The retail marketplace is witnessing a monumental change in consumer buyer behaviors, as hundreds of millions of people are now paying to take advantage of subscription services. Firms like Amazon, Apple, Dollar Shave Club among others, are building or transforming their business models to generate sales, improve loyalty and generate additional revenue. The difference with subscription-based models is that they allow their customers the option to either pay as they go, or pay per subscription monthly, or via a long-term contract. The difference is flexibility.
According to the Economist, "80% of companies are seeing a change in how their customers want to access and pay for goods and services and 50% of these same companies are changing their pricing models as a result." Yet in the banking industry, charging $5 a month for a debit card or overdraft protection is not so inspiring. How can the banking industry associate their fees with value, rather than penalties?
The key may be to learn from the best – those firms that have reimagined seemingly un-penetrable business models to become new, born-digital companies that leverage technology, social media and people's mobile lifestyles to generate a steady stream of revenue in return for ongoing value.
Before Dollar Shave Club, online razor sales were nonexistent, and the razor business was dominated by huge companies like PNG's Gillette. But when Dollar Shave Club launched in 2012, they sold 12,000 subscriptions in the first two days after launching their first video commercial. Today that video has over 22 million views.
With the Dollar Shave Club, subscribers pay a monthly fee of $1, $6 or $9, depending on their preference of razors that are delivered each month. It's a simple concept, brought to life by brilliantly clear and memorable marketing, and a valuable service that makes customer's lives just a little bit easier. While their clear target customer is 20-something males, they're doing a great job of reaching women also, who now make up 20% of their subscriber base.
From Facebook targeting, email marketing and video sharing, to The Bathroom Minutes newsletter that accompanies the monthly razor shipment, Dollar Shave Club is transforming the once unexciting razor business. The California-based company reached 2.2 million subscribers in 2015, doubling in less than a year.
Companies like Gillette have since launched online shaving clubs to win back these customers — According to Fortune, Gillette now has 21% of the online shaving market, compared to Dollar Shaves Club's 54%.
Consumers of all ages have become addicted to Netflix, the TV and movie streaming service that put major video rental businesses like Blockbuster out of business completely.
Netflix now has 81 million total subscribers. There are 47 million users in the U.S., and 36% of U.S. homes subscribe to Netflix. While 79% of users are Millennials, Netflix's popularity is growing with Gen Xers, at 38%, at Baby Boomers, at 26%. Why? Binge watching is fun, and commercials aren't. And a new type of community is created amongst the viewers who can't wait to talk about it with each other. It's why all users watched a total of 42.5 billion hours in 2015.
It's not just young upstarts that are claiming customers who desire to 'pay over time' for valuable benefits. Companies like Amazon are increasingly leveraging their enormous customer base to grow their subscription business model.
How did they add more value to customers' already positive shopping experiences? The answer is Amazon Prime, now in 38% of American households, according to Fortune, and projected to be in 50% by 2020. The subscription service includes free two-day shipping, music streaming and TV and movie streaming as well as original Amazon content. The company is also experimenting with Prime Now, a service in major cities that allows customers to order items from the app and have them delivered within two hours … free with the Prime subscription.
Amazon raised the subscription fee in 2015 from $79 a year to $99, and in the grand scheme, nobody even blinked. Subscriptions have continued to increase by 53% year over year, according to GeekWire. Because customers are getting more and more value from their membership, they're incredibly loyal to that relationship and dependent on its services.
"Some people sign up for the free streaming content but end up buying more products," said Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos in an interview. Which summarizes Amazon's entire strategy — include lots of different ways to get value in one membership, and people will want to sign up for it.
Now reaching 80 million people, Millennials make up the largest generation in the U.S. For banks or any business to attract this emerging affluent and progressive age group, it's important to understand how they buy. Largely Millennials, but also an increasingly growing non-Millennial digital consumer segment, demand digital access — convenient, relevant and valuable, with lots of options — versus ownership — being tied to one, likely expensive product or service. This is true for large ticket items as well as less expensive items.
Spotify is a music streaming service that now has 10 million paying subscribers and 40 million active users. Instead of owning digital music (as was initially the model for iTunes), Spotify customers subscribe to get access to music monthly. The service is so successful, Spotify has averaged one new subscriber every three seconds over the last year.
Similarly, with iPhone sales dropping, Apple wanted to grow revenue. So, the company now offers a subscription service that allows consumers to get a new iPhone annually, rather than purchasing the phone every two years, as most iPhone owners do today. This appeals to Millennials and digital consumers who always want the newest technology on the market.
Finally, with a Birchbox subscription, customers get a variety of high quality makeup samples every month. Ingredients for cooking meals are delivered to your door with a Blue Apron membership. And a new record is shipped every month with a VinylMePlease membership. And, like Dollar Shave Club, they all come with modern marketing techniques and clever ways to create a unique and personal customer experience.
It is also important to note that all of these models are made possible by digital technology with the ease of using the service on multiple devices. It's the same type of technology investments financial institutions are increasingly making today to enhance their mobile offerings, but with a focus on adding value to the mobile experience through easy-to-use, well-designed functionality that consumers crave.
Repeated attempts by the banking industry to charge subscription fees have been anything but inspiring. So far, the most visible examples are awkward attempts to charge fees for basic things that customers have been trained to recognize as free.
In September of 2011, Bank of America announced they would begin charging a $5 debit card fee for using a debit card for purchases. As could be anticipated (by almost everyone except possibly Bank of America), people were quick to protest, using Change.org, Facebook and Twitter to fight back. Bank of America cancelled the plan within 6 weeks, and other big banks quickly jumped off the fee bandwagon after witnessing the revolt.
In 2014, consumer advocates complained again when Bank of America began testing another debit card with a $4.95 fee. In this instance, the fee was to avoid overdraft services that consumers could seemingly get for free if they held other accounts.
With free checking being a central message within the banking industry for the past two decades, it is a mistake to think consumers can be assessed a fee for the same things that have been given away in the past. Without additional value added, it is more likely to appear that the banking industry is simply trying to find a way to make more money … not a good starting point.
The big banks have been experimenting with adding shopping features to the mobile commerce experience, like Bank of America's AmeriDeals or U.S. Bank's Peri, for quite some time. While they haven't monetized these services, they're certainly trying to find ways to go beyond just transactions to connect with their customers' mobile lifestyles.
Community banks on the other hand, have set some trends in not only building value through nontraditional services in their product lineups, but have also figured out a way to create subscription revenue streams. First Financial Bank, for example, is based in Abilene, Texas and is one of the top performing banks in the country. They were most recently nominated for Bank Director's FinXTech Awards because of their subscription checking account — where customers pay $7 a month to save money on services they'd be paying more for elsewhere. Services include cell phone protection, roadside assistance and identity theft protection. These customers can also save money with local shopping discounts, delivered via mobile. Since its launch, the account has been a significant contributor of customer-friendly fee income, as 35% of all customers are in the fee-based accounts.
As Robbie Baxter, author of "The Membership Economy" warns, this transition from ownership to membership is "the equivalent of the modern age industrial revolution." By understanding these strategies and embracing the changes in consumer buying behaviors, financial institutions can also dream up new ways to create recurring value for their customers and new sources of predicable income.
In the end, the success of membership subscription services in the banking industry will be dependent on the ability to integrate value within digital banking applications. Beyond merchant-funded rewards and add-on insurance products, can banking bring together different lifestyle services in a way that benefits the consumer and saves them money in the long run … like Amazon Prime, Netflix, Apple and Dollar Shave Club?
This article was originally published on June 9, 2016 . All content © 2019 by The Financial Brand and may not be reproduced by any means without permission.


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December 2005 David Brown, Explorer Correspondent
On September 30, the major oil companies completed their most successful fiscal quarter in years.
Talk about embarrassing.
By now the story is familiar, and not just to stockholders or those in the industry: Six of the companies — BP Group, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, Shell and Total — reported combined net revenue of $36.6 billion.
ExxonMobil by itself had a three-month profit of $9.92 billion, although that included a special profit of $1.62 billion in change it found under the sofa cushions.
Public and political outrage followed those financial reports, even though profit margins for the industry overall ran about 6 percent to 8 percent, nothing spectacular.
Still, unexpectedly high prices for crude oil and natural gas, combined with a recent surge in the price of gasoline, left the big oil companies sitting on a mountain of cash.
What will they do with all that money?
If your answer is "lots more exploration," you could be disappointed.
OK! Here's Our Plan
Major oil companies have long-range spending plans that don't change because of quarter-to-quarter financial fluctuations.
Those plans aren't adjusted much even for year-to-year fluctuations.
"All their projects are multi-billion-dollar, multi-year projects. You can't have a knee-jerk reaction," said Fadel Gheit, senior vice president for oil research at Oppenheimer & Company in New York City.
When big corporations pile up extra cash, they tend to improve their balance sheets by paying down debt.
They also can start or expand stock buy-back programs, which will spread future revenues and earnings over a smaller number of shares. Future per-share earnings go up, comparatively.
ExxonMobil bought back 91 million shares of its own common stock in the third quarter of 2005, at a cost of $5.54 billion.
"First of all, (big oil companies) have reduced their debt to the lowest level ever. The next thing to do is to buy back their stock, and that is what they are doing," Gheit said.
David Nissen is director of the program in international energy management and policy at Columbia University's Center for Energy, Marine Transportation and Public Policy in New York City. His career has included serving in a senior position with Exxon's Corporate Planning Department, and also with Chase Manhattan's Corporate Lending Group.
Nissen recalled reading a recent statement from ExxonMobil about the company's strategy.
"What the guy said was, Exxon has a long-term plan. They invest in good times and bad," he recalled.
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When oil dropped to $10 a barrel, Exxon continued to invest in long-range projects to meet its goals. It pursues projects in the same way at higher oil prices.
"Their story was, they didn't cut back then and they aren't going to splurge now," Nissen said.
Explore? Sure. Where?
What will the big oil companies do with their cash?
"I'm not going to predict what's going to happen, because I don't know," Nissen said.
One thing they will do, and are doing right now, is to spend more on exploration.
Don't get excited.
Major oil companies aren't isolated in their market. When they make more money because of higher oil and gas prices, you can be sure their exploration costs are going up, too.
So the big oil companies have announced spending increases to cover higher day rates for drilling, higher supply and equipment costs, higher service company fees, higher everything.
In this case, spending more money on exploration doesn't mean more exploration.
"Oil companies just can't wait to drill more holes in the ground and shoot more seismic," Gheit said. "It's not as simple as that.
"Do you really think oil companies would rather have cash earning two or three percent, rather than investing in a very lucrative business?"
One obstacle Gheit sees for the oil majors is a lack of good territory to explore.
"Where does Exxon go? You have to have an opening," he observed. "Russia is closed. The Middle East is closed. Venezuela does not want to see our faces."
Gheit blames the U.S. government and U.S. policies for part of that problem.
"Why? Because of bad politics, bad policies, everything," he said.
And for all its importance, the oil and gas industry receives startlingly little attention and support from government, he said.
"The Interior Department is not sufficiently staffed to release Federal lands fast enough for the industry to drill," Gheit said.
"The government is taking enough from these companies in taxes and in royalties. Why can't they use that to hire more, qualified people?" he asked.
Nissen noted that many attractive exploration areas are in the hands of sovereign foreign governments with their own national oil companies. Negotiating any kind of entry deal can be frustrating.
"At $10 a barrel those are no fun," he said. "And at $60 a barrel, they don't need you."
Another Buying Spree?
There are always those who hope that the big oil companies will do something madly, magnificently silly with their cash.
Who can ever forget Exxon's Intelligent Typewriter Division? Or Mobil's takeover of Montgomery Ward, the consumer goods retail and mail-order company?
"At one time, Exxon bought the world's leading company in word-processing software," Nissen recalled. "It was criminal, because they destroyed the word-processing company."
Chances of similar, goofy investments by the oil majors today are just about nonexistent, according to Nissen. The industry has learned to focus on what it knows.
"People have gotten a lot smarter about what their core competencies are, in all industries," he said.
What should the big oil companies do with their cash?
If your answer is "buy other oil companies," you won't be disappointed.
Gheit foresees another round of "strategic acquisitions" in the industry.
Nissen acknowledged connections between oil company mergers and good financial times in the industry, especially times of high stock prices.
"The first order of connection is, companies buy other companies when they think it adds value. And it's cheap to do it when they think they can do that with stock," he said.
Part of the public wants major oil companies to invest in developing energy alternatives to oil and gas.
In solar, wind and other alternative energy investments, there's a cultural divide between European-based big oil companies and U.S. companies, according to Nissen.
He considers it a question of core competencies for American firms.
"If you finally succeed in making solar equipment, for instance, you are making either power plants or, collaterally, something like wallboard or appliances," he said. "That's what General Electric does."
But the large energy companies in Europe have a social basis for backing renewable or alternative sources, Nissen observed.
"Europeans do it because European cultures want their companies to be (technology and product) champions," he said.
Takeaways and Turnabouts
What the major oil companies definitely don't want to do with their cash is give it up to higher taxes and other government takeaways.
"This is capitalism. This is not communism, for heaven's sake. Money is going to go where it is treated best," Gheit said.
"If we start tinkering with a Windfall Profits Tax, all these countries will start taxing these companies at a higher rate," he predicted.
In Gheit's view, countries where major oil companies operate will look at any Windfall Profits Tax in the United States and say, "Why aren't we getting that money?"
They will then raise their production taxes, royalties and other takeaways to reduce the major companies' profit levels.
Talk about taxing away profitability drives Gheit a little bananas.
"When (Venezuela President Hugo) Chavez said that two years ago, we called him a crazy communist. Now, guess what? We're borrowing his plan," he said.
Any move to an additional profits tax will discourage exploration, not encourage it.
About the only thing that will lead to a meaningful, industry-wide increase in exploration is a change in management perspectives.
Investment plans and strategies do change, although fairly slowly, and not in response to one or two years of good or bad results.
They come when management believes the game has changed, especially in terms of future payouts. And there are signs of changing attitudes.
Nissen said he recently attended a high-level conference to discuss exactly those kinds of changes.
"The peak (in oil production), whenever it comes, signifies a shift in market power and not a disappearing resource," Nissen said. "Will the character of the market shift? Yes. Will there be a shift in market power? Yes.
"All of that is happening, and it will continue to happen," he added.
What should the big oil companies do with their money?
If your answer is "lots more exploration," you could be disappointed — but maybe you won't be.
The industry's response to that question will take shape not in the next few months, but over the course of the coming years.
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How The Other Half Loves: Facts
How the Other Half Loves
Play Number: 9
World Premiere: 31 July 1969
Venue: Library Theatre, Scarborough
Premiere Staging: In-the-round
Published: Samuel French
Other Media: No
Cast: 3m / 3f
Run Time: 2hrs
How The Other Half Loves is Alan Ayckbourn's 9th play.
The world premiere was held at the Library Theatre, Scarborough, on 31 July 1969.
The London premiere took place at the Lyric Theatre on 5 August 1970.
How The Other Half Loves is the first Ayckbourn play to utilise a composite set (one set representing several locations).
Although not specifically written for the in-the-round production - as is the case with Taking Steps - Alan Ayckbourn considers it a play that works best in-the-round due to the need to be able to appreciate the two flats being overlaid over each other.
Although frequently described as a farce, the author believes it is a comedy and that his only true farce is the play Taking Steps.
The extra-ordinarily successful original London run of the play is the second longest contiguous run of an Ayckbourn play after the 1973 production of Absurd Person Singular (contiguous in that the National Theatre's 1977 production of Bedroom Farce ran for longer than both these plays, but as it was in repertory it did not have an unbroken run and consequently did not have as many performances as the other plays).
How The Other Half Loves was the first Ayckbourn play to be staged on Broadway. The production featured Phil Silvers, of Sergeant Bilko fame, as Frank Foster.
It was the first Ayckbourn play to have a West End revival. Having originally been performed in London in 1970, Greenwich Theatre's acclaimed 1988 revival transferred to the Duke Of York's Theatre during the same year.
Its first West End specific revival (i.e. not a transfer) would come in 2016 with Alan Strachan again directing the play at the Royal Theatre Haymarket.
How The Other Half Loves was only the second full-length play by Alan Ayckbourn to have been published; it has never been out of print since 1972.
Unlike the vast majority of Alan Ayckbourn's plays between the 1965 and 1990, How The Other Half Loves has not been adapted into any other film (i.e. radio/audio, television or film). This is largely due to the requirement of the composite set and the structure of the play.
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Bows from Hindu mythology: Gandiva – a bow created by Brahma and used by Arjuna during the Kurukshetra war
Gandiva (IAST: Gāṇḍīva; Sanskrit: गाण्डीव) is the bow of Arjuna, one of the pandavas from Hindu epic Mahabharata and was made by Brahma.
Agni, the God of fire, wanted to devour the forest of Khandavaprastha, to regain his power and splendour. He had enlisted the help of the two heroes, Krishna and Arjuna. Arjuna was one of the best and greatest archer of all time, and demanded from Agni a bow which would suit his strength, skill and the power of celestial weapons.
Agni provided the heroes with the desired weapons. He gave the Gandiva bow to Arjuna, as well as two quivers which would provide an inexhaustible number of arrows.
The weapon was dreaded by many during the Kurukshetra war, having defeated and killed many great warriors and the gods themselves.
The Gandiva gives the wielder self confidence, self belief . The bow was well adorned and endued with great energy and is said to equivalent to a hundred thousand bows, it was also incapable of being damaged and was worshiped by the celestials and the Gandharvas.
Return to the gods
At the end of the Dwapara yuga, Krishna departed the mortal world and left for Vaikuntha. Arjuna could not string the bow, or remember the spells necessary in order to summon his celestial weapons. Later the pandavas retired and journeyed to the himalayas. On their route, Agni came and asked Arjuna to return the Gandiva to varuna {the god of sea},for it belonged to him. Arjuna obliged and dropped them in the waters of the sea. Thus the celestial bow was returned to the gods.
Bows from Hindu mythology: Pinaka (also Shivadhanush)
Bows: Fail-not – the bow of Tristan. It was said to never miss its mark (Arthurian legend)
Rods and staffs: Circe's staff – a staff with which the sorceress Circe could transform others into animals (Greek mythology)
Boots: Ǒusībùyúnlǚ (Cloud-stepping Boots or Cloud-stepping Shoes)


Our week with Paolo Tiziano Tesi is shaping up to be a fun time for all music, walking and food lovers. This year will be a small group of people who love to sing and it will be equally good for people who just love listening to music and walking along the medieval roads in Tuscany. It is always suitable for people who love food and cooking classes will be available for anyone wanting to do that.
This is a little clip from Paolo rehearsing with our large group last year and you can read up about the week here on this link button below.
One of my favorite recipe's from Anna our cook at Montestigliano for you to try.
Heat oil and add finely chopped onion and radicchio, saute on a gentle heat.
Add a little stock, salt, pepper, simmer until vegetables are almost a sauce. Blend in the gorgonzola.
Melt butter in pan, add rice and cook 1 minute, add stock gradually and stir until rice is al dente.
Blend through the radicchio sauce.
We will be adding more recipes to blog so stay tuned.
Join us for Cooking at the Source for a week of cooking and a hilarious good natured local festa with the Donati family or Singing in Siena this year to meet up with Anna and learn direct from the source.
I knew I could paint but who would have thought I could sing!
It was two years ago when I came to that point in my life when I was feeling stuck and not able to take a decision about my next step in life, about my future, about moving towards happiness. I knew it existed and I knew it was up to me to go for it, but I guess I was not ready for it yet.
My days in Amsterdam were getting darker and darker, in all aspects, and I could not find any substitute for the light and the sun I was missing so badly from my external and internal existence. Too long in the same corporate company having to cope with the politics, a personal relationship going wrong, insomnia and severe back problems, the all inclusive package, like it was Christmas in hell.
We all have our limits I guess, our timing and we're all quite different in that matter. It took me one year to realize I had to stop complaining and do something. But what?
I knew I had to leave my life in Amsterdam but I wasn't prepared for the journey. I could not imagine letting my guard down by making the wrong decision and disappointing everyone, failing, as that was a possibility and my brain tended to hang onto that negative thought.
But then a sense of surrender came over me and I knew it was time and OK to ask for help, so I got myself a coach. After only two sessions the word painting jumped out of my notes and brought me back to my childhood when I saw myself as an artist, only to be told that success wasn't easy to reach in that world. I used to love drawing, dancing and even singing sometimes. Where did all those joys go? Who scared them away?
And so I joined a painting class and from then on I felt that it was my own movie and I was writing the script at the same time. My first step in the studio was firm and in a hurry, afraid that I might waist even seconds from my time for painting. I knew I had reached that moment when good energy was picking up by minute and building up a strength in me. I enjoyed each and every class and at some point painting became my meditation. As it was an intuitive painting class, we were painting with our hands, even dancing and singing in the same time. There was color in the sounds, in the moves, in the visual space, there was color everywhere and I LOVED IT!
Close to the end of the course I knew I wanted more of what my life was missing, it was COLORS. Loud vibrant radiantly striking colors! I knew they were inside, I just needed some sun to get them blooming. At the same time something got triggered in me at a deeper level and suddenly my fear was gone. I remember the moment of acknowledging not having that heavy feeling of "what if" anymore and next thing I knew that I was ready to leave.
I was in love with Bali even before I landed, as "I love Bali" became my mantra when logging in at work every day for my last two months of work. I am sure the Island of the Gods shared the same feelings as she saluted me with a strong earthquake the next day I stepped on her beautiful fields. What a welcome that was!
Sometimes I feel there are no words of describing the beauty of this place. I paint with joy and I breathe it all in, as Bali is my forever green canvas, which changes by light, sounds, smells from a day to the other. Every day is a new painting for me and I absorb and take it all in with gratefulness.
I had the chance to work with painters from Bali, walk into their studios and absorb the knowledge they have to offer and they do it so openly. One of my teachers, I Wayan Karja, has opened his door for me in such a humble way, that I feel honored to be so lucky and have him as my mentor.
But my journey didn't just get the painting flavor though, as Bali seems to be one of the most abundant places when it comes to expressive arts. People sing, people dance, people create a lot here!
And yes, I never thought I could sing the way I sing. I figured that out when joining the Singabout choir for a week and a new type of energy fueled my body. I did toy around with kirtan for a while since I came to live in Bali, but apart from a one time lifting experience, not too much happened around it, or not enough to get me wanting more of it.
Singing in a choir was empowering, it was lifting, it was joyful and above all meaningful. I felt I was part of a higher power, maybe of the group, maybe of the Gods within us. I could hardly sleep that week, because of the excitement and high elevations I was exposed too. But still, the energy to do it over and over again every day was there. And what got me more, was the fact that I could hear my voice and I could hear I can sing, something I would have never considered I can do well.
I used to be judgmental about gospel before, but this entire experience delivered music to me in another type of envelope. The joy of singing for God was somehow different when being part of the group. Or maybe it was because I realized I was singing to myself, to my God, to Me God.
I'll keep that singing week in my mind as a great experience, which nourished my soul, my voice and my inner voice. It helped me express a different part of the artist in me and I am grateful for that.
So here I am, living my life in Bali the way I want, painting and creating, investing time and energy in what I love to do and what has always been inside me waiting to come out and smile to the world. I feel lucky enough to have met and worked with people who believe in me and encourage me to go on, I feel like I have started all over again.
What my story has taught me is that the truth can't be held down and sooner or later it's taking you over and brings you to where you belong, HOME.
Living in Bali now seems so natural like I have been doing this all my life. I guess I have been living here all the , in my imaginary mind.
I am thankful each and every day for my choice, for rediscovering painting, dancing and singing and finding the space in Bali to become what I always wanted to become, an artist.
Maybe you don't have to be as radical as I was but I really recommend that you go out and find the artist within you, it was the best decision I have ever made!
This week I started Italian classes in preparation for my upcoming Travel Writing in a Palace retreat. I love languages and Italian, as we all know, is particularly passionate and evocative.
Years ago, I spent a summer learning Italian in Perugia. I have a vivid memory of sitting on sun-baked steps eating a mozzarella-filled panini dripping with olive oil and fresh oregano. I remember thinking, 'There is nothing better than this.' I've never tasted a sandwich like it.
So even though my grammar is very rusty and I've forgotten half my vocab, just being in the class made it all rush back. Afterwards I walked through Leichhardt – little Italy, for those who don't know – and wanted to say 'Ciao' to everyone I met.
Of course, it wasn't the exercises that made me excited, it was watching the teacher and being part of the group. I was mesmerised by her gestures. How she joked and drew everyone into the conversation; how she listened, her head cocked to the side. How she conducted the evening class as if it was an orchestra.
Capturing how a person talks is crucial to making your characters come alive on every page.
Use 'telling gestures' that reflect the character of the person who's talking. These also help to break up quotes.
Condense an exchange. We don't need every 'um' and 'aagh'.
Paraphrase some sections as a way to cut to the chase. If you paraphrase, you don't need punctuation, as you're not quoting the person word for word.
Edit your dialogue to the strongest moments. Avoid those waffly bits – this is especially true in fiction where there's a tendency to let dialogue drag. Keep it sharp.
Show what isn't said between characters with ellipsis. i.e. 'I was hoping you'd stay …' she trailed off.
Capture the rhythm of how a non-English speaker talks, rather than relying on dialect.
Keep with 'said' as your speech tag. Writers often worry that 'he said/she said' gets boring, so they replace it with umpteen other words. Actually we don't notice these tags when reading and it's distracting if you have 'hollered / murmured / responded' etc.
So over to you, how do you use dialogue to humanise your stories?
Join me in Italy this August for a special travel writing retreat. Early bird bookings are now being taken for Travel Writing in a Palace 2014.
We are SO looking forward to having workshop retreat with Anita Daulne in Bali and in Italy in 2014. Ok men and women, get ready!
Anita talks about her workshops and her thinking behind it here on this lovely little video.


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Q: Dynamic contacts database I'm trying to create database for contacts
I need for every contact to have many catogries
Like home
Office
Emails
Phones
And in every category can add more one value
Also the categories can be dynamic
How can this be designed in database

A: It seems to me that you have two kinds of categorization that you need to be concerned with.  First you have the purpose of the contact, i.e. Home or Office (there could be others, such as Head Office, Emergency Contact, Vacation Home,...) and the other is the medium of the contact, i.e. E-Mail, Phone (there could be others here too, such as BlackBerry PIN, FAX, Mailing Address, Delivery Address,...)
In the first case you want to describe how or why the contact is used and in the second case you want to describe what medium is used to make contact.
These should be considered separately because they are going to drive different application functions.  For example, you might have some GUI code that presents different fields and enforce different edits depending on whether you are capturing a mailing address versus a postal address versus a phone number, etc.  Similarly, you might have business rules that say Office contact is mandatory and Home contact is optional.
Here is a quick sketch of schema that allows you to make these categorizations:

The CUSTOMER table (for the sake of illustration) contains the people you want to be able to contact.  The CONTACT table contains the actual information needed to contact the customer.  You could use a generic design or something like XML data to structure this depending on your needs.  The two types of categorizations are table driven as follows:
CONTACT_PURPOSE tells you why the contact would be used.  This is your Home/Office/... categorization.  This is mostly a lookup table but it might have some rules on it like whether or not the contact is mandatory.
CONTACT_FORMAT tells you the structure of the contact.  This is your E-Mail/Phone/Address/... categorization.  This will have a lookup table element to it, but it could also contain rules for how the contact data is structured, like how many fields?  How big is each field?  What is the regex pattern used to validate the contact content and so forth.

A:
Contact( ID, FirstName, LastName, ..)
  Category( ID, Name)
  CategoryNumbers(ContactID,CategoryID,Number)

You would need a default category since in this design you cannot add a number without a category.

A: Good explanation by @Joel Brown, I would just like to add.
The Content in Contact can be some other table depending on the CONTACT_FORMAT, for example,
1) if the CONTACT_FORMAT is Address, then it can refer to ADDRESS table which will have fields like street, city, state, country etc.
2) if the CONTACT_FORMAT is Phone, then it can refer to PHONE table which will have fields like ask for, good time to call, area code, country code etc.
like so for different CONTACT_FORMAT's which needs specific fields.

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> The issue is triggered with make 3.82 (as found on Fedora 20).
> If you built on Ubuntu with make 3.81, you won't observe the issue.
>> CC right ODP list.
>>>         It's a Makefile, using make. Nothing specific to OE.
>>>     for me it works for both native and arm.
>>> Works for me too, in Ubuntu 13.10 64-bit, native build.
>>>         >> | make: *** Makefile/: Not a directory.  Stop.
> > The issue is triggered with make 3.82 (as found on Fedora 20).
> > If you built on Ubuntu with make 3.81, you won't observe the issue.
> >> CC right ODP list.
> >>>         It's a Makefile, using make. Nothing specific to OE.
> >>>     for me it works for both native and arm.
> >>> Works for me too, in Ubuntu 13.10 64-bit, native build.
> >>>         >> | make: *** Makefile/: Not a directory.  Stop.
>>> The issue is triggered with make 3.82 (as found on Fedora 20).
>>> If you built on Ubuntu with make 3.81, you won't observe the issue.
will be good not specify all directories.
>>>> CC right ODP list.
>>>>>          It's a Makefile, using make. Nothing specific to OE.
>>>>>      for me it works for both native and arm.
>>>>> Works for me too, in Ubuntu 13.10 64-bit, native build.
>>>>>          >> | make: *** Makefile/: Not a directory.  Stop.
>>>> The issue is triggered with make 3.82 (as found on Fedora 20).
>>>> If you built on Ubuntu with make 3.81, you won't observe the issue.
> be good not specify all directories.
I'm sorry if I wasn't clean on that!
>>>>> CC right ODP list.
>>>>>>          It's a Makefile, using make. Nothing specific to OE.
>>>>>>      for me it works for both native and arm.
>>>>>> Works for me too, in Ubuntu 13.10 64-bit, native build.
>>>>>>          >> | make: *** Makefile/: Not a directory.  Stop.


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Episode 4: tireless workers
Francis Alÿs / David Brognon & Stéphanie Rollin / Moritz Frei / Isabelle Giovacchini / Klara Hobza / Letizia Romanini / Takahiro Suzuki / Guido van der Werve / Mai Yamashita & Naoto Kobayashi
front: Klara Hobza »From Cologne to Bonn« (2011); back: Isabelle Giovacchini »about:blank« (from 2008)
Klara Hobza »Quixotic Obstacle Course« (2011)
front: Klara Hobza »From Cologne to Bonn« (2011)
Letizia Romanini »Ohne Titel (Schwankend)« (2012), detail
Isabelle Giovacchini »about:blank« (from 2008)
Takahiro Suzuki »IKIRO in front of Mt. Kailash in Tibet 1997« and »IKIRO - Be Alive« (2013)
Francis Alÿs »When Faith Moves Mountains (making of)« (2002)
Mai Yamashita & Naoto Kobayashi »Infinity in Berlin« (2008), film still
Mai Yamashita & Naoto Kobayashi »Rubbing a Camel« (2010), film still
David Brognon & Stéphanie Rollin »The Most Beautiful Attempt« (2012), film still
front: Klara Hobza »From Cologne to Bonn« (2011); back: Guido van der Werve, »Nummer dertien, Effugio A: Chamomile, Russia's National Flower or Running to Rachmaninoff« (2010)
Guido van der Werve, »Nummer dertien, Effugio A: Chamomile, Russia's National Flower or Running to Rachmaninoff« (2010)
Moritz Frei »Divide et impera« (2011-13), performance
Moritz Frei »Divide et impera« (2011-13)
Exhibition view Episode 4: tireless workers, 2013. Photos: Pierre-Etienne Morelle.
In the group show »Episode 4: tireless workers« insitu presents artistic positions and artworks that are devoted to fulfilling absurd, maybe even senseless tasks. Metaphorically these artworks can be described as Sisyphean actions, impressive by their strength to tirelessly continue a task, which most others would probably consider useless. The exhibition focuses on artistic strategies, which tend to give priority to time, effort and repetition over efficiency. These art pieces follow one of the great luxuries of art – the freedom to realize (performative) tasks which do not necessarily follow what one would call a productive goal, but are instead more interested in trying to realize an idea no matter how crazy, painful or impossible it seems.
Klara Hobza's sculpture »From Cologne to Bonn« is the outcome of her long-term project »Diving Through Europe«. For this project, which began in 2010, she plans to enter the Rhine from the North Sea, proceed through the Rhine to the Main, then through the Main-Danube-Channel, down through the Danube, and all the way to the Black Sea. Hobza estimates that this endeavor will require the next 20–30 years. Within the pyramid of oxygen bottles Hobza visualizes the massive physical reality of diving a long distance such as from Cologne to Bonn.
At first glance, the series of canvases »about:blank« seem to show nothing, however, Isabelle Giovanicchi spent a lot of time creating them. Like a daily ritual or physical training, she rigorously pierced the canvases in a uniform square pattern. One can think of a miniaturist artist who spends hours on this meticulous task, but Giovacchini advocates the method over the visual outcome, which remains here almost invisible.
Whether Guido van der Werve walks across frozen Finnish seas only a few meters in front of a huge icebreaker or runs around his house for 12 hours, the artist usually exposes himself to tremendous physical hardships and dangers to create his lyrical and melancholic art pieces. »Effugio A: Chamomile, Russia's National Flower or Running to Rachmaninoff« is a 16 slide projection documenting an endurance performance piece that Van der Werve premiered in 2010. The artist embarked on a solitary journey to Rachmaninoff's grave, traversing more than 45 km throughout New York, to place a flower bouquet on his tombstone. Guido van der Werve continues to honor the composer by repeating his performance annually.
Letizia Romanini's work »Ohne Titel (Schwankend)« can be described as obsessive and Sisyphean, as is her site-specific drawing which has been especially created for insitu. In a self-imposed and strict working rhythm, Romanini tried to create a continuous straight line formed by stamps dipped in ink. The aim to achieve a perfect line is futile as the task can never be perfectly made by a human being.
In April 1996 the Japanese artist Takahiro Suzuki decided that the act of writing the word: »IKIRO – Be Alive« should become a life project. Since then he has been writing IKIRO every day. For his participation at insitu, Suzuki wrote IKIRO with lemon juice on a paper and sent it to Berlin. During the travel time the writing became visible. On the 15th year anniversary of the IKIRO project Suzuki states: »The more Takahiro writes IKIRO, the less reason there is for him to do it. This is what he can say and it really doesn't matter if he can find a good meaning to write IKIRO in his life. Writing IKIRO is still mysterious for him and he thinks there are lots of things we never know.«
In the small dark space of insitu is the almost hidden Moritz Frei performance »Divide et impera«. For 5 hours during the opening he will undertake an unusual activity that defies the laws of entropy by reorganizing the chaos of muesli into an ordered system. From a mixed bunch, he arranges each kind of cereal and piece of fruit by type, size or color. The goal of this performance is as futile as its realization is laborious, Frei gives us his parodic interpretation of the absurdity of some grandiose and visionary human enterprises.
The second room of insitu is devoted to a series of films by the artists Francis Alÿs, David Brognon & Stéphanie Rollin, Klara Hobza and Mai Yamashita & Naoto Kobayashi.
Francis Alÿs (BE), David Brognon & Stéphanie Rollin (LU/BE), Moritz Frei (D), Isabelle Giovacchini (FR), Klara Hobza (D), Letizia Romanini (LU), Takahiro Suzuki (JP), Guido van der Werve (NL), Mai Yamashita & Naoto Kobayashi (JP).
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19.10.2012 - The major event of the Abu Dhabi Film Festival, the gala ceremony for the presentation of the Black Pearl Awards, takes place in front of an all-star audience at Emirates Palace tonight. The ceremony, which includes the presentation of Lifetime Achievement Award to two of the most glamourous and accomplished actresses working in the world today, will be preceded by a bumper red carpet featuring cast and crew members of more than 20 films, representatives of the Festival juries and a host of VIP guests.
Egypt's Sawsun Badr and Tunisian-born Claudia Cardinale will be the guests of honour at the prestigious event. The two internationally acclaimed actresses will be honoured with Lifetime Achievement Awards during the ceremony.
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Three films, one from each of our special programs screen today. In the Algerian programme, Ahmed Rachedi's classic film about resistance fighters The Opium And The Baton (1969) is screening. In the Korean program The Good the Bad and the Weird (2008) a rollicking adaptation of Sergio Leone's spaghetti Western from Kim Jee-Won. And you can also see on the big screen, for the first time, a beautiful, digitally restored print of David Lean's masterpiece Lawrence of Arabia (1962). The screening marks 50 years since the film's release.
Two films in the Documentary competition screen today: Cursed Be the Phosphate, Sam Tlili's film about an uprising in the phosphate-rich Gafsa region that took place three years before Ben Ali's government was toppled, and The House I Live in, Eugene Jarecki's searing documentary about the failure of the USA's 'war on drugs'.
In the Narrative competition, see Lore, Australian Director Cate Shortland's sensual film about the coming-of-age of the daughter of Gestapo agents in post-war Germany, and Rachid Banhadj's film Perfumes of Algiers.


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Who Was Morgan Freeman Calling Out During His SAG Life Achievement Award Speech?
While Morgan Freeman didn't elaborate on which celebrity he interrupted his acceptance speech to say hi to at the time, backstage he let reporters in on a little secret — it was Lily Tomlin
By Maria Pasquini and Mariah Haas January 22, 2018 10:15 AM
There was one question on everybody's minds after Morgan Freeman gave his life achievement award speech at the 2018 Screen Actors Awards: Who was the mystery celebrity that the 80-year-old actor called out during his speech?
As Freeman began his acceptance speech on Sunday, he paused for a moment to abruptly call out another member of the audience. And while the actor didn't elaborate on who he was talking about at the time, backstage he let reporters in on a little secret — it was Lily Tomlin!
"Yeah. That was Lily Tomlin," he explained at the 2018 SAG Awards press room at The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Sunday. "She's a wonder in herself and I've always loved her. I see her, I say hello."
Tomlin was also the recipient of the SAG life achievement award at least year's ceremony.
Be sure to check out PEOPLE's full SAG Awards coverage to get the latest news on Hollywood's big night.
Shortly after walking onstage to begin his speech earlier that night, Freeman stopped and said, "Hey…I'm talking to you. Yeah, hey," to a then-unidentified person in the audience.
"Okay, well you just stand out to me, that's all," he added, before resuming his speech.
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Freeman received the life achievement award at the ceremony this year for his work in film, in addition to his humanitarian accomplishments. His Electric Company costar Rita Moreno, who is an EGOT winner, presented him the honor, which Freeman presented to her back in 2013.
"Morgan is more than just an actor, producer humanitarian — this man is a national treasure," Moreno, 86, said before the video montage dedicated to Freeman's career.
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Before taking the stage, Freeman was greeted with a standing ovation from the audience — and the cheers intensified, even more, when he headed to accept the honor.
"Morgan, lift up your hat," instructed Moreno, who wanted to make sure the audience was able to see his face.
"You have no idea how long I've had to put with that," Freeman joked before starting his speech.
24th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, Arrivals, Los Angeles, USA - 21 Jan 2018
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"This is beyond an honor. This is a place in history," he said, before adding, "Oh, and one more thing, I wasn't going to do this. I'm going to tell you what's wrong with this statue, it works from the back, from the front it's gender specific. Maybe I started something."
After winning a statewide drama competition in Mississippi at age 12, Freeman went on to perform in small parts before serving in the U.S. Air Force, eventually graduating to film and television roles in his subsequent career in Hollywood, which has resulted in over $4.5 billion in cumulative worldwide ticket sales.
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In addition to his work on screens big and small — namely in movies like Unforgiven, Million Dollar Baby, The Shawshank Redemption, Driving Miss Daisy, and Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy — Freeman has embarked on several philanthropic ventures. In 1973, he co-founded the Frank Silvera Writers' Workshop in support of black playwrights, and he continues to contribute to Artists for a New South Africa and the Campaign for Female Education.
The prestigious award has been given to esteemed members of the industry elite in the recent past, including Ernest Borgnine in 2010, Mary Tyler Moore in 2011, Dick Van Dyke in 2012, Moreno in 2013, Debbie Reynolds in 2014, and Carol Burnett in 2015. Lily Tomlin received the honor at last year's ceremony.
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Every once in a while, we have to do something useful around here, so here is short review of something every pit keeper should have.
If your just getting into the BBQ arts, and are wondering where in the heck point your wallet, here is a worthy place to start. The smoke zone , or "sweet spot" for low and slow BBQ is somewhere between 225 to 250 – the choice temperature to keep your cooker at, and this gadget will help you monitor your smoker for that temperature, and much more.
The Maverick RediChek Wireless Remote Thermometer. There are lots of things similar out there, and some are nicer, but this is the one we use. So we know from vast experience that they work well and because serious BBQ is nothing to goof around with, we can therefore recommended them with impunity.
It's a two piece affair: One transmitter, and one receiver. It also comes with two thermal probes- one for your meat and one for your cooker.
Tip – When inserting a probe into meat, ensure that it is indeed in meat, and not by mistake, in a fat cap or next to a bone, as such folly will only give you inaccurate readings. The other probe should be positioned in the smoker at grate level obviously, because that's where the vittles are.
Once you have the probes in place and your smoker up and running, turn on the transmitter and receiver, and they should link up in a couple of seconds. The transmitter stays out at the pit, while the receiver shall accompany you by your recliner, whilst you repair with a lovely beverage and watch the big game. The nifty part of this is you can set various alarms on the receiver to alert you of a gamut of events, should you fall asleep in said recliner, such as: if smoker temps wander too high or too low, or perhaps the most lovely alert of them all, in which it chimes in due accord whence your meat is done. Be prepared for Pavlov-like reactions with this alert.
The Maverick Redi Chek also boasts a 100 foot range, of which I suppose is possible if there is no sheet rock, wood, glass, or furniture between you and your pit. We just have not found this range to be accurate in real world use. It's more like 25 feet realistically, which tho, as it turns out, is well enough for most people.
All-in-all, a good little unit at a reasonable price to get you started in the smokey arts.
Another tip: Note what happens when you leave your Maverick too close to your pit. Whups. To its credit however, it still works like the day I got it. Hats off to a good product.
Editor's PostScript: Well, it's been four years since we've done this review, and we're pleased to say that the RediChek ET-73 is still working just fine, save for it's hemorrhaged plastic case indecent. These things happen. Regardless, it has stood the test of time for our uses, and that says something at least. If there has been any weakness with it, it has been the range. I do wish for a unit that would transmit from the patio all the way up to master bedroom for those all night smokes. That was always asking too much of the ET-73. It is line of sight with that one. That being said, there are still better units on the market these days. If we were buying today, we'd probably go with something like the ThermoPro TP20. It has a little more under the hood, if you will, and well, it's orange! Plus, it boasts a range of 300 feet. I'll have to see that to believe it tho.
ThermoPro TP20 Wireless Remote Digital Cooking Food Meat Thermometer with Dual Probe for Smoker Grill Oven BBQ .
This entry was posted on January 7, 2013 by Patrons of the Pit. It was filed under Uncategorized and was tagged with barbecue, bbq, brisket, charcoal, cooking, gadgets, grilling, Maverick Redi Chek, meat, ribs, smoker, Wireless Remote Thermometer.
We break one of those pronged wireless thermometers pretty much on a monthly basis. After the first 75$ Big Green Egg brand thermometer broke after 3 uses we decided to just buy the cheapest ones we could. So far this strategy has worked out pretty well.
A sound strategy, especially considering your luck with thermometers! Man.
I have that same thermometer, but hardly ever use it anymore. It won't transmit the 5 to 10 feet from my BGE inside the house to my chair. I'd like to get the newer 732 which is supposed to be good to 300 ft. Just found your site, loving it so far.
Yeah, it needs to be almost line-of-site it seems. I wouldn't count on 300 feet from the 732 tho, you know how they like to boast. But surely it's a little better you would think. You'll have to let us know if you get it. Might be you just need to replace the batteries, that would hinder range I suspect.
Naw, I've tried fresh batteries in it a few times. I'd be happy with 50 feet, to tell you the truth. My 73 does work if there is nothing directly in between it. You wouldn't think one of those doors that is mostly glass panes would interfere.
Supposedly, they fixed it so you don't have to pop off the back cover to turn it on also.
I had an ET72. It lasted about 3 cooks and the probe went out even tho i wrapped it in foil where the lid rested on it. Not very good.
Bummer. I guess I haven't had much trouble with the 73, other than I wish the range was better.
Perfect timing. Deerslayer and I were just discussing BBQ thermometers and that it was just about time for us to purchase one. Thanks for the info!
Sure thing Mrs. Deerslayer. They are cool little gadgets for sure.
I'm very new to monitoring of temps in the pit and the meat. Yep, I went with the Maverick and so far am highly impressed. I was doing a brisket a while back. Started it about 5 AM, went back to bed with the receiver next to the bed. About 10 AM (yeah, I was sleeping in! LOL) the alarm went off. Went out, added more coals to my Smokenator, and let it continue for another 4 hours or so, wrapped the brisket, added more coals, finished about 3 hours later. The thermometer was awesome! No opening the lid every 30 minutes or hour to see how it was doing, no wondering if the temp was too high or too low. I highly recommend this gadget.
Ah, good to see another gentleman of the coals. Yes, they are fun little gadgets. Your brisket story reminds me of my first time with the maverick. For I did exactly the same thing. Put on a brisket and went to bed!
so – are you not supposed to put the unit in the smoker? You just put the probe in there? I have a Traeger and don't understand how to keep the lid down if the unit doesn't go in there?
Jason, you are correct sir. Only the probe goes into the pit. We left this one a little too close to the WSM, so it is well to keep it on a near by table or stand. Most smokers have a little hole, or eyelet somewhere on them to fish a probe through, thus enabling the lid to shut fully. If not, you could modify one into place, by drilling a hole at some strategic spot, tho it would void the warranty I'm sure. Lots of people shut the lid carefully over the wire, or find some other creative hole to slip it through, like a damper vent maybe. But yeah, don't put the unit in the smoker less you want to buy a new one.


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Hazy hills from Range View Overlook of Skyline Drive. Luray, Virginia, May 16, 2007
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A stream of Whiteoak Canyon near Skyline Drive. Skyland, Virginia, May 16, 2007
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View from Hogback Overlook of Blue Ridge Parkway. Luray, Virginia, May 16, 2007
View from Hogwallow Flats Overlook of Blue Ridge Parkway. Front Royal, Virginia, May 16, 2007
Area of Spear, with Southern Pacific Railroad and Wellborn Road to the left, Old Railroad Grade (Marion Pugh Drive) to the right, George Bush Drive and Rodeo Ground on the bottom, view from a window of a plane. College Station, Texas, January 8, 2008
Chisos Mountains with traces of snow, view from Castalon Highway (Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive). Big Bend National Park, Texas, November 25, 2007
A Quarry from Blue Ridge Parkway. Roanoke, Virginia, May 17, 2007
A farm at mile 25 near Blue Ridge Parkway near Spy Run Gap. Waynesboro, Virginia, May 17, 2007
A pasture at mile 25 of Blue Ridge Parkway near Spy Run Gap. Waynesboro, Virginia, May 17, 2007
A waterfall near Blue Ridge Parkway, near Mile 80. Peaks of Otter, Virginia, May 17, 2007
Fields at mile 32 near Blue Ridge Parkway. Buena Vista, Virginia, May 17, 2007
Trees from Hogback Overlook of Blue Ridge Parkway. Luray, Virginia, May 16, 2007
Wasatch National Forest and Salt Lake Valley, view from Easy Street near Miners Camp in Snowbird Ski Area. Utah, January 10, 2008
A bush in bloom near Blue Ridge Parkway, near Mile 80. Peaks of Otter, Virginia, May 17, 2007
A trillium flower near Blue Ridge Parkway, at Mile 79. Peaks of Otter, Virginia, May 17, 2007
Farms from Pine Tree Overlook, at Blue Ridge Parkway. Roanoke, Virginia, May 17, 2007
Forest and snow on a slope of Superior Peak across Little Cottonwood Canyon, view from Easy Street near Miners Camp in Snowbird Ski Area. Utah, January 10, 2008
Otter Creek Overlook near mile 38 of Blue Ridge Parkway. Buena Vista, Virginia, May 17, 2007
A dam of Otter Creek Overlook near mile 38 of Blue Ridge Parkway. Buena Vista, Virginia, May 17, 2007
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Falls near Old Lodging Railroad at Upper Otter Creek Overlook at mile 35 of Blue Ridge Parkway. Buena Vista, Virginia, May 17, 2007
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Army UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter crashed on Duncan Field on campus of Texas A and M University, view from George Bush Drive, with Coke Drive in background. College Station, Texas, January 14, 2009
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Virginia Field Park, with gazebo-style octogonal two-tiered bandstand (1895, Karen Renee Wiese Memorial Pavilion) in the center. Calvert, Texas, May 28, 2007
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Group of people in racing section of Camel Market, view from a gravel hill, wholesale markets area. Doha, Qatar, March 21, 2012
Abandoned houses near Camp Street, view from a parking lot in Warehouse District. New Orleans, Louisiana, May 15, 2005.
Apartment houses near Camp Street, view from a parking lot in Warehouse District. New Orleans, Louisiana, May 15, 2005.
Crusader s fortress in Atlit, now a military camp of marines(?), view from a train. The Middle East, April 25, 2002
View of remains of a Roman camp (?) and Dead Sea from a trail north from Masada. The Middle East, December 7, 2000
View of Crusader s Castle (now a military camp) in Atlit (south from Haifa) from a train. The Middle East, April 19, 2001
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North Lake Shore Drive from observatory at the top of Hancock Tower. Chicago, Illinois, September 11, 2007
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YOUNGSTOWN BOXING CLUBS
FIGHT NIGHT IN YOUNGSTOWN
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Salinas-Vargas Ready To Get It On
There will be no love lost between Alejandro "PoPo" Salinas and Jairo Vargas when they enter the ring Friday night at The Palermo Center in the evening's main event.
Vargas, 29, who has split his last four fights confirmed the rumors that were swirling that he wanted this fight as he feels Salinas will prove to be no contest for him.
During Thursday night's weigh-in at East Side Civics which saw both fighters weigh in at 131 pounds, it became apparent that Vargas (6-2, 5 KOs) wasn't coming to another fighters backyard to be a pushover as he jawed off to Salinas during the face off.
"I do not care if I'm fighting in is hometown. We can fight anywhere and the outcome will be the same, I will come out victorious" Vargas stated to us following the weigh-in. "I'm feeling great, I'm feeling very confident. Training camp went great." Vargas continued "Yes PoPo Salinas is a great fighter but I am better."
Salinas, 22, who will step into the ring with a 7-1 record with all his victories coming by way of knockout is known for his humble personality and took the high road during the face off and opted to extend his hand out and shake his opponent's hand rather than get into verbal warfare.
"I'm just ready for tomorrow, I'm just ready to pound this kid's face in and stop all the cockiness he has in him," Salinas said. "All I want to do is impress my family, my fans, and my team".
Also fighting on the card will be heavyweight prospect Jermaine Franklin who will be fighting in Youngstown for the second time in his young pro career.
Franklin (10-0, 9 KOs) of Saginaw, Michigan scored a knockout victory over Youngstown native Wes Triplett back in March of 2016 at the Ukrainian Hall located on Youngstown's west side. The 23-year-old who possesses a National Golden Gloves title which he won in 2014 on his resume will be taking on 34-year-old Danny Calhoun (6-2, 3 KOs) of Chicago in the co-main event that is scheduled for six rounds.
A pair of four-round bouts scheduled at the 160-pound weight limit will round out the pro fights slated for the evening as Ohio native Jose Rodgriguez Jr., 22, will put his perfect 3-0, 3 KOs record on the line against 27-year-old Lavelle Hadley who holds a 2-3 record with both victories coming via the knockout. The other 160-pound fight slated for the evening will match 25-year-old Quwanda Williams who sports a 0-1 record against Mark Weissman who will be making his pro debut.
Doors for the event being held at the St. Lucy's Palermo Center located at 394 Tenney Avenue in Campbell will open at 6:00 PM with the first bout beginning at 7:30 PM.
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Once you learn the fundamentals of C#, (the basic syntax and control flow) where do you go from there? If you were learning carpentry, there would be a step between learning how to use a saw and building a house. That step is called an apprenticeship. Think of this course as your apprenticeship. This course covers best practices for using basic C# features, guiding you on the path from apprentice to skilled C# software developer.


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It's said that crab cakes are to Crab Imperial as meatloaf is to prime ribs.
Preheat the oven to 450° F. Spritz a 5-to 6-cup gratin dish with nonstick cooking spray and set aside.
Melt 2 tablespoons of the butter in a small, heavy saucepan over moderate heat, add the onion, and cook, stirring often, for 5 to 8 minutes until lightly browned. Blend in the flour, both peppers, and nutmeg, and cook and stir for 1 minute. Add the half-and-half and sherry and cook, stirring constantly, for 3 to 5 minutes until thickened and smooth. Remove from the heat and blend in the mayonnaise, lemon juice, and salt; set aside.
Melt the remaining 2 tablespoons butter in a large, heavy skillet over moderate heat. Add the crab and warm for 1 minute, taking care not to break up the lumps. Gently fold the reserved cream sauce into the crab.
Scoop all into the gratin dish, blush the top with paprika, slide onto the middle oven shelf, and bake uncovered for about 15 minutes or until bubbling and tipped with brown.
Serve at once, accompanied, if you like, with fluffy boiled rice.


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Q: How do I consume a SerializableEntity on my spring REST controller? So I have some standard client code that contains the following POST request:
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httpPost.addHeader("content-type", "application/x-java-serialized-object");
SerializableEntity entity = new SerializableEntity(mySerialObject);
httpPost.setEntity(entity);
httpClient.execute(httpPost);
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So the above code seems to be fine and doing what I want. However I am having trouble consuming my SerializableEntity on the server side. Here is what my controller looks like:
@PostMapping("/myEndpoint")
@ResponseBody
public <T extends Serializable & Comparable<T>> ResponseEntity<Integer> balancingPost(HttpResponse response) {
    try(InputStream inputStream = response.getEntity().getContent()) {
      MySerialObject<T> = (MySerialObject<T>) SerializationUtils.deserialize(inputStream);

       ... do business logic calls here...
      return new ResponseEntity<>(someResult, HttpStatus.OK);
    } catch(Exception e) {
       ... exception handling and such....
    }
}

So I feel like an HttpResponse is the wrong type of param here for my controller but I am not sure what to use. Also maybe my @ResponseBody should be a @RequestBody in the param?


Our client approached us having had a very old catalogue/brochure website with left hand drive vehicles for sale. Based in the heart of London Transeuropean have been in the left hand car trade for over 40 years and their existing website was not doing them justice for how established and professional they are when it comes to customer service and the quality of their products. Our job was to re-design and develop the existing site with an easy to use content management platform to aid the company in listing their new vehicles quickly and with maximum impact. We utilised a Magento eCommerce platform as the base of the application which was customised according to the clients exact requirements.
We also created a new easy to use enquiry system whereby potential customers can easily gather items into their enquiry basket, to be sent through to the company by email, requesting more information or to book a test drive.
Search engine optimisation was also improved in the process and has reflected on the amount of traffic and enquiries they are now receiving. Active Webdezign ensures that any search engine ranking is not lost during any re-development as we know how hard it is to get a good rank these days. All in all the client was extremely satisfied with our work which was delivered on time and within their budget.


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Geomorfologický okrsek Rýchory zaujímá nejvýchodnější část Krkonoš. Název byl převzat od názvu hlavního hřebenu, nicméně okrsek zaujímá větší prostor. Kromě vlastního hřebenu Rýchor sem byl přičleněn ještě souběžný severněji umístěný Žacléřský hřbet a hřeben táhnoucí se k severu a zahrnující vrcholy Mravenečníku, Čepele, Kopiny (v Polsku) a Albeřického vrchu. Nejvyšší horou okrsku je Dvorský les (1036 m).

Geomorfologie
Rýchory náleží do geomorfologického celku Krkonoš a podcelku Krkonošské rozsochy. Je to nejvýchodnější a prostorově nejvíce izolovaná rozsocha Krkonoš, nebo spíše téměř izolovaný masiv, který spojuje s vlastními Krkonošemi jen úzký hřeben nad Albeřicemi. Od západněji položené Černohorské hornatiny je odděluje údolí Lysečinského potoka a následně poměrněširoké údolí řeky Úpy. V jihozápadním cípu jí tok Úpy odděluje i od Vrchlabské vrchoviny. Jižní svahy spadají do Krkonošského podhůří, jihovýchodní do Broumovské vrchoviny. Po hřebeni Čepele a prostorem Albeřického vrchu prochází státní hranice mezi Českou republikou a Polskem.

V nejvyšších polohách mezi Dvorským Lesem a druhou nejvyšší horou Kutnou (1008 m) a se nachází zarovnaný povrch, který je specifický typ reliéfu pro celou oblast Krkonoš. Jde o téměř plochou plošinu členěnou pouze lokálními skalami nebo úvalovitými údolími. Na Rýchorách vytváří zarovnaný povrch až 1,5 x 0,5 km velké území a vytváří tak téměř obdélník.

Na sever vybíhají z hlavního hřebene Rýchor dva cípy, které odděluje Suchý důl. Na východnějším z těchto hřebenů se nachází třetí nejvyšší hora Rýchor, Mravenečník (1005 m), a dále Čepel (921 m) na česko-polské hranici. Dále tento hřeben pokračuje k severu po státní hranici až k Albeřickému vrchu (946 m), kde Rýchory navazují na sousední Maloúpskou rozsochu. Z Mravenečníku na jihovýchod vybočuje dílčí svahová rozsocha, kterou tvoří izolovaný Žacléřský hřbet. Na jih vybíhají z Rýchor čtyři cípy. Nejvýchodnější vychází jihovýchodně z Dvorského lesa a nachází se zde Vrchy (720 m), na samém východním rozhraní geomorfologického celku Krkonoše. Jižně od Dvorského lesa vystupuje vysoký Sklenářovický vrch (921 m) a další z dílčích jižních svahových rozsoch vychází od Dvorského lesa k jihozápadu a táhne se k vrchu Bartův Les (732 m). Mezi těmito dvěma cípy se táhne údolí Sklenářovického potoka. A poslední cíp vychází jihozápadně směrem od hory Kutné, přechází přes Černý Vrch (946 m) a je zakončen hřebenovitou elevací Kraví vrch (681 m). Mezi těmito dvěma rozsochami vede Antonínovo údolí, kterým protéká potok Kalná.

Vodstvo
Žacléřský hřbet a na něj navazující hřeben vybíhající z Mravenečníku severním směrem tvoří hlavní evropské rozvodí Severního a Baltského moře. Severovýchodní (polskou) část odvodňují levé přítoky řeky Bóbru. Větší část okrsku odvodňuje řeka Úpa protékající okolo jihozápadního okraje. Nedaleko Rýchorské boudy se nachází tzv. Rýchorská studánka, která je pramenem Maxova potoka.

Vegetace
Až na malé oblasti jižních svahů okrsku se celá česká část nachází na území Krkonošského národního parku. Větší část je zalesněna hospodářskými smrčinami, které zatím nepostihlo tak masívní kácení, jako v jiných částech Krkonoš. Ve vrcholovém prostoru Dvorského lesa se nachází reliktní bukový prales. Luční enklávy mají různou velikost od velmi malých (Sněžné boudy) až pod rozsáhlé (Horní a Dolní Albeřice).

Komunikace
Jedinou veřejnou silniční komunikací uvnitř obvodu okrsku je silnice vedoucí z Horního Maršova končící v Horních Albeřicích. Dále se zde nachází síť neveřejných cest různé kvality obsluhující jednotlivé luční enklávy a fungující pro potřeby lesního hospodaření. Prostorem prochází červeně značená Cesta bratří Čapků z Pomezních Bud do Trutnova a množství dalších značených tras.

Stavby
Nepočítáme-li vsi Horní a Dolní Albeřice, vyskytuje se v prostoru okrsku pouze roztroušená budní zástavba soustředěná na jednotlivé luční enklávy. Většími z nich jsou osady Rýchory a Vízov. Známou stavbou je Rýchorská bouda. Prostorem hlavního hřebenu je vedena nedokončená linie lehkého opevnění budovaného před druhou světovou válkou proti nacistickému Německu.

Reference

Geomorfologické jednotky Krkonoš
Geomorfologické okrsky v Česku

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Thomas Arundel
1353-1414. Archbishop of Canterbury from 1396. Third son of the earl of Arundel, he was consecrated bishop of Ely in 1374 and was thereafter lord chancellor (1386- 89) to Richard II, during which time he became also archbishop of York. A determined opponent of the Lollards* and of reform movements within the church, he was impeached in Parliament in 1397 and banished. He returned to power with Henry IV, both as chancellor and in his see, which he retained till his death. Arundel opposed the "Lacklearning" Parliament of 1404 and its successor of 1410 over attempts to disendow the church; in 1408 he helped a provincial council at Oxford against the Lollards, being instrumental for the trial and burning of Lord Cobham for that heresy in 1413.


Award-winning companies 20 Stories High and Contact have joined forces again to co-produce a new verbatim play about young women and abortion.
A multi-talented young female ensemble use verbatim voices, live music, beats and rhyme to portray the stories of real women who've experienced pregnancy and abortion. This funny, frank, and moving new play is about as far from a worthy sexual health lecture as is imaginable.
Julia explains; "One in three U.K. women have had an abortion and yet we don't talk about our experiences. We only ever debate it as an abstract moral issue. In this production we wanted to break that taboo and explore the human stories of the women involved.
Because of cultural, moral and legal restraints some of the young women's stories represented are very moving but there are also many uplifting and life-affirming experiences.


Whether you're new to wet shaving or a seasoned veteran, we can all use a cheat sheet every now and then. Consider this yours. Here are some common wet shaving mistakes easily remedied by the 3 P's, preparation, practice and patience.
Too achieve the ideal shave, its comes down to layers. One builds upon the other to produce the best shaving surface and it starts with preparation. If you're not washing your face prior to shaving or using warm water, you're doing yourself a disservice. Washing your face rids the surface of oil and dirt, which can obstruct the razor's glide. We need to use warm water to soften our facial hair and open our pores. Both of these make it easier to cut facial hair. Following rinsing your face, massage a nickel-sized amount of Bevel Priming Oil into your skin and facial hair. The Bevel Priming Oil helps to soften the skin and hair, while creating a layer of lubrication that will help prevent nicks, cuts bumps and irritation. If you want to up the ante, try pressing a hot towel against the skin for at least one minute.
This is a big one and we're all inclined to make this one. As we repeatedly shave the scraping will naturally make the blade dull. But like squeezing the last bit of toothpaste out of the tube, we try to stretch its use. This is the one time it works against you. That dull blade means we work harder to achieve a clean shave and that makes us prone to committing two additional mistakes, using too much pressure and using to many strokes to shave any particular area. Too much pressure can cause us to nick ourselves and shaving the same area too much can cause razor burn. When we use a sharp blade, it does all the work for us and cuts down on extra strokes, thus speeding up the process. We suggest replacing the blade in your Bevel Razor every shave or every other shave.
We all want a smooth jawline and let's face it; it's the reason why we shave. To achieve this, however, many of us are shaving against the grain. Stop it! Shaving against the grain is one of the leading causes of ingrown hairs. Plus if you're not careful, you might nick yourself in the process. Always shave with the grain. Always. It's rare that a guy's hair grows all in one direction, sometimes it's inwards, other times its outwards and even sometimes in a circle. If you ever need help in determining your grain, reach out to our Bevel Customer Success Team.
If you're shaving at the sink, it's likely you suffer from your face drying up. This is bound to happen, as the surface of your face isn't receiving enough moisture. As a result, your lather will become pasty. Don't continue shaving through this; it increases the likelihood of nicking yourself. Wet the tip of your brush and work up a new lather.
Sometimes you're in a hurry; other times you're just lazy. Once you wash excess shaving cream off your face, the job isn't done. After shaving, your skin needs love. The Bevel Restoring Balm, formulated with tea tree, will soothe and moisturize your skin.


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Covid-19 Odisha
Eight potential vaccines including three indigenous ones are in different stages of trial in India: PM Narendra Modi
New Delhi: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi participated in the All Party Meeting today via video conferencing to discuss the Covid-19 vaccination strategy in India. The meeting was also attended by the Union Defence Minister, Union Home Minister, Union Finance Minister, Union Minister for Rural Development, Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment and Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs.
The Prime Minister said that the government is developing a comprehensive vaccination strategy. He emphasised that the world is looking towards India for the development of a safe and affordable vaccine.
India is ready for Covid Vaccination
The Prime Minister shared his experience of visiting the vaccine manufacturing facilities in Ahmedabad, Pune, and Hyderabad, informing that about eight potential vaccines, currently in different stages of trial, will be manufactured in India, that includes the three indigenous vaccines.
The Prime Minister said that it is expected that the vaccine will be available in the coming few weeks. The vaccination campaign will kickstart in India as soon as the vaccine is approved by the scientists. The Central government is working in close coordination with the State governments to identify the priority groups for vaccination that will include Health Workers, Frontline workers and high-risk individuals viz the aged population cohort and people with comorbidities.
In an effort to administer the vaccine in an efficient, smooth & transparent manner, database of healthcare and frontline workers, augmentation of cold chains and procurement of syringes and needles are in advanced stages of preparation.
Underlining India's vaccine distribution expertise, capacity and presence of an experienced and vast network for vaccination, the Prime Minister said that this will help us in streamlining Covid vaccination. Collaboration with State Governments will be established for additional cold chain equipment and other such logistical requirements.
The digital platform for vaccine administration and distribution (Covid-19 Vaccine Information Network Co-WIN) is prepared and is being tested in collaboration with the State and District Level authorities and other stakeholders.
National Expert Group constituted for vaccination campaign
A National Expert Group that includes technical experts and officials of both the Central Government and State Governments, has been constituted to shoulder the responsibility of the campaign related to the vaccine. The National Expert Group will take decisions collectively as per national and regional requirements.
India fought the Pandemic with indomitable will
The Prime Minister mentioned that Indians have fought this pandemic with indomitable will, noting that the restraint, courage, and strength of Indians has been incomparable and unprecedented during this entire battle. He added that we not only helped our fellow Indians but also made every effort to save the citizens of other countries as well. Also, the scientific methodology adopted by India led to increased testing in India, which not only reduced the positivity rate but also reduced the covid mortality rate.
The Prime Minister cautioned against rumors that may be spread about vaccination, saying that it would be against both public interest and national interest. He called upon all the leaders to make the citizens of the country more aware, and prevent any such rumors from spreading.
The Prime Minister thanked the leaders of all parties for their valuable contribution in the fight against Covid. He said that Jan Andolan& Jan Bhagidari with support of all political parties is the key for success of India's vaccination effort. Along with this, he again appealed to the citizens to be constantly alert and not let the guard down in following the preventive measures against the virus.
Leaders of political parties speak
Political parties that participated in the meeting included among others, the Indian National Congress, Trinamool Congress, DMK, YSR Congress Party, JD(U), BJD, Shiv Sena, TRS, BSP, SP, AIADMK and BJP. The leaders assured the Prime Minister of their full support to ensure efficient and speedy vaccination. They hailed the leadership of the Prime Minister in tackling the pandemic and praised the scientific community as well as vaccine manufacturers for their efforts in vaccine development.
The Union Health Secretary made a presentation highlighting the situation of Covid-19 in the country. An overview of the global vaccine landscape as well as India's progress in the entire gamut of vaccine distribution and beneficiary management was shared.
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