't test as often, in his experience, and they aren't as nimble.
"When you can't throw millions of dollars at a problem, that constraint can produce a lot of innovation."
"They'll find SEO and SEM insights, but they can't act on them quickly because they have 15 different divisions, who are all competing with each other for budget. So they stagnate," says Reynolds. By contrast, "smaller groups tend to do some really interesting stuff, and they can execute really fast."
Community banks and credit unions may not have the budgets and skills of the Allys and Simples of the business, however, so they need to find an angle.
"Don't make your ad copy sound like Wells Fargo's and just list your rates" when they aren't competitive, says Reynolds. "Play to your strengths." If "community" is the strength, then say it in the marketing and emphasize it when working on SEO and in picking SEM terms to bid on.
"When you can't throw millions of dollars at a problem, that constraint can produce a lot of innovation," says Reynolds. "People who don't have huge budgets like that have got to figure out a way to use a scalpel, figure out where the big guys are asleep at the wheel, and then figure out where they can beat them."
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Two things can work toward nimbleness for smaller financial brands. One is awareness of what's going on in the world and what's going on on the web. The other is partnering with SEO/SEM consultants who can respond quickly when their client's chief marketing officer raises a question.
Reynolds suggests this example. A Presidential candidate proposes legislation dealing with student loan forgiveness. That is going to flood the news organs of the web and will create a stiff headwind for, say, a student loan refinancing effort that's being promoted by a lender.
A savvy marketer will read that news and contact their vendor. They will ask if it wouldn't make sense to carve out the word "forgiveness" so the lender's pages dealing with student loans don't get a bunch of paid-for clicks that have absolutely no potential for turning into business.
Reynolds actually favors leading with SEM. There is a tendency to think of SEO as "free," but that's simplistic. Reynolds points out that staff time spent on it isn't free, and time and money spent on paying content providers to generate content can be costly. Choosing some SEM terms carefully for a limited buy can sharpen an effort, or even save an institution from going down a road with SEO content that won't pull, or won't pull the right kind of traffic.
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In a similar vein, marketers need to consider what else they are doing with their budgets. Web marketing shouldn't be viewed in a silo, but in concert with other efforts.
Case in point: Banking institutions remain one of the biggest users, to this day, of outdoor advertising. For some locales and some kinds of consumers, billboards remain quite effective for certain kinds of messages, Reynolds notes.
Budgets are finite, so who gets pie and who doesn't, and what the size of their slice will be, varies among institutions. However, Reynolds suggests thinking of the web and other media as being supportive of each other.
"The billboard's going to make people know who you are. That may lead some people to search for your brand online. And you may want to run something on YouTube and Facebook to synch up with that billboard," says Reynolds. A great deal of targeting can be done in other media now.
This article was originally published on July 24, 2019 . All content © 2022 by The Financial Brand and may not be reproduced by any means without permission.


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Ace Hardware in Cantonment proves to be a 'helpful place' | New Business
It's been nearly two months since the new Ace Hardware at 1560 S. Highway 29 in Cantonment opened its doors, and customers are already seeing why it stands apart from the rest.
Ace Hardware in Cantonment proves to be a 'helpful place' | New Business It's been nearly two months since the new Ace Hardware at 1560 S. Highway 29 in Cantonment opened its doors, and customers are already seeing why it stands apart from the rest. Check out this story on pnj.com: https://www.pnj.com/story/money/business/2019/04/28/ace-hardware-cantonment-proves-helpful-place-new-business/3588671002/
Kalyn Wolfe, New Business Published 7:00 a.m. CT April 28, 2019
"It's been going really well for us so far," Cantonment Ace Hardware owner Dave Jasso said. "The customer counts grow a little more each week. We are your neighborhood store. One difference is that we have an 8,000-square-foot building compared to a big box retailer, but we make up for that by serving every customer that comes through the front door."
In addition to providing personalized customer service, Ace Hardware has also focused on providing the right inventory to fit customers' needs.
"We're trying to tailor the inventory in order to fit the community," Jasso said. "When we first opened, we started out with a standard selection. Now that we've been open for a few months, we can now modify the inventory to fit our customers' needs."
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According to Jasso, it's also about giving Cantonment and surrounding areas a service that has long been needed.
"For years, there has never been a hardware store in the area," Jasso said.
"So people had made it a habit to go down to Nine Mile Road. The community is starting to find out that they don't have to do that."
Since opening in February, Ace Hardware has also been actively seeking opportunities to further serve the community, having recently held a grand opening celebration, and getting representatives from Tate High School to help in the ribbon cutting.
But for Jasso, the most rewarding part of the journey has been feedback from the customers themselves.
"We're two months into it and what I'm most proud of are the reviews we've received," Jasso said. "We're hearing that it's more convenient, our store is well laid out, and our customer service is top notch. That's what we like to hear. We're trying to be the really cool neighborhood hardware store, and we invite everyone in the Pensacola community to try us out."
Ace Hardware is open 7 days a week, from 7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. For more information, call 850-780-6088 or visit https://www.acehardware.com/store-details/17322
Kalyn Wolfe is a freelance columnist for the News Journal. Send new business tips to pcolanewbiz@gmail.com.
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Two Air Guard Units Pass Nuke Test
The 121st Air Refueling Wing and 155th ARW of the Ohio and Nebraska Air National Guards, respectively, received passing marks on their recent nuclear operational readiness inspections concluded last week by an Air Mobility Command inspector general team. The two Air Guard KC-135 wings are among the mobility units also charged under AMC's Prime Nuclear Airlift Force mission engaged in transporting nuclear weapons. The Air Force's reinvigorated nuclear inspections, as other units have found, are much more stringent than in recent years. The active duty 62nd Air Mobility Wing at McChord AFB, Wash., passed a nuclear surety inspection (NSI) in January, but other Air Force units fared less well on their first go-round, mainly suffering from minor deficiencies, and face repeat inspections. (The 341st Missile Wing just successfully finished a retest.) Of the effort by the two Air Guard wings, the newly installed ANG Director, Lt. Gen. Bud Wyatt, said: "I am extremely pleased with the results of these inspections. The skill and dedication displayed by our airmen at the 121st and 155th Air Refueling Wings reflect the professionalism our entire Air National Guard team demonstrates every day. … These inspections validate the capability of the Air Guard to execute our nation's most critical missions."


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Eleven Early Yoko Ono Albums to be Reissued
Posted on September 8, 2016 by beatlesblogger
Way back in March, 2014 we flagged that there was a thorough Yoko Ono solo reissue program in the pipeline and it was to include all of her early, long-out-of-print Apple and Zapple Record releases. Since that time it has gone decidedly quiet….
Now comes news that it is finally going to happen – and soon:
Chimera Music and the Secretly Canadian label, have just announced that eleven solo Yoko Ono titles will be coming out in three groups of releases over the next twelve months or so.
The first grouping of three reissues is due out on November 11 – on CD, on vinyl, and as digital downloads. First titles are:
Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins (originally issued on Apple in 1968):
Bonus track on the CD, and on vinyl (via a download card), will be 'Remember Love'.
Unfinished Music No. 2: Life With the Lions (originally issued on Zapple in 1969):
Bonus tracks on the CD, and on vinyl (via a download card), will be 'Song for John' and 'Mulberry'.
Yoko Ono: Plastic Ono Band (originally issued on Apple in 1970):
Bonus tracks on the CD, and on vinyl (via a download card), will be: 'Open Your Box', 'Something More Abstract', 'The South Wind', and the never-before-heard 'Why (Extended Version)'.
The release project overs studio albums issued between 1968 and 1985 and will painstakingly reconstruct the original vinyl packaging, along with never-before-seen photos and ephemera (although from these two "bundle offer" pack shots on the Chimera site it looks like the record labels and CDs will depict grapefruits instead of Apple, and that the vinyl will be white and/or clear):
The audio is re-mastered from the original tapes by Greg Calbi and Sean Lennon. In addition to making the vinyl available for the first time in decades, each album will also be available digitally for the first time. The complete list of titles and release groupings is:
1st group:
Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins (1968)
Unfinished Music No. 2: Life With Lions (1969)
Plastic Ono Band (1970)
2nd group:
Fly (1971)
Approximately Infinite Universe (1973)
Feeling the Space (1973)
A Story (recorded in 1974, released as part of Ono Box in 1992)
3rd group:
Season of Glass (1981)
It's Alright (I See Rainbows) (1982)
Starpeace (1985)
Unfinished Music No. 3: Wedding Album (1969)
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4 thoughts on "Eleven Early Yoko Ono Albums to be Reissued"
Pietro Aligi Schiavi on September 8, 2016 at 11:31 pm said:
Honestly; I buy every Yoko Ono item!!!!!
She the greatest Artist in the planet.
I got many books about Her, and me too I wrote a book about her "YOKO ONO ARTIST", available thorought internet. Thanks YOKO!
Koen De Brabander on September 9, 2016 at 12:59 am said:
OMG… Want Plastic Ono Band for years… I have Seasons Of Glass. Wonderfull album.
David on September 9, 2016 at 12:38 pm said:
I remember hearing A STORY when it first appeared on ONOBOX. I thought it was fantastic and always wondered why she did not release it at some point. Great to know a lot of people will finally get to hear it. It may surprise you.
George on February 28, 2017 at 8:43 am said:
There are great pieces of memorabilia to be has at The Beatles Autographs Store