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Lithys 2013: Demandforce by Intuit - Best New Community
Company: Demandforce by Intuit Entry submitted by: Becca Piastrelli (twitchee27) Community Manager Community: Generation Demandforce (community.demandforced3.com) Lithy category: Best New Community _________________________________________... See more...
Company: Demandforce by Intuit Entry submitted by: Becca Piastrelli (twitchee27) Community Manager Community: Generation Demandforce (community.demandforced3.com) Lithy category: Best New Community ___________________________________________________________________ Generation Demandforce is a private B2B community that, in its first 100 days of life, exceeded all our expectations for growth and customer engagement. The Demandforce community was designed for scale. Upon launch of our community, Demandforce had experienced its 26th consecutive quarter of over 80% growth and had just been acquired by Intuit. We had a rapidly scaling customer base that needed to be supported and empowered despite our potential growing pains. Our customers are hard-working small business owners, who tend to operate within the silos of their own industry verticals (think auto shops, dentists, and veterinarians). By providing a private community for Demandforce customers, we have been able to foster cross-industry relationships between our thousands of customers that hadn't previously existed. These are small business marketers doing what it takes every day to succeed in an internet economy. Small business owners typically don't have the time to get support or share best practice ideas during business hours. The majority of our posts come in overnight between 5pm and 7am PST. The 24/7 Generation Demandforce Community provides that added support and network during those key off-business hours. We've encouraged adoption by introducing customers to the community as soon as they are deployed with the Demandforce product. We host over 100 training videos and webinar recordings in Generation Demandforce and are about to launch a real-time (industry-segmented) community widget in the Demandforce product to promote awareness for our customer base. We also host a monthly video blog series called "Generation Demandforce TV" hosted by our two community managers to provide quick tips for using the community as well as giving a face to the people behind the community, letting our customers know the community is a trusted place for them to stop by and find answers. And all of this has worked. 102 days after launching, 50% of our customers had registered in the community and, in January 2013, Generation Demandforce was featured at one of Intuit's Top 20 Innovations at their annual Innovation Gallery Walk.
Status: 2013 Lithy Winner Submitted on 02-11-2013 06:55 PM Submitted by DeniseJ on 02-11-2013 06:55 PM
Lithys 2013: Groupe Casino - Best Community Design
Company: Groupe Casino Entry submitted by: Marina Lin, Project Manager Community: C'Vous (www.cvous.com) Lithy category: Best Community Design ___________________________________________________________________ In February 2012, we... See more...
Company: Groupe Casino Entry submitted by: Marina Lin, Project Manager Community: C'Vous (www.cvous.com) Lithy category: Best Community Design ___________________________________________________________________ In February 2012, we launched Cvous.com, the first community in France where customers can interact to create products and services for stores. C'Vous is the oral abbreviation for "C'est vous" meaning "It's you". Designed to be a community space and not a commercial website, we deliberately chose to develop a new graphic identity, different from our stores' branding. We wanted a simple and colorful website that would convey a sense of proximity, a key value to the Group. The website tone also had to be positive so the members give useful ideas, comments and don't use the community to complain about their individual problems. Our agency developed characters to embody the community: funny and happy, they have become a key element of the C'Vous identity. Their language is fresh and catchy and draws users' attention. Our avatar library: With its bright colors, banners and icons, the website is welcoming and easy to navigate. The community interface is simple and playful with an incentive to participate: we revamped the kudo and branded it "C'Top" (meaning "it's great"). The green button turns grey when you have voted. The colors are especially vibrant when visiting the community on an iPad. We have also adapted the content to allow 2 levels of user experience: For new users who are not yet logged in, the homepage displays a large carousel explaining the 3 main sections of the website. It is much more pedagogical while the logged in user's experience is more personalized with our notification system that allows returning members to see immediately what's new. Finally, the community identity has been extended offline in store promotions, catalogs and product packaging and they are all by-products of C'Vous! The characters can be found in our stores as they help to highlight the community's favorite products.
Lithys 2013: Cisco - Best Community Technical Implementation
Company: Cisco Entry submitted by: Juana Dehanov (jdurande) Community Strategist Community: Cisco Tech Zone Lithy category: Best Community Technical Implementation __________________________________________________ Tech Zone is C... See more...
Company: Cisco Entry submitted by: Juana Dehanov (jdurande) Community Strategist Community: Cisco Tech Zone Lithy category: Best Community Technical Implementation __________________________________________________ Tech Zone is Cisco's internal engineer community that was built by engineers for engineers. From the beginning we wanted an agile space where we could incorporate constant feedback and enhancements. When our community opened for business, it came with an Idea Exchange to solicit any and all feedback from our users. And our users did not disappoint! One of our top priorities is to drive content creation and reuse. We leverage the knowledge of our engineers to create content that not only will help them in addressing their customer issues but ultimately will be externalized to Cisco.com to directly support our customers. With this in mind we developed features to link a support case to a post or an article that assisted an engineer in solving the customers' issue. In this way we are able to track if that post/article was helpful. We wanted the search engine to be front and center in our workflow, so we implemented a search-before-post feature that surfaces related content – and displays the number of kudos and case links in the results. A version of this feature was later incorporated by Lithium in to the platform. Another exciting feature we introduced is the ability to flag content to be externalized on our main website Cisco.com. Engineers are empowered to create content that will be shared with our customers. We've taken Lithium's reputation system and not only incorporated it into our community, but we've added custom elements and added our own attributes to Lithium's already strong use of formulas for ranking. We've built a customized leader board at the community and at each category level to highlight the accomplishments of our users based on our enriched reputation formulas. The result is a reputation system that effectively implements weighting factors to allow us to emphasize our organizational priorities and provides a checkpoint for our engineers. As we see important behaviors that we want to encourage – providing solutions, creating and publishing articles – we can build additional custom components right into the reputation. This reputation model also feeds into a rich custom metrics portal so engineers can self-evaluate their technical growth as well as arming them with tangible data for performance reviews and career development discussions. The healthy competition of engineers wanting to show up at the top doesn't hurt, either . Our engineers wanted a way to bump a thread without incrementing the reply count, so we implemented a "raise hand" feature that allows a user to draw attention to a thread in progress in order to ask for additional help. "The ability to quickly get help from experts and the ease which knowledge can be captured and re-used by others makes Tech Zone the perfect tool for us. I think we should also recognize the [Cisco] and Lithium teams for being so receptive to TAC's feedback and their willingness to tweak/ implement new features, as this is a huge part of what makes Tech Zone successful in my eyes." – Cisco TAC engineer, Mike Robertson. In order to tap in to the creativity, enthusiasm and technical expertise of our community members, we launched the "Best Greasemonkey Widget Contest" in which we asked all our engineers to create a widget that would enhance the Tech Zone user experience. Over 300 engineers submitted, commented and voted on the contest entries. After much deliberation, the Tech Zone community selected the winners. Our engineers created some incredible features, such as a Table of Contents option for the rich text editor and a site wide Navigator to enhance the user experience. Our community is also an application development platform. In order to accelerate wide adoption we have ensured that our community is not a stand-alone tool; rather it is seamlessly tied to the engineers' workflow and deeply integrated with our case management tool. To this end we've made 100+ enhancements to the basic Lithium community, based on our business needs. This is where our business drives the tool instead of the tool driving the business. No limited capabilities here!
Lithys 2013: Barclaycard - Best Social Marketing Program
Company: Barclaycard US Entry submitted by: Jen Hitchens (JenH) Social Media Manager Community: Barclaycard Ring (www.barclaycardring.com) Lithy category: Best Social Marketing Program ____________________________________________________... See more...
Company: Barclaycard US Entry submitted by: Jen Hitchens (JenH) Social Media Manager Community: Barclaycard Ring (www.barclaycardring.com) Lithy category: Best Social Marketing Program ___________________________________________________________________ Barclaycard Ring MasterCard © is a very simple credit card product with a low interest rate, simple terms and no annual or balance transfer fees. But what sets Barclaycard Ring apart is its use of online communities in an innovative way to talk with card members about the product and how it should evolve. The Barclaycard Ring team also developed the industry's first profit sharing program with card members, called Giveback™. This aligns the interests of both bank and card member like never before and opens the door for both to advance the cause of charities. And to help crystalize the trust, the team posts the financial statistics for the program on the website and discuss the results each month. Barclaycard Ring possesses true integration in its overall marketing strategy by creating cohesive, branded messaging across all internal and external platforms. The primary focus of communications is centered on the engagement of the Barclaycard Ring community and is supported by a content creation strategy designed to build relationships with the card members. Barclaycard Ring provides multi-channel access for to this unique content through its Facebook page, Twitter channel, Google + page, YouTube channel as well as email marketing messages. The 'public-facing' site, BarclaycardRing.com also enables visitors (without logging in to the secure account servicing site) to consume and share out blog content via Facebook, Twitter and Google+. Social Media Integration Social Sharing and Referral Social Sharing via External Site Social Media Marketing Integration with Email Marketing 'The weekly' email provides a summary to community members of the latest activity within the community. This high level recap has yielded a consistent CTR and provides a lift in site visitation and engagement. 'The Weekly' email features blog content, trending discussion thread, "Quote of the Week" featuring a specific community member, their avatar and rank, a recent comment, recent statistics, current survey or voting option as well as the Top 4 contributing community members and links to all of the Barclaycard Ring social media platforms. Through our social media marketing initiatives, Barclaycard Ring has been able to improve our card member experience, provide a new platform for servicing our customers, and has built new advocacy programs and increase brand loyalty. Our objectives focus on: Improving customer experience by leveraging the community for digital servicing Increase loyalty and usage of the card Create content and build relationships to positively impact the financial literacy of the community Improving Top Line Revenue & Loyalty Barclaycard Ring has only been live for 10 months and generated over $500K in revenue. The future looks even brighter for Barclaycard Ring, as the customers engaged in our community close far less often and are remaining loyal to Barclaycard at record levels. Industry Recognition for Improved Customer Experience
Lithys 2013: BSkyB - Best Social Support Program
Company: BSkyB Entry submitted by: Jenny Stewart (JST03) Community Content Manager Community: Sky Help Forum (helpforum.sky.com) Lithy category: Best Social Support Program ________________________________________________ ... See more...
Company: BSkyB Entry submitted by: Jenny Stewart (JST03) Community Content Manager Community: Sky Help Forum (helpforum.sky.com) Lithy category: Best Social Support Program ________________________________________________ Best Social Support Program BSkyB 2013 BskyB has become an integral part of our modern entertainment society with in excess of 10 million subscribers across the UK and Ireland. As part of our core vision of "Believe in Better" we have implemented a multi-platform Customer interaction and engagement model to create a culture of entertaining, exciting and inspiring our Customers. As a pioneer of modern entertainment and Customer service we developed a fully integrated Social support Customer program encapsulating Sky Help Forums, Facebook and Twitter delivering service excellence whenever and wherever our Customers need us. Our Vision "To ensure our existing Community and Social Media channels are kept relevant, informative and engaging. To develop emergent channels to engage our current subscribers, enhance our brand/recognition with our Online Customer base." Our core goal in implementing a cohesive Customer Service structure is centered upon the integration of our Social Channels and Customer support services, whilst promoting a culture of peer to peer support and online self-help. Empowering our Customers to utilise the wealth of self-service options online supports the fast paced lifestyles of our Customer base allowing them to access the information they need at the click of a button at a time that suits them. In increasing community traffic and engagement, we have identified a core improvement in Customer first time resolution, Customer satisfaction and Net Promoter Scores. Our Strategy Our core methodology within Sky is "Believe in Better" from investing in our Customers, our product and our people we have created a culture of continuous improvement and development. Our social support streams are unique in their integration as a cohesive Social Customer Support program combining an end to end Customer experience. The Sky Help Forum launched in October 2010 since then our community has grown to nearly 250,000 registered users, which is 250% up on last year. We have seen our engagement on the community increase in the last year and we now have 9,708 marked accepted solutions. Over the last six months our thread views have reached in excess of 1.5 million each week. We have also introduced Ask a Question and a Knowledge Base to help support our Customers in getting an answer to their query or issue quickly. Our Knowledge Base is proving a great success to both our Community and Sky as a whole. We currently have 65 articles within the Knowledge Base with in excess of 127,813 article views in one month alone (February – March 2013) Our Knowledge Base is fast becoming a "One Stop Shop" for troubleshooting guides, hints & tips and 'How To' guides for our Community members and visitors. To enrich support for our Customers we have expanded our Communities & Social Media team at Sky to incorporate a Community & Engagement team and a Designated Case Handling team. In optimising our Customer Service strategy in terms of social support we have utilised both the traditional Customer insight frameworks based upon KPIs of Customer sentiment, traffic and SEO analysis but also we have implemented a core Customer insight strategy to ensure that we continue to improve the service we offer our audience. Our Customer insight strategy includes the implementation of Customer direct feedback sessions based both in an online WebEx environment and Customer closeness events to understand the experiences of our Customers. This insight has proved invaluable in the continued improvement of Customer support with the future implementation of gamification and supportive resources. The insight provided in terms of the continued optimisation of our social platforms, use of KPI metrics in terms of sentiment, SEO analytics and Customer satisfaction also support continued improvement across our Contact Centre operations providing key insight into service provision, product insight and Customer engagement thus influencing improvement programs across the organisation. As part of our Customer improvement initiatives we have launched the One Service Programme offering an individualised Customer support stream within our Contact Centres and our dedicated One Service online Community. The core ethos of One Service is to provide our Customers with continued Service Excellence in their end to end Customer journey from joining Sky to help and support. The initial One Service programme has launched to a pilot group customer base of 400,000 Customers in a key geographical location. The measures of success in terms of individualised support have been resoundingly successful in terms of core operational metrics of Customer First Time resolution, Customer satisfaction and NPS. We have introduced brand new online features exclusively for One Service Customers including "My Help Request" that allows our Customers to manage their account and get in touch with us should they have any questions or experience any issues. The My Help Request Portal is a central hub to raise help requests and manage any existing enquiries related to Sky products and services. All My Help Requests are case managed by our team of specialist trained Sky staff who resolve queries and answer any questions within 24 hours providing updates via text alerts or email. In offering our Customers multi-platform help it was key that our internal structure in terms of processes and insight was robust and inclusive in terms of shared knowledge and best practice. Developing a core network of Specialists across our varying products and services assures that our audience demographic receives simply great service regardless of their chosen channel. Historically, our internal operational structure and process was designed to support Customer interaction in a standardised contact centre format however, with the inception of help and support across social channels outlining Customer journeys based upon each individual social channel was imperative in offering tailored solutions based on the method of contact. Our core Customer Response Management system is now reflective of each individual Customer's journey across all products and contact channels. Individual case management of each Customer's enquiries across both our Lithium Social Monitoring/Social interaction platform and our internal Customer Response Management system provides a holistic view of each Customer's activity and interactions allowing our people to provide an individualised service in understanding our Customers. "Just knowing this has been achieved with the customer only needing their use of their smartphone/tablet/laptop opens up a world of possibilities. No more waiting on hold, no more call flows or robotic responses, just 100% satisfaction! And the best part of it all? The system is still in its infancy and will get even better with future updates!" - Dave Charleston, Community Co-Ordinator Outcome/Results As a pioneer of multi-platform entertainment and Customer interaction we continue to develop new and innovative ways to engage and offer support to our Customers. From Social Media to Interactive help via their Remote Control we have assured that our Customers are at the heart of our business. The introduction of social interaction across multiple platforms has shown not only seen an increase in interactivity– over 82,000 interactions per month - but an increase in Customer satisfaction to 87%. Similarly, NPS for both Twitter and Chat Services has also increased substantially to 61% and 64% respectively. In addition to increased usage and satisfaction, BSkyB has seen significant savings through call deflection with circa 11% Customers saying their visit to the forum partially resolved their query; and a further 29% of customers surveyed within the forum stating their query had been fully resolved to their satisfaction negating the requirement to contact us via telephone. "I think that our use of social media along with our own in-house help forum is second to none due to the interaction we are enabled to have with our customers. Actually dealing with their inquiries through this form of communication allows us to deal with a customer at a time which is convenient for them, but it also allows us to deal with a customer from their initial query all the way through to a resolution for the most part." - Fraser Hughes, Community Co-Ordinator
Lithys 2013: Skype - Best Business ROI
Company: Skype Entry submitted by: Claudius Henrichs (Claudius) Community Manager Community: Skype Community (community.skype.com) Lithy category: Best Business ROI ___________________________________________________________________ ... See more...
Company: Skype Entry submitted by: Claudius Henrichs (Claudius) Community Manager Community: Skype Community (community.skype.com) Lithy category: Best Business ROI ___________________________________________________________________ Skype's peer-to-peer community improves 1st contact resolution to 70% and reduces support cost by 10% What happens if you flip on all switches for "Community" and put the spotlight on a previously hidden tech support forum? Skype did just that and turned it into a vibrant location for exchange around everything Skype, resulting in 1 st contact resolution at 70% and reduction of company-wide support costs by 10%. On top of that we discovered that community members are 30% more likely to use long-term subscriptions, connect on more platforms and show double usage of paid minutes. With more than 200 million connected customers every month, Skype cannot rely on traditional, resource-intensive methods of customer support alone. Reflecting their truly global product Skype launched the community in ten languages to offer answers on new and trending support questions faster and deliver them on a more direct channel. The landing page was designed to showcase the various language communities and the current activities and hot topics. Members appreciated the fact that they could exchange in their language and had experts covering all time zones around the world. To drive direct exchange with their customers on product improvements, Skype launched #SkypeTalks live events where questions were streamed into a dedicated community board and Twitter and were replied by product managers inside Skype. This helped prioritize the developments sprints through the insight gained and gave users a very rewarding feedback experience. Additionally Skype aimed at improving the capabilities of listening to its users through open discussions. Turning the previously used tech discussion forum to a real user community proved the answer to both demands. The community is looked after by a team of 30 moderators, both volunteer and Skype staff, and a team of 16 dedicated Super Users, expert users that like to share their knowledge and help other Skype users. The Skype Support Network community is offering support and discussions for the whole range of Skype products, from desktop via mobile to the living room. Within our first year already more than 400,000 individual topics have been replied on. Solution Making the community a place you wanted to stay and return to was Skype's primary goal. To that end, Skype came up with several programs to reward their most engaged visitors. The Community News highlights weekly activity, discussions and user participation. Eventually the community helped Skype identify and resolve new product issues within 24 hours of a product launch that would normally have taken days to identify. Upon launch of a new product for the Android platform, the community compiled a list of problematic devices that prohibited them from using video calling. Armed with this critical feedback, Skype was able to issue a hotfix within days after the initial launch. Another goal was to offer answers on new and trending support questions faster and deliver them on a more direct channel. Skype accomplished this by integrating the most helpful peer-submitted content called "Accepted Solutions" with related topics from their knowledge base to be prominently displayed on the Skype Support page. A category-based selection logic ensures that related topics are pulled from the correct community boards. Business Impact The Lithium-powered community is thriving with passionate users who share their expert knowledge and creative solutions on using Skype products. Community helped Skype identify and resolve new product issues within 24 hours of launch that normally would have taken days. First contact resolution at 70% for 5 millions users/month 10% reduction in traditional support costs Community members are 30% more likely to use long-term subscriptions, connect on more platforms and show double usage of paid minutes Visit: community.skype.com
Lithys 2013: LEGO - Best Superfan Story or Insight
Company: LEGO Systems Inc. Entry submitted by: Mark Fothergill (MarkF) Head of Children's Community & Moderation Community: LEGO Community (community.lego.com) Lithy category: Best Superfan Story or Insight ______________________________... See more...
Company: LEGO Systems Inc. Entry submitted by: Mark Fothergill (MarkF) Head of Children's Community & Moderation Community: LEGO Community (community.lego.com) Lithy category: Best Superfan Story or Insight ________________________________________________ Girl members of the LEGO.com community had been a rare breed. On our old message board platform, we had around a 5% female portion of active users. Since we upgraded the platform, we've been enabled to improve our ranking structure and better reward both active and creative participation. Girls have become very active in our story-writing forums, as an example; reading, writing and providing encouragement to others. Since the changes, we've seen an increase in activity from girls and they currently make up around 15% of the active community user base. We have stories about passionate role players who know the finest details of the Lord of the Rings movies and help to keep the forum role plays "canon"/on story. We also have brother and sister pairings who have grown up building LEGO together and write stories, role play and submit creations both separately and together. Possibly one of our best user stories centers on a user who couldn't be considered anything less than "super"! The user in question is JayZX535. JayZX535 had been a non-active browser/reader on the old forums, having registered in July of 2012, and was 13 years old at the time. When we migrated our community from our old forums to the new Lithium platform, we were able to create a new ranking structure. We set up participatory ranks whose levels were based on LEGO through the ages, so that you begin at Caveman, move to Pharaoh and upwards and onwards through Gladiator, Samurai Warrior, Ninja and many more. In addition, we were able to create reader ranks that were based on more passive participation such as reading posts and liking content. The first rank of which is "Apprentice Reader" and the second of which is "Master Reader". In December 2012, a month after launching the new forums, we could see we had a solitary Master Reader on the forums and both users and staff began speculating about it. The users asking what criteria were necessary for reaching the rank and the community team wondering why a user might be so highly passively participatory but have never posted a single comment (at the time, JayZX535 spent 4340 minutes online, with 546 likes/kudos given and had read 16551 posts). We were all intrigued. Shortly after, we had begun a user interview initiative where we would identify positive and pro-active community members and ask them questions to publish their answers in full view of the rest of the community. This provided the users selected with some community celebrity status and also acted well for us to be holding such positive members up as role models. We decided that we couldn't resist inviting this intriguing "lurker" to participate in an upcoming interview and so we sent an email to the registered address with the interview questions. We immediately received an automated security response that said: "To control spam, I now allow incoming messages only from senders I have approved beforehand. If you would like to be added to my list of approved senders, please fill out the short request form (see link below). Once I approve you, I will receive your original message in my inbox. You do not need to resend your message. I apologize for this one-time inconvenience. Click the link below to fill out the request:" With some slight trepidation, we continued to fill in the form and sent in the request, only to receive an error message. We thought that would be the end of our opportunity to have an interview with the enigmatic JayZX535. The next day, we checked the mail folder for the other interview requests we had sent and found the following interview responses from JayZX535: It seems we had lifted the lid on months of pent up desire to be heard and to participate and it was only parental approval that was previously holding the user back. Once the parents had received this request from us and could see we were a safe, creative and friendly community, they had given the green light not just for the interview but for ongoing active participation in the forums. The next revelation was that JayZX535 turned out to be a girl when everyone had assumed she was a boy! She began posting at an exponential rate and, with a lot of the active rank groundwork covered as a Master Reader, began shooting up the ranks faster than any other user we'd seen. Posting stories, roleplaying and generally making friends with all of the users who had wished her well via the interview, JayZX535 is now at Rank 8, a Samurai Warrior, and has submitted 1244 posts! Since the launch of the new platform in November of 2012, JayZX535 has now spent 40,059 minutes online and received 2290 likes/kudos! She has read 68,180 posts and given out 1663 likes/kudos, herself. She received an overwhelmingly positive reception from the other active users: You can read some of JayZX535's Ninja stories here: https://community.lego.com/t5/NINJAGO-Stories/The-Stroke-of-Midnight/m-p/4604354#M65411 https://community.lego.com/t5/NINJAGO-Stories/On-Borrowed-Time/m-p/4932432#M70559 https://community.lego.com/t5/LEGO-SUPERHEROES-Stories/Watch-for-Me-by-Moonlight-A-story-by-JayZX535/m-p/4871196#M3196
Lithys 2013: Google - Best Superfan Story or Insight
Company: Google Inc. Entry submitted by: Agata Kryzsztofik (Agata) Community Program Manager Community: AdWords Community (http://www.es.adwords-community.com) Lithy category: Best Superfan Story or Insight ______________________________... See more...
Company: Google Inc. Entry submitted by: Agata Kryzsztofik (Agata) Community Program Manager Community: AdWords Community (http://www.es.adwords-community.com) Lithy category: Best Superfan Story or Insight ________________________________________________ Our superfan story shows how like-minded and passionate Community members can take the lead and create high-quality, engaging content around their favorite product without any involvement of the Community Manager. All you need to do is to bring them together! After the Google AdWords Communities Summit (October 2013), when we brought all of our global Community superfans to California, our Spanish Top Contributors initiated a project aimed at creating AdWords performance user generated content. Project included: 1. YouTube channel with content around online advertising 22 videos, 2-9 min. each Channel location: http://www.youtube.com/user/proyectosem/videos?view=0&flow=grid&sort=da Fun fact: first videos were shot in Mountain View at the Google campus and in San Francisco straight after the Google AdWords Communities Summit. 2. Integration with Community Top Contributors proactively promoting videos from the YouTube channel in the AdWords Community creating new performance content, engaging other users in discussions and providing advice on how to be successful with AdWords.
Lithys 2013: CommSec - Best New Community
Company: CommSec Entry submitted by: Ben Shute (benshute) Social Media Manager Community: CommSec Community (commsec.com.au) Lithy category: Best New Community, Best Community Technical Implementation, Best Community Design _____________... See more...
Company: CommSec Entry submitted by: Ben Shute (benshute) Social Media Manager Community: CommSec Community (commsec.com.au) Lithy category: Best New Community, Best Community Technical Implementation, Best Community Design ________________________________________________ The CommSec Community is a unique proposition within the Australian online broking space. CommSec, as Australia's largest online broker, has created a place for customers to connect with each other and discuss the share market, trading strategies, charting and other aspects of online trading. Regardless of how long they have been trading, or what their trading style is, this is a place where all customers can feel comfortable and learn from each other. We launched in early February with a migrated client base from our previous chat room functionality. Over the last 6 weeks, they have populated with content - insights into sectors and stocks, charts on the price of gold, silver, oil and currencies, and offered up many ideas for enhancements to make the community a better place for all. From a design and technical perspective, we have a number of custom enhancements to the platform which we believe are firsts in their field: We have the latest market indices and traded stocks constantly updating within the Community. 2. We have integrated ASX stock codes within the posting functionality, which allows us to: Generate sector and company specific views of the community Pull in and display the latest price information as it relates to the particular stock Display any company announcements that are made Members can buy and sell stocks directly from within the Community, add a stock to their watch list, or get a more detailed quote 3. We have also included a sentiment indicator as part of the post creation page, where members discussing a stock can tell us if they think it's a buy, hold, sell, reduce or accumulate. This allows us to: Measure market, sector and stock sentiment Compare that sentiment to the most traded stock data from the ASX While we are in our infancy, we are looking at a number of future enhancements that will take the aggregated data we are capturing and use it to foster the vision of our customers learning from each other.
Status: 2013 Lithy Winner Submitted on 03-20-2013 11:55 AM Submitted by DeniseJ on 03-20-2013 11:55 AM
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Agilent to spin-off Keysight Technologies
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Agilent Technologies Inc., Santa Clara CA, has revealed the name of the electronic measurement company it expects to spin off in early November 2014 as Keysight Technologies.
The name Keysight conveys the ability to see what others cannot, offering the critical or key insights to understand and unlock the changing technology landscape. The new company's tagline, "unlocking measurement insights for 75 years," commemorates the 1939 birth of the original Hewlett-Packard Company, from which Keysight originated.
"Keysight reflects our rich heritage—a direct line from both Hewlett-Packard's standards of integrity and innovation and Agilent's premier measurement business," said Ron Nersesian, president and CEO of Keysight.
"This name captures the spirit of our organization—innovative, insightful and forward-looking," said Nersesian, who added, "While Keysight is built on 'firsts' dating back to the birth of Silicon Valley, as a new company we are committed to bringing our customers a new generation of firsts—unlocking insights for them so they can in turn bring a new generation of technologies into the world."
Keysight will concentrate solely on the electronic measurement industry, focusing on its test and measurement customers. The business, currently a part of Agilent, is the world leader in test and measurement, holding the No. 1 position in its industry segments of wireless data ecosystem; aerospace and defense; and industrial, computers and semiconductors. The new company will include the entire portfolio of Agilent electronic measurement products and the largest sales and support team in the test and measurement industry.
Expected to become a standalone company in early November 2014, Keysight will be headquartered in Santa Rosa, Calif., and have approximately 9,500 employees in 30 countries.
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Q: How to use application name in URL after port (like we do in tomcat deployed application) for calling rest web service in GWT application? I have a GWT application deployed and which i am running via calling a run configuration (Run -> Run Configurations -> Web Application -> create a new configuration -> Run). Now, this process typically deploys project on following URL: http://127.0.0.1:49240/GWTSample.jsp
But now, I have integrated rest web service in my project, and which has one URI for rest call as following: /GWTSample/rest/hello.
But when I modify actual URL to this: http://127.0.0.1:49240/GWTSample/rest/hello this URL does not work.
As a long solution, I have to compile my project and deploy it on Tomcat as following URL: http://localhost:8080/GWTSample/rest/hello, which takes more than 10 minutes every time.
So how can i make rest calls on my project on http://127.0.0.1:49240/GWTSample.jsp ?

A: If your hostpage and your REST servlet are in the same web application then the URLs are constant relative to the web application context.
Apparently, your development mode server uses root context "/". So your development URL paths are "/GWTSample.jsp" and "/rest/hello". But your external Tomcat uses "GWTSample" as context which leads to URL paths of "/GWTSample/GWTSample.jsp" for the hostpage and "/GWTSample/rest/hello" for your REST service.
To call your REST service from your GWT app you can either use relative URLs or you determine the context path at runtime on server side (see ServletContext.getContextPath()) and pass this path to your GWT application (e.g. by integrating it into the hostpage).
The context itself is a deployment detail. Of course, you can configure your Tomcat to use root context, too. But it would be better for your application to not rely on that.

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Entries are open for the mountain bike event with a 22km and a 50km to start from 8am in various start groups. Entries will be limited to 2000 riders, to give outdoor enthusiasts the ultimate experience. The picturesque routes will cater for beginner to intermediate riders in keeping with this year's theme of having fun outside with friends & family.
• 22km – for children, novices & beginner.
Riders can expect well stocked refreshment stations, technical support on route, a bubbly point on the 50km route and of course all finishers get a special commemorative medal. At the finish carnival there will be kids entertainment, food & drink, and a lucky draw with loads of prizes, including a Giant Bicycles mountain bike to be won!


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Mid West Region, Ireland
The three rural Counties in Mid West Ireland
The mid-west region of Ireland covers three counties: Limerick, Clare and Tipperary with a population of 473,269 which is about 9.94% of Ireland's total population.
There are many opportunities to experience the outside and the two most popular choice s are the Galtees and Knockmealdowns.
The Galtees are Ireland's highest inland mountain range, stretching over 20km from Mitchelstown to Cahir, with a variety of peaks including Galteemore at 3,018 feet (919m). There are five corrie lakes on the range, accessible only by foot, to add to the attractiveness of the range with their scattering of cliffs.
At the foot of The Galtees in Tipperary is the Glen of Aherlow, a lush valley where the River Aherlow runs between the Galtee Mountains and the wooded ridge of Slievenamuck. Located 8km from Tipperary Town off the N24, it is ideal for great adventure and exploring Ireland's Munster Vales and lakes, taking you onto the Galtee Mountains where you can enjoy clear air, superb views, corrie lakes, wooded foothills, mountain streams and open moorland. The Knockmealdowns straddles the Tipperary and Waterford border, and an area called The Vee is predominantly famous because of the breathtaking panoramic views. The journey rises to about 2,000 feet (610m) above sea level above Bay Lough, and as it does so it gives wonderful views of a portion of the 'Golden Vale' between the Knockmealdown and Galtee Mountain Ranges.
15.9% (1 in 6) Irish young people aged 1824 are not in employment, education and training (CSO 2016).
: See the breakdown of the Irish young people by type in June 2013 when the unemployment rate was @18%:
1 - Extract from Youth Guarantee Implementation Plan
In 2012, the breakdown of young people showed 61% were unemployed , followed by students at 22.4% and inactive people at 16.4%.
The period after the economic crisis between 2007-2012, shows that the unemployment rate for youth is decreasing, but the number of unemployed young people in Ireland still remains high amounting to @ 34,700 at the end of September 2018 representing 12.9% of the unemployed population.
2 -Youth and Total Unemployment rates
Mid-West Region (Clare, Limerick and Tipperary)
In the Mid-West region of Ireland, the statistics for the 2011 Youth Unemployment Rate were as follows:


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Over Christmas and into the New Year, there will be no respite for Ireland's persecuted wildlife. Hares will be running for their lives at coursing meetings and foxes will be chased to exhaustion and ripped apart by packs of hounds.
The Irish Council Against Blood Sports will continue pushing for a ban on this appalling cruelty and an end to the persecution of wildlife.
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NAB Show Provides Updates on Health and Safety Protocols
Washington, D.C. -- National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Executive Vice President of Global Connections and Events Chris Brown today issued the following letter to the NAB Show community regarding health and safety plans for the 2021 NAB Show:
Dear NAB Show Community,
With less than 60 days until the start of NAB Show and associated co-located events scheduled for October in Las Vegas, we are filled with excitement and anticipation to welcome you to what promises to be the ultimate reunion at which to get back to business, reconnect and reinvigorate the industry.
While the enthusiasm is building, we are keenly aware of health and safety concerns tied to the spread of the COVID-19 Delta variant and want to assure you that we are putting in place a comprehensive, data-driven plan that prioritizes safety and creates a productive environment at these events.
We have worked for the past several weeks to finalize protocols that will maximize the experience and safety of all members of the NAB Show community. This process has involved extensive consultation with health and safety experts, gathering feedback from a range of exhibitors and attendees, and review of the safety measures recommended by national and local health authorities, including Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak�s important announcement this week regarding large events.
Taking this all into account, we will require all attendees and participants to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination. We think this is a positive step in reducing the spread of COVID-19 and will provide further details on implementation as well as other safety measures under consideration.
Multiple indicators show a strong eagerness among the NAB Show community to return in person, including steady attendee registration. The continued buildout of the Show Floor is bringing together hundreds of new and returning companies, including major brands like Amazon Web Services, AJA, B&H, Canon, Grass Valley, MediaKind, Panasonic, Ross, Sony, Verizon and more.
We are also finalizing a full conference program featuring premium education content, high-profile speakers and world-class training opportunities. Additionally, major industry events, such as the Radio Show, Sales and Management Television Exchange and AES Show, will co-locate in Las Vegas, broadening the base of attendees and adding value to their experience.
NAB Show is a momentous opportunity for the industry to reengage. We are ready to provide an unparalleled forum for inspiration and innovation while safeguarding those in attendance with sound health and safety protocols.
We genuinely appreciate the support, participation and feedback of the NAB Show community and look forward to seeing you in Las Vegas and connecting throughout the year on NAB Amplify.
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Director General of the Border Security Force (BSF) KK Sharma on Friday asserted that there has not been any large-scale influx of Rohingyas into India.
Sharma, while speaking at the ongoing 47th DG level talks between the BSF and the Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) in Delhi, said that there were attempts by small groups to enter into the Indian territory but security forces stopped them.
"There has not been any large-scale influx of Rohingyas in India. Rohingyas who are already in the country, are also under pressure at some places. So they are going to West Bengal, that is slightly friendly with them and has created camps for Rohingyas coming from within the country, not from Bangladesh," he said.
The DG BSF stated that smuggling of fake Indian currency has also come down considerably after demonetisation. "The quality of the (fake) currency is not good so they can easily be detected. We find that Bangladesh territory is mostly being used as a transit. This year the seizure was Rs 11 lakh only," he added.
On July 31, Home Minister Rajnath Singh informed the Lok Sabha that security forces were deployed to stop further infiltration of Rohingyas, a Muslim minority ethnic group in Myanmar, who are considered to be illegal immigrants.


Team photographer Rod Mar shares exclusive behind-the-scenes images from the Seahawks' 22-16 win over the Arizona Cardinals during Week 10 Thursday Night Football at University of Phoenix Stadium.
Seahawks safety Bradley McDougald poses for a photo as he boards the Delta charter for the trip to Arizona to face the Cardinals on Thursday Night Football.
The Seahawks deplaned in Arizona around 6:30pm local time and headed to their team hotel for dinner and meetings.
Offensive lineman Jordan Roos walks from the charter to the bus upon landing in Arizona.
On Thursday, linemen Germain Ifedi and Oday Aboushi join the team for a brief walkthru in a hotel ballroom.
Assistant coach Michael Barrow puts finishing touches on notes for the game as players and coaches gather for a walkthru on game day.
Defensive backs Mike Tyson and Shaquill Griffin chat before the start of walkthru.
Kicker Blair Walsh warms up on the field prior to the game.
In the visitors locker room, Sheldon Richardson waits for the call to leave the locker room for kickoff.
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The Seahawks make the walk from their locker room to the field.
Quarterback Russell Wilson leads the Seahawks onto the field during pregame introductions.
Receiver Tyler Lockett reviews as he sits next to receivers coach Nate Carroll.
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Seattle center Justin Britt makes line calls before the snap.
Seattle's Jimmy Graham celebrates after his touchdown catch gave the Seahawks an early 7-0 lead.
Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson escapes pressure.
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Arizona's Adrian Peterson is stopped for a safety by the Seahawks defense led by Kam Chancellor (low) and Nazair Jones (high).
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Quarterback Russell Wilson escapes the grasp of Arizona's Haason Reddick, who is left with Wilson's towel in his hand.
Seahawks defensive backs Justin Coleman, Bradley McDougald and Shaquill Griffin pursue Arizona receiver Larry Fitzgerald.
Receiver J.D. McKissic looks for room up the left side as teammate Amara Darboh blocks.
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Seahawks tight end Jimmy Graham celebrates with teammates in the end zone after his second touchdown of the game.
Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll is fired up on the sidelines after the two plays covered 56 yards and resulted in a touchdown.
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The Seahawks defense stands ready to play in their Action Green uniforms for Color Rush Thursday Night Football.
Dion Jordan celebrates after sacking Arizona's Drew Stanton in the fourth quarter.
Cornerback Shaquill Griffin gets advice front head coach Pete Carroll and injured teammate Richard Sherman late in the game.
Seattle's Jeremy Lane blocks an Arizona extra point attempt in the fourth quarter.
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Linebacker Bobby Wagner shakes hands with Seahawks owner Paul Allen and team president and CEO Peter McLoughlin in the locker room after the game.


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Allegany Arts Council announces 2022 Schoolhouse Quilt Show & Competition
Contact: Deb Litman
dlitman@alleganyarts.org
CUMBERLAND—The Allegany Arts Council and Schoolhouse Quilters Guild, Inc. are pleased to announce a partnership to host the first-ever 2022 Schoolhouse Quilt Show & Competition to take place June 3-5, 2022, at the Allegany County Fairgrounds in Cumberland, Maryland.
The 2022 Schoolhouse Quilt Show & Competition is the first time the Allegany Arts Council and Schoolhouse Quilters Guild, Inc. have partnered for the event, seeking to expand the long-running show into a nationally-ranked competition and tourist attraction. Allegany County is proud to honor quilters practicing this traditional art form and hopes to encourage a new generation of artists to learn the practice.
The 2022 competition will feature three full days of quilt exhibition, programs and workshops, a quilt boutique, vendors and much more. More than $5000 in prizes will be awarded to traditional and modern quilters in a variety of categories. The call for entry is open now through April 30, and entries can be made by visiting the Allegany Arts Council website at https://www.alleganyartscouncil.org/quiltshow/call-for-entry/.
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Are nurseries more beneficial for children than staying at home?
A recent study by the London School of Economics and Oxford University has shown that children aged two and three who attend nursery display better social and every day skills, while those who stay at home showed poorer speech and movement. The study therefore concludes that a nursery setting is more beneficial for young children. But this has caused a big debate in the media.
But is a decision about your toddler's childcare that black and white?
There have been a range of child development experts discussing the issue, including myself. You can hear my discussion on BBC 3 Counties Radio here. One of the main reasons that it's got people talking, I think, is that everyone's situation is different and a piece of research which shows one way is the best is likely to set temperatures rising.
Those parents who choose to keep their children at home could well feel a little angry at this research, as in some ways it could be taken that their own childcare arrangements are somewhat inferior. Others are likely to worry that they've made the wrong choice by keeping their children at home rather than sending them to nursery while they head back to work.
It's really not as simple as one being better than the other and I think it's key to look more closely at the findings and how they relate to different situations.
First of all it's important to note that there's a lot of research which shows that children thrive in their first two years from having a really secure attachment to a primary carer. And in fact there isn't a great deal of evidence in favour of sending children of this age to nursery.
Having said that, not all families are able to choose to keep their child at home, so if nursery is the only option for childcare while parents go out to work, it's important to keep these findings in mind when researching potential nurseries and looking for somewhere that your child will be looked after by the same person for the majority of the time they are there to provide the stability needed for children under two.
The study focussed on children aged two and three, and the researchers also looked at the effect of certain activities on young children. Examples such as reading, telling stories and singing children's songs were found to have a positive impact on speech. Painting and arts and crafts were found to be beneficial in terms of movement skills and dexterity.
While all of these activities are commonplace in good nurseries, they certainly aren't confined to such settings, but are often carried out at home with mum and dad too.
Once children get past two years-old, there is a lot of evidence to show that social skills and social development become increasingly important. Of course, this situation will naturally occur in a nursery environment, but again, that's not the only place in which children are able to socialise and begin to learn social skills.
Parents who choose to keep their child at home with them can get that social interaction by going to different activities at children's centres, community centres, etc.* Visiting family and friends and spending time with other children can also bring these benefits to children who stay at home.
From age two, there are undoubtedly many benefits to children in attending a nursery, however I think it's really important to pick this research apart and find out why it has such a positive impact. The above points show that many of the reasons that children seem to be developing better in childcare situations can be easily implemented at home too.
One of the other factors that may play a part in the beneficial results of nurseries is that while children are in that environment, parents are given some time to put themselves first. Again, this is a really personal decision. Some parents need a break from their children, to be able to regroup and get through the day. Some parents hate having their children away from them and would much rather be part of every moment.
I believe that what's important for us as parents is that we are content, fulfilled and happy, as this enables us to be the best parents we can be. I developed a model for family life called the Parent Centred Parenting Model, which suggests that parents should not put their child's needs above their own.
Children see their parents as role-models and learn best by copying. Therefore it follows that if we are happy, content and relaxed as adults, our children are likely to be the same. It could be that having time to go to work while children are in nursery is best for our emotional well-being. For others, it could be that staying at home and looking after their children is what works for them. As long as the parent is happy with the situation, I believe it is very likely to follow that their children will also be content, relaxed and happy individuals.
In this debate, there really isn't a one size fits all solution. How and where a child is looked after, as long as they are loved, cared for and allowed to play and develop at their own rate is what should be the key outcome for us all. Parents certainly should not feel pressured to go down a certain route on the back of studies such as these, instead, they must choose what is right for them, their families and their children.
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Inept vs. Insane: The Gonzo Presidency
Posted on January 6, 2018 by RL CRABB
"The voters are fed up with this orgy of dumbness and punishment. The electorate will demand a degenerate in the White House." -Hunter S. Thompson
Hunter wrote that line back in 1987, long before The Donald slithered into the oval office, and even before Monica Lewinsky graduated from high school. He wrote extensively on the epidemic of evangelical debauchery that consumed the Bakkers and Jimmy Swaggert.
But who would've guessed back then, when Ronald Reagan was the gold standard of decency, that the Bible Belt voters would turn out in droves to elect a three-time two-timer pussy-grabbing reality TV star and real estate tycoon to the White House? In what PCP-infused nightmare would pious Americans equate Boss Tweet with Jesus Christ, the Savior?
In Warren Hinckle's five hundred page homage, Who Killed Hunter S. Thompson?, no one actually answers the riddle of his death, and Thompson himself left no clues as to why he blew his brains out back on a cold February day in 2005. Armies of scribes, myself included, have speculated endlessly on his mental and physical state, but no one can say for sure.
As a world traveler, Hunter spent many a night in swank hotel rooms where he would seek inspiration from the Gideon Bible, and his favorite passages came from The Book of Revelations. Being accustomed to hellish visions and political intrigue, he could relate to its metaphorical meanderings and the threat of divine retribution for those who stood in the way of the Great Cleansing to come.
And Revelations is nothing if not a response to the monstrous reign of Nero and his persecution of the early Christians in first century Rome. Revenge is sweet, and the author of Revelations was counting on future generations to carry out His judgement on the deviants and unbelievers of some depraved future scenario.
So it has come to pass. In the short span of forty years, the evangelical community has ditched political purity for expediency. The man who wallowed in excess at every level and even said in public that he could murder a person on camera and still get elected proved that morality is in the eye of the beholder.
They cheered wildly when Trump the Redeemer threw them the Jerusalem bone, befuddling our Arab allies and setting the stage for the ultimate Hollywood blockbuster: Armageddon Now! Many fell to the ground, spinning around like Curly Howard and babbling in tongues when the Great Leader started lopping off heads of the multi-cultural beast known as the UN.
And if the definition some have ascribed to "gonzo" journalism is the act of inserting one's self into the story and sometimes substituting allegory for actual facts, The Donald has truly morphed into the Gonzo Presidency. In his eyes, the world revolves around him, and his followers dote on every cryptic tweet. He attacks his adversaries head on, with little concern for decorum, decency or diplomacy.
So maybe Hunter experienced some kind of acid flashback in his final days, one that sent him careening through the wall of time into the future. Maybe he saw What Was To Come and couldn't process it. The man who savaged Nixon may have seen the final fate of The American Dream he chased for most of his life, and couldn't deal with the horror of it all.
"The Apocalypse finds men mad, or leaves them so." – John Calvin
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1 Response to Inept vs. Insane: The Gonzo Presidency
I must admit that I find no "riddle" to Mr. Thompson's death. How else could the life of someone so defined by irreverence itself end but to be one of the million or so humans who take the lemming leap at the rate of one ever forty seconds? As he himself said, "The edge… there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who know where it is are the ones who have gone over."
I'm hesitant to even offer an opinion on the subject because, along with never having been a big fan of his work, as he also so concisely explained, "A word to the wise is infuriating."


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Q: Why does Java and C# place the main function inside of a class? I don't understand what is the point of placing the main function inside of a class! Is it so they can say that Java and C# are fully object oriented?

A: static methods are not OOP so this would have little point.
Java requires that all code are inside a class i.e. inside a class file.  If you don't do this you would have to put it somewhere and you wouldn't gain much by doing making an exception for main.  Better to keep things simple.

I don't understand what is the point of placing the main function inside of a class!

Instead of asking "Why not do something" it can be better to ask "Why do something" and if there isn't a very good reason, often it is better not to do it.

A: They do this for reasons of simplicity.  If the main function was to be allowed to be outside of a class, then the language would have to support an entire new mechanism for declaring functions outside of classes.  No such mechanism currently exists, and frankly, it would be completely unnecessary.  By not adding unnecessary stuff to the language, they keep the language simple.

A: The answer behind main inside the class lays in Processes and Threads topic.
Read Oracle's Processes and Threads to understand the topic better.
The idea is that your class requires a thread to run at. You class is part of your application. Each application requires a Process and at least one Thread to run at. By default, the main thread is used, this means that all your class' code runs inside main thread by default.

A: These both languages were created with the object orientation in mind without any backward compatibility baggage (unlike c++ for example which is also considered to be object oriented, but it's backward  compatibility with c enforces it to allow the concept of free methods, methods defined outside of any class), and it's name implies all it's building block are based on an object.


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bool NFCHeroModule::Init()
{
	return true;
}

bool NFCHeroModule::Shut()
{
	return true;
}

bool NFCHeroModule::Execute()
{
	return true;
}

bool NFCHeroModule::AfterInit()
{
	m_pKernelModule = pPluginManager->FindModule<NFIKernelModule>();
	m_pLogicClassModule = pPluginManager->FindModule<NFIClassModule>();
	m_pGameServerNet_ServerModule = pPluginManager->FindModule<NFIGameServerNet_ServerModule>();
	m_pElementModule = pPluginManager->FindModule<NFIElementModule>();
	m_pSceneProcessModule = pPluginManager->FindModule<NFISceneProcessModule>();

	if (!m_pGameServerNet_ServerModule->GetNetModule()->AddReceiveCallBack(NFMsg::EGameMsgID::EGEC_REQ_SET_FIGHT_HERO, this, &NFCHeroModule::OnSetFightHeroMsg)) { return false; }

	return true;
}

bool NFCHeroModule::BeforeShut()
{
	return true;
}

bool NFCHeroModule::AddHero(const NFGUID& self, const std::string& strID)
{
	NF_SHARE_PTR<NFIRecord> pHeroRecord = m_pKernelModule->FindRecord(self, NFrame::Player::R_PlayerHero());
	if (nullptr == pHeroRecord.get())
	{
		return false;
	}

	NF_SHARE_PTR<NFIDataList> xRowData = pHeroRecord->GetInitData();

	NFGUID xHeroID = m_pKernelModule->CreateGUID();
	xRowData->SetObject(NFrame::Player::PlayerHero::PlayerHero_GUID, xHeroID);
	xRowData->SetString(NFrame::Player::PlayerHero::PlayerHero_ConfigID, strID.c_str());

	if (pHeroRecord->AddRow(-1, *xRowData) < 0)
	{
		return false;
	}

	return true;
}

bool NFCHeroModule::AddHeroExp(const NFGUID& self, const NFGUID& xHeroID, const int nExp)
{
	NF_SHARE_PTR<NFIRecord> pHeroRecord = m_pKernelModule->FindRecord(self, NFrame::Player::R_PlayerHero());
	if (nullptr == pHeroRecord.get())
	{
		return false;
	}

	if (xHeroID.IsNull())
	{
		return false;
	}

	if (nExp <= 0)
	{
		return false;
	}

	NFCDataList varFind;
	if (pHeroRecord->FindObject(NFrame::Player::PlayerHero_GUID, xHeroID, varFind) <= 0)
	{
		return false;
	}

	const int nRow = varFind.Int(0);
	NFCDataList varRowData;
	if (!pHeroRecord->QueryRow(nRow, varRowData))
	{
		return false;
	}

	const int nCurExp = varRowData.Int(NFrame::Player::PlayerHero::PlayerHero_Exp);
	const int nBeforeLevel = varRowData.Int(NFrame::Player::PlayerHero::PlayerHero_Level);

	int nLeftExp = nCurExp + nExp;
	int nAfterLevel = nBeforeLevel;
	for (int i = nBeforeLevel; i < ECONSTDEFINE_HERO_MAXLEVEL; i++)
	{
		const int nNeedExp = (i + 1) * ECONSTDEFINE_HERO_ONCELEVEEXP;

		if (nLeftExp >= nNeedExp)
		{
			nAfterLevel += 1;
			nLeftExp -= nNeedExp;
		}
		else
		{
			break;
		}
	}

	pHeroRecord->SetInt(nRow, NFrame::Player::PlayerHero::PlayerHero_Exp, nLeftExp);
	pHeroRecord->SetInt(nRow, NFrame::Player::PlayerHero::PlayerHero_Level, nAfterLevel);

	return true;
}

bool NFCHeroModule::HeroStarUp(const NFGUID& self, const NFGUID& xHeroID)
{
	NF_SHARE_PTR<NFIRecord> pHeroRecord = m_pKernelModule->FindRecord(self, NFrame::Player::R_PlayerHero());
	if (nullptr == pHeroRecord.get())
	{
		return false;
	}

	if (xHeroID.IsNull())
	{
		return false;
	}

	NFCDataList varFind;
	if (pHeroRecord->FindObject(NFrame::Player::PlayerHero_GUID, xHeroID, varFind) <= 0)
	{
		return false;
	}

	const int nRow = varFind.Int(0);
	const int nBeforeStar = pHeroRecord->GetInt(nRow, NFrame::Player::PlayerHero::PlayerHero_Star);

	int nAfterStar = nBeforeStar + 1;
	if (nAfterStar > ECONSTDEFINE_HERO_MAXSTAR)
	{
		nAfterStar = ECONSTDEFINE_HERO_MAXSTAR;
	}

	pHeroRecord->SetInt(nRow, NFrame::Player::PlayerHero::PlayerHero_Star, nAfterStar);

	return true;
}

bool NFCHeroModule::HeroSkillUp(const NFGUID& self, const NFGUID& xHeroID, const int nIndex)
{
	if (xHeroID.IsNull())
	{
		return false;
	}

	if (nIndex > NFrame::Player::PlayerHero::PlayerHero_Skill5 && nIndex < NFrame::Player::PlayerHero::PlayerHero_Skill1)
	{
		return false;
	}

	NF_SHARE_PTR<NFIRecord> pHeroRecord = m_pKernelModule->FindRecord(self, NFrame::Player::R_PlayerHero());
	if (nullptr == pHeroRecord)
	{
		return false;
	}

	NFCDataList xMatchList;
	int nMatchCout = pHeroRecord->FindObject(NFrame::Player::PlayerHero_GUID, xHeroID, xMatchList);
	if (nMatchCout != 1)
	{
		return false;
	}

	const int nRow = xMatchList.Int(0);
	NFCDataList varRowData;
	if (!pHeroRecord->QueryRow(nRow, varRowData))
	{
		return false;
	}

	const std::string& strSkillID = pHeroRecord->GetString(nRow, nIndex);
	const std::string& strNextSkillID = m_pElementModule->GetPropertyString(strSkillID, NFrame::Skill::AfterUpID());
	if (strNextSkillID.empty())
	{
		//no next skill id, this skill is the best skill
		return false;
	}

	pHeroRecord->SetString(nRow, nIndex, strNextSkillID);

	return true;
}

bool NFCHeroModule::HeroTalentUp(const NFGUID& self, const NFGUID& xHeroID, const int nIndex)
{
	if (xHeroID.IsNull())
	{
		return false;
	}

	if (nIndex > NFrame::Player::PlayerHero::PlayerHero_Talent5 && nIndex < NFrame::Player::PlayerHero::PlayerHero_Talent1)
	{
		return false;
	}

	NF_SHARE_PTR<NFIRecord> pHeroRecord = m_pKernelModule->FindRecord(self, NFrame::Player::R_PlayerHero());
	if (nullptr == pHeroRecord)
	{
		return false;
	}

	NFCDataList xMatchList;
	int nMatchCout = pHeroRecord->FindObject(NFrame::Player::PlayerHero_GUID, xHeroID, xMatchList);
	if (nMatchCout != 1)
	{
		return false;
	}

	const int nRow = xMatchList.Int(0);
	NFCDataList varRowData;
	if (!pHeroRecord->QueryRow(nRow, varRowData))
	{
		return false;
	}

	const std::string& strTalentID = pHeroRecord->GetString(nRow, nIndex);
	const std::string& strNextTalentID = m_pElementModule->GetPropertyString(strTalentID, NFrame::Talent::AfterUpID());
	if (strNextTalentID.empty())
	{
		//no next talent id, this skill is the best talent
		return false;
	}

	pHeroRecord->SetString(nRow, nIndex, strNextTalentID);

	return true;
}

bool NFCHeroModule::SetFightHero(const NFGUID& self, const int nPos, const NFGUID& xHeroID)
{
	NF_SHARE_PTR<NFIRecord> pHeroRecord = m_pKernelModule->FindRecord(self, NFrame::Player::R_PlayerHero());
	if (nullptr == pHeroRecord.get())
	{
		return false;
	}

	if (xHeroID.IsNull())
	{
		return false;
	}

	NFCDataList varHeroID;
	int nHeroCount = pHeroRecord->FindObject(NFrame::Player::PlayerHero_GUID, xHeroID, varHeroID);
	if (nHeroCount != 1)
	{
		return false;
	}

	/////////////Add this hero to Record_PlayerFightHero
	NF_SHARE_PTR<NFIRecord> pFightHeroRecord = m_pKernelModule->FindRecord(self, NFrame::Player::R_PlayerFightHero());
	if (nullptr == pFightHeroRecord)
	{
		return false;
	}

	if (pFightHeroRecord->GetRows() <= nPos || nPos < 0)
	{
		return false;
	}

	NF_SHARE_PTR<NFIDataList> xRowData = pFightHeroRecord->GetInitData();

	xRowData->SetObject(NFrame::Player::PlayerFightHero::PlayerFightHero_GUID, xHeroID);
	if (pFightHeroRecord->AddRow(nPos, *xRowData) < 0)
	{
		return false;
	}

	return true;
}

bool NFCHeroModule::CreateHero(const NFGUID& self, const NFGUID& xHeroID)
{
	if (xHeroID.IsNull())
	{
		return false;
	}

	const int nSceneID = m_pKernelModule->GetPropertyInt(self, NFrame::Player::SceneID());
	const int nGroupID = m_pKernelModule->GetPropertyInt(self, NFrame::Player::GroupID());
	if (!m_pSceneProcessModule->GetCloneSceneType(nSceneID) != E_SCENE_TYPE::SCENE_TYPE_CLONE_SCENE)
	{
		return false;
	}

	NF_SHARE_PTR<NFIRecord> pHeroRecord = m_pKernelModule->FindRecord(self, NFrame::Player::R_PlayerHero());
	if (nullptr == pHeroRecord.get())
	{
		return false;
	}

	NFCDataList xDataList;
	int nHeroCount = pHeroRecord->FindObject(NFrame::Player::PlayerHero_GUID, xHeroID, xDataList);
	if (nHeroCount != 1)
	{
		return false;
	}

	const int nRow = xDataList.Int(0);
	const std::string& strConfigID = pHeroRecord->GetString(nRow, NFrame::Player::PlayerHero_ConfigID);

    NFCDataList varList;

    int nCamp = m_pKernelModule->GetPropertyInt(self, NFrame::Player::Camp());
    varList << NFrame::NPC::Camp() << nCamp;
    varList << NFrame::NPC::MasterID() << self;

	NF_SHARE_PTR<NFIObject> pHero = m_pKernelModule->CreateObject(xHeroID, nSceneID, nGroupID, NFrame::NPC::ThisName(), strConfigID, NFCDataList());
    if (!pHero)
    {
        return false;
    }
	return true;
}

bool NFCHeroModule::DestroyHero(const NFGUID& self, const NFGUID& xHeroID)
{
	if (xHeroID.IsNull())
	{
		return false;
	}

	NF_SHARE_PTR<NFIRecord> pHeroRecord = m_pKernelModule->FindRecord(self, NFrame::Player::R_PlayerHero());
	if (nullptr == pHeroRecord.get())
	{
		return false;
	}

	NFCDataList xDataList;
	int nHeroCount = pHeroRecord->FindObject(NFrame::Player::PlayerHero_GUID, xHeroID, xDataList);
	if (nHeroCount != 1)
	{
		return false;
	}

	const int nRow = xDataList.Int(0);
	if (xHeroID == pHeroRecord->GetObject(nRow, NFrame::Player::PlayerHero_GUID))
	{
		m_pKernelModule->DestroyObject(xHeroID);
		return true;
	}

	return false;
}

NFGUID NFCHeroModule::GetHeroGUID(const NFGUID& self, const std::string& strID)
{
	NF_SHARE_PTR<NFIRecord> pHeroRecord = m_pKernelModule->FindRecord(self, NFrame::Player::R_PlayerHero());
	if (nullptr == pHeroRecord.get())
	{
		return NFGUID();
	}

	NFCDataList xDataList;
	int nHeroCount = pHeroRecord->FindString(NFrame::Player::PlayerHero_ConfigID, strID.c_str(), xDataList);
	if (nHeroCount != 1)
	{
		return NFGUID();
	}

	const int nRow = xDataList.Int(0);
	return pHeroRecord->GetObject(nRow, NFrame::Player::PlayerHero_GUID);
}

bool NFCHeroModule::HeroWearSkill(const NFGUID& self, const NFGUID& xHeroID, const std::string& xSkillID)
{
	NF_SHARE_PTR<NFIRecord> pHeroRecord = m_pKernelModule->FindRecord(self, NFrame::Player::R_PlayerHero());
	if (nullptr == pHeroRecord.get())
	{
		return false;
	}

	if (xHeroID.IsNull())
	{
		return false;
	}

	NFCDataList xDataList;
	int nHeroCount = pHeroRecord->FindObject(NFrame::Player::PlayerHero_GUID, xHeroID, xDataList);
	if (nHeroCount != 1)
	{
		return false;
	}

	bool bOwner = false;
	const int nRow = xDataList.Int(0);
	for (int i = NFrame::Player::PlayerHero_Skill1; i < NFrame::Player::PlayerHero_Skill5; ++i)
	{
		const std::string& strOwnerSkillID = pHeroRecord->GetString(nRow, i);
		if (strOwnerSkillID == xSkillID)
		{
			bOwner = true;
			break;
		}
	}

	if (bOwner)
	{
		pHeroRecord->SetString(nRow, NFrame::Player::PlayerHero_FightSkill, xSkillID);
		return true;
	}

	return false;
}

void NFCHeroModule::OnSetFightHeroMsg(const int nSockIndex, const int nMsgID, const char* msg, const uint32_t nLen)
{
	CLIENT_MSG_PROCESS(nSockIndex, nMsgID, msg, nLen, NFMsg::ReqSetFightHero);

	const NFGUID xHero = NFINetModule::PBToNF(xMsg.heroid());
	const int nFightPos = xMsg.fightpos();

	NF_SHARE_PTR<NFIRecord> pHeroList = m_pKernelModule->FindRecord(nPlayerID, NFrame::Player::R_PlayerHero());
	if (!pHeroList.get())
	{
		return;
	}

	SetFightHero(nPlayerID, nFightPos, xHero);
}

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Q: app:compileDebugJavaWithJavac'. > Could not find tools.jar Failed to launch emulator. Reason: No emulators found as an output of `emulator -list-avds` when I use this command in the terminal:
PS C:\web dev\practice-projects\react-native\myproject> react-native run-android --no-jetifier

I get this whole error:
info JS server already running.
'adb' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
info Launching emulator...
error
Failed to launch emulator. Reason: No emulators found as an output of `emulator -list-avds`.
warn Please launch an emulator manually or connect a device. Otherwise app may fail to launch.
info Installing the app...
Starting a Gradle Daemon, 1 stopped Daemon could not be reused, use --status for details
> Task :app:compileDebugJavaWithJavac FAILED

Deprecated Gradle features were used in this build, making it incompatible with Gradle 7.0.
Use '--warning-mode all' to show the individual deprecation warnings.
See https://docs.gradle.org/6.2/userguide/command_line_interface.html#sec:command_line_warning
14 actionable tasks: 2 executed, 12 up-to-date

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:compileDebugJavaWithJavac'.
> Could not find tools.jar. Please check that C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_271 contains a valid JDK installation.

* Try:
Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output. Run with --scan to get full insights.

* Get more help at https://help.gradle.org

BUILD FAILED in 39s

error Failed to install the app. Make sure you have the Android development environment set up: https://reactnative.dev/docs/environment-setup. Run CLI with --verbose flag for more details.
Error: Command failed: gradlew.bat app:installDebug -PreactNativeDevServerPort=8081

My emulator isn't being launched and I have tried multiple fixes. I am getting started in react-native and don't understand the warnings or answers on similar questions. Please help.

A: There are few ways you can run your app,

*

*Always works - Open the app from android studio. Select Open existing project and select android folder in your app to open the project and run from there after indexing is done.

*Not sure would work and not recommended (might need release build) but you can drag your apk file that is auto generated to your simulator to install.

*Add this line to gradle.properties file i.e. android/gradle.properties.
org.gradle.java.home=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_271.jdk/Contents/Home. replace the jdk version name or directory if required.

Note for mac - this is not library folder within your user directory so search them in your main drive location - should be something like machintosh hd
For windows - just replace the path after org.gradle.java.home=. Should be something like C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jdk1.8.0_144

A: In my case it was because the JAVA_HOME path could not find it.

*

*Close all terminals and open a new one

*Find a directory like this on your Mac:
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_91.jdk/Contents/Home

*What may change is the version, but once you have it, it runs in that
path:
export JAVA_HOME = / Library / Java / JavaVirtualMachines /
jdk1.8.0_91.jdk / Contents / Home
IN MY CASE I RUN THIS COMMAND AT THE ROOT OF THE REACT NATIVE PROJECT:
export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/adoptopenjdk-8.jdk/Contents/Home

AND IT WORKED.


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Supreme Commander RUBBISH.
HEAP OF RUBBISH (Rashtrapati) & SOLDIERS OF GARBAGE (eunuchs in uniform)
We wish to ASK, "Has any university in India, carried out research into the causes of PARTITION?" What? Where? When?
If so, what are their conclusions?
While the Christians are 'waiting for their day' and the Muslims are celebrating their conquest of Lahore, are there any findings or lessons learnt for the betrayed HINDUS, still unable to re-appear in EAST Bengal or raise their heads in Ayodhya?
We wish to ASK the Supreme Commander of Indian Armed Forces **,
"Why did the Indian Army suddenly start retreating in Kashmir while they were handsomely ADVANCING in 1948? Why did they then get STUCK in the deep and thick QUAGMIRE of cease-fire, as willed by their ENEMIES?
"Why did the Indian Army change their priorities in 1984 while trying to give a 'bloody nose' to the Sikhs? Why was LIBERATION OF NORTH KASHMIR not their goal?"
(** The "rat" at present is called KR Narayanan. His wife is a worthless import from Burma since , as he says, "There was not a single suitable woman in the whole of INDIA that I could choose. Moreover in a country where a foreigner- ANY foreigner- is an object of admiration & adoration, even Burma was a "foreign" country for me!")
We wish to ASK all the generals, admirals and air marshals of India **, "Why did the Indian Armed Forces change their priorities in 1987 by sailing and flying out to Sri Lanka to "kill off" the TAMIL freedom fighters there instead of liberating EAST Bengal (BOGUSdesh) in the name of Secularism?"
(** The "eunuchs in uniform" will say, "We obeyed our POLITICAL masters and did NOT ask questions."
Well TELL them, "You are lucky blighters to be in gentlemen's BROKEN Bharat. Your GERMAN counterparts could not save themselves from the gallows in 1945 by offering such lame duck excuses.")
Till we hear from them directly or indirectly, we shall label the one as a "HEAP OF RUBBISH" and the others as the "SOLDIERS OF GARBAGE".
By the way, is anyone keeping a track of the Indian soldiers killed, maimed and missing since October 24, 1947 on THIS side of the so-called "CEASE-FIRE LINE" in Kashmir, as compared to the number killed or missing on the OTHER side?
Surely if the INDIAN ARMY were to learn the REASON for this one-way bleeding, their morale would come down to the level of a donkey's!
NRI FORCE- EUROPE March 31, 2001.