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What is Inbound Marketing
Are Inbound & Outbound Marketing Friends or Enemies?
Outbound (traditional) marketing is the glamorous, flamboyant, and flirty extrovert, the life of the party and the talk of the town, always focused on making an entrance that blows minds. It's all over the place: on radio and TV, on billboards and print, at trade shows and events, pushing a message out, and hoping to get your attention.
Inbound marketing, on the other side, is an introvert. Not necessarily a socially awkward one, but definitely a nerd who's always busy searching for facts and arguments, professional advice, and detailed answers to questions you ask online. It may surprise you, but he also enjoys socializing and can be extremely refined, brilliant, and charismatic. Still, he will never be the one tugging at your sleeve at the party.
In other words, while outbound marketing is a "narcissist" desperately seeking validation from the masses, inbound marketing is a "pleaser" focused on creating content that speaks to different audiences, capturing them exactly where they are, and helping each individual to learn more about shared subjects of interest.
It may sound like the relationship between these two "guys" is toxic, but in reality, at least for now, they complement each other. Clearly, large portions of the budgets that used to be initially invested in traditional outbound lead generation approaches are now transferred to digital. However, the allocations between the two are still balanced.
Is Inbound Marketing really working, or is it just a trend?
It absolutely rocks, and it is here to stay because it generates crystal clear measurable outcomes. The return of investment is working for both enterprises and SMEs and for B2B companies and B2Cs. It becomes a less expensive and more efficient source for lead generation when smartly organized and implemented than any other traditional method.
Facts about Inbound Marketing through the Lens of Experts
According to Exact Target, 80% of business decision-makers prefer to receive information in the form of news or educational articles instead of getting them delivered as advertisements.
When properly done, inbound marketing can double the average conversion rate of a site as it concentrates on generating leads and nurturing them.
According to Hubspot, websites with 51 to 100 pages generate almost 50% more traffic than sites with less than 50 pages. That's probably an aspect B2B marketers should pay a lot of attention to in the near future.
Most companies are inclined to do business with those that deliver them fully customized content.
Companies that act as bloggers can get more than twice the number of leads generated by companies that do not regularly post articles to attract more website visitors.
More than 80% of businesses that use blogging acquire customers this way if their content is relevant. Actually, Social Media B2B mentioned that firms with blogging activity generate 70% more leads per month than those without.
Still, inbound lead generation is not enough. It helps when you invest in nurturing your potential customers at each stage of the sales funnel. There are 50% higher chances to do business if you constantly care about your audience.
It's probably worth mentioning that leads generated via SEO have between 10% and 20% close rates, whereas classic outbound leads have a conversion rate of about 1% to 2%.
As long as everyone goes online when looking for a solution or a product, it comes as no surprise that 80% of SMEs decided to use Social Media to attract new customers.
As old as it is, Email still rocks. It is actually 40 times better than Facebook and Twitter in generating new business.
How to make things happen?
Unlike other marketing approaches, inbound marketing is a long-term relationship that needs dedication and consistency. You may have to treat it as an ongoing campaign during which you test anything from design to calls to action, analyze things, and adapt for the better. Usually, it takes about three months on average just to set up the process for low to normal complexity projects. In-depth analysis is absolutely mandatory to customize solutions as what works for similar companies may not work in your case. It also takes a lot of expertise to establish what type of content is supposed to be developed to reach your goals.
How long does it take for you to get results?
As with SEO, you should not expect amazing results in the first six months. While you may experience an increase in traffic and leads generation immediately after starting the campaign, significant feedback can be registered in the long term, usually between one and two years, depending on your resources, the industry, the market you act on, and a series of other similar variables.
What competencies do you need?
In the tech era, things change faster than ever. What is valid today may not be working tomorrow, and teams that cannot keep up with such rapid transformations won't be a great match for your business. Here are some areas to always keep an eye on when choosing your digital marketing agency :
what interests your customers, and how do they search and find solutions online
social media trends and development
News about search engines and algorithms
SEO new techniques and best practices
UX and UI updates
Don't look exclusively for people who have coding and design skills. If you want your inbound marketing to work properly, you need experts to strategize and create amazing content that is valuable and relevant for your clients. They should also be familiar with marketing automation for you to get the best out of your efforts.
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AMHERST -- Retired U.S. Rep. John Olver said of the six Democrats seeking Stan Rosenberg's former state Senate seat, that "only one candidate" is up to the job -- a statement quickly challenged by a rival campaign on Wednesday.
Olver, an Amherst Democrat who held the Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester Senate seat himself from 1973 to 1991 -- before he became a Congressman and Rosenberg replaced him on Beacon Hill -- endorsed Jo Comerford from the steps of Town Hall.
"Stan became a champion for the people of our district and for the Commonwealth for 27 years," said Olver. "Now that Stan has resigned, I want to make sure the people continue to be well-represented. And I see only one candidate who is up to that job."
Rosenberg resigned May 3 following an ethics report that found the former Senate president failed to insulate Beacon Hill from the machinations of his husband, Bryon Hefner, who has been indicted on 10 felony charges, including sexual assault.
Olver continued, saying Comerford "will be able to do the job on day one;" that her entire life "has been committed to making sure those without a seat at the table are heard," and that she is the only candidate with "20 years of leadership and experience, building coalitions."
Comerford, of Northampton, ran the local American Friends Service Committee, worked for the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts, was executive director of the National Priorities Project, and most recently, a campaign director for MoveOn.org.
Comerford and four others are waging write-in campaigns because they waited until Rosenberg resigned to declare their candidacy, and missed the May 1 ballot deadline. Only Chelsea Kline returned nomination papers while Rosenberg was still in office, so hers is the only name that will appear on the ballot.
Olver repeated a key talking point of the Comerford campaign -- that she has worked two decades "from the outside," and now has the capabilities and skills "to bring about change from the inside."
Hampshire County Register of Deeds Mary Olberding also endorsed Comerford at Wednesday's event.
The Kline campaign quickly responded, saying Comerford's stated support from party stalwarts such as Olver, Olberding, and Northwestern District Attorney David Sullivan mark her instead as an insider, and that the district "needs a different kind of leader" to make progress.
"Chelsea Kline doesn't fit the mold of the connected establishment candidate: as a former teenage mom, she juggled multiple jobs and needed food stamps so her daughter wouldn't go hungry," wrote campaign manager Alex Pratt. "She's been a social justice activist for more than twenty years, and as a higher education leader she lifted up people who were struggling."
Pratt said Kline will continue to press progressive issues, and that voters "are more interested in moving forward than establishment endorsements."
Comerford on Wednesday praised Olver, saying his advocacy for the region in Boston and Washington was "unparalleled." She lauded Olberding for her "leadership in the Democratic Party and advocacy for women."
The Democratic primary is set for Sept. 4. So far, no Republican has emerged in the race.
* Ryan O'Donnell, president of the Northampton City Council who "previously worked for organizations including Common Cause and FairVote"
The district comprises Greenfield, Northampton, Amherst, Bernardston, Colrain, Deerfield, Erving, Gill, Hadley, Hatfield, Leverett, Leyden, Montague, New Salem, Northfield, Orange, Pelham, Royalston, Shutesbury, South Hadley, Sunderland, Warwick, Wendell, and Whately.


Suffolk Bird Atlas - The new Suffolk Bird Atlas with the local results from the BTO 2007-11 National Atlas project is now online.
Corton Patch Challenge - Patch Challenge blog by local birder James Brown.
Craig Shaws Digiscoping Birding Blog - Blog by local birder and digiscoper Craig Shaw.
Richard Bedford Bird Photography - Flight Photography by Suffolk Bird Photographer Richard Bedford.
Perry Fairman Ecological Experiences - Discover Norfolk's Wildlife with Perry Fairman Ecological Experiences.
The Birds of the Deben Estuary - A website devoted to the Deben Estuary area of Suffolk by local birder Craig Holden.
SOG online - Website of the Suffolk Ornithologists' Group. Read more on their website.
Waveney Bird Club- A local club encouraging the study and conservation of the birdlife of the Waveney Valley. The task of to bolstering the struggling local Tree Sparrow population is one of the first and urgent projects. Read more on their website.
Lowestoft Birding - A local bird and wildlife blog by Lowestoft birder Peter Ransome.
Dannys Digiscoping - A website by local birder and digiscoper Danny Porter.
Barry's Digiscoping - A website by Bury St. Edmunds based birder and digiscoper Barry Woodhouse.
Suffolk Birding with BINS - The website to keep up to date with the ornithological happenings throughout the County of Suffolk.
Suffolk Community Barn Owl Project - The website of the SOG Suffolk Community Barn Owl project which aims to reverse the fortunes of the Barn Owl in Suffolk by the provision of nest boxes.
Felixstowe Birding - Ornithological happenings in the Felixstowe area.
RSPB Lowestoft & District Local Group - Details about the local members group of the RSPB with a programme of talks and field trips.
Yare Valley Wildlife - Wildlife sightings in the Yare Valley.
The Birdman of Gunton - Keep up to date on bird sightings at Gunton in the heart of Lizard Land courtesy of the Birdman himself.... Mr. James Wright.
Association "Le Clipon" - Excellent website for keeping abreast of seabird sightings from just across the North Sea. Usually contains a gripping array of sightings as perfectly illustrated in February 2004 by the Ross's Gull which lingered long enough to be photographed. The stuff Lizard dreams are made of....... [in English and French].
Durham Bird Tours - If you are visiting County Durham you may wish to check out this website.
Dutch Birding Association - Want to gripped off by loads of top quality rarity pictures? Then check out this page! Guaranteed gripping!!! The location map accompanying the rare bird news is very cool. Highly recommended.
Birdline East Anglia - Contact details for Birdline East Anglia and a monthly bird news summary for each of the counties of East Anglia.
BirdNews - Features a map of UK and by moving the cursor over the map the rarest bird sightings are revealed. Plus rare bird email alert service.
Harlequin Pictures - A selection of Robin Chittenden's photographs with links to his photographic blog and other websites where his work can be viewed.
UK Rarity News - via the Birdguides site. You will need to register an email address to access this service.
Birdwatch Magazine - Website of the UK bird magazine.
RSPB - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds website. Check out the webcams.
Rare Birds in Spain - As its name implies news about rare birds in Spain, including the Siberian Blue Robin on 18th October 2000.
British Ornithologists Union - Keep up to date with the official British List.
HBW - Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 8 has just been published in 2003, you might want to keep up to date with their progress.
www.bavarianbirds.de - Bird news from Bavaria.
Surfbirds.com - A joint venture between American and European birders, with photos, artists sketches and articles galore. Definitely worth a look.
FatBirder - Birding resource with extensive selection of links, the UK counties section should come in very handy.
Euro Birdnet News - From the news here you may be able to spot the next invasion or eruption before it reaches our shores.
Worldtwitch - Bird News from around the world.
Landguard Bird Observatory - Check out the bird migration happenings at t'other end of the Suffolk coast.
Delta Birding - website about birding in the South-west part of The Netherlands (only in Dutch, but you can always use the Babelfish translator link at the foot of this page).
Falsterbo Bird Observatory - website of this Swedish migration hotspot.
Heligoland Bird Observatory - website devoted to the birds occurring on the island of Helgoland. In German & English.
Fair Isle Bird Observatory - UK bird migration news news from up north!
Portland Bird Observatory - UK bird migration news from down south!
BTO - The British Trust for Ornithology website.
European Colour Ringing - want to know where a colour ringed or tagged bird you have just seen comes from? You will almost certainly find it here.
Photoguide to colour ringed birds - as a compliment to the website above a huge range of photographs of various colour ringed birds from a wide range of the schemes in operation.
Osprey Satellite Tracking - Excellent site covering the introduction of Ospreys to Rutland Water, and the subsequent movements of these birds and some of their parents in Scotland.
Great Yarmouth Bird Club - check out the website of our neighbours 10 miles to the north.
Southend RSPB Members Group - If you are visiting our neighbouring County of Essex, you may wish to check this site out to find out where to go and what's about.
Latest satellite picture of Europe - From the Weather Channel. A huge range of weather related news from around the world is available on this excellent site. Highly recommended.
Spaceweather - Forecasts relating to solar storms and sunspots and aurorae from the Spaceweather Bureau.
Hubble Space Telescope pictures - View a selection of the best images taken by the Hubble. Highly recommended.
NASA photos of Earth - View the extensive catalogue of the Office of Earth Sciences Astronaut Photography Database to view the photos of Earth taken by NASA astronauts since 1968.
Night vs Day - Watch the progress of day and night around the planet plotted on a map, at the Earth and Moon Viewer. You can customize the view as well.
Waveney District Council - Visitor details for the local area.
Weather forecast for East Anglia - The BBC Online Weather page for East Anglia.
Babelfish from Yahoo - For those of us not too good at foreign languages. A very useful website for when you come across a web page in French, Spanish, Italian, German, Portuguese or even Russian, that might hold information you need. Just put the URL in the box, or cut and paste a block of text, click the button and it is translated for you, into pretty good English, or even between French and German. Not 100% accurate but you will almost certainly be able to get the gist of it, and have a good laugh too. For instance do you know what a Dwarf Sump Chicken is? No? It's a Baillon's Crake translated from German to English. Perhaps you can find better.


For the last couple weeks I have been putting almost all of my marketing efforts into getting a new forum ready and launching it. It isn't a Internet Marketing related forum, it is about Jeeps. However, promoting it was all about putting my Internet Marketing skills to use.
Due to our programmer being unable to complete the code to implement the proper design on time, we didn't promote the site as much as we otherwise would have.


Lectures given at the 2000 Marcus Wallenberg Prize Symposium held in Stockholm on October 13, 2000.
Engineered Performance for Timber Construction.
Hans Jørgen Larsen, Danish Building Research Institute, Hørsholm, Denmark.


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Bebe Rexha Reveals Bipolar Diagnosis: 'I'm Not Ashamed Anymore'
The pop singer is opening up about her mental health.
By Star Staff, April 15, 2019
Pop singer Bebe Rexha is opening up to fans about her diagnosis with bipolar disorder. The "Meant To Be" singer says she's "not ashamed anymore." She wrote on Instagram, "Honesty is a form of self love ❤." Click through the gallery for all the info.
For the longest time, I didn't understand why I felt so sick. Why I felt lows that made me not want to leave my house or be around people and why I felt highs that wouldn't let me sleep, wouldn't let me stop working or creating music. Now I know why.
— Bebe Rexha (@BebeRexha) April 15, 2019
Bebe, 29, wrote, "For the longest time, I didn't understand why I felt so sick. Why I felt lows that made me not want to leave my house or be around people and why I felt highs that wouldn't let me sleep, wouldn't let me stop working or creating music. Now I know why."
I'm bipolar and I'm not ashamed anymore. That is all. (Crying my eyes out.)
She continued, "I'm bipolar and I'm not ashamed anymore. That is all. (Crying my eyes out.)"
This next album will be favorite album ever because I'm not holding anything back. I love you all very much. And I hope you accept me as I am.
"This next album will be favorite album ever because I'm not holding anything back. I love you all very much. And I hope you accept me as I am," the Staten Island native said.
I don't want you to feel sorry for me. I just want you to accept me. That's all. Love you.
The "Last Hurrah" songstress concluded, "I don't want you to feel sorry for me. I just want you to accept me. That's all. Love you."
Other celebrities who have spoken out about being diagnosed with the mental illness, which affects about 5.7 million Americans, include Demi Lovato, Mariah Carey and the late Carrie Fisher.
Bebe recently shared that she and her dad, Flamur, often argue about her music career, and especially her suggestive lyrics.
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Clinton confidante Ann Lewis promised a more efficient State Department. "Absent accountability," she said, "there's no reason State can't work closely with Congress and the White House." She added, however, that Mrs. Clinton now reserves the right to tell congressional committees to "pound sand" when they call her to testify.
Lewis also revealed that Mrs. Clinton rejected a suggestion by Sandy "Pants" Berger, former National Security Advisor, that she proclaim herself "Secretary for Life," subject to a show-of-hands ratification by Department careerists-a "Diplomats' Free Choice Initiative," Berger called it.
Department sources said Mrs. Clinton's first foreign trip would be to New York to visit her summer home in Chappaqua.


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Vijja, also known as Vidya or Vijjaka, was an 8th or 9th century Sanskrit poet from present-day India. Her verses appear in the major medieval Sanskrit anthologies.

Names and identification

Vijja (IAST: Vijjā) is known by several alternative names. Vidyakara's anthology calls her Vidyā, while Sharngadhara-paddhati uses the Prakrit form Vijjakā. Vallabhadeva's anthology also calls her Vijjakā, although some of its manuscripts use the variations Vijjāka or Vijjikā.

Identification with Vijayanka or Vijaya

A verse, attributed to Rajashekhara in Jalhana's Suktimuktavali, states:

Some modern writers have identified this Vijayanka (literally "having the mark of victory") with the Vidya or Vijja (literally "knowledge" or "science") mentioned in several Sanskrit anthologies. This person is also identified with Vijaya (r. c. 650-655 CE) of the Chalukya dynasty that ruled the Karnata region in southern India.

One of the verses attributed to Vijja compares her to the goddess of learning, Sarasvati, and states that she had a dark complexion unlike the goddess. This verse also mentions the famous poet Daṇḍin (a native of southern India), calling him wrong for describing Sarasvati as "all-white" in his invocation to the goddess at the beginning of Kavyalakshana.

Jalhana's Suktimuktavali contains a variation of this verse, beginning with "Not knowing her, Vijjākā, dark as petal..."; Jalhana attributes the verse to an anonymous poet. The verse may be considered as evidence supporting Vijja's connections to South India, but there is no concrete proof she was same as Pulakeshin's daughter-in-law Vijaya. In fact, such an identification results in chronological improbabilities: the poetess whose works mention the 8th century poet Dandin could not have been the 7th century royal Vijaya, unless she lived until the end of the century, and deigned to notice a verse by a much younger author.

Dhanadeva, a writer who praises Vijja as a talented poetess, also mentions a poetess called Vijayanka (Vijaya), who excelled in the Vaidarbhi style. Dhanadeva's writings do not clarify if these two women poets are the same person.

Identification as the author of Kaumudi Mahotsava

The Sanskrit play Kaumudi-Mahotsava is known from a single manuscript discovered in Kerala. The manuscript was partially damaged by worms, and had a hole at the place that appears to state the beginning of the author's name in the prologue. The visible part of the author's name can be read as ("-kayā"); the ending syllable suggests that this is a feminine name. Scholar Manavalli Ramakrishna Kavi (1866-1957) saw the remains of what he believed to be "ja", and read the name as "jakayā", although Indologist A. K. Warder finds this reading doubtful.

Based on Kavi's reading and the space occupied by the hole, some scholars have theorized that the author was "Vijjakayā", identifying her with Vijja. However, Warder notes that the word could have been another name, such as "Morikayā". Alternatively, the broken word may not be a name at all: it is possible that the sentence containing it states that "the play was composed with a sub-plot patākayā".

An analysis of the play's style and language indicates that it was definitely not authored by the poetess Vijja: the play resembles the works of earlier authors such as Bhasa, and is highly unlikely to have been composed after the 6th century.

Date

Vijja finds a mention in the writings of Rajashekhara (10th century) and Bhoja (11th century). One of her poems mentions the 7th-8th century scholar Daṇḍin. Based on this, she is believed to have flourished in the 8th or the 9th century.

Poems

Vijja wrote poems featuring topics such as love, nature, changes of season, the sea, and the female beauty. Her verses are characterized by eloquent expressions, long compounds, and rhythmic sound effects. These verses are included in the major Sanskrit anthologies.

A verse attributed to Dhanadadevas in Sharngadhara's 14th-century anthology Paddhati names Vijja among four notable women poets:

Example verses

The following verse has been attributed to Vidya by Vidyakara and Shridhara-dasa, to Vijjakā by Sharngadhara, to Vijjākā by Jalhana, and to an anonymous author by Vallabhadeva:

The following verse has been attributed to Vidya by Vidyakara and Shridhara-dasa, to Vijjakā by Sharngadhara, to Vijjākā by Jalhana. Here, a woman refers to the scratches that she expects her lover to leave on her body.

In the following stanza, Vijja compares dire poverty to death:

The following poem is about lovemaking:

References

Bibliography

Sanskrit-language women poets
Sanskrit poets
Indian women poets
9th-century Indian poets

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When I initially saw the ATC2018 theme – Thriving with A.I: The new Talent skills you need – I was intrigued.
With the expectation of today's leaders that Talent Acquisition (TA) should always be a step (or two) ahead in the market, I am excited to see the ATC would shine the spotlight on the opportunities created by this emerging technology and I'm really looking forward to learning more about them.
After scouring the insights that have been shared in the lead up to the event, I drew up the following list of questions that will help guide me with my learning when I'm at the conference. I have always found this practice to be useful and I thought I would share some of my thoughts with you.
What can I do to help my Talent function become better at communicating with our candidates and internal stakeholders and, at the same time, continue to stay at the forefront of new and upcoming HR technologies?
At the conference, I will be looking for up-to-the-minute hints and tips on how I can use artificial intelligence (A.I.) powered technologies to enhance a TA function's ability to focus on candidate connections and internal business relationships – i.e. the more meaningful elements of the recruitment process.
A.I. is one of many key workplace topics in an already, at times, overloaded Talent space. I am really looking forward to hearing the panel of presenters share their expert knowledge and ideas that we can then use to enhance the skills of our TA community.
Will new HR technologies drive a change in the aptitude and attributes, as well as the ongoing development of recruiters?
As a TA leader, I am keen to understand what skills I should be focussed on building so that I am able to continually embrace A.I. and greater automation. I would also like to better understand the traits, competencies and capabilities that I should be looking out for when hiring my team.
When I research current job descriptions for TA roles, I see these elements popping up all the time – proven experience, understanding the recruitment process, ability to use an ATS, social media knowledge, relationship building and networking skills – all the obvious requirements continue to feature.
Too often I still hear recruiters referred to as sales people, but I believe we need to be more than that. Technology is only as good as the users and a great TA professional will continue to push boundaries. I am hoping the panel will share their view on enablement and how we can identify these traits better.
Will new HR technologies support all job types and industries?
As I am sure many of you have experienced, there are roles that arise where candidates are best identified via industry networks or referrals. If you need an example, just try recruiting a butcher!
It is rare that you will find the butcher most suited to your business or team environment via a job advertisement. It can happen, but it is not your best bet (coming from personal experience). It is an incredibly small Talent pool, and one of the trades across Australia with one of the most significant skill shortages.
In this case, speaking to suppliers or other butchers about who they respect in the market is key, and trying to identify what that 'referred' candidate's potential motivation to move is, is the art.
Can new HR technologies do this for us? I wonder how a more automated approach, without as much human-to-human interaction, would impact the ability to identify and attract this type of Talent.
Or is the focus of this technology simply aimed at eliminating other tasks to support these more hands-on activities? I will be very keen to find out more.
Will new HR technologies assist with practical skills assessments?
Psychometric tests are regularly applied to screening and rating candidates, and algorithms are used frequently to assess video interviews. But how do we ensure the candidate has the skills and abilities to perform certain tasks that, traditionally, has to be observed over time?
Here's an example: I am a true coffee lover, and my Barista's ability to prepare the coffee, texture the milk, surprise me with their latte art and generate a warm atmosphere is key to ensuring that I enjoy a great experience. However, these skills cannot be determined by reading a resume or via a sit-down interview alone.
Can A.I. really prioritise the candidate with the right skill level or even eliminate this need to further assess candidates in a more practical setting? Using automation to process an application is advantageous from an administration perspective, but how far does it go when the weighting of a skills test and customer centricity in situ is what you value most.
Further, in the age of customer centricity, how does A.I. provide relevant and constructive feedback to candidates? Candidates are our customers, and our brand is negatively affected when our unsuccessful candidates are not managed respectfully. I am not sure how this can always be managed without human intervention, particularly given candidate expectations.
Will new HR technology really mean recruiters will have less and less to do?
There is no doubt in my mind that A.I. and automation will save time. Not to mention the other potential benefits being publicised around the ability of emerging technology to alter unconscious bias, and ultimately improve the quality of hire. However, the question I find myself coming back to all the time is how much of a difference does it actually make when compared to the gains already made through most ATS-es?
If further improvements can be made to free up more time for TA professionals to focus on their candidates and hiring manager relationships, I'm definitely in and am more than ready to embrace the change. At the same time, if implementing A.I. adds another layer of complexity onto the hiring process, ultimately our candidates and hiring managers will feel the impact most.
More time spent on sourcing candidates, nurturing them whilst part of your Talent pools or throughout the recruitment process, and supporting candidates with greater feedback opportunities, no matter the outcome, would be my recruitment utopia.
Hopefully the focus in the future is less about how much we do in TA and more on having the available resources, or 'time', to do what we have to do even better. Win-win right?
I hope you too have thought about what you are looking to discover at 'Thriving with A.I.'. Whatever the inspiration you're looking for, make sure you are ready to explore. I am!
Maree believes Talent Acquisition can be one of the most influential roles that help support the most critical business objectives in organisations today. Previously Head of Talent Acquisition for David Jones, this included the Head Office, Retail, and Food portfolios. Maree also created and led the delivery of the Talent Acquisition strategy to support the relocation of the David Jones Head Office from Sydney to Melbourne. With 20 years' experience in Human Resources and a keen focus on employment branding, diversity and inclusion, as well as Talent Management, Maree is inspired to provide individuals the opportunity to realise their own unique career ambitions.


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Q: Upgraded to Ubuntu 14.04 no wireless I just upgraded and lost the wireless connection. Here some basic information which might be helpful:

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*Dell Inspiron i3-3217U Dual-Core CPU @ 1.8GHz 64-bit

*Chip ID: BCM43143

*PCI-ID: 14e4:4365

*Kernel driver in use: bcma-pci-bridge

Below the result of the sudo lshw -C network command:
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 05
       serial: 34:17:eb:54:39:dd
       size: 10Mbit/s
       capacity: 100Mbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=half firmware=rtl_nic/rtl8105e-1.fw latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s
       resources: irq:41 ioport:2000(size=256) memory:c0404000-c0404fff memory:c0400000-c0403fff
  *-network
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM43142 802.11b/g/n
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       version: 01
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
       configuration: driver=bcma-pci-bridge latency=0
       resources: irq:17 memory:c0500000-c0507fff
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 05
       serial: 34:17:eb:54:39:dd
       size: 10Mbit/s
       capacity: 100Mbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=half firmware=rtl_nic/rtl8105e-1.fw latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s
       resources: irq:41 ioport:2000(size=256) memory:c0404000-c0404fff memory:c0400000-c0403fff
  *-network
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM43142 802.11b/g/n
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       version: 01
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
       configuration: driver=bcma-pci-bridge latency=0
       resources: irq:17 memory:c0500000-c0507fff

and the rfkill list:
0: hci0: Bluetooth
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no

Many thanks in advance

A: *

*Go to Software and updates

*Make sure that in Additional drivers tab WiFi driver is set to Broadcom driver.

If that does not work please post the output of sudo lshw -C network and sudo rfkill list for further debugging.

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Forum Oakmont: 07/01/2011
Forum Oakmont
Frances Dias – A remarkable woman, a remarkable life
See more from: Yvonne Frauenfelder
Frances Dias is a Southern California girl, if you discount her first three years in Wisconsin and high school on the beautiful North Shore of Lake Michigan. Later still, Frances took up higher studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder, graduating in History/Econ in only three years.
Her fervent wish was to help the war effort during WWII and to enlist with the U.S. Marines, but not before returning to Los Angeles to teach school for one year. At age 21 she had decided that she would prefer military life to high school teaching.
After boot camp in North Carolina, the young Marine was transferred to Camp Pendleton in California. Realizing her quick mind and professional skills, she was made the secretary in the Judge Advocate General (JAG) office and later to Headquarters Battalion with the responsibility of discharging the famous Fourth Marine Division which fought its way so courageously through the Pacific Islands – Iwo Jima, Saipan, and Tinian.
Leaving the Corps, Frances took advantage of the GI Bill and enrolled at the University of California at Berkeley, working on a split masters degree in History and Economics.
She fell in love and married a fellow student, an officer in the Air Corps (today's Air Force) who instructed young recruits both in Texas and Florida.
After finishing her studies, Frances became a teaching assistant to a Berkeley professor and her husband joined Southern Pacific Railroad. After two years, the young couple and their new baby girl moved to Palo Alto. Eventually, having raised three daughters and serving many years as a PTA mother, Frances ran successfully for the Palo Alto City Council, and ultimately was elected mayor for two terms.
As chief executive she oversaw the planning of a new City Hall and wastewater treatment plant, and skillfully managed the student rebellions that swept across one campus after another.
Finding more hours in a day than most of us, Frances Dias worked on the winning campaign of Charles Gubser (Gilroy), candidate for the U.S. House of Representative.
By now a single mother and financially responsible for three college bound daughters, she needed a paying job. Knowing her skills and talents, Gubser put her in charge of his West Coast office.
Impressed by her capabilities, the Congressman later put forth her name for nomination as regional director for the Emergency Preparedness Agency, an arm of the Defense Department. Frances won the prestigious job against an all-male competition. (The only woman regional director in the U.S. at that time.)
Her charge was to coordinate Emergency Preparedness with state and local officials in the West, which included Arizona, Utah, Nevada, California, Hawaii and the U.S. Territory of Guam. It was an enormous area to keep watch over and to manage a staff of 90.
From the headquarters in Santa Rosa, her office worked with state and local officials, coordinating their Emergency Preparedness agencies with that of the Department of Defense. In time the President's office of Emergency Preparedness and its counterpart at the Pentagon were merged to form FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency.) Frances was moving once again; this time to Washington D.C. where she served in the Education Department of FEMA and later headed the State and Local Planning Division.
At age 60 she retired at the top of the career ladder and returned to Sonoma County. While she was stationed in Santa Rosa years ago, Frances was appointed to the local Planning Commission, a position she resumed by acclamation after leaving Washington.
Happily settling back into her house in the Montecito area, she indulged in her love of gardening, creating an oasis of beauty and tranquility.
Always mindful of her earliest desire to be of assistance to her community, she signed up as a volunteer at Memorial Hospital where she has worked for the last 23 years.
Moving to Oakmont a year and a half ago, she joined the Landscaping Improvement Committee. With nobody volunteering, Frances took on the chairmanship, and is overseeing the redesign of the so-called football field between the Berger and the new Activities Center.
Having spent years with planners both in the national arena and at the local level, Frances has been invited to join one of the most important Oakmont committees, namely the OPDC (Oakmont Property Development Committee.) One task awaiting her is the famous, or if you will, infamous Elnoka project.
And just where does all this energy come from? When everything else is done, this incredible octogenarian finds time to play tennis three times a week, tend to her beautiful garden and give dinner parties.
Frances is a charming, engaging and thoroughly persuasive lady, and we wish her many more happy and fulfilled years with her family, friends and with our community.
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12/01/2012 - Forum Oakmont
08/15/2012 - Bill Anderson – Oakmont's Gray Eminence
06/15/2012 - Wally Schilpp leaves the Board of Directors of the OVA
05/01/2012 - Mark Randol: Profile of a Baby Boomer
02/01/2012 - Five years of giving
10/01/2011 - A Marine Veteran returns to Korea
09/01/2011 - Oakmont's new manager – one year later
04/01/2011 - Is Oakmont prepared for a disaster?
03/15/2011 - The Governing of the Oakmont Village Association
02/01/2011 - Elnoka, the untold story
12/01/2010 - Forum Oakmont – Golf courses under pressure
11/01/2010 - Marquee lights dimmed in Oakmont
10/01/2010 - Wally Schilpp, Oakmont's man for all seasons


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Antonio Abadía puede hacer referencia a las siguientes personas:

 el maestro de capilla español Antonio Abadía (?-1791);
 el atleta español Antonio Abadía Beci (1990-), más conocido como Toni Abadía.


The soundtrack, especially behind the falling scenes of the van off the bridge and in limbo, some strange sound backdrop as if there is a slow and powerful movement in the fabric of reality and of the dreams, stressing its material to the limit and threatening to burst.
Limbo's cold design, now crumbling after probably centuries of neglect, looking like a mixture of real-world early Brasilia, the nightmare cities of Terry Gilliam's Brazil, Caprica before the invasion, A.I.'s future landscapes and Potsdam Square in Berlin… grissly.
The rain makers of the movie have earned their money. I have never seen such beautiful rain, honestly!
Does that make a brilliant movie? A bit hard to say, but there were very few films in the last years that I wanted to see several times (and I think I am not done with this one yet after two times), so that may be an indication of being terribly interesting and fabulously beautiful in some scenes. There are also quite a few scenes that I could have done without: there are just two many minutes of people shooting at each other or chasing each other while shooting at each other. That brings the film slightly off-blance to me. Had Nolan dared to be a bit more Cronenberg-eXistenZ and less James Bond, this could have been a wicked arthouse masterpiece of Brazil qualities. As it is, it is a wildly original and mostly excellent-constructed blockbuster.
Inception is one of the best films I've seen in the cinema for a long time. I'd say Nolan masterfully mixed intelligence with popcorn entertainment and he's one of very few directors who can do it successfully.
@Dan: agreed, he currently is the best at walking this line. I think he needs an editor now and again telling him to get the action a bit tighter, though. I think cutting some of the action down by 20 min would have made for a better movie.
Absolutely. I love eXistenZ (which I saw four times in theaters, often pretty much by myself) and I thought of it often when watching Inception.
nice comment, thanks – I am now more keen than ever to going back to see eXistenZ again, it has been ages!


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Simplicia buffetti är en fjärilsart som beskrevs av Holloway 1977. Simplicia buffetti ingår i släktet Simplicia och familjen nattflyn. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

Källor

Nattflyn
buffetti


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David Dun is a thriller writer. He was born and grew up in western Washington before moving to northern California to begin his legal career. He holds a B.A. in psychology from the University of Washington and earned his law degree at Seattle University. His first effort, Necessary Evil was published in 2001 and became a USA Today bestseller. A year later Dun followed it up with At the Edge (2002). He has since produced one thriller a year and subsequently delivered Overfall in 2003 and Unacceptable Risk in 2004 (all published by Pinnacle Books). So far, Dun has written about cloning, forestry science, molecular biology, and genetic science.

Bibliography

Novels
 Necessary Evil(2001)
 At The Edge(2002)
 Overfall(2003)
 Unacceptable Risk(2004)
 The Black Silent(2005)

References

External links
 David Dun's website

Living people
Writers from Washington (state)
University of Washington College of Arts and Sciences alumni
Seattle University School of Law alumni
California lawyers
Year of birth missing (living people)


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His Little Bambi
His Bambi
Quick prophetic prayer sketch...
"His Little Bambi"
12"x18" pastel on Canson
God let me pray for someone really special to me this week.
Here is the testimony:
When I was in my 20's I started going to a counselor, because I was pregnant and unmarried, depressed and alone. Thoughts of suicide tormented me. I was a baby Christian, and I needed support.
This precious woman helped me realize that I mattered, and was worthy of love. I also began to paint, when I was going to see her, and after I grew in the Lord, I stopped going to her. She was into new age things, and I got strong enough to stand on my own, but, I still loved her. I told her "I can't keep coming to you because I am just going to spend the whole time, trying to get you saved!"
We reconnected recently here on FB, and talked about how I do the same things she does now, inner healing, but we call them different things. Then in November, I ran into her at an art event here in my town. She lives in Maine now, so it was a total surprise to both of us.
Right away, she confessed to me, she was depressed and struggling with thoughts of suicide. I said "I wish you would let me pray for you!" She said, "go for it!" So right then and there in that place, I wrapped my arms around her and began to intercede in the spirit. I felt things coming off of her head, and I wept as I prayed. When I got done, I told her, "I think you are going to feel a difference!" and she said "I already do!"
Spoke with her today and she said the depression is completely gone, and she is getting up at 7am! Praise God!!! We talked about how this was a divine appointment. How sweet of Him to let me pray for this woman who loved me when I was suicidal and depressed...and see Him set her free!!!!
She also agreed to go with me to a church meeting!!! She told me she was born again once, but she has never experienced true freedom in church! Praying now for the right place and time. I would love for her to see me paint, because she knew me when.
She told me today how proud she is of me...who I have become, made me cry... ♥
I prayed for her again later, and this was what I saw for her.
At first I saw her as a grown deer, with her leg caught in a trap. Jesus came and released it, after He did, she became a little fawn, and followed Him. He sat down and started playing a pan flute for her, and she laid sweetly curled up in the grass beside Him. I did not know what the instrument was called, so I described it. She said, "I don't know what it is called either, but it is my favorite."
God had me lead her through a prayer of forgiveness, and after we did, I saw her climb into His lap. He was rubbing her and she was letting Him.
Next it was a prayer to heal rejection, then I saw her climb up into his arms, licking his face. I heard the song..."Reunited and it feels so good."
I was picking on her, because she is so original...I said you can't be a lamb like others, you have to be a bambi...
I wanted to sketch this prophetic prayer painting afterwards, just to remember what God had done for her...
And because I love her!
(reference photo credit: Jeff Moore)


Diet's fail 90% of the time, largely due to false advertisement that claims supplements alone will help you lose weight. Energy does not evaporate; it can only be converted into something else. That doesn't mean you should toss your supplements out the window.
Diet supplements help users lose weight, but not as a weight loss miracle cure (don't trust supplements making that claim). They help because they're proven to assist you in losing weight with exercise and good eating habits.
In most, if not all dieters, willpower comes in limited quantities. The best way to make a diet fail is to encourage hunger, insist on sacrifice, and promise perfection.
Healthier choices needn't be restrictive. A meal plan that's sustainable doesn't demonize anything except trans fats. Hunger can be banished through regular meals and the recommended daily allowance of protein. Amino acids are critical to a healthy metabolism, and they encourage a feeling of satiety to boot.
Supplements can produce impressive results in this area. Green tea is one of the only botanicals with evidence-based effects on weight. Add L-carnitine to the mix, and you can reduce the sugar lows that cause cravings.
Exercise keeps weight off and contributes to a better quality of life—all the better to amp up motivation. Multivitamins will correct any deficiencies that make an energetic lifestyle impossible.
Another factor diet supplement users need to keep in mind is where they're buying their products from. A cGMP certified manufacturer is going to care more about you dieting safely than that diet pill you found at your gas station.
Unfortunately, diet supplements aren't a way for you to get away with constantly feasting on burgers and fries. Fortunately, they'll encourage you to incorporate a health lifestyle all around.


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Telecoms-Channel News Roundup – Week 43
Welcome to the roundup of the top telecoms news for resellers, week 43. This week's top news is featured from Channel Futures, My Tech Decisions, Transnnexus, Nashua and CounterPath.
Recruiting the Perfect Channel Partner
At Quadrotech, our partner relationships have always been essential to our success. We work with a strong network of channel partners to make organizations smarter, more secure and more efficient, ensuring their customers get the most out of their IT investment. Over the years, we've refined our approach to partnerships, relying on a model that is simple, dynamic, reliable, profitable and well-supported. We did not develop this channel partner model overnight–it was created from years of best practice consolidation and learning how to avoid common mistakes.
LG Unveils a New Solution for Video Calling in Patient Rooms
LG Business Solutions is releasing a new tool for integrators that allows them to configure the company's healthcare TVs as a video calling system for patients.
The tool, LG Pro:Centric Connect, provides back office functionality that enables web RTC systems to connect to patients' in-room TVs to remote family and friends.
In a statement, Gianni Restaino, engineering vice president for LG Business Solutions USA, said the new solution is designed for hospitals, medical centers and long-term care facilities. It essentially allows patients to use their hospital TVs – provided they're LG's Smart Hospital TVs – as a videoconferencing system.
SHAKEN benefits for enterprise callers
You probably know about the benefits STIR/SHAKEN call authentication will provide to consumers: by identifying caller ID spoofing, it will help bring unwanted and illegal robocalls under control. But what about enterprise callers? How will SHAKEN help you? Let's look.
Telecommunications has been getting more difficult for enterprise callers:
People are wary of robocalls—answer rates are down.
Service providers have been using call analytics to identify, label, and block suspected robocalls—enterprise outbound calls often get blocked too.
Nashua Communications is part of the +OneX group
We are pleased to announce that from the 1st of October 2020, Nashua Communications (PTY) Ltd has joined the +OneX group. +OneX is part of the Reunert Group that was founded in 1888 and is listed on the JSE in 1948 and is a constituent of the FTSE/JSE responsible Investment Index. Reunert is an industrial group with a portfolio pf businesses in its Applied Electronics, Electrical Engineering, and ICT segments. As of the 1st of October 2020, the branding for Nashua Communications (Pty) Ltd has changed to +OneX Communications.
CounterPath: What are RESTful APIs and How Do They Help Build Dream Integrations?
The advent of SIP (session initiation protocol) more than two decades ago led to the belief that PTSN (public switched telephone network) would cease to exist. It talked about the blossoming of a new era which promised an Internet-led world driven by transparent, interconnected and interoperable multichannel communications. Similar to what WebRTC propagated – minimizing the complexities, developer skillsets and barriers required to build advanced communication capabilities into Web-based services. But we all know that it didn't turn out exactly as predicted; in fact the mainstream UC world was left in all its business-as-usual, unaffected normalcy.
However, the era of digitization has ushered in a new wave of collaborative culture and this has made workflow automation an essential experience for today's mobile worker. This is where RESTful APIs can help.


My Art Journey and......International Girlz-Japan COMPLETED!
Well, it's been a while since I posted here, but as you read along, you'll see that I have been emotionally growing in my hiatus from blogging.
I am feeling better about drawing and painting faces. It took a lot of research, a lot of practice, and the investment in COPIC markers (and yes, I am officially addicted) to become comfortable with faces and skin tones.
When I started painting (to keep busy when I didn't have commissioned scrap pages to do), my pieces were rather personal. They were inspired by my hopes of seeing some good in me, instead of always trying to 'fix my faults'.
Also, I was raising a grand daughter who was coming into her teen years with a tremendous lack of self esteem (gee, I wonder why?).
So I braved my first painting of a girl with a message for my grand daughter. It didn't take long to realize the message was for both of us.
I loved the process and was very proud of my work. This little giddy pride made me realize that my own self esteem needed some work.
So, I ran out to Michaels and purchased a 6 pack of canvasses. I put my hands and mind to work wanting to build every girl's and woman's self esteem.
I painted one; I painted another and then, another.
I was hooked...I was having fun...I was proud... and I saw my painting getting better. My "Whimsical Girlz" Series grew out of self healing.
You can't see see it, but I am smiling as I write this.
But, like any artist, you just can't get enough. Though I love these Girlz and what the process has meant to me, I wanted to improve even more, to be courageous and grow.
More thought, more research (YouTube is awesome) and before I knew it, I WAS getting better. See for yourself. My new series "International Girlz" now has three paintings.
"I am unique and there is nothing more beautiful."
Prints of this painting are currently available in my Etsy Shop, Ya Ya Scrap and Print.
"Your eyes show the strength of your soul."
Prints of this painting will be available 3/10 in my Etsy Shop, Ya Ya Scrap and Print.
"Virtue appears from good deeds and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind."
Prints of this painting will be available soon in my Etsy Shop, Ya Ya Scrap and Print.
I've mentioned this before, but I think you can never forget your ANGELS. Nothing regarding my art would have been possible if it wasn't for the 'kudos' I have gotten from my family, friends and the group of artists I met through two phenominal art groups that I belong to.
One group is affiliated with Kelly Rae Roberts. She is an amazing artist, author, possibilitarian and an inspiration to all who cross her path.
The second group is affiliated with Tracy Weinzapfel-Burgos. Her art has been published in various magazines and she hosts Mixed Media Mondays on Ustream each week at 7pm.
Both of these artists have inspired me and convinced me that "I AM" (Tracy B. will love this) all that I thought I wasn't worthy to be. They taught me I am not alone in my failures and I am not alone in my successes. I have the support and encouragement of other artists in these groups (and my sister, of course... my biggest fan) and they constantly challenge me to move forward.
So... whew... that is my journey up to now and if you are still reading along then give a sigh of relief. I'm done. Thank you for 'listening' and I FEEL WONDERFUL!


I'm a lucky girl shooting in the mountains so much this year. Diana & Anthony had their ceremony at the spectacular Silvertip Golf resort. Just gorgeous! We started out in Banff where everyone got ready. Diana & Anthony opted to do pictures before the ceremony and it was fantastic. I love when couples do this. There seems to be less stress and the couple have this beautiful moment just the two of them. I spent the morning with the girls getting shots of them getting ready. Then I picked up Anthony and we went out to Vermillion Lake to wait for Diana. When she arrived I stood a ways away and used my long telephoto lens to capture the moment so as not be intrusive. Watching them was emotional and so lovely. After they had a couple of minutes together we carried on with pictures. We hit the train station, Bow Falls and then ended up at Cascade Gardens where we met the bridal party. What a great bunch of guys and girls in this bridal party! So much fun laughing with these guys. Then we headed to Canmore for the ceremony. Jenna from Signature Weddings by Jenna did an amazing job keeping everyone on task and putting it all together.
Molly (one of the bridesmaids) hanging out in the morning.
Here's Anthony waiting for Diana.
We are so incredibly happy with the photos! You were able to capture every moment. Now, everytime we look back at the photos, we can remember exactly how we felt that day. We can't thank you enough! We had so much fun spending the day with you and thanks again for everything!


This little machine cost me less than €300 nearly three years ago and it's had a chequered history.
When I got it first, I used it an awful lot and tried out many different OSes in multiboot (despite having only two very small SSDs -- one of 16GB and the other of 4GB).
Now, that problem, which I'm almost certain arose from water ingress to the keyboard, has totally gone and everything works fine once again.
I've just finished repopulating my SSDs with OSes so here I'll report on what I did and any surprises I met.
1. Haiku r40925 on a 2GB primary partition.
I boot everything with Ubuntu's Grub2 and I've had no problems.
Haiku: Works very well but my wifi card, which was picked up by an earlier Haiku nightly, is not seen now at all. All three of the other OSes on this box (all of which use Ext4) can be easily mounted RW in Haiku which is very useful. The email replicant which has become a mainstay of my Haiku desktop, didn't work so well in the version. I repeatedly get an error stating "Failed to Login: NO [ALERT] Too many simultaneous connections"
The fetching mail indication never goes away until I remove the error notification box. Even then, I get a total of over 300 new mails being shown. Sounds like a bug.
ZevenOS Works well and looks very much like Haiku. However, the boot (about 50s on this machine compared to 15s for Haiku) is slow. It really does give a good idea of how a mature Haiku might look in the future. Worth looking at.
Linux Mint Lxce This really is a nice OS. Looks great and is very finely polished and honed. I'm very tempted to get to know more about this OS although I have been equally impressed with it a few times in the past without sticking with it.


One of the region's leading housing associations has teamed up with University College Birmingham (UCB) to develop a bespoke programme to inspire the organisation's future managers.
Midland Heart has created a 12-month 'Aspiring Managers' programme, tailored to meet the exact needs of the business as part of its leadership academy.p The program is a key element in their strategy to grow their own talent and creating an environment where people can really develop their careers.
Working closely with UCB, 20 of their current staff will work towards a level 3 qualification, accredited with the Chartered Management Institute, in team leading and supervising, with additional modules in coaching and mentoring, and leading change.
Midland Heart's partnership with UCB is set to inspire other companies who are currently looking at their own schemes as Gail Tipper, Head of Apprenticeships at UCB, explains: "Midland Heart is one of the first organisations to explore how apprenticeship schemes can work to maximise the outcome for all and we are delighted to have been able to develop a new programme which suits their exact requirements.


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MUST:
Stop Giving Coal Plants as Aid!
While people in Bangladesh face a double-disaster from COVID-19 and Cyclone Amphan, the growth of new coal plants planned in Bangladesh is set to make it worse.
The Government of Japan, through its development assistance agency JICA (the Japan International Cooperation Agency), is spending billions of dollars constructing new coal plants in the country.
More coal plants makes climate change impacts worse.
While people in Bangladesh face a double-disaster from COVID-19 and Cyclone Amphan, the growth of new coal plants planned in Bangladesh is set to make things worse.
Right now, the Government of Japan is constructing the region's biggest coal power plant - Matarbari II - in Bangladesh. It's one of 29 coal plants planned for construction in the next 12 years.
People in Bangladesh already experience the worst impacts of the climate crisis — and more coal plants makes climate change impacts worse.
Scientists predict that sea levels could rise twice as much as previously thought. This not only brings death and destruction, but also destroys farming land.
Another study showed that the growth of coal power could invite a health disaster. Tiny particles emitted from coal plants, when inhaled, can cause lung disease and lead to an early death.
Global warming is also making cyclones more powerful. By raising the temperature of the sea to abnormally high levels, it adds strength to already destructive cyclones.
TELL THE GOVERNMENT OF JAPAN:
For the sake of our climate, stop funding coal plants in Bangladesh and Southeast Asia.
44 NGOs from 18 countries have called on Japan to stop financing the Matabari Coal-Fired Power Plant Phase II.
SHOW YOUR SUPPORT BY SHARING THIS WITH EVERYONE ON SOCIAL MEDIA TODAY.
© 2020 NO COAL JAPAN | CONTACT US | PRIVACY POLICY


Dream Deliverers is an amazing opportunity for us as a church to bless children with chronic and sometimes terminal illnesses at Christmas. Many families spend all of their time, energy and money coping with these illnesses - extended stays in hospital, medical bills and the general stress from one day to the next can all take its toll. As a Church we want to let these families and children know that they are loved and valued, and even though things are tough, someone is thinking of them.
Dream Deliverers allows us to do that by blessing them with gifts at our Dream Deliverers Service on Christmas Eve. Trampolines, playhouses, outdoor play equipment and more have been given away in the past - all because of the generosity of people who have a heart for the community.
Amazing testimonies have come about through Dream Deliverers as families are blessed.


I went to the dentist today. No cavities for me, just some teeth they are watching for various reasons. I walked out with the standard free toothbrush, toothpaste and floss. I was happy about the toothpaste as I know the tube I currently use will not make it through the month of February. So I'll use the little tube and scour the house for another if necessary. The cost was covered under our dental plan.
I have also eaten at home for breakfast and lunch. Breakfast was yogurt and coffee. Lunch was leftover cheese pizza and salad. If I'm hungry later, we have popcorn on hand. Or maybe an apple, cut into slices would be more satisfying. I will probably be having both before the month is out.
I prepped our dinner for tonight. Egg casserole. I expect this will count for two meals. My husband and I are the only ones who eat it. My daughter will have scrambled eggs, which is super fast to throw together.
It's a bit frustrating to see coupons such as $10 off a $10 purchase come in the mail from JC Penney, or have Kohl's tell me I earned a $5 reward. I don't plan on purchasing anything at those places, because if I do I'm sure I would spend more than the coupon. They are clever that way aren't they?
I managed to work a little more on a sewing project. My daughter has the next step, before I do the final part. Although she may do that as well.
I think I'm about ready to start working on our income taxes. As I said before, I dread it a bit. I know I have to learn the new rules of the American Opportunity Tax credit. At least the software should walk me through it.
I'm also on the look out for a cheap and preferably free McAfee Internet Security. Our plan expires this month. Any suggestions?
And if you didn't notice, it seems that today is actually a no spend day! Yippee!!
We're doing no spend month this month too!
We use free AVG software (can google and download). Is what the techies recommend and use.
I use the free AVG too.
Thanks MM and FT. If I can't find what I'm already using for free, I will go with AVG. Free and good protection is what I want.


In the previous blog, we learned making a linear regression model. The only thing we left was necessary testing of certain assumption. Testing these assumptions is equivalent to health check-up of the model ; a healthy model is supposed to be a robust model.
This is also considered as assumption for a linear regression model, I consider it to be important, but not part of 4 main assumptions. Anyways, in order to satisfy it, we check the VIF and drop the variables during the course of modeling itself.
Related post :: How multicollinearity can be hazardous to your model ?
All the residuals should lie on the straight red line (as much as possible) and within the dotted red lines zone to ensure the normality or error.
The null hypothesis of the Shapiro-Wilk test in normality, and hence in order to not being able to reject the null hypothesis ( simpler terms : accept the null hypothesis), the p value should be > 0.05 (for 95% confidence interval). Residuals are is normal here.
We can check it using Breusch-Pagan test ( no need to remember such names ), the null hypothesis of which is homoscedasticity.
Here too p value should be > 0.05 (for 95% confidence interval), in order to accept the null hypothesis of homoscedasticity. Model seems to be in trouble in this test.
The D-W stats value lies between 0 and 4, closer its value is to 2, better the model is.
Here value approaching to 3, is sign of some traces of auto-correlation in residual term.
The first and second plots should be random in nature with no pattern. The third one depicts the normality of error as explained above. The fourth one gives you a fair idea about presence of outliers that should be treated to improve the model.


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Brazilian Ambassador to Liberia Andrè Azevedo Dos Santos said despite Brazil's political and economic challenges after 194 years of independence, Brazilians still have reasons to celebrate.
He said Brazilians have learnt to live in a society that embraces many opinions, ideologies and creeds.
Brazilians have been fully engaged in their country's social progress, as evidenced by the opening of the Paralympics Games in Rio de Janeiro on the same day the country celebrates its Independence Day to create awareness on the social inclusion of people with disabilities, Ambassador Dos Santos explained.
He added that besides attracting a large number of athletes from around the world to Rio, Brazilians recognize the potential of the physically challenged and appreciate them for their abilities.
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Ambassador Dos Santos stressed that working with people from different backgrounds in society creates greater opportunities for Brazilians to build a better nation.
Brazil is currently undergoing a political struggle where the democratically elected President, Dilma Rousseff, was recently impeached by the Senate for corruption. President Rousseff has meanwhile challenged the Senate's decision in the Supreme Court. Ambassador Dos Santos said despite the unfolding events, Brazil is still setting a democratic record by enforcing the rule of law.
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Inside Hasselblad's Factory: Assembling the Medium Format Magic
Inside Hasselblad's factory. Image: Hasselblad
What does it take to manufacture a high-end prestige piece of an imaging device, like Hasselblad cameras? Also, what makes those cameras so expensive? Let's take a look inside the Hasselblad factory to find out.
The first Hasselblad: ROSS HK-7
The first-ever Hasselblad was made by Victor Hasselblad who was approached by the Swedish government with the task of replicating a recovered German aerial camera during World War II. That's how the first Hasselblad was born. This model was called ROSS HK-7. From 1941 to 1943, a total of 240 HK-7 units were produced, measuring 31x26x17.6cm and weighing 4.8 kilograms with a 13.5cm (135mm) lens attached. The camera featured a basic set of shutter speeds from 1/150 of a second to 1/400 of a second. Take a look at the ROSS HK-7 in the pictures below.
The ROSS HK-7
The transition from analog to digital: "Prices exploded"
When Hasselblad has decided to manufacture digital cameras and transitioned from analog, it faced a significant challenge regarding medium format imagery technologies which caused to huge elevation in pricing. "When the company transitioned to digital, the price exploded" said Hasselblad executives. One of the reasons for those steep prices is that the company didn't want to abandon its specialty which is the medium format imagery. Thus, producing these huge medium format sensors has resulted in a cost, and there're no shortcuts. "When medium format technology transitioned from analog to digital, the medium format sensors became extremely expensive, and the camera system became extremely expensive and very niche", said Bronuis Rudnickas, Global Marketing Manager at Hasselblad.
When medium format technology transitioned from analog to digital, the medium format sensors became extremely expensive, and the camera system became extremely expensive and very niche.
Bronuis Rudnickas, Global Marketing Manager at Hasselblad.
Medium format sensor which costs $26,000
Hasselblad's high-end cameras consist of three main parts: The digital back, the body, and the lens. The back which includes the sensor costs about 70% of the price of the whole camera (in the case of the flagship H6D-100c costs more than $26,000). The sensor is manufactured by Sony. In fact, this is the IMX 461100MP Sony sensor, which Hasselblad utilizes and adapts for its flagships. Furthermore, Hasselblad spends major quality control resources to verify this sensor meets Hasselblad's standards (calibration and testing, which resulted from more than 700 images taken by this sensor).
Large-format: Sensor size comparison Hasselblad sensor sizes: X1D II 50C vs. H6D-100c
No mass production
Hasselblad doesn't mass produce its cameras. It makes them in small batches assembled in-house by hand, one by one. In 2018, The Verge reported about less than 10,000 units manufactured per year, as opposed to other camera manufacturers (Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fujifilm, Olympus) that produce millions of cameras per year. The cameras are being assembled for 6-8 hours and for some cases it may reach up to a few days. However, the sensor calibration process can take up to a third of that time. "Each sensor is calibrated and tested to a single-pixel level, which is very time-consuming and quite unique in this industry," says Rudnickas.
Each sensor is calibrated and tested to a single-pixel level, which is very time-consuming and quite unique in this industry.
Medium format sensor calibration
"The sensors are calibrated separately from the camera body in a calibration station. Over 700 images are taken, testing the sensor under various settings, and then a specialized software calculates composition parameters and produces calibration files specific to that sensor. That file is later transferred to that specific sensor's camera. When test shooting with that camera in the final stage, the calibration data is applied to the naked images before the image is stored" says Vivian Gorges which is the Production Leader at Hasselblad. For instance, the X-system is divided into five stages, which the sensor calibration constitutes Lion's share of it.
Here're the steps concerning the X models:
Checking for cosmetic issues
Programming the camera and updating it to the latest firmware
Sensor calibration: The major part in the production (see above)
Digital unit test: Adjusting focus, power management, noise, and other parameters
Photo quality tests: Examination in a studio environment against objects, color charts, and more
Here's a brief look at all that stages:
More affordable Hasselblads
Due to the market demand for large format cameras, Hasselblad has released more affordable entry-level large sensor products. Although these cameras have smaller sensors, they are still considered medium format cameras, like the X1D II 50C which owns a 50MP 43.8 x 32.9mm CMOS sensor. The prices are not so cheap though and reach $6,000. However, it's still in the high-end segment regarding pricing. Nevertheless, the main issue is the limited video capabilities comparing other flagships, like the Sony Alpha 1, which is located in the same price range. Hasselblad doesn't offer 8K video, accurate autofocusing, advanced image stabilization, and more video features that are essential to professional videographers, and for that reason, it's a real challenge to compete with other manufacturers.
Impaired video capabilities
With all that medium format goodness, the video capabilities of Hasselblad cameras are still impaired. The advantages of that huge sensor are not shown when shooting videos in Hasselblad cameras. It seems that the sensor is capable of shooting extraordinary photos, but not videos. A lot of artifacts, like an extensive rolling shutter, low dynamic range, and poor codecs, locates Hasselblad away from being a decent option for professional videographers. Last year, Hasselblad announced firmware Update 1.2.0 for its X1D II 50C and 907X Special Edition which allows recording at resolution 2.7K (2720 x 1530) & HD (1920 x 1080). In this update, the video can be recorded at 29.97 fps with 4:2:0 8bit color. According to Hasselblad, the 2.7K resolution option delivers improved capture of details, whilst balancing the final video capture size. Although the full width of the sensor is used in a 16:9 aspect ratio (43.8 ×24.6), resulting in a massive 50.25 mm image circle which is more than 16% larger than typical full-frame video capture, and nearly double comparing the standard cinematic Super 35, it needs to be emphasized that this is an 8-bit video. Not good enough. The flagship H6D-100c can shoot 4K RAW, however, this is not a real RAW, and the results are poor.
Hasselblad X1D II 50C: Medium -Format video capabilities
We'll sum it up by saying that Hasselblad is an amazing camera that is built for real artists. And allow us to quote our previous statement by saying that Hasselblad needs to invest more R&D resources focusing on its video capabilities regarding codecs. Let's imagine partnering with Atomos for outputting ProRes RAW from this huge sensor. Utilizing an external recorder to output decent video should be the mandatory strategy for Hasselblad, especially in this price range. That will allow Hasselblad to push the envelope concerning medium format video imagery.
YOSSY MENDELOVICH
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