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La Compagnie du Dragon, ou plus simplement désignée par le projet du Dragon de Calais, est un projet de développement économique, touristique et culturel impulsé par la ville de Calais. Il a pour ambition la valorisation de l'espace urbain, notamment pour redynamiser le territoire après la crise migratoire. Pour ce faire, il accompagne le projet de rénovation du front de mer en mettant en scène plusieurs types de créatures articulées créées par la compagnie La Machine, à l'origine de spectacles et projets renommés comme les Machines de l'île à Nantes. À terme, la Compagnie du Dragon assurera l'exploitation d'un bestiaire mécanique d'une dizaine de machines.

Cette valorisation passe par l'exploitation de machines spectaculaires, mais aussi par la transformation de certains points d'intérêt de la ville convertis en ateliers, abris et équipements culturels. Le Dragon de Calais séjournera ainsi sur le front de mer et au Fort Risban. Les Varans de Voyage au Dombunker, la Famille des Iguanes au Fort Nieulay et le Grand Iguane au quartier Saint Pierre. Chacune des machines se déplace dans la ville quotidiennement, à la rencontre des autres et certaines d'entre-elles empruntent les voies de circulation.

La légende du Dragon de Calais
L'arrivée du Dragon s'accompagne d'une histoire, basée sur une légende originale imaginée par François Delarozière. Elle raconte que de profondes galeries relieraient les mers et les continents afin de créer des mondes. Les villes de notre civilisation seraient des portes pour accéder à ce dédale souterrain. Afin de garantir un équilibre, les portes seraient scellées et maintenues fermées par des pierres sacrées. Ce serait lors de travaux récents menés pour étendre le port de Calais, que les ouvriers auraient descellé, sous la mer, la pierre sacrée qui verrouille la porte du Nord et protège la surface de la terre des mondes enfouis. Une créature fantastique a réussi à franchir la porte pour s'inviter dans notre monde, le Dragon de Calais. Il doit arriver en ville le  lors d'un grand spectacle inaugural qui retrace cette histoire.

Machines et sites
Les machines dites "de ville" sont conçues pour interagir avec le milieu urbain, ce sont des animaux "mécanisés". Manipulés par plusieurs machinistes, ils permettent le transport de personnes. Le Dragon par exemple, proposera des visites touristiques de 47 minutes. Les différentes créatures doivent faire leur apparition successivement sur différents sites notables de Calais et en permettre la transformation sur les prochaines années.

Le Dragon de Calais au Fort Risban
Le Dragon de Calais est la première machine qui arrivera en  à Calais, elle constitue l'œuvre principale du projet et la plus monumentale. Imaginée par François Delarozière, elle est la plus grosse création en date de la compagnie La Machine, faite de bois sculpté et d'acier. Elle mesure 25 mètres de long, 10 à 15 mètres de haut pour un poids total de 72 tonnes. Visuellement, plusieurs effets permettent de donner vie au Dragon : ses yeux, ses paupières, ses oreilles, sa bouche, sa langue, ses ailes sont mobiles. Il est doté d'effets et peut cracher du feu, de l'eau ou encore diffuser de la brume. Le véhicule est à propulsion hybride faite d'eau, d'air et d'électricité. Il peut ainsi se déplacer jusqu'à 4km/h. Un escalier incrusté dans sa queue permet d'accéder à une terrasse accueillant jusqu'à 50 personnes qui ouvrira en décembre. Il faudra attendre la rénovation du dragon qui se fera après le spectale inaugural

Le Dragon doit élire domicile sur le front de mer dans une nef spécialement conçue, non loin du Fort Risban, un ouvrage de fortification classé monument historique qui n'accueille plus de visiteurs depuis 10 ans. Le projet prévoit la transformation du bâtiment avec une boutique aménagée dans l'ancienne poudrière. Au cours de la rénovation du fort, des découvertes archéologiques on repoussé la transformation du lieu qui devrait s'achever pour Noël 2020. Un abri provisoire doit être érigé non loin, comprenant une boutique, un café et la maison du projet.

Le , Calais découvre le dragon des mers échoué sur la plage en train de dormir,il faudra attendre le lendemain pour voir le dragon se promener dans la ville.

Les Varans de Voyage au Dombunker

Deux varans rejoindront le Dragon et seront capables de transporter 25 personnes à leur bord. Ils séjourneront au Dombunker.

La famille des iguanes au Fort Nieulay

Six iguanes doivent compléter le projet dans les futures années et seront rattachés au Fort Nieulay.

Le Grand Iguane à St Pierre

Administration

La Compagnie du Dragon
Le projet est géré par la Société publique locale Grand Calais Tourisme et Culture créée en . Elle est commercialement dénommée Compagnie du Dragon depuis . La société agit ainsi pour la ville de Calais dans le cadre d'une délégation de service public afin d'assurer l'exploitation commerciale et technique du Dragon de Calais et des autres machines du projet. Au terme de l'ensemble des actes de ce projet, 70 emplois directs devraient être créés.

Financements
L'investissement total représente un total de 27 millions d'euros, étalés sur huit ans. Le Dragon coûte à lui seul 4,2 millions d'euros. Le projet est porté par la ville de Calais et soutenu par l'État et la région Hauts-de-France.

Notes et références

Liens externes

 Le spectacle inaugural, site de la ville de Calais

Calais
Théâtre de rue
Culture dans le Pas-de-Calais

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Pool 4, 2005, Double exposure photographs, Portfolio, Gisele Beaupre, M.F.A.
Ultimately, when you live life in a state of higher awareness, every moment seems wonderous and magical. Colleen came to visit and played in the pool, while I took some double exposure photos. This one was the most interesting.


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"Megillas Lester" - New Animated Purim Movie Rivals "Frozen", "Toy Story" and "Monsters Inc."
Frozen, Toy Story, Brave, The Lego Movie, Monsters Inc., and other animated movies have shown how animated feature films can achieve a new high level of quality.
Films with Jewish content have not been able to match the realistic animation of characters with the motion capture technology used in these Hollywood productions. Until now.
Now the Jewish world has its own Pixar-like production company. Yesterday they launched their first feature animated film, Megillas Lester, just in time for Purim.
As Alona Ferber wrote in Haaretz,
With Purim only a few weeks away, a new full-length feature animation takes the Book of Esther, Megillat Esther, and gives it a Back to the Future-meets-Pixar twist.
Megillas Lester, which will be out on iTunes, DVD and Blu-ray on March 3, tells the story of Doniel Lesterovitch or Lester, who gets knocked out while directing his school's Purim play, and wakes up in the story that is traditionally read by Jews every year on the Purim holiday.
The Book of Esther tells the story of the Jewish queen of the Persian empire thwarting the plan of Haman, one of the king's top advisers, to kill all the empire's Jews. Lester puts a spanner in the works and alters the course of the story - it is up to him to get everything back on track so Esther can save the Jews.
The Purim story ends with Haman and his ten sons being put to death, and the reveling Jews massacring thousands of Persians. Although the real story is violent, given that the film portrays a 'dream' version, and the perceptions of a young boy, says its creator Chananya Kramer "the story is only exciting and fun, never scary or violent. We were quite selective as to which parts of the story we portrayed."
The 42-year-old wrote, produced and directed the movie, which is primarily aimed at the Orthodox Jewish community. He came up with the story some 15 years ago, when he first got into the multi-media and video business with his Baltimore-based company, Kolrom.
The video will be available through iTunes, and the DVD will be sold by ArtScroll.com and other Judaica sources. It costs about $25.
Here is the movie trailer, followed by a video about how the characters were created and animated.
(A SPECIAL NOTE FOR NEW EMAIL SUBSCRIBERS: THE VIDEO MAY NOT BE VIEWABLE DIRECTLY FROM THE EMAIL THAT YOU GET EACH DAY ON SOME COMPUTERS AND TABLETS. YOU MUST CLICK ON THE TITLE AT THE TOP OF THE EMAIL TO REACH THE JEWISH HUMOR CENTRAL WEBSITE, FROM WHICH YOU CLICK ON THE PLAY BUTTON IN THE VIDEO IMAGE TO START THE VIDEO.)
Labels: Animation, Film, Movies, Purim, Videos
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Q: Use flynn applications via single domain In order to have less issues with CORS and be able to use one SSL cert, I would like to run all flynn applications with one domain:
my "external" services

*

*https://example.com/ - Frontend SPA (static, HTML/javascript)

*https://example.com/api/v1/* - API (Python/Django)

*https://example.com/admin/ - Django Admin

*https://example.com/docs/ - SwaggerUI (static, HTML/Javascript)

*https://example.com/static/ - All static files from user uploads

internal services

*

*redis

*postgres

$ flynn route (example)
http:api.service.example.com        api
http:frontend.service.example.com   frontend
http:docs.service.example.com       docs
...

To keep things simple, my idea was to use the NGINX as a reverse proxy to take care of the routing and the SSL handling - but where should I put it?
I could add an NGINX as a flynn application that listens to example.com and then make use of location and proxy_pass features. But when the NGINX reverses from https://example.com to http://frontend.service.example.com I have no SSL here - is that right?
How to make sure, the NGINX routes only "internally"? Are there even better approaches with flynn - or just use dokku.

A: You can do this with Flynn using built-in features, there is no need to use an external reverse proxy.
First, add example.com with a valid TLS certificate:
flynn -a frontend route add http example.com --tls-cert cert_chain.pem --tls-key cert_key.pem

The cert_chain.pem file should contain the PEM-encoded certificate followed by one or more intermediate certificates necessary to build the chain to a trusted root.
The cert_key.pem file should contain a PEM-encoded private key (with no encryption applied).
Then add a path-based route for each of your other apps. The path will be treated as a prefix, so all subpaths will match as well for the route and the TLS certificate you just added will be used for all of them because they have the same domain:
flynn -a api route add http example.com/api
flynn -a admin route add http example.com/admin
flynn -a docs route add http example.com/docs
flynn -a static route add http example.com/static

The first route with just the base domain will be used for all other paths.

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Yolonda Lorig Colson is an American thoracic surgeon, working in Boston, who is the first female president of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS). She assumed her current role as the 103rd president of the AATS on May 26, 2022, succeeding Shaf Keshavjee, MD. Colson is the Chief of the Division of Thoracic Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, Hermes C. Grillo Professor in Thoracic Surgery, and Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School. Colson is an Officer and Exam Chair for the American Board of Thoracic Surgery. She is also a collaborator of the Grinstaff Group.

Education
Colson completed her Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Biomedical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) from Mayo Medical School, and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) and general surgery residency at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She then completed a fellowship in cardiothoracic surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Grants

Colson has been awarded many R29 and R01  NIH and NCI grants:

 Biodegradable, Biocompatible Pressure Sensitive Adhesives (2022)
 Supratherapeutic PTX Buttresses Reduce Locoregional Recurrence Rates Following Surgery for Soft Tissue Sarcomas (2022)
 Optimization Of Nanoparticle Tumor-Localization And Drug-Loadingfor Treating Mesothelioma (2022, 2021, 2020)
 Tumor Specific Delivery Of Verticillin A Overcomes Epigenetic Silencing Responsible For Drug Resistance (2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018)
 Superhydrophobic Drug Loaded Buttresses For Prevention Of Lung Tumor Recurrence (2022, 2021, 2020, 2019)

 Precise tumor targeting with logic CAR circuits (2022, 2021)
 Efficacy and Safety of a Novel, Implantable Drug-eluting Film in Sarcoma (2019, 2018, 2017, 2016)
 Flexible, Conformal, Polymeric Films for Lung Resection Margins (2014, 2013, 2012, 2011)
 Innovative Clinical Pathways in Lung Cancer Care for Vulnerable Populations (2012)
 NIR Imaging of Sentinel Nodes in Lung Cancer: Finding Micrometastases (2011, 2010, 2009, 2008)
 Mechanism of Facilitating Cell-Mediated Tx Tolerance (2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003)
 Facilitating Cell Induced Tolerance In Organ Transplants (2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997)

Colson also received over twenty AATS foundation grants.

Awards and recognitions
 103rd president of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS)
 George H.A. Clowes, Jr. Research Career Development Award from the American College of Surgeons (ACS) (2006-2011)
 Edward M. Kennedy Award for Health Care Innovation from CIMIT
 First recipient of Michele Kessler Leadership Award in Women's Health (2006)
 AATS Alton Ochsner Research Scholarship
 Above and Beyond Award, Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, US (2009)
 Maxwell Resident Career-Research Award (1998-1999)

In 2010 Colson was recognized by the Lung Cancer Alliance for her work "Out of the Shadows", a women's health policy and advocacy program regarding lung cancer in women. In 2020 Colson was interviewed by CTSNet after she was elected as the Vice President of the AATS. Colson is mentioned several Castle Connolly Medical publications.

In 2020, she was elected to the National Academy of Medicine.

Other accomplishments
Colson is a co-inventor on six patents. She founded the Women's Lung Cancer Forum. She is the author of many journal articles and textbook chapters, including the text "Adult Chest Surgery".

References

Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute alumni
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine alumni
American thoracic surgeons
Women surgeons
Members of the National Academy of Medicine
Women medical researchers
Harvard Medical School faculty
Women bioengineers


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package org.deri.any23.cli;

import org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLine;
import org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLineParser;
import org.apache.commons.cli.HelpFormatter;
import org.apache.commons.cli.Option;
import org.apache.commons.cli.Options;
import org.apache.commons.cli.PosixParser;
import org.deri.any23.Any23;
import org.deri.any23.util.LogUtils;
import org.deri.any23.configuration.Configuration;
import org.deri.any23.configuration.DefaultConfiguration;
import org.deri.any23.extractor.ExtractionException;
import org.deri.any23.extractor.ExtractionParameters;
import org.deri.any23.extractor.SingleDocumentExtraction;
import org.deri.any23.filter.IgnoreAccidentalRDFa;
import org.deri.any23.filter.IgnoreTitlesOfEmptyDocuments;
import org.deri.any23.source.DocumentSource;
import org.deri.any23.writer.BenchmarkTripleHandler;
import org.deri.any23.writer.LoggingTripleHandler;
import org.deri.any23.writer.ReportingTripleHandler;
import org.deri.any23.writer.TripleHandler;
import org.deri.any23.writer.TripleHandlerException;
import org.deri.any23.writer.WriterRegistry;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.PrintStream;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URISyntaxException;
import java.net.URL;

import static org.deri.any23.extractor.ExtractionParameters.ValidationMode;

/**
 * A default rover implementation. Goes and fetches a URL using an hint
 * as to what format should require, then tries to convert it to RDF.
 *
 * @author Michele Mostarda (mostarda@fbk.eu)
 * @author Richard Cyganiak (richard@cyganiak.de)
 * @author Gabriele Renzi
 */
@ToolRunner.Description("Any23 Command Line Tool.")
public class Rover implements Tool {

    private static final String[] FORMATS = WriterRegistry.getInstance().getIdentifiers();
    private static final int DEFAULT_FORMAT_INDEX = 0;

    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Rover.class);

    private Options options;

    private CommandLine commandLine;

    private boolean verbose = false;

    private PrintStream outputStream;
    private TripleHandler tripleHandler;
    private ReportingTripleHandler reportingTripleHandler;
    private BenchmarkTripleHandler benchmarkTripleHandler;

    private ExtractionParameters eps;
    private Any23 any23;

    protected boolean isVerbose() {
        return verbose;
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.exit( new Rover().run(args) );
    }

    public int run(String[] args) {
        try {
            final String[] uris = configure(args);
            performExtraction(uris);
            return 0;
        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.err.println( e.getMessage() );
            final int exitCode = e instanceof ExitCodeException ? ((ExitCodeException) e).exitCode : 1;
            if(verbose) e.printStackTrace(System.err);
            return exitCode;
        }
    }

    protected CommandLine getCommandLine() {
        if(commandLine == null) throw new IllegalStateException("Rover must be configured first.");
        return commandLine;
    }

    protected String[] configure(String[] args) throws Exception {
        final CommandLineParser parser = new PosixParser();
        options = createOptions();
        commandLine = parser.parse(options, args);

        if (commandLine.hasOption("h")) {
            printHelp();
            throw new ExitCodeException(0);
        }

        if (commandLine.hasOption('v')) {
            verbose = true;
            LogUtils.setVerboseLogging();
        } else {
            LogUtils.setDefaultLogging();
        }

        if (commandLine.getArgs().length < 1) {
            printHelp();
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Expected at least 1 argument.");
        }

        final String[] inputURIs = argumentsToURIs(commandLine.getArgs());
        final String[] extractorNames = getExtractors(commandLine);

        try {
            outputStream  = getOutputStream(commandLine);
            tripleHandler = getTripleHandler(commandLine, outputStream);
            tripleHandler = decorateWithLogHandler(commandLine, tripleHandler);
            tripleHandler = decorateWithStatisticsHandler(commandLine, tripleHandler);

            benchmarkTripleHandler =
                    tripleHandler instanceof BenchmarkTripleHandler ? (BenchmarkTripleHandler) tripleHandler : null;

            tripleHandler = decorateWithAccidentalTriplesFilter(commandLine, tripleHandler);

            reportingTripleHandler = new ReportingTripleHandler(tripleHandler);
            eps = getExtractionParameters(commandLine);
            any23 = createAny23(extractorNames);

            return inputURIs;
        } catch (Exception e) {
            closeStreams();
            throw e;
        }
    }

    protected Options createOptions() {
        final Options options = new Options();
        options.addOption(
                new Option("v", "verbose", false, "Show debug and progress information.")
        );
        options.addOption(
                new Option("h", "help", false, "Print this help.")
        );
        options.addOption(
                new Option("e", true, "Specify a comma-separated list of extractors, e.g. rdf-xml,rdf-turtle.")
        );
        options.addOption(
                new Option("o", "output", true, "Specify Output file (defaults to standard output).")
        );
        options.addOption(
                new Option(
                        "f",
                        "Output format",
                        true,
                        "[" +  printFormats(FORMATS, DEFAULT_FORMAT_INDEX) + "]"
                )
        );
        options.addOption(
                new Option("t", "notrivial", false, "Filter trivial statements (e.g. CSS related ones).")
        );
        options.addOption(
                new Option("s", "stats", false, "Print out extraction statistics.")
        );
        options.addOption(
                new Option("l", "log", true, "Produce log within a file.")
        );
        options.addOption(
                new Option("p", "pedantic", false, "Validate and fixes HTML content detecting commons issues.")
        );
        options.addOption(
                new Option("n", "nesting", false, "Disable production of nesting triples.")
        );
        options.addOption(
                new Option("d", "defaultns", true, "Override the default namespace used to produce statements.")
        );
        return options;
    }

    protected void performExtraction(DocumentSource documentSource) {
        performExtraction(any23, eps, documentSource, reportingTripleHandler);
    }

    protected void performExtraction(String[] inputURIs) throws URISyntaxException, IOException {
        try {
            final long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
            for (String inputURI : inputURIs) {
                performExtraction( any23.createDocumentSource(inputURI) );
            }
            final long elapsed = System.currentTimeMillis() - start;

            if (benchmarkTripleHandler != null) {
                System.err.println(benchmarkTripleHandler.report());
            }

            logger.info("Extractors used: " + reportingTripleHandler.getExtractorNames());
            logger.info(reportingTripleHandler.getTotalTriples() + " triples, " + elapsed + "ms");
        } finally {
            closeStreams();
        }
    }

    protected String printReports() {
        final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        if(benchmarkTripleHandler != null) sb.append( benchmarkTripleHandler.report() ).append('\n');
        if(reportingTripleHandler != null) sb.append( reportingTripleHandler.printReport() ).append('\n');
        return sb.toString();
    }

    private void printHelp() {
        HelpFormatter formatter = new HelpFormatter();
        formatter.printHelp("[{<url>|<file>}]+", options, true);
    }

    private String printFormats(String[] formats, int defaultIndex) {
        final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        for (int i = 0; i < formats.length; i++) {
            sb.append(formats[i]);
            if(i == defaultIndex) sb.append(" (default)");
            if(i < formats.length - 1) sb.append(", ");
        }
        return sb.toString();
    }

    private String argumentToURI(String uri) {
        uri = uri.trim();
        if (uri.toLowerCase().startsWith("http:") || uri.toLowerCase().startsWith("https:")) {
            try {
                return new URL(uri).toString();
            } catch (MalformedURLException murle) {
                throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.format("Invalid URI: '%s'", uri), murle);
            }
        }

        final File f = new File(uri);
        if (!f.exists()) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.format("No such file: [%s]", f.getAbsolutePath()));
        }
        if (f.isDirectory()) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.format("Found a directory: [%s]", f.getAbsolutePath()));
        }
        return f.toURI().toString();
    }

    protected String[] argumentsToURIs(String[] args) {
        final String[] uris = new String[args.length];
        for(int i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {
            uris[i] = argumentToURI(args[i]);
        }
        return uris;
    }

    private String[] getExtractors(CommandLine cl) {
         if (cl.hasOption('e')) {
             return cl.getOptionValue('e').split(",");
         }
         return null;
     }

    private PrintStream openPrintStream(String fileName) {
        final File file = new File(fileName);
        try {
            return new PrintStream(file);
        } catch (FileNotFoundException fnfe) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot open file '" + file.getAbsolutePath() + "'", fnfe);
        }
    }

    private PrintStream getOutputStream(CommandLine cl) {
        if (cl.hasOption("o")) {
            final String fileName = cl.getOptionValue("o");
            return openPrintStream(fileName);
        } else {
            return System.out;
        }
    }

    private TripleHandler getTripleHandler(CommandLine cl, OutputStream os) {
        final String FORMAT_OPTION = "f";
        String format = FORMATS[DEFAULT_FORMAT_INDEX];
        if (cl.hasOption(FORMAT_OPTION)) {
            format = cl.getOptionValue(FORMAT_OPTION).toLowerCase();
        }
        try {
            return WriterRegistry.getInstance().getWriterInstanceByIdentifier(format, os);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                    String.format("Invalid option value '%s' for option %s", format, FORMAT_OPTION)
            );
        }
    }

    private TripleHandler decorateWithAccidentalTriplesFilter(CommandLine cl, TripleHandler in) {
        if (cl.hasOption('t')) {
            return new IgnoreAccidentalRDFa(
                    new IgnoreTitlesOfEmptyDocuments(in),
                    true    // suppress stylesheet triples.
            );
        }
        return in;
    }

    private TripleHandler decorateWithStatisticsHandler(CommandLine cl, TripleHandler in) {
        if (cl.hasOption('s')) {
            return new BenchmarkTripleHandler(in);
        }
        return in;
    }

    private TripleHandler decorateWithLogHandler(CommandLine cl, TripleHandler in) {
        if (cl.hasOption('l')) {
            File logFile = new File(cl.getOptionValue('l'));
            try {
                return new LoggingTripleHandler(in, new PrintWriter(logFile));
            } catch (FileNotFoundException fnfe) {
                throw new IllegalArgumentException( String.format("Could not write to log file [%s]", logFile), fnfe );
            }
        }
        return in;
    }

    private ExtractionParameters getExtractionParameters(CommandLine cl) {
        final boolean nestingDisabled = ! cl.hasOption('n');
        final Configuration configuration = DefaultConfiguration.singleton();
        final ExtractionParameters extractionParameters =
                cl.hasOption('p')
                        ?
                new ExtractionParameters(configuration, ValidationMode.ValidateAndFix, nestingDisabled)
                        :
                new ExtractionParameters(configuration, ValidationMode.None          , nestingDisabled);
        if( cl.hasOption('d') ) {
            extractionParameters.setProperty(
                    SingleDocumentExtraction.EXTRACTION_CONTEXT_URI_PROPERTY,
                    cl.getOptionValue('d')
            );
        }
        return extractionParameters;
    }

    private Any23 createAny23(String[] extractorNames) {
        Any23 any23 = (extractorNames == null || extractorNames.length == 0)
                ? new Any23()
                : new Any23(extractorNames);
        any23.setHTTPUserAgent(Any23.DEFAULT_HTTP_CLIENT_USER_AGENT + "/" + Any23.VERSION);
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Traction Avant 'Perfo' Engine Rebuild
It really was worse than we thought!
All summer 2013 when using the car over 1,600 miles, it had a heavy oil leak which we thought was the flywheel end, crankshaft seal, so it was decided to pull the engine and gearbox out over the winter to 'investigate'
James Geddes agreed to do the work in his garage as there simply isn't the room in mine plus he has far more experience of Tractions than anyone else locally, so 10th December 2013 off the car went.
As can be seen in the image above, the complete drive train can be removed as a unit with engine, gearbox and front suspension but james opted to just remove the engine and gearbox.
Once the engine was out of the car and the sump removed, it became obvious that there was a major problem with the crankshaft bearings and con rod 'big ends'.
In the images below you can see that all the original 'white metalled' bearings had failed with lumps coming off them. Whilst the engine was actually quiet and giving no indication that the bearings had failed, (there was 'smoke' from the oil filler cap which we had no idea what was causing it) there was no option than to do a full 'bottom end' rebuild.
The Stripped Engine
The Engine Rebuild
Once the crankshaft was removed everything else was checked out and whilst still serviceable it was agreed that the pistons and liners should also be replaced as there was signs of wear on the pistons and a lip on the bores. It was decided to stick with standard 'flat top' pistons as the alternative 'domed' pistons from the 11D engine increase the overall horsepower. Whilst that may make the car more responsive, it's adding increased load to the crankshaft, clutch and gearbox and in standard form, the 11BL is fine to drive.
After a discussion with Traction Specialists, it was also decided that all the white metalled bearing should be replaced with modern 'Shells' as there are very few people left who can apply white metal to the specification required, plus the cost difference was negligible.
Using 'Shell' bearings for the big ends also meant updating the con rods to those used in the later 11D engine, so an original matched set of 11D conrods were obtained from a long term Traction enthusiast, Andy Burnett near Aberdeen.
With a conventional engine you would rebore the block and fit new pistons and rings but the Tractions Perfo Engine uses replaceable liners. The other main item to consider was the oil pump given that all the bearings were damaged, it was decided that it should be replaced with an upgraded one. An original pump gives circa 30 psi at 750 rpm, an upgraded oil pump from Roger Williams gives 50 psi at 1,000 rpm. One of the downsides of this we later found out is that increasing the oil pressure and flow meant that we had an oil leak from the gearbox end 'oil retainer' as it was having to work beyond it's original design specification. However it's a small price to pay and simply meant buying a large drip tray for the garage floor!
Thankfully the Timing Chain and sprockets are fine and the distributor is a new 'electronic' one and the fuel and water pump are both OK as well as the camshaft and as the cylinder head has had the exhaust valve seats hardened it was agreed that would be simply refitted.
I tracked down and ordered all the required parts (most came from Chris at Traction Owners Club Spares) and took the crank and conrods for refurbishment.
The crankshaft was duly reground to -0.5mm for the mains and -0.75mm for the big ends after the Xmas break by Ron at Northern Rebore in Newcastle, who also fitted and reamed new 'Small end' bushes to the new conrods. There was no option but go to the sizes indicated because of previous engine repairs. We chose Northern Rebore as they had an original 'Prince' grinder so could actually grind each bearing journal individually. Modern machines that were available at other workshops could only grind all the bearings at the same time to the same tolerance.
A lot of other small parts were needed like thrust shims, lock washers, gaskets etc. etc. so whilst Traction Owners Club Spares supplied the new 'Shells', Pistons and Liners and gaskets, some other parts like crankshaft shims and cylinder seals came from Jose Fransen in Belgium and a box of assorted copper washers from an eBay seller.
Once we had everything required in place James started the actual rebuild on 20th January
First job was to fit check that the crankshaft bearings and new bearing shells were OK, which they were, so then the new 'cylinder liners' were fitted and the block filled with water, then left 24 hours to ensure there were no leaks.
The next stage will be to fit the crank along with the new conrods and pistons.
In the left side image below you can see that the crank, pistons and timing chain are all fitted. You can also see in the picture that the piston 'wet liners' are held down with temporary bolts. This is very important as turning the crankshaft can loosen the seals on the liners. Also, setting the actual height of the liners above the block is vital to allow the cylinder head to compress the head gasket and make a tight seal, if it's not correct the gasket can fail within a few hundred miles. The other 2 images show the main flywheel end bearing keep and oil retainer which was the source of the oil leak that meant the engine had to be removed.
It turned out that the outer oil retainer (image on the right) face was not even, so was not doing it's job. James had to file and dress it to ensure that it was flat and mated properly to prevent any future leak (well that was the theory anyway, in practice the uprated oil pump had other ideas.....)
February 8th 2014 saw the engine and gearbox going back into the car. The flywheel central bearing for the gearbox and the clutch release bearing were both replaced prior to the gearbox being bolted to the engine before they were lifted back into the car as a unit (as shown below) because there is no room to fit the gearbox later.
The following day, the cylinder head was fitted, however instead of replacing the cylinder head bolts, we used a set of 'studs and nuts'. Why? well the head had been re faced (skimmed) when the valve seats were replaced and there is a known problem where the 'bolts' can bottom out in the holes in the main block and cause either the block to crack, or the threads to be stripped. Using studs you can negate that happening.
Then distributor, fuel pump were all added, 4.5 litres of Castrol XL30 was used to fill the sump, the fuel system 'primed' and the engine fired up and checked to ensure that the timing was OK. The radiator and fan was not fitted at that stage so it was only a short test, but it fired up after a couple of turns of the starter. (the image on the right shows the engine just prior to it's 1st start).
Once that 1st test was successful, the fan and radiator were fitted and filled with water and the engine restarted and run up to temperature. At which point the cylinder head was then re torqued and the valve tappets reset.
The plan is to complete the engine and gearbox installation, fit the front grille and bonnet and bring the car back home to 'run in' the engine. How long that will take depends an awful lot on the weather as the car needs to go out on the road to do that.
Given the overall cost of repairing the engine, I decided that it would be sensible to add an Oil Pressure and Water Temperature Gauge to the car (French built Tractions historically never had them) to forewarn of of any potential problems in the future.
The car was delivered back on 10th February with just a couple of things to finish i.e. running the new pipes for the new gauges through the bulkhead which I duly did the same afternoon and run the engine in for 500Km before a further oil change, but that may take some time looking at the weather forecast.
Managed to get out and about and during the initial running in over 200 kms, the water pump developed a leak, so that was changed and a new fan belt sourced and fitted. Hopefully that is everything now!
The engine overhaul completed:
The total cost of all the work including parts, postage and labour: £2,631.35
500km later and the oil has been changed for the 1st time during 'running in' and so far, no major leaks.
At the 1,000 km mark reached on 6th March 2014, the oil was again changed, the engine is a lot 'looser' and running well once again.
At 2,110 km on 28th April 2014 the rebuilt engine is now 'Run In' (well it is for me), a further oil change was carried out following the North East Section of the Traction Owners Club having a run on 'National Drive It Day' across the wilds of Durham (143 miles for us) though we really don't need a reason to take the car out and enjoy it!
September 2014 - After having the original Solex carburettor rebuilt and refitted, we drove the car to France and back to La Ferte-Vidame for the Traction Avant 80th Anniversary Rally, (Watch a video of the event on YouTube Watch here ) driving a total of 1,856 kilometres. The car used just over a litre of oil on the journey and we had to change the starter motor out in France as the 6volt one eventually gave up in the middle of the rally field surrounded by 700+ other Traction Avants from all over Europe!
Top Tip: with a small bodied Traction (Light 15 or Legere) when the engine is out of the car, have the starter motor thoroughly checked out.
It now has a 12 volt starter motor (fitted in a field in France) and the week we got back, a new coil and plugs to aid 'hot' starting were also fitted along with a bargain new fuel tank sender unit (20 euro at the rally autojumble) so the fuel gauge works at last. Below are some pictures of the car in France.
Last Update: 7th March 2019


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ENVISIONING REAL UTOPIAS
A Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop at the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
A UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN WORKSHOP &
CHAPTER OF THE REAL UTOPIAS PROJECT
Envisioning Real Utopias seeks to create a space rarely offered in academia. Through symposia and workshops, we bring together academics and graduate students from across disciplines to propose detailed visions of alternative social arrangements geared at increasing human flourishing. Envisioning Real Utopias, a pioneering perspective proposed by the late Erik Olin Wright, calls for more than the description of social reality and the evaluation of public policy. It seeks to develop detailed visions of transformative economic, political, and social arrangements.
What is the Real Utopias Project?
Starting in 1991, the late Erik Olin Wright – renowned sociologist and former president of the American Sociological Association – sought to bring ideas and thinkers together to open a "serious discussion of alternatives to existing structures of power, privilege, and inequality." From 1991 until his passing in 2019, Professor Wright organized frequent conferences that sought "specific proposals for the fundamental redesign of different arenas of social institutions." Each conference featured an intensive discussion and debate that would conclude with a collection of essays around a topic; the results of these efforts were published by Verso Books. Here at the University of Michigan, we seek to continue Erik Olin Wright's legacy.
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SYMPOSIUM:
ENVISIONING WEALTH REDISTRIBUTION
PROPOSALS ON CLASS, RACE, AND THE PRODUCTION OF WEALTH INEQUALITY
LOCATION: The University of Michigan – Ann Arbor
In a first symposium on "Envisioning Wealth Redistribution", we will bring together scholars from a variety of social science disciplines – social work, sociology, economics – to debate visions capable of transformative change as they relate to wealth inequality, class, and race in America, such as stakeholder grants, wealth and inheritance taxation, and reparations.
In the United States today, nearly 80 percent of the nation's wealth is owned by a mere 10 percent of households. Three men in this country – Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, and Warren Buffet – own more wealth than the bottom 50 percent of households. This skewed distribution is even more extreme when considering the racial wealth gap: the median black household holds just ten percent of the wealth of the median white household.
These unsettling facts demand serious consideration. Envisioning Real Utopias will soon bring together scholars in an afternoon 3-hour symposium at the Center for Inequality Dynamics at the University of Michigan. Proposals will include:
The direct redistribution of wealth to Americans at birth.
Taxing wealth and inheritance in America.
Programs and policies to close the racial wealth gap.
THE INEQUALITY LAB
The Inequality Lab at the University of Michigan is a research and training laboratory that investigates the dynamics of social inequality and trains the next generation of inequality scholars.
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RACKHAM INTERDISCIPLINARY WORKSHOPS
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Horn Concerto No.3 in Eb major (3) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Download 'Horn Concerto No.3 in Eb major (3)' on iTunes
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Composed between 1804 and 1808, Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 is one of the most famous pieces by the composer - and in classical music as a whole.
The opening of Ludwig Van Beethoven's Fifth Symphony has become classical music's greatest calling-card. Simply, it is what people think of when they think of classical music. But why? Could that famous opening 'duh-duh-duh-duuuh' be Fate knocking at the door? Many critics seem to think it could be the case. But, aside from an assertion to that effect by Beethoven's friend Schiller, there's very little evidence to suggest that it was the composer's intention. Instead, could it simply be the case that Beethoven's musical genius led him to write an outstanding, gripping melody? His creative juices were certainly flowing in the early 1800s: work on Symphony No. 5 began shortly after the premiere of his mighty 'Eroica' – a symphony similarly imbued with thrilling melodic lines from start to finish.
Vienna must have been an incredibly exciting city to live in at this time. Just imagine being at the premiere of Beethoven's Fifth in 1808: a concert where the warm-up material was the premiere of the Pastoral. By the time Beethoven stepped up to the podium to conduct Symphony No.5, the audience must have wondered how any composer could come up with another tune to match what they had just heard. And yet, as this four-movement symphony amply proves, this composer was only too ready to share more extraordinary music with the world.
Ultimately, it comes down to those four notes of the opening. Nothing says 'classical music' quite like that one phrase - it's tied up with drama and darkness, shot through with Beethoven's peculiar brand of depression, but he makes something miraculous out of it. Few symphonies cover so much ground and remain completely accessible. So if you think you know the fifth just because you've heard those four notes a thousand times, think again.
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Published On: 05.17.19
STORM Therapeutics Pioneering New RNA Pathways to Novel Therapies
Innovation That Matters
In August of 2018 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first of a potentially game-changing class of drugs called small interfering ribonucleic acid (siRNA). FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD announced: "New technologies like RNA inhibitors that alter the genetic drivers of a disease, have the potential to transform medicine so we can better confront and even cure debilitating illnesses."
This new class of drugs, which is a direct result of the Human Genome project, is unique because the drugs work at the RNA level to specifically silence the production of a disease-causing protein. RNA therapies can be designed to interfere with the production of abnormal proteins throughout the body. Initially focused on infectious diseases and oncology, this technology is now being applied across many therapeutic areas. Whereas DNA technologies – such as gene therapy or gene editing try to fix a dysfunctional gene or re-introduce an intact version of a gene – these new RNA therapies have the ability to utilize a cell's own internal workings to alter the expression of genes. This gives RNA technology an advantage over DNA technologies because of their wider applications.
RNA technology has the potential to get at the root causes of disease and help bring novel drugs to patients. In this WuXi AppTec Innovator series we will explore the RNA pioneer researchers and companies. STORM Therapeutics is one of the earliest of these trailblazing companies, founded in 2015, as a spinout of University of Cambridge. The company built on the ground-breaking RNA epigenetics work of Professors Tony Kouzarides and Eric Miska for the discovery of first-in-class drugs in oncology and other diseases. It is leading the industry in tackling disease through modulating RNA-modifying enzymes and is developing a unique platform to address these, including RNA methyltransferases. STORM is backed by blue-chip investors Cambridge Innovation Capital, M Ventures, Pfizer Ventures, IP Group and Taiho Ventures LLC.
At the helm of STORM is Keith Blundy, PhD, Director and Chief Executive Officer. Keith joined STORM Therapeutics as CEO in January 2017. Prior to STORM, Keith was Chief Executive of Cancer Research Technology Ltd (CRT), the commercial arm of Cancer Research UK (CRUK), where he drove the development of CRT to become a global leader in the commercialisation of cancer discoveries. He was instrumental in the launch of the £70m Cancer Research Technology Pioneer Fund in partnership with the European Investment Fund (EIF) and BACIT, developed risk sharing drug discovery alliances with AstraZeneca, Teva (formerly Cephalon), Forma, Merck, and MRCT.
WuXi: Do researchers know the full impact/potential of RNA on diseases, or is there much more to learn?
Keith Blundy: No, far from it. The linkage of aberrant RNA function to a number of diseases have only been emerging in the last 5-10 years. In our particular field of RNA modifications, direct linkage and indeed contributions to causality (other than in congenital disorders) have only been described very recently.
WuXi: What scientific advances are needed to make RNA technologies more effective medicines?
Keith Blundy: Most of the issues with RNAs as drugs are around targeting to the correct tissue, PK and stability. These provide significant challenges for inherently unstable RNA molecules. This is why alternative approaches like those taken by STORM Therapeutics, to address RNA function through small molecules, which do not have these issues will be attractive. Interestingly, RNA modifications also affect the stability of therapeutic oligonucleotides and there is a potential application for RNA modifying enzyme modulators to assist delivery and efficacy of RNA therapeutics by affecting the modifications on the therapeutic RNA.
WuXi: Will RNA technologies emerge as a dominant treatment modality and if so, how soon?
Keith Blundy: Let me answer by separating RNA as a therapeutic from RNA as a target. Speaking only from this latter viewpoint, clearly, given that all genes are transcribed in to RNA and much of the genome is also transcribed in to RNA, there is great potential in targeting disease through altered RNA function, whether the RNA is a coding or non-coding RNA. It may allow us to address previously non-druggable targets, as well as widening the pool of potential mechanisms to modulate to treat a given disease. Therefore, treatments that affect RNA will become prominent. What remains to be seen is whether the modulatory agents are conventional small molecules or other molecules in the long run, including RNAs.
WuXi: What RNA-based technology is your company pursuing and what are your disease targets?
Keith Blundy: All RNAs, coding and non-coding are modified post transcriptionally. These modifications are numerous (>100), are enzymatically encoded, often dynamic and affect RNA structure and function (e.g. stability, translation, splicing). Hence if you can establish a strong causal linkage of an RNA to a disease you can in theory effect or correct the function of the RNA by altering its modifications. Making small molecule modulators/inhibitors of the enzymes that make modifications is therefore a new treatment paradigm, and one in which STORM was the first to explore. Our initial focus is in cancer, but we intend to explore other disease areas with our inhibitors.
WuXi: What make your approach compelling and technically achievable?
Keith Blundy: In terms of drugging RNA one can think of using RNAs themselves (e.g. RNAi, antisense) and small molecules that bind directly to the RNA to affect its function. The first modality although having had some success, suffers from the issues of PK and deliverability mentioned above. Finding direct binders of given RNAs is an exciting new approach, but as of yet with little proof of concept, and it is technically challenging to target the 3D structure of a single RNA in a cell. Storm's approach of drugging the enzymes, making functionally important modifications, which we have now demonstrated is technically possible, is a less risky approach and one that will progress to proof of concept rapidly.
WuXi: What regulatory challenges do you face? Are they different from DNA-based therapeutics and other types of drugs?
Keith Blundy: The good thing about STORM's approach is that as we are making conventional small molecule drugs and are on a well-trodden path both developmentally and from a regulatory perspective.
WuXi: What RNA related technologies are you developing that support your small molecule discovery?
Keith Blundy: To understand RNA modifications and their role in a given RNAs function, you must have the means to measure and quantitate the levels of that modification on your given RNA. There is currently no technology widely available to do this – some modifications can be detected by sequencing or immunoprecipitation methods, but these are not comprehensive or quantitative. However, STORM has resolved this challenge developing unbiased proprietary mass spectrometry methods to detect and quantitate RNA modifications in a sequence specific manner. This allows us to accurately determine the effects of our small molecule inhibitors on the target RNA as part of understanding its therapeutic effect.
WuXi: Can you please describe the scale and scope of RNA modifications?
Keith Blundy: RNA modifications are universal, playing a role in all types of RNA and its function. Already we have insights into their involvement in cancer, immune responses, CNS diseases and in infection. But as research biology progresses we expect the linkages to other diseases will also become clearer.
WuXi: Considering the wide variety of treatment modalities, where would you rank RNA-based technologies in importance?
Keith Blundy: Unlike DNA based therapeutics or possibly even small molecules and antibodies, in theory RNA based therapeutics can address a wide variety of targets (both those perceived as druggable and undruggable) and also with a variety of modulatory effects. For example, to reduce gene expression, to alter splicing, to target both coding and non-coding RNAs that regulate genes directly or epigenetically, to express proteins (as a vaccine) and to correct trinucleotide repeat disorders and even edit the genome. So there is huge potential to treat many types of disease caused by different molecular mechanisms that may otherwise be difficult to address.
At STORM we will add our knowledge of functionally important RNA modifications to the design of such therapies and, in some cases, perhaps be able to complement or even copy the effects of an RNA therapy by modulating the target RNA's modifications.
WuXi: After two decades of research, the first RNAi therapeutic was approved in 2018. How will this class of medicines evolve over the next five years?
Keith Blundy: With several RNA targeted therapies now approved and more on the way, we are potentially on the verge of such therapies becoming a mainstream modality. However, for this to happen, there will need to be further improvements in stability (evading the immune system), in PK (lower clearance) and for the delivery to multiple tissues to be solved. The progress made to date with new oligonucleotide chemistries and targeting suggests these issues will be solved and RNA based therapies will become more widely used.
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Mental Health Facilities Payette County, ID
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Mental Health Facilities in Payette County, ID
Here is a list of all mental health facilities in Payette County, ID. Majority of the facilities provide dual diagnosis treatment. Payette County mental health clinics provide treatment to men, women and teenagers who have mental health problems that include depression, anxiety, panic disorder, eating disorders, OCD, PTSD and other issues and phobias.
Hollis Mental Health Services Llc
Hollis Mental Health Services Llc is a mental health facility in Payette County, ID, located at 620 South Idaho Avenue, 83619 zip code. Hollis Mental Health Services Llc offers Outpatient treatment. Hollis Mental Health Services Llc provides Dialectical behavior therapy, Couples/family therapy and Individual psychotherapy to Adults, Seniors 65 or older and Children/adolescents. Hollis Mental Health Services Llc also supports Persons with serious mental illness, Clients referred from the court/judicial system and Military families. Some other services offered by Hollis Mental Health Services Llc include Family psychoeducation and Court-ordered outpatient treatment.
Emmett Counseling And Psychiatric Services Dba Payette Counseling And Psych Services
Emmett Counseling And Psychiatric Services Dba Payette Counseling And Psych Services is a mental health facility in Payette County, ID, located at 501 North 16th Street, Suite 110, 83661 zip code. Emmett Counseling And Psychiatric Services Dba Payette Counseling And Psych Services offers Outpatient treatment. Emmett Counseling And Psychiatric Services Dba Payette Counseling And Psych Services provides Couples/family therapy, Activity therapy and Trauma therapy to Seniors 65 or older, Young adults and Adults. Some other services offered by Emmett Counseling And Psychiatric Services Dba Payette Counseling And Psych Services include Psychosocial rehabilitation services, Case management and Family psychoeducation.
Idhw Region 3 Payette
Idhw Region 3 Payette is a mental health facility in Payette County, ID, located at 515 North 16th Street, 83661 zip code. Idhw Region 3 Payette offers Outpatient treatment. Idhw Region 3 Payette provides Psychotropic medication, Group therapy and Individual psychotherapy to Adults, Young adults and Seniors 65 or older. Idhw Region 3 Payette also supports Children/adolescents with serious emotional disturbance and Persons with serious mental illness. Some other services offered by Idhw Region 3 Payette include Suicide prevention services, Case management and Vocational rehabilitation services.
Frequently asked questions at mental health facilities in Payette County, ID:
What kind of mental health issues do Payette County mental health facilities treat?
Mental health facilities in Payette County can provide treatment and counseling for a wide range of mental health issues and disorders. Such issues include psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, PTSD in veterans or those who have experienced some sort of trauma, eating disorders such as anorexia and/or bulimia, depression, mood and personality disorders, anxiety disorders, various forms of phobias, and bipolar disorder.
Do mental health facilities in Payette County also treat drug and alcohol addiction?
4 out of 5 mental health facilities in the state of Idaho also provide addiction treatment services for those who suffer from dual diagnosis – a mental health condition along with a drug addiction or alcohol addiction.
Are there both inpatient and outpatient mental health clinics in Payette County?
The two types of mental health centers in Payette County can work on either an inpatient, also known as residential, or outpatient basis. The outpatient mental health clinics will provide counseling and mental health services but do not require overnight stays at the facility. Both types of facilities will have licensed mental health counselors and other professionals as part of staff. The residential in-patient mental health facilities require a prolonged stay at the facility to completely cure the mental health issues.
Is luxury mental health treatment available in Payette County?
Certain mental health facilities in Payette County are considered luxury or upscale. These facilities may offer luxurious treatment along with mental health services, although they are also more expensive than non-luxury clinics.
What age groups can get mental health treatment in Payette County?
Mental health services in Payette County are available for any age group, whether the people seeking treatment are teenagers, young adults, older adults, men or women.
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Chinese Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton pips Nico Rosberg to pole by 0.04 SECONDS to maintain 100% qualifying record
The Brit put in another searing lap in Shanghai to start first in tomorrow's race, but McLaren's misery continues with Button and Alonso 17th and 18th
Byron Young
Towering high: Lewis Hamilton was on top again in Shanghai
Nico Rosberg screamed in frustration as he was outgunned yet again by Lewis Hamilton in qualifying, writes Byron Young in Shanghai .
"Oh come on guys," the German groaned on the radio when told the gap was less than a tenth of a second here in China.
In fact it was an agonising 0.042s, little more than the blink of an eye.
But it marked Hamilton's hat-trick as he made it three in a row to continue his 2015 qualifying domination.
The 30-year-old has qualified at the very front for all three opening rounds of the world championship.
Yet again he was setting the pace in China where he has won three times before – twice in championship-winning years.
The gap to Nico Rosberg was the closest yet but it was almost a full second between Hamilton and the closest rival team, Ferrari and lead driver Sebastian Vettel third.
But the Mercedes duo will be taking nothing for granted after the four-time champion roared to an unexpected victory at the last round in Sepang.
In pictures - Grand Prix qualifying:
The Formula One Grand Prix of China
"It's going to be a tough race all the same," said Hamilton who leads Vettel in the championship by just three points.
"It's not over by any means."
Searing pace: Hamilton has secured three poles in three races (Image: Mark Thompson)
"The support I have here is unreal, it's almost like it's my home Grand Prix.
"And the circuit suits my driving style more than others and I really enjoy driving it."
Mercedes will be aware they under-estimated Ferrari at the last round and it cost them dearly and they will be determined not to be caught out again.
Boss Toto Wolff called it a "wake up call".
Rosberg said: "It's not one specific place, just 4/100th than makes it more frustrating.
"That's nearly the blink of an eye that makes it even more annoying."
Vettel was adamant Ferrari will be faster come the race.
Focussed: But McLaren and Jenson Button have problems (Image: Dan Istitene)
"Maybe in the race we will be a bit closer, shame not to get both cars on the second row but I heard Kimi was unlucky with his warm up lap," said the four-time champion.
Despite the upbeat talk from McLaren Jenson Button was a distant 17th and teammate Fernando Alonso 18th.
There was a smattering of good news for the British champion who outqualified the Spaniard for the second race in succession.
The only team former champions McLaren beat was Manor.
And there Britain's newest driver, Will Stevens, 19th, was eight-tenths of a second faster than teammate Roberto Merhi.
This time the quickly-improving tail-enders were clearly inside the 107 per cent rule and will not have to rely on the stewards generosity to be allowed to take the start.
Final Positions after qualifying:
1 Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) Mercedes GP 1min 35.782secs
2 Nico Rosberg (Ger) Mercedes GP 1:35.824
3 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Ferrari 1:36.687
4 Felipe Massa (Bra) Williams 1:36.954
5 Valtteri Bottas (Fin) Williams 1:37.143
6 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari 1:37.232
7 Daniel Ricciardo (Aus) Red Bull 1:37.540
8 Romain Grosjean (Fra) Lotus F1 Team 1:37.905
9 Felipe Nasr (Bra) Sauber-Ferrari 1:38.067
10 Marcus Ericsson (Swe)Sauber-Ferrari 1:38.158
11 Pastor Maldonado (Ven)Lotus F1 Team 1:38.134
12 Daniil Kvyat (Rus) Red Bull 1:38.209
13 Max Verstappen (Ned) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:38.393
14 Carlos Sainz (Spa)Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:38.538
15 Sergio Perez (Mex)Force India 1:39.290
16 Nico Hulkenberg (Ger)Force India 1:39.216
17 Jenson Button (Gbr)McLaren 1:39.276
18 Fernando Alonso (Spa)McLaren 1:39.280
19 Will Stevens (Gbr)Manor Marussia F1 1:42.091
20 Roberto Merhi (Spa) Manor Marussia F1 1:42.842
Mercedes F1


One of the parts of soberdom that I am still not finding easy, is partying in large numbers. I appear to be able to do anything that revolves around food (nothing new there) but really struggle when drinking is the main focus.
This week, I've been thinking a lot about my relationship with parties over the years. I think I've mentioned before, that I would always be the last to leave. But now I'm questioning whether that was because I was having such a great time or was just too hammered to even think about leaving.
When we're young, and invited to a school friends party, there's always something to keep us entertained. It could be going to an activity centre, or McDonalds or party games. There's always something 'to do'.
In the teenage years, it gets more awkward 'pre alcohol'. The rigid school discos, where, despite the excitement crescendo beforehand, everyone ends up stood on the perimeter of the dance floor, wooden and scared. Until, five minutes before the end, someone, from deep inside their soul, gains enough confidence to enter the dance floor zone and then all the sheep follow. And the next day, everyone raves about what a great time they had.
Then, in the later teenage years, a new friend 'alcohol' joins the throng. And changes the way we party forever. No other activities are required, no one lacks confidence, the dance floor is rammed. We all have the best night ever. Or do we? I certainly never had the best morning after.
Since parting company with alcohol, I feel I've reverted back to an awkward pre alcohol teenager. I don't quite know where to put myself. I'm stood on the perimeter, looking at the dance floor, wishing my confidence would return. Not that I particularly want to dance, I just want to relax, to get into the party mood. But I find it hard on sparkling water. I don't feel 'sparkling'. I feel quiet and dull. And these are definitely two words I have never heard used about me.
So where to go from here? It's a toughy. I could politely decline invitations but that's just being mean to myself. I have tried the 'going early, coming home early', but that just made me mourn my old life. My gut instinct is that I just need to 'get over myself' but unsure how to do it!
For now, I'm going to go with the flow and hope my awkward teenager phase passes swiftly. And hope that I locate my confidence and get back on the metaphorical dance floor again. Sober.


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SEPO 2023 Election: Ballots
Sunshine Estates Property Owners, Inc., (SEPO)
governs Sunshine Country Club Estates (SCCE).
Each Ballot to be voted on (excluding the SEPO Board Candidates) are listed below.
Click on SEPO Covenants & Bylaws to link to these current SEPO Rules documents.
There is one (1) Bylaws Ballot.
The Board of Directors recommends the update to the Bylaws (below)
requiring a majority of a quorum eligible to vote.
There are six (6) Covenants Ballots.
The Board of Directors recommends the updates to the Covenants (below)
requiring not less than sixty-six percent (66%) of the lots owned by OWNERS,
with each OWNER entitled to one (1) vote for each lot owned.
(This currently means, (0.66 x 306 votes = 201.96, or 202 positive votes needed to amend our Covenants.)
NOTE: If you do not submit any vote for a Covenant, it is counted as a NO vote
toward the 66% requirement to pass.
Newsletter 2023-02: Election Committee (2023 Election) -
All ballots that were not picked up in the library on the 16th or 17th of January were put in the mail on the 19th. We had a successful pickup on the two days listed and I would like to thank all who remembered to make an effort to save the committee time and the organization mailing fees. We would like feedback from those who did not pick up your ballots as to what we might do different in order to increase the numbers.
I will have a total in my report on the 21st of February also."
PLEASE REMEMBER TO VOTE!
Ballots must be turned in no later than 1:00 PM on Tuesday, February 21, 2023.
And to reiterate - If you do not turn in your vote, it will be counted as a 'disapprove' vote.
- MARLENE HALL, Election Committee Chairperson
Sent 2023-01-25: NOTICE: 2023 Election Ballots -
All ballots that were not picked up on the 16th or 17th of January were in the mail on the 19th. We had a successful pickup on the two days listed and I would like to thank all who remembered to make an effort to save the committee time and the organization mailing fees. We would like feedback from those who did not pick up their ballots as to what we might do different in order to increase the numbers. I will have a total in my report on the 21st of February also. Thank You. MARLENE HALL, Election Committee Chairperson
Sent 2023-01-17: FINAL REMINDER - TIME SENSITIVE: SEPO 2023 Election Ballot Pickup in LIBRARY -
Thanks to the over 100 Homeowners who picked up their ballots in the library today. We know there are many more Homeowners who are physically in Sunshine right now and we are hoping you will be able to pick your ballots up tomorrow.
Board ELection Ballots as well as Bylaws and Covenants ballots may be picked up in the library on:
Tuesday- January 17, 2023 1:00pm - 3:00pm
The Homeowner is the only person who will be given the envelope. It will require a signature of the homeowner verifying "pickup" and will be co-signed by a member of the election committee or chairperson.
There will be a board member present to assist with any questions you may have regarding the process or ballot contents.
--Marlene Hall Election Committee Chairperson
Sent 2023-01-16: REMINDER - TIME SENSITIVE: SEPO 2023 Election Ballot Pickup in LIBRARY -
Thanks to those who have already picked up your ballots.
This is a reminder, if you are physically here in Sunshine, please go to the Library to pick up your ballots. You have just under an hour left to do that this morning (Monday) and two hours tomorrow (Tuesday). See below for any additional details you may need.
Beth Parrish (for Marlene Hall, Election Committee Chairperson)
Monday - January 16, 2023 9:00am - 11:00am
The Homeowner is the only person who will be given the envelope.It will require a signature of the homeowner verifying "pickup" and will be co-signed by a member of the election committee or chairperson.
--Marlene Hall, Election Committee Chairperson
Sent 2023-01-14: TIME SENSITIVE: SEPO 2023 Election Ballot Pickup -
Sent 2023-01-12: 2023 SEPO Election Ballots: Two of the Seven Ballots have been revised -
Two of the previously posted seven ballots for the 2023 SEPO Election were revised during the Jan 10, 2023 Board Meeting (Reg). They are:
ARTICLE VI: USE RESTRICTIONS - SECTION 6.1 SENIOR CITIZEN RESIDENTIAL USE (AGE)
EXHIBIT "B": ARCHITECTURAL CONTROL COMMITTEE - Building Conditions and Improvement Regulations.
The revised ballots are updated on the Sunshine Web site below. Please contact a Board member if you have any questions concerning these revisions. We want the community to be well-informed before submitting their ballot votes.
Sincerely, Your SEPO Board
Sent 2023-01-09: SEPO Office Closure -
If you go into the office the next several days and the curtain is pulled closed, that indicates the office is closed to all traffic, except emergencies. This will enable Valerie and the Election Committee to work uninterrupted to create the SEPO 2023 Election ballot envelopes for the community. Thanks to the community for your understanding.
- Share Nelson SEPO Board President
Sent 2022-12-30: NOTIFICATION OF "Information" Meeting on TUESDAY, Jan 3, 2023 -
On TUESDAY, Jan 3, immediately after the 1 pm Residents meeting, in Retzlaff Hall only, there will be an Information Meeting to answer questions the community may have concerning the proposed amendments to the Bylaws & Covenants, that are being included in this year's voting ballot.
This is NOT a Board meeting. It is an Open Forum for discussion between residents and Board members following many of the same guidelines as in a 'Residents' meeting.
Residents can make comments and/or ask questions.
When a resident is acknowledged to speak, he/she must wait to be presented with a microphone and then state his/her name before beginning.
Anyone speaking should limit their speaking time to be reasonable (2-3 minutes max).
If the answer to a question is unknown at meeting time, the topic will be researched and the answer provided to the questioner.
There will be no debate with any SEPO Board member.
There will be no 'shout outs' from residents who haven't requested to speak.
Vulgarity will not be allowed.
The speaker shall not make any derogatory comments about any person(s).
The speaker will simply state factually what his/her comments / concerns / questions are.
SEPO Board
Sent 2022-12-27: SEPO Election 2023 Ballots: Ready for Resident Review (and questions for the Board) -
Your SEPO Board of Directors have spent many hours reviewing our governing documents (Covenants and Bylaws) in order to ensure they are in accordance with TX law. We have also been busy preparing changes which we have agreed will benefit our community and that you will have the opportunity to vote on for the Feb 21, 2023 election.
You will be receiving your ballots sometime after the Jan 5, 2023 "Residents & Directors" meeting. They are currently available for you to review from the Sunshine Web site in the images below. Links to the current Covenants and Bylaws documents can also be found above.
An informational meeting will be held next Tuesday, Jan 3, immediately after the Residents meeting is adjourned to explain these possible changes and to answer any questions you might have. I urge you to be as fully informed as possible before you return your ballots.
received Board approval to be updated at the Jan 10, 2023 Board Mtg (Reg)
pending approval by the SEPO lawyer.
The Board received approval from the SEPO Lawyer on Jan 12, 2023.
Below is the revised ballot.
EXHIBIT "B": ARCHITECTURAL CONTROL COMMITTEE - Building Conditions and Improvement Regulations
received Board approval to be updated at the Jan 10, 2023 Board Mtg (Reg).


The Indianapolis Colts and UnitedHealthcare teamed up to put on its annual HELMETS event, where local high school football teams ran tackling drills and earned money for helmets in an effort to help prevent future concussions. Alexandria High School took home the grand prize of $25,000 in football helmets.
NFL Network's Brian Baldinger takes a closer look at how defensive end Justin Houston will help out the Indianapolis Colts.
Rookie wide receiver Deon Cain shares the mental struggles of overcoming a torn ACL during his first ever NFL game.
Colts Mascot Blue teamed up this week with Faegre Baker Daniels to teach the importance of reading for Read Across America Week.
Watch NFL Network's Rich Eisen, Charles Davis and Daniel Jeremiah ask Indianapolis Colts general manager Chris Ballard and head coach Frank Reich for some gum at the 2019 NFL Scouting Combine.


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Mobile strategy no longer encompasses just a mobile-optimized website. Consumers in all industries, including legal, are using their devices more often and in different ways than before. In fact, we check our phones 150 times per day with each session lasting a little over one minute, according to Flurry Analytics as well as Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. This type of behavior shows that people want quick and digestible content that they can consume on the go, anytime and anywhere, from short how-to blog posts to detailed user reviews about your law firm.
Google calls these real-time mobile interactions "micro-moments." For your law firm, micro-moments present a fantastic opportunity to constantly engage with your audience. The path to attorney marketing success involves anticipating their needs correctly and having the information, content, and copy they are looking for, before they need it.
The following strategies can help you switch the focus of your attorney marketing to creating micro-moment touchpoints that can build a loyal client following.
Fulfilling mobile users' needs in these moments is the key to converting them into paying clients. For example, posting useful blog articles on your legal blog for those I-want-to-know moments or how-to videos for those I-want-to-do moments. Overall, you must anticipate what users will be looking for during these micro-moments and create the right kind of legal marketing material to meet their needs.
This could be the difference between a prospective client choosing your law firm over a competitor; more than 50% of American smartphone users ended up buying from a different brand than intended because they found their chosen brand's information valuable, says a report by Google, TNS, and Ogilvy.
These types of attorney marketing opportunities are all about researching options. At this stage, your potential clients aren't ready to pull the trigger; they are just looking for information about your firm, feeling out your brand, and maybe searching through the content and layout of your website to decide whether you can provide the information they are looking for.
Perhaps they heard about your law firm from a friend and want to see what all the fuss is about, or maybe they saw a Facebook advertisement posted by your practice and simply want to learn more about your services. No matter the path they took to land on your website, social media pages, or online reviews, their purpose remains the same: to explore their options.
Can it help to resolve my debt?
What does the process entail?
With those questions in mind, create helpful resources for your legal website. A short two- to three-minute video outlining the average process and timeline for filing bankruptcy can resonate with potential clients and give them the information they are looking for while also showcasing your firm's expertise.
Not everything happens online; sometimes potential clients want to physically come into your law firm to get a feel for your practice or meet face-to-face with their attorney. I-want-to-go moments are all about providing information so potential clients can connect with you in the real world.
This is where location-based advertisements can be so powerful, as well as simple things to feature on your mobile site like customized driving directions.
Google and Ipsos found that more than 50% of smartphone users feel favorable toward organizations whose apps or mobile sites include informational video content, and that 48% of users are more likely to purchase from businesses that provide instructional video content. The conclusion is obvious: step-by-step instructions, particularly in video format, attract potential clients when they are looking for instant help with a problem.
These moments are at the end of the sales funnel—prospective clients are ready to buy! Your job is to remove any obstacles in their way and provide several quick paths toward signing with your law firm so they can choose the avenue that suits their needs and preferences.
If you realize that your prospective clients typically want to talk to a real person, consider launching a campaign of click-to-call advertisements to enable them to easily call your firm. Similarly, if your attorney marketing data suggests that your potential clients typically like to do things online, be sure to route them to your online consultation form. Then, follow up quickly on all inquiries for a greater conversion rate and higher attorney marketing ROI.
Good news: you have done the hard work of convincing a prospect to fill out your online opt-in form, transforming them into a lead. Bad news: unless you nurture that fledgling relationship, you are no closer to landing a new client.
The following lead nurturing tactics—attorney marketing strategies to transform leads into clients—are promising approaches to do just that, so you can land new cases faster and more easily.
Think about this situation: two bankruptcy law firms are trying to win over the same prospective client.
Law Firm A has no information about the prospect, so it sends general emails pitching its bankruptcy services. Law Firm B diligently collects data about the prospect—a 35-year-old unmarried female homeowner with $120,000 in debt, who prefers to receive communications by email—and then sends her an email campaign tailored to people with more than $100,000 of debt.
Which law practice do you think will be more successful at winning the prospect? Law Firm B, of course, because recipients are more likely to respond positively to communications that are highly relevant to their situation. No one wants to feel like they are just another email on a list.
After gathering as much data as possible, tailor communications to specific audience segments. Don't be afraid to experiment to see what works.
For instance, consider A/B split testing your website homepage to determine the kind of copy that resonates with different audiences. Keep in mind that you only want to alter one element at a time when conducting an A/B split test, so you can determine exactly how that single change affects the number of views, clicks, and form submissions.
Try split testing two calls to action, such as "download the guide" versus "get the free guide." After several weeks, analyze key legal marketing metrics—views, clicks, and submissions—to find out which performed better. If you're not seeing the results you would like, try once again altering the call to action or change the headline on the page.
These kinds of tweaks can help you target your website copy to better speak directly to leads.
Offer multiple lead magnets. Create answer booklets that address legal issues faced by your ideal prospects. Require contact information and ask a qualifying question or two before providing the booklet. Reach out to the responders and ask if they need your help.
Creatively use Facebook ads. The targeting available in Facebook is unsurpassed, and ad prices are still reasonable. Offer your answer booklets with the ads. Continually experiment with the ad copy and their corresponding landing pages.
Micro-target niches. Your prospects come in many categories with a variety of legal issues. Write web pages and answer booklets directed at as many as possible. These micro-niche pages are more likely to rank, and will speak directly to prospects in a way that your competition does not.
Build cross-referral groups. Send referral proposal letters to professionals and vendors who work with your prospects. Don't limit to yourself to a straight one-for-one partnership. Create groups having several members providing varied services.
Use a variety of pop-ups. Bars across the top of your site, slide-in across the bottom, delayed pop-ups in the middle, and offers upon exit can present a variety of helpful information in exchange for contact information.
Progressive profiling ensures that you get to know prospects without scaring them off by asking for too much information from the get-go. Implement this practice with the forms on your law firm's website, for instance.
Rather than requiring first-time website visitors to fill out ten form fields, which seems time-consuming and inquisitive, ask for just two pieces of information: name and email address. Then, the next time they visit your bankruptcy website, ask for two more such as the specific services they are interested in and approximately how much debt they are dealing with (you'll need marketing software that recognizes the lead's return to your website).
Or, you can gather this second-round information by sending a welcome email to contacts who have just opted in. Included in the email is an offer for two popular lead magnets—an e-book about Chapter 7 bankruptcy and an FAQ guide about Chapter 13 bankruptcy. They must fill out another quick form to gain access to either resource, which means that your law firm will glean a little more insight into leads while also demonstrating the value of your law firm's knowledge and services.
When used hand in hand with targeted content and copy, progressive profiling can become a strong lead nurturing strategy.
You are 9 times more likely to convert internet leads if you follow up within 5 minutes, according to InsideSales.com. Think about that: you can potentially gain 9 times as many clients simply by prioritizing follow-up.
Even if you can't reach out to leads within a few minutes, aim for connecting within one hour after their opt-in. Harvard Business Review found that organizations that contact leads within 60 minutes are almost 7 times as likely to spark productive conversations with key decision makers than those that delay.
Just remember to do some cursory preparation before contacting leads in order to promote an informed conversation. Look at the information the lead provided on their opt-in form, the resource they downloaded, or the email inquiry they sent to the firm. Arming yourself with this marketing data can customize your "pitch" to the lead's specific issues or interests, thereby making it more effective.
Of course, all of this takes time to set up and manage. With a powerful client relationship management (CRM) system like the James Legal CRM, however, you don't have to micromanage essential processes.
Your law firm can automate its attorney marketing procedures to send out quality content, monitor marketing ROI, generate more referrals, and potentially cut your attorney marketing bill by hundreds of dollars.
legal counsel for your DUI?
guidance through the divorce process?
help obtaining compensation for your injury?
to appeal a Social Security disability benefits denial?
Say nothing else; just finish with your name and contact information. This technique works. Try it.
Send a book to your new leads. Nothing impresses prospects like a book. A quality book will set you apart from the competition, show you are ready to help, and build trust. If you don't have time to write a book, we can create one for you.
Call your new leads repeatedly. Too many law firms fall down here. Call, call, call until you have an appointment set or have learned the lead is unqualified. The first law firm to obtain an appointment has the best shot at landing a new client.
Educate your non-responsive new leads. Most responders to your lead magnet offers (see #s 1 and 2 above) are not ready to immediately sign up with you. But many of them will be ready over the next several months, especially if you educate them with nurturing emails and articles about the pitfalls of ignoring their legal problem or going it alone.
We can explain any of these techniques in more detail, or implement techniques that will improve your lead flow and conversion.
What web sources are generating calls: Organic, Direct, Adwords, Local, Referral, Yelp, Avvo, etc.
Originating web page: which landing pages are most productive?
Time to first call: how long are prospects spending on your web pages before dialing?
Missed calls: how many prospects are getting away from you?
Call duration: is your staff failing to engage many prospects in meaningful conversations?
Our call software helps you dig deeper when potential issues are indicated. For example, with one click you can listen to calls of short duration, or with a new staff member. Periodic monitoring will help you coach when room for improvement exists.
Or maybe, like more than one of our clients has, you will find that a staff member is simply obtaining a callback number instead of learning whether prospects have your kind of cases and helping the right ones set appointments.
1. Do you know which marketing efforts generate the best leads?
Our software can alert you by text when good leads come in. The first knowledgeable and helpful law office to call a prospect is usually the one that lands the client.
You can steer calls from your best lead sources to particular phones and thus make sure that the high-quality leads are handled by your most effective appointment-setter.
Perhaps most important, you learn which marketing efforts should be expanded and which should be trimmed.
2. Do you know how many calls are not being answered?
Just because you have staff present when a call comes in does not guarantee that it will be answered. And not picking up the phone is the surest way to lose a prospect.
Who is not answering is identified, as well as when.
Whether you engage us to improve web traffic, obtain more reviews, streamline administrative processes, update your technology, or improve your law business every way we know how, we understand that every law firm wants more clients.
That is why we include our call-tracking technology at no extra charge in every assignment we take on. Call-tracking technology can make a big difference in your caller-conversion rate, and we would love to explain how.
If you want us to review your marketing, technology, and business process to uncover easy ways you can increase revenue, reduce costs, and improve your bottom line, 30 minutes is usually enough for us to give you several high-impact recommendations.
Click below to learn more and make an appointment to speak with our president Travis Hise. There will be no heavy sales pitch — just questions and then recommendations based on what is already working at other law firms.
Know upfront that none of our services cost less than $1,500/month, and that most (but not all) of our clients spend a minimum of $1,000/month on marketing.
Too many attorneys evaluate their marketing efforts on the percentage of cases retained. For example, you may retain 50% of the contacts from print ads, and only 30% of the leads produced by several websites. But if the print leads cost $200 each and the website leads cost you $65 each, then your retained cases from the print leads cost $400 ($200/.5) while the website cases cost $183 less ($65/.3 = $217). Cost per retained case is the critical number, not retention rate.
Big marketers have procedures and standards in place to ensure prompt and persistent outreach to leads. You need to match their efforts by dialing leads within minutes of receipt. If your office does not reach the prospect on the first call, it should try again 4-5 times per day for at least 2 weeks.
Your office: This is the Law Office of John Smith calling about the case evaluation form you submitted online. Is now a good time to discuss your case?
Your office: I understand. But before I hang up, I have a couple quick questions for you….
The prospect may be considering options other than retaining you for representation. It is thus important that initial outreach include a few sentences that address at least some of the following questions.
Why should you be my attorney?
Why should I retain you now rather than later?
Until you have a signature, you don't have a client. Don't let the follow-up telephone calls cease until all the necessary paperwork has been signed.
If you feel you have the procedures and personnel in place to handle more leads than you currently receive, we can deliver them.
Our leads are supplied exclusively to you and to no other attorneys, and you can specify geographic region by zip or county.
With all of the attention focused on cultivating online leads, some law firms tend to ignore improving their inbound call strategy. However, there is no doubt that phone calls can still result in a significant amount of business for many legal practices, and that failing to focus on this attorney marketing element can lead to both lost cases and reputation damage.
Use these 5 inbound call marketing strategies to convert more telephone prospects into leads and clients.
If you realize that your most promising leads tend to come from your law firm's blog page or via a successful Google AdWords campaign, for example, you can use technology like James Attorney Marketing's cloud-based call software (included free with the James Legal CRM) to route those leads to the most experienced staff members with the highest rates of conversion.
Sending calls to the right sources can ensure a more successful conversation from the get-go, and a higher caller conversion rate.
More than 50% of the sales process is already complete by the time that prospects actually call your law firm, according to a study conducted by CEB. The exact figure may vary by situation, but it is safe to say that most prospects turn to the internet to equip themselves with loads of information before they even reach out to your practice.
Geographic location: are they local?
An estimation of how serious/committed the prospect is about pursuing their case: are they just a looky-loo?
Any challenges or red flags: have they attempted to work with other attorneys concerning this matter?
A basic rule of thumb is the more helpful pieces of data the initial staff member can gather, the more they can qualify the lead and determine whether the prospective client is a good fit for the law firm.
Once staff members have collected necessary information, they can assign the lead a rank, such as high priority, medium priority, or low priority. This is called lead scoring—an attorney marketing system that helps law firms determine which leads are most worth their time and bear the greatest odds of converting into clients.
No matter your law firm's specific criteria, everyone should be trained on it so they can spot the highest-quality leads and flag them for immediate attention. The early bird gets the worm, and the law firm that reaches out to the lead first usually snatches the case from their competition.
When you have identified a promising lead on the phone, schedule an appointment right then and there. You have already gone through getting to know the potential client to see if the relationship is a good fit, so if they are still on the phone, there is a good chance that they are open to a consultation.
If the potential client demurs on the meeting suggestion, address their concerns. If they still don't want to commit, switch tactics and say that you will pass along the lead's information to an experienced team member, who will give them a call back within 24 hours (responding within 1 day ensures the highest possible conversion rate). Then, tag the lead as a high priority in your attorney marketing call software and/or CRM.
James Attorney Marketing's call software can send text messages to team members when good leads come in to ensure priority follow-up.
Even if prospects do schedule an appointment, that doesn't mean they will show. Following up ahead of time can ensure a higher meetup rate and conversion rate from lead to client.
Send a reminder email or text message to the potential client the day before their meeting reminding them about the consultation. Another option is to send them a confirmation email right after scheduling the consultation, which contains the option to add the meeting to their calendar. Just be sure to get their permission to contact them beforehand.
The potential client will appreciate the reminder and your law firm will experience fewer meeting cancellations, which can mean a significantly higher conversion rate over the long run.
There are endless advantages to having a strong intake process. Too many firms focus on driving phone calls, and not enough on having the right people in place to turn those inquiries into cases. When you neglect your intake process, you negatively impact your firm's ability to capitalize on quality cases.
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