What is Text Message Lead Capture?
Utilize automated text messaging conversations to allow prospects or customers to engage in a conversation where you can gather additional contact information.
This will make it easier to better market your goods or services.
What would this look like? What kind of information can be gathered? How will this help you better market your goods or services?
When I speak at events, I include a keyword and phone number text message call to action.
I make sure it's on my slides for at least 10 minutes and I walk the audience through what they will experience and what they will get and then give them a minute to text in.
I usually get 90% or more of the room to text in and they end up providing their mobile phone number, email address, and name.
When they get to the email step of the conversation, I use the tag that gets set on the contact to trigger automation that delivers the promised resource.
When I want to capture leads from social media posts, I'll include a keyword and phone number and simple instructions and I end up getting leads from my post.
It's super powerful because the prospect doesn't have to click a link and leave the social network and it takes 2 seconds to set up. Compared to the webform, it's much easier and captures a mobile phone number EVERY TIME!
I like to use specific keywords for available properties I am selling. Texting in would gather their name and email, then trigger a campaign that sends an email containing more information about the property.


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Archbishop Thomas Cranmer first introduced the Book of Common Prayer to the Church of England nearly five hundred years ago; 1549 to be exact. If you've ever pledged to be faithful to someone "till death do us part," mourned to the words "earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust," or hoped for "peace in our time," you've been shaped by Cranmer's cadences, perhaps without knowing it.
The most basic explanation for the Book of Common Prayer is the book is used as a worship tool. The Book of Common Prayer (BCP) contains service orders for morning prayer, evening prayer, communion, baptism, confirmation, marriage, prayers for the sick and a funeral service. The book also contains the full book of Psalms from the Bible.
For Episcopalians and many others, the Book of Common Prayer is a treasure house of personal devotion, strength and encouragement. To being using your BCP, refer to the Calendar on page 31, which gives the seasons and the major feast days throughout the year. Locate the Prayer Book office you wish to use. Rite I is written in "traditional" language; Rite 2 is in "contemporary" language.
You will also want to know the appointed Psalm for the day and Bible reading. Here is a website to help you keep track. Note: We are currently in Year C. Check with your local parish if you are unsure.


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package org.virtue.game.entity.player.inv;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Set;

import org.virtue.Virtue;
import org.virtue.config.enumtype.EnumType;
import org.virtue.config.objtype.ObjTypeCustomisation;
import org.virtue.config.objtype.ObjType;
import org.virtue.config.util.StringUtility;
import org.virtue.config.vartype.bit.VarBitTypeList;
import org.virtue.game.content.clans.ClanSettingsAPI;
import org.virtue.game.entity.player.Player;
import org.virtue.game.entity.player.PlayerModel;
import org.virtue.game.entity.player.stat.Stat;
import org.virtue.game.entity.player.var.VarKey;

/**
 * @author Im Frizzy <skype:kfriz1998>
 * @author Frosty Teh Snowman <skype:travis.mccorkle>
 * @author Arthur <skype:arthur.behesnilian>
 * @author Sundays211
 * @since 23/10/2014
 */
public class EquipmentManager {

	public static final int CLAN_CAPE = 20708;

	public static final int CLAN_VEX = 20709;

	private static final int[] CLAN_RECOL_SLOTS = { 0, 1, 2, 3 };

	private static final int[] CLAN_RETEX_SLOTS = { 0, 1 };

	private static final Set<Integer> CUSTOMISABLE_CAPES = new HashSet<>(Arrays.asList(new Integer[]{ 20767, 20769, 20771, 32151, 32152, 32153 }));

	public static final byte SLOT_HAT = 0, SLOT_CAPE = 1, SLOT_AMULET = 2, SLOT_WEAPON = 3, SLOT_CHEST = 4, SLOT_OFFHAND = 5, SLOT_LEGS = 7, SLOT_HANDS = 9, SLOT_FEET = 10, SLOT_RING = 12, SLOT_ARROWS = 13, SLOT_AURA = 14, SLOT_POCKET = 15;

	private Player player;

	private PlayerModel model;

	private int[] slotOverrides;

	private boolean clanItemWorn = false;

	public EquipmentManager (Player player) {
		this.player = player;
		this.model = player.getModel();
		this.slotOverrides = new int[19];
		Arrays.fill(this.slotOverrides, -1);
	}

	/**
	 * Equips the specified item out of the player's inventory.
	 * @param invSlot The slot in the player's backpack containing the item
	 * @return True if the item was equip successfully, false otherwise
	 */
	public boolean wearItem (int invSlot) {
		Inventory equipment = player.getInvs().getContainer(ContainerState.EQUIPMENT);
		Inventory backpack = player.getInvs().getContainer(ContainerState.BACKPACK);
		Item item = backpack.get(invSlot);

		if (item == null) {
			return false;
		}

		int slot = item.getType().wearpos;
		int slot2 = item.getType().wearpos2;
		int slot3 = item.getType().wearpos3;
		if (slot == -1) {
			player.getDispatcher().sendGameMessage("You cannot wear that item.");
			return false;
		}

		int invFreeSpace = backpack.freeSlots();
		if (slot2 != -1 && equipment.get(slot2) != null) {
			if (invFreeSpace < 1) {
				player.getDispatcher().sendGameMessage("You do not have enough space in your backpack to equip that item.");
				return false;
			} else {
				invFreeSpace--;
			}
		}
		if (slot3 != -1 && equipment.get(slot3) != null) {
			if (invFreeSpace < 1) {
				player.getDispatcher().sendGameMessage("You do not have enough space in your backpack to equip that item.");
				return false;
			} else {
				invFreeSpace--;
			}
		}
		Item oldItem = equipment.swap(item, slot);
		int oldSlot = slot;
		if (slotOverrides[slot] != -1) {
			oldSlot = slotOverrides[slot];
			oldItem = equipment.clearSlot(oldSlot);
			slotOverrides[slot] = -1;
		}
		backpack.set(invSlot, oldItem);
		if (oldItem != null) {
			handleRemoveEvent(oldItem, oldSlot);
		}

		if (slot2 != -1) {
			slotOverrides[slot2] = slot;
			oldItem = equipment.clearSlot(slot2);
			if (oldItem != null) {
				backpack.add(oldItem);
				handleRemoveEvent(oldItem, slot2);
			}
		}
		if (slot3 != -1) {
			slotOverrides[slot3] = slot;
			oldItem = equipment.clearSlot(slot3);
			if (oldItem != null) {
				backpack.add(oldItem);
				handleRemoveEvent(oldItem, slot3);
			}
		}

		handleWearEvent(item, slot);//Process any onwear events
		player.getModel().refresh();//Refresh the player model
		player.getInvs().updateContainer(ContainerState.EQUIPMENT, item.getType().wearpos, slot2, slot3);
		player.getInvs().sendContainer(ContainerState.BACKPACK);
		return true;
	}

	/**
	 * Processes any events that need to be triggered when the item is equipped
	 * @param item The item equipped
	 * @param slot The position in which the item was equipped
	 */
	private void handleWearEvent (Item item, int slot) {
		model.setWornObject(slot, item.getId(), Virtue.getInstance().getConfigProvider().getObjTypes());
		model.setObjCustomisation(slot, null);
		if (item.getId() == CLAN_CAPE) {
			this.model.setObjCustomisation(slot, new ObjTypeCustomisation(item.getType()));
			clanItemWorn = true;
		} else if (item.getId() == CLAN_VEX) {
			this.model.setObjCustomisation(slot, new ObjTypeCustomisation(item.getType()));
			clanItemWorn = true;
		} else if (slot == SLOT_CAPE && CUSTOMISABLE_CAPES.contains(item.getId())) {
			this.model.setObjCustomisation(slot, new ObjTypeCustomisation(item.getType()));
			updateCapeOverrides();
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Processes any events that need to be triggered when the item is removed
	 * @param item The item removed
	 * @param slot The position in which the item was removed from
	 */
	private void handleRemoveEvent (Item item, int slot) {
		int slot2 = item.getType().wearpos2;
		int slot3 = item.getType().wearpos3;
		if (slot2 != -1) {
			slotOverrides[slot2] = -1;
		}
		if (slot3 != -1) {
			slotOverrides[slot3] = -1;
		}
		model.setWornObject(slot, -1, Virtue.getInstance().getConfigProvider().getObjTypes());
		model.setObjCustomisation(slot, null);

		player.getInvs().updateContainer(ContainerState.EQUIPMENT, slot, slot2, slot3);
	}

	public void refresh (boolean isLogin) {
		Inventory equipment = player.getInvs().loadContainer(ContainerState.EQUIPMENT);
		for (int slot=0;slot<slotOverrides.length;slot++) {
			Item item = equipment.get(slot);
			if (item == null) {
				continue;
			}
			if (isLogin) {
				handleWearEvent(item, slot);
			}
			if (item.getType().wearpos2 != -1) {
				slotOverrides[item.getType().wearpos2] = slot;
			}
			if (item.getType().wearpos3 != -1) {
				slotOverrides[item.getType().wearpos3] = slot;
			}
		}
		if (clanItemWorn) {
			updateClanOverride();
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Checks if the player is wearing the item.
	 * @param itemId The item id.
	 * @return {@code True} if so.
	 */
	public boolean isWearing(int itemId) {
		return isWearing(itemId, Virtue.getInstance().getConfigProvider().getObjTypes().list(itemId).wearpos);
	}

	/**
	 * Checks if the player is wearing the item.
	 * @param itemId The item id.
	 * @param slot The equipment slot.
	 * @return {@code True} if so.
	 */
	public boolean isWearing(int itemId, int slot) {
		return getWornId(slot) == itemId;
	}

	/**
	 * Gets a worn item.
	 * @param slot The slot.
	 * @return The item.
	 */
	public Item getWorn(int slot) {
		return player.getInvs().getContainer(ContainerState.EQUIPMENT).get(slot);
	}

	/**
	 * Gets a worn item.
	 * @param slot The equipment slot.
	 * @return The worn item ID, or -1 if no item is worn in the specified slot.
	 */
	public int getWornId(int slot) {
		Item item = getWorn(slot);
		if (item == null) {
			return -1;
		}
		return item.getId();
	}

	/**
	 * Removes the specified equipped item, and places it in the player's inventory.
	 * Checks that the player has enough space for the item (otherwise it returns false and does not continue)
	 * @param slot The slot to remove the item from
	 * @param itemId The id of the item to remove. This should be equal to the item currently in the slot
	 * @return True if the item was successfully removed, false if something prevented it from being moved.
	 */
	public boolean removeItem (int slot, int itemId) {
		Item item = player.getInvs().getContainer(ContainerState.EQUIPMENT).get(slot);
		if (item == null || item.getId() != itemId || player.getInvs().getContainer(ContainerState.BACKPACK).freeSlots() < 1) {
			return false;
		}

		handleRemoveEvent(item, slot);

		int[] addedTo = player.getInvs().getContainer(ContainerState.BACKPACK).add(item);
		player.getInvs().getContainer(ContainerState.EQUIPMENT).clearSlot(slot);
		player.getModel().refresh();
		player.getInvs().updateContainer(ContainerState.EQUIPMENT, slot);
		player.getInvs().updateContainer(ContainerState.BACKPACK, addedTo);
		return true;
	}

	/**
	 * Checks whether or not the specified item can be worn
	 * @param item The item to check
	 * @return True if the item can be worn, false otherwise.
	 */
	public boolean isEquipable (Item item) {
		return item.getType().wearpos != -1;
	}

	public boolean meetsEquipRequirements(ObjType objType) {
		for (int i=0;i<6;i+=2) {
			Stat skill = Stat.getById(objType.getParam(749+i, -1));
			if (skill == null) {
				return true;
			} else {
				int level = objType.getParam(750+i, 0);
				if (player.getSkills().getBaseLevel(skill) < level) {
					String skillName = skill.getName();
					String skillPart = StringUtility.startsWithVowel(skillName) ? "an " : "a "+skillName;
					player.getDispatcher().sendGameMessage("You need to have "+skillPart+" level of "
							+ level + " to equip this item.");
					return false;
				}
			}
		}
		return true;
	}

	public void updateCapeOverrides () {
		if (CUSTOMISABLE_CAPES.contains(getWornId(SLOT_CAPE))) {
			short[] colours = new short[4];
			int col1 = player.getVars().getVarBitValue(VarKey.Bit.CAPE_COLOUR_1);
			int col2 = player.getVars().getVarBitValue(VarKey.Bit.CAPE_COLOUR_2);
			int col3 = player.getVars().getVarBitValue(VarKey.Bit.CAPE_COLOUR_3);
			int col4 = player.getVars().getVarBitValue(VarKey.Bit.CAPE_COLOUR_4);
			colours[0] = col1 == 0 ? -322 : (short) col1;
			colours[1] = col2 == 0 ? -336 : (short) col2;
			colours[2] = col3 == 0 ? -350 : (short) col3;
			colours[3] = col4 == 0 ? -2541 : (short) col4;
			for (int slot=0;slot<CLAN_RECOL_SLOTS.length;slot++) {
				model.getObjCustomisation(SLOT_CAPE).setRecol(CLAN_RECOL_SLOTS[slot], colours[slot]);
			}
		}
	}

	public void updateClanOverride () {
		boolean updateCape = false;
		boolean updateVex = false;
		if (getWornId(SLOT_CAPE) == CLAN_CAPE) {
			updateCape = true;
		}
		if (getWornId(SLOT_WEAPON) == CLAN_VEX) {
			updateVex = true;
		}
		if (!updateCape && !updateVex) {
			return;
		}

		ClanSettingsAPI clanSettings = Virtue.getInstance().getClans().getSettings();
		if (player.getClanHash() == 0L) {
			if (updateCape) {
				model.setObjCustomisation(SLOT_CAPE, null);
				player.getInvs().getContainer(ContainerState.EQUIPMENT).clearSlot(SLOT_CAPE);
			}
			if (updateVex) {
				model.setObjCustomisation(SLOT_WEAPON, null);
				player.getInvs().getContainer(ContainerState.EQUIPMENT).clearSlot(SLOT_WEAPON);
			}
		} else {
			short[] clanColours = new short[4];
			Object col1 = clanSettings.getVarValue(player.getClanHash(), VarKey.ClanSetting.LOGO_1_COL);
			Object col2 = clanSettings.getVarValue(player.getClanHash(), VarKey.ClanSetting.LOGO_2_COL);
			Object col3 = clanSettings.getVarValue(player.getClanHash(), VarKey.ClanSetting.PRIMARY_COL);
			Object col4 = clanSettings.getVarValue(player.getClanHash(), VarKey.ClanSetting.SECONDARY_COL);
			clanColours[0] = col1 == null ? 6716 : ((Integer) col1).shortValue();
			clanColours[1] = col2 == null ? 6716 : ((Integer) col2).shortValue();
			clanColours[2] = col3 == null ? -22986 : ((Integer) col3).shortValue();
			clanColours[3] = col4 == null ? -26154 : ((Integer) col4).shortValue();
			if (updateCape) {
				for (int slot=0;slot<CLAN_RECOL_SLOTS.length;slot++) {
					model.getObjCustomisation(SLOT_CAPE).setRecol(CLAN_RECOL_SLOTS[slot], clanColours[slot]);
				}
			}
			if (updateVex) {
				for (int slot=0;slot<CLAN_RECOL_SLOTS.length;slot++) {
					model.getObjCustomisation(SLOT_WEAPON).setRecol(CLAN_RECOL_SLOTS[slot], clanColours[slot]);
				}
			}
			VarBitTypeList varBitTypeList = Virtue.getInstance().getConfigProvider().getVarBitTypes();
			short[] clanTextures = new short[2];
			int logo1slot = clanSettings.getVarBitValue(player.getClanHash(), varBitTypeList.list(VarKey.ClanSetting.LOGO_1_SLOT));
			int logo2slot = clanSettings.getVarBitValue(player.getClanHash(), varBitTypeList.list(VarKey.ClanSetting.LOGO_2_SLOT));
			EnumType textures = Virtue.getInstance().getConfigProvider().getEnumTypes().list(3685);
			int logo1 = textures.getValueInt(logo1slot);
			int logo2 = textures.getValueInt(logo2slot);
			clanTextures[0] = logo1 == -1 ? 735 : (short) logo1;
			clanTextures[1] = logo2 == -1 ? 642 : (short) logo2;
			if (updateCape) {
				for (int slot=0;slot<CLAN_RETEX_SLOTS.length;slot++) {
					model.getObjCustomisation(SLOT_CAPE).setRetex(CLAN_RETEX_SLOTS[slot], clanTextures[slot]);
				}
			}
			if (updateVex) {
				for (int slot=0;slot<CLAN_RETEX_SLOTS.length;slot++) {
					model.getObjCustomisation(SLOT_WEAPON).setRetex(CLAN_RETEX_SLOTS[slot], clanTextures[slot]);
				}
			}
		}
	}
}

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This is my second snowy, wintery, white Christmas as part of my 100 weeks journey. I had planned to be in the glorious heat of an Australian summer this year, but as they are prone to do, plans changed at the last minute, and instead, after Christmas Island I headed for Europe and a week in chilly Iceland.
I flew back from Reykjavik to London on the 23rd, and stayed with Martin and Rachel, and after a night out to see a comedy show in the city, yesterday we drove north through a cold, snowy, foggy England, arriving at mum's house in Darlington just after 8pm.
She had no idea I was coming along with the other two, as I had not been in contact for a while, leaving her with the impression that I was now in Australia. She was very surprised, and pleased too I am glad to say! Although there was some discussion that there is no spare room for me, and therefore I am sleeping on a mattress on the living room floor – it's just like couchsurfing!
I am the first up and about on Christmas morning, and it's a snowy view out of the kitchen window – my second white Christmas in two years. Last year I was in Vancouver for Christmas, staying with Duncan and Denise, preparing to go and work in a soup kitchen. This year I have no goals to fulfil here, and am just happy to be back home to be able to spend some time with my family. The last time I was here for Christmas was 8 years ago, in 2001, when Laura and I said our goodbyes to everyone, leaving the next day to emigrate from England to Australia.
I have been thinking about the past year since Vancouver last Christmas, and the dual nature of how the passage of time feels. It seems almost like it was just yesterday, the time seems to have gone so quickly, but it also seems like a lifetime ago, when I think about how much I have fitted in since then, where I have been, what I have done, and the people I have met. It really has been the most outstanding year.
From Vancouver I went up to Whitehorse dog-sledding, and in the new year drove back down the west coast of the USA, flew to Hawaii, on to Japan, and eventually back to Australia. I had a few months down under, and then set off on my travels again, back to Europe, through France, England and Spain, and then on to the USA again, visiting Mexico too. In August I flew briefly back to the UK, then back to travel around the western US States. I then headed down to Mexico, and on to Malaysia, China, Thailand and then Christmas Island, finally heading back to the UK and Iceland.
I have seen some incredible places, and had some wonderful experiences too. However, for me this whole big adventure is just as much, if not more, about the people I meet along the way. I have been incredibly fortunate to meet some wonderful people through my travels, many of whom have joined in with one or more goals, or helped me on my way.
I have no goals to attend to from my list while here in the UK, and simply plan to enjoy a few days "off" from the 100 weeks' tasks. I will be doing a bit of travelling, going back to Scarborough to visit friends there, and eventually back to London before New Year's Eve. I fly on New Year's Day down to South Africa, and have a few goals planned there. But for the next few days I am going to have some time off from the blog, and not think too much about my goals list.
So to everyone who I have met on my adventures, to all friends and family, and to anyone else who bothers to read my travel ramblings, I hope you all have a fantastic Christmas, and a prosperous New Year.
See you again in 2010.
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Day 122: 9/19/19
Aimin	Daily, Political Emails 2020	 September 20, 2019 September 20, 2019
Thursday was a day to reassure for Kamala Harris and Andrew Yang, a day to celebrate for Bernie Sanders, and a day to say thanks for Pete Buttigieg.
Total 56 15
Non-Donor 28 15
Donor 28 14
No one candidate stood out.
Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg, Kamala Harris, Beto O'Rourke, and Elizabeth Warren all sent 3 emails each on Thursday, while Michael Bennet, Joe Biden, Tim Ryan, Bernie Sanders, and Andrew Yang limited themselves to just 2 apiece.
I'm surprised Campaign Events got so high!
Perhaps realizing they were going too hard on the end-of-month fundraising when it was still weeks out, a lot of campaigns pulled back to talk about their campaigns instead. Marianne Williamson announced her plan for a livestream on Saturday, which is the International Day of Peace. As a peacemonger, she said, it was important that she represent this day.
Kamala Harris sent out a reassuring email about the state of her campaign. Or, well… reassuring if it wasn't clearly sent out to reassure.
As we enter the fourth quarter of 2019, I wanted to provide an update on the state of our campaign and lay out some of our thinking about the path ahead. We are excited about the next four and a half months, as Kamala prepares to hit the trail hard and lay out why she's the best candidate in this race to prosecute the case against four more years of Donald Trump and build a broad coalition to win and unite this country.
This summer has been an important period on two key fronts: building our campaign infrastructure, and raising the resources necessary to kick that infrastructure into gear in the home stretch of this primary.
Kamala has consistently been the candidate voters want to know more about and hear from more. There is so much interest in her historic candidacy, and when voters get to know her better, they really like her. Her favorability is strong and durable, and she's well-regarded across a broad demographic coalition. She's been rock solid in the top five in this historically large and sprawling field from the very beginning, and is well-positioned to break through and win the Democratic nomination.
When it comes to public polls, it's important to remember where we are. In October 2003, John Kerry, who went on to win the Democratic nomination, was polling in fifth place, at around 8 percent. At this point in 2007, Barack Obama trailed both Hillary Clinton and John Edwards consistently in Iowa caucus polls — and Clinton led national polls by an average of 18 points. (She led the national polls by double digits until the week after Iowa!) In 2015, Clinton led Bernie Sanders by 21 points in Iowa. She ended up only winning by less than half of 1 percent.
I say all that not to make any excuses. But there have been about 25 Democratic primary horse race polls in the past 30 days, and they go up and down. Even the NBC/WSJ poll this week revealed that only 9 percent of respondents say they've made up their mind in this race. The media is going to keep feverishly covering these polls, but we can't get too high or too low. We are focused on executing our plan and winning this election.
This month is going to be important because it is really when we start to see the fruits of what we have been preparing for since the beginning of this race. October is when voters begin to really decide who they want to support in this primary, and we are hitting the gas.
Following the five-day Iowa bus tour in August that took her 650 miles for 18 events in 11 counties, Kamala will double down on Iowa, campaigning there each week in October. We will add over 60 more organizers in state and open 10 more offices. This is an extension of the marker we laid down there this summer, when we grew our staff to 65 people and began work in 7 offices including our headquarters in Des Moines.
Kamala has a unique message and appeal to caucus goers who have so often defied conventional wisdom and expectations in the previous two cycles. We are under no illusions: we are asking Democratic voters and caucus goers to do something that's never been done before, to support a nominee that does not look like any nominee before now. That will take effort, energy, and resources up until caucus day. But this campaign is up for it, and Kamala Harris is up for it.
As someone who has lived and worked in California, I have seen Kamala's electoral history up close and personal. Whether it was taking on the machine and running for district attorney or polling at 6% in polls when she ran for Attorney General, she has always proven she could build a broad coalition to win. A lot of people in that state have bet against Kamala Harris and lost.
Why Kamala?
Voters are still very much trying to decide who the best Democrat to beat Donald Trump is, and we feel strongly that Kamala will convince them it's her over the next few months.
She is going to make the case that we will not defeat Trump — especially in the critical states we must win to hit 270 electoral votes — by going backwards or longing for a bygone era with nostalgia, saying that we just need to go back to a "normal" that, frankly, was not working for millions of people. Trump was not elected because this country was working great for everyone.
We also won't get there by jumping headfirst into endless ideological fights that may further divide Americans at a time when so many people desperately want to bring the country together after three years of relentless division.
Kamala is going to argue that we win by uniting this country around the common issues we're all facing – regardless of demography or geography. She believes that Trump's constant division is preventing us from getting anything done, and focusing on the "3AM issues" she has talked so much about, like concrete actions to stop gun violence and a sensible plan to give working and middle class people $500 a month to make ends meet, is critical to defeating him and allowing us to write a new chapter where we actually achieve solutions to the problems we face.
And she will continue to focus on pursuing justice — whether it's against a lawless president, or companies who break the law and pollute our environment, or for women and people of color whose rights are being trampled by forces seeking to put them down.
That's what Kamala is going to focus on as we criss-cross Iowa and show voters why she is the best person to prosecute the case against four more years of Trump — and win.
Thank you for being a part of this incredible campaign. You're the reason Kamala is in such a strong position to win this race.
Juan Rodriguez, Campaign Manager, Kamala 2020
Here's the truth: Harris' campaign is giving off the impression that it's in a death spiral. Between it's five-email-a-day fundraising pleas and sinking poll numbers, it's clear that she's struggling. This reassuring email did not address that. It did have a nice platitude about how the polls don't matter this far out, but it did nothing to talk about how the public perception is of a sinking ship and how they were going to rectify that.
This didn't reassure me. It instead gave me the impression that the campaign was a little blind to their problems and opting for the "ignore them and they'll go away" strategy. That is never a winning strategy, and it certainly doesn't speak well for the campaign that it doesn't see that.
It's not just Harris taking time for a "State of the Campaign" email. Andrew Yang also sent one out. It was… about as inspiring.
I want to be honest with you about the state of this campaign.
While we are growing in the polls, we are still behind many of our opponents in terms of fundraising, staff on the ground, and advertisements on the air and online.
And when Carly put out a call to raise $250,000 within 48 hours to catch up, the response so far has not been what we'd hoped.
I think we can get back on track and hit this goal tonight, but it's going to take an extraordinary effort from every member on this team to do it. Can you pitch in before midnight so we can hit our goal?
[DONATION BUTTONS REMOVED]
I'm the husband to an amazing woman and the father of two young boys.
I know the country my sons will grow up in is going to be very different from the one I grew up in, and I want to look back at my life knowing I did everything in my power to create the kind of future our children deserve. An America of opportunity and abundance. An America that invests in its people so they can build the lives they want for themselves and their families.
I hope you feel the same and are compelled to give everything you can in this moment so we can build this America together. Please pitch in now.
This fight is too important to sit back.
I suppose at least it was sent by the candidate himself, and not the campaign manager. However, it sounds like Yang is struggling for fundraising despite the swell in numbers from his debate stunt. He's rising in polls, yes, but because he's being known as "the candidate who will give you money."
You know who else will give you money? Kamala Harris.
Elizabeth Warren talked about a recent campaign event, where she took 4,000 selfies If she is trying to prove her stamina, she absolutely is succeeding there. Reporters have asked if she would stop doing that as the crowds grew, but she said no. It was more than the picture. It was about the one-on-one time with the voters.
Cory Booker sent out another "Top Five Things that Matter This Week" email, showing that last week's rather insensitive 9/11 email with that subject was poor timing rather than a deliberate slight on the tragedy. He had a successful debate, a weekend of action coming up, the FEC deadline coming up, releasing his labor plan… wait a minute, not all of these things were from this week!
Bernie Sanders was celebrating 1,000,000 individual donors.
Reaching this important milestone proves that one can run for president without racing all around the country begging millionaires and billionaires for campaign contributions at high-dollar fundraisers.
He really hates fundraisers, though. I wonder if that's because he was never invited to any.
Speaking of begging millionaires and billionaires for campaign contributions at high-dollar fundraisers, I have some bad news from Pete Buttigieg.
Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to go to one of his high-dollar fundraisers. There was no begging for money. I didn't see any stacks of checks.
Thank you so much for joining us last night for an evening with Pete and Chasten in South Bend! We are grateful for your continued support of Pete. You've been there from the beginning and it means the world to Pete, Chasten, and the Pete for America team.
South Bend is so important to Pete, and it has been our great privilege to elevate the story of this city and its people to the national stage. Pete gets to share the narrative of change in South Bend with people across the country as an example of what can happen when we place trust in one another and rise to meet the opportunities of the future together.
I often think back to Pete's launch day rally in the former Studebaker building, when he noted that "America deserves our optimism, deserves our courage, and deserves our hope." It has taken tremendous courage from you to join Team Pete, and your optimism and hope for the future has fueled this campaign. We look forward to having you with us on this journey – all the way to the White House.
If last night inspired you as much as it did me, I hope you consider making another contribution to help us grow this movement and keep the momentum going.
Thank you again for investing in our Pete for America community, and I look forward to seeing you around the Bend!
Elizabeth Hascher, Investment Associate – South Bend HQ, Pete for America
THERE IT WAS! In black and white (and hyperlinked blue), a blatant begging of the wealthy donors for even more money! Buttigieg didn't beg at the event, he begged after.
In all honesty, I can't see why this is so anathema to the democratic process and why Sanders is so against it. I gave money. Buttigieg asked for more money.
Isn't that how Sanders has been doing it?
Buttigieg also sent another email just to his donor list:
We don't get to say this enough: Thank you. When Pete launched his bid for president five months ago, his bold vision was supported by just a handful of staff and a small group of volunteers (on top of the greatest support system in politics — Chasten, Buddy, and Truman!). But day by day, Pete's message caught on, and people across the country stepped up to invest in this campaign, including you.
It's thanks to our grassroots donors that we've hit so many milestones. Debate stages, office openings, more than 300 staff, volunteers in multiple states — all the makings of a campaign that can win. Pete often says that a donation to a political campaign is an act of hope, and we couldn't agree more. That hope is reciprocal. We feel it with every dollar that comes in, and we feel it more so as folks like you step up big time.
Being part of Team Pete means experiencing moments we'll never forget, with plenty yet to come. You're as much a part of that as we are, and we're excited for all the milestones yet to come. Will you help us make them happen by chipping in again? We're building a movement that will win, and we're doing it one grassroots donation at a time.
We hear from so many of you every day. Over email, on Twitter, and in person. And that's why we can say, without reservation, we have the best grassroots team in politics. Thanks for being a part of it and hitting these milestones with us.
It's a whole email to say thank you and crossed with a donation ask.
Buttigieg also sent the only Info email of the day.
Emails like Buttigieg's "thank you" one above are one of the reasons why these charts just don't feel like they tell the whole story. That email was very nice. I enjoyed reading it. It got lumped into the "Donate" category of this pie chart. Buttigieg also put out a Medicare for All Who Want It policy, which was the one "Info" email of the week, however, Elizabeth Warren put out a "Merch" email that actually explained a point of her campaign. That mint green that is such a signature color for her campaign? It's actually called "Liberty Green," and it's inspired by the Statue of Liberty. (Also, she has three new shirts available in Liberty Green.) I like getting little tidbits like that in emails.
Cory Booker also had a merch email on Thursday. After a week of struggling with his cash deadline, he decided instead to offer up TOTALLY FREE Cory 2020 stickers.
If you want one…
However, this sticker email only went to his non-donors.
TOTALLY FREE stickers like these and like the ones Harris had done in the past are ways to grow your email list. They're not as attention grabbing as offering $1,000 a month, but they're relatively cheap to produce and since they're not even asking for a donation in return, people are more apt to click and give their information. It's just an address for a FREE STICKER, after all.
Just keep in mind, they're doing this to send you more information. The sticker is just the small price they have to pay.
Or the book.
By Beto O'Rourke
Yes, Beto O'Rourke is doing the same thing Booker is doing with stickers, but he's instead offering up a copy of his book. It both promotes his legalizing marijuana platform and expands his mailing list… all for the low, low cost of whatever you want to donate. He'd suggest his average donation of $20, but you can give anything. Just remember that he needs to pay for printing and shipping!
But hey, if all else fails in your list-growing activities, you can always do what Kamala Harris said she'd do.
That was her email subject.
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It was close! But Taken By The Biker Dom edged out the others for January's Book of the Month. Congratulations Doris! You can find Biker Dom on Amazon now as well as Siren BookStrand Congrats also to our gift card winner, Sandy Ebel! She gets her choice of a $5 Amazon or Nook gift card….


If you love fishing, then you understand the importance of kayak fishing. Having a kayak for fishing gives you more benefits. Not only are you able to locate the fish but you also end up catching more. Unlike other vessels, a kayak allows you more access so you can cover a large distance. Additionally, fishing with a kayak is convenient and very quiet.
Buying a kayak for fishing can be hard because there are a lot of options and many things you need to consider. How do you ensure that you get the best fishing kayak? The last thing you want is having a heavy vessel that you can't handle even when you are alone. If you are looking for a convenient fishing kayak, the Sun Dolphin Journey 10-Foot Sit-on-top Fishing Kayak is right for you.
This kayak is designed to provide you with comfort for all your fishing trips. Why do many avid anglers love this kayak? The main reason why this kayak is common among many fishing enthusiasts is because of lightweight and compact design. The kayak is packed with many amazing features that will help you when you are fishing.
Let's find out more details about this kayak so that you can get a deeper understanding. I have covered everything that you need to know about the kayak.
One of the best features that you will love on this fishing kayak is the comfort. In as much as the seat is not padded, the seat back is padded and this keeps you comfortable especially when you are fishing for many hours. The kayak has a large seating surface which gives you ample room to seat and keep yourself comfortable.
To add on the comfort, the kayak has padded sides to keep your thighs comfortable. You will also appreciate the adjustable foot braces that are included. You can adjust the braces to keep your foot in a comfortable position.
One of the best features that you should consider when you are buying a fishing kayak is the weight. You do not want to end up with a heavy kayak that will be difficult to handle when you are alone. The Sun Dolphin kayak weighs only 44 pounds and it is 10 feet in length. This makes it portable and a perfect choice if you will be going alone to fish. You can transport it with ease without the need of an extra hand.
To make transportation easier, the kayak is designed with carrying handles for easy lifting. The handles are retractable and the short length of the kayak makes it easy to fit in many pickup trucks.
When going for fishing trip, you will need to carry some fishing gear. How does this kayak maintain its compact design without compromising on storage? The kayak is well crafted and offers you with ample storage for your items. You can keep items behind the seat where there is a large storage hatch for keeping your things safe. There is also a storage section at the bow where you can store items.
If you need to store your paddle, you can keep it on either side of the kayak. On top of that, you will find a cup holder at the front of the seat and a dry hatch where you can store items like keys and phones. As if that is not enough, the kayak also has a small molded section featuring bungee cords to keep a water bottle.
The length (10 feet) and the width (30 inches) of the makes it stable as compared to other longer kayaks. This kayak is designed for slow moving rivers and lakes. It can handle moderate current without chances of tipping over.
Sun Dolphin Journey 10 SS kayak is one of the most durable fishing kayaks you will find on the market today. It is designed with UV stabilized Fortiflex high-density polyethylene material. This provides superior impact resistance and durability. The material is also light enough making transportation bliss.
This is one of the main reasons why many anglers love this kayak. The sun dolphin journey 10 ss mods are very versatile and the base is very stable. It is pretty easy to shift your weight when you are on the water. The kayak also paddles with ease to help you get to your ideal fishing spots.
Q: Does this kayak have foot pedals?
A: No, it doesn't have foot pedals.
Q: Does the kayak have a place where you can place a drink?
A: Yes, it is designed with a large water bottle holder and side pockets where you can keep small bottles or cans.
Q: Do you receive the kayak with paddles?
A: No, the kayak doesn't come with paddles.
Before you consider purchasing a sit on top kayak, you need to check out a few things so that you can get a kayak that works well. For instance, if you are fishing in cold weather, this kayak might not be the best choice because it can get you wet when you are paddling.
Another thing you need to think about before buying a sit on top kayak is the type of water you will be paddling. SOT kayaks are designed with different hull designs to suit different waters.
Does it allow you to jump in and out with ease? The good thing with SOT kayaks is that they are easy to get in and out as compared to sit inside kayaks. This makes it a perfect choice for both beginner and experienced anglers.
Depending on how long you will be on the waters, it is advisable to look for a fishing kayak that is comfortable. This will be ideal for multi-day trips or if you are spending several hours on the water.
If you are a beginner in the sector of fishing kayaks, finding the best on the market can be hard. There are so many things that you need to check to ensure that you get a comfortable kayak suitable for fishing. You also want to buy a kayak from a reputable brand so that you can get a good value for your cash.
If you want to get a quality fishing kayak without spending too much money, then I would recommend the sun dolphin excursion 10 fishing kayak. From the above review, you can tell that this is a decent kayak packed with great fishers every fisherman would like to have in a fishing kayak.
The kayak is comfortable, portable and offers ample storage to keep your items. When going for the next fishing trip, get this kayak and you will enjoy the adventure.


LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Puma Biotechnology, Inc. (NASDAQ: PBYI), a biopharmaceutical company, announced that Alan H. Auerbach, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President and Founder of Puma, will provide an overview of the Company at 1:10 p.m. EDT on Monday, October 1, at the Cantor Global Healthcare Conference. The conference will be held at the InterContinental New York Barclay Hotel.
A live webcast of the presentation will be available on the Company's website at www.pumabiotechnology.com. The presentation will be archived on the website and available for 30 days.
Puma Biotechnology, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company with a focus on the development and commercialization of innovative products to enhance cancer care. The Company in-licenses the global development and commercialization rights to three drug candidates — PB272 (neratinib, oral), PB272 (neratinib, intravenous) and PB357. Neratinib, oral was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in July 2017 for the extended adjuvant treatment of adult patients with early stage HER2-overexpressed/amplified breast cancer, following adjuvant trastuzumab-based therapy, and is marketed in the United States as NERLYNX® (neratinib) tablets. NERLYNX was granted marketing authorization by the European Commission for the extended adjuvant treatment of hormone receptor-positive HER2-positive early stage breast cancer in September 2018. NERLYNX is a registered trademark of Puma Biotechnology, Inc.


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California's New GeoPortal Touts 'Socially-Derived Maps'
This summer, the California Technology Agency will unveil the "myMap" tab, which lets citizens build personalized GIS maps through a mashup of data.
by Sarah Rich / March 29, 2013
The California Technology Agency's (CTA) new GeoPortal, announced on Thursday, March 28, during the Mobile Government Forum held in Sacramento, Calif., is a "first-in-the-nation" tool for public access to authoritative geodata, according to CTA Secretary Carlos Ramos.
The portal is intended to increase transparency, and to serve as California's one-stop shop for city, county, state, federal, tribal and education geospatial data. However, GIS data from neighboring states Oregon and Nevada is available on the portal, and data from Arizona is expected to roll out on the platform in the near future, according to Scott Gregory, California's geographic information officer, pictured below.
Paul Benedetto, the CTA's undersecretary of operations, said all of the geospatial data in the state is going to reside in this portal, "which will allow us to build applications -- mobile applications -- that will provide our citizens for the state of California with the best information at the best time possible."
And this summer, one key feature is expected to be integrated into the portal: The "myMap" tab feature will allow citizens to build personalized GIS maps through a mashup of data by selecting their choice of information from government organizations. The overall goal will be to allow citizens to print, email and share their personalized maps on social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter.
Gregory said the concept of "socially-derived maps" or "socially-derived data" is to allow citizens to build maps based on data that matters to them, like a roaming wildfire to share details about a fire in progress with other citizens.
Mobility Helps California Serve its CitizensCalifornia Launches Interactive GeoPortalCalifornia Celebrates GIS Day, Prepares to Launch Geoportal
Other reasons for building a personalized GIS map could be for businesses to understand the market potential of a new company location. According to the portal, a business may want data on things like road infrastructure to incorporate into the decision-making process about a new business' location.
"The idea is to get this resource into the hands of people who can actually use it," Gregory said.
To build their own maps, citizens will create "geoIDs" to log in and out of their portal account. Users can decide whether to make their personalized maps public, and those that do will be displayed in the California map gallery page for anyone to view.
For government employees who serve as "data stewards" – those responsible for providing access to the spatial data on the portal from a specific government agency or organization -- the CTA is encouraging individuals to create administration geoIDs accounts, Gregory said.
Once the CTA has approved those users to hold administrative accounts, they can administer content and have access to other portal resources that are not accessible to the general public.
Gregory said none of the data accessible through the website is housed on the portal; the portal only links together data from the various organizations that provide the data. The portal itself was developed in nine months from start to finish, and was an in-house project.
"The geoportal will never be complete," Gregory said. "It will never be done."
Photos by Bill Foster
Mobility Helps California Serve its Citizens California Launches Interactive GeoPortal California Celebrates GIS Day, Prepares to Launch Geoportal
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The Highway Rat will be screened at the Cape Town International Animation Festival.
The seventh Cape Town International Animation Festival will take place from Friday March 2 to Sunday March 4 at the River Club in Observatory.
The festival is being hosted by NPO Animation SA, which aims to promote South African animation and create a self-sustaining industry that can create jobs.
It presents the best of local and international films by award-winning animators, as well as providing a platform to engage with industry leaders in a series of workshops, talks and panel discussions.
There will be live drawing classes, business-to-business sessions, producer events, networking opportunities and government panel discussions in addition to student competitions and an outreach programme.
"We have a stellar line up of speakers, featuring some of the best creative and business minds in animation, screenings of the world's top animated films and a range of free events that are fun for the whole family," says festival director, Dianne Makings.
Visit www.ctiaf.com for the full programme details.
Screenings cost R40. A full festival pass costs R100 for ASA members, R250 for students and R500 for a full festival pass.
A day pass costs R350. Book through Webtickets.


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Q: Does this derivative have a name? What is this derivative called:
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It is not the same as the directional derivative or the Gateux derivative on wikipedia. Perhaps it is not as general since it uses a vector norm. (or perhaps it is but I don't see it)

A: In the case that $\gamma$ is differentiable at $0$, this is very similar to the definition of the Hadamard derivative. There, the existence of
$$\frac{f(\bar x + t_n \, h_n) - f(\bar x)}{t_n}$$
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This paper explores the challenges of Big Data security and cyberthreats and critically reflects on both the effects of the Big Data phenomenon and its implications for future research on intellectual capital (IC). We reviews academic literature, professional documents, and public information to provide insights and develop a framework that explains the effects of cyberthreats on IC. We find that the "voracity" for data represents a further 'V' of the Big Data phenomenon, which results in a continuous hunt for data beyond legal and ethical boundaries. The increasing risk of cybercrimes, data security breaches, and privacy violations reflect this voracity, representing the dark side of the Big Data ecosystem where Big Data undermines IC and value creation. Losing the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of data as a result of a data security breach poses a threat to an organisation's IC. Given Big Data's impact on IC and its wider ecosystem, this paper outlines some challenging managerial, societal, and ethical implications of Big Data, and consequently lays out future research avenues in IC and accounting research
Critical reflections on Big Data security and Intellectual Capital
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Our world is beautiful and we want to keep it that way. That's why we are working hard to reduce our impact on the planet. Discover what we're doing to lower our carbon footprint and help look after nature.
We're Working to Change Things, for Everyone
We all have a responsibility to do what we can to protect the world we live in. At Primark, we're committed to changing the way we do business to reduce our impact on the planet and cut waste. We are constantly looking for new and more environmentally friendly ways of working – whether that's with the farmers who grow the cotton that goes into Primark products, the factories that make products for sale, the trucks that bring them to our stores, or how we run our stores themselves. Since 2019 for example, we removed 503 million items of single use plastic from our business. Read on to learn more…
We'll be one of the first international fashion retailers to adopt more regenerative practices at scale in cotton farming by 2030. We'll do this to try encourage and improve biodiversity, reduce the impact of climate change and secure more sustainable livelihoods for farmers.
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Every product within our store has a story to tell. From the raw materials used to make our fabrics, to way in which these fabrics are processed and crafted into a finished product, each step in the lifecycle of our product has the potential to impact our planet.
Recycling and Reducing Waste
We're committed to reducing fashion waste across all areas of our business. From the raw materials we source, to the cardboard boxes we transport our goods in and the unsold clothes in our stores, we're stepping up and doing more to manage our waste and working to recycle as much as possible.
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Biodiversity is vital to our planet. As part of our ongoing sustainability journey, we're striving to not only reduce the negative impact of the garment industry on the natural world, but to reach a place where we're positively restoring it.
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Jason Gooley, CCIE No. 38759 (R&S & SP), is a very enthusiastic engineer who is passionate about helping others in the industry succeed. Jason has more than 20 years of experience in the Information Technology and Telecommunications industry. Jason currently works at Cisco as a Strategic Systems Engineer, where he specializes in SD-WAN, campus, and data center network design. In addition, Jason works with Learning@Cisco on certification development, mentoring, and training. Jason is also a Program Committee member and organizer for the Chicago Network Operators Group (CHINOG). Jason lives in Illinois with his wife Jamie and their daughter Kaleigh.


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Single on Purpose: Redefine Everything. Find Yourself First.
John Kim. HarperOne, $24.99 (256p) ISBN 978-0-06-298073-1
Angry Therapist blogger Kim (I Used to Be a Miserable F*ck) uses his own failed relationships as lessons in this laugh-out-loud guide to single life. Kim writes of how he frequently catches himself making many of the same mistakes that he talks through with his clients each week. After losing himself in one serious relationship after another and coming to the realization that "relationship dysfunction feels like crack cocaine," Kim decides to attempt to happiness on his own. "Single is about being a whole person. Even when you're in a relationship. In fact, especially when you're in a relationship." According to Kim, being happy—single or not—begins with three daily goals: meaning (finding purpose by pursuing one's passion), joy (allowing oneself simple pleasures, such as a morning coffee), and engagement (turning one's attention to others). Instead of pursuing perfect, Kim asks readers to question one's thoughts, list nonnegotiables, and find what makes one feel most alive. (For Kim, it's riding a motorcycle.) After all, "self-care doesn't mean bubble baths and fancy brunches. It really means taking care of yourself daily like you would for someone you love." Kim's wry humor and approachable lessons will appeal to any single reader looking for encouragement. (Jan.)
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Over the last couple years, I have come to love making jam. The patience it takes, slowly stirring the bubbling juice waiting for just the right thickness. The simplicity of the recipe, just fruit and sugar, and maybe a squeeze of lemon. Its practicality, turning fruit that's almost gone bad into something that will last a year after it's been canned. And finally, I adore the rich colors. Cherry jam has the most luscious hue, close to what I imagine Dorothy's ruby slippers would look like. For the last two summers, I thought jam making was just my newest fascination until I started writing this post and remembered the first time I made homemade jam.
I was in 8th grade and all my friends were hanging out at our friend Erin's house. As we lounged in the sun drinking lemonade Erin's mom told us she was making jam and asked if we wanted to crack open a few pomegranates for her.
Every kid loves the tart juicy seeds of a pomegranate so we all readily agreed to help. We sat around the table gossiping and breaking open pomegranates until the table, our clothes and our mouths were stained with red juice. After a while my friends lost interest, but not me. I stuck by Erin's mom the entire afternoon absolutely entranced by the jam making process. I took home a new found love of jam making and three jars of fresh pomegranate jam.
Since I began making my own jam a couple years ago I have been on the lookout for yummy things to do with all the jam that ends up in my fridge. This last week I came across a jam tart via David Lebovitz and it was instant love. Even more perfect, I had just bought a pile of sweet cherries that were begging to be turned into more jam.
But I don't need more jam. I have three kinds of homemade jam in my fridge as I write this. The apricot and peach jam I made last week and a fabulous jar of blackberry jam, made by a friend.
I wanted to find something else to make with those cherries, but after finding David's tart, the cherries won. I made more jam… and a tart.
1. Beat together butter and sugar until well combined. Add the eggs and vanilla and mix well. Set aside.
2. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, and baking powder. Gradually add the flour mixture to the butter mixture stirring until it forms a dough.
3. Take 2/3 of the dough and shape into a disk. Form the remaining dough into a log about 1.5-2 inches wide. Cover both with plastic wrap and refrigerate for about an hour.
4. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Take dough out of refrigerator and allow to warm up for a few minutes. Press the dough into an ungreased removable bottom tart pan with the palm of your hand until the pan is evenly covered on the bottom and sides.
5. Spread the jam evenly over the tart dough. Take the log of dough out of the fridge and slice into 1/4 inch slices. Cover the top of the tart with dough slices. Sprinkle at least 2 tablespoons of turbinado sugar over the top of the tart.
6. Place on a cookie sheet and bake for about 25 minutes or until the dough turns golden brown. Cool before serving.
Best served at room temperature, the day after its made, but only if you can wait that long!
Oh, yum…! I especially like the "lily pads" of crust over the top. Mmmmm….


An unusual group of "musicians" created by Lemur—the League of Electronic Musical Urban Robots—will be performing this week on the Homewood campus.
Founded in 2000 by Eric Singer, Lemur is a group of artists and technologists who create exotic, sculptural musical instruments that integrate robotic technology.
The Edmar Castaneda Quartet—Edmar Castaneda, Colombian harp; Shlomi Cohen, soprano sax; Dave Silliman, drums; and Andrea Tierra, vocals—will bring its unique sound to Evergreen Museum & Library's Bakst Theatre at 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 12.


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Takabisha (高飛車 en japonais) est un parcours de montagnes russes construit en 2011 par Gerstlauer et situé dans le parc d'attractions Fuji-Q Highland au Japon. Il est connu avoir détenu le record du monde de la chute la plus raide avec  du  au .

Description
L'annonce de la construction de Takabisha a été faite le . Les premiers tests de l'attraction ont commencé le . Son inauguration officielle et la validation de son record ont eu lieu le .

L'ancien record était détenu depuis seulement deux semaines par le parc d'attractions français Fraispertuis-City avec le parcours de montagnes russes Timber Drop et sa chute de 113,1°. Ce record mondial fut le quatorzième de l'histoire de Fuji-Q Highland. Il a été battu le  par TMNT Shellraiser à Nickelodeon Universe.

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Takabisha est un parcours unique mais possédant plusieurs éléments des modèles Euro-Fighter. Le train quitte la gare d'embarquement et commence par une chute rapide dans le noir enchainée par un Heartline Roll. En deux secondes, le train est lancé par des moteurs linéaires dans un tunnel de 63 mètres de long à une vitesse de 100 kilomètres par heure. Il sort alors du bâtiment et exécute une grande inversion proche du cobra roll. Le train ralentit et fait un demi‑tour pour monter un lift vertical de 43 mètres de haut. Une fois au sommet, le train est freiné dans la descente et exécute la chute de 121°. Le train avec son élan fait un looping plongeant et un Immelmann et retourne en gare.

Voir aussi

Records dans le domaine des montagnes russes
Fuji-Q Highland
Gerstlauer
Euro-Fighter

Références

Liens externes
  Site officiel de Fuji-Q Highland
  Euro-Fighter sur le site officiel de Gerstlauer
  Fiche de Takabisha sur Roller Coaster Database

Montagnes russes assises
Montagnes russes en métal
Gerstlauer
Euro-Fighter
Montagnes russes au Japon

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Kappa Gamma Psi was founded on December 11th, 1913 at the New England Conservatory of Music to satisfy the desire for an organized student relationship with the institution and its faculty. After this fellowship was recognized as an asset to the institution, nationalization was planned. The Fraternity attained national status on March 21, 1916. At that time, Kappa Gamma Psi was only for male students of music.
With only men in the fraternity, the First World War gave a rocky start to our expansion. The formation of Gamma Chapter in 1923 at the Boston Conservatory of Music marked the beginning of stable expansion for the fraternity. The fraternity steadily gained chapters until the start of United States involvement in World War II, when growth leveled off. Then, as the Vietnam War progressed, chapters of Kappa Gamma Psi became inactive. In 1968, Alpha Chapter, at the New England Conservatory, went inactive. By 1976, only one chapter remained active: Iota Chapter at Ithaca College. Kappa Gamma Psi has maintained its national board and its identity as a national fraternity.
In 1976, Iota Chapter began inviting female students to join. In the 1980s, having developed more diverse performance interests (a trend which began in the 1950s), the chapter officially changed the fraternity's designation from Musical Fraternity to Performing Arts Fraternity.
Today, Kappa Gamma Psi is open to male and female performers of any major. Iota chapter has gone inactive. We now seek to re-expand the fraternity, and move it in a different direction. In 2009, A Boston Area Chapter was founded to serve the needs of members in Eastern Massachusetts and beyond.
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FWP Network > Forexhound.com > Analysis > Forex Analysis > Forex Market Overview > Greece – From Hard Money to Fool's Gold
Greece – From Hard Money to Fool's Gold
By Merk Investments (Merk Investments) · March 4, 2010 · No comments
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When Greece invented the Olympic Games in 776 BC, the top prize was an olive wreath, not gold. And in those days, Greece sought out the top runners, rather than compete for a discipline not approved by the International Olympic Committee (IOC): governmental financial engineering.
If we only brought the original Olympic spirit back, maybe we could solve the world's challenges. During the ancient Games, Olympic Truce stopped wars to allow safe travel for athletes. Not long after inventing the Olympic Games, Greece was the world's first country to establish democracy in 508 BC. Not long thereafter, after a series of finds, precious metals spread throughout Greece in the 5th century BC. The following centuries represented an era of price stability and resulting prosperity, not seen before, not since: after. Athens managed to gain universal acceptance of their silver coins, by taking every precaution to maintain their integrity: "Even in times of tragic national disaster, when the treasury was empty and Attica occupied by an enemy, Athens refused to debase this silver coinage. As a consequence, the Athenian owl became current in all markets and an article for export. It remained a most acceptable currency throughout the Mediterranean for 600 years." 1Indeed, our firm's logo is inspired by the ancient Athenian owl.
While ancient Greece may have had sound money, the "good old days" had their share of challenges. Athens, just like any modern city, also spent too much. Stoically, Athens refused to take on debt; direct taxes were not an option as they were considered servile; however, Athens imposed a capital levy to fill its coffers. While it was more common to accumulate treasures as war chests, Greek states outside of Athens frequently borrowed money, albeit they had a reputation for being rather arbitrary with creditors. States often relied on wealthy individuals as guarantors ("foreloaners") to lower their cost of borrowing. Some Greek states became creative financial engineers to raise money, one of them promising 10% interest in perpetuity on loans from citizens (the first perpetuities).
Let's fast forward to this century. Like most countries, Greece spent a great deal of money before and throughout the financial crisis. Governments have started to realize that financing all this debt costs money – and they are shocked. Stronger countries, like the U.S., are borrowing trillions in the market this year, crowding out access to credit for smaller countries. As of this writing, the U.S. government pays 3.64% to borrow money for 10 years; in the eurozone, Germany 3.11%; France 3.40%; Spain 3.90%; Italy 4.03%; Greece 6.64%.
Let's take a step back to understand the dynamics playing out in how countries cope with the rising debt burden; it should become apparent that Greece is not the only country striving for gold in financial engineering. Countries have different constraints on how to spend money, but the common theme throughout the world – and throughout history – is that it is far easier to ratchet up than to rein in spending:
Keeping spending in check in the U.S. is as difficult as anywhere: the "pay-as-you-go" rules in place when Robert Rubin was Treasury Secretary under Clinton were thrown out the window when they were no longer convenient. The rule stipulated that new spending programs may only be put in place when other spending programs are cancelled or new revenue sources created. The recently re-introduced pay-go rule only has PR appeal, but no substance. More importantly, the U.S. budget has become increasingly inflexible, as the discretionary portion of the budget has shrank to just 12% of the total government's budget these days. As far as creative accounting is concerned, the U.S. is a clear leader in creating off balance sheet vehicles. The government sponsored entities (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, both put into 'conservatorship' in the summer of 2008 were well known off balance sheet vehicles where government debt is shielded from the public; only after extensive negotiations with the General Accounting Office (GAO) was the GSE debt formally added to the national deficit.
# The most powerful off-balance sheet vehicle is the Federal Reserve; when the Fed "prints" money, it does not show up as new debt; in Fed talk, the "resources of the Federal Reserve" are employed to provide support to the markets. As a percentage of pre-crisis levels, the U.S., U.K and Sweden were the leaders in printing money. Note that the European Central Bank did not make it to the winner's podium in this contest, but was relatively restrained.
# When faced with a logjam in parliament and an inability to print money, states become creative. California with its dysfunctional budgeting process (a two thirds majority is needed to pass the budget) has in the past issued IOUs; those expecting tax refunds are easy targets for such maneuvers.
In the current budget negotiations, California is getting even more creative: governor Schwarzenegger has proposed to replace the sales tax on gasoline with an excise tax. The reason? Sales tax revenue flows into California's General Fund and is subject to minimum spending requirements on education (52-55 percent of California's General Fund is spent on education); by reclassifying the tax, cuts in education could be implemented without violating state laws. However, unlike most creative accounting, this maneuver is designed to reduce rather than expand government spending.
# In the eurozone, member countries have committed themselves, amongst others, to run budget deficits no larger then 3% of the respective Gross Domestic Product (GDP); and if they can't achieve that goal, the countries need to produce a plan showing the path they intend to take to return to this level in due course. While the U.S. faces an unsustainable 11% deficit this year, the eurozone's deficit is closer to 6% (Greece's deficit is about 12%). Germany just announced it had a 3.3% deficit last year.
While everyone has been beating up on Greece, other European countries – large and small – have also engaged in rather creative accounting. The most obvious one may be the many privatizations we saw a decade ago. The sale of government property is counted as revenue and qualifies to meet the eurozone budget criteria. Of course, these sales are one off events, but nevertheless, they helped to fill big holes in government budgets.
Greece is a special case, if only because any published statistics are highly unreliable (for example, Greece 'forgot' to include billions of debt owed by government owned hospitals in its statistics). Well publicized by now are Greece's swap arrangements with a dozen investment banks; these arrangements allowed Greece to postpone recognizing expenditures. Goldman Sachs has since said these swap agreements had only negligible impact on Greece's deficit statistics; if they were so insignificant, one has to wonder why Goldman Sachs alone has been paid hundreds of millions to set up the swaps.
Like California, Greece cannot print its own money; California is stuck with the U.S. dollar; Greece is stuck with the euro. Except that Greek officials wouldn't take no for an answer and found a loophole to print their own money anyway. To understand what happened, here's a crash course on how to print money. In the U.S., it's quite simple: the Federal Reserve buys a security – anything, really, – from a bank and gives them cash in return. That cash is an entry on the balance sheet of the Fed and the bank – voila, that's it, money has been 'virtually' printed. Often these purchases are not permanent in nature, but constitute short-term financing operations where cash is provided by the central bank overnight (these days for longer periods as well).
The "anything" has to be qualified: the Fed is not in the business of taking on credit risk. As a result, the Fed traditionally has bought only government bonds; the credit crisis has watered down the definition of what the Fed may buy, but it remains committed to the principle.
In Europe, there is no central government that issues its own debt. When the European Central Bank (ECB) hands out cash, it is in return for qualifying collateral. Traditionally, government bonds of eurozone governments have been accepted. As a result, when the Greek government would issue debt, a bank that bought the debt could exchange it for cash. For Greece, this mechanism proved too tempting. While Greece can't directly print its own money, it could coerce a local bank to buy its bonds; this bank can then deposit the bonds with the ECB in return for a 'pre-approved' loan. The overall setup is more complex and involved – you guessed it – Goldman Sachs and the National Bank of Greece (NBG), a Greek private bank, were instrumental in the process. In a complex series of arrangements, a special purpose subsidiary of NBG, Titlos, facilitated access to €5.1 billion for Greece.
While everyone seems to have been calling for the end of the eurozone, we have been far more optimistic than most. The reason is that while everyone seems to be cheating left and right, that's certainly not a European, but a global characteristic. At least Europe has a process to encourage fiscal restraint – in the U.S., the federal government seems only bound by populist support or backlash.
In the eurozone, it is far more difficult to spend or print money than in the U.S.; as a result, we expect economic growth in the eurozone to lag, but the currency to be far stronger. Will Greece default? We don't have a crystal ball either, but do know that a country is different from an investment bank: investment banks evaporate; countries bleed. Greece will never become the poster child of the European Union, but we believe Greece will ultimately be seen for what it is: a country comprising 2% of eurozone GDP. That's because, in our assessment, in case of Greek default, the ECB would provide unlimited liquidity to the banking system to avoid a spillover effect. We have already seen the emergency measures of the ECB in effect and, in our view, they work to keep institutions afloat. We also know that other European countries will do everything in their power to prevent any spillover effect; Germany would, in our assessment, singlehandedly bail out Greece for the sake of preserving peace. However, don't forget Greece hasn't even asked for a bailout at this stage. That's because political reform at home would be impossible to implement if a bailout were lined up.
Greece must be held accountable
That leads us to the one suggestion Greece has made: Greece would like to receive "political support" to lower the country's cost of borrowing; basically, they would like a guarantee by other European countries for their debt. While some sort of guarantee may ultimately be provided to help Greece, we caution that countries should be extremely careful here: in our view, the higher cost of borrowing for Greece reflects the fact that the markets have stepped in where policy makers have failed.
For too many years, countries with irresponsible fiscal policies enjoyed too low interest rates. It should be apparent by now that governments will find ways to bend the rules to spend money. Just as it is impossible in the U.S. to create a watchdog that will prevent the next crisis, it is impossible to successfully implement a regulatory mechanism that forces governments to play by the rules. The only mechanism that works is a market based one: the higher cost of borrowing for Greece reflects their lack of fiscal discipline. Germany, in contrast, enjoys a lower cost of borrowing than the U.S. these days because of credible austerity measures.
Greece's audacious maneuver to print its own money – fools' gold – by abusing the ECB funding mechanism shows that we must rely on the markets to help where ethics break down. Note that the ECB was familiar with the scheme Greece had devised; we can only imagine that the ECB accepted it because it too believed markets would ultimately price Greece's debt and provide the appropriate answer. At the same time, it is now imperative that the ECB stick by its word to only accept Greece's debt as collateral if its credit rating remains adequate. Greece must be held accountable for its actions. Conversely, it is not helpful for government officials of other eurozone countries to try to micro-manage Greece's fiscal policy. Let Greece manage its own affairs in context of its obligations as directed by the European Commission, but let them pay its price for any mismanagement through a higher cost of borrowing. There are risk friendly investors in the markets that will be willing to extend loans to Greece – at the right price. Money managers from the world's largest institutions are calling for a bailout – of course they are: they own Greek debt and would like European taxpayers to make their holdings appreciate in value.
However, the best incentive for governments to get their house in order is to have the market reward them with a lower cost of borrowing. In practice, the world is not black and white. Let's monitor how Greece's Olympic ambitions play out. While not without risks, we believe the current environment may be a unique buying opportunity for the euro. Throughout the financial crisis, policy makers responded with spending and printing money. As growth is sputtering, we believe the floodgates of cheap money are likely to remain wide open for a considerable period. In that context, the Fed has proved far more "efficient" than the ECB in printing money. In that process, we believe, the U.S. dollar will sooner rather than later resume its downward trend.
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With more than 70 employees, Full Vision manufactures various items, including Trackmaster Treadmills, cab enclosures for pieces of machinery, and various other metal fabrication products.
Since 1997, the company's sales have grown more than 300 percent, according to the release. The Bensons will continue to manage the company during the transition period.
Bruce Armstrong of Menke and Associates in San Francisco, who advised the Bensons on the transition, said in the release that most employee stock option plans start at about the 30 percent ownership level.
"The Full Vision (plan) is one of the few cases nationally where all the company's stock will be acquired by the employee group," Armstrong said. "This is a wonderful opportunity for Full Vision employees to build equity for their retirement future."
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Nailing it: Construction camp teaches and inspires girls
"The students don't ask, 'When will I ever use this?' Through the camp activities, they see firsthand how applied math makes sense."
Nailing it: Construction camp teaches and inspires girls "The students don't ask, 'When will I ever use this?' Through the camp activities, they see firsthand how applied math makes sense." Check out this story on desmoinesregister.com: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/education/2019/07/12/iowa-department-education-des-moines-public-schools-construction-camp-trades-girls/1704164001/
Iowa Department of Education, Special to the Register Published 6:54 a.m. CT July 12, 2019
Des Moines metro girls attend a week-long construction summer camp to learn hands-on skills and career opportunities. (Photo: Iowa Department of Education/Special to the Register)
Twenty-three Des Moines metro middle and high school girls explored tools of the trade at a weeklong summer camp aimed at exposing them to in-demand career opportunities in construction.
Sponsored by the Iowa Department of Education, Des Moines Public Schools, Homebuilders of Iowa and Turner Construction, the Construction Camp for Girls is helping to break down stereotypes, foster interest and expose students to in-demand career opportunities where females have traditionally been underrepresented.
"We have a shortage of workers in the skilled trades in Iowa and across the country," said Jeremy Lindquist, training director for Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 33 in Des Moines. "To build our talent pipeline, we need to reach students at a younger age and show them that these are high-demand, good-paying jobs."
Women account for less than 10 percent of all U.S. construction workers and just over 12 percent of all construction workers in Iowa. The camp aims to introduce girls to careers that they might never have considered.
Raising awareness of high-demand jobs, such as those in the skilled trades, is in line with the Future Ready Iowa initiative, which is about growing a skilled workforce statewide by connecting Iowans to the education and training needed for rewarding careers.
"I didn't realize all that is involved," said Jaci Menke, a sophomore at Ankeny High School. "I took a construction class last year and I am thinking about going into architecture. I thought the camp would help me understand all the parts."
The students spent each morning at Des Moines Public School Central Campus to learn more about work-based learning and apprenticeship opportunities and to hear from women who are working in construction fields. Each afternoon, the students focused on a different skilled trade, toured partner facilities and participated in hands-on activities in construction, carpentry, plumbing, masonry and electrical.
Kyra Saragaglia, who teaches math at Johnston Middle School, said that the hands-on activities really help students connect classroom learning to the world of work.
"The students don't ask, 'When will I ever use this?' Through the camp activities, they see firsthand how applied math makes sense," Saragaglia said.
Hearing from women in the field is important to help students see how careers in construction can fit girls and boys, women and men. Kiya Boozell, a fourth-year apprentice with the Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 33, said students need to see that there are multiple pathways to success.
After earning her associate degree, Boozell enrolled in a welding class at Des Moines Area Community College. Her instructor saw her potential and encouraged her to check out the plumbers and steamfitters.
"After I graduated from high school, I really didn't know what I wanted to do," Boozell said. "My welding instructor was instrumental in getting me to see that I could make a career in the skilled trades. It is good for the younger generation to see that college is one option, but not the only option to gain the skills and knowledge needed for a rewarding career."
Students whose interests are piqued are encouraged to continue to explore the skilled trades by taking more math and technical courses through high school, all of which help prepare them for the job. Ultimately, this can help fill Iowa's skilled worker shortage, too.
For Summer Haltom, a freshman at North High School in Des Moines, family members working in the trades encouraged her to learn more. The camp is helping her to explore those interests.
"My teacher told me about the camp, but my brother really got me interested. He has taken classes in auto mechanics and heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC)," Haltom said. "I really just wanted to learn more, and the hands-on experiences have been great."
For students who decide to explore the skilled trades after high school, Lindquist said these good-paying jobs are just waiting to be filled.
"We need more skilled workers now more than we ever have," Lindquist said. "Not only are these good-paying jobs, they are the jobs that keep Iowa running."
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Sounders FC selects defender Jimmy Ockford with No. 21 overall pick in MLS SuperDraft
The Sounders have taken defenders with their top two picks in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft, selecting Louisville center back Jimmy Ockford with the No. 21 overall pick in the second round.
Pretty clear Seattle wanted to get younger on defense.
Ockford, 21, is from the Philadelphia area, so he had a cheering section of friends and family in attendance.
"It's unbelievable," he said of being drafted, noting he's worked his whole life for this moment.
It says Ockford is a "talented rapper" in his player bio. That void has obviously been left by Steve Zakuani, and Ockford, while rusty, said he would partake in a rap battle if called upon.
Here is a link to Ockford's highlight reel, and posted below is a piece on the defender when he was at Mount St. Mary's:
JIMMY OCKFORD
(Being drafted has to be every kid's dream. What does this feel like right now?) "It's unbelievable. It's crazy just to think I've been working towards this my whole life. I've dedicated my life to soccer and the hard work and dedication I put into it, it's just great that it showed and I got great results from it."
(Did you have family with you at the draft?) "I am from the Philadelphia area, so my whole family was here. My friends, they were here supporting me. It was great that they were here and were that loud for me. It really made for a nice present."
(What do you know about the Sounders?) "I know it's a great soccer city and the fans are really dedicated. A lot of fans every game will come out—40,000, which is amazing—and it's just great to see that in the United States now."
(How would you describe your playing style?) "I'm hoping I can be a good physical presence coming in. I know there will be a lot of bigger guys, but if I keep working towards that, I think I can do well there. I've played midfield and forward, so I'm good with my feet. I feel comfortable in the back with my feet. I'm good in the air, and on set pieces I've scored a few goals off corners and free kicks, so I'm looking to score a few goals."
(Did you have any contact with the Sounders before the MLS combine? Did you go to the Las Vegas combine?) "Before the combine, I actually got invited to the Sounders invitational combine in Las Vegas, but I did not attend that because of the MLS combine, so obviously I was looking forward to that. I'd heard good feedback from my two coaches, Ken (Lolla) and Mario (Sanchez), who were in contact with the Sounders. They said nothing but good things — that I've heard. I met with (the Sounders) at the combine, which was good, too. They said they liked the way I play and they like who I am. So I'm excited."
(You're listed as a talented rapper in your player profile. Is that accurate?) "It's been a while, but we'll see what happens with that. Maybe a little rusty."
(So will there be any rap battle in training camp?) "If I have to, why not?"