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Q: Float/Double comparison not working in Solar System simulation I am making a simple game/simulation of the solar system (just the Sun, Earth, and the Moon) using SDL2. I am using a floating point to represent the degrees of Earth relative to the Sun (i.e. 0 deg is east, 90 deg is down apparently, etc.). When I try to lock the value between 0 and 360, it doesn't work.
I currently cap the simulation at 90 fps and want 1 revolution per 60 seconds.
// The desired FPS and the number of milliseconds (ticks) between frame draws.
const int FPS = 90;
const int TICKS_PER_FRAME = 1000 / FPS;
// The number of seconds it will take for Earth to make one revolution around the sun.
const int EARTH_REVOLUTION_IN_SECONDS = 1 * 60;
// Number of degrees per millisecond for the Earth.
const float EARTH_DEGREES_PER_MILLISECOND = (float)EARTH_REVOLUTION_IN_SECONDS / 360000.0f;

I place the Earth about 1/3 the height of the computer screen away from the Sun, start the Earth at 0.0 degrees, and start a timer.
   // The distance from the Sun's center to the Earth's center. This will be
   // a quarter of the screen height (presumed to be the smaller dimension).
   int distSunToEarth = resolution_y * 0.3;

   // Starting degrees of Earth relative to the Sun. 0.0 degrees is East.
   float earthDegrees = 0.0f;

   // Amount of time between now and the last frame draw.
   Uint32 deltaTime = 0;
   // The start time. No frames have been drawn yet.
   Uint32 startedTime = SDL_GetTicks();
   // Set current time to the started time.
   Uint32 currentTime = startedTime;

At the begin of the main loop, I check if the amount of time that has passed is greater than the amount of time that are supposed to be between frames.
   // Get the current time in milliseconds.
   currentTime = SDL_GetTicks();
   // Calculate how much time has passed since the last frame draw.
   deltaTime = currentTime - startedTime;

   // If the amount of time that has passed is greater than our desired
   // delay between frames, draw the next frame.
   if (deltaTime > TICKS_PER_FRAME) {
      /* Draw Frame */
   }

Here is the logic for drawing and moving the Earth. earthDegrees should stay between 0 and 360, but it doesn't. The code still reports that it is within those values however.
   /* Earth */

   // Determine the center of the Earth. Start from the Sun's center and calculate the
   // x and y values relative to it using Soh-Cah-Toa (Yay, trigonometry!). The degrees must
   // be converted to radians using <degrees> * PI / 180.
   int earthCenterX = backgroundCenterX + (distSunToEarth * cos(earthDegrees * M_PI / 180));
   int earthCenterY = backgroundCenterY + (distSunToEarth * sin(earthDegrees * M_PI / 180));

   // Determine the x and y values needed to center the Earth sprite at the above coordinates.
   int earthSpriteX = earthCenterX - (earthSpriteSheet.GetClipWidth() / 2);
   int earthSpriteY = earthCenterY - (earthSpriteSheet.GetClipHeight() / 2);

   // Render the next frame.
   earthSpriteSheet.RenderNextFrame(earthSpriteX, earthSpriteY);

   // Move the Earth aroudn the Sun. Multiply the number of milliseconds that
   // have passed by the number of degrees the Earth moves per millisecond.
   earthDegrees += ((float)deltaTime * EARTH_DEGREES_PER_MILLISECOND);

   //printf("degrees: %f.\n", (float)deltaTime * EARTH_DEGREES_PER_MILLISECOND);
   //printf("earthDegrees: %f.\n\n", earthDegrees);

   // If the degrees become negative, loop back to 360.
   //
   // e.g. if earthDegrees become -2.5 degrees, the new degrees would be:
   // 360 deg - abs(-2.5 deg) => 357.5 deg.
   if (earthDegrees < 0.0)
   {
       printf("Less than 0.0");
       earthDegrees = 360.0f - abs(earthDegrees);
   }
   // Else if the Earth becomes greater than 2PI, round back to 0.
   //
   // e.g. if degrees become 362.5, the new degrees would be:
   // 362.5 deg - 360 deg => 2.5 deg.
   else if (earthDegrees > 360.0f)
   {
       printf("Greater than 360.0");
       earthDegrees = earthDegrees - 360.0;
   }
   else if (earthDegrees >= 0.0f && earthDegrees <= 360.0f)
   {
       printf("Between 0 and 360\n");
   }

   printf("earthDegrees: %d.\n", earthDegrees);

   /*
   ...
   Render code
   ...
   */

   // Reset the started time and current time to now.
   startedTime = SDL_GetTicks();
   currentTime = startedTime;
   // Reset the change in time to 0.
   deltaTime = 0;

This is the output of the code. Despite the fact that earthDegrees is not within 0 and 360, the else-if statement that checks if it is between 0 and 360 evaluates to true.

What am I doing wrong?

A: printf("earthDegrees: %d.\n", earthDegrees); doesn't print float it prints integers.
Try printf("earthDegrees: %f.\n", earthDegrees);


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# Journal of Self-Evaluation

I've been journaling more four years, one entry a day. I've skipped a few days here or there, but I go back and fill them in. The entries capture my daily mood, or current obsession, or the thing that's been worrying me. Sometimes, I go back to some old entries and reflect upon myself of where I was a year ago, two years ago, or perhaps just last week. That window is a primary source of information, and not jumbled by my own bias of how I want to reconstruct the past. I've surprised myself many times before when I read these entries because I've reconstructed my memories of how I've felt, like we all do, glamorizing the pleasurable moments and hiding from our darkness.

These entries were always free form, sometimes filled with art, or rants about politics, or quotes I really like from a book I'm reading. Two weeks ago, I decided to take a break from this free form method and experiment with a Q&A format where I would ask myself a series of questions, like "What are you grateful for?", "What would you do differently?", and "What do you anticipate for today?". Here's a glimpse into some of those entries.

### July 27th, 2015

> What am I grateful for?
>
> I'm grateful I was able to exercise this morning and that I remembered, even though I was late, to text my cousin "Happy Birthday".

For those who really matter to me in life, I've tried to reach out to them on their birthday. It's these little things in life that I cherish the most.

### July 30th, 2015

> Anything you'd do differently?
>
> Don't drunk order chicken wings at my local pizza restaurant — terrible wings. Also, don't hesitate to go to the waiter and ask where your order is.

First, don't get drunk on a Wednesday night. I was working the next day and had regrets the next morning. Secondly, the drunk mindset makes things up, like thinking the the food staff takes thirty minutes to make six chicken wings when in fact, the order was up and I just didn't pester the waiter about where my food was.

### August 6th, 2015

> What could you take what you learned this week and apply it to the next week?
>
> Start writing earlier and not be so hung up by the menial things. The little concerns I have throughout the day doesn't mean much, so I should take the time to practice mindfulness.

That's well said. Although contrary to the initial piece of advice, I'm writing this after work on Monday night when I should have finished this piece of writing the night before. But, as the second sentence says, I'm not sweating it.

Looking back at these entries, they're more legible and start to tell a story about the day and sets the mood for what I was feeling. Over the years, I've learned that's what I gain from writing everyday, an insight into my past behaviors, connecting dots of how the larger picture looks.

Do you keep a journal? Do you write everyday? Do you ever go back and read what you wrote?

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The Two-Character Play
The Two-Character Play by Tennessee Williams | Directed by L. Zane Jones
Tennessee Williams' bold, dangerous drama The Two-Character Play follows the journey of Clare and Felice, sibling actors with a questionable grasp on reality. Trapped in a theatre on the day of a performance, they find themselves abandoned by their theatre troupe and forced to perform in front of a hostile audience. As they get lost in the play, they begin to rewrite the script in an attempt to face their demons and make sense of their lives.
"Unless the playwright contrives in some way to relate the dimensions of his tragedy to the dimensions of the world in which time is included - he will be left among his magnificent debris on a dark stage, muttering to himself. This play expresses the repeated but ultimately unanswered calls of two characters to each other and to a world that remains inaccessible and hostile to them." - Tennessee Williams
Robin Jones & Sam Read in The Two-Character Play (Photo: Mike Hipple)
Previews: July 8-9, 2015 | Performances: July 10 - August 1, 2015
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A little taste of the world of 'The Two-Character Play.' Critics and audiences are raving! Don't miss your chance to see it! Only 7 performances left. Info & tickets at http://www.civicrep.org/
Posted by CIVIC REP on Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Robin Jones as Clare
Sam Read as Felice
L. Zane Jones
Scenic Design
Angie Harrison
Thorn Michaels
Andy Swan
Jonathan Shue
Thea Cooper
Shane Goldbaum-Unger
Mike Hipple
Dramaturgical Statement
We tell and retell our histories as a means of identifying ourselves, of relating to one another and, in the case of trauma, of coping with our pasts in order to move on from them. In The Two-Character Play we encounter siblings Clare and Felice who, over the course of the play, thread their way in and out of an intricate, re-scripted version of reality that they have invented as a means of coming to terms with their tragic history.
In one of their invented scenarios they are actors backstage in a theater. But to think of The Two-Character Play as belonging to the tradition of a play-within-a- play would be a mistake. This play is more along the lines of an authorial confession than a demonstration of clever literary architecture. It shares more artistic DNA with Ionesco and Albee than with Shakespeare or Shaw. It may be the least contrived of all of Williams's work, more about unmasking than masking. This play poses questions for which there are no easy answers.
The Two-Character Play was written and rewritten over the course of ten years: a dark period for Williams as he struggled with drug and alcohol addiction, suffered the loss of his lover, was briefly institutionalized, and experienced the abandonment of his work by critics and audiences. It is considered to be one of his most autobiographical works, inspired by his relationship with his sister Rose, who was institutionalized most of her life.
It was a turbulent decade for the world as well. The Two-Character Play premiered in 1975, an age of revolutionary ideas and political change, an age of transgression and transformation. Williams was undoubtedly influenced by this atmosphere. While The Two-Character Play represents a clear departure from the naturalism of his earlier plays, we recognize many of the recurring themes of his work: confinement, mental illness, brutality, disorientation and reorientation.
The Two-Character Play raises the existential questions of humanity: Who are we? Why are we here? How and when will we die? The human race is defined and confined by these questions. In this play Clare and Felice are literally confined (they discover that the theater doors are locked from the outside), and defined by their confinement. From this predicament they have three possible ways out. They can die, either by their own volition or by surrendering to the inevitable. They can choose madness (by investing ever more deeply into the alternative reality of their invented scenes). Or they can transcend themselves (by overcoming their agoraphobic limitations and leaving the building). In the course of the play they attempt all three.
It's no accident that The Two-Character Play is Tennessee Williams's least known work. It is, in part, an exercise in disorientation for the audience, and producers have been reluctant to take on this morass of a play. That Williams was brave enough to write it is commendable, particularly since both his critics and the public at large wanted more of the winning work that had made him famous, works like A Streetcar Named Desire and The Glass Menagerie and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. But Williams was a true artist. He was more committed to creativity than to success. As compared with his previous work, The Two-Character Play was a flop in both of its iterations (it was initially published under the title Outcry). Williams himself considered it a masterpiece, saying it was his most beautiful play since Streetcar.
So why the disconnect between the playwright's view of the play and the world's view of it? Is it because his mind was addled by addiction? Or is it because the subject matter is so vexingly complex and mysterious? And what is the subject matter anyway? Love? Life? Death? This play presents us with words that are not spoken (the word "confined") and props that are hidden (a gun); with imaginary doors into the real world and real doors into imaginary worlds. Ultimately, this is a play about questions rather than answers. Like life itself, it is a narrative that one experiences rather than understands, at least in the moment. Williams limns Claire and Felice's frail and poignant grasp of their situation, and dares to take us inside it, knowing that there is no trail of breadcrumbs for the audience to follow, but trusting us to come along.
But despite their dire circumstances, Clare and Felice have each other. As Felice says, "There's no such thing as an inescapable corner with two people in it." Civic Rep's production sets the dramatic action between two banks of audience seating, so that the audience faces itself just as Clare and Felice do. There is no better way to join Clare and Felice in their private sanctum of fear and fantasy, no better perspective from which to witness these two delicate, creative people doing their damaged best to take care of each other under difficult circumstances. Here Williams draws forth a story of tenderness from trauma, taking his audience on a tour of an imaginary castle, built of the wreckage of the real. The playwright's distinctively lyrical language rings in the gossamer half-light of the empty rooms.
"Is it possible that The Two-Character Play doesn't have an ending?" Clare asks Felice, then answers herself a few lines later, "Things do end, they do actually have to."
Tennessee Williams said that The Two-Character Play would be his last full-length play. It was.


If you come to the psalms with a serious mind, and look with the spirit of understanding, you will find there the word of the Lord incarnate, suffering, risen, and ascended . . . you will find every virtue in the psalms, if you deserve to find the mercy of God in revealing to you their secrets.


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When I was a kid I'd hear about hypnotists who traveled from city to city, putting on shows in front of huge audiences. Invariably someone would claim that the hypnotist called a member of the audience to the stage, put him under, and made him walk like a chicken for everyone's amusement, clucking and flapping his arms like wings. Supposedly the chicken-walker never remembers the experience. Finally built a story on that very powerful (and very silly) image.
1st Sentence: You, there, the lady in the pale green….
Favorite Sentence: Disappearing into the cradling dark, the easy easy nothing.
Update: My friend Amy Souza came calling not long after I wrote this story, wondering if I could contribute a short fiction to her latest round of SPARK. "Like the Chicken She Is" served as the inspiration for the piece pictured above, "Vanishing Act" by Sandy Coleman, and for a piece by Amanda Brainerd (page down past the art and you'll see the story in its entirety). Beautiful work, Ladies!
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Moving to Sedona was the only way Ivy could think of to start over. She would meet her high school sweetheart and work on making things right between them. Her psychic abilities were gradually becoming a curse and she needed a new start. Little does she know that when she applies for a waitressing job at a local, upscale French bistro, she will come in contact with the dark and mysterious Eli Dubois. What she doesn't realize is she has just walked into the middle of the Vortex Murders, which involve a great deal of paranormal activity. Elijah's armies of seers are being murdered, one by one, which seems to be magnifying Ivy's special abilities.
Eli's best friend, Jake, arrives on the scene and reveals the secret that changes everything. With nowhere to turn, Ivy leans on the two men who offer her solace. And who is the old woman in the shroud? Is she a vision, a dream, or is she real? Only time will tell.
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Ivy Vines was just your typical kid; at least she was until her thirteenth birthday. Her friend Gina brought over an Ouija board for their group of friends to play with. After their first experience, Gina reaches the revelation that Ivy has a sixth sense, and as they continue to play, all hell breaks loose…literally! Now, its several years later and Ivy is ready for a fresh. She moves to Sedona to live with her best friend Simone, and rekindle her romance with ex-boyfriend Michael. Unfortunately things aren't what they seem, and Ivy's sixth sense has been reawakened. Will she be able to survive this nightmare? Who is this old woman that keeps appearing to her?
What can I say about this book? I was completely engrossed from the very beginning. I loved the fact that this paranormal romance was unique in the storyline. There's witches, demons, seers, shape shifters and of course the devil himself. The story flowed wonderfully, and I was at the edge of my seat wondering what would happen next. There's lots of romance, including a love triangle. This was a great action packed novel, and I'm eagerly anticipating book two, I can't wait to see what happens next!
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Dozens of senators attempted to take swipes at Mark Zuckerberg in his debut on Capitol Hill. None appeared to land a significant blow.
The Facebook CEO formally apologized to Congress on Tuesday for mistakes that led to the Cambridge Analytica scandal and stressed that his company is rethinking its responsibility to users and society.
"It's clear now that we didn't do enough to prevent these tools from being used for harm as well. That goes for fake news, foreign interference in elections, and hate speech, as well as developers and data privacy," Zuckerberg said in opening remarks before a joint hearing of the Senate Judiciary and Commerce committees.
"We didn't take a broad enough view of our responsibility and that was a big mistake," he continued. "It was a big mistake. And I'm sorry. I started Facebook. I run it and I'm responsible for what happens here."
During the five-hour hearing, he fielded questions on Facebook's data collection practices, the company's alleged monopoly power and his views on regulating internet companies.
But with 44 senators asking questions, an unusually high number, and just five minutes of time allotted for each, there was limited potential for followup questions to and grilling of the CEO.
Perhaps the most memorable line of the afternoon came from Sen. John Kennedy, who slammed Facebook for its complicated terms of service agreement.
"Your user agreement sucks," said Kennedy, a Republican representing Louisiana. "It's not to inform your users about their rights. I'm going to suggest to you that you go back home and rewrite it."
Zuckerberg did stumble in answering a couple questions, including how Facebook staff came to the decision not to notify users of the Cambridge Analytica data issue when it first came to light in 2015.
On the whole, however, investors appeared to like his performance. Facebook (FB) stock ended the day up 4.5%.
The appearance marks the first time that Zuckerberg has testified before Congress. Zuckerberg, 33, swapped his usual gray t-shirt and jeans attire for a dark blue suit and light blue tie.
"It's extraordinary to hold a joint committee hearing. It's even more extraordinary to have a single CEO testify before nearly half the United States Senate," said Sen. John Thune, chairman of the Commerce Committee. "Then again, Facebook is extraordinary."
When Thune pressed on why people should trust him now, after years of his promises to do better, Zuckerberg admitted that "we have made a lot of mistakes in running the company."
"It's pretty much impossible to start a company in your dorm room and grow it to the scale we are at now without making some mistakes," he said. Now, however, "I would say we are going through a broader philosophical shift in how we run the company."
For most of its history, Facebook focused on "building tools," he said. Now, Facebook recognizes the need to "take a more proactive role."
The Congressional hearings come nearly a month after news broke that Cambridge Analytica, a data firm with ties to President Donald Trump's campaign, accessed information from as many as 87 million Facebook users without their knowledge.
The data scandal wiped away tens of billions of dollars from Facebook's market value, prompted political scrutiny on both sides of the Atlantic and even raised the once-unthinkable question of whether Zuckerberg should step down as CEO. It also reignited long-simmering concerns about Facebook's impact on the world's privacy, civil discourse and domestic institutions.
Zuckerberg will testify again on Wednesday before the House Energy and Commerce Committee
While Zuckerberg took responsibility for Facebook's shortcomings in preventing abuse of the platform, he pushed back at the notion that Facebook is a monopoly and reiterated that Facebook sees itself as a tech company rather than a media company.
"I agree that we're responsible for the content, but we don't produce the content," he said.
The distinction is more than semantic. It speaks to the responsibility that Facebook has historically felt regarding policing content on its platform — or, more accurately, the lack thereof.
He also defended the company's core business model: Using personal data to target ads.
"We think offering an ad-supported service is the most aligned with our mission to connect everyone in the world. We want to offer a free service that everyone can afford," he said.
However, Zuckerberg said there "will always be a version" of the social network that is free, leaving some room for the possibility of a paid service.
Not all senators were convinced by Zuckerberg's assurances, stressing the need for regulation.
"We've seen the apology tours before," said Sen. Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat from Connecticut. "My reservation about your testimony today is I don't see how you can change your business model unless there are specific rules of the road…. enforced by an outside agency."
Zuckerberg, for his part, said he was open to regulation generally, including requiring companies to notify users of data breaches within 72 hours. But he conceded that pushing for more regulation could actually end up benefiting big companies like Facebook, possibly at the expense of the next Facebook.
"Part of the challenge with regulation, in general, is that when you add more rules that companies need to follow, that's something that a larger company like ours has the resources to do," he said.
In the days leading up to the hearings, Facebook released a torrent of product and policy updates to address concerns about data privacy and election meddling. Zuckerberg, once press-shy, also launched an apology tour as part of a rare media blitz.
Behind the scenes, Zuckerberg and his team did mock hearings over the past week in a conference room at Facebook set up to look like a congressional hearing room. Zuckerberg plans to be contrite in his appearances before lawmakers. He will make the case for Facebook — why it helps people's lives — but be ready to push back when appropriate.
"He's nervous, but he's really confident," the source said. "He's a smart guy."
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Roberta Warshaw Art and Design: We are In!
Last week was completely insane. There were so many ups and downs with the closing that I can't even begin to go into it. I think we live in an age where we get instant gratification all the time. We get used to it. We order something online and it is at our front door the next day. We turn on the TV and we can watch whatever we want to, whenever we want to. Well, I am here to say, home buying just isn't like that. There is no such thing as instant gratification in purchasing a home no matter how good your credit is! There are more things that can go wrong at any given moment that it is mind boggling. There were a couple of days where we thought it just was not going to happen after all. We were on an emotional roller coaster all week. My poor husband was trying to work remotely as well so he was really getting stressed out!
But after all the craziness we did eventually sign the papers and move in. And what a dream come true for us both. First of all the condo is 300 square feet bigger that our condo back in Boston. It has a fabulous porch with ceiling fans. In fact there are ceiling fans in every room! It is so open and airy! Since the weather has been so warm, I have been going swimming every evening at sundown. It is a great time to swim since everyone has left for the day and I get the place to myself.
There are so many varieties of birds and lizards on the property it is quite incredible! Our upstairs neighbor was watering his plants the other day and it was dripping onto our porch. Suddenly there was a humongous Desert Spiny Lizard licking up all the water! It was hilarious! He was so fat! When I lived in Florida we had lizards but they were mostly small and skinny! This guy looked like Godzilla! He was staring at me and I at him. Neither of us moved. Once I was certain he was not a Gila monster I relaxed some!
My husband had to leave on Sunday and I am here alone for another week. And although I do miss him, this is a really great thing for me to be doing. I don't ever get to be alone. Ever. I have spent my entire life taking care of others with very little time to do things by myself. I even cooked lamb burgers for myself tonight since if I cook them at home noses get turned up immediately so that I don't even bother!
I also have an adorable little rental car! Although today I parked it in the grocery store parking lot and when I came out there were about six of them and I couldn't figure out which one was mine! Oh dear!
It sounds like you've made a great move. Enjoy your week!
Your blog brought me back to a similar experience when we purchased our home - never thought all the paperwork etc. would come to an end!
Ah but the great relief when it's over - Enjoy and all the best in your home and may it be a source of inspiration.
Welcome to the desert, Roberta!


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Business success is never an accident. It's a result of a perfect storm of ideas, innovation, and implementation. One overlooked factor in this potpourri of factors is employee happiness.
It's quite simple, a happy and positive employee is also likely to be a productive one. Free of the oppression of micro-management, he or she is loyal and persistent and works hard and learns from mistakes. Every day, this employee aspires for perfection.
Some proven ways of building a happy workforce are to provide incentives and rewards to boost productivity. Let's look at some smart strategies to increase engagement.
Host an Employee Recognition Awards Night
Host a big event night in a hotel ballroom, complete with an emcee, trophies, and entertainment. Make it a red-carpet event.
This once-a-year, night-to-remember employee recognition awards night will provide a cornucopia of benefits. It will play a mission-critical role in jazzing up your employees. How? By boosting your staff's morale. By giving everyone a chance to socialize in a glitzy setting. And by offering your people a new image of your company: a fun place to work.
Encourage Friendly Competition
Fierce competition is a useful way to manage a project. It's a subtle way of encouraging two or more teams to get enthused about a company project. And it's possible to avoid conflict between teams by setting the right tone.
After setting up a stretch goal, providing guidelines on what project to complete, and establishing a deadline, then all you have to do provide honest feedback on performance.
Naturally, there should be some reward after the project is completed. This can range from a meaningful cash award to providing a paid vacation to an exotic location.
Catch People Doing the Right Things
Ken Blanchard, the management guru, has a unique way to build up company morale. He suggests reversing the corporate trend of managers catching people doing something wrong with the intention of correcting behavior, encouraging productivity, and increasing efficiency.
It's easy enough for managers to spot employees messing up. Besides catching them in the act of doing something the wrong way, they also have statistical data to notice when things go awry. Criticizing someone on the floor or calling them into the office to chastise them in private has the opposite of the intended effect. Instead of encouraging productivity, it increases disengagement, and instead of improving efficiency, it creates more nervous ineptitude.
What works is using observation and metrics to notice when someone is doing something right and commenting on it. Instead of making discouraging comments, managers should make encouraging statements. When people feel good about themselves and the work that they're doing, they're more likely to self-correct any performance glitches.
Provide Employee Training
In truth, everyone wants to do a good job. Often when they don't, it's not because they don't care but because they don't know how to do things in a better way. The difference that makes a difference when it comes to boosting employee performance is training.
Employees who receive the in-house coaching and training that they need stop doing the things that don't work and start doing things that do work. If you can improve knowledge and skills across a wide range of employee tasks, there will be a net improvement in company productivity. Strengthening a wide range of employees' skills strengthens the whole organization.
Reward Big Ideas in the Workplace
Introducing a steady stream of big ideas into your business will help your company grow faster. While its common for businesses to rely on the leadership team to come up with the best ideas, this is not the only source of inspiration and innovation. An executive or manager can only see things from a big picture perspective. Their vision is limited by the role they play in an organization. But workers on the floor or sales reps in direct contact with customers often have a unique perspective on how the business can do things better.
The way to elicit big ideas from every employee is to provide financial incentives and public recognition for each brilliant idea proposed. Collecting ideas can be as simple as setting up suggestion boxes and then handing out generous checks to employees who come up with game-changing ideas.
What do all these incentives and rewards have in common? They recognize employees for their good work. When employees feel appreciated, they become motivated to continuously improve their performance on the job. As a result, productivity improves.
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Q: failed to connect to server when using default instance When trying to connect to a database using the default instance name [server]\[instance] I get:
Cannot connect to RT-WEB\SQLEXPRESS
--> A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL server.  The server was not found or was not accessible.  Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections.  (provider: SQL Network Interfaces, error: 26 - Error Locating Server/Instance Specified)(Microsoft SQL Server)

But if I try to connect to the same server, without including the instance, I am able to connect.  There is only 1 instance of SQL on this server.  This wouldn't be an issue, but I am trying to create a replication subscription for this server, and it wants the instance name when establishing a connection.  Error from that screen:
Cannot connect to RT-WEB
-->SQL Server replication requires the actual server name to make a connection to the server.  Specify the actual server name, 'RT-WEB\SQLEXPRESS'. (Replication.Utilities)

It is the case that RT-WEB is an alias from the hosts file, but when I use the server's IP I get the exact same error, including suggested server name.

A: Because you can connect without naming the instance, that tells me that your instance is running, and is listening on the default TCP port of 1433.
Because you can not connect when naming the instance, that tells me that either the SQL Browser service is not running on the server, or that UDP 1434 is blocked between the client and the server. (For a client to connect to an instance by name, it needs to use UDP port 1434 to talk to the SQL Browser service on the server in order to find out what port that instance is using.)
So, check that the SQL Browser service is running on the server, and that any firewalls between the client and the server are configured to allow traffic on UDP port 1434.

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Cat Stark
Daily Prompt: Microphone
From Inside the Grey House:
Vincent pulled Natalia out into the hall, yelling his frustrations. He had no idea why she killed the Slayer and had no idea why that disturbed look was on her face. It was as if her one and only hope had been torn from her very soul. Mierka was in the cell, feeling for the Slayer's pulse. If there was any indication of life, she could turn him, and they could continue to question him. When Mierka shook her head and looked over, Vincent bared his teeth and snarled.
"Natalia. Natalia! Snap out of it. What did he do?" His voice was a cacophony of annoyance, frustration and concern. He was trying to be gentle, but the main Slayer was dead and Mierka had informed him that the other two could not talk. He needed to know what happened in the cell. The microphones hadn't picked anything up; they had spoken too quietly.
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Q: What is the difference between crc32 and crc32b? Apparently the PHP function hash() can be called with the algorithms crc32 and crc32b? What is the difference between them?

A: Two different algorithms. CRC32b is an implementation of the consistency algorithm defined here, whereas CRC32 is the frame check sequence defined here. They're different things, though the differences are not often big.
One way to check this:
<?php
echo hash("crc32", __FILE__)."<br/>";
echo hash("crc32b", __FILE__); ?>

Due to their similarity, the starting hex values will be relatively similar.

A: As per answer by apm on php.net: "I have verified that the output of the "crc32" is the ITU I.363.5 algorithm (a.k.a. AAL5 CRC - popularised by BZIP2 but also used in ATM transmissions - the algorithm is the same as that in POSIX 1003.2-1992 in Cksum but that stuffs the size into the CRC at the end for extra measure). -- The crc32b is the 32-bit Frame Check Sequence of ITU V.42 (used in Ethernet and popularised by PKZip). The output from this CRC is popularised in Intel little endian format and would produce cbf43926 on the same file."
The full comment: http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.hash-file.php#104836

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The difference between crc32 and crc32b is explained on mhash man page. crc32 is the one used on ethernet, while crc32b is the one used on zip, png... They differ on the table used.

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Q: How do I include custom scopes for a given Application in Azure AD's OpenID Connect Metadata discovery endpoint? I have a REST API hosted in Azure App Services that defines custom scopes for restricting access to specific operations in the API to certain groups of users. When accessing the Azure's OpenID Connect Metadata discovery endpoint however, I can't seen to find a way to see my custom scopes for the API (or any API consumer registered in Azure). How do I make it so that my custom scopes show up in the discovery endpoint metadata?
This is the endpoint I'm using:

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*https://login.microsoftonline.com/{my_tenant_id}/v2.0/.well-known/openid-configuration
Obviously, this version of the endpoint concerns the whole tenant, so it makes sense that it would not have visibility about specific API's scopes in there.
However, when using this variation, which specifies the ClientID, I'd expect the data on the payload to concern that specific application:

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*https://login.microsoftonline.com/{my_tenant_id}/v2.0/.well-known/openid-configuration?appid={application_client_id}
This turns out not to be the case: all scopes shown in this endpoint are also the standard ones that AAD always returns for everything else:
"scopes_supported": [
  "openid",
  "profile",
  "email",
  "offline_access"
],

I'd expect one or both of the following to happen:

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*The main endpoint to return the combination of all scopes defined for all applications

*The app-parameterized endpoint to return the scopes for that particular application

Without my custom scopes being present, it is currently impossible to leave it to a client to pick the scopes when using OpenIDConnect connection type, since the application cannot know which scopes to request to AAD after the initial call, which was one of the main points regarding the metadata endpoint from what I understood.

A: I asked this question in the Microsoft.Identity.Web repository and got a reply back from a Microsoft Identity PM that states exposing custom scopes in the metadata endpoint is currently not supported by design.
More information here:

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*https://github.com/AzureAD/microsoft-identity-web/discussions/1689#discussioncomment-2519799
I'll stop using the discovery endpoint in my scenario since it becomes useless if the scopes in it don't match my API scopes.


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Last week I shared the Kitchen Cabinet Makeover that I did using a Anna Damask Cutting Edge Stencil and chalk.
I wanted to take a few minutes to share what I learned while using chalk to fill in a stencil design. I though it might help if you want to try it too. I'll start from the beginning since that makes the most sense. I have KraftMaid Cabinets. I wanted white. Due to budget constraints, I did not get the white cabinets I wanted. Wait. Too far back?
Anyhow… that would be another blessing in disguise, because the cabinets I did get are a better quality then the white I had planned on. Note to self; Remember this… "it almost always works out for the best".
One day last week'ish, I decided I would go for it and paint a section of my cabinets white. They are on the far side of the kitchen. The perfect test area. I used Maison Blanche La Craie paint in Magnolia (white) and painted the upper cabinets. I liked it, so I kept going, but I painted the cabinet backs in La Craie's Wrought Iron (black). It's a calcium carbonate based paint so my Wrought Iron back acts just like a chalkboard. I had a plan. Shocker right? But I did!
I was going to stencil a design on the cabinet backs. And it worked!
1. Wait the recommended amount of time for your paint to cure. I actually (I do not condone this) got my hair dryer out and literally watched the paint dry before my eyes. It was completely awesome! I did still let it sit overnight though before I seasoned it.
2. Next, "Season" your chalkboard surface. This prevents ghosting. To season, get a stick of chalk and hold it sideways, rub the entire surface from top to bottom & side to side with the chalk. I also went criss-cross and everything in between. I wanted it thoroughly seasoned.
3. After you've seasoned, wipe all that chalk off with a soft, dry cloth . Choose something lint free. Do not use paper towels. Afterwards, I vacuumed the bottom shelf to remove all the chalk dust. It makes a bit of a mess.
4. Stenciling; If you decide to move forward and go the stencil route on your new, perfectly seasoned chalkboard, start from the top. That way, any fine dust will fall into an area you have not already worked on.
Learn from me. I started at the bottom.
5. You want to ensure your stencil is level while you work. I used my yellow level. It's lightweight and I love it! I keep it in the house and about growl when Jim wants to use it! Anyhow, I leveled off my stencil when I taped it up for my first pass, and then second repeat pattern. I used Scotch Blue Painters Tape to secure my stencil.
6. How to chalk in your stencil; Outline each small stencil shape and fill in as you go. (this is where the fine dust fell behind the stencil) I did not try using a stencil adhesive because of the nature of the paint I was working on. I was not sure, since it does not have a "finish" on it, if the adhesive would damage the paint.
7. If you are working on a vertical, stationary surface; After the first stencil section was done. I had my husband bring me the air compressor with the fine nozzle. This was a major game changer. I lightly blasted off the fine dust that I did not want marring my design. Then, with with the second section I worked on, as I finished I did a few quick bursts and 99% off the dust was blown away. This helped avoid the "over spray" look. Note; I tried a hair dryer first but it was not strong or concentrated enough. I think canned air like you use to clean your keyboard might work if an air compressor is not handy. Also, the craft brush worked, but that would be fairly tedious and I am not patient enough for that.
8. Making it permanent; You might love your new design so much, you want it to last. A reader suggested misting with a light touch of hair spray if you are worried about the chalk smearing. Mine is out of the way and I don't have to worry about it so I did not test this theory. I do think if you wanted this to be more permanent, that you could tape off and protect the surrounding area and mist with a fine poly spray to set, then fully cover by applying multiple layers.
Whew! I hope you got a useful tip or two out of me sharing what I learned when I did a stencil design with chalk, or learned how to season a chalkboard. And if not, pretend you learned something anyway just to make me happy.
If you have any questions that I did not address make sure and let me know, I'll do my best to answer it if I can.
As always, loved sharing with you!
What a great idea. It's so beautiful, and something we can all do. I am making a chalk board for the first time as we "speak'! I'm so happy you told me to season it. I probably would have just started doodling like crazy because I'm so damn impulsive. lol I was happy to see you over at Looksi today!! Yahoo!! Great work. Love it!
Shannon, that looks so good and I never thought about stenciling with chalk.
I LOVE it!!! What a great idea!!! I seriously would have never thought to use a stencil! Brilliant!!
Love it! I would have never of thought about stensiling on chalk board. Your design turned out great. It is very pretty!
I can! Click on the link "Anna Damask Cutting Edge Stencil" in the first sentence and it'll take you to it 🙂 They are having a sale now too!!
I bet you could Pat! I am going to test out the chalk pens as soon as I get a chance. I'll let you guys know how those work.
Unbelievably cool. Not only do I LOVE the stencil you selected but how you have shared your experience and all the tips with us totally rocks. I am inspired. I have dated old oak cabinets that keep me awake at night…..I am plotting my transformation. I love the look you have created here it is worthy of a magazine spread. Very Romantic. I bet you are so pleased when you look at it. Thank you.
I figured I learned a few things, I better share!! Glad you liked it and thank you for your very kind comment!! I do like it and enjoy the change it offered but that I can change it again, whenever the mood strikes.
You know, if it wasn't vertical and in my cabinet, I could have worked on it much easier. The chalking was simple, it was my location that was a pain 😉 The stencil was a dream. Super nice quality!
Yeah? I really like it, it's so scrolly and flirty!
I just chalkboard painted a background for an old oak frame and purchased a stencil and was planning on trying to stencil it with chalk…what's the odds that today I would find your site with these wonderful tips! Thanks for sharing!!! Love your cabinets and the damask design you chose. The black and white is so striking and looks beautiful with all your white collections!
Oh yeah!? How cool!! I'm planning on trying out the stencil with a chalk pen, just to see how it works. Thanks so much for stopping in.
Hi Shannon, what type of chalk do you recommend, thanks, Terri.
Love what you did with the stencil – thank you for sharing it with us. Awesome!
I totally used regular old crayola white chalk! I am going to try it out with a chalk pen when I get a chance. I'll report back when I do. Thanks you so much!!!
Oh Shannon – I am so glad you did a post about this. First of all, I think you are pretty much a genius for doing a chalk stencil instead of paint. It is so fun that you can change it out when you want! And it looks amazing in your open cabinets. PINNING (of course)!!
WooHoo. I've reached genius status. hahahahaha. Thanks girl. It's more about my inability to commit 😉 I do love it though. Thank you so much for the sweet comment!!
Wow. This is such a great idea. I love the stencil you picked. Makes me want to paint everything with chalkboard paint, right now!!
I know! Me too. I've got a big picture in a gaudy frame, an accent wall… and now the cabinets.
I'm new to your website and I LOVE IT!!!! Thank you.
Come learn how to stencil.. with chalk! I'm sharing what I've learned and some tips so you can get it right the first time.


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Miya Folick je americká zpěvačka, žijící a pracující v Los Angeles. Má japonský a ruský původ a byla vychovávána v buddhistické rodině. Její matka je sociální pracovnice a otec podnikatel. V roce 2015 vydala své první EP s názvem Strange Darling, které o dva roky později následovalo druhé EP Give It to Me. Druhé z nich zařadil server Stereogum mezi pětadvacet nejlepších EP roku 2017. Na její první dlouhohrající desce Premonitions (2018) se jako producenti podíleli Justin Raisen a Yves Rothman.

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Q: GRUB2 theme looks broken after update (2.02->2.04) Coming from Grub 2.02, and upgrading to 2.04, adding it to our TFTP server for PXE booting; I built the new grub2 image as in:
 /tmp/rebuild_grub/bin/grub2-mkimage -c ./grub-embedded.cfg -p '(tftp)/blah' -o grubx64-with-embed.efi -O x86_64-efi efinet echo configfile net efinet tftp gzio part_gpt efi_gop efi_uga efifwsetup linux loadenv ls http gfxmenu chain png serial linux16 loopback udf sleep gfxterm png gfxterm_background minicmd terminal test

EDIT: as a reference, this is how it was configured for building:
./configure TARGET_LDFLAGS=-static --with-platform=efi --with-grubdir=grub2 --program-transform-name=s,grub,grub2, --disable-grub-mount --enable-grub-themes --enable-grub-mkfont --disable-werror --prefix=/tmp/rebuild_grub

The grub2 image works fine, but we always had a custom theme that shows broken fonts when using gfxterm in our grub.cfg:
terminal_output gfxterm
set gfxmode="800x600;640x480;auto"
set theme=theme.txt
...
set color_normal=white/black
set color_highlight=black/white
set menu_color_normal=white/black
set menu_color_highlight=black/white
set timeout=15
set default='Exit to EFI Shell'
set fallback='Exit to EFI Shell'
set pager=1

(here you would find our menuentry section)

When showing the menu we get this:

It does not seem to be font-related as we tried different themes, for example https://github.com/Generator/Grub2-themes and it shows the same behaviour.
For reference, this is what the directories look like:
[root@aimstest01 uefi]# tree
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├── grub.cfg
├── themes
│   ├── archlogo.png
│   ├── icons
│   │   ├── arch.png
│   │   ├── debian.png
│   │   ├── fedora.png
│   │   ├── gentoo.png
│   │   ├── gnu-linux.png
│   │   ├── kubuntu.png
│   │   ├── linuxmint.png
│   │   ├── mageia.png
│   │   ├── mandriva.png
│   │   ├── opensuse.png
│   │   ├── sabayon.png
│   │   ├── ubuntu.png
│   │   └── windows.png
│   ├── menu_bkg_c.png
│   ├── menu_bkg_e.png
│   ├── menu_bkg_ne.png
│   ├── menu_bkg_n.png
│   ├── menu_bkg_nw.png
│   ├── menu_bkg_se.png
│   ├── menu_bkg_s.png
│   ├── menu_bkg_sw.png
│   ├── menu_bkg_w.png
│   ├── Sans-10.pf2
│   ├── Sans-12.pf2
│   ├── Sans-14.pf2
│   ├── sb_frame_c.png
│   ├── sb_frame_n.png
│   ├── sb_frame_s.png
│   ├── sb_thumb_c.png
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Normal skin is a well-hydrated and nourished skin with proper balance between oil and moisture contents, good blood circulation, no visible pores or blemishes and no shiny or flaky areas. The surface is clear, supple and feels velvety.
Nevertheless, normal skin requires proper skin care in order to maintain its properties as long as possible.
Thanks to its normal structure, normal skin needs only a gentle treatment on a regular basis. The basic steps of normal skin care are cleansing, exfoliating, toning, hydrating and protecting the skin.


Key to empowering women is changing people's mindsets and involving men in dealing more with women's issues, participants at the joint World Assembly for Women and Women 20 summit hear.
Official campaigning for the Osaka mayoral election begins, with former Gov. Ichiro Matsui facing off against a ruling Liberal Democratic Party-backed challenger Hirofumi Yoshimura.
The government plans to introduce a special operations variant of the U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 tilt-rotor Osprey aircraft for Self-Defense Forces to conduct dangerous and covert missions abroad.
Foreign nationals living in Japan will be encouraged to join regional revitalization programs outside greater Tokyo and other big cities.
The perpetrators of atrocities want to cause mayhem and kill, but they also seek fame and notoriety. They must be denied that spotlight.
Beijing is now consolidating its gains and its control in the contested region.


Poetry is for everyone. With this powerhouse line-up of fabulous poets, come enjoy an evening of sensational words, wrapped up in one hell of a rhythmic flow. From themes of family, place, community, and more, these poets promise to delight and redefine what poetry is all about.
Cicely Belle Blain is an activist, writer, artist and CEO; they are one of Vancouver's fifty most influential people of 2018, an award-winning co-founder of Black Lives Matter, Vancouver and a member of the Canadian youth delegation to the United Nations.
Meharoona Ghani is a graduate of SFU's Writer's Studio and the Vancouver Manuscript Intensive, who has published in several anthologies and won writing competitions. She's happiest when writing.
Adrienne Gruber is the author of two poetry books and five chapbooks. Her third poetry collection, Q & A, is forthcoming with Book*hug in Spring 2019.
Taryn Hubbard is a member of Room's editorial board. Her first poetry collection is forthcoming from Talonbooks in 2020. She lives and writes in Chilliwack.
Joanna Lilley has published a novel, Worry Stones, a short story collection, The Birthday Books, and two poetry collections, If There Were Roads and The Fleece Era.
Fenn Stewart reads and writes in Vancouver, BC. She is an editor at The Capilano Review, a lecturer at UBC, and the author of Better Nature (2017), as well as the chapbooks An OK Organ Man (2012), Vegetable Inventory (2013), and from Waltzing (2014).
Kim Trainor's second book, Ledi, describes the excavation of an Iron Age horsewoman's grave in the steppes of Siberia. She lives in Vancouver.
Onjana Yawnghwe has written two books of poetry, Fragments, Desire (Oolichan, 2017) and The Small Way (Caitlin, 2018). She is currently working on a graphic novel.
Update: Unfortunately, Cecily Nicholson is no longer able to appear at this event.
Dina Del Bucchia is podcaster, literary event coordinator, and the author of four collections of poetry and a book of short stories.


Whatever you think about President Trump, it is undeniable that he has kept his campaign promise to stringently – and, in many cases, cruelly – enforce the immigration laws of the United States of America. Though he has not successfully put forth any significant immigration legislation in Congress, he has stepped up – to a seemingly-exponential degree – enforcement of existing laws and rules, and has also signed several Executive Orders directing immigration officials and agents of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (known as "ICE") to increase efforts to find and deport hard-working, law-abiding, though undocumented immigrants. In following the President's orders, ICE has undertaken extremely-unsavory – nay, un-American – tactics in an effort to catch, process and deport undocumented immigrants in New York and all over the United States.
Among these distasteful methods of furthering President Trump's agenda to deport more undocumented immigrants involves conducting raids and searches at courthouses across New York State, catching undocumented immigrants as they attempt to comply with our laws, respond to legal process, or seek justice to which they are entitled. This tactic deprives the undocumented from vindicating their legal rights – yes, the undocumented do have a substantial number of legal rights and do have access to our courts – and puts the undocumented at risk of suffering inhuman and un-American abuses without the possibility of the legal recourse to which they are entitled.


You receive the error message "cannot connect to server" when are trying to test the connection, change the password or passphrase, or start a backup, either for the first time or after a software upgrade.
On the My Account page, in the server field, try appending ':443' to the servername, and make sure that outbound traffic is allowed on port 443 (SSL web traffic port).
Connectivity issues are most often caused by one or more firewalls blocking the software from connecting to the server. The application needs to be configured to allow for outbound access on TCP port 5470. If you have a hardware firewall, please contact your network administrator. For software firewalls (such as ZoneAlarm and Norton Internet Security) use the firewall's user interface to configure the software for outbound Internet access. If you need help configuring your firewall, please open a ticket.
Please note that after a software upgrade, all modern software firewalls will require that you re-approve the applications for Internet access. For this reason, the software will download but not install new versions by default (and will instead will prompt you if you want to install them). After you choose to install the new version, it will attempt to trigger your software firewall to approve the program for access immediately. If you experience connectivity problems after the software upgrade, please check your software firewall settings.


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Jed Stone
Book Jed Stone
Comedian With A Specialist Interest In Sport & Has Worked Alongside Huge Sporting Names Such As Mike Tyson, Ricky Hatton & Sir Bobby Charlton
Awards Hosts & Entertainment
Jed Stone is a comedian and British entertainment speaker with a specialist interest in sports; Jed is also often asked to appear as an after dinner speaker at sporting ceremonies and awards parties. Stone has appeared as a comedian in numerous comedy series; he has performed his unique stand-up comedy act on Sky's The New Comedians and Central TV's Joker in the Pack . He has also appeared on a celebrity edition of The Weakest Link , which he won for charity. Jed Stone has performed as a comedian in front of massive audiences, including a 350 strong group at the Savoy in London.
Alongside his work as an entertainment speaker Stone has appeared as a television and radio presenter on some of Britain's biggest sports shows such as Match of the Day and Sky Sports . In his capacity as an after dinner speaker, presenter and comedy performer Stone has worked alongside huge sporting names such as Mike Tyson, Ricky Hatton and Sir Bobby Charlton.
As an after dinner speaker Stone has performed in front of some of the biggest public figures in the world, including Tony Blair and Bill Clinton at the Labour Party Conference and Lord Monyihan and Clive Woodward at the British Boxing Writers Dinner in 2012. Stone's versatile stand-up comedy style makes him a hugely popular choice as both a comedian and as an after dinner speaker and it is ability to tailor his stand-up comedy set to individual audiences that mark Jed Stone as one of the most successful entertainment speakers currently working the stand-up comedy circuit. Jed Stone has also worked as a television and radio presenter on his local BBC radio stations, BBC Merseyside and BBC Lancashire.
How to hire Jed Stone
Contact the Champions Speakers agency to provisionally enquire about Jed Stone for your event today. Simply call a booking agent on 0207 1010 553 or email us at [email protected] for more information.
"The best comedian to appear at our event in the past 25 years, it was a pleasure to have you" - Jim Rosenthal I.T.V. and Chairman
"Outstanding performance, the comedians normally put me to sleep, but you woke me up!" - Frank Warren International Boxing Promoter
"You are an extremely funny man, that was a seriously top class speech, I will be recommending you for future work" - Sir Clive Woodward
"We had a really successful night particularly considering it was the first one, Jed picked up the reins like a real trooper, he was excellent and he ran the evening which took a great weight off me. All in all we were very happy, thank you" - Bob Sugden, Chairman North Wales Cricket League
"Jed was great fun too – and very professional, was indeed the perfect man for the job. The client was thrilled on both counts." - Sam Spillane, SJ Events
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Thank you to the parents, friends and family who came to our Carols and Shortbread Concert last Wednesday. The children worked very hard to learn their lines and perfect their singing voices and we hope you enjoyed the festive entertainment. A special well done to the Primary 1 -3 children who put on a fantastic, funky nativity . You were all superb!


La Quinta Inn & Suites Fort Myers–Sanibel Gateway, located 3 miles from Sanibel Island and 5 miles from Fort Myers Beach, features spacious rooms in a casual atmosphere. Wake up to our Free Bright Side Breakfast. Each room has pillow-top beds, microwave, mini-refrigerator, coffeemaker, hairdryer, iron, HDTV and wireless internet. Relax in our outdoor heated pool, whirlpool or fitness center.


Now we all know for those running and maintaining systems in Open Illusionist software it's sometimes easy to get information lost behind the scenes, which can lead to distractions of the end goal of a website which is to make money and provide value. With this being said, the below guide can help you improve your knowledge on getting your ecommerce website more attention and hopefully more sales, so read on to find out more.
Ecommerce advertising and marketing is the process of driving sales by raising awareness concerning an online shop's brand name and item offerings. Digital advertising for ecommerce uses traditional advertising concepts to a multichannel, data-driven atmosphere. For more resources see our links page.
Ecommerce advertising can be split right into 2 basic actions: driving internet site web traffic and maximizing the customer experience for conversion. Both are critical parts to growing an online company– failing in one is all but certain to weaken any success in the other. Seasoned online marketers could flourish in an electronic landscape, beginning with a strong structure of typical terms.
Ideal Made has exceptional product summaries for each item. They're very carefully written and are incredibly detailed.
They consist of luring buzzwords and phrases like "built to last", and "nothing produces an extra best gift, then this box of possibilities" that gets the viewers excited regarding the product.
The descriptions are created with their target market in mind, yet are additionally simple enough for any person to comprehend.
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All industries evolve, but on-line advertising and marketing often tend to mature at warp rate. As Google as well as other search engines improve their formulas to supply the first-rate outcomes, it's critical to monitor these growths and make certain your shop is compliant.
A clear call-to-action offers one purpose: getting your possible clients to the check out quicker. It must be instantly noticeable on the product web page.
On Ideal Made, the "Include in haul" button shows up just under the item's cost, as well as being a tinted to order our interest.
It's clear that Ideal Made has spent a great deal of effort and time right into recording their items in a certain aesthetic – and it truly repays. Their item shots are nothing short of outstanding, and as a site visitor, you're drawn into the web page as a result of it.
Because the images are such high resolution, as a potential customer, we can truly see the quantity of information that goes into each product.
They likewise utilize the variant images showcase to display greater detail shots of the tools that can be found in the complete package.
When it comes to improve the search rankings of your products inside Google, you have to consider the best practices on the topic beforehand. That's one of the main reasons I enjoy Matt's product page SEO guide, because it contains up to date information on what's ranking right now, with actionable ecommerce examples that can help those of different shop types make an informed decisions. These combined with a good marketing strategy plan can really improve the sales that you make from direct search engine traffic.
If you run a brick as well as mortar store, don't fail to remember about offline chances to build your list.
Email provider provide apps that allow you to catch clients in-person. One such app is Chimpadeedoo from MailChimp, which lets subscribers enter their e-mail address on your iPad or Android tablet computer. Even if you're offline, it will certainly gather the email addresses and import them into your MailChimp account the following time you're on-line.
Expanding your e-mail checklist will certainly be sluggish in the beginning. That's why it is essential to incorporate "lead magnets" into your strategy to incentivize opt-ins and accelerate your listing structure initiatives.
Just how do you go about obtaining people to join yet an additional e-newsletter-– not to mention really purchase your things once they've registered? At the end of the day, you need the best mix of incentives, signup forms as well as excellent quality, valuable web content to send. Let's take a look at how to put all these ingredients with each other so you can drive a lot more signups and sales.
The first step to constructing your e-mail checklist is picking the best reward, or "ethical allurement", to use people for joining your checklist. These are typically called "lead magnets".
There are many choices to select from, but the secret is making it worth the price of admission: e-mail.
For a lot of ecommerce services, an engaging lead magnet is usually an instant discount rate or the pledge of obtaining future discounts and information about future sales.
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