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NASSCOM increases lobbying expenditure to battle Trump's H-1B visa policy
Anish Chakraborty
It is no secret that the IT sector depends largely on foreign contracts for its sustenance and Trump's "Hire American" agenda has now brought the IT sector to its knees.
The National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) has now upped its expenditure on lobbying to remedy the H-1B visa policy measures that are wrecking havoc on its constituents.
Here's all about it.
Around 1 crore has been spent in Q1FY17
According to the compulsory filing of lobbying disclosure reports, NASSCOM has spent $1,50,000 or roughly Rs. 1 crore in the first quarter of 2017 to two lobbyist groups in order to get its plea across to the US government.
This is a marked increase from the $1,10,000 that it had spent on lobbying in the previous quarter.
Who are lobbyists?
Lobbyists are people or groups, who for a certain amount of fee, influence government agencies to take decisions or make certain policies in favor of their employers.
NASSCOM has employed The Lande Group for a sum of $50,000 and Wexler & Walker, a unit of Hill+Knowlton Strategies, LLC for $100,000, which is a rise from $60,000 that it earlier paid to aid its cause.
Trying to get a positive feedback
According to the disclosure, Wexler & Walker is handling issues related to immigration, while Lande Group is covering a wide array of issues such as, "high skill immigration, green cards, visa processing, US-India relations, US-India matters, tax reform, (and) border adjustment tax".
NASSCOM had taken a delegation earlier to Trump-administration to initiate negotiation on issues such as, work visas and flow of skilled labor.
Stance on previous allegations
NASSCOM had earlier refuted allegations of White house aide that IT firms, such as Infosys and TCS, had got a lion's share of H-1B visas by unfair means.
To which the IT industry body said, "In FY 2015, only six of the top 20 H-1B recipients were Indian companies" and "India only got 8.8% of the total approved H-1B visas."
Almost 40% of the IT employees need re-skilling
According to NASSCOM, almost 40% of the four-million-workforce in the Indian IT sector needs re-skilling, if the sector wants to be in tandem with global practices and intense automation.
NASSCOM also remarked that "Reports of mass layoffs by IT companies in India are incorrect. In fact, the industry continues to be a net hirer with talent acquisition continuing across sectors... "
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36192The New Student's Reference Work — Australia
Australia (as-trā′ lĭ-ȧ), the great island continent of the southern hemisphere, belonging to Great Britain. It lies between latitude 10° 41′ and 39° 11′ south, longitude 113° 5′ and 153° 16′ east. It is washed on the west and south by the Indian Ocean, on the east by the South Pacific and on the north by the Timor, Arfura and Coral Seas. Its greatest length from east to east is 2,400 miles, and its breadth from north to south 1,970 miles. Its area, including Tasmania, is 2,972,573 square miles. Population, in 1909, 4,374,138.
A map of Australia
1 Surface and Drainage
2 Climate
3 Vegetation
5 Animal Life
6 Native Peoples
8 The Commonwealth
9.1 New South Wales
9.2 Victoria
9.3 Queensland
9.4 South Australia
9.5 Western Australia
Surface and DrainageEdit
The coast line is almost unbroken. Parallel with the east coast stretches for 1,200 miles the Great Barrier reef, offering but one safe opening for ships. The absence of rivers between the coast and the interior is remarkable, there being only one large river, the Murray, 2,345 miles long. The mountain ranges are on the east coast, divided into the Australian Alps, whose peak, Mt. Kosciusko, is the highest on the continent (7,308 feet); the Blue Mountains; the Liverpool Range; MacPherson Range; Herries Range; the dividing range of Queensland; the great dividing range of Victoria; the Grampians and the Pyrenees. From the head of the Gulf of Carpenteria stretches a tableland westward. A large part of the interior is a barren tract of salt or mud plains. To the north of Spencer Gulf is an area of some thousand square miles, set with lakes, the Lake District of Australia. Eyre, Torrens, Gairdner and Amadeus to the northwest are the largest. These dead masses of salt water change as the season is wet or dry; now sheets of water and now almost grassy plains.
ClimateEdit
The climate of Australia is healthful though subject to high temperature. The coast regions generally have a sufficient rainfall, but the interior is subject to extreme drought and large areas are practically arid.
VegetationEdit
Plant life is modified by the dryness of the climate; the trees have a scanty foliage and large areas are covered with scrubby bushes, and, in the arid regions, with a hard, coarse plant, called porcupine grass. There are forests which afford valuable timber trees, including gum, of which there are 150 species, and acacia or wattle 300 species. Palms, of which there are 24 species are found on the north and east coasts. Various fruits and vines have been introduced and produce well. There are also large areas which produce nutritious grasses, affording pasturage for immense flocks of sheep.
MineralsEdit
Gold was discovered in Australia in 1851, attracting a rush of gold seekers. Since that time the mines nave produced more than $1,350,000,000. There are also rich deposits of silver, copper, tin, lead, zinc, etc.; also coal, iron, granite, marble, limestone and sandstone.
Animal LifeEdit
1. Kangaroo 2. Tree Kangaroo 3. Marsupial Wolf 4. Duckbill 5. Ant Porcupine 6. Nymph 7. Nestor Parrot 8. Owl Parrot 9. Bird of Paradise 10. Emu 11. Cassowary 12. Kiwi (New Zealand's native bird which doesn't exist in Australia) 13. Lyre Bird 14. Talegalla Hen 15. Bridge Lizard 16. Ceralodos 17. Helmeted Cockatoo
The higher orders of wild animals found in other countries are almost wholly lacking in Australia, those here found being mostly marsupials, or animals which generally carry their young in an external pouch. Of these there are more than 100 kinds, of which the best known are the kangaroo, wombat, koala, bandicoot, wallabies and opossums. Birds are in great number and variety. The largest is the emu, which is nearly as large as the ostrich, reaching a height of six or seven feet. Eagles, falcons, hawks and owls are numerous; also many kinds of parrots and cockatoos of brilliant plumage. Other birds are the pelican, Australian goose, the magnificent lyre bird, with pigeons, ducks, geese, quail, etc. Reptiles include the crocodile, more than 60 species of snakes, lizards, frogs, etc.
Native PeoplesEdit
Australian Types
1. North Australian 2. North Australian Woman 3. South Australian Woman 4. South Australian, Moroya Tribe 5. Tasmanian Woman 6. Aboriginal of New Guinea 7. Fiji Chief 8. Fiji Girl 9. Assachoreter of Taling 10. Tonga Girl of New Caledonia 11. Man of Utuan 12. Man of New Britain
The natives are of a dusky, coffee-brown complexion. They are not much shorter than the average European, but are of a much slimmer and feebler build. They are mainly interested in hunting and getting food, at which they show great cunning, and they easily learn to chatter foreign languages; but outside of this limit all is blank to the Australian. His only idea of right and wrong is that each man's property is his own, wives being one item in a man's chattels. In summer they go naked; in winter they wrap themselves in kangaroo skins. They eat roots of the wild yam, the opossum, lizard, snakes, white ants, etc. The boomerang, their favorite weapon, is a flat stick, three feet long, curved at the middle, which, when thrown, jerks in a zigzag fashion and usually comes back to the thrower. They also have flint-pointed spears, shields, and stone hatchets. Before Europeans settled in the island, there were about one hundred and fifty thousand natives, but there are now less than 50,000.
It is not known just when Australia was discovered, but it is found on a French chart of 1542. A Spaniard, in 1606, passed through the Torres Strait, to which his name is given; while early Dutch explorers made known Tasmania, called at first, in honor of the Dutch governor of the East Indian colonies, Van Diemen's Land. In 1664 the states-general gave to the western part of the continent of Australia the name of New Holland; it is known also to have been visited by the mariner William Dampier. It was not until 1768, however, that the country became really known to the English. It was visited in that year by an expedition under Capt. James Cook, who had taken soundings for General Wolfe in the St. Lawrence during the siege of Quebec. This expedition was under the auspices of the English Royal Society, and was equipped for the purpose of taking observations on the transit (June, 1769) of Venus over the solar disc. Australia had its beginnings as a British settlement in 1788, when its coasts were utilized as places of banishment for criminals, Botany Bay being the first penal colony, in what became the colony of New South Wales. The Moreton Bay district in Queensland was settled in 1825, but the colony was not organized until 1859. Port Philip district, settled in 1835, was erected into the colony of Victoria in 1851. The colony of Western Australia was founded in 1829, and South Australia in 1836. The population, which had been slowly increasing, was rapidly augmented by the influx of immigrants on the discovery of gold in 1851, and the country entered on a career of continued prosperity.
The CommonwealthEdit
In 1901 the colonies of Australia, including Tasmania, were federated under the crown, somewhat after the fashion of the Dominion of Canada. These comprise New South Wales, which may be said to be the mother colony (area, 310,367 square miles; population 1911, 1,648,448); Victoria, (area 87,884 square miles; population, 1,303,387); Queensland (area, 670,500 square miles; population, 605,813); South Australia (area, 380,070 square miles; population, 408,808); Western Australia (area, 975,920 square miles; population, 282,114); and Tasmania (area, 26,215 square miles; population, 191,211).
The constitution bill was in June, 1898, submitted by means of the referendum to the people and passed upon; while in January, 1899, at a conference of premiers held in Melbourne, an agreement was come to on all matters in dispute, the British parliament ratifying the federation measure. The federation of Australia was inaugurated at Sydney, New South Wales, by representatives of the Crown, with Lord Hopetown as the first governor-general, in the summer of 1901. Legislative power is vested in a federal parliament, consisting of the king, a senate and a house of representatives, the king being represented by a governor-general. The constitution provides for a common tariff, for interstate free trade and for a common control over matters of national defense. Each of the colonies retains its own parliament to deal with purely internal affairs. Education in the new commonwealth is compulsory, and under state control and free; while there is no state church. The credit of effecting Australian federation is shared by the Rt. Hon. Geo. H. Reid, P. C., premier of New South Wales, and Sir John Forrest, first premier of Western Australia and president of the federal council of Australasia. New Zealand did not enter the commonwealth, though provision is made for so doing later on, should it desire to become federated with the six colonies of the neighboring continent. Future amendments to the federal constitution are provided for by means of a majority vote of both houses of the Australian parliament, followed by a referendum to the whole people.
StatesEdit
New South WalesEdit
New South Wales. It was only by slow degrees that New South Wales emerged from the status of a convict colony. A good deal of the first rough labor was, however, done by exported criminals, in constructing public buildings, in making roads and in clearing the land. Early in the 19th century some fine breed of sheep was brought to the settlement, and as the pasturage was excellent and the climate favorable, the sheep did well and greatly multiplied. Assisted immigration in time brought numbers, and in 1841 the reception of convicts ceased. In the early fifties a great impulse was given to the colony by the inrush of miners and adventurers owing to the discovery of gold. In 1843 representative government was introduced, and twelve years later responsible rule was fully established, with a parliament consisting of two houses. Finally, education came under state control, and the University of Sydney was founded as the apex of the system. Technical education is also fostered and subsidized by the government. Sydney, the capital, has a population, including suburbs, of 605,900. The other chief towns are Newcastle, Bathurst, Goulburn and Parramatta. One third of the people are engaged in agricultural, pastoral and mineral pursuits. Over 40,000 are engaged in the mining of gold, silver, coal, etc. The value of the annual product of gold is nine million dollars. An equal value of silver-lead ore and metal is annually mined. Other exports include coal, hides and skins, leather, wool and meat preserved and frozen. New South Wales is the premier wool-producing colony, taken from the immense numbers of sheep pasturing on the western plains. Only one per cent., as yet, of the land is under cultivation, while twenty-five per cent. is under forest or brush.
VictoriaEdit
Victoria, next to New South Wales, is the most densely populated colony in the new commonwealth. The capital is Melbourne, with a population of 591,830, or nearly two-fifths of that of the entire colony. The other chief towns are Ballarat (44,000), Bendigo or Sandhurst, as it is now called (42,000), and Geelong (28,880). In 1898 the exports of gold (inclusive of specie) amounted to nearly thirty million dollars; the other principal exports were of wool, cereals and flour, hides, skins and furs, leather and harness, butter and live stock. Half of the cultivated area is under wheat, the other crops being oats, barley, hay and potatoes. Since 1851 it is estimated that gold to the amount of 1,365 million dollars has been extracted from the mines. The educational institutions include, besides the state primary and technical schools, the University of Melbourne, with three affliliated colleges, The latter has both an examining and a teaching body, and by royal charter, granted in 1839, is empowered to grant degrees in all faculties save divinity.
QueenslandEdit
Queensland comprises the whole northeastern area of the continent, with its adjacent islands in the Pacific and in the Gulf of Carpentaria. The northern portion of the colony was, prior to 1850, known as the Moreton Bay District. From its great area and climate, its products are many and diversified, including not only the staple cereals and grains, vegetables, etc., but sugar cane, oranges, pineapples, bananas, arrow-root, tobacco, coffee and cotton. The woods afford large supplies of fine timber, and bees are raised largely, as nearly all the forest trees flower and provide large supplies of honey and pollen; while the winters are so mild that the bees are not compelled to remain in the hives and consume their own stores, as in colder countries. Within the colony, it is estimated, there are 5,000 square miles of coal-yielding country, though scarcity of labor, it is said, hinders its mining development. Primary secular education is provided free by the state. There are also schools of art, where technical instruction is given. Brisbane, the capital, with two municipalities (Brisbane and South Brisbane), has a combined population (1907), of 130,000. The gold product for the year 1905, amounted to 592,620 ounces; other minerals mined include silver, copper and tin.
South AustraliaEdit
South Australia extends across the center of the continent from north to south, having Western Australia on the west and the other colonies (Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria) on the east. The capital is Adelaide, on the river Torrens, which has a university; its population is 184,393. It is the great emporium of the colony for its large exports of wool, wheat, hay, live stock and its minerals, silver and copper ore. In the northern territory of the colony large numbers of horses, cattle and sheep are raised. In 1911 it had 1,935 miles of railway open for traffic and nearly 6,000 miles of telegraph in operation, including the overland line running between Adelaide and Port Darwin (a distance of 2,000 miles) in connection with the British Australian cable.
Western AustraliaEdit
Western Australia is the largest of the commonwealth colonies, though it is the most sparsely settled, except in the southwest corner around Perth, the capital (population 54,354). The other chief town is Fremantle (19,346), named after Captain Fremantle, who after the first settlement of the colony, in 1829, claimed possession of it in the name of George IV. The colony was then known as the Swan River settlement. In 1850 it became for a time a penal settlement of Britain; but in 1868 transportation of the criminal class was abolished. The chief difficulty in the interior is said to be want of water. The inland mining region around Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie is one of great industrial activity, especially since the railway has been constructed to these mining centers and on as far as Menzies. The chief exports are gold (the value of which, shipped, in 1904 amounted to $19,000,000), pearls and pearl-shell; sandalwood, timber, wool and skins. Along the river courses of the north and northeast are, it is estimated, about 20,000,000 acres of fairly well-watered country, affording good pasturage. Australian defense is maintained by subsidies granted by the separate colonies, including Tasmania and New Zealand. At Sydney, N. S. W., there is a first-class naval station, the headquarters of the British fleet in Australasia. The principal ports of the colonies are protected by fortifications, maintained at the expense of each colony.
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Milan closed in the red (-1.39%) with BTP/Bund spread at 133 pips
Fear of the spread of Omicron variable returns, prompting European stock exchanges to increase their losses at the close. Milan fell 1.39% to 20,005 points, Paris 1.02%, Frankfurt 1.17% and London 0.40%. France today detected the first case of infection near Paris, and a top scientific adviser to the government said that the new strain will become prevalent in the country by the end of January. The exact opposite trend for Wall Street indices with the Dow Jones up 1.56%, the S&P 1.22% and the Nasdaq 0.56%.
Oil prices fall (-0.46% WTI to $65 per barrel, -0.41% Brent to $68.59) after OPEC and its allies agreed to stick to their current policy of increasing oil production for months. Under its current agreement, OPEC+ agreed to increase production by 400,000 barrels per day each month, to liquidate record cuts agreed in 2020 when demand fell due to the pandemic. Consequently, the cartel and its allies, known as OPEC+, have resisted US calls to increase oil production more quickly to help the global economy.
Gold traded down (-0.94%) to $1,767 an ounce, while in the currency the dollar was gaining ground against other currencies as the EUR/USD exchange rate fell 0.11% to 1.13. Finally, the 10-year BTP yield is currently 0.948%, while the BTP/Bund spread is 133 pips. (All rights reserved)
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Helen Murray's portrait series supports the Act for Change charity
Photographer Helen Murray unveils a series of portraits in support of Act for Change charity
Published 25 June 2020
London-based photographer Helen Murray specialises in theatre photographer and over the last 8 years, has captured over 200 shows throughout the UK. More recently, she has released a series of new portraits in support of the Act for Change entitled Widening the Lens.
A selection of Helen Murray's Widening the Lens series
Act for Change, which launched in 2014, is now a registered charity that aims to oppose and eliminate discrimination on any grounds and to educate and bring awareness to equality and diversity within the arts community.
Helen began creating the Widening the Lens series in 2016. Featuring a range of theatre-makers from different backgrounds, it was originally to be showcased in an exhibition. Due to lockdown, Helen moved the portraits online, with each individual wearing or holding an Act for Change pin.
A number of the individuals in the series are freelancers who are currently out of work and are finding it challenging to gain support during the ongoing pandemic.
If you'd like to see the full series of portraits or to find out how you can support Act for Change, please click the relevant button below.
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R/GA be returning to Cannes to host the R/GA Innovation Exchange program focused on supporting the global female founder ecosystem.
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Award-winning journalist Michele Norris joins Michelle to discuss how we can gain new understandings of ourselves during an international pandemic and national reckoning with race. Find the episode transcript here: http://spoti.fi/TMOP_transcripts
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Nationwide, Americans are taking a Stand Against Racism April 23-26, 2020. Will you take the pledge?
YWCA Central Alabama stands alongside YWCA USA "by raising awareness about the impact of institutional and structural racism and by building community among those who work for racial justice."
YWCA associations and allied groups across the nation are engaging their communities in events that address a myriad of racial justice issues that advance the work of justice and empower people of color. In Alabama, YWCA is hosting events that are open to our community partners and the public:
March 2-30 (Can participate at any time during that period) – 21-DAY RACIAL EQUITY & SOCIAL JUSTICE CHALLENGE. Participants are prompted daily with challenges such as reading an article, listening to a podcast, reflecting on personal experiences and more. Participation in an activity like this helps us discover how racial and social injustices impact our community, motivates us to connect with one another, and inspires us to identify ways to dismantle racism and other forms of discrimination. Sign Up
CANCELED – Hear Anthony Ray Hinton, who spent 30 years on Alabama's death row for crimes he did not commit. Hinton travels the world sharing his extraordinary journey through the traumas of imprisonment, the loss of freedom, and the power of hope. His remarkable story highlights how race, poverty, and a flawed legal system condemned an innocent man. (Hinton's bestseller, The Sun Does Shine, was selected by Oprah for her Summer 2018 Book Club.) Come join us for lunch and a speaker you will never forget. All are welcome, but reservations are required. Box lunches are provided. A $10 donation for lunch is suggested, payable at the event.
According to YWCA USA, "Stand Against Racism provides the opportunity for communities across the United States to find an issue or cause that inspires them to take a #StandAgainstRacism and to unite their voices to educate, advocate, and promote racial justice. Our collective efforts can root out injustice, transform institutions, and create a world that sees women, girls, and people of color the way we do: Equal. Powerful. Unstoppable."
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You know you've gotta create more videos to grow your small business. It seems like everyone else is doin' it. But the last time you hired a professional videographer to create a stellar company video, you shelled out several thousand dollars. You'd love to have professional help with all your videos, but you're a small business and that would tank your entire marketing budget. Sound familiar? That's why I'm writing this 5-part article series. For busy small businesses like yours who need (perhaps want) to create more engaging videos — to share with your existing audience and grow an even larger following — but know there's gotta be a cheaper, quicker way to do it.
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Each business objective for creating video fits into the typical sales funnel, either primarily in one band, or spanning across more than one.
Brand awareness is at the top/open part of the funnel where your videos are meant mainly for a cold audience to learn that you exist. Trust & likeability is also near the top of the funnel (for a cold audience) but also exists near the middle of the sales funnel where your audience is a bit more familiar with your company but is not yet ready/convinced to buy your product or service. And finally, conversion is the bottom of the funnel where your audience is aware of your brand, likes and trusts your brand, and is therefore in a place where they might be receptive to buying from you.
Here is a graphic showing the three business objectives for any of the types of videos you might create for marketing your business.
Let's look at each objective in more depth.
Brand awareness is a fancy marketing term referring to our efforts to let new prospects (typically customers) know we even exist. If your goal is brand awareness, then your video needs to be focused on a cold audience (one that isn't familiar with your brand and isn't apt yet to buying from you). There are many types of videos that are suitable for brand awareness, including: explainer videos providing solutions to commonly-experienced problems, slideshow-style videos that showcase a series of slides telling your brand story and what makes your business unique, recorded screencast demos where you teach a how-to on solving a problem or educating a cold audience on something they care about.
Sometimes we create video when you have people's attention, they know about you, and you're working on developing their trust and establishing yourself as an expert in your niche. This is a great place to create videos that establish your credibility. If you're creating a video to establish brand trust and likeability, then educational or how-to videos are your biggest asset.
If you're creating a video to establish brand trust and likeability, then educational or how-to videos are your biggest asset.
Your prospect customers crave videos that provide solutions in the form of tips and hacks to their burning questions or problems. A video that short-circuits the learning curve for your audience and helps them understand something with simplicity will definitely set you apart from the competition. Empowering and arming your tribe with information is one of the keys to establishing your credibility with your audience.
Let's look at an example. Let's say you run a chimney sweep business which also specializes in cleaning out dryer vents. You have a decent Facebook following. Now that peeps are becoming aware of your brand, your objective might be to gain more trust and likeability with your established tribe. So you create a series of videos to educate and empower your audience. A great video topic might be a live-action video where you educate viewers about steps they can take themselves to routinely clean out their dryer vents to prevent a house fire. Then the call to action is urging your audience schedule an annual dryer vent deep-clean service with your company. It's similar to an HVAC company advising homeowners to change out their HVAC filter monthly, yet advising customers to schedule an annual HVAC maintenance visit with their company for a thorough service.
Conversion is another weird marketing term. It reminds me of the Spanish Inquisition…I digress. If you have a warm audience, they trust and like your brand, and you want to create videos to turn lookers into buyers, you'll want videos aimed specifically at converting. Videos with a strong call to action. If your video is going directly to your website, perhaps as the main call to action sales video on your website, you may need to call in the "big boys" for that effort. There is a time and place for calling in the professionals to make super high-quality videos. I'm not going to pretend that DIY video is the solution to every situation.
So when is it appropriate to create a DIY video to convert? Social media is a great place to make conversion videos. Let's say you want to convert your Facebook followers into joining your mailing list by signing up for your newsletter–make a video to compel them to jaunt over to your site and sign up for the goods! If you've created a cool giveaway (AKA "content upgrade") and you want social media followers to come get the freebie, then a quick DIY video enticing your audience to take that action is just what the doctor ordered!
This is certainly something you can and should create quickly and cheaply on your own with one of the methods we'll discuss below.
After you identify your business objective, choose which type of video best fits your objective, and lastly, select a software or tool(s) to mechanically create your marketing video (this one I'll discuss in my next blog post, the fourth of this 5-part series). Here's a graphic showing the thought-process for how this should work (in case you're a visual learner, like me).
How-To Videos: Educational videos don't have to be as boring as the term might imply. In fact, educational videos can be quite fun to watch when the style is a how-to video, especially when you use animation. People love watching short how-to videos that quickly solve a common problem. For example, Project Better Self uses 5-minute how-to videos to raise brand awareness. With more than 25k YouTube followers, Project Better Self shares free educational videos to help solve everyday questions/problems for people wanting to better themselves. By doing this, they position themselves as an expert in the field. In this how-to educational video, they provide solutions to people who are curious about how to make wise beginner financial decisions. To date, it has received nearly 300k views!
Explainer Videos: Speaking of finance videos, Millionaire Mindset Hub is able to grow their online audience with this 6-minute animated explainer YouTube video called "What Is Bitcoin? – How It Works and How To Get Them." It's educational, it's interesting, and most importantly it solves a problem (a lack of understanding problem) the audience has about Bitcoin in an entertaining way. Explainer videos are a great way to take otherwise boring educational topics and make them interesting to a broader audience. This is a brilliant way to increase brand awareness. Explainer videos can be talking heads, screencasts, or animated (like the Bitcoin one), to name a few ways to execute one.
Brand Story Videos: We use a brand awareness promotional-style video on our homepage at CommunicationHackers.com to share a bit about who we are, how we help businesses, and what makes us unique. The best brand story videos connect with the audience using some form of emotion and refrain from being salesy.
Promotional Event Videos: Promotional videos that pitch an event can easily be used to generate more invitees when you use the video as part of a Facebook event promotion. Here's an example Facebook promotional video one small business used to generate leads for an acupuncture webinar. Promotional event videos can be used for any or all of the three business objectives.
Product Highlight Videos: When you have a warm audience, you can create a product highlight video that pitches your product (or service) to them. Want people to try out your product or service? Use a product highlight video to give details on the features and benefits of your product/service. The best product videos heavily focus on the benefits that the product or service will provide the customer.
Video testimonials are as close to word-of-mouth referrals as you can get.
Social Videos: I love social videos. Here's why: Social videos don't have to always be polished and perfect. Your audience wants to see your real company personality shine through. Videos you create quickly and candidly allow your viewers to connect with the real you, unrefined. Viewers are more apt to trust you if you share behind-the-scenes social videos, candid cellphone impromptu tips videos, etc. Social videos don't have to include your face at all. If you're camera shy, this will appeal to you! Social videos can be embedded into your blog (as vlogs); they can be simple screencast videos (perhaps made with Camtasia); the possibilities are endless. Social videos can be made for audience members in every stage of the sales funnel. Social videos can be super affordable, or even free, to make!
Social videos can be super affordable, or even free, to make!
You'll hear us repeat often at Communication Hackers: perfection is the enemy of execution. I challenge you to lay aside that desire to make perfect videos and try out the super-affordable DIY video software and tools that I share in part 4 of this article series for sharing on your social platforms. That's the beauty of social videos; you can quickly and candidly bring value to your followers with video tips and insights without costing you a cent.
I like flowcharts, process diagrams, and basically any type of visual to help reinforce a concept. Here's a review of the steps to take for deciding which of these types of videos to choose based on business objective first and foremost.
We only touched on the types of videos today — is this leaving you curious of the exact software tools and mobile apps that I personally have tried and recommend for making DIY marketing videos? Then you won't want to miss part 4 of this 5-part series. In the next article I'll give all the juicy details of cheap (and some FREE) tools for creating short videos to help you get more online traction without breaking the bank. I promise, it's coming very soon so stay tuned, friends!
P.S., The full series of DIY Video for Marketing is: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5.
Laura Hsu is the design & customer experience expert at Communication Hackers. With a natural eye for design, Laura excels at advising businesses on the juncture of design and messaging. She is also a natural teacher who loves to explain the why, what, and how of complicated things in a simplified way.


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Fuad Humbet oglu Naghiyev (en azerí: Fuad Hümbət oğlu Nağıyev; Bakú, 22 de julio de 1975) es Jefe de la Agencia Estatal de Turismo de la República de Azerbaiyán.

Biografía
Fuad Naghiyev nació el 22 de julio de 1975 en Bakú. Recibió su educación secundaria en la escuela №23 en Bakú. En 1992-1997 estudió en la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad Estatal de Bakú. En 1997 - 2000 continuó su educación en el Instituto de Filosofía y Derecho de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Azerbaiyán. En 1998 estudió en la Universidad de Birmingham en el marco del Programa de Derechos Humanos del Consejo de Europa.

En 2004-2006 dirigió uno de los servicios de aviación comercial del Aeropuerto Internacional Heydar Aliyev, en 2006-2009 fue director de S.R.L "Pasha Inshaat", y en 2007-2009 de "Bakı Dəmir-Beton-8".

En 2010 - 2014 empezó a trabajar en el Ministerio de Cultura y Turismo. En 2014 - 2017 fue Asistente del Ministro de Cultura y Turismo.

El 21 de abril de 2018 Fuad Naghiyev fue designado Jefe de la Agencia Estatal de Turismo de la República de Azerbaiyán.

Véase también
 Agencia Estatal de Turismo de Azerbaiyán

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Enlaces externos
 Se discutieron las perspectivas de cooperación entre la Agencia Estatal de Turismo e ICOMOS

Nacidos en Bakú
Azerbaiyanos del siglo XX
Azerbaiyanos del siglo XXI
Ministros de Azerbaiyán
Políticos de Azerbaiyán
Alumnado de la Universidad Estatal de Bakú

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The curing of any back pain you may be having will be possible if you undergo a spa massage, it's one of the interesting qualities. Another motivation for spa massages is that they will help you to cure depression which is a condition that is caused by a lot of stress. The massages you'll be getting from the spa will be of great benefit to you as has been explained above.


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Autobiography of a Goat
Buy / Info
By Jeremy Silman
Maelstrom Press (2013)
$9.99 (Kindle/ebook format)
$12.05 (paperback)
My first novel (for adults only!), AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A GOAT, is now available on Amazon.com.
When Eli Rubinstein marries a German woman (nicknamed Beast) who may or may not be homosexual and may or may not be Hitler youth, it's not surprising that things go horribly wrong. In an effort to get rid of this nightmarish female, Eli finds himself fighting for survival in the slums of London, handing out payoffs to crooked cops in Chicago, and finally ending up in the gay-friendly climes of San Francisco during the waning days of the Haight Ashbury drug and free love culture.
Though this dark, perverse, funny, erotic, and somewhat insane story is ultimately about Eli's battle for freedom, disparate tales about Crowley Magick, the professional world of chess and backgammon, a vampire attack in San Francisco's golden gate park, UFOs in the Oregon woods, and the wise lessons of a Haight Ashbury holy man paint a picture of a colorful time, not so long ago, that no longer exists.
Science fiction writer Vance Aandahl had this to say:
"A Goat is born! From the feverish womb of Jeremy Silman's imagination, the Goat comes bursting forth on a flood of blood, mucus, afterbirth, and psychedelic effluvia! Rejoice! Then run for your lives!"
Reviews on Amazon
He's not just a great chess author
By Philip Irwin on November 12, 2013
Format: Paperback Amazon Verified Purchase
I'm one of Silman's chess book enthusiasts. I own quite a few and consider them to be not only crammed with great ideas and strategic content, they are really fun to read, not all dry analysis. I think he really helped turn my game around a few years ago. When I saw this book for sale I had a hunch it was going to be really good. Jeremy's love of books is plain from his website pieces. "Autobiography of a Goat" turned out to be even better than I expected. His characters are strong, plot developments occur naturally. As a hobby author myself, I especially appreciated the beautiful flow of the words. I would have forgiven him as a "mere award winning chess author" if there were a bit of clumsiness or confusion here or there, but in my first reading I was never distracted by sloppiness. The content is quite adult and I can already predict a few specific chess world prudes who will blow a gasket, but so what. There are already enough chess kiddy-books. I'm a long time reader of outsiders like Bukowski, Iceberg Slim and Chuck Palahniuk to name a few. Silman's first full-length work of fiction will rest on my bookshelves easily alongside those guys as opposed to being sandwiched between his fine chess books. I'm a few years younger than Silman and of the Sex Pistols generation as opposed to his Haight leanings, but that didn't turn me off. I only point that out for the benefit of potential readers like myself who steer clear of hippy reads for the most part. The philosophical ideas within the pages are not preachy or annoying. I sense that I could ride in a vehicle on a long trip next to Silman and we'd have plenty to talk about. As far as the book being a possible Silman "memoir," I took it that he chose to write using an alter ego identity for similar reasons that Buk usually did. I'm not sure what pages Eli is Jeremy and which where he is a product of his imagination, but that just adds to the fun, doesn't it?
An Unexpected GOOD Read!
By Elizabeth Cheng on November 6, 2013
I was floating in a sea of emotions as I read the book. The story was intense and insane! Yet, it prompted you to think about the great philosophy of love, life, and responsibility. This book has exceeded my expectations in all aspects! Strongly recommended!!
Federico Fellini meets Jimmy Stewart
By Quinn D. Hubbard on November 16, 2013
Jeremy Silman is kind of like a lovable Jimmy Stewart but on drugs and sex ruts. Jeremy is an intelligent and nice guy, and he recounts a vivid life history with panache and timing, not to mention some serious comedic relief. The book is not for the faint of heart (puritans), but the sordid material transcends itself into contemplative art, as all good art does. Recommended!
A great read/ride!
By Ralph Pine on November 11, 2013
Holden Caulfield meets Henry Miller, William S. Burroughs and Aleister Crowley in this funny tale of life on the streets of Chicago, Haight-Ashbury and the neighborhood of LSD. Silman, the author of thirty-nine chess books ratchets-up his game with a well-written funny tale not for the puritanical. The best part is the smart writing and the emergence of this fictional autobiography. Or is it? A grand read!


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Q: Как узнать координаты каретки в тексте? (python, Linux) В общем вопрос описан в названии. Как я могу узнать позицию (координаты) курсора на экране. Курсора я имею того, что в тексте. Это нужно для того чтобы открывать окно в этой координате.
Может быть не сразу понятно. Я приведу пример:
У меня есть окно SublimeText3. В нем есть какой то текст:

Я хочу получить (x;y) координаты курсора, тот который идет после слова current в строке 8.
Я нашел очень много разных способов получить координаты мыши, тобежь самого курсора, который мы передвигаем по экрану а не по тексту

A: Есть такая утилита xdotool и у нее есть команда getmouselocation

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Kory Moore genuinely cares about helping people, and that's one of the main reasons that he has been extremely successful in his banking career so far. "I love talking with people and hearing their stories - their fears, dreams and how they got to where they are," he said. "I also feel that I'm relatable and dependable, and I always strive to do what's right for my customers," he added.
That same love for people led Kory to pursue vocational ministry at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary after he graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi, and Kory says he still enjoys preaching from time to time. As a First Lieutenant in the Mississippi Air National Guard, Kory recently had an opportunity to assist in the recovery of the Florida panhandle area after it was hit by Hurricane Michael, and he says it was an experience that he will never forget.
Originally from Magee, MS, Kory has experience as a commercial lender, branch manager, and personal banker over the course of his career. Actively involved in the community, he serves as a Board Member for the YMCA of Southeast MS and he is also an active member of the Area Development Partnership and the Pine Belt Young Professionals.
He and his wife, Nicole, are members of Hope Church in Hattiesburg where they enjoy serving as Trustees and Life Groups Coaches. In their free time, they enjoy traveling with their dog Murphy, who is a Poochon, and watching Southern Miss sports events.
One of Kory's favorite quotes comes from Thomas Edison, and it says: "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." You can rest assured that when you partner with Kory for your banking needs, he will work hard for you so that you can achieve your financial goals, so call or come see him today!


October 22, 2017 (Powerhomebiz.net) It can be quite a challenge to sit behind the desk all day long and invest time and efforts to have a healthy lifestyle. It is not that you are at your office 24/7 so you have absolutely no time for anything else, it is just that we are too mentally exhausted. Another issue arises from the fact that a lot of people eat fast food during their working days which damages metabolism.
Take the stairs in your office for both up and down, anytime you need to enter or exit the building, and you'll do a leg workout that's great for your heart too.
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Things I've Learned: Tracy M. Downs '88
This former Kingsmen running back and Truman Scholar, now a University of Wisconsin-Madison surgeon specializing in urologic cancers, is at the top of his game.
Photo: John Maniaci/University Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin
Note: "Things I've Learned" is an occasional series of alumni reflections in CLU Magazine.
There's a clarity that people have when they hear the word cancer. Suddenly, the difference between small potatoes and big potatoes in life is really clear.
In our clinical research experience, we have discovered things that allow us to predict the aggressiveness of a cancer and advise a patient whether to go right to surgery or whether we think they'd benefit from chemotherapy beforehand.
As a urologic oncologist, I get a front row seat each day to see the power of the human spirit. Many of my patients have to make tough decisions about which therapy to pursue for the treatment of their cancer. Each of these individuals has an "extra gear" or ability to dig deeper inside of themselves. I see them demonstrate this resiliency on a daily basis, and I guess I am their biggest fan. I hope I have that gear.
My mom was awesome, just really loving. She didn't say you have to do this or that as a career. But you knew that you should do well in school.
Once as a junior in high school, I said, Mom, you know, they let you have a C average and you can still play sports. I'm still eligible. And she looked at me pretty firm, kind of like, Don't test me.
I'm 100 percent sure that I wouldn't be doing what I am now if I didn't go to Cal Lu. It was a school where I could go and speak to Dr. Barbara Collins and say, I know it doesn't look like I'm trying, but I really am. Can you tell me what I'm doing wrong to prepare for your exams? And she would tell me, and I would do it, and I saw the results.
At the annual Association of American Medical Colleges meeting, I heard Dr. Freeman A. Hrabowski III, the president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), tell a similar story about his experience at a small historically black college, and right then I just said, That's it. Had I gone to a larger school in California or an Ivy league school, and gotten those same grades at the start, I probably would not have had access to a professor, maybe just a teaching assistant. If my grades didn't improve, then I would have defaulted to my natural strength, which was math.
I'm a big proponent of getting the right-sized school, because it's a long journey. You think college is the be-all-end-all, but you just have so many more years ahead of you. I share that with a lot of students: Pick something that's the right size, that's a good fit. It's OK. Build from there. Don't overstretch yourself.
Probably 1 ½ or 2 percent of all full professors in my specialty are of African descent. So becoming a professor of urology mattered to me.
I would look at that number and be mad. And if you're mad at that number, then do something about it. I was glad I was able to hang in there and reach that level. It usually takes over 10 years. Between two institutions, it took me about 14 years.
I haven't gotten so old that I don't remember what it felt like to be applying for medical school or what it was like to hope to become a doctor.
I was by no stretch the kid who in the fifth grade or the third grade said, I want to be a doctor when I grow up. I'm glad I wasn't, even though I admire the people who were.
As an associate dean, I speak with a lot of undergraduate students about their aspirations. I can't share all I know because it's a lot for a person to take in at a single point in time.
It's like a quarterback who's new and can't tell the coverage: Are they in zone or are they man-to-man, and why is that linebacker dropping back? After a while you see it all and you know how things are going to unfold.
God doesn't tell us everything because we probably couldn't handle it. I look back and see how things unfolded and, wow. This October, my wife and I have been married 25 years. We have a 16-year-old son. We adopted a little girl at birth; she'll be 4 in January.
If we can be more inclusive about who has the opportunity to enter our undergraduate institutions, this can lead to a wider group of people being successful in all domains of society. Maybe their GPA is off by 0.2 points. Maybe their test scores are not in the top 10 percent. But if you just want the top 10 percent and are not willing to give the promising late bloomer an opportunity, you will not be admitting an incoming class that is demographically and socioeconomically diverse.
When that person does come with those scores, maybe they're not going to close the gap in four years. I'd be a prime example. But look at how they did when they went to the next four years and then once they got out; look how they did at that point. It is hard to close a gap in a short period of time, and individuals in higher education need a long view.
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package im.actor.model.droidkit.actors.messages;

/**
 * PoisonPill message for killing actors
 */
public final class PoisonPill {
    public static final PoisonPill INSTANCE = new PoisonPill();

    private PoisonPill() {
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return "PoisonPill";
    }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Q: How to get the same color for the boundary and the shading in ListContourPlot? If I specify the ContourShading to be the same color as the Contour they end up being a different color, see the example below.
ListContourPlot[
 Table[{i, j, Boole[i + j > 5]}, {i, 0, 10}, {j, 0, 10}] //
  Flatten[#, {1, 2}] &
 , Contours -> {0.5}
 , ContourStyle -> Directive[ColorData[97][1], AbsoluteThickness[8]]
 , ContourShading -> {None, ColorData[97][1]}
 ]

How can I make them the same color?

A: Mathematica uses Opacity[0.5] that can be seen with InputForm of your graphics. So add Opacity[1] to ContourStyle option:
ListContourPlot[
Table[{i, j, Boole[i + j > 5]}, {i, 0, 10}, {j, 0, 10}] //
Flatten[#, {1, 2}] &, Contours -> {0.5},
ContourStyle ->
Directive[ColorData[97][1], AbsoluteThickness[8], Opacity[1]],
ContourShading -> {None, ColorData[97][1]}]


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Stage Coaches 1961
stage-coaches
The Mossman family show off their collection of stagecoaches that are sometimes used in films.
Central London.
High angle shot of a busy London street, a red double-decker drives past. Medium top shot of cars in a traffic jam. M/S of a red double-decker turning a corner.
Luton, Bedfordshire.
M/S of a 'Curricle' carriage pulled by two white horses riding towards the camera. Panning shot of the carriage being driven by a young woman in tweed, Christine Mossman. C/U of Christine, panning shot to a man in a top hat, John Dick, sitting in the back of the carriage. Point of view shot, taken from the driver's seat, of the two white horses. M/S of the carriage riding around the field. L/S of a large coach pulled by two black horses driving around the field past several parked carriages. M/S of the same coach riding towards the camera. Panning shot of a little girl, Marilyn Lemmons, driving a cart pulled by a goat past a row of parked carriages - "goat carts were used a lot for delivering milk".
M/S of a stagecoach parked next to an old disused double-decker bus, panning shot to a dilapidated State Chariot that Mr. George Mossman, Christine's father, is renovating - the Mossman family have a collection of sixty coaches, carriages and carts. Mr. Mossman demonstrates how efficient the suspension is on the State Coach by rocking it. C/U of the suspension springs bouncing. C/U of a hand opening the door of the coach. Mr. M. unfolds a staircase attached to the door, he then reaches in and takes out a big solid-looking hot water bottle. Mr. M. climbs into the carriage and demonstrates how a wealthy passenger could ask the coachman to stop by pulling a string attached to his buttons. M/S of Mr. M leaning out of the front of the carriage pulling the string.
Panning shot of a line of carriages, coaches and carts of different sizes standing in a field being attended to by Christine and Dorothy Cripps. What started as a hobby has now turned into a business for the Mossmans - the vintage vehicles are hired out for use in films. M/S of Dorothy cleaning the window of a stagecoach. M/S of Dorothy climbing onto the roof of the coach. M/S of Dorothy arranging the seat cushions on the roof and polishing a long trumpet. C/U of the back of the coach with words - 'Beaufort Hunt, Bath, London' and a fox painted on it - the Duke of Beaufort was a regular passenger up until 1835. Dorothy opens a hatch at the back of the coach revealing buckets and other paraphernalia.
M/S of a young woman taking down the hood of a small buggy - named the Spider Phaeton - before attaching a shaft to the front - "Lord Lonsdale, famous for the belt he gave to boxing, owned it originally, and the colours are exactly the same as they when he first rode it to the National Sporting Club". M/S of two white and two black horses being led across a field. The horse are harnessed to the Beaufort stage coach. C/U of a woman holding two of the horses while they are harnessed. M/S of Mr. M. climbing onto the driving seat of the coach. He pulls a tartan blanket over his knees and flexes his riding crop. Panning shot of Mr. M. driving the coach across the field.
Mute neg goes out of sync with track neg - please use print.
double-decker
Lemmons
Cripps
Colour pictorials
George Mossman's carriage collection seen here was donated to the Luton Museum Service in 1991, and is now displayed at the Stockwood Discovery Centre in Luton.......
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ask=sobi2Details&sobi2Id=857
Trans-Britain Pipeline
Pipelines across Britain enable distribution of petrol across the country.
Burma Treaty Signed
Attlee and Burmese PM sign independence treaty.
"it's Being So Cheerful ..." - Stafford Cripps
Cripps, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, talks about the economic situation near to Christmas.
Sir Stafford Cripps Off To India
Sir Stafford Cripps makes a speech in his garden prior to his trip to India.
Australia's £8,000,000 Gift
The Australian Govt gives Britain Eight Million Pounds to help with economic difficulties.
Australian Gift To UK £8,000,000
Stafford Cripps Christmas Message
Sir Stafford Cripps gives his Christmas message to the nation. London.
Australia Presents £8 Million Cheque
Australian High Commissioner Ron Beasley with cheque for £8 million. London.


As engineers we have the power to change the world. We have the ability to spark change (and blue smoke occasionally) and help cure the ills that plague our society. Did you know that according to a study published by the New York Times, brain trauma affects one in three players in the National Football League? My guest Sagar Jethani (element14) is here to introduce us to Element14's Sudden Impact Challenge, a design contest intended to help stem the tide of undiagnosed on-field injuries. In this week's Fish Fry, we take a closer look at the Sudden Impact Design Contest winners and examine why contests like this one are so vital to our engineering community as a whole. Also this week, we check out Cadence's new Indago Debug platform (spoiler alert: your printf days may be over for good).


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package net.jhoogland.jautomata.operations;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Comparator;

import net.jhoogland.jautomata.AbstractAutomaton;
import net.jhoogland.jautomata.Automata;
import net.jhoogland.jautomata.Automaton;

/**
 * Concatenation of multiple automata.
 *
 * @author Jasper Hoogland
 *
 * @param <L>
 * label type
 *
 * @param <K>
 * weight type
 * (Boolean for regular automata and Double for weighted automata)
 */

public class Concatenation<L, K> extends AbstractAutomaton<L, K>
{
	Automaton<L, K>[] operands;
	boolean hasTopologicalOrder;

	private static int STATE_IN_OPERAND = 0;
	private static int STATE_CONNECTION = 1;
	private static int TRANSITION_IN_OPERAND = 2;
	private static int TRANSITION_TO_CONSTATE = 3;
	private static int TRANSITION_FROM_CONSTATE = 4;

	public Concatenation(Automaton<L, K>... operands)
	{
		super(operands[0].semiring());
		this.operands = operands;
		hasTopologicalOrder = true;
		for (Automaton<L, K> operand : operands)
		{
			if (operand.topologicalOrder() == null)
			{
				hasTopologicalOrder = false;
				break;
			}
		}
	}

	public Collection<Object> initialStates()
	{
		Collection<Object> initialStates = new ArrayList<Object>();
		for (Object ios : operands[0].initialStates())
			initialStates.add(new ConcatenationElement(0, 0, ios));
		return initialStates;
	}

	public Collection<Object> transitionsOut(Object state)
	{
		Collection<Object> transitionsOut = new ArrayList<Object>();
		ConcatenationElement s = (ConcatenationElement) state;
		if (s.type == STATE_IN_OPERAND)
		{
			for (Object t : operands[s.index].transitionsOut(s.value))
				transitionsOut.add(new ConcatenationElement(TRANSITION_IN_OPERAND, s.index, t));
			if (Automata.isFinalState(operands[s.index], s.value)
					&& s.index + 1 < operands.length)
				transitionsOut.add(new ConcatenationElement(TRANSITION_TO_CONSTATE, s.index, s.value));
		}
		else if (s.type == STATE_CONNECTION && s.index + 1 < operands.length)
		{
			for (Object ios : operands[s.index + 1].initialStates())
				transitionsOut.add(new ConcatenationElement(TRANSITION_FROM_CONSTATE, s.index, ios));

		}
		return transitionsOut;
	}

	public K initialWeight(Object state)
	{
		ConcatenationElement s = (ConcatenationElement) state;
		return s.type == STATE_IN_OPERAND && s.index == 0 ? operands[0].initialWeight(s.value) : semiring().zero();
	}

	public K finalWeight(Object state)
	{
		ConcatenationElement s = (ConcatenationElement) state;
		return s.type == STATE_IN_OPERAND && s.index + 1 == operands.length
				? operands[s.index].finalWeight(s.value)
				: semiring().zero();
	}

	public Object from(Object transition)
	{
		ConcatenationElement t = (ConcatenationElement) transition;
		if (t.type == TRANSITION_IN_OPERAND)
			return new ConcatenationElement(STATE_IN_OPERAND, t.index, operands[t.index].from(t.value));
		else if (t.type == TRANSITION_TO_CONSTATE)
			return new ConcatenationElement(STATE_IN_OPERAND, t.index, t.value);
		else if (t.type == TRANSITION_FROM_CONSTATE)
			return new ConcatenationElement(STATE_CONNECTION, t.index, null);
		return null;
	}

	public Object to(Object transition)
	{
		ConcatenationElement t = (ConcatenationElement) transition;
		if (t.type == TRANSITION_IN_OPERAND)
			return new ConcatenationElement(STATE_IN_OPERAND, t.index, operands[t.index].to(t.value));
		else if (t.type == TRANSITION_TO_CONSTATE)
			return new ConcatenationElement(STATE_CONNECTION, t.index, null);
		else if (t.type == TRANSITION_FROM_CONSTATE)
			return new ConcatenationElement(STATE_IN_OPERAND, t.index + 1, t.value);
		return null;
	}

	public L label(Object transition)
	{
		ConcatenationElement t = (ConcatenationElement) transition;
		if (t.type == TRANSITION_IN_OPERAND)
			return operands[t.index].label(t.value);
		else if (t.type == TRANSITION_TO_CONSTATE || t.type == TRANSITION_FROM_CONSTATE)
			return null;
		return null;
	}

	public K transitionWeight(Object transition)
	{
		ConcatenationElement t = (ConcatenationElement) transition;
		if (t.type == TRANSITION_IN_OPERAND)
			return operands[t.index].transitionWeight(t.value);
		else if (t.type == TRANSITION_TO_CONSTATE)
			return operands[t.index].finalWeight(t.value);
		else if (t.type == TRANSITION_FROM_CONSTATE)
			return operands[t.index + 1].initialWeight(t.value);
		return null;
	}

	@Override
	public Comparator<Object> topologicalOrder()
	{
		if (hasTopologicalOrder)
		{
			return new Comparator<Object>()
			{
				public int compare(Object arg0, Object arg1)
				{
					ConcatenationElement s1 = (ConcatenationElement) arg0;
					ConcatenationElement s2 = (ConcatenationElement) arg1;
					int idxDiff = s1.index - s2.index;
					if (idxDiff != 0) return (int) Math.signum(idxDiff);
					else
					{
						int typeDiff = s1.type - s2.type;
						if (typeDiff != 0) return (int) Math.signum(typeDiff);
						else if (s1.type == 0)
							return operands[s1.index].topologicalOrder().compare(s1.value, s2.value);
						else return 0;
					}
				}
			};
		}
		else return null;
	}

	class ConcatenationElement
	{
		public int type; // 0 state in operand, 1 connection state
			// 2 transition in operand, 3 to connection state, 4 from connection state
		public int index;
		public Object value;

		public ConcatenationElement(int inOperand, int index, Object value)
		{
			this.index = index;
			this.value = value;
			this.type = inOperand;
		}

		@Override
		public String toString()
		{
			return "<" + type + ", " + index + ", " + value.toString() + ">";
		}

		@Override
		public boolean equals(Object obj)
		{
			if (obj == null || ! (obj instanceof Concatenation.ConcatenationElement))
				return false;
			ConcatenationElement other = (ConcatenationElement) obj;
			return this.type == other.type
					&& this.index == other.index
					&& (this.value == null ? other.value == null : this.value.equals(other.value));
		}

		@Override
		public int hashCode()
		{
			return type + index + (value == null ? 0 : value.hashCode());
		}
	}
}


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"The Imperfect Portrait" aims to address the vanities of humanity and the reality of Christianity from the perspective of a flawed Christian. The author uses the personas of Two Dope and Brother Humbled throughout this twelve poem anthology to explore the human condition. These two characters symbolize two extremes of opposing virtues that each person is capable of possessing. Topics of broken relationships, lustful intentions, self-righteousness and identity is discussed in detail. The anthology concludes with the idea that being a struggling Christian does not deem you any less worthy of grace and redemption. Rather, an imperfect human being is a fractured reflection of the One who is perfect.
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I had a Sandlot moment tonight. I was sitting in the top deck of Dodger Stadium with my dad enjoying the post-game fireworks show. As expected for a 4th of July show, the accompanying music was typical patriotic fare such as the John Philip Sousa marches I played in high school.
Towards the end of the show, I heard the opening chords of Ray Charles' rendition of "America the Beautiful" and thought back to the scene in which the Sandlot kids stop playing night baseball for a few seconds to admire the brilliant explosions in the sky. I kind of wished I was sitting in the outfield grass at that point with thousands of other fans. Still, it was nice not having to crane my neck at all to look at the fireworks.
The show was nice for all of 12 minutes, but according to the announcer it was cut short. I think the fires (one near the Think Blue sign and another somewhere by a 76 sign my dad noticed) may have been the cause.
Aww! Nice fireworks photos, and the one of you and your dad is super cute.
The professional fireworks display at Dodger Stadium was indeed cut short as Los Angeles Fire Department ground crews and helicopters arrived to find one-eight acre of vegetation buring and two cars apparently damaged in a fire that remains under investigation. The good news is that there were no injuries.


Pharmaimage is happy to announce its participation as a strategic partner of the newly established EU-funded FP7 research consortium: Biomarker Development for Postoperative Cognitive Impairment in the Elderly (BioCog): www.biocog.eu.
The BioCog consortium brings together academic and private organization from across Europe. It is the goal of this consortium to provide biomarker-based predictors for the development of post-operative cognitive disorders – an increasingly acknowledged medical problem in elderly patients undergoing surgical interventions. This strategic alliance of Pharmaimage includes internationally renowned academic institutions including the Charité – University Medicine Berlin, Cambridge University, Max-Delbrück Center of Molecular Medicine (MDC), the University of Utrecht, the Italian National Institute of Health and the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (Bioinformatics) (www.biocog.eu).


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1.1. John O'Neill welcomed everyone to the meeting and stated that he would keep to each agenda items allocated time slot.
3.1. John Vare gave a presentation following on from the one given at the recent Heritage Sub-Group meeting, relating to the HLF's decision to make Wigan a priority area and to designate a development officer to assist with funding applications. He said that HLF were keen to help develop three major Heritage related funding applications and would give support to any number of smaller initiatives from organisations, groups or individuals.
John explained that this initiative would have a major impact on Wigan's Heritage in the near future. He reported that there were several agencies operating within the Local Governance Architecture that had a direct input into the Borough's Heritage standing, including Environmental Services and WLCT. John concluded by saying that there was a definite need for the effort to be co-ordinated.
3.2. John O'Neill said that he would approach the concerned agencies and ask that a co-ordinated strategy be developed, possible via the Heritage Sub-Group. He also expressed that there was a need for the Borough's Heritage Vision to be re-visited and that the Heritage Network needed to be involved at all levels with Heritage related matters throughout the Borough.
3.3. John O'Neill noted that there was no clear lead on the proposed Heritage consultancy. He suggested that a letter be sent to the heads of relevant departments requesting a mechanism to develop the Borough's Culture and Heritage.
3.4. John Hill suggested that John O'Neill and Joe Taylor meet to discuss the composition of the letter. He went on to say that he would write to those not present at the meeting, regarding the priority of Heritage projects to be set out in the new Heritage Strategy.
3.5. Jason Kennedy mentioned about the ongoing development of the Local Development Framework (replacing the Borough's Unitary Development Plan) and the need to bring key players together to discus the built environment and heritage aspects.
4.0. Minutes of the last Meeting.
4.1. A few minor changes to the minutes were suggested and Joe stated that he would carry out this task. He also said that once this was done, the amended version would be displayed again on the Wigan Heritage website. Otherwise the group accepted the minutes as a true and accurate record.
6.1. John O'Neill explained that the (LAA) was a contractual agreement between Central and Local Government to deliver the services required by the residents of the Borough. He said that is was the function of the Local Strategic Partnership (LSP), comprising of the local authority, the major services providers and the community, to make the strategic decisions relating to this service delivery. John said that Wigan LSP has four thematic partnerships, one of which concerns issues relating to culture, the economy, the environment and housing.
He went on to say that there was also a Heritage Sub Group related to this thematic partnership and that the Heritage Network had representation on the Culture, Economy, Environmental and Housing thematic partnership and on the Heritage Sub Group. John O'Neill requested that John Hill acquire the LAA Summary Brief issued by Simon Dale earlier this year and forward it to Joe, to post on the Heritage Network web-site. John agreed to carry out the task.
7.1. John O'Neill informed the group about the project. He reported that it was a vast regeneration project that would take 10-15 years to complete. John said that it would have a major impact on the lives of those residing in the properties adjoining it, which included some of the most deprived areas of the Borough. He went on to say that It would become Greater Manchester's premier Regional Park that would provide a diverse range of recreational facilities and ecological habitats within a high quality countryside setting for the benefit of all Wigan's residents and the wider area.
John stated that the project included within its boundaries, High Hall, Wigan Flashes, the Bickershaw Country Park development, Leigh Sports Village, the Three Sisters and Pennington Flash. He also said that other objectives included in the Greenheart Project were to 'reflect and celebrate the Heritage and History of the local area'. John also spoke about the need for a co-ordinated approach, involving the people who live in and around the boundaries of the project and that the Heritage Network could play a great part in that process.
7.2. Jason Kennedy asked if a Cultural Mapping exercise could be considered for some time in the near future. John said that the issue could be discussed at the next meeting.
7.3. John O'Neill reported that Wigan Pier Theatre Company were applying for funding relating to the inclusion of children in the Cultural aspects of their work in the Leigh area. He said that this would be a good opportunity for the communities in and around the Greenheart Project to get involved. John proposed that the Heritage Network support the application. The group agreed to support it.
8.1. Tom Glover (Archaeology Society) reported on the dig at Wigan Hall site, histori chome of the rectors of Wigan. He explained that a second resistivity survey had produced interesting results and the site would require excavation. Tom updated on his recent trip to a former coalmine in Belgium and shared about former coalmines in Europe being converted into Heritage Centres.
8.2. Tom Price (Civic Trust) showed the group the memorial plaque for Fred Ashcroft. He explained that it would be mounted in the History Shop after its renovation and that he would take care of the plaque in the interim period. Joe Taylor said that he would sort out the invoice.
8.3. Jason Kennedy (Conservation Officer) spoke about the Heritage White Paper and about how it was the Council's duty to produce a record of the Borough's heritage and that it would be a big job. He went on to update about the BLINT (Buildings of Local Interest) list and said that it was still ongoing until mid August this year. He reported that there would be an annual review of the project after this date.
8.4. Neil Forshaw (George Formby Society) reported about the recent convention at the Savoy Hotel in Blackpool and stated that the society was looking to hold to hold a convention in Wigan next year.
8.5. Clare Brennan (Over 50's Forum) reported that an independent film producer, Zara Hayes, who is interested in a project based on George Orwell's book, 'The Road To Wigan Pier', had contacted her and that the Forum are working with her to secure funding to create a film revisiting "The Road" and talking to people from Wigan of today. It will be very positive and would be shown in Europe as well as UK. It could have a massive impact for the perceived image of Wigan.
Zara is also looking for people who might have links to Orwell as well as personal archive of the time. It is 70 years since the book was published and there still might be people alive who have some connection to the author. Orwell's books are available at http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/o/orwell/george/ in electronic format, without charge, including his collected essays.
8.6. Loraine King (Wigan MBC) reported that the Pennington Conservation Area draft report was out for consultation until the end of August and that she has also had early talks with HLF about the restoration for Haigh Windmill.
8.7. Joe Taylor (Billinge History/Heritage Society) reported that Richard Donald Lewis was to soon reprint the book' The Billingers'. He explained that his Society had provided lots of photographs for the new edition. Joe shared that he had recently spoken to Mr Lewis about the possibility of the Heritage Network publishing and distributing the book on his behalf, so that the network could use the income generated to become sustainable. Joe said that he plans to speak very soon with the head of Councils Printing Department and will report back next meeting.
8.8. Other members present had nothing to report.
9.1. John O'Neill shared about the success of the Wigan Borough in Bloom project. He also shared about the restoration of the gardens at Haigh Hall and said that they should be open to the public in August this year.
9.2. Zenno Vattev (Funding Officer Cultural Voluntary Sector) reminded everyone that he was available to help anyone; individuals or groups, with funding applications relating to Heritage projects.
9.3. Clare Brennan emphasised the wisdom of initially contacting Encompass the Borough's peak community body, for anyone wishing to make contact with the wider Wigan community.
10.0. Time date of next meeting Monday 1st September 2008 Venue to be arranged.