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Q: How to Crop the image in specific size programmatically in android I'm trying to crop the image using the bitmap creation method. But I unable to get the exact result from Google Pixel mobile. Please help me out, how do I achieve this? For your reference, I have mentioned my code below.
Thanks in advance.
private void cropCapturedImage(File mFile) {
    getActivity().runOnUiThread(() -> {
        Bitmap capturedImagebitmap, rotatedBitmap;
        capturedImagebitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(mFile.getPath());
        final BitmapFactory.Options bitmapOptions = new BitmapFactory.Options();
        bitmapOptions.inTargetDensity = 1;
        capturedImagebitmap.setDensity(Bitmap.DENSITY_NONE);

        int height = (int) (capturedImagebitmap.getHeight() * 0.17);
        int y = (int)(capturedImagebitmap.getHeight() * 0.35);
        Log.e("Camera",">>"+height+">>"+y);
        Bitmap resizedBitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(capturedImagebitmap, 0, y, capturedImagebitmap.getWidth(), height);});
}

A: I was missed to rotate the image. Now I have rotated the image, image crop working fine. Below I have mentioned the working code.
try {
ei = new ExifInterface(mFile.getAbsolutePath());

int orientation = ei.getAttributeInt(ExifInterface.TAG_ORIENTATION,
ExifInterface.ORIENTATION_UNDEFINED);

switch (orientation) {

case ExifInterface.ORIENTATION_ROTATE_90:
rotatedBitmap = rotateImage(capturedImagebitmap, 90);
break;

case ExifInterface.ORIENTATION_ROTATE_180:
rotatedBitmap = rotateImage(capturedImagebitmap, 180);
break;

case ExifInterface.ORIENTATION_ROTATE_270:
rotatedBitmap = rotateImage(capturedImagebitmap, 270);
break;

case ExifInterface.ORIENTATION_NORMAL:
rotatedBitmap = capturedImagebitmap;
break;

default:
rotatedBitmap = capturedImagebitmap;

}
// cropping image
int height = (int) (rotatedBitmap.getHeight() * 0.2);
int y = (int) (rotatedBitmap.getHeight() * 0.4);

Bitmap resizedBitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(rotatedBitmap, 0, y, rotatedBitmap.getWidth(), height);

savebitmap(resizedBitmap);

showPreviewImage();

} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
public static Bitmap rotateImage(Bitmap source, float angle) {
Matrix matrix = new Matrix();
matrix.postRotate(angle);
return Bitmap.createBitmap(source, 0, 0, source.getWidth(), source.getHeight(),
matrix, true);
}


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Baby dolls brought these Alzheimer's patients so much joy
This is truly incredible
Heather Finn
Content Strategy Editor
Before Sandy Cambron's mother-in-law, Pearl, passed away from Alzheimer's disease in 2008, Cambron and her husband bought Pearl a baby doll. As simple of a gesture as it was, the doll ended up being what made Pearl's final days a little easier — it became a close companion for her when she needed it most.Knowing what a difference the toy made in Pearl's life, Cambron has continued to support other Alzheimer's patients by giving them baby dolls through a project she calls "Pearl's Memory Babies." This Valentine's Day, for example, she and her coworker Shannon Gray Blair brought a wagon full of baby dolls and stuffed puppies to a Kentucky nursing home.The idea of using lifelike toys to boost the spirits of Alzheimer's patients is known as "doll therapy," according to Alzheimers.net. There hasn't been a ton of research done on the practice just yet, but one small 2007 study found that doll therapy is, indeed, an effective therapy for Alzheimer's patients and can be used to increase positive behaviors. Plus, there's plenty of anecdotal evidence that shows that caring for lifelike baby dolls gives Alzheimer's patients a sense of purpose and brings back pleasant memories of early parenthood. After visiting the nursing home on Valentine's Day, Cambron's coworker Blair shared photos and videos from the emotional experience on her Facebook page. You're going to want to see the heartwarming footage for yourself — these patients' reactions are absolutely priceless.If you'd like to learn more about Pearl's Memory Babies, visit their Facebook and GoFundMe pages.
Before Sandy Cambron's mother-in-law, Pearl, passed away from Alzheimer's disease in 2008, Cambron and her husband bought Pearl a baby doll. As simple of a gesture as it was, the doll ended up being what made Pearl's final days a little easier — it became a close companion for her when she needed it most.
Knowing what a difference the toy made in Pearl's life, Cambron has continued to support other Alzheimer's patients by giving them baby dolls through a project she calls "Pearl's Memory Babies." This Valentine's Day, for example, she and her coworker Shannon Gray Blair brought a wagon full of baby dolls and stuffed puppies to a Kentucky nursing home.
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The idea of using lifelike toys to boost the spirits of Alzheimer's patients is known as "doll therapy," according to Alzheimers.net. There hasn't been a ton of research done on the practice just yet, but one small 2007 study found that doll therapy is, indeed, an effective therapy for Alzheimer's patients and can be used to increase positive behaviors. Plus, there's plenty of anecdotal evidence that shows that caring for lifelike baby dolls gives Alzheimer's patients a sense of purpose and brings back pleasant memories of early parenthood.
After visiting the nursing home on Valentine's Day, Cambron's coworker Blair shared photos and videos from the emotional experience on her Facebook page. You're going to want to see the heartwarming footage for yourself — these patients' reactions are absolutely priceless.
If you'd like to learn more about Pearl's Memory Babies, visit their Facebook and GoFundMe pages.
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How to stress less: the art of mindfulness
Here's the buzz: A form of meditation called mindfulness-based stress reduction, or MBSR, has been shown in many studies to help with chronic pain, hypertension, anxiety and depression. It might even help you sleep better.
The practice, which traces its roots to Buddhism, has become so enormously popular that in early February it was on the cover of Time, with the headline "The Mindfulness Revolution." Among enthusiasts are more than 300 U.S. medical centers and universities, the Super Bowl-winning Seattle Seahawks, General Mills, the US government, which offers soldiers courses in it – and an untold number of stressed-out, multitasking, digitally dependent Americans.
Could it be the secret to health and happiness? Or at least keep you out of the cardiologist's office?
No one is making promises at UC Irvine's Susan Samueli Center for Integrative Medicine, where MBSR courses have been part of the curriculum since 2010. But many course graduates say the practice has helped them de-stress and take better care of themselves. The key, they say, is being mindful, or paying attention to the present moment.
"A lot of things in our society pull us away from the present moment," says Dr. Don Maurer, an emergency room physician who teaches the classes. "Email, cellphones, always being on call for everyone – our stress level constantly increases."
Mindfulness takes its practitioners out of that spiraling cycle. They learn basic meditation skills, which focus on being tuned into the here and now, and are encouraged to concentrate on their breathing and their body, to notice but not judge their thoughts and to generally live in the moment.
Studies indicate MBSR works because practitioners learn to regulate their emotions and to change their perspective.
Classes at the Samueli Center range from one day to eight weeks. Participants receive guided instruction in mindfulness meditation, gentle stretching and yoga. For the most part, practitioners meditate while seated in chairs or lying on yoga mats. There also are group discussions, home assignments and home practice materials.
Meditation sessions usually last 20 to 30 minutes and are led by an instructor who speaks in a calm, soothing voice. In a typical session, participants may be told to focus on their breath and the sensation of air moving in and out of their lungs. They're also told to be kind to themselves, avoiding self-criticism.
One of the primary goals of the courses is learning self-compassion.
"We have a tendency to berate ourselves," says Beth Mulligan, a physician's assistant at the Samueli Center who teaches the classes. "That little voice inside our heads is very critical; it uses harsh words to remind us of our mistakes. Self-compassion is a far better motivator than the lash of self-criticism."
When the classes first began at the Samueli Center, the main intent was to help those with major illnesses learn to re-focus their attention on something other than their pain. But the program was so popular with the general public that the classes now serve everyone.
"MBSR is for anyone at any age, and the reasons people take classes vary," according to the Samueli Center website.
"Some have demanding jobs or responsibilities and they want to learn how to cope; others are referred by their physicians to help treat high blood pressure, anxiety or insomnia. Other students attend MBSR classes to learn to cope after a traumatic event."
In addition, many professionals, including physicians and counselors, attend to learn more about MBSR and incorporate it into their practices.
During a recent session, Mulligan led a meditation exercise aimed at self-compassion, in which she asked participants to silently wish themselves peace, safety, health and happiness.
One of the participants, a retired nurse, smiled. "It's so simple, yet so complex," she said. "I used to be anxious all the time. But now I'm getting over it. I think this is just what I needed."
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Introduction to Storyboarding
Sat, July 1, 2017, 10:00 am–2:00 pm
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J. Todd Anderson
Introduction to Storyboarding taught by storyboard artist J. Todd Anderson is a unique workshop that offers film students a chance to learn from a working professional on how to draw and create a storyboard. Each student will leave with their own storyboard book that is signed by J. Todd Anderson.
Limited seating available (20 seats per workshop, first-come first-served basis)
No fee required
Open to students 10–21 years of age
Attendees receive art supplies and snacks during the workshop
Please RSVP to Marisa X. Jimenez at marisa@stagecoachfdn.org. Introduction to Storyboarding is made possible by a partnership between IAIA and Stagecoach Foundation.
About J. Todd Anderson
J. Todd Anderson is a storyboard artist who has worked primarily with the Coen brothers, but also with an array of other filmmakers. He also, along with film archivist and friend George Willeman and WYSO D.J. Niki Dakota, produces Filmically Perfect. He made his directorial debut in 1998 with the film The Naked Man. A few years later, he served as Second Unit Director on the Coen brothers' Intolerable Cruelty, which earned him membership in the Directors Guild of America.
Anderson received credit for appearing in Fargo as "Victim in Field." Instead of his name being used, he was credited with the symbol for the artist formerly known as Prince, which was turned on its side and a smiley face drawn in the circle. In addition, his name was used in the 2010 film True Grit as one of the many aliases for the outlaw Tom Chaney.
Anderson has stated that his role as storyboard artist is "less creative than interpretive." When working with Ethan and Joel Coen, the Coens go through the movie shot by shot, and Anderson works to "establish the scale, trap the angle, ID the character, get the action." Afterwards he sits and does a more polished drawing from the sketches drawn with the directors. After getting feedback from the filmmakers and adding several details, such as facial expressions, necessary props and arrows depicting actor and camera movement, the drawings are photocopied and given to everyone on the set. Thus, the storyboards Anderson creates are vital to the smooth process and good communication on the film set.
J. Todd Anderson information cited from Wikipedia.
About the Storyboard
A storyboard is a graphic organizer in the form of illustrations or images displayed in sequence for the purpose of pre-visualizing a motion picture, animation, motion graphic or interactive media sequence. The storyboarding process, in the form it is known today, was developed at Walt Disney Productions during the early 1930s, after several years of similar processes being in use at Walt Disney and other animation studios.
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WorkWave Appoint Former Astea Chief Operating Officer
Apr 10, 2019 • Management • News • Astea • Workwave
Ex-Astea employee David Giannetto to take up post of Chief Operation Officer at service management solutions firm.
WorkWave has announced the appointment of David Giannetto as its new Chief Operation Officer.
The former Astea employee will be based in the company's New Jersey office and will be expected to bring his experience across SaaS and his knowledge of emerging technologies to WorkWave's customer experience and innovation strategy.
In a statement, WorkWave's CEO Marne Martin, said he was looking forward to Gianetto's arrival. "I am thrilled to welcome David to our leadership team," he said. "With more than 25 years of bottom-line responsibility growing business-oriented service and technology companies, his arrival will enable us to continue to grow as a company, while providing the service industry with best-in-class SaaS solutions. The insights and expertise he brings to the table will help further our position as the dominant SMB SaaS solution for the pest vertical and other service industries."
Three Practical Artificial Intelligence (AI) Approaches For Field Service Management (Part 1)
Nov 21, 2018 • Features • AI • Artificial intelligence • Future of FIeld Service • future of field service • MArne MArtin • Workwave • Chatbots • field service • field service management • field service technology • IFS • Service Management • Service Management Technology • Wrokforce Management
Artificial Intelligence has increasingly become a key discussion in all industries and its impact in field service management is predicted to be hugely significant, but how should field service organisations leverage this powerful...
Artificial Intelligence has increasingly become a key discussion in all industries and its impact in field service management is predicted to be hugely significant, but how should field service organisations leverage this powerful twenty-first-century technology? In the first of a two-part feature, Marne Martin, President Service Management IFS, offers her expert insight...
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) will impact every industry and every business discipline—including field service management. But how quickly will practical solutions be available that enable the typical medium to large field service organization to take advantage of AI? And by practical solutions, I mean AI that delivers knowledge efficiently, processes solutions to complex data sets, and automates repetitive activities to allow human workers to focus on personalized service, solving complex problems and escalations, i.e. what people do best.
In some cases, these easily applied solutions are still on their way to market. In three specific areas, however, practical AI applications for field service are already commercially available as proven, commercial off-the-shelf software delivering real business value.
AI For Customer Interaction
First impressions matter. And unfortunately, the first interaction a customer has with your service organization often involves several missteps. Chief among these are long wait times on hold due to high call volumes. And then, as a customer attempts to reach out through multiple channels including email, chat and phone, the resulting data stream goes into separate siloes that are disconnected from each other, resulting in disjointed communication.
"Today, AI solutions can solve both these problems, but it requires more than "just" chatbots..."
Today, AI solutions can solve both these problems, but it requires more than "just" chatbots. Commercially available AI software that ties into chatbots is capable of learning which answers posed in a chat are appropriate for each question and automating a significant majority of chat interactions. A chatbot can be taught to answer commonly encountered questions, like inquiries about when a technician is scheduled to arrive. Of course, at some point, the AI chatbot may get stuck when personalized service is required, and a human agent takes over the discussion thread without missing a beat. This should be seamless not only to the customer but for the internal customer service, ticketing and support systems as well. The chatbot—regardless of whether driven at a given moment by AI or a human agent—should update the same customer record as other channels including social media, phone and email.
And from interactions, the AI functionality learns from answers provided by human agents and gets better and better at answering questions through learning processes. A truly advanced AI chatbot will also seamlessly hand off the chat to a human agent when the extent of its learning is overtaken. Only then can the entire customer experience be unified and consistent, even with a static number of agents handling a rapidly growing fluctuating volume of customer interactions.
AI-based chatbots, for instance, can enable a good agent to handle up to five or more chats at a time. It can capture Facebook messages and tweets and direct them to an agent or to AI for intervention. AI alone can handle, typically, between 50 and 60 percent of requests, freeing up human capacity or lowering staffing levels required to handle a given volume of activity.
Enables Management By Exception
In the case of AI applications for the service organization, a primary driver for ROI is that it enables humans to manage by exception. A high volume of activity can be automated, and humans intervene primarily when a situation falls outside the business rules or logic built into service management software. AI doesn't eliminate the need for human interaction—it makes the human interaction more focused on what humans do best—handle escalations and complex decision making for unique cases.
At one IFS customer, an AI chatbot handles about 50 percent of interactions— primarily those reaching out to cancel their service after a free three-month trial period. Interactions cancelling a free subscription are handled entirely through automation. But if a longer-standing customer is cancelling their service, the interaction gets routed to an agent dedicated to saving the account.
Some interactions are by default easily handled by AI. If 30 percent of inbound contacts are requesting information on the arrival time of a field service technician, it may be possible to automate 90 percent of that 30 percent of contacts. But it is also important to consider the demographics of the customer base. Millennials are more likely to communicate via chat or social media, so if a significant percentage of customers are under 40, heavier reliance on chatbots and AI may help you increase engagement by streamlining your customers' preferred method of interaction.
"Management by exception is also more successful when an AI application has access to extensive information about each customer..."
Management by exception is also more successful when an AI application has access to extensive information about each customer. So full integration with enterprise resource planning, field service management and other enterprise tools is essential. AI tools can be more effective if they have more rather than less information on the status of the customer's account, including their maintenance or service history and warranty or service level agreement entitlements.
Integration between an AI chatbot, email, voice, social and enterprise applications is important for another reason. It enables one version of the customer record. Lacking this, a customer can send an email, and get no response. They send a direct message through Twitter. Then call and sit on hold. Then initiate a chat. All these interactions may not appear in a central customer record, but there have been three attempts to contact the company. Right from the first contact by email, the clock started ticking on a service level agreement.
Full integration can also enable a customer service team, once a customer request is resolved, to close off all queuing activations at the same time for the various contact methods associated with a customer case. Failing this, a service organization may spend a significant amount of time chasing customer requests that have already been resolved.
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The Field Service Podcast: Series 2 Episode 8 - Time for FSM to standalone?
Nov 14, 2018 • Features • Augmented Reality • CRM • FSM • FSM Systems • Future of FIeld Service • MArne MArtin • mobile workforce management • Podcast • resources • Workwave • ERP • field service • IFS • Internet of Things • IoT • Service Management • Field Service Technologies • Service Management Online
In this, the latest edition of the Field Service Podcast, Kris Oldland, Field Service News, Editor-in-Chief, is joined by Marne Martin, CEO of WorkWave and president of Service Management for IFS about her new role with IFS as well as discussing...
In this, the latest edition of the Field Service Podcast, Kris Oldland, Field Service News, Editor-in-Chief, is joined by Marne Martin, CEO of WorkWave and president of Service Management for IFS about her new role with IFS as well as discussing whether the time has come to finally recognised Field Service Management systems as a standalone category such as CRM or ERP [hr]
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WorkWave PestPac Redefines Focus on Customer Experience and End User Engagement
Nov 13, 2018 • News • mobile workforce management • Workwave • field service • field service management • Service Management • Software and Apps • Field Service Engneer • Field Technologies
WorkWave, a leading provider of software solutions for the field service and last-mile delivery industries, recently announced its aim to reestablish its focus on customer experience, both through initiatives that further its position as a...
WorkWave, a leading provider of software solutions for the field service and last-mile delivery industries, recently announced its aim to reestablish its focus on customer experience, both through initiatives that further its position as a strategic partner to its customers, as well as with new features and functionality to promote better end-user engagement. As WorkWave's customers are looking to not only run their businesses with ease but also grow and expand, WorkWave is committed to providing the tools and insight to enable their customers to differentiate themselves in the marketplace.
Along with its reestablished commitment to customers across multiple fronts, WorkWave is rolling out updated features that have a fresh, new look and feel, as well as new WorkWave PestPac® branding.
"WorkWave solutions have always enabled pest control companies to run seamlessly through its end-to-end platforms," said Marne Martin, CEO of WorkWave. "Based on our experience and leadership in the space, we are now in a position to take our relationships to the next level and not only be a solution, but also a strategic partner enabling our customers to grow their businesses and provide the best possible service to their end customers."
In an effort to increase WorkWave PestPac's focus on bolstering the value it provides to its customers, WorkWave is holding an Executive Advisory Board during PestWorld. This meeting includes senior leadership from the top 15 pest control companies in the world, allowing WorkWave to have access to constructive feedback and industry insight, staying ahead of where the customer needs it to be. WorkWave also put in place its new Customer Success teams and initiatives, which combine customer relationship management and intricate product knowledge to help create and sustain solid relationships with its customers.
To help its customers differentiate themselves against the competition, WorkWave PestPac also unveiled a number of new features that are geared toward the end user, ensuring that they are receiving timely and quality service, and keeping them coming back for more.
Sales Assistant: A convenient way for customers to select, schedule and pay for services right through a pest control operator's website. Sales assistant provides 24/7 customer accessibility to a business online.
Route Op: Includes a new visual optimization tool that allows the user to make subtle adjustments to routes, as well as a new flexible workday calendar to add custom dates or holiday schedules. With Route Op, users have the ability to compare cost statistics, view drive time and mileage from each stop, and edit constraints right from the map.
CustomerConnect Portal: Features a dashboard that provides convenient access to important documents and bills through targeted communications.
EPay: A simplified payment process where the customer will receive their invoice via text or email, allowing for payment right through the link with no login.
These new features enable pest control companies to put the customer first and provide ways to ensure differentiation between their business and the competition. This not only enables pest control companies to succeed in the marketplace but also to expand and grow.
WorkWave Recognized for Forward-Thinking Utilization of Recruitment Analytics by the Brandon Hall Group
Oct 22, 2018 • News • mobile workforce management • Workwave • field service • IFS • Service Management • Software and Apps • Brandon Hall • Caliper
WorkWave a leading provider of cloud-based software solutions for the field service and last-mile delivery industries, today announced that it has been awarded a Brandon Hall Group Bronze Award for Excellence in the Best Advance in Talent...
WorkWave a leading provider of cloud-based software solutions for the field service and last-mile delivery industries, today announced that it has been awarded a Brandon Hall Group Bronze Award for Excellence in the Best Advance in Talent Management Technology Implementation category for its rollout of Caliper and Caliper Analytics.
WorkWave partnered with Caliper to implement Caliper Analytics to guide its talent management decisions.
As a result of WorkWave's rapid growth at all levels of the company, its leadership became aware of a clear need to facilitate objective conversations around development processes and ways to support its managers to have more constructive conversations with their direct reports. The Caliper Analytics platform enables WorkWave to leverage detailed personality data to develop new and existing employees, help managers have more effective conversations and fill roles in a rapidly expanding organization.
"As WorkWave continues to place an emphasis on becoming the leader in field service management technology, it is critical that we hire and develop passionate and talented employees who possess the right skill sets for the right positions," said Marne Martin, CEO of WorkWave. "Through the use of Caliper Analytics, our talent team has been able to take a data-driven approach to WorkWave's recruitment and development, allowing us to ensure that each person we hire is a great fit."
"We are thrilled that our partnership with WorkWave has been recognized by the Brandon Hall Group, as we continue to provide them with a scalable, data-driven solution to support the company's growth and market strategy through its valuable employees," said Jacque Casoni, Vice President, Mid-Atlantic Region at Caliper.
The award entries were evaluated by a panel of independent senior industry experts, Brandon Hall Group analysts and executives based upon the following criteria: fit the need, design of the program, functionality, innovation and overall measurable benefits.
"Excellence Award winners personify innovation that drives business results. Our winners embrace the future and embrace change and the challenges that go with it," said Rachel Cooke, Chief Operating Officer of Brandon Hall Group and head of the awards program. "It is amazing in reviewing these entries how organizations – both large and small – work across functions to make human capital management a valuable asset that enables business success."
Opinion: Why Marne Martin being appointed at IFS is excellent news for the whole industry
Sep 12, 2018 • Features • FSM • Future of FIeld Service • Mark Brewer • MArne MArtin • mobile workforce management • Paul White • Workwave • field service • field service technology • IFS • Service Management • Stephen Jeff Watts • Darren Roos
Swedish enterprise mobility and ERP provider IFS recently announced the hiring of former ServicePower CEO, Marne Martin, as President of their Service Management Business Unit, part of a dual role she has taken on alongside being CEO of IFS...
Swedish enterprise mobility and ERP provider IFS recently announced the hiring of former ServicePower CEO, Marne Martin, as President of their Service Management Business Unit, part of a dual role she has taken on alongside being CEO of IFS subsidiary, WorkWave. Kris Oldland, Editor-in-Chief, Field Service News reflects on this appointment and why it is a good thing not just for IFS, but for the wider industry as a whole...
I have known Marne Martin for some time now, speaking to her once or twice a year either for interviews, or just catching up at various industry events we've both been speaking at.
When she was included in a previous edition of the #FSN20, our annual list of key industry leaders, it was me that put her forward to the committee. That was in part because I had always found her to be engaging and intelligent when speaking to her, as well as being passionate for the industry we operate within - but then again, these things for me at least should be a given for any CEO within the sector.
Marne, of course, had all of these traits in abundance, but what always made her stand apart from the many other excellent leaders we have in our sector, what made her seem just that little bit more dynamic and exciting to speak with and why I put her forward for the #FSN20 (something we take very seriously here at fieldservicenews.com) was her ability to see the trends that were just beyond most people's range of vision, those that were over the horizon.
"What Marne has demonstrated time and again is that she is able to go that one step further and identify what will be the challenges and opportunities around how any given technology will ultimately be utilised..."
Sure, we can all get a feel for what technologies are set to emerge - a quick look at Gartner's current year hype cycle will allow us to see what we can expect to come along in the next few years. It might not always work out as we anticipate (think about the early clamour around wearables and in particular Glass as an example of this), but most of us who pay attention to these things are fairly able to put together a reasonably accurate picture of the future.
What Marne has demonstrated time and again is that she is able to go that one step further and identify what will be the challenges and opportunities around how any given technology will ultimately be utilised - and such foresight, is a much rarer attribute.
For example, I remember Marne outlining to me the importance that Quantum Annealing would play within field service management systems - in particularly within dynamic scheduling, long before the topic was even close to being something that was discussed outside of high-tech computing circles.
Indeed, the last time we spoke at any great length we had a long and detailed conversation about how and why field service management systems would need to ultimately evolve from being an additional feature sold alongside an ERP or CRM system and become acknowledged as something of equal status and importance within the world of enterprise computing.
Essentially we agreed, FSM needed to be, and eventually would be recognised as a category within its own right. This is something that we are now absolutely beginning to see happen in certain pockets of the industry, including IFS - who have across the last couple of year's publically stated that FSM is a core priority within their wider portfolio - something that was reiterated at their World Conference in Atlanta earlier this year by new CEO Darren Roos.
"As far as benefitting our industry as a wider whole, there are few places I feel Marne could have such a big impact, as at IFS..."
So as you can imagine, when we heard Marne was stepping down from her role as CEO of ServicePower, I had an inkling that it would be more au revoir than goodbye, I just had a feeling in my gut that we would see her again soon enough somewhere familiar.
However, as far as benefitting our industry as a wider whole, there are few places I feel Marne could have such a big impact, as at IFS. They have shown that they have the ambition, vision and capability to push the industry forwards (indeed the newly launched FSM6 is an excellent solution utilising best of breed technology), but perhaps also they have shown that they have a strong commitment to FSM that will surely raise the bar further for the quality of solutions available to field service organisations.
After all, as John F Kennedy famously quoted a rising tide lifts all boats.
Also, we must consider that Marne is bringing in exceptional leadership experience, industry knowledge and vision into a team that is already full of excellent leaders and thinkers.
For example, the always impressive Mark Brewer, Global Industry Director Service Management who has established an excellent reputation both within the company and the industry since having joined from PTC almost two years ago. Another would be Stephen Jeff-Watts, who is responsible for IFS' product strategy for Enterprise Service Management and is another with a canny knack for understanding where the future lies within the sector. Then, of course, there is Paul White, former CEO of mplsystems who IFS acquired last year who brings a huge level of detail around the latest developments around omni-channel communications to the table, or Tom DeVroy, personally, someone I hold as one of the best author's contributing to publications including ourselves around.
Indeed, the list is long and Marne's appointment at the head of this group, is set to make IFS an even more formidable force within our industry on both sides of the Atlantic and beyond.
Finally, it is also interesting to note her dual role.
"Once such a precedent has been set by such a significant industry player as IFS, it is likely that we will see other companies follow suit..."
When IFS acquired WorkWave late last year, I wrote about how the acquisition essentially gave IFS full market penetration.
Traditionally, they have always served the mid-enterprise tier well, in recent year's we have seen them begin to open some more doors in the larger enterprise sector as well. However, the SME market has always been an area that has been somewhat underserved, yet could be potentially lucrative, as WorkWave has proven.
With Marne taking on dual responsibilities for Enterprise Service Management and WorkWave it seems that IFS may potentially be seeking to firmly organise a significant section of their business around their FSM capabilities - exactly the type of shift in thinking that Marne and I had discussed a year ago and also something Darren Roos alluded to when I spoke to him recently as well.
Once such a precedent has been set by such a significant industry player as IFS, it is likely that we will see other companies follow suit - which will ultimately lead to further emphasis on the importance of field service within industry.
So from where I'm sitting, Marne's arrival at IFS is therefore potentially great news long-term for all in our industry - it certainly promises to be an exciting move and I for one wish her every success.
WorkWave wins awards for growth, field service and logistics
Aug 26, 2018 • News • IT World Awards • Mike Profit • Workwave • field service • field service management • Service Management • Software and Apps • software and apps
WorkWave, a provider of cloud-based software solutions for the field service and last mile delivery industries, today announced that Network Products Guide, one of the industry's leading technology research and advisory guides, has named WorkWave...
WorkWave, a provider of cloud-based software solutions for the field service and last mile delivery industries, today announced that Network Products Guide, one of the industry's leading technology research and advisory guides, has named WorkWave as a winner in this year's 2018 IT World Awards.
WorkWave Service™ was recognized as a gold winner for Field Service Management, and WorkWave Route Manager™ was recognized as a gold winner for IT Products and Services for Transportation.
WorkWave Service enables field service companies to grow their businesses, be more productive and deliver exceptional service to customers in a scalable and robust, yet easy-to-use way. In addition to helping customers manage their business, it enables businesses to grow by allowing them to easily capture and track leads, and manage and view all sales opportunities.
WorkWave Service enables field service companies to grow their businesses, be more productive and deliver exceptional service to customers in a scalable and robust, yet easy-to-use wayWorkWave Route Manager is WorkWave's all-in-one route planning and GPS tracking solution that is addressing the daily challenges of logistics professionals. It has been proven to drive over 30 per cent operational efficiency and ROI through its smart route technology, and its powerful, proprietary algorithm combined with ease of use makes saving time and money achievable right from day one. Users can also expect to serve 20 per cent more orders, and reduce fuel by 10-15 per cent.
"It is an honour to have both WorkWave Service and WorkWave Route Manager recognized in this year's IT World Awards," said Mike Profit, Chief Product and Service Officer at WorkWave. "Our teams work hard to develop our products to ensure we are enabling our customers to deliver exceptional service to their own customers, while running their businesses from front to back, seamlessly."
The annual IT World Awards recognition program encompasses the world's best in organizational performance, products and services, hot technologies, executives and management teams, successful deployments, product management and engineering, customer satisfaction, and public relations in every area of information technology. More than 80 judges from a broad spectrum of industry voices from around the world participated and their average scores determined the 2018 award winners.
IFS extends leadership in Service Management with the acquisition of WorkWave
Oct 11, 2017 • News • Fredrik vom Hofe • Mergers and Acquisitions • Workwave • Chris Sullens • IFS • Software and Apps
IFS is now uniquely positioned to offer world leading service management software solutions to the full spectrum of service businesses, independent of size, level of operational complexity, vertical focus or geographical location.
IFS, the global enterprise applications company, has recently announces it has signed an agreement to purchase WorkWave LLC. WorkWave is a leading provider of highly scalable, cloud-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions for the Field Service and Last Mile Delivery and Logistics industries. WorkWave primarily serves small & medium sized (SMB) service businesses, with specific vertical focus on Pest Control, Lawn & Landscape, Cleaning & Janitorial, Heating/Ventilation/AC, Plumbing & Electrical and Transportation.
WorkWave's SaaS solutions seamlessly integrate the office to the field, enabling SMB service businesses to streamline back office tasks such as scheduling, planning and billing, increase field visibility and productivity, and automate marketing and sales activities. As a result, WorkWave's clients are able to significantly improve efficiency, reduce cost, boost revenues and enhance customer satisfaction.
This acquisition is further evidence of how IFS is investing to extend its global leadership in Service Management.
From its headquarters in Holmdel, New Jersey, WorkWave's 260 employees support more than 7,300 customers who are primarily based in the U.S. Thanks to its deep industry expertise, cutting-edge technology and focus on customer service, WorkWave is proud to be recognised with multiple awards for its outstanding growth and culture, including the Inc. 5000 and Best Places to Work, among others.
Commenting on the acquisitions, Fredrik vom Hofe, Group Senior Vice President for Business Development at IFS said "This acquisition is further evidence of how IFS is investing to extend its global leadership in Service Management. WorkWave, with its very strong SaaS offering and deep knowledge of how to serve SMB service businesses, complements IFS's already leading service management offering that is used by many larger service-centric companies. We can now offer the most complete, connected Service Management solutions across the full-spectrum of service organisations and service-intensive industries, globally! In addition, we have significantly strengthened our presence in North America, the world's largest software market, meaning that the Americas is now the largest region in the IFS Group." He continued: "We are very pleased to have WorkWave's CEO, Chris Sullens, and the talented WorkWave team join IFS to continue our growth in Service Management."
Chris Sullens, CEO of WorkWave, stated "We are very excited to join the IFS team and looking forward to mutually accelerating our growth in the field service and logistics industries - and beyond. This is a great opportunity for our clients, partners, and employees." He added, "We now have the opportunity to leverage the resources of a leading service management software organization, while continuing to invest in and deliver exceptional products and services to our core clients in pest control and other field service verticals. Our combination of offerings will help service businesses of all sizes solve their operational and growth challenges through our market-leading software solutions."
The acquisition is expected to close in Q4 2017. The financial terms of the acquisition are not being disclosed.
WorkWave reports revenues up 55%
Aug 25, 2015 • News • Workwave • feld service management • field service • field service management • Software and Apps • telematics
Workwave, the US-based provider of cloud-based solutions for businesses with mobile workforces, reports revenues up 55% and adds 900 new customers.
WorkWave, the US-based provider of cloud-based field service management and last-mile fleet management software solutions has announced it added over 900 new customers in the first half of 2015, grew recurring revenue by 55% and increased staff by nearly 30%.
The company, founded in 1984, was best known as Marathon Data Systems until it underwent a corporate rebranding in June 2015 coinciding with its acquisition of telematics company Foxtrax. Workwave has made significant investment in its field service management platform to improve the level of connectivity and visibility its customers have inside their office and in the expansion of its mobile workforce platform. This now includes proprietary mobile apps and route planning and optimisation technology, to provide the same visibility and connectivity for field service operations. The tightly integrated, mobile-first, suite of software solutions includes WorkWave Service, WorkWave Fleet, WorkWave GPS, PestPac, together with marketing and sales automation solutions.
WorkWave helps clients large and small operate more efficiently and profitably.
"Demand for WorkWave's field service management and fleet management software solutions continues to grow among both small businesses and enterprise customers, as they increasingly realise that efficiencies from the cloud continue to make their options more affordable and effective," said Chris Sullens, CEO of WorkWave. "WorkWave helps clients large and small operate more efficiently and profitably, and our combination of deep industry expertise in multiple service and delivery verticals and flexible cloud-based solutions enables us to quickly scale to support this continued year-over-year growth."
WorkWave is off to a strong start in 2015, fuelled by growth in its core vertical of pest control and rapid adoption of its integrated routing, GPS and lead generation offerings across its target industry segments. Key customer wins US Coachways, Friendly's Ice Cream, Fort Point Beer Co., Hoskins Pest Control, Budget Pest Control, Molly Maid, City of Houston and Spring-Green. Staff numbers increased from 144 employees to over 180 during the first half of 2015 and are expected to reach 200 by the end of 2015.
WorkWave and CEO Chris Sullens were also named a winner in the 2015 Globee Fastest Growing Private Companies Awards which recognise company growth and success in privately-held organisations from around the world.
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Apple's 64-bit A7 chip "hit us in the gut," says Qualcomm employee
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Despite Qualcomm's comments to the contrary, Apple's introduction of the 64-bit A7 processor used in the iPhone 5S, iPad Air and Retina iPad mini has sent people within Qualcomm into a panic. That's the word from an article posted to Hubspot by Dan Lyons - he of "Fake Steve Jobs" fame - who joined Hubspot earlier this year as "Marketing Fellow."
Apple broke new ground with the A7 chip. It's the first 64-bit processor to be found in a mobile device. Lyons reports that Qualcomm - one of the biggest mobile semiconductor makers around - wasn't expecting Apple to come out with a 64-bit chip so soon.
"The 64-bit Apple chip hit us in the gut. Not just us, but everyone, really. We were slack-jawed, and stunned, and unprepared," Lyons quotes the unnamed Qualcomm employee as saying.
Now semiconductor manufacturers like Qualcomm are scrambling to catch up, but Qualcomm doesn't expect to have a 64-bit chip available until the second half of 2014 - basically a year after Apple. Samsung, one of Apple's biggest rivals in the smartphone market, plans to introduce a 64-bit processor as well, thought it hasn't yet announced products that use them. Lyons says Samsung is rumored to be announcing such a product early in 2014.
Apple's competitors have been quick to downplay the significance of the 64-bit chip, saying it's just Apple's marketing gamesmanship - that the only real significance of 64-bit is its ability to address more memory than mobile devices have right now. Qualcomm senior VP and chief marketing officer Anand Chandrasekher even went so far to declare that the A7 conferred "zero benefit" to end users - then was promptly "reassigned."
64-bit processors are able to access more RAM, but that's not their only benefit - they can grab data in twice as large chunks as their 32-bit counterparts. And as apps are optimized to take advantage of a 64-bit architecture and the other capabilities of the A7, they'll run faster and be capable of doing more. Apple's future-proofing iOS devices to enable app developers to continue to create software that delights and surprises users, who are doing more sophisticated things with their mobile devices all the time.
The mobile industry is inexorably heading in the direction of 64 bits. Apple just beat everyone else to it.


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I had to find myself – Araffath
LEGENDARY music producer Araffath Muhuure who has been missing in action for a while now is back with a bang with a firecracker album titled 'Arapiano'.
Araffath who went AWOL after releasing his second album titled 'House of Araffath Volume 2' in 2018 said he went off the grid to focus more on himself and his art while learning what it means to 'grow' as an artist.
"Sometimes we grow and realise what is more important and what is not important. I just realised how much social media was eating up my energy and decided to take a break from it. I simply just went personal. I was still taking bookings, I only removed myself from social media because it has a nasty way of taking the best out of people especially us in the limelight," he said.
Araffath said at that time, social media was starting to control his way of living as he took in all the negative comments that were said about him.
"Sometimes as musicians, we get lost in the fame and start living the rock star life running after that addictive hype and when one looks back you actually realise that you have nothing. You can be a top producer or artist but not a millionaire. I don't know if fame is a curse in Namibia," he said.
The award winning producer further stressed over the hype that comes with winning awards saying that the winning could either make or break a musician.
With more than two decades of experience up his sleeve, Araffath said, "There was a point in time I was moved by winning awards, it used to be the in thing, until I realised that, you can win awards but there is actually more to it. Yes there is good recognition and a good feeling but it can go to one's head and mess you up in the long run."
He added that winning awards could slowly divert one's mind away from their initial music goals and they would end up getting stuck in the world of competition.
"Some people end up not doing music out of love but because of competition and the hunger to win again or rather look busy because you're an award winning musician and you need to be busy.'"
Araffath spoke out of his own experience saying that he once upon a time found himself stuck in the 'famous world' while being on top was his only concern.
He further described fame as an addictive drug that the weakest people can easily fall prey to.
"I remember when I started, it was never about awards or being on top of the other but I was doing music for the love and passion, so I just had to take time off and now I am focused more than anything else," he said.
Touching base on his upcoming album, Araffath said, the Arapiano album is inspired by the current trending sound named 'Amapiano' originating from South Africa.
"I don't want to disclose the release date yet but surely in two months' time or so. I don't want a deadline, it kills the passion, and one ends up rushing to finish."
Asked on whether he has plans on taking upcoming musicians under his wing, Araffath said, "Signing up musicians is not an issue. I had a lot of musicians under me before, but in this country, you can open up doors for them and they will still tarnish your name or kill your brand. I had people like Maszanga who were later being managed by some snake in the industry, after that, so many things and lies were said and written about me but we are fine now".
He went on to say that he is now more into redirecting the attention to himself than grooming upcoming musicians who can backstab him when they have 'made it in life'.


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We have a team of "ushers" who help the Young Children's Church to run smoothly on Sundays at 9:30 am. It's not a complicated thing but it is very important. We rely on wonderful helpers to set out the worship booklets, see that the candles are lit, greet families and to ask a child to bring forward the offertory basket. If you are really lucky, you might be asked to direct traffic as the children do a worship activity. Right now we have two openings for this once-a-month position. Grandparents can feel a special calling to this use. If you wish to volunteer or just chat about the job, please contact our scheduler, Kelleen Butler (215-284-5955, Kelleen.Butler@bacs-gc.org) or our pastor, Rev. Phil Schnarr (215-360-5298, Phil.Schnarr@bacs-gc.org).


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Q: Sync Local Database data to a remote Database I'm having a system which runs online. I have to make that system run in localhost. But the original online system should be updated once a day. Anyone know about a tool which can transfer the local database data to the remote database which is MySQL

A: To do this, you have few possibilities.
See ETL tools = launched when you wan't
or MySQL Replication = a real time sync
or using a tool like MySQL Administrator, you will be able to schedule a backup and a restore when you wan't
or using file transfer Like FTP (I used it after a server crash. But you need to have same ENV this case)
And you also can develop your own tool (like an ETL tool) to perform this.

A: Use the mysqldump that is a native mysql tool to create a dump from your database and restore it on the other side ! (but this depends on your database size)
Or you can use replication with a delay window!
For how to replicate your MySQL database follow this article here !

A: I'm pretty sure using cron you are able to do this:
crontab -e

and inside:
0 0 * * * scp /local/database root@foo2.com:/remote/database

You would need to set up SSH Keys in order to do this.

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Government Commissions: BBC Sessions 1996–2003 is a compilation album by the post-rock group Mogwai released in 2005, consisting of sessions recorded between 1996 and 2003 for BBC Radio. Some of the tracks are different from previously released versions – for example, the recording of "R U Still in 2 It?" is entirely instrumental, whereas the studio version on Mogwai Young Team features a lead vocal from Arab Strap member Aidan Moffat. Following the death of BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel in 2004, for whose show many of the tracks were recorded, Mogwai decided to dedicate the album to him. Peel's voice announces "Ladies and Gentlemen, Mogwai!" at the beginning of "Hunted by a Freak", the album's opener.

In 2012 it was awarded a double silver certification from the Independent Music Companies Association, which indicated sales of at least 40,000 copies throughout Europe.

Track listing

CD

2xLP

Personnel
 Mike Engles, Mike Robinson, Miti Adhikari, and Simon Askew - Recording and Mixing
 Nick Fountain, Colin Beaumont, Nick King, Kevin Rumble, Jamie Hart - Assistant Engineer
 Mark Maxwell - Photo of John Peel

References

External links

Mogwai compilation albums
Peel Sessions recordings
2005 live albums
2005 compilation albums

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Shanghai, December 7, 2017 – Shanghai Disney Resort announced today that Shanghai Disneyland's seventh themed land – the highly anticipated Disney Toy Story Land – is set to open on April 26, 2018, welcoming guests of all ages into a world of fun and imagination, and providing yet another reason for guests to be immersed in the unparalleled storytelling and creativity of Shanghai Disneyland.
Testing has already begun on Rex's Racer where guests will be invited to climb into RC Racer for a thrilling ride on the U-shaped track, with Rex at the controls.
Slinky Dog Spin is currently under testing and guests will soon be invited to take a seat inside Slinky Dog's springy spirals and race around a wavy roundabout.
Disney Imagineers and construction teams are painting Rex in Shanghai Disney Resort's Show Production Center, where over 400 toys for the new land are being produced.


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Five deep cuts Machine Head will play on An Evening with… tour
(Originally written for the Ticketmaster Blog)
Here at Ticketmaster, we're gearing up for the An Evening with Machine Head dates which kick off later this week.
There are no support acts, and they'll be playing for over two hours.
Whilst we're always excited to hear the likes of Davidian and Imperium tearing up venues, on these particular dates we're most pumped about some of the deeper cuts from their eight-album back-catalogue, and moshing hard to some songs they haven't played for a long time, and some they've barely played at all, ever.
*Possible setlist spoiler alert. There are some of those songs they've been playing on this tour overseas.*
1. From This Day
If, like me, you don't subscribe to the idea that Machine Head's 'nu-metal' period was necessarily that bad, and that their third album The Burning Red is massively underrated, you'll be as stoked as me to hear that they'll be playing From This Day on these dates, especially as they haven't for the best part of 15 years. Get ready for the 'F**k the rest of you' line, it might catch you off guard.
2. Bulldozer
Whilst even the most hardcore Machine Head fan would struggle to argue that the fourth album Supercharger is not a hit and miss affair, it's impossible to deny the sheer force of album opener Bulldozer. Enormous circle pits await.
3. Ten Ton Hammer
It doesn't quite match Imperium's level of ferocity but it will give you a the same amount confidence to take on your adversaries and win at life. (And shout Machine F'n Head at deafening volume) From The More Things Change…
4. Old
Standout track from 1994 debut Burn My Eyes (aside from Davidian obviously that's been floating in and out of their sets ever since. We're supremely excited to know it'll be on this run of dates.
5. Descend The Shades of Night
Epic album closer from return to form release (and my personal favourite) Through The Ashes of Empires. It's testament to how many amazing songs Machine Head have in their arsenal, that they've barely touched it since 2007.
An Evening with Machine Head… kicks off tomorrow:
2 – Norwich Open
3 – Nottingham Rock City
5 – Belfast Limelight
6 – Dublin Olympia
8 – Manchester Academy
11 – London Hammersmith Apollo
12 – Glasgow O2 Academy
Check availability and book remaining Machine Head tickets now at Ticketmaster.co.uk.
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 It's been a few days since my last update I'm not sure where to start, but let's get the good news first:

I had a few days off from work because this:

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We got walloped with a[ nor' easter ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nor%27easter) and it was unusally because usually we get spared for the most of it because we're north of lake erie and we miss out on most [lake effect snow storms](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake-effect_snow) but **not this time!** .

But we survived.

## At Least There Was Pie

Before the Storm:

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After the storm:

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But the storm did take us by surprise, (I was also surprised that BW bought me a pie) and there was bit of shoveling that had to happen because my car was  just a little buried:

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Meanwhile… BW's Car?

 Oh she gets the garage where her car is nice and snow free and toasty warm. Because, pecking order.

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Luckily I had some help with all my shoveling:

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Actually, the dog was a good help during the storm as she herded BW in the  back forty on the way back from  the compost bin:

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And by the end of the day our little helper was pretty much toast:

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But at least we were able to turn up the heat.

Oh, wait…

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This is a photo of a furnace that won't fire and needed a $300 cash infusion. (at least we found the christmas cup)..

So I asked google for a recommendation for[ heating and air conditioning company](http://www.harpershvac.com/) and I found a great guy who was fast, friendly and reasonable for the repair and we now have heat again.

We've got BW's mom here up for a few days and she drove six hours just to bake me a pie!! (ok, and maybe visit her daughter) but also: THERE'S PIE !!!

To summarize boy, are we glad the week is over.  We survived 2 feet of snow and a furnace out in the past few days, so now we are really ready for for spring (I'm not sure I'm ready for the spring chores though).

In the meantime, we had to bring a bit of spring indoors:

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Until next time…

TH and Co!


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Highest Altitude 2,509 m at Panchase ridge top.
Off the beaten track, constant views of the snow capped peaks, traditional villages, and panoramic scenery.
From Mt.Dhaualgiri, Annapurna, and Manaslu including the majestic Mt.Machhapuchare the Fish Tail.
Morning free after lunch trek to Landruk 1,500m 2-3 hrs.
Trek to Australian Camp (Thulo Kharka) 2,050m approx 4-5 hours.
Trek to Kande and drive to Pokhara.
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/**
 * 对象属性操作对象工厂类

 * Simple factory facade for obtaining {@link PropertyAccessor} instances,
 * in particular for {@link BeanWrapper} instances. Conceals the actual
 * target implementation classes and their extended public signature.
 *
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @since 2.5.2
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public abstract class PropertyAccessorFactory {

	/**
	 * 返回一个新Bean包装类

	 * Obtain a BeanWrapper for the given target object,
	 * accessing properties in JavaBeans style.
	 * @param target the target object to wrap
	 * @return the property accessor
	 * @see BeanWrapperImpl
	 */
	public static BeanWrapper forBeanPropertyAccess(Object target) {
		return new BeanWrapperImpl(target);
	}

	/**
	 * Obtain a PropertyAccessor for the given target object,
	 * accessing properties in direct field style.
	 * @param target the target object to wrap
	 * @return the property accessor
	 * @see DirectFieldAccessor
	 */
	public static ConfigurablePropertyAccessor forDirectFieldAccess(Object target) {
		return new DirectFieldAccessor(target);
	}

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I have built a script, and it should run an ADDM query using QueryURL.
But it doesn't work because the URL is too long.
What can I do to make it shorter?
What are you trying to achieve? This really does not look like a sensible query.
I want to built a script that runs every day and sent a report to few email accounts, which will show all servers that got discovery resault which is not success at the last 3 scans, but at the scan before (4th) it did got success.
and the computer name not supposed to start with the letters "pc" or "lapt"
I have encoded the query, but it seems that it too long.
I there something to do?
That is a very inefficient query and does not correctly check for pc or lapt being at the start of the host name.
This is an approximation, it checks for exactly 3 failures on any endpoint.
SEARCH Host WHERE age_count = -3 AND hostname NOT MATCHES "^(pc|lapt)"
You could limit the time frame by checking last_update_success or last_update_failure on the Host node.
It seems very nice, but when I used your query I got servers that got "Success" at their last scan.
I think you will find that those hosts were changing identity.
if the last discovery access result is "NoResponse"?


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Job satisfaction largely determines the productivity and efficiency of human resource for health. It literally depicts the extent to which professionals like or dislike their jobs. Job satisfaction is said to be linked with the employee's work environment, job responsibilities and powers and time pressure; the determinants which affect employee's organizational commitment and consequently the quality of services. The objective of the study was to determine the level of and factors influencing job satisfaction among public health professionals in the public sector.
This was a cross sectional study conducted in Islamabad, Pakistan. Sample size was universal including 73 public health professionals, with postgraduate qualifications and working in government departments of Islamabad. A validated structured questionnaire was used to collect data from April to October 2011.
Overall satisfaction rate was 41% only, while 45% were somewhat satisfied and 14% of professionals highly dissatisfied with their jobs. For those who were not satisfied, working environment, job description and time pressure were the major causes. Other factors influencing the level of satisfaction were low salaries, lack of training opportunities, improper supervision and inadequate financial rewards.
Our study documented a relatively low level of overall satisfaction among workers in public sector health care organizations. Considering the factors responsible for this state of affairs, urgent and concrete strategies must be developed to address the concerns of public health professionals as they represent a highly sensitive domain of health system of Pakistan. Improving the overall work environment, review of job descriptions and better remuneration might bring about a positive change.
Efficiency and productivity of human resources depends upon many factors, and job satisfaction is one of the most important. Human resource in any institution is the most valuable asset and it works as an engine to provide a sustainable service delivery. Pakistan is already facing a serious shortfall in terms of human resources for health. Research suggests that where the private health sector is relatively well organized and has better working conditions, the workers within the public sector face numerous issues that grossly affect the level of job satisfaction. Job satisfaction is known to be a multifaceted phenomenon that entails an individual's feelings towards his/her job. In clinical sciences, doctors' satisfaction plays a great role in their performance and therefore is reflected as satisfaction and compliance among their patients. Similarly, public health professionals' satisfaction in their jobs would determine the quality of the service delivery for their respective communities[3, 4]. Organizational factors and poor working conditions have also been strongly associated with job dissatisfaction, while the social aspects of a job have been found to be a strong predictor of job satisfaction. The phenomenon of satisfaction has also been inversely associated with absenteeism, turnover in an organization, level of stress and eventual exhaustion[6, 7]. Job satisfaction in workers is a very important factor that influences productivity, as well as the quality of work within an organization. This intricate phenomenon is an attitude towards one's job that has an impact not only on the personnel's motivation, but also on career, health and relationships with co-workers[8–10]. Moreover, low salaries, lack of fringe benefits, job insecurity, nepotism, political influences and improper career development structure are some of the important factors that either hinder qualified public health professionals from joining the public sector or increase the turnover rate.
Although many studies have been done to address the question of the level of job satisfaction among public health doctors, very few have been conducted in Pakistan, especially in the recent past. Currently employed public health professionals also seem to be less satisfied due to many unidentified factors and hence there is a constant threat of attrition. This study attempted to document the level of job satisfaction, and determine the factors influencing job satisfaction among public health professionals working in the government sector.
This was a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted from April to October 2011. Public health professionals of various cadres (management, administration, academia, research) were enrolled from Islamabad, the capital territory. The Manual for Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnairea, a validated tool for such surveys, was used for this study. Pre-testing was done with an aim to check its format, language, sequence, comprehension of the questions among the participants and duration of one interview. The final data collection tool was slightly modified and then adapted by adding few open-ended questions. The reliability and validity of the tool was again checked using Cronbach's alpha test and was found acceptable.
The study was approved by the Institutional Review Board at the parent organization of the principal investigator (PI). The study participants were chosen on the basis of their basic qualification Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), work place (essentially government organization/department), postgraduate qualification in public health, and number of years of experience. A total of 73 participants were found to be eligible for the study and they were all enrolled to answer a self-administered questionnaire. All participants were assured of confidentiality and anonymity, when they gave consent to participate. The response rate was 100%. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 17 was used to analyze the quantitative data which included both descriptive and inferential statistics.
Among the respondents, 70% were male and 30% female. More than half (56%) of the participants worked in senior-level public health managerial positions and had experience of more than 10 years; 62% of participants were working as permanent and 38% as contractual employees. About one third (36%) had a monthly income between PkRs40,000 to 60,000 while only 15% had a monthly income more than PkRs80,000. Two thirds of respondents had a Master of Public Health (MPH) as their highest qualification and 27% had a Master of Science (MSc) while only 7% were PhD holders. There was no significant association found between socio-demographic characteristics and factors affecting the job satisfaction.
Figure 1 shows that overall, 59% participants were dissatisfied with their job (this includes 14% who were absolutely dissatisfied and 45% who were somewhat satisfied). Only half of the respondents were satisfied with their working environment, whereas 68% were satisfied with their responsibilities. A majority (71%) was dissatisfied with the quality of services they provided to their clients in their jobs; 66% of the participants were dissatisfied due to the irrelevant tasks assigned and lack of decision-making in their job. About two-thirds of public health professionals were not satisfied with the professional opportunities, resources and the work schedule.
Overall level of satisfaction among professionals of the public sector.
Table 1 shows the inferential statistics with overall job satisfaction as an outcome variable. The outcome variable was computed by merging the questions and then putting them on a Likert scale. Respondents who were dissatisfied with their jobs overall were also significantly dissatisfied with the environment at their workplace (P < 0.0005), with their responsibilities at their organizations (P < 0.0005) and the time pressure they faced at work (P < 0.009).
Pearson correlation was used to measure the relationship between general satisfaction and each individual job satisfaction dimension. Overall, general satisfaction and all the individual components of job satisfaction had a positive relationship with each other at a low to moderate level. However, there was no relationship between overall satisfaction and professional opportunity. Overall job satisfaction had a significant positive moderate association with working environment (r = 0.65), responsibility (r = 0.65), time pressure (r = 0.30), and public health care (r = 0.47), all at a P-value < 0.01 (Table 2).
*Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).
Our study showed that a majority of the participants were not satisfied with their job (14% highly dissatisfied and 45% somewhat satisfied). Overall dissatisfaction among public health professionals at public sector is a cause for concern, given that the factor of job satisfaction could have implications for the overall efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability of the Pakistani health system. Working conditions at public sector health organizations do not meet the values and aspirations of public health professionals. Pakistan has a mix of public and private health care system, in which the public sector is usually under-resourced and yet serves the majority of population. Government spending on health is only 0.5% of GDP or US$6.4 per capita which is certainly not enough to keep the staff morale high.
People respond unfavorably to restrictive work environments, therefore, it is imperative for organizations to create incentivized environment that enable the employees to achieve the highest level of job satisfaction. Professional autonomy motivates employees to perform at their best and show commitment to the organization, enhancing work conditions to support the organization's mission and thus impacting on job satisfaction. The conditions under which jobs are performed can have as much impact on people's effectiveness, comfort and safety as the intrinsic details of the task itself. A recent study conducted in Tanzania also reported the poor job satisfaction in their health system due to lack of job description, poor rewards system, discouraging working environment and weak communications in the staff.
In our study, public health professionals reported low satisfaction with professional development opportunities, recognition, poor salaries and benefits, not being involved in decision making, doing a lot of irrelevant task and having sufficient time pressure. Employees' needs and motivators vary so it is important to understand what motivates them to perform. In the current study, variables such as the irrelevant responsibilities, improper working environment and time pressure were seen to have a significant influence on the job satisfaction. A study conducted in Sweden proved that the liberty of decision making for health manager is very important for the organizational betterment and apt performance. According to their results, organizational support in this regard improves work satisfaction and mental energy, and decreases work related exhaustion among physicians. It diminishes the turnover rate among physicians. Otherwise, irrelevant tasks assigned and non availability of a clear work plan could be the main factors contributing to mismanagement of working hours.
Dissatisfaction with the work is directly reflected by the poor output of the organizations. Results of another study confirmed the contribution of emotional demands to prediction of emotional exhaustion and their effects on job satisfaction levels. Numerous studies conducted among healthcare professionals point to the importance of the interpersonal relationships in job satisfaction, and that it is likely to increase the client safety, improved quality of care and greater client satisfaction.
Our study showed that the majority of the public health respondents were dissatisfied with the professional and development opportunities they availed during their professional life. Literature shows human resource in health sector needs continuous training and refreshers. Training increases the self confidence and self esteem of health professionals and improves the quality of care that would significantly elevate the morale of health professionals in the organization.
The present study also indicated that the respondents were dissatisfied with their income, lack of resources and minimal involvement in decision-making. These findings are similar to those of study conducted in Lithuania, where the professionals were dissatisfied with the degree of personal autonomy in clinical decision-making, the amount of time spent with patients and their salaries.
This study found no significant differences between permanent and contractual employees on various determinants of job satisfaction. This contrasts with the Turkish study, which found that those working with public sector were not satisfied and have a low motivation due to their nature of contract.
Since it was a self-administered questionnaire, it is therefore possible that the respondents might have over- or under-reported their level of satisfaction. The findings of the study may not be generalized to public health professionals working in the private sector in the country.
Satisfaction with one's job can affect not only motivation at work but also career decisions, relationships with others and personal health. Those who work in a profession that is extremely demanding and sometimes unpredictable can be susceptible to feelings of uncertainty and reduced job satisfaction. Job satisfaction of public health workers is also an essential part of ensuring high quality care in the programs they are employed in. We envisage to share the results of this study with the relevant authorities in the study area as well as with the provincial health departments to interpret the same in their own context and act upon accordingly. The message to the policy makers will not only point towards the actions to be taken but it will attempt to sensitize them on the subject of satisfaction of the public health workforce and its implications. Interventions should be carried out to increase levels of job satisfaction among public health professionals at public sector. It is imperative to reinforce the relevant human resources polices, improve working conditions and revise the compensation scales. It is recommended that employees' job description be redesigned to have a scope of enrichment and interest. Continuous service evaluations and the monitoring of job satisfaction can be useful to determine various aspects of the services that necessitate improvement. Involving the health professionals in a cooperative team approach will allow deliberations on ways to improve the level of job satisfaction. A conducive environment in line with the aspirations of the public health professionals is likely to increase job satisfaction and consequently to have a positive effect on individual, organizational and quality of health care services in today's evolving health system of Pakistan.
We are grateful to all those institutions who gave us permission to conduct the research at their premises in Islamabad. We also thank all the public health professionals who participated in the study in spite of their busy working schedule.
Authors declare that there are no competing interests.
RK conceived and designed the study and collected the data, JA analyzed the data and analyzed the results. BTS, RH and AH helped in preparing, editing and finalizing the manuscript for publication.


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The Light at the Bottom of the World by London Shah
Posted on February 7, 2020 by islamicschoollibrarian
At the risk of sounding pretentious or like I have written a book before, sadly this really reads like a debut novel. At 311 pages, there is a lot to love about this Muslim authored, Muslim protagonist sci-fi/dystopian adventure, but I have so many more questions about everything after reading the book, than I did before I started, that unless the next book (assuming there will be one), really steps it up- all the world building will have fallen flat with the lack of character connection I felt. At times I had to force myself to read through the lulls in the story, while at other times, I sacrificed precious sleep to read just a bit more. The story is pretty clean and would have no problem letting my 5th grader read it, even while knowing it will have more appeal to my 8th grader.
It is 2099, and Earth has flooded forcing everyone to live underwater. Set in London, 16-year-old Leyla McQueen, a submersible racer, lives alone with her dog Jojo. Her mother has passed away and her father has recently been taken away to an unknown place for an unknown reason. It is Christmas, and Muslim Leyla spends the day with her best friends, twins Theo and Tabby. With futuristic technology, the wealthy twins show the reader what life under the sea entails and the world the characters now inhabit. Pausing to recall the day the Earth flooded, New Years brings a huge race, the London Marathon, and Leyla somehow gets one of the 100 spots to enter the dangerous submersible race. The winner gets whatever they want, and Leyla hopes to win, so that she might ask for her father to be released.
By opting to not harm someone, Leyla's last minute reactions earn her the championship title of the race, however, her request to have her father freed is denied and instead she is gifted a submarine and the attention of the authorities who have ransacked her apartment, and stolen and destroyed her home. Feeling like she has no reason to stay in London, she plots to escape the borders and go search for her father alone. A family friend, she calls Grandpa, knows more than he has ever let on, and forces a friend's son to keep an eye on Leyla, Ari.
Ari and Leyla explore the ocean, while Leyla whines and makes poor decisions, narrowly getting out of each situation, but not seeming to really learn her lesson. As people appear and help them along the way, she finds where her father is being held, but not much else, and then poof, a few action scenes later to try and rescue her father, and Ari is captured and the book ends.
WHY I LIKE IT:
You have to respect the author who's bio on the back flap of a Disney, Hyperion published book starts off with, "a British-born Muslim of Afghan descent," and who dedicates the book to "my fellow Pathans. We too are worthy of taking the helm." I love it! Seriously, way to be so confident in who you are, and your story, that you own it and wear it with pride. Truly, I felt empowered and can only imagine what Pathan girls everywhere would feel opening the book.
Similarly, Leyla, owns her Islam by praying, reading Quran, saying Bismillah before she races, and inshaAllah when she hopes in for things in the future. She does get a bit close to Ari and doesn't find that a problem. She doesn't cover, and there are no other Muslim characters in the book, but she is definitely religious, and it is seamlessly woven into her character without mentioning anything about what Islam is or stands for, but giving it authentic attention.
There are a few twists, one particularly large one, but not a whole lot of answers, or details. There is no understanding as to why Leyla's father has been taken, what happened to everyone other than those in the UK (especially Afghanistan, where Leyla presumably would have family), why so many people are willing to help Leyla find her dad, why Grandpa tells Leyla nothing at all, about Ari's friend who died, and so much more. So often it just feels that Leyla is whining and getting no where in her rash and stubbornness, but everyone seems to love her. Perhaps, everyone but me. I really never felt connected to her, and her annoyingly ever-present dog. There is more telling about how great she is or her father is, and very little showing. I think if there is a second book, it could really elevate this one, but as it stands, so little is resolved, explained, or emotional resonance, that I don't know that the characters or book will leave a lasting impression.
Some language and a kiss. There is death, and disease, and battles and government lies.
TOOLS FOR LEADING THE DISCUSSION:
I'm tempted to do this as a middle school book club selection, despite the one-dimensional characters, simply because it is clean and might introduce students to a genre they might not otherwise read.
Author's website: https://www.londonshah.com/
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