Don't fire your graphics designers just yet. But you can use AI to automate many of the repetitive tasks that currently drown your graphics designers in drudge work and extinguish their creative spark. Our host and Chief Content Officer Peggy Anne Salz catches up with Lior Barak, Data & Automation Consultant with Tale About Data, to discuss how app marketers can start NOW to analyze and automate creatives in order to speed up production and grow profits. Lior draws from his long and impressive track record building and programming AI systems to discuss the catalyst for his Creative Element Explorer tool, a tool designed to understand and scale the component parts of winning creatives. He also debunks popular myths around the best ways to ramp up AI capabilities in your company, starting with good reasons why you should dial down your reliance on Excel spreadsheets.
Peggy: Welcome to "Mobile Growth," the podcast series where frontline growth marketing experts share their insights and experiences so you can become a better mobile marketer. That's what it's all about here. That's why we do it. I'm your host, Peggy Anne Salz from MobileGroove. And on my watch, this series will introduce you to the people who know how to drive growth, either because they are themselves growth marketers or because they're enabling that. And if you're listening often, which I hope you are, you're hearing a lot from both.
Lior: Thank you very much. It's an honor to be here. After several tries, I think it's finally happening.
Peggy: Well, the timing is really good. I mean, I hinted at that at the beginning. You know, we've been talking, you know, full disclosure here, what, three, four years and you always understood what it was about when it was about talking about the creators. We'll get to that in a moment. But you've been like a data-driven marketer from day one.
Lior: Yes. I wanted to say I'm…even a marketer would say more that I'm a data person who understands how to do marketing in a better way.
Peggy: Well, see, that's exactly what you're going to need in 2019 because everything I'm reading is about machine learning, automation, AI, figure out what you need to fix, figure out what you need to automate and do it. So you're in a good place here. I mean, I knew you back in the days when you were, you know, a data person at Zalando, but you've moved on. Tell me, first of all, about Tale About Data or data.
Lior: Tale About Data basically comes to enable companies and organizations in solving one of the main key issues, I think, for the marketing department. We have a lot of data. I'll be getting a lot of it, and we're collecting it from different sources. We're working with a lot of partners. But it's really hard to make decisions for people on, "Okay, where should I invest my next Euro?" Or "What should I do, basically, with the data that I received because, okay, how do I actually understand what is the quality of the users that come in?" And I think that 2019 is also a year that we're starting to move away from the CPI, CPA and more trying to understand what is the profit because we don't do anything for free, at the end of the day, we want to have some profit behind it.
And this is where I'm coming into the picture, and helping people to grab all their data, how we get it in the right way, building the data, understanding how to use the data, because I think that most of the companies, they don't know how to do it. And then I'm taking it from there basically to build it into more machine learning, which had been done to get a better understanding of what they do and how to do better. And then, of course, AI to automate a lot of these processes to build tools that can upload biddings or to build tools that basically allow them to analyze images as we're gonna speak later in the podcast about.
Peggy: I mean, you talk about building tools. I mean, I was at your workshop, also at Mobile Growth Summit in Berlin as well. And, you know, it was all about looking at what needs to be done and then doing something about it. I mean, you're hands on. Do you actually build and program what needs to be done? Or can some of this be taken off the shelf? Or is it a little bit of both?
Peggy: No one likes to code, but a couple of very lonely people do that. No, I'm just kidding, just kidding.
Lior: And then, as I said, I'm not a marketer, but I do love to do marketing. So I'm just in the middle between these two functions, I think, and I'm, on parts, I'm telling them, "Okay, this out of the shelf, something you can take, so APIs to download your data." And then when it comes to aggregate it so I'm more hands-on writing down SQL queries to really figure out that information. And then, from there also, if you need to be going into Python and other stuff.
Peggy: You know, you have this new position, you have this new look, you have a website, maybe not new, but I'm seeing it in prep for our podcast for the first time. What I love about is you lay out the challenges because, you know, I'm sure that some of our listeners, they don't entirely…they know, they're drowning in data and I've seen surveys about that. And we'll be seeing more surveys in 2019 because a friend of mine, John Koetsier over at Singular is also working on research to this effect, you know, just how much are we drowning. So we're drowning, but maybe part of the problem is because we have an over-reliance on the tools that aren't really the tools we should be relying on.
And you call out a couple of these common data challenges on your website. I'd love to hear you rant about a few of them. So I'm gonna ask you to do exactly that for me, Lior. You know, what are the common challenges? You know, what do they need to know are at the core of the problem? My first one, over-reliance on Excel. I love that one. You have it on your website as number one. Why is that?
Lior: Because I think that today what happened is that we're downloading a lot of information and we saving it into Excel files and then we start to do VLOOKUPs with it and trying to match them. And once we arrive at this point, people make mistakes, let's face it, right? And we are not completely machines. And sometimes, it's enough that you put the wrong column in the wrong place, or you just did a VLOOKUP on the wrong way and you'll get completely rubbish results. And if you're gonna take it one step forward, think about that, that tomorrow you're sending for your boss and you report about activity of the website. He did not have the time, you open it… So today is Friday, let's say, he opens it on Tuesday, the data will be still relevant.
I'm not sure. You know, when he gonna open it, it's gonna be already outdated and this is why I think that Excel is a very big sickness that we keep using it, but it's really in the wrong way of doing it. The data is not refreshed quite often. We can make a lot of mistake during this process. And as an Excel expert, I said "Stop using it" because it's really causing a lot of issues. You know how many times I send actually a report out and after I hit the "Submit," I discovered that the VLOOKUP was in the wrong place? And this is exactly why I think Excel is a really big sickness of most of this organization because we got used to it. In university, they teach us to use Excel, but they don't also show us that the data is the most important thing behind it.
Peggy: So you make the point, well taken. Good data visualization tool can save you lots of time, lots of mistakes. Do you have one that you, therefore, you know, build or tweak? Do you have any recommendations? Because we're all on the same page. Listeners are saying, "Yep, I am over-reliant on Excel and I have to stop. That has to be my new year's resolution, perhaps." But what are the alternatives? What do you recommend?
Lior: So my two favorite ones are Power BI from Microsoft, which is really easy to install. It's a freemium, then you can start using it almost immediately. And on the other side, Tableau, which are my old friends, let's call it like that. I'm using Tableau now for almost five years, even more than that. And I think that they're doing a great job. They allow you to connect to many data sources in a really easy way. And as a non-data person, it's really intuitive and really easy to use it. It's a huge advantage, I think, to anybody who wants to use a reporting system.
Peggy: Another one you have is drowning in KPIs. And you as a consultant, I'm imagining that you come to your clients and you say, "Look, this is what you need to focus on." And helping people find that focus. It's one thing to get the infrastructure right, the tools right, the data visualization, but it's another to get the right goals. And that's probably where I would imagine your experience really comes in to play. Could you give some tips on how not to drown in KPIs or how to identify the right KPIs? Maybe you have some tips to share.
Lior: So here basically, also, with my clients, what I'm doing, usually, it's a very nice game. We laying out all the KPIs and all the measures that we think are relevant for us. And then we start at a very high level of, "Okay, what are the questions? What are the common questions we have? How many sales? How many active users? How many people clicked on our banners?" And so on and so on. We put it all together in a kind of a backlog. And then from there, I have three columns. And in each of them, there is a limit of how many KPIs you can put in. So, for example, if you're going on a must have, you can have only three golden events, let's say, inside it. I wouldn't call it KPIs, I would call it actually golden events, which you're allowed to insert those.
So, for example, if it's amount… For me, the golden event will be for user clicked on my banner and I produced a value of 50 cents. This is for me high-level conversion. You can go on… A user actually placed an order that is over 50 Euros. This is another golden event. Another thing that for me is important is that the user can form a paid acquisition channel, for example. And then this will be your three main golden events. And then we go into what is nice to have. So what are basically measures and KPIs that are nice to have? And there, I'm limiting it usually to 15. And then we creating this funnel of 15 KPIs and events that we want to include.
And then the not needed. And here, it's basically the game's started to become tough. Most clients, somehow we arriving always to around, I would say, 50 measures in average that they want to have, some measures and KPIs. And then they need now, "Okay, from the golden ones that we just set up, are they really necessary or not? Are they nice to have or are they must to have?" And we start playing with these two and then we basically move in between the columns. I will be happy to share afterward also the tool that I'm using for that. You can print it everybody at home on an A-zeroed paper and do it that I think will be something nice to try and do in the new year.
Peggy: So it's a tool that you sort of come up with or that you use to prioritize KPIs golden opportunities?
Lior: For me, it's a tool that I came up with and I built it based on my experience talking to people and building reports for the last five years for different companies. So it's given quite a lot of input of what and how people think. And the fact that it's limiting people to must have and nice to have KPIs and measures, it's actually reducing the amount of data that they consume. Because, okay, you committed now that there are…this is the three main events that you need to have. So this is your first dashboard that you need to see every morning when you're back to the office. And then the nice to have, it's when you want to start doing research, right? So if you see that there is a decrease, for example, in the amount of orders that you're driving and that the nice to have should expand to why does it happen.
And it's really to go and do the thinking about what is relevant, what is not relevant for me, and what is the most important data that I need to know on a daily basis? And I think it's changing the concept so people don't drown in this amount of KPIs that happen in most cases, you know, because the CEO has one thinking about how we should measure success, the CMO have another one, and then the performance guy who managing Facebook or LinkedIn or whatever has a different concept as well because he's looking on a different perspective. And from this tool, you're supposed to align everybody on the same page, this is what usually I'm doing with most of my clients as well.
Peggy: That sounds very exciting. I will take you up on that offer, either to have you back for a show just about that or to deep dive maybe in a blog over at mobilegrowthsummit.com. But for right now, we have to go to break. So, listeners, don't go away because when we come back, we're gonna talk about the other golden opportunity for many of you in the new year is getting your creative right. And Lior has lots of experience and knowledge and tips to share about that. So don't go away. We'll be right back.
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Peggy: And we're back at "Mobile Growth," and our guest today, Lior Barak, is from Tale About Data, data and automation consultant at that company. And we've been having a great time, Lior, talking about, you know, what you do with your clients, how you get them to focus, some of the tools and tips which I think is really valuable. But the other opportunity, the other challenge is creatives. Now, you've been looking at this since day one because I recall when we met, you were the first to say, "You know, we've got to sort of break down the creatives into their elements. And if we can do that, we can take a more data-informed approach to creatives." And here we are, 2019. That's exactly what everyone is talking about. So I guess for one, congratulations for seeing ahead. Congratulations for that.
Peggy: What have you been doing? How have you been…? Because you were approaching that way back. So you probably have some progress to report in how we can actually do this.
And then we continued and we said, "Yeah, but sometimes we're using…" And LOVOO is a dating app, it's important to say. So sometimes, we were using, for example, blonde hair people or brunettes and we wanted to know also what is the difference in conversions? So people when they clicked on it, did they click more on blonde hair or more on brunette hair? And this is where we started to add more and more elements into our creatives and created a metadata for the creative itself. So whenever this one was produced and was published into one of our partners, we could basically go back and say, "Okay, creatives that using brunette hair models working much better than a blonde hair models." That's for as an example.
Peggy: That's a great story because it's telling you also that you can also throw in a wild card just to check, which is, I'm sure, what you can do with your creative element explorer as well. You don't just check what works, you see what doesn't work. And you learn a lot in that way as well.
Lior: Exactly. And then this was like the first stage of…I think the analytics for this, how it started. And then in the early stage, we understood, "Okay, we cannot any more trust only clicks and impressions because this is a very low level, right? We want to know actually did it drive an e-store? Did it drive a reattribution of the user? So did the user got to engage with us thanks to this advertisement?" And we then started to combine it also with the metadata that comes from our departments from Facebook and Google, and so on, and so on. And we saw who we targeted, what ages did we target, who were the users? Was it male, females, unisex? And so on, and so on.
And this is created the V2 already of this tool. Then we understood that also somehow we need to create some competition. We need to try to do an A/B testing between the creatives. And this is the third version that we actually started to A/B test creatives and A/B test elements inside the creatives. So blonde hair against brunette hair, which one getting the best…back then, we used chi value for that or chi, I think it's called in some countries, it really depends where. And it was a statistical model that basically just compared A, B, and C, and told you which one of them works the best for you.
Peggy: So that's what you were building. That's what you were, you know, ideating at that point. Is this part of also what you're doing at Tale About Data? You've taken this to the next level? I mean, is this part of your baby or what?
There is no more limitation as it used to be in the past. And this is where I connected…basically, I started to think about, "Okay, how do we do it?" And we started to create banks of images. And it's kind of…many people will think about it as a product feed. But basically, if you have an e-commerce, many people have a product feed of all their product, it's very similar to that just for images. I will be getting all the images in one place and the machine based on the information that you have gonna start picking up the different images and combine them with colors. And it can contribute hundreds of thousands of creatives in a very, very fast way.
Peggy: That is very cool. I mean, some people listening might say, "Oh-oh, does it replace the graphic designers? Or does it sort of complement them or free them up to maybe do something more interesting?" You know, maybe it lets them think about other campaigns. I mean, what would you say is the interplay between the automated system and the work of the creative designer?
Lior: But the idea of it is that the machine will be the control. It's gonna produce the mainstream, things that are proven by the algorithm that are working. And then the graphic designer is actually the challenger. So he should come on a daily basis or a weekly basis and say, "Hey, I know that pink color working now really good, but I wanna change it and I wanna say that purple is working much better." And this is the place of the graphic designer now to come and actually challenge the machine. And basically, the machine gonna learn and say, "Okay, from now on, I see purple is working actually better than pink," and add it into the algorithm. So the machine learning gonna feed it into the automatic machine that is running there.
And this is basically the new role of the graphic designer because I think that we don't need anymore… It shouldn't be like a huge effort from the graphic designer to produce hundreds of creatives. It's actually a wasting of his time. Because graphic designers are very creative, very thinking on concepts people and this is what they should do. They should not waste their time on reproducing the same creatives hundreds of times just because we need it in different sizes, in different location, in different languages. This, the machine can take care of and then the creative part of challenging it should come from the graphic designer.
Peggy: That's really interesting and that's also very positive if you think about, Lior, because it's not that anyone's going to be replaced, they're going to be enhanced or augmented. It reminds me of an event I went to around AI, oh, two, two and a half years ago now, where people were talking about how they work currently with data and how much dredge work it is. You know, it's like, even for architects. Like 70% of the time that they spend is figuring out, you know, will the bridge hold?
It's not like design something really amazing, it's just like, you know, the basics, doing all the dredge work. And here it's very similar. It's the idea that you can reproduce and change and move the creatives around, but you can be, you know, path-breaking and cutting edge because you have time to do it. You can challenge the machine to do it. So actually, ultimately, I would imagine what the results are with your clients, is what, that they are able to push the envelope just a little bit more? Can you give some examples?
Lior: So some of the clients actually improve the amount of creatives they're testing. One of the biggest challenges at the end of the day is to wait for the creative designer to finish creating something for you, then you need to upload it, you need to evaluate it. And with this automation, what you need to do is basically say, "Okay, this is the format of how the outlay of the creative should look like." Then that machine gonna start taking it automatically and it's saving for him also a lot of time.
Peggy: So we're at the start of the new year. You're with your new or what appears to me to be new. When actually did you found it by the way?
Lior: We founded last year. And it's actually was still when I was working for Zalando, for me, it was more platform of arriving to conferences and speak in an easy way. But then I had a lot of concepts that, like I said, "Okay, what are we doing from here? Because it needs to be shared outside, I think." Because the element explorer, for example, for me, it's a tool that I'm running with four years already and there is a platform that I needed to share this information with people because I think it's important to give it to people as a tool.
Peggy: But I love the fact that you're sharing it here. I'm also wondering, you know, what kinds of clients would be a best fit with you? I mean, are there certain types of apps that you would work better with, or types of clients you would work better with? Just wondering how that would work.
Lior: It really depends on the situation of the clients and what they need. So for example, element explorer, I think, it's something that is more global. It's for e-commerce, gaming, subscription apps and so on and so on. On data side, I think that some of my services are more focused on e-commerce. It really depend on the end goal of the users, but then they can always contact me and we can do an evaluation. So I don't like to waste time with people. I'm very pragmatic in the way I'm looking at stuff. And my viewing is very simple at the end of the day. How can we actually work together and make something good for the organization with the organization.
Peggy: Perfect. So, Lior, how can people best get in touch with you?
Lior: On LinkedIn it's the super easy way, of course through Twitter, it's @liorb. And email lior@taleaboutdata.com as well.
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Peyote is Rolf Ellmer and Dag Lerner (aka Dj Dag). They also known as Dance 2 Trance. The first release of Peyote was "I Will Fight No More". After "Alcatraz" was released on the famous Belgian label R&S, Peyote got the people's attention. Rumour has it the track "Alcatraz" was given the wrong name by mistake. The name of the track had to be "Happy Birthday" but the record company took the wrong track from the master. The 'real' Alcatraz was never released. View wiki
Peyote is Rolf Ellmer and Dag Lerner (aka Dj Dag). They also known as Dance 2 Trance. The first release of Peyote was "I Will Fight No More". After "Alcatraz" was released on the famous Belgian label R&S, Peyote got the people's attention. Rumour has it the track … read more
Peyote is Rolf Ellmer and Dag Lerner (aka Dj Dag). They also known as Dance 2 Trance. The first release of Peyote was "I Will Fight No More". After "Alcatraz" was released on the famous Belgian label R&S, Peyote got the people's attention. Rumour has it the track "Alcatraz" was given the wrong name by mistake. The name of th… read more
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Developed in the labs of Mark Cutkosky, the Fletcher Jones Chair in the College of Engineering at Stanford University, and Dario Floreano at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland, FlyCroTugs are micro air motor vehicles that the scientists have modified so the automobiles can anchor themselves to a variety of surfaces applying adhesives motivated by the feet of geckos and bugs, earlier made in Cutkosky's lab.
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Shia LaBeouf Appears to Be Well on His Way Back
I can't help but feel that Samantha Clair of MovieWeb is being nice and possibly biased, no judgment, when it comes to stating that a few of Shia LaBeouf's past performances were 'strong and nuanced'. In short Shia seems like the guy that had everything going for him and then kind of buckled under the personal pressure that had been mounting for so long apparently. If not for having been a Disney child star and then being seen in the Transformers movies, at least up through the third one, it really seems as though he might have been an afterthought on the Hollywood scene. That he's gifted is never in dispute since he's played some great roles in his time on screen, but that he's troubled and has allowed his personal struggles to show through and affect his status as a reliable star is a big dispute. It's very easy, and true, to say that show business is a demanding lifestyle and can break down even the strongest of wills, but Shia seems to have gone off the deep end at one point and is now bringing that to the screen so that we can see it in Honey Boy. Some might call him a genius, some might call him a madman, but it seems safer to call him someone that could tip either way depending on his mood that day.
It would seem that he has another upcoming movie that's going to pit him with Robert De Niro, who is another actor that is great on screen and has people split down the middle as to whether he's a legend or a liability. The liability portion comes from the fact that both of them have been quite vocal about their disdain for the current POTUS, but as far as it affects their careers it's not likely that it would unless they continue to push and prod in a way that could be considered damaging in any way to the studios they work with. Barring that, both actors have enough talent and skill between them to create a great movie, now it's just a matter if Shia is going to be believable in his delivery. Such a thing has never really been a problem in the past, but throughout the last few years Shia has been kind of a running joke throughout Hollywood and has left everyone wondering if he might be on his way out at some point.
The answer to that is most definitely not at this point since he does seem to be making a bit of a comeback as he continues to show up in one movie after another. It's very easy to admit that during the Transformers movies his act was getting a bit old since throughout all three movies he starred in his main purpose was to exclaim, scream, and make sarcastic comments that were supposed to be funny. While some of them were thanks to good timing and his costars the rest of the time he seemed like a very unlikely individual to be helping a group of intergalactic warriors do much of anything. The only reason he was in the movie really was because of an ancestor that was cooked up that had left behind a pair of glasses that had the coordinates that were important to both sides in a way. By the time Transformers: Extinction came around he was long gone and it was probably better for him that he was.
Bashing Shia at this point is kind of meaningless since almost everything that could be said has been and the fact is that it would almost seem that he's grown up a bit at this point and is ready to come back and take on his career once more. What this might mean in terms of what he's going to present to the audience is still in question, but we've all seen that he can and does produce quality acting when he really puts himself into it. We should be able to agree that Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was kind of a bad idea on his part and should just be left quietly on its own in the corner. Pushing past that though it's been seen that Shia has taken on good roles throughout his career and has turned in a lot of performances that are nothing less than great. So maybe it's true that he's over whatever snafu in his life that was causing him so much drama, but hopefully this means that he's ready to get back in front of the camera and do great things once again, greater in fact than before since he's older, hopefully wiser, and has a greater frame of reference to work from thanks to his added life experience.


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This little girl would like to go out to play but her mom tells her it is time for a bath. But she does not want to have a bath.
Share with her as she plans all the fun she will have the next day. This is a good story for young children to learn the things they need to do in a bath, and to get ready for bed.
This book is now ready for your own child to add colors and have fun coloring the pages as many times as they like since it is a digital download.
It's Bath Time Action Coloring Book Story for Little Girls Full Page 8.5 x 11 Grey Outlines is the perfect story to sit down and color with your child. It's Bath Time is a fun story I wrote for my daughter when she was just a pre-schooler. She had such a hard time taking baths and then one day when I told her this story she enjoyed it so much that she immediately wanted to jump in the tub.
It wasn't until years later that I managed to illustrate this story but the tale has gone on throughout the years through word of mouth instead. My other 3 children enjoyed it just as much even though they were boys.


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Q: Screen gets darker when renaming a file or googling Lately, I have been having the following problem:
My screen gets darker every time

*

*I try to rename a file or folder (any computer files or in browsers, google drive files, anywhere)

*I search for something on Google/Yandex and similar sites

*Pop-up windows or boxes show up in the foreground

*probably more cases.
After I finish renaming/close pop-up windows, it becomes normal.
This DOES bother me and hurt my eyes.
I don't understand why so, all auto-brightness, adaptable options are turned off. Tried solutions to similar problems, but doesn't help. What could be the problem and the solution? Thank you.

OS: Windows 10, Graphics Card: Intel

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As Professor Crawford continues her book tour advocating for a broadband utopia of an ultra-fast, government-subsidized, public-utility-regulated, broadband network with net neutrality, the supposed-facts undergirding her proposal, are crumbling away.
Please read my latest Daily Caller Op-ed: "Developing Fundamental Consensus for the IP Transition" -- here." Importantly, it builds upon Public Knowledge's "Five Fundamentals" framework in its PSTN comments to the FCC.
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This week Google's actions made the case that U.S. communications law and regulation is obsolete.
The Head of Google Fiber disclosed that Google considered offering phone services in Kansas City as part of its bundle of Gigabit "ultra high-speed" Internet service and TV offering, but declined to do so when they became familiar with the prohibitive morass of legacy analog federal and state telephone regulations with which Google would have had to comply. While acknowledging that the incremental cost of offering voice services would have been "almost nothing," Mr. Medin lamented that Google would have had to build a more complex billing system to comply with the various state calculations in Kansas and Missouri.
It is telling that with all the special tax breaks and large business subsidies that Google was offered to choose Kansas City as the pilot Google Fiber city, they were still not enough to offset the high operational, management, and regulatory costs to comply with legacy telephone regulations.


Antenna manufacturing technology is mainly coil winding in the low frequency range. The general UHF and high frequency antenna manufacturing methods mainly include etching method, electroplating method and printing method.
First, a resist ink is printed on the metal foil-coated PET film to protect the antenna line pattern from being eroded during etching, and then baked, etched, and cleaned to obtain the antenna pattern we need.
The advantages of this method are: the process is mature, the yield of antenna production is high, and the performance of the antenna is very consistent; the disadvantage is that the etching process is slow, resulting in slow antenna production; due to the use of the reduction process, Most of the copper foil is etched away, which results in a relatively high cost.
The antenna pattern is printed on a PET substrate by a conductive silver paste, and then baked and cured to obtain an antenna manufacturing process. The advantages of this method are: fast production speed and flexible production, which can be applied to small batch production.
The disadvantages of this method are: 1 The conductivity of the conductive silver paste is far less than that of the copper foil (about 1/20 of it), the conductor loss of the antenna is relatively large, resulting in the antenna efficiency is not as good as the etching antenna; 2 conductive silver paste on the PET base The adhesion of the material is not good and it is easy to fall off, resulting in low reliability of the antenna. 3 Recently, the price of silver has risen sharply, which has led to a significant increase in the cost of conductive silver paste, which has weakened its cost advantage.
First, the antenna pattern is directly printed on the PET substrate by conductive silver paste (thinness thinner than the printing method) or other electroplated seed layer, baked and then plated thickened to obtain the finished antenna product. The advantage of this method is that the production speed is fast, the antenna conductor loss is small, and the performance of the antenna is good. The downside is that the initial equipment investment is large and it is only suitable for mass production.
First, the Masking is printed on the PET substrate to form the reverse pattern of the RFID antenna, and then the aluminum layer or the copper layer is plated by vacuum coating. Finally, the RFID antenna is formed through the De-masking process.
The advantage of this method is that the production speed is fast and the cost is relatively low; the disadvantage is that the deposited film is about 2 μm, which is far lower than the 18 μm of etching and plating. The performance of the antenna is between etching and printing. The vacuum coating equipment is about one million US dollars, and the equipment investment is very large. Similar to electroplating, it is suitable for mass production.
It has also been attempted to first print a platinum-containing ink onto a PET substrate to form an antenna pattern as a seed layer, followed by electroless copper plating. It has the advantage that platinum-containing inks are less expensive than conductive inks. However, electroless copper plating is slower and has a deposition thickness of a few microns.
In addition, there is also a wiring method for the high-frequency antenna, that is, the enameled wire (about 0.25 mm) is passed through the ultrasonic head, and the ultrasonic head is routed according to the designed pattern; during the routing, the enameled wire is ultrasonically connected with the PVC substrate. The antenna performance of this method is very good, and the reliability is also high, that is, the cost is more expensive than the etching method.
Because the mainstream etching process is slow, wastes materials, and pollutes the environment; the cost of printed silver paste is high and the antenna reliability is not high; all this has led to the development of new low-cost, high-performance antennas. method. Therefore, we have used die-cutting technology to process self-adhesive structural materials to produce RFID antennas.
Die-cutting technology is actually a kind of cutting process. The self-adhesive material is placed on the die-cutting table of the die-cutting machine, and then the die-cutting knife plate made according to the pre-designed pattern is applied with pressure to make the blade corresponding to the blade. The force is broken and separated to obtain the desired shape, as shown in Fig. 2. Die-cutting of the self-adhesive material generally only cuts through the facestock and the adhesive layer, that is, half cut through, retaining the silicone oil coating on the backing paper and its surface; and finally leaving the die-cut label on the backing paper.
Among them, silicone oil is mainly for the purpose of separating waste materials, and the reinforcing layer is mainly for strengthening aluminum foil, which is convenient for waste disposal.
The die-cutting machine mainly performs die-cutting by controlling the pressure. The working principle is to use a die cutter, a steel knife, a metal mold, a steel wire (or a template carved from a steel plate), and apply a certain pressure through the plate to cut the material into the shape you need.
According to the die-cutting plate and the press-cutting mechanism, the die-cutting machine can be divided into three types: flat flat, round flat and round press.
Although we use a self-adhesive structure to make our antennas, our facestock is metallic aluminum or copper. Metals are more prone to wear out of the die. For non-metallic materials, the etching die can be die-cut 200,000 times. For metal, it must be repaired or discarded about 20,000 times. Therefore, we can choose a better mold material to heat the blade to improve the hardness of the blade.
The RFID antenna pattern is relatively complicated and the spacing is relatively small, and the general line width is about 1 mm.
The strength of the facestock mentioned above has a great influence on the discharge. The aluminum foil we use is generally around 18 μm. At this time, its strength is very weak, and it is basically broken by hand. Directly using a single layer of aluminum foil or copper foil as the face material, the strength is obviously insufficient. To this end, we added a layer of reinforcement on the back side of the aluminum foil. Here we chose PET with a thickness of 10 μm, as shown in Figure 3.
In order to save costs, we chose release paper as the antenna substrate. Adhesives For the convenience of waste and die cutting, we chose water-based glue as our adhesive layer. The thickness of the glue layer is about 20 μm.
There is a closed loop. In order to adjust the impedance to match the chip, the dipole antenna has a T-type matching structure or an inductive coupling structure in the antenna structure; these impedance matching structures are basically a closed ring. Direct discharge is basically impossible.
In order to adjust the real part of the antenna in the antenna structure, the T-type matching structure is only connected to the intermediate portion of the antenna radiating portion. The other part of the T-shaped structure has a gap with the radiating portion of the antenna. This gap is perpendicular to the bending line and the normal layout direction, and is generally not good for disposal.
In order to miniaturize the dipole antenna, a bending line technique is generally employed. The pitch of the bending line is generally about 1 mm to 2 mm. The bending height is about 8mm. These slender bend lines are more difficult to dispose of. After adding the reinforcement layer, we found that the bend line gap at one end can be directly drained, and the bend line gap at the other end is not well drained.
Also for miniaturization, there is sometimes a folded structure at the end of the antenna, which is equivalent to a larger half of the closed loop, which brings greater difficulty to waste disposal.
Viscose discharge is mainly based on the relative size of the adhesive to achieve the purpose of waste. As shown in Fig. 7, the purple portion is the portion to be discharged, and they are separated "islands".
The portions of the pattern to be retained are integrally joined together. Adhesive tape is attached to the pattern to be discarded. When the adhesive is lifted through the "island", because the "island" part is relatively small, the adhesive force of the "island" part of the adhesive tape team is greater than the adhesive force of the "island" part and the release paper, " The "island" part was transferred to the adhesive tape. When the adhesive tape passes through the pattern to be retained, the area of the pattern to be retained is large, and the adhesive force of the adhesive tape to the "island" portion is smaller than the adhesive force of the portion to be retained and the release paper, so it is necessary to retain The pattern continues to remain on the release paper. In this case, the separated "island" duty is carried out by the adhesive tape, and the patterned layer to be retained is left on the release paper, thereby achieving the purpose of waste disposal.
Taking the reference antenna provided by N X P as an example, FIG. 9 is a stepwise change diagram of the antenna pattern during die cutting.
According to the glue discharge scheme, we chose two 300 mm wide knife die cutters. Two laminating machines, one laminating machine and one stripping machine.
The bonding is responsible for attaching the tape to the aluminum foil on the sticker, and the stripping machine is responsible for recovering the tape from which the scrap is stuck. Due to the silicone oil on the release paper, the adhesion of the aluminum foil to the release paper is small (50g even if the super-stripping force), the general tape adhesion can reach more than 100g, so the adhesion is generally no problem. The width of the adhesive tape is generally narrower than the width of the largest waste.
(2) Production speed: the speed of the die-cutting machine is 3 times per second. Assuming that the die has 3 patterns and the machine works for 12 hours a day, then we can produce 400,000 antennas per day, which is not only much higher than etching. The speed of the law is faster than the printing method.
(3) Fine pattern: The accuracy of the etching method can reach 0.2 mm, which is suitable for flipping the chip directly on the antenna; the accuracy of the die-cutting method is about 0.5 mm, so the antenna must be transferred by means of module transfer. Interconnection with the chip.
(4) Determinacy of the pattern: the etching antenna pattern is firmly adhered to the P E T substrate, and the die-cutting antenna is not fixed due to the silicone oil on the release paper, and is easily slid to cause pattern distortion. This requires as much manual intervention as possible during the production process.


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Q: Javascript array format I have two javascript array
let a=[{id:1},{id:2},{id:3}];
let b=[{count:35, name:'test', age:12}, {count:45 name:'test2', age:9}];

and two array push into i need final Array format is
[{count:35,name:'test', age,12, id:1} , {count:35, name:'test', age:12,id:2},{count:35, name:'test', age:12,id:3},{count:45,name:'test', age,9, id:1} , {count:45, name:'test', age:9,id:2},{count:45, name:'test', age:9,id:3} ]

And i trying
for ( var index=0; index<b.length; index++ ) {

    for ( var j=0; j<a.length; j++ ) {

        for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(a[j])) {
             //if(j==index)
               b[index][key]=value;
               k[j]=b[index];

        }
        console.log( b[index]);
        c.push(b[index]);

    }

}
console.log(c);

and it shows final value is

please any body help to fix the problem

A: Your current implementation, is essentially updating the same b objects over and over, x number of times, changing their IDs each time through, ending at 3.
You need to "clone" the objects, so they are separate objects, like so:
  let p = []; // Permutations

  let a = [{id:1},{id:2}]; // Renditions...
  // Presets...
  let b = [{count:35, name:'test', age:12}, {count:45, name:'test2', age:9}];

  // for each Rendition
  a.forEach(function(a) {
     // for each Preset
     b.forEach(function(b){
         // generate Permutation and Clone, object of b with additional id prop
         p.push(Object.assign({id: a.id}, b)); // <-- Cloned here...
     });
  });

   console.log(p)

for the sake of clarity, you might consider changing the id prop to grouping or group or group_id.

A: You could use flatMap:

let a=[{id:1},{id:2},{id:3}];
let b=[{count:35, name:'test', age:12}, {count:45, name:'test2', age:9}];

let m = b.flatMap(itemB => a.map(itemA => ({...itemB, ...itemA })))

console.log(m);

A: I got your problem. The thing is that you are mutating the same b object every iteration, that's why in the end you get id = 3 for every element. You can use a deep copy of b in each cycle, and the error should be gone.
Here's one way to deep clone, not the most efficient but it is very clear:
        const bCopy = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(b[index]));

        for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(a[j])) {
             //if(j==index)
               bCopy[key]=value;
               k[j]=bCopy;   // what's this for?

        }
        console.log(bCopy);
        c.push(bCopy);

A: Reduce b and for each item b1, reduce a. When reducing a, just assign both b1 and a1 to a new object.

const expectedValue = JSON.stringify(JSON.parse(
  document.getElementById('expected').value))

let a = [
  { id: 1 },
  { id: 2 },
  { id: 3 }
]

let b = [
  { count: 35, name: 'test',  age: 12 },
  { count: 45, name: 'test2', age: 9  }
]

let c = b.reduce((res, b1) =>
  a.reduce((res1, a1) =>
    [...res1, Object.assign({}, b1, a1)], res), [])

console.log(JSON.stringify(c) === expectedValue)
.as-console-wrapper { top: 0; max-height: 100% !important; }

#expected { display: none; }
<textarea id="expected">
[
  { "count": 35, "name": "test",  "age": 12, "id": 1 },
  { "count": 35, "name": "test",  "age": 12, "id": 2 },
  { "count": 35, "name": "test",  "age": 12, "id": 3 },
  { "count": 45, "name": "test2", "age": 9,  "id": 1 },
  { "count": 45, "name": "test2", "age": 9,  "id": 2 },
  { "count": 45, "name": "test2", "age": 9,  "id": 3 }
]
</textarea>

A: Try this changes.
    let a=[{id:1},{id:2},{id:3}];
    let b=[{count:35, name:'test', age:12}, {count:45, name:'test2', age:9}];
    let c=[];
    for ( var index=0; index<b.length; index++ ) {
        for ( var j=0; j<a.length; j++ ) {
         var obj=b[index];
            for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(a[j])) {
                   obj[key]=value;
            }
            c.push(obj);
        }
    }
    console.log(c);


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Q: jQuery CookieBar Plugin not working in wordpress I used CookieBar Plugin in my Wordpress. Though I include css and js file with initialization for cookiebar, it's not working. Nothing is shown in browser plus no console error.
What am I doing wrong ? Any suggestions/help is welcome. Thanks in advance.

A: Did you include the latest Jquery version?
If not here is the CDN to it:
<script
  src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.1.1.min.js"
  integrity="sha256-hVVnYaiADRTO2PzUGmuLJr8BLUSjGIZsDYGmIJLv2b8="
  crossorigin="anonymous"></script>

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Laetitia Irène Meignan (* 25. Juni 1960 in Paris) ist eine ehemalige französische Judoka. Sie gewann eine olympische Bronzemedaille und war dreimal Europameisterin.

Sportliche Karriere
Die 1,70 m große Laetitia Meignan kämpfte meist im Halbschwergewicht, sie trat aber auch in der offenen Klasse an. Ihre Karriere begann mit einem zweiten Platz bei den französischen Meisterschaften 1980. 1984 gewann sie die Silbermedaille bei den Studentenweltmeisterschaften. Bei den Europameisterschaften 1985 gewann sie in der offenen Klasse ihre ersten beiden Kämpfe, nach Niederlagen gegen die Österreicherin Karin Posch und die Polin Beata Maksymow belegte Meignan den fünften Platz.

1986 gewann sie ihren ersten von insgesamt sechs französischen Meistertiteln. Bei den Europameisterschaften 1986 unterlag sie der Belgierin Ingrid Berghmans, gewann aber nach zwei Siegen in der Hoffnungsrunde die Bronzemedaille. Ebenfalls Bronze gewann sie bei den Weltmeisterschaften 1986 in der offenen Klasse. Bei den Studentenweltmeisterschaften 1986 gewann Meignan zwei Silbermedaillen (Halbschwergewicht und offene Klasse). 1987 gewann sie in der offenen Klasse die Bronzemedaille bei den Europameisterschaften, bei den Weltmeisterschaften war sie Fünfte im Halbschwergewicht. 1988 und 1990 war sie bei den Europameisterschaften Dritte im Halbschwergewicht. 1991 gewann sie den Titel bei den Europameisterschaften durch einen Finalsieg über die Schwedin Elisabeth Karlsson. Bei den Weltmeisterschaften 1991 unterlag sie der Japanerin Yōko Tanabe, gewann aber die Bronzemedaille. 1992 verteidigte sie ihren Europameistertitel durch einen Finalsieg über die Belgierin Ulla Werbrouck. Bei den Olympischen Spielen 1992 in Barcelona standen zum ersten Mal Wettbewerbe im Frauenjudo auf dem Programm. Meignan verlor in ihrem ersten Kampf gegen die Niederländerin Irene de Kok, nach vier Siegen in der Hoffnungsrunde erhielt Meignan eine Bronzemedaille. 1993 gewann sie durch einen Sieg über Ulla Werbrouck ihren dritten Europameistertitel. Bei den Judo-Weltmeisterschaften 1993 belegte Laetitia Meignan noch einmal den fünften Platz.

Weblinks
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21st Century Energy Centers Could Take the Bakken by Storm
Source: Emerging Growth LLC
Link: Yahoo!
The Bakken formation was initially described by geologist J.W. Nordquist in 1953, but didn't become widely exploited until recently with the development of new horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") techniques and technologies. In April 2008, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated that the amount of technically recoverable oil in the Bakken formation might now be as high as 3.0 to 4.3 billion barrels.
Despite producing more crude oil than any state except for Texas, North Dakota has only a single refinery that processes about 60,000 barrels per day, producing about 28,000 BBL/Day of diesel, which has forced the regional economic area to import more than half of the diesel it requires. Diesel prices in the state are also among the highest in the nation at $4.00 to $4.50 per gallon compared to about $3.80 nationwide.
In this article, we'll take a look at Quantum Energy Inc. (QEGY), who aims to solve the problem by developing Energy Centers near the Bakken formation in order to produce diesel fuel and eliminate the inefficiencies.
Quantum Energy plans to build a network of "21st Century Energy Centers" near rail transload facilities that would strip natural gas liquids, refine crude oil for locally produced diesel, and recapture carbon dioxide. Management anticipates that each facility will include a 20,000 BBL/Day micro refinery capable of producing 6-7,000 BBL/Day of diesel, a 100,000 BBL/Day natural gas liquids stripping facility for barrel value enhancement and propane production, and a carbon recapture capability for downhole recovery enhancement.
Recently, the company announced plans to construct its refineries using a design modeled after the refinery nearing completion in Dickinson, North Dakota. That refinery, known as the Dakota Prairie Refinery, is a joint venture of Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP (CLMT) with MDU Resources Group Inc. (MDU) and is expected to begin operations during the fourth quarter of this year. Demand for diesel in the Bakken area is estimated to be approximately 75,000 barrels per day. With the two refineries (Dickinson and the proposed Fairview) supplying about 7,000 barrels per day each, there is still ample room for expansion in the market.
Management anticipates that the each of its refineries will generate annual EBITDA in excess of $120 million and employ at least 100 full-time employees, upon permitting and completed construction. The entire process could take as little as 18 months from permitting to build out, according to management, along the same lines as the other refinery that is nearing completion. Total project completion times are expected to be in the 24-27 month range.
Attractive Economics
Quantum Energy trades with a market capitalization of about $23.7 million, according to OTC Markets, suggesting that the market isn't fully aware of or has not priced in its ambitious plans. While the company will require debt or equity financing to complete the energy centers, existing shareholders could benefit from dollar-cost averaging by purchasing as the projects move forward.
The likelihood of the projects moving forward may also be higher than investors would expect. With extensive experience as an M&A securities attorney, Chairman & President Stanley Wilson is experienced in raising the necessary capital. Regulators are also likely to be onboard with the projects given that they could reduce energy costs for famers and other voters in the area struggling with high prices.
In effect, the largest remaining barriers deal with the land zoning and acquisition. It is a very positive sign that the Dakota Prairie project has already successfully tested the market. Many of these small communities in eastern Montana and western North Dakota would benefit greatly from the influx of stable, high paying jobs that these refineries would bring. As long as the market demand is there to support the projects it would seem to make sense for all parties concerned.
Quantum Energy trades at a fraction of its potential valuation if it is successful in building even one of its planned network of micro refineries. With a successful refinery already in place serving as a model, the company only has land zoning and acquisition hurdles to clear before its 18 month build process can begin, which means that there are many potential near-term catalysts for investors.
On June 19th, the company also executed a Letter of Intent for the acquisition of 400 acres near the city of Baker in Fallon County, Montana for the development of a micro diesel refinery capable of producing 20,000 barrels per day. The facility would supply diesel and propane within a 100-mile radius, cutting back on the need for these products to be transported from out of state to meet local demand.
Finally, the company has also been on the receiving end of a lot of favorable press as of late, including stories appearing in Reuters. The national news coverage could help increase exposure for the firm's stock and ultimately bring its valuation in line with its future potential, while also ensuring that it maintains a high profile within the local communities where its operations are planned to begin.
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The hand is a versatile tool. It is strong and able to handle extremely small size objects and to perform tasks that require extreme precision. There may not be another tool as versatile around. Only when we experience problems do we begin to understand and appreciate the daily functioning of the hand.
It is fairly common to have stress injuries in the elbow and wrist areas. These are usually caused by repetitive work or doing crafts requiring repetitive motions. If a cracking sound is connected to the painful sensation, which usually means tendovaginitis which warrants seeing a doctor. Reducing stress and optimizing work posture usually improve the situation. If this doesn't solve the problem, a doctor can prescribe anti-inflammatory medicine in oral or ointment form as well as physical therapy.
Self-treatment consists of over-the-counter anti-inflammatory medication and ointments for a few days to alleviate the pain. Cold compresses are not recommended for fingers. If the problem is tension in the forearm muscles it could be helpful to stretch so that the elbow is straight and the wrist is stretched toward the palm and the top of the hand.
Avoiding undue stress on hand at work and during leisure is wise. In case of wrist problems, work or hobbies that require repeated extreme positions and movements of the wrists should be avoided. When working with a mouse, the other healthy hand should be used instead of the sore hand.
When working at a computer, several short breaks should be taken during the day. It is advisable to do short gymnastics; for example lifting hand up, tensing all the muscles and then relaxing them, followed by shaking the hand.
There must be enough space in front of the keyboard to place both hands, so there is no additional unnecessary tension of the muscles of the upper arms. A wrist support may be used to support the hands on it while typing.
The most common question regarding the hand is pressure on the median nerve in the carpal tunnel, the carpal tunnel syndrome. It is quite common in people who type a lot or play certain musical instruments daily as well as in those who overexert their wrists, use vibrating tools or have to perform repetitive motions of the hand and wrist all day long. Illnesses such as rheumatism, arthritis of the wrist, fractures in this area, or obesity causing the carpal tunnel to shrink may enable this condition. Also diabetes, hypothyroidism, kidney failure, menopause, pregnancy, infections and alcoholism can make the nerve more vulnerable to pressure and easily irritable.
The median nerve innervates the thumb side of the hand. In its problems, both feeling and movements may suffer. The initial symptoms include numbness and burning in the first three fingers. This is usually at its worst at night, and symptoms may cause the patient even to wake up. Shaking the hand or lifting it up may help. There often is also pain in the wrist or hand and some problems with precise finger movements. A weak grip and weakness of the hand may manifest itself as a difficulty to carry bags. If the symptoms are not alleviated, muscle weakness in the hand close to the thumb may develop.
In doctor´s examination diagnose is suspected when there are typical history and findings of a lowered sensation in the first 3 fingers, a soft grip and tingling and weakness in hand when bending the wrist all the way for some time. Diagnosis can be confirmed with an EMG and nerve conduction velocity, which shows it reduced in the carpal tunnel.
Treatment consists of a splint used to hold the wrist in the middle position. This allows the maximum space for the nerve. The splint can be worn at night. If the condition does not improve, minor surgery may be used to broaden the path of the nerve to make it possible to restore the normal conductivity. If necessary, over the counter pain medication may be used to relieve irritation. It is not wise to postpone treating these symptoms. If this is done, it is possible that residual symptoms persist, and there is actually no cure for them.
The ulnar nerve in the wrist may also be pinched. The symptoms are similar as in carpal tunnel syndrome, but a feeling of pins and needles and the decreased sensation appears in the 4th and 5th finger and soreness in the wrist is on the side of the little finger. This is called Guyon's canal syndrome.
A typical cause is direct pressure on the nerve for example by bicycle handlebars or against the desk while using a computer.
Avoiding pressure and extreme positions of the wrist at work and during leisure is essential for the treatment. Often also anti-inflammatory medication and physical therapy are used. Surgery may be needed in some cases.
So-called ganglia may appear on the knuckle side of the wrist. They are benign tumors filled with gel-like liquid. They can also appear on the palm side of the wrist.
They are usually painless and produce only a minor cosmetic problem in the form a small bulge. In some cases they may cause pain especially if they are in deeper and get squeezed by the joints during movement.
If the ganglion is found to be deeper in the hand, an ultrasound or MRI may be required to confirm the diagnosis. Treatment consists of draining the fluid and giving a cortisone shot. If this does not eliminate the problem or the problem repeats, surgery may be a possibility. Treatment in the olden days consisted of hitting the ganglion swiftly with a heavy book—this dispersed the ganglion and got rid of the problem.
The most common hand problems in the elderly are due to arthritis. It can be of two types: inflammatory such as rheumatoid, gouty or psoriatic arthritis and degenerative such as osteoarthritis.
Rheumatoid arthritis is a systemic disease that destroys bones and joints. Osteoarthritis is a wear and tear disorder affecting any individual joint or several joints. When it destroys the even surfaces of the joint, the bone surfaces touch each other and make the joint painful and stiff. Heredity, fractures, repeat injuries, wrist instability or hard work all can play a role in the development of osteoarthritis.
In rheumatoid arthritis lubricating tissue becomes inflamed and swollen and the joint becomes unstable causing cartilage and bone destruction. Rheumatoid arthritis of the hand typically begins with swelling of the knuckles or the metacarpophalangeal joints or in the joints between the first and second finger bones or the proximal interphalangeal joints. It is usually symmetrical affecting f left and right hand at the same time. The swelling is more pronounced than in cases of degenerative arthritis. Wrist joint is often affected.
Symptoms are those of pain and local swelling. Often some restriction of movements and difficulty gripping objects may appear. Later on deformities in the hand due to luxation may result. The diagnosis of inflammatory arthritis is made based on clinical examination, x-rays, and lab tests.
Osteoarthritis of the wrist is not particularly common. Degenerative arthritis usually damages the middle and top joints of the fingers. They may become lumpy and later slightly twisted. Light swelling may take place at the irritation stage. Pain is the worst factor, and it increases especially during exertion.
Arthritis is also found in the metacarpophalangeal joint of the thumb or the joint connecting the thumb to the hand. This is usually the first joint to experience problems of this type. The symptoms are local pain, a cracking sound, and, less common, swelling. The diagnosis of osteoarthritis is easily confirmed by an x-ray or MRI.
Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis bases on many different medicines used to relieve symptoms, or to prevent or to slow down the progression of the condition. Results are better if started as early as possible, before the disease has not done much irreversible damage.
There is no real solution for degenerative arthritis. The treatment mainly consists of anti-inflammatory medication, sometimes taken long-term. Physical therapy in the form of paraffin treatments or underwater ultrasound treatments may be beneficial. A splint may be used to immobilize the wrist for a short time during the inflammation in any form of arthritis. Exercising the hands is extremely valuable for maintaining their functionality. This may sometimes be easily done in warm water. Cortisone injections may be needed for severely inflamed joints.
If these problems are present, it is necessary to use practical equipment that reduces the need for using strength. Jars can be opened with the help of a damp towel and other devices developed for this purpose. Pincers and other tools may be useful, too.
It may be more comfortable to exercise the fingers in warm water. A soft pillow meant for squeezing with the fingers may help in keeping the hand muscles in decent shape.
When other methods do not provide sufficient pain relief or function of the hands decreases to an unacceptable level, surgery is often considered in an attempt to relieve pain and improve function.
The options most frequently used are a fusion and a joint replacement surgery. After the joining the connection is stable and does not move but also should not produce pain anymore. Prosthesis tries also to restore the normal functioning of the replaced joint.
For unknown reasons, the membrane structure in the hand may start to thicken. This causes the contraction of the fingers starting with the little finger. A difficult stiffness problem of the finger joints may arise in the worst cases.
Surgery is the only help for this problem. This illness may repeat even after surgery.
An embolism that is loose in the arterial circulation may immediately block the circulation to the arms. The embolism usually comes from the heart, aorta, or through the hole in the heart chamber's wall of the heart from the venous circulation.
The symptom in the arm is a rapid intense pain. The arm changes to a lighter color and becomes cold and numb. There is no pulse, the arm feels cold and numb, and the skin may have a marbled effect.
This condition requires emergency circulatory surgery, because limbs can sustain lack of circulation only temporarily. Treatment consists of intravenous procedures, thrombolytic treatment and traditional surgery.
A venous embolism in the upper limbs is extremely rare. The limb may be painful, and there may be swelling and burning. Diagnosis can be confirmed with an ultrasound or contrast venography. If there is a suspicion of a venous embolism, go to the emergency room immediately.
Strong pain in the arm, loss of color and pulse in the arm.
Pain in the arm and swelling in the hand.
Pain in the forearm in connection with a rasping sound.
Pain in the wrist in connection with radiating or numbness in the hand.
Swelling in the proximal phalanxes of the fingers.
Other pain that cannot be alleviated by home remedies.
Dopasolutions.com on repetitive strain injuries.
Tips to prevent strain injuries.
webMD about carpal tunnel syndrome.
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons ulnar tunnel syndrome of the wrist.
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons on ganglion of the wrist.
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons on arthritis of the hand.
American Society for Surgery of the Hand about osteoarthritis.
Mayoclinic.com pages about Dupuytren's contracture.
Mayoclinic.com pages about cold hands.
HealthDesk.com about spasms of the hands or feet.
I have fallen on my right wrist and still have pain below the thumb after week. Any sggestions please?
I think it might make sense to discuss with your doctor if it would be needed to do x-ray at least if there is pain at night, clear pain when you press the tip of your thumb when the thumb is extended, if there is obvious tenderness locally or clear pain when you move the thumb with help of the other hand.
A few days course of prescription-free anti-inflammatory drugs may help. If the pain does not begin to settle down, it makes sense to visit the doctor.
Basal joint arthritis of the thumb is more commonly in females over the age of 40. The exact cause of unknown, but researchers have postulated that it's a combination of factors including joint ligament laxity, deformed joints, prior fracture or injury to the thumb, and repetitive load to the joint which is known as Thumb Arthritis. In the normal joint, cartilage covers the ends of bones to allow for smooth glide with movement of the thumb and act as a shock absorber. The thumb basal joint, is a specialized joint that is saddle-shaped, and allows for significant amount of motion for everyday activities involving pinching and grasping. With progressive wear and tear (degenerative arthritis or osteoarthritis), the cartilage becomes thinner and there is direct contact between the bony surfaces (bone-on-bone). In advanced stages, bone spurs, or osteophytes, can form in the joint, causing the thumb metacarpal to slide out of the saddle. Hyperextension instability can also occur in the adjacent joint (metacarpophalangeal joint).


Daniel Poussart is as a David against Goliath in the long distance racing. That is how we described him four years ago after our first visit to Bourlers, the home of the pigeon breed of this friendly fancier. He has a wonderful collection of top quality long distance pigeons. He is also known for having a fairly small pigeon family, especially compared to other long distance fanciers: he was about 15 old birds and 15 yearlings. He only has 30 boxes and a loft that accommodates approximately 60 young birds.
Bourlers is located in the deep south of the province of Henegouwen, close to the French border and in the region of Chimay. It is a picturesque region and popular among tourists. However, many fanciers are convinced that his region is not at all a good location to be successful in the national pigeon races. Daniel Poussart proved otherwise. He specialised in the national and the long distance, which are the races from 700-800 km. He has a remarkable list of achievements. A pigeon will not get a place in his breeding loft if it has not won prizes in the national top 100! This is hard but fair and this is what made him into a successful fancier. It allows him to compose a breeding loft that is housed with nothing but excellent and talented pigeons. Thanks to these strict requirements he has been able to create his now legendary and world famous Montauban family or the direct descendants of his super class breeding pair! Click here to read more about the top pair of Daniel Poussart.
These pigeons have allowed him to compete with the very best pigeon lofts in the long distance in Belgium but he has also attracted the interest of other fanciers, even abroad. This talented family is in the spotlight these days as they are performing very well.
It seems that the wonderful success story of Daniel Poussart comes to an abrupt end. Last weekend we received an e-mail that really surprised us. Due to family reasons and the fact that they are about to move house Daniel Poussart has now decided to auction his entire collection of exceptional long distance racing pigeons. The reason why he chose to sell on PIPA was because we became close friends since the warm welcome we received during our first visit to Bourlers four years ago. This auction will be organised in April. We will inform you in due course on our website!


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What the Jim Webb Debacle in Annapolis Is Teaching the Military
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Aaron MacLean - March 29, 2017 12:26 PM
Imagine you are a young midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy processing the news that Jim Webb—Annapolis class of '68, recipient of the Navy Cross, former senator and secretary of the Navy, former member of the Annapolis faculty, bestselling novelist and acclaimed journalist—has been forced by political pressure to decline an award for distinguished alumni at your school this week.
The most widely cited reason for his political toxicity is an article he wrote in 1979 (side note: almost forty years ago!) in Washingtonian Magazine entitled "Women Can't Fight." Never mind that he has apologized for both the vivid language of his youth and the ways in which the article made life difficult for women already in the service. ("Clearly, if I had been a more mature individual, there are things that I would not have said in that magazine article. To the extent that this article subjected women at the Academy or the armed forces to undue hardship, I remain profoundly sorry.") Never mind the fact that Webb was channeling the beliefs of the vast majority of his fellow infantrymen, if in somewhat impolitic language—or that even today, the vast majority of Marines of all grades oppose the inclusion of women in combat units. Never mind that in 1987, as secretary of the Navy, Webb opened a tremendous number of new positions in the service to women. Most of all, never mind that as of December 2015, combat units were all opened to women by order of then-Secretary of Defense Carter, overriding the objections of the Marine Corps (though not of the Army).
In other words, the proponents of including women in combat units have won. But, as the case of Webb shows, that's not enough. You have to salt the fields.
Returning to our midshipman, here is what the Naval Academy has taught you this week:
Do not take a bold stand, especially in public. It does not matter if your argument is made honestly and in good faith, or if you are an expert on the matter of policy under discussion.
Keep a keen sense of which way the political wind is blowing. Don't fight it—drift with it.
No matter the number of your accomplishments or their objective prestige, you will be humiliated for once having promoted a Wrong Opinion.
The more effectively and memorably you promoted the Wrong Opinion, the greater your punishment will be.
From the perspective of the left, of course, Webb's punishment is richly deserved, in part because of claims that his words contributed to an unsafe environment for females in the military at the time. The tactics used to force him to withdraw this week also have the familiar flavor of left-wing activism to them. In a statement last night, Webb noted that "those protesting my receipt of this award now threaten to disrupt the ceremonies surrounding its issuance." At the U.S. Naval Academy, just as at Middlebury College, a heckler's veto is apparently possible—though it is hard to imagine midshipmen themselves doing the protesting.
Just as interesting is how Webb describes the manner in which pressure was applied. He was told "that my presence at the ceremony would likely mar the otherwise celebratory nature of that special day" in "conversations with the Alumni Association, including information passed down from top Navy leadership in the Pentagon…"
A nation gets the military leadership it deserves. America's future military leaders are learning some important lessons this week—just not the ones we should want.
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I came into the industry almost by accident after studying Mining and Mineral processing at university for seven years. Whilst not overly glamorous, AD is a continually developing field and as a technology it is also genuinely beneficial to society, offering an all-round solution for recycling organic material and generating sustainable energy. Very few technologies can claim the same thing.
Tell us about ADBA – give us your top-line analysis.
Working with ADBA is certainly interesting. The team is very enthusiastic, full of energy and always give the impression that they want to do everything at once. From a standing start to achieving the success that they have in 3 years is incredibly impressive.
Monsal as a business got involved with ADBA at the start because we perceived a great risk to the industry from inexperienced entrants into the market. Someone I respect very much once described the waste AD market as the Wild West, and ADBA was the vehicle to bring some order to the chaos.


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These sheets are decorated with a rainbow selection of colours.
- 4 sheets of shiny and speckled Origami paper, the colour will fluctuate in the light! The sheets have texture, you can feel the speckled patterns.


This page is not about those who fanatically adore my dancing, but instead about my method of cooling a dance-heated brow. Women often bring folding cloth fans to dances, and with these flap cool air onto their glowing faces. These fans, however, are commonly considered to be rather feminine in nature, and not to be used by stout chaps. a friend gave me the fan pictured, but when I received it, it was white and gold, with a rather nasty picture-map of the Costa Brava on it. I sprayed it black, and painted on a skull with flaming eye sockets, two cutlasses, and the words, "DEATH or GLORY". By this subtle method, I believe that I have created a cooling system to suit the modern man.
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El  es un equipo de fútbol de Brasil que juega en el Campeonato Sergipano Serie A2, la segunda división del estado de Sergipe.

Historia
Fue fundado el  en el municipio de Aracaju, la capital del estado de Sergipe por un grupo de deportistas locales.

Luego de ingresar al Campeonato Sergipano en los años 1930 el club fue protagonista, ya que entre los años 1930 y años 1940 el club fue campeón estatal en tres ocasiones, además de ganar el Torneo Inicio en cinco ocasiones y ganar tres títulos de copa.

Posteriormente el club no ha ganado ningún título ni aun cuando el Campeonato Sergipano se volvió profesional, con la diferencia de que al ser profesional se volvió competitivo en las divisiones menores.

Estadio

Palmarés
Campeonato Sergipano: 3
 1934, 1935, 1949

Festival Deportivo de Sergipe: 2
 1931, 1936

Torneo Inicio Sergipano: 5
 1932, 1935, 1937, 1945, 1949

Torneo Extraordinario de Sergipe: 1
 1936

Referencias

Enlaces externos
historiadofutebol.com
Ganadores del Torneo Inicio Sergipano

Fútbol en Sergipe
Ganadores del Campeonato Sergipano

Equipos de fútbol del estado de Sergipe
Equipos de fútbol fundados en 1928
Brasil en 1928
Equipos de fútbol de Brasil fundados en los años 1920


Well, I don't know about everyone else but my holidays have been interesting to say in the least. With family, presents, work, and drama that would make headlines on guild chat, I'm a little worn out. All I can say is thank the Powers that I don't go back to school until January 7th because I would have slept (or worried) right through it.
On the WoW front, things have been less busy but more funny. If you've read my long list of suggested names for Khaja's bear and the title of this post, you can probably put two and two together to figure out what I decided to name him.
I asked a friend to help me choose because there were so many good ones and when we talked about the name Skittles, the more we said, the more we laughed about it. He of course thought that Khaja's little pet was as ugly as sin and felt it was suitably ironic to name him after the brightly coloured candy. We were practically rolling on the floor laughing at the thought of Khaja sweetly saying "Want to see my cutey-wootey pet Skittles?" and then summoning this creature that looks like it's the spawn of the devil. The wonderful emote "Taste the rainbow, b*tches!" was also a deciding factor for choosing the name (oh, how we laughed and laughed).
Having finally decided this, I open the dialog box to give the bear his name, type it in and press Accept…only I get an error message saying that I can't do it. What the….? I try again, same error message. My only guess is that Blizzard has a filter for certain copyright names like Skittles. It can't be duplicate names because at one point, I had two pets that had the same name at the same time. …Well, that sort of ruins it. Of course by now, Skittles is the only name that I want so my friend and I desperately start thinking of some alternative spellings. The only thing we can come up with that will satisfy me is Skittels, which is close enough to the original name that people should recognize it but will get past the filter.
So, I present to you Khaja the troll and her companion Skittels the bear. He he he…I'm making that emote into a macro as soon as possible.
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Corey Mathew Hart
"There's nothing like giving back by doing something you love."
Corey Matthew Hart | Madison, WI
"The holidays are a strong time for family. Since getting married and having kids, we have Christmas morning at our house. We go and cut our own tree in the snow...we listen to records, John Denver Christmas with the Muppets, Willie Nelson, Gene Autry. It's a great time of year just to huddle as a family."
"As a kid I had a Fisher Price record player thing and I had 45s of Elvis and things like that. I had a keyboard, a cheap keyboard in my bedroom when I was pretty young, but it didn't really stick. I did violin in fourth grade for a year and that didn't stick. Sax for a year in fifth grade, didn't stick, and then I started playing guitar summer before sixth grade and it stuck. Started doing choir in middle school and I started writing songs and playing and singing my guitar. I just had that music bug."
"Wintersong is all holiday and Christmas songs. Everybody picks whatever they want to do. Faux Fawn will probably have at least one or two originals, holiday‐themed stuff. We wrote 'Christmas on the Isthmus' for Wintersong. I also just like picking songs that sound good. Tonight we're singing 'Rise Up Shepherd and Follow.' It's Christmasy, it's about Christmas, the birth of Jesus Christ, but I wouldn't call it a classic Christmas tune, which is nice. It's fun to do that. Then the other song we're doing is that Colbie Caillat really poppy song from the Hotel Café record. It's just a great experience, one night a year to hang out and have fun, be silly and enjoy watching your friends perform."
"A big influence for me in high school and college was Willy Porter. I was doing nothing for a year and was at UW-Milwaukee on and off for a couple semesters. During that time, I really dug into his style and loved every iteration he went through. He had a lot of lineup changes and still he plays for different people, he's just so flexible as a musician, so talented. To be able to see him in a really small venue on a random, off night of the week in Milwaukee...just being so physically close to it happening had a really big impact on me."
"I've had bands on and off for the past five to six years. I've also played a lot of solo acoustic shows. They are totally different things. It's fun to do both, I just love to play music, but I prefer the band. It's really great to play with all of these guys. It's nice to have all that extra input and learn and have a conversation on stage with the other people. Tonight is the first time we'll be with Shane, our new drummer, playing all together. Our rehearsal was sound check."
-Corey Matthew Hart (2nd generation) | Madison, WI