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Audi RS Q8: Official Teaser Dropped
Abhishek Saxena
The German car manufacturer, Audi just revealed that it is going to launch its latest Audi RS Q8 in India, the launch will be probably in the month of August. After, launching several cars and luxury cars initially this year in the country, this is will be its latest car.
Just a few hours ago, Audi revealed the official teaser on its official Twitter account. In the latest 8 seconds video, the car manufacturer doesn't reveal so much of the SUV. In the video, a green Audi RS Q8 is featured and the SUV is dubbed as "THE FASTEST SUV AT THE NÜRBURGRING". Since not much of the details have been revealed in the featuring video, so we can make speculations from the RS Q8 version that was launched in the United States of America. The new RS Q8 is coming to India after a year of its launch at the Los Angeles auto show.
Audi RS Q8 (Side)
First of all, what seeks our attention the most is its tagline, "THE FASTEST SUV AT THE NÜRBURGRING". But what does this mean?? What is NÜRBURGRING?? Why it is been focused?? Don't worry, we are here to give the answer to your questions. The Nürburgring is the motorsports complex located in the town of Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984, around the village and medieval castle of Nürburg in the Eifel mountains. It has been nicknamed as the old track "The Green Hell".
Audi RS Q8 – Specifications
It's the RS Q8, the top of the line RS model. It featured the massive 600PS 4.0-litre twin-turbocharged V8 petrol engine that comes coupled with a mild-hybrid system for torque boost. The engine outputs 600PS of power and 800Nm of torque, the power is delivered to all four wheels with the Quattro all-wheel-drive technology with Quattro sport rear differential technology. The engine is mated with an 8-gear automatic transmission box. The acceleration of the car is quite good, that is, from 0 to 96 kmph in just 3.7 seconds, and the top speed of the RS Q8 is 250kmph. Certainly, that is helped by the massively powerful engine. If we talk about the brakes, it features the Ceramic brakes. As per the Audi USA website, the latest Audi SUV featuring a 10-piston brake caliper in this braking system features 17.3-inch front brake discs and 14.6-inch rear brake discs made from a ceramic-composite material that reduces unsprung weight by up to 75 pounds and offer improved fade resistance.
Audi RS Q8 – Features
Audi RS Q8 (Interior)
At the exterior, the new Audi RS Q8 gets a single-frame blacked-out grille and tastefully done 22-inch dual-tone alloy wheels that look meticulously finished. Even the front bumper features larger air dams that are sporty while the rear one comes with dual exhausts. On the interior front, it features a smart screen with three different UI and UX. There are seven different modes for the comfort of the driver, including customizable, driver-specified RS modes, the Audi drive select system offers a range of steering, suspension, and transmission shift programs to suit driving styles or road conditions.
What about the new RS Q8 pricing in India?
Audi RS Q8 (Front)
As of now the Indian pricing of the Audi SUV is kept unrevealed and from the specifications and the features that are discussed above, we can estimate that the pricing can surpass the one crore price mark. If we, directly convert the USA pricing, then it is priced at INR 86 lakhs.B ut we have to keep in consideration that direct conversions of the foreign market price are not appropriate. Since many taxes will be included and don't forget that this price is a year old pricing.
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Quantum Leap Podcast Episode #11: "African Safari Tours and International Travel During COVID-19," w/ Phil Bennett, On Safari-In
In this episode, co-host Cory Nott and I interview African Safari guide Phil Bennett regarding what is going on with international travel during COVID-19 and what his plans are for future safaris in 2021.
In this interview we discuss the impressive safari trips that Phil offers such as the "great migration," his story and experience as well as his conservation efforts and public speaking career.
Phil is an expert African Safari guide who has guided safaris for more than 20 years in key regions in Africa. He specializes in customized trips that take participants into the outback on walking tours to see the animals in their natural habitat and leverages his contacts on the continent to give participants a unique experience that departs from many preconceived notions about safaris.
Phil is also an avid conservationist who give regular talks on conservation in Africa around the Bay Area and beyond. You can book him as a speaker at your local community organization or Rotary Club.
One thing I really appreciate about Phil is his outlook on safaris which is one of great respect for the environment and natural habitat and belief that humans should leave the environment the same or better as they initially found it. In this vein, he sets a great example and serves as a role model for exploring the continent as a respectful visitor, guide and conservationist, who seeks to protect and conserve.
Phil is current scheduling trips for early 2021 and can develop a customized trip for you and your family or business colleagues based on your unique needs and desires.
To get in touch with Phil you can visit his website at www.onsafari-in.com or email him at phil@onsafari-in.com or call him at (813) 330-1819.
Phil is originally from Bristol, England and moved to the states several years ago to pursue his safari business and public speaking career on conservation issues. He is married and expecting a baby soon.
Quantum Leap Podcast Episode #10: "Money Pages: Achieving Advertising Success in Oakland During COVID-19," w/ Nancy Williams (Released 9.20.20)
By David Kersten, Creator of Quantum Leap
In this episode, co-host Cory Nott and I interview Nancy Williams to assess the benefits of print advertising in her new Oakland-based franchise publication titled "Money Pages," which provides top quality monthly advertising and coupons for Oakland-based businesses.
Nancy Williams has a background in helping entrepreneurs, particularly women, start and run successful franchise business, and now recently bought her own franchise called "Money Pages," which is a national company that operates in various markets around the country.
Nancy purchased the Oakland edition of "Money Pages" and has been reaching out to Oakland-based businesses (i.e. real estate, health & wellness, restaurants) about advertising in the publication to reach an initial 75,000 Oakland-based households who earn in excess of $65,000 annually.
Cory Nott and I concluded that the publication provides "a lot of bang for the buck" for advertising and marketing dollars spent during COVID-19. In particular, Nancy stated that perhaps the focus of advertising has swung too far in direction of the digital realm, which has created a big opportunity for top-quality print advertising in a publication such as "Money Pages."
In short, there is so little quality print advertising out there, that the print advertising out there can really stand out and help businesses reach their customers more effectively and at lower cost than utilizing digital platforms.
I suggested that this has possibly become more evident in recent years as digital users become less clear who their digital advertising is reaching, and many of the statistics on digital platforms can be either inflated, unreliable or just plain ineffective such as views, engagement, and video views.
Nancy has also stated that she has some very interesting plans for the future of the publication such as profiling Oakland business districts, businesses and other items of interest to the Oakland community.
To get in touch with Nancy Williams to find out more about how to advertise in Money Pages or about her future plans for the publication feel free to reach out to her via email at Nancy.williams@moneypages.com or phone at (510) 455-2204.
Quantum Leap Podcast Episode #9: "Success Strategies to Generate a Quantum Leap in Your Business and Professional Life During COVID-19," w/ Pradnya Leitner
By David Kersten, Co-Creator of Quantum Leap
In this episode my esteemed co-host Cory Nott and I interview business and personal success coach Pradnya Leitner to discuss how to generate a quantum leap for your business and professional life during COVID-19.
Pradnya is the "best in the business" in the Bay Area when it comes to mindset practices which form the foundation of personal and business success. This Quantum Leap interview was the second of a two part interview which began with Pradnya's live broadcast on the Ripple Effect Live with guest co-host Terri Wade. To view that earlier episode click here (see Episode #2, 8/25/20): https://www.davidmkersten.com/the-ripple-effect-2020.html
As my business coach, and the coach of many successful entrepreneurs in the Bay Area and beyond. And Pradnya was a key big inspiration behind the creation of this podcast.
In this podcast, Pradnya dives deeper into this concept of a "quantum leap" to explain the mechanics and how to begin generating a quantum leap in your life.
The concept starts from the premise that most people are only using less than 10% of their capacity for success and the path forward lies in unlocking this untapped potential.
"There is infinite potential within us," Pradnya says, and the power lies in finding out how to unlock and utilize that potential in our lives. That starts with changing limiting beliefs, our paradigms, and other habits and bad mindsets that hold us back and sabotage our potential for success.
I provide the analogy or metaphor that most people are gifted the equivalent of a "rocketship" which can fly them to the moon, or further, but they never find out how to fly the "rocketship" and spend most of their time on the landing pad, despite the great potential to accomplish much better things.
Pradnya compares her teachings to providing an "instruction manual" for how to unlock our untapped potential and generate the results in our lives that we have always wanted, which is indeed a quantum leap for many who she has taught and continues to teach.
We also discuss some of the differences in business coaching, and what makes Pradnya unique in the field.
To get in touch with Pradnya feel free to reach out to me for a personal introduction or connect with her at:
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Part I of Pradnya Interview, Ripple Effect Live Episode w/ Pradnya Leitner (8/25/20)
Ripple Effect Live Episode #3 (8/31/20): "Truth Not Trends Founders Lay Down Gauntlet on How to Get Fit During COVID-19"
In this dynamic and engaging interview, co-hosts Erika Gimbel and David Kersten interview the founders of Truth Not Trends (TNT) fitness experts Jesse Schmidt and Liam Bauer about how to get and stay fit during COVID-19.
Liam has trained some of the world's elite athletes including MMA fighters and figure skaters as well as anyone else looking to get in shape, and brings a down-to-earth, real-world perspective to physical training based on what works and produces results, which is not necessarily the latest trendy workout.
Jesse Schmidt is Liam's fitness protege and brings a unique energy and perspective to physical training that really resonated with us and our audience.
As a team, Jesse and Liam have "pivoted" their business during COVID-19 to offer virtual training sessions and fitness packages.
Dale Marie Golden, a banker with Bridge Bank, joined the live broadcast to provide a testimonial for Truth Not Trends, having just competed a workout with them earlier that morning.
Dale Marie said the work out helped her feel great and provide the peace of mind that helped her close a major bank loan deal later that same morning. "Boom," Dale Marie, quipped, an icon in Oakland for her positive, upbeat attitude and many accomplishments and accolades including being a successful banker, serving a leadership role in Leadership Oakland, and working with various non-profits to better the local community.
Here are a few other bullet points on why you might want to consider TNT to get fit during COVID-19:
TNT saves you time. We help people get in amazing shape in 1 hour per week. By focusing on the overall effort during exercise, we eliminate the need for marathon training sessions. TNT focuses on an effort-based approach that delivers results and saves you time.
TNT requires ZERO equipment to get started. TNT guarantees we will help you get in great shape without having to go out and buy any new equipment at all. If you have a preference for equipment, we have affiliate partnerships that offer outstanding tools.
TNT practices evidence-based exercise. We take a research-based approach to training our clients that guarantees safety by keeping tension off of joints and on the muscle where it belongs. The human body needs a safe, challenging stimulus to build strength and muscle. It must also be given enough time to fully recover for changes to occur.
To find out more please visit: https://truthnottrends.com/
Jesse and Liam actually started TNT as a podcast, check it out on iTunes or Spotify or subscribe by visiting their website.
We look forward to keeping in touch with this powerful team to gain continued insights into how to get fit virtually and in-person when things finally start opening up.
The Ripple Effect Live is an innovative live show dedicated to the achievement of better physical, mental and spiritual health during COVID-19 and beyond.
To view current and future episodes check out our web page at: https://www.davidmkersten.com/the-ripple-effect-2020.html
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Part 2: Succession Planning For Roofing Contractors
Angie Lewis, Writer
You work hard your whole life to build a secure future for your family — and, of course, for that sweet pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, otherwise known as retirement. However, what will happen to your business when you make the transition from boots to bare feet in the sand?
If you're planning to pass your business on to the next generation of owners — to a member of the family or otherwise — you should have a succession plan in place.
We consulted experts Kevin Kennedy and Joe Bazzano, CEO and COO of Beacon Exit Planning, respectively, to find out how a roofing contractor can successfully create and execute a succession plan for his or her company.
In the second of this three-part series — which also includes exit strategy and contingency planning — we'll explore common mistakes made during succession planning and best strategies for leaving your business legacy.
What Is A Succession Plan?
While exit planning focuses on "replacing your wealth," succession planning focuses on "replacing yourself," Kennedy says.
A succession plan prepares a company to succeed without its owner by moving management into leadership, then into ownership and establishing the new CEO.
"In a broader sense, it's about building value — creating a culture of continuous improvement that focuses on educating the next generation of owners so they can protect the future of the company," Kennedy says.
Fewer than 30 percent of all private companies ever transfer to the second generation, which means that 70 percent fail.
He has plenty of experience and advice when it comes to succession planning. Kennedy and his two business partners successfully purchased a second-generation company from the son of the original owner, then grew the company to more than 200 associates and eventually sold it to a fourth generation of owners — an extremely rare accomplishment.
Fewer than 30 percent of all private companies ever transfer to the second generation, which means that 70 percent fail, according to Kennedy. Statistics are even worse for the second to third generation — a 90 percent fail rate. The odds that company founders will transfer their business to their grandchildren are less than 3 percent.
Kennedy and his partners sold their company via a management buyout, which took seven years and a quarter of a million dollars.
"Our company overspent millions of dollars in taxes that were unnecessary," Kennedy says, "because of the cookie-cutter advice from our advisors. They weren't specialists. It wasn't a coordinated plan, they didn't have the right advice and they didn't understand the laws, so we were put in a taxed position."
Succession plans can take from three to 10 years, depending upon the maturity of the managers and how much the owner is working.
The process of succession requires more time than exit planning because of the learning curve needed for new managers. They need time to understand how to run the business, make mistakes, learn from those mistakes and find their own path to leadership.
At any given time, 40 percent of U.S. businesses are facing the transfer of ownership issue.
"At any given time, 40 percent of U.S. businesses are facing the transfer of ownership issue," according to the Small Business Administration (SBA). "The primary cause for failure is the lack of planning."
Kennedy says the SBA also notes that 75 percent of a typical business owner's net worth is tied up in the company, and only 22 percent of owners report planning for their succession or exit.
Succession is about finding the right people and getting them onboard. Surprisingly, if you are considering three or four people for ownership, the one you think has the most potential in the beginning may not, in the end, be the one most qualified to take over the business.
"Wise people plan early and implement slowly," Kennedy says. "I like to see people going through the process of visualizing their financial future at least 15 years out. That would be ideal because it may take three or four years to set the plan in motion."
Common Mistakes And Strategies
Succession planning is more difficult and emotional than you ever imagined, Kennedy says — especially when family is involved.
Children or other family members who think they're entitled to the company can be poisonous to the succession process, he explains. Not holding them to the same standards and accountability as other employees ruins morale for everyone.
One way to prevent potential issues in a family succession is to do a 360-degree evaluation from the top, middle and bottom. Peer reviews can reveal areas that need improvement. It's a self-realization for managers, as well as a coachable moment that can help prepare a family member to build a positive and successful legacy for the company.
"Another problem [business owners face] is they can't see their financial future and are dependent on their business for their day-to-day life," Kennedy says. "If they don't relinquish what duties they have so they can build new leadership, they tend to get stuck in their businesses."
Bazzano shares three important steps for succession:
Have a good financial plan so you can understand what the future income needs will be for the company.
Get a business appraisal so you understand if you have a value gap. In other words, if you have not saved enough money for retirement, the shortfall is going to come from the sale of the business.
Put a good management team in place so it can support you in generating the income the business will need to pay you out. This step typically takes the longest — anywhere from two to 10 years.
"The great news about succession is it always adds to the bottom line, not just the financial value," Kennedy says. "It creates that championship team that's always getting better with continuous improvement, no matter which exit plan an owner takes. It's always adding value to the company. The key is to start early because succession takes time. It's a complex process. The exit plan will get you started and the succession plan will bring everything together to allow a graceful exit from your business and protect your wealth."
To learn more about Kevin Kennedy and Joe Bazzano and access more in-depth information about the succession-planning process, visit BeaconExitPlanning.com.


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Young Hawaiians Play Key Role in Passage of Foster Youth Bill of Rights
Posted August 28, 2018, By the Annie E. Casey Foundation
Governor David Y. Ige with youth advocates during the signing ceremony on the rights of children in foster care. Photo courtesy of the Governor's Office.
Hawaii is home to a new law designed to support the well-being of youth in foster care. It's a piece of legislation shaped by young Hawaiians who have experienced the foster care system firsthand.
Through their involvement in the HI H.O.P.E.S. Initiative, young people provided testimony and facilitated meetings with lawmakers to raise awareness about the needs of youth in foster care.
The new law — called the Foster Youth Bill of Rights — aims to serve these needs in a number of ways, including:
paving the way for young people to access personal records;
ensuring that young people can participate in appropriate extracurricular activities;
providing clarification about vital documents;
encouraging educational stability;
specifying rights for young people who identify as LGBTQ; and
including youth older than 14 in decisions about their lives.
HI H.O.P.E.S Initiative, which stands for Hawaii Helping Our People Envision Success, is a statewide group of young people who are or were in foster care. Epic 'Ohana, the Annie E. Casey Foundation's Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative site in Hawaii, leads HI H.O.P.E.S. and its work with youth leadership.
The state's Foster Youth Bill of Rights replaces a set of guiding principles that had remained largely static over the last 12-plus years. The law also includes updated federal, state and administrative policies — such as guidelines on prudent parenting and ensuring young people in care have developmental experiences similar to their peers — that were not reflected in the guiding principles.
"The guiding principles were nice to have," says Delia Ulima, the statewide initiative manager at Epic 'Ohana. "Now, with the Foster Youth Bill of Rights, there is responsibility and accountability."
HI H.O.P.E.S members were present when Hawaiian Governor David Ige signed the bill into law on July 5, 2018.
"Young people practiced and prepared in a strategic way so their voices were not only heard but used to fuel sustainable change," says Ulima. "The voices of the young people were the impetus for this legislation — they had a seat at the table and set the table for what authentic youth engagement should be."
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Endless are the points to consider when it comes to ideal home comfort. Should you purchase a high-efficiency air conditioning unit? Which size and make of equipment is ideal for your home|? Are programmable thermostats actually worth the money? The list goes on and on.
There are many types of home air filters from which you can choose. Allergy prevention is a high priority for many families to stay healthy.
HEPA filters are rated as the top filtration product by Mountainwest Service Experts, as well as the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the EPA. HEPA filters can get rid of up to 98% of pollutants in your indoor air. These are the types of filters usually utilized in hospitals to destroy germs and keep everyone healthy, but Mountainwest Service Experts installs them for home air filters. If there are any dangerous respirational health ailments for anyone in the home, the experts recommend the investment of a whole-home HEPA air filtration system.
These filters remove 85% of air pollutants in your home. Not only will high-efficiency home air filters assist with reducing allergy symptoms, they also help your heating and air conditioning systems work more efficiently, ultimately decreasing energy costs which could save you money on heating and cooling bills year after year.
These are your more common home air filters and can be found at the majority of department stores. While pleated home air filters may come with a lower price tag, they also have to be replaced more often – every 30-90 days versus annually like the whole-home HEPA and high-efficiency air filters. Since HEPA home air filters can cost you between $60 and $100, for annual cost you're looking at basically the same amount. Standard pleated air filters can eliminate up to 45% of your home's air pollutants and the largest factor is the number of pleats per foot. The higher count of pleats, the better the air flow, and the cleaner your home's air will be.
The flat, fiberglass air filters are the most simple home air filter type. These filters do not generally improve your home's air quality; instead, they were created to protect the HVAC equipment from having larger contaminants get into the system and damage the pieces. As a result, they can only remove less than 10% of your indoor air pollutants, but only cost around $1 each.
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Last week, I was one of more than 21,000 professional photographers, photography enthusiasts, filmmakers, students and educators from around the world who attended PhotoPlus Expo in New York City.
PhotoPlus features over 100 educational seminars, Photo Walks and Master Classes, and over 225 exhibitors displaying thousands of the latest products and services to touch, try and compare.
I use the trip as my opportunity to get caught up on the trends in the photography industry and speak directly to the manufacturers about their products and plans.
Cameras. All the innovation is focused on Mirrorless cameras. When every manufacturer has an option, how do you begin to cut through the clutter?
Software. Photoshop was the industry standard for so long, it became a verb as well as a noun. Will the new trends in software for editing and post production allow us to cut the Adobe cord?
Drones. Are UAVs the new frontier in photography, flying where no man has considered before?
Affordability. Can you find something useful for less than $100?
Education. Learning opportunities abound. How do you make sense of all the options?
We'll touch on all five of these topics today, and then treat each in more detail in subsequent episodes.
Much of the camera innovation is happening in the Mirrorless sector, but it's still like navigating a jungle.
If you are buying a DSLR, your decisions are fairly simple. You are buying from one of two manufacturers in most cases. You are purchasing one of two sizes of sensors.
Shopping for a Mirrorless camera is much more complicated. There are plenty of players in that market. There are a wide range of formats - sensor sizes and lens compatibility, for instance.
Mirrorless is not necessarily the compact option anymore. With some of the full frame options and telephoto lenses, it can begin to look and feel like a small DSLR.
What is the use case for your Mirrorless cameras now?
Photoshop is now a noun and a verb. Great news for Adobe in the software market, but they may soon have company.
Many of the software companies started as plugins for Adobe products. Now we are seeing more emerge as standalone products.
The new trend is fixing all the flaws of your photograh with one click. I'm not sure how I feel about that one.
I have also seen new software options to make editing more mobile and help with workflow and storage.
Are drones the new frontier? One of the big differences between the show floor in 2015 and a few years ago is the presence of drones, or UAVs.
With the growth of the drones comes the questions. What are they? Who is allowed to fly them? How do you use them? What are the rules? I overheard conversations and questions about the drones in every corner of the show floor.
Washington has taken an interest as well. The FAA just issued a new set of guidelines, but the rules seem to create more questions than they answer.
If you plan on buying a new camera, even the cheaper options will cost you.
How can you buy something useful for less than $100, for instance? You better think accessories, and even then it will be tough.
Learning at the show was a lot like learning photography in general. There are so many options it can be overwhelming. You really need a strategy to process through the noise. When do you take the free options? What are your best paid options? How do you find the balance that works best for you?
You have workshops galore, tons of books, and don't forget about your cewebrities all pushing their own training options.
At the show, as in the rest of your learning path, it's a mess. Let's try to make sense of it together.


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Wembley conman convicted of £18m fraud is caught after 10 years on the run
A fugitive conman from Wembley who was on the run for almost 10 years after duping an elderly woman into giving him cash by posing as a foreign diplomat has been arrested at Heathrow Airport this morning.
Anthony Ekwueme, 42, of Monks Park, swindled his victim after promising to give her £18m if she handed him £3,000.
He fled the country ahead of his trial in December 2006 for conspiracy to defraud and was subsequently convicted and jailed for four years in his absence.
The trickster was held by officers at passport control and has appeared at Southwark Crown Court charged with failing to surrender to custody.
Prosecutor Peter Zinner said: "The defendant was found guilty of three counts of conspiracy to defraud at trial in December 2006, he was on bail but failed to appear in court.
"He posed as a diplomat and met with the victim, promising to give her £18m if she invested £3,000 with him.
"He was found guilty following a trial in his absence on December 12, 2006, and sentenced to four years concurrent, on each count, on January 26, 2007.
"He was arrested at the airport coming back to the UK this morning, details on how he came to arrive back here are not presently available'.
The court heard that Ekwueme used two aliases, Solomon Ezeh and Eke Ihukunere, while pretending to be a foreign diplomat.
Judge Alistair McCreath said that the conman will face extra years behind bars for failing to surrender when he sentences him on April 25.
Ekwueme spoke only to confirm his identity and correct Judge McCreath on the pronunciation of his name during the brief hearing.


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By jegan | May 27, 2016 - 9:26 am | May 31, 2016 All Posts, Information Theme, Innovation Theme, Value Theme
"Why do you think those adverts on TV are repeated so often? "
Many years ago this question was posed in an informal discussion, quite out of any context, by scientist and TV personality Professor Heinz Wolff. It emerged from an insatiable curiosity about everything that is a hallmark of both the engaged scientist and innovator. Memories of the day have long faded, except for that question.
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The fact that such a mundane question can be posed by so eminent a scientist suggests that the answer might be important. The same TV advertisements are indeed broadcast repeatedly. They are expensive and so the benefits of doing so must be appreciable. We have now reached a point to sketch an outline of what an answer might look like.
Adverts communicate information that enables TV viewers to perceive the value of their associated products or services. In the vocabulary of this website, the broadcast information creates instances of Consumer Product Interaction with a consequent consumer perception of value. A viewer may feel a closer association with their sporting hero by wearing the brand he is commissioned to promote.
The raising of value perceptions has been imagined as the elevation of a huge, wobbly marque-like structure referred to as a Value Surface, on which a single point marks an individual's response at the time of that Consumer Product Interaction. This value perception may subsequently go up or down depending on whatever information follows. News of a drug scandal degrades the image of the sportsman and his sponsored products. The Value Surface in its entirety is forever in an agitated seascape motion that is hopefully nudged upwards by each broadcast advertisement.
One mechanism of action for the advertisements is through the classical conditioning discussed in the previous post. Just as the dogs of Pavlov could be taught to associate the sound of a bell with the arrival of food, the information and images in the advert may evoke an equivalent response in value perceived for the associated products or services. Recognition of brand attributes has been associated with conditioned responses by Janiszewski and Warlop (2013) .
The requirement to frequently rebroadcast the same information clearly indicates that the association with value needs continual reinforcement. This could be necessary to increase the number of recipients or enhance value perceived, that is to increase the overall breadth or height of a Value Surface. TV advertisements certainly have a huge reach. It is also possible that residual perceived value following the advertisement broadcast might naturally diminish without the subsequent reinforcement of the message. One might consider that the advert has a role in propagating ideas as a meme, as discussed in New Economics of Innovation, which is analogous to the viral propagation of genetic information. At any time there are many other possibly conflicting memes competing for survival in the consciousness of a recipient population. Advertising agencies and media companies alike have done well out of this silent struggle.
With so much content passing every second through the information environment, markets might well be naturally forgetful. We will explore this idea in more detail later. At this point we should note that it is often hard work to raise a Value Surface and then to keep it aloft. This effort appears in the investments and endeavours made by an enterprise and entrepreneur in making their information valuable. Next we will transform the Value Surface into a single point that represents perceived value for a whole population of consumers.
The Neural Roots of an Economic Trajectory
The Value Surface concept discussed above and elsewhere is essentially a micro-analysis of the behaviour of a population of consumers[1]. This is needed to construct and interpret the viscoelastic-derived model that has been used to simulate the commercial operations of an enterprise. To provide a more macroscopic view of that enterprise, we can collapse the three dimensions of the Value Surface into a single point that is representative of the entire value-creating innovative activities at a particular moment in time.
Taking the average across the multiple perceptions of value for a consumer population gives a single measure of height to which a product can be elevated by the endeavours of an enterprise[2]. Clearly some products will be more difficult to raise than others. The resistance to this elevation will be different for different products, and will inversely represent how attractive they are to their consumers. We can then follow this point of average perceived value with time to draw a trajectory of a product through an economic space. The role of the enterprise is to "fly" the product through this space, as described in the companion Foreground papers: An Economic Trajectory and Flightpaths and Forgetful Markets.
Here, with more freedom to speculate, we will consider the neural origins of a potential field through which an economic entity might fly.
In Valoris Cognita Barcelona we have considered how a person's brain may interpret information received through the senses to build and adapt a continuously changing model of reality. Consciousness may be considered to arise from an elimination of the errors that separate neural cognition from external reality. It is a descent down an "error surface" to a point that is satisfactory for survival, but which inevitably leaves some unimportant residual error with an associated subjective perception.
Whilst the electrical impulses and neuro-chemical transmission of information that arise in neural cells and synaptic connections is clearly powered by the host individual, a neural model of reality may be changed by this information flow to become less transient and more ordered to some degree by the memories it engenders. This explanation needs help from an analogy with another energy dissipative system.
In Writing the Information we considered various systems through which energy flows and thereby transforms the system that is its conduit. One such example was the flow of water down a mountainous terrain. The water flow itself was driven by its inherent potential energy acquired due to its height. The direction of flow is not random but clearly follows a path to descend to the lowest point as fast as possible, and in doing so it sculpts distinctive river valleys into the terrain that serve to further accumulate and direct the water flow and erosion. In summary, whilst the flow originates from the potential energy of the water and is transient, semi-permanent features are created and remain long after their creation. In these features are written the full history of previous torrents through the energy dissipative erosive events they have engendered.
Could the energy flows through neural circuity have left similar features that we call memories through associated energy dissipative events?
Could the information content that is etched into a brain and into individual neural models of reality be the source of potential energy fields we have hypothesised as resisting the elevation of a Value Surface and its associated Economic Trajectory?
Could a continuous neural remodelling response to new information together with the competition for vital attention explain why signals that are not reinforced dissipate leading to a natural forgetfulness of markets?
Can innovation that is making information valuable actually be a physical phenomenon or should we be content to have a suitable physical analogue of this fundamentally social process?
The latter question may not be as outrageous as it may first seem. We have discussed in Semantics of Information that deletion of information has thermodynamic consequences. There are similar issues in other domains for which information may have a physical manifestation.
Applying Landauer's principle to the information content of the universe M. Paul Gough (2008) calculates that an information energy makes a significant contribution to the dark energy that is hypothesised to have determined the dynamics of the expanding universe throughout its entire history.
NASA and the European Space Agency.
NASA's Hubble telescope reveals around 10,000 galaxies with the deepest view into the history of the Universe.
So why are adverts on TV repeated so often?
Imagine a world without the repeated marketing needed to encourage product purchase. The dynamics of an economic trajectory indicate that goods may not simply remain frozen in space. The potential retained within the Value Surface has already been diminished by previous Sale Events. Now, the inevitably dynamics of descent will be brought into play and there will begin an increasing rate of loss of information in a reversal of the previous ascent phase of the trajectory. Investment and prices will fall as companies seek to convert the residual potential in the collapsing Value Surface into income and consumers will forget how they once valued the goods.
This dynamic mechanical analogy provides an explanation for why commercial television repeats and repeats again advertisers' content. It provides an explanation of why salespersons continually need to repeat and reinforce the value proposition of their products. So finally we can propose a derivative of the Labour Theory of Value Creation where labour is also working to prevent the depreciation of that value due to a natural forgetfulness of dynamic markets. Innovation has a role therefore, not only in making information valuable in the first instance, but also in retaining the value of the information and opposing a tendency for that value to decline with time as a product matures.
As it is with commodities and technologies, so it is with whole companies that integrate the value of their various commercial activities. The value of the company as it appears in its stock market valuation depends ultimately on the effective deployment of capital to propel the company on its own economic journey. The forgetfulness of the market appears in the fluctuating patterns of valuation of public quoted stock. Memories are short and a regular injection of good news is needed to counter a fall in value. Volumes of press releases evidence this common practice. The similarity of the qualitative nature of the economic trajectories of commodities, technologies and companies, whilst these may differ substantially in time and duration, together with the voraciousness of consumers to absorb this "vital" information, point to a similar cause and effect arising from the action of an economic potential field.
Multiple images of beautiful independence might well convince a receptive individual of the transcendental properties of a particular perfume.
In doing so, their need to be repeated on multiple occasions may be essential to overcome a natural forgetfulness of the fragrance market.
[1] It may be considered equivalent to the statistical mechanics description of the thermodynamics of a liquid or a gas, which is at the origin or models of economics developed by Paul Samuelson et al.
[2] Some consequences of taking an average measure of value perception are considered in A Labour Theory of Value Creation.


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Gomphus (dragonfly)
For the genus of fungi, see Gomphus (fungus).
Gomphus is a genus of clubtail dragonflies in the family Gomphidae.
Gomphus
Gomphus vulgatissimus
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Epiprocta
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Gomphidae
Genus: Gomphus
Leach, 1815
Gomphus flavipes
a fossil of a G. tuberculatus of Brazil in the Naturhistorisches Museum (Vienna)
As a result of phylogenetic studies, Gomphus subgenera Gomphurus, Hylogomphus, Phanogomphus, and Stenogomphurus were elevated in rank to genus in 2017. With the removal of their member species, Gomphus ended up with 11 of its previous 54 species, none of which are found in the Western Hemisphere.[1]
1 Species
SpeciesEdit
These 11 species belong to the genus Gomphus:
Gomphus davidi Selys, 1887[2] Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey.
Gomphus epophtalmus Selys, 1872 Russia
Gomphus flavipes (Charpentier, 1825) yellow-legged clubtail, river clubtail[3] France to eastern Siberia.
Gomphus graslinii Rambur, 1842 pronged clubtail[3] France, Portugal, and Spain
Gomphus kinzelbachi Schneider, 1984 Iran and Iraq.
Gomphus lucasii Lucas, 1849 Algeria and Tunisia.
Gomphus pulchellus Selys, 1840 western clubtail[3] Western Europe
Gomphus schneiderii Selys, 1850 Turkish clubtail[3] Europe
Gomphus simillimus Selys, 1840 yellow clubtail[3] western Europe and the Mahgreb
Gomphus vulgatissimus (Linnaeus, 1758) common clubtail, club-tailed dragonfly[3][4][5] Europe
These species formerly belonged to the genus Gomphus:[6][7][8]
Gomphurus crassus (Hagen in Selys, 1878) (handsome clubtail)
Gomphurus dilatatus (Rambur, 1842) (blackwater clubtail)
Gomphurus externus (Hagen in Selys, 1858) (plains clubtail)
Gomphurus fraternus (Say, 1840) (midland clubtail)
Gomphurus gonzalezi (Dunkle, 1992) (tamaulipan clubtail)
Gomphurus hybridus (Williamson, 1902) (cocoa clubtail)
Gomphurus lineatifrons (Calvert, 1921) (splendid clubtail)
Gomphurus lynnae (Paulson, 1983) (Columbia clubtail)
Gomphurus modestus (Needham, 1942) (gulf coast clubtail)
Gomphurus ozarkensis (Westfall, 1975) (Ozark clubtail)
Gomphurus septima (Westfall, 1956) (Septima's clubtail)
Gomphurus vastus (Walsh, 1862) (cobra clubtail)
Gomphurus ventricosus (Walsh, 1863) (skillet clubtail)
Hylogomphus abbreviatus (Hagen in Selys, 1878) (spine-crowned clubtail)
Hylogomphus adelphus (Selys, 1858) (mustached clubtail)
Hylogomphus apomyius (Donnelly, 1966) (banner clubtail)
Hylogomphus geminatus (Carle, 1979) (twin-striped clubtail)
Hylogomphus parvidens (Currie, 1917) (Piedmont clubtail)
Hylogomphus viridifrons (Hine, 1901) (green-faced clubtail)
Phanogomphus australis (Needham, 1897) (clearlake clubtail)
Phanogomphus borealis (Needham, 1901) (beaverpond clubtail)
Phanogomphus cavillaris (Needham, 1902) (sandhill clubtail)
Phanogomphus descriptus (Banks, 1896) (harpoon clubtail)
Phanogomphus diminutus (Needham, 1950) (diminutive clubtail)
Phanogomphus exilis (Selys, 1854) (lancet clubtail)
Phanogomphus graslinellus (Walsh, 1862) (pronghorn clubtail)
Phanogomphus hodgesi (Needham, 1950) (Hodges' clubtail)
Phanogomphus kurilis (Hagen in Selys, 1858) (Pacific clubtail)
Phanogomphus lividus (Selys, 1854) (ashy clubtail)
Phanogomphus militaris (Hagen in Selys, 1858) (sulphur-tipped clubtail)
Phanogomphus minutus (Rambur, 1842) (cypress clubtail)
Phanogomphus oklahomensis (Pritchard, 1935) (Oklahoma clubtail)
Phanogomphus quadricolor (Walsh, 1863) (rapids clubtail)
Phanogomphus sandrius (Tennessen, 1983) (Tennessee clubtail)
Phanogomphus spicatus (Hagen in Selys, 1854) (dusky clubtail)
Phanogomphus westfalli (Carle & May, 1987) (Westfall's clubtail)
Stenogomphurus consanguis (Selys, 1879) (Cherokee clubtail)
Stenogomphurus rogersi (Gloyd, 1936) (sable clubtail)
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EC launches digital identity consultation
European Commission's consultation will look at revisions to the eIDAS regulation, aiming to improve effectiveness and extend it to the private sector
Published: 30 Jul 2020 15:18
The European Commission (EC) has launched a public consultation into plans to revise the electronic identification, authentication and trust services (eIDAS) regulation.
The consultation will collect views from stakeholders on planned revisions to the regulation, which includes extending it to the private sector.
EC executive vice-president Margrethe Vestager said the revision would make it easier for citizens to access public services using electronic identification, such as e-signatures.
"The revision aims to improve its effectiveness, extend its benefits to the private sector and promote trusted digital identities for all Europeans and create a secure and interoperable European digital identity which gives citizens control," she said.
The eIDAS regulation came into force in 2018 and is aimed at promoting and improving trust, security and convenience online through a single set of rules on electronic identification and trust services, including electronic signatures, seals, time stamping, delivery services and website authentication.
This means companies and individuals can use their own national e-identities (eIDs) when they do business or reside in another EU country to support efforts to enable a digital single market in Europe.
Since February 2020, EU citizens and companies in eight member states have been able to use their national eIDs across the EU and, according to the EC, 55% of the EU population will be covered by the end of 2021.
Thierry Breton, EC commissioner for internal market, said that during the coronavirus pandemic, the activity of citizens and businesses had increased, and the "revision of these rules will answer their growing need for a simple, trusted and secure way to identify themselves online".
He added: "Improving these rules will also provide the framework for offering competitive, convenient and trustworthy digital identity services."
Read more about digital identity
The UK tech sector has urged the government to publish policy to support the creation of a "fully functioning" digital identity market, to boost the digital economy.
TechUK has written privately to DCMS secretary of state to express industry frustrations and request 'urgent needs' are resolved to enable digital identity market in UK.
A regulation aimed at cutting red tape to enable a digital single market in Europe will soon be in full force, but it could present some challenges to the UK after Brexit.
The public consultation will be open until 2 October 2020, and the EC is seeking views from stakeholders and citizens, as well as holding targeted consultations with selected groups of stakeholders.
The UK government launched a consultation on digital identity in July 2019, which was completed two months later. However, the results of the consultation, which sought views on the role of the government and the private sector in developing digital identities, have yet to be published, despite the government promising to do so by spring 2020.
As reported by Computer Weekly, trade body TechUK has now written to digital secretary Oliver Dowden to express frustration with the slow progress of the government's digital identity policy. The government also launched a Digital Identity Unit in June 2019, but it has yet to become operational.
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Government must urgently prioritise digital identity, says tech sector
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a bit different from usual "shoot everything in sight".
Your health-bar is your fuel-bar. And everything cost energy - your movement, bumping into things, getting hit by enemy fire.
Shooting and shield both cost energy, which is recharged over time.
So defeating enemies is a matter of survival -- energy they had just may keep you alive a bit longer.
Gamepad (X360 wired controller or clone, DualShock4) -- LS to move, R1 to shoot, L1 to shield.
Keyboard -- WASD/arrows to move, Z or Ctrl to shoot, Space to shield.
-The menu doesn't tell which buttons to press.
-The music wears the player down after a few minutes. It could have been a bit longer, with some variance.
-The game is a bit repetitive, even though it has some good mechanics. Some variation would be welcome.
All valid points, I'm working on more gameplay/environment variety now.
About tutorial, what information is missing? (I assume you have seen first-time-non-skippable tutorial screen).
It would be a good idea to include the controls in the tutorial. Giving the option to rebind the keys is also a good idea (the controls are fine for me, but some may prefer a different control scheme).
Yes, I've recently came to conclusion that game really need short 'training' level explaining controls (some are not-so-obvious, especially for newly added stuff ) and critical gameplay things (fuel/energy).
Can you elaborate a bit more on which graphics looks worst (and need most work)?
Very likeable little things, brings me back to 2000-2004. Had some fun and i love the aesthetics.
Looks very nice, the only thing is that when i started i didint know how to shoot i had to go look for fire button.. unclear tutorial how to shoot.


The Web has evolved from a technological infrastructure into a socio-technological phenomenon, where social interactions are established and maintained at an unprecedented scale. The social web is a prominent example for that development, and now accounts for a major part of online activities. Web Science has recently emerged as an interdisciplinary approach that aims to expand our understanding of social phenomena from various perspectives, by studying the Web as a vast network of people, communities, resources and their interactions. This track invites contributions that explore the use of knowledge-based techniques in the study of the Web as a socio-technical system, as well as the role that socio-technical issues play in influencing semantic web evolution, adoption, and technologies.


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Author Barbara Claypole White Discusses Her Debut Novel, Retail Therapy, OCD, And Fuzzy Slippers
I was lucky to receive an ARC of Barbara Claypole White's debut novel, The Unfinished Garden. I'm also lucky to say that Barbara is a friend. TUG is a beautifully written love story, the kind you want to read slowly but can't, because you need to know what happens next. It's also the kind of book that's so vivid, you can pretty much smell the gardens Barbara describes.
With insight and honesty Barbara shares with us how she came up with the idea for The Unfinished Garden, and how she is handling becoming a published author. Oh, and did I mention, her book launches TODAY? So happy book birthday to Barbara Claypole White — please welcome her to Women's Fiction Writers!!
Amy: How did you come up with the idea for The Unfinished Garden?
Barbara: The Unfinished Garden, like my favorite flowerbed, evolved over a decade. There are many echoes of my life in the novel, but two what if moments really birthed the story.
Twelve years ago I was working on another manuscript—an incredibly bad one—when my father died and I found myself back in my childhood home in rural England. I watched my mother navigate life as a new widow and thought, "Suppose that were me?"
I was a stay-at-home parent in rural North Carolina with no income and no citizenship of the country I called home. When I first met my husband at JFK Airport, I was working for a London fashion designer and he was a tenured professor at the University of Illinois. How's that for a random act of fate?
My morbid dilemma—what would I do if something happened to my husband—became my heroine's story. (He loves to tell people I killed him off in my novel.) I knew my heroine would be a gardener, because gardening is my therapy, but to understand the layers of her grief, I spent a summer interviewing a group of young widows. Before long, I had found Tilly.
The second what if moment came several years later. James was not my original hero, but as I sought escape from my young son's obsessive-compulsive disorder, my mind veered off on another dark tangent: What if, once my son grew up, no one could deal with his quirky behavior and obsessive thoughts? What if no one could ever love him the way I loved my husband?
I didn't set out to make a statement about OCD. I just wanted to create a believable character. Popular culture is littered with stereotypes of obsessive-compulsives. I love Criminal Minds—the television show—but if you pay attention, the words obsessive or compulsive often creep into the profiling of serial killers. And then there's Monk, the brilliant television detective with the wipes-carrying assistant. Did anyone see the episode set in a classroom, when kids were laughing at him? Man, that one kicked me in the gut.
Imagine your darkest fears. Now imagine living with them every moment of every day. That's what it means to be obsessive-compulsive. To fight back demands incredible emotional strength and courage. That's what I wanted to bring to James. He's neither a victim nor a psycho. He's a successful and compassionate entrepreneur who happens to be terrified of everything except for snakes. Which gives him one up on Indiana Jones.
Amy: Your website says, "Love stories about damaged people." Can you tell us about the kinds of stories you write—and how this theme evolved?
Barbara: A few years back, I was fortunate enough to hear Irene Goodman speak at a conference. The topic was platform, and I spent the next month agonizing over what this meant for a fiction writer. How could I create an author brand if I didn't have an angle? What was 'my thing'? What kind of stories did I write? Those thoughts stayed with me until I was ready to query, and then the answers became obvious. OCD is an unusual hook for women's fiction, and my second novel circles depression, dementia, and bipolar disorder. Seriously.
But there was no master plan. I write emotional relationship stories about damaged people because that's what I love as a reader. I've always been fascinated by mental illness—my aunt was schizophrenic—and I read lots of dark memoirs. Plus I'm a diehard romantic drawn to the idea that people who need each other, find each other. After all, I'm not far off my twenty-fifth wedding anniversary with a guy who picked me up at an airport.
Amy: When you write your novels (and I know you're working on # 2) what's your process? Do you outline? Plot? Or just write by the seat of your pants?
Barbara: Confession time: I didn't think I had a process until I started book two, which is technically book three, if you count the first manuscript, hidden at the bottom of my closet. I'm not a plotter, but I am a researcher. Once I have an idea, I interview people and follow my instinct. At some point I start writing—normally while still researching—and then throw everything on the page.
I did create goal/motivation/conflict charts and an outline for my work-in-progress, but they were merely brainstorming exercises. The act of writing things down gets ideas circulating in my head. I'm always scribbling character notes on colored stick-ums, which I plaster to my wall. And never look at again.
I'm all about voice, so I have to keep excavating and rewriting until I hear the characters. No one sees my first draft because it's crap, but valued readers see my second draft (which isn't much cleaner than the first). By the third draft, I feel as if I'm pulling everything together. And then the fun begins: deep point of view. Yay.
Amy: What has been the most surprising part of the publishing process?
Barbara: When I started chasing this dream, it was because I wanted to write. And write. And write. But writing is only part of becoming an author, and these days I feel as if I'm guarding my writing time with a pitchfork.
Initially, I dashed from project to project with the attention span of an anxious kid force-fed caffeine. There's so much juggling involved: the day job, promoting novel one, and trying to establish a career as an author while writing number two and dreading the moment someone says, "What about number three?"
Living with OCD has helped. I've always encouraged my son to think small when he's overwhelmed, so I break life into manageable chunks: Take my son to school (fifty-mile round trip), come home, check email, write, pick up from school (another fifty-mile round trip), be Ms Mom/chauffeur/house elf until after supper when I do promo and author stuff. Of course, my garden is now the neglected garden and my house is never clean. My big plan for Labor Day weekend? Scrub my bathrooms and kitchen.
I've also realized that I need my friends more than ever. My gut reaction to all the craziness was to retreat, to shut everyone out. Big mistake. It takes a village to publish a novel and a community to keep you sane throughout the process. Your writer friends are the only people who can empathize with the madness; your non-writer friends will buoy you along with their excitement. Three friends are throwing a launch party for me next weekend, which includes a girls-only sleepover. Fuzzy slippers, wine, and jammies. Can you think of a better way to stay grounded during a book launch?
Amy: What is your definition of women's fiction?
Barbara: I don't really have one. How's that for a lame answer? I'm not a fan of labels in fiction, but if you forced me, at gunpoint, to identify two authors I feel most embodied women's fiction, I would chose Jodi Picoult and Marian Keyes. Why? Because of the emotional reaction I have—as a wife, mother, daughter, sister—to their subject matter and their styles of writing. Both deal with relationships and darker issues but one uses hope, the other uses humor. They both hold the power to make me laugh, cry, or rush to the phone to tell my girlfriend, "We need to talk about this."
But remember, there's no separate category for women's fiction on the bookstore shelves. Labels don't matter. Only the story does, and the story has to have heart. Which makes me sound like Gene Hackman's character in The Replacements. Now that was a fabulous chick flick—about football and male bonding. The feminist in me approves.
Amy: What's your best advice for aspiring authors of women's fiction?
Barbara: Persevere. Write, rewrite, repeat as necessary—and never give up. Accept that your path to publication will be littered with rejections, and let each no be a badge of your commitment to succeed.
Rejection is the ugly step-sister of writing. Even after you've married the prince—or signed the pub. deal—it's still coming to dinner once a week. I had to dump 90% of my work-in-progress before it became my second contracted novel. And thank God, because it was total rubbish.
I have yet to receive my first one-star review, but when that happens, I'm going to treat myself to serious retail therapy. And write my heart out.
Barbara Claypole White grew up in rural England with dreams of being a writer. So, armed with a degree in history, she became a publicist for London fashion. Passing through JFK one day, she fell in love with an American professor. Eighteen months later, she was a marketing director and a freelance journalist in the Midwest cornfields. But she had a secret: she was writing a novel. A really bad one.
When her husband was offered a distinguished professorship at UNC Chapel Hill, they moved to the North Carolina forest, where she became a woodland gardener and a stay-at-home mom. Gradually, she carved out time to write each day, but it wasn't until their young son developed obsessive-compulsive disorder that she started writing relationship stories about damaged people. She had found her calling.
Barbara's debut novel, The Unfinished Garden (Harlequin MIRA, 2012), is a love story about grief, OCD and dirt. Her second novel, with another cast of gloriously messed-up characters, follows in late 2013. She has an essay on raising a child with an invisible disability in Easy to Love but Hard to Raise (DRT Press, 2012). She also blogs through the highs and lows of OCD at www.easytolovebut.com and the rollercoaster of the writing life at http://bookpregnant.blogspot.com/
You can find Barbara Claypole White on Facebook or at www.barbaraclaypolewhite.com
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Julie Kibler says
HIP HIP HOORAY! Congratulations, Barbara! Love the book!!!
Barbara claypole white says
Thanks, Julie. 🙂
Laura Drake says
Happy launch day, Barbara! It's finally here! Now you get to walk me back from the cliff while I wait (and wait) for mine to come out! This is seriously wonderful stuff. Wallow in it!
Thank you, my friend. I shall wallow all day!
Lori Nelson Spielman says
What an exciting day for you, Barbara! Congratulations!
Thanks, Lori. 🙂
jesstopper says
Congrats, Barbara! I cannot wait to dig in and read your debut (yes, bad gardening pun there, sorry). 🙂 You must get a lot of plotting done in your head driving those 50-mile round trips, wow. Enjoy this special day!
Thans, Jessica. I do, indeed. But I have been pulled for speeding while lost in a plot idea…
Thanks, obviously. Good grief!
Lorrie Thomson says
Congratulations, Barbara, and happy birthday to your debut! I'm rooting for you from NH!
Janie Emaus says
Congratulations, Barbara. I can't wait to read this book.
Thank you, and happy reading!
Lara Levitan says
Barbara, I like what you said about following your instincts and persevering. It can be so hard to do this in the midst of rejection and indifference. Thanks for sharing your story. Can you recommend a Jodi Picoult book?
Thank you! Well, my two favorite Jodi Picoult's are My Sister's Keeper and Songs of the Humpback Whale, which was her debut. Vanishing Acts is totally fab, and I love her ghost story, Second Glance. So many great JP novels…
Priscille Sibley says
I love your candid discussion of your writing journey! I can't wait to read TUG.
Thanks, Priscille. Can't wait to read The Promise of Stardust!
Melissa Crytzer Fry (@CrytzerFry) says
Wow, Barbara, I think I've met my reader-writer kindred spirit. I was chanting, "yes, yes, yes," when you said "I write emotional relationship stories about damaged people because that's what I love as a reader." I have never been able to succinctly explain why I'm drawn to dark stories (reading and writing them). I think the best explanation I gave (and it was recently to a friend) was that I'm "fascinated by psychology and human dynamics and the brew of emotional reaction that comes from combining the two" – and, like you, I've always been fascinated by mental illness. Don't tell anyone in my family or extended family, but I love to pyscho-analyze everyone during family gatherings. It's our secret).
Thanks, Amy, for the intro to Barbara and her work. And, now – of course – must get out and buy the novel! It sounds wonderful. And your message on perseverance came at a good time, as I continue to persevere with more edits to the WIP. Congrats on your success, Barbara.
Are you a 'Criminal Minds' watcher, too?! My husband thinks it's totally weird that I love a show about the psychology of serial killers. Good luck with the edits. Or, as Sir Winston Churchill would say, "Keep buggering on." That's KBO for short. 🙂
Holly Robinson (@hollyrob1) says
Oh, Barbara, I loved your post so much that I'm going to preorder your book RIGHT NOW! This is just great. I love how you told the story of your writing journey and wove in some of the most important pieces of the writing process, especially for overwhelmed mom writers: persevere and guard your writing time with a pitchfork were my two favorite bits there. Congratulations. I love the cover, too, by the way.
Thank you, thank you, Holly. You made my day. 🙂
Barbara, your book sounds wonderful and it's on my TBR list!
I understand the "widow" angle. My main character is a lot like me and her recently deceased husband is a lot like my very much alive husbuand. He laughs. Thank goodness. ; ) I like your difinition of Women's Fiction. It really describes my works in progress.
Thank you, Zan. And happy writing from the heart!
katmagendie says
What a coincidence that the last blog I was visiting also had Barbara as a guest! Just as wonderful the second time ! 😀
Sheila Seabrook says
Barbara, huge congratulations on your release. I loved reading about your inspiration (over at the girlfriend's book club, but couldn't leave a comment) and I loved reading your interview here. Your writing style is messy, so we could be sisters. 🙂 And I'm a Virgo, too do I get your fussiness. Lol
Can't wait to read your book!
I know there was a reason we're Facebook friends!


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'EastEnders' actor John Altman quit soap when producer 'tried to make Nick Cotton gay'
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June Brown and John Altman attend the TRIC Awards 2017 at The Grosvenor House Hotel on March 14, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Dave J Hogan/Getty Images)
Original EastEnders cast member John Altman has said he first quit the programme when a producer wanted to make his character, Nick Cotton, gay.
The actor didn't think it "would work" and believed the public wouldn't have wanted the change either.
"They tried to make Nick Cotton gay, it was years ago now. I went in there straight, and so did the other guy, Lofty, who was a bit of a loveable bozo in the early days," he told BANG Showbiz.
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"Anyway, they suddenly decided that he weren't gay, they were gonna make him gay, and I didn't think that was a good idea as it would've changed Nick's character completely, really. So I went to the producer, I said, 'I hear you've got this idea, but I don't think it will work,' and she said, 'Well, write him out,' and I walked away. She was really harsh.
Actors (L-R) Nejdet Salih, Gillian Taylforth and John Altman in a scene from the BBC soap opera 'EastEnders', 1984. (Photo by Don Smith/Radio Times/Getty Images)
"But, I went back. I was just written out for that period. If I'd have gone in playing a gay character, fine. But to suddenly make the character … I dunno, to me, as an actor, it would've been wrong. I don't think the public would've wanted it either."
Altman, 67, played the bad boy from 1985, returning intermittently before the character was killed off in 2015.
He went on to release an autobiography, In the Nick of Time, in 2016.
John Altman attends the launch party for the new Winter Terrace at Lazeez Tapas Mayfair restaurant in London. (Photo by Brett Cove/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Meanwhile, former EastEnders actress Katie Jarvis recently spoke out against "job-shamers" after she was revealed by the Daily Star Sunday to be working as a security guard in B&M Bargains shop in East London.
Appearing on Victoria Derbyshire, she said: "I woke up on Sunday really embarrassed...to be on the front pages just for having a job really upset me.
"I feel the way they portrayed the story wasn't very nice. It was really quite nasty - to be made to feel degraded."
She added: "A lot goes into being a security guard, they put themselves at risk. I need to stand up for them and for working class people."
Jarvis joined the programme as Hayley Slater in February 2018 before leaving a year later.
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Dr. Quigley is currently the team physician for La Salle High School in Pasadena. A football and rugby player in college, he now enjoys golf and cycling.
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Legendary Broadway star Carol Channing, known for her platinum blonde hair, giant smile, and raspy voice, has died at the age of 97.
The four-time Tony-Award-winning actress is best known for her take on Dolly Levi in the Broadway hit Hello Dolly! But she also was known for her quick wit on variety shows like The Ed Sullivan Show and Hollywood Squares.
The Oscars may still be searching for a host — or end up going hostless for the big show — but the Grammys have made it official with their host, Alicia Keys. Earlier today, the 15-time Grammy winner was announced as the host.
In a press release, Keys said: "I know what it feels like to be on that stage, and I'm going to bring that vibe and energy. I'm so excited to be the master of ceremonies on the biggest night in music and celebrate the creativity, power and, magic." And she added, "I'm especially excited for all the incredible women nominated this year!"
It hasn't only been hard to find people to host awards shows, the Super Bowl has had a seemingly hard time tracking down artists to play the formerly coveted halftime show slot. We've known that Maroon 5 would be performing for a number of months. And we know that several musicians have turned the NFL down, most famously Rhianna — who cited the NFL's treatment of Colin Kaepernick as her reason for saying no.
But finally, they have some takers. Maroon 5 will be joined on stage in Atlanta by rapper Big Boi (of OutKast fame) and one of the biggest artists of 2018, Travis Scott. There was a caveat for Scott to play, however: the NFL had to agree to partner with him to donate $500,000 to Dream Corps, a social justice group.
I feel like I should start a new podcast that's called "What's the Deal with Kanye This Week," but I'm not sure the either you or I have the stamina for that. So, I'll keep today's update as brief as I can. Kanye is doing some good this week and supporting the arts. He's donated $10 million to Turrell Art Foundation to fund James Turrell's Roden Crater Project.
What is this art project that caught the musician's eye? It's a sculptural instillation that's been in the works since the 1970s. According to Turrell's website: "Organized as a distinct set of changing experiences of light, Turrell's intervention in the natural form of Roden Crater consists of a series of chambers, pathways, tunnels, and openings onto the sky from within and around the crater's surface."
I went to the website and checked out a bunch of photos of this, since not all of us are Kanye and can make the trip. It's basically a bunch of tunnels dug into this old volcano and they open into very modern, zen-looking spaces, and I feel I need to note that there is an auditorium as part of the installation, so maybe a future concert venue for Kanye West.
Is this app the new way to discover music?
How do you discover new music? The radio? A friend? Do you let the algorithms do their will? Well, many members of generation Z are discovering music through apps. Apps like TikTok and Musical.ly have created buzz around songs, but there is a lot of content on those apps there might make it tricky to have discovery moments.
Now, there is another app trying to make a name as the place for music discovery: Triller. It's basically just a 15-second video sharing platform, but it's integrated with a bunch of streaming music services. Mostly it's used for showing off sweet dance moves and impressive lip-syncing, but artists like Chance the Rapper and Lil Uzi Vert have been using it to promote their music and introduce their followers to new and emerging artists.
I volunteered myself to try the app out, and sure, it's fun. The dance clips are pretty goofy and the music selection is vast and deep. It's nice to see kids having some fun and connecting to music and integrating it into their lives. But, and maybe this is the older music lover in me, but it feels like we're getting further and further away from the artists' intent for the music.
What high school drama club kid doesn't hold out hope that they'll somehow be discovered and suddenly become a star? Try to rein in your jealousy, because it has happened for a 17-year-old from New Jersey, named Rachel Zegler. The high-schooler officially has been cast in Steven Spielberg's upcoming remake of West Side Story.
About a year ago a casting call went out looking for young Latino and Latina performers, and the show has cast Broadway regular Ariana DeBose (who originated the role of the Bullet in Hamilton) as Anita; Josh Andres Rivera, who was in the first national tour of Hamilton; Tony Award winner David Alvarez; actor Ansel Elgort; and, now, New Jersey high schooler Rachel Zegler as the lead character, Maria.
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Task #2319
create collection of sample documents showing LibreOffice features
Added by Mike Saunders over 3 years ago. Updated almost 3 years ago.
It would be good to have a single, easy to access and navigate repository of documents that really show off the features in LibreOffice. This could be in Nextcloud / the wiki.
Developers often have complex documents/spreadsheets that they use for developing and testing new features (as per the release notes). But we could ask the wider marketing community, or indeed all LibreOffice users, for contributions (we must make it clear that the docs will be public and Creative Commons).
Updated by Florian Effenberger over 3 years ago
We might be too short on time for that, but maybe we can publish a set of these shortly after the 5.4 release?
Otherwise, maybe aim for Q4 as deadline for the then-upcoming 6.0?
Updated by Mike Saunders over 3 years ago
Target version changed from Q3/2017 to Q4/2017
Florian Effenberger wrote:
You're right -- I forget that we're already in Q3! Bumping to Q4 as it'll take a while to build up the docs before we announce it.
Updated by Mike Saunders about 3 years ago
Got this moving: sent out a call for documents to marketing-priv@, marketing@ and projects. Hopefully I'll get enough documents (say, 10) to make a decent wiki page for them before the Christmas break.
Status changed from New to In Progress
...and thereby setting the status to In Progress!
Unfortunately nobody from the community has sent me anything yet, although someone recommended I look at existing templates. In the meantime I've put out a request on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/libreoffice/comments/7jz2ge/share_your_documents_to_show_off_libreoffice/
Ultimately nobody sent me anything, neither from the mailing list request or Reddit post, so I don't have anything to work with here. I could still try to hunt down documents across the web, if we think this task is really important -- otherwise shall we close/reject it as one of those things that just didn't work out, and maybe revisit the idea a later time?
Updated by Florian Effenberger almost 3 years ago
Status changed from In Progress to New
Assignee deleted (Mike Saunders)
Target version deleted (Q4/2017)
My proposal is to leave this ticket open for anyone who wants to take it - but given the current priorities we have, I don't think you coming up with documents (unless there's a specific need for a concrete marketing collateral) is a good use of time indeed.


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H-E-B helping with vaccination of Lubbock healthcare workers, residents over 65
H-E-B is doing their part for Lubbock vaccination efforts, but they're strictly following state guidelines as they determine who is eligible for the vaccine and they are not accepting walk-ins. (Source: Provided by H-E-B)
By KCBD Staff | December 30, 2020 at 4:48 PM CST - Updated December 30 at 5:15 PM
LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - H-E-B is doing their part for Lubbock vaccination efforts, but they're strictly following state guidelines as they determine who is eligible for the vaccine and they are not accepting walk-ins.
Right now, they're still focused on vaccinating front-line healthcare workers in category 1A: physicians, nurses and other workers in direct contact with COVID-19 patients.
Then they'll move to phase 1B, vaccinating people at high risk from COVID-19, including those over age 65.
H-E-B gave us this statement on Wednesday:
H-E-B will follow the distribution schedule set by the government, and any updates will be communicated with customers via our Pharmacy page on heb.com and H-E-B Newsroom. During this first phase (1A) of Covid-19 vaccine rollout, some H-E-B pharmacies have received the Moderna vaccine to help vaccinate our community healthcare providers. Once the need is met within Phase 1A, vaccinations will be given to those who fall into Phase 1B. H-E-B pharmacies received a very limited initial quantity of vaccines and we do not anticipate having availability for Phase 1B candidates until we received a second allocation of doses. An appointment must be scheduled to receive the Covid-19 vaccine. Our pharmacies will not accept walk ins.
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Udaan receives $30 Mn from holding company
News, Udaan
B2B e-commerce platform Udaan has received around $30 million from its Singapore-based parent entity Trustroot Internet Private Limited, making it the largest deployment from its holding company till date.
The company has been in the headlines for raising back to back funding rounds, jumping valuation and the expenditure versus revenue figures it reported in the last fiscal year.
According to a regulatory filing with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Udaan passed a special resolution to allot 2,43,161 Class A equity shares of Rs 8848.4 per share to Trustroot for a total consideration of Rs 215.15 crore (~$30 million).
Sitting on a pile of $870 million in risk capital, the Bengaluru-based company has been receiving funds regularly from its parent, the last three tranches of $10 million, $5 million and $20 million received in July 2019, June 2019 and May 2019 respectively.
The deployment of fresh funds comes at a time when Udaan's direct competitors in this space including – Jumbotail, Moglix and ShopKirana – are trying to narrow the gap as the leader is far ahead in expanding its business.
Udaan connects retailers with wholesalers and traders who sell more than 15 lakh products ranging across categories from electronics and apparel to grocery and fresh produce.
Till date, it claims to have 20,000 sellers and 10 lakh retailers from 900 cities and towns in India. Apart from the marketplace model, it also offers logistics services along with working capital loans to the sellers on the platform.
Backed by the likes of Tencent, Lightspeed and Hillhouse, Udaan had gathered a $585 million Series D round in October 2019. The valuation of the company surged 2.8X to $2.8 billion in that round from $1 billion in a Series C round in August 2018.
Interestingly, Udaan had valued itself at $7.5 billion in its valuation report in September 2019. Unlike the actual valuation, i.e. $2.8 billion, the projected valuation by the company was based on cash flows and equity infusions.
While the valuation report by Udaan had surprised many, its performance in the last financial year was not up to the mark.
The company spent Rs 849 crore to make Rs 46.36 crore as operational revenue during FY19. As a result, it ended up making a loss of around Rs 779.5 crore in the fiscal year.
B2B E-commerce, Udaan
Started his professional career from an edtech startup, Harsh has more than four years of experience with the startup ecosystem. He loves to play with numbers, chase data-driven stories and coin new terms. Currently based in Gurugram, he can be reached at [email protected]
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