Is there a way to record the axoloti live patch without an SD card?
take your audio output (jack) from axoloti and plug into your computer via an audio interface, then record in the daw.
its that of use some kind of digital recorder, I recently got a zoom at that's great, not only can record to sdcard but also can act as an audio interface as well... perfect for a portable setup.


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Everybody, be cool. There's a new girl in town and she does not go by the name of a color or country. She just goes by Mehgan.
News broke today that Rob Kardashian – you know, the one with a bleeding heart, who's obsessed with his daughter, would do anything for Blac Chyna despite their insane fights, clear turmoil and imminent destruction – is reportedly dating reality star Mehgan James and the world is looking at Chyna to see how she feels.
Elite Daily reached out to both Rob and Mehgan's teams for comment on their relationship status but did not hear back by time of publication.
My guess is Blac Chyna doesn't give one little F, BUT, this is the same girl who threw Rob's apology flowers into a pool and kicked him out on national television... plus that whole thing where she packed up and moved in the night leaving to him make this really sad video, so who knows.
The two first got together when Chyna helped welcome Rob back to the world after years of hiding on his sisters' famous show, KUWTK, and we all thought for a brief moment, "Hey, this might work out."
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Chyna is super fed up with Rob and thinks he is way too emotional and depressed. She thinks he has terrible issues. He is always battling his own insecurities and is unstable. It's a major turn-off to her, and she thinks it's incredibly unhealthy for the baby and their family.
Now, Rob is reportedly dating reality star Mehgan James just a day after posting touching throwback photos of Chyna, which have since been deleted, and we wonder if she is changing her tune.
Mehgan, 27, has previously been seen on Oxygen's Bad Girl's Club an VH1's Basketball Wives LA. A source for her told People she is "living for this moment right now," and that her and Rob have been "really close friends for about three months."
Hm-hm. Chyna's been there, done that.
Do we smell a spin-off in the works?


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Bay of Forochel
The icy bay of the distant north
A vast bay of the Great Sea in the cold northern climes of Middle-earth, often referred to as the 'Icebay' of Forochel. A small southern part of this bay is shown on the maps that accompany The Lord of the Rings, but it seems that the Bay itself extended far beyond this, stretching far to the northeast.1
Around the edges of the Bay, in earlier times, lived a people known as the Forodwaith. Their descendants were the snow-dwelling Lossoth, who aided Arvedui after he fled from the wreck of Arthedain. Ignoring their warnings, Arvedui attempted to escape across the Bay by ship, and was lost in its icy deeps.
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I set up two actions one for FollowEvent-Follow (earns 3 points) and one for FollowEvent-Followed( earns 1 point).
Based on the descriptions, I expect the person who clicks on Follow/Friend earns 3 points and the person who is being followed/friended earns 1 point. Is this correct?
Also, I'm not seeing the point values updated for the users immediately but I see the mission progress updated. Is this correct behavior?
Hey Judy - Those are correct expectations, I would recommend filing a support ticket so we can confirm that everything is happening correctly behind the scenes. One situation I have seen before is when there is a limit on the number of times a badge or action can be rewarded - when that happens you will see points not get updated until the limit is reset.


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Source Superyacht Australia.
Submersibles are the new 'must-have' aboard superyachts, particularly those of the explorer or expedition variety, as owners and charter guests seek new realms to explore.
Rivergate Marina & Shipyard in Brisbane on Australia's east coast has been commissioned to install new Triton submersibles on board a significant expedition superyacht, planning a global itinerary with owners who are keen divers, intent on exploring deeper than humanly possible with scuba alone.
"Subs come into their own in water depths from 200 metres," says Steve Fisher, Rivergate's Director of International Business. "Rivergate was consulted for our technical capability, facilities and expertise and will be refitting the client's chase boat with the customised installations for davit, docking, stowage and refuelling. Rivergate's onsite marine architect, Tommy Ericson, of the Aus Ships Group is guiding the design and installation work."
Steve Fisher, who attends significant yacht shows around the world representing Rivergate, says he has observed the increasing popularity of submersibles and other hightech watercraft onboard superyachts.
"Mankind has explored less than five percent of the ocean, despite it covering 70 percent of the planet's surface. Our fascination with the ocean depths can only be sated by a sub. The rise of the sub is being driven by a new generation of yacht owners more orientated towards experiences than pure ownership."
Louise Harrison, Director, Sales & Marketing at Triton submersibles agrees. "Today's owners are motivated by adventure and cruising to locations that are further off the beaten track. The perfect addition for an expedition yacht is a submersible, taking exploration into an extra dimension – downwards."
According to Ms Harrison, submersible technology has advanced tremendously in recent years. "The submersibles of today have transparent pressure hulls that can descend to 1,000 metres, 2,000 metres and beyond, and are safe, simple to operate and easy to maintain, putting this mode of exploration into the hands of many more owners."
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Q: Custom Listview not showing untill Edittext is selected and Keyboard comes up So i am having a very strange problem, i have an activity that shows user's posts and date in a ListView with a Custom ListView, gets from the server and populates them on onCreate.
this is how the interface looks of the activity
so what's happening is whenever i start the activity the edittext part was getting selected and generally the keyboard comes up
i googled to how to not focus the EditText at startup
found by adding these two lines in the parent layout focus on the EditText can be prevented
android:focusable="true"
android:focusableInTouchMode="true"

so i added that to the RelativeLayout xml of the activity this is the xml of the picture above
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:id="@+id/verticalLinear"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:focusable="true"
    android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
    tools:context=".UserHome">

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/tweetText"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="122dp"
        android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:ems="10"
        android:hint="Write Your Tweet"
        android:inputType="textPersonName" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_above="@+id/userListHome"
        android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
        android:onClick="postTweetFunction"
        android:text="Post" />

    <ListView
        android:id="@+id/userListHome"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
        android:layout_below="@+id/tweetText"
        android:focusable="true"
        android:focusableInTouchMode="true"/>

</RelativeLayout>

Now about the problem part i needed to say above to make you understand what is the problem exactly cause its a strange one.
so the listview is not appearing until the editext is selected and  the keyboard comes up
i am sure the listview is populating and the custom listview is working
but the listview content does not appear until i select the editext and the keyboard comes up, like the listview was sleeping until the editext is selected.
here is the example

see in that activity and the editext is not selected, so even thou the listview is populated it's not showing.
but as soon as i click on he edittext and the keyboard comes up its like it wokes up the sleeping listview

and the listview and adapter is not anonymous i have defined them
here is the activity code if needed for reference
public class UserHome extends AppCompatActivity {

    ListView listView;
    ArrayList<String> userOwnTweets;
    ArrayList<String> userOwnTweetsDate;
    ArrayList<String> getUserOwnTweetsObjectId;
    EditText tweetText;
    CustomArrayAdapter customArrayAdapter;
    Typeface custom_font1, custom_font2;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_user_home);

        custom_font1 = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(),  "fonts/gooddog.otf");
        custom_font2 = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(),  "fonts/quicksand.otf");

        listView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.userListHome);
        tweetText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.tweetText);

        userOwnTweets = new ArrayList<String>();
        userOwnTweetsDate = new ArrayList<String>();
        getUserOwnTweetsObjectId = new ArrayList<String>();

        customArrayAdapter = new CustomArrayAdapter(getApplicationContext());
        listView.setAdapter(customArrayAdapter);

        // updating the tweets onCreate
        updateTweetList();

    }

    public void updateTweetList(){

        // clearing the lists to avoid duplicate entries
        userOwnTweets.clear();
        userOwnTweetsDate.clear();
        getUserOwnTweetsObjectId.clear();

        // just backend code to get the tweets of the user
        ParseQuery<ParseObject> query = new ParseQuery<ParseObject>("Tweet");
        query.whereEqualTo("username", ParseUser.getCurrentUser().getUsername());
        query.findInBackground(new FindCallback<ParseObject>() {
            @Override
            public void done(List<ParseObject> objects, ParseException e) {

                if (e == null && objects.size() > 0){

                    for (ParseObject object : objects){

                        String tempString = object.getString("tweet");
                        tempString = tempString.substring(0, Math.min(tempString.length(), 20));
                        tempString+="...";

                        // adding them to the arraylists
                        userOwnTweets.add(tempString);
                        userOwnTweetsDate.add(object.getString("date"));
                        getUserOwnTweetsObjectId.add(object.getObjectId());
                    }
                }
            }
        });

        // updating the customlistview for datastatechanged
        customArrayAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
    }

    @Override
    public void onBackPressed() {
        Intent intent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), MainActivity.class);
        startActivity(intent);
        finish();
    }

    public void postTweetFunction(View view){

        // adding a new tweet and refreshing the tweet list from teh server
        ParseObject userTwitter = new ParseObject("Tweet");
        userTwitter.put("tweet", tweetText.getText().toString());
        userTwitter.put("username", ParseUser.getCurrentUser().getUsername());
        DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm");
        userTwitter.put("date", String.valueOf(dateFormat.format(new Date())));
        userTwitter.saveInBackground(new SaveCallback() {
            @Override
            public void done(ParseException e) {

                if (e == null) {

                    Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Tweet Added", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                    tweetText.setText("");
                    updateTweetList();

                }
            }
        });
        hideKeyBoard();

    }

    public void hideKeyBoard(){

        // hiding the keyboard
        try {
            InputMethodManager inputMethodManager = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
            inputMethodManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(getCurrentFocus().getWindowToken(), 0);
        }
        catch (Exception e){
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    // the custom adapter
    class CustomArrayAdapter extends BaseAdapter {

        Context context;
        LayoutInflater layoutInflater;

        // Constructor
        public CustomArrayAdapter(Context context) {
            this.context = context;
            layoutInflater = (LayoutInflater) context.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
        }

        @Override
        public int getCount() {
            return userOwnTweets.size();
        }

        @Override
        public Object getItem(int position) {
            return userOwnTweets.get(position);
        }

        @Override
        public long getItemId(int i) {
            return i;
        }

        @Override
        public View getView(int i, View view, ViewGroup viewGroup) {

            view = layoutInflater.inflate(R.layout.row_layout, null);

            TextView userHomeTweet = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.userHomeTweet);
            TextView userHomeTweetdate = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.userHomeTweetDate);
            userHomeTweet.setTypeface(custom_font1);
            userHomeTweetdate.setTypeface(custom_font2);

            try {
                userHomeTweet.setText(userOwnTweets.get(i));
                userHomeTweetdate.setText(userOwnTweetsDate.get(i));
            }catch(Exception e){
                e.printStackTrace();
            }

            // random color for each

            int color = Color.LTGRAY;
            view.setBackgroundColor(color);

            return view;
        }
    }

}

i have used proper commenting, the code is simple enough , i am just using a Server with MongoDB i have commented on them.
and this is the customlistview layout xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:orientation="vertical">

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/userHomeTweet"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:textSize="40dp"
        />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/userHomeTweetDate"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:layout_marginTop="49dp"
        android:textSize="20dp" />

</RelativeLayout>

each of the listview element has a each this layout inside them hence making it  a customlistview
SO here is everything i am as clear as possible, but ask me if i missed anything that may make a difference in solving the issue
so can you tell me, why the listview does not show up until i select the EditText and the Keyboard comes up, seems like a strange problem, please point me in the right direction. Thanks.

A: Try this

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:id="@+id/verticalLinear"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:focusable="true"
    android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
    tools:context=".UserHome">

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/tweetText"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_toStartOf="@id/button"
        android:ems="10"
        android:hint="Write Your Tweet"
        android:inputType="textPersonName" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_above="@+id/userListHome"
        android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
        android:onClick="postTweetFunction"
        android:text="Post" />

    <ListView
        android:id="@+id/userListHome"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_below="@+id/tweetText"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" />

</RelativeLayout>

EDIT
public void updateTweetList(){

        // clearing the lists to avoid duplicate entries
        userOwnTweets.clear();
        userOwnTweetsDate.clear();
        getUserOwnTweetsObjectId.clear();

        // just backend code to get the tweets of the user
        ParseQuery<ParseObject> query = new ParseQuery<ParseObject>("Tweet");
        query.whereEqualTo("username", ParseUser.getCurrentUser().getUsername());
        query.findInBackground(new FindCallback<ParseObject>() {
            @Override
            public void done(List<ParseObject> objects, ParseException e) {

                if (e == null && objects.size() > 0){

                    for (ParseObject object : objects){

                        String tempString = object.getString("tweet");
                        tempString = tempString.substring(0, Math.min(tempString.length(), 20));
                        tempString+="...";

                        // adding them to the arraylists
                        userOwnTweets.add(tempString);
                        userOwnTweetsDate.add(object.getString("date"));
                        getUserOwnTweetsObjectId.add(object.getObjectId());
                    }

                   // updating the customlistview for datastatechanged
                   customArrayAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
                }
            }
        });

    }

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Calder Woodburn rest stop, BKK Architects, Goulburn Valley Highway, Shepparton, Victoria. Students: Kimberly Botha, Marcus Shanahan. Photo by Matthew Stanton.
It's a little-known fact that the field of architecture boasts a fabled history of dress-ups. At New York's Beaux-Arts Ball of 1931, at least two dozen architects came dressed as the buildings they designed including Ralph Walker as the Wall Street Building, William Van Alen as the Chrysler Building, and Leonard Schultze as the Waldorf-Astoria.
Fast-forward to 2017 and students from Monash University Art Design and Architecture (MADA) are collaborating with leading Melbourne architecture practices to translate iconic infrastructure into wearable art forms. Join the students for a runway-show-meets-parade at MPavilion on Saturday 11 November.


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About Louis Grell
"Showcasing the Legacy of Artist Louis Frederick Grell"
Destiny won the Harry Frank prize in 1930 at the Art Institute of Chicago's annual Artists of Chicago & Vicinity show and at the Chicago Galleries Association in 1930. Destiny was reproduced in a major Chicago paper and also in full color within Chicago Modern, 1893-1945, Pursuit of the New (2004).
As the main study for Destiny demonstrates, Grell may have played a role in designing some of these art exhibits as seen herein for the 1930 CAV show where Grell's large creation was featured above the entry to the exhibit hall at the Art Institute of Chicago (see also the study for another museum included).
Destiny hung on the wall of Grell's studio from 1928 until well after his death and until his wife Friedl moved out of Tree Studios around 1970. It was acquired by Jim Romano and later sold to its current owner who maintains the large painting in his studio in the near-north-side of Chicago in the area where it has remained since its creation in 1928. A version of this fantasy was incorporated into the Ft. Wayne Paramount theatre and is believed to be one of many that Grell created for several locations. One rumor had a version installed in a courthouse.
Some say that this could be considered Grell's magnum opus; we believe that his greatest body of work remains all the theatre work he did throughout the 1920's.
The watercolor is included to give the viewer an idea of how much work went into just the decision of what color to make the cloak of the central flying figure.
There are two mysterious faces painted into the background – good and evil. Can you find the second mysterious face?
Grell provides a brilliantly written explanation of Destiny.
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A spin-off from PSI has received this year's Swiss Technology Award: The young company GratXray is developing a new method for early diagnosis of breast cancer. The prize was announced and awarded at yesterday's Swiss Innovation Forum.
The Swiss Technology Award in the Inventors category goes to the PSI spin-off GratXray. Accepting the prize, from left to right: Marco Stampanoni, Zhentian Wang, Martin Stauber (CEO of GratXray), and Giorgio Travaglini (head of Technology Transfer at PSI). (Photo: Paul Scherrer Institute)
The Swiss Technology Award is considered Switzerland's most significant technology prize and annually honours the best technological developments and innovations with high market potential in each of three categories: Inventors, Start-ups, and Innovation Leaders. Swiss companies as well as projects that were developed in Switzerland are eligible to compete. The spin-off GratXray received the prize in the Inventors category, in which young Swiss start-ups as well as innnovative business ideas with high market potential can qualify. In a multi-step application procedure, GratXray won out over its competitors.
GratXray is a spin-off of the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI and ETH Zurich. The firm's co-founders are PSI researcher and ETH Zurich professor Marco Stampanoni and his colleague Zhentian Wang; the managing director is Martin Stauber. GratXray focuses on a new method for early diagnosis of breast cancer: For this purpose the spin-off is developing a computer tomography system that is unique worldwide, which in practice will be pain-free for patients in comparison with conventional mammography and will, through highly precise three-dimensional imaging, enable earlier diagnosis of breast cancer and reduce false diagnoses. Over the next two years, a prototype of a better mammography system is expected to be developed.
The presentation of the major prize took place at yesterday's Swiss Innovation Forum in Basel, with more than 1,000 prominent people from business, science, and politics in attendance. Among the finalists for the Swiss Technology Award was Araris, a PSI spin-off (in formation) founded by Philipp Spycher from PSI's Biology and Chemistry Division on the basis of Spycher's business idea in the area of development and optimisation of drugs for the treatment of cancer.
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Q: Return object typed with generic class type The code below contains a getter to a Set of objects with class T:
public class Cube <T extends State> {

   private Set<T> states = new HashSet<>();

   public Set<T> getStates() {
      return states;
   }

}

Which seemed to me the valid way to return a the Set of states. However, it returns a set of Objects instead. Trying to use:
Cube<DestinationState> cube = new Cube<>();
Set<DestinationState> set = cube.getStates();

Yields a compile error on the second line:
Error:(187, 61) java: incompatible types: java.lang.Object cannot be converted to nl.gijspeters.pubint.graph.state.DestinationState

State is a generic interface with multiple implementation classes (among which DestinationState) and subinterfaces.
This may very well be a duplicate question (as it seems quite basic), however, I was not able to find the answer.

A: by default T is replaced with Object so this is type inference based on the target so try this
Set<DestinationState> set = cube<DestinationState>.getStates();


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by Erin McClam
On the first day of what was supposed to be tighter screening ordered by the U.S. for airline passengers from certain countries, some airports around the world conceded Monday they had not cracked down.
The United States demanded more careful screening for people who are citizens of, or are flying from, 14 nations deemed security risks. But enforcement of the U.S. rules appeared spotty.
"Everything is the same. There is no extra security," said an aviation official in Lebanon, one of the countries on the list. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly.
The Obama administration ordered the changes after what authorities say was a failed attempt by a Nigerian man to blow up a jetliner bound from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day.
The U.S. Transportation Security Administration said the enhanced screening techniques would include full-body pat-downs, searches of carry-on bags, full-body scanning and explosive-detection technology.
On Monday, passengers arriving on international flights reported they had been patted down individually, or had their luggage inspected by hand – steps that have been in place on many international flights since the failed bombing.
Passengers on a flight from Stockholm to Newark, N.J., were patted down and had their bags checked at the gate, flier Mark Biddle said. He said no passengers had been singled out for special attention.
In Nigeria, one of the nations on the U.S. list for additional security, there were long lines on the first day of the new rules. At the airport in the capital of Lagos, Mine Oniovosa, a 24-year-old student, said she had been told to show up more than seven hours ahead of time for a flight to Atlanta.
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#include <boost/utility.hpp>
#include <ClanLib/core.h>

#ifdef CLIENT
#include <ClanLib/display.h>
#endif // CLIENT

namespace Race {

class Bound : public boost::noncopyable
{
	public:

		Bound(const CL_LineSegment2f &p_segment);

		virtual ~Bound();

		const CL_LineSegment2f& getSegment() const { return m_segment; }

	private:

		/** Segment of this bound */
		CL_LineSegment2f m_segment;

#ifndef SERVER
	public:

		const CL_CollisionOutline &getCollisionOutline() const { return m_collisionOutline; }

	private:

		CL_CollisionOutline m_collisionOutline;

#endif // !SERVER

};

} // namespace

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Oregon, Nebraska and Pennsylvania are the only remaining states to prohibit religious clothing in public schools. But Oregon has taken the first step in lifting the ban in a vote on House Bill 3686. Proponents of the bill praise the vote as a civil rights victory, and suggest that teachers of diverse religions would be able to exercise their freedom of religion, and teach in the state's public schools. Opponents of the bill raise concerns about the rights of students to be free from religious indoctrination or coercion, and argue that those rights would be jeopardized by the lifting of the ban. The Bill will next go to the Senate for a vote. If the Bill is approved, it will go into effect in 2011. To read an article about the Bill from the Oregonian, and the arguments on both sides of the issue, please click here.


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'Sweat' at Goodman Theatre: Lynn Nottage's Pulitzer winner set in a factory town is now in Chicago — and better than Broadway's
By Chris Jones
Kirsten Fitzgerald (Tracey), Keith Kupferer (Stan) and Tyla Abercrumbie (Cynthia) in "Sweat" at the Goodman Theatre. (Liz Lauren photo)
Can a play be sympathetic to the plight of the displaced white, working-class workers of America while also holding that same group fully accountable for its defensiveness, myopia and well-documented racial prejudices?
It's hard. Most writers pick a side.
You've got works like "The Glass House," Brian Alexander's fine book about the declining economic fortunes of Lancaster, Ohio, that argues that our economy now really serves only the one percent. Of any race.
And then you have any number of urban, Ivy League-educated columnists who, while frequenting places with small plates and flights of wine, love to reduce this complex group of economically stressed Americans to the MAGA-moniker "Trump voters." You know, people to be shamed on Twitter, no one with whom to have a real conversation.
But playwright Lynn Nottage's potent and powerful "Sweat," which won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 2017 and can now be seen for the first time in Chicago at the Goodman Theatre, comes closer than any recent play to attempt to voice the feelings of (in this case) union workers in a Pennsylvania steel town in 2010, long-serving folk whose decent contract is slowly whittled away by a company salivating over the savings promised by the North American Free Trade Agreement.
At its core is a dilemma familiar to any number of blue collar Americans: What to do when your job paying, say, $30 an hour, is renegotiated, offering you $15? Sure, you can go on strike. But what if there are other Americans, maybe an American whose family has been blocked for generations from one of those lucrative union jobs because they don't have "history" in the town, who are willing and able to work for that $15? What then? And can you really claim the moral high ground if your union has been dominated for generations by a white membership, protecting its own gains and repelling immigrants?
I don't mean to imply "Sweat" is a balanced play in political terms: it is a fervent, anti-capitalist drama of the kind that would appeal far more to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez than Mitch McConnell or any Republican (or even Clintonian) free marketeer. Nottage has not a lick of sympathy for NAFTA efficiencies nor for the alleged trickle-down benefits of the free market, and certainly not for the bosses and white-collar consultants with their MBAs from the Wharton School, dangling their new leverage over the workers whose livelihoods and sanity depend on their continued employment. And she does not allow for the chance they could be anything but white.
Aside from one speech where the mostly agnostic barkeep (dryly played by Keith Kupferer) wonders aloud where humans were "meant to pick up and move when the well runs dry," nowhere does the play suggest that the inefficiency of the old factory meant that there was anything either understandable or inevitable about its closure.
Rather, "Sweat" is a piece about how these cruel bosses and their inhuman system of capitalist competition forces the various racial groupings of the working-class to feed upon themselves. And that the America we all now share is filled with the walking wounded from that bloody battle.
The play's leading white character, Tracey (the superbly cast Kirsten Fitzgerald), reacts with fury when her livelihood is threatened, taking out her own pain on a non-union Latino guy, Oscar (Steve Casillas), to whom $15 looks great, and on her longtime friend Cynthia (Tyla Abercrumbie), an African-American worker just promoted to supervisor. As Abercrumbie, who is fantastic here, makes vividly clear in director Ron OJ Parson's production, Cynthia is caught between her own ambition to go where no African-American has gone before in this town and her nagging sense that maybe those seemingly enlightened bosses were just looking for a little cover that would allow themselves "to stay in their air-conditioned offices," instead of facing the molten anger on the shop floor.
Nottage is arguing that the union, representing all unions, was at least partly designed to protect whites only — when it came to jobs, it didn't want nobody that nobody sent, to quote the late Abner Mikva's mythical ward boss in Chicago. That exclusionary history is represented by Brucie (Andre Teamer), an older African-American character whose poverty has led him down a spiral of self-abuse. But Brucie is balanced by Jessie (Chaon Cross), a younger white woman who now seems headed down the same path herself. Nottage's main focus, though, is on two members of the rising generation, the sons of Cynthia and Tracey, played respectively by Edgar Miguel Sanchez and Mike Cherry. These two guys, Chris and Jason, start out as pals, but their initial fraternity gets ripped apart by economic duress curdling over time into racism of the bloodiest kind. That part of "Sweat" has much in common with Willy Russell's socialist musical from the 1980s, "Blood Brothers."
I first saw, and wrote about, "Sweat" on Broadway in the early Trump-encrusted months of 2017 — where there was some irony in such costly tickets for so anti-capitalist a play.
Since that time, though, the blow-up that Nottage so vividly and carefully defines here can reasonably be blamed for all manner of overheated rhetoric, political dysfunction and extremist confrontations. Up to and including murder. Despite acknowledging the racism inherent to this nation's early years, "Sweat" still suggests that the roots of many of these problems live in economic decisions made around 2010 — and, if you are clear-eyed enough to look at this issue for all sides and dare to acknowledge the human imperative of self-protection — that case now is only stronger.
I'd also say that Parson's production is the superior piece of work. He finds more humor in this piece (which might sound strange, I know) and raises the stakes far higher. He could do none of this without a cast willing to go there with him.
Kevin Depinet's set imagines the barroom setting as an expansive basement operation, which feels out of sync to me with the street-side taverns of a rust belt town, although I may just have other visualizations stuck in my head. What really matters is what transpires in this petri dish of pain, where shared inequality finally detonates a complicated history of exclusion and, yes, human kindness.
"Sweat" just seemed much sweatier to me this time around, as if Pennsylvania pain has metastasized into something yet more dangerous to the shared American experience.
Chris Jones is a Tribune critic.
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Review: "Sweat" (3.5 stars)
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July 3, 2015 Posted by Ron In Corvette News, Corvettes In The D, Larry Courtney and tagged Corvette events, Larry Courtney, Matick Chevrolet
Richard Pinke and his classic 1958 Corvette.
Visitors to the 3rd annual "Corvettes in the D" gathering, held along Detroit's riverfront on Sunday, June 28, were eager to view the stars of the show: seven stunning C5, C6 and C7 Z06 Corvettes.
"This year we featured the Z06 convertible," said event organizer Larry Courtney, "and subtitled the show 'Celebrating the Z06 Evolution.'"
The first of the all-star line-up was the velocity-yellow, full-competition 2015 Z06 owned by Royal Oak, Mich. resident Bill Murchison, who was happy to share the high points of owning that car – and his two other 'Vettes.
"This is as close to a race car that you can have on the street," he said. "The tires have very little tread and perform miracles on dry pavement – they're as amazing in the turns as on a straightaway."
Bill Murchison and his speedy 2015 Z06.
Murchison also pointed out another design feature that looks great, but is, actually, purely functional. "See this feature that looks like a decorative side gill? Its purpose is to cool the transmission, brakes and rear axle."
Murchison's stable of Corvettes includes a blue 2009 ZR1 (the most powerful ever made) as well the anniversary edition of the convertible 427 in white with silver-blue stripes.
Standing in the shadows of the GM World Headquarters at the Renaissance Center, Murchison praised the Corvette line: "They give you what they say they're giving you in a beautiful, totally-drivable, timeless car. More than you'd hoped for!"
And, scanning the aisles of hundreds of Corvettes and their owners, it was easy to feel that you'd arrived at the Emerald City of collectible autos, with organizer Courtney a most devoted wizard at the controls – though not behind any screen.
In the thick of the action, Courtney had several goals: to bring a fun, family event to downtown Detroit that honors and showcases a beloved make of car; to raise money for the Veterans Outreach Project of Southeast Michigan and Operation Care Package of Michigan, two charities that forward all proceeds to the cause of helping our veterans; and to keep Corvette owners updated, connected and able to share their special Corvette stories.
A Detroit News photographer also was on site to take some photos of the action. See those here.
Although Jerry Shoate of Detroit does not own a Z06, he does have stories to share about his "plain, regular, Corvette '05 C6 series in red."
Jerry Shoate's classic 2005 C6.
"This car is very comfortable," he said. "Starting with the C5 series, they got more comfortable due to the updated suspension and body style. For example, the C3 is a nice, really collectible car, but it rides a little rough. We just got back from a 3,000-mile trip, and it couldn't have been a better ride – plus the fuel efficiency was great! Oh, yeah, now that I've taken that road trip with my buddy, my wife says I've got to take her on one. She loves the ride, too!"
Mahlon Cooks, Shoate's friend and most recent road trip passenger, interjects and laughs, "Tell them how you dream about your car!"
Mahlon Cooks and his 2014 Stingray.
Cooks brought his black 2014 Stingray with the Z51 package. "This is a wonderful car," Cooks says. "It's quicker than my other two Corvettes (a '99 convertible and a '77 L-82), but not as roomy. I do take it on highway trips. My favorite road is I-65 through Kentucky."
Although not one of the Z06 featured cars, the rare, Panama yellow 1958 C1, owned by Richard Pinke, was definitely a show-stopper with a special story.
"My dad bought me this car for my graduation in 1958 for $3,510 – a whole year's pay for most!" As an owner of a tool-and-die shop in Panama City, Fla., where Pinke and his family lived, Pinke's dad could foresee problems in that field.
"My dad said, 'Go to school and be an engineer.' So, I moved to Michigan and did just that and worked as a Cadillac prototype engineer," he recalled.
Richard Pinke's Panama yellow beauty.
Pinke's car, stored in a Florida warehouse until it was brought to Michigan in 2006 with 167 miles on it, was still almost ready-to-go. "I replaced the tires, hose and battery and drained the brake fluid, adding silicone fluid."
Everything in this gorgeous auto is original – even the straps that appear to be seatbelts. "Of course, these cars did not have seatbelts then," said Pinke. "We've never been exactly sure why, but those are parachute straps with the label of 'Irving Airchute Co.'"
As Larry Courtney (whose U.S. flag wrapped Corvette is sponsored by Matick Chevy as was the event) walked among the rows of gleaming Corvettes and happily chatting with owners and visitors, glad of the success of another huge event, he thoughtfully shared what really makes the Corvette unique: "The person behind the car."
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I have a 1958 vette – Looking to restore it Need advice on the type of Restoration should be attempted. I live in Shelby Twp. Can be reached at(586) 751-8836. Any assistance would be appreciated. Joe.
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as for Mr Pinkie's 1958 corvette, not sure why he says they didnt come with seatbelts, They did that was the first year they were standard from the factory and yes they were made by the air chute company in lexington KY


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Q: Exception in thread "LWJGL Application" com.badlogic.gdx.utils.GdxRuntimeException: Error loading font I'm attempting to load a font in a practice project for libgdx like so.
package peace.at.steamd.screens;

import peace.at.steamd.Steamd;

import com.badlogic.gdx.Gdx;
import com.badlogic.gdx.Screen;
import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.GL10;
import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.BitmapFont;
import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.SpriteBatch;
import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.TextureAtlas;
import com.badlogic.gdx.scenes.scene2d.Stage;
import com.badlogic.gdx.scenes.scene2d.ui.Skin;
import com.badlogic.gdx.scenes.scene2d.ui.TextButton;
import com.badlogic.gdx.scenes.scene2d.ui.TextButton.TextButtonStyle;

public class mainmenu implements Screen{
Steamd game;
Stage stage;
BitmapFont black;
TextureAtlas atlas;
Skin skin;
SpriteBatch batch;
TextButton button;
public mainmenu(Steamd game){
    this.game= game;

}

@Override
public void render(float delta) {
    Gdx.gl.glClearColor(1,1,1,1);
    Gdx.gl.glClear(GL10.GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
    stage.act(delta);

    batch.begin();
    stage.draw();
    batch.begin();

}

@Override
public void resize(int width, int height) {
    if(stage== null)
        stage= new Stage(width,height,true);
    stage.clear();
    Gdx.input.setInputProcessor(stage);
    TextButtonStyle style= new TextButtonStyle();
    style.up= skin.getDrawable("buttonnormal");
    style.down= skin.getDrawable("buttonpressed");
    style.font=black;
    button=new TextButton("Press Me",style);
    button.setWidth(400);
    button.setHeight(300);
    button.setX(100);
    button.setY(100);
    stage.addActor(button);
}

@Override
public void show() {
    batch=new SpriteBatch();
    atlas=new TextureAtlas("data/button.pack");
    skin= new Skin();
    skin.addRegions(atlas);
    black= new BitmapFont(Gdx.files.internal("data/custom.fnt"),false);
}

@Override
public void hide() {
    dispose();
}

@Override
public void pause() {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub

}

@Override
public void resume() {
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The custom.fnt is located in the proper directory and is linked etc. however when i run                the example i get this error.
Exception in thread "LWJGL Application" com.badlogic.gdx.utils.GdxRuntimeException: Error loading font file: data/custom.fnt
    at com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.BitmapFont$BitmapFontData.<init>(BitmapFont.java:823)
    at com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.BitmapFont.<init>(BitmapFont.java:99)
    at peace.at.steamd.screens.mainmenu.show(mainmenu.java:65)
    at com.badlogic.gdx.Game.setScreen(Game.java:62)
    at peace.at.steamd.screens.SplashScreen.tweencompleted(SplashScreen.java:82)
    at peace.at.steamd.screens.SplashScreen.access$0(SplashScreen.java:80)
    at peace.at.steamd.screens.SplashScreen$1.onEvent(SplashScreen.java:74)
    at aurelienribon.tweenengine.BaseTween.callCallback(BaseTween.java:380)
    at aurelienribon.tweenengine.BaseTween.updateStep(BaseTween.java:521)
    at aurelienribon.tweenengine.BaseTween.update(BaseTween.java:424)
    at aurelienribon.tweenengine.TweenManager.update(TweenManager.java:166)
    at peace.at.steamd.screens.SplashScreen.render(SplashScreen.java:42)
    at com.badlogic.gdx.Game.render(Game.java:46)
    at peace.at.steamd.Steamd.render(Steamd.java:23)
    at com.badlogic.gdx.backends.lwjgl.LwjglApplication.mainLoop(LwjglApplication.java:207)
    at com.badlogic.gdx.backends.lwjgl.LwjglApplication$1.run(LwjglApplication.java:114)
Caused by: java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 2
    at com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.BitmapFont$BitmapFontData.<init>(BitmapFont.java:718)
    ... 15 more

when it reaches the point its attempting to load the font. I used the hiero web launcher to create the font and there is nothing special about the font file itself.
any ideas?


It's been six years since Camp Rock first came out and now a Demi Lovato and the Jonas Brothers collaboration is imminent. Well, one of them, anyway. Sure, Demi Lovato and Nick Jonas have talked about starting a band together in the past, but they didn't seem to be taking it seriously and so we didn't take it seriously. It seemed like we were all going to have to settle for vague comments and guest appearances on each other's tours. However, people who have long been hoping to get a little more Nick Jonas and Demi Lovato action in their lives can now officially rejoice. Nick Jonas and Demi Lovato are doing a duet together that will appear on Jonas' upcoming solo album.
"We did one for my record," Jonas told E! Online. "It's a great song that we both love. Her voice is just amazing on it. She's the real deal. It's the perfect fit for this record."
That's as much detail as we're getting out of him on what the song is about, what it will sound like, or even what the title is, but it's good enough for me. After all, Jonas and Lovato performed three songs together during her Neon Lights Tour and their voices blended together so perfectly then that I can't imagine how they're going to improve upon it when they both had input on the song they're singing.
Jonas has already released one song from his upcoming album called "Chains" that came on Wednesday morning with an accompanying music video. While Lovato tends to go for more of a pop-rock sound, Jonas' single is more slow and sultry R&B. In fact, it doesn't sound particularly compatible with Lovato's sound at all, which is more exciting than it is worrying. After all, Ariana Grande and Iggy Azalea didn't seem like their music styles had a lot in common before "Problem" came out and rocked our worlds.
In light of all that, I'm already hoping that Jonas and Lovato's song is an actual duet rather than Lovato simply singing the chorus or providing backing vocals for Jonas. From the way Jonas is speaking of it, it seems fair to guess that they both get their chance to shine on the track. Whether or not it will be released as a single remains to be seen, but Jonas' album doesn't come out until the fall and that's way too long to wait for new Demi Lovato music.
In the meantime, get your Camp Rock and "Nemi" gifs ready.


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TVR S2- 1990
By the mid-'80s, TVR was on their third owner. Founder TreVoR Wilkinson had left in 1962; Martin Lilley introduced great cars but was a poor businessman, and turned the helm over to shareholder Peter Wheeler in 1981. After 23 years of success, Wheeler left and the company fell into disarray, with periods of no production and rumors of its demise. As of late, a new syndicate promises to unveil the newest TVR at the Goodwood Revival in 2017, coinciding with TVR's 70th anniversary.)
The S Series, introduced at the British International Motor Show in 1986, was TVR's entry-level sports car. Riding the coattails of the mid-'80s classic car boom, it abandoned the Lilley-era wedge profile for a shape that evoked the 3000S coupe of the 1960s. Unlike the earlier car, the new S used a Ford-sourced "Cologne" V6 engine, a five-piece fiberglass body, and fully independent rear suspension. Performance was only brisk, but handling was excellent. At the debut, response was so positive that six months' worth of orders were taken.
The early S1 cars used a smaller 2.8l engine, a bit down on power and not nearly as well-finished. The S2, 3, and 4 cars got a bit more power with the 2.9l engine, and fit and finish were much improved. The hybrid convertible roof was unique – the two rigid panels could be removed and stored in the trunk, creating a "targa"-style roof, or the full roof could be dropped as a conventional roadster. Up, it was even quiet and weatherproof, unlike so many traditional British roadsters. Produced at the same time as the Lilley-era wedge-shaped TVRs, the new S series was what the company needed. Eventually, a Rover-sourced V8 found its way into the chassis, and the upmarket V8S was born, stealing sales of the slightly slower S. Production ended in 1994.Said Norm Mort in British Car, April 1990: "…top down is the real way to enjoy the TVR S2. Those great, burbling sounds, sunshine and wind in your face; cares and worries are quickly blown away; the car makes you feel good."
Manufacturer: TVR Engineering Limited
Country of Origin: England
Drivetrain configuration: Front-engine, rear-wheel drive
Engine: Ford-sourced water-cooled 2935cc V-6, 170hp


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Banned Books Reveal American Anxieties Around the LGBTQ Community
Marcy Ayres / © Culture Trip
Parrish Turner
Us Books Editor27 September 2018
Since 1982, Banned Books Week has highlighted books removed from libraries and schools, and a look at which books were censored over the years reveals deeper truths about the evolving cultural concerns of the United States.
Any time a parent or concerned community member asks that a book be removed from a US library or classroom, librarians and teachers are watching.
The American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom compiles complaints against books found in either media reports or voluntary report forms to create the annual Banned Books List, first published in 1990. Books that are successfully removed are labeled 'banned,' while books that are not removed are referred to as 'challenged.' Not all requests for book removal succeed, but Banned Books Week aims to demonstrate how fragile free access to ideas can be.
The Banned Books List was first published in 1990 | Marcy Ayres / © Culture Trip
A look at the most-challenged books over the years can reveal interesting trends regarding the nation's cultural concerns. The list gives the reasons for any book's removal, along with its title. The most commonly cited reasons are 'sexually explicit content,' 'offensive language' and 'unsuitable for age group.' In the early 2000s, JK Rowling's Harry Potter series frequently topped the list with complaints about the promotion of witchcraft, but 2017's list has no fantasy books at all. Indeed, no book has made the list for objections to occult content since 2013. Instead, sex and LGBTQ identities seemed to be causing the most commotion in 2017.
'George' | Marcy Ayres / © Culture Trip
Author Alex Gino's middle-grade novel George has topped the most-challenged-books list since it was published in 2015. George tells the story of a young transgender girl who wants to play Charlotte in Charlotte's Web.
Gino, who uses they/them pronouns, points out the methods of soft censorship that often take place before a book is even published. "Ten years ago, my book wouldn't have gotten banned because [it] wouldn't have even gotten published in the first place," they say. While LGBTQ identities have had minimal representation in books for young readers, LGBTQ young-adult novels have seen a 300 percent increase in publication over the past decade.
Author David Levithan has been writing children's books with gay characters since 2002, when his book Boy Meets Boy was one of the first in a wave of gay young-adult novels to hit the shelves. But it was not until 2015 that his 18th book, Two Boys Kissing, hit the Banned Books List because of its cover, which featured – you guessed it – two boys kissing. One of the reasons challengers gave was that the book promoted 'public displays of affection.'
'Two Boys Kissing' | Marcy Ayres / © Culture Trip
The prominence of LGBTQ books on the Banned Books List points to cultural discomfort with the LGBTQ community, rather than the stated discomfort with sex. While many young-adult novels include sexual acts, it can be revealing to note which ones are flagged. Books with LGBTQ characters and characters of color are often disproportionately represented on the Banned Books List.
While Two Boys Kissing was challenged for PDA, many young-adult heterosexual romance books show kissing on the cover, and they do not appear on the Banned Books List. And given the fact that most books on the list are written for children, the adult content is often minimal. "Frankly, my book isn't very edgy," says Gino, "so if you are reading it because someone said it should be banned, you are going to be disappointed."
If people believe reporting and banning a book means fewer people will read it, Gino's experience has proved otherwise. In 2015, George was included on the William Allen White Master List, a list of quality and appropriate children's books, which schools in Wichita, Kansas, use as a guide to buying books for their libraries. The school district made headlines when it refused to buy George, though it did allow the book to be donated to school libraries. "Wichita, at one point, was outranking [sales of my book everywhere] but New York," the author explains. "For about six months, everyone wanted to know what's being held back."
Now Oregon is going through its own censorship struggles with George, and a similar pattern is emerging: "I have more sales in Oregon than anywhere else," says Gino. "People don't like to be told what to read."
'To Kill a Mockingbird' | Marcy Ayres / © Culture Trip
Books are often banned because they start difficult conversations. When it comes to George, parents might be uncomfortable speaking to their children about transgender identities. Similarly, instructors today can be uncomfortable contextualizing racial language now considered offensive when they teach historically important books such as Huckleberry Finn and To Kill a Mockingbird. That discomfort is part of the learning process, as books can teach compassion and help fight prejudice. "When you ban a book, there are kids who do not get access to it," says Gino. "And those are probably kids who actually really need it."
Gino has a story they like to share to emphasize their hope that literature can continue to push boundaries and make a real difference in readers' lives: "It's fifteen years from now," they say. "It's a rainy evening. The streetlight is flickering on and off for ambience. There is this really drunk-drunk dude-bro, like PBR drunk. He is just wasted. In the other direction, he sees someone he identifies as a trans woman. Might not be the first trans woman he has seen today; may not be a trans woman. But [his mind goes]: 'Trans woman, click click click, like Melissa [the protagonist of George],' and he goes home with a stumble and nothing happens."


As with so many digital marketing questions, the answer to this one is "It depends…" We don't tend to recommend anything automatically, because we know every business has different processes, audiences, strategies, and goals. But there are definitely times when B2B pay per click advertising is a smart choice.
Because paid media generally motivates customers to buy products (or begin the buying process) directly, its value for B2C companies is obvious. However, B2B purchases can be much more involved, often requiring time, research, and approval from several parties. For this reason, many B2B marketing directors perceive paid search as a channel best used for brand awareness rather than revenue.
B2B companies in more traditional or brick-and-mortar industries, such as construction, tend to pursue direct-sales-oriented tactics such as direct mail and email, calls, and networking. ROI is often harder to measure for these companies due to their long sales cycles (many touchpoints) and smaller customer set (statistical significance issues). Furthermore, traditional companies tend to have low risk tolerance.
Industry: When an industry has room for customer education, PPC advertising is an excellent choice to lead customers to on-site content aimed at top-of-funnel topics. Here, pay per click ads begin the customer relationship by providing value through education.
Market: When a B2B company's market is well-defined, paid search is an extremely efficient way to reach that market. If, for instance, your company provides legal services to the restaurant industry, your market is restaurant managers and owners, and we've discovered that they make excellent targets for B2B PPC advertising.
Audience: Because paid media can be a numbers game, the larger the buyer audience is, the better. The ideal audience for B2B paid media is large enough to be broken into identifiable segments. For the company providing legal services to restaurants, the audience could be segmented by the type of restaurant (fine dining, fast food, etc.), the state where the restaurant is located (especially important for legal services), and many other ways.
The beauty of segmentation as a B2B paid search strategy is that ad performance gives you greater insight into the concerns and motivations of each type of customer, allowing you to target them more effectively in both ads and company offerings.
Obviously, when the opposites of the conditions listed above are in play, paid search isn't such a great idea for B2B. If your company's target audience is small or your market is broad and spans lots of industries, your digital marketing investment would likely be better served by SEO.
New startups: We would never advise a company that has just started up to use PPC advertising. That phase of company development is better suited to branding, strategy, and goal-setting.
Extremely expensive paid media markets: Some of the highest costs per click are for B2B keywords; for instance, "business internet providers los angeles" has a CPC of $615! If a company gets just one click per business day for that keyword, it costs almost $13,000 a month – and none of those clicks are guaranteed to turn into a lead. If your business is in such an expensive paid media market, there are much better ways to market your company online.
When paid media strategy, goals, and spend are unclear: Whether for B2C or B2B, paid search parameters must be well-defined. We value our clients' investment far too much to allow "let's see what happens" to guide our PPC efforts. Murky strategy, vague goals, and highly fluctuating ad spending lead to results that are sub-par to say the least.
Understand your industry and audience: This is an ongoing process for marketing directors and CMOs. Industries, markets, business structures and models all change over time, as do audience priorities, needs, and wants. If your most recent marketing research is more than 3 years old, be sure to conduct fresh research before approaching paid media.
Use data to find opportunities: One of the best ways to get the most out of your paid search is to get a data-based understanding of the paid search landscape. We run projection models for many of our clients to identify gaps in the paid search market where they could capture more customers by standing out from their competitors.
Aim for the "middle ring of the bullseye": As discussed, B2B keywords can come with a very high per-click price tag, especially if they're specific to a need or market. Less specific keywords can have much lower costs but are less likely to appeal to your target market. The "sweet spot" is the middle ground, where there are many relevant, if not perfect, keywords at workable bid prices.
Track performance end to end: The ultimate goal of paid search isn't to deliver more clicks or even more conversions; it's to deliver more revenue. Before embarking on paid search, ensure your tracking systems can follow conversions from ad impressions through income from sales.
Measure the metrics that matter: Obviously, this includes bottom-line metrics such as revenue and return on ad spend (ROAS). But it can also include metrics that apply to the specific goals you have for your company's paid search, such as on-site engagement for ads promoting content, viewable impressions for brand awareness campaigns, or form fill abandonment rates for lead-generation efforts.
One of our B2B clients, a communications-based software provider, had tried paid search but found the results disappointing. Their costs per lead and per MQL were unacceptably high, and the client was thinking about abandoning paid media altogether.
If those results sound appealing, let's talk about your B2B company and how well paid media could work for you.
In her 7 years at (un)Common Logic, Sydney Sheedy has honed some seriously impressive skills in marketing analysis and excellent customer service, with a special focus on education.


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Genetics, Spanking May Increase Childhood Aggression
5-Mar-2012 10:45 AM EST
Aggressive Behavior
Newswise — A study co-authored by UT Dallas criminologist Dr. J.C. Barnes shows that the risk of problem behavior during childhood — particularly for boys — is greatly increased if children have genetic predispositions for these behaviors and if they are spanked by their parents.
"We found that genetic factors affect which children display aggressive behavior, but we also found that genetic factors matter more when children were exposed to spanking as a disciplinary tactic," said Barnes, an assistant professor of criminology in the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences.
The study titled, "Physical Punishment and Childhood Aggression: The Role of Gender and Gene–Environment Interplay," was recently published in the journal Aggressive Behavior. The researchers examined data from children who were 9 months to 5 years old. The information was collected from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study Birth Cohort.
Barnes said the researchers found a link between genetic predisposition and environmental influences — in this case, spanking — only in boys.
"It did not affect females," he said. "Males who were spanked and had the highest genetic risks displayed the most aggressive behavior compared to other males."
Acts of aggression included temper tantrums and disruptive behavior, for example. Barnes said the researchers have been studying childhood levels of aggression to see how and why they are influenced by genetic risks. Genetic risk was measured by utilizing what is known as the twin methodology, a study design that allows for the comparison of twin concordance as a way to identify heritable influences on a trait.
The study's findings could be an indicator of when interventions may be most beneficial, Barnes said.
"Since we're tracing back to early childhood, which is a formative time, that suggests interventions could be targeted to that early time point in the life course," he said. "The targeted intervention may be to reduce spanking across the board."
The study was authored by Dr. Cortney A. Franklin and Brian B. Boutwell, both at Sam Houston State University and Dr. Kevin M. Beaver at Florida State University.