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Kaplan University, the school below with the highest overall ranking, is effective at equipping students via its event planning courses to be successful event planners, wedding planners, event managers, production planners, etc. and connect them to future employers. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, at present there are 51,530 people employed as meeting and convention planners alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $48,060. General and operations managers make on average $110,550 per year and there are about 1,689,680 of them employed today.
Learning Strategies The advantages of learning at home; types of study materials; types of examinations; accessing and using the features of our website; determining what kind of learner you are; establishing a study schedule; using study tips; preparing for and taking examinations. The Travel Profession Overview of travel and tourism industry; regulatory agencies; trade organizations; types of transportation companies; receptive travel services: lodging, food, local attractions; the future of the travel industry; employment opportunities.
North American Air Travel, Part 1 Basic terminology of air travel; computer reservation systems (CRS) codes; frequent-flyer programs; types of airlines and flights; classes of services; passenger services: meals, infant and child travel; health concerns; passenger's rights. North American Air Travel, Part 2 Air fares, electronic rules, handling reservations over the phone; reservations terminology; flight services; flight schedule resources; fare-calculation principles; discounted fares; taxes and surcharges; airline ticketing; careers in the airline industry.
Hotels and Resorts Leisure and business travel accommodations; types of hotels and affiliations; qualifying the traveler for the best accommodation; sources of information; automated reservations procedures. Tours and Vacation Packages Definitions of tour and vacation package components; who operates tours; types of tours; package benefits; selling tours; transmitting payments and documentation.
PC Basics Hardware, software, and general PC capabilities. Understanding Software Hands-on, in-depth introduction to commonly used Windows®-based productivity software packages, including word processing, spreadsheet, and database packages.
Computerized Reservations Systems (crs) Terminology; Major Players; Selecting A Crs; Communicating Through Crs; Required Information And Fields; Passenger Information And Fares; Automated Ticketing. Travel And The Internet Browsers; Search Engines; Service Providers; Useful Sites; Internet Vs. Intranet; How Travel Agents And Customers Use The Internet. At This Point In Your Program, You Will Be Able To Choose Crs Training In The Apollo Or Sabre System.
CRS Training: Apollo or Sabre, Parts 1 and 2 Your choice of complete training in the Apollo or Sabre system. You will use a live database-emulation product accessed via the Internet. Lessons covered include airline reservations, airline fares and ticketing, and car and hotel reservations.
Corporate and Group Travel The corporate market: travel arrangements, meetings, and incentive events; corporate travel dynamics; corporate services provided by agency and suppliers; group business travel meetings and incentives; careers in corporate and group travel. Sales and Business Communications Selling travel, including niche marketing, telephone sales, and direct and cross-selling techniques; identifying and qualifying clients, overcoming objections, closing the sale, follow-up; written and oral communication skills; presentation skills.
Your Travel Career Jump-starting your travel career; travel outlook, where to look for opportunities, typical pay structures, preparing a winning resume and cover letter; working as an outside agent; continuing education; certification levels. Starting a Travel Agency Functions of the Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC); the Industry Agent's Handbook, requirements for opening an agency, agency and airline identification plates; commission structure; area settlement plan.
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The Travel Institute Destination Specialist Course Certificate The Travel Institute's courses count as continuing education credits toward the CTA certification exam. Nationally recognized, these programs allow you to explore a personal interest area in great detail, and designate yourself as a specialist in that area. Select your destination area from the following: Africa, Alaska, Caribbean, East Asia, France, Hawaii, Mexico, North America, Northern and Central Europe, South Pacific, Spain, St. Lucia, Western Europe, or European Culture and Heritage.
Program description: Learn how to become a Travel and Tourism Specialist - at home, at your own pace, with Penn Foster Career School.
The Penn Foster Career School Travel and Tourism Specialist distance-learning program can be your passport to an exciting future as a Travel and Tourism Specialist. Train quickly and conveniently and learn the skills you need to succeed.
Program description: Become a Certified Wedding Planner -- at home and at your own pace -- with Penn Foster Career School.
You can become part of this exciting profession with the Penn Foster Career School Certified Wedding Planner program. It's convenient, affordable, and accredited.
Apportioning the wedding costs among the bride: groom: and parents; approaches to distributing financial obligations; unexpected expenses; what to specify in contracts with vendors; insurance concerns.
Choosing a photographer; drawing up a fair contract; engagement pictures; how to have a successful bridal portrait sitting; candid vs. formal shots; the wedding album; capturing weddings on video; verifying references; what it should cost.
Handling weddings with complicated family circumstances; understanding common familial emotions and pressures; managing stress; couples with socioeconomic disparities; pre-nuptial agreements.
Your new bridal consulting business: start-up essentials; legal requirements; record-keeping and taxes; managing your money; a reality-based management plan.
Tables, forms, and schedules to use in business.
Practical guide to recommended wedding vendors and suppliers.
flowers and ceremonial music to making honeymoon plans.
and entertainers to creative one-in-a-lifetime events.
Program description: This program shows how to arrange weddings that are creative, romantic and unique. It covers all the essentials, from marriage licenses to ceremonial music, bridal showers to bouquets, invitations to honeymoon plans. Students are also taught how to work with caterers, florists, photographers, entertainers and more.


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Q: how to fix this symbol ' is being displayed as ' in angular 2 application i have an angular application which is making api call when i click on a name displayed in grid table. the names are getting displayed wrong as wherever i have ' is displayed as &#39. i fixed it by using
. but the jql query formed behind the scenes is still having name as "christopher O&#39 Hara" due to which the query breaks and proper page is not getting displayed. any ideas for how to solve this. img of jql query
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        this.columns = [];
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        this.baseJql = this.twoDimensionalGridInfo.jql; console.log( this.baseJql);
        this.type = this.twoDimensionalGridInfo.type;  console.log(this.type);
        this.summary = this.twoDimensionalGridInfo.summary; console.log(this.summary);
        if (this.summary) {
            this.fields = this.summary.split('|');
            this.y = this.fields[0]; console.log(this.fields[0]); console.log(this.y);
            this.x = this.fields[1]; console.log(this.x); console.log(this.fields[1]);
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        }
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            this.columns.push(field); console.log(field);
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        this.total = this.gridData.reduce((sums, obj) => Object.keys(obj).reduce((s, k) => {
            k === this.header || k === 'Percentage' || (s[k] = (s[k] || 0) + +obj[k]);
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    }

    public rowItemClick(dataItem, column) {
        this.orderClause = this.baseJql.slice(this.baseJql.indexOf('ORDER'));
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            this.orderClause = '';
        if (column === 'Count') {
            if (dataItem[this.header] == 'No assignee' || dataItem[this.header] === 'None') {
                this.customJql = this.baseJql + ' AND "' + this.x + '" is EMPTY';
            }
            else {
                this.custombaseJql = this.baseJql;
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                    this.custombaseJql = this.baseJql.slice(0, this.baseJql.indexOf("ORDER"));
                this.customJql = this.custombaseJql + ' AND "' + this.x + '" = "' + dataItem[this.header] + '" ' + this.orderClause;
            }
        }
        else if (dataItem[this.header] == 'No assignee' || dataItem[this.header] === 'None') {
            this.custombaseJql = this.baseJql;
            if (this.orderClause)
                this.custombaseJql = this.baseJql.slice(0, this.baseJql.indexOf("ORDER"));
            this.customJql = this.custombaseJql + ' AND "' + this.x + '" is EMPTY' + ' AND "' + this.y + '" = "' + column + '" ' + this.orderClause;
        }
        else {
            this.custombaseJql = this.baseJql;
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                this.custombaseJql = this.baseJql.slice(0, this.baseJql.indexOf("ORDER"));
            if (this.x == this.y) {
                this.customJql = this.custombaseJql + ' AND "' + this.x + '"= "' + dataItem[this.header] + '"' + this.orderClause;
            }
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A: Create custom pipe unescape:

import { Pipe, PipeTransform } from '@angular/core';

@Pipe({
  name: 'unescape'
})
export class UnescapePipe implements PipeTransform {

  transform(value: any, args?: any): any {
    const doc = new DOMParser().parseFromString(value, 'text/html');
    return doc.documentElement.textContent;
  }

}

Use it in the next way:

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Creative Excellence Fridays -
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A freaky commercial for White Castle
Nike invigorates the LeBron image
Late nite TV wars getting interesting
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Use SEO video to promote your business
SEO Video - what is blended search?
Beauty in all its' forms Jean Nouvel
Twitter success story with EdgeShave
Toronto Star carrying NYTimes content on Sundays
Gap logo debacle - shades of New Coke
Creative Excellence Fridays - Awesome viral hunting
Cigar guy demonstrates the power of social media
Megabranding - when an iconic name shouldn't change
Ad groups unite to stop online tracking
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Welcome back to Creative Excellence Fridays. We continue with the Halloween theme this week with some "disturbing" commercials from the Adweek Top 30 freakiest commercials of 2009.
This ad is not particularly scary, unless you consider a human being morphing into a balloon animal scary.
Lays Potato Chips
This is a 3 minute long "mockumentary". THIS is disturbing. Diesel Helmets
Demonically possessed children with special powers. Who'd a thunk.
McDonalds - Are we there yet?
Not sure I want to eat pizza every again with the vision of singing pepperonis ringing in my head.
Tobasco Sauce - On your pizza
And finally, a very disturbing commercial for a radical group protesting against airline expansion. It's very graphic. Whether you agree with them or not, you're compelled to go to the url to find out more.
PlaneStupid.com
That's it for this week. Have a great weekend. As always, your suggestions/comments are always welcome.
online video advertising, expected to grow 48.1% this year
Online video is growing in leaps and bounds.
And there's no signs of it slowing down. Here are some interesting stats courtesy of Jennifer Van Grove of Mashable.
According to comScore, in the month of December 178 million people watched 33.2 billion videos, with the average viewer watching 187 videos per month in the U.S. alone.
The astronomical numbers for December mean that viewers tuned into two billion more videos than in November, and that, as expected, a majority — nearly 40% — of those videos were YouTube videos, with Hulu still coming in a very distant second place and accounting for 3% of video views.
Month-to-month Google's YouTube maintains its commanding lead, while everyone else battles for the leftovers.
We've been excited about the possibilities for sometime and will be announcing a launch very soon of a separate division of Ontrack to handle this unique growth field in video production. If you have questions about trends or care to comment please send us a note.
I was going through some online creative the other day and came across this ad. It's similar to what Crispin Porter + Bogusky did for Burger King. Edgy, youth oriented, and slightly off centre.
A dancing pig stripper. That says pulled pork.
Nike sells athletic gear. Nike hires professional athletes to say nice things about their gear. Nike likes to feed off the "cool" factor of professional athletes.
Having said all that, sometimes Nike is also in the business of putting a coat of paint on that fixer upper, some fresh grass seed, and a new welcome mat out front.
This is the case with Lebron James, who suffered a huge hit in the eyes of the public, and especially Clevelanders, when he abandoned ship to play in Miami.
Nike and its longtime agency Wieden & Kennedy have just released a new campaign, "Rise," that lets LeBron address "his off-season controversy head-on," as Nike said as it announced the effort.
This 90-second spot appears this week on YouTube and will appear on TNT tonite as the NBA season kicks off with a game between the Miami Heat and the Boston Celtics.
The spot, directed by Stacy Wall, gives LeBron a chance to lash back at one of his biggest critics, Charles Barkley.What the Stacy Wall-directed spot really does is let LeBron get a few jabs in at Charles Barkley, who during the off-season turned out to be one of LeBron's more vocal critics.
Nike does tend to hit home runs, but on the heels of the Tiger Woods "talking to pop" fiasco, only time will tell on this one.
Conan's new show debuts next month. Meanwhile, Jay Leno's return to the 11:30 timeslot appears to have been a short lived victory for NBC. His numbers are going down in the crucial younger demos. See the article from the Hollywood reporter below.
Jay Leno's ratings among young viewers have shrunk in the seven months since he's returned to hosting The Tonight Show, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Just 1.3 million of his 3.7 nightly viewers are between 18 and 49, down 4.4% from Conan O'Brien's short-lived stint as host.
The paper expects O'Brien to continue to draw more younger viewers when his TBS show, "Conan," premieres this November, although the two won't directly compete against each other. (Conan airs at 11 p.m., 35 minutes after Leno.)
This is the latest ratings woe for Leno.
Last week, David Letterman tied Leno for the first time ever in the 18-49 demo, with a .09.
Among total viewers, Jay earned 3.5 million viewers and Dave had 3.4 million.
Next weekend is halloween party time. What will you dress as? Ad Age had some interesting suggestions this morning. As marketing people we're inspired by pop culture, television and even advertising. There will be Snookies, Lady Gaga's and M&M's. But also look for more obscure costumes such as Pam from the "Office" and Joan from "MadMen". Even "Mayhem" from the recent Allstate commercials. We cast our vote for Flo from the Progressive spots. Only the Philadelphia Cream Cheese lady is happier than Flo. And of course, Dos Equis - Most Interesting Man in the world. Or The Man Your Man Could Smell Like, I'm riding a horse backwards guy.
In the spirit of Halloween I dug back into the commercial archives and pulled up a few from years gone by.
Here's a bizarre commercial for Direct TV featuring a soundtrack of an innocent version of Silent Night as the worst monsters in history parade across the screen holding hands.
Here's a scary commercial for Norwegian Airlines -- great special effects.
And finally, here's Nike paying homage to the Halloween slasher films, but in this version it appears Michael may need a few more spin classes.
Have a great weekend. As always, your comments and suggestions are always welcome.
Digital Ad Age editor Abbey Klaassen breaks down digital
As we stumble blindly into this new age which many are dubbing the "digital era" we look to find direction and meaning.
Ad Age Digital editor Abby Klaassen gave an interview recently that describes digital as the glue that binds all of our choices together.
She makes a good point. At one point marketers chose to use radio and television, or radio or television, with some print. Digital is now all of those. And when you throw mobile into the mix, digital is the message as well as the medium.
Here's the interview with Abby.
Recent research by Yellow Pages indicated that if people click on your video search link, they're ready to buy. It's that simple.
Here are some more interesting stats about online video.
Interesting statistic #1.
85% of North Americans's watch video online regularly. I'm finding even myself, when I miss The Big Bang Theory, CTV.ca makes it available to me. And, interestly enough, being conditioned to see a two minute commercial cluster, I feel almost rushed when the show comes back on after one 15 or30 second commercial.
Some potential buyers say they'd choose a supplier with video, over those without, simply because it displays the buying decisions in an easy to follow format instead of reams of text to go through.
Sites such as YouTube, Blip, Metacafe, Daily Motion all promote video, providing you tag it properly. It makes a very solid argument for the powers of SEO video.
Did you know videos, properly submitted to search engines, are 53 times more likely to generate a first page Google ranking than traditional SEO techniques, according to a recent study by Forrester Research. However, many companies are ignoring video SEO altogether, only submitting the pages on which videos reside and not the videos themselves, or worst of all, submitting their video assets to YouTube under the misunderstanding that this will generate SEO benefits.
If you're not optimizing your videos, you should start. "Blended search," the practice in which search engines display videos, images, news stories, maps, and other types of results alongside their standard search results, has become increasingly common on major search engines. And optimizing video content to take advantage of blended search is by far the easiest way to get a first-page organic ranking on Google.
Coming up tomorrow - blended search techniques for better results using video.
Happy Monday - back at it with a look at something exciting coming to the skyline of Manhattan.
On the weekend I read in the online NYTimes about an exciting new edition to the New York vista, a new building by rising star Jean Nouvel. It seems odd to call a 65 year old Parisian a rising star, however he has bubbled just under the top in obscurity for years. People in the know were well aware of him and he has been awarded projects throughout the world, including the giant "penis" in Barcelona.
The new tower, going in a narrow lot right next to Moma, will light up the skyline. It even raised protests in Manhattan because it was going to rival the height of the Empire State Building. After much debate, it was agreed the Nouvel tower could be built if he shaved 300 feet off the top.
Click on the NYTimes article to read more, if you're interested. It's a truly beautiful structure.
Or click on the CBS Sunday morning link to see more
Here's a great success story Twitter.
Edge Shave Gel Uses Twitter for Random Acts of Kindness
From Football Tickets to Megaphones, 'Anti-Irritation' Platform Grows
By Jack Neff
ORLANDO, Fla. (AdAge.com) -- When a New England Patriots fan last month was irritated at his inability to get tickets to a game against the New York Jets, he tweeted his issues to the Edge shaving gel brand.
Edge has created an 'anti-irritation community' at its website EdgeShaveZone.com.
Within days, the fan, Matthew DeCoste, an interactive designer at Euro RSCG, New York, had tickets to the game as part of an "anti-irritation" campaign in which the Energizer Holdings brand is seeking to soothe some of the many gripes lodged in social media.
Mr. DeCoste had heard of the promotion from a friend at a time when Edge was giving out iTunes and Starbucks gift cards, and he thought he'd try upping the ante, he said in an email.
Of course, Edge can't solve every problem. Mr. DeCoste, who said he got tickets 20 rows back in the end zone, tweeted friends jokingly about the goal post blocking his view. "As the game started getting away from the Pats, I was getting text messages from the same Jets fans about the train schedule back to Manhattan in case I wanted to leave the game early," he said. "So, that was kind of irritating. That being said, I'm still appreciative."
Via its @EdgeShaveZone Twitter handle and #soirritating hashtag, Edge is slowly developing a following of gripers like Mr. DeCoste as part of a long-term campaign with big aspirations to own the position of irritation prevention.
Jeffrey Wolf, Edge's senior brand manager, terms it "the anti-irritation platform," which started last month via Edelman. It included releasing a ranking of the 50 most-irritated U.S. cities (Atlanta was first, thanks largely to traffic) and the Twitter campaign, which is backed by promoted tweets and e-cards to brand fans. Edge also has an "anti-irritation community" at its website, EdgeShaveZone.com.
Ultimately, the brand has bigger things in store for the effort, including as-yet undisclosed work coming later this year under development by WPP's JWT, New York, promo shop Ryan Partnership and media shop MEC.
The social-media effort has started slowly, with still fewer than 900 followers since it launched last month. But the following is likely to swell once more of the Twitterverse, a veritable cauldron of gripes, catches on to the chance of getting problems solved by adding the #soirritating hashtag in a sweepstakes for the social-media age.
Edge last month also sent a megaphone to a University of Alabama professor who said her husband wasn't listening to her and a Blu-ray disc player and the movie "Office Space" on DVD to ease the irritation of an employee annoyed by a coworker.
A few irritations are harder to tackle, such as recent ones about a neighbor's barking dog, a UPS package stolen from a porch, a ham-handed blood drawer, high Ticketmaster fees and a "power-mad boss" who's made employees cry for eight straight days.
Mr. Wolf is part of a panel of Energizer and Edelman employees who review the irritations and then decide which to address and how.
He's not sure what tangible effect the effort has had on brand sales just yet, but notes that it's part of a shift from a heavy focus on promotion under former Edge owner SC Johnson to more brand-equity-building activity since Energizer bought it last year. Energizer and Edge have continued to gain share in shave preparations since the sale (up 5.1 points for the four weeks ended Sept. 5, thanks in part to sibling Schick entering the fray earlier this year, but despite a new push by rival Procter & Gamble Co.'s Gillette Fusion ProSeries products).
"What I'm most encouraged about is where we're going to take this brand moving forward with this robust campaign we'll roll out within the next year," Mr. Wolf said.
Edge led the category with the introduction of shave gels 40 years ago, he said. "What I'm hoping to do with this brand is be the innovator or thought starter in marketing communications as well."
Newspapers are finding the digital era is a difficult one in which to survive. Kudos to the Toronto Star for partnering with the legendary NY Times. Starting this Sunday, they will be carrying some of the content from the Sunday times.
Details below. (courtesy Marketing magazine)
The Toronto Star yesterday launched a marketing campaign to promote a new content-sharing deal with The New York Times.
Starting this Sunday, the Star will be running two sections produced by The Times, a 16-page broadsheet news and commentary section featuring a revolving roster of Times columnists, and a 12-page tabloid edition of the paper's Book Review.
"This is one of the largest marketing campaigns the Star has launched in many years," said Sandy MacLeod, vice president, consumer marketing at the Star, in a statement. "We believe that through the combination of newspaper, television, radio, point-of-sale, telemarketing and e-mail marketing efforts we will reach almost every adult reader in the Greater Toronto Area."
The newspaper partnered with M2 Universal for the campaign's media buy.
The new Sunday sections will be free for the first six weeks, then home-delivery subscribers can request delivery of the sections for $1 extra a week starting Nov. 21. Single-copy sales of the Sunday Star will double in price, from $1 to $2, effective Nov. 28.
While the Toronto paper already used The New York Times news service, Star spokesperson Bob Hepburn said The Times approached the Star months ago about this new product.
"We looked at the product and studied it quite extensively," said Hepburn. "We've taken it through focus groups, some online surveys and around to advertising agencies, and have had a very favourable response all-around."
The Star will sell local ads for the section, which will be produced by The Times.
Hepburn said that while The Times provides a similar product to about 30 newspapers worldwide, the Star edition will be more enhanced.
Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.
Not since the new Coke debacle of 1985 has a major brand made such an about turn.
Four days ago the Gap released their new logo design. In 1985 Coke didn't have the immediate response mechanisms of social media and word slowly fizzed back about the mediocre reception of the brand. In the case of The Gap, it was instantaneous. And frankly, why would one of the most recognizable logo brands in the world play with something as reverential as The Gap logo.
In any event, today at 4pm Pacific time, they will make the official announcement; old logo stays.
Was it a publicity stunt? Perhaps, as we're talking about a brand that many feel has been passed over in recent years by much more cutting edge marketers such as American Apparel.
The marketing media will be watching the press conference with their spidey senses on high.
Happy Friday. Scouring the net for interesting content for todays blog I stumbled across an amazing viral video experiment.
TipEx (Britain's answer to "White out") has a brilliantly designed YouTube marketing campaign: a video called "NSFW. It's all shot very handheld and seemingly low tech. A camper is brushing his teeth in the woods and a bear approaches. You are given the choice. Should he shoot the bear? As you click through, you're given the opportunity to type in "suggestions" on what he may actually do to, and with the bear. It's very funny and extremely engaging. And it fits the criteria of viral; something worth forwarding. Try typing in, hug, love, and paint. And yes there's even a response for the xrated suggestions. That's half the fun. Enjoy!
A photographer for the Daily Mail got a shot of Tiger woods ball as it headed straight for his camera. What really stood out however, was a man wearing a turban like hat, a big handlebar mustache, smoking a big cigar. That image started rippling through the internet and creative types starting photoshopping it into various icon images. His face appears over top of Sonny Liston in the fight of fights, on Beatles and Bob Dylan album covers and more. And it continues to gain momentum. No one knows the mystery mustache mans name, but it's proof that when one person starts a trend with the right mojo, there's no stopping it.
Ad age covered the Time Warner Cable rebrand in a recent article. The gist of the article was, "if it's not broke, don't change it."
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- When Time Warner Cable spun off from corporate parent Time Warner in March 2009, one obvious question hung over the No. 2 cable company's head: Why keep the name "Time Warner Cable" when it was no longer a Time Warner company?
So last January, Time Warner Cable's chief marketing officer, Sam Howe, and his agency partners at WPP's Ogilvy embarked on a name search, internally dubbed Project Mercury, to see what names, if any, could better define the newly independent company. The search was voluntary (the company had no contractual obligation to find a new name), exhaustive (dozens of names were explored, two were seriously considered) and ultimately, after 18 months as a standalone company, Time Warner Cable's new name is ... Time Warner Cable.
"When we first looked at the direction we wanted to take as our own company two years ago, we asked ourselves, 'What are we to people?' We didn't want to just be a cable company," Mr. Howe said, noting that the company considered removing the "Cable" from its name as well. "But we think we'll create distance from the parent in time. Those words together still carry a lot of equity."
Instead, Time Warner Cable will debut a revamped logo, design and branding campaign in an effort to establish a unique identity both as a brand and as a cable company. That includes ditching the RoadRunner logo it famously licensed from former corporate sibling Warner Bros. to advertise its internet service (although it will keep the brand name) as well as the capitalized, Time magazine-inspired font in its corporate logo. Time Warner Cable will now use a proprietary font, TWC Round, that draws less attention to the "Cable" part of its name so that its other products -- phone, internet, on-demand -- can get equal play. The company's logo, an eye/ear hybrid inspired by the work of Swiss artist Steff Geissbuhler, will also be featured more prominently.
A series of TV spots debuting this week, created with Ogilvy Group Creative Director Tommy Henvey, should also look a little different. Gone are the competitive ads featuring actor Mike O'Malley calling out Verizon Fios for its deceptive billing practices. In their place are ads featuring families with active lifestyles made easier by Time Warner products: a father pitching baseballs to his son while programming a game from his Remote DVR Manager; a couple who can watch an on-demand movie at the same time on any TV in their house; a married couple who can listen to voicemails from their son via e-mail.
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- In a broad attempt by the online advertising industry to ward off federal privacy legislation, a coalition of industry groups today announced a wide-reaching program that allows internet users to opt out of being tracked for the purposes of online marketing. The program has also enlisted with the Better Business Bureau to police marketers that are not in compliance.
Users can click on the icon that is to appear in the upper-right corner of any ad unit for links to opt out of being tracked by that advertiser and its attendant third-party data and network partners.
While some major digital advertisers, such as AT&T, have already offered a program that allows people to opt-out of being tracked, the Federal Trade Commission had expressed concern that there is not a comprehensive, single mechanism for people to unsubscribe from the legion of marketers that track their movements online.
"I think there is an interest in giving consumers who don't want to be tracked to have a single, universal opt-out device," David Vladeck, head of FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, said in a recent interview with Ad Age. Mr. Vladeck cited that the FTC's recent suggestion of a Do Not Track list, similar to a Do Not Call list that regulates telemarketers, is not technically feasible for the moment.
In the five years since it began, Nuit Blanche has morphed into something quite signifigant.
Pluses - It's growth, awareness and positive impact on the appreciation of art is undeniable.
Negatives - It has grown too far, and should mirror the Paris model; have more exhibits condensed into fewer zones so you don't spend so much time in transit.
Congratulations to the organizers and Scotiabank for putting the time, effort and investment into this amazing celebration.
For our Toronto readers, the 5th annual Nuit Blanche happens this Sat night into Sunday morning. It's an annual celebration of art, both performance and creation. There are a handful of rather bizarre exhibits this year.
Two bizarre standouts...
Bizzaro Exhibit # 1
All Night I Mourned.
This is a great idea. Lie down on a quiet pew in a darkened church and see mourners passing by high overhead. Pick up the CoffinPhone and hear what the mourners are saying about their lost partner, family member, friend.
When I die, I'm definitely taking a laptop and Skype with me to stay in touch.
I cried for you In the weeks leading up to this weekend, ad ad was placed in various Toronto newspapers as follows:
"WANTED: Actors who can cry on cue for a video art piece. Your performance will consist of a 10-minute audition during which you will try to make yourself cry. The audition will be presented live in front of an audience during this year's Scotiabank Nuit Blanche."
These may seem a bit out there, but that's the beauty of the celebration. An expression of emotion and art. Not unlike what we're all doing every day to wrap a personality and an emotion around a product.
It's the same spirit that inspired commercials like these.
Kiwi Bacon
Have a great weekend. As always, your comments and suggestions are appreciated.


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Do any mink in Poland have COVID-19? New findings raise doubts
FILE PHOTO: A mink is seen at the farm of the representative of the Panhellenic association of fur animal breeders Konstantinos Chionos in the village of Mikrokastro
WARSAW (Reuters) - Veterinary inspectors say they have found no evidence of COVID-19 among mink at a farm in northern Poland where other scientists reported finding eight cases.
The National Veterinary Research Institute said it had carried out tests on mink in the same part of the farm where the Medical University of Gdansk said on Nov. 24 it had found the eight cases, but its own tests came up negative.
"One thing is certain - the test results are divergent," Krzysztof Niemczuk, director general at the institute, told Reuters by email. "The veterinary inspection treats this farm as virus free."
A spokeswoman for the Medical University of Gdansk said it stood by its findings.
Pawel Rawicki, a representative of animal rights organisation Otwarte Klatki (Open Cages), said it was "unlikely that the coronavirus has bypassed Poland's farms."
The government has not said how it will respond to the possibility that some mink have COVID-19 in Poland, a major producer of mink fur.
Poland started carrying out coronavirus tests among farmed mink and checking workers after a mutated virus was found in farmed mink in Denmark, leading to a nationwide cull there.
Veterinary and sanitary authorities said 18 coronavirus cases had been identified among mink farm workers in Poland since the start of the pandemic, but that it was unlikely that they were infected by the animals.
COVID-19 has been found in mink in Denmark, Greece, Sweden and Lithuania.
Animal rights has become an increasingly contentious issue for the ruling Law and Justice party since it proposed a law this year to ban fur farming but later shelved it.
(Reporting by Agnieszka Barteczko, Editing by Timothy Heritage)


There are many advantages to using jQuery from a content delivery network, it's faster for a start because it's likely that the script has been cached already and it puts less strain on your server. But what if, however unlikely, that Google's CDN goes offline? Well, jQuery wouldn't get loaded. So the bullet-proof approach would be to also add the fall-back into your theme.
This should go after your wp_footer(); function and has been taken from the HTML5 Boilerplate index file.


While she wouldn't disclose the identity of said shamer, she did explain that those comments remained with her for much of her career.
The actress-turned-TV-host went on to explain that food isn't the only factor that contributes to weight gain.
Thankfully, people seem to be a bit more aware these days. Hopefully, Raven's story will encourage some adults to select their words carefully when speaking to a child about his or her weight.


Only used twice. Oxford Humpack expandable saddle bags with rain covers, straps, bungee cords and shoulder straps to carry when full. Also comes with a matching expandable tank bag that can be zipped off base to convert to backpack. Includes both a strap base for non-metal tanks and a magnet base for metal tanks.


Virtual Reality is the new thing in the theme park industry. Every season, more and more parks are adding this feature to one of their rides. My local park just opened a VR experience this week and I went to experience this new trend.
Tibidabo Express is a Zamperla Powered Coaster opened in 1990, but starting from the first week of August, it will be the new big ride for the summer season. The ride is getting Virtual Reality.
With a top speed of 50 km/h this coaster features a tunnel, some S-bends over a lake and a scenic turn back to the station. It has a pretty simple layout, no inversions.
All the previous VR experiences I had were on simulators at the EAS showfloor or with the Google Cardboard. That's why I was looking forward to try it on a real roller coaster!
First bad thing I noticed, despite not saying something new, is how slow the operatives are. This ride already had long dispatch times because it only runs with one train that runs twice the layout. Now with the VR, the number of crew members grew from 2 to 6 but the ordinary dispatch time was between 6 and 7 minutes. I felt they needed some coordination, but I have to say that I went the first week of operation. So I hope they will work on this because, in my opinion, this is one of the main drawbacks.
It was our time to ride the coaster and oh my, I couldn't have liked it more! The VR movie was the one on Alpenexpress, with Euromaus and friends sliding through a mine and caverns and finally going outside flying on a pink dragon soaring over Tibidabo! This ending was unexpected and looking around the magnificent caverns was an impressive experience. The movie was appropriate for Tibidabo Express and it's good for a VR ride. I wish it had a better quality but I can't blame the park or MackMedia. Nowadays this is the VR we have and from now on, it can only improve in quality.
Personally, I didn't had any issue with the headset but I saw some people whose headset wasn't working. The staff fixed it efficiently but this unfortunately affects directly to the wait time. That's why it is crucial that the system works, to avoid even longer lines.
Exiting the ride, I heard some opinions from the people and everyone loved it and was amazed by the experience. I firmly share their opinion!
In conclusion, I have to say that I'm not a lover, nor a hater of Virtual Reality but after trying my first VR ride, I'm inclined towards the good side. In my opinion, the parks have to be wise with the coaster they choose to have VR on it. Galactica or Medusa at Six Flags Mexico for example, do they really needs VR? I don't think so. For me, old rides that currently lack interest by guests or family and moderate coasters are the perfect match. Pegasus and Alpenexpress at Europa-Park or Tibidabo Express are great examples of that. Maybe I'm wrong and doing inversions with VR is amazing so please, comment below or post on our social media your opinion about it!
To everyone who is not convinced yet by this trend, I invite you to give it a chance and visit your nearest VR coaster. I'm sure you won't be let down. After all, you'll always have the option not to ride with headset!
Thanks so much for reading our VR review post! Please keep in mind, all images found on this site, unless otherwise stated, are owned by European Coaster Kings! Sharing them is fine, but only if credit to europeancoasterkings.com is given!


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Le RMS Empress of Australia ou  Empress of Australia (« Impératrice de l'Australie ») peut faire référence à trois navires :

 LEmpress of Australia, un paquebot construit dans les années 1910 par les Allemands sous le nom de Admiral von Tirpitz. Saisi après la Première Guerre mondiale, renommé RMS Empress of China, puis Empress of Australia en 1921. En service dans la Canadian Pacific Steamship Company jusqu'à sa démolition en 1952 ;

 LEmpress of Australia, un paquebot construit dans les années 1920 par les Allemands sous le nom de Suffren. Il est ensuite livré à la France qui le renomme De Grasse. Il est vendu à la Canadian Pacific Steamship Company en 1953 et rebaptisé Empress of Australia, puis Venezuela trois ans plus tard. Il est démoli en 1962 ;

 LEmpress of Australia, un ferry construit dans les années 1960 par les Australiens et exploité par l' jusqu'en 1985. Vendu à Chypre et transformé en bateau de croisière, il est renommé Royal Pacific'''''. Il sombre en 1992 à la suite d'une collision.

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Philando Castile's funeral held at Cathedral of Saint Paul
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KMSP) - The funeral for Philando Castile is being held Thursday afternoon at the Cathedral of Saint Paul. Valerie Castile requested that her son's service be held at the cathedral as an opportunity for the community to come together and pray for peace and reconciliation in the wake of his death.
The funeral procession, with Castile's casket in a horse-drawn carriage, arrived at the cathedral shortly before 10 a.m. The funeral service was underway at noon, and is expected to last no longer than two hours. Castile's body will be buried during a private ceremony.
"The Catholic Church believes that burying the dead is a Corporal Work of Mercy, and of particular importance in this Jubilee Year of Mercy, as declared by Pope Francis," the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis said in a statement. Cathedral Rector, Rev. John Ubel, will participate by leading the liturgical prayers and will be joined by Rev. Steve Daniels, Sr., pastor of nearby Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church, who will deliver a eulogy. A visiting choir will assist in the liturgy. The texts for the liturgy will have a particular focus on the preservation of peace, justice, and reconciliation among all people, and will incorporate elements from the Church's Funeral Liturgy outside of Mass, because Philando Castile was from a non-Catholic Christian tradition. "
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton is among those attending the funeral. The morning after Castile's shooting, the governor called for a Justice Department investigation and said "justice will be served in Minnesota."
Philando Castile was shot and killed by a St. Anthony police officer during a traffic stop in Falcon Heights, Minn. last week. The aftermath of the shooting was streamed live on Facebook by Castile's girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds, who says he was reaching for his ID when he was shot by Officer Jeronimo Yanez.
Timeline of Philando Castile shooting
JULY 6, 9 PM - Officer-involved shooting in Falcon Heights, Facebook video shows aftermath
TRANSCRIPT - What Diamond Reynolds and Officer Jeronimo Yanez said in Facebook video
JULY 7, 5:30 PM - Thousands gather outside St. Paul school to pay respect to Philando Castile
JULY 7 - Students remember Castile as 'Mr. Phil'
JULY 7, 10 AM - Governor: 'Justice will be served in Minnesota'
IN-DEPTH - Minnesota's permit to carry law and how it applies to Philando Castile
JULY 7, 9:50 PM - Police officers identified in fatal shooting of Philando Castile
JULY 8, 10:30 AM - Prosecutor considering grand jury in Philando Castile shooting
JULY 9 - Cop's lawyer: Broken tail light 'not the only reason' for traffic stop
JULY 9, 8 PM - Protest shuts down Interstate 94 in St. Paul
JULY 12 - St. Anthony police data show disproportionate black arrests
JULY 13 - Proof that Philando Castile had a permit to carry from Hennepin County
Castile worked as a cafeteria supervisor at J.J. Hill Montessori School in St. Paul for the past 10 years.
"Kids loved him," a coworker said in a statement through St. Paul Public Schools. "He was smart, over-qualified. He was quiet, respectful, and kind."
The lawyer for the police officer says the officer was reacting to Castile's actions and the presence of a gun and that "race did not play a part in the use of deadly force at all." Attorney Tom Kelly also said "the stop of the vehicle for an equipment violation was not the only reason for the stop."
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is still investigating the shooting.
Tuesday evening, St. Anthony Police Department records were released showing a disproportionate pattern of arrests when compared by race. From January 1, 2016 through July 3, 2016, the data shows a total of 992 arrests during that period of which 45 percent were white and 48 percent were black. St. Anthony Police wrote 788 citations during the same time period where demographic breakdowns were recorded. Of those citations, 74 percent were against whites, 18 percent for blacks.
Wednesday afternoon, the law firm representing the Castile family released a copy of Philando Castile's permit to carry a firearm. The permit was issued by Hennepin County on June 4, 2015. It's unclear if this permit will have an impact on the investigation into his death.


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FOSTER KIDS GIVEN HIGHER LEVELS OF PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS SAYS abc tv INVESTIGATION - COURTESY OF ASSOCIATED PRESS WEBSITE
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abc tv news - Special Report on Psychotropics with Children in Care
Federal health officials are failing to monitor how state agencies are doling out powerful psychotropic drugs to foster children, according to a comprehensive investigation released Thursday showing foster kids are prescribed the drugs 2.7 to 4.5 times more than non-foster children and often at much higher doses.
Hundreds of foster children are being prescribed five or more of the medications at once, which can have severe side effects including diabetes and suicidal behavior. In some regions, foster children as young as 1 year old were twice as likely to be prescribed the medications, according to a two-year investigation by the Government Accountability Office. The investigation looks at 2008 data from more than 100,000 foster children in Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, Oregon and Texas.
Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del, requested the investigation's release after media reports of high prescribing rates and anecdotes from former foster children who said they were on multiple medications at the same time. The report was released ahead of a hearing Thursday by his congressional sub-committee that deals with federal services.
"This report we are releasing today confirms some of our worst fears," Carper said.
Some of the drugs have "black box" label warning for children's safety and are not approved for use by young children. But doctors often prescribe them off label. The drugs affect the central nervous system and can change behavior or perception. They are prescribed for depression, anxiety, schizophrenia and other psychiatric conditions. Little is known about the long term side effects of the drugs and drug, experts said.
"We're kind of flying blind as far as knowing the safety and efficacy long term risks (for children)," said Dr. Christopher Bellonci, a child psychiatrist at Tufts Medical Center.
The report offered several explanations for the high prescription rates, noting the children had greater exposure to trauma before entering foster care and that state agencies were lax in overseeing the prescriptions.
Critics say the drugs are overused as a chemical restraint for unruly children.
Child welfare advocates say there's a nationwide shortage of child psychiatrists, often leaving pediatricians to handle complex behavioral problems.
"I do believe that medications are being used almost in default and my concern is that is being used in lieu of psycho-therapeutic interventions," Bellonci said.
Six-year-old Brooke was on two psychiatric medications for an ADHD diagnosis when Todd and Lisa Ward adopted her out of Florida foster care in 2010.
Over the next two years, doctors put her on an array of powerful drugs as her parents watched her behavior become more aggressive, erratic and agitated. She twice tried to kill the family dog, pulled skin off her nose and wiped blood on the walls, threw tantrums as doctors plied her with more than a dozen medications over the years, her mother said.
"Her hands would just shake insanely and they would tell us, `oh that's just her'. But it wasn't her. It stopped once she went off the medication," he mother said.
The Wards tried desperately to get her into a psychiatrist but wait lists were typically nine months long, so she ended going back to the same mental health center that Ward said constantly overmedicated her. The Wards finally found a psychiatrist last year who helped decrease Brooke's medications and stabilize her behavior.
But this summer an incident with her sister triggered Brooke and she tried to set the house on fire in an attempt to kill her sister, said Lisa Ward, a 39-year-old accountant who adopted Brooke and her two siblings.
The Wards placed her in a residential facility where she got intensive therapy for the first time, including yoga and play therapy. Three months later, Brooke is home and down to one medication.
"The difference in her was night and day. She actually can express emotion," Lisa Ward said. "They were able to figure out what this girl had held inside for eight years."
Lisa Ward, who started a nonprofit to link other foster parents to doctors and therapists, says the medication was just a bandage and notes the girls no longer have the ADHD they were diagnosed with when the Wards adopted them from foster care.
The new report found foster children in some areas were twice as likely to be prescribed five or more of those drugs at the same time compared to non-foster children. Texas foster children were prescribed five or more medications most often.
"No evidence supports the use of five or more psychotropic drugs in adults or children, and only limited evidence supports the use of even two drugs," according to the report.
Eleven-year-old Ke'onte Cook, who entered Texas foster care at age 4, testified he was on 20 drugs during his time in foster care, sometimes taking five drugs at once. He didn't know why he was taking them and was never told of possible side effects.
"It was the worst things someone could do to foster kids. I was upset about my situation and not because I was bipolar or had ADHD," said Ke'onte, who has since been adopted and stopped taking all medications. "Meds aren't going to help a child with their problems. It's just going to sedate them for a little while until it comes back again."
Thursday's hearing comes a week after federal health officials notified state child welfare leaders they will have to provide more details about how they control the medications for foster kids starting next year.
A federal law passed in 2008 lays out oversight provisions required by law, but many states aren't following them.
In most states, child welfare workers don't have access to the Medicaid database to identify which medications their child is taking and the Medicaid database can't identify which patients are foster kids.
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Posted on January 15, 2017	by Josh W
I haven't been writing much recently; the Holiday season threw me off my game. However, I did manage to write a short piece on Final Fantasy IV for Beneath the Tangles' 12 Days of Christmas feature.
At the risk of becoming a bit one-note I'm going to do yet another Final Fantasy related post, this time on Final Fantasy XV, the most recent entry (having gotten my hands on a PS4 I can now partake of the full splendor of the modest upgrades that the current generation has seen over the previous one). I'm far from completion, but have logged enough time to have some opinions about the thing.
It's fair to say that I had low expectations for FFXV. With the exception of XII, modern Final Fantasy games have proven to be quite spotty for me. FFX was decent, but quickly paled in comparison to a lot of the other RPGs of that era; FFXI and FFXIV were MMOs and hence uninteresting to me; FFXIII was a good battle system and tech demo wrapped in a terribly mismanaged game. All that, combined with FFXV's own troubled, decade-long development suggested a product that would be a mess. Even the initial positive reviews made me wonder if the whole thing would just be a repeat of my experience with The Phantom Pain, where my hopes of seeing an old franchise's return to form gradually fizzled out as the experience sank into me.
So it is quite a pleasant surprise for me to write that FFXV might just be the most enjoyable experience I've had with the franchise since FFIX some seventeen years ago. There's still plenty of time for the game to wreck this impression, but it has so far managed to disarm much of my cynicism. And it did this in spite of being a flawed game that bears the scars of its wayward gestation.
Set in the world of Eos, the story begins with Noctis Lucis Caelum, the crown prince of Insomnia, heading out on a journey with his three trusty J-Rock themed retainers. The purpose of the journey being to go to the Nifelheim empire and enter into a marriage alliance with Lady Lunafreya, who seems to fulfill a dual role of being a princess and a quasi-religious figure – I'm not sure about a lot of the details. Anyhow, these overtures of peace turn out to be a charade when the empire attacks Insomnia, killing King Regis (yes, really) and stealing the magic crystal that the royal family guards. Thus it is up to Noctis and his friends to go on a road trip across the land, collecting the magical family heirloom macguffins so that he might become strong enough to rescue the crystal and bring peace to the world.
It's not a terribly interesting plot, but what's surprising is that it doesn't matter. FFXV takes a very personal approach, keeping much of the scope focused on Noctis and his friends, who are for the most part fun characters to be around. Noctis himself is a bog standard sullen anime hero, but Prompto, Ignis and Gladolius (honestly these names) are endearing riffs on old bro archetypes: Gladolius is the jock, Ignis is the intellectual, and Prompto the younger brother. Their often silly banter is a welcome change of pace from the overly serious recent FF casts (as much as I appreciate the relative maturity of FFXII's characters, even I have to admit that they're on the dry side). What I've been reminded of the most so far is FFV, which similarly paired a generic fantasy story with a small cast of lovable goofballs.
Also like FFV, the game almost seems to be in on the joke of its own campy schlock. A dungeon with horror movie jump scares! A mini story arc where you take back your stolen car in an over-the-top attack on a military base! etc.
But the world of Eos is much closer to the mundane, modern fantasy look that FFVII and VIII went for, while pushing it to surrealistic limits: modern infrastructure and cities exist alongside Star Wars style retro-future tech, while the bestiary has returned to its older, D&D inflected look, with Tolkienesque monsters prowling about the highways. It's a fun world to mess around with.
Which leads to the next major point: a much touted feature of the game was its embrace of open world gameplay. I was suspicious about this move, as it felt like an overreaction to the criticism lobbed against FFXIII's linearity rather than a choice that would fit the series well. The Phantom Pain had also given me a crash course on how, like a buffet, the many options of an open world can eventually feel unfocused and shallow compared to a more limited but more fulfilling three course meal approach.
So far this hasn't seemed to be the case. Part of this is because a weird fantasy world is inherently more interesting to mess around in than war-torn Afganistan, partly because there's just enough structure to it for the exploration to feel meaningful. But we'll have to see how I feel at the end.
The combat is the real weak link so far. Unlike previous titles, all vestiges of the old turn-based approach have been stripped away in favor of an action RPG style. While there's a theoretical wealth of tactical options available, actual combat often dissolves into total hack-and-slash chaos. It looks very exciting and visceral (assuming the camera hasn't decided to hide behind a bush), but there isn't too much going on. Though this isn't necessarily a bad thing – Chrono Trigger, for instance, is a good example of an RPG whose combat chooses spectacle over depth – and hasn't irked me much: the game is far less grindy than most other FFs, so there isn't enough fighting for it to feel tedious, and the focus is more exploratory anyhow.
The more mechanically brilliant stuff is elsewhere. Traditional RPG pit stops like staying at inns and camping are given an interesting overhaul: you now need to rest overnight in order to level up, and you can forage for ingredients that Ignis can cook into lovingly HD-rendered meals which provide stat bonuses. And a lot of locations will also often unlock some quiet buddy moments. It's a nice touch.
At least a nod also has to be given to Yoko Shimomura's bombastic, achingly romantic orchestral score, which fully lives up to the series standard. But there's also an amusing, nostalgic element to the game's music: while The Phantom Pain has the player scouring the world for tape cassettes filled with 80s music, FFXV allows the player to find old FF soundtracks to play in the car. You can even buy an mp3 player to listen to them while you walk. This, given the embarrassing amount of old FF music I have on my itunes, makes this one of the most meta forms of nostalgia bait I've seen.
My understanding is that the second half of the game plays out quite differently both in terms of gameplay and story, and that people have some gripes about it. So my ultimate verdict on Square Enix's revivified vaporware remains to be seen. But at the moment I find myself excited for a new triple A JRPG – and for a Final Fantasy nonetheless – and that hasn't happened for at least a decade.
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6 Responses to Apocalyptis Noctis (Part I)
T. Martin says:
"…who seems to fulfill a dual role of being a princess and a quasi-religious figure"
AHA! IT'S SECRETLY A ZELDA GAME!
Breath of The Wind is actually Final Fantasy XV-2
er..Breath of the Wild
THE "BREATH OF THE *WIND*" CURSE STRIKES AGAIN
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A friend of mine has been playing this pretty heavily since it's release. He's got a lot of good things to say about it. He likes the world set-up and the character interactions. I haven't heard him say anything bad about the gameplay yet. I asked him about the shift in the late game, because it was one thing I kept reading in reviews and commentary about the game, and he said that he didn't have a problem with it because it made sense thematically. I plan on picking it up eventually but I have too many games and books to catch up on at the moment, and that's when I'm not dealing with real life concerns like classes and work.
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India's mining industry IT recruitment activity drops 9.2% in November 2022
India's mining industry registered a 9.2% drop in IT hiring activity in November 2022 when compared with the previous month, according to GlobalData's Job Analytics database.
The industry's overall hiring is decreased by 8.58% in November 2022 when compared with October 2022.
Out of the mining industry's total hiring activity, IT jobs claimed a 7.36% share in November 2022, recording an increase of 1.11% over the last three-month average share.
Top five job classifications in India's mining industry's IT recruitment activity in November 2022
Out of the total job titles, the top five roles commanded a 100% share in the overall IT recruitment activity of India's mining industry in November 2022.
1) Miscellaneous Computer Occupations recorded a share of 25% in November 2022, registering a flat growth over the previous month.
2) Software and Web Developers, Programmers, and Testers claimed a 25% share, a decrease of 80% over the previous month.
3) Computer Support Specialists held a share of 25%, registering a flat growth from October 2022.
4) Database and Network Administrators and Architects captured a share of 25%, down 66.67% over the previous month.
Top five mining companies in India's IT recruitment activity in November 2022
The top five companies, in terms of number of jobs as tracked by GlobalData, have accounted for a combined average flat growth share in the overall IT recruitment activity of India's mining industry during November 2022 over October 2022.
Glencore posted 2 IT jobs in November 2022 and registered a flat growth over the previous month, followed by Norsk Hydro with 1 job and a 50% drop. Kinross Gold with 1 IT jobs, recorded a flat growth.
Junior Level job postings dominate in November 2022
Junior Level jobs held a share of 75%, down by 50% from October 2022. Mid Level positions with a 25% share, registered a decline of 66.67% compared with the previous month.
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Well, huh, the poll is deleting the list for some reason so just comment with your vote. You're only voting for one entry.
I just posted voting and I'm sorry about the delay. Real life has not been good lately.
I'm going to be putting this comm (actually all my comms) on hiatus for the summer. I can't keep up for a number of reasons right now, and to add to all the things that were already putting me behind I'll be moving sometime in the next month which will make me have even less time to be around for this.
So we'll be on hiatus until September 1st.
However you are, as always welcome to continue to post art for any of the previous challenges.
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Relative humidity: 90 %
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Temperature -4 °C -1 °C 2 °C 1 °C 1 °C 0 °C -1 °C
Precipitation 0 l/m² 0 l/m² 0 l/m²
Wind gusts 11 km/h 11.1 km/h 11.5 km/h 13.5 km/h 13.3 km/h 14.1 km/h 11.5 km/h
Avg. wind speed 3.7 km/h 4.6 km/h 4.9 km/h 5.5 km/h 6.4 km/h 6 km/h 4.7 km/h
Relative humidity 89 % 82 % 75 % 87 % 85 % 88 % 94 %
Feels like -4 °C -1 °C 0 °C -1 °C -2 °C -2 °C -1 °C
Dewpoint -6 °C -3 °C -2 °C -1 °C -2 °C -2 °C -2 °C
Air pressure 1023 hPa 1021 hPa 1018 hPa 1018 hPa 1017 hPa 1016 hPa 1015 hPa
Fresh snow 0 cm 0 cm 0 cm
Snow depth 16 cm 16 cm 16 cm
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Temperature 0 °C -1 °C 0 °C 1 °C 3 °C 3 °C 2 °C 2 °C
Precipitation 0 l/m² 0 l/m² 0 l/m² 1 l/m²
Wind gusts 14.1 km/h 11.5 km/h 14.2 km/h 12.4 km/h 12.4 km/h 13.3 km/h 12.4 km/h 12.2 km/h
Avg. wind speed 6 km/h 4.7 km/h 5.3 km/h 5.3 km/h 5.8 km/h 5.8 km/h 5.5 km/h 5.1 km/h
Relative humidity 88 % 94 % 89 % 84 % 78 % 80 % 85 % 85 %
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Snow depth 16 cm 15 cm 14 cm 13 cm
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Dewpoint 1 °C 1 °C 1 °C 2 °C 2 °C 3 °C 2 °C 2 °C
Snow depth 11 cm 8 cm 5 cm 0 cm
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In the early morning it will be mainly cloudy, but mostly dry. Before noon it will become partly cloudy, temporarily sunny. The night offers overcast, but mainly dry weather. Morning temperatures will be around -9 °C. During the day they will rise to a maximum of 2 °C. Low temperatures at night will be around -1°C. We have weak northwesterly winds.
On Thursday it will be partly cloudy, temporarily sunny for a while. In the late evening clouds with rain or sleet will dominate. Morning temperatures will be around -1 °C. During the day they will rise to a maximum of 4 °C. Low temperatures at night will be around 1°C. We have weak northwesterly winds.
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Gadarif | 800 SDG/KG
What is Sesame Seeds?
Sesame is a flowering plant in the genus Sesamum, also called benne. Numerous wild relatives occur in Africa and a smaller number in India. It is widely naturalized in tropical regions around the world and is cultivated for its edible seeds, which grow in pods or "buns"
Sesame seed is one of the oldest oilseed crops known, domesticated well over 3000 years ago.
Sesame has one of the highest oil contents of any seed. With a rich, nutty flavor, it is a common ingredient in cuisines across the world.
Source of Sesame Seeds
In 2013, world production of sesame seeds was 4.2 million tonnes, led by India and mainland China.
One of the largest producers of the crop is Sudan, with a record of over 0.7 million tons on year 2013
Producing sesame oil: used as a cooking oil in different parts of the world, has a distinctive pleasant aroma and taste.
Sesame seeds are sometimes added to bread, including bagels and the tops of hamburger buns.
About 75% of Mexico's sesame crop is purchased by McDonald's for use in their sesame seed buns worldwide.
Sesame seeds may be baked into crackers, often in the form of sticks. In Sicily and France, the seeds are eaten on bread (ficelle sésame, sesame thread). In Greece, the seeds are also used in cakes.
Sesame seeds are made into a paste called tahini and the Middle Eastern confection halvah.
Many food manufacturers are using sesame seeds to produce oil and baking supplements. Households use sesame oil to cook and sesame seeds in baking and making many delicious dishes.
Cooking oil manufacturing companies
Commercial food processing companies
Candy manufacturers
This Sudanese standard is formulated by the technical committee No.4 formed according to the administrative decree of the SSM0/1/A/Idated 18/8/01. It applies to Sesame Seeds. On formulating this standard the committee has referred to international publications and works of Sudanese researchers on the subject.
Brown (Red) Sesame
We are one of the best Sesame seed suppliers in Sudan.
White sesame (Gadarif Region Production):
These are the seeds of which the external shells color varies from white to yellowish white, provided that the colored seeds may not exceed 5%
Mixed Sesame:
These are whitish sesame seeds which contain a maximum 25% of colored seeds.
Brown (red) sesame :
These are the seeds of which the external shells color varies from golden to brownish, and may contain 26% or more of colored seeds.
Difference Between White, Mixed, Brown Sesame
These are the seeds of which the external shells color varies from white to yellowish white , provided that the colored seeds may not exceed 5%
Mixed Sesame
These are the seeds of which the external shells color varies from golden to brownish, and may contain 26% or more of colored seeds
Sesame seeds come in different colors. Each type has different oil content:
White sesame seeds
Red sesame seeds
Mixed sesame seeds
All these types are mainly found in two forms:
Natural Sesame
Hulled Sesame
Sesame Seeds & Vitamin B
Whole sesame seeds are rich in several types of vitamins B, dietary minerals, especially iron, magnesium, calcium, phosphorus, and zinc
Sesame seeds contain 20% vitamin B
Sesame Seeds exporting process
We pack our sesame in 50 kg polypropylene (PP) bags.
We load the 20 feet containers with up to 19 metric tons of the sesame seeds.
The H.S code for the sesame seeds is 12074090 (*)
Sudanese sesame is falling among the products which the US sanctions against Sudan has not exempted, therefore cannot be exported directly from PORTSUDAN to the US market unless obtaining a special OFAC license.
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September 11, 2021 | Customized Copywriting | Copywriting Ideas
Not long ago, while waiting in a line, I was asked what I did. I replied that I was a freelance copywriter in the digital marketing field. The follow up question (as you can guess) what is that? Which I get a lot. I had my elevator answer ready to go and said, I produce clear engaging text for a variety of channels or destinations. Online (or digital) and print where you take the master copy and head to Kinko's. Most people believe all these things are created in advertising and that's about it. But the writing for the catalogs, billboards, menus, scripts, banners, posters, (I could go on and on) they all get their start at a pad of paper or a computer. The term freelance simply means choosing not to work as a company employee and write for your employer exclusively. Therefore, a freelancer is open to take contract work from one project to the next.
Work comes from word of mouth, from your company website, (although some choose to forego the website and operate from their LinkedIn page and other social media platforms). Which are so huge nowadays, Facebook has 2.2 Billion users worldwide. Mindboggeling! Freelancers also possess the capacity to research a topic and distill it down into the material that's being requested. I like to think of it as a detective or treasure hunter. That puts a spin on it and makes it more fun. Believe it or not there was a good amount of research in my work as a Realtor and as a Mortgage Loan Officer.
Sometimes several pieces are requested simultaneously that dovetail together like a puzzle. If it's a new product being launched or a white paper for a business sale, a great deal of research is involved, sometimes weeks and weeks. From there it's a process of working through each phase until the final touches are complete and the end product is called the "deliverable" and lastly it gets…delivered. The piece has been sent to the buyer several times already for approval points so they're not waiting till the end for a complete surprise. They are in the loop making comments and rewrite requests occasionally.
Freelance work also entails doing your own marketing, purchasing, planning, records and billing which typically is half down at the start and second half upon completion. Although it's common for a company to be so in need of a good copywriter, that they will put them on retainer and get a package ordered (multiple marketing materials) which could take several months. The retainer eliminates the drudgery of invoicing each and every piece along with individual payments. The retainer is paid, invoices gathered and submitted at the end where the balance is brought to zero. Makes the process a bit less tedious. I suggest getting a Dunn and Bradstreet business credit report; in the event the retainer amount exceeds the small claims court amount of $5000 (or whatever is your states limit) I am not an attorney so you should speak with one for legal advice.
That's when I was informed that the lady in line with me was returning to work as a Real Estate Broker after a lengthy illness and would like my services to help her reinvent herself into the workplace. Imagine her delight when I told her I myself had been a real estate broker/owner for 10 years. Right place at the right time.
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I'm reading NF: Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Keckly by Jennifer Fleischner.
Ordered The Case of Mrs. Surratt, an older book by Guy Moore.
Reading Memoirs of a Lincoln Conspirator by Samuel Arnold for the WIP.
Your account hasn't been changed, so I'm not sure what the problem is.


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Q: Angular-cli ng serve livereload not working I have created a sample project wiht Ng-cli, then i run ng serve in the source folder, the project loads correctly in the browser but livereload not working.
npm -v : 3.10.9
ng -v:
 angular-cli: 1.0.0-beta.19-3
 node: 4.4.3
 os: win32 x64
Already searched a lot information on internet, and nothing solved the issue.

A: I faced with the same problem on Ubuntu 16.04 and angular CLI 1.0.0.
The problem was related with Inotify Watches Limit on Linux.
To solve the issue, I increased the watches limit to 512K.
Run these commands.
sudo sysctl fs.inotify.max_user_watches=524288
sudo sysctl -p --system

After that, I restarted my IDE, and after that, the change detection started to work.

A: Try ng serve -lr flag. This flag works with me.
Probably the issue occurs becuase --live-reload flag is deprecated

A: It due to the webpack.
If we running two angular application at a time.
Sometimes, it may not reload application every time we need to stop and start application. For that case run one application at a time.

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Increasing the amount of inotify watchers
The technical details
Listen uses inotify by default on Linux to monitor directories for
  changes. It's not uncommon to encounter a system limit on the number
  of files you can monitor. For example, Ubuntu Lucid's (64bit) inotify
  limit is set to 8192.
You can get your current inotify file watch limit by executing:
$ cat /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches

When this limit is not enough to monitor all files inside a directory,
  the limit must be increased for Listen to work properly.
You can set a new limit temporary with:
$ sudo sysctl fs.inotify.max_user_watches=524288
$ sudo sysctl -p

If you like to make your limit permanent, use:
$ echo fs.inotify.max_user_watches=524288 | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
$ sudo sysctl -p

You may also need to pay attention to the values of
  max_queued_events and max_user_instances if Listen keeps on complaining.

Source

A: Is your project on a mapped network drive? I found that this caused LiveReload to fail.
Running on VS Code on Windows 7.
Angular CLI: 1.7.4
Node: 8.11.1
NPM: 5.6.0
OS: win32 x64
I created a barebones Angular app with Angular CLI on my 'E:' drive, which is mapped to a folder on my network.  'ng serve' does NOT detect code changes. I copied the project to my 'C:' drive and Live Reload works as expected. So see if moving your project to a local drive solves your problem.

A: On Linux OS run your app with administrative controls using sudo
sudo ng serve

A: Not sure of what's the issue with your version, but recently I faced the similar issue. Here is my machine environment :
Ubuntu: 16.04.3
npm -v : 5.5.1
ng -v :
Angular CLI: 1.5.5
Node: 9.2.0
OS: linux x64
Angular: 5.0.4

I was using ng serve -o to serve the files locally,and this was some how causing the problem for live-reload, what fixed the problem was ng serve --open  instead.Hope this helps somehow.

A: Live reload server stopped working after upgrade to Angular 7.
The reason is my Node version was 10.15.0. on Windows 10 x64.
After downgrade Node to version 10.10.0 -> everything is working fine now.
You can download older Node versions from here: https://nodejs.org/en/download/releases/
Good luck.

A: Just add fs.inotify.max_user_watches=524288 to this file /etc/sysctl.conf.
Or run this sudo echo "fs.inotify.max_user_watches=524288" >> /etc/sysctl.conf. Should also work if you don't want to open the file and edit it.
Then run this sudo sysctl -p --system


When you are in Panama the most common way to travel to San Blas Panama is by 4×4 jeep from Panama City to Carti Suitipo, or Garti Tupile. You can book your 4×4 jeep in all the hotels/hostels in Panama City to this place. They pick you up by your place of stay and drive you in about 2,5-3 hours to Garti/Carti. This might seem like a long journey but don't worry the scenic views are astonishingly beautiful. You will drive through Jungle on a rollercoaster like road with sharp turns and steep hills. When you arrive at Garti/Carti you will need a water taxi to take you to the destination within San Blas Panama. If you booked a boat then we advice you ask your captain on which island he docked his ship, if you booked a place to stay with the Kuna's they can tell you which water taxi's you should take. Sometimes you need to transfer on one of the bigger islands, this alone is quite an adventure.
Underneath you will find the average rates for 4×4 jeep rides to San Blas. It also provides an overview for the tourism tax/entrance fee and water taxi rate.
If you are searching for flight to San Blas Panama we suggest you look at our Air Panama page for the cheapest flights and travel schedules. Are you searching for a boat trip into the San Blas area then we have some suggestions of well-experienced Ship Captains that navigate the area. You can find the captains on our sailing pages. Rates for sail trips depend on your time of stay and how many person you are traveling with. For two persons and three nights an average price of 150-200 a person is very common.