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Black Fondant Cakes Inspired by the , wedding cakes are getting a gothic-style makeover for 2019 with the help of black fondant. The base of the cake is trimmed in light pink. Behold, the wedding cake trends 2019 couples will totally adore. We love the look and can only imagine how good it tastes. The latest offer a little bit of something for everyone, from with a twist to elaborate fondant masterpieces and ultra-modern confections. Smitten with these paper elements Riddy Quinney of dreamt up for their seaside setting.
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Today, Costanzo s Bakery, with our retail outlet, sub shop and local routes, services the Buffalo/Niagara Region. Costanzo s also has national distribution in the Foodservice, Deli/Bakery, and Retail businesses, with all products being produced and delivered from our bakery in Cheektowaga, NY. Our success is possible because of hard work and a vision that started 80 years ago by Angelo Costanzo, Sr. and passed through the generations and onto generations to come.
Today, Costanzo s Bakery, with our retail outlet, sub shop and local routes, services the Buffalo/Niagara Region. Costanzo s also has national distribution in the Foodservice, Deli/Bakery, and Retail businesses, with all products being produced and delivered from our bakery in Cheektowaga, NY. Our success is possible because of hard work and a vision that started 80 years ago by Angelo Costanzo, Sr. and passed through the generations and onto generations to come. As the Costanzo family celebrates the bakery s 80th anniversary, we look to the future by introducing new products and continuing to service our loyal customers. Costanzo s continues to maintain the promise made by Angelo Costanzo, Sr. 80 years ago, We will deliver the highest quality, most consistent product to our customers every day, every time.


Stacey Dash appearing at the Oscar as the Academy's new director of diversity proved more awkward than funny for most in the audience and online.
We're still having difficulty wrapping our minds around what just happened. After Chris Rock called out the very pink, excuse us, "white" elephant in the Oscar auditorium due to the Academy's lack of diversity, a joke that was suppose to be funny fell painfully flat.
Clueless alum and Fox News host Stacey Dash made her way to the stage as host Chris Rock presented her to the audience as (wait for it) "The New Academy Director of Diversity Outreach."
The joke merited no applause from the audience because the 49-year-old is infamous for comments that are the complete opposite of diversity outreach. After the Internet digested the very awkward moment, many voiced their opinion.


BERLIN — There is a new trend in the capital of cool, and it has nothing to do with techno beats or haircuts. The yarmulke, until recently exclusively reserved for Orthodox Jews, is being embraced by a new, unexpected crowd: Aryans.
Consider a string of odd events, tributes in a masquerade of identities. On April 25th, major daily newspapers included a printed Jewish skullcap in their morning editions for their readers to cut out. Alternative for Germany (AfD), the anti-immigration party with Nazi sympathizers that is now the third-largest faction in the Bundestag, published a poster reading "AfD trägt Kippa," playing on the trending hashtag #Berlinwearskippa. In the evening, thousands of Jewishly-capped Gentiles marched in central Berlin and other cities, protesting the assault a week before of a young man wearing a yarmulke in the fashionable neighborhood of Prenzlauer Berg. The attacker was a Syrian asylum-seeker; the victim, Adam Armush, was an Israeli citizen of Arab descent who identifies not as Palestinian (as many of his contemporaries do) but as "Arab Israeli." Finally, two weeks ago, a xenophobic journalist led a handful of protesters in Neukölln, Berlin's hub of hipsters and Palestinian immigrants. The journalist, wearing a yarmulke on top of a curly "Jew hair" wig, protested the "Muslim anti-Semitism" allegedly "imported" to Germany by Angela Merkel's liberal asylum policies.
Last Friday I participated in a less perplexing Jewish practice in Berlin: I attended Shabbat dinner. The dinner was hosted by Dr. Hannah Tzuberi, whom I knew from my time in Berlin and whose blog I have followed for years. Eagerly I offered the kippah situation as a puzzle for discussion. A child of post-1968 German leftists who converted to (Orthodox) Judaism a few years ago, Tzuberi argued that the Jew can fulfill his role in the German postwar fantasy only insofar as he fits into Germany's Western and predominantly Christian public culture—only, that is, if he continues to stand as the paradigmatic model minority, perfectly assimilated into the European Enlightenment project. The AfD, the same right-populist party that jumped on the yarmulke trend, advocates against kosher slaughtering, the Shehita, and debated a ban on circumcision—the same "primitive" practices that Jews happen to share with another minority that the German lover/hater is obsessed with: Muslims.
In order to function as the redeemers of postwar Germany the Jews have to be different enough to be recognizable as Jews, yet not too different. Not, that is, like Muslims—for then they would similarly challenge the project of the modern West.
And yet one cannot underestimate the extent to which Jewishness, however short the country is of actual Jews, defines contemporary German identity. Holocaust atonement is the raison d'être of the "New Germany," its justification to rise again—following the 1990 reunification—as a major global power, a Fourth Reich aka the European Union. The Jewish community in Berlin, which in the past decade has been fortified by thousands of Israeli expats, is a key element in this post-war political theology. Just as the Jews have historically been a reminder of the primordial betrayal of Jesus—hence a justification for ongoing Christian anti-Semitism against them—so are Jews now a constant witness to German redemptive philo-Semitism. If there are happy Jews around, even in the form of expansively renovated synagogues (however empty they remain), it means that Germans are, finally, good.
It is nice to be loved. But it's also clear how easily an obsessive lover can turn into toxic hater if one fails to play the role assigned by their fantasy.
I suggested that a key to understanding the yarmulke trend may lie in a very non-Jewish, not to say pagan, space. A few months ago, in my previous visit to town, I spotted a Star of David necklace on a blond shirtless guy at Berghain, Berlin's notorious temple of techno and Dionysian release, where the party begins when Shabbat ends and goes till Monday morning. His Aryan muscles were glistening with sweat. "Are you Jewish?" I prodded him. "No. I just think it's beautiful, a symbol of peace." He thought I was flirting with him and he might have been right (I'm not sure whether I was more enraged or aroused). It wasn't the first time. Some years ago I saw a highly stylized hipster icon wearing a Star of David between two tattoos: one read Sodom, the other—Gomorrah. The trend is catching on. Just last week in a party I counted at least three shirtless (and ecstatic) guys wearing the same necklace. The Berlin party scene is definitely feeling it: Jewish symbols are growing wings of desire.
This observation seems somewhat meager compared to the report of thousands marching through the streets with yarmulkes. A series of sexualized, silly, gay events in sleazy clubs—not the material of serious European politics (the AfD's leader being gay notwithstanding). But this lightness of being may testify to the different way in which some Jewish symbols—Star of David or yarmulke—now function in contrast to their Muslim counterparts. They are marks not of identity, but of identification; not of being, but of desiring.
Current Western "universality" is not about the erasure of difference but about the hipsterization of difference: difference as a prop, an accessory, a style. With difference we curate our embodied social-media profiles, calibrating the desires we want to radiate and invoke. I can put on a Star of David necklace (or even a tattoo of it) if I think it works well with my look for Berghain or Instagram. I could obviously remove it after the party. While the yarmulke is not quite there, it is perhaps telling that many of the demonstrators in late April were wearing DIY kippahs they had cut out from eco-friendly kits in the newspapers. A friend of mine suggested that perhaps the day is not far when a German paper distributes a home kit for DIY circumcision.
In the nineteenth century, the Jew was recognized as a human being to the extent that he could shed his differentiating marks in public space. Today, Jews—like other minorities—have another route to the mainstream: they can lend their symbols and practices to the current carnival of difference.
Alas, some forms of Orthodox Islam (and Judaism) are reluctant to join the party. The Muslim headscarf, for example, doesn't give itself as easily to the Instagram aesthetic, which removes signs from their original, real, context and reassembles them in the service of crafting allegedly unique, and ephemeral, individual personas or "looks." The Muslim sign unsettles this aesthetic, threatening to reveal it as sacrilege; it insists on a form of adamant identity and a secure belonging.
While my ways are secular, I've always had immense respect for Orthodox Judaism, for its stubborn insistence on being a historical fossil in the midst of sprawling (post-) modernity. I look with suspicion at hipsterized forms of Jewishness. Once I provoked a Brooklyn friend who was considering converting to Judaism. "What makes you different from Rachel Dolezal?" I asked, "Would you have converted in 1942?" I didn't mean, of course, that Jewishness is the same as blackness or that conversion is impossible; I only tried to convey an idea that is dear to me: Jewish identity is extremely real. Being a Jew (rather than only desiring one or to be one) comes with a long traumatic history and a sense of fragility even in the face of a seemingly secure future. The burden of memory, neurotic fears and collective responsibility is a hefty one. I wanted my friend to be fully aware of the stakes involved in a genuine conversion rather than opt for yet another (and easily reversible) identification.
In a recent essay in n+1, Andrea Long Chu suggests that gender identity, and transitioning to a gender identity, is "a matter not of who one is, but of what one wants." She forcefully articulates her multifaceted desire to be a woman, as that which makes her a trans woman. It seems to me, however, that this discourse risks losing sight of a notion of reality, of identity, which is precisely not about individual desire, but about the constraints of religion, tradition and the collective, an identity that desire, if anything, often struggles with—and fails.
Of course, some identities are more rigid than others, and I do not mean to weigh in on the question of where exactly gender falls on this hypothetical spectrum. And yet, I think that Chu's brilliant essay lays bare a logic that helps explain why the Muslim—like certain molds of Orthodox Judaism—throws a long shadow on current identity politics, which extends far beyond the European (or American) alt right. This shadow is the sinister reminder that behind the masquerade of identities, behind identity as a mask, behind desire and choice and what we want or don't want, behind the play of identifications, fetishes and appearances, there lurks a mysterious something: the reality of identity as a wall, a cage, or a home.
For even stranger things, read the first installments of this column, or follow Gal Katz on Twitter: @galgalkatz.


The LIC Housing Finance Limited (LIC HFL) has conducted the exam for the post of Assistants and Assistant Managers 2017 on 10th October 2017 and 12th October 2017. The total number of vacancies available for the post Assistants is 164 and the total number of vacancies available for the post of Assistant Manager is 100. The results were released sometimes back and the interview for the posts in LIC Housing Finance Limited (LIC HFL) took place in this week and one of our aspirants have shared the feedback of the interview experience of LIC HFL Examination 2017.
The post for the Assistant Manager didn't have any restrictions and the post of Assistants had a restriction like, it is limited only to the candidates who are from a particular state because local language is necessary to communicate with the customers and so this post demands the same, but this limitation is not applicable to the post of Assistant Managers in the LIC HFL 2017.
So here goes the feedback and the questions asked in the LIC HFL Examination 2017. So first we would see the questions and after that the questions and the expectations from the interviewers in the post in detail.So here is the list of questions asked in the LIC HFL interview 2017.
On what grounds can a loan be sanctioned to the customer ?
So these are the questions that are asked in the LIC HFL Interview 2017. So here goes the in depth view of the interview experience by the candidate.
Since this is a Housing Finance company the details regarding the company were asked, predominantly questions were like, Why should a customer prefer LIC HFL over other banks and financial institutions and what are the benefits linked to it. They checked whether the candidate is fully aware of the operations of the LIC HFL and also whether the candidate is knowledgeable on the various operations of the organization. Also there was one question regarding the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana and how it is beneficial for the people, who are availing the scheme.
The next one was regarding the difference between the Banks and the Housing Finance Limited and in which way they differ from the conventional way of banking and how it is beneficial for the customers by availing the services of the Housing Finance Companies. Additionally the interviewers has asked, what are the other housing finance institutions you know other than LIC. This clearly stated that they demanded exact answers and needed the candidate to have prepared in a intense way for the interview.
The next question was regarding the housing finance regulator who regulates the sector and what are the powers they have and how they act as the regulator for all the housing finance institutions.
The next one was the unexpected and it was a question regarding the newly introduced regulators by the government for various sectors and I was literally puzzled it was for the housing finance or for other organizations as a whole.
The next question was the all time favorite and the most expected, TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF. The interviewers interrupted at the start of the answer and asked mostly personal questions regarding the answers which I gave at that time. The questions were raised from answers and this is how it should go right and when I say a information pertaining to the previous question, the next question was framed and asked by the interviewer from the answer given by me. This questions have extensive long questions which are interconnected one after the other.
The next question proved to be more easier bu they demanded a straight cut answer which I gave in a long explained way but they demanded a perfect "word" for that answer which didn't strike my mind. The question was, how should a customer be given loan and on what basis ? As told the correct and exact answer which they expected was "KYC Process". It didn't strike at that moment.
The subsequent question was about NPA (Non Performing Assets) and how it is used by the financial institutions and how it determines the banking rates and other things which were mainly focused on the financial institutions.
The next question was about ECS (Electronic Clearance Services) and how they benefit the banking and the other financial organizations and how it varies from the other services.
The next were mostly from the Housing Finance Limited in Common and about the various terms related to financing like "Advance Disbursement Facility" , "Credit Limit and Appraisals", etc.
So these are the questions asked in the LIC HFL Interview process and we are collating the questions from other aspirants also and if you have attended the LIC HFL Interview Process 2017 and such exams you can mail us your experience in the interview and also the feedback to our mail, which is virtualracetest@gmail.com.
The experiences you share with us will be helpful for the other aspirants who are preparing for their exams in the forthcoming days.
You can check the Review of the LIC HFL Assistant and Assistant Manager Examination 2017 from the link below.


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Wealthy Wine Families Band Together in U.S. Importer Venture
By Leslie Gevirtz
Alejandro Bulgheroni (left) and Mark Giordano (right)
Argentine billionaire Alejandro Bulgheroni, Australia's Oatley family, whose late patriarch founded Rosemount wines, and the clan that owns New Zealand's Giesen Wines have combined their U.S. importing and marketing companies.
Bulgheroni's Blends has merged with the Oatley-Giesen's U.S. importer and marketer North Carolina-based Pacific Highway Wines & Spirits. Terms of the deal, announced earlier this month, were not disclosed.
Pacific Highway President Mark Giordano told Wine Enthusiast that no jobs were lost and "we basically took everybody along who was" at Blends. The combination brings the employee count to 23. Giordano, who said the Greensboro-based company had been growing at a fast clip, was in the process of hiring "another person on the finance side and a senior team leader with a sales function out West."
The addition of Bulgheroni's brands–Bodega Garzón from Uruguay, Vistalba, Tomero and Argento from Argentina, Château Suau from Bordeaux, and Renwood and The Cleaver from Amador County, California–brings the annual total cases Pacific Highway sells to between 330,000 and 340,000. That is up from 250,000 to 260,000, Giordano estimated.
Filling Opportunity Gaps
The antipodes got to know each other while Oatley was importing the Argento brand to Australia. They looked at their companies and found "a lot of synergies. Where we had opportunity gaps, which is where they (Bulgheroni) reside, so we did not have any South American brands and our Californian brand was Foppiano out of the Russian River," Giordano said.
"Here are two companies effectively competing with one another but with very complementary portfolios," he said. The combined portfolios have 22 brands that are now represented in all the major markets.
Giordano, who is dependent on local distributors to get the bottles to on- and off-site premises, does not run promotions, per se. Instead, he believes that his wines find room on the trucks because his company is focused on service and building relationships with distributors and customers such as restaurant chains and retailers.
"Gone are the days of expecting distributors to do the work entirely," he said.
Pacific Highway does not offer incentives, but the company does "quite a bit of educational trips to all parts of the globe," Giordano said. "But it's not based on incentives as much as it is on deepening relations between the wineries and the customers or the distributors."
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In recent years, with the development of robotic applications in the paint shop, there has been a significant improvement in spray efficiency, quality, reduced operating costs and reduced investment. Suspension rails enable lower cost, robot tracks smaller installation size and less installation time, and can handle a wider range of models.
The external surface coating system provided by the suspension rail system has stronger spraying performance than the traditional robot; and the user cost and production cost are reduced, and the installation and debugging are completed faster than the fixed installation robot.
The paint color change module group installed in the robot arm is as close as possible to the spray cup, which can minimize the waste of paint. Such improvement measures are manifested in the running cost and the whole operation cycle process, which greatly improves the spraying efficiency and shortens the equipment. System uptime reduces equipment investment.
From the end of the last century to the first five years of this century, the researchers were mainly concerned with the optimization of two spray fields: the external application of the body of the robot using 100% electrostatic atomizer (or rotary cup) and the application of robots to sports. Spray inside the car body on the conveyor chain (such as the inside of the door, engine room, bottom cover, etc.). The robot's 100% external cup rotor application development focuses on the mixing ratio of the cup design and the coating, enabling the metal paint to achieve acceptable color and appearance standards with a rotating cup. Previously, in order to obtain a good surface effect, at least one of the two layers of metallic paint on the outer surface of the vehicle was sprayed with an air atomizing spray gun. This cup + cup process significantly reduces the amount of paint used (20% - 40%) compared to previous air gun spray processes.
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Dr Joseph Lister: Medical Revolutionary
"Nothing exceeds halitosis as a social offense. Nothing equals Listerine® as a remedy." Such was the claim of a 1928 advertisement for Listerine ® mouthwash. Listerine® Antiseptic mouthwash, wasn't born in the bathroom, however, but in the operating room.
Back in 1865, Dr. Joseph Lister, the son of a well-known physicist, first demonstrated the use of an antiseptic in surgery. Later, Dr. Joseph Lawrence refined his product and named it Listerine® after Dr. Lister. History is uncertain whether Lister appreciated the favour.
One hundred and thirty years ago, almost 50% of the patients undergoing major surgery died from infection. As the famous saying went, "The operation was a success, but the patient died." In the 1870's, Lister was the first to treat wounds with dressings soaked in carbolic acid. Lister, in agreement with Dr. Louis Pasteur, suggested surgeons wash their hands and sterilize their instruments before operating. After significant resistance, British and American hospitals gradually adopted the sterile procedures promoted by Lister.
Lister and Pasteur were personal friends who supported each other when viciously attacked by the medical establishment. When Pasteur was publicly honoured at age 70 by his medical peers, he turned and bowed his head towards Lister, saying: "the future belongs to him who has done the most for suffering humanity."
Lister has been described as the greatest man of the nineteenth century. Even the common Bandaid, created by Johnson and Johnson, can be directly traced to Lister's influence.
In the days before Lister, the death rate from amputation, the most frequent 'major' operation in his day, was forty percent. By 1910, thanks to Lister's influence, the death rate from amputation had dropped to less than three percent. How many of us had relatives who were injured in World War One or Two, relatives who might not had survived without Lister's contributions?
One of the most feared accidents a hundred years ago was the compound fracture, where the sharp end of the broken bone pierced the skin. Because it so often resulted in death from infection, most doctors would immediately amputate the victim's arms and legs. When I think about how many of our teens have come back from Mount Seymour and Grouse with compound fractures from skiing or snowboarding, I give thanks for Joseph Lister.
Back then, surgeons did not wear gowns or gloves, nor did they cover their hair with caps or their noses and their mouths with masks. The result was that the patient was in danger of infection, not from 'bad air' as they thought, but from the surgeon's hands, his clothes, his breath, and his hair. Lister had heard that 'carbolic acid,' a coal-tar derivative used to preserve railway tracks and ships' timbers, was effective in treating sewage in Carlise, and in curing cattle of parasites. By cleaning wounds and dressing his patients with carbolic acid, Lister was able to keep his hospital ward in Glasgow free of infection for nine months. Lister's cloud of carbolic spray drenched the whole area, surgeon and all, and so killed the bacteria before they had a chance to invade the wound.
Carbolic spray, however, was caustic to the skin and body tissues, and sometimes caused poisoning. The surgeon's skin would become bleached and numb, his nails cracked, and his lungs sore as he breathed in large quantities of carbolic. Some surgeons became so ill that they had to give up using the spray entirely. Even Lister described it as 'a necessary evil incurred to attain a greater good.' After many experiments, he found that boracic acid was a better antiseptic.
Because of his new fame, Lister was invited to leave Edinburgh and join the prestigious King's College Hospital in London. The newspapers reported Lister as saying that it was his duty to go to King's because the teaching of surgery in London was very bad. Such publicity did not go down well with his future London colleagues. "Who is this ignorant professor from an insignificant Scottish University," they said, "that he should dare to criticize the great London teaching-schools?"
Lister also made himself unpopular by insisting for hygienic reasons that his wards should be separated from all other wards, and that they should not be shared by any other surgeon. He even had the nerve to bring his own personally trained staff with him from Edinburgh. Little by little however, Lister won the English over.
Dr. Frederick Cartwright, a Fellow in the Royal College of Surgeons, holds that Lister "was a humble servant of God, and that he always asked for His guidance in moments of difficulty. There is no doubt that he believed himself to be directly inspired by God…To Lister, the operating-theatre was a temple." Lister was very humble, but also very brave and determined. In spite of all the opposition that he faced, he never gave up because he knew that God was guiding him to help humanity.
My prayer for those reading this article is that the 'Great Physician' Jesus may empower each of you, like Joseph Lister, to be 'revolutionaries' for the healing of our homes and families.
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Families
 Cavoliniidae Gray, 1850 (1815)
 Cliidae Jeffreys, 1869
 Creseidae Rampal, 1973
 Praecuvierinidae A. Janssen, 2006 †
 Sphaerocinidae A. W. Janssen & P. A. Maxwell, 1995 †

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 Cleodoridae Gray, 1840 => Cavoliniidae Gray, 1850 (1815)
 Clioidae Jeffreys, 1869 => Cliidae Jeffreys, 1869
 Cuvierinidae van der Spoel, 1967 => Cavoliniidae Gray, 1850 (1815)
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It's a mobile-first world when it comes to apps
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Published: January 30th, 2017
- Madison Moore
Like DevOps and agile practices, "mobile-first" development is changing the way developers approach building applications. Of course, the industry doesn't need another buzzword, but this one accurately describes the way teams are thinking about user engagement and developing quality digital experiences.
Plenty of digital organizations are shifting their efforts and making mobile development more than just an afterthought, and the evidence is right there in the tooling that exists for developers today. Some experts might argue that the plethora of choices and platforms can be a bit overwhelming, but the technology isn't the challenge.
Instead, a common roadblock is how to get design teams, project managers, and business leaders involved from the start. It requires collaboration and a change in culture, and many organizations are not prepared for that level of feedback from the development cycle.
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For this year, companies need to be ready for mobile-first development, because the usage of mobile apps and devices doesn't show any signs of stopping. In fact, Flurry Analytics reported that 2016 was the last year of the first decade for mobile apps, where overall app usage grew by 11% and time spent in apps grew by 69%.
Mobile usage hit a critical mass in 2016, but mobile's decelerating rate of growth either means the market has matured, or perhaps we are seeing the end of the "app gold rush," according to senior vice president at Yahoo Simon Khalaf.
Before the mobile app market is disrupted again, developers need to communicate with other teams involved in mobile development processes, sift through analytics, and consider how mobile affects the entire SDLC. Only then will they be able to master the world of mobile-first.
Design comes into focus
Teams within organizations are facing additional mobile pressures from a design standpoint because they need to create optimal experiences for their users, which means the design teams are involved from the very beginning of the software development process, said Daniel Jebaraj, vice president at Syncfusion.
There are other, more internal problems, he said, where they might not be under pressure on the design aspect, but instead they face pressures for performance standards. This is especially true for enterprise applications, which tend to focus more on performance, structure and functionality.
Companies should also consider Material Design, which is a comprehensive guide for visual, motion and interaction design across Android platforms and devices, according to Matt Story, CTO of Handshake.
According to an XDA Developer report, Material Design has seen an "extremely stunted growth on Apple's mobile platform, primarily because it is viewed as Android's design language." But, with the proliferation of Material Design for Android, Story said users are really starting to expect a Material Designed application, not one that has just been adapted from an iOS application, he said.
Since most users want an application that looks and feels like an Android application, companies may have to develop and design their Android apps from the ground up. Story says this is critical for the success of the Android platform.
The unforgiving mobile user
From banking apps to messaging and social apps, people expect their brands to have a mobile presence. Brands that lack a solid digital offering or a mobile presence altogether will see their customers heading over to the next competitor, since it often costs them nothing to switch over, said Thom Kenney, CTO of Applause.
Plus, it doesn't take much for a user to delete a mobile application, and when it comes to user experiences, many mobile users are unforgiving. Consumer-facing apps, which are still built purely native using Xcode or Android Studio, do not want to sacrifice an amazing user experience for a functional one, according to Michael Facemire, application development and delivery principal analyst for Forrester Research.
For example, applications do not need to have an "Angry Bird experience to do an expense report on a phone," he said, so enterprises are more likely to make that trade-off. Functionality for applications and getting things done quickly across platforms are more important to the user in this instance, he said.
While mobile users can be pretty unforgiving when it comes to buggy or slow apps, if they are attached to a product, they will usually continue to use it despite persistant problems, according to Jeffrey Hammond, an application development and delivery principal analyst for Forrester Research.
For instance, Facebook fans do not have an alternative to the popular social networking application, so they are forced to keep an application that drains their battery and causes performance issues on their mobile device, writes Russell Holly in an Android Central report.
"People tend not to be very tolerant about quality problems that are not getting rapidly resolved," said Hammond. "So if somebody takes time to leave a review about your application on the site, and you completely ignore that, then that's a sign to them that you don't care and you're not interested."
It's not just the bugs that brands need to worry about, says Kenney. Apps and digital experiences that fail to match a user's true needs can be just as damaging to the company as bugs in the app, if not more so, he said.
"The stakes are high as people who encounter digital experiences that may work—but don't necessarily meet expectations—will immediately go to a competitor," said Kenney.
Testing for mobile-first
The amount of devices, emulators, platforms, operating systems and environments that exist for mobile applications creates a whole set of challenges for testing, and in a mobile-first world, that challenge is only going to persist.
According to Kenney, "emulators can only solve a finite number of problems quality assurance, product, or engineering teams encounter," which means an app could work just fine in a lab, but fail when a user orders ahead via the Starbucks app on their way to work.
Kenney suggests moving a portion of testing into the wild, so developers can identify bugs specific to each combination of devices, and prevent "show-stopping" bugs from reaching mobile users.
"True in-the-wild testing is the only way to launch digital experiences that consistently work in the hands of users to meet their expectations," said Kenney. "It is also the only way for developers to really know what the true customer experience will entail since it is testing with real people, on real devices, doing the unexpected things that real people do with their apps."
Since developers can never test for all the combinations of mobile devices and applications out there, it puts pressure on teams to "test smart," said Hammond. This means they should do all of the testing that is practical, and skip doing exhaustive amounts of testing.
"They really need to get smart and strategic about what they do and how they do it," he said.
Testers also need to consider all of the digital experiences offered today, along with the speed or "the necessity of speed," which leaves them with not a lot of time to test, said Forrester's Facemire.
He said that teams simply do not have the time to spend three months building an app, followed by three months of it in system tests or functional tests. His solution is to test "on the fly," with more testing in production.
"That means we don't spend three months building something and just throw it out there without testing," said Facemire. "It means we build smaller things, we build more quickly, have smaller iterative updates, and we start relying heavily on analytics and real-time feedback to get details about how well things are working."
When it comes to device differences, teams developing consumer-facing applications are well aware of the challenges. But enterprise companies are just starting to catch up, according to Syncfusion's Jebaraj. However, teams that develop consumer-facing applications or enterprise applications need to figure out how to test and target a wide variety of devices and form factors, he said.
This is where Continuous Testing comes into play, especially when dealing with monolithic systems and loosely coupled systems, said Jebaraj. He said that with these systems, teams will look at certain items that deal with functionality end-to-end, because breaks are more likely and underlying issues with code can hide—especially in areas where test coverage isn't as strong.
Jebaraj added that he sees customers moving toward Jenkins or putting in continuous integration systems so they can trace breaks and make fixes quickly. He said most teams are fortunately able to do much of UI testing for mobile on the back end with automated and unit testing. UI testing can be challenging, he said, but it helps when applications are loosely coupled.
Mobile is also giving a new definition of what it means to be a tester, said Applause's Kenney. No longer is a tester just a desk job in one location; it's a global profession where testers can work remotely from anywhere in the world.
"Testing all of the possible variations of devices and locations is daunting for any company trying to do it on their own, so more brands are now tapping into the growing global community of mobile testing," he said.
Finding developer talent
Another mobile-first trend that Hammond sees has to do with a gap in the number of mobile developers or experienced mobile developers that enterprises can hire. He said developers would be willing to work for large enterprises, but the companies are doing work that some developers are just not interested in.
"There are a lot of opportunities to build all kinds of apps out there," said Hammond. "Apps for enterprises or apps for employees in enterprises tend to get the short end of the stick from an interest and from a budgeting standpoint."
Then there is the increase of Android adoption, which leads Story to believe that the industry is going to see more Android-first companies going forward. He said his company noticed that in the past, mobile-first really meant iOS-first, and now the market needs to get ready for companies ramping up their Android application development.
This causes a major problem in some areas, like in New York, said Story. He's noticed that many companies and startups are looking to build Android apps, but there are not enough Android developers to build them at the moment. A recruiter once told him to plan on waiting six months or so to hire one.
"I know what a lot of companies are starting to do is say, 'We're just going to train within.' That seems to be a pretty common strategy right now, just because the market is so thin," said Story.
The big challenge in a mobile-first world will continue to be talent, he said, and he recommends hiring managers who think about what their team will do if they can't hire an Android developer right away, and must consider the alternatives to building out an application.
When to use offline-first application design and development
On airplanes, in subways, or passing through rural networks and congested cities, it doesn't matter where: Mobile users expect their mobile applications to just work.
This poses an interesting challenge for today's mobile-first developers, as they now need to approach development from an offline-first perspective and consider things like resource constraints and how to build their applications to work in that environment first.
Bradley Holt, a developer advocate for the IBM Watson data platform, said that there are a few advantages to the offline-first approach of app development.
"Offline is obviously a huge advantage of it, and also for developing countries or places where you have limited or no connectivity, the offline approach is highly valuable in those settings," said Holt. "I think the actual exciting thing about offline-first actually has nothing to do with offline, and it's that you can make your application work must faster."
The offline-first approach actually allows developers to make their applications work faster because they can store all of the content and data locally on the device, which means all of the data access is happening locally, said Holt.
"This makes it really fast to clear your data or update your data or create new records, so you are actually making a really high-performance, responsive application," he said.
Since mobile users tend to attribute network connectivity issues to the application itself (instead of to Internet access or cellular network availability), it's important that apps always have access to the core data types and core data that the user needs to be able to use their apps, said Handshake's Story. This will improve app retention rates, since typically a user will look for a replacement application if apps do not work in low-connectivity areas like subways, he said.
"I think that is becoming the expectation: The app will always work all the time as long as your iPhone or iPad is still functioning," said Story.
There is of course no one-size-fits-all solution for developing an offline-first application. Mark Murphy, founder of CommonsWare (an Android app development, training and consulting company) said that from a tools-and-techniques standpoint, the issue for developing apps with an offline-first application design "is mostly tied to how much the app is publishing content, versus consuming it, and to what extent others are also collaborating on that same content."
The appropriate tools to develop a Twitter client app, for example, would need things like offline caching, offline queuing, and a way to know when connectivity comes and goes, including when the app is not directly being used, which is key for any platform, said Murphy.
According to Holt, the abundance of tools, solutions, technologies and even platforms offers additional challenges to developers, who might become overwhelmed with the choices for their company or application. Teams should consider building hybrid or native applications, progressive web apps, and iOS or Android (or both) apps, and then they can navigate the tooling choices that will best fit their needs, he said.
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Madison Moore is an Online and Social Media Editor for SD Times. She is a 2015 graduate from Delaware Valley University, Pa., with a Bachelor's Degree in media and communication. Moore has reported for Philly.com, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and PhillyVoice. She is new to Long Island and is a cat enthusiast. Follow her on Twitter at @Moorewithmadi.
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James Musser, MD, PhD, chair of the department of pathology and genomic medicine, director of the Center for Molecular & Translational Human Infectious Diseases Research, Fondren Presidential Distinguished Chair, and his colleagues, sequenced the genomes of 20,453 SARS-CoV-2 virus specimens from COVID-19 patients at Houston Methodist Hospital starting in March 2020. They found the UK variant (B.1.1.7), South Africa variant (B.1.351), Brazil variants (P.1 and P.2), and two related California variants (B.1.429 and B.1.427).
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Canon EOS Rebel SL3 Announced, Price Starts at $549, Available for Pre-order !
Canon has officially announced the new EOS Rebel SL3 (Adorama/B&H Photo Video/Amazon) entry-level DSLR camera today. EOS Rebel SL3 is the smallest and lightest DSLR ever. It uses the same 24MP APS-C CMOS sensor as its SL2 predecessor but adds a DIGIC 8 processor, eye-detection when using Dual Pixel AF, improved battery life and 4K video capture with a disappointingly huge crop. The Canon EOS Rebel SL3 will be available at the end of this month in either black or white color options for $549 body-only or $649 with 18-55mm f/4-5.6 IS STM lens included. You can pre-order Canon EOS Rebel SL3 at Adorama/B&H Photo Video/Amazon.
MELVILLE, N.Y., April 10, 2019 – Combining ease-of-use with high-image quality, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, today unveiled the EOS Rebel SL3 DSLR camera, the smallest and lightest product within the current EOS lineup. Weighing just 15.84 oz1, the EOS Rebel SL3 offers users a compact system delivering high-resolution images – complete with an APS-C imaging sensor, DIGIC 8 Image Processor and 3.0-inch vari-angle LCD touchscreen as well as 4K video, a first for the EOS Rebel lineup. Compatible with Canon's full line of interchangeable EF and EF-S lenses, along with the ability to instantly send images to compatible smartphones through Auto Image Transfer via Wi-Fi® connectivity2, the EOS Rebel SL3 is the tool needed to empower aspiring photographers to capture gorgeous shots quickly and easily.
The EOS Rebel SL3 carries a powerful 24.1 Megapixel CMOS (APS-C) sensor, enabling users to snap photos and express themselves across a multitude of settings – whether it be a beautiful night scene, stunning family-vacation destination or a picturesque landscape. The camera is equipped with Canon's DIGIC 8 processor – first introduced in the EOS M50 and later built into the revolutionary EOS R full-frame mirrorless system. DIGIC 8 helps improve autofocus performance and allows for the processing of 4K video and 4K time-lapse movies – helping budding videographers record scenes such as the colorful evening skyline in brilliant detail.
The EOS Rebel SL3 features autofocus (AF) capabilities, delivering nine AF points across the optical viewfinder. This includes a new Spot AF which allows users to focus on a precise area within the subject. The EOS Rebel SL3 is the first DSLR in the Canon EOS line to feature Dual Pixel CMOS AF3 with Eye Detection AF in Live View shooting mode. With its optical viewfinder and Live View LCD monitor, photographers can enjoy two different ways of shooting and customize their experience based on the scene. The system is also the first Canon EOS SLR to incorporate a Smooth Skin setting, which can help render skin tones as well as Creative Assist – an interface by which users can check and seamlessly change shooting conditions in Live View4– such as white balance or brightness – in real time.
The EOS Rebel SL3 will be available toward the end of April for purchase in black and white color options for an estimated retail price of $599.99, for the body only and $749.99 for the body with a EF-S 18-55 f/4-5.6 IS STM lens*. For more information, please visit usa.canon.com.
1 Includes battery and SD memory card (confirms with CIPA standards).1 Includes battery and SD memory card (confirms with CIPA standards).
2 Compatible with select smartphone and tablet devices (Android™ version 5.0 or later and the following iOS® devices: iPhone 4s or later, iPad 3rd gen. or later, iPod Touch 5th gen. or later) equipped with Bluetooth® version 4.0 or later and the Camera Connect app.
4 Available AF points may decrease when shooting with AF cropping or in movie mode, or depending on camera settings or lens attached.
5 Up to three lenses can be registered at once within the camera.
*Availability, prices and specifications are subject to change without notice. Actual prices are set by individual dealers and may vary.
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Fort Branch was a fort built by the Confederate Army especially to defend against attacks from the Union Army along the Roanoke River in North Carolina.

The fort was originally built in 1862 along Rainbow Banks in Martin County, southeast of Hamilton, as a suitable location for defense of the Roanoke Valley. Twelve pieces of artillery were stationed at the fort to prevent Union access to the Wilmington-Weldon Railroad Bridge.

On December 12, 1864, members of the 2nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Heavy Artillery, 27th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 9th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, 16th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, 176th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Battery A of the 3rd New York Heavy Artillery Regiment, and the 12th Regiment New York Volunteer Cavalry under the command of Colonel Jones Frankle advanced towards Fort Branch. The night was bitterly cold and quite dark, which enabled the Union contingent to move easily. Colonel John Hinton, commanding officer of the fort, was caught unawares and was captured easily by Captain Samuel P. Russell of Battery A of the 3rd New York. Despite this initial success, the decision to chase down Confederate soldiers of the Weldon Junior Reserves gave Hinton's men time to regroup, and the fort was abandoned as Frankle and his men retreated back to Williamston, North Carolina.

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External links
 Fort Branch Civil War Site - Fort Branch Battlefield Commission
 Photos of Fort Branch Confederate Earthen Fort
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American Civil War forts
Wilmington campaigns
Battles of the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War
Union victories of the American Civil War
Museums in Martin County, North Carolina
American Civil War museums in North Carolina
Battles of the American Civil War in North Carolina
1862 establishments in North Carolina
December 1864 events