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How to Give a Powerful Compliment
Medically reviewed by Scientific Advisory Board — Written by Marcia Naomi Berger, MSW, LCSW on October 27, 2019
We all want to feel valued. When we feel appreciated, we're more likely to cooperate, collaborate, and deal constructively with issues that arise. This is true for any relationship, and especially for marriage.
It's easy to take a spouse's fine qualities for granted. Yet couples who remember to compliment each other often are usually much happier. For example, suppose Carmen is annoyed with her husband Joe for procrastinating after saying he'd do a chore. (She doesn't seem to notice when he does promptly do what he agreed to do.) To fix the situation, she's tried nagging, calling him lazy, and pouting. Yet nothing changed, except he's become good at tuning her out.
The Power of a Good Compliment
So Carmen decides to try something different. She makes a point to notice when Joe completes a chore promptly. She saw that he bought the air conditioner the day after he agreed to. She tells him, smiling, "I appreciate you for buying the air conditioner so quickly. It means a lot to me to be comfortable at home when it's so hot outside."
Joe smiles too, maybe shrugs his shoulders modestly, gives her a hug, or compliments her in return for suggesting that they get the air conditioner. He too likes to stay cool inside on a hot day.
Behaviors That Get Rewarded Get Repeated
These responses could all occur in the short run: she expresses appreciation, he feels valued, and both feel sweetly connected to each other.
How about in the long run? Compliments increase the likelihood that the person you've expressed appreciation to will do what you liked more often. A behavior that's rewarded is more likely to get repeated.
Realizing this, Carmen pays attention to her husband's good traits, behaviors, and appearance. When he assists their child with his homework, she tells him how she appreciates his patience and willingness to help. When he completes any chore, she thanks him, even if he didn't do it as quickly as she hoped. When he does it promptly, she gives him an extra compliment for that. When he looks handsome in a blue shirt he rarely wears that matches the color of his eyes, she tells him. Of course, he's then likely then to wear the shirt more often.
Compliments Benefit the Giver
As shown by Carmen and Joe's interaction, the spouse who receives a compliment is likely to feel more loving toward the one who gives it. Joe instinctively responded to Carmen's compliment by giving her one. Win-win!
When we focus on complimenting our partner regularly, we actually increase our positive feelings for our mate. By looking for opportunities to express appreciation, we notice what we like more often. We pay less attention to irritations that are minor in the grand scheme of things. The wish to please each other grows. We gain more intimacy.
This scenario happens with others besides our intimate partner. Being complimentary toward friends, relatives, coworkers, and so on nurtures our relationships and helps us create a happier, more optimistic outlook.
Are Insincere Compliments Effective?
A genuine compliment is going to go much further than a false one. Most of us can sniff out insincerity. Because so much of a message is given by the speaker's body language and tone of voice, we sense when the words of praise don't match one's nonverbal signals.
How to Give a Heartfelt Compliment
Because compliments are so important for supporting a good relationship, the first thing that happens in a Marriage Meeting as explained in my book, Marriage Meetings for Lasting Love: 30 Minutes a Week to the Relationship You've Always Wanted, is for couples to express appreciation to each other. When I explain to express appreciation, I say:
Begin each appreciative comment with the words like "I appreciate," "I value," or "I like." This may feel awkward at first but becomes comfortable with practice.
Be specific in how you express yourself. Mention exactly what the person did that you liked, or exactly what about your partner's appearance pleases you.
Mention a positive character trait that your partner demonstrated by doing what you liked.
For example, a wife might say to her husband, "I appreciate how kind and patient you were with my aunt when we were visiting her and you showed her how to fix the problem with her computer." The above italics are to show inclusion of character traits and specificity.
Why to Start a Compliment with "I"
A husband told me he's more comfortable saying "Thank You" than by starting a compliment with "I."
Of course, saying "thank you" shows good manners, and we like to be thanked. It's also easier for many of us express appreciation with a simple "thank you."
Yet by saying "I appreciate you for" or "I liked it when you … " we are putting ourselves and our heart into the message. We're being vulnerable, opening our insides to be viewed by the receiver of our compliment. The receiver is likely to feel the compliment giver's sincerity. Starting with "I appreciate" can take courage, especially for people who grew up in an atmosphere where they weren't encouraged to recognize and express their feelings. Yet it's worth developing the habit, and it becomes easier with practice.
Be Specific and Shun Aunt Fanny Statements
A common way to compliment someone is by saying something like, "You're beautiful," "You're caring," or "You're responsible." I learned in graduate school to refer to such messages as "Aunt Fanny Statements." Because although they're compliments, one could think, "Yes, and so is my Aunt Fanny."
Being specific by telling your wife, "I appreciate how caring you were by making tea and toast for me when I was in bed with a cold last week," packs more punch than saying that you appreciate her for being so caring. Similarly, telling your wife, "I love how beautiful you look in your new blue dress that matches your eyes," makes more of an impact than just saying, "I like how beautiful you look."
When we're specific in how we compliment someone, we're saying in effect that out of all the people in the world you matter to me, and in your own unique way.
Phrase Compliments Positively
During initial couple's therapy sessions, I make it a point to ask both partners how they first met and what attracted them to each other. Doing so helps set a positive tone. It reminds them that regardless of whatever relationship challenge brings them to my office, underneath what's stressing them now is a firm foundation on which trust and appreciation can grow.
When a wife told me what traits she first found attractive in her husband, she said, they have similar values and interests, and "he's not bad looking." I explained that I'm picky about words and helped her change not bad looking to "handsome." Her husband clearly perked up when she described him as handsome. The unconscious doesn't recognize a negative. The unconscious hears "bad looking" more clearly than it hears the "not" in front of it.
Also, avoid backhanded compliments like, "I appreciate that you finally emptied the garbage." Just say, "I appreciate you for remembering to empty the garbage." So phrase your compliments straightforwardly and positively.
Appreciating Character Traits
We all have a mixture of good character traits and areas in which we have room to grow. Examples of good ones include humility, generosity, confidence, honesty, gratitude, understanding, forgiveness, commitment, and others. When we compliment someone for showing a good character trait, it can feel like we're responding to more than to a specific behavior or to their physical appearance. We're appreciating an essential, enduring quality they possess. By doing so, we're communicating on a soul to soul level.
Cultivating a Lifelong Habit
Making it a habit to notice daily what we value in others is well worth doing. The key to giving compliments and becoming good at expressing appreciation is to notice what we like about the people around us and pay attention to the details. Each complimentary thought or message we give supports our relationships and enhances our environment.
Last medically reviewed on October 27, 2019


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Q: How to extract slug from URL with regular expression in Python? I'm struggling with Python's re. I don't know how to solve the following problem in a clean way.
I want to extract a part of an URL,
What I tried so far:
url = http://www.example.com/this-2-me-4/123456-subj
m = re.search('/[0-9]+-', url)
m = m.group(0).rstrip('-')
m = m.lstrip('/')

This leaves me with the desired output 123456, but I feel this is not the proper way to extract the slug.
How can I solve this quicker and cleaner?

A: Use a capturing group by putting parentheses around the part of the regex that you want to capture (...). You can get the contents of a capturing group by passing in its number as an argument to m.group():
>>> m = re.search('/([0-9]+)-', url)
>>> m.group(1)
123456

From the docs:

(...)
  Matches whatever regular expression is inside the parentheses, and indicates the start and end of a group; the contents of a group can be retrieved after a match has been performed, and can be matched later in the string with the \number special sequence, described below. To match the literals '(' or ')', use \( or \), or enclose them inside a character class: [(] [)].

A: You may want to use urllib.parse combined with a capturing group for mildly cleaner code.
import urllib.parse, re

url = 'http://www.example.com/this-2-me-4/123456-subj'
parsed = urllib.parse.urlparse(url)
path = parsed.path
slug = re.search(r'/([\d]+)-', path).group(1)
print(slug)

Result:
123456

In Python 2, use urlparse instead of urllib.parse.

A: if you wants to find all the slugs available in a URL you can use this code.
from slugify import slugify

url = "https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/79300/real-poutine?search=random/some-name/".split("/")

for i in url:
    i = i.split("?")[0] if "?" in i else i
    if "-" in i  and slugify(i) == i:
        print(i)

This will provide with an output of
real-poutine
some-name

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This anime, Wolf's Rain, was one of Studio Bones' first big hits. It was actually massively successful in the West. Studio Bones would later that year capitalize on an even bigger hit, Full Metal Alchemist. Previously, Studio Bones only had a minor role in the industry working on the tough movie adaptation of Escaflowne and then the Cowboy Bebop movie as well. Together with new director Tensai Okamura (key animation Ghost in the Shell), the Wolf's Rain anime came out before the manga and is a retelling of that story.
To start, this story is incredibly unique. Wolves have been said to be extinct for quite some time, yet unbeknownst to humanity, they live among them. A wolf is able to disguise itself by using some sort of trickery on the human eye making it see just another human instead of a dangerous wolf. Set in a run-down slum of a world, the main wolf Kiba and other wolves have been drawn to the same city by some sort of aroma. In the legend and an instinct of the wolves, following this fragrance will lead to paradise. The story follows the pack across the baron environment as they such for paradise. Of course, they aren't the only ones looking for it and the pack must survive their journey while also being hunted by a man out for revenge.
Plot wise, it is not the most intuitive story. From the start, the viewer has no idea what is the point or why we are where we are most of the time. However, this sets the tone for a mixed pace reveal as time through the anime develops. The viewer stays with the main characters discovering the same things the wolves are. This is done incredibly well keeping interest in the passing events and character development. Right away after meeting each wolf, the viewer and the wolves learn what a lunar flower is. A lunar flower is the reason for the drawing scent. We also learn scientists artificially created a living being out of flowers to "unlock" paradise. It is all very confusing initially, but not overwhelming enough to deter the audience from experiencing the same as the wolves. We and the wolves slowly experience what the world has to offer in terms of what paradise is or could be, what flower girl is and her impact for the story, and even the differences to similarities humans have with the wolves.
Wolf's Rain never truly focuses on one character as much as the wolf pack and their journey together. As would most people meeting for the first time, the wolves do not get along due to their conflicting personalities. Although, due their instincts based on how each of them have lived drives their actions throughout the anime. This is an extremely refreshing concept. Even though they struggle and fight to survive, they still pick a pack leader and follow despite their differences. The antagonists in the story are more a plot point for struggle, but the hunter Quent with his half dog/wolf pet Blue even has his own struggles similar to the wolf pack in many ways.
As with most Studio Bones shows, the animation quality is timeless. It is absolutely shocking this debuted in early 2003. Characters and environment designs are downright unique and breathtaking. Detail and style ranging from the wolf's growl expression to even snow falling onto a character just gives a wow-factor rarely seen. Sound effects like the growl to the composition played during environmental "journey" scenes give a great sense of vastness. Voice acting and character speech writing is hard to swallow though. Everything seems awkward during interactions creating constant cringe transition moments. This alone is a huge negative for the anime. So much so that it kills many touching moments with awkward unnatural pauses. Even during plot explanations there are many repeats over the same dialogue and almost kills the semi-love scenes in some of the series most emotional impact ridden occasions. The fight scenes among the wolves and humans alike cause for some of the most action packed scenes in anime with everything being animated from the fur moving from the wind to the blood dripping out of the jaw after a wolf digs its' teeth into a human's neck. Yes, there are times when this anime gets pretty gory.
A major gripe to note is the story does not finish here. A 4 episode OVA completes the journey. Plus, the main conquest of the story is basically complete, so much of the interest is lost to even watch the OVA for many. There is even a four episode recap thrown in that makes the anime come to a screeching halt. Overall, Wolf's Rain is an incredibly journey. The story unfolds for an emotional ride, but writing and dialogue tend to kill the mood constantly. With incredible animation quality, fantastically drawn out characters, and a unique plot Wolf's Rain is now a total classic.
Recommended Audience: A fan of the fantasy genre and for a bit of an older audience due the complexity of the story and gore should not look any further than Wolf's Rain. There are not that many anime out there that can touch the animation quality and uniqueness to this one.
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That's right. And it comes from an economic reality that was evident even six years ago. That was when a small group of people with various pharmaceutical supply chain backgrounds had an informal discussion of the relative costs and impacts that each of the three primary business segments in the supply chain would face in a full deployment of Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID). As I recall, this conversation may not have even been part of the official proceedings of the project we were assembled to work on at the time. It may have actually occurred during one of the social hours after a day of meetings, but it stuck with me. Ever since that time I kept meaning to get around to creating the graphs that we envisioned at that time but have never gotten around to it, until now.
The first set of graphs makes the important assumption that all perscription pharmaceutical sellable packages are tagged with GS1 Gen2 RFID tags with a Serialized Global Trade Item Number (SGTIN) encoding. It is further assumed that this is done under some kind of mandate to ensure that the deployment timeframes are kept short and in unison. You can see the relative costs of the deployment phases in each segment and how they might differ, relatively speaking, from the long-term, post-deployment operational phases.
I'm showing the Chain Pharmacies breaking even over the long term because I think they will get a positive ROI in their warehouses, just like the wholesalers, but it will be offset by greater complexity inside their pharmacy operations.
WHAT IF EVERYTHING WERE TO BE SERIALIZED WITH BARCODES INSTEAD OF RFID?
The graphs and discussion above are interesting, but unrealistic. Currently we don't have a mandate for a specific carrier technology like RFID, so what would happen if every manufacturer decided to meet the California pedigree requirements by applying only 2D barcodes instead of RFID? Of course, this may be equally unrealistic, but I want you to consider what this would look like before we consider a more realistic outcome.
The greatest cost for the initial deployment is borne by the chain pharmacies again because of the large number of locations that need outfitting.
Neither the RFID-only nor the Barcode-only supply chain's depicted above will happen in the U.S. supply chain. That's because there exists no mandate to force everyone to use one carrier technology or the other. Instead, we are most likely to find that most manufacturers will choose to comply with the California pedigree law by applying 2D barcodes-only to their units. The reason is easy to see by comparing the two manufacturer's graphs above. If there is to be no mandate, would any public company choose to apply RFID to their products considering that cost difference? In my thinking, their stockholders won't allow it.
Of course, if the wholesalers had it their way then everything would be RFID. I can't tell you how many RFID hardware vendors have asked me why the wholesalers don't just demand it of the manufacturers. They look at how Wal-Mart gets away with mandating RFID of their suppliers and how those suppliers jump to it (well, sort of…). Why can't the wholesalers in the U.S. pharma supply chain do the same thing? For one reason, there is no single 800-pound gorilla like Wal-Mart in our supply chain, and the "big three" U.S. wholesalers are not likely to get together and make joint demands like that for anti-trust reasons.
But I think there is a secondary reason and it has to do with fee-for-service (FFS). Now, before I explain my theory, I have to tell you that I have nothing to do with any FFS negotiations. I don't even know people who do that negotiation, so this is just a theory based purely on logic. See if you agree.
FFS is an agreement worked out between individual wholesalers and individual manufacturers every few years. Essentially, the two parties agree on a fee that the manufacturer pays to the wholesaler for the distribution-related services they provide to the manufacturer. These negotiations are very sensitive and the results are a closely guarded secret. I know I'm making certain people a little nervous right now just by my writing these few words about it here. My point is this, if a wholesaler were to tell a manufacturer that they must use RFID instead of barcodes to serialize their products, even if communicated outside of the FFS negotiations, the next time FFS is negotiated, the manufacturer would likely be able to draw that requirement into the cost calculation and the wholesaler would probably lose in the end.
But there are a few manufacturers who see value in RFID beyond compliance with serialization regulations like those in California. Those few manufacturers will be more willing to pay the additional cost to apply RFID to the units of all of their products. A few others may choose to apply RFID to the units of some of their products and barcodes to the others. Still others will apply both.
Like the wholesaler, the initial deployment costs of the chain pharmacy will be higher because of the investment in the hardware and software of two technologies. The steady-state relative costs are similar to that of the wholesaler now too because their DC's will face the same issues, and also because their pharmacies will now have to deal with added confusion about which technology must be used for each SKU. In the previous scenarios, the efficiencies gained in the pharmacies offset the negatives experienced in their DC's, but in this scenario, the negatives are additive.
Unfortunately, if my logic is correct, this is the most costly of all possible scenarios when viewed across the the entire supply chain.
The pharmaceutical supply chain should not be considered a total loss for RFID enthusiasts because it appears that many pharma manufacturers agree that the cost of one RFID tag per case is reasonable considering the return they expect. This even includes many of the manufacturers who appear poised to use barcodes at the unit-level. But here again, nothing requires them to use RFID, and I know of a few manufacturers who have decided not to use RFID on anything, opting for 2D barcodes on cases as well as their units, so the supply chain will have to deal with dual technologies on cases (and pallets) too.
And RFID may yet take hold with wholesalers for use in tracking their returnable assets (totes). We'll have to wait and see on that one.
This post contains a lot of speculation and I'm sure there will be other opinions out there. I encourage you to tell us what you think by leaving a comment below. Don't be shy now.
Dirk, your points and graphs are all on target. A group of us came to this same conclusion 6-7 years ago as well. In running some numbers, a large pharma company could incur tag expenses alone of $1.2B based on tag costs of $.30 each. Even if you adjust the tag costs down the hit to the bottom line is significant.
But there is a couple of items you do miss that may impact this and make the unit level use of RFID more palatable. First, if the wholesalers agreed to be "impact neutral" and return some of their savings to the manufacturer that would help offset the costs. Why do this? Sure beats complying with mandate via 2D barcodes and having costs increase.
But there are other reasons that a manufacturer might want to utilize RFID at the unit level. Manufacturers are very concerned with diversion, counterfeiting and importation. All of these impact their bottom line. Diversion (product going to customers not intended or at prices not intended) alone is a significant issue for many manufacturers. Also, return goods control and costs might be impacted with RFID use at the unit level.
Of course, this would require improved data sharing of the unit level by all parties including chargebacks, returns, damages, shipping.
With all these combined the graph for the manufacturer can dip significantly toward neutrality. And this does not even include gains from the use of RFID tags internally for inventory control and logistics.
Let's not give up on the idea yet.
I agree with all of your points. The problem is, no matter what is negotiated between individual manufacturers and wholesalers–one pair at a time–the supply chain will still end up with a mix of RFID and barcodes. The result will be duplicate technologies, duplicate processes and confusion…all resulting in lower efficiencies at wholesalers and chain pharmacies. Without some overarching entity deciding which single technology everyone should use, we will have that duplication. I just glad we only have two technologies that could be used and not three or four! Oh, I forgot…RFID can be either HF or UHF. More duplication, and more confusion in the supply chain.
Agree with your comments on the use of two technologies, assuming you could get to only two protocols, 2D DataMatrix and UFH Gen 2 RFID, as an example. Don't forget the concepts of redundancy for automated data collection. In the case of RFID at item level, your backup would be a 2D barcode and if there was room 3rd level backup would text of the GTIN and Serial#, etc. There certainly is a cost to incorporating RFID and 2D barcode technology and processes. The technology does continue to improve in combining a mobile devices that can handle 1D, 2D and RFID. May be it is just a matter of evolution to proving serialization with barcodes, realizing the processing pain and evolving toward RFID where the processing efficiency gains can be achieved. Your points are valid on how to manage one case you need to potentially open or infer and the second where you could x-ray with RFID. Let us also not forget some of the physics constraints to RFID and the extensive need for RFID product testing of all materials.
Good points, thanks. Your comment about two technologies on each unit for redundancy reminds me that I should clarify my point about the need for multiple reader technology. Having both RFID and 2D barcodes on each unit is the ideal situation for wholesalers and pharmacies. In that case, the serial number (the SGTIN) encoded into each of the two carriers must be identical. Having both carriers on every unit would be an even greater cost to be borne by the manufacturer, and it would allow each downstream trading partner to choose to read whichever carrier is most convenient at any given readpoint. This is distictly different from my comparison of one carrier technology with the other because my analysis assumes that the manufacturer chooses to apply only one or the other. Thanks for reminding me about that.
I'm very skeptical about the combined barcode/RFID mobile devices that you mention, but I have not tested any of them. It seems to me that the physical motions…the "aim" of the device would depend on which technology the user was attempting to use at a given time. I suppose that's just a training issue and users would get used to it. In a world where multiple reader technologies are a must, these devices will be essential. I just hope they work well and they don't break down twice as often.
Dirk – You summed up what our customers (packagers) are saying.
Few of our customers are open to tagging at a carton level if the supply chain partners require.
Most of our customers will tag case and pallet.
Almost all of our customers prefer 2D serialization at unit level.
Have you factored in your comparative analysis the benefit differentials between the two major technologies under consideration? This has to be a signification consideration in determining the final selection.
Excellent blog and I think this post is right on the money, based on discussions with customers and what I'm reading elsewhere.
This is a good article and if you don't mind I would like to put another slant on it if I may.
The issue of counterfeiting and illegal diversion is most acute in Asia where the supply chain is the highly fragmented with a large number of regulatory hurdles. This is the largest growth area for Pharmaceutical and Healthcare products and yet this region is often forgotten about. Direct to pharmacy here is not an option.
Cost of equipment and the lack of standards are also major obstacles. Implementing any new technology in this environment is a huge task. This is made much more complicated when one considers that the different countries wish to pursue their own regulations – Korea & China to name a few.
Having studied both options in depth, serialisation is the only option going forward. That said it has some big challenges in capturing and managing the data that becomes attached to the serial number as it moves through the supply chain.
There is a lot of talk about sms (text message) authentication/serialization too. Check yesterday's wall street journal and google businessmonitor's article about a program by the regulatory agencies in west africa.
Full disclosure, I work with a vendor who sells analytical instruments.
Authentication at the molecular level is done in the field today. There are several techniques, and the use of handheld vibrational spectroscopy is growing favor with regulators, customs, and brand-security teams. Namely the use of Raman and NIR (near infrared) based instruments.
NAFDAC (Nigerian FDA) has announced their multi-level strategy to combat counterfeits but also substandard drugs. They are employing a series of complementary and confirmatory techniques from packaging authentication to tablet/injectable/capsule authentication using Raman spectroscopy and MiniLab kits.
Substandard drugs can be as dangerous as counterfeits. Degradation at the molecular level of pharmaceuticals, vaccines, anti-malarials through exposure to light, temperature, expired, and humidity can cause the authentic drug to have less effectiveness, or no effect at all.
I read the blog with interest but wonder, RFID is a fantastic tool and has several benefits to different areas of any supply chain but, surely it does not have to be all or nothing?
Using RFID to shipping carton level has benefits for everyone as demonstrated in the graphs.
RFID at individual carton level has limited gains for warehouse and local pharmacie stock control but at local level this has to be offset against the high cost of setup.
RFID however, I feel is not helpfull at individual item level and its costs far out weigh any benfits. This level would be far better served by 2D codes.
There should be no problem using 2D codes on blister or vial level etc. Then aggregate these with RFID on the consumer pack and shipping container. In this way all parties can profit and still complete the data trail.
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graph corresponding to a DCE-MRI sequence is reduced to a concatenation of minimum spanning trees, which can be optimized more efficiently. To address the changes due to contrast, a data cost function which incorporates pharmacokinetic modelling information is formulated. The advantages of this method are demonstrated on 8 DCE-MRI image sequences of patients with advanced rectal tumours, presenting mild to severe motion.


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Magnus Ingelman-Sundberg, Xiao-Bo Zhong, Oliver Hankinson, Sudheer Beedanagari, Ai-Ming Yu, Lai Peng and Yoichi Osawa
Drug Metabolism and Disposition October 2013, 41 (10) 1725-1731; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/dmd.113.053157
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Solar shingles: Creating excitement and raising questions
By Ben Delman on September 3, 2017
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Tesla's Solar Roof has created excitement as it comes closer to market. While we are technology and installer neutral, we hope to demystify this new building integrated solar system and raise some of the key questions that have not been addressed. Solar roofs can appeal to people averse to the look and style of traditional framed solar PV modules. Aside from aesthetic considerations solar roofs are guaranteed for the lifespan of your home.
Experts who have examined the cost of the solar roof have calculated its price per watt to be between $6.00-$6.50/watt. The average cost for a residential solar install today is about $2.84/W according to SEIA and GTM. However, this lower cost does not factor in the cost of the actual roofing components that the solar roof replaces. Also, it is not 100% clear whether the entire cost of the new shingle roof will qualify for the Federal Tax Credit (30% of system cost) or just the shingles that contain solar cells.
If you've recently installed a new roof, the integrated solar roof may not make financial sense, since it is much more expensive when compared to a standard solar system. The economics of this product depend on the type of roofing material you would be replacing. If you are replacing a slate roof, but want the slate aesthetic with the solar roof, it may make more sense since a traditional slate roof is costly. However, if you are replacing more common asphalt shingles, the price of a solar roof may not be as competitive as a full roof replacement with asphalt shingles plus a standard solar install.
Another consideration to keep in mind when evaluating this product is that it is in fact a roof. Roofs require more code compliance than solar systems themselves. Their installation is more complex than a standard solar install. Tesla has not made it clear who will be handling the actual installations of the roof.
As the company rolls out this product into new markets, will Tesla subcontract with established roofers or will they utilize their existing installation teams to facilitate the work? Further, Tesla has yet to show how it will manage the complexities of the roof installation. Will the shingles be wired to one central inverter or will they be grouped and wired to micro-inverters or optimizers? Will local jurisdictional electric, building, and fire codes support this type of building integrated solar system? Will the failure of one tile effect the energy production of other tiles? What are the replacement costs for failed tiles or will they be abandoned in place, reducing the overall energy production value of the roof? Along with the complexities of the install, Tesla has stated that they do not have a solution for flat roofs, a relative minority in the housing stock, but ubiquitous in urban environments.
We are excited to see how this product will be deployed and we are eager to see any solar technology that helps individuals take control of their energy production. We hope that the cost of solar roofing technologies like the Tesla shingle will be brought down as production scales, enabling more to take advantage of solar.


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By Bill Marler on November 5, 2019
According to press reports – The trial of Roger Stone got off to an unusual start Tuesday as jury selection proceedings were punctuated by his exit from the court due to what he said was food poisoning.
The unique scene at a federal courthouse in Washington accentuated what had already been a chaotic pretrial process as investigators trying to determine whether the longtime Donald Trump associate and political provocateur obtained information from WikiLeaks first had to interview — and in some cases do legal battle with — a range of eccentric witnesses. Stone has said he's done nothing wrong.
The high-profile trial could bring out new details about what former special counsel Robert Mueller found regarding the Trump campaign and Russian interference in the 2016 election. But on Tuesday, it was Stone's apparent illness that defined the first day in court.
"Mr. Stone is not feeling well," defense attorney Robert Buschel told Judge Amy Berman Jackson at the bench shortly after the potential jurors were sworn in, according to transcripts of sidebar discussions with the judge.
On two occasions, Stone was allowed to leave the courtroom to use the restroom. The judge made him aware they could postpone the proceedings, since he had a right to be in court and face his potential jurors.
"I'm not going to order him to waive his constitutional rights, but we cannot spend a whole day doing what we should be able to do in a short period of time," Jackson said, according to the transcript. "So, let him go, let him come back, and then we're going to bring in the next juror."
At one point the judge even offered anti-diarrheal medication to the defendant.
"I have Imodium in my chambers," she said.
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Rachael Dumas has been practicing barre at Studio Re for seven months! Now as a momma-to-be, Rachael continues to take class to maintain wellness during her pregnancy. As our Spring Highlight, we asked Rachael a few questions. Here is what she has to say!
SR: What is a day in the life of Rachael?
SR: What is your favorite healthy food?
RD: I'm pretty obsessed with Kale at the moment. I put it in everything.
SR: And the one you can't live without?
RD: This is hard… I eat yogurt almost every day and usually top it with blueberries, raspberries, and granola with flax. I also like making smoothies – they are so easy. I must admit, I can't really live without ice cream – I love it! I usually treat myself once a week.
SR: On your day off what would we find you doing?
RD: I'm not very good at sitting still, so we are always doing something. I like spending days off enjoying the outdoors, trying new foods and hanging out with friends and family. My husband and I really like to travel as well, so we spend a lot of time visiting new cities, which is always fun. A couple of our recent adventures include Yountville, CA, Nashville, TN and New Orleans, LA.
SR: What is the motivation behind your workouts?
RD: There are a lot of things that motivate me, but right now my number one motivator is staying in shape for baby Dumas (set to arrive in July). I want to feel good as soon as I can after delivery, so working out throughout my pregnancy is a no-brainer.
SR: What book would we find by your nightstand?
RD: Right now, I'm reading The Happiest Baby on the Block, Bringing up Bébé, and Brain Rules for Baby. Once I finish those, I'm looking forward to starting The Silkworm.
SR: What kind of success have you had at Studio Re?
RD: I think Studio Re has really helped my flexibility and my overall health. The combination of cardio and strength training is a good balance for someone who is looking to build muscle tone, but not bulk up. It has also really helped during my pregnancy. Everything seems tight and toned, which I hope will make for an easier delivery (fingers crossed).
SR: What advice would you have to working mothers in keeping up their health wellness?
RD: Although our little guy hasn't arrived yet, I think it will be important for me to have "me" time. Studio Re gives me an opportunity to focus on myself, which will make me a happier wife and mom. Health is one of the most important things you have, so maintaining it should always be a priority.


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Pullman Earns National Monument Status
Obama designates neighborhood's historic district for preservation
Published on March 3, 2015 March 3, 2015
By Andrew Koski
On February 19, President Obama—with Mayor Emanuel at his side—announced the designation of Pullman as a National Monument to a crowd of cheering supporters at Gwendolyn Brooks Preparatory Academy. For the Emanuel campaign, the announcement was a valuable pre-election coup: "Rahm hasn't just fought for a national park in Pullman. He's fought for new opportunity and new jobs in Pullman and for every Chicagoan in every neighborhood," said Obama. For residents of Pullman, who have been working to have the area recognized by the National Parks Service, the moment was the culmination of a five-decade grassroots movement to preserve the neighborhood's rich historical and architectural value.
Under the American Antiquities Act, the President has the power to declare historic landmarks as national monuments by public proclamation and "may reserve as a part thereof parcels of land, the limits of which in all cases shall be confined to the smallest area compatible with proper care and management of the objects to be protected." For Pullman, this means that the historic district will become a part of the National Parks Service, albeit a smaller one than a full-fledged national park.
The National Parks Service will maintain portions of Pullman similar to the way it looks after the Washington Monument or the Statue of Liberty. The combined area will be bounded by 103rd and 115th Streets to the north and south, and Cottage Grove Avenue and the Norfolk and Western Railway line to the west and east. The National Park Service will control the already federally owned Clock Tower and Administration Building, while the State of Illinois will maintain ownership of the Hotel Florence and residents will continue to own the row houses and small businesses in the community.
"Essentially the national monument designation means the Clock Tower Building will be improved into a visitors' center, and the National Park (Service) rangers will provide security and interpretive services for tourists," Kayce Ataiyero, a spokeswoman for House Democrat Robin Kelly, who represents Pullman, told the Tribune. She said the designation will not have a major effect on the everyday lives of Pullman's residents.
The Pullman National Monument will receive a modest yearly budget from the federal government, which will go toward programming and maintenance costs, but the monument will rely primarily on support from private donations for funding. The National Park Foundation, the official charity of the national parks, has announced that $8 million in donations has been received so far. "The gifts will help jumpstart critical projects at the new park," the Foundation said in a press release, "including the establishment of a visitor center, educational and experiential exhibits, and programming in the Administrative Clock Tower Building designed to engage schoolchildren, the community, and visitors about the importance of Pullman to America's collective history."
Although the specifics for the National Park Foundation's plan to revitalize the area have yet to be announced, it's clear that their direct influence will be limited to the historic district of Pullman, despite the state of many long-distressed homes outside of the district itself.
Founded in the late 1870s, Pullman was designed to fit company owner George Pullman's ideal of a better industrial American society. He envisioned a company-owned town where his workers and their families could live in brick row houses with access to amenities such as a school, library, and theater. He also wanted to shield his workers from the moral indecencies of nearby Chicago, and discourage the influence of the organized labor movement.
Not everyone, however, shared George Pullman's idealistic—and often paternalistic—vision of paradise. His control was overbearing, even at times tyrannical. In his 1885 exposé of Pullman in Harper's Monthly, Richard T. Ely asked: "Are we not frequently trying to offer the gilded cage as a substitute for personal liberty?"
When workers walked out in 1894 over wage cuts without reduced rent, it sowed the seeds for the event that put Pullman on the map: the Pullman Strike—a boycott by railroad workers against Pullman car-carrying trains that ended with a federal injunction, military invervention, and the deaths of thirty strikers in clashes with federal troops.
But despite its historic significance, the fight to save the neighborhood has been a long one. In 1960, consultants to the South End Chamber of Commerce recommended that Pullman be demolished between 111th and 115th to make way for industrial expansion. Citizens fought to save their community, reactivating the Pullman Civic Organization that same year. In 1971, Pullman was designated as a National Historic Landmark, and it later received similar state and local designations. Although the historic district had been saved from demolition, these designations did not come with a steady stream of government revenue.
Pullman residents formed the Historic Pullman Foundation in 1973 and purchased the Hotel Florence—a massive red brick Victorian hotel—to save the building from demolition and to preserve its legacy as one of the original structures built by the Pullman Company. The Hotel and the Clock Tower and Administration Building were sold to the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency in 1991 as part of an effort to refurbish and preserve the architecture of the historic district of Pullman, but progress has been slow and the buildings are still in need of major repairs. The Clock Tower and Administration Building still hasn't fully recovered from a fire in 1998.
Although it's unlikely that National Monument status will spell an end to those preservation efforts, the increased funding and tourism the designation could bring might lighten the load of area preservationists and ensure that the town's storied past is presented to visitors well into the future.
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Karen Ford says:
Would the paper be interested in doing a follow-up story to this one on Reformation Lutheran Church located on 113th and Forest? This church once sat in Pullman Park and Mr. Pullman himself had the church moved and relocated to its present location. President Obama worked out of this church when he was community organizer and the church had kept the office in his honor as he left it. I'm sure Rev. Joel Washington and the congregation would appreciate it.
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Marvel Television and Netflix have revealed two new cast members for the eagerly anticipated second season of "Marvel's The Punisher."
Corbin Bernsen ("American Gods," "Psych") will play the role of Anderson Schultz, an extremely wealthy man who's grown accustomed to getting his way. His power and legacy are of prime importance, and he'll implement less-than legal means to further those ends.
Annette O'Toole ("Cat People," "Smallville") has been cast as Eliza Schultz, a conniving, wealthy woman, cut from the same manipulative cloth as her husband, Anderson.
"We are delighted to have Annette and Corbin join the remarkable talent this season," said Jeph Loeb, Executive Producer and Marvel's Head of Television, "Our audience will enjoy them in very unexpected but perfectly cast roles."
"I'm very excited to have actors of this caliber and talent of Corbin and Annette joining us on Marvel's The Punisher," added Showrunner and Executive Producer Steve Lightfoot.
O'Toole and Bernsen join previously announced Season 2 cast members Josh Stewart ("John Pilgrim"), Floriana Lima ("Krista Dumont") and Giorgia Whigham ("Amy Bendix"), along with Season 1 returning cast members Jon Bernthal ("Frank Castle"), Ben Barnes ("Billy Russo"), Amber Rose Revah ("Dinah Madani") and Jason R. Moore ("Curtis Hoyle").
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Antonov An-30 ( a : Антонов Ан-30; v kódu NATO: Clank) je sovětský dvoumotorový turbovrtulový letoun pro plnění úkolů letecké kartografie.

Vývoj
An-30 konstrukčně vychází z typu Antonov An-24T. Oproti svému předchůdci má změněnou přední část trupu, která je bohatě prosklená a zvýšenou letovou palubu. Poprvé vzlétl v roce 1974 a celkem bylo vyrobeno 123 kusů.

Použití
Mimo své původní určení kartografického letadla je An-30 také využíván (Bulharskem, Českem, Ruskem a Ukrajinou) při kontrolních letech v rámci smlouvy Open Skies.

An-30 je ve verzi An-30M používán jako letoun pro kontrolu počasí.

Uživatelé

Vojenští uživatelé

 Bulharské letectvo – jeden (rok 2017)

 Rumunské letectvo – tři od roku 1976; v současnosti dva (rok 2017)

 Vojenské vzdušné síly Ruské federace

 Ukrajinské letectvo – tři (rok 2017)

Specifikace (An-30)
Podle Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1988-89 a AČR

Technické údaje
 Posádka: 7

 Délka: 24,26 m
 Rozpětí: 29,20 m
 Výška: 8,32 m
 Nosná plocha: 75 m²

 Prázdná hmotnost: 15 590 kg
 Max. vzletová hmotnost : 23 000 kg

 Pohonná jednotka: 2× turbovrtulový motor ZMDB Progress (Ivčenko) AI-24T a 1× proudový motor Sojuz (Tumanskij) RU-19A-300
 Výkon pohonné jednotky: 2× 2103 kW a 1× 7,85 kN

Výkony
 Cestovní rychlost: 430 km/h ve výšce 6000 m
 Maximální rychlost: 540 km/h
 Dolet s max. množstvím paliva: 2630 km
 Dostup: 7300 m
 Max. stoupavost: 450 m/min

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Sovětská a ruská průzkumná letadla
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June 18, 1932 ~ November 17, 2019 (age 87)
KUTCHMA - Helen, 87; Cambria City, passed away November 17, 2019 at the Atrium Manor. Born June 18, 1932 in Johnstown, daughter of Gregor and Helen (Dutko) Molchan. Preceded in death by parents; husband, Joe "Muskie" Kutchma; son, Joseph G. Kutchma; grandson, Jake Kutchma; son-in-law, Frank Dziagwa Jr., sisters, Mary Podplesky, Elizabeth Johnston, Ann Huncharik; and brothers, John, Steve, Pete, Mike and George Molchan. Survived by daughter, Deborah Dziagwa; son, Robert Kutchma and wife Lisa; and daughter-in-law, Charlotte Bowden. Also survived by grandchildren, Richard Dziagwa and companion, Courtney Stefanka; Gregory Kutchma and wife, Carrie; Joshua, Ryan, Matthew, Tyler, Joanna Kutchma; Andrew and Noel Vellekamp; and Andrew Stefanka; and great grandchildren, Hudson and Brooks Kutchma. A brother of Nicholas Molchan and many nieces and nephews. Helen loved her family very much. She was a very caring and giving person. She also enjoyed dancing at the Senior Center, the Polka Festival, and Ethnic Festival. She always said that she made the best pickled beets and eggs and stewed tomatoes around. She is a member of St. Mary's Byzantine Catholic Church, where Funeral Mass will be held Friday at 10:00 a.m., the Very Rev. Msgr. Raymond Balta. Committal will take place at Grandview Cemetery. The family would like to thank all of the staff at the Atrium, Heartland Hospice and Dr. Lawrence Beatty, for their care of our mother. Also, the Eucharistic Ministers and Pastor Lees for the visits that always comforted our mother. Thank you all so very much. Friends received Thursday from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Francis G. Ozog Funeral Home Inc., Broad Street. Parastas will be held at 4:00 p.m. Thursday. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Atrium Manor in memory of Helen Kutchma. Condolences may be sent at fgozogfuneralhome.com
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I'm getting a new toilet today!
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Anxious to get into the hills, Libby and I headed to Bearhead mountain with a couple of our Search and Rescue friends, Carolyn and Dan.
Bearhead mountain lies just north of the Mt Rainier National Park, in the Mt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. Dan drove us up the rugged forest road to the 4400-foot trailhead. We began the trek in mid-morning on a snow-free trail.
We reached the fork at Twin Lake easily (1 mile, 4800'). The lake was still partially snowed in. We snapped a few photos and continued southward on and off of snow and trail.


The Xiaomi Black Shark 2 has been launched (March 18, 2019) in China. The device is powered by the Snapdragon 855 processor, with a 6GB RAM base model with a 6.39-inch FHD+ AMOLED display. This panel has some interesting HDR features, touted to enhance gaming and media experiences.
The Black Shark 2 is the 2019 generation of the OEM's 'gaming' phone. Numerous rumors has it that the device is equipped with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 SoC.
The device has a 6.39-inch AMOLED panel with a 19.5:9 aspect ratio, and a resolution of 1080×2340. This display has a P3 color gamut and something Xiaomi calls Absolute Color Accuracy. The screen is a TrueView multi-adaptive display with a number of modes that take effect depending on lighting conditions and the ambient colortone. They include Day Light View (DLV), Night View, Reading Mode.
Pixelworks has provided the Black Shark 2 with "industry-leading" HDR Tone Mapping and 'Always HDR' which apparently converts SDR content into HDR in real-time. The new Black Shark has also been kitted out with TrueClarity motion estimation/motion compensation (MEMC), which should reduce judder or blurring in the content used on the phone.
In terms of esthetics, the Black Shark 2 shows little deviation from the angular design language of yesteryear. On the other hand, the rear cameras are now in a different orientation and position on the back of the phone. They are still dual sensors, however, being composed of a 0.8μm 48MP module with an f-stop of 1.75 and a 12MP )f/2.2) telephoto lens with 2x optical zoom. They can shoot 4K at 30fps;720p at 240fps, and 1080p at 120fps.
The rear panel also lacks a hardware fingerprint reader, as Xiaomi has dropped on into the Black Shark's screen this time around. There are top and bottom bezels, however, one of which houses the phone's 20MP selfie camera.


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The three-day West African School of Internet Governance (WASIG) meeting was also meant to groom the next generation of internet governance experts for West African region.
It was stressed during the meeting that making procedures, and programmes that shape the evolution and use of the Internet as well as education and engagement are needed for informed regional and global expertise as West African States (governments, the private sector, and civil society) strive to enhance their development and application in their respective roles, of shared principles, norms, rules, decision.
The diversity of participants emphasised the schools' objective for the need to enhance multi-stakeholder cooperation in national, regional and global internet policy and development.
In her remarks, the Minister of Digital Economy Development and Posts, of Burkina Faso, Mrs. Hadja Ouattara Sanon acknowledged that although the first edition of the WASIG was hosted in Burkina Faso but will be beneficial for all. She encouraged participants to tap into the wealth of knowledge available and to ensure their voices are heard in the shaping of public policy issues associated with the internet.
The WASIG meeting which held between the 23rd and 25th of July 2018, was preceded by the West African Internet Governance Forum (WAIGF). It was organised in collaboration with the Government of Burkina Faso, Afrinic, Facebook, Google, ICANN and the World Wide Web Foundation.
WASIG is primed to build a multidisciplinary cadre of expertise in Internet Governance in the region through the participation of current and emerging leaders drawn from government, youth, women, academia, technical community, civil society and the private sector.


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from __future__ import absolute_import

from rest_framework import serializers
from rest_framework.response import Response

from sentry.api.bases.incident import IncidentPermission, IncidentEndpoint
from sentry.api.fields.actor import ActorField
from sentry.api.serializers import serialize
from sentry.api.serializers.rest_framework.list import ListField
from sentry.api.serializers.rest_framework.mentions import (
    extract_user_ids_from_mentions,
    MentionsMixin,
)
from sentry.incidents.logic import create_incident_activity
from sentry.incidents.models import IncidentActivityType

class CommentSerializer(serializers.Serializer, MentionsMixin):
    comment = serializers.CharField(required=True)
    mentions = ListField(child=ActorField(), required=False)
    external_id = serializers.CharField(allow_null=True, required=False)

class OrganizationIncidentCommentIndexEndpoint(IncidentEndpoint):
    permission_classes = (IncidentPermission,)

    def post(self, request, organization, incident):
        serializer = CommentSerializer(
            data=request.data,
            context={"projects": incident.projects.all(), "organization_id": organization.id},
        )
        if serializer.is_valid():
            mentions = extract_user_ids_from_mentions(
                organization.id, serializer.validated_data.get("mentions", [])
            )
            mentioned_user_ids = mentions["users"] | mentions["team_users"]
            activity = create_incident_activity(
                incident,
                IncidentActivityType.COMMENT,
                user=request.user,
                comment=serializer.validated_data["comment"],
                mentioned_user_ids=mentioned_user_ids,
            )
            return Response(serialize(activity, request.user), status=201)
        return Response(serializer.errors, status=400)

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Viterbo University Art Department invites submissions of artworks for Traffik 2017, an upcoming-juried exhibition. This exhibition seeks works of art that respond to the issue of human trafficking, a form of modern-day slavery. Artists are invited to interpret this theme in its broadest sense using 2D and 3D media. Art works may imply an introspective response to the theme, the issues around it, or its effects, but may also explore broader interpretations of issues that it raises, such as oppression, illicit economies, invisibility, innocence, social justice, and others. Our goal is to create a space for artists to express themselves, and for others to dwell among works that have been highly considered, in the context of this issue.
Awards: $1,500 in Merit and Purchase Awards.
Eligibility: The exhibition is open to all artists living and working in North America. Each entry must be wholly designed and executed by the artist and completed within the past two years.
Media Limitations: Only original works of art executed within the past two years are eligible for entry. Computer generated reproductions are ineligible. All entries must not have been shown previously at Viterbo University. Work should be no smaller than 8" on the shortest edge or no larger than 72" on the longest edge. Three-dimensional work should be no larger than 72" in any direction. Time-based media should be no longer than fifteen (15) minutes in length and submitted in .MOV, .MP4 or a youtube.com link format.
Presentation: All work should be suitably framed (minimal framing of silver, gold, black, white, or natural wood); works on paper should be framed, matted, and glazed with Plexiglas. All work should be ready for hanging with wire or other appropriate hanging mechanism.
Jurying Process: All entries will be reviewed from digital images (JPEG format only, 300 dpi only). Upon delivery, an accepted artwork may be disqualified if is found to have been misrepresented. The jury has the right to disqualify any entry at any time, for any reason.
All proceeds from entry donations will be used toward prize money or donated to the LaCrosse Task Force to Eradicate Modern Slavery, and therefore are non-refundable. Checks and money orders should be made payable to Viterbo University. Viterbo University is not responsible for the loss or damage to any submitted materials. Viterbo University will retain submitted images as part of its promotional materials and exhibition records.
Delivery and Return of Artwork: Artworks selected for exhibition may be shipped or hand-delivered to the Art Department of Viterbo University. All works must be received no later than April 24, 2017. We will take great care in handling your work. The artist is responsible for all shipping costs and in-transit insurance to and from Viterbo University. Shipped artwork must be sent prepaid in substantial, reusable containers. Instructions and payment for return shipping and a self-addressed shipping label must accompany the delivered artwork(s). A Prepaid UPS or FedEx label for return shipping is required. Hand delivered artwork may be brought directly to the Viterbo University Art Department, Third Floor of the Fine Arts Center, Room 320, 929 Jackson Street, La Crosse, WI, on April 10-12, or April 18-21, 2017, between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Call 608-796-3753 for questions or appointments.
Artist Statement: Artists are asked to provide an abbreviated written statement reflecting their work. Artist statements should be no more than 250 words.
Awards: Award winners will be selected from all accepted entries. A jury composed of Viterbo University Art Faculty will determine awards and all decisions are final.
Responsibility: While every care will be exercised in the handling of all works submitted, Viterbo University cannot assume liability for any loss or damage to your artwork in transportation, exhibition, or otherwise.


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Stephanie Hammitt Named President of Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College
Contact: Doug Anderson, doug.anderson@MinnState.edu, 651-201-1426
ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 20, 2019 – Stephanie Hammitt has been named by the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities to serve as the permanent president of Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College (FDLTCC). Hammitt has been serving as interim president since July 1, 2018 after the retirement of the previous president, Larry Anderson. The new appointment becomes effective immediately.
"Stephanie Hammitt has performed admirably as interim president," said Devinder Malhotra, chancellor of Minnesota State. "She has continued to build on the legacy of Larry Anderson and the solid foundation of accreditation by the World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium (WINHEC). She is navigating the college through reaccreditation by the Higher Learning Commission and the initial accreditation of the college's Associate of Science Degree nursing program. She has earned overwhelmingly positive support from key partners and constituents including the Tribal Board of Education, the Tribal Business Council, and internal stakeholders of the college. She has emphasized to me that the best days of the college are ahead, and I have come to the conclusion that our students and the communities served by the college will be best served by the continuation of Stephanie Hammitt as president."
Hammitt is an enrolled member of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, and began her service to FDLTCC in 1990. Prior to being named interim president, she served as the vice president of Finance and Administration from 2016 to 2018, as chief financial officer from 2008 to 2016, and as director of fiscal operations from 1990 to 1996. She has also served on the Tribal College's Board of Directors, including several years as chair. She served the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa as internal auditor from 1996 to 2001 and as comptroller from 2001 to 2008. Hammitt holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Minnesota Duluth.
With approval by the Board of Trustees, the chancellor is authorized to negotiate a three year contract with Hammitt that will become effective July 1, 2020.
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College brings together a tribal college and a state community college in partnership. With this partnership, the college has a unique mission in providing education to the public. This collaboration offers all students, regardless of demographic background, the opportunity to learn in a comfortable and diverse environment. Founded in 1987, the college offers associate degrees and certificates across more than 30 fields of study. Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College is a regionally-accredited institution through the Higher Learning Commission and the college's Anishinaabeg Gikendaasowinan (American Indian-focused programs) are accredited by the World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium. The college is a member of Minnesota State and the American Indian Higher Education Consortium and offers residence halls, intercollegiate athletics, student clubs, and a positive atmosphere on campus to the more than 2,400 students who enroll in credit-based courses each year.
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Canonical Tags and Shopify Themes
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Guide
This article was created from our blog post, "The mystery of canonical tags and Shopify themes." For other posts from our team, head over to our Shopify Theme Blog.
SEO strategies and setups vary greatly, we are unable to provide support for micro data, schema tag, meta tag, canonical tag or indexing problems. We offer a variety of SEO related resources listed in our SEO Guide, or you can hire a Shopify SEO expert for any SEO setup, issues, or troubleshooting.
What is a canonical tag?
Canonical tags are a special kind of HTML code included in the <head> portion of web pages' code that serves as a sort of "signal" for search engines to "read" and interpret.
As an example, the canonical tag for the Turbo Shopify Theme Portland style looks like this:
<link rel="canonical" href="https://outofthesandbox.com/products/turbo-theme-portland" />
Canonical tags are not designed to be seen or read by normal website viewers — but rather by the programs search engines use to "see" the Internet — spiders.
Spiders are, in a way, automated "visitors" to your site that are programmed to look at the code and content on the site and send it back to the search engine's index.
The search engine's algorithm, in turn, then uses the information a spider has gathered to decide what results to show and in what order, and determines what and how results are shown on the search engine results pages, or SERPs — sometimes pronounced as "surps."
Why are canonical tags so important in Shopify?
Canonical tags are particularly important in Shopify for two main reasons.
The first, and most prominent, is due to how the Shopify platform works. The platform allows a single product page to exist at multiple URLs with identical or near identical content.
Canonical tags also play a key role in how paginated pages, such as collection listings and blogs, are indexed by search engines.
Canonical tags on Shopify product pages
In Shopify, every product has a "main" or "canonical" URL that follows the pattern of:
/product/product-handle
In the URL path, your domain name comes first, followed by the word /product/ sandwiched by two backslashes and then your product handle.
Product handles are typically automatically generated by Shopify based on your product name, but you do have control over what the handle is — which is actually a key strategy in SEO.
It's also worth noting that once a user arrives on a product page and changes variants, a string gets added to the end of the URL — something like this: ?variant=19343468487.
This is what is known as a query string which some websites use to display completely different pages. Shopify, however, doesn't use this approach and instead uses query strings to distinguish between variants on the same master product page and here the canonical tag helps prevent this from being confused as a separate page with identical content.
All in all, the "main" product URL structure is pretty straightforward — but here's where things get more complicated — with product URLs that feature collections.
Shopify collection based product page URLs
In addition to the "main" URL, Shopify generates an additional page for each product for each collection a product is in.
Because a product can be in one or more collections, this means that each product actually has at least two unique URLs — the "main" one discussed above and one that looks like this:
/collections/collection-handle/products/product-handle
In this type of URL, you can only change the parts in bold by editing either the product or collection handle.
There's no way to turn off these URLs or prevent them from being generated, other than by removing a product from a collection, but that can have adverse effects in other areas of your Shopify store, so it's not typically a good strategy.
Keep in mind, that in some very large stores a single product might belong to two, five or even hundreds of collections — which means that a unique URL is generated for every collection the product is in.
For example, a men's hat product that's in "Apparel," "Men," "Hats," and "Leather" collections will have product pages at all of the following URLs:
/collections/apparel/products/mens-hat
/collections/men/products/mens-hat
/collections/hats/products/mens-hat
/collections/leather/products/mens-hat
While you can type these URLs directly into the browser, most of the time they are accessed by visitors, including spiders, through an intermediary collection page.
For example, if a visitor comes to your site looking for a leather men's hat, they might first click a link called "Apparel" that, in turn, links to an apparel collection page.
Another user might opt to browse first by clicking "Men," or "Hats" or "Leather." In each of these cases, the shopper will ultimately end up at the same product page, but through a different "path."
While it may seem odd to create so many URLs, there are a few reasons Shopify does this.
The first is to help with your site usability. Many Shopify themes will display "next product" and "previous product" links as well as related products on product pages.
In order to have this functionality, Shopify needs to know what collection the user saw before visiting the product page. If Shopify knows, for example, that a user came through the "Hats" collection, it typically doesn't make sense to link to other articles of clothing via "next," "previous" and "related" product links on the page.
One key issue that this URL structure introduces is that you now have at least two pages with almost or completely identical content, but at different URLs.
This potentially could be viewed by a search engine as an attempt to manipulate SEO to improve your page listings.
However, this is where the canonical tag comes in. Canonical tags are essentially your way to "tell" the search engine, "hey, I know these pages are identical or nearly so, but here's the 'main' page they all refer to."
By default, Shopify adds a canonical tag to every page on your site, not just product pages, which is considered best practice. In the case of your homepage or an "about us" type page, the canonical tag will actually be the same as the URL - and that's fine!
In these situations, the canonical tag is essentially saying, "hey, this page is the main version and there aren't any other versions of it out there."
Suggestion vs. directive
It's important to understand that canonical tags are not considered a "directive" but rather a "suggestion."
This means pages that have canonical tags that refer to the "main" product page can and will appear in search results.
Often store owners misunderstand that using a canonical tag will remove or prevent the URLs with "collections" in them from appearing in search engine results — and that's simply not true.
In fact, search engines may purposefully show URLs with "collections" in them because it's actually closer to what the user searched for — and, by extension, hopefully more likely to convert into a sale.
To better understand this, keep in mind that at the end of the day, the search engine's goal is to show each user the page that is most likely to be relevant to them.
Search engines have evolved beyond just looking at how many other sites link to a page (commonly referred to as "backlinks") — to become sophisticated tools that analyze a user's search habits, patterns, how long they view certain sites, and hundreds of other factors.
Because of this, and the uniqueness of each search query, most search engines may opt to display a non-canonical URL if that page better matches what the user has indicated they're looking for based on what search term was entered.
For example, if a user searches "leather hats," a search engine can safely assume that the user is probably only interested in hats made of leather.
Therefore, it might opt to show a link the /collections/leather/products/mens-hat URL rather than just /product/mens-hat.
By giving the user this result, the search engine is betting that by showing them a result that has "leather" in its URL, it will not only most likely match their needs but, if it doesn't, at least get them to explore other leather hats your store offers.
This is a much different path than if the user searched for "leather hats" and was taken to simply /product/mens-hat, where there may not be relevant related products or "next" and "previous" product links to encourage more exploring in case the product isn't the right fit.
Should you 'noindex' pages?
There are some documented ways to prevent "duplicate" pages such as paginated collection pages and product pages with collection names in the URL from appearing in search results, mainly through the use of "noindex" tags in the header of these pages.
Adding these tags requires following one of the tutorials available online or hiring a developer — but here are some important considerations:
First, there is evidence that having pages or links labeled as "nofollow" can actually do more harm than good with your SEO, presumably because, by instructing the search engine that you have a large number of pages you want to "hide" from them, can be a signal that your site is lower quality.
In addition, there are actually cases when search engines will show a product page URL with the collection name in it because it believes, based on its algorithm and data from thousands of searches, that this page will actually more closely match what the user is searching for — and this could ultimately lead to a sale or user engagement.
Ultimately, using "noindex" tags is essentially saying "Hey, I know these pages are duplicative, but I want to hide them from you" — while canonical tags are a way to say "hey, I know these pages might have duplicative content, but if you think they are more likely to get a click, go ahead and show them to users."
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