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We met with Zoee Wong to understand more about the Diploma in Culinary Management and see what she thinks about it.
Before enrolling into the Diploma in Culinary Management programme, I studied the Grand Diplôme® and loved every minute of it. In the end, I was torn between Cuisine and Pâtisserie and looked forward to exploring my options.
Why did you choose to enrol for Le Cordon Bleu's Diploma in Culinary Management?
Diploma in Culinary Management focuses on the two things I had always wanted to learn about: the 'management-side' of restaurants (or any food business, really) including HR, marketing, finance etc. as well as modernist cuisine, or advanced culinary techniques – in spite of my looking, this was a combination I had yet to find anywhere else. Basically, I was sold.
Can you describe a typical day as a Diploma in Culinary Management student?
It's quite difficult to describe a typical day in the life of a student, as every day is so different.
Instead, I issue a warning: This course may turn you into a Monday-loving person. Yes, I know.
Every Mondays we have a six-hour workshop which is one of the highlights. The chefs demonstrate new, advanced techniques, which we then apply to our own dishes using the ingredients provided. It is, in a way, an extreme mystery basket challenge. However, I like to think of it as us being released into the wild.
Any highlights that you would like to share or a piece of advice that you would give to any student considering to enrol?
Executing and expanding our ideas to create beautiful, complex dishes is extremely satisfying and liberating. We take all the techniques learned across the Grand Diplôme®, enhance them and put them into practice. I appreciate being given so much creative freedom alongside the excellent advice of the chefs. If you are intrigued by the idea of innovative cuisine or understanding the inner-workings of a food business – or both – do consider this course. I'm certainly glad I did.
The Diploma in Culinary Management has been designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills to succeed as the managers of tomorrow in the hospitality and restaurant industries at international level.


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8.14.2018 News Tours
Lil Pump Announces 'Harverd Dropout Tour'
Lil Pump is bringing his "Harverd Dropout Tour" to a city near you this fall.
The "Gucci Gang" rapper has announced dates for a headlining North American tour, which is set to kick off Sept. 28 in Denver before continuing to Detroit, Toronto, New York, Boston, Atlanta, and Los Angeles through Nov. 6.
Pump will also be joined by a number of supporting acts on select dates, which will be unveiled soon.
A pre-sale for Citi members begins Aug. 14 at 12 p.m. EST, while Spotify pre-sales launch Aug. 15 at 10 a.m. Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Aug. 17 at 10 a.m. local.
The tour arrives ahead of Lil Pump's upcoming album Harverd Dropout, the follow-up to his 2017 self-titled debut. The album opened at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 and was certified gold by the RIAA.
Harverd Dropout Tour Dates
Sept. 28 – Auditorium Denver, CO – The Fillmore
Sept. 30 – Kansas City, MO – Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland
Oct. 1 – Ralston, NE – Ralston Arena
Oct. 2 – Minneapolis, MN – The Armory
Oct. 3 – Clive, IA – Seven Flags Event Center
Oct. 5-6 – Nashville, TN – Breakaway Nashville Music Festival
Oct. 6 – Milwaukee, WI – The Eagles Ballroom
Oct. 8 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore Detroit
Oct. 9 – Toronto, ONT – Rebel
Oct. 10 – New York, NY – Terminal 5
Oct. 11 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore Philly
Oct. 12 – Washington, DC – The Anthem
Oct. 12-13 – Charlotte, NC – Breakaway Charlotte Music Festival
Oct. 14 – Boston, MA – House of Blues Boston
Oct. 17 – Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom
Oct. 18 – Cleveland, OH – Agora Theatre
Oct. 19 – Columbus, OH – Express Live! Pavillion
Oct. 20 – Raleigh, NC – The Ritz
Oct. 22 – Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle
Oct. 25 – Houston, TX – Revention Music Center
Oct. 27 – Dallas, TX – South Side Music Hall
Oct. 27-28 – San Antonio, TX – Mala Luna Music Festival
Oct. 30 – Phoenix, AZ – Marquee Theatre
Oct. 31 – Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory
Nov. 1 – Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory
Nov. 2 – San Diego, CA – SOMA
Nov. 4 – San Francisco, CA – The Warfield Theater
Nov. 6 – Los Angeles, CA – The Hollywood Palladium
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Title 45: Let 'Em In/Beware My Love (2014 BBE)
Artist Paul McCartney and Wings
Type 7" single No Disks 1 Copies 1
Original Release 06/28/1976 Country US Label Concord Music Group
Catalog No 88072 36607 7 Release Status Official
A remastered Best Buy Exclusive edition of the single sold with copies of the 2014 remastered Wings At The Speed Of Sound Deluxe Edition CDs purchased from Best Buy Stores. Original copies of this single from 1976 included a shorter single edit of the b-side track Beware My Love and here it is the full LP version. Reissue date is Nov. 4, 2014.
1 Let 'Em In 0:05:08
2 Beware My Love 0:06:26


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package com.navercorp.pinpoint.profiler.modifier.db.mysql;

import com.navercorp.pinpoint.bootstrap.Agent;
import com.navercorp.pinpoint.bootstrap.instrument.ByteCodeInstrumentor;
import com.navercorp.pinpoint.bootstrap.instrument.InstrumentClass;
import com.navercorp.pinpoint.bootstrap.instrument.InstrumentException;
import com.navercorp.pinpoint.bootstrap.instrument.NotFoundInstrumentException;
import com.navercorp.pinpoint.bootstrap.instrument.Type;
import com.navercorp.pinpoint.bootstrap.interceptor.Interceptor;
import com.navercorp.pinpoint.bootstrap.interceptor.group.InterceptorGroupTransaction;
import com.navercorp.pinpoint.profiler.interceptor.GroupDelegateStaticInterceptor;
import com.navercorp.pinpoint.profiler.modifier.AbstractModifier;
import com.navercorp.pinpoint.profiler.modifier.db.interceptor.PreparedStatementBindVariableInterceptor;
import com.navercorp.pinpoint.profiler.util.*;

import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.security.ProtectionDomain;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * @author emeroad
 */
public class MySQLPreparedStatementJDBC4Modifier extends AbstractModifier {

    private final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(this.getClass());

    public MySQLPreparedStatementJDBC4Modifier(ByteCodeInstrumentor byteCodeInstrumentor, Agent agent) {
        super(byteCodeInstrumentor, agent);
    }

    public String getTargetClass() {
        return "com/mysql/jdbc/JDBC4PreparedStatement";
    }

    @Override
    public byte[] modify(ClassLoader classLoader, String className, ProtectionDomain protectedDomain, byte[] classFileBuffer) {
        if (logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
            logger.info("Modifing. {}", className);
        }
        try {
            InstrumentClass preparedStatement = byteCodeInstrumentor.getClass(classLoader, className, classFileBuffer);

            bindVariableIntercept(preparedStatement, classLoader, protectedDomain);

            return preparedStatement.toBytecode();
        } catch (InstrumentException e) {
            if (logger.isWarnEnabled()) {
                logger.warn("{} modify fail. Cause:{}", this.getClass().getSimpleName(), e.getMessage(), e);
            }
            return null;
        }
    }

    private void bindVariableIntercept(InstrumentClass preparedStatement, ClassLoader classLoader, ProtectionDomain protectedDomain) throws InstrumentException {
        // TODO Need to add parameter type to filter arguments
        // Cannot specify methods without parameter type information because each JDBC driver has different API.
        BindVariableFilter exclude = new IncludeBindVariableFilter(new String[]{"setRowId", "setNClob", "setSQLXML"});
        List<Method> bindMethod = PreparedStatementUtils.findBindVariableSetMethod(exclude);

        // TODO Do we have to utilize this logic?
        // It would be better to create util api in bci package which adds interceptors to multiple methods.
        final InterceptorGroupTransaction scope = byteCodeInstrumentor.getInterceptorGroupTransaction(MYSQLScope.SCOPE_NAME);
        Interceptor interceptor = new GroupDelegateStaticInterceptor(new PreparedStatementBindVariableInterceptor(), scope);
        int interceptorId = -1;
        for (Method method : bindMethod) {
            String methodName = method.getName();
            String[] parameterType = JavaAssistUtils.getParameterType(method.getParameterTypes());
            try {
                if (interceptorId == -1) {
                    interceptorId = preparedStatement.addInterceptor(methodName, parameterType, interceptor, Type.after);
                } else {
                    preparedStatement.reuseInterceptor(methodName, parameterType, interceptorId, Type.after);
                }
            } catch (NotFoundInstrumentException e) {
                // Cannot find bind variable setter method. This is not an error. logging will be enough.
                // Did not log stack trace intentionally
                if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
                    logger.debug("bindVariable api not found. method:{} param:{} Cause:{}", methodName, Arrays.toString(parameterType), e.getMessage());
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

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At Rivacre Valley Primary School, we recognise the individual needs of every pupil, including their educational needs. Consideration is given to all aspects of provision to ensure all pupils, including those who may require additional support, have access to the breadth of the school curriculum and curriculum enhancing activities.
New legislation (The Children and Families Act 2014) enacted on the 13th March came into force from the 1st September 2014. A new SEN Code of Practice also accompanies this legislation and was introduced in September 2014. Schools are now required to publish a Special Educational Needs (SEN) Information report on their school website.
In line with The Children and Families Act 2014, Local Authorities and schools are required to publish and keep under review information about services they expect to be available for the children and young people with Special Educational Needs (SEN) aged 0-25. This is the 'Local Offer'.
Please click on the document below to go to our School's SEN Policy.


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Recovering the Methodist Movement ©
9/8/2016 - Church Transformation Four Focus Areas methodists mission
A while back a friend called my attention to a March 2013 article by David Brooks entitled "How Movements Recover." A part of what grabbed my interest is the often repeated comment about the "Methodist" movement. Movemental growth in the church for a justice cause or evangelism or mission impact or spiritual growth etc. is an indwelling and outreaching of the Holy Spirit. In brief summation, Christian movements are periods of revival or reawakening to the original mission of the faith. Commonly, "Methodism" is referred to as a movement in the Christian faith (a great element of spiritual revival and vitality). By way of contrast, movements are different from institutional advancement. They focus on the primary mission and contain strong elements of growth reaching out to new groups. [Allow me to emphasize that both!! institutional advancement and movemental engagement are needed. If movements are not ultimately institutionally shaped, they dissipate and ultimately amount to little beside a passing fad. If, on the other hand, movements are choked out by institutional rigidity, desperately needed renewal is lost.] At any rate what intrigued me about David Brooks Op Ed piece in the New York Times was the way he connected the recovery of the Christian faith as a movement (not just an institution) to reaching out to embrace the world in all its messiness- rather than seeing the church as an ark closed off from the rest of the world, riding out the storms. St. Augustine "reacted against any effort to divide people between those within the church and those permanently outside." Brooks continues, "His ideal church was firmly rooted in doctrine, but yearning for discovery." Brooks writes from a predominantly Roman Catholic perspective but there are deep insights for us Methodists in his work. He points to the witness of Pope Francis commenting, "It's hard not to be impressed by someone who says he prefers a church that suffers 'accidents on the streets' to a church that is sick because it self-referentially closes in on itself." We do well to listen and wrestle at this juncture. How do we hold tight to core doctrine and yet remain open and engaged, yearning for discovery? Rigid self-righteous boundaries are not only unfaithful; they will surely kill us. Conversely, a lack of boundaries leads to meaninglessness and ultimately will also just as surely kill us. Many of my colleague bishops speak of the need to be an outwardly focused church. The four focus areas of the United Methodist Church (new places for new people/new faith communities, ministry with the poor, leadership development, and Global health – Imagine No Malaria) are vibrant expressions of an outward focus which seeks to recapture a movemental character. So too are attempts to recapture a holistic holiness – holiness of heart and life that is both social and personal. And yet, our cultural and denominational obsession with immanence as both the locus and focus of ministry suffers from a lack of transcendence. A full blown doctrine of the Trinity with God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit active in our world as subject (not just object) is desperately needed. The theologian David Bosch (as Alan Hirsch reminds us) has rightly written, "discipleship is determined by the relation to Christ himself not by mere conformity to impersonal commands" (D. Bosch, Transforming Mission, p. 67; taken from Alan Hirsch, The Forgotten Ways, p. 113). Hirsch himself goes on to comment, "Apostolic movements make this a core task, because when we really think about it, this is perhaps the most strategic of all the church's various activities" (Alan Hirsch, The Forgotten Ways, p. 113). He [Hirsch] goes on to reference Mother Teresa, "We must become holy not because we want to feel holy but because Christ must be able to live his life fully in us." As much as I resonate with David Brooks' correct insistence on an outward focus in to the world in love-induced mission, by itself it is not enough. There must be an upward dimension as well for the enterprise to be sustained. The work of Kenda Creasy Dean and others on "Moralistic Therapeutic Deism" warns us of the desperate need for both immanence and transcendence, for both parts of the cross. The apostolic genius of the original Methodist movement reached out to the world in love and reached up to God in holiness.


- TNA Wrestling and Sony Six have announced that Bound for Glory will air live in India on the network at 5:30 AM Monday morning local time. The show will repeat at 9 PM local time on Tuesday night.
- Click here for an Impact Podcast Quickclip with Christy Hemme.
- Jeff Jarrett teamed with The Great Muta and Masakatsu Funaki to oppose KAZMA SAKAMOTO, Ryouji Sai and Masayuki Kono at Muta's WRESTLE 1 show at Korakuen Hall on Sunday.
- Speaking of TNA Bound for Glory, we'll have exclusive live play-by-play coverage of the show on Sunday, October 20, 2013 beginning with the pre-show at 7:00 PM EDT right here at WrestlingNewsWorld.com.


I mentioned yesterday the uncertainty tax that the possible government shutdown was imposing on "normal" government operations, as people from National Park employees to members of the military tried to figure out whether they could plan as far ahead as next Monday.
I included mention of one important Cabinet Department that was not sure whether it could welcome a foreign delegation arriving this weekend for long-planned talks. NEWS UPDATE: I have heard just now, from a State Department spokesman, that "The Consultation on People Exchange hosted by Secretary Clinton and State Councilor Liu Yandong will still proceed as planned even during a shutdown." So there! And that is good news. State Councilor Liu Yandong, fyi, is the highest-ranking woman in the Chinese government.
>>As the spouse of a federal government employee who happens to work in the department that you mentioned in your piece today (you know, the one run by the wife of a former U.S. President) I've had a very interested (and often troubling) ringside seat to the budget fight and the looming shutdown.
A few general thoughts before going into a few veiled specifics. First, it seems as though the government has been doing nothing this week other than preparing for the shutdown. I wonder what the cost is to productivity and the work the federal government ought to be getting done on a daily basis. Second, has anything been written on the massive disruption this is causing?
That is to say, my wife has been deemed 'essential' so she'll be working and will get paid. But what about those who will have to work and not get paid? Or those not working AND not getting paid? As we are still slowly emerging from the economic and housing crises, I think we have to stop and consider the considerable impact that this will have when household incomes vanish, bills go unpaid, and mortgage payments missed. This will be the real impact of the shutdown.
Now, a few details about that certain federal department whose name will go unmentioned. No one knows what is going on. Decisions about who is essential and who isn't were made only a few hours ago. As the parents of two pre-school aged children, we've had to work through several different child care and parenting coverage scenarios to cover every possible outcome. Not fun -- especially when we've had to torch nearly all of them at the last minute.
My wife's boss was trying to celebrate [a major family event] last night, only to be interrupted by phone calls, many of which were placed after midnight. One might say that's part of the job, and normally I would agree. But when the Appropriations staff on the Hill don't really know what they are asking (we'd have to go very deep into the minutae of the budget for me to explain), are getting no clarify from their popularly elected bosses, and that is forcing this person to not really provide the right answers and information, you can see where this can become a very frustrating situation.


Our Approach: Roots to Harvest offers employment and experiential education opportunities to young people who face barriers to success in these areas. Combining youth development with urban agriculture, Roots to Harvest works to build stronger connections between young people and the community. Youth who are connected, valued and confident will make healthy life choices now and for years to come.
In the community: In the city, on farms, or in schools, Roots to Harvest works with young people and the community all year round. There are always opportunities for people to engage with sustainable food production and Roots to Harvest aims to ensure such opportunities are experiential and meaningful for all. We employ passionate and compassionate staff who lead by example and work to develop inclusive, instructive and empowering programs.


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EXIT: The Sacred Temple (with Jigsaw Puzzles)
In EXIT: The Sacred Temple, you are racing through the jungle on a small island in the Indian Ocean, trying to save the professor and find the Sacred Temple before the treasure hunters do.
Only this time it's different because there are riddles within riddles hidden within puzzles. Like other EXITs before it, this game has no game board! But it also has no cards; instead, in this new addition to the EXIT series, there are four puzzles, which you will find during play and assemble one section at a time, one puzzle after another. Each puzzle creates an image that will show you what you need to find in the game and what each room looks like.
At the start of the game, all you have available to you are the puzzle bag containing pieces with a grayish-blue back and no pattern, and the decoder disk. But there are also strange items to be found within the game that may be used to help solve the riddles found in each of the puzzles.
The game ends when you have solved the last riddle and saved the Professor and the Temple!
Difficulty Level: 3 of 5.
Author: Inka & Markus Brand
Number of Players: 1 to 4
Length of Play: 2 to 3 hours
Manual Pages: 20
Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 7.1 x 2.2 in.
Product Weight: 1.2 lbs
Manual Dimensions: 5.83 x 8.25 in.
Batteries Required: N/A


Amazingly, screensnaps display the difference!
Some of you might be horrified at the After snaps. But heavy readers, trust me, it's wonderful on the eyes.
And although the screen is still glossy, this mitigates a lot of it.
This tablet is again a contender.
So, what other test does it have to pass?
Still thinking about that. Have Graffiti APK. I expect that to fail because of the app itself. It doesn't scale for Retina-class screens.
BTW, regarding the Bluelight filter, I see the difference now. Great tip.
Except it doesn't really work with preventing the screen from turning blue with S2 screens that tilt to blue greatly! Frustration.
Damn. Can't win for losing.
The Samsung Nook I saw at B&N had a 7 inch screen. I never would have bought that. So, sounds like it was not the most recent one.


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New Era for Popular Welwyn Club
The doors of the Welwyn Sports and Social Club (WSSC) have been officially opened once again after extensive renovation works. The club was founded more than four decades ago by a group of volunteers and thanks to its ethos of inclusivity, variety and friendliness to...
Ambitious Electric Vehicle Plans Announced in Hatfield
Cutting edge Hatfield Station has seen the launch of a new government initiative to encourage more people to switch to electric cars to mark World Electric Vehicle Day (9th September 2020). Welwyn Hatfield MP and Transport Secretary Grant Shapps revealed that as part...
14,700 Jobs Protected in Welwyn Hatfield
Latest figures released have shown the huge impact of the government's unprecedented package of support directly in the local area. As part of the next step towards economic recovery and the UK's long term prosperity following the Covid-19 pandemic the Treasury has...
MP Checks In on Welwyn Hatfield Supermarket
Welwyn Hatfield MP Grant Shapps recently met with bosses from online supermarket giant Ocado to get an update on their battle to supply households across the country during the COVID-19 epidemic. The online grocer, headquartered in Hatfield, has reported a large...
MP Meets With Supermarket Bosses Headquartered in Welwyn Hatfield
MP Grant Shapps recently met with senior bosses from both Tesco and Ocado in order to discuss supply-chain issues during Coronavirus. The two supermarket chains – both headquartered in his Welwyn Hatfield constituency – revealed the challenges of dealing with last...
Local Business Heats Up the Cooling Market with New Product
Welwyn Hatfield businesses continue to innovate and impress, with WMS Underfloor Heating being no exception as they plan to revolutionise the cooling sector. Ashley Cooper, Managing Director of WMS, invited Grant to their offices in Woodside Lane in order to discuss...
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Scott & Charlene's Wedding – Delivered 12″ EP
"… the execution for his frustration is point perfect– his sleepily conversational vocals fold into his sunny, jangling guitars seamlessly" Pitchfork
"Scott & Charlene's Wedding are the neo-indie bomb" Mojo
"Scott & Charlene's Wedding pull off the trick of playing every song like it's the first time." The Quietus
Scott & Charlene's Wedding's Craig Dermody is the voice of a generation, it just so happens to be a generation mired in dead end jobs while smiling into the sunshine as they wonder when someone is going to show up and call the cops on the party again.
Returning to Melbourne after a year of touring, with stints in New York and London and a quick trip around the world, Dermody's writing reflects a new found weariness to wrap around his usual heart-on-sleeve lyrics and tales of everyday life. Never at a loss for a jangly riff or a humorous and poignant tale, Dermody doesn't mature so much as he marvels at his inability to mature.
"Delivered" plays out as if Pavement had been bowing at the altar of The Velvet Underground instead of The Fall, all tied together with a Bowery rasp as if Richard Hell had grabbed the microphone. Picking up where the band left off with 2014's "Back On The Tools" EP and their brilliant show-closing cover of The Go-Betweens "Karen", the new material bursts forward with the usual ragged charm, propelled by an all-star band.
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Pregnancy – and how much it changes our bodies over the course of 9 months – is one hell of a rollercoaster.
So it's easy to forget that the rollercoaster can, sometimes, speed up at any moment.
One day, you can be pregnant and not really showing, then it seems like overnight you've suddenly got a bump!
That's exactly what happened to our forum mum-to-be Michelle, whose pregnancy tum appeared suddenly in the space of a few days, when she was 14 weeks along.
"I'm now 15 weeks today. Didn't have a bump until 2 days ago and it has sprung out of nowhere," she wrote beside the amazing snap.
We are so in loveeee with this pic. It's mind-blowing – and just goes to show one of the many amazing things our mum bodies can do!
Thanks Michelle for sharing. We'd love to know if there was a moment when you noticed your own bump pop?
Tell us on Facebook or in the comments below – or why not share your pic on Instagram?
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By Nathan Back to the Future, Blog 20/06/2014
BACK TO THE FUTURE FRIDAY: Portable Minidisc
Back to the future Friday is a monthly column where Headfonia shines light on the awesome past.
#2 Minidisc portable recorders
Long before I discovered the iPod shuffle and began reading Headfi, I wiggled my typing toes in the murky waters of minidisc.org, arguing which recorder sounded best, offered the best concert-taping capabilities, skip protection, ad nauseum. In general, we were a smug holier-than-thou group that masturbated the niche soul in each of us.
Real MD users hated — and I believe I can use this word without distorting its definition — MP3 players. We hated Cowon, Meizu, Creative, and so on, equally. But above all, we hated Apple. Some of us probably still do.
We had both rhyme and reason. Our players/recorders of choice were infinitely more elegant. We could take disks with us, record our favourite albums on the fly, swap music/disks, and no computer was necessary. Concerts? All you needed was a good microphone, microphone amp, and balls. MD recorders had noiseless outputs, featured on-the-fly renaming, great battery life. Hell, they even had gapless playback- something that until today eludes many players. Then the iPod came along and transformed the MP3 player market. From that day on, our party got rained on.
It took me a while to see the writing on the wall. MD, for all its quirks and tangle of proprietary shit, it was the perfect media system. And, it always would be. Rap on wood.
I purchased my first recorder from the ON/OFF (RIP) in Vetlanda. In rapid succession, I purchased another five, plus two player-only units. I had one break down, another blow up after the salesman snuck in the improper charger unit. I went to professional audio supply shop near Pearson International Airport to pick up professional-grade disks. I even purchased pre-recorded albums on read-only disks. Damn.
But 2006 was the last year I seriously called myself a heavy MD user. I would be lying if I said I didn't miss some of what MD could do. And, I'd be lying if I said I didn't really miss carefully recording albums, getting to know my music in new, intimate ways, and spending hours every week lining up themed playlists for the next five days. In no way whatsoever is this essay evidence of my having relapsed. I swear it. Honest to TOC.
But here's what I love about MD:
Early MP3 players from crapanies like iRiver, Compaq, and Creative, were shitty devices that stole design cues from egg McMuffins and cigarette cartons. The idea was to redesign the wheel. MP3 must not in any way look or act like it was designed for music (or to be used by normal humans).
MD players and recorders, however, followed the general Aesthetic of hi-end CD players out there. Sony pioneered the use of magnesium alloys. Players had slim in-line remotes, and boasted excellent machining, tight tolerances, and beautifully humming engines.
They were flashy, but in a good way. Yes, there were some ugly players, too. Early Sharp and Panasonic designs had no style. Funnily enough, Aiwa (Sony's cheaper sibling), served up tasteful, yet aggressive designs that appealed to the bridge portaphile.
In all cases, MD players and recorders were backed up by forward-thinking design departments.
Not to rub salt into old wounds, but early MP3 players cost an arm and a leg. And you were stuck a measly dozen megabytes or so. MD disks were small, cost about 1$, and you could pack dozens in your bag. If one broke, you didn't have to repair the MD player or recorder. Just re-record a disk. They have no analogue even today. Sure, you can purchase a removable SD or other card, but you aren't paying 1$, and you most certainly can't personalise that card without it getting stuck in your AK.
Because MD disks were small, rather robust, and as easy to play as a CD, they served as excellent backups for your expensive CD collection. Just record your favourite disks onto MD. Voila! your optical digital investment was ensured to last. MD disks were protected by plastic jackets that remained closed to the elements. When inserted into an MD recorder/player, a small lever forced open the metal read tab, exposing the CD-like optical surface of the MD.
I bet you were about to point out that MD players/recorders could be expensive. You are right. And they were. But prices plunged downward as the MD user base rose. Couple that with sturdy hardware, and inexpensive media, and you had a rather economical way of enjoying your CD collection while out and about. Eventually, basic players could be had for around 100$.
Exact CD copies
While MD recorders could record any analogue signal they were sent, and most 16-bit digital signals, they were made to backup your CD collection. They safe-guarded your precious investment. While the audio signal was compressed in a proprietary codec Sony called ATRAC, actual compression was about 1/5, and averaged 292kbps. Late iterations of the ATRAC codec did a very good job of preserving the audio signal. Still later versions allowed for higher compression. MDLP2 allowed you to pack the equivalent of 2 CDs onto one minidisc. MDLP4 was just crap.
But the best part was that your CD — in all its hidden-track, gapless, run-on glory, was preserved. You didn't have to run the file through EAC or MAX. You didn't have to fuss with ID3 tags, or CUE sheets to make sure gaps would wouldn't show up in your music.
Your CD was preserved, with very few errors, exactly on the MD. And it needed no computer.
That last point deserves a mini-essay of its own. All you needed was an MD recorder and a cable. Plug them up to your source, sync them, and go. Lickety split. No need to digitise downloads, find album art, work with EAC. This had enormous advantages in cost, too. Today, we think MP3 players are cheap. In reality, our music collections sit on the enormously convoluted backbone of: internet & connection, computer, encoders, proprietary software, non-removable batteries, and much much more. On top of all that, you have to be rather fluent with one or more operating systems plus a suite of other, unrelated software titles, in order to master listening to music from an MP3 player.
The financial and educational costs necessary to support fidelity playback and enjoyment of music from an MP3 player are astronomically more expensive than supporting an MD collection.
Of course, NetMD (the bastard child of MD and MP3) introduced computer interfaces, promising to open MD to a new generation of listener that preferred going through hoops in order to listen to his or her music. But NetMD sucked. Big time. MDs never were meant to be used like removable memory. Nor were they meant to be used like MP3 players. The simplicity they offered — and nearly flawlessly delivered — was unprecedented.
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BACK TO THE FUTURE FRIDAY: THE ORIGINAL IPOD NANO
Dave Ulrich
I never did the MD thing, so this was an interesting history lesson for me. By the by, can you give a sneak peek on the DX90? I saw that it uses the same chip as the Concero HD and got excited.
MD was huge where I used to live: Sweden, and as big or bigger in Japan. When I went back to Canada, almost no one had it. Getting service (as you would need it eventually) was difficult, but staying the course was what I did.
It was a matter of pride.
DX90?
Will be reviewing that in a few weeks. Till then, stay on topic 😉
(It's pretty good, btw.)
It's output is at least as good as the AK240 (http://ohm-image.net/opinion/audiophile/rmaa-summary-ak240-dx90-md-dr7-ipod-shuffle) but output quality isn't everything.
I was thinking about going for that review. You beat me to it.
I remember when MD was a thing here in the US… for a few months maybe. A few were heralding it as the replacement to CDs, but most people just weren't having it. I remember some albums came out for it. I might have had a friend who had one.
Staying the course for pride. Sounds like the people who refused to abandon laser-discs in favor of DVD.
Dave VS Nathan DX90 review, I can see it coming. I'm obliged.
I lived in the USA when I first heard about MD. I was twelve or something. We moved to Canada when I was fifteen and I had forgotten all about it. Then I went back to Sweden for a bit and bought my first unit. I was a changed man- at least until I discovered that he iPod wasn't as bad as all the MD people were saying it was.
The next thing to change me is the Mezzo Hifi modification of the AK100. (Oh, and we'll get that bad boy up, too.)
Naw that's ok. At this point, I am stoked to read your review.
I had myriad of MP3 players from back in the days, i never looked at MD because as much as i like them they were to expensive for me to buy, but those desires to own one sticks with me.
I always thought they as an older generation technology, would sound worse than the newer more technically advanced specification.
But oh boy was i surprised, i had my first HiMD units its MZ RH910 and i used sonic stage to transfer my MP3s to that thing…
pairing it with my old AKG 242HD, after just few minutes of head scratching in disbelief… enough to say that i put my brand new Sony NWA-45 along with my Cowon D2 back to the display box i have made for them… its not they sounded inferior or anything, but i just fell in love with the sound characteristic that MD unit delivers.
and soon enough over the span of 1 year i own 7 units of player & recorder and 2 desktop units. i noticed each have their own color and character in sound… some i like more than the others.
My friends calls em poison…
Thanks for the comment, Kris. One thing very few, to no MD players aimed for was linear or neutral sound character. Many had slow roll offs up top to keep tizzy out of the treble, and about 75-90% of portable MD players bump up bass by at least 2dB, as much as 4dB, probably to offset the sound of earphones, which were horrible back when MD debuted. For this reason, there is an incredible idiosyncratic stage to deal with and players with sounds ranging from smooth, to ones with almost no stereo separation at all. For people that don't care about ultimate fidelity, I think MD has a LOT to offer. I'm in that camp as a listener, but as a reviewer, I have a lot of problems with my position.
George Lai
Like Dave, I never did the MD thing, nor in fact the DAT thing. Somehow the recordable formats for me jumped from cassette to CD-R.
I started with DAT, did DCC, and ended up with MD. It was smaller, less prone to stretch errors, and the disks were indestructable. Totally worth it.
BTW, George, the MD-DR7 had a balanced headphone output. I need to add that to the review. It was the first mass-produced portable to do balanced. All Sharp 'Auvi' players came with re-badged, balanced Sennheiser MX300 earphones. Awesome.
That's interesting to know. Mind you, I'm not sure my ears are even balanced 😉
That's right, your ears are magnum…
spencer_chan
Man I remember saving like crazy as kid to buy my mzr55.
I went digging for it at my parents house and never did find it….
You had the MZR55? I had the MZR37, which looked like a 1970's deck. They shared the same internal hardware.
Oh Jesus I found my mzr55!
Now to find the power charger and the gumstick battery or the external pack….
Time to MD party. I had the MZ-R37, which internally was the same as the 55, but had noticeably worse sound in a few areas, though was a bit more dynamic in stereo separation.
Peter Janušič
This was my first MD player which was also a recorder with digital output:
https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7059/7154371090_eafcb5e1bc_z.jpg
Unfortunately my sister threw it aways about 10 years ago. So much for lending audio devices to women…
I later got the slimmest MD player in the world, a Panasonic player, of which model name I can't remember. It was just slightly bigger than the MD itself with optional external battery.
Had some good nineties rap music on dozens of MDs and dance music as well.
Still have this Original MD.
Shucks, that image is awesome. Did you take that?
I found it on the web. I don't think I had a digital camera back then. Mine was the same, cost a fortune.
Thanks. I don't think this was taken with a digital camera. The lighting and processing screams 90's LF.
So hard to put images to this site, it boggles my mind on how to do it.
There should be another image in this post which I cannot see….
Edit: after edit its there now…
It's been yonks since I've seen one of htese pre-recorded MDs. I had Simon & Garfunkel: Bridge Over Troubled Water.
Newob86
There was so much promise in the MD system back in 90s and early 00s. It was small and packed with high sound quality (at that time). However, as the competition famed out from MP3, MD fell just in couple of years. I own about 4 MD players include the last Hi-MD model from Sony. As a MD lover I am, I could say MD brought me more excitement than any other portable audio players I have ever owned. I cannot agree more with all the disadvantages this platform has in your review. But back in that time, MD is just simply fun to me. I won't forget that kind of enjoyment that I had the first time I listen to this level of sound from a gadget inside the pocket of my chino pans. Thanks you guys for bringing back all those good memories.
Not to mention that recording an MD in real time, titling it, and then listening got you closer to your music than ever. Today we download and may listen to our music. But back then, we knew our music inside and out, even which title letters were capitalised or not.
Agreed, it was a lot effort to keep all the tracks in all the MD disks to be correct. Hell lots of works to manage tracks back then. But as you indicated, this is how MD made us attached to those music.
I used to know every word of every song I listened to. It just took so long to do everything that I was so passionate about knowing my music.
heatofamatch
I was heavily involved in MD (and minidisc.org etc) at the time. Now I look back and it's all just a heavily romanticized dream. Even for nostalgia's sake, cassette portables beat MD hands down.
So, we're brothers. I wasn't an active poster at minidisc.org, but I spend hours poring over new information, comparing battery life, hoping one unit (that I was about to purchase) sounded better than another. Back in those days, we didn't have knowledgeable websites or reviewers to compare and give feedback, which is a shame.
Anthony O'Brien
I have a Sony MZR35 and a JE440 deck hooked to my hifi. I like to occasionally play around with MD. I also still own a perfect Sony WM DC-2 cassette Walkman which I still use. Sad eh!
not sad, cool 😉
MZR35 was a great recording deck, bested in build quality only by the MZR50 (expensive now), but not in sound quality. Hold onto that bad boy.
SallyMaeSusan
I never had a MD player but this was very enjoyable.
The Sony Walkman (original) was my first portable and I loved it. Now, I have a Classic 160 and an iPhone and I love the musical performance of these devices – almost everything in ALAC and with Ety's and Shures to listen with.
I won't, however, be jumping onto the 'hi-res' bandwagon; the all pervasive smell of snake-oil and my old ears won't allow it. My God, we live in a wonderful technological age!
One very important thing people seem to forget about; when the battery went dead in your MD portable you could just change it and more often than not it was a common AA cell or two. Let's see you try that with an MP3 player.
I bought the first generation iPod Nano and returned it within 5 minutes.
"Where's the battery?" I asked only to be told that it didn't have one. Not wanting to have an expensive paperweight after it would no longer hold a charge, I got my money back.
So very true
BaasTurbo
I still have my MZ-R90! Oh, the memories! I even bought an MD car headunit when I turned 18 – it was perfect. I could carry dozens of cartridges in the car without the worry of scratching or warping them, nobody could steal my (back then €20 a pop) CD collection and it sounded way better than cassette.
Thank you for making me feel old!
The MZ-R90! That was quite late in the MD game. Sony was killing it by then. I was a little ahead of you in years, but lacked a car. Still do.
DeepGroove
Lieven, I am listening to my MZ-R70 right now with the Spiral Ears SE-5. Thought it does not have the accuracy and detail of my AK240, it sounds much more analog and sweet. I enjoy using it and miss sound like that.
It was a fun system for sure.
roxics
My only regret when it comes to MD, is that I didn't stick with the format longer. I bought my first portable player/recorder in 1999 and since I was both a young adult and a truck driver at the time, it was a great way to take downloaded MP3s with me on the road and do some voice memos while driving.
I loved it, but it was quickly overshadowed by CD-Rs and then iPods. So I missed out on those later 80 minutes designer discs which sell now for over $5 a pop on ebay. Plus all those smaller colorful players with USB connections and HI-MD ability.
Wish I would have stocked up on this stuff when it was still readily available at local stores. But I didn't get back into MD until the after the format was discontinued and the prices of everything went up.
The unfortunate thing about MD is that it came too late. It didn't hit its price/performance stride until the early 2000s when no one cared anymore. Had it been introduced in 1985 and hit its stride in 1995, I think it would have been a major hit here in the US. The format really should have been the mixtape of the 1990s. In an alternate reality where it had hit its stride mid 90s, I could imagine teenagers passing MDs around to friends and girlfriends and indie grunge bands doing garage recordings on them to sell at local shows. Car decks with them that didn't skip like crazy like those early CD decks.
But in our reality, in 1995, portable player/recorders were way too expensive for most high school kids or people in general. Nobody wanted to buy just a player because most people had already started collecting prerecorded music on CD at that point. Plus if I remember right, prerecorded MDs were a little more expensive than CDs and they didn't sound as good. So if you were already collecting CDs, why bother? Unless you could do your own recordings, but again that was too expensive still.
That missed opportunity for the format is really sad in my opinion.
paul packer
Well said. Minidisc is the format that should have taken over the audio world but somehow just missed the boat. I still have 2 full sized decks and several dozen recorded discs, and I intend to keep the format going as long as I can. It's hard to think of another format more worthy that hit such a brick wall of indifference, but as you suggest it was the manufacturer's fault with both pricing and timing. However, since we seem to be going back to the future with vinyl, maybe there's a chance for Minidisc yet.
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Wouldn't it be nice if 'get a mortgage' became a simple task on your to-do list?
You know the saying "the devil is in the details"? Well, it applies to the mortgage process too. When you're buying or refinancing a home, usually it's the big stuff like income, downpayment and credit that can cause the most anxiety – and, as a result, the small stuff can sometimes get overlooked. Instead of having to go back and forth trying to satisfy the lender requirements, reduce the work by checking out these 9 tips for a stress-free closing.
If you think there may be any blemishes on your credit report, provide the explanation upfront as this information is useful when structuring your application for submission to a lender. Your potential lender will be analyzing your credit report and if your mortgage specialist has already provided a credit explanation upfront, this will speed up the approval process. This tip can apply to other areas of the mortgage application too, so be sure to have a detailed chat with your mortgage professional as they will be able to separate the "nice to knows" from the "need to knows".
Make sure you clearly state what is what when sending in any kind of documents. This will reduce review time for both your mortgage professional and the lender when the documents are received. Coupled with the tip above, labeling and providing an explanation upfront reduces the back and forth sometimes required.
The documents you send to the lender must show you own them, especially when it comes to downpayment confirmation. Ensure your name is somehow connected to the documents you are providing – a handwritten name doesn't count. Your income documents will likely have your name on there already, but pay attention to the other documents you send in to ensure they contain confirmation of ownership so they can be quickly reviewed and accepted.
This specifically applies to down-payment funds from your own resources. Your lender will request a transaction history of your down-payment funds to ensure they have accumulated over time, usually the most recent 60-90 days. If there are any large deposits made within those 90 days, you will be required to provide a paper trail for those funds as well. Try to reduce the amount of transferring between accounts in order to reduce the amount of paperwork you will be required to provide.
Before you sign any documents starting with the mortgage commitment, ending in the final documents at the lawyers, be sure you read the fine print. It's better to understand the details now than to be blindsided later. The lengthier blurbs are where the meat is, such as pre-payment privileges, payout penalties, document requirements and payment dates. As each lenders approval document is different, don't hesitate to take the time to review all aspects of your financing with your chosen financing professional.
One of the most important items contained in the fine print is; your mortgage approval could be withdrawn if you change your financial profile significantly. So on that note, try not to make any changes to your credit or employment before the mortgage has funded. At the very least contact your mortgage professional prior to making the change to see where you stand with your approval.
Often, the closing costs associated with the mortgage don't end once your mortgage has funded. In addition to the property tax adjustment and other lawyer related costs, an interest adjustment payment may be due depending on which lender you are with. This means you may have to make a small payment before the first full mortgage payment comes out. Simply put, interest with some lenders is calculated from the 1st of the month, so if you don't close on exactly the 1st day of the month, you may have to pay interest for the days leading up to the 1st. The amount is dependent on what day your mortgage closed on. Ask your mortgage professional or lawyer for a closing cost estimate, this should include a rough interest adjustment calculation as well.
Your closing date and payment frequency selection will determine your first payment date. Payment frequencies can be monthly, bi-weekly, semi-monthly or weekly. There are also accelerated versions of a few of those which are perfect if you want to reduce your mortgage principal faster. When signing documents at the lawyers, ensure you're aware of the first payment due date and amount, review all the details to confirm the lender has the right payment account too.
When it comes to mortgage financing, make sure you have confirmed all the important details. These include correct term, amortization, interest rate, proper name spelling, the correct mortgage payment account and payment frequency. If there are changes that need to be made, ensure you receive the amended documents.
Talk to your friends, read the reviews and do some preliminary interviews to find the professionals you feel most comfortable working with. The best way to avoid stress during the mortgage financing process is to work with an experienced professional who can clearly explain your financing details, ensuring you're comfortable with the commitment you're making.
Do you have mortgage questions? Contact Jackie, the Mortgagegirl, at 780.433.8412 or info@mortgagegirl.ca. Stay in the loop by following on Twitter @mortgagegirlca.
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Q: How to use layout.Grid in XML view SAPUI5? I have that code. (https://openui5.hana.ondemand.com/#test-resources/sap/ui/layout/demokit/Grid.html)
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I deployed a new API on edge but when I hit the test through jmeter I get the below errors on router. Its an standalone all-in-one edge server. Deployments were successfull. I tried to hit on local IP with port 8081 and 4527 but both are failing. Any help would be appreciated.
Have you verified(without JMeter) that you installation and proxy are working fine?
I verified from UI. Its showing green. That's all I have checked. Is there any other option. Also It will be very helpful if you tell how router and message processor communicates with each other because in my case calls are not going forward from Message processor.
What is the URL at which your proxy is available?
till you can make a basic call work, drop all policies.
Hi @kailash joshi, your proxy should be reachable when you use cURL on your local machine.
Did you try and Test the installation?
machine is not reachable on internet.
For this, I think you need to do Reverse Proxy.
The mistake I was doing is that at the time of installation while creating virtual host I used port 9000 which was used by edge-ui. I changed it to 9001 and now by testing the flow with ab command trace is showing 200 OK. I will test further and see if face the same issue.
Once again thanks to you and Rahul.


According to a recent research, there is a very close relationship between the mother and the son's puberty. Many of us have known the link between the mother and her daughter's puberty, a little was known for the son.
The age at which the woman had her first period is linked with the onset of her son's puberty. There was a study on 16,000 Danish women and their children in the Journal of Human Reproduction, according to which, the women who had their menstruation at an early stage than her peers, their son's also experienced the same.
Mothers who bled first among their peers will likely to have sons with an early growth of armpit hair, acne and voice breaking. While the daughters will develop breasts six months earlier than her peers.
For girls, the age of early puberty is from 8 to 11 while late is from 15 to 19. For boys, the right age for puberty to hit them is from 9 to 14.
Also according to an American study in January, there are also other causes of early onset of puberty like mental health issues in the stage of adulthood and adolescence.
For conducting a study researches observed 15,822 children and asked the mothers several questions twice amid their pregnancy. For the completion of their study after seven years they were again given questionnaires to know more about the link of puberty between the mother and the child.
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The modern constellation Boötes lies across one of the quadrants symbolized by the Azure Dragon of the East (東方青龍, Dōng Fāng Qīng Lóng), and Three Enclosures (三垣, Sān Yuán), that divide the sky in traditional Chinese uranography.

The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 牧夫座 (mù fū zuò), meaning "the shepherd constellation".

Star
The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Boötes area consists of :

See also
Traditional Chinese star names
Chinese constellations
List of constellations by area

References

External links
Boötes – Chinese associations
 香港太空館研究資源
 中國星區、星官及星名英譯表
 天象文學
 台灣自然科學博物館天文教育資訊網
 中國古天文
 中國古代的星象系統

Astronomy in China
Boötes

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GG2 Diversity Conference
Multicultural Britain represented in logo form.
We were delighted to have been asked to rebrand the GG2 Diversity Conference and Leadership Awards established by the Asian Media Group (AMG), a prestigious global media conglomerate and one of the largest Asian publishing houses in the UK. When asked to redesign the logo for the GG2 Diversity Leadership Awards, we were briefed to create a logo that "represents fun, culture, diversity, leadership and ethnicity."
Without changing the "GG2" portion of the logo, we had to infuse the brand with an international, contemporary feel that was 'inclusive' in terms of race, faith and colour. We decided to take a multi-coloured approach with a symbol that was joined up to show unity despite differences. Our goal was to create a strong logo which represents a multicultural Britain.


Fully optimized for Mountain Lion, Mavericks and Yosemite (64bit architecture) but version 1.x.x should work with Lion too, provided you build from source with the 10.7 SDK.
Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE).
Supports jumbo frames up to 9000 bytes.
Could you add support for AR813x and AR815x? Sorry, no, because I used a different linux driver as the code base than Shailua which doesn't support these chips so that it would be too much work to add support for them.
Goto /S/L/E and delete ALXEthernet.kext.
Open System Preferences again, select Network and check if the new network interface has been created automatically or create it manually now. 8.Configure the interface.
Disabling Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) may be required to avoid situations in which the link gets lost randomly. Make sure you have followed the installation instructions especially when you have issues with certain domains while the others are working fine.
Use the debug version to collect log data when trying to track down problems. The kernel log messages can be retrieved with "grep kernel /var/log/system.log" in Terminal. Include the log data when asking for support or giving feedback. I'm an engineer, not a clairvoyant.
Check your BIOS settings. You might want to disable Network Boot and the UEFI Network Stack as these can interfere with the driver.
Double check that you have removed any ALXEthernet.kext from your system because it could prevent the driver from working properly.
Verify your bootloader configuration, in particular the kernel flags. Avoid using npci=0x2000 or npci=0x3000.
In Terminal run netstat -s in order to display network statistics. Carefully examine the data for any unusual activity like a high number of packets with bad IP header checksums, etc.
In case auto-configuration of the link layer connection doesn't work it might be necessary to select the medium manually in System Preferences under Network for the interface.
Use Wireshark to create a packet dump in order to collect diagnostic information.
Keep in mind that there are many manufacturers of network equipment. Although Ethernet is an IEEE standard, different implementations may show different behavior causing incompatibilities. In case you are having trouble try a different switch or a different cable.


In the business world, effectively selling products plays a major role in the success of any type of venture. It is the deciding factor for any businesses survival in the industry. Knowing how to effectively sell your products to your potential clients is in itself an art that should be majored. The first step is to have belief in your product and think of the sale as really helping out another person by offering him/her a solution through what you are selling. In other words you should have a passion for what you are selling.
Presenting the benefits that your product would provide rather than the features or specifications of the product is a sure way to grab the attention of your potential clients. Highlighting the issues that the customer can resolve through your product is important. You should always ask your customer questions that indicate a need for your product and point out all reasons on how your product can fulfill these needs. Good communication skills are an essential feature that you should posses. You should be able to logically and rationally eliminate any confusion or doubts in your clients mind through your sales presentation.
Your sales strategies should always be focused into winning the confidence of your customers. In order to dispel most sales destroying factors such as customer indecisiveness, skepticism about the business and confusion, you should always display an attitude that reflects experience, dependability, quality as well as excellent customer service. Pointing out what your customer might lose if he/she doesn?t purchase your product, paying attention and listening to what your customers? requirements are and keeping your buying process quick, fast and easy are some ways in which you would be able to win your customers over.
Maintaining your advertising/marketing and promotional strategies up to date is an important step in placing your business ahead of your competitors. You should always analyze your strategies to identify any loopholes and areas of improvement in order to set yourself apart from others. Also by emphasizing on your credibility you would be able to convince a customer to purchase products from you. In order to build up credibility you can always utilize case studies, product specifications and previous customer referrals. You can also provide after sales service, warranty periods and even money back guarantee over usage within a specific period of time, so as to convince a customer to purchase from you. And finally you should understand when you should stop promoting the product and sell it to the client.
Knowing your product thoroughly and understanding the mindset of your potential clients are important factors in selling products effectively.
American companies, especially the b2b ones, make every effort possible to bring their business to greater lengths. They do the TV, print, and radio advertising to get their message across and to make more deals and sales. However, in spite of these close-to-good steps, they still fail because they only get few results that are no way efficient to keep their business running. Although these techniques are good in advertising, they end up futile when it comes to getting closed sales. It's for this reason why companies in US have found themselves using another tool in getting more business leads. Among the many options, telemarketinghas stood the test of time in helping them in terms of marketing.
There are two known telemarketing services that American firms have indulged in to increase the productivity of their business. These are inbound and outbound telemarketing services. Both are done by professional telemarketers but the two have varying capabilities to boast. Inbound telemarketing is when telephone representatives accept calls from customers, may it be a complaint, inquiry, product purchase or customer support. Outbound telemarketing on the other hand is when professional telemarketers make calls to different people to sell products/services, do phone surveys and such. These services are often served by call centers specializing in telemarketing, lead generation and appointment setting.
These telemarketing services have become the current trend in the b2b circle. They become the most efficient, cost-effective and profitable ways to market products and services. If you are a mom-and-pop store, or one of the Fortune 500 companies that want to garner more b2b deals, then you really need to avail of these b2b telemarketing services from call centers. With enough number of business leads coming in, you can make more deals and sales through them. However the leads should be pre-qualified. Meaning they should have the higher chances of becoming successful sales. Also they should have met the most basic requirements and your specifications to ensure success. No doubt, lead generation really becomes a big help in telemarketing. Without it, success would not be possible. Well if you want to purchase leads rather than generating them on your own, then that can also be good. However, it requires you more money and sometimes the quality of leads is not guaranteed. But if you must buy leads, just make it sure that you do a careful research. You can seek advice from your fellow businessmen or government agencies to ensure that you will be getting a trusted company to buy the leads from.
However, when you use outbound telemarketing service to gather leads, you can expect to reach more decision makers in less time. You will get rid of hard selling, because you can also do the appointment setting which is more effective and can engage customers into long-term business relationships. You can meet prospects and explain to them what you do best. Having a good relationship with them is only the start of more satisfying business climate. Now, if you are looking for better way to market your business, opt to telemarketing. It's effective and can become more effective when coming from a first-rate telemarketing company. So work with the best.
The internet has changed a lot over the last few years and things have started getting really exciting from a commercial perspective. People have now switched from just giving information out to clients, to trading and selling their wares on a full time basis. You can set up a store online connect it to your banks account and offer secured online payments, so that your customers will have easy access to all your products and services.
Building online stores are a quick and painless way to get your business going without having to worry too much about start up capital. You can get a store completed for a relatively low fee and all you need to do is market it and start selling the things you have on offer there. There are several interesting and fun ways you can go about all of that and each of them offer you a competitive edge to help you get the bank balance of your business ticking over.
Starting a business online can still be quite taxing on you and your time, so if you haven't got it and you need to get your business going then you should start looking into sites like where you can either register yourself as a trader, with your own existing store or you can set yourself up as a seller, that retails all your wares directly to the public. Even if you have a land-based store somewhere you can register your business as a part of the directory so that people can find you if you have what they are looking for.
Finding the right sites means that they need to have secured payment facilities available, so that your potential buyers will not have a problem with paying for your stuff, or giving out their personal information. You need to make sure that the site you are using is reputable and trustworthy, or else you will need to find another or go out on your own and do all of that yourself. That means that you will need to do what you can to offer your customers a reliable payment services that is both recognised and trusted before they will even think about purchasing anything from you.
You will also need to handle all the marketing yourself, or pay somebody to do it. At least if you visit a portal site that lets buyers register and sell, they will take care of all that for you so that all you need to do is make sure your customers are happy with your products.
Do you have an effective cold calling script that makes you feel confident when you pick up the phone? Or are you afraid and feeling like your telephone weighs twenty pounds? A key to building confidence and overcoming the fear of the phone is to have an effective cold calling script.
Although there are more effective ways of reaching prospects, the cold call can still make you money if you have the right script. However, having a cold calling script is not the end all. You need to practice your script over and over until it flows off your tongue. You don't want to sound like one of those telemarketers reading the words regardless of what you say.
First you should do your homework and find out who the decision maker in the company is and ask for them personally when you call. Address them as Mr. or Ms. and their last name.
Then give them your name and company and thank them for their time and let them know you will be brief.
You should further introduce your self with a short commercial. One sentence that sums up simply and clearly how you can help them solve a problem.
Next ask them a closing question which further shows the benefits of your product or service.
If you get a positive response, close for the appointment.
If you get a no, then you should have another question prepared stating another benefit of your product or service or be direct and if the benefit you are offering important to them?
Also let them know that the appointment they are setting will be brief.
I have many times said to prospects… I need about 10 minutes of your time to show you the benefits of my product or service. At the end of the ten minutes if you believe our product or service is not for you I'll leave.
Be prepared with answers to their objections ahead of time. You know what they are so be ready with answers.
Good morning Mr. James, My name is Sally Jones with Lessmony.
I appreciate you giving me a moment of your valuable time this morning. I promise to be brief.
I specialize in helping trucking companies boost productivity and reduce costs.
If I could show you a way to improve productivity and reduce fuel and mobile phone costs, would you be interested?
I need about 10 minutes of your time to show you the benefits of my product or service. At the end of the ten minutes if you believe our product or service is not for you I'll leave.
Would tomorrow at 10:15 be good or would Wednesday at 2:45 be better?
Great, I will see you Wednesday the 29th, 2:45 at 2006 Clearwater Avenue.
So, improving productivity and reducing fuel and mobile phone costs isn't important to you?
If you feel you may have a good prospect, keep closing, if not hang up and move on to the next.
Much of your success in sales will be determined by how much you prepare. This cold calling script is only one of many, however, it will give you a template to use to get started. Get a script that works for you, memorize it and use it to convert more of your calls to appointments.
Where Do Most of Your Clients Come From?
When I meet people for the first time and they understand that I'm a marketing consultant, I'm frequently asked, "Where do most of your clients come from?" Many times I believe the question is asked innocently enough. But, quite often I feel like the person asking wants to know if I have a magic answer that might work for them.
Most small business owners are passionate about the services they provide – not the marketing it takes to consistently find more clients. Many service businesses will admit that they're not really sure what works best or how to get going with marketing.
The result is usually a scatter gun approach. I refer to it as episodic marketing. It is characterized by a series of unfocused and hastily-planned, one-shot episodes (or campaigns). A common example is throwing together a tri-fold brochure that you can start mailing or handing out to everyone you meet, or sending out a direct mail piece to try and stir up some interest.
Typically, the motivation for these marketing episodes is a slow down in business. And then when business picks up, you quickly scrap the current campaign (until the next slow down).
What's missing for most small service businesses is a system to break marketing down into a series of connected small steps. A marketing system is the key to generate a consistent supply of leads and convert them into new clients.
So Where Do Most of Your Clients Come From?
For me, the answer is that they are coming as a result of my ABCD Growth Marketing System. The same system I'm using to help teach my clients how to get better, more consistent results from their marketing is the system I'm using to build my own business.
Having a system allows me to dependably follow simple, but proven and effective processes to consistently generate leads and convert them into more business.
It is not a result of one or two great ideas or strategies. It's breaking marketing and sales down into a series of connected strategies and tactics to gain attention from prospects and help them to become clients. The system helps move prospects forward that are ready to say "Yes", and lets those who are not motivated or ready to make the investment move on.
Why Do You Need A System?
If you don't have a marketing and sales system, you'll never be able to grow your business to its full potential.
Most businesses address their primary business functions with systems. You have your billing system, accounting system, payroll system, and time management system. It's likely you have systems to manage client or project work. One primary business function that seems to go without a system is Marketing.
There's a great misconception that to be an effective marketer, you need to be creative. And most small business owners will tell me that they're just not good at that. But I would contend that marketing should be more of a science (a system) than an art.
That's the number one reason to have a system. Without a marketing and sales system, most service businesses end up reactively marketing when business is slow and stop when they are busy. This mindset usually lends itself to episodic marketing.
With a system, you'll be better prepared to generate inquiries and convert new clients all year round.
Notice that I've said you need a Marketing and Sales system. Marketing and sales are NOT the same thing, but you need a system that addresses both seamlessly.
Let's just look at the important difference between marketing and sales and why they should be successfully combined in a system like my ABCD Growth Marketing System.
One of the notions I hear over and over again is that Marketing is about creating name recognition or brand awareness. I would argue that these are simply welcome side-effects of marketing.
When you are a small business and all of your time, energy, and money count, then what you really need is for marketing to produce a consistent stream of good quality leads. Therefore, I define marketing as the use of strategies and tactics to generate a constant supply of high-quality leads.
Sales then is the process(es) you use to convert as many as possible of those high-quality leads into clients.
This is why the two should be seamlessly addressed in your system. Too many businesses jump forward to selling before a potential lead is even established as a qualified prospect.
Conversely, many leads go uncultivated when there's no means to explore the prospect and move them towards becoming a potential buyer.
Now just imagine if you had a system to drive these vital functions in your business. A system that breaks down the marketing and sales process into smaller, more manageable, interrelated steps.
Think about your own business. Where do most of your clients come from? Is it from your marketing and sales system? It should be.
B2B Trade is a type of business activity that takes place between the traders i.e., buyers, suppliers, wholesalers, exporters, importers, etc. This type of business is different from B2C (business to consumer).
B2B trade portal give a wonderful platform to educate traders who require selling or buying products in bulk for their own business. B2B portals are expanding their presence throughout the world progressively and India is also under its effect. Users of these sites have increased over the past decade and are indulging themselves more and more in this B2B marketing activities.
B2B Portal is basically a gathering of goods of diverse categories in one place, ultimately, B2B portal is the set of buyers and sellers of various products in bulk and everyone can find products according to their state and if the transaction companies can participate out here, the B2B portal is also integrated payment service with secure gateway.
The internet has played a very significant role in increasing the popularity of B2B trade worldwide. With the help of Internet, worldwide traders are finding it easier, to use these business portals for better growth and exposure.
B2B Portal not only involves trading of products but also of information and services. It has various benefits over the enterprises as it is able to attract industry to promote their products, contributing to the creation of a worldwide network of professionals in one place, a very complex task can be displayed in a planned and procedures. This platform is helpful for businesses that are far away, but their requirements are modified to an agreement. Electronic commerce has played a key role in promoting trade, as products of the company that is outside the country may be announced by the B2B portal.
On these B2B portals, the use of electronic data exchange is also increasing throughout the world. Online B2B trade websites have a brilliant future as contributions from businesses around the world to new and rising markets have been measured to be much privileged. It was anticipated that the primary decade of the 21st century will turn out to be a concept of B2B industry of billions of dollars and the hope has become reality.
So what is the prospect of B2B portals in the next coming years? While some experts are influenced that B2B markets have a golden future, while others believe that the success of these global markets depends on certain things.
Office furniture is a one of the most important parts of your business. Realizing what pieces to pick and where to put sets the tone for your business and will be the first impression when your customers come to meet you. Picking out the proper conference room furniture is able to make a meeting comfortable and inviting.
A division of Secret Prices, Inc is . They've been in the office furniture business for the last 30 years. They started as a father & son, family owned business, then opened the web based division in the year 2000, and became incorporated in 2004.
All of the great products at are brand new but sold at closeout prices. They have everything you could need from reception desks, couches, and filing cabinets to high quality conference room items like the 7ft. long wooden table with black leather chairs. They also carry great bookshelves, office desks, cubicles and even furniture for the training and/or break rooms. Having all of these styles of furniture available in one area means that you can pick out a cohesive set throughout your office instead of choosing pieces from here and there trying to have the best price. They have the style and best price all right here.
The best asset of Office Pope is that when you call a qualified person will reply your call to help guide you to the right options. Each member of their client service staff has at least 5 years of experience and trained to listen to your requirements and then help you select the best pieces for your office.
Also, if you are a non profit organization they feel that the fact your are giving to your community and ultimately our world means you should get a discount of 5%-10% (depending on order size). Call and check out what they can do for you.
You can then select the pieces online and add them to you after you call and speak with the customer service representative and select the proper pieces for your space. During checkout you will find out that if you are outside of the state of new york there is no sales tax assessed. They as well give you entirely free shipping on all items and as an added bonus each item is insured if an accident occurs.
The free shipping option does snot include inside delivery, however, delivery service is available through Office Pope so that your office furniture can arrive at a specified time and even unloaded and brought inside for you.
Do not wonder about the details of your furniture. Get complete piece of mind from the moment you order until your shipment arrives by purchasing from Office Pope.
If you are new to the business world, you may believe that a low cost merchant account is beyond reach. You might reason that every dollar of profit you make should be funneled right back into the business? products or services rather than into an account that facilitates electronic payment processing. But a merchant account may be the very asset your business needs in order to achieve the growth you want to see. By providing your customers with alternative payment options to cash and check, you are inviting them to spend more and pay according to their preferred method, since research shows more consumers are choosing to pay by credit card than any other means.
A low cost merchant account can help your business grow by enhancing your marketing plan. When the word gets out that your company offers electronic payment services like credit card swiping, telephone dial-up, and Internet Website payment options, customers will be impressed and may be more likely to check out your various options to see for themselves how easy you have made it for them to shop with your company. Naturally, you don?t have to offer all these options at once. But you can start by getting approved for merchant account services and then setting up one type of credit payment option to see how customers respond. If all goes according to plan and growth follows the expected trend, you may decide to add another option to further expedite payment procedures.
Your low cost merchant account can put a terminal-printer on your checkout counter to help your cashier process credit payments in addition to making change for cash payments and getting the manager?s check approval. When customers know that you accept credit cards, they may be more likely to spend more than they would have otherwise. They might even buy gift cards or novelty items in the checkout line. If you deliver goods or services with an appliance installation service, for example, you can buy or lease a wireless credit card processor that can go wherever you do for point-of-sale processing. You don?t have to worry about statements that won?t get paid or billing customers each month for the next year. A credit card sale can finalize the account to the satisfaction of both your client and you.
When you are ready to grow your business to the next level, with a low cost merchant account, you can apply for digital credit card processing by installing a telephone credit payment service. This will allow customers to call in at any time and key in their credit card account number for payments without the aid of a customer service representative. Then you can add a company Website with a credit-processing feature where customers can order services or supplies and pay on the spot with a credit card.
Don?t wait too long before making the move to electronic credit card processing equipment. Your customers expect it, and your company needs it to stay solvent and experience serious growth. Start thinking about applying for a low cost merchant account.


West Chester Township provides residential property owners with a means to prohibit certain types of door-to-door solicitation through West Chester Board of Trustees Resolution 19-2017, as permitted by Ohio Revised Code 505.94.
The resolution states that solicitation shall not occur on any residence where a not solicitation sign, decal, or other lawful display is exhibited.
Transient vendors, as defined by Ohio Revised Code 505.94, are required to register at the West Chester Township Police Department where they are issued a Solicitor's Registration Card which must be visible when they approach a home. Solicitors are limited to the hours of 9 a.m. and 9 p.m., May through September; and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., October through May.
These provisions do not apply to those soliciting for non-profit activities such as school fundraisers, etc.
If a No Soliciting sign is visibly posted at your residence and a transient vendor comes to your door, get as much information as possible (name of individual, company name and description). This information may be provided on a brochure or handout provided by the vendor. Then call the non-emergency West Chester Police number (513-777-2231) to report the violation.
A police officer must be able to identify the solicitor in order to issue a citation.
If you see a transient vendor in West Chester neighborhoods without the appropriate badge, also notify West Chester Police with as much information as possible.


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Clash of Two Universal Authorities
March 28, 2014 UncategorizedTakeo HARADA
I'm just riding on the Chuo-Line bound for Tokyo, while I'll hold a seminar in Fukuoka today. This will be the very last seminar for me till 2015 in Japan, because my schedule will be full of other obligations especially related to the global community such as participation as panelist in the forthcoming St. Petersburg Economic Forum (in Russia) and Eurasia Business Forum (in Kazakhstan).
The most important thing in this moment is the fact that the fundamental stratum all over the world suddenly began to move. To understand it correctly, I maybe have to explain you what this stratum is.
Obviously, the international community is divided in five different classes as shown below:
-Fundamental Stratum
-Head Clerk
-Manager
-Work Force
-Others
The fundamental stratum such as emperor and kings concentrate on making concepts and frameworks, while their head clerks like presidents and prime ministers help them to do so. Once they are finished, managers are instructed to think of how to execute them and then will make detailed plans to be shown to work force. According to these plans, the work force will execute them one by one.
The point is only the fundamental stratum and their head clerks are in charge of deciding concepts and frameworks for the human society. All the others just obey them, even though they are "motivated" to do so. Magic words such as "MBA" are typical tools to let them believe as if they decide only by themselves how to move forward.
What the ultimate stratum is interested in and always follows is two things. The one is to watch the position and motion of celestial bodies. Another is to observe diastrophism. To find any subtle early warning signals is extremely important for this class, because its authority is fundamentally based on quick response to them. All the concepts and frameworks this stratum makes is to adapt to new environment the nature shows at each moment. This kind of effectivity is the very source of authority and power from the ancient. Experts call it "theocracy", which is totally different from "democratic" one to be taught in modern times.
This week, all the fundamental stratum has, as I mentioned, begun to move in two directions: westwards and eastwards. For example, the Pope Francis granted the US president Obama an audience on 27 May, while the Queen Elizabeth will do so in April. The Pope Francis will then pay a visit to the ROK in this summer, after Obama will visit Japan and be given an audience to the Japanese Emperor Akihito.
Gradually, you'll be aware of bipolar structure of the world community. The one polar is apparently the Pope and his apparatus called "Vatican". Another is, however, still hidden and hardly regarded as such. Can I drop you a hint? On 26 March, the Japanese Emperor and Empress paid a private visit to the Ise Grand Shrine. If you aren't familiar with the Japanese traditional culture and its history, you never understand what this "private" visit really means. The key to open the hidden door is to just imagine for what they prayed there.
My closest alliance partner, Mr. "HKD", sent me the result of his statistical analysis on the NIKKEI 225 index on the last Thursday as follows:
20140327 -1 15033.25 over 556.09
*20140331 1 14459.19 over -163.7
20140401 1 14417.31 under -205.58
20140402 1 14525.12 under -97.77
*20140404 1 14358.12 under -264.77
*20140407 1 14551.51 under -71.38
20140410 -1 14681.26 under 58.37
Hmmm… My adaptive unconscious tells you now something significant will occur between 4 and 7 April in the world, which will directly affect the Japanese financial market. That will surely imply "schemes, concepts and frameworks" I just pointed out will have been changed whereby to let the human society enter into the next phase which will last till the latter half of September in this year. Stay tuned.
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