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Tippecanoe Valley Boomerang Backpacks Receives Donation
This entry was posted in News on February 19, 2016 by Keith Lang.
SCHOOL NEWS RELEASE
Tippecanoe Valley Boomerang Backpacks was presented with a check by Rosy Jansma, Mentone resident and parent of two Tippecanoe Valley students, who serves on the K21 Health Foundation Board of Directors. Because of Mrs. Jansma's involvement in the community and commitment to making a difference, the K21 Foundation made a donation of $1,000 in her honor. Mrs. Jansma chose to use the donation to support Tippecanoe Valley Boomerang Backpacks.
Tippecanoe Valley Boomerang Backpacks is a program in which the weekend nutritional needs of approximately 160 children/families from Akron Elementary School and Mentone Elementary School are met by the provision of food and snacks sent home in a backpack each Friday afternoon. Students receive enough food for the entire weekend. Boomerang Backpacks helps eliminate hunger and allows students to concentrate better on learning throughout the week.
Shown accepting the check are members of the Tippecanoe Valley High School Life Skills Class. These students have the responsibility of packing the backpacks each week before they are delivered to the elementary schools.
Pictured in the front row (left to right) are Rosy Jansma, Gage Williams, Floyd Bradley, Miles Fowler, and Sarah Schumacher.
Pictured in the back row (left to right) are Kyle Perry, Eric Hume, River Thomas, Dr. Michael Bendicsen (TVHS Principal), Emma Coppes (Life Skills Class Teacher), Jenna Schultz (Life Skills Class Student Intern), and Kendra Kimes (Life Skills Class Instructional Assistant).
Anyone interested in donating to Tippecanoe Valley Boomerang Backpacks may do so by contacting Tippecanoe Valley High School Principal Dr. Michael Bendicsen at 574-598-2100 or [email protected].
Makenna Bradley Honored for Poster to Appear in All Schools
This entry was posted in News on February 5, 2016 by Keith Lang.
Tippecanoe Valley High School Freshman Makenna Bradley, a student in Darren Parker's Computer Applications class, was recently honored as the creator of a poster that will be proudly displayed in all Tippecanoe Valley schools. Makenna created a poster that reads, "Congratulations Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation – We are #1 in Graduation Rate Among Public Schools in Kosciusko County – Great Job! – Akron Elementary School – Mentone Elementary School – Tippecanoe Valley Middle School – Tippecanoe Valley High School – Burket Educational Center".
Makenna was awarded a Subway gift certificate for her fine work.
Pictured are Makenna Bradley and Darren Parker.
Tippecanoe Valley to Host Open Swim
This entry was posted in TV High School on February 5, 2016 by Kidder Media.
The Tippecanoe Valley High School Pool will be open to patrons of the Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation for Open Swim on Sunday afternoons from 2-4 p.m. during the months of January (10, 17, 24, and 31), Feb. 7, 14, 21, and 28) and March (6, 13, 20, and 27), 2016. A certified lifeguard will be present; however, swimming instruction will not be provided. To participate in Open Swim children under the age of 13 must be accompanied by an adult. Proper swim attire is required. A fee of $2 per swimmer will be collected to cover pool supervision and lifeguard costs.
Please Join Us for the TVHS School Improvement Team Meeting
Parents are cordially invited to participate in the Tippecanoe Valley High School
School Improvement Team, April 14, 2016 at 7:30 am. This is a great opportunity to learn about school operations, meet with teachers and administrators, make constructive comments, and ask important questions. Student Council members will also be present at these meetings. Parents are always encouraged to ask questions of TVHS staff. Please visit our website for contact information.
TVSC Received New Phone System in January
The Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation (TVSC) is pleased to announce that over the holiday break, all TVSC schools and facilities transitioned to a new Voice over IP (VoIP) phone system. The new system became operational as of Tuesday, January 5, 2016, replacing an aging phone system that can no longer be updated or in many cases repaired due to failure. The new phone system will allow TVSC to maintain the highest level of service to its patrons.
Please note that all phone numbers throughout the district will be changing to a 598 prefix, making calls to any school a local call for most patrons. The new numbers will be: Akron Elementary School (574-598-2367), Burket Educational Center (574-598-2600), Mentone Elementary School (574-598-2590), Tippecanoe Valley Middle School (574-598-2200), Tippecanoe Valley High School (574-598-2100), Tippecanoe Valley Bus Garage (574-598-2490), and Tippecanoe Valley Administration Office (574-598-2759). Staff phone extensions will also change.
TVSC eagerly anticipates the many benefits that will accompany the installation of this new phone system.
The College Board Names Tippecanoe Valley to Opportunity Honor Roll
This entry was posted in News, Uncategorized on February 5, 2016 by Keith Lang.
The College Board has named the Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation to the 2015 Gaston Caperton Opportunity Honor Roll, a list of 130 school districts across the United States that are being recognized for creating opportunities for traditionally underrepresented students. Traditionally underrepresented students refer to black, Hispanic/Latino, American Indian/Alaska Native, and low-income and first-generation students of all races/ethnicities. The districts featured on the Opporunity Honor Roll have expanded access to higher education by providing students with rigorous academic offerings and innovative college-preparation programs. Districts on the Opportunity Honor Roll demonstrate significant and consistent growth in the number of underrepresented and low-income students taking college-level courses and applying to four or more colleges.
There is no application process to be on the Honor Roll; instead the College Board looks across multiple data sets to identify recipients. To be included in the Honor Roll, districts must have:
Increased the number of underrepresented students who took the SAT;
Increased the number of underrepresented students who took an AP course and exam;
Increased the number of underrepresented students who were on-track for college, as demonstrated by scoring 1550+ on the SAT;
Increased the number of underrepresented students who scored a 3+ on the AP Exam; and
Increased the number of underrepresented students who sent their SAT scores to at least four colleges.
Tippecanoe Valley is one of only six Indiana school districts named by the College Board to the 2015 Opportunity Honor Roll.
This entry was posted in TV Middle School on February 5, 2016 by Kidder Media.
Welcome to the new Tippecanoe Valley Middle School website. We have updated our look to make it easier for visitors to find what they need quickly. We invite you to check back often as we will be updating information each month. Here are some areas on the site that will be particularly helpful.
The home page has many links right at your fingertips. Stay updated with events around the district with scrolling articles that are updated monthly. Quickly access the district calendar, upcoming events and many other items and documents.
Please share our excitement about our new website. Please visit often to stay informed.
Help your child Set Goals and Achieve them
In school, we often use the term goals with your children. How can we help our students beat the odds and achieve their goals at a higher rate than the 8% of Americans who will attain their resolutions in 2016? Consider these ideas you can also support at home:
Make the goal specific. The target needs to be very clear for your child. Help him/her clearly articulate what it is they want to achieve. Instead of a goal to get better at reading, the goal could be to better understand what is being read.
Set a short timeframe. Many goals fail because the timeframe is too long. Set small, specific timeframes (2-3 weeks) that can be more easily monitored.
Make a plan. Help your child figure out actions they can take to reach their goal. How will you better understand what you are reading? Will you write a summary after a certain number of pages? Will you ask questions as you read?
Adjust the goal. There is nothing wrong with your child adjusting his/her goals. Adjusting will be more successful than quitting.
Celebrate. Celebrate the small successes like sticking to the goal's steps. There is something about acknowledging progress, even small progress, that propels us to keep at it and work toward the next small step along the road of attaining a goal.
New Phone Numbers For Tippecanoe Valley Schools
The new numbers are: Akron Elementary School (574-598-2367), Burket Educational Center (574-598-2600), Mentone Elementary School (574-598-2590), Tippecanoe Valley Middle School (574-598-2200), Tippecanoe Valley High School (574-598-2100), Tippecanoe Valley Bus Garage (574-598-2490), and Tippecanoe Valley Administration Office (574-598-2759). Staff phone extensions have also changed.
This entry was posted in Akron on February 5, 2016 by Kidder Media.


Founded by Mr J K Kapur, Copper Chimney is an ode to the secret recipes and cooking techniques from across undivided North India, a flavorful melange of generations-old proprietary techniques and contemporary flair that finds expression in Temple City of India.
Brand Director Mrs. Shikha Nath says, "Mr. JK Kapur's passion, stemming from his experience growing up near the North-West Frontier Province and his early years setting up the restaurant in Mumbai, has fueled our passion for Copper Chimney over 4 decades, and continues to inspire us to be the leader in Indian cuisine. Every detail, from the even- heating of custom clay ovens, to the creation of distinctive spice blends, is important in showcasing the skills of our 'Ustads'. We have perfected over several years, the art of preparing and presenting dishes that are simply unforgettable, and this new Copper Chimney is taking that legacy further forward."
Food: Given its prime location, the new Copper Chimney is ideal for family occasions & celebration as well as post-work mocktails, grills and small plates, alike. The mix of modern design and familiar flavorful favorites will ensure that the restaurant appeals to both the newer diners as well as to the diehard Copper Chimney enthusiasts. In a nod to the country's unique street drinks, the menu includes Street Coolers too.
Ustads: The Ustads - Master Chefs, are trained and nurtured for decades, gaining in- depth knowledge of ingredients, cooking styles and recipes handed down over from generations. Recipes from the original 1972 menu hold firm and occupy pride of place, champions of the Copper Chimney heritage even today.


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Welcome to AT&T Chauffeurs and our story so far …….
In 1993, My wife Karen and I started a small boutique flower shop in Prussia Street Dublin 7, moving to a bigger shop in Berkeley Street a few years later.
While talking and working with brides on their wedding flowers, on occasion, the issue of wedding cars would come up. Some brides were finding it difficult to book suitable wedding cars.
Mostly, because of the greater distances involved on their wedding day, taking them to their venues in Meath, Kildare and Wicklow etc.
So in 1995 I decided to set up a chauffeur service, using new Mercedes for Airport transfers, Social events and weddings.
Brides mostly wanted their wedding car to be Vintage in style, reliable, comfortable and to turn heads. "We want to be noticed on our big day" they said.
I wanted to offer a little something different to your Traditional Vintage wedding car.
For the first time in Ireland, Brides were able to travel in convertible Vintage Style wedding cars, new cars made to look old, greater distances without any worries and brides really love the experience.
Today, 21 years on and thousands of weddings later, we now have the largest fleet of Vintage style Beauford, Regent and Brenchley convertible cars in Ireland, garaged here in Ratoath, relatively new, made to look old, able to travel anywhere, driven by professional chauffeurs in full period dress. To support your bridal party, we have our 10 seater Windsor buses, Stretched Mercedes seating 7 passengers and our new S-class Mercedes seating 4 passengers.
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The representation of the cumulative total shows a regular increasing, leading to 149 referenced sites at the end of 2018 .
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Doubling Time: is the number of years necessary to have twice more sites, in an hypothesis of linear increase. It is approximated by the formula TD = ln(2) / TA.


Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, and Autodesk, Inc.(NASDQ: ADSK), a world leader in 3D design, engineering and entertainment software, have signed a three year, $12 million agreement that will help Balfour Beatty expand its adoption of Building Information Modelling (BIM). The agreement, one of the first of its kind and size in the infrastructure industry, will enable Balfour Beatty to better serve customers across the world through increased use of BIM, an intelligent model–based process that provides insight for creating and managing building and infrastructure projects faster, more economically, and with less environmental impact. The UK Government will mandate the use of BIM on public building projects beginning in 2016.
Balfour Beatty has already used Autodesk BIM on a number of high profile projects including the San Francisco Bay Bridge, the widening of the M25 outside London, and design and construction for the replacement of Terminal 2 at London Heathrow International Airport. For the new Terminal 2B, the largest ever airside project at Heathrow, the use of BIM helped the company coordinate over 30 active stakeholders through 13 interfacing projects and enabled a peak workforce of 1,600 to complete work, including a 2 km diaphragm wall, the largest in Europe, ahead of schedule.
"Moving to BIM is about more than implementing new technology – to fully realise its benefits requires a process change. Through this comprehensive agreement, Balfour Beatty is demonstrating its commitment to this change and Autodesk is excited to work with them and help extend the value of BIM to their clients around the world," said Roland Zelles, Vice President, Autodesk Architecture Engineering and Construction, Europe, Middle East and Africa.
Through the agreement, thousands of Balfour Beatty users across all international operations will have access to a range of Autodesk BIM solutions including Autodesk Revit software products, AutoCAD Civil 3D software, Autodesk Navisworks software products, AutoCAD software and Autodesk 3ds Max Design software.
Autodesk will provide significant training, support and strategic consultancy through Autodesk Consulting to help Balfour Beatty maximise their use of BIM.
2. Autodesk, Inc. is a leader in 3D design, engineering and entertainment software. Customers across the manufacturing, architecture, building, construction, and media and entertainment industries - including the last 17 Academy Award winners for Best Visual Effects - use Autodesk software to design, visualise and simulate their ideas. Since its introduction of AutoCAD software in 1982, Autodesk continues to develop the broadest portfolio of state-of-the-art software for global markets. For additional information about Autodesk, visit www.autodesk.com.
3. Building Information Modelling (BIM) is an intelligent model–based process that provides insight for creating and managing building and infrastructure projects faster, more economically and with less environmental impact. Autodesk BIM solutions for building and infrastructure lifecycles are based on intelligent models created with Autodesk Revit software products and AutoCAD Civil 3D software. Helping to expand the benefits of BIM is a powerful set of complementary solutions for visualising and simulating projects virtually, documentation and professional drafting and data management and collaboration. The Autodesk Building Design and Autodesk Infrastructure Design Suites offer a comprehensive set of tools to support BIM workflows in a single, cost-effective package.


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Our software is cloud based, so we need to communicate with your pilot site. We utilize the secure M2M (machine to machine) industrial version of the mobile cell network to connect to your building management system. We install a router/modem (at no cost to you) for the duration of the test.
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For Male Fertility, Boxers Provide Edge Over Briefs. Possibly.
Reversible Male Contraceptive Shows Promise - So Why Stop The Study Early?
Men, if you're trying to help your partner conceive a child and also interested in tilting the odds in your favor as best you can, this might prove helpful. Possibly. That's according to researchers studying the relative temperature of sperm.
Among their main findings: men who wear boxer shorts have a 17 percent higher sperm count, and a 33 percent higher moving sperm count, than those who wear tighter briefs.
The reason, it's believed, is that there's an inverse relationship between scrotal-area temperature and sperm production, or as the study's authors write, "Elevated scrotal temperatures are known to adversely affect testicular function." What's not exactly known is why this is the case.
The controlled study, which was published online last week in the journal Human Reproduction, included data collected from 656 men seeking infertility treatment between the years 2000 and 2017, 53 percent of whom reported wearing boxers. The remainder wore various kinds of more restrictive underwear. Subjects fell between the ages of 18 and 56 years old. The median age was 35.5 years and body mass index (BMI) was 26.3 kg/m2.
Blood tests were conducted to measure testosterone levels and other hormones, and researchers controlled for several factors: race, age, BMI, smoking, and sauna and hot-bath usage. Not only were higher sperm counts found for boxer-wearers, but 25 percent in that group also had higher sperm concentrations.
While the study provided some insight, among the limitations was that it "only included men from couples seeking fertility treatment," and thus the "results may not be generalizable to men from the general population."
Another was that the data was self-reported via questionnaire, which always introduces some uncertainty into the research where, the authors wrote, "measurement error and misclassification of the exposure (type of underwear worn) is a concern." But they added that while "we are unaware of studies evaluating the validity of self-reported type of underwear worn, we have no reason to believe this behavior would be incorrectly reported by men."
Aside from scientific curiosity, the impetus for such a study is most likely male interest, specifically whether a connection exists between the choice of garment and sperm production. Research in this area goes back decades, with these authors citing studies dating to 1990 (Sanger and Friman). And yet, while the results are not clear-cut by any means, some additional insight into this area cannot hurt. So if you're looking to boost your fertility chances, however imprecise they may be, this simple switch, of course, carries no risk and is easy to make.


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HomePeopleDr Pawan Singh
Dr Pawan Singh
MD and CEO, PTC India Financial Services
Aiming High
Dr Pawan Singh, who recently took over as MD and CEO of PTC India Financial Services, has big ambitions for the company…
It's not often that people walk away from a management trainee opportunity in a company as prestigious as Tata Steel in Jamshedpur, but Dr Pawan Singh, who was all too aware that the company was one of the best in India, felt that the steel industry was not his ideal choice. He had joined the company after doing his MBA and liked the way the course plunged trainees into every aspect of the industry and how it combined classroom theory with hands-on experience. But after less than a year, he left to join Bharat Petroleum in Delhi. "I had wanted to be in Delhi because I felt it had more opportunities and the other reason for leaving was that the oil industry fascinated me much more than steel," he says.
When Singh joined, Bharat Petroleum was booming with 25 per cent growth per annum and offering good career development opportunities for someone like Singh, who joined as a marketing executive. His three years with the company proved to be a formative experience. "As a marketing executive, you have to understand the way the market is moving. The oil industry mirrors the way the wider economy is going because it does products that go to transport, to agriculture, to industrial use. So you get a very good insight into how the various parts of the economy are moving," he says.
Bharat Petroleum had a good system of management reporting. He had to prepare a weekly report giving market intelligence to the management team. Preparing the report, he recalls, used to be quite an "intense" exercise that solidified his knowledge of what was happening on the ground. Here too, as at Tata Steel, new recruits were exposed to everything – from working in the depots to checking the level of fuel in an oil tanker with a dipstick and checking that the fuel at a petrol station had not been adulterated (a check that involves inserting toothpaste inside a diesel tank; if it turns pinkish, the fuel adulterated). "The exposure was so comprehensive that I feel if I joined the oil industry today, I'd be able to do the work purely because of my foundation and learning from those days."
The other similarity between the two companies for Singh was that he was voted the best trainee in both of them. But Singh had still not quite found his niche. A lot of his friends in Delhi used to talk about how they were going to sit for the civil services exam. He had no particular wish to join the services, but thought he would prepare for the Indian Railways exam anyway, more out of curiosity than desire. On passing, in 1986, he decided to join. "In those days, India was still not a market economy. A government job was still the top choice," he says.
With an MBA and a PhD in infrastructure finance, Singh worked in the highest loading divisions of Indian Railways, in South Eastern Railway and Western Railway. "In the civil services, the responsibility level is high. The kind of responsibility I was handling was very huge, basically heading the finance of a division of about 30,000 people in all, of which 250 reported directly to me. I was given tremendous exposure and freedom to take decisions. I liked the scale of the railways. It was such an incredible job that I stayed on for 12 years," he says. Here too, Singh shone. The railways have an unusual system of making their various divisions compete against one another in efficiency and handing out medals to individual officials who have been exceptionally efficient. Singh managed to win a medal for his own efficiency while winning one for his division too.
It was at the railways that Singh honed his management style which, in a nutshell, is "taking people along with me". The railway unions were very strong then and often the management and unions had a testy relationship. "I managed both to deliver in terms of work and also have a good rapport with the unions. It's not that I went the extra mile for them, no. It's just that if you focus on the human relationship, if you treat people with dignity and listen to them, half the problem is solved," he says.
Singh enjoys managing people. He has found that apart from motivating staff, giving them responsibility and encouraging them, it is important to take them along with you so that they know what is expected of them. "Problems arise when people don't know what is expected of them. Give them clarity about the goals and they will fulfil your expectations on the whole," he says.
It was some years after he married, about 12 years ago, that Singh, through his sister, got interested in Buddhism. The interest deepened inexorably and has since permeated every aspect of his life and work. The particular Japanese religious movement he subscribes to is called Soka Gakkai. "It teaches that our life is dominated by our karma. By practising Buddhism, one can pierce through one's karma; modify the karmic pattern of living and karmic pattern of behaviour. This has influenced not just my style of working but my daily life," he says. Initially, Singh used to think mistakenly that when Buddhists talked about the middle path, they meant compromise. "Instead, by the middle path, we mean touching both your physical and spiritual lives, the two sides of the riverbed," he says. His morning routine includes an hour of Buddhist chanting which, he says, "elevates" his mind, helps him deal with daily problems, and keeps doubts and anxieties at bay.
After his Buddhism, the talk turns to his work in the power sector. He went on deputation to Powergrid from the railways ministry. He was general manager (finance) at Powergrid till 2005 and worked as director, finance, Delhi Power Holding Company, Delhi Transco and Indraprastha Power Generation Company Limited.
His turnaround of Delhi Transco, earlier known as Delhi Vidyut Board (DVB) and universally cursed by Delhi residents for its abysmal service, was nothing short of a miracle. Its losses, when he joined, were Rs 40 billion. He turned it into a dividend-paying, profit-making company, and also the highest credit rated company among state power utilities throughout India. This turnaround is taught as a case study at MDI, Gurugram. Hardly surprising, then, that Singh calls his five-year stint at Delhi Transco "the highest point" of his career. Wasn't he daunted by taking on losses of such a colossal magnitude? "No," he replies. "I have never been afraid of taking on a challenge. But first I had to establish a relationship with the state government. I was an outsider. No one had reason to have confidence in me."
Initially, his actions irked a few in the government. Gradually, though, as they began to find that whatever he did was working, the tide turned and they started giving him a free hand. "I was the finance director. But I kept getting additional responsibilities and powers, and I used these to do whatever it took to stop the losses. The first results could be seen in the first year," he says.
Singh did some massive financial restructuring. Slowly, the balance sheet became sustainable. The banks started lending money to the company. He also worked on improving the culture, bringing in professionals from other industries along with chartered accountants and engineers. He had to break the stranglehold of the old DVB culture. "I was able to push change through, but with a lot of resistance. Sometimes people would express their resentment to the chairman's ex-officio chief secretary/ principal secretary. He backed me. Others in the government also supported me. It was a lot of work, but we kept moving in the right direction. If you do that, you have to come good eventually," he says.
Singh loves the world of finance. It is his passion. CFO magazine conferred on him the title of CFO of Exceptional Calibre in 2015 and in 2017. He also enjoys teaching finance. He is visiting faculty at prestigious institutes such as the IIMs, the IITs, the Indian School of Business, and the IAS Academy. "These days, I am doing less teaching but I really like to interact with young students and share my insights with them," he says.
In October, Singh was appointed managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) of PTC India Financial Services (PFS), the non-banking financing arm of PTC India. For the previous seven years, he had been director, finance and chief financial officer. He brings to the job 34 years of experience in finance. One of his current challenges is to deal with the issue of stressed assets. "We need to resolve these stressed assets. I have about Rs 17 billion worth of stressed assets on my books. In the last 20 days, we have been able to knock off Rs 5 billion. This quarter, or maybe next quarter, we will be able to knock off another Rs 5 billion. We are going at top speed. It needs to be resolved quickly. It is very important that, on the books, we can demonstrate quality of assets. We are a finance company. We raise capital and provide it to those who need it. We won't get capital unless lenders find that the risk is as low as possible," he says.
Singh has ambitions for PFS. Big ambitions. "I want to take this company to big heights. Today, I have a Rs 140 billion asset base. In the next two and a half years, I want to make it a Rs 300 billion company. By the time my tenure ends in five years, I want it to be a double-of-that company." As to life after PFS, he says he hasn't given it any thought. "Sometimes it is best to take life as it comes. But at the core of everything is my spiritual practice. That is where I draw all my strength from," he says.
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2016 has marked Fleeson Gooing's 130th year of providing legal services to the Wichita area and beyond. The firm was founded in 1886 by C.H. Brooks, grandfather of recently-retired Fleeson Gooing attorney Bill Thompson and great-grandfather of Ed Healy, also a Fleeson Gooing attorney. In the 130 years that the firm has been in existence, it has always been located within a four-block area of downtown Wichita. Through the commitment and hard work of many different attorneys and staff members over the years, and the loyalty of a host of clients, Fleeson Gooing has grown and thrived.
In observing its 130th anniversary, the firm has endeavored to engage in a number of activities designed to "give back" to the Wichita community. In September, the firm divided into two teams—Team Fleeson and Team Gooing—and engaged in a competition to see which team could pack the most backpacks at the Kansas Food Bank. Over a two hour period, a total of 1100 backpacks were filled for local youth.
In November, Fleeson Gooing engaged in a friendly competition with a valued client, Employers Mutual Company, to prepare food packs at the Food Bank. And in January, the firm will repeat this activity with another longtime valued client, The Law Company.
Also in September, the firm organized a building-wide blood drive at the Epic Center, where Fleeson Gooing has been located since 2007. In November, a number of firm employees volunteered at the Salvation Army to take applications from low-income individuals for Christmas gifts and a coat giveaway. And in December, the firm prepared and served lunch to over 125 homeless individuals at the Open Door ministry.
Fleeson Gooing has also celebrated the relationships that have been formed over the years with a 130th Anniversary Party for attorneys and staff at the River City Brewery. The firm believes it has the best legal support staff in Wichita and that the success the firm has enjoyed must be attributed in large part to them.
It is with gratitude that Fleeson Gooing looks forward to opportunities to serve the legal needs of Kansans for years to come.


Breakfast from some of the nation's fast-food restaurants could be a high-fat, high-calorie affair. But most chains offer healthier options, too. Think about what you need: Even these "better bets" aren't for everyone. Some still may have too much salt or calories for you.
Take a pass on the Big Breakfast with Hotcakes. It packs 1,090 calories, 56 grams (g) fat, and 19 g saturated fat -- over the daily limit for saturated fat for most people. Even the biscuit is loaded with saturated fat. The sodium hits 2,150 milligrams (mg), well over the daily limit of 1,500 mg for people who have high blood pressure or are particularly likely to get it -- a group that includes most U.S. adults.
The Egg McMuffin is a better choice under the golden arches at 290 calories, 12 g fat, 5 g saturated fat, and 4 g fiber. Lean Canadian bacon offers protein and a meaty taste with much less fat. Note that it's high in sodium: 740 mg. You could choose the Egg White Delight McMuffin. It has 250 calories, 7 g fat, 3 g saturated fat, and 4 g fiber. But at 770 mg, it also has a lot of sodium.
Skip the Double Croissan'wich with Sausage & Bacon, which comes in at 580 calories, 39 g fat, 15 g saturated fat, and 1,250 mg sodium. Burger King stacks a sausage patty, thick bacon, double cheese, and eggs on a giant buttery croissant bun. Another one to pass up: the Double Croissan'wich with Double Sausage. It has 710 calories, 52 g fat, 19 g saturated fat, and 1,160 mg sodium.
The Egg & Cheese Croissan'wich has 330 calories, 18 g fat, and 8 g saturated fat. The sodium count may be tough for limited diets at 620 mg. Eleven grams of protein will help keep you feeling full until lunch.
Steer clear of the Steak & Egg Burrito. Jack in the Box fills a flour tortilla with scrambled eggs, steak, hash browns, and cheese. It has 788 calories, 48 g fat, and 14 g saturated fat, and 1,856 mg sodium. The burrito does provide 32 grams of protein, but it takes a big chunk of your daily fat and calorie limit.
The Breakfast Jack is a hamburger bun with fried egg, ham, and American cheese. It has better nutrition numbers, with 283 calories, 11 g fat, 4 g saturated fat, and 16 g protein. As with many fast-food items, the sodium is high: 780 mg.
The Cranberry Orange Scone is one of several high-fat, sugary treats at Starbucks that probably won't keep you full until lunch, despite a hefty calorie count. Sweet treats like this icing-topped scone vary in flavorings by restaurant, but any scone is going to be buttery. This one has 490 calories, 18 g fat, 9 g saturated fat , 2 g fiber, and 8 g protein.
The Spinach & Feta Breakfast Wrap is a better pick. It's easy to eat out of hand and has 290 calories, 10 g fat, and 3.5 g saturated fat. Lots of protein (19 g) and fiber (6 g) help keep you full. Steel-Cut Oatmeal with Old-Fashioned Rolled Oats is another good choice at 160 calories before toppings. Or try the Greek Yogurt with Honey Parfait with 260 calories.
The 6" Sunrise Subway Melt can be too much for some low-calorie diets. Turkey, bacon, ham, cheese, and egg provide 32 grams of protein. But the total calories and fat run high. It has 430 calories, 17 g total fat, 7 g saturated fat, and 1,500 mg sodium.
Pare down to the 3-inch Egg & Cheese Sandwich with egg whites for a better choice at Subway with 190 calories, 7 g fat, 2.5 g saturated fat, 9 g protein, 460 mg sodium, and 6 g fiber. Add tomatoes, green peppers, cucumbers, or other low-calorie choices to boost the flavor.
Breakfast really is the most important meal of the day -- it gives you energy to start the day and is linked to many health benefits. Studies show that eating a healthy breakfast can help give you a nutritionally complete diet, higher in nutrients, vitamins, and minerals; better weight control; improved concentration and performance in the classroom or the boardroom; more strength and energy to engage in physical activity; and lower cholesterol levels.
If you find yourself at a fast-food chain in the morning, opt for the healthiest breakfast options, or eat a smaller portion and save the other half. You can eat out healthfully, but nothing compares to the numerous breakfast options at home, from an egg and whole-wheat toast to a whole-grain breakfast parfait with fruit and yogurt. Short on time? Pack it the night before and take it along with you.
Photo courtesy of Jack in the Box Inc.
Farshchi, H. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2005.
Timlin, M. Pediatrics, March 1, 2008.
Van der Heijden, A. Obesity, October 2007.


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his paws still smell all puppyish and popcorny, but other than that he's oh so grown up now! where did our puppy go?!
- here's a picture that proves why i should only be allowed to do our food shopping three weeks out of every four. also, as much as i complained about online food shopping and said i'd never do it, i'm a convert. it's cheaper, easier, and totally negates the risk of me scraping my car in the waitrose carpark. now that's a winwin situation if ever i saw one!
- currently compiling a list of trashy novels to read, and tv series to watch when i finish university. as much as i do enjoy reading the classics (sometimes. kind of. and only under my own steam. i'm a great student.) i seriously cannot wait to have complete freedom to read whatever i want! on the list so far: twilight, gossip girl, true blood, and just maybe some nonsense by sophie kinsella. i.can't.wait!
- on tuesday i was reading: jazzabelle's diary and from gem with love, watching: pretty woman (and girl crushing on julia roberts) listening to: one direction 'kiss you', eating: homemade tortilla chips. discovering: the joys of peppermint green tea!
tell me, how was your tuesday? :) is anyone else eagerly awaiting payday tomorrow? my bank called me yesterday and were like 'rosie, stop spending money'. so on that note, i'm buying a new lens for my camera. hurray!
Another Sunday in the City.
remember last week's post, where i was all like 'oh hooray, spring's come to london!'? well, i take it back. it was actually snowing when we got into the city yesterday afternoon. snowing! and it's nearly march! i didn't mind too much though, because you can't help but love this city, even when it's grey and dreary and even your boyfriend's long johns can't keep you warm.
we (mum, francesca and i) met my cousin emily at waterloo for an afternoon of shopping the boutique stands at somerset house. now, i've heard good things about shopping at london fashion weekend in the past so i'm not sure if this one was just a dud, but it was…not so great. after sticking it out for an hour or so (i played an enjoyable game called 'spot the blogger'!) we decided to escape up to covent garden. you know, as much as i flirt with the king's road and notting hill areas of london, covent garden really does have my heart.
we talked about emily's wedding (so exciting!) drank raspberry mojitos (i drank one, and it made me embarrassingly woozy!) and ate what i'm calling the best burger ever. i'd quite like to have byron's blue cheese sauce on tap, please.
special oscar speech-style mentions for the kind lady in lush, who chopped up three different shampoo bars for me so i could take them home to sample, and to mum for treating us all day long. thank you!
in the past week or so, i've felt at my absolute happiest when i've been out walking. almost every day ted and i take a trip over to the heath not far from our house, and spend an hour tramping through the heather and up and down hills. my favourite time to go is around three o clock, when the sun's setting and the light is hazy. it's just magic.
below: we were just having a chat, you know?


Jolean Heiden Scott, 9 years old, of Bayfield, died January 21, 2019 at home surrounded by her family. Born August 27, 2009. Jolean is survived by her parents, Eric and Mia Scott, her siblings Cassidy and Cecil of Bayfield; fraternal grandparents, Mike Scott and Deb Anderson, Durango; maternal grandparents, Michael Wiggins, Long Beach, CA; and Terry Wolfe, Las Cruces, NM. Complete obit at hoodmortuary.com. A service will be held at 11 am, Saturday, February 16, 2019 at Pine Valley Church, 1328 C.R. 501, Bayfield, CO 81122.


This guide will walk you through the HealthCheck for Azure Agentless Data Collector (ADC), including the steps to follow to add and configure hosts, change credentials to a set of machines, and view error messages pertaining to your infrastructure.
Right-click the Cloudamize Agentless Data Collector icon in the Windows taskbar, and then click Open.
Once opened, you will see the application window shown below.
Enter the host IP address in the IP You may enter IP addresses individually (10.1.1.2), as a range (10.1.1.2-50), or as a subnet (10.1.4.0/24). You may use any combination of these formats, separated by commas.
Enter an account name and password that has access to the hosts.
Once the IP addresses have been entered, click Add hosts(s).
A window opens, which checks the WMI connection to each host and reports success or failure. A summary will display the number of hosts which succeeded, failed, or were not checked. Hosts are not checked if you click Cancel during the checking process.
If the WMI connection fails for any reason, the status column displays Error. Click Show error to learn more. Read the Setting up a Remote WMI Connection article from Microsoft for more information about troubleshooting WMI connection errors.
You can edit the credentials of a host by selecting the checkbox next to the host, and then clicking Change credentials in the bottom of the application.
Read the HealthCheck for Azure Agentless Setup Instructions article for more information about setting up the HealthCheck for Azure ADC.


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Q: Azure Cognitive Search: search for a string in the document content + a string in the document name I have set-up a Azure Cognitive Search index with the 'Content and metadata' extract option in the indexer (content is extracted within the 'content' field of the index).
So far this has been working fine. But now I would like to search for documents containing a given string (so within the 'content' field) AND containing another string in the document name (stored in the 'metadata_storage_name'field).
I have tried many API requests but it is not satisfying so far, and I am getting lost in the Azure documentation...
Could anybody help?
Here is what I have tried to far:

*

*search=+6151654200 +Product Instructions_EN_&$count=true

*search=6151660260&$count=true&$filter=search.ismatch('Product Instructions_EN_')

*search=6151660260&$count=true&$filter=search.ismatch('Product
Instructions_EN_', 'metadata_storage_name')

*search=6151660260&$searchFields=content&$count=true&$filter=search.ismatch('Product
Instructions_EN_', 'metadata_storage_name')

*search=content:6151660260
AND metadata_storage_name:"Product
Instructions_EN_"&$count=true&querytype=full

For instance I should get only one file in my index that fullfill the following condition:

metadata_storage_name countains "Product Instructions_EN" AND content contains "6151656050"

Here is the targeted file metadata (except content):
 {
     "metadata_storage_name": "ELB-ELS-ELC_Pistol_Product Instructions_EN_6159929240_EN-02-EN.PDF",
     "metadata_storage_content_type": "application/pdf",
     "metadata_storage_last_modified": "2020-12-14T15:32:08Z",
     "metadata_storage_size": 2834713
     "key": "aHR0cHM6Ly9hY3N0YXBhcHAwMDAwMDNjcGQuYmxvYi5jb3JlLndpbmRvd3MubmV0L2RvY3VtZW50YXRpb24tZmlsZXMvRUxCLUVMUy1FTENfUGlzdG9sX1Byb2R1Y3QlMjBJbnN0cnVjdGlvbnNfRU5fNjE1OTkyOTI0MF9FTi0wMi1FTi5QREY1"
}

Instead, I get a full list of multiple files and the one with the highest search score doesn't even contain Product "Instructions_EN"...
I have no specific anaylsers on the metadata_storage_name metadata.
Thanks!

A: You don't explain what happens and why that is not satisfying. It would be helpful if you updated your question with a brief example of the data you have, what happens and what you expected should happen.
Other than that you seem to be on the right track. By default Azure Search will use the so-called simple mode and it default to OR-mode. This is not what most people would expect, and you will get more results the more precise your query is.
In your case I believe it would be enough to use queryType=full and searchMode=all. You search for one token (6151660260) in the searchable tokens, and you want to apply a scoped search in the property metadata_storage_name.
search=6151660260 metadata_storage_name:"Product Instructions_EN_"&queryType=full&searchMode=all

The underscore characters may not be included in your index. It depends on which analyzer is defined for the field metadata_storage_name. If you check the index tab in the portal you can see what analyzer is used. If it's included you may have to escape it with a backslash, so you can also try:
search=6151660260 metadata_storage_name:"Product Instructions\_EN\_"&queryType=full&searchMode=all

Top tip: test with a simple example without underscores or special characters first. Once you have the basic syntax and options down, then work on getting special characters working.
ANALYZER
You need to understand how your analyzer works, what tokens are produced for it and how you can query it. If you don't specify anything, you use the Standard analyzer. We can test the analyzer with a POST request to the REST API. E.g. if we submit the following JSON to the URL https://{{SEARCH_SVC}}.{{DNS_SUFFIX}}/indexes/{{INDEX_NAME}}/analyze?api-version={{API-VERSION}}
{
"text": "ELB-ELS-ELC_Pistol_Product Instructions_EN_6159929240_EN-02-EN.PDF",
"analyzer": "{{ANALYZER}}"
}

We get a list of tokens back. You can search for one or more of these tokens. This is what goes into your index, nothing else.
{
"@odata.context": "https://<my-search-service>.search.windows.net/$metadata#Microsoft.Azure.Search.V2020_06_30_Preview.AnalyzeResult",
"tokens": [
    {
        "token": "elb",
        "startOffset": 0,
        "endOffset": 3,
        "position": 0
    },
    {
        "token": "els",
        "startOffset": 4,
        "endOffset": 7,
        "position": 1
    },
    {
        "token": "elc_pistol_product",
        "startOffset": 8,
        "endOffset": 26,
        "position": 2
    },
    {
        "token": "instructions_en_6159929240_en",
        "startOffset": 27,
        "endOffset": 56,
        "position": 3
    },
    {
        "token": "02",
        "startOffset": 57,
        "endOffset": 59,
        "position": 4
    },
    {
        "token": "en.pdf",
        "startOffset": 60,
        "endOffset": 66,
        "position": 5
    }
]

}
In your case you are trying to search for two different tokens as a phrase surrounded with quotes. That is not going to work. Here are some examples that will work.

*

*search=6151660260 &$count=true&searchMode=all&queryType=full

*search=6151660260 instructions_en_6159929240_en&$count=true&searchMode=all&queryType=full

*search=6151660260 instructions_en_6159929240_en elc_pistol_product&$count=true&searchMode=all&queryType=full

*search=6151660260 metadata_storage_name:"ELB-ELS-ELC_Pistol_Product Instructions_EN_6159929240_EN-02-EN.PDF"&$count=true&searchMode=all&queryType=full

*search=6151660260 "ELB-ELS-ELC_Pistol_Product Instructions_EN_6159929240_EN-02-EN.PDF"&$count=true&searchMode=all&queryType=full

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Tag Archives: Barrie Tomlinson
Scream! #6, 28 April 1984
02/11/2018 1984, IssuesBarrie Tomlinson, Dracula File, Eric Bradbury, Fiends and Neighbours, Gerry Finley-Day, Graham Allen, Ian Holland, Ian Rimmer, J. Cooper, Jesus Redondo, Jim Watson, John Richardson, Jose Ortiz, Library of Death, Rick Clark, Simon Furman, Tales from the Grave, Terror of the Cats, That Sinking Feeling, Thirteenth Floor, Titanicmistyfan
The Dracula File (artist Eric Bradbury, writer Gerry Finley-Day)
Monster (artist Jesus Redondo, writer Rick Clark)
The Thirteenth Floor (artist José Ortiz, writer Ian Holland)
Tales from the Grave: R.I.P. Willard Giovanna – final episode (artist Jim Watson, writer Ian Rimmer)
The Library of Death: Death Road! (artist J. Cooper, writer Barrie Tomlinson)
Fiends and Neighbours – cartoon (artist Graham Allen)
A Ghastly Tale! – That Sinking Feeling
The Terror of the Cats – final episode (artist John Richardson, writer Simon Furman)
Ghastly posts a whole page of attempts to capture his likeness this week. But still nobody has nailed it.
The killings the Rumanian vampire has made in Britain have made such news that it prompts an unlikely hero to emerge – a KGB agent named Colonel Stakis, who knows the defector is a vampire and has more conscience than you might expect for a KGB agent. Meanwhile, the British agents are after the nurse and agent whom they suspect have changed sides. They don't know how right they are – the vampire has hypnotised them into becoming his servants. They corner the two servants guarding the vampire's coffin, and the servants look like they're about to bare their fangs.
In "Monster", Ken is having horrible nightmares of the corpses of the two horrible men in the garden rising up and taking their revenge. It's not far wrong, because flooding dislodges the bodies from their graves and now they're sticking up in the mud. When Ken sees, he thinks those two corpses really have risen from the dead. Arghh!
A mean bailiff strips some tenants of everything they have, even worn out stuff. This guy is totally heartless all right. Hence the inspiration for his punishment on "The Thirteenth Floor" – meeting the Bailiff of Death and skeletal hospital staff who tell him he's got no heart and needs treatment for it.
Monthly payments from a ghost? That's what Finley ends up receiving in the conclusion of this week's "Tales from the Grave story" – monthly instalments to keep Willard Giovanna's grave tidy – plus no further visits from Giovanna's ghost about his grave being neglected. The latter is the real incentive for Finley to keep that grave maintained.
We've all heard stories about phantom hitchhikers who mysteriously disappear from the vehicle of whoever picks them up. But in this week's Library of Death story we meet one who takes it to a whole new – and deadly level. Incidentally, that demon in the last panel must be from the Continent or something because his steering wheel is for right hand driving.
Death Road 1
It's Titanic justice in this week's Ghastly Tale. Slippery Sid Smith thinks he has gotten away with his latest jewel heist thanks to his "unsinkable" alibi. Unsinkable? Funny – that's what they said about a certain ill-fated ship Sid tries to make his getaway on…
"Terror of the Cats" is the first serial from the original Scream lineup to be ejected. Kruhl finds the beast he created (the superior intellect he created to control cats) has gotten beyond his control and now has its own agenda. Surprise, surprise! Anyway, in a tussle between Woodward and Kruhl, Kruhl ends up falling into the brain and they horribly destroy each other, and the lab blows up. And what is Woodward's reward for stopping the terror of the cats? A kitten. Hee, hee, we're so glad you can see the funny side, Woodward. Its replacement next week is "The Nightcomers".
Scream! No. 1, 24 March 1984
22/10/2018 1984, IssuesAlan Moore, Barrie Tomlinson, Cam Kennedy, creator credits, Dracula, Dracula File, Eric Bradbury, Fiends and Neighbours, Gerry Finley-Day, Ghastly McNasty, Gonzales, Graham Allen, Heinzl, Ian Holland, Jesus Redondo, Jim Watson, John Agee, John Richardson, John Wagner, Library of Death, Monster, Ortiz, Scream!, Tales from the Grave, Terror of the Cats, Thirteenth Floor, Tom Tullymistyfan
The Dracula File – first episode (artist Eric Bradbury, writer Gerry Finley-Day)
Monster – first episode (artist Heinzl, later Jesus Redondo, writer Alan Moore)
The Thirteenth Floor – first episode (artist Ortiz, writer Ian Holland)
Tales from the Grave: "The Undertaker" – first episode (artist Jim Watson, writer Tom Tully, later John Wagner)
A Ghastly Tale! (complete story)
Fiends and Neighbours – humour cartoon reprinted from Cor!! (artist Graham Allen)
Library of Death: At Death's Door… – complete story (artist Cam Kennedy, writer Barrie Tomlinson)
Terror of the Cats – first episode (artist Gonzales, later John Richardson, writer John Agee)
Our Halloween theme continues with Scream! This was a short-lived publication, lasting only 15 issues before it disappeared during the same strike that brought down Tammy (though opinions from former IPC staff differ as to just what killed it off). Nevertheless, Scream achieved a cult status that has made its issues collectors' items, spawned fanzines and websites, and now it is enjoying a revival with the Misty & Scream Halloween specials and volume reprints of its strips.
The gift that came with the first issue of Scream was a set of Dracula fangs, approved by the famous vampire himself, who leads off with his very own strip inside, "The Dracula File". A Rumanian defector has escaped to the West. However, his Eastern bloc pursuers have realised that he is a vampire and decide the West can have him: "He is their problem now!" The poor RAF pilots flying the defector into Britain don't realise the horror they are about to unleash…
Hang on, how come this Rumanian defector who's a vampire looks like Dracula? Since when was Dracula a defector from the Iron Curtain? Either some vampire's stolen the patent on Dracula or…the KGB's got things a bit wrong here and it's not the defector who's the vampire – it's King of Vampires himself! Put the bite on the defector and taken his place eh, Drac?
Before the strips begin, however, the host of the comic, Ghastly McNasty, sets things up with the letters page and the special features it offers. There is "The Dracula Spectacular", where Ghastly has fun turning someone into something hideous. To make it even more fun for readers, he wants them to provide the victims (teachers, family members, themselves, etc) and the reason why. Ghastly also invites readers to nominate someone for appearing in "The London Dungeon" for the week and the reason for this punishment, and the comeuppances would be drawn accordingly. Who would you like to see in the London Dungeon for the week? How about the Tammy editor for leaving us dangling on the final episode of "Cora Can't Lose"? Or how about Donald Trump or Vladimir Putin?
Of course a new comic would not be complete without a competition, and this is one that really tests deductive, artistic and maybe even clairvoyant skills. The challenge is to draw Ghastly McNasty's face absolutely right. This is no easy task as the face is hidden in complete darkness under his hood with only lights shining where his eyes are. Clues include him being extremely ugly, too much tree root in the beauty treatment he tried that backfired, and other clues that would be dropped as the competition progressed. An actual likeness of Ghastly had been drawn and was being kept secure. The best but still-failed attempts would be printed, comments were made about any clues the pictures had hit upon, and the winner would get £5. The one to hit the absolute mark would win £50. The top prize was still unclaimed when Scream abruptly disappeared.
"Monster" is one of the Scream stories that would continue and finish in Eagle. It is the "something monstrous hidden in the attic" story. It's so secret that Kenneth Corman's abusive father gives him yet another walloping for even saying he heard something up there in the locked attic room. The father goes up to the attic to get rid of it, only to get horribly murdered, with deep claw marks on his body. Kenneth opts for secretly burying his father in the garden instead of calling in the police, and now he's heading for the attic himself to deal with whatever is up there.
"The Thirteenth Floor" was another Scream strip to continue in Eagle, and now it has its own reprint volume and return appearances in the Scream & Misty Halloween special. Max is the computerised superintendent of council-run Maxwell Towers. Max takes his duty of looking after his tenants very seriously. In fact, it's so seriously that anyone who threatens the safety and well-being of Max's tenants is sent on a trip to his secret Thirteenth Floor through the lift, where Max wreaks a computerised, holographic punishment upon them that he deems the most fit for their crime. The first transgressor to pay a trip to the Thirteenth Floor is a merciless debt collector. On the Thirteenth Floor he meets the Grim Reaper, who says, "Welcome…to your death." Erk! Is Max really going to go as far as murder? We find out next week.
The Leper (so named because of his medical condition, appearance and lack of social acceptance) is a 19thcentury gravedigger and host of "Tales from the Grave". Not surprisingly, these tales are associated with death, the Victorian fascination with it (murders, executions, body snatching, Goth etc) and the stories behind the graves in the cemetery. The Leper's first story is "The Undertaker", about a Burke and Hare-type undertaker named Joshua Sleeth: "If you wanted someone buried, ole Sleeth was the man to do it, no questions asked […] Sleeth was an evil beggar all right. If yer needed a helpin' hand into the next world, so to speak, he was always ready to give it…". Sleeth's reputation has reached the ears of Emily Carlisle, who wants a helping hand in getting her Uncle Henry into the next world so she can inherit.
The final serial is "The Terror of the Cats". All the cats in the neighbourhood are going crazy and attacking people for no apparent reason. Reporter Allen Woodward is on the story and also that of Dr Kruhl (nicknamed "Cruel" because of his reputation), the Director of the Government Research Institute. It's soon obvious to the readers that the two stories are linked somehow, though Woodward hasn't clicked yet.
As with Misty, Scream has complete stories, though less prolific. One format is uncredited one-page one-shot stories, some of which end with a dash of humour. The other format is the "Library of Death" (yes, more death tales), which has more pages. The first tale is about a boy who gets strange, frightening visitations in his bedroom after his parents deny him his request to go into the Ghost House at the fair.
For the resident funny cartoon, Scream is reprinting Fiends and Neighbours from Cor!! An ordinary couple are looking forward to meeting their new neighbours – only to get the shock of their lives when they find the newcomers are a regular Addams family.
It's Ghastly! – review
08/11/2016 GeneralBarrie Tomlinson, book review, Gil Page, Hibernia, Ian Rimmer, It's Ghastly, José Casanovas, Nightcomers, Scream!, Simon Furman, Steve MacManuscomixminx
I have just received a copy of "It's Ghastly" – Hibernia Comics' latest addition to their Comic Archive. This 64-page publication spells out the reasons for the demise of IPC's short-lived horror title Scream! and exhumes lost material intended for the abandoned weekly issues.
It's a handsome glossy publication, mostly in black and white but with a handful of colour pages in the middle. My particular interest wasn't so much in the information about Scream! itself (as I never read that title) as about what it might reveal about comics publishing of the time, or any as-yet-unknown information about who did what.
It features a lot of interviews and information from people involved in creating the title: Barrie Tomlinson (Group Editor at the time), Gil Page (Managing Editor of the title), Ian Rimmer (editor), Simon Furman (sub-editor). Some of them are reprints of interviews originally published some years previously, but bringing them together in one magazine is a definite service to fans of the title and those interested in this slice of history.
I was interested to note how the various memories of what happened at that time were all slightly different: David McDonald was clearly trying to get an answer to the key question of why Scream! folded so quickly. Barrie Tomlinson had a number of possible answers – the strike, the content, the sales figures… while Gil Page put the blame fairly squarely on the overall sales figures. Ian Rimmer puts it down to a staffing problem and to management interference and second-guessing, which put a real crimp in the process of just getting on with creating as good a title as possible. He ultimately blames management timidity. So even from people who were there at the time, it's possible to get as many answers as there are people answering – at least for the tricky questions. Something for any of us interviewers or comics historians to be aware of in terms of the dangers of drawing firm conclusions!
As with MacManus' "The Mighty One", I was struck once again by the sheer amount of writing that was done in house. There is also a lot of interesting discussion about artwork: not so much the process of creating it or how much was done by the art editor, but about how it was reused in subsequent publications, even if that meant cutting up a page of art or reusing some cover artwork by José Casanovas in a Holiday Special – but removing the central human character which was part of the whole point of the original story.
There's lots of solid material in here – interviews, re-creations of three unused covers that could have been printed in issues 16, 17, and 18 (the title stopped at 15), scripts, and a whole unpublished story of "The Nightcomers"! The artwork is the original from the time, but as it was unlettered and only half the script could be found, the other half was rescripted by Simon Furman, who was the original writer. Those of us who are fans of other titles can only feel a mixture of jealousy that David was able to come across this treasure trove, and hopefulness that maybe such a miracle could happen to our own favourite title some day.
"It's Ghastly"; Hibernia, 2016: available on Comicsy for £7.50 plus postage


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The Reformation Crossword
officially exclude from participation in the sacraments and services of the Church. Excommunicate
Posted 95 things wrong with the Church on the door. Began the Protestant Reformation. Martin Luther
separate from the Roman Catholic Church and follow the principles of the Reformation Protestant
the act of the Church promising to make some reforms but failing to put them into practice Reformation
founded by Martin Luther one he formally split the Christian Church Lutheran Church
lessens sins that have already been forgiven indulgences
Martin Luthers writing about things that needed to be fixed in the Church 95 Theses
German and _______ were the languages that Luther wrote in Latin
Luther denied ___________ in his writings Sacred Tradition
Luther removed 7 of the books of the Bible from the ___ Testament. Old
Protestant Reformation Crossword
During the 1500's, there was a ______________ in response to the Roman Catholic church reformation
He nailed his 95 thesis on the Wittenberg door Martin Luther
Swiss Reformation leader Zwingli
City in Germany where the Protestant Reformation originated Wittenburg
Pardons from the Church for certain sins in exchange for money indulgences
A former nun who became the wife of Martin Luther in 1525 Katherina von Bora
One who holds beliefs or opinions contrary to the established doctrines of his religion heretic
Pope who excommunicated Martin Luther in 1520 Leo X
Calvin's doctrine that the salvation or damnation of men had been determined by God since the beginning of time predestination
French Reformation leader John Calvin
Many of the officials in the Roman Catholic church were __________ corrupt
Who is the Catholic clergyman who is attributed to saying "As soon as a coin in the coffer rings, a soul from purgatory springs." Tetzel
Luther's Hymn _ ________ ______ is popularly known as the "battle hymn of the Reformation." A Mighty Fortress
Luther and the other reformers became the first to skillfully use the power of the _____ _______ to give their ideas a wide audience. printing press
In 1521, Martin Luther was summoned before the ____ __ ____ and excommunicated. Diet of Worms
which language did Martin Luther translate the New Testament German
Martin Luther promised to become a monk when he feared for his like while caught in a terrible ______ thunderstorm
an early English reformer/translator who translated the bible in 1382 Wycliffe
The 5 _________ are 5 Latin phrases that emerged from the reformation solas
the latin phrase for "scripture alone" is Sola ______ scriptura
The Protestant and Counter Reformation Crossword Puzzle
a German monk and the creator of the 95 theses Martin Luther
Martin Luther wrote 95 _______ theses
a Jesuit who avidly attacked the Position of Reformers Robert Bellarmine
the people of the religion that the 95 theses was directed to Catholics
a _______ is an opinion against what is generally accepted heresy
the Catholics created the Council of _______ to solve the problem of the Protestant Reformation Trent
the Christian Churches had different groups called ______ sects
the religion that Martin Luther helped create Protestantism
the Catholic Church made ________ to better themselves changes
the Catholic Church stopped the clergy's ________ indulgence
Lutheran and _________ were the 1st Protestant Denominatons and they both had similar beliefs Anglican
the __________ ________ was like the internet of its time Guttenberg Press
period of time where art and literature became more popular Renissance
began reformation and made the ninety- five theses Martin Luther
a movement which caused thousands of Roman Catholics to become Protestants Reformation
people who protested against certain church practices Protestants
to reduce or eliminate the punishment for sin indulgence
church officials clergy
officialy kicked out of the church excommunicated
goes against church teachings heretic
summarized the religious teachings of Martin Luther Augsbergconfession
Holy Roman Emporer, he declared war on Lutheran Kings CharlesV
Charles let each prince decide if he wanted Lutheran Princes peaceofaugsberg
made reforms in Switzerland. ended Catholic Mass, Confessions, and Indulgences UlrichZwingli
Disagreed with Luther's contention that an individual could work toward salvation through faith in God. JohnCalvin
Broke away from Catholic Church because he wanted a divorce and couldn't get one HenryVIII
respect for an individuals right to worship in his own way religioustoleration
period of reform that strengthened the Catholic Church counterreformation
an attitude that encouraged hard work and careful managment of money and materials, contributed to the growth of buisness and industry in Europe. protestantethic
a feeling of pride in ones country Nationalism
kidnapped the pope after the pope ordered the clergy not to pay taxes PhilipIV
69 years were popes remained under the control of French Kings BabylonianCaptivity
Martin Luther and the Reformation Crossword
A piece of paper for sale that was supposed to offer forgiveness of sins indulgence
A place to wait after death until your sins are forgiven and you can go to heaven purgatory
Some people believe that enough of these will get you into heaven good works
Jesus' __________ is the only thing that grants forgiveness of our sins death
Martin Luther nailed 95 of these to the church door to encourage debate theses
Someone who criticizes the church and goes against what it teaches heretic
To exclude from the church excommunicate
The place of Martin Luther's birth and death Eisleben
Martin's father wanted him to become a ____________. lawyer
Martin did not get to read this until he was an adult Bible
An official statement from the Pope papal bull
To take back something you said recant
A book of questions and answers about Christian beliefs catechism
A statement of beliefs confession
Acting right and being right with God righteousness
In Martin's time, people thought they had to pay ___________ to receive forgiveness of sins money
"It is by grace you have been saved, through ____________." (Ephesians 2:8) faith
The Apostles' _____________ is an example of a confession of faith Creed
Martin prayed to this saint when he was caught in a thunderstorm St. Anne
Martin thought that be becoming a _________, he could finally receive God's love and forgiveness monk
What Martin Luther called his wife Katie
Luther translated the Bible into this language German
The time of change in the church that Luther helped bring about Reformation
Reformation Crossword
Officially kicked out of the church Excommunicated
The Renaissance and Reformation Crossword
painted the Mona Lisa Da Vinci
important centers of trade citystates
common language vernacular
focused on achievements of the individual humanism
this made books cheaper and more abundant printing press
painted the Sistene Chapel Michaelangelo
wrote "The Praise of Folly" Erasmus
the act of loaning money at a high rate of interest usury
corruption in the Catholic church and the sale of indulgences led to this thereformation
a German monk who started the Reformation Martin Luther
Martin Luther nailed these to the Wittenburg Church ninetyfivetheses
Lutheran tradition: Justification by ______________ faith
Renaissance and Protestant Reformation Crossword
Where did the Renaissance begin? Italy
Who started the Protestant Reformation Martin Luther
What does the word Renaissance mean? Rebirth
split in the church schism
rule by a king or queen Monarchy
state run by a religion theocracy
statements that criticize the church for being corrupt 95 Thesis
will earn you salvation into heaven Indulgences
created by the pope; split world between Portugal and Spain Line of Demarcation
Your own language vernacular
Protestant Religion started by Martin Luther Lutheranism
John Calvin taught that god has already decided if you will have salvation presdestination
Renaissance & Reformation Crossword
The revival of art and literature under the influence of classical models in the 14th-16th centuries (also known as the rebirth) Renaissance
art technique used for the first time in the renaissance, depth, life like perspective
Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet; full name Michelangelo Buonarroti. A leading figure of the High Renaissance Michelangelo
Dutch humanist and theologian who was the leading Renaissance scholar of northern Europe, praise of folly, criticized fasting, Churchs interpretation of the bible Desiderius Erasmus
English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (1564-1616). William Shakespeare
A grant by the pope of remission of the temporal punishment in purgatory still due for sins after absolution. The unrestricted sale of indulgences by pardoners was a widespread abuse during the later Middle Ages indulgence
Written by Martin Luther in 1517 and widely regarded as the primary catalysts for the Protestant Reformation 95 Theses
Son of Henry VII and King of England from 1509 to 1547; his divorce from Catherine of Aragon resulted in his break with the Catholic Church in 1534 and his excommunication 1538, leading to the start of the Reformation in England (1491-1547)- crazy, henry left church and created anglican church Henry VIII
A council of the Roman Catholic Church convened in Trento in three sessions between 1545 and 1563 to examine and condemn the teachings of Martin Luther- acted to abolish the selling of indulgences, formed jesuits (society of jesus, started by Ignatius Layola). Council of Trent
theologians, churchmen, and statesmen whose careers, works, and actions brought about the Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century. Protestant reformers
A Spanish knight from a Basque noble family, hermit, priest since 1537, and theologian, who founded the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) and was its first Superior General Ignatius de Loyola
predicted weather, included calendars maps medical advice. almanacs
The early period when Italy was the center of the Renaissance. started ancient world to explore acheivements, emphasis on power of human reason, humanists and humanism, desidius erasmus Italian renaissance
Italian painter, scientist, and engineer. His paintings include The Last Supper (1498) and the Mona Lisa (1504-05). engineer, architect, scientists, inventor, artist. Leonardo da vinci
German printer who was the first in Europe to print using movable type and the first to use a press (1400-1468) Johannes Gutenberg
Irish poet who wrote nostalgic and patriotic verse (1779-1852). published utopia, criticized gov't, start of communism, was canonized as a saint for saying that henry wasn't the head of church because the pope is the head of the church.  Thomas Moore
German theologian who led the Reformation; believed that salvation is granted on the basis of faith rather than deeds (1483-1546) Martin Luther
The Peace of Augsburg was a treaty between Charles V and the forces of the Schmalkaldic League, an alliance of Lutheran princes, on September 25, 1555, at the imperial city of Augsburg Peace of Augsburg
Swiss theologian (born in France) whose tenets (predestination and the irresistibility of grace and justification by faith) defined Presbyterianism (1509-1564) John Calvin
a religious order in the Catholic Church, known for their open-mindedness and high regard for education, patholocism, related a lot to humanists, they believed in education and started colleges, very low life standards and maintenance. Jesuits
Renaissance Crossword
means rebirth Renaissance
an intellectual movement that focused on human potential and achievements Humanism
worldly rather than spiritual and concerned with the here and now Secular
a person who gives financial or other support to a person, organization, cause or activity patrons
show three dimensions on a flat surface perspective
native language by dante vernacular
means "no place" utopia
a famous writer of the elizabeth age William Shakespeare
a craftsman from Mainz Johann Gutenburg
a movement for religious reform Reformation
a pardon releasing a person from punishments due for a sin indulgence
a member of a protestant church founded on the teachings of martin luther lutherans
a member of a christian church founded on the principles of reformation protestant
to cancel or set aside annul
relating to the church of england anglican
The Protestant Reformation Crossword
Who was one of the foremost scholars of the Northern Renaissance? Johann Reuchlin
Who wrote the first Systematic Theology of the reformation? Philipp Melanchthon
What English scholar established St. Paul's School? John Colet
Who was the king's chancellor who worked to reform the church? Thomas More
who produced the first printed English translation of the Bible? William Tyndale
Who was the leading person of the French Reformation? Jacques Lefevre d'Etaples
Which scholar from the Netherlands wrote Handbook of a Christian Soldier?? Desiderius Erasmus
Who nailed 95 Thesis to a door in Germany? Martin Luther
Who traveled through Germany selling indulgences? Johann Tetzel
Who did Martin Luther appeal to at Augsburg? Frederick the Wise
Who did Luther debate? Johann Eck
What declared Luther a heretic? Edict of Worms
Who was the reformer in Switzerland? Ulrich Zwingli
Who was the reformer that had to flee from France? John Clavin
Who led the Anabaptists? Conrad Grebel


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Q: Read information from one file and update the content of the other file How the code should work: Read a student file that contain firstName, lastName, studentNo, DOB. Read another file, scores of the student, which contain firstAssignment, project, finalExam and add the scores to the student file so that when you print the student file it will display out, firstName, lastName, studentNo, DOB, firstAssignment, project, finalExam.
Current code: My code is able to display out firstName, lastName, studentNo, DOB, firstAssignment, project, finalExam but what I did was that I use 2 files instead of one. So I have one student arraylist and scores arraylist.
Current code
Read and store the scores of the student
public static void optionTwo(ArrayList<Unit> scores, ArrayList<Student> students, Scanner      scan){

    System.out.print("Please enter a file for Student Score:");
    String infileName = scan.next();
    Scanner reader = null;

        try {
            int index = 0;
            reader = new Scanner(new File(infileName));
            while (reader.hasNext()){
                String oneLine = reader.nextLine();
                String[] parts = oneLine.split(" ");

                int levelOfUnit = Integer.parseInt(parts[1]);
                int firstAssignment = Integer.parseInt(parts[2]);
                int secondAssignmentOrProject = Integer.parseInt(parts[3]);
                int weeklyPracticalWork = Integer.parseInt(parts[4]);
                int finalExam = Integer.parseInt(parts[5]);

                if (students.get(index) instanceof Student_Common){
                    scores.add(index, new Unit_Common(parts[0], levelOfUnit, firstAssignment, secondAssignmentOrProject,
                            weeklyPracticalWork, finalExam));
                }

                if (students.get(index) instanceof Student_Major){
                    scores.add(index, new Unit_Major(parts[0], levelOfUnit, firstAssignment, secondAssignmentOrProject,
                            weeklyPracticalWork, finalExam));
                }

                index++;
            }

        } catch (FileNotFoundException err) {
            System.out.println(err);
        } finally {
            if (reader != null)
                reader.close();
        }
}

Print out the information
public static void optionFour(ArrayList<Student> students, ArrayList<Unit> scores){
    for (int i = 0; i < students.size(); i++){
    System.out.print(students.get(i) + " ");

            try {
                System.out.println(scores.get(i));
            } catch (IndexOutOfBoundsException err) {
                System.out.println();
            }

        }
    }


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Q: UWP Where did my Bullet Intersect an Image on Canvas (coordinates relative to image) I am trying to develop a 2D game using a canvas. Right now I have a shooter and a target. The shooter fires a bullet image. Every frame, I check to see if the bullet is inside the bounds of the target. If it is, I need to know where the bullet hit the target, relative to the Target upper left. So if my target is in the center of my canvas and the target is 100 X wide by 100 Y tall and I hit bottom center, I want it to return 50,100.

private void CannonBulletTimer_Tick(object sender, object e)
{
    if (m_bFiredShot)
    {
        if (m_dCannonBulletTop > 0)
        {
            m_dCannonBulletTop = m_dCannonBulletTop - m_dCannonBulletStepSize;
            CannonBullet.SetValue(Canvas.TopProperty, m_dCannonBulletTop);
            Windows.Foundation.Point point = new Windows.Foundation.Point(m_dCannonBulletLeft, m_dCannonBulletTop);
            if (BulletInsideBunker(Bunker1))
            {
                if (GetPixelColors(Bunker1, m_Wb1))
                {
                    KillCannonBullet();
                }
            }
        }
        else
        {
            KillCannonBullet();
        }
    }
}

private bool BulletInsideBunker(Image bunker)
{
    bool ret = false;
    m_dBunkerHeight = Bunker1.ActualHeight;
    double BunkerLeft = (double)bunker.GetValue(Canvas.LeftProperty);

    if (m_dCannonBulletTop > m_dBunkerTop && m_dCannonBulletTop < m_dBunkerTop + m_dBunkerHeight)
    {
        if (m_dCannonBulletLeft - m_dCannonBulletWidth >= BunkerLeft && m_dCannonBulletLeft <= BunkerLeft + m_dBunkerWidth)
        {
            ret = true;
        }
    }

    return ret;
}

private bool GetPixelColors(Image Bunker, WriteableBitmap wb)
{
    bool ret = false;
    double BunkerLeft = (double)Bunker.GetValue(Canvas.LeftProperty);
    double BunkerTop = (double)Bunker.GetValue(Canvas.TopProperty);

    double imageX = m_dCannonBulletLeft - BunkerLeft;
    double imageY = m_dCannonBulletTop - BunkerTop;

    for (double y = imageY; y < imageY + m_dCannonBulletHeight; y++)
    {
        int iY = (int)y;
        for (double x = imageX; x < imageX + m_dCannonBulletWidth; x++)
        {
            int iX = (int)x;
            Windows.UI.Color color = wb.GetPixel(iX, iY);

            if (color.G == 253)
            {
                wb.SetPixel(iX, iY, Colors.Black);
                ret = true;
            }
        }
    }
    Bunker.Source = wb;
    return ret;
}

I am having trouble down in GetPixelColor. I am trying to calculate where the bullet hit the Bunker. But when I am moving through the double y and double x for loops, the wrong pixels in the target are being painted black. They are up and to the left significantly if I shoot the right side of the image. As I move further to the left, the X gets a little more accurate, but the Y is still way off.
How can I accurately translate from Canvas coordinates to Image coordinates? Does the resolution of my image have anything to do with it?
Thanks.

A: I have been looking for the answer to this since yesterday. I finally found the answer here X,Y coordinates for WriteableBitmap and GestureListener_Tap do not match - Windows Phone 8
after I posted this.
Here is my new method:

private bool GetPixelColors(Image Bunker, WriteableBitmap wb)
{
    bool ret = false;
    double BunkerLeft = (double)Bunker.GetValue(Canvas.LeftProperty);
    double BunkerTop = (double)Bunker.GetValue(Canvas.TopProperty);

    int imageX = (int)m_dCannonBulletLeft - (int)BunkerLeft;
    int imageY = (int)m_dCannonBulletTop - (int)BunkerTop;

    int TransformedY = yCoordinateToPixel(imageY, Bunker, wb);
    int TransformedX = xCoordinateToPixel(imageX, Bunker, wb);

    for (int y = TransformedY - 2; y < TransformedY + (int)m_dCannonBulletHeight + 2; y++)
    {
        for (int x = TransformedX; x < TransformedX + (int)m_dCannonBulletWidth; x++)
        {
            Windows.UI.Color color = wb.GetPixel(x, y);

            if (color.G == 253)
            {
                wb.SetPixel(x, y, Colors.Black);
                ret = true;
            }
        }
    }
    Bunker.Source = wb;
    return ret;
}

private int xCoordinateToPixel(int coordinate, Image Bunker, WriteableBitmap wb)
{
    double x;
    x = wb.PixelWidth / Bunker.ActualWidth * coordinate;
    return Convert.ToInt32(x);
}

private int yCoordinateToPixel(int coordinate, Image Bunker, WriteableBitmap wb)
{
    double y;
    y = wb.PixelHeight / Bunker.ActualHeight * coordinate;
    return Convert.ToInt32(y);
}


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Elgin Serial Number 17691687
Elgin serial number 17691687 is a grade 315, 12 size, 15 jewels, made about 1914. Open faced movement (this applies to the movement, not the case the watch happens to be in). Three-quarter plate design. Pendent wind and set.
Grade: 315
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Model: 3
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We're here to help. We researched mortgage-specific software across the web and found 6 of the very best solutions out there.
It's critical to select a CRM option that was designed with your business in mind. The perfect CRM solution supports a mortgage company down to the tiniest detail because it was built specifically for the industry.
First, let's look at the features any mortgage CRM software must have to be among the best-of-the-best. Here are the absolute deal-breakers. Without these features, a CRM is useless in the mortgage business.
We really can't over-emphasize the importance of the features on the list above. If just one of these is missing, it will roadblock your mortgage company's path to success.
For example, imagine a CRM that can handle contact management, but can't capture and track leads from Zillow. That's just a big, empty database that's aching for fresh leads from one of the world's biggest websites. You'll have to pay someone to do it all by hand.
Now let's look at 6 of the world's best mortgage CRM solutions. Keep the above list of essential features in mind as you read through them.
Here's the thing. We understand that we're not necessarily the best fit for every organization. (We can't be everything for everybody— and trust us, we've tried.) Here are the features that make us great, and, just in case you decide that we're not for you, here are some of the features you can find in other mortgage CRM solutions.
Whiteboard is a young company that made a big splash in the mortgage CRM scene when it became a HousingWire Tech100 Winner. It uses a workflow style called The Mortgage Playbook that's easy and intuitive.
Whiteboard is among the Floify top CRM software solutions due to its integration with Fannie Mae, LendingQB, Zillow, LendingTree, Realtor.com, and other big names in the business. This makes it a lead generation powerhouse for any mortgage company.
Whiteboard's best value is the Annual Plan at $949 per user, plus a $299 setup fee. This includes a dedicated Success Coach, data migration from your current system and five hours of Professional Services. If you'd like to pay monthly, the price is $99 per user per month, plus a $399 setup fee, placing it on par with other competitively-priced CRMs. Connect with Whiteboard now to view its innovative mortgage CRM features and/or request a demo.
BN Touch costs $99 per user per month, with price breaks at $79 (2 to 5 users) and $69 (6 to 50 users) depending on your total number of users.
On the plus side, BN Touch is definitely a mortgage-specific CRM that comes with pre-loaded and pre-written content to support a team of busy mortgage professionals. It offers a fairly large library of marketing assets, plus team collaboration and a mobile app.
Jungo offers what they call a "mortgage ecosystem" that integrates with Salesforce. Pricing is annual at $999 per user per year. One of Jungo's strengths is its mortgage-specific co-marketing materials for MLS and realtors.
We do have new customers who switch from Jungo tell us it has a long learning curve. According to other blog posts, the average user will probably find it cumbersome and complicated to set-up. It can be a great fit, especially if you have prior experience with Salesforce.
The industry veteran, Mortgage IQ made a name for itself in the mortgage industry in the early 90s, its CRM handles marketing automation easily and streamlines lead management. It goes beyond a basic mortgage CRM into the realms of business planning and strategizing. Questions to consider, with an extreme focus on customization, it could make it less helpful as an out-of-the-box solution for the individual LO and a small team.
It has expensive custom price points, too. If you need quick, easily implemented CRM software, Mortgage IQ might not be the best choice.
Working in the mortgage industry, you've probably heard of Top of Mind's SureFire because it's been around for more than a decade. Its main features - like automated campaign management - check the boxes, but the feedback we get that you'll want to explore is, SureFire struggles to offer the functionality a modern mortgage professional needs.
Don't expect to see straight into your pipeline, for example, or pull deep analytics you can use in competitive selling. It doesn't have LOS integration. But it does have alerts, a mobile app, and interactive tools.
SureFire pricing is at $150 per month per user, with a price break at 30 to 140 users, plus a one-time setup fee. That seems geared toward enterprise users and could be cost prohibitive for a small operation.
Mortgage powerhouse Ellie Mae acquired Velocify in 2017. It's a large and intelligent CRM that includes all the basic features you'd expect to see, wrapped up in a slick interface.
If your company has many levels and needs a lot of corporate approvals, Velocify is a good choice. Every message that goes out to clients can be easily reviewed by corporate before triggering. Maybe because of the enterprise focus, Velocify does not publish its prices anywhere online, as far as we can tell.
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