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So much innovation is occurring on the revenue side of new digital media that it's time to review, update and aggregate. Some of the material has appeared in this blog before.
Let´s start with the basics.
1. Create community, don't just publish news. An audience is just a group of observers. A community shares values and a deep interest in a topic or geographic area. It often has a bias toward action. That is where value comes in.
Connecting these people and creating value for them is the beginning of a community. Only when you have connected them can you begin to get their financial support.
I was reminded of the power of community, as opposed to audience, when reading Martin Langeveld's post for Nieman Lab on what was ahead for journalism in 2013.
Engage the community where they live and spend their time -- in their physical (if possible) and virtual communities (social networks). This is how PolicyMic has built up a monthly audience of 14 million users in 2 1/2 years.
Think like a community organizer. That is how Robert Niles recommends journalists get started. His book is How to Make Money Publishing Community News Online.
Texas Tribune, a digital news organization focused on government and education, embodies this way of thinking. It offers six levels of membership and a sliding scale of benefits, from $10 to $500 a year.
Think about that. By offering not just a product but access, privileges and opportunities to mix with the community, Texas Tribune is able to charge far more for a membership than it might get from a subscription.
MinnPost does the same. On its membership page, we learn that "membership means that you are part of the MinnPost family, helping us achieve our mission through ongoing financial support." Membership brings privileges, discounts and networking opportunities. The asking price is higher than most paywall subscriptions, $120 to $600 a year.
LaSillaVacia, a Colombian website focused on investigative journalism about power and politics, has a membership group of 550 "Super Amigos" that in 2013 contributed US $32,000. Their appeal is to people who want to support independent journalism. That is almost enough money to finance their operations for a month.
Premium pricing for sponsorships: Texas Tribune offers three sponsorship levels that run from $1,000 to $5,000 a year. Sponsorship benefits include more than just the opportunity to put a message on the website. They include a more intimate relationship with the brand at events.
Leo Prieto, the co-founder of BetaZeta in Chile, which has a monthly audience of 10 million users, is turning away from traditional advertising toward sponsorships, which now make up 40 percent of its revenues.
Prieto prefers sponsor relationships with brands as opposed to the highly cyclical business of selling impressions and clicks to digital advertisers. Among other reasons, the price Betazeta can charge for traditional advertising continues to fall because of increasingly sophisticated ad-targeting software and automated ad buying. In addition, web titans like Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple and Facebook are gobbling up all this advertising.
"The advertising business model is dead for everybody," Prieto said. "For television, for magazines, for radio, for everybody. We've started approaching brands about aligning our audience with the audience they want to reach. It continues to be an advertising relationship but a different kind of advertising."
"A sponsor is a brand that stays with you in a longer-term relationship and is a close partner." He emphasizes that the partner has no say over editorial content but can have a space on Betazeta's site to tell its own story.
Takeaway: A digital media outlet that has a reputation for credibility, strong ethical standards and community service will appeal to many advertisers who want to align their brands with those values. You can still sell the magic of the relationship.
This is old-fashioned brand-based advertising. It still works on a community level, despite all the naysaying by data-driven sales organizations.
When you think of community rather than audience, you no longer have to fall into the pricing trap of advertising contracts based on CPMs (rapidly falling, by the way), page views, unique users or clicks.
Betazeta, mentioned above, is generating about 10 percent of its revenue from content marketing, which means creating editorial content for brands to use on their own sites. It is like the service of an advertising or public relations agency.
Brands have suddenly discovered the value of blogs, Prieto says, and are now clamoring for experienced editors and writers to create content for them.
The content is not a direct sales pitch but shows the audience useful information, such as how to get the most out of a manufacturer's smartphone, how to strap a child into a car seat properly, how to recycle a company's product and so on. Prieto sees this trend as a growth opportunity for his business.
A similar revenue strategy is also being used by MedCity News, a U.S. site with 10 employees that focuses on innovation and research in health care. Founder Chris Seper uses dozens of contractors to produce content not only for its own website but for websites of third parties. They also do contracted research -- white papers.
On of the most innovative media in this area is Mi Voz (My Voice) of Chile, a chain of 16 local news websites with dozens of clients. It generates more than US $2 million a year and is driven by content generated from some 10,000 citizen reporters.
37 percent social media consultancy and training programs.
The 37 percent from media consultancy involves creating interactive media for third parties. The 21 percent of their revenue that is coming from "community outreach" involves getting sponsors to pay for training people in how to use digital media to report on their communities.
The publisher and co-founder, Jorge Dominguez, began his career as a social activist for organizations such as "Wake up, Chile" (Atina Chile). On a visit to South Korea in 2003, he learned about the citizen journalism site OhMyNews, which had a global reach and some 200,000 contributors. The model inspired him to start Mi Voz, using citizen contributors to provide hyperlocal news.
LaSillaVacia, mentioned above under memberships, is also using this technique by offering consulting on how to launch a sustainable digital news operation.
Publisher Juanita Leon and Creative Editor Olga Lucia Lozano had originally tried doing something similar to MiVoz. They decided, however, that doing consulting for brands distracted them too much from their mission of covering politics and power.
Now they travel and give seminars on how to do a media startup and they sell a book based on their startup lessons for about US $10. They know what they are talking about. They have survived for five years. The seminars and book generate revenue and fit with their mission of encouraging independent media voices.
Many web publishers are realizing that they can offer products themselves rather than just being an advertising vehicle. For websites focused on local news, local artesanal products would seem like a natural.
El Faro, an investigative journalism website in El Salvador, has produced several books based on its investigations, and it offers them for sale on its website, along with other books, music, and artistic products.
Vox Media's community for sports fanatics, SBNation, offers ticket sales and exchange services.
The Telegraph in England has an online store that sells almost anything you would find in a department store: clothing, household products, gardening, jewelry, etc.
A website about the business of fashion in Spain, Modaes.es, maintains an online store that offers printed research, back issues and event programs for US $14 to US $50.
Online payment services such as PayPal, Google Wallet, and Amazon can simplify the process of accepting payment by credit card.
Even though the community you build is online, its members still crave face-to-face contact. People want to connect and meet others who share the same interests and values. Sponsors who share those values and want to connect with that community are willing to pay for the right to be visible at such events.
When the events are aligned with the mission of your publication, they help reinforce your brand as a leader in the community.
At a minimum, you could hold brand-building events with a goal of just breaking even. Invite your online community to a happy hour or coffee, get the bar or cafe to offer discounted drinks or free food, and use the event to get close to your readers.
You can keep costs down by trading for some of the food and venue costs.
The nonprofit Texas Tribune is a great example of event marketing. It generated $1.2 million in 2013 from events and conferences.
As publisher of the Baltimore Business Journal, I found many clients preferred a relationship with a trusted, credible brand rather than simply buying advertising space, and they were willing to pay a premium for it.
Businesses that wanted to become part of the community paid $5,000 to $25,000 to sponsor a single event such as Best Places to Work, Women Business Leaders, or 40 Under 40, an event honoring up-and-coming business people.
Sponsors received a banner and recognition in the printed program as well as mention in advertisements for the event. Ticket sales generated revenue. At some events we sold display booths or tables. Profit margins can be high if you keep costs down.
Internet users are willing to pay a premium for data that is organized for them in a convenient format and is searchable. American City Business Journals (my former employer), with 40 newspapers in cities around the country, has been making money this way for years.
Each week these newspapers collect data on the largest local businesses in various categories -- real estate developers, law firms, retailers, auto dealers, accounting firms, manufacturers, etc. In digital format these databases sell for $200 per city.
In addition, the newspapers publish information from public records sources, such as real estate transactions, new corporations and partnerships, bankruptcies, etc. This information is repackaged digitally and offered for sale. Businesses use this data to find new customers.
Capitales, a financial news website for Central America, offers premium information services to clients. Because Capitales collects so much information on the economies and capital markets of the region, it can create special information packages for clients, who pay as much as $25,000 a year for the service.
Texas Tribune -- an innovator in events, membership, and sponsorships -- has been an innovator in data. It generates most of its traffic not from its investigative journalism but from its databases of such things as state employee salaries, public education spending, water use, prison inmates, and others.
Takeaway: Online users will spend large amounts of time searching and studying a database. Time and attention translate into revenue opportunities. Sponsors will be interested.
Many media startups are getting the majority of their revenue from grants, which is not a sustainable position. If a major funder suffers a serious devaluation of its assets or decides to change direction, the media organization that has not diversified could be in big trouble.
In 2012, of 18 leading nonprofit news sites surveyed by the Knight Foundation, the eight local news sites were getting 47 percent of their funding from foundations, and the six state news sites averaged 66 percent. Vulnerable, in other words.
1,012 foundations made 12,040 media-related grants totaling $1.86 billion from 2009 to 2011.
Media-related grantmaking grew at a faster rate than overall domestic grantmaking, 21% increase vs. 5.8%, respectively.
Media-related funding is diverse: Four of the five major areas of media-related grantmaking experienced growth from 2009 to 2011. Media applications and tools led the way in growth (107.8%), while funding for telecommunications infrastructure experienced the only decrease (48.4%).
CIPER, an investigative news site in Chile, gets a significant portion of its revenues from Open Society and the Ford Foundation. LaSillaVacia in Colombia gets 52 percent of its revenue from foundations, most of that from Open Society.
As traditional media companies lose advertising and circulation revenue to the Internet, civic-minded people worry about the loss of news coverage. They want to see more investment in information.
We know about the $250 million Amazon founder Jeff Bezos spent to buy the Washington Post. And we heard about eBay founder Pierre Omidyar's $50 million launch of the independent First Look Media.
But below that level of giving there is also a lot of money looking for ways to replace the loss of investigative journalism in regional and local news sites.
In San Francisco in 2009, billionaire Warren Hellman took the initiative to launch the Bay Citizen, a digital news site focused on the area, and contributed $5 million. He attracted other wealthy citizens and foundations and another $3.7 million to the cause of producing better local news coverage. The operation has since been merged with the Center for Investigative Reporting.
The Texas Tribune launched in 2009 with $4 million in seed funding, led by venture capitalist John Thornton, who personally contributed $1 million. It has a staff of 40 and posted revenues of $5.4 million last year.
In Latin America, emerging entrepreneurs can be an important force for change. These types of entrepreneurs do not have ties to the traditional oligarchies of business, politics, and media that have traditionally controlled the public agenda. Because of their independence, they support an independent press.
In El Salvador, the investigative news site El Faro has benefited from a partnership between the editor, Carlos Dada, and a software entrepreneur, Jorge Siman, for 16 years. Their independence has survived threats of violence and has led to award-winning coverage of political corruption and social issues such as the treatment of Central American immigrants bound for Mexico and the United States.
In Peru, the magazine and website Etiqueta Negra has carved out a reputation as a place to go for literary writing and investigative reporting. Part of the reason for its editorial success is its independence. It was started by the Jara brothers, who have no ties to the traditional power structure. It was that independence that allowed the magazine and website to establish themselves as an important voice in journalism for all of Latin America.
Mashable reported recently on How News Organizations Are Generating Revenue from Social Media, including real-time ads. Real-time ad widgets allow an advertiser to update the information on a website from their Twitter or email accounts to promote specials and coupons.
West Seattle blog offers coupons and deals to its readers. This is a way of attracting local advertisers with small budgets and giving them a low-cost way to see the impact of advertising.
He has made a business out of the sponsors he attracts to his weekly program, El Pulso de la República (The Pulse of the Republic). Recent weekly episodes have attracted more than 1 million views each. YouTube has several ways for its video partners to generate money, described here.
And he has a message for other young people who are frustrated with the coverage of politics by the major media: if you don't like what they are doing, start your own program or news site, he said in an interview.
"If the newspaper doesn't like you, doesn't listen to you, doesn't give you any money, doesn't offer any opportunities, well then, create your own project. Anybody can shoot a video or record a radio program and upload it to the web. The only limitation is what you have in your head."
As an editor and publisher of weekly business journals, I was amazed at the emotional language people used to describe our papers. "I love your real estate coverage," some would say, or "my favorite part is the bankruptcies and tax liens" or "I couldn't do business without your Top 25 List".
Readers believed the news and data we gave them helped them get leads and ideas to build their businesses. We helped them realize their goals and make money, and they loved us for it. It was their community as much as ours.
I like to tell this final story as an example of how valuable the work of local media can be. I hope it inspires local media entrepreneurs.
It comes from John Moag, a sports business consultant who was hired by Baltimore Ravens owner Art Modell in 1999 to find a buyer for the team.
Moag was trying to make a list of potential buyers. They would have to have hundreds of millions of dollars and deep local ties. Where to look? He described to me how he pulled out his copy of the Baltimore Business Journal's Book of Lists and found the largest privately owned companies. Of the top 10, four were owned by someone named Stephen Bisciotti, who had quietly amassed a fortune in staffing and recruiting companies.
Moag sought out Bisciotti, who eventually agreed to buy the Ravens for $600 million. So, a news organization knew its community's interests and produced research that the community valued. And a member of that community knew where to turn when he needed help. There is more value there than the price of a subscription. That is the magic.
Finding a Foothold: How Nonprofit News Ventures Seek Sustainability, from the Knight Foundation.
Online video's impact is difficult to measure, from the New York Times.
The way you describe about the digital news is really meaningful and easy to understand. In your first topic, you explained about to create community rather than publishing news. I am totally agree with it, because if you want to grow your business, you have to become more popular and trustworthy. I think this post will surely help some newbies of market.


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If you want a meal at night, it is much more comfortable to enjoy room service. The cost will be a bit higher, but not having to dress up and go out will be worth it.
To get a workout without leaving your hotel room, take your suspension training gear along. Most systems fit into a bag that doesn't weigh more than three or four pounds, and all you need is a door frame to attach the system to. You can get a solid strength training workout by using your body weight to provide resistance.
Pay attention to your security when you stay at a hotel. Make note of the fire exits and locations of fire extinguishers. Keep your door locked, and keep your key or key card in a safe place. Stash any valuables in the hotel safe. Consider bringing a flashlight along and keeping it by your bed in case you need it during the night.
See what the pet policy is at the hotel. You may wish to stay away from hotels that permit pets if you have allergies or you fear certain animals. The hotels may have the smell of pet odors on the linens and floor. Some hotels add an extra charge for pets, other do not. It does take extra effort and expense to take care of pets issues and some hotels do not take the time necessary.
To keep from having a hassle with logging into the hotel's Internet connection, ask at the front desk when you check in about any required passwords. This way, you can get up and running right when you get to the room, instead of having to hunt through the guest guidebook and call the front desk about a password.
Bring a carrier or crate for your pet when staying at a pet-friendly hotel. If your dog has to stay in the room alone, put him in the crate to keep him out of any trouble. However, make sure you do not leave him alone for a long period of time since being in a strange place can make him nervous.
Be pleasant when checking in if you want an upgrade. Take the time to look the front desk clerk in the eye and introduce yourself to the clerk. It is also a good idea to use the clerk's name when checking-in. Don't forget to smile and be courteous when asking for an upgrade.
If you book a hotel stay well in advance, consider taking out travel insurance. This insurance will reimburse you if you need to cancel your hotel stay. Be aware that most travel insurance policies state that you must cancel your stay at least one week in advance to receive a refund.
As you can tell, it's not too hard on people to get hotel advice. It's something you should pay attention to because things of this nature get pretty expensive. You will now be able to handle things with this advice when it comes to hotels. This is a great thing to know about for just about everyone.


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Centralized, Decentralized or Hybrid Sourcing Structure: How Do We Decide?
Sydney Lazarus
- August 1, 2017 6:00 AM |
Categories: Best Practice, Procurement Strategy & Planning, Procurement Systems & Architecture, Sourcing | Tags: L1, Sourcing and Categories
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Today's Ask Spend Matters question came from Piyush Shah, a PhD student of supply chain management at Arizona State University:
"Centralized, decentralized or hybrid sourcing structure? How do we decide?"
This is a classic question and one that has sparked decades of passionate debate. Proponents of centralization point to the potential for higher savings. Defenders of decentralization argue that regional procurement teams can bring about better supplier relationships.
The easy answer is "It depends" or "A hybrid of the two." But what does a hybrid structure look like? And how do factors like purchasing category, industry and stakeholders play into the assessment?
Moving Toward Centralization
Before diving into the current discussion and Spend Matters recommendations, here's a quick history. The standardizing of purchasing as a function was a gradual process. In recent decades, the term "sourcing" has grown in popularity, encompassing not only purchasing but also activities related to risk, supplier management and sustainability. But despite these differences, the terms purchasing, sourcing and procurement will be used interchangeably for the sake of this article.
So as purchasing and sourcing came into their own as professions, as opposed to a part-time responsibility across functions, more organizations have formalized sourcing, adopting e-procurement and consolidating the supplier base. While organizations tend to centralize sourcing and then decentralize as they become more mature, the overall trend in recent years has been to centralize, with help from technology.
"Certainly in the public sector the trend is still very much towards centralized purchasing and framework agreements, as the current economic situation means public sector funds are limited," says Dr. Katri Kauppi, an Aalto University assistant professor of logistics whose dissertation had focused on public procurement centralization.
"It is my understanding that centralization and hybrid are also very much still in use in the private sector," she says. "Better e-procurement solutions and purchase-to-pay tracking solutions may enable more center-led and hybrid approaches to also offer efficiency that was previously mostly doable with centralization only."
Peter Smith, who spent three decades in private and public procurement before becoming managing director of Spend Matters UK/Europe, describes it as a three-year cycle. "After the 2008 financial crisis, there was a trend towards control. It comes and goes. I've seen that relaxed again in the past few years." Smith explains that mass communication, the internet in particular, has made centralization possible — thus enabling this very debate on centralization vs. decentralization and this article.
The Debate in the Real World
Shah, the PhD student who posed the question, has heard gripes that country heads are bypassed in favor of reporting directly to the global head of purchasing.
"These days we keep hearing of firms changing structures, and different firms are taking different routes," he says. "This made me think — why are so many firms reconfiguring the purchasing structure? And if they are changing, why are they not changing in the same direction? So obviously there is something about the suitability of different structures in different situations."
How does an organization decide which structure is suitable? "The good academic answer is procurement has to be aligned with wider strategic objectives of the organization," Smith says. "Not just the strategic objectives but also the culture and style of the organization." Being aligned with what stakeholders want is especially crucial.
Smith backed this up with a number of real-world examples, first from his own career. He started out as a purchasing manager at Mars Confectionary, a family-owned business till this day.
"Mars had a very particular style, both very ahead of its time in terms of corporate social responsibility and [yet] very competitive and aggressive," Smith says. "We could literally be fired if Mr. Mars thought we were treating a supplier badly." That did not mean going easy on the competition. "His first question would be 'How are you buying packaging better than Nestlé?' And if I didn't have an answer for that, I'd be fired for that as well!"
An organization's culture isn't always immediately apparent. Smith brings up the case of a friend who had become CPO for a global top 30 company. He was told centralize procurement, which he did for two years until he was fired. "He upset too many of the country directors," Smith explains. "[The question is] what does the really top management want procurement to do? My friend was told to centralize by the CFO, but he didn't check out whether the other people were on board. The answer is clearly they weren't."
Centralize or Decentralize?
The vast majority of procurement organizations are somewhere in between completely centralized and completely decentralized, Smith says. Company size, location, expansion rate, purchasing category and industry are all factors that affect whether a more centralized or more decentralized structure is better.
For large, global companies, more decentralization is generally recommended. It is also a matter of practicality. If a company has offices all over the world, it is simply not realistic for purchases to go through a single central office.
Then there is the question of industry. "Once an industry gets more mature, there is more competition and pressure on margins," Smith says, "Rightly or wrongly, procurement starts standardizing." In industries like automotive or oil and gas, where products are more or less the same around the world, centralization is a better fit.
"Typically purchasing categories where standardization is easy and purchasing needs differ very little are suitable for centralization," says Kauppi. "For example, raw materials, commodities, MRO goods, IT equipment — at least basic office IT — and standard services [such as] cleaning services are often centralized with good outcomes."
In contrast, consider the case of a friend of Smith's who was CPO at WPP, a multinational advertising firm. "A lot of what they buy is specialized marketing and creative services all around the world," says Smith. "For a Venezuelan soft drinks company's ad campaign, we're going to find a graphic designer from Venezuela. [Therefore] procurement needs to be more flexible."
If your company is undergoing rapid growth, the flexibility of a decentralized model may be more important than cutting costs. "[The] same applies for more project-based industries," says Kauppi. "Again, the question may be more purchase category- than organization-based, so complex service purchases are often more suited for decentralized purchasing."
Kauppi believes that purchasing category matters more than organizational type, but as far as the latter goes, a hierarchical organization works best for centralization. "The implementation is easier, and contracts will have a high usage rate, [with] very little maverick buying," she explains. "Someone once told me the military is ideal for centralized procurement because everyone will use the centralized contracts as told!"
Do You Need a Sourcing Structure Reboot?
Out of all of these factors above that should go into determining an organization's ideal degree of procurement centralization, Smith emphasizes stakeholder opinion as perhaps the most important.
"The biggest single measure of success is [whether] your senior stakeholders think procurement is doing a great job," Smith says, "I've gone from believing in [objective measures of procurement success] to this subjectivity." Lack of procurement success is not always due to a structural problem, of course. But one indication that procurement needs to change its structure is if other people in the company do not know who to talk to in procurement, Smith says.
That is not to say changing the procurement structure is necessarily worth it. "There's nothing that is guaranteed to make procurement fail than constant reorganization," says Smith, who recalls joining a company that had undergone three major organizational restructures in as many years.
"I came in, and not only did I have a staff turnover rate of about 40%, the stakeholders were totally confused," he says. "You need to think hard about your structure, and unless you find out quickly that you got it horribly wrong, I would say give it three years."
Both Kauppi and Smith underscored the potential of e-procurement and other technologies to offer the benefits of centralization with fewer of the disadvantages. With centralization, Smith explains, often senior procurement professionals simply just wanted to know what was going on.
"[They would have] no clue what other procurement people in other countries were doing. If I used e-procurement, I would have been able to see what was going on. I would have gotten visibility," he says.
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Information filtering in the lateral geniculate nucleus
E. Kaplan, P. Mukherjee, Robert Shapley
Neural Science
Contrast sensitivity
R. Shapley, D.M-K. Lam
Kaplan, E., Mukherjee, P., & Shapley, R. (1993). Information filtering in the lateral geniculate nucleus. In R. Shapley, & DM-K. Lam (Eds.), Contrast sensitivity (pp. 183-200). Cambridge: MIT Press.
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FIRE-motoren (engelsk for "Fully Integrated Robotized Engine") er en motorserie fra Fiat-koncernen, udviklet i joint venture med den italienske designer Rodolfo Bonetto. Disse motorer fremstilles på fuldautomatisk vis på et robotbånd ("Robogate"), hvilket gør motoren billigere at fremstille end forgængeren.

FIRE afløste fra midten af 1980'erne løbende den lille Fiat OHV-motor, som i sin grundkonstruktion var identisk med motoren fra 1950'ernes Fiat 600. FIRE er en firecylindret rækkemotor med fem hovedlejer, støbejernsblok og tandremsdreven, overliggende knastaksel, letmetaltopstykke med parallelt hængende ventiler.

Motoren er siden 1985 blevet fremstillet i flere forskellige versioner med slagvolume fra 769 til 1368 cm³ med otte ventiler og i den såkaldte "Super-FIRE" version med 16 ventiler på 999 cm³ (Brasilien) eller 1242 hhv. 1368 cm³ (Europa).

FIRE-motoren blev første gang benyttet i Y10-modellen fra Fiats datterselskab Lancia, fulgt af Fiat Uno og Panda.

Den i 2003 introducerede 1368 cm³-version findes med såvel 8 som 16 ventiler; i 2005 blev den præsenteret i en udgave med variabel indsugningsmanifold og udstødningsgastilbageføring benævnt "StarJet". I 2006 kom der en turboladet 1368 cm³-motor ("T-Jet"), og i 2009 fulgte en version med det elektrohydrauliske ventilstyresystem MultiAir.

Brændstoftilførslen fandt oprindeligt sted med en enkelt Weber-karburator. Gennem årene blev motoren videreudviklet med først SPI (singlepoint/monopoint), MPI (multipoint) og til sidst SMPI (sequential multi point injection). FIRE-motoren benyttes også i Formula 750 i en let modificeret version.

Varianter
FIRE-motoren findes hhv. fandtes i følgende varianter:

 769 cm³ (0,8 liter) − 65 mm boring × 58 mm slaglængde
 8V (1986−1992)
 999 cm³ (1,0 liter) − 70 mm boring × 64,9 mm slaglængde
 8V (1986−1993)
 8V SPI (1987−2003)
 16V SMPI (1998−2003, kun Brasilien)
 8V SMPI Flexifuel (2005−, kun Brasilien)
 1108 cm³ (1,1 liter) − 70 mm boring × 72 mm slaglængde
 8V (1983−1993)
 8V SPI (1993−2000)
 8V SMPI (2001−)
 1242 cm³ (1,2 liter) − 70,8 mm boring × 78,9 mm slaglængde
 8V SPI (1993−1999)
 8V MPI (1993−1999)
 8V SMPI (1993−2009)
 8V SMPI VVT (2007−)
 16V SMPI (1998−2009)
 1368 cm³ (1,4 liter) − 72 mm boring × 84 mm slaglængde
 8V (2005−)
 8V VVT (2005−)
 8V Flexifuel (2005−, kun Brasilien)
 16V (2003−)
 16V StarJet VVT (2005−)
 16V T-Jet (2006−)
 16V MultiAir (2009−)
 16V MultiAir Turbo (2009−)

Anvendelsesområder
 Lancia Y10 (1985) − 999 og 1108 cm³
 Fiat Uno (1986) − 999 og 1108 cm³
 Fiat Panda (1986) − 769, 999 og 1108 cm³
 Fiat Tipo (1988) − 1108 cm³
 Fiat Punto (1993) − 1108 og 1242 cm³
 Fiat Cinquecento (1994) − 1108 cm³
 Lancia Y (1995) − 1108 og 1242 cm³
 Fiat Palio (1996) − 1242 cm³
 Fiat Seicento (1998) − 1108 cm³
 Fiat Bravo/Brava (1998) − 1242 cm³
 Fiat Punto (1999) − 1242 og 1368 cm³
 Fiat Doblò (2001) − 1242 og 1368 cm³
 Fiat Stilo (2001) − 1242 og 1368 cm³
 Fiat Panda (2003) − 1108, 1242 og 1368 cm³
 Fiat Idea (2003) − 1242 og 1368 cm³
 Lancia Ypsilon (2003) − 1242 og 1368 cm³
 Lancia Musa (2004) − 1242 og 1368 cm³
 Fiat Punto (2005) − 1242 og 1368 cm³
 Fiat Bravo (2007) − 1368 cm³
 Fiat 500 (2007) − 1242 og 1368 cm³
 Lancia Delta (2008) − 1368 cm³
 Alfa Romeo MiTo (2008) − 1368 cm³
 Ford Ka (2008) − 1242 cm³
 Tata Indica Vista (2008) − 1242 cm³
 Tata Indigo Manza (2009) − 1368 cm³
 Alfa Romeo Giulietta (2010) − 1368 cm³
 Fiat 500L (2012) − 1368 cm³
 Dodge Dart (2013) − 1368 cm³
Fiat Tipo (2017) - 1368cm³

Produktion
Som en bestanddel af det i 2009 indgåede joint venture med Chrysler begyndte Chrysler at producere FIRE-motorerne på deres fabrik i Dundee, Michigan. Chryslers første FIRE-motor, en 1,4 FIRE MultiAir med 100 hk, blev monteret i en Fiat 500 i 2010.

Noter

Eksterne henvisninger

Fiat
Bilmotorer

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Amped 2 è un videogioco sportivo a tema "snowboard" sviluppato da Indie Built, pubblicato da Xbox Game Studios e distribuito da Xbox Live nel 2003 in Nordamerica e in Europa.

Si tratta del secondo capitolo della serie "Amped".

Modalità di gioco

Carriera
Nella modalità "Carriera", il giocatore deve completare obiettivi che consistono nell'accumulare un numero più o meno elevato di punti; in ogni livello, vi sono i giornalisti, che fotografano il personaggio quando esegue acrobazie o trucchi.

Per guadagnare punti abilità aggiuntivi - alcuni dei quali sono anche usati per aggiornare statistiche (condividibili con altri giocatori) -, il giocatore può completare diverse missioni opzionali - che variano dal trovare scimmie delle nevi all'eseguire prese.

Oltre a queste sfide, il giocatore sarà invitato a partecipare a eventi di snowboard in cui dovrà raggiungere il traguardo delle prime tre esibizioni; quando il giocatore accumula punti fama, ottiene diversi titoli che vanno da "Local Rider" a "#1", proseguendo. Una volta che il giocatore raggiunge il massimo titolo disponibile, diventa in grado di completare ogni sfida leggendaria su ogni montagna.

Sessioni
Oltre alle sfide di snowboard, il giocatore può partecipare alle sfide di pattinaggio sul ghiaccio - che cambia i movimenti del personaggio e il suo equilibrio sulle piste montane.

Personalizzazione
Le caratteristiche fisiche del personaggio comandato dal giocatore possono essere modificate - come il colore della pelle, il peso, la statura, l'abbigliamento (occhiali, pantaloni, maglietta e stivali) -; tuttavia, la personalizzazione del personaggio non influirà sull'andamento del gioco.

Multigiocatore
Le partite possono essere contemporaneamente giocate da un massimo di 8 giocatori, con uno schermo diviso in tante parti quanti sono i giocatori presenti in partita.

Sono disponibili 7 ambientazioni, ognuna con tre diversi punti di rilascio.

In Amped 2, l'ospite ha una serie di possibilità tecniche che variano dal selezionare il vincitore o il perdente di una partita, al nominare ospite un altro giocatore nella stessa sessione. Inoltre, se l'ospite abbandona la sessione di gioco, il giocatore con il maggior numero di punti nella partita diventa ospite e può terminare la sessione di gioco quando vuole.

Sviluppo
Il gioco è stato sviluppato dall'ex compagnia indiana "Indie Built" (poi acquistata da Microsoft nel 1999) ed è stato progettato dal game designer tedesco Carl Schnurr.

Colonna sonora
La colonna sonora del gioco (personalizzabile dal giocatore) è costituita da più di 300 brani e vi sono alune canzoni degli Acumen Natión (e altri) e alcune tracce di Yellowcard e Taking Back Sunday.

Accoglienza

Il gioco è stato accolto in maniera generalmente positiva dalla critica specializzata e dai revisori.

Al riguardo, IGN ha affermato che "chi è fan dell'originale Amped dovrebbe sentirsi a casa con questo gioco" e ha elogiato la presentazione del gioco, la grafica, la colonna sonora e il "fascino duraturo"; tuttavia, ha anche affermato che "mentre piace il gameplay, ci sono ancora margini di miglioramento".

Il sito di recensioni italiano "Everyeye.it" ha invece affermato che Amped 2 "vale proprio quanto un Amped alla seconda potenza ed è tutto ciò che un fan del titolo originale potrebbe aspettarsi".

Note

Voci correlate
 Amped 3

Collegamenti esterni


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Home Don't Be Tardy Kim Zolciak Says She's in Talks With Bravo for New Show as Brielle Reveals Her Racy Dating Advice and Shares Plans for a Restaurant
Kim Zolciak Says She's in Talks With Bravo for New Show as Brielle Reveals Her Racy Dating Advice and Shares Plans for a Restaurant
by Lindsay Cronin August 15, 2021
by Lindsay Cronin August 15, 2021 0 comment
Kim Zolciak could be headed back to television sooner rather than later.
During an appearance earlier this week, the former Real Housewives of Atlanta star, whose spinoff, Don't Be Tardy, came to an end in May, confirmed she's back in touch with Bravo before her daughter, Brielle Biermann, shared dating advice and her plans to open a restaurant with their family's longtime cook, Chef Tracey Bloom.
"I'm not under contract for the first time in 13 years, but I know where I came from and I love Bravo," Kim, 43, revealed on the August 10 episode of S'More Date on Instagram.
According to Kim, she would like to return to television in an hour-long, 24-episode season.
"I've met with a bunch of people, and we'll see what happens. I just want what's best for all of us," she explained. "I know where I came from, and I know that Bravo is happy to continue going. So we'll see. We're working on it."
During another segment of the show, during which Brielle joined the chat, the 24-year-old revealed a dating tip she received from her mother.
"The one thing my mom's always taught me is the best way to get over someone is to get under someone new, figuratively or not, whether you're talking to somebody, you just need a distraction," she shared. "I don't know if she really gives me that advice as like, literally get under, but I think she just means it as get a distraction. So I think that's a good idea."
As RHOA fans well know, Kim married Kroy Biermann, 35, in November 2011. So, when it comes to finding a match, she knows what she's doing and believes one should never judge a book by the cover.
"Kroy's my match [but] if you would have put on paper someone who is eight years younger and from Montana and drives a truck and is red-headed and plays in the NFL, I would have been like, 'Hell no,'" she admitted. "I never would've picked Kroy out of 1,000 different descriptions. I never would have picked him."
That said, Kim described Kroy as her "soul mate."
"We've been married almost 10 years in November. It's pretty wild. I'm a Taurus, I get bored easily. I'm still not bored. I just feel like God really brought me my match," she gushed.
While dating as a celebrity was "difficult," Kim noted, Kroy was a perfect fit.
"He was up and coming. He was in the NFL. If you get to that level, you've mastered your mind. You've perfected where you want to go," she noted.
Moving on to Brielle, Kim said she hopes her oldest daughter will soon find her own perfect match.
"For Brielle, on her level, where she's at in her life, if she meets somebody that's at that same level, even if it is subconsciously… it's a great match."
Also, during her chat on S'More Date, Brielle revealed plans to open a restaurant with Chef Tracey.
"Tracey and I have been trying to but this little spot right around the corner of my house for years… to turn it into our own pizza and burgers restaurant because we know what people want," she shared. "It's not fine dining, I mean, it could be, but we kind of like burgers, and hot dogs, and pasta."
Unfortunately, Brielle and Tracey will have to find a new location for their potential restaurant as the place they were eyeing was recently "turned into a donut place."
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I'm a writer (in my 60's, yay!), currently living in the Pacific Northwest. I'm also a wife, a mom, a Bible student, and a budding beadwork artist. I have a background in nursing and construction.
As for my loves: our miraculous planet, cooking and simple living, and curling up with Bailey's and a good book. My favorite thing to do is explore winding backroads through forests and little towns with my indulgent husband.
I'm happy to write guest posts for your blog as well (see Contact Deb).


SPEAK INTEL - #TIMESUP - We the Sovereign People of Planet Earth declare our Sovereignty!
LAWSUIT FILED-will be largest class action RICO in history and will continue to add names of offenders for every person who continues to interfere in the release of the people from this debt slavery system.
•This suit has begun to push forward as the accused are being served over time. The plaintiffs are protected by the deadman's trigger mechanism that has already been set in place.
•I SPOKE TO OKIE MYSELF YESTERDAY. HE ASKED SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LAWSUIT AND TOLD ME HE'D SUPPORT IT ANY WAY HE COULD. I ASKED HIM IF I COULD ADD HIS NAME TO THE SUIT TO WHICH HE SAID YES. THEN TODAY HE WAS BOMBARDED BY UPSET PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT HAPPY ABOUT THE LAWSUIT SO HE CALLED AND ASKED ME TO TAKE HIS NAME OFF.
•My apologies to Okie for the inconvenience. I shared the information to encourage people because they hold you in such high regard.
•Okie's name has been removed from the suit at this time.
Maybe we should call the banks and ask them if they are planning on exchanging ZIM and record the conversation.
If anyone wants to do this there are scripts you can use at https://projectspeak.net/mission-possible.
you can add MY name to the list !!!
if you need any more info let me/us know !!!??


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1 April 2015 by Sara Knight
SWEDEN Around 600MW of new wind capacity is expected to be installed in 2015, predicts Sweden's wind energy association. This is considerably less than the 965MW added last year.
The expected decline in 2015 is mainly due to the historically low prices of electricity and renewable electricity certificates. Developers are putting off investments until the Swedish parliament has completed the evaluation of the electricity certificate system and taken steps "to restore the system to balance", says the association.
One problem is that wind-power expansion is largely confined to northern Sweden, but the main demand is in the south. "Unless the transmission capacity from north to south is enhanced in the near term, this will restrict how much wind power can be built," the association states.
Sweden's wind fleet stood at 5.42GW at the end of 2014. Forecasts indicate an expansion of about 1,000 new turbines over the next four years, according to Mattias Wondollek, an analyst at the Swedish wind energy association. This could mean around 3GW being added by the end of 2018, an average of 750MW a year.
Major onshore projects coming up include three under development by state-owned utility Vattenfall, totalling 105MW. The 38MW Hoge Vag, 29MW Juktan and 38MW Hogabjar-Karsas projects are all due online this year, the first using Gamesa turbines, the other two powered by Siemens. Nordisk Vindkraft, a subsidiary of the RES Group, plans to commission the 144MW Sidensjo project, co-owned by Germany's Stadtwerke Munchen, later in 2015.
Offshore, Sweden had five projects with a total of 86 turbines and 201MW in operation at the end of last year. However, eight offshore projects for up to 2.38GW are permitted, and permit applications have been filed for a further five projects totalling 6.46GW, according to the Swedish state energy authority.
In 2014, Swedish wind generation of 11.5TWh accounted for 8% of total electricity generation of 151TWh in 2014. Wind is still a relatively minor player in Sweden's electricity system compared with hydro generation at 64TWh and nuclear at 62TWh in 2014, but is catching up with fossil-fuel generation, which amounted to 13TWh in 2014.


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IGP Kashmir Reviews Security Of Srinagar Airport, Measures To Counter Possibility Of Drone Attacks
By Press Desk on June 27, 2021
Srinagar, June 27; Inspector General of Police, Kashmir Zone, Vijay Kumar (IPS), on Sunday took an urgent security review meeting of Srinagar Airport, its funnel area and measures to counter possibility of any drone attacks.
The meeting comes in the backdrop of explosions in technical area of high-security Air Force Station Jammu where police is suspecting the use of drones with payload to carry out the blasts.
Official sources said that the top police officer of the Kashmir valley held the urgent meeting with officers of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), NSG, Airforce, CRPF, BSF , CISF, Director Airport besides DIG Central Kashmir Range and SSP Budgam.
They the IGP reviewed security of airport, its funnel area and "possibility of drone attack and counter measures."
There were two blasts at the Air Force Station Jammu at 1.37 a.m. and at 1.42 a.m. overnight. Reportedly two persons suffered minor injuries in the blast which were heard by locals from a distance of two kilometers.
According to the DGP Dilbagh Singh the drones are suspected to be used in both the blasts at the Air Force Station Jammu.


If you're yet to embrace the world of online shopping, then you're in for a real treat. I've bought pretty much everything I own using the internet for the last five years or so, and I can honestly say the experience has just been getting better and better. Contrary to popular belief, not everyone who does their shopping online becomes a victim of crime. In fact, with a decent antivirus program and a good firewall, there's little chance of anyone stealing your details or affecting to in a negative way at all.
Feeling more confident now? Good.
With that in mind, I've decided to write this article to help you all save the most money possible when surfing your favourite online stores. You see; for me, the biggest difference between shopping online and shopping on the high street is the cost. After less than ten minutes searching online, it's almost always possible to find what you're looking for at a knocked down price, so it really is worth going to the effort.
Nowadays, there are lots of sites that exist specifically just to highlight great deals from popular online retailers. At the moment, domains like www.sumocoupon.com are the most popular, probably due to the fact they list thousands of offers each day. So, make sure you become a member of these sites and check them at least a couple of times each week. That way; you'll know about all the fantastic deals before everyone else.
Although these price comparison websites are usually better suited to people looking to obtain insurance or purchase something a little more substantial, it's usually possible to find one listing the type of products you're looking for. However, if you can't find one, just type the product name into Google and click the shopping tab, then filter the results by lowest price first.
Presuming you regularly use the same online retailers, it's wise to subscribe to their mailing lists as loyalty is often rewarded with great offers that aren't available to the general public. This means you get to know about all the latest discounts and offers before everyone else, and you might even find a few exclusives.
Lots of online retailers entice people into buying things by offering cashback because they know that most will forget to claim it when the time comes. This usually occurs most with mobile phone contracts where the company agrees to provide a few hundred pounds in cashback after a couple of months. If you accept an offer like this, make sure you redeem it.
Well guys, I hope that information has helped to set you straight, and now you're ready to start saving the most amount of money possible when shopping online. Good luck with all the purchases you make this year, I'm sure you'll be sensible and find the best deals available to you.
Catch you back here soon!


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Cambodian refugee runs for office in Lynn
By Vanndy Pan
Born in Koh Kong province in 1967, Hong Net was one of the many people who had been forced to migrate to the rural areas of Cambodia to be "re-educated".
Lynn's City Councilor-at-Large candidate, Hong Net.
LYNN, MA – Unlike his American political contemporaries in the community, City Councilor-at-Large candidate Hong Net's historical background includes being an orphan, a wartime refugee camp, and immigration. During the Communist Khmer Rouge reign (1975-1979) under Pol Pot in Cambodia, Net and millions of others endured the hardship of forced labor in the rice paddies, which were infamously known as 'The Killing Fields.' In January of 1979, the Khmer Rouge finally fell to Vietnamese-led forces who had occupied the country. Unfortunately, though, in the end over a quarter of the total Cambodian population had perished under the merciless regime.
Born in Koh Kong province in 1967, Net was one of the many people who had been forced to migrate to the rural areas of Cambodia to be "re-educated" about the ideals of an agrarian utopia under the new Communist government. In the midst of the mass evacuation, he was separated from his biological family but was later able to escape to an orphanage center in a refugee camp in Thailand. However, it wasn't until 1982 when Net arrived in the United States. Although he was alone and completely new to the country, he was able to live with a foster family in South Hadley. But as with many immigrants, adapting to a new life was difficult. "I was very fortunate because my foster family, the Johnsons, raised and supported me as their own," he said. "However, it was a little challenging for me at first because of the language and food."
Although he didn't grow up in a large community of Cambodians, Net still felt a real connection to his people and native country. It took him a little over a decade to return to Cambodia for a visit. "When I first went back in 1993 and [saw] the destruction of the country and the living condition of Cambodians, it made me cry," he recounted. "When I saw children, elderly people and the handicapped veterans begging on the streets, it reminded me of my childhood while living in the refugee camp without my parents [and so,] I made a promise that I would go back to help them."
Honoring his promise, the following year, Net returned to Cambodia to work for a local non-profit organization and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), assisting the government in job creation, education, and tourism. He also founded an International Language Center in the capital city of Phnom Penh, where he and 27 of his staff members taught English and computer skills to over 800 local students. Three years later, in 1997, he came back the US where he continued his work teaching immigration and citizenship classes to new immigrants in Lowell. He also worked as a case manager in the South Cove Community Center in Lynn and Boston, focusing on youth gang and substance abuse prevention.
Having received numerous opportunities and privileges in America, today Net aspires to pursue an even more ambitious path for himself: running for City Councilor-at-Large of Lynn, MA. Offering one of the reasons behind his decision to run for office, he said, "I have two small children in the public schools and have lived in Lynn for 14 years. It is my home, and I would like to give back in a public capacity." Currently, there are a total of ten candidates vying for one of the four open seats in the City Council this year. In addition to giving back to the community, Net hopes his diverse background can broaden the representation of communities within the City Council. "Lynn is a very diverse city, and it needs diverse representation. I decided to run because I would like to represent all voices," he continued. "My vision is a unified Lynn where all residents have a voice at the decision-making table, [but for now] groups including Cambodians are under-represented because all policy-makers and department heads are not as diverse [as could be]." When asked further about using his ethnic background to show diversity, he responded, "At this point, there are no other [persons of Cambodian descent] in public office."
Aside from his cultural background, Net specifically addressed pressing issues for the city that he hopes to bring to the forefront in his campaign, such as public safety, education, and the local economy. For each of the three issues, Net provided ideas for changes he plans to make if elected:
Public Safety: Provide cultural training to officers in order to build trust between communities and police; build capacity of neighborhood groups and crime watch; increase positive youth engagement; support efforts to fund school resource officers to keep schools safe.
Education: Increase access to after-school enrichment programs that educate each child; promote parental involvement through intensive community outreach, such as a bilingual parents task force; create community schools to provide critical resources for parents, such as ESL classes.
Economy: Promote business-friendly policies and regulations such as reviewing fees and fines to ensure that they are not restrictive; be proactive, as in walking the streets reaching out to business owners and make sure they are aware of grant opportunities; promote the arts district—a lively and walkable downtown attracts customers to local businesses.
From the atrocities of the Cambodian genocide to running for City Councilor-at-Large in Lynn, many might say Net's story is the epitome of the American dream. He holds a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and a master's degree in International Relations. Currently, Net works for the Massachusetts Department of Revenue as a child support enforcement specialist. "As the first Cambodian to run for a city-wide office in Lynn, I hope to bring a little diversity to a decidedly non-diverse city council," he said. Net is optimistic about his chances of winning the local primary election, which will be held September 20th. "Our campaign brings a positive message and draws many people to register to vote, and gets many people involved in the political process," he said. "I am very excited about the progress we are making."
The general election will be held November 8th.
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Bond investors have been hit hard over the past one-and-a-half year. For those in fixed deposits, the interest rates have been low and bonds/debt fund investors have been hit by tepid returns on account of rising bond yields. Currently the preferred strategy remains corporate credit, with exposure to both accrual and credit opportunity strategies.
The 10-year g-sec yield in India moved up to ~8% from a low of 6.2% recorded in December 2016. Interest rates on bank fixed deposits too have started increasing over the last quarter. Though the RBI has kept policy rates unchanged so far, expectations of a rate hike in the near term are getting stronger. The possibility of a rate hike comes due to, increasing crude prices -anticipated spike in inflation, depreciating rupee – rising interest rates in the US, and possibility of accelerated economic growth in the Indian economy.
As interest rates are expected to rise, it makes sense for investors in the lower tax slabs to invest in fixed deposits maturing within one year (as short as possible). Investors should get an opportunity to roll over their fixed deposits at a higher rate over the next year.
The bond markets are expected to remain volatile, though it may remain range bound. If yields move up again, then bond prices will fall, which will result in a capital loss to investors. Long term gilt funds have been facing tough times due to rising yields over the last one & a half years. RBI repo rates have not been changed from August 2017 (at 6%) while g-sec has shot up sharply during the period. The benchmark bond yield is expected to hover between 7.5% and 8% over the next six months as I feel a couple of rate hikes are already factored in.
Historically, NBFCs offer 25-75 bps higher interest rates for retail investors in their retail bond issues, thereby making the instruments attractive compared to other debt instruments like bank deposits. Deposits of HDFC, Bajaj Finance, PNB HF etc. are all good options. Investors in lower tax brackets can tap this opportunity going forward. They should be prepared to hold on to their NCD investments till they mature as their price may fall in between if interest rates were to rise going ahead.
Investors falling in the high income tax bracket may choose to invest in debt mutual funds- short term/ultra-short term bond and credit risk opportunities funds to optimize returns.


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What Do 7 Billion People Look Like?
The 100 People Foundation
100 People Foundation,	World,	Population,	Statistics,	Globe,	International,	Educational
Image from Flickr user PictFactory
What do 7 billion people look like? What do we all share? These questions and many more are the focus of the 100 People Foundation; they aim to break down the global population into 100 people represented through photos, stories and a multi-media traveling exhibition called The World Portrait. An educational project, 100 People is asking children and schools worldwide to nominate an inspiring citizen of their country accompanied by a photo, description and an explanation of why they chose this person. The educational endeavor is intended to better present the world we live in, including the complex issues, cultural differences and resources that we share. If you want to find out more, check out the impressive statistics about the world broken down into 100 people, ranging from how many people live without water, have a college education and what languages they speak. [Source: 100 People Foundation]
Around the World in 60 Seconds
The Color Code of People
The Story of Life in 873 Photos


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Binary Search Tree (BST)
What Does Binary Search Tree (BST) Mean?
Techopedia Explains Binary Search Tree (BST)
A binary search tree is a particular type of data container storing values that can provide for efficient search. The "tree" separates into two identifiers, left and right, and recursive splitting creates the whole sub-structure of the data container.
In addition to its basic structure, where the original "trunk" of the binary tree splits in two, there are other data protocols associated with the binary search tree structure. One is that the key values on the two nodes of a split are stores so that the "left" key is less than the original, and the "right" key is more. Binary search trees also have other properties that are explained by data scientists and other professionals, for example, the interesting nature of the "leaf" or end node, which typically does not hold a value. Binary structures like the binary search tree can be used to decrease effort in search, because the data structure holds data in a sorted archive.
An Intro to Logic Trees and Structured Programming
The Joy of Data Viz: The Data You Weren't Looking For
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Live from E3 at the PC Gaming Show, ArenaNet's Colin Johanson shed some light on the previously announced Guild Halls feature for the upcoming Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns expansion. You'll be able to decorate your massive hall, which serves as a social space, as well as fight in your own personal arena, and organize adventures.
They're described as an "entire map," and players will capture that area for their guild within the core campaign, taking it back from the main adversary of the expansion. It will also feature world leaderboards to pit guilds against one another. This sounds like a really cool addition for people who are really into social spots in MMOs.
Pre-sales are opening up right now at GuildWars2.com, and will guarantee you beta access.


Prototype commercial furniture is an Australian company which prides itself on producing quality products designed and crafted by local talent.
Prototype is at the forefront of commercial furniture manufacturing and supply for the hospitality, accommodation, corporate and government/institutional markets. The company's culture is dedicated to delivering superior service, quality products, and most importantly value, beyond expectations.
"Our clients are dedicated to creating unique products requiring product flexibility and quick turnaround. We're acutely aware of the need to supply our clients with adaptable, quality furniture, at competitive rates, often at short notice" says General Manager Dan Morahan. A key factor in delivering these outcomes is Prototype's policy of manufacturing most of its products in Australia, allowing designers to work directly with the manufacturer and be involved in every step of the process.
"We [Prototype] want to encourage and inspire designers to bring their designs to life", explains Morahan. The aim of 'From Paper to Prototype' videos is to demonstrate the process of building commercial custom furniture while providing the industry with best practice tips. This leads to enhanced furniture design, innovation, durability, function and comfort whilst showcasing the high quality craftsmanship and skills of Australian carpenters, upholsterers and metal workers.


The daily miles tell part of the story. As I approach the river's headwaters, the river gets steeper and steeper, and the paddling gets tougher. I haven't counted, but I think that I've averaged having to get out of the boat 7 or 8 times per day these last three days. Most of these events have resulted from encountering rapids that I simply couldn't paddle up, but a few have involved getting around trees that were blocking the entire river. This far up the river, the channel ranges from about 25′ to 100′ wide. Where it is narrow, it is normally fairly deep and fast. The wider sections are usually the result if rapids. With the recent heavy rains, a lot of undercutting of the river banks has occurred, often sending trees into the river, where they sometimes block the channel.
Getting out of the boat has ranged from very difficult to quite easy. One of my earlier out-of-boat experiences was the toughest. Upriver of GA 372, I encountered unpaddleable rapid that was so deep and fast that it was impossible to wade, and the banks were too steep to walk and line the boat up. In fact, the bank was too steep to stand and unload the boat, so I pulled myself up the bank with the aid of exposed roots and vines, and then pulled the loaded boat up the bank. That took every bit of strength that I had, but I got it done. Unlike an earlier portage, the growth at the top of the bank was too thick to allow easy maneuvering, so I unloaded the boat and slid it along the face of the bank, keeping it from sliding back into the water with the support of trees growing along the bank. The whole portage was no more than 80′ to 100′, but it was a challenge.
The easiest encounter was actually fun. A multiple-trunked tulip poplar was completely blocking the channel, but at one point, one trunk was submerged and two were above water. I was able to pull the bow of the boat under the lower of the two exposed trunks, step over the trunk, back into my boat, duck, and pull boat and self under the other one. That all took no more than two minutes. The only hard part was keeping the boat in place as I stepped out and then back in. It was reminiscent of military training obstacle courses.
During the course of each of these three days, I benefitted greatly from my new, Kokatat, knee-high, paddling boots, until I was forced into water higher than the boots. Their waterproofness worked both ways, keeping my feet nice and dry, even when I was briefly in water over the tightly cinched tops, but keeping my feet immersed for the rest of each day after I had to wade a while in thigh-deep to waist-deep water. I supposed that I could have taken the boots off and emptied them, but that takes a while and requires a stable place to get out of the boat, which never seemed to be handy.
I camped one night of these last three, going home to wash and dry gear the other two. I have had great support from dear friends, Richard Grove, Tom Lamb, Murray Lamb, Mike Saunders, and Joe Smith. These guys shuttled me, helped me carry boat and gear, and met me at times that were tough to pin down with the variable river conditions. I will never be able to fully repay them for their kindness.
Enough blogging. I am meeting Mike, Joe, and their wives over breakfast this morning, and then the guys are going to help me put in and shuttle my car from Ga 136 to Castleberry Bridge, the section I will paddle today. Richard and his friend, Steve, are paddling the same section, but downriver from Castleberry Bridge today. I am looking forward to seeing them. I just hope that they don't go through the gold mining tunnel while I am working my way upriver around it. That would actually be kinda funny.
It sounds like you're getting close to the end of your trip. Would you happen to know where you are going to finish and what day? I was hoping my daughter and I could be there to greet you. Good luck the rest of the way.


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when I am queuing a build on any of the build agent of that build controller, it says "waiting for agent".  How it can be back to "available" status.

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People with the surname include:

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Some guests might not feel comfortable with security guards present in an event so the use of riflescopes is a good way of keeping an eye on your event from a great distance without your guests knowing.
Have CCTV cameras all over the event area and assign a security personnel to monitor all of them and report anything suspicious you the security guards positioned in the event for them to check it out. This will make your guests relaxed and give them a feeling of security with their valuables.
You should arm some of your security persons with guns just in case some revelers get out of hand and while waiting for the police.
Especially for events that go into the night, it is important to give your security guards flashlights and emergency lights in case of a power outage.
Have your security guards and other event planners use walkie-talkies to communicate. As much as it is convenient, it will also help in case there is a security breach in any part of your event the guards are able to communicate promptly and call for back up where there is the need.
When having any event, big or small, a first aid kit is a must-hay. If a guest or even your staff is hurt, you can administer first aid before calling or while waiting for an ambulance in case of such emergencies.
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Research Reveals Extent of Male-dominated Media
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In a typical month, 78 per cent of the UK's newspaper articles will have been written by men, according to a survey published in The Guardian.
According to research by Kira Cochrane, a feature writer for the paper, a four-week period of bylines across the UK's major newspapers revealed women appearing an average 32 per cent of the time in the Daily Mail, 28 per cent in The Guardian, 22 per cent in the Daily Telegraph, 21 per cent in the Mirror, 20 per cent in The Sun and 16 per cent in the Independent.
Taking her research to BBC Radio 4's news flagship, the Today programme – which has four male main presenters and one woman – she found 83.5 per cent of the contributors were male.
Cochrane's story headlined The Guardian's G2 section on Monday. Her findings can be read here.
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Florida sees largest daily number of new COVID-19 cases since mid-April
By Tal Axelrod - 06/03/20 12:58 PM EDT
On Wednesday, Florida saw its largest number of new cases of the coronavirus since mid-April as the state works to reopen its economy.
The Florida Department of Health announced the state has a total of 58,764 confirmed cases of the disease, a jump of 1,317 from the day before.
Wednesday's total is Florida's largest since April 17, when it had a daily total of 1,413 cases. Some 2,566 people have died from the virus in Florida.
More than half of the state's cases are concentrated in Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Monroe counties in South Florida.
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Perfect Booty Games
Two teen (18+) twin redhead sisters arrive on an holiday island. After checking into their hotel they discover a gift from a mysterious stranger that offers views they didn't expect. They see a guy having fun with 2 ebony girls on his yacht. They also get excited and have their own fun. This is the first chapter or introduction to a series in which the twins find out about their origins on an island where not all is what it seems.
Treasure of Nadia
You all love game called Lust Epidemic. This is the followup for it. You play as the guy who's father just died. He was a great adventurer. Now you're at his funeral, meeting other close people. You will do your best to become a great treasure hunter, too. On your way you'll meet a lot of girls who will help or distract you from your goals. Let the story begins.
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Double Homework - Episode 7
After all that happened in previous episode now Tamara is with Dennis. You can't believe that and keep thinking and worrying about that. However, meanwhile you get really close to Johanna and to release the pressure after nice make out in the library, you get laid with somebody else. See what else is going to happen in this 7th episode.
Your task is to help girls reach orgasms, because there's an evil curse that won't let them cum. This curse is called the Mist. If you succeed girls will join your Harem and give you their naughty pictures. Each girl has different level of difficulty and how you have to click on them. Read their instructions and try to level up as much as you can.
Being a DIK: Lewd
This episodic story continues as you try to join fraternity called DIK. The full version of the game (downloadable version) has much more content, however we can have a nice look into it with bunch of sexy girls and nice story that builds around our hero. Your choices can impact the scenes you'll see.
Daring Demi and the Shameless Souls
Help Demi to find the relic from a time long past, Eori's Rod. It's hidden behind the ruins deep in the forest and the magical spells are still powerful there. Run through the dungeon maze, fight against various monsters to add them to your encyclopedia. There will not be sex content.
Sultry Summer Stories
Main hero wakes up after a tremendous dream with hot girls, Miranda, Sam, Veronica. You're now in Miranda's house - mom's childhood friend. Samantha and Veronica are her daughters. As usual in such stories you're back in the town where you haven't been for years. Of course, girls now are smoking hot and you all are in your sexual active age. Lets see how it all develops.
Fuckerman: Piratezons [Full version]
Our funny hero has new adventures ahead. This time he's on the pirate ship, locked in the prison cell. First of all, get out of it and then fuck all the girls you meet on this ship. As always you'll have to give something to each of the girls. Remember that you can combine objects in your inventory. Use W A S D to move, E for action.
Lust Epidemic [v 0.96102]
This is very interesting game where you play the role of Brad, he's a student who thinks that only he doesn't have a sex in his life, everybody else does. However there a storm and he can't go back home from the place he is. So he explores weird and ancient campus and meets lot of hot women.
The Chant of Dead [v 0.90]
It's a year 1240. Magic and the real coexist in harmony. In this world there are 4 kingdoms that fight for total control. After bloody battles a truce is agreed. Nobody knows how or when it happened but at the dawn of the 7th new moon something changed. A gray fog covered the earth and chaos and death spread through all 4 kingdoms. The heroes of each kingdom fall one by one and no one finds their bodies - the fog takes them. You'll take the role of the girl, that has to deliver the news to the queen, that army of dead is coming.
Leisure Yacht [v 0.1.6]
The main hero of this game is Michael. He just graduated school and now he has to decide what to do next in his life. However he end up as a guest on Allison's yacht. She's incredibly rich. She has some problems because FBI is investigating something about her company. Turns out you're involved to FBI, but you like her daughters and now you are mixing your duty and sexual desires.
Saturday Night [v 4]
The main heroes of the game are Naomi and Kyle, a happily married couple. Both worked and earned a good living. Kyle spends a lot of time playing poker and drinking with his friends. Naomi had enough and gave him a time to restore a good life and get some money. They found a good job and now they are working together.
Pleasure Villa [v 0.6]
You take the role of Tommy who now has a good job. He has to be a handyman in the villa of pleasure. But meeting with this rich family and their employees everything seems little bit weird and everyone is acting strange. They all are hiding some secrets and that's why there appears detective and many other characters. Find out the truth and get laid.
Unforgettable Dinner [v 0.26]
This is a story about a simple dinner party that will turn out into huge sex orgy. You invited Kayleigh and her mother. Also there will be your boss and other coworkers. Make decisions and try to shoot your load whatever it takes. Pay attention on dialogs, because they will guide you to right choices.
Dominate Them All [v 1.4]
This will be a story about the New York and female domination. You take the role of Ethan, he is braking up with Diana because she cheated on him. To survive all this pain that brake up brings to him, he decided to seduce any girl he meets.
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This game was already on our site (My New Life) but now the author will work on this new version, abandoning previous game. You still play as a young guy who enjoys everyday living in his city full of girls and sexual adventures. Look for new quests and complete them to see hundreds of sexy scenes with multiple girls.
Whoremaker [Release 18]
A slave management game. This isn't a visual novel with multiple ending paths. Instead you have to control and train your slaves and depending on your results you'll see certain scenes. Here you'll find a lot of sexual content (text and pictures), sexual slavery and forced prostitution, mind control, hypnosis, gay and lesbian content and many more.
Succubus Covenant Generation One: The Cursed Forest
A science fiction game where group of scientists are trying to find out how to stop invasion of Succubus. You end up at some forest with other buddies where you'll face hot big breasted babes with big round booties who will try to seduce and suck you out dry. Read the story carefully.
Cobweb Overflow
We all love Overwatch, and we all love it's female characters, especially when they have improved boobs and asses. This one contains futanari Widowmaker fucking hot Tracer. Here we have 3 general sex scenes. Each of them has multiple speeds and/or angles and ending option. Check it all. If you get black screen, try to reload the game.
Blacked and Whited
Put yourself in the shoes of a young man in search of identity in a cruel world. Which way are you going to go? Depending on your choices you can become an alpha male or absolutely opposite. In the real life there's no mercy for anyone. That's why you have to be strong and feed your inner animal with what you can.
Anna: Exciting Affection [v 1.7]
Currently works only on Google Chrome. You'll have to play the role of Anna. Anna comes from a small town where she used to live with her father who had strong alcohol addiction and careless lifestyle. Nevertheless, Anna graduated college and has become a smart young lady. Anna has moved to live with her older sister Rebecca in the big Sun City. Anna has a boyfriend - Andrew, who has also moved to this city and lives with a friend. Anna's sister can't stand Andrew, that's why only Anna is allowed to stay at her place. Depending on your choices different outcomes and additional quests will follow.
Ionian Corps [v 0.1.2]
The story starts at the place Runeterra. Long time there was a peace between all generations and races. Now Noxus grows in power and this military empire wants to expand their borders. All others try to make special forces that will try to fight against them from the inside. You take the role of the girl called Ahri.
Amy's Lust Hotel [v 0.4.7]
In this game you'll take the role of Amy. A young and sexy girl with filthy desires and fantasies. She often gets into trouble that's related to her actions of sex. After her grandfather's death she'll have to maintain entire hotel that he left to her alone. But there are other characters around, who wants to take some share of it, like mother, aunt, cousins and sisters. Help her to improve that hotel and make it's name great.
Young Maria [v 4.0.1]
You play as a pretty young girl with healthy skin and good body. You have a loving family and now as your father has a new job and bought a new place, you have to move in it. It's not like you're too excited about that but you don't have a choice. But maybe it's an opportunity for you to find new friends etc.
The Whore of Babylon [v 1.0]
You take the role of the nun who recently finished reading a special book that will change her life. Entire life she was living in a convent. As you may guess she has faced some sexual harassment there. Now you have to decide how she'll continue her life. She can stay silent and obedient, or she can turn herself into dominant sex addicted person.
Fantastic story continues and your relationship with all girls around you keep evolving. In this episode you'll have a chance to have some fun with Lauren and Rachel. As you were close with Johanna she may become jealous because of that, so be aware that she'll catch you doing bad things.
Bimbo House
You have become one of the contestants for the Bimbo House - a hit reality TV show, and now they are picking participants for the second season. Should you win, you will go home with half a million dollars in prizes. All other contestants will open many doors leading to lucrative and star-spangled careers in film.
Stepmother Re-Program
In this game you are caught by your stepmom while jerking off. That causes your turning into female or at least acting like one. Most of the game is more like linear story with videos and photos based on some choices that might impact the outcome of your life and everything what's happening.
Dope's Lustful Adventures [v 0.12]
The main hero of the game is a guy named Dope. The funny thing is that he actually owns weed shop. His father died and left him as a man of the house. But how far will go this go? The game starts with a scene with his sisters talking to him about sex and how bad they want each other. Then game jumps back to some time ago. Reach those events by yourself. Use CTRL- to zoom out.
Highschool of Succubus [v 1.29]
In this game you take a role of the succubus girl. The main goal is to corrupt your target - a beautiful school girl named Kelly. Basically this game looks like visual novel but it's not, it contains time, work, study, shopping management and many more. Check corruption level by clicking on the journal.
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Beyond the Wall of Sleep is a short story by H.P. Lovecraft.

Beyond the Wall of Sleep may also refer to:

 Beyond the Wall of Sleep (collection), a collection of writings by Lovecraft
 Beyond the Wall of Sleep (album), a 2014 album by Christian Muenzner
 "Beyond the Wall of Sleep", a song by Sentenced from the 1993 album North from Here

See also
Behind the Wall of Sleep (disambiguation)
Beyond the Wall (disambiguation)