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A Letter About Apple Mail Privacy Changes
Video: We dive deep into this topic and what it means for marketers, as well as offer recommendations in this video.
What happened with Apple Mail and privacy changes?
During the recent Apple Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), Apple revealed that a big privacy update was coming to Apple Mail. This update, known as "Mail Privacy Protection" will have a big impact on email marketers.
Apple will, by default, hide IP address information in its native Mail app, Safari browser, and iCloud services. Email content that previously relied on location data from IP addresses (for weather or store location, for example) will no longer work.
Tracking pixels within Apple Mail will be disabled, meaning that you will no longer be able to reliably tell when an email is opened. This will also affect any email triggers that fire upon actions like an email being opened or unopened.
The bad news: this will majorly impact some marketers. Especially those marketers who live and die by open rate tracking to judge the success of their emails. According to Litmus, Apple Mail owns 13% of the email client market, with Gmail ahead of it at 18.6%, and Outlook behind Apple Mail at 9%. We anticipate that Google will soon be following suite with their own mail privacy changes on Android.
The good news: marketers who've been doing things the "right" way will see this as merely a minor bump in the road.
What we recommend for marketers
There will always be disruption on the path ahead for marketers. It's just the way of technology. Our job as a platform and service provider is to anticipate those changes and future-proof our technology as well as our client strategies to make sure that these disruptions are not world-ending for our clients.
And this one isn't. Because as we've been advising over the last several years — as GDPR started to put teeth behind privacy laws; as it washed up on the shores of the U.S. in the form of the CCPA; as Google announced the depreciation of cookies; as Apple announced privacy changes and warred with Facebook over data tracking sharing; as Mozilla and other browsers put their collective foot down about what should and shouldn't be tracked within their browsers — there is going to be a monumental shift in how we, as marketers, market and those who do not shift their strategies will be left behind.
That shift is happening now. We are in the midst of it. But if you've been investing in a zero-party data strategy, working to build your own database and staying out of the walled-garden-only databases, using personalization techniques, or loyalty programs, you're already ahead of the shift. Those email batch-and-blast marketers who spam consumers with no regard for the art or nuance of marketing? They'll fall by the wayside, as they should.
Staying ahead of change
It's moments like this when we feel the work we are doing on the Cheetah Customer Engagement Suite (CES) is really rewarding. We have been innovating and scaling our CES well in advance to be the solution to changes exactly like this one.
The CES is a unified platform with natively integrated applications that simplify a marketer's complex task of acquiring, engaging, and retaining customers for the long term. It seamlessly combines email, loyalty, personalization, and zero-party data platforms into one solution that is powered by our Engagement Data Platform (EDP). This is not a marketing cloud — it is not an outdated platform that requires an entire IT department to get it integrated into your current tech stack and then fails to work with your other programs even after that. It is a single platform that works throughout the entire customer lifecycle, handling the data that comes with your first touchpoint with a customer, all the way through them becoming a brand advocate. To get a real deep-dive into how the CES deals with Apple's new changes, watch the video below.
Here's to the next "disruption"
We're confident our clients will ride out these changes as successfully as they have others in the past. If you have any questions, as always you can reach out to your Cheetah customer service rep or contact us here.
Richard Jones is the CMO at Cheetah Digital, where he oversees a global team that is responsible for all aspects of the brand, demand generation, digital marketing, corporate communications, and sales development. With more than 20 years of marketing, sales and strategy experience, Jones was previously the CEO of Wayin, a global leader in zero-party data collection and activation. There, he helped many of the world's leading brands such as Daily Mail Group, NHL, Bauer Media, Vodafone, Priceline.com, Reckitt Benckiser, Air New Zealand, and Manchester City FC create zero-party data strategies.
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Being a landlord isn't easy. And making a good profit from your property is harder still. But by saving money you can increase profitability. Which is what every private landlord is looking for. But where can you save some cash without cutting corners? Here are our top five money hacks for landlords. All of which should save you more than just a penny or two.
I suspect this is something few landlords do. Arranging a buy to let mortgage can be such a pain to start with it's tempting to just stick with it. But your mortgage is your biggest expense. By reviewing it every twelve months you can save yourself some cash. It may be as simple as contacting your lender and asking them for a more favourable rate or whether they have any new products they can switch you too.
But do also consider other lenders. While not as plentiful as residential mortgages there is still plenty of buy to let deals out there. Consider consulting a mortgage broker. The first meeting is usually free and the broker will be able to give you a good indication of whether you can get a better deal. But do your own research too. Have a look at comparison sites, there's plenty of them out there, and see what you can find. Finding a better buy to let mortgage is the best way to save money for private landlords looking to trim their expenditure.
When it comes to finding a tenant, you have two choices. Do it all yourself with no estate agent or use a professional to market your property for you. Now, by doing all the marketing yourself you'll undoubtedly save money in one respect. You won't be paying agents fees for example. But the time it takes you to find a tenant could result in lost rental income which far exceeds the fees you would pay to an agent. And, as we said earlier, our money hacks are about saving money but not taking shortcuts which could end up with you out of pocket.
So, let's assume you want to save time as well as money and are looking to find a tenant fast. Use an online letting agent and not a traditional estate agent. Online letting agents have lower overheads and charge smaller fees. Their fees are also fixed and don't include the add-ons and extras you often find with high street agents.
Another advantage of using online letting agents is their expertise in marketing. Most tenants now begin their search for a home online and they'll use the major property websites such as Rightmove and Zoopla. But only approved agents such as MakeUrMove can list on those websites. The major benefit here is you'll let your property faster. You'll maximise your rental income by minimising void periods and saving more money on marketing. As an example, landlords who list their property with MakeUrMove find a tenant within 12 days on average.
Every landlord needs insurance. But like the mortgage, it's tempting to simply renew your existing policy every year. However, shopping around different insurers can be a big money saver. With so many comparison sites on the internet, you can find dozens of quotes within a few minutes. And it's highly likely you'll find a better deal than the one you have at the moment.
But simply taking out landlords' insurance in the first place can be a massive money saver. Without adequate insurance you're leaving yourself wide open to losing everything should the property be damaged or even destroyed by storm or fire. Or even by the tenant.
Not an immediate money saver but keeping your compliances current can potentially save you a bundle of cash. Energy Performance Certificate, mandatory licences and Gas Safety Certificates. Just three of the compliances which private landlords must keep current. All these and the other compliances you need cost money. But they are a necessary expense. Taking shortcuts and ignoring your legal obligations can cost you plenty in the long run.
As an example, failing to protect your tenant's deposit could end with you having to pay compensation. This could be for up to three times the deposit amount. And, like other compliances, if you fail to follow the law you may find yourself unable to evict your tenant under a Section 21 notice. All of which will be very expensive.
Quite simply the best way to save money is to be a good landlord. Keep the property and appliances in the best possible condition. And make sure you quickly resolve any issues your tenant may have. In short, keep your tenant happy.
Happy tenants tend to be the ones who always pay their rent on time and take extra care of the property. Those two things in themselves will save you money. But a happy tenant will tend to become a long-term renter. This means you won't lose money from void periods and won't have the expense of finding a new tenant every six months. Neither will you have to worry about the place being trashed and all the expense that can entail.
Of course, being a good landlord doesn't necessarily mean the tenant won't turn into the renter from hell. But you can minimise the risk by thoroughly referencing the tenant. Finding the right tenant rather than accepting the first one who turns up with a deposit will pay you back many times over.


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Financial Literacy Key To Economic Dev�t
The Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning has launched a campaign to promote financial literacy, especially among small businesses, in a bid to accelerate economic development.
Speaking at the launch of the campaign dubbed 'Promoting financial literacy for financial inclusion: A tool for empowerment and development', Minister of Finance Seth Terkper -- in the speech read on his behalf by the Chief Director of the Finance Ministry, Mahama Samuel Tara -- said a financially literate society will help in reinforcing competitive pressures on financial institutions to offer quality services to customers, which will go a long way to strengthen the economy.
He added that the proliferation of financial institutions in the country has made it more imperative for people and small businesses to be educated financially in order to know which kind of institution to do business with, and what kind of product or service to buy.
"Many Ghanaians, especially in the rural areas, do not have the necessary financial capabilities to make informed decisions in choosing and using these products. Financial markets have become increasingly complex and households need to assume more responsibility for financial decisions.
"Carrying out financial education and awareness will therefore help in addressing the weak demand side of financial intermediation and enable providers apply responsible finance principles in doing business," he said.
Mr. Terkper further stated that it is the expectation of the Ministry that the financial literacy campaign will deploy various activities to motivate providers to actively develop, adapt products and services, and proactively market them to a wider target group.
Some key activities that will be used to mark the nationwide campaign include multi language and multimedia activities. As part of this, five local languages -- namely Twi, Ewe, Ga-Dangme, Dagaari and Dagbani -- together with the English language will be featured in the education process.
Regional roadshows focused on savings, borrowing, consumer protection, mobile and electronic money and micro insurance and theatre-shows will take place in five locations in each of the ten regions in order to create awareness among target audiences.
Mr. Tekper used the opportunity to announce that the Commodity Exchange and Warehouse Receipt systems (WRS), which will facilitate commodity trade and finance, will soon be established after passage of the Security Industry bill by Parliament, adding that government will work with stakeholders to accelerate the expansion of agricultural insurance to minimise the perceived risk associated with the sector.
Also commenting at the launch, Mr. Adu Anane Antwi -- Director General, Securities and Exchange Commission, said that financial education is key to the whole process of wealth-creation and financial stability in the country, adding his outfit will provide the needed support to make the campaign a success.
"For the ordinary Ghanaian worker, the ability to make savings from earnings and securely invest such savings in opportunities that will yield good returns is paramount. The more people understand the different investment alternatives and how to maximise their investments, the better their chances of improving their livelihoods and their future. We will offer our support in this campaign by whatever means we can," he said.
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An underwater search for the missing plane carrying footballer Emiliano Sala and his pilot is under way.
Cardiff City's new signing disappeared with pilot David Ibbotson over the English Channel on 21 January.
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) said its Geo Ocean III vessel arrived on Sunday morning to the search area.
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Together with a privately-funded vessel, it is conducting sonar surveys off Guernsey.
The AAIB said its search was expected to last three days, while the private search will continue "until the plane is located".
Cushions believed to be from the plane were found on a beach near Surtainville, on France's Cotentin Peninsula, on Monday.
Argentine Sala, 28, and Mr Ibbotson, 59, from Crowle, North Lincolnshire, were travelling from Nantes, where Sala previously played, when the flight was lost.
Speaking from Guernsey harbour, Mr Mearns said his team would work jointly with the AAIB's vessel.
They plan to search an area covering four square miles about 24 nautical miles north of Guernsey.
The location has been based on the flight path before it lost radar contact, said Mr Mearns, a shipwreck hunter.
An official search following the plane's disappearance was called off after three days with Guernsey officials saying there was little chance those on board survived.
It prompted a privately-funded search to be set-up, with £324,000 was raised in an online appeal.
Sala's family arrived on Guernsey following his disappearance and were taken to see the area, circling the island of Alderney.
Mr Mearns said both vessels would divide their search area in half, looking for "wreckage" and a "debris field" in a depth of 60-120m (196-390ft).
"We will continue to work until the plane is located," he said.
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Q: Spring Boot handle SizeLimitExceededException I use Spring boot 1.5.7.
I have not configured CommonsMultipartResolver, because Spring Boot handles file uploads already.
If my upload exceeds the maximum permited size, an ugly Exception is thrown.
This is handled by my controller.
@ControllerAdvice
public abstract class DefaultController implements InitializingBean {
    @ExceptionHandler(Exception.class)
    public ResponseEntity<ServiceException> handleException(final Exception ex) {
        ...
        } else if (ex instanceof MultipartException) {
            MultipartException me = (MultipartException) ex;
            Throwable cause = ex.getCause();
            if (cause instanceof IllegalStateException) {
                Throwable cause2 = cause.getCause();
                if (cause2 instanceof SizeLimitExceededException) {
                    // this is tomcat specific
                    SizeLimitExceededException slee = (SizeLimitExceededException) cause2;
                }
            }
        }

This kind of handling is not only complex but also sadly Tomcat specific, because the SizeLimitExceededException is in the package org.apache.tomcat.util.http.fileupload.FileUploadBase.
How can I handle the error case, that some one uploads a bigger file then allowed and return a nice message, regardless which Servlet Engine is used?

A: You could define a exception handler method in your @ControllerAdvice which is specifically for MultipartException and then qualify it with a specific HttpStatus. For example:
@ExceptionHandler(MultipartException.class)
@ResponseStatus(value = HttpStatus.PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE)
public ResponseEntity<ServiceException> handleMultipartException(MultipartException ex) {
    ...
}

This should allow you to focus on the 'maximum file size' exception without having to get into servlet container specifics.
Update 1 in response to this comment:

Sounds good, what about getPermittedSize and getActualSize provided by SizeLimitExceededException is there a chance to get this values not only if Tomcat is used?

By intercepting this error on the basis of (a) the exception type and (b) the HTTP status ... you are making the solution generally applicable. But in so doing you might lose the sort of detailed information that one servlet container (but perhaps not another) might give you. You could perhaps enforce your own maximum size by setting spring.http.multipart.max-file-size in which case you would be able to report 'permitted size' but if you want to report 'actual size' then you'll have to consider one of the following:

*

*Have to use something provided by the servlet container

*Choose a spring.http.multipart.max-file-size which is less thatn the supported maximum for your servlet container and then apply your own max size check inside your controller and throw your own specific exception type containing the actual and permitted sizes.

A: This working fine in my @RestControllerAdvice and the exception is more specific than MultipartException :
@ExceptionHandler(MaxUploadSizeExceededException.class)
@ResponseStatus(value = HttpStatus.PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE)
public ResponseEntity handleMultipartException(MaxUploadSizeExceededException e) {

    Map<String, String> result = new HashMap<>();
    result.put("message", "Error ==> Large File ");
    return  ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE)
            .body(result);

}

PS : when using @RestControllerAdvice(annotations = RestController.class)
it doens't work .. you have to put @RestControllerAdvice without RestController.class annotation

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Day 1: Hindi is the 4th most common spoken language – Yes, we are talking about AUCKLAND where you have just landed for your dream holiday. You may be greeted in HINDI or GUJARATI or any other regional language you are familiar with by our friendly FREEDOM AMBASSADOR. We will then head to the hotel for overnight stay in beautiful and welcoming AUCKLAND.
Day 2: Today is a day trip to most amazing beaches of North Island. So, take your goggles, camera and day trip gear and we will head towards Whitianga – Cathedral Cove- Hot water Beach- Thames. By the way, if you don't want to walk down a lush green bush walk you can take water taxi ride too.
Day 5: We are off to Hole in the Rock Cruise. Exactly as it says, you will board on to Cruise and it will get through the big rock-hole in the middle of ocean. Fingers crossed for quiet waves so you can have this ultimate fun. Let's leave for Auckland now. Upon arrival, check in at Hotel and Overnight Stay in Auckland.
Day 6: Start for Rotorua in the morning, we will stop at very rare & unique Waitomo Caves. You can't scream when you see all the GLOWWORMS. Next stop will be at Rotorua, check in at hotel and rest of the evening is your pleasure time. Take a walk on Rotorua Lake or get some water activity done on the lake, all what you want to do. Overnight Stay in Rotorua.
Day 7: Today is a Rotorua sightseeing Tour day. We will visit Agrodome show – a fun loving insight of NZ's sheep myth. In New Zealand there are approx. 14 times more sheep then NZ's population. Later on we will be amazed with Visit to Te Puia Thermal Reserve to witness world famous bubbling mud pools, Pohutu Geyser and Maori Cultural Show to enjoy local traditions, culture, songs and dance. Will then proceed towards Taupo and visit Hukka Falls – hold your breath. Overnight Stay will be in Taupo.
Day 8: In morning we will start off for Wellington via beautiful Desert Road – One of the most scenic drives in North Island. Arrive in Wellington and leave for the city tour of Wellington. The famous Beehive – Parliament Buildings, Old Saint Paul's Cathedral – the finest example of Revival Gothic architecture in the Southern Hemisphere, Various buildings exemplifying classic early Wellington architecture. Enjoy breathtaking 360-degree views of Wellington City, hills and harbour from the summit of Mount Victoria, and drive around the rugged and pure scenic bays of Wellington Harbour, A ride on the historic cable car is an optional extra but well worthwhile. Ask Freedom Team if you want any optional places visit like Zealandia or Seal Coast Safaris. Overnight stay will be at the hotel in Wellington.
Day 9: Morning flight to Christchurch. Upon arrival we will visit Antarctic Centre. Observe the way Penguins march and live happily at a look alike natural habitat of Antarctica. Later on we will leave for Lake Tekapo/Twizel. Check in at the Hotel and then will take a scenic drive through to – Mt. Cook National Park and back to Lake Tekapo/Twizel for overnight stay.
Day 10: We will start off to beautiful Queenstown in the morning. After check in at the Hotel in Queenstown, it's your day to explore the beauty of Queenstown at your own pace and convenience. Overnight stay will be in Queenstown.
Day 12: It's your free day in Queenstown. Ask Freedom Team to book your favorite activity. There are plenty in Queenstown for everyone. Don't lose this opportunity. Overnight stay will be in Queenstown. We recommend early sleep as next day is amazing day tour.
Day 13: Early Morning we will leave for Milford Sound. Milford road is one of the world's best scenic road trips so take the most out of it. In the noon, Milford Sound Cruise which has on-board commentary to keep you updated. Overnight stay will be at Te Anau- a little connecting city half way between Queenstown and Milford Sound.
Day 15: We will start off for Wanaka and on our way, very special SHOPPING ROUND – fully dedicated for our Women Guests. Let's fill the shopping bags at Queenstown and then drive through Crown Range Scenic Drive till Wanaka. Test your inner Einstein in very unique Puzzling World at Wanaka. If there is enough time take a little walk on lake side, it's worthwhile for peace of mind. Relax your brain, Overnight in Wanaka – a very beautiful lake town.
Day 16: Our visit today would be at another Gem of New Zealand, Glacier Region. We will get through scenic Haast Pass and arrive at Glacier Region (Franz Josef& Fox Glacier). Let's visit Glacier lookout point for one of its own kind of attraction. If you want to book a Helicopter Ride at Glacier Region – a must recommended activity, ask Freedom Team while booking. Overnight stay at bit chilly Franz Josef/Fox Glacier.
Day 17: We will leave for Punakaiki. Journey to Punakaiki is surrounded with lush green west coast. Will pass by Hokitika and Greymouth and Arrive at Punakaiki. Be amazed with natural beauty, splash yourself – go wet from unique Blow Holes. Overnight stay will be at Punakaiki.
Day 18: we have done Road and Air Journey, now it's time for New Zealand's very own scenic train journey. TranzAlpine Train from Greymouth to Christchurch. At every curve you would love your finger to click the shot, it's that amazing. Overnight stay will be at Christchurch.
Day 20: Departure for your home town. A Home Sweet Home, coming soon!!!!!


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Steven Sharp Nelson (born 1977) is a pioneer in "cello-percussion"—an alternative performance method that combines traditional, lyrical cello techniques with unconventional pizzicato and percussive technique.
He has studied the cello, (still his primary instrument) under Ryan Selberg, Stephen Emerson, and John Eckstein.
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Tampa Pedestrian Crash Kills One, Injures One
A man is dead after he evidently walked into the path of an oncoming car.
The wreck occurred in Pasco County. According to witnesses and investigators, a 51-year-old Tampa man was southbound on Dale Mabry near the Brinson Road intersection. At that moment, a 71-year-old pedestrian, whose name was not released, apparently stepped out in front of the driver's 2007 Camry. The unidentified pedestrian died at the scene.
The driver's passenger, a 44-year-old woman from Lutz, was seriously injured and rushed to a nearby hospital.
Legal Issues in Tampa Pedestrian Crashes
Nearly all fatal pedestrian crashes involve a speeding vehicle, a non-intersection crossing, and a dispute over the right of way.
In pedestrian crashes, there is a direct and disturbing relationship between speed and severity. Newton's Second Law tells us that velocity multiplies the force in a collision between two objects. When these two objects are a motor vehicle and a human body, the multiplier effect is almost off the charts. At 30mph, the pedestrian death rate is about 10 percent. But at a 40mph or higher impact speed, the pedestrian death rate catapults to about 90 percent.
For many years, eyewitness testimony was the only way to establish vehicle speed. In many situations, this old-school method is still the best method. But technology gives personal injury attorneys another option. A vehicle's Event Data Recorder keeps track of things like vehicle speed.
Assuming the EDR was working properly, EDR evidence is almost irrefutable in court. Machines like these are never biased, never have poor viewing angles, and are never wrong.
Florida has strong vehicle data privacy laws. So, to access EDR data, an attorney usually needs to obtain a court order. But before that can happen, an attorney must normally send a spoliation letter to the insurance company. Otherwise, the insurance company might "accidentally" destroy the EDR before an attorney can examine it.
Most pedestrian crashes occur outside marked crosswalks. Florida law is a bit unclear about who has the right-of-way in these situations. So, insurance company lawyers may introduce the sudden emergency defense. This doctrine excuses tortious conduct if the tortfeasor (negligent driver):
Reasonably reacted to
A sudden emergency.
The first prong is usually easy to establish. But the second prong is much different. A jaywalking pedestrian is much like a stalled car or a large pothole. Motorists should expect to deal with all these things. Therefore, a jaywalking pedestrian is not a "sudden emergency" since it is not a completely unexpected situation.
Liability in Tampa Passenger Injury Claims
Passenger injuries involve legal issues as well. The assumption of the risk defense, which commonly applies in premises liability claims, also comes up in passenger injury claims. The tortfeasor is not liable for damages if the victim:
Voluntarily Assumes: Getting into a car is not always a 100 percent voluntary act. Many times, the passenger has no other way to get from Point A to Point B. In other cases, there is a hint of coercion or bribery (g. "if you come to the store with me we'll stop for pizza").
A Known Risk: Car crashes happen, especially if the driver is impaired in some way. But this risk is theoretical. The risk only becomes a known one if the victim sees the tortfeasor driver erratically in the moments before the crash.
If the assumption of the risk defense does not apply, and it normally does not, insurance company lawyers may use a variation of the contributory negligence defense. This doctrine shifts some of the blame for the accident onto the victim and therefore reduces the amount of damages owed.
Legal damages in Tampa car crash cases usually include compensation for economic losses, such as medical bills, and noneconomic losses, such as pain and suffering.
Contact Aggressive Lawyers
Pedestrian accidents usually cause extremely serious injury. For a free consultation with an experienced personal injury attorney in Tampa, contact The Matassini Law Firm, P.A. Since 1976, we have skillfully handled pedestrian injury cases in Hillsborough County and nearby jurisdictions liken Bradenton, Sarasota, Pinellas, Pasco, and Polk counties.
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https://www.matassinilaw.com/personal-injury/dual-fatal-pedestrian-crash-in-auburndale/
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I have installed real player beta for android but it can't reproduce these .rm files.
What is fastest way to convert real media files to format playable by android htc desire device?
It depends on a lot of things. How big are the files? How long are they? What resolution? Bitrate? codec?


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Springer Statement on the US Research Works Act
Springer, the world's second largest scholarly journal publisher, has sent me the following statement on the Research Works Act (RWA), otherwise known as HR 3699:
We do not think that the RWA will be successful, but we hope that it will generate measured, intelligent and constructive debate, which we greatly prefer to histrionics and exaggeration. That said, the RWA does not seem to be rooted in opposition to open access, but rather in opposition to unfunded government mandates.
Springer is the largest open access publisher worldwide and fully supports – and significantly invests in – open access as a business model. "Gold" open access publishing provides one model to properly address the question of funding the system of ordered, layered and certified scientific knowledge that is currently performed by scholarly peer-reviewed journals. Springer welcomes any opportunity to develop and grow this model in partnership with researchers, institution, societies and foundations.
"Green" open access archiving does not cover the costs associated with formal publication, and poses risks in terms of the sustainability of scholarly communications. Springer therefore believes that systematic green open access self-archiving enforced by an unfunded mandate and "one-size-fits-all" embargos should not be adopted as a policy. At the same time, we will always try to assist our authors in meeting publishing requirements they may face.
Should society deem it desirable to have scientific articles available for free to the public, it must come up with a system which not only pays for publishers' investments, but which also ensures the sustainability of scientific communications. We believe that "gold" open access accomplishes this.
That said, we realize that scholarly communication is changing, and we continue to welcome discussions with all parties concerned with the future of scientific publishing.
If passed, the RWA would be a major setback for the Open Access (OA) movement, since it would reverse the Public Access Policy introduced by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2005, a policy that requires all NIH-funded research to be made freely accessible online within 12 months. The bill would also prevent other federal agencies from imposing similar requirements on researchers.
While traditional subscription publishers like Springer have now embraced Gold OA, in which they levy a one-off article processing charge for publishing papers, they have become increasingly unhappy about Green OA, where researchers continue to publish in subscription journals but make a copy of their papers freely available online, usually in an institutional repository, or a subject-based repository like PubMed Central. They particularly object to the use of mandates, where funders or universities require their researchers to make their papers openly available online, albeit after an embargo period. Mandates, they argue, might eventually destroy the subscription business model, and perhaps the entire scholarly publishing system with it.*
As Springer CEO Derk Haank put it to me a year ago, "I draw a distinction between author archiving and mandatory OA requirements such as the NIH Public Access Policy where they don't allow for a sufficient embargo … OA mandates institutionalise the process of author archiving, and if the delay between publication and archiving is only a couple of months, then there is a real danger of destroying the equilibrium that we have achieved over OA … There has to be a time lag. Otherwise, publishers will have no choice but to go fully OA. That could create a very messy situation and possibly destroy the current system."
Yesterday the OA publisher BioMed Central (BMC), which Springer acquired in 2008, released a statement opposing the RWA.
The RWA is supported by the Association of American Publishers (AAP), which has described the bill as "significant legislation that will help reinforce America's leadership in scholarly and scientific publishing in the public interest and in the critical peer-review system that safeguards the quality of such research."
Neither Springer nor BMC is a member of the AAP. We should, however, note that a number of AAP members have disavowed the RWA, including MIT Press, ITHAKA, Pennsylvania State University Press, California University Press, Rockefeller University Press, Nature Publishing Group, and the non-profit American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), which publishes the journal Science.
Some other AAP members have opted to stay neutral (see here and here).
* A hypothesis, we should note, that is challenged by OA advocates.
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"Research Works Act H.R.3699:
The Private Publishing Tail Trying To Wag The Public Research Dog, Yet Again"
http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/867-guid.html
The US Research Works Act (H.R.3699): "No Federal agency may adopt, implement, maintain, continue, or otherwise engage in any policy, program, or other activity that -- (1) causes, permits, or authorizes network dissemination of any private-sector research work without the prior consent of the publisher of such work; or (2) requires that any actual or prospective author, or the employer of such an actual or prospective author, assent to network dissemination of a private-sector research work."
Translation and Comments:
"If public tax money is used to fund research, that research becomes "private research" once a publisher "adds value" to it by managing the peer review."
[Comment: Researchers do the peer review for the publisher for free, just as researchers give their papers to the publisher for free, together with the exclusive right to sell subscriptions to it, on-paper and online, seeking and receiving no fee or royalty in return].
"Since that public research has thereby been transformed into "private research," and the publisher's property, the government that funded it with public tax money should not be allowed to require the funded author to make it accessible for free online for those users who cannot afford subscription access."
[Comment: The author's sole purpose in doing and publishing the research, without seeking any fee or royalties, is so that all potential users can access, use and build upon it, in further research and applications, to the benefit of the public that funded it; this is also the sole purpose for which public tax money is used to fund research.]"
H.R. 3699 misunderstands the secondary, service role that peer-reviewed research journal publishing plays in US research and development and its (public) funding.
It is a huge miscalculation to weigh the potential gains or losses from providing or not providing open access to publicly funded research in terms of gains or losses to the publishing industry: Lost or delayed research progress mean losses to the growth and productivity of both basic research and the vast R&D industry in all fields, and hence losses to the US economy as a whole.
What needs to be done about public access to peer-reviewed scholarly publications resulting from federally funded research?
The minimum policy is for all US federal funders to mandate (require), as a condition for receiving public funding for research, that: (i) the fundee's revised, accepted refereed final draft of (ii) all refereed journal articles resulting from the funded research must be (iii) deposited immediately upon acceptance for publication (iv) in the fundee''s institutional repository, with (v) access to the deposit made free for all (OA) immediately (no OA embargo) wherever possible (over 60% of journals already endorse immediate gratis OA self-archiving), and at the latest after a 6-month embargo on OA.
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There's a new tenant at Armadillo Acres - and she's wreaking havoc all over Florida's most exclusive trailer park. When Pippi, the stripper on the run, arrives and comes between the Dr. Phil-loving agoraphobic Jeannie and her tollbooth-collector husband Norbert. - the storms begin to brew!
The Great American Trailer Park Musical with music and lyrics by David Nehls and book by Betsy Kelso, is a musical comic fable exploring the relationships between the tenants at the exclusive Armadillo Acres TraileThe show premiered at the first annual New York Music Theatre Festival in 2004 and transferred to The Dodger Stages off-Broadway in 2005, it has since played throughout the USA, Australia and Europe. This will be its British cast Premiere.
Presented by Garry Lake & Waterloo East Theatre by arrangement with JOSEF WEINBERGER LIMITED.


Also working on this project from Penn State were Vishal Monga, associate professor of electrical engineering; Mallory Peterson, former undergraduate, Schreyer's Honor's College and biomedical engineering, now an M.D. Ph.D. student at the Penn State College of Medicine; Michael MacDonald, former Master's student in mechanical engineering, now at G.E. Health Systems; and Venkateswararao Cherukuri, graduate student in electrical engineering.
Others on the project include Ruth Donnelly and Jody Levenback, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto; Edith Mbabazi-Kabachelor, John Mugamba and Peter Ssenyonga, CURE, Mbale, Uganda.


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Microsoft Surface Pro X, Surface Pro 7, Surface Laptop 3 Now in India
Niraj Modak — May 4, 2020 in Gadgets • add comment
Microsoft refreshed its line of Surface laptops again in October 2019, when it additionally launched the brand new Surface Pro X. These laptops have now been formally launched in India, by way of all main offline and on-line retailers. The beginning costs for the varied fashions are as follows — the Surface Pro X begins at Rs. 98,999; the Surface Pro 7 begins at Rs. 72,999; and the Surface Laptop 3 begins at Rs. 98,999.
In reality, some on-line retailers had listed various configurations of the Microsoft Surface Pro 7 on their web site a number of months in the past, however now we've the official costs for it and the remainder of the brand new fashions from Microsoft itself. Earlier as we speak, particulars concerning the Surface Book 3 were spotted on a certification website, tipping off two show sizes of 13-inch and 15-inch for the upcoming refresh.
Microsoft Surface Pro X worth and specs
Microsoft claims that the Surface Pro X is the thinnest and lightest 2-in-1 laptop computer it has ever made, measuring simply 7.3mm in thickness and weighing simply 774g. In comparability, Apple's newest MacBook Air weighs round 1.29kg, with a tapered design that is 16mm at its thickest level and 4.06mm at its thinnest.
The Surface Pro has a 3:2 facet ratio and a 13-inch show with a decision of 2880×1920 pixels. It's powered by a Microsoft SQ1 ARM processor, which it co-developed with Qualcomm. The laptop computer can be utilized with the optionally available Surface Pro X Signature Keyboard and Surface Slim Pen, that are bought individually. The Surface Pro X additionally boasts of as much as 13-hours of battery life and help for quick charging and LTE connectivity.
There's just one variant of the laptop computer presently accessible in India, which comes with LTE, 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage for Rs. 98,999.
Microsoft Surface Pro 7 worth and specs
The new Surface Pro 7 is powered by Intel's 10th technology CPUs, which based on Microsoft, makes it about 2.3x sooner than the outgoing mannequin. Available in black and platinum trims, the Surface Pro 7 encompasses a 12.3-inch PixelSense show and weighs simply 775g. Connectivity choices additionally embrace a full-sized USB connector, together with a USB Type-C and Surface Connect ports. The built-in kickstand helps you to use it as a laptop computer, when linked to the optionally available Signature Type Cover, which is bought individually.
The Surface Pro 7 can be accessible in the beneath configurations:
Core i3-1005G1, 4GB RAM, 128GB SSD – Rs. 72,999
Core i7-1065G7, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD – Rs. 1,41,999
Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 worth and specs
The Surface Laptop 3 retains the slim and lightweight design of the earlier technology, however will get a velocity enhance because of the brand new Intel CPU. It's now accessible in two —13.5-inch and 15-inch — show sizes. The 13.5-inch mannequin weighs 1.26kg (Platinum color variant), has a show decision of 2256×1504 pixels. The 15-inch mannequin weighs 1.54kg, has a show decision of 2496×1664 pixels and options AMD Radeon Vega 9 or Radeon RX Vega 11 GPUs. Both fashions have some issues in frequent similar to a claimed battery lifetime of round 11.5 hours, USB Type-A, USB Type-C and Surface Connector ports, a headphone socket and a HD webcam with Windows Hello biometric authentication.
In India, the Surface Laptop 3 13.5-inch model with an Intel Core i5-1035G7 CPU, 8GB of RAM and 128GB SSD storage prices Rs. 98,999. The 15-inch model with the AMD Ryzen 5 3580U CPU with Radeon Vega 9 graphics, 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage is priced at Rs. 1,16,999.
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NEW YORK — Chairs you can't sit in, dim lamps, tapestries that won't close—these are the kinds of objects scattered throughout the second floor of the historic Lever House in Midtown Manhattan. They're not remnants of a once buzzing and bygone era, but rather are part of the contentious multidisciplinary pop-up show MIDTOWN (May 3 –June 9, 2017). Organized by Maccarone, Salon 94 Design and Salon 94, the exhibition showcases art, design, craft and everything in between by more than 40 artists from around the world.
MIDTOWN aims to blur the lines dividing art, design, craft and industry, Salon 94 writes, provoking further questions about how society determines value: If an object does not look slick, fabricated, and over-produced, does it have more integrity? If a work is handmade, is it more or less valuable? What if an object's preconceived function isn't reality?
Attempting to upset this distinction, MIDTOWN regards objects equally, irrespective of their functionality or method of creation…This show demonstrates an interest in exploiting this collision.
Surface Magazine writes the exhibition is a refreshing break from the usual white-box presentation—context being crucial to the experience.
[It's] a celebration of the handmade, the show instigates emotions and ideas about the value of art beyond just the price tag.
Roberta Smith from The New York Times writes the Lever House was completed in 1952 during a time when glass-box skyscrapers were relatively new (and terrifying) to much of the general public. The once buzzing office space now evokes a post dot-com era—empty and mute, yet apt and willing.
And, by being stripped down to its concrete bones, it has become the perfect setting for the brawling art. The combined result is like the neglected tail end of a large biennial, where the art arrived but the curators didn't spend much time arranging it.
Among the many works, there are examples of artist Nick Cave's ornate assemblages involving textiles sewn together with china plates; Takuro Kuwata's five-foot-tall conical sculpture in black porcelain and covered with chunks of pink glaze; and Christine Nofchissey McHorse's enveloped "Robster Claw" vessel.
The vessel sits upon a table made of two massive pieces of interlocking granite by Scott Burton (1939-1989), who mined the gap between sculpture and design, starting in the 1970s and '80s. Burton (1939-1989), whose gifted life was cut short by AIDS, was one of the first Americans to exploit this in-between space, the Times writes.
Read more from New York Times co-chief art critic Roberta Smith.
MIDTOWN has been organized by the New York art dealers Jeanne Rohatyn Greenberg and Michele Maccarone, and the contemporary design dealer Paul Johnson, with help from the independent curator Ali Subotnick.
You can read an interview with the organizers here.
Participating artists: Vito Acconci, Anton Alvarez, Leonor Antunes, Thomas Barger, Jarrod Beck, Huma Bhabha, Carol Bove, Scott Burton, Nick Cave, Barbara Chase-Riboud, James Crosby, Alex Da Corte, Luca Dellaverson, Andile Dyalvane, R. M. Fischer, Urs Fischer, Luis Flores, FlucT, Christina Forrer, Josep Grau-Garriga, Alex Hubbard, Dozie Kanu, Melike Kara, Jon Kessler, Rosy Keyser, Takuro Kuwata, Max Lamb, Kwangho Lee, Hannah Levy, Hanna Liden, Nate Lowman, Sarah Lucas, Carly Mark, Christine McHorse, Rodney McMillian, Marilyn Minter, Robert Morris, Jayson Musson, Senga Nengudi, Ruby Neri, Leon Niehues, Jo Nigoghossian, Jay Sae Jung Oh, Rick Owens, Virginia Overton, Anna-Bella Papp, Gaetano Pesce, Cheryl Pope, Jessi Reaves, Aneta Regel, Max Hooper Schneider, Eric Serritella, Kenzi Shiokava, Laurie Simmons, Lucien Smith, Keith Sonnier, Ryan Sullivan, Oscar Tuazon, Betty Woodman, Haegue Yang, Daisy Youngblood, Andrea Zittel, and Joe Zucker.
Do you love or loathe this exhibition featuring works from the worlds of contemporary ceramic art and contemporary ceramics? Let us know in the comments.


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Q: having trouble in python with syntax for .replace I am getting a syntax error (line 8 rw.replace) when I try to import this line of code. It should work fine?

def mirror(word):
    mirrorletters = str([[p,q],[q,p],[d,b][b,d]])
    rw == reverse(word)
    while True:
        if item in word:
            for mirrorletters in rw:
                for p in rw:
                    print rw.replace('p','q')
                for q in rw:
                    print rw.replace('q','p')
                for d in rw:
                    print rw.replace('d','b')
                for b in rw:
                    print rw.replace('b','d')
        elif item not in word:
            print(rw)

A: I'm assuming what you are trying to do is reverse the string passed in, and replace "p" with "q" and vice versa and the same with "d" and "b"?
mirrorletters = str([[p,q],[q,p],[d,b][b,d]]) is raising an error because you are trying to reference p,q,d, and b, none of which exist. You want the string representation of those letters.
rw == reverse(word) is not setting rw to the contents of reverse(word) you are comparing with ==.
Also, reverse() to my knowledge is not in the standard library for Python 2 or 3.
You can reverse a string by saying
word = 'hello'
r = word[::-1]
print(r) # prints "olleh"
this does what I believe you are trying to do.:
def mirror(word):

        # Make a list of characters to be swapped.
        # "d" will be swapped with "b" and vice versa.
        # The same goes for "q" and "p"
        mirror_letters = [('d', 'b'), ('q', 'p')]

        # Start with a new string
        new_word = ''

        # Go through each letter in the word and keep up with the index
        for letter in word:

            # Go through each "character set" in mirror_letters
            for char_set in mirror_letters:

                # enumerate the char_set and get an index and character of each item in the list
                for index, char in enumerate(char_set):

                    # If the letter is equal to the character, set letter to character
                    if letter == char:

                        # Doing a little bit of "reverse indexing" here to determine which character to set letter to
                        letter = char_set[::-1][index]

                        # If we set the letter, break so we don't possibly change back.
                        break

            # Add the letter to the new word
            new_word += letter

        return new_word[::-1]

Outputs:
print(mirror('abcd')) # prints "bcda"
print(mirror('pqrs')) # prints "srpq"

A: If you want ro mirror a string and then swap some letters, you could go for a function like this:
def mirrorString(string, swap=[]):
    mirroed = string[::-1]
    i = 0
    while chr(i) in mirroed:
        i += 1
    for a, b in swap:
        mirroed = mirroed.replace(a, chr(i)).replace(b, a).replace(chr(i), b)
    return mirroed

print(mirrorString("abcd", [('b', 'd'), ('p', 'q')])) # bcda

I'm first mirroing the string, then selecting a character that is not present in the string to use as a temporal placeholder, then im iterating over the swap pairs, and replacing the first letter of the pair by the placeholder, the second by the first and the placeholder by the second.