A state agency has revealed that its checks of computer systems for potential information on "Joe the Plumber" were more extensive than it first acknowledged. Helen Jones-Kelley, director of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, disclosed today that computer inquiries on Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher were not restricted to a child-support system.
The agency also checked Wurzelbacher in its computer systems to determinewhether he was receiving welfare assistance or owed unemployment compensation taxes, she wrote.
Jones-Kelley wrote that the checks were "well-meaning," but misinterpreted amid the heated final weeks of a presidential election.
Wurzelbacher became a household name when Republican presidential hopefulJohn McCain frequently referred to "Joe the Plumber" during his Oct. 15 debate with Democrat nominee Barack Obama. The checks began the next day.
The administration of Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland has said the information was not improperly shared and that there were no political motives behind the checks.
She said on Monday that her department frequently runs checks for any unpaid child support obligations "when someone is thrust quickly into the public spotlight."


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Q: Alternative Constructor in Abstract Class Scala Suppose I have a class and I want to be able to make new instances by passing an old instance and some new piece of data. Additionally I have an abstract class from which other classes will inherit, I want this copying behavior to be implemented in the abstract class.
This can be accomplished in Java like so
evan@vbox ~/junk > cat Test.java
public abstract class Test
{
        public String name;
        public String data;

        /* Standard Constructor */
        public Test(String name, String data)
        {
                this.name = name;
                this.data = data;
        }

        /* "Copy" constructor: old instance data is copied, except this.data*/
        public Test(Test oldInst, String newData)
        {
                /* Copy unchanged data from old instance */
                this.name = oldInst.name;

                /* Insert new data */
                this.data = newData;
        }

        /* Derived classes will implement this */
        public abstract void identify();
}

evan@vbox ~/junk > cat Test_Inh.java
public class Test_Inh extends Test
{
        public Test_Inh(String name, String data)
        {
                super(name, data);
        }

        public Test_Inh(Test_Inh oldInst, String newData)
        {
                super(oldInst, newData);
        }

        public void identify()
        {
                System.out.println("This is a Test_Inh with properties:\n\tName: "
                + this.name + "\n\tData: " + this.data);
        }
}

evan@vbox ~/junk > cat Main.java
public class Main
{
        public static void main(String[] args)
        {
                Test_Inh t1 = new Test_Inh("name", "original data");
                t1.identify();

                Test_Inh t2 = new Test_Inh(t1, "new data");
                t2.identify();
        }
}

Which outputs:
evan@vbox ~/junk > javac *.java && java Main
This is a Test_Inh with properties:
        Name: name
        Data: original data
This is a Test_Inh with properties:
        Name: name
        Data: new data

I would like to implement this behavior in Scala, however there is no access to super constructors from child classes. It is my understanding that alternate constructors should be handled by a companion object or a factory in Scala. However neither of these makes sense when working with an abstract class.

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Siding is the process by which materials are attached to the exterior side walls with the aim to protect the side walls. While a shallow trough which in most cases is fixed beneath the edge of the roof with the aim to carry off rainwater is known as the gutter. With this it is vital to recognize that there are services which give out siding and gutter services. It is best that you evaluate some elements before you use these service providers.
Know the charges you wish to spend before you use the company. Through this it is best that you make a budget. Having a budget assist in evading scenarios that you might overspend while using the service. Also one could research on the charges provided by different siding and gutter companies. In most cases they do not charge the same. By this, it is simpler for the customer to compare the charges and select one that fits their budget.
Make sure that the gutter and siding company are insured. Since in some scenarios the worker might get wounded while installing the gutter. And if they are not insured you will be held accountable as the accident occurred in your compound. This, in turn, will make you use a lot of money paying the bills. However if the company is insured then the insurance company will be held liable for the bills.
Recognize how long the siding and gutter service provider has been functioning. Since it is advisable that you use a service that has been working for more than five years. For the reason that with time the service gains more experience and better strategies to use. This eventually assures the consumer that they will receive quality service. But this is not the same when a consumer uses a service provider that has recently started functioning. In most situation the customer is not confident of what to anticipate from using the service.
Recognize the reputation held by the siding and gutter service provider. Because some of these companies have a habit of sharing untrustworthy advertisement to their consumers. A consumer who results in using this sort of company gets disappointed with their work. By this, it is good that you check on their sites to know their reputation. The sites have comments left by other customers. You could use the siding and gutter service provider if the ratings left are good. It is reasonable that you evade siding and gutter service that has bad ratings. Moreover one could ask for referrals from friends who might have used the siding and gutter service provider before.


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Q: Python scraping hebrew - how to convert string "%d7%a1%d7%99%d7%92%d7%a8" to normal So I'm scraping a website to get its' data.
It's a woocomerce website and a product has multiple variations with different prices.
scraping with BeautifulSoup I'm able to get the whole product and variant information but some strings are unreadable.
specific product page: https://dogo.co.il/product/%d7%9b%d7%a0%d7%a2%d7%9f-%d7%97%d7%98%d7%99%d7%a4%d7%99%d7%9d-%d7%9c%d7%9b%d7%9c%d7%91%d7%99%d7%9d-%d7%91%d7%9e%d7%92%d7%95%d7%95%d7%9f-%d7%98%d7%a2%d7%9e%d7%99%d7%9d-60-100-%d7%92%d7%a8%d7%9d/
product_page = requests.get(single_product_url)
product_soup = BeautifulSoup(product_page.content, "html.parser")

product_form = product_soup.find("form", {"class": "variations_form cart"})
variations_json = json.loads(product_form["data-product_variations"])
attributes = item["attributes"]
variant_title = attributes["attribute_pa_flavor"]
print(variant_title)

the output is: "%d7%a1%d7%99%d7%92%d7%a8-%d7%a2%d7%95%d7%a3-100-%d7%92%d7%a8%d7%9d"
The JSON I get has all variant information such as 'is_in_stock', prices, and discounts for each variant.
I don't need only variant titles - I need the whole variant data.
How do I convert "%d7%a1%d7%99%d7%92%d7%a8-%d7%a2%d7%95%d7%a3-100-%d7%92%d7%a8%d7%9d" to a normal string?
I tried encoding and decoding - no success.
Thanks!

A: You can do with urllib, I used python.3x
In [9]: import urllib

In [10]: urllib.parse.unquote(
    ...:     "%d7%a1%d7%99%d7%92%d7%a8-%d7%a2%d7%95%d7%a3-100-%d7%92%d7%a8%d7%9d"
    ...: )
Out[10]: 'סיגר-עוף-100-גרם'


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MEYERHOFER'S OF TOLEDO, LUCAS COUNTY, OHIO
"The Meyerhofer Family of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio"
HENRY JOHN MEYERHOFER JR
JOHN HENRY MEYERHOFER
DECEMBER 15, 1871 - APRIL 22, 1938
Henry John Meyerhofer Jr. probably went from Toledo, Ohio to Sandusky Ohio to work and met Bertha Kaufman. Henry John Jr. was twenty-seven and Bertha was nineteen when they married. They were married in Sandusky Ohio April 12, 1899 at the home of the bride.39
Their first son, Edward Henry Meyerhofer was born May 04, 190040 at home, 412 South Depot Street, Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio. Henry John Jr. and Bertha moved back to Toledo after the death of his mother and moved into his father's home at 313 Field Ave.
Bertha, Harold, Edward, and Henry John Meyerhofer Jr.
Between 1901 and 1915 they had five more children. All were born at home, 313 Field Avenue. Harold August was born September 27, 190141, Russell Francis August 28, 190342, Between 1901 and 1915 they had five more children. All were born at home, 313 Field Avenue. Harold August was born September 27, 190141, Russell Francis August 28, 190342, Florence Bertha April 28,190643, Henry John October 17, 191144, and Robert Clarence March 12, 1915.45Florence Bertha April 28,190643, Henry John October 17, 191144, and Robert Clarence March 12, 1915.45
Russell Francis, Florence Bertha, and Edward Henry Meyerhofer
Harold August
Henry John and Robert Clarence
Henry Jr. continued to work for B. A. Stevens as a "tinner" until 1903 when he went into business for himself. He opened a Tin, Copper, and Sheet Metal Work Shop, doing repairs of all kinds, at 1532 Broadway Ave. near South Street in Toledo. In 1914 he moved his shop to the rear of his home at 313 Field Ave.6
The church was very important to Henry John Jr. and Bertha. They were members of the same Zion German Methodist Episcopal Church as his father and mother on Segur Ave. The period just preceding and during World War 1 was a difficult time for the members of a German-speaking congregation. On April 6, 1917 the United States declared war on Germany. Anti-German sentiment ran high and although there was some uneasiness the work of the church continued. It was about this time that some children were finding it difficult to understand the language and often the sermons were repeated in English.
Robert Meyerhofer Confirmation-Palm Sunday 1927
Edward and Harold joined the church in 1914, Russell in 1917, Florence in 1918, Henry John in 1924, and Robert in 1927. It was around 1925 that the transition from German to English was completed and the last sermon was delivered in German. In 1933, Henry Jr. was a church steward and Robert was president of the Young Peoples Society.10 All of the children of Henry Jr. and Bertha could speak at least a little of the German language.
Russell Francis Meyerhofer
This article appeared in the Toledo Blade, dated Feb. 24,1920. This event probably caused a few heartaches in the family at the time.
HARDWARE THEFT LAID TO A CLERK
A youth and three men are under arrest charged with participating in the theft
of $750 worth of revolvers, knives and other stock from the Simmons Hardware
Company during the last month. They are Russell Meyerhofer, 16 hardware clerk of
313 Field Ave: A.E. Warning, florist, 1217 Broadway; William H. Fox, 1126
Broadway, and Michael Renieris, Waldorf hotel cigar store manager, living at
1387 East Broadway. The young man is charged with having given guns to
Warning, who it is alleged, passed them to Fox to be sold. Fox, who says he was
ignorant of the source of the property, sold them, but later at the order of the police
bought them back from the purchasers at the same price. Detectives Eaton and
Salhoff arrested the four.
In 1923 the family moved to 575 Western Avenue, Toledo, Ohio. Henry kept his business at the rear of 313 Field Ave until November 22, 1935. They sold their property at 313 Field Avenue to the Toledo Board Of Education for $2,150.00. The house was torn down and a school now occupies the land where so much family history took place.
Florence Bertha
Henry John
Robert Clarence
Libby High School Senior Pictures
Libby High School was opened in 1922 for students on the South Side of Toledo. Florence Bertha was the first Meyerhofer to graduate from high school. She graduated in 192546 followed by Henry John in 192947, and Robert Clarence in 193348. All graduated from Libby High School. Libby High School was located at 1250 Western Avenue, a few blocks from their house at 575 Western Avenue. Edward, Harold, and Russell were too old to attend Libby High School. A check of Central and Scott High School (opened in 1912) records failed to show their attendance at these schools. Jones Junior High was located at the corner of Field Ave and Broadway. They probably all attended this school.
This Ad for Henry John Meyerhofer Jr. business appeared in the Zion Methodist Episcopal Church Diamond Jubilee Booklet published in 1933.
Edward Meyerhofer was a chauffeur for Charles A. Russell a wealthy Toledo Banker from 1922 to 1937.6 On 20 May 1937 Edward signed a contract to care for Charles until his death. He received room and board and $25.000 per week.49 When Charles Russell died he left Edward $5,00050. This was a considerable amount of money in those days.
In 1918, Harold begins to work as a clerk for Simmons Hardware Company and lived at home. He probably left home in 1928 to get married. Russell had many different jobs while living at home. From 1923 to 1930 he was a Clerk for Toledo Telephone, Telegraph & Messenger Company. In 1930 he was a sailor on a merchant ship on the Great Lakes. 1932 through 1950 he worked in various Toledo factories as a laborer. Florence was an Assistant Typesetter / Clerk for Superior Typesetting Company, 120 Erie Street, between 1922 and 1933 and lived at home.6 She left home in 1943 when she married.
Henry (Hank) John Meyerhofer
Henry John was the first Meyerhofer to attend college. He attended the University of the City of Toledo in 1930 through 1932. Henry John left school after completing his junior year. He was a member of the Varsity Basketball Team, "Toledo "Rockets" his junior year.51 He studied Architectural Engineering. He was employed as an Architect for the firm of George B. Rheinfrank, Britsch & Munger, Peterson, Hoffman & Associates when he married.
Robert was also a good student. He was a member of the Ohio, National Honor Society his senior year. He left home when he got married.
Henry John Meyerhofer Jr.
Henry John Meyerhofer Jr. died April 22,1938 of pneumonia, at the age of sixty-six, at his home, 575 Western Avenue.52 His funeral was held at the Zion Methodist Church.53 He is buried (section 29, lot 307, grave #3) at Woodlawn Cemetery in Toledo.30 His grave-site is unmarked.
The family moved to 913 Geneva Ave, Toledo, Ohio after his death. Edward, Russell, Florence, and Henry John, all lived there with their Mother, Bertha until they all eventually married.6
On December 08, 1941 the United States entered World War II. The United States declared war on Japan after their attack on Pearl Harbor. Edward, Harold, and Russell were too old to be drafted into the military. Henry John and Robert were both married, had children, were classified 2-A, and did not enlist.
In 1944 Bertha went to Temperance Michigan to live with her daughter Florence and her husband Raleigh Poindexter. Her son Edward purchased the house at 913 Geneva Street and lived there for about eleven years.
Robert, Hank, Florence, Harold, Bertha, Russell , and Edward Picture Taken Mothers Day 1944 at 913 Geneva Street, Toledo Ohio
Bertha and her husband were married thirty-nine years. Bertha lived thirty-eight years after her husband death and never remarried. All her children and their families would visit her in Temperance Michigan, especially on Holidays. Her children took her to Sandusky Ohio to visit her sisters. She was a very beautiful, proper, and sophisticated woman.
Bertha Florence Meyerhofer
Bertha Florence Meyerhofer [KAUFMAN] died July 07, 1976 of a heart attack, at the age of ninety-six, at the Beach Nursing Home, Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan54. She was buried (section 29, lot 307, grave #4) at Woodlawn Cemetery. Her grave-site is unmarked.
Bertha's sister Theresa wrote this postcard in 1910. She addressed it to Mrs. Henry Meyerhofer Jr.
1.) 1910 to 1923
Henry John Jr and Bertha's 1st House- 313 Field Avenue
Birthplace of: Harold August,Russell Francis,
Florence Bertha,Henry John (Hank),and
Robert Clarence Meyerhofer
Location of Henry John's Tin Shop
Rear of 313 Field Avenue
Henry John Jr and Bertha's 2nd House
3.) 525 Segur Avenue
Zion German Methodist Episcopal Church
John Henry Jr. (orginal ) Tin Shop
There are two documents that specify Henry John Meyerhofer Jr was also known as John Henry Meyerhofer. One is the certificate for transfer of real estate #653215 volume 1010 page 197 Recorders Court, Toledo, Ohio. Second were the estate papers that list his heirs. This explains why his son Henry John listed his father as John Henry on his family tree and Edward listed him as John Henry on his father's death certificate. Many other documents list him as Henry John, such as, all Federal Censuses, all his children birth records and his marriage license. Henry John Meyerhofer Jr. son, Henry John, was never referred to as Henry John Meyerhofer III.55 Somehow they managed to keep track of who was who.
There are three documents that specify where the Kaufman sisters lived in Germany. Robert Meyerhofer Sr. birth certificate list his mother, Bertha Kaufman birthplace December 10, 1879 as Klein Selka, Germany. Theresa Kaufman marriage certificate list her birthplace April 3, 1886, as Stolfs, Germany. The index to the ships record March 30, 1892 specifies last resident was Kreislav Germany. Can't find any of these towns on a German map.
6 1859-2001 Toledo City Directory
10 Zion M.E. Church Record.
38 Steamship Weimar March 30,1892 Passenger List, Allen Co., Library, Fort Wayne, IN.
39 State of Ohio, Affidavit for Marriage License, No. 47.
40 Record of Birth, Probate Court, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, Page 320.
43 Date of Birth on Certificate of Death, Florence Poindexter [MEYERHOFER] State of Michigan, File No. 0568595.
44 State of Ohio Certificate of Birth for Henry John Meyerhofer, State File No. 79179, Registrar's No. 2912.
45 State of Ohio Certificate of Birth for Robert Clarence Meyerhofer, State File No. 21166, Registrar's No. 896.
46 1925 Edelian, Libby High School Year Book, page 52
49 Agreement Record, No. 598779 Vol. No. 935, Page No.350 Deed Office Toledo Ohio.
50 Florence Poindexter [MEYERHOFER] Diary
51 1933 "Blockhouse", City of Toledo University, Year Book.
52 Registration of Death for John Henry Meyerhofer, State of Ohio, Bureau of Vital Statistics, CERTIFICATE OF DEATH, State File No. 23784.
54 Registration of Death for Bertha Meyerhofer [KAUFMAN], State of Michigan, Bureau of Vital Statistics, CERTIFICATE OF DEATH, State File No. 42339.
55 Per daughter, Ann Meyerhofer

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Seven Keywords from Social Media Week NYC 2014
This past week, I attended Social Media Week here in New York City, at my company's sponsorship, and it was definitely an incredible experience. SMW has been held in NYC for the last six years, and I've attended the last three. Every year, I make some incredible connections, learn a heckuva lot, and came away with some great ideas and quotes that I intend to use.
The biggest change this year was them having a single, centralized location for the majority of the events. A single staging ground, combined with the volunteers actively clearing the room after each session, made this conference a lot more tolerable than it has been in years before. In addition, I no longer work in Financial District and have to "commute" to Flatiron; the stage was in this CRAZY out of the way location (over by Chelsea Market, at 15th and 9th Ave) but I work in Flatiron now, so getting to the convention center was a matter of two trains and walking a good block and a half. Basically: it wasn't too bad.
It was also the largest Social Media Week I've ever seen. Talk after talk was filled to standing-room-only, and nearly every masterclass was filled to capacity. Most of the panels and talks were also streamed by LiveStream, and the videos continue to remain in perpetuate, linked from the individual event pages. I attended about half of my planned events digitally and half physically, and the experience for both was comparable. We live in the future, and it's basically amazing.
I often have found that Social Media Week tends to talk to large agencies and PR firms more than startups and smaller houses. That was not the case this year; there's a convergence happening in media, and large agencies have begun pushing towards representing themselves the way startups do, or at least engaging their users and fans in ways more in tune with new media entities (e.g. Buzzfeed, whose name was all over this year's SMW) and their strategies. Mercifully, "millennials" was a seldom-used word.
Like a Record, Right Round
In panel after panel, talk after talk, and class after class, I kept hearing the same seven words being used, and in the same way. When I say that agency and startups are converging, I mean that the primary strategy being employed and advocated by both realms is increasingly moving towards the same ideals. It reflects a greater transparency in the market, and a broader understanding of consumers today.
More importantly, there was a greater emphasis on community, on leveraging crowds of people who are already passionate about your product to create and drive value for your brand and your company.
The following seven words capture the most important lessons across channels and organization sizes. They cover ideas that were reiterated by agencies, startups, new media, old media, and purely-social players over and over, and seem to reflect the point towards which the "Web 2.0" wave is headed.
"The easiest way to lose your audience is to not engage with them on what they're talking about." -- Jim Roberts, Mashable.
Every media person at SMW this year was advocating for listening -- more notably, listening to users and digesting the conversations fully. Gross metaphors aside, this is novel compared to even just two years ago, when social was being leveraged as another, more personal broadcast medium. Indeed, it seems like a number of brands have been (and continue to be) using sponsored posts on Tumblr or promoted tweets on Twitter to spray and pray.
There's a clear movement away from this, one that I think has been gestating since roughly this time last year, however, to large brands listening and listening attentively and thoughtfully to what their consumers are telling them, as well as what the group they wish to target is like.
My first write-up about Social Media Week was about a Masterclass I attended about engaging subcultures. The hosts, Code and Theory, discussed how brands can break into subcultures. The primary starting point, they emphasized, was listening. Doing your due diligence ahead of time can pay off in spades, and not doing it can be irreparably damaging. Embracing a subculture means learning about that community's norms and means. You can't do that if you just talk all over them. Moreover, a subculture that's already using your product will provide you with excellent, focus-group-style feedback about where your product has inadequacies. If you can make their user experience even 1% better, you're already delivering value to the consumer. Those improvements can only be made if you listen -- both literally and metaphorically.
"You have to listen [to your audience] in the right way. Data can be dangerous. [...] Most people worry their actual users are idiots, because the data always seems to point to that." --Eli Pariser, Upworthy.
A key point of listening is also not getting buried in data. There's a lot of ways to track how your users are utilizing your product, and testing can reveal a great deal about your users' responses to design and functionality changes. However, data can also be overwhelming. Listening to users directly, in smaller aggregates, can be more manageable as well as meaningful. You can't do this with data alone; communities provide the structure and space for feedback of this type.
In addition, interacting with your users in this manner will lead you to see nuances in your audience -- nuances that would otherwise get filtered out. Aggregate data will always lack the granularity you need if your product is cross-functional. Looking at your userbase as a mass of screens is the wrong approach, one that was panned repeatedly.
Jonathan Perelman: Are we trying to force the "perfect thing at the right time in the right place" too much?
Mohan Renganathan: I think so. I think, however, the key is picking the moments: it's not every single time something notable happens. It's gotta be connected to some aspect of the consumer, the brand, and how they come together.
I attended this year's SUXORZ panel, an annual event hosted by BlogAds that I love going to. Why? Because it showcases the biggest "whoops" moments in social media. It serves as a masterclass in, "Never, ever do this -- ever." SUXORZ demonstrated some of what the above quote is hinting at: that you can't engineer the moment, and you can't insert yourself into any moment willy-nilly. Take the following social media gaffes, which were all featured last week, and you can understand why "organic" was the word of the week:
Co-opting current events to draw attention to your brand almost always backfires. Go through the process organically; honor heroes, highlight relevant stories, and make choice that are both true to the integrity of the organization as well as to the voice of the brand. Which segues nicely into the next point.
Know what your brand is and what it stands for. -- Code and Theory
You've got to be true to the brand, and to the voice that you curate for it. More personally, don't put on a personality when representing either yourself or the brand. Moreover, don't "fake" the attitude of your audience; either be that person or find a voice that appeals to them without necessarily creating an echo chamber.
Code and Theory pointed out that communities like Reddit have a low tolerance for manipulation and for brands playing games. As with any close-knit, bonded community (i.e. a valuable community), they are sensitive to "outsiders" coming in and appearing to take over as the primary voice. Communities like these don't take kindly to brands attempting to own or overpower the conversation, and attempts to do so will be met with backlash.
But it's not just the overt actions you take as a brand that matter; how you interact with your base on a day-to-day level matters. Comedy Central's Don Steele noted in a panel discussion with other Viacom social media managers that the best metric of success for them is seeing the conversation continue even when the franchise they're pushing isn't airing new content. This means keeping conversations going even when attention isn't focused on you or your product. It also means taking into account the previous section: keeping the conversation going, while staying true to your brand, means sparking organic conversations and perpetuating organic, productive discussions around your product, franchise, or offering.
Even for the perfect 30-second spot, there won't be that much socially-relevant branded chatter, and that's okay. If you try to chase that [kind of metric], you'll just be following a red-herring." -- Mohan Renganathan
Renganathan pointed out in his talk, also, that authenticity means capitalizing on a moment without looking like you're pushing your own agenda too intensely. The example he gave was how Arby's, instead of fighting the jokes about how Pharrel Williams's hat from the Grammy's resembled their logo, instead bought into the joke.
We're up all night to get roast beef @Pharrell pic.twitter.com/eg5Yrar6XJ
— Alexei Saba (@sabzi) January 27, 2014
Hey @Pharrell, can we have our hat back? #GRAMMYs
— Arby's (@Arbys) January 27, 2014
Y'all tryna start a roast beef? 😄😘 "@Arbys: Hey @Pharrell, can we have our hat back? #GRAMMYs"
— Pharrell Williams (@Pharrell) January 27, 2014
"We expect localization in mobile, so content has to create utility around those expectations." -- Liz Heron, WSJ.
There's an increasing dependence on mobile devices in how we access and interact with the internet. Some of this is convenience -- it's far easier to check email on a phone than stopping to open up a laptop, for example -- and some of this is necessity; many developing nations have more robust mobile networks than high-speed internet, and low-income residents in the US are more likely to have smartphones than laptops with internet access.
As this trend has continued, we've come to see more and more localization across the board. The advent of Web 2.0 technologies -- where users become empowered to create and adapt products to their own use, or "talk back" to the screen in some way -- means that when we went from low-scale-high-meaning (pre-Industrial Revolution) to high-scale-low-meaning (mass production), we swung too far in both extremes. Localization is pushing us towards a more central point in that continuum: modest scale, median meaning.
There was a lot of talk about the impact of this in marketing and social. Most notably, a multi-part seminar on the collaborative economy touched on the idea of local as leverage without explicitly mentioning it. When Marcelo Loureiro talked about risk management in a collaborative economy, he mentioned how face-to-face interaction lowered barriers to entry, encouraging people to share their bikes and other personal property. This interaction is inherently local and doesn't "scale" to anything resembling a national level. It's a purely regional construction, but it is no less powerful for it. Sometimes scale is the enemy, especially if what you're doing is inherently human.
"People are local." -- Howard Lerman, CEO of Yext.
"We have to ask ourselves, 'Would I share this myself?' [...] [As marketers, we are] trying to reach people, and people aren't silos." -- Jonathan Perelman, VP at Buzzfeed.
There was an underlying, consistent message that we not forget the humanity of the people we're trying to reach. When asked about encouraging adoption or advocacy of the brand, the response was consistent across speakers: appeals to the human being on the other side of the screen, not to their user behavior.
Eli Pariser of Upworthy perhaps spoke most at length about this, though Perelman (quoted above) was emphatic about tapping into the humanity of our users as well. People share things because they're emotionally moved by it, or it reflects some portion of their self-image -- that's it. Both of those reasons go back to Aristotle's writings on how persuasion happens on one of three levels. Ultimately, sharing is a big ask, so getting people to share requires a certain amount of persuasion.
To that end, if we want to overcome the barrier to sharing, we have to make it worth the audience's while. That means giving them moments of true emotion -- delight, sadness, rage, etc. -- or appeal to their aspirational selves, to their image of who the best version of themselves is. That's the hard-hitting journalism, the work from top-tier sources like HBR or WSJ or The Economist or an academic journal accidentally stumbled across. The content has to be varied, speaking to one or both versions of that self, while still remaining true to the brand voice.
"What constitutes a media brand? [...] Individuals build audiences and followings on their own [these days]." -- Chia Chen, Digitas.
"Fandom becomes the biggest advocates for what you are -- our job as marketers is to take the content and give people recognition and a little shine. It's not just precious to television." -- Tom Chirico, VP of Digital and Social Engagement at VH1
Making your community of fans -- whether they be die-hard fans of your TV show, or loyal customers of your product/service -- into advocates is a delicate balance of showcasing, shout-outs, and support. Empowering people means showing them that you -- that your brand or corporate or even just your social team -- cares about them in some meaningful way. It means surprising and delighting your customers in ways they won't expect, and each of them feel special without it seeming manipulative or false.
It's a pretty tall order!
The way to do this is to build upon the other pieces that I mentioned before: be authentic, either to your own voice or to your brand's; be people-focused, relating to users on a deeply human level by interacting with them beyond just the moments when they mention you/your product; try to bring them content or media that's immediately relevant to them or their interests, even if those extend beyond your own primary brand; start and continue conversations in a natural way, rather than cyber-stalking your top fans/detractors and keeping an watchful eye on them; stay true to your voice.
Look at how Taco Bell relates to its super-fans:
OMG @TacoBell IM CRYING THANK YOU OH MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS HOLY COW JUICE IM SO HAPPY pic.twitter.com/gebVYU7MLc
— Acacia Brinley (@AcaciaBrinley) May 17, 2013
Users who fall in love with their brands become the strongest, more powerful advocates because their admiration is genuine. Finding a way to empower that relationship is a little bit "special sauce" and fairy dust, but the initial investment can yield extensive payoffs long-term.
"Fandom is not a 'one-night stand' -- it's a long-term relationship. Long-term relationships are fundamentally dependent upon listening. [...] You have to learn what makes the other person tick." -- Tom Fishman, VP of Content Marketing and Social Media at MTV.
"If you're a brand that has good core values [...] then your corporate social approach is going to reflect that." -- Mohan Renganathan
Everything boiled down to community. Beyond simply the wisdom of crowds, the underlying message is that an empowered, connected, legitimized group of individuals, either in an analog space or digitally, can be both massively valuable and drive a significant amount of revenue. Communities are the crux of what every marketing agent, every startup, every social media maven was working towards: finding relevant communities, coaxing nascent communities to an inflection point, and/or leveraging a mass of people to act as spokespeople.
At the end of the day, it's just as the Content and Distribution panel was titled: Content is King, but Distribution is Queen, and "She wears the pants," as Jonathan Perelman put it. The two survive together, and are deeply intertwined. Bad content gets distributed, but for radically different reasons than good content. Similarly, there's a badness threshold; content that's bad but not entertaining will simply languish. As Eli Pariser put it, "It is impossible to 'go viral' if people don't love what you're posting." They might love it because it's unabashedly terrible, but they love it all the same.
To that end, communities serve as gatekeepers and a full-scale in-house sharing team, but without the sense that this is all purely self-serving for the company. Communities also leverage the potential of groups; every single one of us can't do the entire project, but we can all add 1% to the whole. This is the very philosophy that built Wikipedia, and the sense that the efforts of the many can create the whole -- literally central to modern business -- was pervasive.
Social Media Week has been an incredible experience for me, year after year, and I'm most moved by how the conversation has changed. I've literally watched as the conversation about social, about content, about messaging has moved from a purely broadcast model to one that really advocates listening to the customers and hearing what they have to say, and then responding to that feedback in a thoughtful, genuine way. I'm hoping that the purely-broadcast model is dead for good, and that we'll continue to see more and more a social media space that resembles who we are as a whole: a diverse patchwork of self-selected communities, each of us adding to the tapestry that is the Internet.
Hokey last lines aside, the seven keywords from this year's social media week make me excited to see what 2014 holds in store for us in marketing, community management, digital media, and whatever Web 2.5 or Web 3.0 ends up becoming. If you're developing "the next killer app," take note!
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Shortage of secondary school teachers in county is reaching crisis point
Cambridgeshire's ongoing teacher shortage is 'unsustainable' and could affect regional AND national wealth, a major new report has warned
Adam Care
Cambridgeshire is struggling to recruit the teachers it desperately needs
A county-wide teacher shortage could put Cambridge's future prosperity at risk, a major new report has warned.
New research by Cambridge Ahead has found the supply and retention of teachers is a "central concern" for both the city and the wider region, putting its economic success in doubt.
The report was conducted by RAND Europe on behalf of Cambridge Ahead, which represents the city's business community.
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It states: "Cambridge makes an economic contribution to the UK that far outweighs its size and population – it is a very significant net contributor to the UK's overall wealth.
"Whilst this level of growth is welcomed, it must also be acknowledged that with it come several challenges, all of which need to be addressed if this potential for the UK is to be fully realised and if Cambridge is to remain one of its most productive cities."
Pay ranges of Stem subject teachers (Image: Cambridge Ahead)
The report highlights the secondary sector as a specific cause for concern, where there are too few teachers to replace those who retire or leave.
Stem subjects (science, technology, engineering and maths) are also facing a particular shortfall of qualified teachers.
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According to the report, which was published on Tuesday (March 21), teachers in the county are more likely to earn less than the national average, and to work part-time or on temporary contracts.
Teacher employment status (Image: Cambridge Ahead)
A Cambridge Ahead spokesman said these problems were compounded by the spiraling cost of living in Cambridgeshire.
"To be a Cambridge resident on an 80 per cent mortgage, the average household would need to earn at least £114,000 within Cambridge city or £69,000 in Cambridgeshire if they are to afford a typical family home," the spokesman said.
"It is no wonder that the Cambridge region is seeing less people enter the teaching profession, than those retiring or leaving the profession to follow alternative careers."
Jane Paterson-Todd, CEO of Cambridge Ahead, said: "Without addressing the challenges facing our schools, we put at risk the growth potential of Cambridge and the wider region.
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"There is sufficient local support to drive regional initiatives, which will address some of the concerns, but national funding and teaching training policies need to be changed to ensure that the regional education system can best support the remarkable economic growth in our region."
The report concludes the current pressure on schools in "unsustainable", and calls for a co-ordinated effort to recruit more Stem subject teachers.
Lead author Julie Belanger said: "Collaborative efforts between national government and local authorities will be vital in identifying regions like Cambridgeshire that are facing teacher shortages and implementing strategies aimed at tackling this issue head-on."
Following the publication of the report Cambridge's MP Daniel Zeichner asked in Parliament for an emergency meeting with the education secretary Justine Greening, which Nick Gibb MP, minister of state for schools, has agreed to.
Daniel Zeichner


I'm a day late in posting this blog. I was busy with family yesterday. I hope everyone had a great Christmas with your loved ones! Brad, Oopsie and I are heading back to TN tomorrow morning (we've been in Gulfport, MS visiting family since last Friday).
I'm 17 weeks and 1 day today. Hooray! That kind of rhymed. Haha! My bean is now the size of an onion and is about 5.1 inches long and weighs about 5.9 ounces. Everything is still going wonderfully! Praise God!
I did have quite a scare on Saturday and Sunday though. My dad always takes Brad and I out to eat at a buffet when we visit and I got a bad case of food poisoning afterward. It hit me about 3 AM on Sunday. I got up and was vomiting, had the runs and was sweating; then getting cold chills. The puking and runs lasted until my last round at 11:45 AM. I couldn't even keep water down; it was awful.
Then, I still felt bad and was battling being really hot and getting chills, so I took my temperature and it was 100.7. I Googled and everyone said to drink lots of cold water (I was keeping it down by this point) and take a Tylenol. My temperature was back to normal by 10:00 PM. Thank God.
I'm loving going to my midwife appointments each month and hearing my bean. This month my bean was jumping while we were listening to him/her. It was so sweet!
Speaking of him/her ... we find out the bean's gender on the 13th! I can't wait! Brad and I are like 90% certain that it's a boy and everyone we've asked, with the exception of my stepdad (Bud) and best friend (Emily), thinks it's a boy.
So, what do you all think it's going to be? I'd love to know!
In other news, we changed our girl name from Emma Lee Moyers to Emilee Grace Moyers. Brad and a few other family members weren't crazy about the name Emma. We went though every girl name out there (we're not a huge fan of girl names) and couldn't find one that we both liked more than Emily but it's so popular and I really wanted my middle name Lee involved and I didn't think Emily Lee sounded right. So, we decided on Emilee Grace (because it's by the grace of God I'm pregnant) and I absolutely love it! If it's a boy, we're still naming him Brady Scott (a play on his daddy's name, Bradley Scott).
I'm supposed to be able to feel the baby any time now. I've read and heard that it feels like butterfly wings, gas bubbles, twitching or rolling. I've had quite a few moments the past few days where I thought, Is that the baby?! but I still can't be certain. I'm waiting for the moment where I know without a doubt that it is the baby; I'm so excited for that moment!
Cravings: Still carbs and fruit.
Here are my baby bump pictures this month.
Here are this month's healthy recipes that I tried. I won't be posting a healthy recipes blog next month because I won't be home much. I'm going on a cruise with my dear friend, Emily (SO EXCITED!). Then Brad, Oopsie and I are going to visit my family in Gulfport for Christmas. Anyways, on to the recipes!
Broccoli Slaw - I just made the broccoli slaw and mixed in some Prego and veggie meatballs. Then topped with parmesan cheese.
This morning I got to hear my baby's heartbeat for the first time. It was strong and healthy in the 150s. Praise God! It was the most beautiful sound ever! I'm so in love with my little miracle already. <3 I had Brad record it on his phone so I could share it with you all. Click here to download and listen to it.
That being said, I can't believe I'm 9 weeks pregnant already! Time is flying by so fast! My baby is now the size of a green olive and is about 0.9 inches from crown to rump and weighs about 0.07 ounces.
I prayed that I wouldn't vomit and God definitely answered that. I haven't vomited at all, which I am so thankful for. I have, however, been nauseous (not awful but enough to be uncomfortable). I've found that the nausea hits me more when I'm hungry, so I have been eating more often to keep it in check. Speaking of hungry, I'm hungry pretty much all the time now. I wake up in the middle of the night STARVING and have to force myself to go back to sleep. Since I have been eating more often, I have to really watch what I'm eating. I'm still eating healthy and walking a lot. I'm going to get back into the gym next month but take it much easier than I was.
As for symptoms, besides the nausea and hunger, I've been noticing that I get out of breath a lot faster. I've been burping all the time (literally, I burp all through the day). I didn't realize that burping was a symptom of pregnancy (I hardly ever burped before becoming pregnant) and I told Brad a couple of days after conceiving that I didn't understand why I was burping all the time. I almost always have two burps back-to-back, too. Lol. In the beginning, I was cramping a lot. I thought for sure my period was going to start at any second for two to three weeks. I mean, it felt JUST LIKE period cramps. I hardly ever cramp now. I'm always tired. I have been sleeping for up to 12 hours sometimes at night and still wake up exhausted. I've even found myself going to bed around 8:00 because I can't keep my eyes open. I'm always thirsty for water, especially lemon water; I drink a ton of it. I've always urinated a lot because I drink a lot but now it's even worse. I average waking up in the middle of the night about 5-9 times right now to urinate. My breasts have been really sore since the beginning, although I've noticed the past few days that they aren't as sore as they were. I've also had some breast changes (which I don't need to go into). I've had acid reflux a handful of times. Other than that, I haven't really had any other pregnancy symptoms.
As for cravings, I've been craving noodles and rice (I have to keep that in check, though), fruit (especially grapes) and salads. Nothing crazy like laundry detergent or anything. Haha.
Monthly Healthy Recipes - All Things Pumpkin!
Pumpkin Cheesecake Mousse - I used regular butterscotch pudding (sugar-free stuff is awful for you) and low-fat cottage cheese.
Perfect Pumpkin Pancakes with Dark Chocolate Chips - I used regular flour because I don't have whole wheat. Still really healthy.
Reese's Pumpkin Peanut Butter Cups - I omitted the first three and melted chocolate chips.
Pumpkin Nut Butter - I used natural peanut butter.
This month I weighed-in at 160.8, which means I only lost 0.2 lbs but I gained 1.5 inches.
My 'monthly visitor' decided to stop by yesterday for a visit, which she often inconveniently does the day before or day of my weigh-in. I know I would have lost something and not been so bloated if it wasn't for her. I'm just thankful I didn't gain weight due to water retention.
However, I know that this month wasn't the greatest for me. It was partly me not getting to the gym as much due to how I'm feeling sometimes and partly because I'm eating the same as I was when I was working out all the time.
I've learned that I can't continue to eat exactly the same if I'm not able to workout as much. Not the mention, like I've said before, even if I was able to workout the same, it's still getting harder and harder for me to lose in this last phase.
I'm trying not to get discouraged. I know that God has brought me this far and that He will finish the good work He started in me.
This next month I'm going to try to work on my diet. I know that diet is the biggest part of losing weight (I've heard it's at least 70%), so even if I'm not getting to the gym as much as I'd like, I can still lose if I'm eating better.
Please continue to pray for me and my journey. I REALLY want to be in the 150s next month.
This morning I weighed in at 159.8. I lost 3.4 lbs this month and 2.75 inches overall. I'm excited to finally be in the 150s!
The last couple of weeks I haven't been able to workout because of some health issues. I don't feel comfortable talking about them on here right now, especially since I'm not even sure exactly what's going on yet. I even had to quit my job. Needless to say, what I'm going through right now is really scary and I could really use your prayers. I don't know when I'll be able to go to the gym again; I pray it's soon.
Brad, Oopsie and I are going to Ohio to visit family June 3rd-10th. Even though I'm not feeling well he thinks it's best for me to go to try to get my mind off of things.


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Q: Assigning values to an array, beyond initialized elements How is it that this comes back with a value for array[6]?
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int main()
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int z;
char array[5];
array[0] = 28;
array[1] = 14;
array[2] = 68;
array[3] = 100;
array[4] = 225;
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My understanding of arrays is that they are more like pointers to memory where the memory is set by the initialization in this case 5. However, when I place a value for the 6th element it will compile even though it was not a set element. It does not show as part of the array, but I can print the element by itself. Is this because it is just as I thought merely a pointer? It seems that 6 is not part of the container though because it only prints individually and not part of the array. Am I right in thinking this way or is this just one of those friendly compiler issues that I need to be aware of?


A key component to assessing the contaminant exposure pathways in streams and rivers of the Chesapeake Bay is using GIS-based landscape analysis to identify sources of endocrine disrupting chemicals. Municipal and industrial wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) discharges are potentially major sources of EDCs to streams, and therefore understanding the de facto wastewater reuse (represented as fraction of stream flow consisting of WWTP effluent) at the watershed-scale is essential for predicting risk to downstream water users (human and wildlife). Another important component of landscape analysis that is important to understanding exposure pathways is the river hydrogeology, in particular areas of significant groundwater/surface water interactions, which often play a key role in habitat functions.
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The FASB recently released its first Accounting Standards Update of 2019, ASU 2019-01 Leases (Topic 842) Codification Improvements. This ASU was released with the intent of clarifying conflicting or unclear guidance within the new leases standard that will be implemented under ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842).
The FASB has issued ASU 2019-02, Entertainment—Films—Other Assets—Film Costs (Subtopic 926-20) and Entertainment—Broadcasters—Intangibles—Goodwill and Other (Subtopic 920-350): Improvements to Accounting for Costs of Films and License Agreements for Program Materials.
The FASB has issued an Exposure Draft for public comment that is intended to address potential diversity in practice related to the measurement of share-based payments awarded to customers in conjunction with the sale of goods and services.
The GASB issued GASB No. 87 Leases in June 2017 to amend the guidance regarding the accounting and reporting related to leases. As is customary for new standards, the GASB provides additional guidance through implementation guides.


Feldman Performance was originally founded in 2007 by Dusty Feldman in West Liberty, Iowa. His mission was to provide athletes with dedicated coaching and targeted programming to help them achieve their specific athletic goals and to prevent/rehabilitate their injuries.
A graduate of St. Ambrose University, Feldman received his Bachelors of Science in Fitness and Human Performance, his personal trainer certification (CP-T) through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), as well as his nutritional certification (Pn1) through Precision Nutrition.
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Dana White was born on Monday July 28th 1969, in Manchester, Connecticut, United States.
He is an American businessman and President of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) - the largest mixed martial arts (MMA) organization in the world, who began boxing at age 17, and has grown UFC into a globally popular multibillion-dollar enterprise.
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Bon Iver, an intentional misspelling of the French phrase "bon hiver" ("good winter"), is an indie folk band from Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Originating as a solo project in 2006, Bon Iver is the product of Justin Vernon's (vocals, guitar) three-month winter hibernation in a cabin in rural Wisconsin after his previous group DeYarmond Edison broke up. Writing a significant amount of material in isolation, Vernon later recruited Michael Noyce (guitar, vocals), Sean Carey (drums, piano, vocals) and Matthew McCaughan (bass, drums, vocals). Sonically diverse, Bon Iver's emotional falsetto vocals hearken back to '70s soul and funk singers, while slow and steady tempos float along relaxed compositions. Moody orchestral additions are featured in their songs, however, folk-style acoustic guitars dominate above a backdrop of ambient hums. Bon Iver's debut LP For Emma, Forever was released in 2008 on Jagjaguwar Records and charted at #16 on the US Indie chart. Along with reaching gold status in Australia, Denmark and the UK; MOJO Magazine gave it a five star rating and deemed it an "instant classic." Success from the album sparked cross-over collaborations with Kanye West, Jay-Z, Rick Ross and Nicki Minaj. When Jagjaguwar released the eponymous Bon Iver LP in 2011, it soared to a #1 position in the US Indie chart and #4 in the UK national chart.
Bon Iver's story has already entered popular music legend: unknown guy records heart breaking, stripped down folk album alone in a remote cabin, rejoins society, universal acclaim. So how do you follow that up? Go back to the cabin and do it again? Find a remoter cabin? With the eyes of the world on him this time, Justin Vernon does the only thing he can do - he ups the ante. On Bon Iver's sophomore album, Vernon takes the introspective folk skeleton perfected on For Emma, Forever Ago, and fleshes it out, adding a host of instruments and orders of magnitude of ambition, yet keeping the intimate feel of the debut. Vernon has the rare gift of ensuring that his earnestly strained falsetto and delicately strummed tunes don't stray into sappy, overdramatic territory. That gift combined with his tasteful choices of instrumentation makes for a stunningly well-realized follow. Bon Iver is excellent from start to finish, and Vernon has managed some truly great moments. "Towers" begins with strummed, ringing guitar, kind of like the Velvet Underground's softer moments. Vernon layers his double tracked vocals over it, filling in the open spaces with warm splashes of saxophone, finally exploding midway through the song with a compassionate chorus of horns, strings and electric guitar that rise with emotional intensity. "Michicant" is a quietly beautiful standout. Like many songs on the album, it begins with sparse guitar and Vernon's tender croon. He slowly builds orchestration around it: saxophones lurking in the bottom of the mix, keyboards shimmering above while horns and violins fill in the space between. Like Bjork or Sufjan Stevens it's orchestral pop of the best kind, the instrumentation is icing on the cake, never a diversion. This an album that has a wealth of great songs, but no obvious traditional hits, which is pretty amazing considering Bon Iver's success. There's plenty of lighter waving moments, but no stadium conquering, bombastic anthems. The closest thing is probably "Calgary," another tender beauty, but this time it grows with atmospheric synthesizers, booming tribal drums and squealing electric guitars. Bon Iver's Vernon isn't a perfect album, the orchestration can occasionally turn to cheese, but overall it's a remarkable achievement--moving, unique and sure to secure Vernon's place in rock and roll history.


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CHARLESTON COUNTY, SC - The Charleston County Sheriff's Office is looking for leads in two armed robberies that occurred on Monday, September 14, 2009.
The Sunoco on U.S. Highway 78 in Ladson was held up early Monday. Ancrum's bar on S.C. Highway 162 in Hollywood was held up Monday night.
A man walked into the Sunoco at 9488 Highway 78 just after midnight Monday wearing a gray jacket, blue pants, gloves and a face mask, according to the incident report.
He brandished a pocketknife and forced a clerk to give him $15 to $20 out of the cash register and a carton of cigarettes, according to the incident report. The clerk told a deputy the robber ran toward the KOA campground.
The suspect is described as a white male between 5 feet 10 inches and 6 feet tall, with reddish hair sticking out of the back of the face mask. The store's video recording system was out of commission when the robbery occurred, according to the report.
A man and woman walked into Ancrum's at 6824 Highway 162 about 11 p.m. Monday wearing white plastic grocery bags over their heads with eyeholes cut out, according to that incident report.
The man ordered everyone down on the floor, then fired a black handgun toward a wall, according to the report.
The woman held out another plastic bag. The man ordered a woman to put her purse into the bag, and the bar owner put in $500 from the cash register, according to the report.
The pair then ran out of the bar. A witness told a deputy he saw a suspicious red Ford Explorer in the parking lot at the time.


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MTN8 Quarter-Final Preview
The Doctor has given predictions for the upcoming MTN8 fixtures. Could we see a few upsets?
The 2016/17 edition of the MTN8 begins this Friday as the Absa Premiership's top eight finishers from last season battle it out for the grand prize of R8 million. Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates are the most successful sides in the competition's eight-year history, having won two MTN8 titles each. Apart from the Soweto giants, Platinum Stars are the only other MTN8 winners in this year's tournament, while last year's champions Ajax Cape Town will not be around to defend their title after finishing 10th.
Cape Town City will make their bow in the MTN8 on Friday with a clash against Kaizer Chiefs who are looking to add to their swollen trophy cabinet. On Saturday, Platinum Stars will look to put Chippa United to the sword in their bid to emulate their 2013 success, while Bidvest Wits will lock horns with Orlando Pirates at the Bidvest Stadium. We end things off with a mouth-watering clash on Sunday between PSL champions Mamelodi Sundowns and SuperSport United.
15/4 Cape Town City | Draw 5/2 | Kaizer Chiefs 13/20 (20:00)
Cape Town City will face their biggest test yet against two-time MTN8 winners Kaizer Chiefs at Cape Town Stadium on Friday. There's a sense of optimism for the Johnny-come-latelies though as Eric Tinkler went undefeated against Amakhosi during his one year spell in charge of Pirates. Tinkler faced Steve Komphela's side four times last season, winning twice – in the PSL and Nedbank Cup. The City Boyz have the talent needed to thrive in this team but their one player of genuine quality is former Chiefs and Pirates striker Lehlohonolo Majoro. Major has excellent pace and skill with the ball at his feet and his finishing is up there with the best strikers in the country. After winning the Carling Black Label Cup, Chiefs are hungry for more success and will look to reward their fans after losing two cup finals last season. Amakhosi were defeated 1-0 in the MTN8 final by Ajax Cape Town and 3-1 in the Telkom Knockout final by Mamelodi Sundowns. Komphela has an abundance of talent at his disposal in the likes of Ramahlwe Mphahlele, Keagan Buchanan, Willard Katsande, George Lebese and William Twala. Such a big test might have come too early for Cape Town City and I think Chiefs will win this one comfortably.
Saturday 27 August
1/1 Platinum Stars | 21/10 | Chippa United 5/2 (15:00)
Cavin Johnson guided Platinum Stars to a third-place finish in the Absa Premiership last season and will be highly motivated to build on that success. Dikwena won nine from their 15 games at the Royal Bafokeng Stadium, losing four times. They'll be looking to emulate their 2013 MTN8 success and standing in their way is Chippa United. The Chilli Boys finished sixth on the log last season, their best finish in the Absa Premiership. It was a fantastic campaign for Dan Malesela's side, but they could have done better away from home. Chippa lost eight from their 15 travels, winning just four times. Platinum Stars are undefeated in their last four home clashes against Chippa, winning twice – their last meeting a hard-fought 3-2 victory. However, Dan Malesela's side will certainly fancy their chances after thrashing Dikwena 4-1 at Wolfson Stadium, their recent meeting in the league. Lerato Manzini scored a hat-trick in that game and he'll be Platinum Stars' biggest threat. A tight affair is expected, but Platinum Stars are tipped to make home advantage count.
18/10 Bidvest Wits | 19/10 | Orlando Pirates 15/10 (20:15)
Gavin Hunt has done wonders since he took charge of Bidvest Wits in 2013, leading his side to consecutive third-place positions (2013/14 & 2014/15) and finishing runners-up last season. The Clever Boys are strong contenders to win the MTN8 this season. Wits won eight from their 15 home games last season, losing three times. The loss of Sibusiso Vilakazi is a massive loss, but Hunt still has a plethora of weapons in his attack with the likes of James Keene, Daine Klate, Phakamani Mahlambi and Eleazar Rodgers. Wits will face a stiff test against Orlando Pirates on Saturday, but their recent record against the Buccaneers will give them great confidence. Hunt's side have won their last three meetings against Pirates, scoring four goals without conceding. The Bucs will be hoping to end their hoodoo against Wits as well as their trophy drought. They endured a dismal 2014/15 season, finishing seventh in the Absa Premiership under Tinkler. Muhsin Ertugral has injected a new enthusiasm for Pirates fans as he aims to combine entertaining football with winning. The Bucs will benefit from having their captain Oupa Manyisa fit, along with fresh blood in new arrivals Riyaad Norodien, Abbubaker Mobara and Thabiso Kutumela. I'm predicting a draw in 90 minutes.
9/10 Sundowns | 22/10 | SuperSport United 28/10 (15:00)
Mamelodi Sundowns are yet to win the top eight competition under its current sponsorship by MTN. Last year, they were knocked them out by Bloemfontein Celtic, losing 4-2 in a penalty shoot-out after drawing 1-1 at the Lucas Moripe Stadium. The Brazilians won the Absa Premiership last season, beating nearest rivals Bidvest Wits by 14 points. They'll be looking to build on that success by adding the MTN8 to their trophy cabinet. They're also in the semi-finals of the CAF Champions League which shows just how good this side is. Pitso Mosimane's men will be confident of advancing to the semi-finals of the MTN8, especially as they boast an excellent record against SuperSport United. They're unbeaten against Matsatsantsa in their last eight meetings with six wins, including five on the trot. Mosimane will be pleased to have Keagan Dolly back in the side after representing South Africa in the Olympics. Stuart Baxter will need a plan to stop CBD (Castro, Billiat and Dolly). SuperSport are in fact lucky to be in this year's competition as they entered the final week of the 2015/16 season in 9th position and needed Golden Arrows to slip up on the final day. Baxter certainly has top players in their ranks and new signings such as Reneilwe Letsholonyane, Keegan Ritchie, Thabo Mnyamane and Cole Alexander will add to that quality. This will be exciting to watch but Sundowns are tipped to edge the win.
MTN8 Cup previous winners
2008 Kaizer Chiefs
2009 Golden Arrows
2010 Orlando Pirates
2012 Moroka Swallows
2013 Platinum Stars
2015 Ajax Cape Town
Written by The Doctors Orders
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Setup and configuration of the new ZyPer4K encoder is simple.
The latest version of the ZeeVee ZyPer4K is an uncompressed, switching and video distribution solution for IP and fiber with zero latency, on exhibit at the 2017 NAB Show.
The new ZeeVee ZyPer4K is designed to simplify video transport and distribution over IP with virtual plug and play configuration with the ZyPer Management platform and nearly any off the shelf 10Gb Ethernet switch. Prior to ZyPer4K, ZeeVee used coax for video distribution.
The latest version of ZyPer4K offers full HDMI 2.0 compatibility including support for 4K HDR10, optional video inputs for display port, 3G-SDI and analog and flexible multi-view configurations allowing multiple sources to be displayed on a single screen.
"ZyPer4K is ideal for broadcasters looking to cost effectively distribute high quality images / video throughout their facility with zero latency," Chris Scurto, vice president sales and marketing, ZeeVee. "Broadcasters are migrating their workflow into IP. ZyPer4K allows for the distribution of workflow content, uncompressed, and with zero latency, allowing staff to review production in real time and with pixel for pixel accuracy," he added.
ZyPer4K consists of several ZyPer4K Encoder and ZyPer4K Decoder models, and the ZyPer Management Platform. It supports distribution of uncompressed 4K UHD with audio and other embedded data signals using off-the-shelf 10Gb Ethernet switching technology. Versions are available for both HDMI1.4 and HDMI 2.0. The encoders and decoders are also available in both fiber and copper versions. The encoders and decoders support video up to 4k/60 4:4:4 including HDR (High Dynamic Range).
All ZyPer4K devices use standard Ethernet addressing to facilitate reliable distribution of sources to targets/displays. ZyPer4K is designed to work with any 10Gb Ethernet switch that supports Multicast and IGMP snooping. Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) snooping allows a switch to forward only multicast traffic between encoder and decoders that have requested it.
Product performance has been verified with a variety of 10Gb switches from Netgear, Arista, Dell, Cisco, Extreme Networks, HP and ZyXel. Users requiring seamless switching will need a 10Gb switch that also supports fastleave/immediate-leave.
ZyPer4K encodes video, audio, and control signals, in addition to any additional network traffic from devices connected to the encoder or decoder 1 Gb Ethernet utility ports. The bandwidth for encoding 1080p/60fps video requires approximately 3.25 Gbps. Encoding UltraHD (4k/30 4:4:4 or 4k/60 4:2:0) requires approximately 6.5 Gbps. 4k/60 4:4:4 signals require approximately 13.0 Gbps which can be lightly compressed with no visual loss to be capable of transmission on a 10Gb link.
The system maintains HDCP Key management through secure key negotiation at both source and display and the use of 128-bit AES encryption on packetized Ethernet data between all sources and displays.
ZyPer4K is especially attractive for applications where some combination of UltraHD video, zero frame latency and pixel for pixel video reproduction is essential. Less than 50ms latency is typical.
ZyPer4K routing is infinity scalable and completely flexible with regard to I/O configurations, not limited to the conventional 4x4, 16x16, 32x32 and so on, typical to video routers. Any combination of inputs and outputs on a particular network switch. For example, a 24 port Network switch can be configured as 1x23, 2x22, 3x21, up to 21x3.
ZyPer4K comes in models that support KVM applications using USB2.0 connected devices. To achieve this, ZyPer3K uses ExtremeUSB technology from ICRON. Any USB2.0 or lower human interface device (HID) peripheral can connect into ZyPer4K USB enabled encoders and decoders.
Analog audio inserted into any ZyPer4K encoder can be combined/embedded at its destination (ZyPer4K decoder) into the outbound HDMI signal. Also, the embedded digital audio on an HDMI signal can be de-embedded at its destination (ZyPer4k decoder) and sent to either the HDMI connector, the analog audio connector, or both if the original signal is not encrypted, such as Dolby Digital. The encoders and decoders support analog stereo and up to 7.1 embedded digital audio channels.
The system also supports the distribution of audio and RS232 control data, Infra-Red signals as well as USB2.0 devices such as Keyboards, mice, Mass storage, cameras, and touchscreens.
ZyPer4K supports all video resolutions supported by HDMI 2.0. Currently, it supports HDMI, 3G-SDI, Display Port 1.3 and Analog connectivity. Other source connections such as DVI can be connected with widely available adapters and converters.
The ZyPer Management Platform is preconfigured with Linux.
ZyPer4K comes with the ZyPer Management Platform. It provides a fully functioned HTML5 GUI that gives users control of independent routing of audio, video and control signals, similar to the break-away function in traditional video routers. It can also be used to setup video walls and display groups/zones.
The Management Platform auto-detects encoder and decoder units upon connection and enables labeling and control, simplifying configuration and system setup. Users may choose to segment traffic using VLANs or create a separate network for video distribution only. Detailed system certification or formal training for system setup and configuration is not necessary.
The ZyPer Management Platform controls up to 24 ZyPer encoder and decoder endpoints. Presets enable signal routing and scheduling of saved, pre-defined source-display settings for repeatability and recall. It can create and manage video walls up to 5x5.
ZyPer4K products will be on exhibit at the 2017 NAB Show. In addition to the ZyPer4K, ZeeVee exhibit visitors will see demonstrations of the HDBridge3000, a high density, small footprint system for broadcasters to distribute SD and HD video throughout their facilities.
Broadcasters have invested millions of dollars to improve their outgoing signal to HD, but many still provide in-house staff analog signals to review clips and content on internal channels. The HDbridge3000 provides an upgrade path that supports multi-format IP and RF streaming in a single chassis delivering video over IP, and RF networks, individually or simultaneously.


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Henry Barker Hill (April 27, 1849 – April 6, 1903) was an American chemist and director of the Chemistry Laboratory at Harvard University.

Biography
Henry Barker Hill was born in Waltham, Massachusetts on April 27, 1849, the son of the Reverend Thomas Hill, president of Antioch College and Harvard.

He graduated from Harvard in 1869, then studied in Berlin under A. W. Hofmann. Upon his return, he became assistant in chemistry at Harvard, working alongside Charles Loring Jackson under professor Josiah Parsons Cooke. Hill became assistant professor in 1874 and full professor in 1884. He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

He died at his home in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts on April 6, 1903.

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Green Energy: Technology Cost Reductions vs. Commodity Rising Prices
by root shed
The Republicans have gone after Solyndra with a vengeance, but fail to realize that that company personifies the very best of gov't intervention rather than its worst. A greater irony is that both Democrats and Republicans missed the advantages represented by Solyndra. Here's the answer to this $20 billion dollar riddle.
Solyndra was a USA solar panel manufacturer that was awarded a federally guaranteed, $500 million loan as part of Pres. Obama's Green Energy initiative. They went bankrupt costing US tax payers a half billion dollars. There is the added political caveat that the owners happened to also be big Obama donors giving the appearance of massive corruption. This was further topped by a number of other solar panel manufacturers also going bankrupt while the rest are struggling today.
Republicans hold this up as an example how gov't involvement waste money, distorts markets, breeds corruption and even loses jobs rather than creating them. It would seem they have a point, but for one important detail. Democrats have overlooked this same point and so it's with added pleasure to show both sides the great benefits of gov't involvement in general and of these green energy initiatives in particular.
The obvious question would seem why these solar panel manufacturers were struggling so. Were they incompetent? Was there simply no market for these panels? Were these businesses jsut a front for rewarding donors? Maybe most amusing of all is that most people familiar with the issue even know why they went bankrupt.
The price of solar paneling collapsed by over 70% in hardly a couple year's time.
Because the gov't's raw might of 'the purse' threw in about $20 billion dollars to jump start the industry. This rapidly expanded the market, dramatically reduced the price with such advantages as economies of scale, created a lot more competition and in turn, flooded the market. This drove down the price of production as well as retail profits. It failed to create the millions of jobs as Democrats intended, but it did provide a renewable resource at greatly reduced costs. The country now has billions more in added alternative energy sourcing.
Did the tax payers get a great deal out of it?
Absolutely, but only, if they now take advantage and follow up with all the savings to be had by installing these panels in mass.
Republican's proudly hold up the price drop in natural gas as an example of how unfettered free markets can reduce the cost of such supplies. What they fail to account for is that natural gas, like all commodities, is a finite resource and as such, it is only a question of time before we begin to bump up against its limits. Prices will then rise. Yes, natural gas maybe cheaper today, but in the years ahead, that will change as China, India and others grow their own consumption. These countries will hike the price of our natural gas and oil not matter how much more we ramp up production. It's a finite resource.
Solar energy is the opposite for it is a technology. The price of technology will fall as it expands which is the inverse of commodities.
Did solar panel manufactures make those of millions of jobs as Democrats promised?
Did it expand our energy resources while reducing prices?
Gov't allowed us to get whole lot more of this energy, far cheaper, more efficiently and -as a final bonus – cleaner too.
Because it's a technology.
This would not be as true of gov't involvement in oil production per say because it's a commodity versus a technology. In time, that commodity would begin to find its limits. The broader issue then is not about gov't involvement per say, but one of technology. Gov't can help move it along more quickly at times. Solyndra maybe one of the best example of this for it was a victim of its own success. Hopefully, green energy will have more success like this wherein the price collapses so dramatically that we no longer need them. That's the ultimate progress.
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The African Enterprise (26/07/2021)
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The power of a conceptual framework, writing, the creative taste gap, mimetic theory of conflict, and human unification.
Kelvin Obakhavbaye
Greetings from Abuja.
It's Olympics season and games are one I enjoy because of the level of competition across sports. There are sports I wouldn't be caught watching on a normal day but within this stretch of the Olympics, I watch with rapt attention. It's amazing when you think about how much work has been put in over the years to get to this event and compete at this level.
That aside, I have an essay to share with you.
I think of creating (or building) as a subjective process with some parallels in everyone's journey. When we create something, the underlying plan - for all of us - is to create something good; irrespective of whether we're creating for ourselves or consumers.
The question then is: How do you create something good without getting bogged down by the procrastinative desire to make it good?
In this essay, I write about Hollywood's use of backlot and the story behind the development of Apple's Safari as reasons why a Conceptual framework is important to making progress in the earliest stages.
It can be tempting to work an idea to perfection before it's published, but that often is a stumbling block at the start. Instead, a conceptual framework helps to draw a circle around key parts of an idea, make quick progress with those, then improve with feedback.
Read the full Essay here.
Podcast Update
I published a conversation with Ridehytch CEO Laolu Onifade last week. Ridehytch is a ridesharing company that uses a real-time deals model to help commuters hitch rides. Car owners offer their cars for people to get the rides. They're an intermediate solution in commuting between inexpensive plus inconvenient public transportation and expensive plus convenient ride-hailing services.
We talk about Ridehytch - their aim to build a more convenient solution than traditional modes of public transportation in Nigeria's population centers yet cheaper than costly ride-hailing services, characterization of the problem, their approach to launch, and strategic approach to expansion.
Listen here, Show notes
Coolest things I learned this week
How writing helps
I looked up my notes from an Interesting book that I never quite finished before: How to invent everything by Ryan North.
On writing, it first details some limitations of the spoken word which surely predates the current era of podcasting, audiobooks, and widespread distribution of audio. The limitation was that the spoken word could only travel as far as the speaker. Writing solved that. While that's no longer a problem, the reasons writing helps humanity remain as true today as they were in 3200 BCE. Some of the reasons are:
It allows ideas to become resilient, stronger than our fragile bodies which will inevitably get old and die.
It allows ideas to become fixed, immune to changing memories.
It allows ideas to be broadcast reaching a much larger audience than could ever listen to spoken words.
It allows ideas to survive not only when their original host has died, but even when everyone who has ever spoken their language has died too.
The creative taste gap
Amanda Natividad mentioned the taste gap in a tweet last week and described it - using a visualization - as where the quality of your own creative work doesn't hold up to your standards.
This Alitheia Delivre visual explains the gap in amazing depth.
You start creating because you have good taste. You share the work because you're confident in the quality of your taste. Over time, as you create more, that taste evolves until you no longer feel like some of the work matches your taste. The more you work, the more the taste evolves, and so on.
This has been apparent in my writing the last couple of weeks. When I revisit an old essay, one I was happy and proud to publish some time ago, I immediately feel the need to rewrite it. It never reads right. I imagine if everyone who's read it had as much of a hard time. I immediately want to rewrite it. So I do.
The gap between then and now is a signal that the standard to which I hold my work has increased. It's growth. The more I write, the more I grow.
Mimetic Theory of Conflict
According to this theory, People who are alike are more likely to fight than people who are different.
This also aligns with Jose Saramago's quote that: Probably the greater the difference, the greater the similarity; the greater the similarity, the greater the difference.
This idea is interestingly ironic.
As I think about it, I believe part of what makes difference more similar is how intentional we are to note and acknowledge differences. On the other hand, with someone you're already familiar with, you put more thought into the difference than into the different layers of similarity established over the years.
Human Unification
According to Yuval Noah Harari, the process of human unification has taken two distinct forms:
Establishing links between distinct groups, and
Homogenizing practices across groups.
In essence, where are the lines of similarity? and then what can we weave out of it? How do we stack up all these layers of similarity up to something useful and meaningful?
Links may be formed, he continued, even between groups that continue to behave very differently. In fact, links may form even between sworn enemies.
If you look hard and long enough, you'll see those links.
That's it for this week.
If you have any thoughts or questions, hit reply and we can have a chat. And if you enjoyed it, share with friends.
Till next week,
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Why not Just Represent Myself? It's Only a Traffic Ticket.
No offense intended, but there is an old saying: "A person who represents himself in court has a fool for a client." Yes, you can represent yourself in court. However, you will be expected to know and adhere to the same rules of law, evidence, and procedure that attorneys spend years learning in law school, and perfecting in the courtroom. If you are being prosecuted for a criminal offense or a traffic ticket, the prosecuting attorney will have a tremendous advantage. Acting as your own attorney can have disastrous consequences (loss of your license, jail time, probation, hefty fines, court costs, permanent loss of civil liberties, permanent criminal record, etc.) that might otherwise have been avoided or minimized had you simply hired a lawyer.
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You could also be charged as a "Super Speeder" depending on the speed and other condition. Speeding can also be much more serious when combined with other charges, or if you are considered to be a Habitual Violator.
The ability to drive without restrictions affects your ability to work, your family, and your security. so speeding tickets should not be taken lightly.
Georgia's new 'Super Speeder Law' defines a Super Speeder as a driver convicted of speeding at 75 mph or more on a two-lane road or at 85 mph and above on any road or highway in the State of Georgia. In addition to the fines and fees paid to the jurisdiction where the speeding offense took place, a $200 Super Speeder state fee is to be paid by the convicted driver. Failure to pay the Super Speeder fee within 120 days of official notice will result in the suspension of the offender's license or driving privileges. Payment of a $50 reinstatement fee in addition to the $200 Super Speeder fee will then be required to reinstate their license or driving privileges.
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Most people think that Habitual Violator is a crime. In reality, Habitual Violator is a status. If you have the status of being a habitual violator, that means you are capable of committing certain offenses others cannot commit.
You can be assigned with the status of habitual violator by committing three serious driving offenses within a five year period. These serious driving offenses include DUI and any offense listed in Georgia's legal code.
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