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Ron Dennis Forced To Quit McLaren CEO Position
Today marks the end of a 36-year period of time for the CEO of McLaren Automotive group. Ron Dennis has been forced to quit his position as acting CEO of McLaren.
Ron has been involved in the automotive racing powerhouse for three decades and saw 10 driver championships won . The reason for the resignation is a disagreement and clash between the three shareholders of the racing team.
Ron held 25 percent ownership in the Formula 1 team, 25 percent was also owned by former business associate Mansour Ojjeh. Ron and Mansour had a falling out many years ago where Ojjeh went to a Bahraini investment fund Mumtalakat to hold the remaining 50 percent stake. The two shareholders have come to terminating Dennis as of today from McLaren.
Toyota Officially Launches GR010 Hypercar Project
Toyota has official lifted the cover off of their Le Mans Hypercar project that is powered by a twin-turbo V6....


The sign in the small Texas town restaurant now politely warns, "No men allowed in the women's bathroom please." The restaurant shares the building with a Texaco service station.
The establishment in Cresson, Texas, was forced to put up the sign in response to the trucker who has come to the restaurant over the last two-and-a-half-years.
The North Texas town, population 761 according to a 2013 census report, is located about 20 miles southwest of Fort Worth.
Sanford added, "He's a pickup man for rodeos. The furthest thing from my mind was to see him in hot pants, a blouse and 6-inch heels." Pick-up men help riders at a rodeo after they have been thrown.
He said he placed the sign on the women's restroom after female employees and other females who frequent the restaurant asked him to.
Sanford said the sign has nothing to do with President Obama's new policy mandating that transgender students, or those who are identifying with a particular gender on a given day, use the restroom or shower facilities that they are more comfortable with. The sign has been on the door before "gender fluidity" became a big issue.
Sandford added if those who visit his restaurant to get some brisket think the sign was placed to protest Obama's new policy, the 1,000 residents of the town would probably be just fine with that.
Near-by Fort Worth Independent School District announced a transgender policy just days before the White House issued its "guidance letter" on May 13. Breitbart Texas reported that parents have protested the new policy. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton joined parents to protest Superintendent Dr. Kent Paredes Scribner's edict, and has sued the federal government over the policy, as reported by Breitbart Texas.


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Deena ElGenaidi
DEENA ELGENAIDI is a writer living in Brooklyn. Her work has also appeared in Electric Literature, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Heavy Feather Review, and other publications.
Alan Drew's Shadow Man
by Deena ElGenaidi
Set in 1986 Southern California, Alan Drew's Shadow Man follows the story of Detective Ben Wade, whose search for a serial killer brings to light his own troubled upbringing. Drew's novel provides a new take on thrillers, with more of a focus on characters and place. In this way, Drew turns the classic detective novel into a work of literary fiction.
Tayari Jones's An American Marriage
Tayari Jones's novel An American Marriage details the story of Roy and Celestial, a couple living in Georgia. The narrative is a familiar one: a man goes to prison for a crime he did not commit, while his wife continues to live her life in the outside world.
Leslie Jamison's The Recovering: Intoxication and its Aftermath
"The first time I ever felt it—the buzz—I was almost thirteen," writes Leslie Jamison in the opening of her memoir, The Recovering: Intoxication and its Aftermath. From there
Jamison's story unfolds, and we begin to see the ways in which addiction takes a hold of her life.
Lexi Freiman's Inappropriation
Lexi Freiman's debut novel, Inappropriation, centers on Australian teenager Ziggy Klein just after she leaves her Jewish school to attend the all-girls private school Kandara. Taking us through the day-to-day life of Ziggy, Freiman masters the art of satire, poking fun at both high school culture and identity politics. In some sense, this can be described as a satirical coming-of-age novel, as a pre-pubescent Ziggy attempts to understand herself and her place in the ever-changing high school landscape.
R.O. Kwon's The Incendiaries
R.O. Kwon's debut novel The Incendiaries feels like a book meant to be read in a manic frenzy, with the reader stringing together a series of memories and clues to get to the end.
Amanda Goldblatt' Hard Mouth
Amanda Goldblatt's forthcoming debut novel, Hard Mouth, follows Denny, short for Denise, a twenty-something woman and only child who has been watching her father battle cancer for ten years.
Kevin Wilson's Baby, You're Gonna Be Mine
Kevin Wilson's short story collection Baby, You're Gonna Be Mine features ten odd, somewhat quirky short stories about grief, regret, longing, and the human condition. Through a series of sometimes strange and mysterious events involving his characters, Wilson shows us the often complicated nature of relationships between family, partners, and friends.
Morgan Jerkins's This Will Be My Undoing
In her debut essay collection, This Will Be My Undoing, twenty-five-year old Morgan Jerkins explores a number of topics that are essential to today's political climate. She describes the complexities of growing up and living as a black woman in America, delving into cultural and social criticism while remaining true to her own personal experiences.
Rumaan Alam's That Kind of Mother
Rumaan Alam opens his second novel by plunging us immediately into Rebecca Stone's interiority, introducing us to this character just as she gives birth to her first child.
Nicole Chung's All You Can Ever Know
In a memoir about her transracial adoption, Nicole Chung tells the story of growing up as the only person of color in a white family and her search for some sense of understanding of her past.
Ottessa Moshfegh's My Year of Rest and Relaxation
Moshfegh's novel follows a conventionally beautiful 26-year-old woman—tall, thin, blonde—who has no real need to work, living on the Upper East Side in the year 2000, surviving off her dead parents' inheritance. She has all the privilege and benefits afforded to a young, wealthy, white woman in New York, but all she wants to do is sleep.
Rebecca Solnit's Call Them By Their True Names
Rebecca Solnit's essay collection Call Them By Their True Names deals with an America in crisis.
Porochista Khakpour's Sick
The Iranian American writer, who fled Iran with her parents as a toddler, describes the physical and mental struggles she's undergone for years, lasting to this day.

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Learn how to utilize the IR sensor and IR emitter on your MATRIX Creator with pigpio to create a programmable TV remote.
Before getting started, let's review what you'll need.
Raspberry Pi 3 (Recommended) or Pi 2 Model B (Supported).
MATRIX Creator - The Raspberry Pi will be utilizing the IR receiver and emitter from this board. Buy MATRIX Creator.
Micro-USB power adapter for Raspberry Pi.
Micro SD Card (Minimum 8 GB) - An operating system is required to get started. You can download Raspbian Stretch and use the guides for Mac OS,Linux and Windows in the Raspberry Pi website.
A USB Keyboard & Mouse, and an external HDMI Monitor - we also recommend having a USB keyboard and mouse as well as an HDMI monitor handy. You can also use the Raspberry Pi remotely, see this guide from Google.
(Optional) WiFi Wireless Adapter for Pi 2. Note: Pi 3 has built-in WiFi.
Using the pigpio library, this guide will walk you through how to record and playback a button from an IR remote.
If you haven't already, be sure to setup your Raspberry Pi with your MATRIX Creator.
This guide will be utilizing pins 13 & 16 of the Raspberry Pi. These pins are connected to the MATRIX Creator's IR transmitters & IR receiver, respectivly. For reference, below is an image of how the Raspberry Pi's GPIOs are connected to the MATRIX Creator.
Keep in mind, that installing any of the MATRIX Programming Environments will also include these MATRIX Dependencies.
Run the following commands in your Raspberry Pi's terminal to add the MATRIX repository & key and update your repository packages.
Update your repositories and packages.
Install the matrix creator init package.
Once your Raspberry Pi has finished rebooting, go back into the terminal and run the following command to install pigpio.
The Python dependency is also required.
To make this process easier, we'll be using the the matrix-creator-ir-test repository. The example in this repository is taken from the IR Record and Playback pigpio example.
Use the command below to instal git.
With git installed, you can now clone the IR test repository to you home directory.
Before recording and playing your command, you'll need to start the pigpio process.
This must be done each time your RaspberryPi boots.
You can then use the commands below to record and playback an IR signal. A TV remote is a great way to test this.
Record: This command allows you to specify the names of each IR signal you want to record. The command below will ask for 2 IR signals to signify the channel_up & channel_down buttons and store them in a local file named codes.json. You can change the name of the buttons being recorded to match your needs.
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A: This means the php not set as a Environment Variable.
So it must be tried with a full path with php:
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On May 14, a Beijing forum introducing China's "One Belt, One Road" policy prominently displayed the 15th century voyages of Admiral Zheng He to the Nanyang and Africa.While OBOR intends to encompass 65 countries, the imagery of a maritime Silk Road signals that Southeast Asia is the most immediate and critical region for materializing of China's foreign objectives.
OBOR has been presented as an avowedly non-political "win-win" policy initiative to improve economic and security conditions in the emerging world. Focusing on the Silk Road initiative, I explore the material power of infrastructure to reconstitute the political in Southeast Asia. By engineering roads and ports overseas, China aims to re-route flows and remake topologies.
First, I argue that the neoliberalization of infrastructure in China allows it to "rule beyond the state." Second, I view the Silk Road building of railways, ports and zones as a process that re-territorializes politics in SE Asia. PRC financing, technology, and expertise are engendering a cascade of zones, by repurposing manufacturing sites and by recasting Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia as nodal points in an emerging PRC-oriented trade and logistical system. Third, the inroads of The Silk Road compromises national power. Political exceptions made to accommodate PRC interests contribute to the effects of "graduated" or unevenness in sovereign rule. By shaping infrastructure, Chinese investors and developers come to control land use, property, and labor, thus re-territorializing politics, and embedding foreign spaces in host countries.
Finally, what are the nationalist implications of China's infrastructural power for SE Asia?
Aihwa Ong's work has always dealt with the particular entanglements of politics, technology and culture in rapidly changing situations on the Asia Pacific rim. Currently, her work focuses on regimes of governing, technology and culture that crystallize new meanings and practices of the human. Her field research shifts between sites in Southeast Asia and China in order to track emerging global centers and biotechnical experiments in East Asian modernity.
As a foreign-born anthropologist, Aihwa Ong has approached research from vantage points outside or athwart the United States. This angle of inquiry unsettles and troubles stabilized viewpoints and units of analysis in the social sciences. From her early work on Muslim factory women in Malaysia, to the experiences of migrant Chinese and Cambodian refugees in California; from the selective deployment of neoliberal norms to the rise of biotech projects in Asia, Ong explores how the interaction between global forms and situated politics and cultures shape emerging globalized contexts.
Ong's inter-disciplinary approach and her ideas -- 'flexible citizenship', 'graduated sovereignty', 'global assemblages', among others are featured in debates on globalization and modernity. She has lectured internationally and been invited to the World Economic Forum. Her awards include grants from the MacArthur Foundation and the National Science Foundation, and some book prizes.


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College recognition underlines importance to UK economy
National College for High Speed Rail has now won nine awards
The National College for High Speed Rail in Doncaster will need a bigger trophy cabinet after winning four big awards at two ceremonies.
Built by Willmott Dixon and developed and project managed by Doncaster Council, the iconic building is gaining huge recognition throughout the construction industry.
These latest awards recognise the very best examples of buildings that show quality, innovative design and have an impact on regional prosperity, reflecting how the college is already one of Yorkshire's more important new buildings in terms of being a catalyst for growth in its role equipping the UK with skills to be world leaders in the growing market of high speed rail construction.
At the South Yorkshire and Humber LABC (Local Authority Building Control) Excellence Awards, the college picked up the accolade of 'Best Educational Building' and outshone the rest of the winners to be declared 'Winner of Winners' at the ceremony.
Following this, at the RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) Yorkshire & North East awards in York, the college again stood out against other major buildings in the region to win awards for 'Overall Design' and 'Sustainability'.
It was recognition for the college's distinctive architectural style by Bond Bryan Architects and its 'Excellent' BREEAM credit status, which was delivered with the support of structural engineers Curtins Consulting.
Anthony Dillon, managing director for Willmott Dixon in the North, said, "These accolades are a reflection on the quality of our team who built the college and their desire to create a building that will be a major contributor to skills and prosperity in Doncaster for years to come. This has been a career highlight for all of our Willmott Dixon team involved in building the college."
Clair Mowbray, chief executive of the National College for High Speed Rail, said: "These four awards are an incredible achievement for the college, especially given the relatively short space of time that our Doncaster campus has been open. Full credit is due to the architects of the building, Bond Bryan, as well as our construction partner Willmott Dixon.
"We're incredibly proud of the building in Doncaster and of the positive learning environment that is being fostered for our students and staff here, as we train and prepare Britain's next generation of rail engineers and technicians."
Cllr Nuala Fennelly, Doncaster Council's Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Schools:
"It is tremendous to see the National College for High Speed Rail in Doncaster recognised through these prestigious awards. The excellent partnership working throughout the design and construction process has really paid dividends. Doncaster has a truly world class facility which will train the rail engineers of the future. We will continue to work proactively with the college to encourage local people to attend and learn the cutting edge skills they need to gain a highly rewarding career in rail."
The National College for High Speed Rail opened its doors last September and these new awards make up a total of nine it has achieved since the Doncaster campus and a sister one in Birmingham were completed.
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One of two colleges we are building to train thousands of HS2 engineers
Understanding the needs of growing colleges to meet the 21st century demands of students
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Josh Fox has responded to valid journalistic questions about his documentary Gasland by stifling the freedom of the press.
I travelled to Chicago for a Q&A where Fox admitted hiding facts from his documentary that contradicted his scaremongering about drilling for natural gas.
And Fox's response when we posted the video on YouTube – he got his lawyers to have YouTube pull it down.
That's right – he has tried to use lawyers to silence journalist from asking difficult questions and putting his answers to those questions on the Internet.
Fox's excuse is a breach of copyright. In a video that is 3:10 minutes long we used 26 seconds of Gasland only to show how Fox was being unethical and misleading. It is a classic case of "fair use" of someones work for the purpose of criticism and is totally legally allowed if not encouraged under fair use law.
But Fox does not want any criticism. He does not want any freedom of speech.
We now have to hire lawyers to try and have our journalism restored to our own YouTube channel. In the meantime we have put the video up on Vimeo (a YouTube rival). You can see it here until Fox's and his lawyers try to force vimeo to pull it down.
We will fight all these attempts to silence our journalism. We have been here before. The Society of Environmental Journalists turned off my mic for asking Al Gore tough questions. The UN used armed security to try and stop me asking difficult questions of a scientist and a politician at the UN climate conference in Copenhagen. Environmentalists attacked me on live television for daring to question the orthodoxy.
And the makers of the Age of Stupid, another eco-disaster fantasy, had me removed from their press gallery for asking the "wrong questions". They also took legal action to have the blog showing their behaviour removed from the Internet.
They did not succeed and Josh Fox will not succeed. You can watch my questioning of Josh Fox above. Please send it around to as many people as possible. It needs to be seen before Fox and his lawyers try to crush journalism again.


I created my meal planning menu board strategy in hopes of taking some stress out of my day. If there is one thing I have never been good at it's meal planning. Some people are amazing at it, even planning meals down to the day.
The thought of deciding what I will eat 4 days from now has always annoyed me. I barely know what I want to eat for my next meal. BUT with a family to take care of winging it doesn't cut it. That usually turns into eating out or eating a bowl of cereal for dinner.
Over the past few months I decided to take a new approach to my weekly meal planning to see if I could keep my family feed with out the dreaded 5:00 what's for dinner thought.
A couple of years ago I found a beautiful frame at a yard sale for $5! It was just the frame, no glass or backing but it was in excellent shape. So I grabbed it up knowing that I could make it into something to use at home. I created chalkboard art to hang above my mantel. Now it has turned into a great menu board for our weekly meal planning.
NOW here is my meal planning menu board.
I moved the framed chalkboard to the wall in front of my pantry. Now I create my meal planning menu board by including the meals I have all of the ingredients for already on hand. Each morning when I get up I decided what is for dinner that day.
From this view the kitchen is to the left. The double doors in front of the menu is the pantry. The door straight ahead is our master suite. Having the board across from the pantry is super helpful.
I will mark out what we eat each day as we go. Then when I make another trip to the grocery store I will erase the meals that have been crossed out and replace them with new meals I buy. I'm trying new recipes every couple of weeks but I always make sure to buy supplies for our staple meals. I also ask the family if they have a special request for the week. If they do, I will add it to my shopping list.
Those calzones for instance were a recipe out of January's Southern Living Meal Magazine and it is a keeper!
Keeping in mind my ways to save at the grocery store as well as this new meal planning strategy I can finally say, I may have this food situation down. OK, not perfect but much better. One thing I have really noticed by writing my menu out this way is the amount of meals I can come up with from my pantry and freezer. I have had as many as ten meals written out here at once.
Look through the freezer/pantry and list all of the meals you have on hand on your menu board.
Go shopping for more meals if necessary.
Decide each morning what meal you will serve that day.
Cross our the meal as you eat it.
Replace those crossed out meals with new one's the next time you go grocery shopping.


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East Asian Languages & Cultural Studies > Announcement > Academic Coordinator I for the Center for Taiwan Studies
July 10, 2020 Announcement
Academic Coordinator I for the Center for Taiwan Studies
The Center for Taiwan Studies (CTS) at the University of California, Santa Barbara, invites applications for a half-time Academic Coordinator I position. This is a 12-month fiscal year appointment (non-tenure track). The Academic Coordinator (AC) assists the Center for Taiwan Studies Director in developing and implementing programming consistent with the mission of the Center, including yearly international conferences of scholars whose work relates to Taiwan, and two to three quarterly events, such as movie showings, lectures, cultural events, graduate student forums, etc. The AC also assists, as needed, with events in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies that include Taiwan in full or as a component. The goal of the programming at CTS is to promote Taiwan Studies and to educate students, scholars, and community members about the culture, literature, history, society, and politics of Taiwan. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship.
The AC performs administrative functions for CTS, serving as a key contact for all visiting speakers, UCSB faculty, staff and students, and the off-campus community. The AC oversees the coordination and implementation of all Center activities and interacts with public speakers and visiting scholars, writers, authors, and other public figures. This includes arranging accommodations, venues, food, technical assistance, logistics, agendas, name cards, posters, and office support.
The AC is also responsible for assisting the Director in implementing research and learning support opportunities for UCSB students and faculty associated with the Center. The AC manages routine communication with faculty and community members; supervises and coordinates visits and events, including receptions for visiting speakers; maintains budget records for the program; coordinates travel and lodging for speakers; supervises student assistants; maintains the website; and supervises public information materials, such as the quarterly calendar, publications, and interviews with speakers.
Program Analysis and Evaluation
The AC analyzes the Center's budget and prepares regular reports for the Center Director regarding the Center's finances. The AC assists with grant writing and reporting, and program analysis. The AC monitors the demographics of program attendance and works with other campus centers and programs to coordinate co-sponsored events and to ensure diversity of participants and audience. The AC assists the Director in writing and editing grant proposals and reports.
Publishing & Design Work
The AC edits and designs proceedings, anthologies of Taiwan literature, and other publication projects, including the biannual journal, Taiwan Literature: English Translation Series. Editorial assistance includes editing, writing, and proofreading for CTS publications, the CTS newsletter, webpages, and flyers for public lectures and cultural events
Basic Qualification:
•M.A. in the humanities or social sciences
•1-2 years of experience working within an academic institution
•1-2 years of experience in a position that required administrative and organizational activities
•1-2 years of experience designing marketing materials and books in InDesign and Photoshop
•2-3 years of experience using Word and Excel for standard administrative duties.
•Experience coordinating public events
•Strong written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills
•Significant editing, writing, and proofreading skills and experience
•Ability to prioritize, conduct, and manage multiple projects
•Ability to oversee and mentor student assistants
•Experience in financial management
•Demonstrated ability to write reports and communications to high-level grant-dispensing institutions
•Familiarity with Taiwan and its culture
• Basic reading and conversation proficiency in Chinese language
Salary is based on UC salary scales and depends on qualifications. Complete applications received by July 24, 2020, will receive full review. To ensure full consideration, please submit the following electronically to https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF01810:
• Cover letter
• Contact information for two references whom we may contact by email or phone.
The department is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of the academic community. For information on our department, please visit our website: https://www.eastasian.ucsb.edu. Inquiries about the advertised position may be directed to our department's Academic Coordinator, Natalie Juarez at nmjuarez@hfa.ucsb.edu. Please be sure to mention JPF01810.


The Philadelphia Eagles play at Lincoln Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Eagles are members of the Eastern Division in the NFC.
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A climate-change plan that hides the cost of fighting climate change
Published June 20, 2019 Updated June 20, 2019
This article was published more than 6 months ago. Some information in it may no longer be current.
Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer released his climate-change plan on Wednesday. Given that he has made the Trudeau government's carbon-pricing regime a daily target for criticism, his plan invites examination.
It begins with a straightforward statement: "Canada's Conservatives recognize that climate change is real and evidence from around the world clearly shows that there is a global warming trend."
But how to fight it? To meet the greenhouse gas emissions cuts that Canada committed to in the Paris Agreement – that is, to reduce emissions by 30 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030 – Mr. Scheer would take a very different tack than the Trudeau government.
If elected, he would scrap the federal carbon tax, which is in effect in four provinces and will start to be collected in Alberta in January, and use regulatory means to encourage major industrial polluters to keep their greenhouse gas emissions at levels that will reduce Canada's overall emissions.
Companies that exceeded those levels would be obliged by the government "to invest in research, development and adoption of emissions-reducing technology related to their industry." The amount they'd have to invest would rise with every tonne of emissions that exceeded the set limit.
As well, Mr. Scheer would bring back a tax credit for homeowners who "try new energy-saving products and technologies." The two-year program would allow people to save up to $2,850 a year on renovations.
And that's pretty much it. The rest of the plan is devoted to developing green technology in Canada with the help of tax incentives, and to pursuing the aspirational goal of exporting that technology around the world. There is also something about looking into possible regulatory changes to reduce emissions in the cross-border trucking industry.
"Green technology, not taxes" is the plan's motto. By taxes, the Conservatives mean the federal carbon tax. They argue that the tax, which raised the price of a litre of gas by 4.4 cents when it was imposed this year in Ontario, is a naked government cash grab that kills jobs and hurts working people.
But that claim is misleading and only works if you do as the Conservatives – as well as provincial conservative parties – have done and deliberately ignore the fact that the carbon tax on fuels is revenue-neutral for individuals. Most Canadians will get more money returned to them in the form of income-tax deductions than they will pay in carbon taxes at the pump or on their home heating bill.
The carbon tax is a transparent way of getting individuals and companies to reduce their fuel consumption by raising prices. It's a regime that is working well in British Columbia, where the economy is thriving. It has also been effective in Quebec, in the form of a cap-and-trade regime, and Quebec's economy is also strong.
Mr. Scheer won't admit this but his plan would raise costs for Canadians, only in an indirect and opaque way. Companies that exceeded emissions limits would be forced to spend money on greening their businesses, costs they would pass on to customers through higher prices.
As well, the government would have to spend money to monitor compliance.
It's all very odd. The Conservative Party wants to increase government intervention in the private sector and increase the size of government, in order to fight climate change, while the Liberal Party is the one that wants to use the market and price signals to accomplish the same thing.
The Conservatives are for feel-good government coercion that creates hidden costs; the Liberals are for a revenue-neutral, transparent tax that lets the private sector and individuals decide what is in their best interests. It's supposed to be the other way around, people.
Mr. Scheer's plan is basically designed for the voter who is worried about climate change but doesn't want to know he or she is spending any money to fight it. The carbon tax doesn't fit the bill, because voters can see the cost of a litre of gas go up. The Conservative climate-change plan, on the other hand, will raise Canadians' cost of living, but no one will be able to directly pin that on Mr. Scheer and his party.
The Liberal carbon tax is not perfect. For one thing, it will need to rise significantly in the coming years if Canada is to meet its Paris commitments. But at least it has the quality of being honest.
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This is certainly the most ridiculous thing we've seen in a while. And we've seen quite a few instances of horrible taste presented by Brit Brit. And those flip-flops are about as white trash as they come. Marriage has messed this gal up.


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Council looks to landlord licensing scheme to tackle rogues
Lewisham council wants to licence houses of multiple occupation – like this one, which had a history of fly tipping, violence and anti-social behaviour – as well as other privately rented homes
Landlords could face increased costs and scrutiny as councils turn to a little-used licensing scheme to crack down on rogue operators.
Lewisham Council in London is set to ask for government permission to charge landlords up to £750 per property and inspect thousands of homes.
If approved, other authorities could follow Lewisham's lead.
The Residential Landlords Association, however, claimed the schemes could harm landlords without improving standards.
Councillor Paul Bell, Lewisham's cabinet member for housing, said the authority wanted to use selective licensing to reduce the gap between good and bad landlords from as early as February next year.
The licences would cost up to £750 for five years.
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Lewisham's councillor Paul Bell said the scheme would make the entire rental sector better
Mr Bell said: "The vast majority of landlords are good, but we want to improve things for everyone.
"We want to crack down on rogue landlords, and reduce the gap between poor and good landlords.
"The entire [private rented] sector will improve, because people will have more respect for the sector."
Lewisham Council's own research showed about a quarter of homes in the borough were rented from private landlords, and pointed to a link with issues such as fly-tipping, anti-social behaviour and crime.
According to Mr Bell, the private rented sector has been the main cause of homelessness in a borough where 2,000 households are in temporary housing.
"That's not an effective use of public money, and it's not good for the people in that situation," he added.
The council ran a consultation asking people for their opinions on licensing for private landlords, with more than 1,800 responses.
It has since been waiting for a decision by Lewisham's cabinet on whether to push ahead and ask for government permission, and whether to roll out a different licensing scheme for all shared houses.
'We could have ended up on the streets through no fault of our own'
Christopher Evans
Christopher and his wife have since left London and bought their own home
Christopher Evans moved into a rented flat in London with his wife after they got married in 2010. At first it seemed perfect – a top floor flat with views of the River Wandle – but soon problems started emerging. The bedroom walls were black with damp, the roof leaked, faulty wiring made the kettle blow up and for months they couldn't use the kitchen sink because it leaked into the flat below.
Although he emailed repeatedly to ask for repairs, Mr Evans had to turn to the local council – which sent a surveyor – and Legal Aid that meant he could start court proceedings against his landlord.
Finances made it hard to think about moving house, he said. "We didn't have the deposit for another house – we were relying on getting this deposit back."
At one point the couple received an eviction notice and were worried about the "black mark" on their records if they tried to rent another home.
"We could have ended up on the streets through no fault of our own – because we complained about getting electrocuted by the kettle," he said.
"It needs regulation, and not self-regulation"
The couple moved out in 2013 but he remembers the strain it put them under.
"It could really bring people down – it wasn't very nice at all. With the amount of issues and correspondence, you want to quit your job and do it full time.
"It affects your state of mind – you can't concentrate at work. It can really have a knock-on effect on people's lives."
The rules around selective licensing changed in 2015, meaning councils needed government permission if they wanted licensing to cover more than 20% of their area, or more than 20% of their rented homes.
Since then, Barking and Dagenham has been the only English council to get permission for a wall-to-wall licensing scheme.
Others, like Newham, brought in borough-wide schemes before 2015 but now exclude some areas, while Liverpool has a pre-2015 borough-wide licensing scheme but its five year term will run out soon.
Newham introduced selective licensing in 2015 but now excludes some areas
Russell Moffatt was Newham Council's service head when it ran borough-wide landlord licensing, and said there were obvious benefits to the scheme.
"Without question it worked. It was like night and day," he said.
"Before, we could barely prosecute any landlords – I'd say maybe 10 a year. Once we had it, it was 250 a year."
According to Mr Moffatt, tracking down unlicensed homes often led the council to landlords who would be taken to court for other offences.
"I don't think we prosecuted a single person just for not licensing," he said.
There are fears increased regulation could force some landlords out of business
His view, however, was not shared by trade body the Residential Landlords Association, which argued across-the-board licensing did not work.
The organisation's policy manager John Stewart said: "Licensing can be successful if it is small-scale and intended for a specific set of problems, with transparency and clarity about its objectives and outcomes, and funding put in place to ensure it is properly run and enforced.
"We don't deny there's poor property and management processes in the private rented sector, and we want those operators forced out, but there's very little evidence that selective licensing does that."
His organisation wanted to see "co-regulation" schemes brought in where landlords voluntarily signed up to a professional body and code of practice.
He said selective licensing would not have much impact on conditions unless it was properly resourced and enforced, which he believed was unlikely, and could drive some landlords out altogether.
"Some may try to switch their properties to other things like short-term letting, and some may look to leave the sector because of the cumulative effect of this and tax changes."
Housing charity Shelter believes too many tenants suffer at the hands of poor landlords, and said landlord licensing could be a useful tool for councils, if they could be enforced properly.
Chief executive Polly Neate said: "They're little use if councils don't have the resources to then crack down on poor conditions because of government budget cuts. So to ensure councils have all the tools they need to tackle poor housing in their area, the government must provide them with the proper funds to do so."
Rented homes
English areas with the most privately rented homes
Of the 10 English councils with the highest proportion of privately rented homes, seven are in London.
London Councils represents all 33 local authorities in the capital, and its leaders said they believed councils should not have to rely on government permission for large licensing areas.
Councillor Darren Rodwell, London Councils' executive member for housing and planning, said boroughs urgently needed stronger powers over the fast-growing private rental sector but selective licensing could be hugely valuable when it came to tackling poor-quality housing and landlords who did not look after their tenants.
"The government should do away with the bureaucratic burden of requiring councils to gain the Secretary of State's permission before starting a selective licensing scheme," he said.
"Boroughs are clearly much better placed to understand conditions in the local private rental sector and to assess the benefits of implementing selective licensing.
"Ministers must cut this needless red tape and let London boroughs get on with the job of setting standards and protecting tenants in our communities."
A government-backed review of selective licensing found it was effective – when it was implemented well and as part of a co-ordinated enforcement strategy.
Although it has helped drive up standards, a Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government spokesman insisted the government's approval made sure there was robust evidence behind any plans.
"We are committed to ensuring conditions, management standards and tenancy practices in the private rented sector are the best that they can be," the spokesman said.
"But it is equally as important that selective licensing schemes face rigorous examination, which is why they must first gain approval from the Secretary of State to ensure that local housing authorities have met the statutory criteria and can demonstrate that there is robust evidence to support them."
Selective licensing in action
In early August, Stoke on Trent's plan to licence landlords on 154 of the city's streets was turned down by the government.
Waltham Forest Council has applied for government permission for licensing across all but two of its wards, and Peterborough has been running a scheme in nine of the city's 22 wards.
In Rotherham, the council has been considering renewing a scheme which is due to run out in May 2020 and extending it into new areas. Coventry consulted on plans for selective licensing earlier this year and was considering what to do next.
In Southend-on-Sea, the council has begun looking at proposals and said a licensing scheme would help it crack down on cases such as illegally converted flats with only one window.
This story was developed alongside the work of the Local Democracy Reporting Service [LDRS], a public service news agency.
The LDRS is funded by the BBC, provided by the local news sector and used by qualifying partners as part of a partnership between the BBC and the News Media Association.
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"As a member of both the Chassis and Business section, my week is packed with tasks. Every hour I'm not in class I will be around the workshop, working on the Chassis, contacting our sponsors, taking photos, organising events or updating the team's social media, as well as keeping up to date with uni work and attending lectures.
As I am in my first year on the team, the majority of my tasks revolve around learning. On Monday evenings we attend 3 hour technical TAFE classes to develop our machining skills, and are required to complete a 6 month "junior project" which mimics the process involved with designing a part for the car.
The project not only taught us crucial skills such as operating ANSYS and various CAD software, but also allowed us to work together in a team and practice new skills. My week ends with a 10am start on a Sunday morning, where the day is spent fitting panels for the cockpit floor and pedal box.
– Yuwei Cai, Recruit Chassis Engineer and Business Liaison.
"As a Suspension Engineer my day consists of numerous tasks to ensure our cars gets built. A usual day starts with a quiet briefing with myself on the train to make sure I know my plan for the day. In between outsourcing my parts, checking drawings and finalising CAD, I find time to finish assignments and keep up to date with lectures. Since the arrival of my uprights from Wirawaji, Monash University, and the Monash Wind tunnel, I have been preparing them to be properly assembled onto the car. This includes sanding and polishing the uprights and clevises, and drilling holes for the upper wishbone mounting clevises.
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– Senal Rajapakse, Senior Suspension Engineer.
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What is the legal blood alcohol limit for drivers in Pennsylvania?
The blood alcohol concentration (BAC) limit for drivers in Pennsylvania determines what BAC counts as legally drunk, depending on the type of driver:
Non-commercial Drivers (21 years and older) – BAC of .08+
Commercial Drivers – BAC of .04+
School Bus Drivers – BAC of .02+
Drivers Under 21 Years Old – BAC of .02+
What are the Penalties for Drunk Driving in Pennsylvania?
Suspension and Revocation of Driver's License
If a driver is convicted for the first time of a DUI with a BAC of less than .10, his or her driver's license will not be suspended or revoked. However, if the person's BAC is .10 or higher or if the person has had DUI convictions in the past, then a grading system will apply to determine how long his or her driver's license will be suspended (12 to 18 months). If the person has three prior DUI convictions, then his or her driver's license can be revoked for five years as the driver is identified as a habitual offender. If there are further DUIs in the future (within a five year period), then the driver will have an additional two years of revocation for each offense (on top of the five years). Thus, on a driver's fifth DUI, he or she will face up to nine years of driver's license revocation for the fifth offense.
General Impairment Penalties
If a Pennsylvania driver has a BAC between .08 and .10, he or she is considered to be generally impaired. The driver can face the following penalties, depending on the number of offenses the driver has for DUIs and general impairment in the past:
First Time Offenders – Mandatory minimum six months of probation, $300 fine, Alcohol Highway Safety School, drug and alcohol treatment programs, up to 150 hours of community service.
Second Time Offenders – Five days imprisonment, $300 to $2,500 fine, Alcohol Highway Safety School, drug and alcohol treatment programs, up to 150 hours of community service.
Third Time Offenders (and subsequent offenses) – Ten days imprisonment, $500 to $5,000 fine, drug and alcohol treatment programs, up to 150 hours of community service.
High BAC Penalties
High BAC penalties apply to drivers who have a BAC between .10 and .16. Drivers with a high BAC DUI can face the following penalties:
First Time Offenders – Mandatory prison term of 48+ hours, $500 to $5,000 fine, Alcohol Highway Safety School, drug and alcohol treatment programs, up to 150 hours of community service.
Second Time Offenders – Mandatory prison term of 30+ days, $750 to $5,000 fine, Alcohol Highway Safety School, drug and alcohol treatment programs, up to 150 hours of community service.
Third Time Offenders – Mandatory prison term of 90+ days, $1,500 to $10,000 fine, drug and alcohol treatment programs, up to 150 hours of community service.
Fourth Time Offenders (and subsequent offenses) – Mandatory prison term of 1+ years, $1,500 to $10,000 fine, drug and alcohol treatment programs, up to 150 hours of community service.
Highest BAC Penalties
Highest BAC penalties apply to drivers who have a BAC of .16 or higher. Drivers with the highest BAC DUIs can face the following penalties:
First Time Offenders – Mandatory minimum 72 hours imprisonment, $1,000 to $5,000 fine, Alcohol Highway Safety School, drug and alcohol treatment programs, up to 150 hours of community service.
Second Time Offenders – Mandatory minimum 90+ days imprisonment, $1,500+ fine, Alcohol Highway Safety School, drug and alcohol treatment programs, up to 150 hours of community service.
Third Time Offenders (and subsequent offenses) – Mandatory minimum one year imprisonment, $2,500+ fine, drug and alcohol treatment programs, up to 150 hours of community service.
Special Penalties for DUIs with High BAC and Damages
If a drunk driver has a high BAC and causes an accident that results in injuries or damages to property, then the driver will face the following penalties:
Special Penalties for Commercial and School Bus Drivers
If a commercial or school bus driver gets convicted of a DUI, he or she faces the following penalties:
Commercial drivers will be disqualified from commercial driving for one year, except in the case of hazardous materials transport, in which case it will be for three years. Second time offenders are disqualified from commercial driving for life. This can be reduced in some situations, but cannot be less than ten years.
Special Penalties for Minor Drivers
Whenever a driver who is under the age of 21 gets a DUI, the driver's license will be suspended for six months automatically, no matter the age. However, drivers who are under the age of 18 with a DUI face Pennsylvania's Juvenile Act which can include probation, commitment to an institution, and/or fines. Drivers who are over 18, but under 21, face the following penalties:
Ignition Interlock Restricted License
Anyone who has committed a second DUI offense within ten years of the first must apply for an ignition interlock restricted license. This can only be issued after the suspension of the driver's license is over, and the ignition interlock restriction can be lifted after one year.
More Drunk Driving Laws in Pennsylvania
What is the Dram Shop Statute in PA?
In Pennsylvania, the Dram Shop Statute allows drinking establishments to be held liable for injuries that are caused by accidents that result from DUIs associated with the establishment continuing to serve alcohol to a visibly intoxicated person or to an underage person.
What is the Social Host Law in PA?
In Pennsylvania, the social host law allows social hosts (adults serving alcohol at private functions) to be held responsible for injuries that are caused by accidents that result from DUIs associated with minors who have been served alcohol by adults. This law does not apply to adult drunk drivers.
What are the penalties for serving alcohol to a minor in PA?
In Pennsylvania, when an adult serves alcohol to a minor (including parents who allow children to drink at home), this is a third degree misdemeanor, punishable by up to a year in prison and fines up to $2,500. The first violation calls for a fine of at least $1,000 and subsequent violations are at least $2,500.
What are the penalties for licensed drinking establishments serving liquor to minors in PA?
In Pennsylvania, whenever a bar or other drinking establishment serves liquor to a minor, the owner/operator/server will face three months to one year of imprisonment and/or a fine of up to $5,000. The establishment can also face the loss of its liquor license.
What are the Limited Tort Waiver restrictions in PA?
In Pennsylvania, if a person chooses an auto insurance policy with Limited Tort instead of Full Tort, then the driver loses all rights to seek damages for pain and suffering in most situations. DUI convictions are an exception to this rule, and a victim of a DUI auto accident can still sue for pain and suffering. Other exceptions include accidents where the victim dies or suffers a serious and/or permanent bodily impairment, disability, or disfigurement.


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According to the comments on this question, there may have been racism in Middle-earth. Was there? If so, was it rampant or isolated?
Please note that I am asking about in-universe racism, not racism displayed (or not displayed) by Tolkien or by filmmakers.
Is Tolkien prejudiced against the East? The other question is asking about whether Tolkien was personally racist against a particular group, but my question is about whether there is in-universe racism.
Are the LOTR + Hobbit movies racist? The other question is about whether the filmmakers were racist. Again, this is different from in-universe racism.
Is there evidence that Tolkien intended to introduce racism/specism into Middle Earth? which I opened based on the answers so far to this question. The other question asks about whether racism was intentionally introduced, whereas this question asks about whether it existed at all.
It might be better to call it "speciesism". But it was clearly a constant theme, at least in the first book, and to a lesser extent in the films. In the movies, elves and dwarves clearly hate each other. Gimli complains about the elf Haldir's frosty reception, and says "I spit on your grave" in Dwarvish, for which Aragorn scolds him. In the book Fellowship of the Ring, it is more widespread.
Ever since Bilbo left, I have been deeply concerned about you, and about all these charming, absurd, helpless hobbits. It would be a grievous blow to the world, if the Dark Power overcame the Shire; if all your kind, jolly, stupid Bolgers, Hornblowers, Boffins, Bracegirdles, and the rest, not to mention the ridiculous Bagginses, became enslaved.
He also routinely seems surprised that Frodo isn't a wimp.
We have no need of other company, and hobbits are so dull.
It is not easy for us to tell the difference between two mortals.
but to elves all mortals - not just individual mortals, but different species of mortals - are essentially indistinguishable from one another.
Mortals have not been our study. We have other business.
I didn't know that any of the Big People were like that. I thought, well, that they were just big, and rather stupid: kind and stupid like Butterbur; or stupid and wicked like Bill Ferny.
are not over fond of dwarves.
Of course, everyone despises orcs, trolls, and goblins. Humans tend to show condescension towards hobbits, and jealous contempt towards elves. And the exiled Rohirrim are obviously shocked to see a man, a dwarf, and an elf together, and suspicious of their intentions and reasons for being in Rohan.
The dwarves of course are quite obviously - wouldn't you say that in many ways they remind you of the Jews? Their words are Semitic obviously, constructed to be Semitic.
Who will you look to when we've gone? The Dwarves? They toil away in caverns, seeking riches. They care nothing for the troubles of others.
So Dwarves care only about material wealth - a common slur leveled at Jews by antisemites for centuries.
Q: Is It True There is Racism in The Lord of the Rings?
ANSWER: Yes, it is true there is racism in The Lord of the Rings. However, many people who ask this question may really mean to ask, "Is The Lord of the Rings a racist work of fiction?" Although some people claim that is the case they are mistaken for J.R.R. Tolkien embedded numerous examples of the folly of racism in The Lord of the Rings. In other words, it would be difficult for any other modern work of fiction to be as anti-racist as The Lord of the Rings.
For more along these lines, see my answer to the question about whether the racism in Middle-earth was intentional on Tolkien's part.
Edit: It should be noted that Gandalf's obvious affection for hobbits does not make his statements less prejudiced. It merely designates his prejudice as "benevolent racism" or "benevolent prejudice". Such a thing exists, and is very common - some examples include "black people are good at basketball" and "Asians are good at math". Prejudiced statements said with affection, even when the statements are complimentary, are still prejudiced. It is easier to see this by way of analogy - imagine someone saying "I love black people; they are so absurd, helpless, ridiculous, stupid, and charming". If Gandalf had said this, no one would suggest that he wasn't racist, despite the affectionate terms mingled in with the offensive ones (and indeed, he uses all these words to describe hobbits). The same holds true for the elves who make racist remarks but otherwise show affection for the races in question.
Legolas upon my left and Aragorn upon my right, and none will dare to stand before us!
Later (in Many Partings) he admits to Gimli that his words about Galadriel were rash. So, Eomer spoke some rash words in a tense situation, concerning a subject he didn't fully comprehend at the time. His words and actions later prove that he was not a racist. The behaviour of many other characters can be explained in a similar way.
No there is no racism in M-E. Racism nowadays itself is used beyond it's own definition. But no, no racism in M-E.
I'm adding this edit to the post due to the claim that I'm "at odds with the accepted answer" as if that makes what I said wrong.
Let's get our terms correct in the circle of mendacity! To pre-judge another without knowledge is prejudice > the expression of such prejudice is bigotry > & acting on such bigotry is discrimination > and such acceptance is racism. The latter being borne of the former.
A black man if I did not know one!
Squint-eyed may be used in reference to Asians for "race baiters", but truth be told, it also means cross-eyed [see strabismus]. Swart which comes from the German for black did not refer to race but denoted dark skin. The idea of these enemies being evil because they look a certain way also needs to be addressed but before that how about that evil black man Tom Bombadil?
There is the racism in our world people assume is something done to blacks. Look around, even with some of the quotes of the posters, when racism is looked at in the real world it's always something that's said to be done to blacks, or some other minority in a white country. These people I never trust. Also there is the idea that slavery = racism. Slavery is not even extinguished and has a long history across milennia. Don't confuse the two. Might a slaveholder be racist? Sure. But might a black man in America like Nat Butler or Anthony Johnson hold black slaves themselves? Sure. Might a white man in America hold white slaves himself? Sure. Might a black slaveholder be racist? Sure. Btw, blacks had white slaves in America too, true story. These are true things that have happened. White slavery existed before and along with black slavery in America. In fact a movement in the South was surging where they were thinking all white laborers should be enslaved. Then again, you have idiots saying the Civil War was to free the blacks, but it was the whites looking out for their own skins. Slavery is NOT racism. Don't get it twisted.
It was only looked down on in the royal house.
I'd say, stop the race baiting. It's unbecoming, nonsensical, and also in this case reading something into a story that's not there.
Is there evidence that Tolkien intended to introduce racism/specism into Middle Earth?
Are the LOTR + Hobbit movies racist?
Are Dwarves ever accorded lower stature than Elves or Men because they were not created by Ilúvatar?
Cultural Racism in the Potterverse?
What is 21st-century Middle Earth like?
Who were the greatest archers in Middle-earth?
Does Tolkien ever speak of himself still living in Middle-Earth?
Are there differently coloured races of Man in Middle-Earth, and if so how are they explained?


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Cons: The only limitation is the rigidness of options. It would be great to be able to deactivate certain features, or have a little more flexibility on pop up timing, widget location. But that's all minor stuff. The only major limitation is lack of integration with your existing calendar, which means you could get a missed call when you are unavailable, making for a poor user experience.
Overall: Overall it's a simple yet highly effective tool that can take your website to the next level.
Pros: The app is really clean and customizable. The platform offers the flexibility to customize every aspect of the widget and you can create as many widgets as you want. You can also trigger the popup using different visitor's behaviors. You will be able to integrate it with slack and knows about the call even before the call comes in!
Cons: You don't have the option to have unlimited calls, but, none of their competitors have that option either.
Pros: I am a solo entrepreneur who runs a small ecommerce shop that sales internationally. While other online chat tools are great, many times I am not in front of the computer or paying attention to the chat window. Then Novocall comes handy, because customer can just get a free call from any country in the world, and I am alerted by phone of the call, so I can easyly noticed. Also it looks good to have in the website as the icon looks very professional, it shows the country flag to each sutomer (so states that we serve to that country) and it is highly customizable. Also has the option to send a written message, call me later option (schedule a call for when I will be available), or to contact via whatsapp.
Cons: My overall impression is good. At the same time, I must say that I lack data of how people feel about that "call me option". Maybe I should run some AB test to be able to say. I do not get too much calls to tell the truth.
Overall: It has allowed me to close some sales that otherwise would be difficult to close. For example people from other countries that did not really trust a website from other continent, or people wish issues on the check out process.
Pros: Novocall widget was very easy to customize. It did not take more than 5 minutes for me to set up this widget up and running. Only a little code that can be inserted in any webpage for installation. They have a clear tutorial for any instruction. Widget looks very beautiful on one corner of the website. I was able to test it properly and voice quality was so good. It is perfect for any niche idea business website.
Cons: There are some options like disabling automatic call scheduling that cannot be disabled, however, I heard that the team is working on those. Also, call dialing in many countries are still not available for Nonvocal. I like to see many more countries in the list.
Overall: I am very happy got a very good deal. Installed it and checked it. Voice quality was good. It is definitely worth for money.
Pros: I love my customer can be called back without spending money. The setting up is very easy. I love to have the possibility to receive customers' telephone number because I like to contact them through Whatsapp. I love Whatsapp function in Novocall.
Cons: I 'd like to choose when and where chat box appear, not automatically when the web page is opened. I want to insert 3 different buttons on my web page: call me, I recall you, write an SMS and I'd like that chat box could appear only when the customer clicks onto each button, and chat box is set up for that specific function...so if click onto I RECALL YOU button chat box appear only with that function, if click onto SEND SMS button chat box appear only with that function.
Overall: Even if I've just started right now some new customers contact me!
Could I have invested money better? No way!
Pros: First of all support is exceptional. They listen and they develop this tool really fast.
Cons: I'd love to see Matomo Analytics integration just the same way as Google Analytics is implemented. From the developer's view it's really easy. Events are handled the same way, just event name differs.
Overall: I'm not sure if there is any better way to invest your money as far as customer service and contact with potential clients is concerned.
Cons: None that I can find at the moment. I guess if I was to be picky, I would maybe have a better price structure for the additional call credits. (Buy more and get extra) - it gives the user to spend more and buy in bulk.
Overall: It has been great, their support is very fast and helpful, they have an awesome FB group where you can find all the updates to the app along with collaborate with other like minded people. Overall the app and everything that comes with it has been top notch quality!
Pros: It makes connecting to a customer easy and for the customer to reach me for free will reduce their barrier to contact me. If you own multiple businesses, I like the fact that you can create diff accounts to track different customers from each of my business and assign it to any of my staff.
I can also set time limits to avoid international customers calling me at odd hours and I can still return them a call at their requested time.
Overall: I like that fact that it will allow customers to contact me just with a simple click and i can allocate this links to wherever I want them to be.
* Good customization options with agents, numbers.
Cons: * I wish there was a way to make outbound calls from the software dashboard itself.
* I don't want to show Novocall message or a branding , but upgrade price is high compare to its competitors.
Overall: In my opinion, it is a perfect software for any person who would like to enable their customers to make calls. It has saved us lot of time to send them a zoom or skype link as customer prefer phone calls in general.
Pros: Novocall is the best for my business. Find potential customers who show interest in your product or services. It can help businesses increase sales!
Cons: No cons with Novocall. It is the perfect solution for your business!
Overall: Novocall is the best!
Pros: Easy to use and to deploy to a sales team.
You can implement the solution in few clicks on your website and you are ready to convert visitors into leads. That definitely helps to increase your sales cycle time.
Pros: It's an easy to use tool that connects on one side the customer support/ sales team in an effective way with the visitor from the website. Quite convenient is the feature of implementing the daily working hours of the free person who can handle the calls.
Very comfortable to implement to the website.
Cons: I wish the tool gives the possibility to get the visitors name by asking for it in an additional pop up so the customer support knows with whom to speak before answering the call.
Some features need upgrades to be unlocked - like the amount of calls per month.
Pros: What I like best about Novocall Is the ability for my website visitors to schedule a call back with me. When we aren't available we still have the opportunity to connect with people who are considering our services.
Cons: I can't think of anything that I don't like about this product. It truly was designed with conversations in mind.
Overall: The first day that we installed Novocall on our website, which was really easy by the way, we had people scheduled calls with us. From those calls we actually had someone purchased tickets to our event that brought in over $1000 of revenue. I would highly recommend this tool to everyone.
Pros: I like the ease of use of the system to allow people to connect to us easily and fast. Its a really cost effective solution for business that wants quick answer.
Cons: I have experience people having typo error and in the end the call was connected to someone who did not submit the info through the form. This can cause unwanted nunisance to receiver. Worst case scenario is, someone purposely submit false number to request for call and not only make our company a spam but caused us to get into trouble with the law for spam.
Overall: Overall experience is great so far!
Pros: Ease of use , interface and analytics.
Cons: Cant say anything yet, so far it has been a great experience.
Pros: Adding the software to my website was simple and took around 15 minutes. The very next day, I received a call directly from the website and turned the caller into a customer.
It doesn't matter what industry you are in, even eCommerce, some customers like to speak with someone and Novocall makes it so simple for them.
Overall: Great product, great support and development.
Pros: This widget was so easy to install on our site. It looks great and works flawlessly. This feature pays for itself with just one extra sale per month but we know we're getting much more than that! I just love how it turns passive visitors into actual hot leads so easily.
Pros: I liked the call back capability of this software since many of our clients live in different timezones and we can't take their calls on the spot but we can provide a call number on our website which is great.
Cons: That not all countries were supported but they are working on fixing that.
Overall: We added the widgit to our landing page and want to use it for scheduling demos with potential leads. We debranded the widgit as well which is awesome. It's a service that Novocall provides for a small upgrade.
Get your leads on the phone with ease!
Pros: One of the hardest parts of lead capture is how passive it can be. A visitor comes to your site and surely has lots of questions. But if there isn't anyone there to help answer, that's a big problem and they're probably bounce. With NovoCall, you give new leads the option to immediately hop on a call to get their questions answered and hopefully convert them into a customer or client.
Cons: The installation and setup can take a bit of time, especially if you're not familiar with tools like this. But with a bit of time you can get it up and running on your site without much of a hassle.
Overall: We've worked with Novocall to get it setup on a handful of customers sites, including lawyers and other high ticket businesses that really a way to get leads on the phone so they can close the sale. So far it's been a great tool to have.
Very easy to setup, great support!
Pros: Great set of functionalities, very easy to setup and to get it up and running on my website. Great support team, very fast response.
Cons: Would be nice to be able to customize the text message that it sent to remove the Novocall branding or if the Novocall branding has to be there then replace it with a partner/affiliate link.
Overall: So far so good! It's been up on my website for a few weeks now. It's a great way to provide another avenue for customers to easily reach you.
Pros: I liked how easy it was to get setup and begin running on my website.
Cons: For us, it just didnt seem to generate any extra calls. Ive seen these tools work great in the past. The other issue was the intergration asepect and being able to book calls into my calander was a big feature I wish they had.
Overall: Overall I loved it. Hoping to come back to it one day but in the meantime I will keep recomneding friends to it.
Pros: - I liked the ease of installation and configuration.
- Dashboard interface and very good usability.
- Support of good quality.
Overall: Overall the experience is very good. A very well built system and a staff open to suggestions. Congratulations Novocall!
Pros: We really liked this tool as it's giving us an opportunity to connect with our clients as per their availability.
Good call quality and no need of internet to get connected.
Cons: I wish we could set the call duration or can decrease to 10 mins as standard call duration.
Overall: We're quite impressed by this tool and it's certainly a must have tool for all the companies.
Pros: Straight to the point contact option for website visitors. Phone calls are the #1 way we close sales in our company.
Cons: Interface could be a bit more streamlined - would like to see custom styling options.
Overall: The gap between inquisitive customers and personal service is always a challenge. Overall, Novocall has enabled us to close this gap significantly.
Pros: 1. Team is fast to implement update / makes fixes.
2. The software is easily to implement on your site.
3. Big list of country you can get calls from.
Cons: 1. Some features still need enhancement.
2. Integrations have to added to the platform.
Overall: I have had chance to interact with the Novocall team and they are very responsive.
Pros: I love how easy this makes it for clients to contact us form any where on our page. As opposed to putting a contact form own every page, instead, we can offer an immediate call back which seems more personal.
Cons: Wish we could personalize the messages more for a branded and personal experience.
Pros: Ease of use, ease of implementation. Easy lead capture, appointment setter and more! So many various ways t use it, if you get creative!
Cons: The one default is not having the ability to brand emails for call confirmations, etc and no ability for 'sales rep' to get SMS notifications for scheduled call.
Pros: As a longtime user of IVR software, I'm usually skeptical. But Novocall did a really good job of making an important task really easy to implement. If you have multiple locations, and want to connect the web pages for your multiple locations to their direct phone lines, Novocall makes it easy to do so by creating a new widget for each location.
Cons: I would rather not display Novocall branding so prominently. And I wish there were more customization options for the widget.
Overall: I think Novocall is a terrific solution for companies with multiple physical locations. The inability to set a call duration longer than 10 minutes is going to be a problem for some, so be aware of the limitation.
Pros: It's ready to go out if the box. Easy to set up and use - there are so many creative ways to use this in your business.
Pros: This has beyond a doubt improved our conversion rate. I am not sure if this is unique to Novocall or generically to the product category, but it is working!
Cons: Our traditional contact-us is feeling lonely after implementing Novocall.
Overall: We had a question and they replied back right away.
Pros: Very easy to use. We set it up for our first time in about 5-7 minutes.
Cons: At first we were a little confused about the text message part and how it worked but customer service is super responsive and explained everything.
Overall: Amazing! We have it on several clients now and they love it.
Cons: API and HTTP request functionality. Could use some more integrations of the bat.
Overall: Good, pretty easy and straitforward.
Pros: The support team has been quick and apt.Jj from support team has been always the point of contact for solving all the questions.
Cons: Maybe, the design. but each time I had a problem I email the team.
A couple of weeks later the features / requests was implemented.
Must have for anyone that does customer callback.
Pros: The team is absolutely amazing! The speed at which they upgrade and improve the product is remarkable. The support is top notch. New features get added regularly.
Cons: I hope they add more countries and customization options.
Cons: Nothing for cons since overall it works without any flaws at the moment.
Overall: Being able to allow my possible customers to contact me easy or current customers.
Pros: It's easy to set up and install, and Inlove how you can customize the colors to match your website.
Cons: It'd be nice is the operator's (my) profile photo would show up on the pop up like it does when you click on the phone icon.
Pros: I got really excited with this product, because, I immediately saw the benifit of schedualing callback for a strategy session.
I can embed this in my website, have it handle the booking of 20min strategy sessions. It calls me, then calls prospect and connects us together.
Cons: As per my use case, it really needs to be able to intergate with my google calendar. At the moment I am using webhooks and zapier to push appoinments to the calendar, but at risk of double booking with something else.
Overall: This has been an amazing experience, and very excited about the future of this product.
Pros: First of all, The APPSumo Deal was awesome and After that Continuous update from the Team.
Cons: It is in early stage, So Couple of basic features are missing But they are providing continuoes update which is really good.


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