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Alex has produced many radio features audio documentaries, and other sound works for public media outlets, podcasts, and more. He has also "performed" radio stories at the Third Coast Conference & Festival, Tape Festival, and the First Person Arts Festival.
Amanda has worked in the field of performance and sound art for over 12 years, fusing the two disciplines in installation projects. She has been exhibited internationally in museums, and contemporary art galleries, such as The Windor Gallery in Madrid, Spain, Khiasma Gallery in Paris, France, Move Forward Festival in Halle, Germany, Liverpool Art Biennale 2012 in the UK, Ex Teresa Arte Actual in Mexico City, Mexico, and Action Art Actuelle in Montreal, Canada. Born in Mexico City in 1978, she completed her graduate studies at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and is currently a Ph.D. student in the University of Girona, in the Doctoral Programme in Humanities, Heritage, and Cultural Studies.
Musician and multimedia artist Blevin Blectum (born Bevin Kelley) combined sound, imagery, and costume to create eccentric and mesmerizing performances that explore topics from science fiction to ornithology. She has performed and toured extensively since 1998 with releases on Aagoo, Estuary Ltd., Tigerbeat6, DeluxeRecs, Praemedia, Vague Terrain, Phthalo, as well as a new record on the Parisian label Darling Dada (June 2017). Blevin is half of 'Blectum from Blechdom' with Kristin Grace Erickson, aka Kevin Blechdom, and a third of 'The Traveling Bubble Ensemble,' with Kelley Polar and Elise Kuder. On Ricky Katowicz's 'The Ricky Rainbow Beard Show' she plays the recurring role of Doctor Sound. She holds degrees from Oberlin College, Mills College, and Brown University. Blevin designs and creates sound for Hasbro toys from her home base in Providence, RI.
Brian is an artist whose performances, installations, and interventions comprise the rhythms of bodies in contact with computation. His work has been shown by MoMA (NYC), MOCA (LA), Ars Electronica, Transmediale, ZKM, Eyebeam, and Rhizome and has been featured in publications including WIRED, TIME, The New York Times.
Carl is a choral singer and composer. In his work, he plays with music theory and with language to create musical structures that reveal themselves through the completion of the piece.
Coppice is interactions between the capture and generation of sound and music from custom designed and prepared instruments and devices. It draws from its glossary of study in bellows and electronics, and in digitally-seeded air from physical modeling and modular synthesis. Founded in 2009 by Noé Cuéllar & Joseph Kramer.
Ed is an American performing artist and engineer. As a designer committed to an open source world, he researches and practices material reuse and as a civil responsibility. He has toured extensively in North America and Europe as a performer and teacher.
Elana Gordon is a reporter at WHYY in Philadelphia and a founding member of the station's weekly health and science show, The Pulse. Some of her most notable stories incorporate sound-rich journeys through places and history in Philadelphia, from the infamous Legionnaires' disease mystery that went down at the iconic Bellevue hotel…to the often overlooked spot at Christ Burial Ground that launched Ben Franklin's vehement quest to take down small pox. She holds a dual degree in music and political science from Barnard College.
Emily is an ecological designer focused on addressing social and environmental challenges in the landscape. Recent projects include green infrastructure designs for a post industrial city and coastal resiliency plan for a community along the Maine coast.
Fereshteh designs participatory experiences and hybrid objects such as oyster mushroom sculptures, audio portraits, films processed in mint tea, and guided walks about lithium. Fereshteh is an active member of the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy and faculty at Florida International University in Miami.
Jay is a GIS jack-of-all-trades for a small software development company, where he spends his time tracking down data and creating maps for emergency planning and response. He loves to figure out better methods for connecting people with the multitude of information that oozes from every corner of the internet. He is excited for his first foray with GIS outside the professional space.
Jean-Michel is a French musician, painter, and visual artist who has been melding his two passions – sound and image – in digital arts since 2010. In each of his creations musicality influences image in a symbiotic relationship.
Jeff is an audio engineer who writes and teaches about audio production. He is the co-producer and engineer of Echoes, a daily two-hour music soundscape distributed by Public Radio International and broadcast on 130 radio stations from Maine to California. He also is the "Tools Editor" for Transom.org – a Peabody Award-winning website dedicated to channeling new work and voices to public radio.
Jenn is a sound/experiential media artist and composer based in Brooklyn. Her work reimagines unconventional spaces and objects as acoustic vessels; and architecture and materials as sculptural molds for ephemeral interventions. Her works have been presented in public spaces, galleries, festivals, and symposiums in New York and internationally.
My audiophilia whispers into radio's ear. I once made documentaries (1980s); now create hybrid narratives that air in festivals, cyber worlds, and on the radio. I live in coastal California, teach sound production/theory (the New School's online MA courses), and curate sound art online at Earlid.
Jocelyn is an award-winning audio journalist, media consultant and audio artist in Washington DC. Clients include CBS, Slate, Smithsonian, The Guardian and others. Frank's a managing facilitator of the DC Listening Lounge.
Johann makes installations, performances, and objects that let people play with sound. He shares his work with others through workshops, listening tours, and open-source software and hardware. He is a recipient of the Asian Cultural Council Fellows grant. He has been featured in Wire Magazine and Musicworks Magazine.
Karen is a radio producer & sociologist. She has been an artist-in-residence in Vienna at studio das weisse haus (Fall 2016) and at the Museum Quartier/Tonspur (Fall 2017) producing episodes of Strange Radio, a project about the intergenerational impact of war and displacement. Karen teaches at Goddard College.
Katya is a Moscow-born, Philadelphia-based filmmaker working on a feature length documentary about mushroom foraging among the Russian diaspora. She has been collecting oral histories and shooting interviews, all the while foraging herself and poking around biology labs. She teaches at Temple and is co-founder of the Berwick Research Institute in Boston.
Laura is a Philadelphia-based artist and educator, committed to using media as a tool for social justice, creative expression and community organizing. Her place-based projects employ different mediums from audio and video to public intervention and mobile participatory projects to create connections between people, places and their stories.
Lexie makes multi-sensory works connecting her interests in science fiction and utopian ideas about living. She teaches at Columbus College of Art & Design and also builds interactive exhibits for science centers and museums around the world.
Linda is a multimedia artist and musician. Her creative methods encompass hand-formed and hand-painted porcelain, large and small scale painting, graphic design, dioramas, video performance, and electronic music. Her diverse work has been supported by the Pew Center; and has been presented at Vox Populi Gallery; Wave Farm in Acra, NY; and Fylkingen in Stockholm.
Meg is an audio producer for BuzzFeed Audio. She has a background in participatory and crowd-sourced storytelling through her work for the Public Insight Network — a network of people who sign up to be sources for news stories by engaging with journalists through open-ended questions about their experiences and expertise — and Sandy Storyline, a series of interviews and storytelling workshops that led to to a multimedia documentary about the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in New York City.
Mike Bullock is a composer, intermedia artist, and writer based in Philadelphia. He has been performing since the mid 90s across the US and in Europe, at venues such as Fylkingen; Instants Chavirés; Café OTO; ISSUE Project Room; The Philadelphia Museum of Art; and EMPAC. In June 2015, Bullock received a Performance Grant from the Pew Center.
Monty is a Product Designer at littleBits, and has run littleBits workshops at several Maker Faire events. He also runs and facilitates Beta Testing sessions at littleBits HQ.
Olivia likes digging up old sensations to find new meaning. Her radio work is a live collage, which warps, overlaps, and extends sound and language, so as to intensify the medium's interactive and elusive qualities. She uses radio to represent the mind, how we listen, and how we forget what we remember.
Phoenix Lio(n) engages technology and artistic practice to disrupt the ways in which the physical world is invoked to justify oppression and marginalization. They rebuild their mind, their memories, and the world around them by layering media and mediums. By engaging their experiences and identity as tools for art they rework the heaviest, hardest parts of themself like pigments dragged across canvas.
Richard is a production sound mixer, sound designer, re-recording mixer, and fledgling composer for commercials, movies, and TV. Some of his clients include Men's Health Magazine, Google, and the US Army. He has scaled Mt. Kilimanjaro and has been nominated for an Indie Series Award for Best Sound Design.
Scott is a freelance graphic designer and sound explorer. Scott spends a good amount of his free time making field recordings of various spaces. Scott performs solo with electronics as well as in free rock outfits Kohoutek and Sunburned Hand of the Man.
Seth appropriates, reconfigures and juxtaposes materials to create playful performative works which propose a discourse into the cross-modal correspondence of auditory and visual perception. Working at the intersections of language, memory and imagination, his work is experimental and idiosyncratic; often humorous and occasionally disquieting.
Shira is a multi-disciplinary artist and teacher. Her murals can be seen throughout the city of Philadelphia. In 2012 she co- founded Southeastbysoutheast through the City of Philadelphia's Mural Arts Program. Her work has also been shown at PAFA, Asian Arts Initiative, and the ICA Philadelphia.
Timothy Nohe is an artist and educator engaging traditional and electronic media in civic life and public places. He has exhibited and performed his work in a range of national and international venues: ISEA: Paris and the Baltic Sea; Ars Electronica, Linz; the Danish Institute of Electro-Acoustic Music, Århus; Museu da Imagem e do Som, São Paulo; the Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow; the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney; the Oxfringe Festival, Oxford; the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; and the Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York.
Toby explores sensory perception, identity and memory through his work in image, sound and space. This involves the integration of a number of different media including video, film, found/composed sound, text and installation work.
Victoria is a conceptual artist based in New York. Driven by a deep seated need to uncover intentions behind everyday actions — she favors community work and public interventions because they underscore and align with her value for genuine interaction. Estok teaches sound in New Media at SUNY Purchase.


The resolution and device range of a measurement device determine the smallest detectable change, called the code width, in the input signal. The smaller your code width, the more accurate your measurements are.
A high-resolution A/D converter (ADC) provides a smaller code width given the preceding device voltage ranges.
The following table shows how the code width of a 12-bit measurement device varies by device range. The device selects the best possible range based on the input limits you specify when you create a virtual channel. Select input limits that accurately reflect the signal you want to measure in order to achieve the smallest possible code width. NI-DAQmx coerces those input limits to fit the selected device range.
The NI 4472 is a 24-bit device with a range of -10 V to 10 V. However, one bit is reserved, leaving an effective resolution of 23 bits. Thus, the code width is 20/223 = 2.38 µV.
1 The value of 1 Least Significant Bit (LSB) of the 12-bit ADC. In other words, the voltage increment corresponding to a change of 1 count in the ADC 12-bit count.


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October is National Dental Hygiene Month, an effort to celebrate the work dental hygienists do and to help raise awareness on the importance of good oral health. Easily, we all know that our hygiene team hear at he practice – Nicole, Megan, Heidi and Jillian are four of the best around!
This year, the awareness is focusing on four routines that can help people maintain healthy smiles: brush, floss, rinse and chew. According to MouthHealthy.org, the ADA's consumer website, the ADA recommends brushing your teeth twice a day, for two minutes, with a soft-bristled brush. The size and shape of the brush should fit the mouth allowing you to reach all areas easily.
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The gap between imports and exports widened to £8.5bn in the three months to March amid signs that the effects of a weaker pound have started to wear off and concerns about protectionist trade policies have risen.
The total deficit, excluding "erratic" goods such as ships, precious stones and oil, widened by £1.2bn in the three months to March. Erratic goods are excluded because they are often one-off very expensive purchases which might cloud the overall trend in trade data.
Exports were being supported by "strong global demand and accommodative financial conditions" the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) said on Thursday.


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Giving new life to old muscles
The findings could one day help injured athletes
Scientists in the United States say they may have found a way to give new life to jaded muscles.
Researchers at Stanford University in California have been able to rejuvenate muscles in mice.
By manipulating molecular signals, they have given relatively elderly mice youthful muscles.
Writing in the journal Science, they said the findings could one day be used to help injured athletes or even people with muscle wasting diseases.
It may also help scientists in their quest to find ways of fighting aging.
Longer to heal
Injured muscles take longer to heal when people and animals for that matter get older.
For years, scientists have thought that this is because the cells needed to regenerate muscle tissue die as the years go on.
However, this latest study suggests otherwise. Dr Thomas Rando and colleagues have discovered that the problems are caused by impaired molecular signalling.
But they have also found that this fault can be corrected and that muscles can be rejuvenated.
The research focused on signals that stimulate "satellite" cells dotting the outside of muscle fibres.
These cells come to the rescue of damaged muscle, dividing to form new muscle tissue and generating more satellite cells for future repairs.
Although the scientists looked at the ability of injured tissue to heal, they expect the same principle to apply to natural muscle loss through ageing.
Dr Rando said: "If you presume that normal muscle bulk is maintained by gradual replacement of muscle tissue by satellite cells and that gradual replacement is diminished in older people, that would lead to atrophy.
"Figuring out atrophy in one of the pathways could relate to the others."
Previously, Dr Rando's team found that satellite cells are activated by a cell protein "switch" called Notch.
What flicks the switch is another protein called Delta, which is made on nearby cells in injured muscles.
The scientists found that mice with an age equivalent to that of 70-year-old humans made much less Delta after an injury than younger mice. As a result, fewer satellite cells were activated to repair muscle damage.
However, the scientists showed that when a Delta-mimicking molecule was applied to injured older muscles they could rejuvenate.
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Andrew Bogut injury update: Warriors center out for 7-10 days
Warriors center Andrew Bogut will be shut down for 7-10 days as he continues to recover from ankle surgery.
By Mark Sandritter Nov 8, 2012, 1:26pm PST
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Golden State Warriors center Andrew Bogut will be shut down for the next 7-10 days as he continues to recover from ankle surgery.
Bogut played in four of Golden State's five games this season. The Warriors planned to ease Bogut into action this season with limited minutes and occasional rest days, but he will now get an extended rest. His recovery from March ankle surgery has taken longer than initially expected. Despite lobbying for more playing time, Bogut said doctors have given strict orders in limiting him to no more than 20 minutes per game.
The delayed recovery has been frustrating for Bogut who said he doesn't feel like he's helping the team and thinks he could do more. In limited playing time, Bogut has averaged 6 points and 3.8 rebounds per game. The 7-10 day time frame means Bogut will miss at least three and up to five games.
With Bogut out, the Warriors will likely rely on Carl Landry to pick up some of the slack. Landry is averaging 17 points and 7.4 rebounds per game off the bench this season.
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package com.dwolla.cloudflare

import cats._
import com.dwolla.cloudflare.AccountsClientImpl._
import com.dwolla.cloudflare.domain.dto.accounts._
import com.dwolla.cloudflare.domain.model.accounts.Implicits._
import com.dwolla.cloudflare.domain.model.accounts._
import com.dwolla.cloudflare.domain.model.{Implicits => _, _}
import fs2._
import org.http4s.Method._
import org.http4s.client.dsl.Http4sClientDsl

import scala.util.matching.Regex

trait AccountsClient[F[_]] {
  def list(): Stream[F, Account]
  def getById(accountId: String): Stream[F, Account]
  def getByName(name: String): Stream[F, Account]
  def listRoles(accountId: AccountId): Stream[F, AccountRole]

  def getByUri(uri: String): Stream[F, Account] = parseUri(uri).fold(Stream.empty.covaryAll[F, Account])(getById)

  def parseUri(uri: String): Option[AccountId] = uri match {
    case AccountsClient.uriRegex(accountId) => Option(tagAccountId(accountId))
    case _ => None
  }
}

object AccountsClient {
  def apply[F[_] : ApplicativeThrow](executor: StreamingCloudflareApiExecutor[F]): AccountsClient[F] = new AccountsClientImpl[F](executor)

  val uriRegex: Regex = """https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/(.+?)""".r
}

object AccountsClientImpl {
  val notFoundCodes = List(1003)
}

class AccountsClientImpl[F[_]: ApplicativeThrow](executor: StreamingCloudflareApiExecutor[F]) extends AccountsClient[F] with Http4sClientDsl[F] {
  override def list(): Stream[F, Account] = {
    for {
      record <- executor.fetch[AccountDTO](GET(BaseUrl / "accounts" withQueryParam("direction", "asc")))
    } yield record
  }

  override def getById(accountId: String): Stream[F, Account] =
    for {
      res <- executor.fetch[AccountDTO](GET(BaseUrl / "accounts" / accountId)).returningEmptyOnErrorCodes(notFoundCodes: _*)
    } yield res

  override def getByName(name: String): Stream[F, Account] = {
    list()
      .filter(a => a.name.toUpperCase == name.toUpperCase)
  }

  override def listRoles(accountId: AccountId): Stream[F, AccountRole] = {
    for {
      record <- executor.fetch[AccountRoleDTO](GET(BaseUrl / "accounts" / accountId / "roles"))
    } yield record
  }

}

case class AccountMemberDoesNotExistException(accountId: AccountId, accountMemberId: String) extends RuntimeException(
  s"The account member $accountMemberId not found for account $accountId."
)

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Job satisfaction can be explained as a feeling that can produce two different effects that are positive or negative effects on a person's role at work. It is very important for someone to understand the concept of job satisfaction because there is no way that can be used to satisfy all workers at work (Greenberg and Baron, 2008). A combination of feelings including a person's mental, emotional, and physical (George and Jones, 2005). Job satisfaction can also be defined as an employee's emotional response to different job related factors resulting in finding pleasure, comfort, confidence, rewards, personal growth and various positive opportunities including appraisal done on a merit pattern with monetary value as compensation (Robbins ; Judge, 2007; George ; Jones, 2005). Rajesh Gautham, (2012) defined the job satisfaction as how well a job provides fulfillment of an employee needs.
Job satisfaction can be measured for variety of reasons. For example, a company may measure job satisfaction to know their employees reaction to a new policy implementation. Also, a company wants to identify which the aspect that make their employees are dissatisfied. According to the Employee Job Satisfaction and Engagement Report by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the number of employees who say they are satisfied with their current job is rising from 81% in 2013 to 88% in 2016. One of the factors is the economy improvement, since employers have been willing and able to increase the salaries, benefits for their workers such as promotion, good working condition and the good nature of work. Most company makes great efforts to achieve the employee's satisfaction but not all attain this result (Bisk Education, 2018).
Job satisfaction can be measured through interviews or with self-report measures. Self-report measures by Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ) and Job Descriptive Index (JDI). The MSQ measures satisfaction with twenty job facets. For examples they focus on supervisor competence, working conditions, task variety and chances for advancement. The JDI measures satisfaction with five job facets; the job itself, supervision, pay, promotions and coworkers. The JDI is the most popular tools that company use. In our case study we use Job Descriptive Index (JDI), refers to Appendix to measures the job satisfaction in Dobi Ibu. In that form we give the statement that represent possible feelings that individuals might have about the company or organization for which they work. We use in Bahasa Melayu because to reduce lack of communication between us.
Based on Alina Vrabie,2014, it have ten psychological factors of job satisfaction that employees need to know which are achievement, feedback, control, small daily hassles, organizational support, recognition, physical work environment, flexibility, relationship to immediate supervisor and work-life balance. But in our case of study we only discuss a few factors. The first factor is achievement. Sometimes, it can be hard for leaders to understanding their worker contribution. People feel more satisfied when they achieve something so it is important to make the employees feel that they are part of the success. If we can see, the successful of The Swiss Laundry Ltd, every one of their employees feel their success. It is because The Swiss Laundry Ltd paying much attention to employees from the organization itself to the factory workers. If we want to compare with the Dobi Ibu, the employees cannot give the accurate answer whether they are satisfied or not. Based on surveys conducted most workers choose neutral. So, the conclusions that can we can give, they are less likely to have achieved success. Likely, they were not informed about the success of the organization. Because of this, they are difficult to choose whether they are satisfied or not.
Employees' job satisfaction is a sensitive issue to daily inconvenience such as unnecessary busy work or senseless task. Although it might not seem like to much, but day-to-day irritations can really affect employee's job satisfaction. The easiest ways to change the employees dissatisfied, the organization need to ask their people what their daily inconvenience are, and address them. The employees will be grateful for it (Alina Vrabie, 2014). If we can see all the employees in Swiss Laundry Ltd. feel grateful because of the organization always take a good care of their welfare. They give the good condition of workplace. These situations make their employees feel grateful. Through a video, a worker named Linda Hortons told most of her family members work with Swiss Laundry Ltd. It started with her grandmother, her mother, her aunt which is working in office, itself, his daughter and his son-in-law as well. We can see that their worker feel proud to tell others that they are part of this organization. If we want to compare with the Dobi Ibu, the employees agree that they are proud to tell others that they are part of this organization. Based on a survey conducted on three the worker, we find out that only one worker that agree with the statement in the survey form because she is a full-time employee while another employee is part-time. Part-time workers consist of final year students and master students.
The most important factors are organizational support. The employees need to know that their workplace cares about them. This can be proved by a message from how employers treat them. Even though the company cannot offer their entire worker the benefits, the important thing is that they become aware to their organization supports them (Alina Vrabie, 2014). We can see that, Swiss Laundry Ltd; support their employee's charitable activities. This can be proved in their website, they said that there were proud to their staff's energy and enthusiasm that they put to increase the money for good ways. Swiss Laundry Ltd. Support their employees activities that match fund their success from the company profits and also they choose to organize and support charity every years (Swiss Laundry Ltd. 2010). If we want to compare with the Dobi Ibu, employees are saying that if they have problems and need help, just have to tell the boss and she will consider the problem. Often, the boss will lend a helping hand as long as she can help. Emergency leave also provides no problems because they have enough workers to handle the laundry. Obviously here, the boss provide assistance and understand the wishes of its workers.
Based on the survey and information that we obtained through the survey, we find a lot of improvements that can be done to increase the employee's satisfaction. We find that, although the company has done a lot of improvement but there are still a few of the employees still not satisfied. It is not easy to satisfy all employees but as a top-level company, it is a key task or target for them to find solutions to reduce employee dissatisfaction and to reduce employee turnover. That is why; in the article written by Gregory P. Smith he listed five ways to improve job satisfaction among employees. The five ways are provide a positive working environment, reward and recognition, involve and engage the workforce, develop worker's skills and potential and evaluate and measure job satisfaction. This is called as PRIDE system.
Leaders can increase the job satisfaction of workers, firstly by providing a positive working environment. This is a very important factor. This positive workplace can affect employees in terms of emotionally and physically. In terms of emotion, workers work in a calm state and avoid working pressure while physically, employees do not feel overwhelmed with work pressure because the facilities provided by the company are helpful to them (Gregory P. Smith, 2018). For example, the company provides adequate seating and table facilities, cafeteria, rest area, child care, transportation, money changer machine, bus passes and so on. With all the facilities provided by the company, it is able to motivate employees, work and loyal to the company.
"I can live for two months on a good compliment," said Mark Twain. This means that the head should give praise to its employees for all the efforts that have been made to complete the task given. For example, the company can hold annual dinner or family day to celebrate its employees. In the event, the company announced the best employees of the year by providing a great reward. With the occasion, it can boost the spirit of the workers to work harder to give their best in their work performances. Sometimes, small and informal celebrations are often more effective that big events once a year. In conclusion, compliments from top managements can increase the morale of employees to be more successful and to increase employee satisfaction towards a company (Gregory P. Smith, 2018).
Involve and engage the workforce is indispensable. This is because, by providing an appropriate platform, employees can contribute ideas and share their opinions in a certain project. For example, the company holds an annual idea show. During the exhibition, employees, engineers or scientists display the results of their projects and creations. From there, employees can share and exchange ideas to improve their work. The exhibition is only open to the company's employees. As a result it can create a healthy atmosphere of innovation and involve all employees to participate (Gregory P. Smith, 2018).
Training and education encourage the public and make them more productive and innovative. For example a company holds first training for new crews to train them to get used to the work. In fact, he can train employees to get used to the workplace. Then tests will be conducted to ensure that the new employee knows their strengths and weaknesses so that in the future they can improve their weaknesses. Indirectly, the training program can produce high motivation and produce skilled workers. There are many reasons why training programs are encouraged to be held. More trained and skilled workers in the field of work can be born from the program. This can minimize supervision by the superior because the quality of work is guaranteed. Employees are able to satisfy every customer even loyal to the company. Workers who understand business reduce the index of job satisfaction, complaining less, are more satisfied, and more passionate in the field of work. All this leads to better management and employee relationships (Gregory P. Smith, 2018).
Continuous assessment and never ending is the last step of the PRIDE system. Assessment is very important aimed at measuring the level of progress of its employees as well as a company and also it's also important to identify all the weaknesses and determine what needs to be improved. Continuous assessment includes, but is not limited to only employees, more focused on the company's attitude, enthusiasm, and motivation. Assessments include identifying problem areas that require a plan of improvement in terms of organizational charts to design. Satisfaction survey is done once a year to facilitate the improvement sessions conducted next year (Gregory P. Smith, 2018).


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Mood of the Consumer: GREEN SHOOTS EMERGING - 48% consumers plan to make discretionary purchases in the next 4 months with home renovation, whitegoods and travel likely to be top areas of spending
● 66% of consumers spent INR 1,000 or more during the festive season with consumer spending doing 10% better than anticipated
● Though earnings and savings are expected to be lower in FY20-21 for over 60% households; economic recovery likely driving improvement in sentiment
● 10% households expected to spend over INR 50,000 in discretionary purchases in the next 4 months
Mood of the Consumer: 48% consumers will make discretionary purchases in the next 4 months; Top areas of spending include home renovation & furnishings, white goods & travel
December 15, 2020, New Delhi: The festive season in India has ended in not so hyper-elevated celebrations dragged by one of the worst pandemics the country has endured in the last century. While many households saw their earnings and livelihood impacted during the lockdown and overall consumer spending in comparison to previous years was lower, as the economic conditions improved post August, approximately 10% more consumers ended up spending during the festive season in comparison to those who had planned to spend. India's GDP in the September quarter contracted at a slower pace that fell 7.5% from a year ago compared with the June quarter's record 23.9% contraction. GDP declined 15.7% in the first half.
LocalCircles conducted its bi-annual Mood of the Consumer survey to understand how the consumers spent this festive season, what their spending plans are for the next 4 months and where do household expect to be with their earnings and savings situation by end of FY 20-21. The survey received more than 44,000 responses from consumers across 302 districts of India. 62% respondents were men and 38% were women. 55% respondents were from tier 1, 26% from tier 2, and 19% from tier 3, 4 and rural districts. Household expenditure generally rises during festivals. The first question asked consumers, "How much did you end up spending this festive season?". 9,478 responses were received. 37% voted "INR 1,000 - 10,000", 20% voted "INR 10,001 - 50,000", 9% voted "over INR 50,000", and 33% voted "did not spend anything". Per responses, 66% consumers said they spent INR 1,000 or more during this festive season. This is a 10% increase in the percentage of consumers who spent during the festive season than those who had planned to spend. 61% of consumers in the August survey said "they will spend during the festive season".
66% consumers spent INR 1000 or more during this festive season 2020
10% more consumers spent during the festive season than originally anticipated
So "how has COVID-19 and general economic condition impacted consumers' household savings in the last 8 months (April to November 2020)?", the question asked consumers. Of 8,240 responses, 68% consumers said their household savings declined in the last 8 months during the COVID-19 pandemic. Per responses, 28% voted "reduced by 50% or more", 25% voted "reduced by 0-25%". In close to nine months of the pandemic, many consumers are yet to recover from the giant-fall in their personal finance facing job loss, salary cuts and delays.
68% consumers say their household saving declined in the last 8 months during COVID-19 pandemic
Citing the latest official data on India's GDP performance, experts suggest that there was a "V-shaped" recovery in manufacturing industries, especially in consumer durables, which has shown 0.6% growth in the September quarter against contraction of 39.3% in the first quarter. The next question was aimed at understanding the tentative amount of money consumers would spend on discretionary purchases such as four-and two-wheelers, or home renovation or home repairs, travel, etc – besides their ongoing personal finance savings, regular domestic expenses – in the period of 4 months, from December 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021. It asked, "How much do you plan to spend on discretionary products (products/ services) in the next 4 months i.e., before March 31, 2020?". Responses from 9,139 consumers were received. Per aggregate responses, 48% of consumers plan to spend, starting from the minimum amount of INR 1000 extending up to INR 50,000 on purchasing discretionary products or assets in the next 4 months. One of the big takeaways is that 10% households plan to spend over INR 50,000 on discretionary purchases in the next 4 months while 21% households plan to spend between INR 10,000-50,000 in this period. This would mean good news for many sectors of the economy who saw slowdown in consumer demand in the first six months of FY 20-21. Demand in sectors like travel, tourism, home renovation and repairs took a significant hit during this period as many remained locked in houses and were reluctant to get any home renovation work done due to the fear of the virus. Similarly, most families did not undertake travel by air, train or road due to lockdowns and spread of COVID-19.
Only 48% consumers plans to spend INR 1000 or more on discretionary purchases in the next 4 months
To understand Indian consumers' spending behaviour who plan to definitely purchase discretionary products or assets, the survey asked consumers, "What will be the major category in which you definitely plan to make discretionary purchases between now and March 31, 2020?". Responses from 8,929 consumers were received. 35% of consumers voted "home renovation and repairs", 14% each voted "whitegoods and appliances" and "travel", 12% voted "smartphone and gadgets", 7% and 2% consumers voted "real estate" and "automobile", respectively. Per result, home renovation and repairs, whitegoods and travel are top areas where consumers plan on spending in the coming 4 months.
For those consumers who plan to make discretionary purchases between now and March 31, 2021, top areas include Home Renovation and Repairs followed by Whitegoods and Travel
Given all the plans of households to spend on discretionary items or purposes, it was pertinent to get an understanding of the current financial status of households in regards to earnings. The next questions asked consumers, "Where do you see your household income for the financial year April 2020 to March 2021?", where responses from 8,060 consumers were received. Notably, 61% consumers see their household income declining in the mentioned period. Individual data suggests, 31% voted, "lower by over 25% than last year", 27 % voted "lower by 5-25%", while 25% voted "it would be the same as last year."
61% consumers see their household income declining in the financial year April 20-March 21
Mood of the Consumer: Optimism rises as 15% fewer households now expect their annual earnings to decline this year
With the economic recovery seen in the last 3 months, there is clearly a rise in optimism and 15% fewer households now expect their FY 20-21 earnings to decline in comparison to last year. While for the majority of the households, the earnings this year will be lower than last year, the real story is in the reduction of uncertainty about the future. Many are now confident that while this year has been impacted, their job has not been lost and things are getting back on track with their business or employer's business and they will likely see their earnings increase or go back to previous year levels.
Though a lot of what happens in the next 4 months will depend on what happens with spread of COVID-19 in the next 4 months and the vaccine. The COVID-19 vaccine is expected to become available in India by early February and if that happens, barring another major wave of cases not coming, it will start having a positive impact on the country's daily case load. India's daily case load which had hit almost 60,000 in September is now down to approximately 50% with most states seeing the decline. Experts believe that once India starts vaccinating the most vulnerable, i.e. the healthcare and frontline workers and the senior citizens and those with co-morbidities, the daily case load and the spread of COVID-19 will significantly decline. All of this is expected to help the Indian economy get back on its growth trajectory and keep consumer demand strong in FY 2021-22.
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44,000+ responses were received from citizens across 302 districts of India. 62% respondents were men while 38% respondents were women. 55% respondents were from tier 1, 26% from tier 2 and 19% respondents were from tier 3, 4 and rural districts. The survey was conducted via LocalCircles platform and all participants are validated citizens who had to be registered with LocalCircles to participate in this survey.
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He is survived by his wife of 32 years, Christia Reynolds Foley, and his three children, Jordon Foley and fiancé Sydney Blanks, Melea Foley and Heather Foley.
Michael was raised by Gertrude Foley in San Rafael, Calif., where he found his love of roller skating and his fear of Catholic nun school teachers. Michael "traveled east" to North Carolina while serving in the 82nd Airborne of the U.S. Army and, after discovering his love of Southern breakfast food, decided to call it home. He followed his passion for roller-skating both by coaching international skating teams and opening skating centers in North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. It was at his Roll-A-Bout skating center in Collinsville, Va., where Michael met his wife Christia. Michael was an avid sports fan and a glutton for punishment as his favorite team was Wake Forest. He had a passion for golf and was a member at Forest Oaks Country Club for many years.
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Q: Test class no inserting object I have a test class that seems not to be inserting some setup objects I need for the test.
My test class is as follows:
@isTest(seealldata=false) private class Alertas_The_Influence_isTest{
public static String CRON_EXP = '0 0 0 15 3 ? 2022'; @testsetup static void createtestdata(){
System.runAs ( new User(Id = UserInfo.getUserId()) ) {

UserRole rol1 = new UserRole();
rol1.Name     = 'Tech Ninja';
UserRole rol2 = new UserRole();
rol2.Name     = 'Success Manager';
UserRole rol3 = new UserRole();
rol3.Name     = 'Inside Sales';
UserRole rol4 = new UserRole();
rol4.Name     = 'Country Manager';
UserRole rol5 = new UserRole();
rol5.Name     = 'Head of Challenges';
UserRole rol6 = new UserRole();
rol6.Name     = 'Asistente Administrativo';
UserRole rol7 = new UserRole();
rol7.Name     = 'Head of IT';

insert rol1;
insert rol2;
insert rol3;
insert rol4;
insert rol5;
insert rol6;
insert rol7;

user u = new user();
u.LastName = 'Test Code';
u.Email = 'test@test.com';
u.Alias = 'Tcode1';
u.Username = Crypto.getRandomLong()+'@'+Crypto.getRandomLong()+'.abc';
u.CommunityNickname = 'test121';
u.LocaleSidKey = 'en_US';
u.TimeZoneSidKey = 'GMT';
u.ProfileID = '00e36000000ao2F';
u.LanguageLocaleKey = 'en_US';
u.EmailEncodingKey = 'UTF-8';
u.UserRoleID = rol1.id;
insert u;

user us = new user();
us.LastName = 'Test Code';
us.Email = 'test@test.com';
us.Alias = 'Tcode2';
us.Username = Crypto.getRandomLong()+'@'+Crypto.getRandomLong()+'.abc';
us.CommunityNickname = 'test122';
us.LocaleSidKey = 'en_US';
us.TimeZoneSidKey = 'GMT';
us.ProfileID = '00e36000000ao2F';
us.LanguageLocaleKey = 'en_US';
us.EmailEncodingKey = 'UTF-8';
us.UserRoleID = rol3.id;
insert us;

user use = new user();
use.LastName = 'Test Code';
use.Email = 'test@test.com';
use.Alias = 'Tcode3';
use.Username = Crypto.getRandomLong()+'@'+Crypto.getRandomLong()+'.abc';
use.CommunityNickname = 'test123';
use.LocaleSidKey = 'en_US';
use.TimeZoneSidKey = 'GMT';
use.ProfileID = '00e36000000ao2F';
use.LanguageLocaleKey = 'en_US';
use.EmailEncodingKey = 'UTF-8';
use.UserRoleID = rol6.id;
insert use;

user usi = new user();
usi.LastName = 'Test Code';
usi.Email = 'test@test.com';
usi.Alias = 'Tcode4';
usi.Username = Crypto.getRandomLong()+'@'+Crypto.getRandomLong()+'.abc';
usi.CommunityNickname = 'test1234';
usi.LocaleSidKey = 'en_US';
usi.TimeZoneSidKey = 'GMT';
usi.ProfileID = '00e36000000ao2F';
usi.LanguageLocaleKey = 'en_US';
usi.EmailEncodingKey = 'UTF-8';
usi.UserRoleID = rol7.id;
insert usi;

task ta         = new task();
ta.OwnerID      = u.Id;
ta.ActivityDate = Date.Today();
ta.Status       = 'Open';
insert ta;

task tai         = new task();
tai.OwnerID      = usi.Id;
tai.ActivityDate = Date.Today();
tai.Status       = 'Open';
insert tai;

task tas         = new task();
tas.OwnerID      = us.Id;
tas.ActivityDate = Date.Today();
tas.Status       = 'Open';
insert tas;

task tas1         = new task();
tas1.OwnerId      = use.Id;
tas1.ActivityDate = Date.Today();
tas1.Status       = 'Open';
insert tas1;

task tas2              = new task();
tas2.OwnerId           = u.Id;
tas2.ActivityDate      = Date.Today();
tas2.Status            = 'Completed';
tas2.Task_Terminado__c = Date.Today();
tas2.DEMO_BANT__c      = TRUE;
insert tas2;
}
}
static testmethod void test1(){
Test.startTest();
    system.schedule('test job', CRON_EXP, new Alertas_The_Influence());
Test.stopTest();
}
}

The issue here is that when I run the test, the queries on my tested class should return the tasks I created on the test class but return a size 0 list like if the tasks where never inserted. I use the System.runAs method to escape a DML error. What could be happening here?
Here's my class:
global class Alertas_The_Influence implements Schedulable {
global void execute(SchedulableContext SC) {

    UserRole Tech_Ninja                = [SELECT Id from UserRole where Name='Tech Ninja' limit 1];
    UserRole Success_Manager           = [SELECT Id from UserRole where Name='Success Manager' limit 1];
    UserRole Inside_Sales              = [SELECT Id from UserRole where Name='Inside Sales' limit 1];
    UserRole Country_Manager           = [SELECT Id from UserRole where Name='Country Manager' limit 1];
    UserRole Head_Challenges           = [SELECT Id from UserRole where Name='Head of Challenges' limit 1];
    UserRole Asistente_Administrativo  = [SELECT Id from UserRole where Name='Asistente Administrativo' limit 1];
    UserRole Head_IT                   = [SELECT Id from UserRole where Name='Head of IT' limit 1];

    List <User> Servicio  = [Select ID, Name From User Where IsActive=TRUE And (UserRoleId =: tech_Ninja.Id OR UserRoleId =: Success_Manager.Id)];
    List <User> Comercial = [Select ID, Name From User Where IsActive=TRUE And (UserRoleId =: Inside_Sales.Id OR UserRoleId =: Country_Manager.Id or UserRoleId =: Head_Challenges.Id)];
    List <User> Admin     = [Select ID, Name From User Where IsActive=TRUE And UserRoleId =: Asistente_Administrativo.Id];
    User IT               = [Select ID, Name From User Where IsActive=TRUE And UserRoleId =: Head_IT.Id limit 1];

    List<List<Task>> Tareas_Servicio = new List<List<Task>>();
    For (User Us : Servicio){
        List <Task> ta = [Select Id, ActivityDate, Who.name, subject, status, OwnerId, Owner.name From task Where ActivityDate=:Date.today() and OwnerId=:us.id and status!='Completed'];
        if (!ta.isEmpty()){
            Tareas_Servicio.add(ta);
        }
    }

    List<List<Task>> Tareas_Comercial = new List<List<Task>>();
    For (User Us : Comercial){
        List <Task> ta = [Select Id, ActivityDate,Who.name, subject, status, OwnerId, Owner.name From task Where ActivityDate=:Date.today() and OwnerId=:us.id and status!='Completed'];
        if (!ta.isEmpty()){
            Tareas_Comercial.add(ta);

        }

    }

    List<List<Task>> Tareas_Admin = new List<List<Task>>();
    For (User Us : Admin){
        List <Task> ta = [Select Id, ActivityDate, Who.name, subject, status, OwnerId, Owner.name From task Where ActivityDate=:Date.today() and OwnerId=:us.id and status!='Completed'];
        if (!ta.isEmpty()){
            Tareas_Admin.add(ta);
        }

    }

    integer  dia_mes    = Date.today().day();
    Datetime dia        = Date.Today();
    string   dia_semana = dia.format('u');
    String[] toAddresses1 = new String[] {'jcampo@theinfluence.co'};
    String[] toAddresses2 = new String[] {'jvaldes@theinfluence.co'};
    String[] toAddresses3 = new String[] {'e@theinfluence.co'};
    string subject = 'Tareas Incompletas Departamento Comercial

';
    Messaging.SingleEmailMessage mail = new Messaging.SingleEmailMessage();

    list <task> TIT = [Select Id, ActivityDate, Who.name, subject, status, OwnerId, Owner.name From task Where ActivityDate=:Date.today() and OwnerId=:IT.id and status!='Completed'];
    if(TIT.size()>0){
        mail.setToAddresses(toAddresses3);
        mail.setSenderDisplayName('Alertas The Influence');
        mail.setSubject('Alerta Tareas Incompletas IT ');
        subject = 'Tareas Incompletas IT

Victor: '+TIT.size();
        subject = subject+'

Haz click aquí para ver el reporte.';
        mail.setHtmlBody(subject);
        Messaging.sendEmail(new Messaging.SingleEmailMessage[] { mail });

    }

            for (integer k = 0;k < Tareas_Comercial.size(); k++){
                if(Tareas_Comercial[k].size()>0) {
                    string nombre = Tareas_Comercial[K][0].Owner.name;
                    subject = subject + nombre + ': ' + Tareas_Comercial[k].size()+'
';

                }
            }
    if(Tareas_Comercial.size()>0){

                    mail.setToAddresses(toAddresses1);
                    mail.setCCAddresses(toAddresses2);
                    mail.setSenderDisplayName('Alertas The Influence');
                    mail.setSubject('Alerta Tareas Incompletas Comercial ');
                    subject = subject+'

Haz click aquí para ver el reporte.';
                    mail.setHtmlBody(subject);
                    Messaging.sendEmail(new Messaging.SingleEmailMessage[] { mail });

    }

            subject = 'Tareas Incompletas Departamento Servicio

';
            for (integer k = 0;k < Tareas_Servicio.size(); k++){
                if(Tareas_Servicio[k].size()>0) {
                    string nombre = Tareas_Servicio[K][0].Owner.name;
                    subject = subject + nombre + ': ' + Tareas_Servicio[k].size()+'
';

                }
            }

    If(Tareas_Servicio.size()>0){

                    mail.setToAddresses(toAddresses3);
                    mail.setCCAddresses(toAddresses2);
                    mail.setSenderDisplayName('Alertas The Influence');
                    mail.setSubject('Alerta Tareas Incompletas Servicio');
                    subject = subject+'

Haz click aquí para ver el reporte.';
                    mail.setHtmlBody(subject);
                    Messaging.sendEmail(new Messaging.SingleEmailMessage[] { mail });
    }

            subject = 'Tareas Incompletas Departamento Admin

';
            for (integer k = 0;k < Tareas_Admin.size(); k++){
                if(Tareas_Admin[k].size()>0) {
                    string nombre = Tareas_Admin[K][0].Owner.name;
                    subject = subject + nombre + ': ' + Tareas_Admin[k].size()+'
';

                }
            }
    if(Tareas_Admin.size()>0){

                    mail.setToAddresses(toAddresses3);
                    mail.setCCAddresses(toAddresses2);
                    mail.setSenderDisplayName('Alertas The Influence');
                    mail.setSubject('Alerta Tareas Incompletas Admin');
                    subject = subject+'

Haz click aquí para ver el reporte.';
                    mail.setHtmlBody(subject);
                    Messaging.sendEmail(new Messaging.SingleEmailMessage[] { mail });

    }

        List <Task> Demos = [Select Id, ActivityDate, Who.name, subject, status, OwnerId, Task_Terminado__c, DEMO_BANT__c From Task Where Status='Completed' and Task_Terminado__c=:Date.today() and DEMO_BANT__c=TRUE];

    IF(Demos.size()<3){
        String[] toAddresses4 = new String[] {'jcampo@theinfluence.co'};
        subject = 'No se llegaron a marcar 3 demos el dia de hoy

';
        mail.setToAddresses(toAddresses4);
        mail.setCCAddresses(toAddresses4);
        mail.setSenderDisplayName('Alertas The Influence');
        mail.setSubject('Alerta Demos Inside Sales');
        mail.setHtmlBody(subject);
        Messaging.sendEmail(new Messaging.SingleEmailMessage[] {mail});

    }

}

}

A: I just ran your code with this change to the test method:
static testmethod void test1() {
    Test.startTest();
    System.assertEquals(5, [select count() from Task]);
    // system.schedule('test job', CRON_EXP, new Alertas_The_Influence());
    Test.stopTest();
}

that demonstrates that the Tasks are being created and are visible in the test method. So the problem lies in Alertas_The_Influence class you are testing (and did not post in your question) not the test class.
(I did also check that the assertion runs and passes if done in a Schedulable.)

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Fancy Flying a Spaceship?
Mike Wheatley - April 26th, 2011 02:02 am
Space dreamer Richard Branson. Image courtesy of Heraldo Richard Branson modeling the new SpaceShipTwo
Space dreamer Richard Branson. Image courtesy of Heraldo
Sir Richard Branson, the ambitious and ever so slightly eccentric founder of the Virgin Galactic space tourism firm, has put out a call for daredevil starship pilots to make his starry eyed dreams a reality.
The world's first ever commercial 'spaceline' is now looking for qualified pilots to navigate its WhiteKnightTwo mother ship and SpaceShipTwo spacecraft.
One unnamed source at Virgin Galactic, controlled by Branson's Virgin Group, says that its plan to launch sub-orbital space flights to paying space tourists is well underway and they hope to finally begin commercial flights either later this year or in 2012.
The company is looking for pilots to take part in development testing, the source revealed.
They are seeking test pilots with a minimum 3,000 hours flying experience, who have graduated from well known flight schools. While previous space flight experience is definitely a plus, it is not required.
The suborbital flights, which can be booked now on the company's website, will cost $200,00 per person. The flights will allow paying passengers to experience weightlessness as the SpaceShipTwo craft enters the upper reaches of the Earth's atmosphere.
SpaceShipTwo's design was based on its predecessor, SpaceShipOne, which became the first privately manned spacecraft to reach outer space in 2004.
Virgin Galactic also plan to provide orbital spaceflights for human passengers in the future.
Budding space-flyers are encouraged to contact Virgin Galactic directly.
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Even if the milonga is a musical genre closely related to habanera and tango, in Argentina it also refers to the place where tango lovers go dancing. In the hall, there are orchestras or musicians playing live and some of them offer tango lessons even if this is a specific practice in the academies. The milonga porteña has its own codes and rituals, but it also defines a tango style: the tango milonguero, which differs from stylized tango, more characteristic of tango shows.
Many places in Buenos Aires invite visitors to enjoy tango dinner shows in which, along with a national and international gastronomic proposal introduce dancers, singers and orchestras displaying the grace and the glamour of this musical genre from the Río de la Plata area. Here, tango shows off before those who come along to appreciate its charm. And logically, it gets all the applause.
Cultura Cercana Lavalle 1546 - P. 5° of. F, Ciudad de Buenos Aires.
We take you down to the sites where the Argentinians get together to dance and listen to tango in a natural and spontaneous way, not choreographic (tango salón).
Tango Porteño Cerrito 570, Ciudad de Buenos Aires.
A beautiful place to enjoy Argentinian tango. Just a few meters away from the porteño obelisk, where the old and beloved Cine Metro used to stand, Tango Porteño offers everything for visitors to enjoy an excellent evening: dinner and tango show live with the best singers and dancers in town.
Señor Tango Vieytes 1655 - Barracas, Barracas - Ciudad de Buenos Aires.
Inspired by the tango singer Fernando Soler. Live shows with excellent staging. Its large halls can accommodate 1,500 people. Neat gastronomy.
Rojo Tango Martha Salloti 445 - Puerto Madero, Ciudad de Buenos Aires.
At the exclusive Hotel Faena, an international show displays the beginnings of tango in 1900 to the times of Piazzolla.
Piazzolla Tango Florida 165 - Galería Güemes, Microcentro, Ciudad de Buenos Aires.
Art and show center in the historical General Güemes porteño gallery. Tango academy, art gallery and store. Café Triunfal for conventions and events.
Madero Tango A. M. de Justo y Brasil - Dique 1 - Pto. Madero, Puerto Madero - Ciudad de Buenos Aires.
The best tango artists and orchestras live, accompanied by exquisite Argentinian signature cuisine.
La Ventana Balcarce 431 - San Telmo, Ciudad de Buenos Aires.
Tango show and dinner in an old restored conventillo. Four rooms with tango singers and orchestras, bands and folk ballet. Classical grilled meat, international menu and regional dishes.
Esquina Homero Manzi Av. San Juan 3601, Ciudad de Buenos Aires.
A place where an art gallery, shows, tango lessons and international cuisine co-exist. Private parking and trasportation service.
Esquina Carlos Gardel Carlos Gardel 3200, Almagro - Ciudad de Buenos Aires.
Opposite the Abasto, classical tango place. Live shows with dancers, singers and orchestras. Cuisine with renovated Creole and international dishes.
El Viejo Almacén Av. Independencia y Balcarce - San Telmo, Ciudad de Buenos Aires.
A traditional tango place, founded by tango singer Edmundo Rivero in 1969. National and international à la carte gastronomy. Private parking.
El Querandí Perú 302 - Monserrat, Ciudad de Buenos Aires.
A large house from 1920 declared historical monument. Dinner with delicious international à la carte menu and exclusive wines. "Nuestro tango" show presented by excellent dancers.
Complejo Tango Av. Belgrano 2608 – Balvanera, Ciudad de Buenos Aires.
Tango show with orchestras directed by great masters, dancers and singers. The menu includes international and typical dishes. Dancing academy with private and group lessons.
Boca Tango Brandsen 923 – La Boca, Ciudad de Buenos Aires.
Next to the mythical Boca Juniors Stadium, BocaTango offers dinner in a spectacular restaurant serving typical countryside meals, an amusing farce in the conventillo and a spectacular tango show at Café de los Vitraux, the most beautiful cabaret in Buenos Aires. Enjoy a unique night in the company of more than 30 artists.
Tango Ideal Suipacha 380, San Nicolás - Prov. de Buenos Aires.
live orchestras and dancers show at the Ideal coffee-shop, declared historical heritage.
Sin Rumbo José P. Tamborini 6157, Villa Urquiza - Ciudad de Buenos Aires.
Traditional large room with great masters. Buffet and bar service. Surveilled parking.
Salón Canning Scalabrini Ortiz 1331, Palermo - Ciudad de Buenos Aires.
Tango and other rhythms with live orchestras.
Rouge Tango Scalabrini Ortiz 1331, Palermo - Ciudad de Buenos Aires.
t the Canning Dancing Hall. Air conditioning.
Porteño y bailarín Riobamba 345, Balvanera - Ciudad de Buenos Aires.
Conditioned hall. Programs with musicians, singers and career artists.
Parakultural (La Catedral) Sarmiento 4006, Almagro - Ciudad de Buenos Aires.
Niño bien Humberto Primo 1462, Constitución - Ciudad de Buenos Aires.
Thursday Milonga and Tango classes.
Malevaje Venezuela 2939, Balvanera - Ciudad de Buenos Aires.
at the Carbonería, a hall from 1901, tango milonguero and tango de salón. Young orchestras, plastic artists and singers. Bar with homemade dishes and Italian menu.
La Marshall (Milonga gay) Maipú 444, Almagro - Ciudad de Buenos Aires.
Milonga from 10pm. Intensive courses and artistic and cultural display.
La Baldosa Ramón L. Falcón 2750, .
Essa Milonga Córdoba 5064, Ciudad de Buenos Aires.
This is a new tango space whose purpose is to break with all the traditional schemes of the milonga in order to generate a joyful and visually esthetic environment.
The Club Villa Malcolm's ballroom has been decorated as an old cantina, with colorful lamp garlands and pennants. Dancing lessons, always in charge of prestigious instructors, videoart and special shows certainly make all the difference.
El Arranque Bartolomé Mitre 1759, San Nicolás - Prov. de Buenos Aires.
Club Gricel La Rioja 1180, San Cristobal - Ciudad de Buenos Aires.
Milonga on Fridays and Saturdays.
Centro Cultural Torcuato Tasso Defensa 1575, San Telmo - Ciudad de Buenos Aires.
Legendary place where the tango was born over a hundred years ago. Live orchestras.
Times and prices have been provided by each venue and they are subject to modifications without prior notice.
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Q: Column values based on month and year of 'date' column I am working on a dataframe having above 25000 rows. The data spans between 2012 to 2021. In this I have a column date. I want to create another column called assessmentYear(AY), Where year, and month from a date column should be used to create values. Each assessment year starts from October of a given year, and closes at May of next year. I have used pandas.dt.year, and pandas.dt.month_name for retrieving these values to separate columns. However, I am not able to store values in AY column (AY1, AY2, AY3..) based on the assessment period.
I am sharing sample of Date column as dictionary in the below snippet.
{
 1: '2019-09-19',
 2: '2019-09-20',
 3: '2019-10-29',
 4: '2019-10-30',
 5: '2020-04-01',
 6: '2020-04-02',
 7: '2020-04-03',
 8: '2020-04-04',
 9: '2020-11-05',
 10: '2020-11-06',
 11: '2020-11-07',
 12: '2020-11-08',
 13: '2020-11-09',
 14: '2021-04-10',
 15: '2021-04-11',
 16: '2021-04-12',
 }

Upto row 2 in the above dictionary should be assigned a value AY1, then upto it is AY2, and remaining rows should be assigned a value AY3 in the column AY. Instead of relying on index, I am looking to implement this based on date column, as the dates are varying dynamically in real dataset. I would appreciate any help on how to proceed with this problem.

A: Use to_period to convert as quarter and qyear to a fiscal year:
fyear = pd.to_datetime(df['Date']).dt.to_period('Q-SEP').dt.qyear
df['AY'] = 'AY' + df.groupby(fyear).ngroup().add(1).astype(str)
print(df)

# Output
          Date   AY
1   2019-09-19  AY1
2   2019-09-20  AY1
3   2019-10-29  AY2
4   2019-10-30  AY2
5   2020-04-01  AY2
6   2020-04-02  AY2
7   2020-04-03  AY2
8   2020-04-04  AY2
9   2020-11-05  AY3
10  2020-11-06  AY3
11  2020-11-07  AY3
12  2020-11-08  AY3
13  2020-11-09  AY3
14  2021-04-10  AY3
15  2021-04-11  AY3
16  2021-04-12  AY3


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Industry revenue of »recovery of sorted materials« in Poland 2011-2023
This statistic shows the revenue of the industry »recovery of sorted materials« in Poland from 2011 to 2016, with a forecast to 2023. It is projected that the revenue of recovery of sorted materials in Poland will amount to approximately 1.101,3 million U.S. Dollars by 2023.
Industry revenue of »recovery of sorted materials« in Poland from 2011 to 2023 (in million U.S. Dollars)
The industry classification is based on the NACE Rev.2 - system in Poland. The industry "recovery of sorted materials" has the code "E3832".
Recovery of municipal solid waste: selected materials U.S. 1960-2018
Operating revenue of Waste Management Inc 2007-2019
U.S. municipal solid waste recycling per person 1960-2018
Recovery rate for recycling of municipal solid waste in the United States 2018
Statistics on "Recycling in the U.S."
Global recycling rates of municipal solid waste 2017, by key country
PET plastic bottle recycling rates in select countries 2018
Global recycling rate of permanent materials by region 2015-2017
Global e-waste collected & recycled by major country 2017
Key data on global plastics recycling businesses by select country 2017
Global market value of waste recycling 2017-2024
U.S. recycling of postconsumer bottles 2010-2017
U.S. plastic bottles available and recycled 2000-2017
Recycled scrap - selected metals in the U.S. 2017
U.S. recovered postconsumer film volume 2005-2018
U.S. share of recycled-non bottle rigid plastic by source 2018
Recycling rates in the U.S. by select product 2018
U.S. gross recycling rate: bottles collected for recycling 2000-2017
Recycled metals - percentage in the U.S. 2017
U.S. paper and paperboard recycling rate 1990-2019
Reported rate of recycling among U.S. adults by age group 2019
U.S. waste industry recycling service offerings 2016-2019
Waste Management Inc revenue mix distribution 2019
Revenue of Republic Services 2010-2019
Revenue of Republic Services' recycling processing and commodity sales 2016-2019
Revenue of Waste Connections, Inc. 2013-2019
Revenue of Waste Connections, Inc. by segment 2019
Industry revenue of "recovery of sorted materials" in the United Kingdom 2012-2024
Forecast: sorted material recovery revenue Poland 2008-2018
Industry revenue of »recovery of sorted materials« in Hungary 2011-2023
Industry revenue of "recovery of sorted materials" in Portugal 2011-2023
Industry revenue of »recovery of sorted materials« in Romania 2011-2023
Industry revenue of "recovery of sorted materials" in Denmark 2012-2024
Industry revenue of "recovery of sorted materials" in France 2012-2024
Industry revenue of "recovery of sorted materials" in Italy 2012-2024
Industry revenue of »recovery of sorted materials« in Norway 2011-2023
Forecast: sorted material recovery revenue South Africa 2008-2018
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Eurostat. (April 1, 2019). Industry revenue of »recovery of sorted materials« in Poland from 2011 to 2023 (in million U.S. Dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 15, 2021, from https://www.statista.com/forecasts/394826/recovery-of-sorted-materials-revenue-in-poland
Eurostat. "Industry revenue of »recovery of sorted materials« in Poland from 2011 to 2023 (in million U.S. Dollars)." Chart. April 1, 2019. Statista. Accessed January 15, 2021. https://www.statista.com/forecasts/394826/recovery-of-sorted-materials-revenue-in-poland
Eurostat. (2019). Industry revenue of »recovery of sorted materials« in Poland from 2011 to 2023 (in million U.S. Dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 15, 2021. https://www.statista.com/forecasts/394826/recovery-of-sorted-materials-revenue-in-poland
Eurostat. "Industry Revenue of »recovery of Sorted Materials« in Poland from 2011 to 2023 (in Million U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Apr 2019, https://www.statista.com/forecasts/394826/recovery-of-sorted-materials-revenue-in-poland
Eurostat, Industry revenue of »recovery of sorted materials« in Poland from 2011 to 2023 (in million U.S. Dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/forecasts/394826/recovery-of-sorted-materials-revenue-in-poland (last visited January 15, 2021)


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Society at a Glance: Asia/Pacific
Society at a Glance: Asia/Pacific 2019
Public social spending in Asia/Pacific is about one-third of the OECD average
This is the fourth edition of Society at a Glance Asia/Pacific, the OECD's overview of social indicators for the region. The report addresses the growing demand for quantitative evidence on social well-being and its trends across countries in Asia and the Pacific. Chapter 1 introduces this volume and provides readers with a guide to help them interpret OECD social indicators. Chapter 2 focuses on issues around extending coverage and the future of social protection in Asia and the Pacific. Already, there are many workers in Asia and the Pacific whose job does not entitle them to social and health supports. Digitalisation and changes in the nature of work may lead to further job-loss, but also increase economic labour market and economic inequalities between high- and low-skilled workers; workers with and without access to social benefits. These rising inequalities will further challenge social policy development in its quest to get support to those who need it most. The chapter includes some country programme examples to illustrate possible policy responses. Chapter 3 to 7 each present five indicators on general context, self-sufficiency, equity, health and social cohesion.
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I used to work in a record store in Seattle, and every couple months we would get these free movie passes that we were to give out for sneak previews..The weekly paper would advertise a list of shops that would have them and the date you could pick them up..On the day that we were to distribute them to the public there would always be a group of the strangest people waiting for the shop to open to get their free pass. They all seemed to know each other and would just be hanging out about a half hour before we opened, smoking cigarettes and cracking jokes, maybe talking about the last movie they went and saw or what was coming up..It didnt matter if the movie was Airbud, they would always be there early...So yeah, I was kind of hoping the myspace show might have been filled with those movie pass people of yesterday..But it was not..the show was really fun anyway and there were a lot of awesome kids there..If you went to the show last night, thanks for making it great.
I gave away my old speaker cab last night..I have had it for 10 years and it was time for it to have a new home.
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Dollars. Cents. The Ringgit. The Pocket. When it comes to printing and the trail of consumables that follow, cost over medium to long term is a major concern when considering a printer purchase. The trend by manufacturers has generally been to lower cost of ownership by offering printers for dirt-cheap prices, then profit from consumables and accessories. So what if there existed a workhorse that was cheap to buy, then even cheaper to run? What if this printer with its special ink technology could print up to 600 pages per cartridge? Read on.
Global printing leader HP has done just that with its all-new HP Ink Advantage System, featuring its innovative ultra low-cost, high capacity ink system, which launched recently at the Curve. Complementing this ink system are the new HP Deskjet Ink Advantage K209a and HP Deskjet Ink Advantage 2060 All-in-One printers.
I was given a K209a test unit for a few days.
Installing the K703 ink cartridges was effortless. The bundled installer CD contained the necessary drivers and print utility. Installed without a cinch on my MacBook Pro running Mac OS X 10.6.7. Within minutes I was already printing my first test page. What I noticed is that printing performance is snappy. While the printer is a little frantic and noisy as it picks up the paper and rolls it in, the speed and quality is certainly welcomed. I tested using different settings, first using fast draft in black and white, then gradually building up to fast draft, then quality print in colour.
Fast drafts in black and white were very quick to print, but blacks were desaturated, for obvious reasons. Great for printing notes and plain text documents. Fast draft is better for general documents. Quality prints took up longer time to print but offered much crisper and sharper text and color vibrant, even on plain paper. I didn't get a chance to test it on photo quality paper, but as far as my experience with HP printers over the years, I expect that to be top notch.
I didn't have 600 pages of documents to print, however, HP's internal claims with page yields for the black cartridge are to industry standards (ISO/IEC 24711). Under the ISO 24711 testing guidelines, a standard set of five 8 1/2 x 11 pages is printed continuously until the cartridge reaches end-of-life. ISO standard page are used only as a starting point for comparison purposes, and not to predict the actual yield the HP printer and cartridge. Actual yield varies considerably based on the content of printed pages, frequency of printing, ink used in printer set-up and other factors. HP has a separate yield standard for photo printing.
Regardless, 600 pages per cartridge is impressive. What's more impressive is the price of both the black and tri-colour ink cartridges in the Ink Advantage Series (HP703 / HP704) a value-for-money RM27 (RRP). Very light on the pocket. Perfect for home and SOHO use.
Where the Deskjet K209a printer is concerned, I'm pretty impressed with it as an AIO (All-in-One). I currently use a HP OfficeJet 5610 in the office which has fax functions built-in. While the K209a lacks telephony, it is still a good entry-level all-rounder. If you're in the market for an affordable AIO printer, give the Deskjet K209a and Deskjet K2060 with HP Ink Advantage System a shot. It works!


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Occhio helped Etyope with the definition and implementation of its digital strategy. Etyope is a marketplace designed to promote French crafts and art. The goal is to use the power of digital broadcasting to support and promote crafts and artistic creation as a whole.
The objective was to increase the sales of e-commerce through the acquisition of a community attached to the values put forward by Etyope. The challenge of this client was to define a customized strategy of e-merchandising & brand communication for its target.
SEA Campaigns
The traffic has been multiplied by 6 during the campaigns
Basket Items
The average shopping basket has been multiplied by 2
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The CPC has decreased by 25 percent in 3 months
To increase the visibility of the e-commerce and the artisan's partners, several approaches have been adopted:
Traffic campaigns on Facebook to increase sales. The implementation of a strategic calendar for these ads has made it possible to optimize Etyope's budgets. In particular by conducting campaigns at key moments for the e-commerce site: fathers' day, mothers' day, Christmas…
An approach of A/B testing on products, audiences, and texts helped to define and implement a relevant strategy of e-merchandising. In total, more than 400 A/B tests provided a clear vision of the products to promote to increase the number of sales.
The acquisition of a committed community has allowed multiplying by 6 traffic on the e-commerce during campaigns. Thanks to the A/B tests, the CTR has been multiplied by 2 and the optimization of the campaigns made it possible to reduce the CPC by 25%. All the actions carried out also led to an increase in the average basket from 30 to 60 euros.


We're excited to be heading into another year of business!! Many people still ask how we came up with our name 7 Stars and where did we get all the Star Wars decor from?
Owners Paul and Marya have 5 kids and all together, they are the 7 Stars. Paul has always been a huge fan of Star Wars and an avid collector. Paul and Marya were married in a Star Wars ceremony and the latest addition to their family is their son Luke, so Star Wars has always been important in their lives.
We've been excited to host many celebrations! We offer custom drink menus (we've done Star Wars, Naughty Princess, and a Totally Inappropriate Drink Menu, to name a few). We've hosted many theme parties too and we love participating and encouraging the themes. We've also had a great turn out for our May the Fourth Parties and Specialty Trivia Nights (such as Harry Potter, Marvel, Game of Thrones and more.) We also started hosting monthly Rock Band Nights.
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Inspiring Stories Of Amputees Who Successfully Got Their Lives Back On Track
Losing a limb is undeniably a difficult situation to face; patients usually feel a profound sense of loss, decreased self-esteem and some may even develop depression. It will take time for amputees to finally accept that the limb that they have lost will never return and get on with their lives the best way that they can. A positive mindset coupled with physical rehabilitation will speed up the recovery process. It is also important that family and friends offer support to patients who may feel overwhelmed with the change.
Here are some inspirational stories of amputees who have successfully gotten their lives back on track. Amputee patients can take inspiration from these stories of fellow amputees who have gone through the same experience of having a limb removed due to illness or trauma, and know that they are not alone in their journey to recovery.
Quadruple Amputee War Veteran
War veteran Staff Sergeant Travis Mills lost all four of his limbs while serving in the Army, having been injured by an explosive device while fighting in Afghanistan. Despite his horrific injuries, Mills was walking 7 weeks after having both arms and legs amputated. Prosthetics now take the weight of his 250-pound build and his motivational story has been made into a documentary "Travis: a Soldier's Story". Mills has also started the "Travis Mills Foundation" that helps military men deal with post-injury recovery, both physically and emotionally. Not only has Travis Mills inspired many others with his own miraculous recovery; he is now also assisting other wounded war veterans and sharing his story with the rest of the world.
15-year-old Cancer and Amputee Survivor Ballerina
Ballerina Gabi Shull had most of her leg amputated when she was 9 after a knee injury led doctors to discover cancer. In order to allow her to continue her active lifestyle and her love for ballet, doctors performed a rare procedure known as Rotationplasty where the knee joint is removed with the lower leg and foot rotated 180 degrees after which it is rejoined to the thigh. This allows the entire part to take on the functions of a knee which makes for more flexibility. Gabi is now 15 and attends numerous dance classes in addition to ballet classes. She also actively participates in dance competitions and her mother told Fitness Magazine that the life that she leads now is exactly the life she would have led had she not had her leg amputated.
Survivor of the Boston Marathon Bombings
Rebekah Gregory had her left leg amputated after falling victim to terrorist bombings at the 2013 Boston Marathon. A mere 2 years after that horrifying incident, Rebekah had already completed yet another marathon – the UNESCO Cities Marathon held in Italy. In 2016, she also gave birth to her second child who is also her first since having her leg amputated, against all odds as she had been told by doctors that it would be difficult for her to have another child after her injury. Rebekah is definitely an example of an amputee survivor who has gotten her life back on track.
For amputees, the loss of a limb may put them through emotions similar to those felt when one is grieving. There are 5 stages of grieving and they are:
Denial – the patient will be unable to accept what has happened to him/her
Anger – "why me?" is the most commonly asked question by patients at this stage of grief. They may also act out in frustration.
Bargaining – the patient will seek solutions to counteract what has happened and may negotiate with doctors to help ease their problem
Depression – hopelessness sets in and the patient will feel like there is nothing that can be helped and lose faith in a bright future
Acceptance – positivity starts to shine through and the patient will finally accept that because there is no way of reversing what has happened, it would be best to make the best of it
It will take time and effort to get to the last stage of acceptance. But once a patient shows signs of positivity, it is important to direct them on the right path to recovery and to reclaim normalcy in their lives. Life goes on even after an amputation; in fact, it can be lived even better than before. Read more on Reasons for Amputation and the procedure.
It will take time and effort to get to the last stage of acceptance. But once a patient shows signs of positivity, it is important to direct them on the right path to recovery and to reclaim normalcy in their lives. Life goes on even after an amputation; in fact, it can be lived even better than before. Read more on Reasons for Amputation and the procedure. Click here for - Artificial Leg
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15' Blue 3/8" Foamy Hose 3/8" MPE 3/8" MSE. Hose comes standard with clear vinyl hose guard. If you would like to order a hose that is not listed, please do so in the comment section of your order.
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Cablegation - Method of surface irrigation that uses gated pipe to both transmit and distribute water to furrows or border strips. A plug, moving at a controlled rate through the pipe, causes irrigation to progress along the field and causes flow rates from any one gate to decrease continuously from some maximum rate to zero.