Insurers must adopt a 'rapid response' to implementing artificial intelligence within their business to gain a competitive edge and unlock the financial potential presented by AI.
This was the advice given by Satadru Sengupta, general manager and data scientist, insurance, at DataRobot, on the second day of the Dubai World Insurance Congress 2018.
Sengupta defined the timeframe appropriate of a 'rapid response strategy' as less than 12-months. Anything beyond this was described as a 'long-term' strategy, which historically contributed to implementation failure.
He said: "Don't create a two-year or even a one-year implementation strategy. Try to make it a three- month project.
Companies that adopt a 'long-term' strategy will only realise failures in the implementation process six- to 12-months down the line, at which stage, this can be considered as a "point of no return", he warned.
"What we really want to do is discover the failures earlier than this", he said, to ensure problems can be addressed efficiently and that AI plans are embedded within the business successfully.
1. Create an education programme on the core benefits of AI for employees at all levels. The education programme must embrace change management and any perception that AI is a cost should be challenged and countered by metrics that can demonstrate potential return on investment.
2. Don't get too hung-up on the challenges of analysing high volumes big data. Sengupta argued that AI could help extrapolate value, even from the smallest amount of data.


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The Goodfellowship Club House, a maid's clubhouse, was completed, Pilcher & Tachau, architects. Built with funds raised by the Students' Association from students and alumnae over a number of years, the clubhouse provided the maids with a place for gatherings and classes as well as for recreation and rest. In addition to $10,000 for the construction of the house, students, alumnae and club members eventually raised a $26,000 working endowment for the club.
A pamphlet published by the officers of the club in 1912 explained its purpose and operation: "The Good Fellowship Club is maintained for the use of all girls and women who work in the housekeeping department of Vassar, as well as for those who work in the homes of its teachers and officers.
"The Clubhouse is open every day—morning, afternoon and evening—and you are welcome to use the circulating library, the sewing machine, the laundry, the dining room and kitchen—and rest, work or play as you like. Classes are open to all members, with no charge after the club dues are paid, except for materials used in the cooking, sewing, mending, and fancy-work classes."
The Steadfast Club (1890-91) was the first club of maids, students and faculty, and the Good Fellowship Club—later, Goodfellowship—for maids and students had been organized in 1902/03. Activities at the clubhouse—classes, dramatic productions, athletic teams and lectures—continued under the oversight of a house manager and a steering committee of faculty, students and alumnae through the 1930s and into the early 1940s.

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Dick Roche claimed €50k in mileage but based 20km from Dublin city centre.
Thread starter mmrebel
mmrebel
The Minister of State with special responsibility for European Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs, Dick Roche, claimed over €50,000 in mileage expenses from his Department over two years – the highest total mileage claim of anyone at the Department over that period.
The Department press office said as far as it was aware Mr Roche does not employ the services of a driver and does not have a ministerial car at his disposal. Mr Roche is based in Bray, Co Wicklow, 20km from Dublin city centre.
Dick Roche claimed ?50k in mileage in two years – The Story
But i remembered back on 2008 when he was robbed i distinctly remember he had a driver
The minister told the robbers that they had the wrong man but his driver was ordered out of the car and both were marched into the hotel
Irish Minister Dick Roche held at gunpoint in hotel robbery - Times Online
n 2007 it emerged that many junior ministers were claiming large amounts of mileage:
THE current system of paying junior ministers' mileage has been described as a "farce" after it emerged a TD in Dublin claimed 100 times more in petrol expenses than a TD in Galway.
Figures seen by the Irish Independent show that Noel Ahern, who represents Dublin North West, ran up mileage expenses of €19,710 last year and €20,390 to date this year.
This is 100 times more than the €190 which was claimed last year by Noel Treacy, who represents the people of Galway East.
But last night, Mr Ahern claimed the figures supplied by the department about Mr Treacy were "ridiculous" and "wrong". He said he is usually at the lower end of claims when a full list is compiled adding: "I don't think that (€19,710) is necessarily that much."
Figures show the Department of the Environment — which is headed up by the Green's John Gormley — has covered the most road miles.
The biggest claim last year was lodged by Cork's Minister of State for Environment, Batt O'Keeffe — who ran up a travel bill of €62,638 and has already run up expenses of €32,240 so far this year.
Ministers miles apart with 'farcical' expenses - National News, Frontpage - Independent.ie
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mmrebel said:
As a junior you get half a car which I think means you buy the car but get the driver.
Dan Sullivan. I was back but we still couldn't all have a vote. http://www.danielsullivan.ie/blog/
DCon
KingKane said:
If he can claim 50K in mileage, the State buys his car!
We have turned the corner.I commend this Budget to the House. Brian Lenihan, 9 December 2009
DCon said:
The state would organise ads for TDs of Mileage for Gold!
You get 2 drivers !!! Junior Minister of State John Moloney employs his son and 1 other driver
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Well regardless of all the other issues around this, you have to consider the employment conditions of the driver. The Minister might decide he wants to be going from place to place from 8am to 10pm seven days a week, but that doesn't mean the same driver should have to work hours like that.
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Ah sure he works hard and he deserves it.
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I'm sure his Son gets the handy shift
hahaha! green agenda my hole!
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mmrebel : 'The biggest claim last year was lodged by Cork's Minister of State for Environment, Batt O'Keeffe — who ran up a travel bill of €62,638 and has already run up expenses of €32,240 so far this year.'
Maybe that was because he arrived up to people's doors in his state car with state driver while he was canvassing for his son Mark during the Cork County Council Elections last year - true fact, not heresay!
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I think james reilly FG can beat that, the whole lot of them from every party are fiddling the ould expenses to make up for the pay cut.
How much longer can this go on. While taking money from the disabled.
Hey it's our own fault as we're the idiots that keep electing the same !!!!!! and their sons and daughters again, and again, and again ..............
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I believe he spent the money on hair care products
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who? James Reilly? It was a waste of money surely
he should sue and get more money
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j2mey said:
Another Roche about to burst on to the scene? What's young Mark doing these days?
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Oilers CEO Bob Nicholson held a press conference as said, "I want to emphasize again, we got some real good players".
Gretzky, younger brother of National Hockey League legend Wayne Gretzky, was the assistant general manager under Chiarelli.
The shakeup comes hours after the club stumbled into the All-Star break with a third consecutive defeat on home ice.
Todd McLellan, whom Chiarelli hired as coach in 2015, was sacked in November after the Oilers started 9-10-1 this season.
He said the organizational decision was made this week to fire Chiarelli, who was told at the second intermission of a loss Tuesday night to Detroit so he could quietly leave the arena. Chiarelli is the man who traded away Tyler Seguin while he was the GM in Boston, and Taylor Hall while in Edmonton. All the former GM of the Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins had to do was surround them with support players and developing talent.
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The result was 11 losses in their first 20 games that led to the firing of McLellan and later a series of reactionary moves.
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What is the LSU vs. South Carolina Gamecocks football betting line, over/under?
Erik Hall
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The South Carolina Gamecocks football team is scheduled to travel to LSU for a Southeastern Conference contest on Saturday, Oct. 24.
LSU comes into the matchup 1-2 overall and 1-2 in the SEC. Most recently, it lost 45-41 at Missouri on Oct. 10.
The South Carolina Gamecocks enter the game 2-2 overall and 2-2 in the SEC. It defeated Auburn 30-22 on Oct. 17.
LSU, South Carolina Gamecocks football betting odds
As of Thursday, LSU is a 5.5-point favorite against the South Carolina Gamecocks, according to BetMGM.
The over/under for the game is 54.5 points.
LSU is -218 to win outright, and South Carolina is +175 to win outright.
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Ed Orgeron is the LSU football head coach. Will Muschamp is the South Carolina Gamecocks football head coach.
Erik Hall is the lead digital producer for sports with the USA Today Network. You can find him on Twitter @HallErik.
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Ohio Revised Code § 1775.47 - Certificate Of Merger Or Consolidation - Filing, Contents - Other Documents.
(A) Upon the adoption by each constituent entity of an agreement of merger or consolidation pursuant to section 1775.45 or 1775.46 of the Revised Code, a certificate of merger or consolidation shall be filed with the secretary of state that is signed by an authorized representative of each constituent entity. The certificate shall be on a form prescribed by the secretary of state and shall set forth only the information required by this section.
(j) In the case of a consolidation, the name and address of the statutory agent upon whom any process, notice, or demand against any constituent entity or the new entity may be served.
(2) In the case of a consolidation into a new domestic corporation, limited liability company, or limited partnership, the articles of incorporation, the articles of organization, or the certificate of limited partnership of the new domestic entity shall be filed with the certificate of consolidation.
(3) In the case of a merger into a domestic corporation, limited liability company, or limited partnership, any amendments to the articles of incorporation, articles of organization, or certificate of limited partnership of the surviving domestic entity shall be filed with the certificate of merger.
(4) If the surviving or new entity is a foreign entity that desires to transact business in this state as a foreign corporation, limited liability company, or limited partnership, the certificate of merger or consolidation shall be accompanied by the information required by division (B)(7), (8), (9), or (10) of section 1775.46 of the Revised Code.
(D) Upon the filing of a certificate of merger or consolidation and other filings as described in division (C) of this section or at any later date that the certificate of merger or consolidation specifies, the merger or consolidation is effective, subject to the limitation specified in division (B)(7) of section 1775.45 of the Revised Code.
(E) The secretary of state shall furnish, upon request and payment of the fee specified in division (K)(2) of section 111.16 of the Revised Code, the secretary of state's certificate setting forth: the name and form of entity of each constituent entity and the states under the laws of which each constituent entity existed prior to the merger or consolidation; the name and the form of entity of the surviving or new entity and the state under the laws of which the surviving entity exists or the new entity is to exist; the date of filing of the certificate of merger or consolidation with the secretary of state; and the effective date of the merger or consolidation. The certificate of the secretary of state, or a copy of the certificate of merger or consolidation certified by the secretary of state, may be filed for record in the office of the recorder of any county in this state and, if filed, shall be recorded in the records of deeds for that county. For that recording, the county recorder shall charge and collect the same fee as in the case of deeds.


Sandra Samuel, the Indian nanny who saved two-year-old Moishe Holtzberg during the November 2008 terrorist attack at the Chabad House in Mumbai, received her Israeli citizenship Monday.
Among those murdered in the terrorist attack were his parents were his parents, Rabbi Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg, who ran the Chabad center. As the terrorists stormed the building, the nanny grabbed the baby and ran out to safety.
Samuel was accompanied at the ceremony by a caregiver (on the left in picture, with his grandmother on the right) of OneFamily, a terror victims' organization that has helped Samuel through the bureaucratic process. After the terrorist attack and the return of little Moishe to his grandparents in Israel, official arranged for Samuel to accompany him, with OneFamily financial, legal and emotional support.
Interior Minister Eli Yishai personally granted Sandra her honorary Israeli citizenship and official residency status in Israel, with an identity card, allowing her to remain in the country for however long she chooses.
"I hope to honor this citizenship," she said at a ceremony. "I love Israel, and I would give my life and soul for this country."
Moishe's grandfather thanked Yishai for granting Sandra honorary citizenship. "She saved Moishe from the fire, and we as Jews must thank and respect her, he said, adding that Samuel is "a righteous woman among the nations."


It was almost the end of sixth grade. Celia and John made the decision to remove James from the middle school and educate him at home. They looked into homeschool curriculums and learned about some excellent ones from home education guide books available in their local library and bookstores. One was chosen from an accredited, established correspondence school. Celia made an appointment with the superintendent of schools, went to his office armed with information about what James would be studying and completed paperwork for withdrawing him from the school system.
Publication information: Book title: Choosing Home: Deciding to Homeschool with Asperger's Syndrome. Contributors: Martha Kennedy Hartnett - Author. Publisher: Jessica Kingsley. Place of publication: London. Publication year: 2004. Page number: 34.


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Grace • January 26, 2017
Star Trek: Waypoint is an anthology series from IDW, made up of one-shot stories from across the series and movies, celebrating the 50th anniversary of Star Trek. While IDW is no stranger to playing in the media properties sandbox, it's a tricky task to pay tribute to one of the largest franchises in history, to say nothing of celebrating 50 years worth of content and devoted fan following. So if I was going to say, cut my teeth in comic criticism, this would be a sharp bite to take, no?
Now I don't use the word serendipity often, but after finding out the first comic I'd be reviewing for W@W was Waypoint #3, coming from two favorites in the Transformers franchise: writer Mairghread Scott (Transformers: Windblade, Toil and Trouble) and illustrator Corin Howell (The X-Files Origins, Transformers: Windblade), the word seemed to fit. Together, Scott and Howell give us "The Wildman Maneuver," with a Naomi Wildman-eyed view of her and Seven saving a sleepy crew and coffee-deprived captain from alien attackers.
In Waypoint #3, "The Wildman Maneuver," Naomi tells a story of joining forces with Seven to save the day.
In other hands the concept could have easily come off as cloying. In a broad spectrum of child characters, Star Trek is no stranger to common pitfalls. So there was a minute when I read the issue description and worried that I'd have to write a "stories about children don't need to be totally infantile" tangent.
But the creators know the characters better than that. It's clear that Naomi, imagining herself as the crew's secret weapon, doesn't become the butt of a joke. Instead, she's the storyteller, celebrating the awesome people in her life. As far as she's concerned, Seven is her partner in crime, Janeway can science-as-a-verb her way out of any problem, and Harry is just perpetually playing that damn clarinet.
Scott puts her ability to write clever content for a younger audience to good use writing clever content about a younger narrator. Howell's art (along with the coloring of Jason Lewis) lends itself giddily to the story, shown filtered through Naomi's imagination via crayon drawing, without losing her wry emoting skill.
The second story in Waypoint #3 brings us some Bajoran tradition that's very on-brand with the Bajorans as the galaxy's reigning Jewish stand-ins, in "Mother's Walk," written by Cecil Castellucci (Shade the Changing Girl, Plain Janes) with art by Megan Levens (Angel City, Lady Frankenstein). With an ancient Bajoran celebration of the mother-daughter bond on the horizon, Major Kira is once again left to reflect on the losses both in her personal life and to her people's culture, post-Cardassian occupation.
The world-building around the tradition feels solid and consistent with what else we've seen of Bajor, and it's always nice to see an alien culture built upon without straying into aggressive bell ringing territory (see if you can sit through "Amok Time" without giggling and tell me I'm wrong).
The Shar da'an story feels organic in the Bajoran setting, and in keeping with the Jewish analogy, I was reading some definite Book of Ruth vibes from the story. I'm not sure if it was the canon timeframe of the story, but I was a little surprised that a story about Kira's thoughts on mother figures made no reference to the events of "Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night," but considering how quick the show was to forget them, I'm not that surprised.
A story that could've easily strayed into being overly mournful or saccharine holds a serene balance, touching on issues of faith and moving forward with the family you make for yourself. It feels thoughtful without getting too ponderous.
Levens' artwork is detail-rich and successfully walks the line of looking like the original actors without getting uncanny. Credit is also due to colorist Sarah Stern for keeping with the show's moody coloration without getting overpowered by some of the more 90's design choices.
Both stories work well in and out of the context of their respective series. "The Wildman Maneuver" is an upbeat romp and "Mother's Walk" a sweet parable of community and family. They both carry a universal theme in Star Trek: that respect, love and family are the great strengtheners. Corny yes, but relevant. That's the value that elevates Trek characters beyond being a bunch of nine-to-fivers in space into a true team. It's that kind of optimism that's carried the franchise onward through fifty years, and makes for one hell of a fitting tribute.
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BEA Publishes Note Regarding Speculation on AF447 Crash
by admin | May 27, 2011 | Air France KLM, Airbus | 48 comments
[Update – Podcast with an A330 type rating instructor discussing the BEA AF447 information]
Update: MSNBC has a three minute video with two former NTSB investigators discussing the accident.
Citing inaccuracies and errors in media reports on the crash of AF447 off the coast of Brazil, the Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la Sécurité de l'aviation civile in charge of the investigation released a note on the crash this afternoon.
Their note covers the preliminary results from the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder for the ill-fated Airbus A330-203 registered F-GZCP that departed Rio for Paris on 31 May 2009 with 12 crew members and 216 passengers on board that crashed in the South Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil.
As many have suspected, the aircraft stalled. Their findings were summarizes as follows:
?	The composition of the crew was in accordance with the operator's procedures
?	At the time of the event, the weight and balance of the airplane were within the operational limits
?	At the time of the event, the two co-pilots were seated in the cockpit and the Captain was resting. The latter returned to the cockpit about 1 min 30 after the disengagement of the autopilot
?	There was an inconsistency between the speeds displayed on the left side and the integrated standby instrument system (ISIS). This lasted for less than one minute.
?	After the autopilot disengagement:
?	The airplane climbed to 38,000 ft.
?	The stall warning was triggered and the airplane stalled
?	The inputs made by the PF were mainly nose-up
?	The descent lasted 3 min 30, during which the airplane remained stalled. The angle of attack increased and remained above 35 degrees
?	The engines were operating and always responded to crew commands.
?	The last recorded values were a pitch attitude of 16.2 degrees nose-up, a roll angle of 5.3 degrees left, and a vertical speed of -10,912 ft/min.
These results clearly indicate that the aircraft went into a stall, and the nose-up, rather than nose down inputs that are required for stall recovery, were incorrect, exacerbating the problem and resulting in a loss of control of the aircraft.
The full text of the statement is available in English here: http://www.bea.aero/fr/enquetes/vol.af.447/point.enquete.af447.27mai2011.en.pdf .
Brian M	on May 27, 2011 at 8:30 am
To me, a lay person who has had no training, weren't the pilots who were on deck at the time awfully young. It looks like their inexperience may have contributed to this crash. There were storms in the area and maybe the pilot should have waited until they were clear of these storms before taking a break. In crashes it is usually not 1 thing but a series of events that occur. Just a shame because this looks avoidable.
Carlos	on May 27, 2011 at 9:53 am
I can't think of anything more terrifying than not knowing which instruments to trust. Your in a situation where a history of false data was already a known concern with this aircraft. Whether that was the case here has yet to be determined though. My heartfelt sympathies to the families.
duane	on May 27, 2011 at 2:17 pm
lack of basic stick and rudder skills. In a stall lower the pitch and add power. In the case of unreliable instruments, set cruise power and level pitch and regain normal performance.
Robert	on May 28, 2011 at 12:00 pm
I agree completely with Duane. This is a by-product of overreliance on technology to fly the airplane. There's a lack of basic airmanship, the stick and rudder skills alluded to that have been in a pilot's toolkit since the Wright brothers. Same types of issues were involved in the Colgan air accident outside of BUF a few years ago FLY THE PLANE FIRST !
doug	on May 29, 2011 at 3:23 am
High altitude stalls in a swept wing airplane are nothing to mess with… but as they descended into thicker air, yes, they surely needed to reduce the angle of attack.
Tango Kilo	on May 29, 2011 at 3:33 am
Yes I agre with prior comments
adrian	on May 29, 2011 at 8:47 pm
I just can't believe that 3 pilots, couldn't apply basic stall recovery procedures. Has anyone ever considered loss of hydraulics? Maybe they thought they were applying the right techniques when in fact it didn't make a difference on the plane. I don't care how young they were, stall recovery is one of the first things you learn.
Matt	on May 30, 2011 at 6:09 am
I do hand carry delivery all over the world and I can safely say that I was relieved to learn it was pilot error – just sayin
El-Sidd	on May 30, 2011 at 9:13 am
With 3 pitot tubes available for redundancy, were they all iced up, what happened to the heaters? With 2 angle of attack vains giving attitute imformation throught seperate channels, were they also iced over and inop, what happened to the heaters?????
Maybe its a Airplane problem and not the pilots fault, maybe they didn't have any attitude or pitot system imput. Also, what happened to the backup steam gages artificial gyro horizons which gets its power from the emergency bus, why wasn't it available for attitude imformation. It doesn't appear that all the imformation provided by the Flight Data Recorder is being reported.
Lou	on May 30, 2011 at 9:16 am
What is missing in these reports is that the flight was in total darkness over water. No lighs on the ground, and stars invisible in the clouds. JFK's son had a similar experience.
Sorry, forgot the t in lights. With no instruments and no ground reference (at 38,00 feet they could have been above or below the clouds and lightning) and have no idea of up and down or left and right. Flying by the "seat of one's pants" is a myth. I learned this during my pilot training. My instructor blindfolded me and did a number of manuevers and I never felt like anything but level flight.
Brian G Mortin	on May 30, 2011 at 5:41 pm
Ah, so much more info remaining to be made public. This model of Airbus has envelope protection to keep pilots from making the inputs reported and inducing the deep stall. 16 years on the AirBus taught me somrthing, those planes they make, every model do the strangest damn things totally unexpected and beyond what can be taught in the simulator.
If the truth be told and the culprit not covered up by the political power of AirBus, you may have a very different opinion from the one's already expressed here.
Hep	on June 3, 2011 at 4:13 am
I love all the armchair quarterbacks. Put in the same situation, you don't know what you would do, until you do it. In the whole scheme of things, 3 1/2 minutes isn't a long time to recover the aircraft. It took the captain a minute and a half just to get back to the flight deck. If the aicraft had accumulated severe icing, there may have been nothing they could have done to stop the descent. Ice on wing surfaces can have a myriad of results, such as restricted control surfaces and lack of lift. God rest their souls.
Bill	on June 3, 2011 at 6:07 am
In my early flight training, I was told that if all else failed, let go the controls and the bird will find it's own way home.
George Sweeney	on June 3, 2011 at 7:09 am
You must be very naive. These were airline pilots
for Air France. It is inconceivable that these qualified pilots with thousands of hours flying time, did not know how to recover from a stall!!
I agree completely. There must have been some major malfunction, or pilot incapacitation, to cause such a
situation.
Steven Hoober	on June 3, 2011 at 7:37 am
I think Brian G Mortin is closest here. Airbus seems to be the biggest culprit, but all these very, very computerized planes have had odd responses. Manual flying is no longer manual, so just pushing forward on the yoke won't necessarily put the nose down. The plane feels it knows better.
As far as redundant sensors, that's been an issue before, on a lot of air/space vehicles. Two in agreement and one disagreeing seems, to humans, to be obvious: The third one is failing. Doesn't always get programmed that way. Even if the aircrew did have a visual frame of reference, if the plane thinks it knows better, but has improper data, you might not get out of it no matter how good a stick and rudder man you are.
Anon	on June 3, 2011 at 8:06 am
First, it cannot be a hydraulics failure because the cockpit recorder system is supposed to provide the info from the controlling system, not hydraulics output system. In other words, it must have been a failure to follow the standard stall recovery procedure. However, it may be suggested that the storm conditions and lack of trainings in the co-pilots in charge contributed to the crash.
Also for the captain who was on a brake, it should have been very reasonable for him to take a break because it should have been an ordinary day in the cockpit.
PB	on June 3, 2011 at 8:26 am
Instruments must be trusted when flying at night or in cloud – but regardless of the "glass displays" that the Airbus aircraft have they also have an artificial horizon – they have these in the glass display as well as a gyro instrument below the glass display. For over three minutes the PF would have scanned the panel, and was confused by a) lack of outside reference (it was night) b) the initial incorrect airspeed shown due to the iced up pitot tubes.
The fact that the aircraft was in a 35 degree nose up attitude is appalling to me – these guys should have known how to 'fly the plane' – and while the air speed indicator would have been showing a higher than true air speed due to the pitot icing, there is no excuse for the PF maintaining a high nose attitude. It was just stupid beyond comprehension. Remember, even if the glass display was showing aberrant data, the gyro artificial horizon below the glass instruments would have shown that he was 35 degrees nose high.
Based on the reported voice comments, the PF was confused by the aberrant data on the screen – yet he didn't resort to the basic gyro instrument – if he had, they would have been OK.
Tim	on June 3, 2011 at 8:30 am
adrian says May 29, 2011 at 8:47 pm
I just can't believe that 3 pilots, couldn't apply basic stall recovery procedures.
Earlier reporting on flightglobal concluded that this same situation has occurred multiple times in recent years and that several of the flight crews took well over a minute to establish pitch/power. This wasn't an isolated freak incident – this crew just took too long and didn't recognize the situation before they ran out of altitude.
Flip Schaitel	on June 3, 2011 at 9:36 am
I think you said it right. This happens more than we would like to know if the truth be said.
Oiseau	on June 3, 2011 at 9:41 am
Indeed it seems clear to me that there are serious programing errors at play here. Brian G. Mortin points out again the envelope protection on the 300 models so theoretically it is impossible to stall the plane. Also apparently the the whole system shuts down when the airspeed is not available, but why would it not, if programed well, automatically pitch the plane and set thrust to the requisite N settings? based on the last altitude readings to main straight and level flight?
I'm not sure i want to fly on the 300 models anymore but wonder if that isn't the case on all fly by wire aircraft.
eml	on June 3, 2011 at 9:48 am
As an idiot passenger sitting in the cabin, I can tell a steep nose-up at flight altitude is not normal, and I can certainly tell when a descent is too fast. The cockpit crew was incredibly inept and stupid to boot. Never, ever fly Air France (or British Airways, either, but that is another story).
Chris	on June 3, 2011 at 10:31 am
This is just an opinion as I have no idea if Airbus has this system on the A330 or not but it seems that if they used the all-in-one type of pitot-static system (static ports and aoa sensor all incorporated in the pitot tubes), when those tubes iced up, it very well may have caused all of their indications to be erratic (ie: airspeed, altitude and attitude). Again, this is purely speculation as I don't know if they use that type of system but those systems are out there on a lot of newer planes.
Rick Shiel	on June 3, 2011 at 10:37 am
I fly a lot from Spain to the UK & back to see family.
I am only a passenger and do not know the first thing about Aircraft, but for a qualified pilot not to be able to control a plane in stall is very frightening. Are they not taught do apply any proceedures during emergencies like this ? , or do they just rely on Auto Pilot to get them from A to B. Not very reasuring is it, I might change to driving overland instead, at least I will be in charge of my own destiny.
Dirk Ackerman	on June 3, 2011 at 10:41 am
Gravity never fails. After all , it is still a priviledge to be in the air. Every flight is a risk. Those poor pilots did their best , I'm sure. The engineers, programmers and the rest of the industry will take lessons from this.
Dain Zinn	on June 3, 2011 at 1:02 pm
As a forty year pilot with an airline transport rating, I have been watching these Airbus accidents with great interest, There is a pattern of pilots telling plane to do one thing and the plane doing something different. The common thread in these airbus accidents is the "fly by wire" systems that is unique to the airbus. When the pilot moves the controls, he is only telling the computer what he wants to happen and the servo motors actually make the control surfaces move. There seems to be a pattern with the Airbus accidents where the pilot is moving the controls and the plane responds differently than the input. Airbus (and the FAA) can easily say that the pilot made the wrong moves and caused the plane to stall (or roll). This seems to be a pattern with Aibus aircraft and not with Boeing where the controls are directly wired to the surfaces (ie aliorons, elevators and rudders)
It is hard to believe that with two experienced pilots in the cockpit, they make the wrong moves to recover from a stall.
Martin Dennett	on June 3, 2011 at 2:27 pm
@Matt – "Relieved it was just pilot error"? Is the emphasis there on the "just"? I hope I never have to sit in the back of an aircraft that you may be the pilot of. Air France didn't spend millions of Euros training these pilots for them to "just make an error". Having said that, the A340 overrunning the rain-soaked runway in Toronto was also pilot error, so maybe Air France's training methods need serious reviewing.
Mike Groves	on June 3, 2011 at 3:56 pm
It is simply not true that fly by wire is unique to Airbus. The Boeing 777 is fly by wire as is the Falcon 7X business jet and many military aircraft.
There seems to be a big confusion here between 'pitch attitude' and angle of attack. the angle of attack was 35 degrees and the pitch attitude about 16 degrees. This means the angle of decent was about 19 degrees. So if the crew had set zero degrees pitch attitude they would still have had an angle of attack of 19 degrees.
Serge	on June 3, 2011 at 6:08 pm
Ok…even if they had false info on airspeed from the frozen pitot tubes…how about ground speed from their GPS systems…that should've raised some eyebrows
ehjay	on June 3, 2011 at 11:31 pm
It is also inconceivable, to a reasoning pilot's mind, that the PIC of the AF 340 accident @ CYYZ would attempt to touchdown and stop under a thunderstorm with only only about 5000 ft of flooded runway remaining. There are guidlines based on long years of experience for what to do in the presence of TRW+. Circumnavigate them enroute and avoid attempting to land or take-off when one is near the runway. These guidlines were not heeded apparently.
Right on Mike. In military training of long ago they had to practice those flat spins (wings stalled). Recovery required a negative pitch attitude to get airflow again, then pull out of the descent. AF447 would have likewise required a negative pitch attitude until there was some indication of an increase in speed. Interesting that no one else raised the point. Parhaps the software prevented a pitch down attitude in their situation.
prelog1	on June 4, 2011 at 1:13 am
Mike Groves says June 3, 2011 at 4:03 pm
In that case Mike that would depend on their forward speed … and seems to me they didn't have any, they stall at 35% nos up and in that position unles you manage to put nos down you are becoming a brick….It doesn't appear that all the imformation provided by the Flight Data Recorder is being reported.
Luke	on June 4, 2011 at 7:03 am
As much as I hate to second guess / Monday morning quarterback I must agree with your assessment, the sad thing is that we pilots train for that sort of thing, perhaps they were also severely distracted. The standby instruments are vacuum and/or electrically driven and do not have air data computer inputs like the primary and secondary "glass" displays which were in this case in error. Whenever I flew (Emb-145) it was a natural part of my scan to include the standby attitude indicator.
troponaut	on June 4, 2011 at 10:48 am
Ehay is so far the only person who may have correctly interpreted these findings. If in fact the Airbus was embedded in TRW+, it may not have mattered how good or poor the pilots' scans were.
However, I wouldn't go blaming the pilots solely just yet. There is enough meteorological evidence to scatter the blame.
Firstly, nowhere have I read what the indicated airspeeds were during the descents. We only know what the vertical descent rates were; and the stall determination has only been made from the AOA indicators
Secondly, Massive TRWs can have downdrafts of several thousand feet per second. Remember the 1985 Delta tragedy at KDFW? Humans have really only been studying the potential energy in TRW downdrafts in the last 25 years. Much remains unknown.
Third, yes all glass cockpits have backup instruments independent of the primary AHRS–which usually includes an electric AI, but based upon my years in glass cockpits, I can safely say there aren't backup IAS indicators save for the co-pilot's. It's unlikely that with such redundancy, a catastrophe like that described in AF 447 could occur.
Fourth, the instruments indicated the jet was in nose high attitudes as severe as 35 degrees and as shallow as 16, AND in a 5 degree roll. These could be indications of a stall, flat spin entry and subsequent flat spin. Remember, an airplane can stall at any airspeed and any angle; therefore an airplane can also stall into a flat spin at any airspeed and any angle, too. Most flat spins are unrecoverable.
Finally, the three flight crew members on the flight deck during this event probably felt and saw their amazing descent rate. So as evidenced by the data, probably tried to use their still operational motors to power out of the situation. If three pilots, and two massive engines could not get the nose down, nor return the aircraft to straight and level flight, it is safe to conclude whatever occurred to create this abnormal flight situation was beyond their control; not that it was beyond their competence.
If in fact the Airbus was embedded in TRW+, it may not have mattered how good or poor the pilots' scans were.
Your comment really only applies to non-swept wing aircraft operating considerably below mach:
Ron	on June 4, 2011 at 12:25 pm
The "co-pilots" weren't necessarily young or inexperienced. At least one and probably both were captain qualified. Either may have been more experienced than the "captain."
Gene	on June 4, 2011 at 1:26 pm
Retired Pan Am pilot with 17 years on 747 and only 300+hrs. on the A-320. Two experiences taught me to not speak too quickly. Mod/severe turb. will shake the a/c so badly you can't read the instruments. At least the 747 had a ADI that was large enough that even in severe you had some idea wheather you were right side up or not! After Pan AM went belly up I flew a couple of contracts with Korean Air and had the chance to fly the 747-400. Great airplane, but the Boeing rep told me on the q-t "stay out of thunderstorms if at all possible". He didn't have to tell me that- I tried my best to not enter the "shag nasty" if at all possible. In my experience, all computer controlled A/C have a punch button on the control stick which cut out the "fly by wire" and gave you manual control if needed. (much the same as the auto-pilot release sw.). Like Brian says, the computer controled airplanes all seem to have their own personality and some are quite "sneaky" in their individual characteristics. I learned not to allow the autopilot to stay engaged after an auto landing in a 400–we got down to aprox.40kts and the damm thing tried to go around! It had been a night flight and my breakfast that morning consisted of a stiff drink and a laugh or two with the first officer! I love airplanes but, like women, there are some you can't trust!
Sorry Dain, but you are mistaken. Both the 767 and 747-400 have limited "fly by wire" (on these A/C there is a "punch sw." that allows reversion to manual control but you are still only moving push/pull systems on the central control actuator. Even if you punch and hold the "manual reversion switch" the computer won't accept the command until your stick position is loosly coordinated with the control position indicator. This will keep a overcontrol condition from "breaking" something you might need!
Michael M. Cooper	on June 4, 2011 at 5:00 pm
I have been flying on Air France several times a year for almost 50 years. I have entrusted the lives of my children to flying alone on Air France back and forth between France and various destinations in the US. I always justified the higher cost of flying Air France with the notion that it was a highly professional airline. Now I am thinking otherwise. There are other things that make me nervous. Once I remember seeing the Air France pilot of a 777 going through security with his crew at LAX (they flew my kids back to CDG). The pilot flicked off his loafer, failed to catch it, it sailed up in the air, and came down — you guessed it — right on top of a TSA security guard. It didn't do much to increased my confidence level. More little incidents like that spring to memory these days, as I wonder whether I should rebook my daughter's flight this summer from Air France to … oh, wait a minute … who can we trust nowadays? A US carrier? Ha!
Paul	on June 5, 2011 at 7:09 pm
If an EMP was the cause for the computer flight controls to fail and not pilot error, would we ever find out or told the truth?
Ron Osborn	on June 10, 2011 at 10:57 am
If you are a pilot you know how many times the crew never resets the AHI at the gate or at altitude to display level flight. Still they had over 3 minutes to figure it out with airspeed but you and I were not there. Very sad.
You may be right about the spin. I have done an approach to stall in the A300 (in the simulator and knowing it was coming) without aggressive nose down attitude and max power it does not recover, it will porpoise, wings level in a flat attitude at a rate of 2-4 thousand ft/minute and even with full power and a few degrees nose down we regularly lost an average of 4000-6000 ft. before recovery. Then if it isn't done correctly a secondary stall is a possibility.
Niko	on June 27, 2011 at 7:52 am
Hard to believe you say? What about that birginair 757 incident. Also lost the IAS.
The captain nearly stalled and all of the sudden reduced thrust, the aircraft plunged down.
The copilot was shouting ADI ADI!!!!
WHY DIDNT THE CAPTAIN LISTEN? and you know why? He was "OVERWHELMED" Gtfo, those shouldn't be in the cockpit, and probably the same thing happened to those dudes at the A330.
Dont you pilots get to trained on how to recover from a stall withouth the IAS and on IMC conditions? Seriously.
An airbus enthousiast and an active and skilled flight simmer.
Kit	on June 27, 2011 at 8:59 am
Boeing planes all allow direct pilot control to override the 'fly by wire' features. They are mechanically connected. Even in the 787. .. someday it will fly on commercial routes.
P D	on June 27, 2011 at 1:16 pm
when the only connection to the flight controls is thru a computer, can anyone say for sure what actually happened at the flight control surface?


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The WWDC Keynote is tomorrow, and predictions are everywhere. Although, just like mine, most seem to be nothing more than guesses. Some may be more educated than others, but it feels like there is even less solid information out there this year than last, and that's saying something. Apple may struggle keeping hardware a secret, but they seem to have the software side down on lockdown.
I've covered predictions relating to Siri, the iPad Pro, the Apple Watch, iOS 12, and Services over the last three weeks. Now, as we enter the final stretch toward the big event, here are some of the best of the rest that I hope we will see tomorrow.
While there have been plenty of reports that the release of a new, lower cost MacBook Air has been delayed, that doesn't necessarily mean we won't see it or hear about it at WWDC. If its release will fall between now and the Fall release of the iPhone, then WWDC will be the perfect time to take the wraps off of it in advance.
While it is possible that such a refresh won't warrant an event-level announcement, I think this could be more important than a simple refresh to a value laptop option. If Apple is lowering the price of the Air to a more attainable level, I think they will want to talk about that publicly.
MacBook and MacBook Pro Keyboard Issues
This issue has been building for a while now among the Apple tech press. The fact that the issues and failures that affect the low profile butterfly-style keys have hit several notable Apple fans and bloggers (most recently Rene Ritchie of iMore) means that it is no joke or trivial matter for the company. Just like their mea culpa on how they approach pro products and pro-level customers last year, I think they will address the problems with these keyboards this year. I think it's just a matter of how they frame the discussion. Hopefully, it will come in the form of an announcement of an improved keyboard design to be used on all future MacBooks.
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AirPower was announced a year ago, and we are still waiting for its arrival. There is also the rumored refresh to the iPhone SE. It would make sense for that model to be released at a different time than the rest of the iPhone lineup in the Fall. Will we hear about either at WWDC?
Apple acquired the Workflow app just a little over a year ago, but we haven't heard much form the company about it since. The one year mark after an acquisition is usually when Apple expands and offers new features based on them. TouchID, Face ID, Siri, etc- all of them came to Apple devices one year or more after Apple got their hands on them. Is this the year that Apple takes Workflow to s different level? Being a software product that developers can put hooks in their products to use with it, WWDC is the time to make any Workflow upgrade or expansion announcements.
Beats Decade
While the Beats Decade series has already been released for sale, I would expect to see this talked about on stage. Beats reaching the decade mark is a big deal, and it remains a big selling product line for Apple. It should at least get a mention.
New AirPods and Headphones
There have been rumors of a new, updated set of AirPods floating around all year, but this may not be when we hear about them. The originals were announced along with the iPhone 7 in the Fall, so this year's may come at the same time. However, talking about some quality listening hardware is a great way to supplement conversation about Apple Music. With Apple's focus on Services, that is a virtual guarantee, so maybe the nw AirPods do make an appearance.
Another rumor from earlier this year that has fallen off the radar is that Apple will be releasing a high quality pair of wireless headphones that will, like the AirPods, feature Apple branding rather than Beats. Is WWDC the right time for Apple to take the wraps off a completely new piece of hardware. One thing is certain, either product would get more attention at this event than they will next to three new iPhones in the Fall. Even if they release later, I wouldn't be surprised to see a preview of one or both.
Mac Pro Preview
We already know that the new Mac Pro isn't coming until next year. However, Apple has been fine with early announcements lately, and this product will get a lot of attention from the tech press and Apple blogs and podcasts. I think it just comes down to how late in the year Apple intends to release it next year. If they are aiming for the first quarter, then this year's WWDC is a good time. If it will be later, they may wait for next year. However, since the cat is already out of the bag and everyone knows the Mac Pro is coming, a small preview seems like a sure thing.
New HomePod Features
This should be the surest thing of all. Apple finally delivered on their promise of AirPlay 2, stereo pairing, and multi-room support for the HomePod with iOS 11.4. Now its time to see what's next. Apple definitely won't miss this opportunity to show off new capabilities and software features. Most of them will probably be catch-up with more mature intelligent speaker products, such as Amazon's Echos and Google's Home devices. However, Apple has to start somewhere, and WWDC is the perfect time to show the world that they are committed to this product category and that they will move fast to catch the competition.
I think that about wraps it up. Like all Apple fans, I am looking forward to tomorrow's Keynote and the new goodies it brings us. Hopefully a lot of the things I have mentioned in this series will make an appearance tomorrow, but I also hope there are some new features and surprises that I and others haven't thought of yet. No matter what, the waiting's almost over.
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Sterling Johnson — a soft-spoken football player — says he came into his own while a student at T.C. Williams and credits his coaches and counselor, Stacy Morris, for helping him graduate. He will be attending Virginia University of Lynchburg where he'll play football and study design and business. Sterling wants to become a clothing designer, focusing on trendier styles for larger guys like himself. Listen to his story.
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(SM) So, I would never think that a football player that's six-feet-four … Do you mind if I say or ask you what you're weight is? You don't have to say it.
(SJ) Three hundred and fifty on a good day.
(SM) And you would like to design clothes. You know that's amazing.
(SJ) Yeah.
(SM) So do you think you're going to study some design in college?
(SJ) Yeah. I want to get into the business aspect.
(SM) Do you think your sports … getting into college, is gonna be an opportunity for you to be able to do some of those great things?
(SJ) Yeah. This helps me get to know people and build my character more as a person.
(SM) Have you thought about the kinds of clothing that you want to design for yourself? Is it formal wear, is it casual wear?
(SJ) It's kind of like an urban type. Like the stores that I shop at, they don't really have like clothes for like my age group in my size, you know. Like once you … when you think about clothes for teenagers nowadays … they're kind of like skinny … and tight.
(SM) Yeah! Okay, and that's not for you. No. Not at 6'4″! So, after VUL … transfer to … ? You got a dream school?
(SJ) All of the schools that I really wanted to go to were because of sports.
(SM) Oh! So now that you're pursuing your design and business, you can go anywhere you want to go.
(SJ) Oh, yeah.
(SM) Yeah.
(SJ) The first time I met Ms. Morris, I wanted to get my schedule changed … because I don't usually get into trouble or nothing like that. I come in, and she's says "Welcome!" She was just nice from the get-go.
(SM) We had to do quite a few changes with your schedule. Yeah? Right?
(SJ) Hmm.
(SM) So we went from debate, then we got you into your graphic design class, and didn't we do a career building class too?
(SJ) I think so.
(SM) When you think of T.C. Williams, you think about graduation. It's coming up. It's an exciting time. What does T.C. Williams mean to you?
(SJ) T.C. Williams means a lot to me. It's … it's my home. It changed me into a better person than what I used to be.
(SM) I'm so emotional because I just think you're so amazing. And your kindness just … it follows you. It's you. So the fact that this school could create that kind of environment to make you better, it makes me feel like I'm in the right place, you know?
(SM) What else about the school? What about your coaches?
(SJ) My coaches, they really want to see me succeed.
(SM) You had good vibes.
(SJ) They pushed me to the limit and they do all they can just to make me successful.
(SM) They do.
(SJ) Ms. Morris means a lot to me. She's … she's the reason that I'm graduating this year. And she's just an amazing person. She just … I wouldn't be where I am today without Ms. Morris.
(SM) You're a pleasure. You are really just a special person in every way and I think that everything that you want to do you're gonna be able to do. And that this special favor follows you, you know? Like the Midas touch. You are gold.
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Battle Of The Selfie Cameras: Vivo V5 Versus Oppo R9s Plus
By Cameron , Nov 28, 2016 10:17 PM EST
Beautiful Asian woman taking a selfie using the Vivo V5. (Photo : Vivo Thailaind/YouTube)
Christmas and New Year is fast approaching. By now you've already made plans on what to wear, how much money you're going to spend, where to go, and who you're going to be with (if not, then you're welcome to celebrate with me and my family...LOL). Now, the only problem left is what camera phone you should use in these upcoming events. The last thing you want is taking so many pictures and waking up the next day only to realize 70 percent of the pictures you've taken are blurry, unfocused and dark. Don't worry, I got you covered on what are the best selfie phones in the tech market right now.
Vivo V5 and Oppo R9s Plus
The Vivo V5 was launched in November. Its price tag is PHP 12,990 ($261). The Oppo R9s Plus will be launched this December. Price is said to be CNY 3,499 ($507). I know, by now you must be thinking the Vivo V5 is way better in terms of price, but let's try to compare the two phones first before we jump the gun, shall we? Specs and features based on GSM Arena:
Vivo V5 versus Oppo R9s Plus
Network. The Vivo V5's networks are GSM, HSPA, and LTE. Oppo R9s Plus networks are GSM, CDMA, HSPA, EVDO, and LTE. I will give this round to the Oppo R9s Plus because it has many networks.
Body. Body dimension of the Vivo V5 is 153.8 x 75.5 x 7.6 mm and body weight is 154 g. As for the Oppo R9s Plus, body dimension is 163.6 x 80.8 x 7.4 mm and body weight is 185 g. If you've been reading my previous articles, you know that my ideal weight for a phone is 140-145 g. I will give this round to the Vivo V5.
Display. Vivo V5's display type is IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors, display size is 5.5 inches, and display resolution is 720 x 1280 pixels. Display type for the Oppo R9s Plus is Capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors, display size is 6.0 inches, and display resolution is 1080 x 1920 pixels. As much as I like lightweight phones, I also like larger screens due to my passion with mobile gaming. Plus, it really is hard to type in text messages with small screens and nothing beats watching a "video" in large screens. I will give this round to Oppo R9s Plus.
Platform. Vivo V5's OS is Android OS, v6.0 (Marshmallow), the chipset is MediaTek, MT6750, and GPU is Mali T860, CPU is a 1.8 GHz Octa-core Processor and GPU is Mali T860. For the Oppo R9s Plus, OS is Android OS, v6.0.1 (Marshmallow), the chipset is Qualcomm MSM8976 Pro Snapdragon 653, CPU is Octa-core (4x1.95 GHz Cortex-A72 & 4x1.44 GHz Cortex-A53), and GPU is Adreno 510. I think I will give this round to the Oppo R9s Plus.
Memory. Internal memory of the Vivo V5 is 32 GB and 4 GB RAM. As for the Oppo R9s Plus, internal memory is 64 GB and 6 GB RAM. The Oppo R9s Plus wins this round.
Camera. Vivo V5's front camera is 20 MP (yeah, 20 MP), the rear camera is 13 MP, and video is 1080p@30fps. Front camera of the Oppo R9s Plus is 16 MP, the rear camera is also 16 MP, and video is 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps. Now, this depends on the user. Personally, I like to be behind the camera instead of being in front of the camera, because I for one ain't that photogenic. But I will give this round to the Vivo V5 because a 20 MP front camera for a smartphone is unheard of.
Battery. Vivo V5's battery is 3000 mAh. Talk time, music play and standby time are unknown. Oppo R9s Plus' battery is 4000 mAh. Talk time, music play and standby time are also unknown. I will make this round a tie.
Features. Sensory features of the Vivo V5 are a fingerprint, accelerometer, proximity, and compass. Sensory features of the Oppo R9s Plus are a fingerprint, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, and compass. However, the Oppo R9s Plus has a "fast battery charging" feature. I will give this round to Oppo R9s Plus.
The tally is Vivo V5 with 2 wins and Oppo R9s Plus with 5 wins. Overall, the Oppo R9s Plus excels in performance, but in terms of buying a phone at an affordable price, the Vivo V5 will be my choice. I think a 20 MP front camera smartphone for $261 is something you don't want to ignore if you're into selfies.
Well, that's it. I believe it that the Vivo V5 is the best smartphone you can get for the upcoming Christmas and New Year parties. If you know of any smartphone that surpasses Vivo V5's 20 MP front camera, I would really like to know.
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Supercharge Your Link Building Outreach! 5 Tips for Success – Whiteboard Friday
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Spending a ton of effort on outreach and waking up to an empty inbox is a demoralizing (and unfortunately common) experience. And when it comes to your outreach, getting those emails opened is half the battle. In today's Whiteboard Friday, we welcome recent MozCon 2019 alum Shannon McGuirk to share five of her best tips to make your outreach efficient and effective — the perfect follow-up to her talk about building a digital PR newsroom.
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Hi, Moz fans. My name is Shannon McGuirk. I'm the Head of PR and Content at a UK-based digital marketing agency called Aira. So at this year's MozCon, I spoke about how to supercharge your link building with a digital PR newsroom and spoke about the three different types of media and journalist writing that we should be tapping into.
But I only had half an hour to be able to share my insights and thoughts. As a next step from that presentation, I need to equip you guys with everything in order to be able to go out and actually speak to these journalists. So for my Whiteboard Friday today, I'm going to be sharing my five tips for success for supercharging your outreach, specifically evolved around email outreach alone.
In the U.K. and in the U.S. as well, we're seeing, as our industry grows and develops, journalists don't want to be called anymore, and instead the best way to get in touch with them is via email or on social media. So let's dive straight in.
1. Subject lines A/B tests
So tip one then. I want to share some insights with you that I did for subject lines and specifically around some A/B testing.
Back in the early part of the summer, around April time, we started working on a tool called BuzzStream. Now that allowed us to be able to send different kinds of tests and emails out with a variety of different subject lines in order for us to understand how many open rates we were getting and to try and encourage journalists, through the use of our language and emojis, to open up those all-important pitch emails so that we could follow up and make sure that we're bringing those links home.
Journalist's name in subject line
So we ran two different types of A/B tests. The first one here you can see was with the journalist's name in the subject line and the journalist's name without. It turns out then that actually, when we were running this data, we were seeing far more opens if we had the journalist's name in the subject line. It was getting their attention. It was getting that cut-through that we needed when they're getting hundreds of emails per day and to see their name in a little nib meant that we were increasing open rates. So that was our first learning from test number one.
"Data" vs "story tip"
Now test number two, we had a bit of a gut feel and a little bit of an instinct to feel that there were certain types of words and language that we were using that were either getting us more open rates or not. For this one specifically, it was around the use of the word "data." So we compared the use of the word "data" with story tip, and again including the journalist's name and not, to try and see how many journalists were opening up our emails.
At Aira, we have around a 33% open rate with any campaigns that we launch, and again this is tracked through BuzzStream. But when we started to do these A/B tests, combine story tip, full name, and then follow with "data," we increased that to 52%. So that jump up, it doesn't mean that you're going to get 52% more links off the back of your outreach, but it means that you are getting more people opening up their email, considering your data, considering your campaigns, which is half of the problem, when we all know as outreachers, content marketers, digital PRs how difficult it can be for someone to even just open that initial approach.
So now, off the back of those A/B tests, make sure that whenever you're writing those emails out you have story tip for Tom and then followed by data and whatever research you've got in that campaign.
2. Headline language
For tip two then, keeping on the theme of language, I did a piece of research for another conference that I was speaking at earlier in the summer called SearchLeeds and another one called outREACH.
I analyzed 35,000 articles across 6 different top 10 news sites in the U.K. The language that came out of that, around the headlines specifically, was so interesting. So I split these 35,000 articles down into relevant sectors, took the likes of travel, automotive, business, what have you, and then I was able to create around 30 word clouds according to different articles that had been produced within these different industries at different titles.
I was able to start to see common words that were used in headlines, and that got my mind ticking a bit. I was starting to think, well, actually as a team, at Aira, we should be starting to pitch and use language within our pitches that journalists are already using, because they straightaway resonate with the story that we've got. So here's a quick snapshot of the kind of word clouds that the analysis revealed.
You can kind of see some core words shining through. So we've got research, best, stats, experts, that kind of thing. Now the top five words that were most commonly used across all sectors within the headlines were: best, worst, data, new, and revealed. Now "data" is really interesting, because if we go back to our A/B testing, we know that that's a strong word and that that will get you more opens with your subject lines.
But it also reaffirms that that A/B test is right and that we definitely should be using "data." So combine story tip for that journalist's name, Tom or what have you, with data and then start to use some of the language here, out of these top five, and again you're going to increase your open rates, which is half of the problem with what we're doing with outreach.
3. Use color
So tip three then. Now this was quite an experimental approach that we took, and a huge recommendation of mine, when you're doing your email outreach, is actually to start to use color within that all-important pitch email itself. So we've moved from subject lines into looking at the body of the email. We use color and bolding back at Aira.
So we use color straightaway when we're writing the email. So we'll start with something like, "Dear Tom, I have a story that you might be interested in." Straight under that, so we're already using again the language that they'll be using, story, going back to our A/B test. But then straight under that, we will bold, capitalize, and put in a really bright color — reds, greens, blues — nice, strong primary colors there the headline that we think Tom might write off the back of our outreach.
So here's an example. "New data reveals that 21% of drivers have driven with no insurance." Not the most exciting headline in the world. But if Tom here is an automotive editor or a digital online automotive writer, straightaway he knows what I'm talking to him about. Again, he can start to see how this data can be used to craft stories for his own audience.
Again, as I said, this is quite experimental. We're in the early phases of it at Aira, but we know it's working, and it's something that I learnt, again, at outREACH conference too. Straight under this use of color with headline, you should pull out your key stats. Now only keep those bullet points to three to five. Journalists are busy.
They're on deadlines. Don't be having huge, bulk paragraphs or long-winded sentences. Tell them the headline, follow it up with the key stats. Be clean, be punchy, and get to the point really quickly. Below this, obviously sign off and include any press material, Google Drive links, press packs that you've got under that. Again, we're seeing this work really, really well.
We're still in the early stages, and I hope to share some insights, some kind of data and metrics as to the success results of it. But we've been able to secure links from the likes of the Mail Online, the Telegraph back in the U.K., and also last week just FoxBusiness using this exact approach.
4. Use emojis
So tip four then, and again this is a really playful technique and something that we only learnt with experimentation.
Start to use emojis within your pitches as well. Now this can be used within the subject line. Again, you're looking to try and get the journalist to get that piece of attention straightaway and look at your headline. Or start to use them within the body of the email too, because they break up that text and it makes your email stand out far more than if you have someone that's pitching in a business piece of data and you've just got huge stacks and research pieces.
Actually throw in some emojis that are relating to the business world, a laptop or whatever it may be, something that proves your point around the campaign. Again, it's more engaging for a journalist to read that. It means that they'll probably remember your email over the other 200 that they're getting that day. So really nice, simplistic tip then for me.
If you're pitching something in the automotive world, put a car or traffic lights on the end. If you're doing something in the travel sphere, sun, beaches, something that just gets that journalist's eye. It means that your email is going to be opened above anyone else's.
5. Use Twitter
Finally then, so I know I've kept this around email outreach for the last couple of points.
But one thing that we're seeing work really well with the implementation of this digital PR newsroom is starting to approach and speak to journalists on Twitter. Twitter we know is a new source for journalists. Trending topics will obviously be picked up in the press and covered on a daily if not hourly basis. As soon as something breaks on Twitter, we'll see journalists, writers, bloggers turn that trending feature into an article that's really resonant and relevant for their audience.
So in the run-up to your campaign, way before the launch, we're talking like three or four weeks here, reach out to the journalists on Twitter. Start to engage with them. Like some articles. Start to let them know that you're in and engaging with them on their social media platform. Don't push it too hard.
You don't want to go overboard with this. But a little bit of engagement here and there means that when your email comes into their inbox, it's not a new name, and you're already starting to build the foundations of that relationship. Secondary to this then, feel free and start to experiment with DM'ing journalists as well. We know that they're getting two, three, or four hundred emails per day. If you take to Twitter and send them a quick overview of your up-and-coming campaign via a Twitter DM, it's likely that they'll read that on the journey home or potentially when they're walking from meeting to meeting.
Again, it puts you one step ahead of your competitors. Recently we've got some of our best pieces of coverage through warming the press up and specific journalists through Twitter, because when your campaign launches, you're not going out with it cold. Instead the journalist knows that it's coming in. They may even have the editorial space to cover that feature for you too. It's something that we've seen really work, and again I can't stress enough that you really have to find that balance.
You don't want to be plaguing journalists. You don't want to be a pain and starting to like every single tweet they do. But if it is relevant and you find an opportunity to engage and speak to them about your campaign the weeks in advance, it opens up that door. Again, you may be able to secure an exclusive out of it, which means that you get that first huge hit. So there are my five tips for link building in 2019, and it will help you supercharge things.
Now if you have any comments for me, any questions, please pop them in the thread below or reach out to me on Twitter. As I've just said, feel free to send me a DM. I'm always around and would love to help you guys a little bit more if you do have any questions for me. Thanks, Moz fans.
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Next-gen wind farm stalls under PSC terms
Posted By National Wind Watch On December 30, 2019 @ 8:00 am In Montana | Comments Disabled
A cutting-edge wind farm paired with battery storage cannot advance under what developers are calling unworkable terms set by Montana's Public Service Commission.
Caithness Beaver Creek is asking the state's utility regulators to reconsider terms for the $500 million project near Rapelje. Terms by which Caithness was to sell renewable energy to the utility NorthWestern Energy were set by the PSC in early December. The PSC put the overall avoided cost of the energy at $6 a megawatt hour effectively killing the project, according Caithness.
The PSC had expressed excitement about the Beaver Creek project when terms were set in early December. Caithness Beaver Creek is the first Montana renewable energy development with battery storage, making it possible for the wind farm to deliver energy when the wind isn't blowing, a big step toward making renewable energy more useful and valuable.
When terms for the project were set, Commissioner Roger Koopman, whose district includes the location for Caithness Beaver Creek, called PSC's work on the project's terms "the single most important, cutting-edge (renewable energy) decision the commission has yet made."
However, Caithness said a closer look at the commission's work revealed seven errors, starting with not taking the project's battery storage into account. Commissioners also used a new methodology to determine project costs. In filings before Christmas, the developer said the PSC prematurely celebrated the terms for the renewable energy project.
"As a general note, despite the recent publicity that the Commission is excited about the development of the CBC Projects, the effect of the final order is far from encouraging," wrote Michael Uda, Caithness attorney.
Caithness Beaver Creek plans to build four 80-megawatt wind farms near Rapleje, each with battery storage. The PSC, using its new formula for setting rates, had estimated that Caithness would be receiving a net rate of $38.41 a megawatt hour and a 20-year contract. That rate was 22% less than what Caithness had requested but more than what NorthWestern Energy has asked.
At the rate sought by Caithness, the wind-battery project would have cost NorthWestern's Montana customers at about half what customers pay for electricity from NorthWestern's share of Colstrip Power Plant. Montana's Consumer Counsel puts the customer cost of NorthWestern's Colstrip power at $78 a megawatt hour.
NorthWestern had argued that Caithness' development be treated more like a wind farm with energy priced low because of availability issues. NorthWestern argued that it needs "firm power," that is power available at more consistent levels, from sources like dams and coal-fired power plants.
But NorthWestern did indicate batteries should have been considered by the PSC when establishing avoided cost, which NorthWestern advocated for in its own request that the PSC reconsider the terms set. NorthWestern had its own issues regarding how the PSC expected the utility to true up capacity payments.
Caithness and NorthWestern weren't on the same page with their concerns about PSC terms. Earlier, the utility had asked the Caithness contract be limited to 15 years. Commissioners set the contract at 20 years.
Once the terms are set by the PSC, barring any reconsiderations granted, NorthWestern has to accept the terms and Caithness power. Those rules are grounded in a 42-year-old federal law guaranteeing contracts for alternative energy projects of a limited size. The federal Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act grants guaranteed contracts for facilities of a particular size. Caithness' projects, each with 60 megawatts of wind energy and 20 megawatts of battery storage, qualify for the federal terms.
Tuesday's terms apply to just two of Caithness Beaver Creek's four phases, each of which generate 60 megawatts of wind energy and battery storage of 20 megawatts. They are qualifying facilities for guaranteed contracts under the federal law known as PURPA.
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