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All About the Koo App: Indian Version of Twitter
Recently, Koo App made the headlines due to its increase in its user base with over 4 million accounts. Koo app is the microblogging social space with functionalities nearly similar to the well-known brand- Twitter.
Koo App has won the best Atma Nirbhar App Innovation Challenge in the year 2020. Currently, it supports limited local languages but began initially in Kannada. Founded on 1 March 2020 in Bengaluru, the Koo app has seen tremendous growth within a year. Read the article further to know more about the Koo app.
All about the Koo App
The real inspiration behind finding the Koo app was to spread positive information in the regional language available to most of India's users. It also uses an effective algorithm to post and read the best local Koo and connect with them. Since the Koo app has a yellow bird in the logo, resembling a message spreading happy bird, and the 'Koo' is the voice of an Indian bird, the app has been crafted with a lot of imagination and creativity.
Features of Koo App
On the Koo App, you can post your own Koo, a microblog, similar to Twitter, and can publish multiple Koo's as a thread. Your Koo viewers can then like, comment, re-Koo to share it on their profile, or even send it over to their other social media handles.
Reach and Explore:
To find other Koo's related to your post, hashtags can be used. Hashtags can allow you to explore the relevant content and make your post reach viewers with similar tastes. You can also view the trending hashtags and can find users and posts associated with them. Hashtags are updated very frequently.
Currently, the Koo App supports a few languages, where people can get the entire user interface in their regional languages. The existing supported languages include Hindi, English, Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada. But many other languages are going to be supported on this social media platform, namely, Bangla, Oriya, Gujarati, Punjabi, Marathi, Malayalam, and Assamese.
Sharing Options:
To describe one of the Koo application's unique features, you can share any user's Koo not only within the application but also on other social media platforms. Once you've integrated your Facebook and WhatsApp accounts through the web or mobile device, it is easier to share the posts across these apps.
Contacting the Authorities:
Any user can contact the Koo authorities through the list of email addresses provided in case of any issues or queries. However, it is not yet mentioned how prompt their response will be or whether live-chat support will be available in the future.
Koo Profile:
Koo App has admirably ample of sections that can tell more about the user at a glance. One can enlist their contact details, website, bio, qualifications, and work experience. Apart from your profile picture and username, the Koo app users enjoy a detailed profile ready to view.
Character Limit:
One of Koo's excellent attributes over other microblogging platforms is that it has a 350 character limit that is neither too short nor too long. Thus, voicing opinions can be done without having to make a lot of threads.
Posting a Koo:
Koo App allows embedding links directly via YouTube or from some other websites easily. The post can also contain voice notes, and you can record them through the application or website. This is another remarkable feature of the Koo.
How to Download the Koo App?
Following are the steps to download and install Koo App on your device:
If you're using an Android device visit Google Play Store and if you're using iOS-based devices visit the App Store.
Search for the 'Koo App' and install the application on your device.
Once done, you can use two ways to get yourself registered- via contact number or email address.
For verification purposes, an OTP (One time Password) is sent to your email/contact, whichever is registered.
Further, you can edit your profile and voice your opinions through your Koo!
What can be improved:
Since the application is going under multiple changes and tremendous improvements since it was launched, here are some recommendations that can be made to the application and improve its user base:
Modes: Since many applications don't integrate it, having a bright and dark mode can increase users' engagement on the application.
Contact: The support to contact the application authorities can be improved through multiple channels to reach and prompt response for inquiries requiring immediate attention.
Quality Community: The app can be stringent with the quality of the posts that the Koo community will post.
Additional Language Support: Besides the app's selective languages, different languages that are used scarcely and are endangered can be encouraged through this platform.
As we move towards the conclusion of the Koo app's topic- India's very own local version of Twitter, it is admirable for the founder to understand the basic need of microblogging content in the local language. The website's user interface is also attractive and up to the mark, considering the ease of access. Having celebrities from the fields like movies, politics, and sports already on this application is proof that the app has reached heights of success. If you're reading this article and still not using the Koo app, maybe you should give it a try right away!
This article has been written by Rishika Desai, B.Tech Computer Engineering Student at Vishwakarma Institute of Information Technology (VIIT), Pune. She is a good dancer, poet and a writer. Animal love engulfs her heart and content writing comprises her present. You can follow Rishika on Twitter @ich_rish99, and connect with her on LinkedIn.
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Next stop: Munich
Journey to Munich
On the road to Dunedin
INVERCARGILL, NEW ZEALAND — For the third time, we drove the coastal road through the Catlins, this time heading for Nugget Point Lighthouse.
We'd gotten a late start from Invercargill, spending more than an hour sorting out the chaos of backpacks, baggage, food and dirty clothes in our car. We'd planned to ask our Airbnb hosts about the best route to Dunedin, but we'd seen them for only a few minutes. Looking at the map, it seemed as if the scenic route might be just as fast as the highway, so off we went.
The one touristy thing we hadn't already done in the Catlins was visit the 1870 Nugget Point Lighthouse. It's on a high knob of land at the end of a ridge, surrounded by a picturesque scattering of pointy sea rocks.
Nearly all of the other tourists were German, including four teens or 20-somethings who took turns taking photos of each other against the scenic backdrop, including the obligatory throwing-up-the-arms pose with the bright "I can't believe I'm in New Zealand!" grin.
Beth marveled at the way they could switch on smiles like professional models, which they pretty much are, having been continually photographed since birth. Not for the first time, she also wondered why tourists never get bored with taking photos of themselves. It seems to be their main hobby.
The road to Dunedin seemed endless, and when we finally got to our Airbnb in the beach town of St. Clair, we wished we had gotten there a lot earlier. Our host was a bouncy older man named Philip, and he greeted us enthusiastically and showed us around the house, which has a a panoramic view of the ocean, and our lovely quarters, which were flooded by afternoon sun from our own walled-in patio off the street.
We'd planned to drive into Dunedin for the Night Noodle Market, but when Philip said he'd heard reports of long queues, Torsten was happy to melt onto the comfy bed for a nap.
Beth walked down the street to the bench-lined Esplanade above the long, wide beach, where an after-work pack of surfers was trying to ride the swells. Amid the rocks on one end, families were coming out of the St. Clair Hot Salt Water Pool, opened in 1884.
She also scoped out the neighborhood cafes, and when Torsten woke up, we went to Starfish, which is Philip and Pauline's favorite. Musicians were setting up downstairs, and we got a table upstairs, where we could hear the music but still talk and look out the window at a playground and people coming out for a Friday-night drink or beach stroll.
Our server was an adorably goofy young woman with braces, kind of a Kiwi Annie Hall, and we loved the food. For a first course, we split blue cod soft-shell tacos, and for a main, Torsten got almond pesto-crusted salmon on quinoa and feta fritters with kimchi and beets, and Beth had a chowder that was packed solid with fish and shrimp and served with fat slices of toasted ciabatta. With a couple of glasses of sauvignon blanc, of course, and orange brulee for dessert.
We could see there was some good living to be had in St. Clair. Too bad we had allotted only one night for it.
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I drove from Te Anau to Dunedin so missed Invercargill. Looks beautiful, though all of New Zealand is beautiful.
Our first German winter
Christmas in Germany
Oktoberfest!
Getting to know Germans
It's all about the weekends
A new life in Nymphenburg
Real life sets in
30 days in Munich!
We're going on the adventure of a lifetime by relocating from Minneapolis, USA to München, Germany. Instead of heading straight east, we're taking the slow route via Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia and Thailand. This blog will chronicle our adventure.

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Say R: The 1.6-litre turbo engine in the 308 R is found in a number of PSA and BMW products, including the Peugeot RCZ R.
PEUGEOT is about to unveil another R-badged performance car – but this time around it is taking aim at the top end of the hot-hatch market and its current king, the Volkswagen Golf R.
The 200kW 308 R Concept will make its debut at next month's Frankfurt motor show, with the French car-maker using the same punchy 1.6-litre turbo-petrol engine from the RCZ R coupe, and producing the same 200kW/330Nm output.
This makes the 308 R more powerful than the 184kW/360Nm Ford Focus ST and the 169kW/350Nm Volkswagen Golf GTI that will arrive in Australia later this year, but is around 20kW shy of the upcoming 221kW Golf R.
Audi's S3 pocket-rocket features the same 2.0-litre four-cylinder engine as the Golf R, but will be detuned to 206kW/380Nm for Australia because of our hot-weather climate. The Golf R will likely get the same treatment.
While Peugeot is yet to release performance figures besides its power output, it is likely to match or better the 5.9-second sprint from 0-100km/h sprint set by the RCZ R.
The 1.6-litre engine is the result of a co-development between Peugeot's parent company, PSA, and the BMW Group. It is used in different states of tune under the bonnet of a number of models from both groups, including the Mini Cooper S and Citroen DS3 DSport.
Unlike the all-paw Golf R, the 308 R drives through the front wheels via a six-speed manual gearbox. Despite its giddy power output, Peugeot has managed to keep fuel use officially down to just 6.3 litres per 100 kilometres.
Peugeot said in a statement the power of the car required special components for durability, while other parts were reinforced. Even the engine block is specially heat-treated before machining.
While the R looks like a hotted-up version of the regular 308 hatch, Peugeot said only the roof and tailgate carried over from the standard model, with carbon-fibre doors, body panels, front wings, bonnet and bumpers attached to the metal structure.
The R takes on a far more aggressive stance than its donor car, with three large intakes incorporated into the front air dam, highlighting a track that Peugeot has widened by 30mm.
Side intakes are covered with carbon mesh while the centre intake is made of dark horizontal bars.
Pushing the performance hatch message, the Pug features two slash-like air vents on the bonnet to aid air flow that follow the style lines of the body.
Peugeot has styled the 308 R to give it a low-slung, chunky look, with muscular lines from the front three-quarter panels through to the widened rear guards.
Aerodynamic carbon-fibre external mirrors appear almost futuristic, while the side profile highlights concept's 26mm lower ride height over the standard hatch.
The pronounced rear end houses the LED tail-lights that Peugeot says resemble three claws, while a pair of tail-pipes are framed by air vents with lacquered trim.
The concept car features a two-tone paint scheme, with plain red at the front that Peugeot says "has a fluorescent base for flamboyance". It is is contrasted at the rear with a textured blue-black colour and a split line inspired by the wild Onyx concept from last year's Paris motor show.
The interior uses Peugeot's 'i-Cockpit' design featuring a smaller steering wheel and an instrument panel that is "positioned to be viewed over, not through" to make reading driving information easier, while a 9.7-inch touchscreen houses the usual infotainment and satellite navigation controls.
GoAuto previously reported that the super-hot version of the 308 would either follow the naming convention of the RCZ R Coupe, or adopt the iconic GTi moniker, but it seems Peugeot has elected to go with the former.
While the 308 R remains a concept at this stage, it could very well follow the standard 308 hatch to production sometime next year.


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6 Ways Tori Amos Changed My Life
August 22, 2018 September 28, 2018 333admin
For Tori Amos's birthday, we are hosting Amy Gentry, author of Tori Amos's Boys for Pele as guest blogger. For the occasion, Gentry wanted to reflect on the numerous ways in which Tori Amos had a profound effect on her life. Below are just six of them – you can read more from Amy when her book comes out November 1st!
On the spectrum of Tori fans, I barely even rate. My feelings about her can best be summed up as "passionate ambivalence": when Boys for Pele first came out, I panned it for my high school paper, then quickly became obsessed with it. I went to shows but never followed her from city to city on tour; bought the bootlegs, but not the expensive ones; cut out pictures of her in magazines but never stood in line to hug her after a show. In fact, to this day, we haven't met, because I'm terrified of meeting people who have changed my life.
And Tori did change my life, in many ways both large and small. I am thankful for every one of them. Today, on her birthday, I'm listing a few that didn't make it into my forthcoming 33 1/3 release, Tori Amos's Boys for Pele.
I dyed my hair red.
This may not sound like a big deal, but dying my giant frizzy waterfall of hair burgundy was the first tiny act of rebellion in a life that had, up to that point, been astoundingly rebellion-free. Fresh off my first real break-up on a school trip to France, I picked up two pots of Manic Panic (I had a lot of hair) and, with the help of my host family, made reality out of the lyrics of "Take to the Sky"—"I dyed my hair red today." The best proof that I had cracked open the door to my non-people-pleasing self at last: When I stepped off the plane, the first words my mom said to me were, "What did you do to your hair?" Music to a teenager's ears. I've been an off-and-on redhead ever since.
I named my cat Tori.
Well, it's a girl's name, isn't it? At least this is what I told people for years. My beloved family pet was absolutely not named after the fiery, feminist, songwriting, fairy-believing piano player I just happened to be obsessed with at the time. Well, I'm ready to come clean. Tori the Cat was named after Tori Amos the Musician. To be honest, a cat named Easter would have been more clever, but that would never have gone over in my family. (I'm not the only one who names pets after divas: I have a cat named Shakira the Pop Star who was named by a friend. Sometimes you just have to call it like you see it.)
Man repellent.
There's really no telling how many men I repelled with my fervent love for Tori Amos over the years, because they could see me coming a mile away: a faded-out redhead in Doc Martens, trailing skirt, and concert merch decorated with phallic mushrooms and breastfeeding pigs. Once I learned to play Tori songs on the piano, the radius of my "Deep Woods OFF!"-level anti-man spray enlarged to include anyone within hearing distance.
But my single most impressive moment of Tori-related man repulsion came on my first car date with a high school boyfriend. We were driving toward the Water Wall, a giant fountain in Houston that functioned as quinceanera and prom pic backdrop by day, seedy make-out spot by night. Little Earthquakes was on the tape deck, as usual; parking took longer than anticipated; and soon our search for a spot was being scored by "Me and a Gun," the haunting, unforgettable a cappella rape survivors' anthem narrated from the perspective of a woman being raped at gunpoint. My date looked extremely uncomfortable and asked if we could skip it. Eager to please, I complied, but with an inward eye roll. What can I say, I liked my music like I liked my coffee: strong, dark, and gut-churning. By the time we got to the Water Wall that night, nobody was in the mood for making out.
I turned down a marriage proposal.
This doesn't come under "man repellent," because the man whose proposal of marriage I turned down was himself an avid Tori fan. I was in love with the guy—like, swooping crane-shot love—but we had, let's say, very divergent religious beliefs. As in, I was a coffee-swilling agnostic who wanted to write books under her own name, get lightly buzzed on the weekends, and have kids—someday. While, in accordance with the beliefs of his religious community, he wanted a Mrs. Him who'd quit drinking coffee and beer and start reproducing as soon as the ring was on the finger. We should never have made it to the ring-buying stage, but swoopy love is a more potent drug than caffeine and alcohol and marijuana and LSD wrapped up in one. I crossed my fingers, buried my head in the sand, and put a wedding dress on layaway.
Thank god I also gave Scarlet's Walk a hard listen. A sweeping theme album that's among the best (and most overlooked) of Tori's discography, it traced a woman's journey across country as she fell in whirlwind love with a man ("A Sorta Fairytale") and broke up with him ("Pancake") after realizing that his patriarchal religion was controlling, manipulative, and violent. I made wedding collages in my scrapbook while Tori warned, over headphones, that I might be marrying a "closet misogynist homophobe"—if not the man himself, then his conservative church. When he started to pull out the ring I'd been waiting for, I stopped him with the hardest word I've ever said: "no." I don't know how I got the strength. Whoever God really is, she was looking out for me that day.
Rad girl bait.
Not only did my Tori obsession help me dodge a few bullets, it brought me something much better in return: the respect and admiration of the weirdest and best of the college ladies. They heard the strains of "Flying Dutchman" and "Leather" coming from the dorm piano, and they came running. Some of those women became my closest friends, and over the years we attended concerts together, shared apartments, quoted lyrics when we were sad, weathered many, many bad dye jobs, met each other's non-Tori-Amos-repelled menfolk, and hugged each other's children. There's no greater gift than the lifelong love of a fellow Tori girl.
I wrote a 33 1/3 book.
Most recently, Tori changed my life by dragging me kicking and screaming into a world I've avoided throughout my writing and freelancing life. What? Music criticism? That's where all the cool people are. No way was I getting mixed up in that, after a lifetime of being mansplained, music-shamed, and Tori's-lamed. Looking for a more fulfilling way to use my PhD than academia, I wrote about books, films, even fashion, but I stayed far away from music—just like I'd stayed far away from my guitar and piano after being lectured by men at open mics too many times. Then I read Carl Wilson's 33 1/3 book on Celine Dion and thought, hey, I could do something like this—but there's only one album I would do it for. And album so thorny and complex that I still wrestle with it to this day. And on November 1, I can say that I wrote the book on Boys for Pele. Now that's life-changing.
Tori Amos's Boys for Pele is available November 1st.
Check out the rest of the Fall 2018 33 1/3s, coming soon.
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January 29th 2019 - The SFPGA Junior Tour presented by the Honda Classic is now open for registration for the 2019 season. With the first Championship Tour event of 2019 taking place on February 16-17, the anticipation for the 2019 season is at an all-time high.
The SFPGA Championship Tour will feature 6 two-day tournaments in 2019 along with 5 Junior Majors, 3 of which will be 54-hole events. The Championship Tour will host tournaments from Vero Beach to Naples and all the way down to Miami. The Championship Tour is the SFPGA's elite level junior tour and is open to juniors age 13-18 who meet scoring requirements from the 2018 season. The 2019 Championship Tour is anticipated to generate some of the strongest fields in junior golf this year.
The SFPGA Challenge Tour will feature 9 two-day tournaments in 2019. The Challenge Tour is the SFPGA's middle level tour for juniors looking to bridge the gap and gain more experience. Players must have prior playing experience in order to play on the Challenge Tour. The Challenge Tour features an 11-12 age division for boys and girls as well as 13-15 and 16-18 boys and girls age divisions.
The SFPGA Prep Tour will feature 12 one-day tournaments in 2019. The Prep Tour is the SFPGA's entry level tour for juniors who are looking to get a start in competitive golf. The Prep Tour features a 9-10 age division for boys and girls as well as an 11-12 age division and a 13-18 age division for both boys and girls.
Prep Tour tournaments are one-day, 18-hole events while the Challenge Tour and Championship Tour tournaments are two-day, 36 hole events. Players earn Player of the Year points for each event based on their finish and the points are tallied all season long to determine the Player of the Year for the Prep, Challenge and Championship tours. Player of the Year points are also used to determine who will be invited to participate in the Junior Tour Championship at the end of the season. This year's Junior Tour Championship will be held on December 7-8, at Jonathan's Landing Golf Club at Old Trail. Each event provides juniors with Junior Golf Scoreboard rankings as well as AJGA PBE stars.


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Paul George, ex-NBA star, has been collaborating with Nike for some time on limited edition sneakers but now he's back with some a bit more astronomical in nature in the shape of these Nike Paul George NASA Sneakers. The brilliant looking sneakers have great aesthetic dignity and combine it with design features that put them among the most impressive footwear on the market. All the footwear from George tells a story of self-awareness and commitment to improvement. The Nike Paul George NASA Sneakers have been created in partnership with Nike Basketball Footwear Designer Tony Hardman, who is famous for creating some of the most functional and efficient footwear on the market.
As expected, there is a distinct NASA vibe to the visual of these sneakers, using the colorways and patches we know from the space agency. This superb collection of footwear and apparel from Nike has captured our imagination, and if the same has happened to you, stay tuned because the pieces will be available from January 26th.


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Maps of Arpanet from December 1969 to March 1977.
During the Cold War, the United States worried about an attack on its communication networks, mainly phone lines, which were exposed and vulnerable. To address those concerns, the Department of Defense and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) began to develop a closed computer network called Arpanet, decentralized and safe from attack. But as the network expanded, to more places with more users, it became more difficult to maintain security.
J.C.R. Licklider of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and MIT first described what would become Arpanet, and eventually the internet, as an Intergalactic Computer Network. In a series of memos, Licklider conceived of a "globally interconnected set of computers through which everyone could quickly access data and programs from any site." These memos were, in part, a response to American scientists' fears of a Soviet attack on the nation's telephone system.
UCLA's Interface Message Processor (IMP), right, is pictured in the birthplace of the Internet, at 3420 Boelter Hall, the original location of the first Arpanet node at UCLA in Los Angeles, California, on June 2, 2011.
Thanks in large part to research by Thomas Merrill and Lawrence Roberts, who created the first computer network using telephone lines, Arpanet came online and delivered its first message from a computer at the University of California, Los Angeles, to another at the Stanford Research Institute. The system crashed after only the first two letters of the message, "login," had been transmitted. By the end of the year, four computers were connected to Arpanet.
A map of Arpanet from September 1973. The connections to NORSAR and London can be seen in the lower right corner.
Arpanet made its first international connection across the Atlantic Ocean when University College London and Norway's Royal Radar Establishment joined. As these computer networks grew together, so did the challenge of integrating them into a single, worldwide internet. At this point, Arpanet still remained a secretive Defense Department project, virtually unknown to the public.
A map of Arpanet from July 1975.
The Defense Department's Defense Communication Agency took over control of Arpanet, which had reached fifty-seven network computers and was growing. As the network grew, it became increasingly difficult to figure out who was actually using it and who was doing what, and the U.S. government's initial security concerns resurfaced.
A screenshot of the first page on the World Wide Web.
As the network grew, the Department of Defense began to find it difficult to know who even was using the network; this gave rise to serious concerns over security. Therefore, in the early 1980s, researchers and the private sector took over much of the development and expansion of the Arpanet, which then be-came the internet. During this period of innovation, developers and inventors typically turned over their technology to the public domain.
A map of the entire Internet from around 1985 or 1986.
The Defense Department closed off its computers from the Arpanet, citing the need for heightened security due to the "sensitive nature of military systems and the increasing sophistication of civilian computer experts and illegal system trespassers, often called 'hackers.'" This resulted in the formation of the department's own military network.
A community of network designers, operators, vendors, and researchers came together in San Diego, California, for the first Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) to establish and guide internet architecture and standards.
The Morris Worm source code on a floppy disk on display at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California.
Robert Tappan Morris unleashed the first malicious internet-based attack known as the Morris worm, in what he described as an attempt to see how many computers were hooked up to the nascent network. Six thousand internet-connected computers—about 10 percent of all network users at the time—were affected. The Morris worm sparked an irreversible conversation on cybersecurity; Morris was one of the first people convicted under an anti-hacking statute and received a three-year probation, 400 hours of community service, and a $10,050 fine.
The first commercial for a major internet service provider.
One year after CompuServe released the first commercial dial-up service provider, Arpanet was decommissioned. Taking a step toward a worldwide internet, the military handed over administration to the National Science Foundation Network (NSFNET) to promote development of this research and higher education network.
British researcher Tim Berners-Lee (far right) and American researchers Robert Kahn (far left), Lawrence Roberts (second from left), and Vinton Cerfy (second from right) are shown in a laptop's screen during a joint news conference in Oviedo, Spain, on October 24, 2002.
An English computer programmer named Tim Berners-Lee, at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), introduced the World Wide Web, which allowed the internet to be a web of information rather than simply a network to send and receive files. To achieve this, he developed the technology behind hypertext markup language (HTML), uniform resource identifier/universal resource locator (URI or URL), and hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP), all of which exist in the current internet structure today. Berners-Lee turned over the technology to the public domain in 1993.
A Thai university student surfs the internet at an ice cream shop in Bangkok on February 8, 1996.
After the introduction of the World Wide Web by Tim Berners-Lee, the internet was ready for world-wide civilian consumption, and the U.S. government further privatized its management to keep up with demand. But lack of regulation gave rise to internet service provider (ISP) monopolies, a legacy that consumers in the United States deal with today.
Vice President Al Gore discusses the Internet with a student of Pacoima Elementary School on January 31, 1998.
Introduced by then Senator Al Gore (D-TN), the High Performance Computing Act (HPCA) was passed by Congress in December. The bill allocated $600 million for high-performance computing, created the National Research and Educational Network, and led to the creation of breakthrough internet technologies such as high-speed fiber optic computer networks.
A screenshot of the Mosaic 1.0.3 web browser.
Funded in part by the HPCA, researchers at the University of Illinois developed the first user-friendly web browser called Mosaic (renamed Netscape), which allowed the user to view words and pictures on the same page, with scroll bars and clickable links. Before the invention of this browser, any multimedia would appear in a new window. This year, the number of computers connected to the internet surpassed one million.
A screenshot of the eBay homepage from June 8, 2001.
When it became clear that the internet had much more use beyond the sharing of research, NSFNET was dissolved, resulting in an effectively privatized internet. At this point, the Bill Clinton administration turned over management of the internet's growing backbone to the private sector. Commercialization of the internet also began in earnest, as Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) enabled online financial transactions. In September, eBay was founded.
President Bill Clinton delivers remarks at the signing of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
Congress passed the Telecommunications Act, which led to significant deregulation of internet service providers (ISPs). This legacy has led in part to ISP monopolies in certain areas of the United States. In 2017, an estimated 129 million Americans had only one company to subscribe to for broadband internet service.
Jon Postel, director of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, with a hand-drawn map of Internet top-level domains in 1994. Postel submitted the proposal for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) just prior to his death in 1998.
To keep up with the growing number of internet addresses on different domains such as .com, .net, and .org, due to the dot-com boom, the U.S. government privatized the domain name system (DNS). A non-profit organization called the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) was formed to take over the responsibility to "administer policy for the Internet name and address system" from the University of Southern California's Internet Assigned Numbers Authority. Along with other developments, the formation of ICANN marked an important transition from the internet's military and higher education origins.


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Entries in Rocky Mountain Showdown (1)
President Obama Pits Buffs vs. Rams in Bid to Recruit New Voters
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(BOULDER, Colo.) — President Obama is pitting two collegiate arch rivals against each other in a campaign competition aimed at maximizing turnout of the college-age vote.
Obama dubs it the "Rocky Mountain Rumble."
The president told a crowd of 13,000 on the University of Colorado campus that he had a way for students to avenge a football loss Saturday to Colorado State University, the first in three years.
"I know the Rocky Mountain Showdown did not go down the way you wanted," Obama told the crowd, which became subdued at the mention of the loss.
"So I'll tell you what, we are going to give you a chance to get even. We are giving the Buffs and the Rams a second chance to go at it this fall," he said, referring to the two schools' team nicknames. "We've set up a Rocky Mountain Rumble to see which school can register more voters — C.U. or Colorado State."
Obama rallied on the Colorado State campus in Fort Collins last week, where volunteers registered hundreds of new voters, gaining a 41-voter edge, Obama said.
"Today we are in Boulder, so let's get it done," he said.
The Obama campaign is banking on an estimated 8 million first-time voters — mostly college age students — to hit the polls in key swing states, like Colorado, and tip the balance against GOP nominee Mitt Romney.
"You ain't seen nothing yet," said an Obama campaign official last month of plans to target younger voters.
Obama has already made an aggressive back-to-school push, rallying with students on eight college campuses over the past three weeks alone, including four in Colorado.
Polls show that the president will need the votes, particularly in Colorado. A Quinnipiac University/New York Times/CBS News survey from mid-August showed Mitt Romney leading Obama in the Rocky Mountain state by 5 points, 50 to 45 percent.
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As part of a 3 to 4 year school-wide technology integration plan, BTE can assist the school as they prepare and migrate to the realization of a device for every student. This can be done for select grades, departments or the entire school. BTE will be sure the school makes the correct decision regarding which device to purchase or lease, storage, wireless connectivity, security and all other issues that come along with a one-to-one initiative.
Setting up a mobile computer environment at your school has many complexities. It starts with purchasing the right equipment. Did you buy large capacity batteries? Did you get the right computer cart that will fit the machine you chose and will it power up correctly? Did you even think about power management over a school day? How about warranty? Who's going to set it up?
BTE has been working with mobile computer carts for over 10 years and is well aware of the many issues that come along with it. Bring us on board as you make these decision and let us tailor a solution that will bring not only equipment to your school but a complete technology plan so those machines will be used correctly and get the most use. Go Beyond just technology!
Contact us to learn how we can provide you with a cost effective mobile solution with training and student learning applications.
Digital white boards are all the rage. Have your teachers been trained on how to use them? Have your classroom lesson plans been modified to allow for using these tools in the most effective way? Do you have someone to help you choose the right one and install it?
Have your teachers been trained on how to work a digital projector? Have your old chalk boards been covered with modern white boards?
Have you seen the new all-in-one projectors that turn any white board into a touch screen?
BTE has installed hundreds of these systems and knows how to help you choose the correct solution and also help you pick the best spot to install them. In fact we will even install and train your teachers how to use them. Our approach ensures that whatever tools you choose to bring to your classrooms will be used in the most effective way with students by providing training and integrated lessons that embrace your school's technology.


Crit Care Med. 2017 May;45(5):806-813. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000002285.
Antipyretic Therapy in Critically Ill Septic Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Drewry AM1, Ablordeppey EA, Murray ET, Stoll CRT, Izadi SR, Dalton CM, Hardi AC, Fowler SA, Fuller BM, Colditz GA.
1Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO. 2Departments of Emergency Medicine and Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO. 3University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine, Columbia, MO. 4Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO. 5Bernard Becker Medical Library, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
This meta-analysis aimed to examine the impact of antipyretic therapy on mortality in critically ill septic adults.
Literature searches were implemented in Ovid Medline, Embase, Scopus, Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, NHS Economic Evaluation Database, and ClinicalTrials.gov through February 2016.
Inclusion criteria were observational or randomized studies of septic patients, evaluation of antipyretic treatment, mortality reported, and English-language version available. Studies were excluded if they enrolled pediatric patients, patients with neurologic injury, or healthy volunteers. Criteria were applied by two independent reviewers.
Two reviewers independently extracted data and evaluated methodologic quality. Outcomes included mortality, frequency of shock reversal, acquisition of nosocomial infections, and changes in body temperature, heart rate, and minute ventilation. Randomized and observational studies were analyzed separately.
Eight randomized studies (1,507 patients) and eight observational studies (17,432 patients) were analyzed. Antipyretic therapy did not reduce 28-day/hospital mortality in the randomized studies (relative risk, 0.93; 95% CI, 0.77-1.13; I = 0.0%) or observational studies (odds ratio, 0.90; 95% CI, 0.54-1.51; I = 76.1%). Shock reversal (relative risk, 1.13; 95% CI, 0.68-1.90; I = 51.6%) and acquisition of nosocomial infections (relative risk, 1.13; 95% CI, 0.61-2.09; I = 61.0%) were also unchanged. Antipyretic therapy decreased body temperature (mean difference, -0.38°C; 95% CI, -0.63 to -0.13; I = 84.0%), but not heart rate or minute ventilation.
Antipyretic treatment does not significantly improve 28-day/hospital mortality in adult patients with sepsis.
Crit Care Med. 2017 May;45(5):806-813.
Results of meta-analysis for 28 days per hospital mortality in (A) randomized studies and (B) observational studies. A relative risk (RR) or odds ratio (OR) less than 1 favors antipyretic therapy. The size of the grey box corresponds to weight in the random effects analysis. NSAID = nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug.
Extended funnel plot demonstrating the effect size and se combinations required of an additional randomized study to change the results of this meta-analysis using a fixed effects model with an alpha level of 0.05. Black dots represent the effect size and ses of the included randomized studies. To change the results of the meta-analysis to favor antipyretics, an additional study would need to have an effect estimate and se combination that falls in the dark grey shaded area. Note that none of the current studies have an effect size-se in the dark grey region; this suggests that the results of the meta-analysis would be robust to an additional study.


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Written by Kieron Gillen. Art and Cover by Stephanie Hans. THE WICKED + THE DIVINE writer KIERON GILLEN teams up with artist supernova STEPHANIE HANS (THE WICKED + THE DIVINE 1831, Journey Into Mystery) for her first ongoing comic! DIE is a pitch-black fantasy where a group of forty-something adults have to deal with the returning unearthly horror they barely survived as teenage role-players. If Kieron's in a rush, he describes it as 'Goth Jumanji.' That only captures a sliver of what you'll find in oversized debut issue-where fantasy gets all too real. 36 pages, full color. Rated M Cover price $3.99.
Written by Kieron Gillen. Art by Stephanie Hans. Cover by Jamie McKelvie. THE WICKED + THE DIVINE writer KIERON GILLEN teams up with artist supernova STEPHANIE HANS (THE WICKED + THE DIVINE 1831, Journey Into Mystery) for her first ongoing comic! DIE is a pitch-black fantasy where a group of forty-something adults have to deal with the returning unearthly horror they barely survived as teenage role-players. If Kieron's in a rush, he describes it as 'Goth Jumanji.' That only captures a sliver of what you'll find in oversized debut issue-where fantasy gets all too real. 36 pages, full color. Rated M Cover price $3.99.
2nd Printing. Written by Kieron Gillen. Art and Cover by Stephanie Hans. THE WICKED + THE DIVINE writer KIERON GILLEN teams up with artist supernova STEPHANIE HANS (THE WICKED + THE DIVINE 1831, Journey Into Mystery) for her first ongoing comic! DIE is a pitch-black fantasy where a group of forty-something adults have to deal with the returning unearthly horror they barely survived as teenage role-players. If Kieron's in a rush, he describes it as 'Goth Jumanji.' That only captures a sliver of what you'll find in oversized debut issue-where fantasy gets all too real. 36 pages, full color. Rated M Cover price $3.99.
3rd Printing. Written by Kieron Gillen. Art and Cover by Stephanie Hans. THE WICKED + THE DIVINE writer KIERON GILLEN teams up with artist supernova STEPHANIE HANS (THE WICKED + THE DIVINE 1831, Journey Into Mystery) for her first ongoing comic! DIE is a pitch-black fantasy where a group of forty-something adults have to deal with the returning unearthly horror they barely survived as teenage role-players. If Kieron's in a rush, he describes it as 'Goth Jumanji.' That only captures a sliver of what you'll find in oversized debut issue-where fantasy gets all too real. 36 pages, full color. Rated M Cover price $3.99.
4th Printing. Written by Kieron Gillen. Art and Cover by Stephanie Hans. THE WICKED + THE DIVINE writer KIERON GILLEN teams up with artist supernova STEPHANIE HANS (THE WICKED + THE DIVINE 1831, Journey Into Mystery) for her first ongoing comic! DIE is a pitch-black fantasy where a group of forty-something adults have to deal with the returning unearthly horror they barely survived as teenage role-players. If Kieron's in a rush, he describes it as 'Goth Jumanji.' That only captures a sliver of what you'll find in oversized debut issue-where fantasy gets all too real. 36 pages, full color. Rated M Cover price $3.99.
5th Printing. Written by Kieron Gillen. Art and Cover by Stephanie Hans. THE WICKED + THE DIVINE writer KIERON GILLEN teams up with artist supernova STEPHANIE HANS (THE WICKED + THE DIVINE 1831, Journey Into Mystery) for her first ongoing comic! DIE is a pitch-black fantasy where a group of forty-something adults have to deal with the returning unearthly horror they barely survived as teenage role-players. If Kieron's in a rush, he describes it as 'Goth Jumanji.' That only captures a sliver of what you'll find in oversized debut issue-where fantasy gets all too real. 36 pages, full color. Rated M Cover price $3.99.
Written by Kieron Gillen. Art and Cover by Stephanie Hans. 'FANTASY HEARTBREAKER,' Part Two Remember last time, when we said 'Goth Jumanji'? As the bleak, austere fantasy-horror ramps up, we start underlining the word 'Goth' in black marker until we cut a hole through the page. 28 pages, full color. Rated M Cover price $3.99.
Written by Kieron Gillen. Art by Stephanie Hans. Cover by Jana Schirmer. 'FANTASY HEARTBREAKER,' Part Two Remember last time, when we said 'Goth Jumanji'? As the bleak, austere fantasy-horror ramps up, we start underlining the word 'Goth' in black marker until we cut a hole through the page. 28 pages, full color. Rated M Cover price $3.99.
2nd Printing. Written by Kieron Gillen. Art and Cover by Stephanie Hans. 'FANTASY HEARTBREAKER,' Part Two Remember last time, when we said 'Goth Jumanji'? As the bleak, austere fantasy-horror ramps up, we start underlining the word 'Goth' in black marker until we cut a hole through the page. 28 pages, full color. Rated M Cover price $3.99.
3rd Printing. Written by Kieron Gillen. Art and Cover by Stephanie Hans. 'FANTASY HEARTBREAKER,' Part Two Remember last time, when we said 'Goth Jumanji'? As the bleak, austere fantasy-horror ramps up, we start underlining the word 'Goth' in black marker until we cut a hole through the page. 28 pages, full color. Rated M Cover price $3.99.
4th Printing. Written by Kieron Gillen. Art and Cover by Stephanie Hans. 'FANTASY HEARTBREAKER,' Part Two Remember last time, when we said 'Goth Jumanji'? As the bleak, austere fantasy-horror ramps up, we start underlining the word 'Goth' in black marker until we cut a hole through the page. 28 pages, full color. Rated M Cover price $3.99.
Written by Kieron Gillen. Art and Cover by Stephanie Hans. 'FANTASY HEARTBREAKER,' Part Three: One of the saddest comics in Kieron's career. One of Stephanie's prettiest. Clayton's lettering, of course, remains impeccable. 28 pages, full color. Rated M Cover price $3.99.
Written by Kieron Gillen. Art by Stephanie Hans. Cover by Jen Bartel. 'FANTASY HEARTBREAKER,' Part Three: One of the saddest comics in Kieron's career. One of Stephanie's prettiest. Clayton's lettering, of course, remains impeccable. 28 pages, full color. Rated M Cover price $3.99.
2nd Printing. Written by Kieron Gillen. Art and Cover by Stephanie Hans. 'FANTASY HEARTBREAKER,' Part Three: One of the saddest comics in Kieron's career. One of Stephanie's prettiest. Clayton's lettering, of course, remains impeccable. 28 pages, full color. Rated M Cover price $3.99.
3rd Printing. Written by Kieron Gillen. Art and Cover by Stephanie Hans. 'FANTASY HEARTBREAKER,' Part Three: One of the saddest comics in Kieron's career. One of Stephanie's prettiest. Clayton's lettering, of course, remains impeccable. 28 pages, full color. Rated M Cover price $3.99.
Written by Kieron Gillen. Art and Cover by Stephanie Hans. 'FANTASY HEARTBREAKER,' Part Four-Our heroes reach the civilization of Glass Town and do what heroes have always done upon reaching civilization. As in, go to the pub. As it's DIE, you can guess people don't exactly get happy drunk. 28 pages, full color. Rated M Cover price $3.99.
Written by Kieron Gillen. Art by Stephanie Hans. Cover by Christian Ward. 'FANTASY HEARTBREAKER,' Part Four-Our heroes reach the civilization of Glass Town and do what heroes have always done upon reaching civilization. As in, go to the pub. As it's DIE, you can guess people don't exactly get happy drunk. 28 pages, full color. Rated M Cover price $3.99.
2nd Printing. Written by Kieron Gillen. Art and Cover by Stephanie Hans. 'FANTASY HEARTBREAKER,' Part Four-Our heroes reach the civilization of Glass Town and do what heroes have always done upon reaching civilization. As in, go to the pub. As it's DIE, you can guess people don't exactly get happy drunk. 28 pages, full color. Rated M Cover price $3.99.
Written by Kieron Gillen. Art and Cover by Stephanie Hans. END OF STORY ARC 'FANTASY HEARTBREAKER,' Conclusion It was never going to be okay. Wait, wrong book. 28 pages, full color. Rated M Cover price $3.99.
Written by Kieron Gillen. Art by Stephanie Hans. Cover by David Mack. END OF STORY ARC 'FANTASY HEARTBREAKER,' Conclusion It was never going to be okay. Wait, wrong book. 28 pages, full color. Rated M Cover price $3.99.
2nd Printing. Written by Kieron Gillen. Art and Cover by Stephanie Hans. END OF STORY ARC 'FANTASY HEARTBREAKER,' Conclusion It was never going to be okay. Wait, wrong book. 28 pages, full color. Rated M Cover price $3.99.


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Category: Frequency Therapeutics
Frequency Therapeutics FX-322-113 Study with Severe Sensorineural Hearing Loss Finds Speech Perception Improvements in Noise
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LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSSETTS — Frequency Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: FREQ), a clinical-stage regenerative medicine company focused on developing therapeutics to activate a person's innate regenerative potential to restore function, today shared the results from its FX-322-113 study, a placebo-controlled trial evaluating the administration of FX-322 in subjects with severe sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL). In the study, FX-322…
Frequency Therapeutics Provides Business Updates and Q3 2021 Financial Results
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LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSSETTS — Frequency Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: FREQ), a clinical-stage regenerative medicine company focused on developing therapeutics to activate a person's innate regenerative potential to restore function, has announced business updates and financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2021. "Frequency has made significant operational progress throughout this year, highlighted by the initiation…
Frequency Therapeutics Announces First Subject Dosed in FX-322 Phase 2b Study and FDA Agreement on Speech Perception as Primary Endpoint
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LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSSETTS — Frequency Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: FREQ), a clinical-stage regenerative medicine company focused on developing therapeutics to activate a person's innate regenerative potential to restore function, today announced that the first subject has been dosed in a new FX-322 Phase 2b study (FX-322-208) being conducted in a refined population of individuals with sensorineural hearing…
Frequency Therapeutics Announces New FX-322 Results Showing Additional Study Participants Gain Hearing Improvements at Later Time Points
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LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSSETTS — Frequency Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: FREQ), a clinical-stage regenerative medicine company focused on developing therapeutics to activate a person's innate regenerative potential to restore human function, has announced that four additional sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) subjects from its FX-322-111 open-label study achieved statistically significant hearing improvements when evaluated 8 to 12 months following initial…
Frequency Therapeutics Expands Clinical Development Team with Appointment of Jeffery T. Lichtenhan, Ph.D.
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LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSSETTS — Frequency Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: FREQ), a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on harnessing the body's innate biology to repair or reverse damage caused by a broad range of degenerative diseases, has announced the expansion of its clinical development team with the addition of Jeffery T. Lichtenhan, Ph.D., a leading expert in hearing diagnostics…
Frequency Therapeutics Releases New Data from Two FX-322 Clinical Studies; Plans to Advance Single-Dose Regimen
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WOBURN, MASSACHUSSETTS — Frequency Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: FREQ), today announced topline, day-90 data from its FX-322 Phase 2a study (FX-322-202). The interim results show that four weekly injections in subjects with mild to moderately severe sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) did not demonstrate improvements in hearing measures versus placebo. No treatment-related serious adverse events were observed…
Frequency Therapeutics Sponsors Student Education at Future of Hearing Healthcare Conference
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Frequency Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: FREQ), a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on harnessing the body's innate biology to repair or reverse damage caused by a broad range of degenerative diseases, has announced its sponsorship of the Future of Hearing Healthcare Conference, which will allow 55 audiology graduate students to attend the event at no cost. The…
Frequency Therapeutics Announces Publication of Phase 1/2 Data of FX-322 in Acquired Sensorineural Hearing Loss
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WOBURN, MASSACHUSSETTS – Frequency Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: FREQ), a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on harnessing the body's innate biology to repair or reverse damage caused by a broad range of degenerative diseases, today announced the publication of its FX-322 Phase 1/2 study results in Otology & Neurotology, a leading peer reviewed journal focused on…
Frequency Therapeutics Appoints Kevin Franck, Ph.D., as Senior Vice President, Strategic Marketing and New Product Planning
February 8, 2021 HHTM	Leave a comment Audiology / Frequency Therapeutics
WOBURN, MASSACHUSSETTS – Frequency Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: FREQ), a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on harnessing the body's innate biology to repair or reverse damage caused by a broad range of degenerative diseases, today announced the appointment of Kevin Franck, Ph.D., as Senior Vice President of Strategic Marketing and New Product Planning. Dr. Franck will…
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WOBURN, MASSACHUSSETTS — Frequency Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: FREQ), a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on harnessing the body's innate biology to repair or reverse damage caused by a broad range of degenerative diseases, today announced business updates and financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2020. The company has continued to advance the clinical…


A company specializing in temperature-controlled warehousing and logistics for the food industry recognized an issue concerning a failed mechanical seal on a Goulds 3196 ammonia pump. Being that ammonia pumps are critical to maintaining temperatures at a cold storage facility, identifying the problem and appropriate solution was dire. In conjunction with the facility's Maintenance department, the engineering and service teams at Crane Engineering worked tirelessly to troubleshoot and identify the right solution.
This cold storage facility has two primary pumps used to maintain temperature throughout the facility. One of these pumps experienced catastrophic seal failure less than one year after it was replaced by the customer. To make things worse, the other critical pump wasn't doing much better as it slowly leaked as well. The customer was in a tough situation as it was now June and the weather was really starting to heat up – making it even more difficult to maintain the cold temperatures. Time was running out.
Instead of simply installing a new seal, the team at Crane Engineering made the decision to troubleshoot and determine why the customer-installed seal failed in under one year. Oftentimes there is an underlying cause for seal failures, especially when they happen within a short period of time. It was determined that seal selection was not the issue, this style of seal is commonly used across the cold storage industry and is widely accepted due to its reliability.
The pump was disassembled by Crane Engineering's service team in Kimberly, Wisconsin. The condition of critical parts was assessed to determine if replacing the seal would fix the problem. With a number of components showing significant wear, it was determined that replacing the seal would only be a temporary solution, as the worn components directly impact the overall reliability of the seal.
A Crane Engineering Account Manager also noticed the seal's piping plan wasn't ideal as it sloped in the wrong direction with tight 90 degree elbows instead of gentle slopes. A proper pipe installation method was discussed and necessary changes were made to ensure adequate lubrication.
The last piece to any rotating equipment repair is to ensure proper alignment. If the alignment is off, it negatively impacts the life of the equipment. The facility had their own laser alignment equipment, but opted to allow the service technician to align it himself. The service technician performed the laser alignment and noticed significant misalignment, which would have decreased the life of the pump.
The facility's maintenance team was trained on pump rebuild procedure and best practices to ensure maximum equipment reliability and lower operating costs, and also taught the operators how to become more efficient with future repairs.
The pump repair and installation took a total of two days. A number of causes for the shortened seal life were found, and necessary components on the pump were either repaired or replaced. Since then, the pump has operated flawlessly, and the facility came out with a greater depth of knowledge on the subject. Root cause analysis of the failed mechanical seal helped to ensure maintenance personnel could extend the life of their pumps minimizing costs associated with repeated mechanical seal failure.


As a project manager, you are all about selling and persuasion. If you are not good at it, you better learn now. This book focuses on communicating in a way to get people to react to you.
Setting up meetings with corporate decision makers has never been harder. It's almost impossible to get them to pick up the phone. They never return your calls. And if you do happen to catch them, they blow you off right away.
It's time to stop making endless cold calls or waiting for the phone to ring. In today's crazy marketplace, new sales strategies are needed to penetrate these big accounts.
Target accounts where you have the highest likelihood of success.
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Overcome obstacles and objections that derail your sale efforts.
Position yourself as an invaluable resource, not a product pusher.
Have powerful initial sales meetings that build unstoppable momentum.
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Use these sure-fire strategies to crack into big accounts, shrink your sales cycle and close more business. Check out the Account Entry Toolkit for ideas on how to apply this process to your own unique business.


Goals in Google Analytics allow you to track specific visitor interactions on your website. For example, you can track things like form submissions, button clicks, account creations, and eBook downloads. how to cook barbacoa in a crock pot Google Analytics Goals On the other hand, Goals can be tracked as a conversion so we can see conversion rate and value (if a value is assigned) Furthermore, Goals are accessible for Standard Google Analytics reports including any attribution reports.
Hi There, In short: no. There's no way to edit an entire Goal Set at once, or reason to change up all your current goals individually to match them to sets as Rahul Chauhan has implied by his link.
Google Analytics Goals On the other hand, Goals can be tracked as a conversion so we can see conversion rate and value (if a value is assigned) Furthermore, Goals are accessible for Standard Google Analytics reports including any attribution reports.
Google Analytics is a popular system for monitoring the traffic to your website. It's free to use and will give you a wealth of data to analyse. In order to effectively measure the impact of your website, you need to set some targets and focus in on the data that matters.
As this is the new goal type comes with the latest version of Google Analytics, you can refer to its official guide, The New Google Analytics: Events Goals. Actually with each of these four types you can set an optional goal value.


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Premier death threat accused to learn fate
by Greg Stolz
A former soldier charged with making death threats against Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young could learn his fate next month.
Aaron David Marriage, 43, was charged with using a carriage service to make a threat to kill after being arrested by police at his Nerang home in September.
At his first court appearance last month, Marriage suggested he was frustrated because he had been separated from his child because of the Queensland border closure.
"At the end of the day I haven't seen my kid for a year ... that's the whole reason why I'm here," he told the court.
Araon David Marriage, 43 of Nerang, was charged with using a carriage service to make threats to kill Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Queensland's Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young. Photo Supplied Facebook
Marriage also said he took issue with the charge, including 'who the so-called victim is', and vowed that 'the truth will come out'.
The case was mentioned again in Southport Magistrates Court on Wednesday. Marriage did not appear in person but was represented by a lawyer.
The case was adjourned to the Commonwealth court list on December 7.
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Platos [ The Ark ]
"We had more freedom then." She admitted. "That was nice, wasn't it? I could take what I wanted, creatures of interest."
"Building your ark." Imraan grinned again. "I still think that is a better name."
"Platos is pretty. It has a nice ring to it."
Tanya Mityushina
Name Platos
Age In her prime
Appearance Platos is a tall and commanding presence, easily standing over Shy and most of the other women in the Labs. She has warm golden skin and shoulder length sandy hair that is normally worn in a very casual and stubby ponytail.
She prefers to dress in pale desert colors and loose, flowing materials. But she does have a weakness for fur, no matter how inappropriate the weather may be.
Personality Platos is loud and opinionated. She can normally be found gossiping and complaining about the order of things wit Monique and Ari, or drinking Atlas and Imraan under the table. She is one of the oldest Projects, and has been a prevalent presence in the Labs- despite her youthful appearance, most of the other projects treat her like a big aunt. Or sometimes like a grandmother.
She is staunchly loyal to Shy, and enjoys what she does. She doesn't quite agree with some of his policies, but not strongly enough to stage a coup.
Ability Platos is known as the Ark. Because she literally collects creatures, two by two. Largely responsible for working with Imraan the architect and Whistle the landscaper to form and colonize the Vella Crean, her gift can sometimes be innocuous enough as taking genetic samples (two by two) of people and creatures she has met, or sometimes she goes as far as kidnapping individuals to bring back to the labs.
Standing at the Clan Akelara
The Vella Crean was back. Busy, chaotic, so full of life- and so full of new breeds and mutts.
Platos was careful to make sure she touched every single one of the new hybrids that had naturalized themselves to the Vella Crean. The raptors, who had developed natural camouflage to blend with the surroundings. The birds that took to the skies and seemed to have developed very unique markings and patterns. And the grazers! The herdbeasts from Pern, the cows from Earth, so readily intermixed and adapted.
"It is quite the chaotic mix." Whistle remarked.
"But beautiful, is it not? To see the breeds and lines that have prospered in this world."
"The war probably furthered the evolution." Imraan remarked.
"True, but a war between dragons and dragonriders; it has still left most of the planet untouched."
The trio sat on a high ledge of the main towers, overlooking the horizon. The beaches that ahd been carefully cultivated, the mountains that rose as ragged peaks, the dips and valleys home to flora and fauna the trio had selected from their archives and records.
"It is not a bad result." Platos mused. "Although if I could do it all over again-"
"I would not bring in the raptors."
Platos laughed at the dark mutterings of the ordinarily placid and quiet landscaper. "The omnivorous hybrids have not destroyed your gardens, Whistle. I am sure it was the attacks of the Death Court, not a group of highly intelligence land animals."
"You would defend your raptors, Platos. It was your idea to introduce them to this world."
Platos smirked. "They are quite adorable, no?"
Whistle was spared a response when a small Pigeon popped into existence. "Master is calling!" she chirped, disappearing again in a burst of dust.
Sighing, Platos stood, nodding her head. "Come on, let's get to work."
Platos, tall and rangy, golden hued. Imraan, broad and colorful with his tattoos that seemed to move and shift. Whistle. Small, golden, with dark eyes that glittered with annoyance and complaints.
"Remember when people feared us?" Whistle groused.
Imraan grinned. "When we were young and hot headed?"
"Ambitious?" Platos offered with a laugh.
The three sat side by side on a low bench, looking out over the glass into the temporary hatching sands set up within the Labs.
"It was better then, wasn't it?" Whistle asked.
Imraan paused. "Was it?" he asked in return. "We did not have names, then. Shy was not so renown. We were simply shadows, working in the darkness, building homes."
Platos stretched, watched as an egg carefully hatched, a dark bronze paw reaching out and waving, testing the open air. "We had more freedom then." She admitted. "That was nice, wasn't it? I could take what I wanted, creatures of interest."
She leaned forward, conversation forgotten as she watched the tiny bronze hatchling creep out, tentative and wary as it sniffed the eggs around it. "I thought they were supposed to be guard dogs."
"Guard dragons." Whistle correctly, sniffed. "You cannot go around calling such creatures dogs."
"He is still young yet. Maybe he'll grow into his strength and bravery." Imraan stood, walking over to the ledge, his hands hovering over the balcony. The stone shivered, melted, turning into a flight of stairs down towards the sands. "Do you want to take a closer look?"
Platos stared, and shook her head. "No, they are far too cowardly looking."
Her skin itched.
It tingled, as if it was growing too small to hold her and it was time to shed.
It was not a normal feeling, and Platos scowled as she strode down the hallways. A tall and slim figure stopped in front of her, blocking her path.
"Where is he?" she demanded.
Ari arched a brow. "Busy, as you know. What do you need."
Platos rubbed at her arm, the soft silk of her shirt too scratchy against her skin. "I need to unload."
The brow, if possible, rose higher. "I thought your containment was limitless."
Platos' scowl darkened. "I'm supposed to carry DNA and living creatures. Not this." She scratched again. "Zombie dragons. They need to be unloaded somewhere."
It made her itch.
The Death Court dragons in their variety, some shifted further along the spectrum than others, who still resembled their original Light, Dark, Blood Court forms. The sickly shades and the crown of horns that marked them as new, as different. She had admired them even on the unfortunate day of the hatching, and had continued to admire them afar.
Collect them, he had cajoled. The zombie dragons that the pretty looking bluerider had raised. The ones caught by Kip and the twins at the Vella Crean. Keep them safe.
It had not bothered her, in the beginning. She was used to storing data, animals to be rehomed, reintroduced.
She remembered the days when she could take as freely as she wanted, not constrained by diplomacy and rules.
But this. The Death Court.
They itched.
"I'll find you a place to unload." Ari answered quietly. "But it can't be here. Not so close to the Empress. The Red Mage will find out what we are doing, and she will not approve."
Platos nodded her head tightly. "Soon. I need to get them out of my system."
Platos closed her eyes and ignored the overly perfumed form that stood by her side. She wrinkled her nose and studiously tried to ignore them even harder, even when said perfume wafted over her body, almost as if the owner was leaning over her.
Her eyes snapped open to find feline green ones staring back at her with amusement.
"How do you feel my dear?" he crooned.
Platos closed her eyes again. "Bloated. Better. But it will take some time to work out the toxins." She never reacted this way. "I think Naxi'im has done something to his Death Court. They just don't sit right with me."
She heard tinkling, associated it with Shy nodded his head, the fragile glass beaded earrings making the noise as he did so.
"He used the Labs. Mixed remains. I've concocted a tincture, so that this manner of indigestion doesn't happen again." His eyes hardened.
They were always hard and cold when he spoke of the Death Court. When he thought of the blue dragon that hurt his city.
(Platos knew the city was an old woman who lived in the top tower who seemed more than happy with her new boy toy of a nurse)
"How long will that take?"
"A week? Two. As long as you stay away from Death Court dragons for a month, you should not face any adverse reactions."
Platos snorted. "Do you want me to hide down here, in the Labs? While the city goes to hell?"
Shy shook his head. "You could go on a trip. A vacation."
Platos knew exactly what a vacation meant to Shy. Two dozen new creatures to find and bring back home. Her eyes narrowed. Hunting for the weird and the unusual, sometimes the overly spiky in the dark.
"What do you need?" she asked, suspicion coating her words.
Shy beamed. "The nagas have found some things that may be of interest to us. Abilities we can add to the Imperial Guards. Or… improvements down the line."
The nagas? Platos frowned. "You don't need me to go there. You have the Court Dragons. The little albino one is coming home soon, isn't she? Can't she fetch?" she watched the Scientist's face shift to one of care. "You want samples from that world that they wouldn't approve of."
She frowned. "There are monsters there?"
"So they say. It might be worth, to go take a look. See if you can bring me something back. Only if you have the time of course." Shy's lips curved into a smile.
While Vine and Stone considered their options, another egg split open and spilled a mottled grey onto the sands. She scrambled to her feet and glanced around with wide eyes, darting behind Aethet's legs to peer out at the remaining candidates with calculating eyes.
Aethet twisted her head around to give the Steam a considering look, then huffed and declared, "You're a Scamp, I can already tell."
Scamp flashed a bright, mischievous grin up at her mother, then darted out towards the candidates, barreling right past Vine and giving her best leap right onto Platos.
"Careful!" Platos urged as she gathered Scamp up in her arms and examined the hatchling thoughtfully. "Alright there?"
"Uh-huh! Knew you'd catch!" Scamp chirped as she nuzzled closer and coiled curiosity-excitement-wonder about Platos' mind. "Cause yer mine," she added with self-satisfaction.
Parents: Unknown
Adult Name: Symios
Clutch Name: Scamp
Personality: distinctive, rascally, enterprising
Element: Steam
Potential Colors: Greys
Steam Jet – a blast of superheated steam
Illusion based magics – Illusions, glamours, and things derived from that
Steam-based Teleportation – requires steam nearby to teleport
Linked Teleportation – the ability to link with another teleporter and be brought along as a passenger
Projective Empathy – can project emotions to those around them, with practice can pick up emotions as well
Drakkarel's Gift – the ability to share their Elemental-based skills with any bond
Verbal Speech


Here in the heavens we are heartened to see so many of you expressing yourselves in the world. And yet as much as we love those raising their voices in protest, so too we love the bankers. As much as we love those who feel themselves to be victims, so too we love those who are perceived to be perpetrators. For here in the heavens, we know that all souls, regardless of evolution or behavior, are God's children and are deserving of God's love.
And while we honor and love all souls who are listening to their desire to speak up and express discontent with unkind treatment in the world, we also know that without souls willing to identify with victimhood or martyrdom, there would be no support for perpetrators. Without souls willing to identify with lack, there would be no support for greed. Without souls willing to give away their power, either consciously or unconsciously, there would be no support for those wanting to take it.
So if you speak up – either within your own life, or within the world – speak from a place of knowing you and all those with whom you interact deserve kind treatment. Anything less you have received or shared has simply been a misunderstanding within your own soul. If you speak up, speak from a place of love, knowing all souls are simply trying to learn, including those who embrace lack as well as those who embrace greed - for indeed those are simply opposite sides of the coin of misunderstanding the abundance of God. When you speak up, come from an understanding that you have the abundance of God's love within you in infinite supply. When you can from this love, act from this love, embody this love, then the forces of darkness and ignorance will have no more power over you, for you will no longer be supporting them in your own lives.
Far more important than occupying establishments, locations, or situations is whether or not you choose to occupy your own life, and whether or not your soul's desires are allowed to be made manifest through your thoughts, words, and deeds. If you try to change the world without first changing your disempowering patterns and beliefs, you are missing the point of your existence. Each of you came to earth to dissolve the illusion that you are separate from the love of God. And so dear ones as you watch the unrest in the world, pray for both "sides." Pray for the ones you agree with as well as the ones with whom you find fault. But more importantly, treat yourself with kindness, dignity, and respect. Focus on creating positive movement in your own life first. Speak from love. Act from love. Be love. And then, from this place of love, by all means voice your concerns and desires for change. Remember, however, change begins from the inside out and if you want to change the world, start first by changing the world within.
After years of working with angels I truly know they love everyone, no matter what. They certainly do not say everyone's behaviors are loving, but they do love all souls. They see all souls as simply trying, to the best of their ability, to find God's love, whether they do so in a way that is evolved or completely ignorant. And so they love the protestors and the bankers, the victims and the perpetrators and they are more than willing to point out the lessons for all involved.
Years ago in my thirties when I was complaining about "God sending me" (in other words me attracting) two boyfriends in a row that easily took advantage of me and were abusive," the angels lovingly pointed out that my tendency to martyr myself was a perfect fit for a sociopath to find a way into my life! We fit together like a hand and glove. I kept giving. They kept taking. I was willing to be abused while trying harder to be loved, they were willing to not try at all and to dump on me. Our lessons were a perfect marriage! Only when I started loving myself and treating myself with respect did I attract the absolutely amazing people that are in my life now. Likewise when I was willing to work 90 hour weeks in my past life as an engineer, the corporation was more than willing to let me. A friend who was not willing to do so, kept attracting better and higher paying consulting jobs. She knew she deserved it. We really do find each other to learn what we need!
As a result of the angels' teaching, I have changed over the years. I no longer feel I must set my soul aside for love or money. It took time to learn to treat myself better. The changes do not happen overnight. In the case of my career it took a few years to bring changes about. In the case of relationships I put myself through a decade of tough lessons! But if you start treating yourself with more respect, then the world starts to show it. If you start to pray for a job that honors your soul, the ideas will start to come. If you treat yourself with greater kindness, you will walk away when others do not.
As I watch the news, I feel somewhat detached from all the unrest in the world. The greed in the world does indeed affect me - my utility bills were so insanely high this summer that I nearly passed out after opening one particularly large bill. I took a few breaths and asked the angels to put me back into a higher truth, and then or course truth hit me again - either I give the world my power, or I give it to God. I chose God. "Hey God," you've got some big bills. Tell me what to do next. Either I need to make more or get this utility bill down. My water heater promptly broke, because the heating coil was coated with barnacle looking things caused by hard water. It was inconvenient but a huge energy drain was revealed! I had to get a water softener to prevent this from being a persistent problem. That cost more money, but the company let me make payments and in the long run I'll have good water, better skin, less home maintenance, and lower electric bills because the water heater will work. God can handle all your problems if you just pray and believe.
So, if you are called to protest, do so with love and with a desire to open up a humane and loving dialogue. But if you protest from a place of feeling that your lack is caused by others' greed, you give others all your power, and energetically you negate the very thing you are trying to achieve. It is hard to take responsibility for our own lives, but in the end, that is where we find the truth and the love of God. In this space, you have earned the right to speak up about the world's injustices, because in this loving space, you are simply wanting all souls involved to know that there can be solutions that honor everyone's needs... for that is the truth in God's reality.


Not far from Suncadia is the beautiful Alpine Lakes region. The name Alpine Lakes takes its origin from the nearly 700 small mountain lakes nestled like jewels among the high rock peaks and timbered valleys of the region. It encompasses approximately 394,000 acres accessed by 47 trailheads and 615 miles of trail. Its breathtaking beauty makes the Alpine Lakes one of the most popular natural areas in the United States.
All visitors to the Alpine Lakes Wilderness from May 15 to October 31 need a permit. Day-use visitors may obtain a free, self-issue permit at ranger stations and trailheads. A copy of the permit is carried with you and a portion is deposited in the box at the trailhead. Among the most accessible and breathtaking hikes is Cooper Lake – an ideal spot for a summer picnic or a late afternoon paddle.


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Single Payer: The Only Real Answer
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Single payer -- it remains the only viable option for the health care crisis this country faces and will continue to face after implementation of the Affordable Healthcare Act (ACA).
That's the message that came through loud and clear at the Labor Campaign for Single Payer Healthcare's National Strategy Conference held last weekend in Chicago. Although everyone agrees that the ACA (aka, Obamacare) takes an incremental baby step in addressing the problems of our for-profit insurance health industry, the only workable option that brings real health care to all Americans is the continued push for single payer.
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The title of a recently-released study by the National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine just after the first of the year confirmed what all at the conference already knew: "U.S. Health in International Perspective: Shorter Lives, Poorer Health." And speaker after speaker reaffirmed that the ACA does little to address the crisis.
"There was a strong consensus that the Affordable Care Act will not solve the health care crisis," said Martha Kuhl, an RN from Oakland, California, and secretary-treasurer of National Nurses United. "The broad support from so many labor leaders and union activists reaffirmed labor's unique position as a strategic force to win real solutions that will provide quality care for all working people."
"We could solve our fiscal problems if we cut out the private insurance companies and paid far less for health care like most other industrial countries," echoed Jeff Johnson, President of the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO.
The Labor Campaign for Single Payer Conference speakers and attendees passionately articulate the simple message of single payer: Everybody In"Nobody Out. Multiple speakers showed charts and graphs from source after source that indicated how for-profit insurance based "solutions" (which is still what the ACA is) will never be the answer. And union organizers know that labor has to take the lead in the fight for single payer.
"Labor has to lead the fight for single payer and has to be doing more," said Mark Dudzic, National Coordinator for the Labor Campaign for Single Payer in his opening remarks before the more than 200 gathered. "That's been our mission and our mandate. The reason we have more people in the room today (even after passage of the ACA) is that the crisis is still there. As long as health care is treated as a commodity vs. a right, the crisis will remain. Ultimately, this is a fight against corporate power (the insurance companies). And people united in the communities is the only way to fight corporate power."
The conference attendees were treated to powerful speeches by Karen Lewis, head of the Chicago Teachers Union, who successfully led last fall's strike to push back against the privatization of Chicago's public schools. Her message was simple: Connect with the people in the community -- build bridges of support.
Rep. John Conyers, who introduced HR 676 (the Expanded and Improved Medicare For All Bill) was treated to a standing ovation as he told the crowd: "I see my job as taking all of what you are doing and seeing how to translate this into a Congress that is in fact getting more Democratic but also has to become more progressive. We have to do something better than just count numbers and think something serious is happening. We are committed to hold hearing on HR 676 in the 113th Congress, and let me append that to say if we don't hold them inside the Congress, we will hold them outside the Congress.
"We have to match your depth of understanding with the people who make the laws. And we have to get President Obama to listen to the progressive voices inside and outside the Congress -- they are the ones who elected him."
But perhaps most inspirational was the translated talk from Nicole Bernard, a member of France's GT (General Confederation of Labour) who brought the message of international solidarity to the U.S. fight for single payer. The French workers are facing a fight to "privatize" parts of the French national health care system. A general strike is set for Feb. 7, in which French workers will strike to protect their current system. Administrative cost of managing France's nationalized health care system is less than 3 percent of benefits vs. the 20-25 percent administrative cost built into the current for-profit insurance based system in the U.S.
Kay Tillow from the All Unions Committee For Single Payer summed it up best: "We need to tell the truth about the ACA. So many people have been afraid to say how much it will fail. Now that the election is over, let us tell the truth. It will not bring us care (millions will remain uninsured with implementation of the ACA); our crisis will continue to escalate.
"With profit at the core we cannot make it work. The truth is what the rest of the world knows -- there is a way to cut the cost and expand the care. That's by using a publicly funded program. Even (Bill) Clinton said it in 2012, "If the U.S. adopted the health care system of any of the other industrialized countries, we could save a trillion dollars a year.' We can't solve anything else until we bring health care costs under control.
"Under our profit-making health care system you cannot cut costs without cutting care. Period. The only way to control cost is to remove the profit from the system."
The move toward single payer starts with education and motivation. I am still astonished by how many Americans know so little about single payer, the benefits of a single payer system and the inherent flaws within our current for-profit insurance driven system that puts money ahead of people's health and well-being.
We at Wisdom Voices remain committed to promoting, educating and helping to energize the single payer movement in 2013. Look for more in the coming weeks that builds upon the incredible energy exhibited at this national conference, including what we as individuals can do. Once again, the real work falls to "We The People." Single Payer: Everybody In. Nobody Out.
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Howard Lang
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Born: Monday 20th March 1911
Died: Tuesday 12th December 1989 (age: 78)
Howard Lang was a British actor best known for playing Captain William Baines in the BBC drama The Onedin Line.
He served for seven years in the Royal Navy during World War II.
Lang's other parts included roles in The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970), Z-Cars, Softly, Softly and The Vise.
He played caveman Horg in first Doctor Who story, An Unearthly Child.
He also played the role of Bert Hudd in the first production of Harold Pinter's first play,The Room.
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