National Historic Ships is a government funded, independent organisation which gives objective advice to UK governments and local authorities, funding bodies, and the historic ships sector on all matters relating to historic vessels in the UK. We completely redesigned their Access database and moved it into MySQL for use with an Access front end for users to access a complex set of reports as well as to drive their web content.
CABI is an inte rnational not-for-profit organization that improves people's lives worldwide by providing information and applying scientific expertise to solve problems in agriculture and the environment. Their approach involves putting information, skills and tools into people's hands. CABI's 48 member countries guide and influence their work which is delivered by scientific staff based in their global network of centres. We designed an Access database for CABI which managed their marketing materials, conference timetables and event contacts for 40+ users using an Access back end database.
The Telecommunications UK Fraud Forum handles info rmation exchange and promotion of a united effort against telecommunications fraud; the Mobile Industry Crime Action Forum, set up by the United Kingdom mobile telecommunications industry and mobile handset manufacturers to address the issues of mobile ph one theft; the London Fraud Forumpromotes fraud awareness and prevention strategies in the public and private sectors. We supplied CMS databases for their members using Joomla, which we made available on web sites we design and maintain.
The People's Trust for Endangered Species provide direct support for conservationists to involving the public and volunteers in practical action to help specific species and habitats. We designed a database for the applications they get for projects, working alongside design company Fat Beehive. We designed for a SQL Server back end database, and designed a front end database in Access with forms and reports.
Metropolitan Lodge is a secular society open to men of any race, religion, political belief and status. Freemasons' Lodges have been meeting in London since the early 1700s. The formation of Metropolitan Grand Lodge (MetGL) on 1 October 2003, as an independent administrative body under a Metropolitan Grand Master. We designed an Access database taking data from an Adelphi data store to manage Lodge members and various events which they hold at their London office.
Child Concern Consortium is a group of children's charities raising funds together since 1994. Each of their member charities works in a different way to help vulnerable children, offering years of experience and expertise and touching the lives of many thousands of children each year. We designed a database which I currently support to import donations and administrate/report on Gift Aid.
We have designed databases for recycling projects in Greater London which began with a design for The London Community Recycling Network, and then to projects in Croydon, Kennington and North London. These covered the management of furniture projects where the database documented and tracked the collection of items from donors and the purchase of items from the warehouse, as well as the disposal of items.
Most recently, We designed a new recycling database for Restore in Tottenham which additonally covers Gift Aid management and reporting as well as tracking the repair and resale of white goods.
We recently designed a loan management database for Access/MySQL for RAS Capital(London West End), a quoting/works/invoicing Access database for Damp2Dry Building Solutions Ltd (Barnsley) and a client/event management database for Romantic Weddings on Lake Garda (Italy).
All our other clients are too numerous to mention, but here are a few: Londonwide LMCs (City), George Spencer Designs (Chelsea), Tower Hamlets Community Development Agency (Brick Lane), Pilotlight (City), Derman (Hackney and Harlesden), Wallace Cititraining (Covent Garden), Pat Delbridge Associates (Covent Garden), Pi Capital (City), Bucks University College (High Wycombe), London Borough of Southwark (Camberwell).
Action for Carers (AfC) is led by carers, run by an executive committee of carers and supported by professionals from Health, Social Services and the voluntary sector. We have built databases covering Young Carers (under 18s who look after parents and/or siblings), Moving and Handling (information, advice, training and support for carers who undertake moving and handling) and Learning and Work (support, information, advocacy for carers across Surrey for employment, training and learning opps). The company has recently grown hugely resulting in our design of a new Carer Support database with 40+ users using a SQL Server back end and Access front end. We have also gone through the complex and detailed process of making sure the company conforms to GDPR by building in a new consent system which will gradually replace the old one.
White Lodge Centre supports disabled children, young people and adults, their families and carers in Surrey and throughout the surrounding areas. They specialise in care for those with a diverse range of disabilities, including cerebral palsy and other similar conditions. They are recognised as a centre of excellence where all the services they offer consistently attain the highest possible standards. We designed a SQL Server database with an Access front end for managing client data in their Moving and Handling department, including internet-connected laptops on the road.
Southend Carers is an Essex-based organisation run by staff and volunteers. They assist carers of all ages, and put them in touch with a variety of agencies, offering counselling benefits and advocacy. The new networked Access database has transformed the way the company works with their clients.
Onside is a charity established in 1993 stemming from a belief that everyone has the right to be a valued human being and to be treated in a just and fair manner. We designed a database to handle client administration, casework for their advocacy clients, appropriate adult and projects covering mental health and community mentoring. The database tracks their casework timetable and documentation.
For many years we developed databases for Race Equality organisations in Ealing, Northamptonshire, Manchester, Charnwood and Watford dealing with racial harassment and immigration casework, with demographic reporting for funders and local authorities. We also held computer software training session with REC staff at these and other locations including Newham, Trowbridge, East Staffs, Derby, Kingston, North Staffs, Southwark, Reading, Warwick, Waltham Forest, Penge and High Wycombe.


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By: Jordan James
"The best laid plans of mice and men, often go awry."
When the poet, Robert Burns wrote the poem To a Mouse in 1785, he probably never thought it would one day apply to project management. In project management, we accept that the keys to project success are:
balancing the constraints of time, resources and quality;
and identifying (and resolving) red flags that could lead to project failure.
We do this by creating complex processes, project charters, project goals, plans, and more. But what we fail to realise is that all our planning can be upended at any time by unseen factors.
Even with better technology and processes at our fingertips, we find that more projects are failing, resulting in significant monetary losses. According to the latest report from the Project Management Institute, organisations lose around $110 million for every $1 billion invested in new projects. The report also states that only 64% of projects meet their goals and 16% of all projects started within organisations in the past 12 months were deemed failures!
Some of the causes of these failures included:
Ego and self-protection among team members
Poor definition of opportunities and risks
Inadequate / poor communication
Change in project objectives.
I'm sure you would think these things would be easy to spot and take care of, but in many failing projects, the project manager is the last one to acknowledge the failures. It's not that they don't see the project slipping off course, they just choose to turn a blind eye and hope it resolves itself.
Some of the common red flags that get ignored include:
A project running over the budget while being nowhere near completion
Low morale among project team members.
Rampant delays and missed commitments.
And when the reality finally hits, they tend to launch into panic mode. Wrong move. Panicking people can't reason effectively so they end up making rash fight-or-flight decisions. However, this type of response doesn't solve anything.
But it's not all gloom and doom – luckily, most failing projects can still be rescued if you know what to do. If you find yourself in a similar situation, here are five tips on how to regain control and rescue your failing project.
1) Acknowledge the failure of the project
Many project managers tend to ignore the red flags as they hope they sort themselves out. This kind of thinking is misplaced in project management, as even well thought-out projects can have external factors derail them easily. While there is a place for optimism, good managers should also be honest with themselves (and others) about the state of a project. Their failure to do this will only doom the project and the project team, if it goes on for long enough.
2) Assess the project
Once you acknowledged the failure of the project, you should always assess the status of the project without bias. This can be determined by reviewing all the tasks and activities. By ignoring any previous estimates and concentrating on the project's current status, you can determine exactly what progress (if any) has been made so far.
The reassessment should include every element of the project, including time, budget, available resources, key skills and people. By evaluating the project this way, you will be assessing from a known baseline and will be better positioned to regain control.
3) Reaffirm the project aim
The reassessment phase will allow the project team to see exactly where the project went off course. It's now the project manager's role to remind team members of the original vision. By re-detailing the project requirements and deliverables, you can reignite some of the initial enthusiasm the project had at its inception. This reaffirmation will also help to remind people of the benefits of the completed project, both to the firm and everyone involved.
4) Re-evaluate the remaining resources and create a new plan
At this point, we can agree that the initial project plans didn't work. Therefore it's time to evaluate the resources you have left, and work out a new schedule. This re-evaluation will lead to a new plan and the development of a new (realistic) time frame to complete the revised project.
By determining what's left of the initial budget, a manager can make the decision whether to reduce scope or reset the schedule. Do you need a larger team? Can you realistically afford better equipment? Is every member of the team aware of what their exact roles and responsibilities are? Have you identified new milestones or re-planned existing ones?
Re-evaluation isn't simply adding on all the available resources; it must be done strategically to avoid repeating the previous failures.
5) Change leadership
At the basic level, the failure of most projects can be traced back to a project manager who simply wasn't up to the task. Good project managers have a firm handle on managing the constraints of time, scope, cost and quality. Generally speaking, failure to control at least two of these will definitely cause the project to fail.
An organisation's focus, however, must be on successfully delivering the project for a client. If doing that involves changing the project manager, it should be done swiftly and shouldn't be taken personally.
In conclusion, it's important for you to know that regardless of how much you plan or build in contingencies, an unexpected event can always happen. Most project failures can be linked to poor planning from the onset; but the first step to recovery is acknowledging this failure and refocusing the scope of the project.
Remember that you can always turn mistakes into learning opportunities; so follow this up by resetting expectations and re-dedicating the project team. With a motivated team, you'll find that you can rescue a failing project and deliver the promised results.
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6 Awesome Tools That Will Keep Your Project on Track
Sometimes it feels like you're always just one step away from disaster when managing a project. Luckily, technology has the answer. Take a deep breath and check out our 6 favourite apps for keeping track of your projects - salvation is on hand!
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Are you a project manager who feels like they've suddenly hit a brick wall? Don't worry! We've all been there - and you can fix this. In this article, we take a look at four of the most likely reasons your project is in trouble, and consider what you can do to salvage the situation.
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Consistently delivering projects on time and within budget is the Holy Grail of project management. But whether you are a client or a project manager, you have to admit it, lots of projects fail. Project failure is alarmingly common and, depending on the industry surveyed, only 5%-30% of all projects are successfully completed.
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Dodging Radioactive Bullets
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 by: Mark Sircus., AC, OMD
Tags: radiation, love, health news
https://www.naturalnews.com/032696_radiation_love.html
(NaturalNews) We have always needed love but today more than ever we will need love to sustain us. The world is becoming increasingly hostile and toxic and now with radiation levels going up dramatically we have all kinds of new issues to face. Even the act of intercourse needs to be understood in a new light for the chances of us being sterile and the chances of us bringing into the world a deformed child are going to increase dramatically.
Those with open hearts stay young forever.
This is not something that should be taken lightly. The spiritual heart, when wide open, represents a fountain of youth and a force that helps us resist environmental insults, infections and disease. These past few days though I have been hearing rumors from a New Age friend that implied that enlightened people are not at risk from radiation contamination! It is being said that somehow the nuclear particles will pass elevated humans right by or that their bodies will know how to expel them. So I wrote this essay to discuss this possibility, which in part I think is quite ridiculous, for how do we or how does anyone judge a person's state of enlightenment?
But it is different with the heart. We can see and feel the heart shining from people's hearts and it is written as well on their faces. The heart represents our basic capacity to care and feel. Inside the purified and free heart is a flow, a river, a current, a passion for life and a healing power with which no medical treatment can compete. The greatest protector of health is the human heart. The heart is the vulnerability of being meaning when we are born we are pure and perfectly vulnerable.
Love is the most cost-effective medical insurance policy and the cheapest medicine there is.
- Dr. Brenda Schaeffer
Yet we now live in a poisoned world; thus detoxification, chelation and mineralization are essential aspects of self-love. Detoxification, chelation and medicine in general represent certain principles important for health and healing. Proper nutrition, exercise, supplementation with vitamins and minerals, cleaning and healing of the GI track, detoxification through the skin, appropriate usage of drugs or herbs, and a host of treatments like acupuncture, spinal manipulations, colonics, massage and many other modalities too numerous to mention, fill up the pallet of most alternative healthcare practitioners.
But there is an ingredient to health and healing that has been overlooked or at least not well-addressed by these practitioners. This factor is love and it is very important in immune system function. Dr. Norman Shealy and Dr. Caroline Myss both clearly believe that love of others and being loved are key factors in improving the immune system, adding to life expectancy and creating overall happiness. What does love have to do with stress-free living? "Everything!" says Dr. Brenda Schaeffer.
Unconditional love is your immune system's most powerful stimulant.
- Dr. Bernie Siegel
Dr. Clancy D. McKenzie of Capital University says, "Even though most of us do not see this love energy readily, this does not mean it does not exist or does not have great impact. Take for example a person who eats nothing but junk food, smokes, doesn't exercise, drinks beer and sports a potbelly. Let him fall in love, and suddenly he has as much energy as a person who lives on energy food and exercises daily. Suddenly he can work day and night. What is the mechanism for this enormous flow of energy and where does it come from? How can we harness it and use it at will? These questions are especially important in the health fields, because this energy might also be the healing energy, or the life force itself." Mckenzie goes on to say, "Enhancing the love energy of the patient is an effective way to increase the healing process. This holds true for both psychological and physical healing: Enhancement of love energy should be a part of every physical remedy, because it is a vital ingredient to healing."
Why is it there is always some lucky soul who doesn't get sick when the flu is going around the office? Or why, when chicken pox is sending all the kids home from school, are there a few who remain untouched?
- Dr. Carrie Angus
Our feelings are actually more important than our thoughts because they represent the sum total of all our individual perceptions. The heart mixes up all the signals in the brain into one feeling that we largely experience and identify as "me". Feelings and emotions add weight to our perceptions; they give significance to events.
Though most physicians are skeptical that emotions matter in medicine from a clinical standpoint, we can see how people who experience long-term depression and anxiety, long periods of sadness and pessimism, or incessant hostility and aggression have much higher incidences of heart disease. This is what the "broken heart" syndrome is all about.
A "broken heart" is not just a period of emotional sadness. In some cases it is a traumatic physical event. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is informally known as "broken heart syndrome" because it often occurs due to an emotional or physical shock. It almost always happens to women and patients are typically in a critical state during the first 48 hours.
It is no secret that the most elementary neurological wiring in our brains are connected to the monitoring of basic biological system requirements; meaning when our basic needs are met, our body's systems work much more efficiently. We have many legitimate needs for closeness, affection, appreciation, community, love, trust, understanding and warmth that we often have to live without and this is most difficult.
Peter Kaufman, acting chief of the Behavioral Medicine Branch of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, said that the increased turbulence of repeated flare-ups of anger "can cause micro tears in the vessel, where plaque develops. If your heart rate is faster and your blood pressure is higher because you're habitually angry, then over 30 years that may lead to a faster buildup of plaque and so lead to coronary artery disease."
Modern science has correlated physical heart function and health with the flow of positive feelings and emotions, with a positive optimistic outlook to life. There is a real "soothing effect" that is biologically associated with favorable biochemical, hormonal, and nervous system changes in the body that that manifests in people who are more centered in their hearts.Autonomic nervous system balance is related to coherent heart rhythms that are directly connected to emotional self-management. Being out of the heart is dangerous to our health because it creates disturbances in the heart rhythms.
Based on electrocardiographic tracings and blood tests for heart damage, patients can appear to be having a heart attack when cardiologists find no blockages in the coronary arteries. Dr. Ilan S. Wittstein, cardiologist at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, studied 19 patients who seemed to have heart attacks after stress situations, yet they had healthy arteries. All of these patients had stress hormone levels (such as adrenaline) two to three times as high as the actual heart attack victims and seven to 34 times higher than normal. "Our hypothesis is that massive amounts of these stress hormones can go right to the heart and produce a stunning of the heart muscle that causes this temporary dysfunction resembling a heart attack," Wittstein said. "It doesn't kill the heart muscle like a typical heart attack, but it renders it helpless."
Old adages like "scared to death" and "died of a broken heart" seem to have more basis in reality than these expressions have been given credit for. A case in point: A well-meaning family threw a surprise party for a woman on her sixtieth birthday. "Seventy people jumped out from the dark and screamed, 'Surprise!' and literally three hours later she was in the intensive care unit," Dr. Wittstein said. Wittstein was the lead author of an article in the New England Journal of Medicine on what he terms "myocardial stunning due to sudden emotional stress."
For all the references, sources and more articles please visit Dr. Mark Sircus blog.
Mark A. Sircus, Ac., OMD, is director of the International Medical Veritas Association (IMVA) http://www.imva.info/.
Dr. Sircus was trained in acupuncture and oriental medicine at the Institute of Traditional Medicine in Sante Fe, N.M., and at the School of Traditional Medicine of New England in Boston. He served at the Central Public Hospital of Pochutla in Mexico, and was awarded the title of doctor of oriental medicine for his work. He was one of the first nationally certified acupuncturists in the United States. Dr. Sircus's IMVA is dedicated to unifying the various disciplines in medicine with the goal of creating a new dawn in healthcare.
He is particularly concerned about the effect vaccinations have on vulnerable infants and is identifying the common thread of many toxic agents that are dramatically threatening present and future generations of children. His book, The Terror of Pediatric Medicine, is a free e-book offered on his web site. Humane Pediatrics will be an e-book available early in 2011 and then quickly as possible put into print.
Dr. Sircus is a most prolific and courageous writer and one can read through hundreds of pages on his various web sites.
He has recently released a number of e-books including Winning the War Against Cancer, Survival Medicine for the 21st Century, Sodium Bicarbonate, Rich Man's Poor Man's Cancer Treatment, New Paradigms in Diabetic Care and Bringing Back the Universal Medicine: IODINE.
Dr. Sircus is a pioneer in the area of natural detoxification and chelation of toxic chemicals and heavy metals. He is also a champion of the medicinal value of minerals and seawater.
Transdermal Magnesium Therapy, his first published work, offers a stunning breakthrough in medicine, an entirely new way to supplement magnesium that naturally increases DHEA levels, brings cellular magnesium levels up quickly, relieves pain, brings down blood pressure and pushes cell physiology in a positive direction. Magnesium chloride delivered transdermally brings a quick release from a broad range of conditions. His second edition of Transdermal Magnesium Therapy will be out shortly. In addition he writes critically about the political and financial crises occurring around us.
International Medical Veritas Association: http://www.imva.info/
http://publications.imva.info/
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The four mobile application development stumbling blocks to avoid
by Ben Rossi 19 September 2014
Gartner recently said that in the next few years apps will become one of the most popular computing rools for users worldwide, generating revenue of more than $77 billion by 2017. But while much of the attention has been on the latest cool consumer apps, businesses are finding apps enormously transformative. Building their own custom-made apps allows them to fine tune them to their specific business needs, instead of the other way around, driving a revolution in employee engagement and productivity and opening up new opportunities or improving functionality by embracing the change brought about by new, powerful mobile devices and their correspond- ing next-generation networks.
But not all corporate apps are success stories- in fact, many fail before they're barely launched.
The consequences of a bad app, of course, starts with the worst possible outcome —nobody uses the app. Other bad outcomes of failed app development include the lost time and cost of the actual project, as well as the loss in potential business or loss in market momentum due to the app not reaching its desired goals. So what are some of the biggest pitfalls that can doom an app from taking off?
Designing apps in a vaccuum
If there is a universal theme to why mobile apps fail, it seems to start right at the beginning, usually with apps that are designed without much thought about who will be using them and what the end goals may be. According to all of the experts we talked to, this pitfall comes about when there is a disconnect between market- ing or line-of-business departments and the engineering or development teams.
On one hand, there are business users looking to mobile for ways to make their jobs easier, or to help them turn what they are working on—no matter where they are—into real knowledge that helps drive business value. On the other hand, there may be engineering or developer departments that measure success quite differ- ently, either by the number of features added to a program or the number of lines of code. If the thought pattern and strategic direction of these two groups are not aligned, experts say, the result will be a mobile app that nobody likes and nobody uses.
'When people talk about mobile app creation for businesses, they need to realize that it's not about which tools they should use,' says Jack Gold, founder and principal analyst at J.Gold Associates, an information technology analyst firm based in Northborough, Mass. 'That's not where most apps fail. Most apps fail on something much more basic—it's when developers never get feedback from end-users on what the end-users need, before or after the app is developed.'
Forrester researchers identify this pitfall as an adoption gap when the business team and developer team have ''different concepts of value delivery,' a gap that often comes when the two sides never discuss what goals are desired. 'All too often, developers like to concentrate on stuffing as much new code and as many new features as possible into every release without regard to the level of business value generated,' Forrester researchers wrote.
Maribel Lopez, CEO and mobile market strategist for Lopez Research, a market research and strategy consulting firm, says the desire by many firms to 'create a mobile app' sometimes clouds the thinking over just what is trying to be accomplished.
'An actual task is not always an app,' Lopez says. 'If you're just looking to make a call to inventory, that's not an app. If you are trying to mobile-enable a version of SAP, that's a bigger challenge. The problem is, many developers may not know what it is they are trying to build.'
Sometimes, the disconnected development comes from the other direction, when business or marketing teams ask for an app without figuring out what it is supposed to deliver. One consultant at a large analyst firm told of a major U.S. fast-food chain that developed a mobile app to try to lure customers to its outlets —except the first version of the app failed, because it lacked simple things like menu prices or the ability to link to a device's mapping app to show if the user was near one of the company's restaurants.
> See also: Why you need to move on mobile app testing
The app development team also forgot to include store information for the company's many franchise-owned operations, making many of its actual locations a blank spot to the mobile app. Without such information, the app found few takers among the fast-food consuming public it was theoretically designed for.
'But the marketing department delivered a mobile app, so they declared victory,' says the consultant, whose company was called in after the fact to fix the mobile app and reboot the company's somewhat nonexistent mobile strategy.
Gold says that mobile app developers should be more like consumer product companies and do a lot of end-user research and testing before launch.'Enter- prise companies and other developers generally don't do a lot of end-user [app] testing, mainly because it's expensive, it's time-consuming, and many of them don't know how to do it,' Gold says. 'Go ask any 10 developers about how many user experience classes they took. I'd guess most of them would say zero. They're just not trained in that skill.'
Brian Katz, a mobile developer for a medical-services firm who writes often about the topic on a popular industry blog, says development teams should do ride-alongs with eventual end-users, to see how they do their daily business tasks. In his field, he notes that his company's representatives need apps that will keep working when they are inside hospitals, places where wireless reception can be a big issue. If the apps can't connect in that environment, Katz says, the reps will simply delete them. And a deleted app is one that isn't working for anyone.
Trying to make an app that does too much
One of the common results of a mobile app developed without end-user input is an app that tries to do too much, or apps that try to cram a desktop full on informa- tion and links onto a palm-sized screen. In fact, says analyst Gold, many early implementations of 'mobile' apps were simply screen scrapes of Windows PC apps, ported to the smaller platform.
> See also: 6 ways to make mobile app projects a success
'We saw a lot of the screen-scrape apps, mainly because it was the easiest way to develop something,' Gold says. The problem is, while desktop apps may represent a long history of learned knowledge and functionality that is extremely important to either an enterprise developing its own applications, or a company readying a consumer service, that frame of functionality is sometimes at odds with the goal of using a mobile device.
What many recent surveys have found is that, when faced with complex steps in a mobile app, many users give up quickly, even after just a click or two if they don't get to where they want to go, or obtain the information they need. With so many apps available, many users figure they're better off trying something else rather than trying to dig through the complexity of an app that has frustrated them. Getting it right, therefore, doesn't mean making many choices available. In fact, it may mean exactly the opposite.
Jon Reed, an analyst who writes frequently about enterprise app development, says app complexity is just one way of screwing up a mobile app. 'Simplicity remains the goal of the mobile experience,' Reed wrote in a recent blog post. 'Bite size apps that capture one workflow are often best.'
Reed goes on to note that in a situation like retail merchandising, there may be many functions that could benefit from being mobilised, like managing inventory, processing customer coupons, and sales negotiations. But they all don't need to be in the same app. Instead, they might work better as standalone apps.
Analyst Lopez says that the desktop-on-a-phone approach also often fails to take advantage of what she calls the "context" of the device.
'If you've just recreated the desktop in a mobile fashion, you haven't done anything to take advantage of being mobile, like the location of the user,' Lopez says.
Analyst Gold says finding out what's important to the user can also direct what needs to be left in and out of the app.
You have to know what the important tasks are [to the end user] and put them up front,' Gold says.
Some examples of mobile apps that have made a good business out of doing something simple are the chat service WhatsApp, and the picture-sharing service Instagram. Both of those apps, now billion-dollar acquisition stories for their ability to attract hundreds of millions of users, relied on simple functionality as well as attention to connectivity, the next pitfall we'll explore.
Trying to make devices work everywhere, anywhere
Katz's point about hospital connectivity issues highlights another mobile app development pitfall: Not taking into consideration the connectivity needs or limitations of connectivity in the environments where the app will be used can also be fatal to an app's life span.
> See also: Gartner says mobile apps will have a significant impact on information infrastructure
One of the already classic mistakes is to assume that mobile apps will have the same level of Internet connectivity as a PC app used in an office situation. While cellular connectivity can be found in many places worldwide and local Wi-Fi networks are cropping up all over, mobile connections are nevertheless inherently slower and less stable than wired connections or office wireless networks.
Gregg Ostrowski, who leads enterprise developer relations for top BlackBerry Enterprise customers and partners, tells of multiple mobile-app project failures3 he has seen because the apps were designed to work with in-house wireless networks, where access to necessary corporate data was fast and secure. Once outside the company walls or campus, however, performance issues related to connectivity—either the inherent randomness of different cellular technologies or performance issues related to security measures like VPNs—doomed the mobile apps to failure.
Analyst Gold says tailoring the app to the environments it will be used in is crucial to a mobile application's chances of success.
'It's not that the user interface is bad, but the user experience is bad when you go up one level of complexity,' Gold says. Making apps that use data in the cloud is a good way to keep storage demands lighter on mobile devices, but then Gold asks: what if the users need to work on a plane, or in other offline situations? Does the app also support local data storage for those situations?
'It's all about doing it smart, knowing what is needed and when,' Gold says. 'It's not that mobile apps are necessarily worse, because there are a lot of lousy PC apps. But the PC [connectivity] environment is more forgiving.'
Analyst Lopez says that the connectivity needs of the app can help developers ascertain which tools they should be using for design, a smarter way than simply picking a design environment or platform based on whim or personal preference.
> See also: Top 5 strategies for testing enterprise apps
'The tool selection should be based on what the app requires,' Lopez says. 'If it's just something that's looking for pricing information, you can get it done in HTML5 and be up and running quickly. If it's something that requires the deep input of the device, you might want a native experience.'
Not building flexibility into the app from the start
If there was a final pitfall most mobile application experts agreed upon, it's the idea that a mobile app would ever really be 'finished' in the way that desktop or packaged applications used to be. Instead, a better solution is to develop a frame- work that allows for fast creation and multiple iterations of a mobile app, since user demands and device introductions change far more rapidly than the old one- or two-year product development lifecycle.
'You can't take a year to build something anymore,' says analyst Lopez of a mobile app development effort. 'If you do take a year, by that time the users will want something different.'
One of the biggest trends pushing this need to change rapidly, especially in the enterprise environment, is the so-called 'Bring Your Own Device,' or BYOD phenomenon, where users are bringing their personal devices to use in work situations. With users dictating device choices and line of business leaders having more IT budget to work on fast-acting needs and demands, app development teams need to create a structure that can create new versions quickly, just to stay in sync.
In a traditional IT department environment, Lopez says, a request for a new application may be put on a work grid, resulting in a prototype app delivered in six months. 'But if the marketing department needs something to happen in three weeks, they don't have an option to wait,' Lopez says. Often, such teams are turning to places like Amazon for cloud services or agencies for quick-hit projects.
'You can see where the disconnect happens between IT time and marketing time,' Lopez says. In many environments, she says, those two functions are still run in different ways.
The downside of not being able to develop quickly enough is often a situation where marketing strategists or line-of-business leaders start looking outside the company to get projects delivered quickly. That situation can create a mishmash of applications developed under different systems with different code bases. Though some short-term goals may have been accomplished, the long-term success of the app team and the overall mobile business strategy is jeopardized by having to manually integrate and align many disparate parts.
> See also: Five mobile app development success stories
The good news is, there are new development tools and environments that are designed with rapid mobile app development in mind, with automated features for tasks like debugging and integrating different types of code. Developing under such new structured systems also allows for uniformity in progress management and results measurement, which also need to change in a mobile app development world.
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Home A & E Live Beats Take Over SOhO: Giraffage, Cub'b, and Underbelly
Live Beats Take Over SOhO: Giraffage, Cub'b, and Underbelly
Ashkan Karimloo
Photos by Mark Brocher, Staff Photographer
Santa Barbara residents were treated to a night of soulful yet hard-hitting bass-driven beats on Thursday, Jan. 16, at SOhO. The sold-out crowd, composed mainly of college students, welcomed the San Franciscan beat-smith Giraffage, who performed a live set with his new visual show. Presenting this lively night of music were Santa Barbara's own Speak Volumes and We The Beat, two recently launched music websites.
Speak Volumes and We The Beat bode very well for the young, college-aged residents of Santa Barbara. Not only are they booking solid headlining acts that carry an immense amount of popularity while remaining tasteful in a break from the repetitive "dirty" bass sounds, but they are also placing an emphasis on finding and publicizing young, local artists—exposing the domestic music culture of Santa Barbara and pulling talent directly from its roots. These two locally driven organizations booked two University of California, Santa Barbara students as the openers for the night: Cub'b and Underbelly.
The night began with a mood-setting, back-to-back DJ set from UCSB students Alex Ho and Dylan Chase. These two continued to keep the vibe flowing in between acts, as well as after Giraffage himself had left the stage.
Cub'b, UCSB fourth-year Chris Cubbison, officially opened the event first. His distorted electronic sounds were very sample heavy, pulling audio clips from various sources. Cub'b provided his own vocals over his tracks, using an echo-riddled filter to create an eerie sound that perfectly matched his lo-fi, analog-produced beats. His performance strongly emphasized its live aspect, as Cub'b created many of his sounds on the spot to accompany the layering of his own vocals. This led him to often pause between songs after playing them through in their entirety, making his set truly that of a live instrument performance.
Second to perform was Underbelly. UCSB first-year Timmy Linetsky put forth a genre-bending performance that was a combination of both a live act and a DJ set. His song selection was packed full of classic R&B flips, including remixes of Aaliyah's "Are You That Somebody?," Mariah Carey's "Touch My Body," Usher's "Climax," and the Internet's "Dontcha."
In addition to blending songs through Ableton Live, Underbelly incorporated the piano, an instrument he has been playing since the age of 7. Throughout his set he would trigger loops using his keyboard, therefore allowing him to layer several loops on the spot over the tracks he played. The crowd responded extremely well to the live aspect of his performance coupled with his song choice, which started at a higher bpm and eventually transitioned down to a crowd-friendly, four-by-four tempo.
Finally, the man of the hour Giraffage stepped up to perform for the already packed and pumped crowd of SOhO. His performance utilized his new visual show, incorporating images of optical illusions, static-laden screens, and various images of cats and pizza, which he himself described as "random."
His set progressed very well—an aspect of his performances that he has stated he pays great attention to. It started on a somewhat mellow note, but built up to a strong climax, which he was able to ride through to the end. Early on in his set he played many synth-heavy classics from his repertoire, including his popular remix of The Dream's "Shawty Is Da Sh*!" and his remix of the French house classic "Music Sounds Better With You," by Stardust. About halfway through his set he began to play many of his heavier, more bass-driven material, including the popular song "Money" from his latest album "Needs," which was released February of last year.
Giraffage, 23-year-old Charlie Yin, calls his style of sample-based music "dream pop." He rose to popularity in 2011 and has exponentially grown in appeal since then, allowing him to tour across the United States and Europe as a headliner with the likes of XXYYXX, Teen Daze, and Slow Magic.
Giraffage was able to play a very sample-driven set that had the crowd singing along to dreamy and melodic remixes, ranging from classic R&B and house music to contemporary artists like Justin Bieber and Miley Cyrus. Although this may seem like an odd clash of musical tastes, Giraffage was able to pull off such an eclectic set in a way that only a musician of his caliber would be able to.
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If you are the one who loves to use the google products in daily life then this is especially for them, you can save all your data in cloud and can access them from any where with internet connection. The data is more secure and there is very less chances to loose it as every thing is saved in cloud and less chances of crashing your PC and data in it. It is easy to switch between the users and each and every one have their own storage and applications.
With this new Acer C7 chromebook google is offering 100GB of free space for 2years along with 12free Gogo internet passes. These two offers are more than the price of the Acer C7 chromebook and it is true that google is paying you to by a product.
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Electrical Engineering for Mining
Техника управления и связи
Анализ и Измерение
Automate & Communicate
Engineering and Service
Control, Switch & Connect
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BARTEC Group
Systematic heating
Global support availability Product campaign initiated
It is becoming more and more challenging to meet the demands placed on technical systems used for the extraction, transportation and processing of fossil fuels. This is in part due to the fact that these fuels are increasingly extracted from regions that are subject to extreme temperatures. Heating systems play a decisive role in reliably ensuring process security: When certain links in the process chain are broken, it is more than an extreme financial setback – safety becomes an issue, too. Consequences of either type must be avoided reliably.
At Achema 2018, BARTEC, the global market leader in explosion protection, presents its advanced heating system technology in three augmented-reality scenarios (AR): a petrochemical plant, a chemical plant and a loading station. BARTEC plays a key role as a systems supplier for these highly complex facilities. "We collaborate with all noteworthy EPC providers (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) around the world on these kinds of projects. As a turnkey, fullservice provider we cover all the relevant stages of design, manufacturing, assembly and maintenance, depending on customer needs. We can prepare specifications and engineering designs, procure and manufacture to the highest standards, assemble and construct, handle the commissioning and, of course, the maintenance", says Tobias Dold, Head of Heating Technology at BARTEC.
Recently, a South Korean construction company, who was building a pipeline to transport liquid sulphur in the the Middle East, gave BARTEC the order to design and construct the heat tracing system. This is an especially challenging project that requires constant monitoring to ensure the fluidity of the sulphur, which of course requires system redundancy.
"We have subsidiaries around the world so that we can react quickly and flexibly. Most importantly, we always stay close to the customers so that we can offer them our services at reasonable costs. That way we can meet the expectations of our clients", says Dold of the BARTEC philosophy. The demanding project in the Middle East was a good example of this: The project engineering was carried out in India and Singapore, while the project was managed from Germany, where most of the components of the Skin Effect Heating System originated from. This method is an ideal match for pure frost protection, temperature regulation or for heating materials as they are transported through up to 25-kilometre-long pipelines. It does not matter whether the pipes are located under or above ground or in the water. In most cases, a sophisticated energy distribution system is indispensable due to the total length and any given geographical access restrictions to such heat tracing systems.
When addressing the technical risks of such complex systems, it is also necessary to consider the commercial demands of the procurement process. BARTEC has the financing resources necessary to pre-finance projects of this size and offer this clear advantage to customers.
Maintenance gains importance
According to Dold, the Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) branch of the business is gaining importance. In general, newly built systems are reviewed after their first year of operation. After three years, necessary modifications are made. After five years, the first major revision takes place.
More and more operators are starting to give this work to external qualified service providers like BARTEC. This field is therefore thought to hold a lot of potential. However, BARTEC only maintains the systems of its direct customers in order to ensure high-quality service. The goal here is to conclude more long-term agreements.
Installation-friendly and high- performing
At ACHEMA, BARTEC is starting a product campaign to continue to live up to its ideal of offering easy-to-install and maintain systems that meet the latest standards. As a result, the portfolio has been limited and streamlined.
The PBM/PBS terminal system is a convincing compact and installation-friendly unit with a foot and a single or multi-port. This simplifies and shortens the installation process and reduces possible risks associated with the improper installation of individual components. The connection between the heat circuit and the external electricity is made through a robust box with an Ex e-spring terminal for cables with a diameter of 6 mm²; the installation-friendly boxes are intended for use with operating environments of minus to plus 55 °C. They are fire resistant in accordance with the standard EN 60079-0, as well as impact resistant. BARTEC offers comprehensive accessories for both terminal housings, such as a control lamp that shows the operational status.
The electronic temperature and limiting device ESTM/ESTML is specifically designed for use within processes that are so critical that they cannot be interrupted under any circumstances. The on-site and in-the-field functionalities are impressive: configured redundantly, it is an absolutely fail-safe system that can also be used in operating environments of minus to plus 55 °C. It facilitates non-stop functional monitoring of up to three temperature parameters, such as minimum, maximum and current operating temperature, and it can be controlled via Bluetooth on mobile devices for tasks such as setting parameters. Furthermore, it offers longer heat circuits with up to 30 A breaker capabilities, and it is certified to the latest heat tracing standards in Europe and the USA (IEEE/IEC 60079-30-1). Self-limiting heating tape can be directly connected within the controller.
The output-limiting heating cable BPL is being launched specifically for the European market. It is particularly suited to applications where the maximum service temperature is much higher than the operating temperature. The advantages can be found in the parallel design, similar to self-limiting heating tape, and the temperature resistance of up to 425 °C. The latter makes it possible in many cases to completely or partially avoid mineral-insulated heating lines that resist heats of up to 1,000 °C. Heat circuits can be more rapidly constructed, delivered and installed, because – like self-limiting heating cables – they can be sized and mounted at the construction site rather than in the factory. This makes the system much more flexible and simplifies its configuration.
Manufacturing to the highest standards
Nothing is so good that it cannot be improved. This applies equally to products and processes. That's why BARTEC has invested heavily in its heating cable production equipment to clearly optimise production quality. "We want to our offer our customers optimal system solutions with reliable, premium-quality products", says Tobias Dold. When used in hazardous environments, heat tracing systems and components must live up to very high standards of quality and reliability. Due to the new harmonised standards for North America and Europe, a new and expanded testing procedure was introduced to ensure product reliability. BARTEC was the first supplier to obtain a model test certificate for the new standard IEEE/IEC 60079-30-1.
Unplanned downtime due to component failures creates costs. This means that reliability and quality are top priorities, ensured through strict quality controlling. BARTEC, the global market leader in explosion protection, can offer its full experience to benefit clients. The quality associated with 'Made in Germany' is still very important to customers. That's why the main production plant for heating cable is located in Gotteszell in southern Germany. "But we also manufacture worldwide so that we can optimally meet the specific local requirements." The Group sets itself far apart from the competition with ist comprehensive support services.
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Water absorbing polymer gels (some folks call them "hydrogels") are non-toxic moisture retaining soil additives, offering houseplant fanciers and homeowners help in watering their plants. When dry these polymers look like sugar. But when water is added, they act like sponges in the soil, absorbing water when it comes by and then making that water available to the roots of plants over time. When; the polymers are fully wet they look and feel like small cubes of clear gelatin.
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Polymer Gels reduce the frequency with which plants must be watered, providing a safety net for those times we forget to water or rainfall is scarce. These products help assure a more consistent water supply which promotes a larger root system and improves plant health.
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Anti-gun-violence group backs Gov. Cuomo
It wasn't a surprise when New Yorkers Against Gun Violence on Thursday rolled out its endorsement of Gov.
Anti-gun-violence group backs Gov. Cuomo It wasn't a surprise when New Yorkers Against Gun Violence on Thursday rolled out its endorsement of Gov. Check out this story on lohud.com: http://lohud.us/1wJki0v
Jon Campbell, jcampbell1@gannett.com Published 2:21 p.m. ET Oct. 30, 2014
It wasn't a surprise when New Yorkers Against Gun Violence on Thursday rolled out its endorsement of Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The Democrat did successfully push a series of strict gun-control measures backed by the group in 2013.
But the timing of the endorsement is of interest: It comes as Cuomo's campaign has made a concerted effort in recent days to use the SAFE Act in his favor while knocking Republican foe Rob Astorino for his opposition to it.
"Governor Cuomo provided crucial leadership in the enactment of the landmark NY SAFE Act in January 2013, which was passed just weeks after the Sandy Hook massacre by a bipartisan state legislature," Leah Gunn Barrett, New Yorkers Against Gun Violence's executive director, said in a statement. "Because the law respects gun rights and enhances public safety, it has withstood legal challenges in both state and federal court and is supported by a wide majority of New Yorkers."
The Cuomo-led state Democratic Committee has sent a series of brutal direct mailers over the past week accusing Astorino of supporting guns in schools, basing them on a comment Astorino made in support of a marksmanship program being restored in Sullivan County.
The Democrats also recently launched a TV ad touting the SAFE Act before knocking Astorino for wanting to repeal it.
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Universal Pictures has done away with the tentpole blockbuster... this year, at least
by Kate Erbland
As we approach the end of the calendar year, few possible box-office surprises await us. The holiday season is glutted with family-friendly features and awards options, the kind of surefire moneymakers that rest firmly in the "blockbuster" camp—meaning, these are the films we've talked about for quite some time, the kind of stuff that probably won't shock us. That's one of the problems with star-studded blockbusters and big tentpoles: We know what to expect from them, and most of the time, we expect the more spendy features to make back that money. It's one of the reasons why box-office reports exist, so that we can check in on, well, all that money that belongs to other people.
But the old idea that we (the studios) need to spend money (make huge blockbusters with bloated budgets) to make money (top the box office) might not be the best practice anymore. In fact, for one studio, it already isn't.
Over at Forbes, Scott Mendelson has identified what looks to be one hell of a paradigm shift, one the entire industry should take notice of ASAP, simply because it's worked out extremely well for one of Hollywood's major studios. As Mendelson shares, Comcast CFO Michael Angelakis has just announced that the Comcast-owned Universal Pictures "will have the most profitable year this year in its history. We will have the most profitable year in the…history of Universal." Wonderful news for Uni, right? It's even better, because as Mendelson notes: "The reason this is all interesting is begins it signifies a smashing success for a year in which Universal didn't realize a single conventional mega-budget tent pole. The films were smaller, the grosses were smaller, but the profits were bigger."
Per Mendelson's notes, take a look at Universal's slate for 2014 (not including Christmas release Unbroken, which cost $65 million to make):
Lone Survivor ($149 million worldwide on a $40m budget)
Ride Along ($153m/$25m)
Endless Love ($34m/$20m)
Non-Stop ($222m/$50m)
Neighbors ($268m/$18m)
A Million Ways to Die in the West ($86m/$40m)
The Purge: Anarchy ($110m/$9m)
Lucy ($458m/$40m)
Get On Up ($31m/$30m)
As Above/So Below ($40m/$5m)
A Walk Among the Tombstones ($53m/$28m)
Dracula Untold ($212m/$70m)
Ouija ($72m/$5m)
Dumb And Dumber To ($116m and counting/$35m)
As Mendelson explains, "even the would-be flops weren't so terribly expensive to the point of causing any real damage. And there were a handful of stunningly profitable mini-monsters as well." Moreover, "there were no mega-budget superhero sequels, overly mythologized fantasy properties, or even an Illumination title in the mix this year. None of Universal's stable of would-be franchises (Bourne, Fast & Furious, etc.) made an appearance this year. Its highest-grossing film earned less than $500 million worldwide. But nonetheless, Universal made more profit than it did in 2013, when Fast & Furious 6 and Despicable Me 2 flirted with $1 billion worldwide."
Again: Universal has had its best year, its most profitable year, while attacking the box office free of superhero films, tentpole fantasy offerings, or an animated hit. Its biggest franchises did not offer up a feature. With smaller budgets, the studio was able to surpass expectations and not get dinged by any one massive failure. Still better: This sort of slate ensures original features and fresh material. New ideas? What a concept!
Next year will look a lot differnet for the studio, however, as Universal's slate is sequel-heavy, including Furious 7, Pitch Perfect 2, Jurassic World, Ted 2, and Minions. But with a stellar year that didn't require any of those features, what will the 2015 Universal numbers look like? And will other studios take notice of Universal's excellent year sans tentpoles? Here's to hoping!
North-South Korean conflict film Northern Limit Line to see limited run in American theaters
In Disney live-action remake news, Disney's doing a Prince Charming movie
Broken hearts and broken boats dominate the trailer for John Woo's The Crossing 2
Slow West and Criterion's twofer of Hemingway adaptations lead this week's home-video releases


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Croatia v England – UEFA Under-21 Championship – Live TV Coverage on Sky Sports
Updated: Monday 24 June 2019
Croatia take on England in UEFA Under-21 Championship this evening as both teams played their third and final Group C match, which comes from San Marino Stadium.
Both teams have suffered two defeats to date. England were beaten 2-1 by France and 4-2 by Romania, all six of the goals they conceded coming in the last 15 minutes.
Croatia, however, went down 4-1 against Romania and 1-0 against France.
The winners of this match will finish third in the section; should it end in a draw, England would take third place on goal difference.
England have won both competitive matches between the sides 2-1, those games coming in the play-offs for the 2015 final tournament. Harry Kane was on target in the first in Wolverhampton as the home side came from behind to win in October 2014; four days later, Will Hughes got England's winner in Vinkovci, Croatia bowing out despite Marko Livaja finding the net in each game.
Tonight's match will be shown live on Sky Sports Football and Sky Sports Main Event from 7.30pm with live streaming via Now TV and Sky Go.
Kick-off 8.00pm
Sky will also show France v Romania on Sky Sports Premier League from 7.55pm tonight. Kick-off 8.00pm.


While there is no asthma cure, asthma can be controlled. There are many different asthma treatments, including fast-acting "rescue medications" for treating an asthma attack and longer-acting "controller medications" used to prevent asthma attacks. Flovent is a controller medication, used to help prevent asthma attacks (but not to treat an attack). Everyone who takes Flovent should also have a rescue medication (such as an albuterol inhaler) available for emergencies.
Flovent is part of a class of drugs called inhaled corticosteroids, or steroids for short. Inflammation is an important component of asthma, and steroids help to decrease inflammation. Because Flovent is inhaled directly into the lungs, the rest of the body is exposed to lower steroid levels than is the case when taking steroids by mouth. This helps reduce or eliminate many of the side effects associated with long-term steroid use.


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Human tragedy on Sinjar mountains
People in Sinjar have fled their homes and taken their way to Sinjar mountains following the occupation of city by ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham) gangs on 3 August.
At least six child have died of thirst in the mountains where people can reach no food or water.
On 3 August ISIS gangs entered and occupied Sinjar, leading to thousands of people fleeing their homes, after the town was abandoned to its fate by KDP peshmerga forces. People in thousands went to the mountains to protect themselves from the savagery of ISIS gangs.
On 4 August, YPG (People's Protection Units) fighters reached the mountains of Sinjar to provide protection for the tens of thousands of people who fled there after facing the threat of being massacred by ISIS gangs. On the same day, YPG and public security (Asayish) forces broke the encirclement of the ISIS gangs in order to ensure the displaced civilians can reach Rojava.
According to the information obtained from the region, YPG fighters carried out an attack against an ISIS group on their way to the Sinjar Mountain, killing many of the gang members and seizing at least 6 weapons they used.
While YPG forces are endeavouring to prevent probable massacres by ISIS gangs, the civilians stranded in the mountains are facing a human tragedy as they can find no food or water in the region after the ISIS occupation. Establishin a safe corridor in the area, YPG fighters are trying to ensure the civilians to safely reach West Kurdistan. At least 6 children are reported to have died of thirst so far.
On the other hand, reports are coming through about savage massacres of ISIS gangs in Sinjar town and villages where dozens of Yezidi Kurds have reportedly been massacred in the last several days.
On 4 August, YPG forces began a clean up operation in the border area between West Kurdistan and South Kurdistan and Iraq. The operation is reported to be continuing as thousands of Ezidi youths have taken up arms and joined YPG forces to defend themselves in the face of brutal ISIS attacks.
Iraqi warplanes also carried out bombardment on ISIS positions in Sinjar on Monday. The ISIS gangs targeted by the attack are reported to have turned back to their position they left upon the bombardment. Gang groups are also reported to be raiding the houses and shops in the town.
In the meantime, HPG (People's Defense Forces) guerrillas have also gone into action after PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party) Executive Committee Member Murat Karayilan said in an interview to Stêrk TV on 4 August that guerrilla forces have launced an operation in Sinjar. Karayilan also called on the KDP and YNK to ensure the joining of guerrilla, YPG and peshmerga forces.
In the evening of 4 August, Sinjar Units of Resistance announced their establishment while Kurdish forces entered the town.
ANF – SINJAR 05.08.2014


While the Atlantic Ocean brushes up on our tropical shores at all times, sometimes it's nice to switch it up and lounge by some still water with a restaurant, bar and bevvy of beautiful people close at hand. For those looking to indulge in this popular local scene, here are some of the best hotel pools in Miami Beach.
Tall palm trees line the water of this hotel's sleek infinity-style pool. The Delano offers premiere luxury for lounging in SoBe, with its fluffy white loungers or private cabanas.
A series of three horizontal pools leading from the property down to the beach, the Setai backyard is an aesthetic refreshment from the long vertical layouts of most other hotel pools in Miami Beach.
Sitting right on Biscayne Bay, this massive hotel pool in Miami Beach is part of an even larger patio area with an outdoor bar and restaurant. To get back to this luxurious oasis, visitors travel through a short series of palm tree lined trails with hidden hangouts with hanging hammock chairs and campfires.
Known for its festive pool parties, live DJ's and cool blue pool, SLS is a young socialite's prime destination for daytime hangouts. The cabanas are cozy and the drinks are strong at this favorite SoBe hangout.
Offering the seclusion and serenity that's absent amongst most other hotel pools in Miami Beach, Hilton Cabana appeals to families, friends and just about anybody who enjoys sun and water. We have an upper deck pool with views of the ocean and a ground floor pool with 60 beach chairs, beverage service, and easy access to the beach.


If the megastorm comes and I do not wake know that I love you and you made my earth shake.
Don't feel obliged to stay single your whole life, you're a gorgeous woman and a perfect wife.
If the megastorm comes and I do not wake tell the girls I love them, they made my world shake.
Don't feel obliged to let everybody in but respect your mum's choices. You're the honey, she's the queen.
If the megastorm comes and I do not wake, know that true love can never, ever break.
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"Jack Name's songs sound like memories, as familiar as they are foreign. I am addicted to this record." - Cate Le Bon
In a time rife with alienation, Magic Touch, the third album by the ubiquitous and mysterious Jack Name, offers the comfort of contact. With a body of work that ranges from the catchy to the cacophonous, Name has earned the reputation of a musician who's difficult to define. For over a decade, he's been a fixture in the Los Angeles underground. His songs have appeared on albums by U.S. Girls (Heavy Light, 2020) and White Fence (Family Perfume, 2012); he's produced recordings for Cass McCombs and collaborated with Ariel Pink; and his experimental music has been performed at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. Magic Touch reveals yet another side of Jack Name. While it's every bit as intricate as his previous releases, 2014's Light Show and 2015's Weird Moons, here he's done away with the dense production of his earlier work to make a record that feels stark, personal, and effortlessly natural. On Light Show and Weird Moons, Name took a sci-fi approach to dealing with heavy subjects like the role of psych meds in an increasingly authoritarian society, and his own bout with beating cancer. With Magic Touch, Name brings his lyrical and conceptual focus away from the dream worlds of his first two albums and back to Earth: a simpler place, or so it seems, where humans are falling in and out of love, struggling with loneliness, reaching for connections to each other, and, for better or worse, affecting each other. In a year like 2020, it's a place that feels familiar and far away all at once. The almost subliminal story arc of Magic Touch reminds us that touch itself is magic. Name offers private glimpses of new love as it comes together "Lips on Lips, Hips on Hips," in the startlingly confidential opener "Karolina;" and in its bitter endings, as on the ice-cold "I Came To Tell You In Plain English (I'm Leaving You)." Introspective gems like "Kick-around Johnny" and "Sacred Place" seem to muse about ancient traumas and possibilities of a hopeful future. Then, coming face-to-face with the limits of his own swagger in "Losing My Way," he advises his listener, "If you still have intuition, hold onto it. Don't throw it away." The vocals, recorded close-up and completely dry, make the brutal honesty in the lyrics even more personal and compelling. Name's delivery is at all times understated, to the point, and utterly believable — a rare and special thing. It takes a certain kind of bravery to step up to that mic without the cloak of allegory, the medicine bag of studio tricks, or even the formulas of modern "pop music" to protect you. It's mature—but not dull or heavy-handed. Recorded predominantly in Name's Hollywood apartment with only a RADAR 24-track, even the production on Magic Touch is an intimate affair, with a crystal-clear aesthetic that's shockingly present— almost as if the band is playing these songs inside your head. And though the instrumentation is sparse, the theme of human-to-human-contact is underscored again and again by the tactile, unprocessed nature of the music, whether it's Chris Cohen's delicate drumming on "Dudette," the fragile voice of Izella Berman on "Empty Nights," or the elegant electric piano and clavinet performances by Kenny Gilmore and Will Canzoneri throughout the album. There are no synths, no effects, and none of the studio razzle-dazzle that Name became known for with songs like "Pure Terror" and "Running After Ganymede." Here there's just an analog mixing board and an ensemble of Wrecking Crewlevel musicians from the upper echelons of the LA underground, playing parts that weave in and out of each other like ornate braids of sound. A not-so-secret shredder himself, Name's guitar and bass work on Magic Touch is also truly masterful.
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"A dynamically specified column name is unknown".
"ASTYP" does not exist in any of the database tables from the FROM clause.
Check the field name in the SELECT clause.
Could you please assist us to resolve this error.
1. Assign role MW_ADMIN to the RFC user responsible for master data replication in the SAP ERP system.
3.Enter the Source Site (that is, the back-end system) and Destination Site (SAP SRM system), which was defined using the Administrator Console (transaction SMOEAC).
4.To start the download, choose Execute.
1.To start the Download Monitor, call transaction R3AM1. If all the traffic lights are green, the download was successful. If a traffic light is yellow, select Refresh and observe whether the block number increases. If so, the download is still in progress. If not, continue with the next step.
2.In the back-end system, check the outbound queue in transaction SMQ1. For Queue name, enter the correct queue name, and choose Execute to display the queue. If the queue is locked, try to release the lock on it and to activate it. If the queue disappears after you select Refresh, the download process has proceeded further.
3.Using transaction SMQ2, check the inbound queue in the SAP SRM system and activate it if necessary.
2.Select a line and choose Show BDoc Msg Errors/Receivers.
5.After eliminating any errors, call transaction SMQ2. Choose Execute, and select a Queue Name.
7.Double-click on the number in the Entries column.
8.Select an entry and choose Execute to activate the queue.
9.To check whether the material types, material groups, and service categories have arrived in the SAP SRM system, call transaction COMM_HIERARCHY. You should see all the required data. If not, check your filter settings again and look at the data in the back-end system. Check whether the tables assigned to the objects contain the necessary data in the back-end system.
Before transferring Service Master have you transferred Basic , Prod0 and Prod1. Also could you please check and confirm have you maintained any filter for Service Master .
Could you provide the error with screenshot. I guess with That some more clarity I can get and also could provide the solution for the same. Also have you checked in SMW01 in SRM, SMQ1 , SMQ2 both in ECC as well as in SRM what error exactly you are getting.


Adjusting to life with an empty nest can be challenging and a little scary, but there are steps you can take to thrive as you recalibrate your life.
As many parents know, there is never a dull moment when your children are still at home and there are soccer matches, spelling tests, school concerts, cake sales, birthday parties, and play dates. It almost seems an impossible task to fill that amount of time with anything else.
Yes, going to the movies and making dinner dates for you and your partner can be fun once or twice a week. What about the hundreds of other days in the year, and the year after, and the year after that?
But it's possible to look at this time of your life as a gift just for you, something fun that you can explore and create in any way that is fun and brings joy to you.
Acknowledge yourself for the great job you have done as a parent — This is an important part of your new life. Many parents get stuck in the 'lie' that they should not be happy, that this is not a happy time to look forward to. Acknowledging yourself brings with it a sense of peace and fulfilment as you make the choice to focus on you and your future an easy one.
Learn to live again —Recall the conversations you had with other parents about what you would be doing if you were not driving your children to school, or leading the afternoon carpool. This is where you can look at what you would like to start adding to your life.
Re-ignite your relationship — If you are part of a couple, actively make more time for each other. Find the common things you both enjoy. There may have been hobbyies or a sport that you enjoyed and could no longer find the time for when your children came along. Discover what you both like to add. Talk about how you are different than you were before you had your children. Rediscover who you are as a couple while you look forward to the years ahead.
Make a list of all the things you have always wanted to explore — This may be pottery, painting, golf, fishing or flower arranging. Perhaps there is a list of books you would like to read; maybe it's booking a spot at the early morning yoga class that you've just been dying to go to. Or it could be visiting local places, such as the nursery that you might have driven past a hundred times while driving Johnny to cricket but you just didn't have the time to stop and go in.
Be "kind" to you — Being kind to you is the willingness to be aware of what you require and giving that to yourself. When you are kind to you, everything seems to get better and your sense of joy increases.
This question allows you to check-in with yourself. You may wake up in the morning thinking you still have to do the drive to school, or pack a lunch box, but asking this question reminds you that things are different and that you are different. It also invites you to explore the possibilities you have for the day.
What can I add to my life and living today?
This question allows you to become consciously aware of what you would like to add to your life. This question also invites the possibilities of adventure and exploration into your day by stopping you from looking for things to do.
If you find yourself on any particular day where the space seems just too vast, just take two steps and breathe.
SamanthaLewis is a life coach, corporate wellness consultant and certified facilitator of several special programs by Access Consciousness®, including Access BARS®, Being You Adventures and Putting the Fun Back in Business. Throughout her corporate career in sales and marketing, she retained an avid interest in mental, physical and spiritual wellness, and is trained in Shiatsu and Indian Head Massage, acupressure and aromatherapyvarious forms of personal development. Samantha now draws upon her wide range of skills and her personal moments of both joy and sadness to facilitate empowering workshops for groups and individuals. Follow Samantha.