You've Got Data? Well Don't Start There!
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What does it really mean to optimize customer experience?
Are Smart Things Really Smart?
Data for the Sake of Data? Never!
As the primary connection for customers' concerns, call centers have massive amounts of data pouring in hourly. Collecting the information is the easy … Big Data Analytics Creates Smart Contact Centers Read More ».
I've been reading about Big Data's foray into "Journey Analytics." Journey analytics seeks to improve customer experience by collecting data at each point on a customer's journey and mapping customers' paths – whether they lead to a purchase or not.
To make it worse, the pace of this information continues to increase; data (lots of it) is being produced more rapidly than ever before. How can you capture this data and use it to help you and your organization make informed decisions, and ideally to predict future behavior and events?
Unfortunately, call recording wasn't designed for the purpose of analytics and insight. The design of many recording platforms pre-dated the rise of AI-fueled speech analytics, which automatically transcribes and analyzes your call recordings. Don't be a data hostage!
Data Sources; Organizations Likely Missing. In this era of big data, we collect information from more sources than ever. But having access to data and effectively utilizing that data are two. of analytics solutions, many decision makers may be trying to cut through.
Whether you realize it or not, big data is at the heart of practically everything we do today. In today's smart, digital world, big data has opened the floodgates to never-before-seen possibilities. The Need for Customer Journey Analytics.
Can you remember the last time you experienced a customer service call that actually left you satisfied? When a service interaction is seamless, that moment lives on in a customer's mind—and it sets the expectation for how all future experiences should go.
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) within the cloud is the engine utilizing data produced on the plant floor to power manufacturers. Cloud ERP gives manufacturers more precise and real-time data. Big data is popular amongst business intelligence and analytics applications.
advanced analytics Big Data Customer Experience data analyticsToday's business environment is constantly evolving, but the consumer's expectations are as focused as ever on the fundamentals of genuine, personalized, effortless and effective service.
Overview Thick Data provides insight into people's emotions, motivations and ways of thinking. For our organizations to have a realistic view of the marketplace and our customers, CX leaders need to provide and advocate the use of Thick Data to supplement operational Big Data insights.
Did the title about data make you curious? Of course, in today's data-rich environment I'm not really suggesting that you actually ignore it! If so, then just follow the steps I detail below and you will soon be doubling, quadrupling, if not 10x the ROI of your data.
Many other sensors and data sources will probably also be routed to PSAPs, such as LPR, gunshot detection, hazmat alerts, weather alerts, telematics, and even social media. While these sources of Big Data hold a lot of promise, they will create major challenges too. This ability to correlate different data sources is where Big Data technologies will play a role.
Collecting this valuable speech and text data or over all interaction data is just the first step in managing customer expectations though. Actionable analytics is key. To get a well-rounded view of customers, contact centers need to collect and analyze data from every channel.
Big Data is a big business. Companies everywhere are tapping into Big Data to transform themselves. Still, for all its notoriety, Big Data is hard to pin down. Ask 10 different experts what Big Data is and you'll get 10 different answers.
Using Interaction Analytics to Improve the Customer Journey (whitepaper). Sharing speech and text findings with a customer journey analytics (CJA) solution is a great way to expand the benefits and contributions of Interaction Analytics. 4/21/2017. By Donna Fluss. Introduction. To continue reading, download the PDF by registering below: DOWNLOAD. Thank you for your interest in DMG Consulting's publications.
24-7 call center Ansafone Contact Center AI analytics artificial intelligence automation big data statistics tech. Advancements in technology have revolutionized how companies interact with customers.
Tweet Teradata announced two new breakthrough software capabilities that empower business users to uncover and operationalize the insights hidden within Internet of Things (IoT) data. Even more difficult is integrating the IoT data with business operations and human behavioral data.
Not Your Grandfather's Predictive Analytics: Using the power of predictive analytics, Mintigo discovers your ideal customer profile, targets the prospects with the highest propensity to buy, and engages them with the right message through the right channels. Mintigo provides predictive analytics for both Marketo and Eloqua. Data includes thousands of attributes such as technologies in use, social influences, department sizes, and firmographic data.
But for the most part, we are also in a constant state of data overload. Organizations are similarly challenged by the overflow of Big Data from transactions, social media, records, interactions, documents, and sensors. But the ability to correlate and link all of this data, and derive meaningful insights, can offer a great opportunity. Improved Coordination While analyzing big data is critical, being able to share that information is equally important.
In a recent ETCIO.com article , Firstsource's Aparajita Gupta, senior vice president, digital support and analytics, describes how using Verint Speech and Text Analytics helped the India-based business process outsourcer analyze huge volumes of data and—importantly for its customers—find root causes to a variety of challenges.
Customer Experience Technology Uncategorized big data Natural Language Processing NLP text analyticsFor many people, September 19 is a remarrrrrkable occasion for which pirate memes and puns abound.
That there is a huge ROI and enhanced customer engagement, trust and customer lifetime value are possible, especially when analytics and IOT are combined, these are some of the reasons why the announcement by Microsoft and FieldOne Systems LLC is so important.
Big data and analytics, with how they will impact predictive modelling and the marketing mix. Following on from the opportunities of Big Data, the next concern is Marketing Accountability and its ROI. Knowing what to do with data. SCARE : We have gone from an information rich environment to complete data overload. Start with the right question and then use the data you have to answer it. (>> Tweet this <<).
Advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, Big Data analytics, and mobility are all driving contact center innovation. Speech analytics. The success of speech analytics demonstrates how good technology accompanied by best practices is a winning formula for companies that can afford the investment. Customer journey analytics. Thank you for your interest in DMG Consulting's publications.
This is a story about finding the hidden gems in your customer interaction data. And the good news is you don't need "Big Data" to find them. There is so much value in "small" quality management data. A great place to start is speech analytics. for speech analytics.
Customer experience big data call center analyticsWin in today's hyper-competitive world by harnessing actionable insights to continuously improve user experience and solution performance.
the collaborative data company, to deliver a collaborative data catalog that brings trust in data to self-service analytics. . Teradata will re-sell the Alation Data Catalog to Teradata customers and prospects struggling to achieve trust in data – in those data environments that have grown more complex with big data. . Brand need to evaluate their strategy on using data to increase revenue and decrease costs.
We'll see the Internet of Things affecting offices, allowing remote access to valuable data. Big Data. The Internet of Things is expected to generate more data than we could possibly process—an estimated 600 zettabytes by 2020. Your competition is going digital. Are you?
i] Dual-task interference in simple tasks: Data and theory. Tweet The need for customer experience to improve is not a myth. In fact, here's why.
Speech Analytics allows customer support organizations to analyze audio of customer interactions for mentions of keywords or phrases, call themes, as well as the sentiment and emotions of callers. One reason for the struggle with Speech Analytics is a lack of in-house analytical talent.
Attendees hosted sessions and exchanged best practices on topics including voice of the customer, desktop and process analytics, automation/robotics, employee engagement, quality management, back-office and branch operations, compliance recording and workforce management.
Through conversations with clients, prospective buyers, system integrators, partners, and vendors, Constellation sees five big themes in customer success management (see Figure 1)  : Delivering a brand promise instead of a product or service requires new approaches. Tweet.
One challenge organizations have today is the lack of data to validate bold moves, like strategic decisions to change policies, procedures and products. To map them, it leverages millions of data points across customers, channels, and touchpoints " – McKinsey. 1- Gather the data.
MY POV: My overall take away is that Oracle has built / are building the most comprehensive cloud offering – Data as a Service (DaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure as a Service (Iaas).
In today's IoT (Internet of Things) landscape, analyzing big data is now a crucial factor that must be embraced by call centers for collections, customer service, and sales. This happens with hundreds of thousands of calls, each of which produces additional data.
IVAs are self-learning; their intelligence is continually evolving based on data inputs from each new interaction. DMG defines robotic process automation as the use of software to process transactions, manipulate data, trigger responses, initiate actions, and communicate with other digital systems to automate the completion of high-volume, repetitive, and non-cognitive tasks. Thank you for your interest in DMG Consulting's publications.
Image courtesy of Pixabay "Data is just data until you do something with it," right? Today, on a webinar with Logi Analytics , I am sharing tips on moving beyond data for the sake of data (and dashboards for the sake of dashboards).


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#include "expressiongraph_wbf/solver/controller_base.hpp"
#ifndef EXPRESSIONGRAPH_CONTROLLER_SCALAR_HPP
#define EXPRESSIONGRAPH_CONTROLLER_SCALAR_HPP
using namespace KDL;
namespace wbf {
/*this controller is the most simple, as it
 * simple impose the desired value
 * (generalised force in force resolved schemes)
 * to the given direction
 * */
class direct_scalar_controller:public controller
{
private:
	Expression<double>::Ptr val_des;

public:
	direct_scalar_controller(
			Expression<double>::Ptr _val_des);

	void update_expressions(const std::vector<double> & q_in,
			const std::vector<int> & q_index);
	virtual void update_expressions_rot(const std::vector<KDL::Rotation>&R,
			const std::vector<int> & q_index);
	bool compute_action(Eigen::VectorXd&res);
	void update_time(double time, int time_index);

};

class proportional_scalar_controller:public controller
{
private:
	Expression<double>::Ptr p_des;
	Expression<double>::Ptr p_meas;
	Expression<double>::Ptr K;

public:
	proportional_scalar_controller(Expression<double>::Ptr _p_meas ,
			Expression<double>::Ptr _p_des,
			Expression<double>::Ptr _K
	);

	void update_expressions(const std::vector<double> & q_in,
			const std::vector<int> & q_index);
	virtual void update_expressions_rot(const std::vector<KDL::Rotation>&R,
			const std::vector<int> & q_index);
	bool compute_action(Eigen::VectorXd&res);
	void update_time(double time, int time_index);

};

class proportional_deadzone_scalar_controller:public controller
{
private:
	Expression<double>::Ptr lower_bound;
	Expression<double>::Ptr upper_bound;
	Expression<double>::Ptr p_meas;
	Expression<double>::Ptr K;

public:
	/** Proportional controller with dead-zone.
	 * This controller is proportional outside the bounds,
	 * and zero inside the bounds.
	 *
	 * This controller has the following law:
	 * \f[
	 *  u=\begin{cases}
	 *  (l_b-x)K&\text{if} x<l_b\\
	 *  (u_b-x)K&\text{if} x>u_b\\
	 *  0&\text{otherwise}
	 *  \\\end{cases}
	 *   \f]
	 */
	proportional_deadzone_scalar_controller(
			Expression<double>::Ptr p_meas,
			Expression<double>::Ptr lower_bound,
			Expression<double>::Ptr upper_bound,
			Expression<double>::Ptr K
	);

	void update_expressions(const std::vector<double> & q_in,
			const std::vector<int> & q_index);
	virtual void update_expressions_rot(const std::vector<KDL::Rotation>&R,
			const std::vector<int> & q_index);
	bool compute_action(Eigen::VectorXd&res);
	void update_time(double time, int time_index);

};

class proportional_ff_scalar_controller:public controller
{
private:
	Expression<double>::Ptr p_des;
	Expression<double>::Ptr p_meas;
	Expression<double>::Ptr K;
	Expression<double>::Ptr ff;
	int time_index_ff;

public:
	proportional_ff_scalar_controller(Expression<double>::Ptr _p_meas ,
			Expression<double>::Ptr _p_des,
			Expression<double>::Ptr _K,
			Expression<double>::Ptr _ff,
			int _time_index_ff
	);

	void update_expressions(const std::vector<double> & q_in,
			const std::vector<int> & q_index);
	void update_expressions_rot(const std::vector<KDL::Rotation>&R,
			const std::vector<int> & q_index);
	bool compute_action(Eigen::VectorXd&res);
	virtual void update_time(double time, int time_index);

};

};
#endif

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Majority of Republicans, independents believe Trump's enemies orchestrated FBI raid
That sentiment was more divided when broken down by party
By Ben Whedon
Updated: August 10, 2022 - 3:39pm
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A strong majority of Republicans and independents believe that former President Donald Trump's political enemies organized the Monday evening FBI raid on his Mar-a-Lago estate.
FBI agents with the Washington Field Office on Monday raided the former president's estate in pursuit of classified documents he may have removed from the White House.
"The are dark times for our Nation, as my beautiful home, Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Florida, is currently under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of FBI agents," Trump said in a statement. "Nothing like this has ever happened to a President of the United States before."
A plurality of Americans overall, 47.9%, believe "Trump's political enemies" were behind the raid, according to a Trafalgar group poll. contrast with 39.7% who attributed it to "the impartial justice system" and 12.4% who were not sure.
That sentiment was more divided when broken down by party. While 76.7% of Republicans believe Trump opponents masterminded the raid, 70.5% of Democrats said the Bureau acted impartially. Independents leaned toward blaming political bias with 53.9% blaming Trump's rivals for the raid.
The poll also asked respondents about the effect the raid had on their likeliness to vote, with Independents and Republicans decisively asserting that the raid made them more likely to participate in the 2022 midterms. 83.3% of Republicans said they were more likely to vote while 71.7% of independents and 55.2% of Democrats said the same.
Republicans have resoundingly condemned the raid, with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy vowing to investigate the Department of Justice and the FBI's handling of the investigation should Republicans take the House in the midterms.
"I've seen enough," he said. "The Department of Justice has reached an intolerable state of weaponized politicization. When Republicans take back the House, we will conduct immediate oversight of this department, follow the facts, and leave no stone unturned. Attorney General Garland, preserve your documents and clear your calendar."
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A space in the sky distorted. After which, an elderly figure appeared in front of many people's eyes. This figure raised his arm the moment he appeared. Two majestic Dou Qi pillars that contained a powerful lightning glow explosively shot toward the Gu Qian duo below.
Gu Qian and Gu Xu were extremely furious when they saw this figure attacking as he pleased. Before they could curse out loud, they hurriedly pulled back while wearing ugly expressions.
The two vast lightning glows shot through the sky like a meteorites. However, before they could strike the bodies of the duo, an invisible force suddenly spread. This force coincidentally received the two lightning glows.
Xiao Yan looked at the elderly figure descending from the sky. He was stunned when he saw that somewhat familiar face because he had discovered that the old man who had intervened and aided him was actually that mysterious old man he had met at the empty realm lightning pool. The one that was always saying "Is this right?" An exclamation was involuntarily emitted from his mouth.
That elder with the surname Mang blew at his beard and chided when he heard Xiao Yan's exclamation.
The corner of Xiao Yan's mouth twitched. He looked at the smiling old man in front of him. For a moment, he found it difficult to connect this person to the extremely mysterious Inner Academy headmaster of the Jia Nan Academy.
Xiao Yan bitterly smiled. This old fellow really did not appear like a mysterious headmaster. Instead, he was like an old bandit who had just barged out of a bandit's nest.
"Thank you old mister Mang." Xun Er by the side also recovered from her shock as she spoke with a smile.
Xiao Yan's face was a little green when he heard these words. Xun Er's face by the side also flushed a bright red.
The Gu Qian duo, who had been forced back by the lightning glow earlier, stepped forward with furious expressions. Gu Qian spoke with a deep voice at this moment.
This white-haired old man swung his sleeves after uttering these words before walking to some seats a short distance away. He had never once glanced at Xiao Yan throughout the entire exchange.
Xiao Yan cupped his hands and sincerely replied. He was able to hear a concerned tone in Mang Tian Chi's words.
"Let's go…" Mang Tian Chi smiled. After which, he turned around and walked to some seats in one corner. Xiao Yan hesitated for a moment before leading the Little Fairy Doctor's group, who also wore ugly expressions. Finally, they sat in the seats beside Mang Tian Chi.
"That old man from earlier is called Gu Shan. He is one of the extremely experienced Elders within the Gu clan. His strength is also quite great, and he possesses some influence within the Gu clan. Moreover, he is also one of those who resolutely objects our relationship." Xun Er softly explained after they took their seats.
Xiao Yan quietly nodded. He could sense just how frightening Gu Shan was. It was likely that he was at least at the peak of the Dou Zun class. The number of experts within this Gu clan had indeed reached quite a frightening level.
Xiao Yan returned a smile to Huo Xuan. After which, he glanced at the left side of the stage. A group of people were clustered there. Most of these people were from the younger generation of the Gu clan. Xiao Yan saw Gu Zhen, Lin Xiu, Ling Quan, and a couple of Black Submerged Army commanders there. At this moment, the eyes of the few of them were staring at him in a gloating manner.
Such an expression in their eyes caused Xiao Yan to slightly frown. He had just withdrew his eyes when they suddenly gathered on a corner at the front. A figure with a sharp murderous aura was seated at that spot. This person had black and white hair. The aura all over his body was as cold as ten thousand-year-old mysterious ice. One felt a chill over one's entire body when one looked at him.
Xiao Yan's eyes were grave as he studied this statue-like back. He could sense a wave of familiar killing desire slowly spreading from the body of this person. Moreover, the target of this killing intent was him.
Xiao Yan slowly exhaled a breath of air. The fist under his sleeve suddenly tightened. Such a killing intent was the same as the one he had sensed yesterday. Clearly, this should be that devil general, whom Xun Er had said was a great threat to him.
As the target of this wave of killing intent, it was obvious that Xiao Yan's every action had been absorbed by Gu Yao ever since Xiao Yan had arrived. Xiao Yan's act of staring at Gu Yao was probably being sensed by him.
A solemness flashed across Xiao Yan's eyes. The most troublesome opponent of the same generation of Xiao Yan was likely this so-called devil general.
Xun Er also sensed when Xiao Yan had stared at the icy-cold back. She clenched her hand. A chill flashed across her pretty eyes as she softly spoke.
"Additionally, the Heavenly Tomb will open soon after the adult ceremony is completed. You can enter that place with your qualification. However, some Elders will obstruct you…" Xun Er frowned as she spoke.
"You can relax. I will help speak up for this little fellow when the time comes. It is likely that those old fellows from your clan will not make things overly difficult for him on account of my old face." Mang Tian Chi at the front stretched his lazy waist as he spoke.
"In that case, I will thank old mister Mang." Xun Er immediately laughed when she heard his words.
"Won't you purposefully speak for the old me to hear? Little girl, you are trying to pull some schemes in front of the old me…" Mang Tian Chi rolled his eyes as he replied.
Xun Er smiled but did not refute the claim. It would be a little too wasteful if one did not use such a good bargaining chip.
Xiao Yan was slightly startled, but he did not say anything. The fist under his sleeve was gently clenched. This was not the result that he needed!
An ancient 'gong' sound suddenly rang around this stadium when Xiao Yan clenched his fist. The 'gong' sound spread in a mighty manner. It spread over this spacious mountain range.
After the gong sound appeared, a calm voice filled with a great might was suddenly emitted from empty space. That voice contained a frightening pressure that caused quite a number of people in the stadium to gently inhale a breath of cool air.
A shocked expression appeared in Xiao Yan's eyes as he sensed the pressure that originated from deep within his soul. This was the first time that he had sensed a genuine Dou Sheng pressure.


Conservative chairman Grant Shapps has rejected calls for the party to reopen an inquiry into Cannock Chase MP Aidan Burley after claims that he lied about his attendance at a Nazi-themed stag party.
Labour MPs demanded a fresh investigation after the publication last weekend of photographs and tape-recordings which appeared to contradict Mr Burley's claims that he left the party before fellow guests went to a bar where revellers chanted "Hitler" and "Himmler".
Mr Burley was sacked as a ministerial aide when reports of the episode emerged in 2011, and an internal party inquiry last week found he was "stupid and offensive" to have organised the party.
Groom Mark Fournier was fined 1,500 euro by a French court for wearing an SS uniform and insignia supplied by the MP.
Asked whether the inquiry into Mr Burley's actions would be reopened in the light of the new evidence published by the Mail On Sunday, Mr Shapps told BBC Radio 4's The World At One: "Aidan Burley has quite rightly been subject to a report. It is absolutely right he has apologised for his involvement. It doesn't represent where he stands. I think the matter is now closed.
"It is a matter for the party but the inquiry has taken place some time ago.
"We consider the matter is now closed. He has apologised. It doesn't benefit anyone to keep this running and running."
Labour MP Ian Austin asked: "How can Grant Shapps say the matter is closed when Aidan Burley's account of his involvement in a party at which guests chanted 'Hitler, Hitler, Hitler' and toasted the `thought process and ideology of the Third Reich' is flatly contradicted by journalists who were there?
"It is absolutely clear that the inquiry the Prime Minister established failed to establish the facts.
"This issue will not go away until Aidan Burley and the Tory Party explain exactly what happened.
"Instead of brushing it under the carpet, David Cameron and Grant Shapps should be reopening the inquiry."


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Full Court decides what's in a 'day'
By Tegan Ayling	11 September 2019
In brief 2 min read
In a decision with far-reaching implications for employers, the Full Court of the Federal Court has decided that employees who work 12-hour shifts spread over a 36-hour week are entitled to 10 days of their shifts each year for personal/carer's leave.1
How does it affect you?
Background – considering the meaning of a 'day'
The decision – days, not hours
This decision will have a significant and far-reaching impact for many employers – who won't be alone if they have been calculating leave accruals on the basis of an employee's ordinary hours. According to the Full Court, this is the incorrect approach.
Given the significant financial implications for employers, the Minister for Small and Family Business, the Workplace and Deregulation had intervened in the proceedings. It remains to be seen whether the decision will be appealed or whether legislation will be introduced to mitigate its impact. At this stage, employers should review how they calculate the accrual and taking of paid personal/carer's leave for employees.
Mondelez' enterprise agreement provided for employees who worked 12-hour shifts over a 36-hour week to have 96 hours of paid personal/carer's leave each year. To decide whether this was more or less beneficial than the National Employment Standards (NES) entitlement, the Full Court considered what a 'day', in the context of the '10 days of paid personal/carer's leave' in the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth), actually means.
The Full Court decided that a 'day' in the context of personal/carer's leave is a 'working day', not an average number of ordinary hours. So, employees who worked 12-hour shifts over a 36 hour week are entitled to accrue and take 10 lots of their 12-hour working days of personal/carer's leave each year.
The decision considers the statutory entitlement to 10 days' paid personal/carer's leave as a form of income protection. It allows an employee to be absent from work with pay for 10 'working days' – even if a 'working day' is made up of different ordinary hours. This means that all part-time and full-time employees have the same entitlement to be absent from work for 10 of their working days each year, irrespective of the employee's average daily ordinary hours. This will affect how a vast majority of employers have been treating the accrual and taking of paid personal/carer's leave for employees, particularly part-time and shift employees.
As a result of the Full Court's interpretation, the personal/carer's leave entitlement in Mondelez' enterprise agreement was less beneficial than the NES entitlement.
Mondelez v Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) [2019] FCAFC 138.
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Supersonic travel has been a burning ambition of the upper classes for many years. The technology needed to make it a reality has existed. The problem with working out what one needs to fly…
Supersonic travel has been a burning ambition of the upper classes for many years. The technology needed to make it a reality has existed.
The problem with working out what one needs to fly commercially is that it's not just about having a plane that flies faster than the speed of sound; it's also about its one-way re-fueling.
Propulsion by what's called Schott's snuff test turns out to be a feasible method, even if it's decades away. The good news is that you don't have to wait that long.
There's a working concept that could get you there.
A company called Skyjet recently unveiled their Supersonic Cryo-Mobil Lagoon, a giant, underwater body that would allow supersonic travel between Los Angeles and New York City with a fraction of the emissions. Skyjet is now entering the "provisioning phase" in which they plan to operate a series of full-scale flight tests that could begin as early as late 2018.
Related Image Expand / Contract There's a plan for suborbital and commercial space flight. (Admissions Annex)
Skyjet operates not like the cumbersome and very expensive suborbital cruise companies like Virgin Galactic and XCOR, but by lining up funding for paying passengers, since launching has always been expensive.
They don't have to compete with Elon Musk's SpaceX, but they can't work out the kinks of long-range long-understood systems like the Hawker Beechcraft Electra, either. Skyjet will have to be able to take off vertically using engines on a floating platform with a jet bridge, which are already controlled remotely, rather than relying on high-tech engines programmed by pilots.
To realize their business plan, Skyjet needs money, which they believe they can get with the help of the venture capital firms Canaan Partners and Lowercase Capital, who put $2 million into the company in June.
Skyjet's CEO David Clifton, a former CEO of Epicor, an early developer of the Oracle-like, real-time, enterprise resource planning software that BSA Bernerding chose over Microsoft, said, "From what we've seen from customers we expect that they will start flying in two years, because they're all eager to fly with us. We should be flying within the year. We haven't had a question about why we're not, and we think that if we can't fly, then we should shut up."
One area that might pose a challenge for the company is security. It's not that a new company would be impervious to attack if they were flying supersonic.
In February of 1966, a British female pilot named Violet Arlene Wright crashed a conventional hot-air balloon just above the California resort of Big Sur. Wright's parachute did not open, meaning she was left dangling in the balloon. She perished when her parachute failed to open.
However, it's less likely that she would survive the sort of close call that may be inevitable in a high-speed supersonic jet. Wright parachuted into the ocean with one of her feet dangling from the balloon, and survived despite spending about five hours in the water. That would have been far too little time for her to have lived, but she made it out alive.
In addition to the financial hurdles, supersonic travel still has hurdles to overcome on the engineering and aviation end. The volcano fog at Mach 1 would be known as a Saran Wrap event if it existed today.
Related Image Expand / Contract Space planes could take passengers to outer space. (SpaceX)
Supersonic flight is much more unpredictable than the speed of sound since the world is a truly spherical arrangement and few decisions are taken at the speed of sound. But both Wrister and Clifton see off-piste scramjet experimentation as being the next wave in hypersonic flight research.
U.S. space tourism company Virgin Galactic is planning to begin test flights in 2017 of its VSS Unity space plane, though the eventual goal is suborbital and commercial space travel.
And according to new figures from the Federal Aviation Administration, the only flight that is approved to fly at supersonic speeds is the October 23, 1961, Concorde flight from London to New York.
No supersonic commercial flight is ever likely to happen. But if the speed of sound could fly? It's possible. A fantasy of the upper classes still won't fly, but it may become a reality.
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Eminent Sikh historian Giani has recorded the details of setting up of Barnala in the annals of Khalsa in this manner that in the year 1775 Baba Ala Singh after offering Bhadaur (set up by King Padhar Sain) to his brother Duna Singh came to Barnala region which was lying aloof at that time. Setting it up, he made it his capital and took under his control surrounding villages. It too appears that Anahadgarh may be existing before and must have been deserted following attacks of Dharvis.
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Guys, with the Hall of Fame's selection announcements coming some time today, I've got baseball on the brain. Now seems like as good a time as any to start this thread.
Pitchers and catchers report in about forty-four days, I think.
I have always said that we will never know how much PED use there was and that there will be players in the HOF that used that we never find out about. I want the best of the best of a broken era in with the evidence of their use presented on their plaques or in a special room that addresses the entire era. I want honesty, great players and the ability for future generations to judge on their own. Bonds, McGwire and many others were the guys hitting 50-70 homers when the league average was 25-30. To me, that's the rough equivalent of Frank Robinson hitting 35 when the league averaged 10-15. Those players were still the best of the era. Baseball needs to stop being married to numbers. What will it ever do when the big name pitchers are up and all have 225 wins even though they were the best of their time?
And, yes, Matt, it is a shame that Kenny Lofton was basically ignored. He is right on the line for me and I could see how people would think his case is as good as Raines'.
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The only 'steroid user' on your list I'm kind of leery about is Clemens. Considering he was 31 in 1993, that year through '96 really ought to have been part of the prime of his career, but he looked more or less washed up in those last four years in Boston. Suddenly, at age 36 and later, he's ripping off some of the best years in his career in Toronto, Houston, and New York? I don't know.
He was phenomenal in the late '80s and into the early '90s, but I'm really on the fence about whether his career gets back on track without some added help (and gets him the Hall of Fame numbers along with it). I think Barry Bonds was a Hall of Fame player by the time he was 32 years old. McGwire is tricky, but I'll allow it.
Maybe it's just that I really don't like Roger Clemens, which is true, and I'm letting this get in the way of my objectivity here.
His glove was good. Here are his peers according to his WAR. About half of them are pretty un-controversially in Cooperstown.
Like I said, I can get him ultimately getting left out, but who does he not even get te requisite 5% to stay on the ballot a few years?
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To me, calling it the baseball hall of fame is a misnomer. Because I think it should tell the story of baseball. When we omit people such as Pete Rose or Barry Bonds, we are not telling the story of baseball. So to me, its not really so much about the numbers, but whether or not the players had an impact on the game. Sosa and McGwire are hall of famers, because their home run chase (whether or not you want to call it tainted) revived the game. It was both a good time for baseball and a dark time for baseball. Every year I see a few players get voted into the hall of fame and I wonder to myself what impact they had on the game. It seems like writers are just voting based on numbers and not really whether or not that player helps tell the story of baseball from start to present.
I'm flexible with the steroid users. It's cheating, sure, but it's complicated. How different is it from corking your bat or doctoring the ball? Some, yes, but I think this is a judgment call about the degree to which steroids enhanced a guy's numbers and perhaps the duration for which they used. Furthermore, there wasn't really a testing policy or clear penalties for use. Keeping suspected PED users out of the Hall has always struck as sportswriters trying to atone for either willfully ignoring or being too stupid to notice steroid use despite their access.
I'm less flexible with Pete Rose. Gambling is the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost of baseball--the sin for which there is no remission, and that's been pretty public knowledge since 1920. I'm not persuaded that his gambling was okay because he never bet against his own team.
It's also important to note, there is nothing preventing the Hall of Fame--at least as far as I'm aware--from exhibiting Pete Rose memorabilia or discussing his accomplishments in the Hall of Fame's museum. This is merely about whether or not he gets a plaque in the gallery.
That Barry Bonds isn't all that close to getting in is a complete sham. The HOF can't be taken seriously if they are suddenly going to pick and choose which players were flawed and which were great. For all we know, they're all flawed. Frank Thomas (along with Barry Bonds) was my favorite player in the 90s. I believe 100% that the dude was clean. However, to let him in because he was naturally big, while Bonds, Piazza (where's that proof?), etc get the shaft is ridiculous. Just because you don't like what happened doesn't mean you can ignore that it happened.
I'll take that ballot as well, with basically the same caveat that Lofton (and Sosa... and Bagwell...) eventually gets on my ballot, once the surplus is fixed. There are more than 10 legit HOFers eligible right now.
People forget how incredibly great Lofton was (and forget that he was a top 3 fantasy pick for multiple seasons). The debate between he and Raines is tough for me, but I give Raines the slight edge, possibly because he came first. However, I feel like Raines should be a slam dunk, which pretty much puts Lofton in the same boat for me.
I just can't see ignoring an entire era. It all seems holier-than-thou-ish to me by the Baseball Writers. How many of the past generation of players used greenies, and isn't that at least comparable to the steroid-era? And how many of those clown grandstanders (not all of the writers by any stretch, but the ones with an axe to grind) turned a blind eye when they were covering the McGwire-Sosa, and eventually Bonds HR chases?
Also, how many players have been left out because they weren't media friendly? Some of these people that vote on this are a complete embarrassment.
I take the HOF about as seriously as I take the Gold Glove Awards. I guess I shouldn't mention that there is evidence that the first PED use was in the mid 70s, right?
Lenny Dykstra was comically jacked up when he was with the Phillies. He played his last game in 1996, and would have been eligible for the HOF in 2002. Is there any doubt that had Dykstra put up a career that was HOF worthy, he would have been inducted in 2002 with nothing more than a wink at his alleged PED use (use that he finally admitted in 2010)?
I don't want to take the HOF as seriously as the Gold Glove Awards. It should mean more. For a historical institution to attempt to erase history is counter-productive to the legitimacy of that institution. The people in charge of the Baseball HOF should be banging down the walls demanding a change to the voting/election process.
I also take a more hardline stance as to who should be in the hall of fame as I don't think that many players should get plaques in the hall of fame. I don't look at numbers. I look at who had a memorable career. Craig Biggio just got voted into the hall of fame. He might have put up great numbers, but his career is not memorable and he's not a hall of famer. 20 years from now, I am not going to remember much about Craig Biggio's career.
The issue as always is it more important to be great for a limited time or to be above average for an extremely long time? There is great value in being the best at a position for a short time, but if you can plug someone in for 16 years and know he is in the top 80%-90% of those guys peaks (who will have changed multiple times in his 15-20 years as he keeps plugging along) who is more HoF worthy or valuable?
Fact is every era has it's issues, from dead ball, to live ball, to amphetamine, to Steroids, to stadiums. The issue has always been baseball tried for the longest time to say stats were the only thing that mattered because it was the "same" game. It never has been comparable across eras, and unfortunately for the current crop, the steroid era happened while everybody got access to watching more games, more players, and a statistical revolution that tried to normalize across eras.
Best thing to do is separate the Hall into Eras, then you can include the Steroid users in their own era and have no worries about it "contaminating" the rest of the Hall.


I'm lazy. I wanted to create a photo gallery solution for Ghost that involved little ongoing effort to maintain, little effort to modify with changes to the gallery, and (hopefully) little intervention as the Ghost code base evolves. My solution lets you upload a photo (e.g. over sftp or ssh) to a monitored directory and automatically generate a thumbnail and HTML. If you remove a photo, the thumbnail and HTML are removed from the gallery. Captions are based off of the file name of the image.
We use the handy incron utility to monintor file system changes in a target directory. If you've never used incron, it's similar to cron, but triggers on file system changes rather than at a set interval. Incron then calls a simple bash script which uses imagemagick to create thumbnails and echos html to the end of a file. I'm using fancybox3 for the lightbox modal, but you can sub in any system you prefer.
Right now this thing is very simple. This initial design will only work with flat gallery structure (e.g. no nested galleries), but can be scalled relatively easily. Reordering the gallery needs to be done manually, either by editing the html file directly after upload, or removing pictures and reuploading them in the order you would like them to appear.
Ghost 2.1 now includes photo galleries. They are great! Thanks you awesome Ghost developers =) However, they are limited to 9 photos and designed more for story telling within a post. I was looking more for a gallery landing page.
AttilaTheDud has a great solution for Ghost that uses Nginx to generate thumbnails. Go check it out! I wanted a more automated solution for the HTML and I figured I could generate thumbnails just once at the same time.
This solution uses two packages to automate photo gallery generation on upload of new photos to the server. Incron is a nifty little utility that runs a command upon changes to the file system. Everyone's favorite imagemagick will automatically generate thumbnails. Everything else should be built into your Linux distro.
In the core directory we're going to create a new script that incron will call when files are added or removed from our gallery directory. This example uses nano as the editor.
And copy and paste this script into the newly created file. This script assumes the script is always located in a subdirectory called 'core' below the monitored directory. We will define the monitored directory in incron and pass it to the script with an argument.
# upon changes in a monitored directory.
convert "$path/$file" -thumbnail 300x300^ -gravity center -extent 300x300 -quality 60 "$path/t/$file"
Write out the file from your editor (Ctrl+O for nano) and exit (Ctrl+X for nano). And finally, make that new script executable.
We previously installed incron, but by default no users are allowed to call incron. Edit the access table at incron.allow to allow root or other users to initiate incron tasks.
Then add any user(s) you would like. One user name per line. Root is used in this example.
Write out the file from your editor and exit. Now that we've given a user permission, we need to open up the incron table to add a new task.
And copy and paste the following into incrontab. Please remember to update the directory location as neccessary!
The first section of that line tells incron which directory to monitor. The second tells incron when to do something, e.g. when a new file appears in the directory or is removed from the directory. The final section invokes the auto_gallery shell script and sends three arguments, [email protected] (the monitored directory path), $# (the file that triggered the event), and $% (the actual event triggered).
Under the settings section, you may wish to turn this page into a permanent post.
This example uses the fancybox3 to build a simple lightbox gallery, but feel free to use whatever you prefer. To enable fancybox, we need to inject some CSS and JS into this specific page.
The first script uses jQuery to insert the gallery HTML into div#gallery on the gallery page. The second script calls fancybox from the Cloudflare CDN.
If you do not have jQuery already running in your Ghost Blog (unlikely), also inject the following into the footer BEFORE you call fancybox's JS. Do not duplicate jQuery on your site!
Below is some styling to get you started. I use the '.page-photos' CSS selector to override some default styles I want applied to my other pages.
Change the file name of an image you want to include in the photo gallery to the caption you would like to appear with the image. If you include single ' or double " quotes in the file name, it's likely to break stuff, so please avoid using them in the file name. You can always go back and manually add the quotation marks in the HTML if needed or change the code above to sanitize your file names.


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Lit de justice held by Louis XV
Lit de justice held by Louis XV.
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The king is dead, long live the king !
Louis XIV died on the 1er September 1715 in Versailles. By virtue of the principles of the kingdom's succession, power reverts to his great-grandson, born February 15, 1710. The latter not having reached the age of thirteen required to govern by himself, Louis XIV organized his succession.
Defiant in regard to his nephew Philippe of Orleans, the sovereign formed a council of regency, of which he himself appointed the members. Louis XIV wanted to give the Duke of Maine, his legitimized bastard, the first place. In 1643, Louis XIII had already attempted to organize a council of regency, but the inaugural bed of justice ignored this decision to confer full powers on Anne of Austria.
The day after the death of Louis XIV, during a solemn sitting, the Duke of Orleans obtained from the Parliament of Paris the renunciation of certain provisions of the will and codicils of Louis XIV (August 2, 1714, April 13 and August 23 1715). He in turn received a "full and complete" regency and, in his negotiations with parliament, he reintroduced the right of admonition which allows comments to be made on a law before it is registered.
These various modifications are subject to the holding of a lit de justice, an official event painted here by Louis-Michel Dumesnil. This painting comes from the revolutionary seizure of the Montregard collection (1794), but its origin and the date of its creation are not known.
Member of the Saint-Luc Academy and resident of the City of Paris, Dumesnil is attached to the work of the Paris City Hall. It is perhaps in the course of his duties that he produced this painting.
The staging of power
The ceremony takes place on September 12, 1715 at the Parliament of Paris, the guardian institution of the fundamental laws that govern the kingdom. All of Dumesnil's virtuosity is due to the representation of the great political bodies of the state in a realistic and modestly sized painting. Thanks to a recessed and low-angle view, each character is identifiable, without the composition being weighed down.
The young king sits in an armchair in the right corner of the grand chamber. His bodyguards are on duty. The Duke of Orleans and the Princes of the Blood are seated immediately to his right. The king's bodyguards provide order service. The Duke of Orleans and the Princes of the Blood are seated immediately to the right of the sovereign. Like many other figures, they wear the insignia and cordon bleu of the Order of the Holy Spirit, the most prestigious order of chivalry in the monarchy. The dukes and lay peers are seated before the princes of the blood. In the first row, in black robes, the masters of requests, the counselors of the grand chamber and the presidents of inquiries and requests. The dukes and ecclesiastical peers are to the left of the monarch, behind the marshals of France and the captains of the King's House. In the first row sit the presidents with mortars, magistrates of a sovereign court recognizable by their red hooded robes.
The only woman in the parterre is the Duchess Charlotte-Éléonore de Ventadour, the governess of the young sovereign. In front of the king, the Duke of Tresmes, first gentleman of the chamber, turns towards the regent and Marshal de Villeroy, governor of the king. Wearing the epitoge, a red velvet gown lined with satin, Chancellor Voysin de La Noiraye, first officer of the kingdom, leads the session. Two bailiffs are kneeling at his feet. Six heralds of State Councilors in a fleur-de-lis cloak are at the center of the scene, which is closed on the left by two Channel Guards. Dongois, chief clerk, records the meeting, while the other "King's people" are distributed in the stands.
An inaugural bed of justice
The participants dressed in black wear mourning for the previous ruler, but the session already inaugurates the new reign. This ceremony, which draws its organization from the traditions of the monarchy, exposes the power of royal majesty around the principle of dynastic continuity. Along with the coronation ceremony, this is the most important event of the beginning of the reign; that's why the big day crowds flock to the session. This act constitutes another symbol, because it is the first lit de justice since Louis XIV strictly limited the right of remonstrance of the parliaments, forty-two years ago.
The bed of justice owes its name to the large seat lined with cushions where the king sat when he met the parliament. The expression then referred to the encounter itself. The walls of the great room, including the fireplace mantel, are covered with blue velvet tapestries with golden lilies. Through his physical presence in Parliament, the young sovereign exercises his restraint and suspends the justice he delegates to his magistrates. In fact, all decisions of the monarch have the force of law.
The young Louis XV opened the session with a short speech: "Gentlemen, I have come here to assure you of my affection; my chancellor will tell you the rest. Several speeches then formalized the beginning of the regency. Philippe of Orleans is confirmed as regent of the kingdom, and the Duke of Maine is ousted from power. The regent also obtains the implementation of the polysynody system, an original mode of government which is based on various councils.
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Orleans (d ') Philippe (The Regent)
Bourbon Louis-Auguste (Duke of Maine)
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When someone first connects with the profile, they will choose an instant setup to continue pursuing or hand down to the adhering to account who is likely your competitor. Because of this, you've to focus around advancing the account to influence it to emerge.
The issue countless people challenge is that they simply transfer their return to or toss something together. Which indicates the account is unimpressive or unfocused.
You have the phenomenal setting of standing where you are today, viewing just how you arrived and concentrating on where you are going. You get the chance to make your tale.
You get the opportunity to pick which employments you take into your profile as well as which parts of those professions to attribute. All that you put on your profile needs to be worked with particularly in the direction of the brand you are making and for that LinkedIn Profile Optimization is a must.
It might be predictable and time-worn – yet the fact of the matter is key phrases and also the subsequent discover capability is exactly what affecting the Internet globe to go round. Consider what somebody might type into Google if they were searching down somebody like you.
Just what are your activity titles or capacities? Think verb, point, equal word, and acronym. Where do you live? Exactly what is your Name? What is your organisation name? These are keyword phrases to make use of in your account.
You call for a lift pitch or speech, and also you need to include it to LinkedIn. linkedin xl catlin A "lift speech" is that super brief speech you would certainly use (pitch) to an official amidst the flight as much as his workplace or to her automobile. You have perhaps 30 seconds to pitch an unthinkable story, publication or believed to them.
You have to do also with your LinkedIn brand name. In the occasion that somebody messages you or you require to chat with them regarding your brand, have a suitable lift speech prepared. In the occasion that it is in online message frame, you could make use of a one section pitch.
Chances are that you have actually seen the records on Facebook where someone has a few thousand "friends." Do they conceivably have these countless genuine good friends? Probably not. Do they really speak to this various people? Once again, it's not likely.
LinkedIn is a specialist systems management account, so basically going out and also interfacing with your buddies absolutely isn't essential. Search out individuals in your field, search for those you value or who speak to their organization in a means you like.
Outstanding amongst other techniques to LinkedIn Profile Optimization along with to build the networking possibility as well as to discover brand-new organisation associates is to utilize the posting tool. Compose content on the subject you are inhabited with. Make a week by week or biweekly blog site in sight of your personal brand name. This will help support the direct exposure as well as bring additional connections. There are a variety of LinkedIn profile optimization examples that you can check out and also these LinkedIn profile optimization instances will certainly aid you to boost your personal brand name.
When you make a LinkedIn account you will certainly wind up with some confused wreckage of a URL. Attempt to include that to a return to. Numerous companies actually need your LinkedIn URL videotaped on the return to. So ensure you fine-tune your URL. It encourages it to emerge on a page and also will aid in LinkedIn profile optimization and on top of that enhance your own brand.
Make use of an account picture that talks to your professional side as well as interfaces with the service. There is numerous LinkedIn profile optimization examples that you could look and see just what kind of images they have published on their account.
You don't typically need to make web content to assist your very own brand name. This might accomplish new connections essentially to leverage the various other content and also assist in LinkedIn profile optimization.
It doesn't make a distinction in the occasion that you are originally stages of the company, are just starting to take off or if you are a heavy steam train and also absolutely nothing can stop you from progress. By making use of these ideas, you will certainly see the increased enthusiasm for your account, as well as you will certainly hold your profile over the opposition, which is something you have to accomplish your defined purposes.


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SAM Tech Data SYS PVT LTD conducts classes in Medical Transcription. It is located in Greater Noida, Noida. It takes Regular Classes- at the Institute.


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The Spring Cloud Team gets a lot of inquiries from users like the following:

* What version of Spring Cloud should I use if I am using Spring Boot `x.x.x`?
* When will Spring Cloud `[RELEASE]` be released?
* What version of `spring-cloud-*` is in Spring Cloud `[RELEASE]`?

The answers to these questions can easily be found if you know where to look.  The purpose of
Spring Cloud Info is to make these answers easily accessible via a REST API that we can then use
to expose this information in a user friendly way.

## The Nitty Gritty Details

Spring Cloud Info is deployed on Pivotal Cloud Foundry in the org `spring.io` and space `
spring-cloud-issuebot-production`.

There is a `manifest.yml` file in the root of the project you can use to deploy the app
simply by running `cf push`.  It requires a Spring Cloud Services Config Server service
named `config-server`.  The config server should point to the configuration in the branch
`spring-cloud-info-config` of the repo https://github.com/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-release-tools.
Within the `application.yml` in that branch there needs to be one an encrypted oauth token for GitHub
that is set via `spring.cloud.info.git.oauthtoken`.  This token is used by Spring Cloud Info to fetch
data from GitHub.

## REST API
The rest API is documented via Spring Rest Docs and is published along with the app to Pivotal
Cloud Foundry.  You can find the REST API documentation at
https://spring-cloud-info.apps.pcfone.io/docs/spring-cloud-info.html.


The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) launched a new tool to help biomedical and life science investigators identify US suppliers of research organisms ranging from algae to mice, fruit flies, and maize. The Database of US Providers of Research Organisms aids researchers searching for stock centers, living collections, and commercial providers, all of which play an essential role in providing scientists access to quality research organisms.
This new FASEB resource contains more than 120 database entries spanning the academic, nonprofit, government, and commercial sectors. Researchers can search by type of organism and use a beta search feature to query by genus and species.
"This project puts information that has generally been inaccessible at the fingertips of the entire research community," stated JR Haywood, past FASEB President and Chair of FASEB's Shared Research Resources Subcommittee. "Collections are a critical component of research infrastructure, and we hope this database will increase awareness."
To suggest additional providers or update entries, please contact FASEB.
FASEB is composed of 30 societies with 125,000 members, making it the largest coalition of biomedical research associations in the United States. Our mission is to advance health and welfare by promoting progress and education in biological and biomedical sciences through service to our member societies and collaborative advocacy.


Please be advised that during the monthly load test this morning (Friday, May 18) of the 1201 Cancer Center's emergency generator, equipment suffered a failure and is currently out of operation. Power is currently being provided to all circuits via the normal electrical power distribution system, however, if a power failure occurs during this time, "red" outlets, emergency power, and egress lighting will not function. At this time, there is no ETA on restoration of backup service.
All electrical power and generators are functioning normally at the 2325 Cancer Research Facility.
Please contact Cancer Center Plant Operations with any specific questions or concerns.