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Marketing, Customer Service, E-Commerce
Retail Call Centers Get Smart With Intelligent Automation
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There's a common misconception that technology in general and artificial intelligence (AI) in particular will disrupt retail customer service the same way it disrupted manufacturing. Fear not. Technology is certainly contributing to contact center evolution, but uniquely human traits like empathy and situational dexterity are so central to the customer experience that robots will never take over call centers the way they have assembly lines.
Rather than replace agents, AI has enormous potential to make their work more productive and significantly more engaging. And by empowering agents to deliver more of the critical human skills that customers crave, it also contributes to more satisfying customer experiences.
AI is Next-Level Technology
Several technology developments have lifted call center efficiency over the years, but AI-powered intelligent automation technology is raising the bar even higher. Centers generate massive quantities of time-sensitive data, and the ability to leverage that data immediately could transform customer service.
Human agents could process that data, but it would take hours, days or even weeks. Intelligent automation is the first technology able to process large volumes of data in real time and leverage it to take immediate actions — solving problems that were impossible to solve or even to identify before.
Nurturing Agents Improves Service Delivery
High fixed costs and thin profit margins have forced many retailers to recognize customer service as one of the few levers they have to differentiate from competitors. Until now, tech innovation has focused solely on customers, but that's no longer enough.
Intelligent automation focuses on solving "upstream" problems that frustrate agents and impact service delivery — which has a direct "downstream" impact on customer experience. For example, if a call comes in when an agent is due for a break, the agent's frustration at missing a break will probably have a negative impact on the caller — and possibly on subsequent callers.
Intelligent automation manages this scenario for a large American retailer with a schedule adherence use case, which takes pending breaks into account, automatically prompts agents to go to break a few minutes early, and updates the WFM schedule. This technology has enabled the company's remote agents to time breaks to coincide with important moments in the day, such as kids leaving for school, arriving home for lunch, or arriving home at the end of the school day. This maintains service level continuity and provides a critical boost to agents' satisfaction by ensuring breaks and allowing them to be customized to fit their specific needs.
By removing underlying drivers of agent dissatisfaction — something no previous technology could do — intelligent automation contributes to workflow efficiency and agent satisfaction, which yields more positive customer experiences.
Intelligent automation also facilitates agent development: Regular training on new products and marketing campaigns is critical to an agent's ability to handle customer issues effectively; when call volume is high, however, training is quickly pushed aside. Thanks to its ability to process millions of data points in real time, intelligent automation can detect temporarily idle agents across the team and immediately deliver offers to complete training or coaching sessions, even during the extra busy holiday season. The large retailer mentioned above reduced the completion time of critical training of its agent teams from months to weeks even during the peak holiday season.
Pandemic Accelerates E-Commerce
The pandemic has increased the importance of well-trained, highly capable agents in retail contact centers. While more retail sales were shifting online by 2020, some customer demographics still remained loyal to brick-and-mortar shopping. The pandemic forced the hand of those shoppers, and now that they've experienced e-commerce, many of them are online to stay.
Certain retail categories that were slow to develop online sales — e.g., wine and spirits — shifted quickly to e-commerce to follow consumers who went online in response to closed retail shops. Online U.S. retail sales rose by 32.4 percent in 2020, the strongest growth in two decades and more than double the increase in 2019. In 2021, e-commerce will account for 18.1 percent of retail sales worldwide, up from 10.4 percent in 2017 on its way to 22 percent by 2023.
But what happens when an online order arrives damaged, or doesn't arrive at all? What if the shopper's credit card is charged twice for the same purchase? Consumers don't come to the store to solve these problems anymore. Instead, they call, email or chat with contact center agents. This explains the sharp rise in call volume and average handle time in retail call centers.
Online consumers have high service expectations, making it critical for contact center leaders to deploy AI-powered technology that enables agents to satisfy the much higher volume of customers.
Human Agents Forever
The pandemic has confirmed that robots won't replace human agents in retail customer service centers. Rising call volume and longer handle time demonstrates that consumers' always-strong preference for human contact is actually getting stronger.
As such, retail organizations must equip their contact center teams with AI-powered intelligent automation technology to support operations under today's more demanding circumstances. Intelligent automation is cloud-based, scalable, and easy to use. It helped many retailers pivot to remote agents and continue supporting customers during the pandemic, and it will also facilitate their ability to manage the tricky hybrid workforce model likely to dominate operations moving forward.
AI isn't a job killer; it's a customer service enhancer! Contact centers in the retail space must embrace AI's ability to make their agents' work more engaging and their customers' service experiences more satisfying.
Jennifer Lee is chief strategy officer at Intradiem, an AI-powered productivity solution that integrates with call center and workforce management software to improve savings, productivity and engagement.
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Q: RX-JS 5 - Using "lift" to log Observable data for debugging I am new to RX-JS , and would like to log data for debugging purpose.
In the end what i need is to log every observable defined in piece of code and all events / emits of data happening out of those observables.
For RX-JS If i override lift , it becomes possible to inject behaviors into all observers in an operator chain ,
But how can i log RX-Observables those are not applied to any operator yet ?.
And is it proper way to log all observables to override lift and subscribe to each observables for logging data ,
Because do operator did not work.
This is how i am trying
const _lift = Rx.Observable.prototype.lift;
var idCounter = 0;
Rx.Observable.prototype.lift = function (operator) {
    var sourceObs = this ;
    sourceObs.id = ++idCounter;
    var resultantObservable = _lift.call(sourceObs, operator);
    resultantObservable.id = ++idCounter;
    // In this Method i log data
    LogObserver(operator , sourceObs , resultantObservable);
    return resultantObservable;
};

Above code works for
var timer = Rx.Observable.interval(1000).take(4);

But does not work for
var sequence = Rx.Observable.range(1, 10);

Thanks in advance.
Best Regards

A: I get what you are trying to do but the way you are doing it is a little weird. I don't know if you've heard about the .let operator yet.
If you do:
const subscribe = source
  .map(val => val + 1)
  .let(obs => {
     // do stuff with the observable here and return it afterwards
     // to not break the chain
     return obs;
  });

  .subscribe(val => console.log(val));

Let will give you access to the observable entirely, not just the values in it. You can do what you want to do with it. You need to return an observable in the let function but if you just do what you want and then return the original. You will not break the chain and you can do what you want I guess.
More info here: https://github.com/btroncone/learn-rxjs/blob/master/operators/utility/let.md

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11 Upon entering the house, they saw the child with his mother Miryam; and they prostrated themselves and worshipped him. Then they opened their bags and presented him gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.
via Matthew 2 KJV;CJB – Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of – Bible Gateway.
This as you know is speaking of the Magi. They had traveled far and for many many months, perhaps nearly two years to reach the house described here. They first prostrated themselves and worshiped the GOD Toddler and then offered their gifts. Their gifts were costly and prophetic. Gold, frankincense and myrrh. I have said in 21st Century terms that the Father was paying His Child Support with these gifts and I actually believe that. Gold to finance the trip to Egypt and back, I think, and perhaps longer until YESHUA was old enough to work in the carpenter shop. However, a little research has told me the frankincense and myrrh may have been even more valuable than the gold. Click HERE and read about these two medicinal, healing resins. And as you may know myrrh is a burial 'spice'.
Here's an excerpt: The Roman historian and botanist Pliny the Elder, who recommended frankincense as an antidote to hemlock poisoning, wrote in the first century A.D. that the pricey dried sap had made the southern Arabians the richest people on earth.
For sure, for sure JESUS is the cure for what has poisoned us. He is surely the antidote for all that ails us. He surely died to give us life and He is a treasure light years more precious than the purest gold.
As the title of today's post says: a little trivia that is by no means trivial. I hope you have enjoyed the information and I hope we will all become more and more in AWE of our GOD as we learn more and more that HE is the Master of the Details. I find much comfort and security in this fact.
ABBA, ADONAI, HOLY SPIRIT, You are Awesome. Thank You, thank You for being You and drawing us to Yourself in YESHUA's Holy Name.
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Explore Provence
By Katheryn Jones
In Destinations, Explore, Explore Europe
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Whether you're jet-setting through the Cote d'Azur, or sipping wines while touring the countryside, Provence has mastered how to enjoy the simple life with plenty of luxuries. The area most popular with tourists is the Cote d'Azur, more commonly known as the French Riviera, which is the coastal strip of land in the south where enjoying the Mediterranean warmth and waters can happen all year long. Popular cities include Monaco, Marseille, Nice, St. Tropez, and most famous for its film festival, the city of Cannes.
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Avignon Bridge
Cote d'Azure
Places to Visit in Provence
Unique Things to See and Do in Provence
Visit the birthplace of Nostradamus in Saint-Remy-de-Provence
Wander the streets of the Old Port in Marseille
Visit the Fragonard Perfume Factory in Grasse
Try socca in Nice, a tasty chickpea pancake!
Visit the Palais des Papes, the largest Gothic palace in the world
Touring Provence Countryside
The university town of Aix-en-Provence is the perfect inspirational town for budding artists looking for that creative flair. This town was the birthplace for the late Post-Impressionist painter Paul Cezanee and claims this for its "tourist pull," but the real beauty is in the narrow streets, public squares, weekday markets, and "French air." Be sure to walk down the Cours Mirabeau. This tree-lined boulevard with beautiful fountains flowing in the middle is a perfect walk after dinner.
Anyone interested in Roman history will want to tour through the quiet town of Saint-Remy-de-Provence. Also known for being the city where Van Gogh was medically treated at the Monastery de Mausole, you'll find many tributes to him here.
Les Baux
Olive trees, rocky shores, and a village dating back to 6,000 BC is the perfect setting for some stunning photography. Located about 25km outside of Saint-Remy-de-Provence, the Chateau des Baux is a castle perched high above the village where you can feel the strong Mistral winds most days.
There are two main reasons to visit Digne-les-Bains: the lavender fields and the thermal springs! Seeing field upon field of purple-blue lavender plants is breathtaking and provides a perfect picture of Provence. The lavender is used in the perfumes created, however you can also enjoy a lavender bath in the thermal springs!
L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue
Hosting the largest outdoor market in the Luberon area, this village has beautiful plane trees, meandering streams, and the most famous antique market in all of France. With over 300 stalls, the market is fantastic for cafes, pizzerias, and restaurants situated along canals.
Located in Nimes, France, Maison Carrée is considered the best preserved Roman temple.
Did you ALSO know…?
The wild horses of Camargue are an ancient breed that still live in the wetlands of the Rhone Valley, France.
Don't forget to take a picture of the water wheels that were previously used for the textile and fabrics industries in years past. It doesn't sound pretty, but the old spoke wheels covered in moss with a backdrop of old stone houses makes for the perfect photograph. Really, the whole Luberon area has plenty of villages worth touring and is also great spot for those wanting to bicycle through the countryside.
Getting Around Provence
Travelling through France is easily done by train with access to cities, towns and villages. However many of the sights are usually just out of reach of the train stations. If you want to visit the wineries in Avignon, see the countryside in Luberon, or drive the winding roads along the coastline, renting a car is a fairly inexpensive option and you can rent them just for a day which makes day trips out of the villages much easier. You'll need a valid driver's license and your passport, and a deposit on your credit card. Always fill up with gas when you can because the countryside has few gas stations.
Best Time of Year to Travel to Provence
Travelling through Provence has become really popular during the summer months (when it is the driest), yet in the past the French Riviera was a haven for the winter months. In the eastern part of Provence you can experience some strong Mistral winds from the north/northwest, and that can bring the temperature down quite a bit. Most of Provence experiences dry summers and mild winters. Temperatures range from 23C at the lowest and go as high as 35C in the height of summer.
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BioethicsLine: 1972-1999
Information Needs of Cancer Patients in West Scotland: Cross Sectional Survey of Patients' Views
Meredith, Catherine
Symonds, Paul
Webster, Lorraine
Lamont, Douglas
Pyper, Elspeth
Gillis, Charles R.
Fallowfield, Lesley
BMJ (British Medical Journal). 1996 Sep 21; 313(7059): 724-726.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the needs of patients with cancer for information about their condition. DESIGN: Cross sectional survey of patients' views by means of semistructured interview with questionnaire. SETTING: A regional cancer centre and two university hospitals in west Scotland. SUBJECTS: 250 (93%) of 269 cancer patients invited to participate in study who were selected by age, sex, socioeconomic status, and tumour site to be representative of cancer patients in west Scotland. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Patients' need to know whether they had cancer, the medical name of their illness, progress through treatment, how treatment works, side effects, chances of cure, and treatment options. RESULTS: 79% (95% confidence interval 73% to 84%) of patients wanted as much information as possible, and 96% (93% to 98%) had a need or an absolute need to know if they had cancer. Most patients also wanted to know the chance of cure (91% (87% to 94%)) and about side effects of treatment (94% (90% to 97%)). When the replies were cross tabulated with patients' age, sex, deprivation score, and type of treatment there was a linear trend for patients from more affluent areas to want more information and those from deprived areas to want less. There was a strong preference for diagnosis of cancer to be given by a hospital doctor (60% (53% to 66%)). CONCLUSION: Almost all patients wanted to know their diagnosis, and most wanted to know about prognosis, treatment options, and side effects.
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Alternatives; Attitudes; Cancer; Diagnosis; Disclosure; Hospitals; Illness; Patient Care; Patients; Physicians; Prognosis; Risks and Benefits; Socioeconomic Factors; Survey; Truth Disclosure;
Information Needs of Cancer Patients in West Scotland: Cross Sectional Survey of Patients' Views
Meredith, Catherine; Symonds, Paul; Webster, Lorraine; Lamont, Douglas; Pyper, Elspeth; Gillis, Charles R.; Fallowfield, Lesley (1996-09-21)


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Many of the scholarship application deadlines are February and March each year; however, it's important that you review deadlines carefully as they do vary. Scholarship award recipients will be notified in May via ASU e-mail.
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What will happen now to Nord Stream 2 and its investors?
Russia's invasion of Ukraine dealt a lethal blow to Nord Stream 2, leaving European business leaders to grapple with issues around security of energy supply and alternative sources.
Viola Caon
The cancellation of the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline project has left Europe with an energy headache. (Photo by Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images)
Two days before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced that his economy minister had withdrawn the supply security report from the gas pipeline Nord Stream 2.
This being the missing piece for the project to become operational, Scholz's move essentially halted operations of the pipeline. Since then, there has been no official news on the future of Nord Stream 2, with many in the industry being confident that it is fundamentally dead.
Nord Stream 2: the project
Nord Stream 2 is a Swiss-registered subsidiary of Russian state-owned company Gazprom and a twin project of Nord Stream, the 1,222km subsea pipeline taking natural gas from Vyborg in north-west Russia to Germany.
Nord Stream 2 was launched in 2015 and construction began in 2018. By the end of 2021, after a series of delays due to sanctions imposed by the US on some of the companies involved, the project was finished at an estimated cost of $11bn.
Gazprom paid half the cost, with the remainder financed by British oil and gas major Shell, Austria's OMV, France's Engie, and Germany's Uniper and Wintershall DEA.
Apart from Gazprom, the other parties involved have taken steps to distance themselves from their business with Russia after the country's invasion of Ukraine.
In early March, for instance, Shell apologised for its most recent purchase of Russian oil and announced its intent to withdraw from its involvement in all Russian hydrocarbons, including crude oil, petroleum products, gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG).
Insolvency rumours
Shortly after Germany denied its go-ahead for the project, rumours emerged that Nord Stream 2 was considering filing for insolvency.
At the time, anonymous sources told Reuters that the company had been working with a financial adviser on clearing some of its liabilities and was in the process of terminating workers' contracts.
Some elements of the rumours was corroborated by Switzerland's economy minister, Guy Parmelin, in an interview with Swiss radio where he claimed that all Nord Stream staff who worked for the company in the Swiss city of Zug, more than 140 employees, had been fired.
Should Nord Stream 2 file for insolvency, the parties involved would be exposed to a significant degree of credit risk.
A spokesperson from Engie told Investment Monitor: "Regarding the Nord Stream 2 project that Engie has helped finance since April 2017 alongside four other European investors, the group, as a lender, is exposed to €987m of credit risk, which could impact its accounts in the event of Nord Stream 2 filing for insolvency."
Austria's multinational oil, gas and petrochemical company OMV sounded less worried about the implications of Nord Stream 2's failures on its books. "OMV is just a financing partner of Nord Stream 2," a company spokesperson says. "Recently we impaired the involved receivable of approximately €1bn. Nord Stream 2 was planned for a transport capacity of 55 billion cubic metres per annum. That is a technical impact. On future developments or market impacts we cannot speculate."
Security of supply concerns and the search for alternatives
The halting of Nord Stream 2 is not expected to have a strong knock-on effect on the gas sector in the short term as the pipeline had not yet begun operations. However, repercussions in broader terms are already being felt.
Senior managing director at advisory firm FTI Consulting Emmanuel Grand explains that security of supply has become the main concern in the industry as the Nord Stream 2 controversy has exposed the risk of energy reliance and geopolitical risk.
"There are two main consequences for the gas sector as a result of Nord Stream 2 not becoming operational," he says. "The first one is that gas will be seen as a less reliable and more expensive source of energy. The second is that the security of supply issue is pushing the industry to diversify to other types of gas supply. LNG is the immediate choice that is being looked into."
While this is a pivotal moment for the gas market in Europe, Grand says that the shift to LNG cannot be an immediate one.
The main challenge to replacing Russian gas with LNG from other countries, either in Europe – such as Portugal or Spain – or the US, is that the infrastructure – LNG terminals and interconnection pipelines – needs to be built.
"This infrastructure takes time to be built," says Grand. "It takes about five years for the liquefaction process and two to three years for the regasification."
More broadly, he argues that the fallout of the war in Ukraine for the energy sector will in the long term play in favour of renewables and new technology.
"Most gas players are discussing using green hydrogen as a vector to produce new sources of energy," says Grand. "The EU's strategic objective for 2024 is at least six gigawatts [GW] of renewable hydrogen electrolysers producing one million tonnes renewable hydrogen."
According to the EU's report, the target will climb to 40GW in 2030 with ten million tonnes of renewable hydrogen production.
Nord Stream 2 might be dead with no possibility of resurrection, but the gap it leaves in the market could lead to more sustainable energy policies and more innovative thinking among those leading Europe's energy strategies.
Viola Caon is a senior editor at Investment Monitor, focusing on infrastructure, logistics and the Americas market. She joined from Euromoney's IJGlobal, where she covered private investment in energy and infrastructure for the past four years after covering the asset management sector more broadly. Viola has extensive knowledge of the institutional investment world and has focused on fund investments both in infrastructure and across other asset classes at a global level since the beginning of her career in 2012.
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Sheffield City Council elections took place on Thursday 6 May 2010. There were 28 seats up for election in 2010, one of the three councillors from each ward. Since the previous election, Liberal Democrat councillor Frank Taylor had defected to an Independent leaving the Liberal Democrats with 44 councillors. Turnout was up dramatically with it being held alongside the general election, to 62.6%. The higher turnout helped mainly Labour against their electoral rivals, who managed to return the council to no overall control with three gains. This was bolstered by the newly elected Liberal Democrat in Walkley defecting to Labour immediately after being elected.

Election result

The Labour Party gained two seats from their position following the 2006 election, but also regained a seat lost to the Liberal Democrats through a double vacancy election in Mosborough.

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:

Ward results

Arbourthorne

Beauchief & Greenhill

Beighton

Birley

Broomhill

Bernard Little was a sitting councillor for Central ward.

Burngreave

Central

Crookes

Darnall

Dore & Totley

East Ecclesfield

Garry Weatherall was a sitting councillor for Gleadless Valley ward.

Ecclesall

Firth Park

Fulwood

Gleadless Valley

Graves Park

Hillsborough

Manor Castle

Mosborough

Mosborough was a regain for the Labour Party, after the Liberal Democrats had won a double vacancy election in 2008.

Nether Edge

Tim Rippon was a sitting councillor for Arbourthorne ward.

Richmond

Shiregreen & Brightside

Southey

Stannington

Stocksbridge & Upper Don

Walkley

West Ecclesfield

Woodhouse

By-elections between 2010 and 2011

References

2010 English local elections
May 2010 events in the United Kingdom
2010
2010s in Sheffield

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Visions of a Circular Future— An Interview with Yoshihiro Kawahara and Shintaro Yamada on How Mercari Aims to Achieve "Planet Positive"
"Planet Positive"—This is Mercari's philosophy for realizing a circular economy and the company's vision for the future that lies ahead.
While this term may still be unfamiliar to many, "planet positive" is a vision for a world in which people can continue to create new value by sharing the limited resources of the earth across generations, and it represents a way of thinking in order to achieve such a world.
So, thinking backwards from the realization of this vision, where does Mercari fit into all of this, and what should Mercari do to become a more planet-positive company? We asked Mercari Representative Director and CEO Shintaro Yamada and The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Engineering Professor/Mercari R4D Head of Research Yoshihiro Kawahara their thoughts.
Sparked by this idea of "planet positive," this dialogue revealed some new and important indicators, including a "shift in values" for society as a whole and the state of "human potential."
Shintaro Yamada
Representative Director, CEO Born on September 21, 1977, in Seto, Aichi. After graduating from Waseda University, he established the company Unoh Inc., where he was responsible for launching various internet services such as 'Eiga Seikatsu' (a movie information site), 'Photo Zou' (a photo community site), and 'Machitsuku!' (a city-builder game). In 2010, he sold Unoh, Inc. to the mobile games company Zynga. After leaving Zynga in 2012, he went on a trip around the world. In February 2013, he established Mercari, Inc.
Yoshihiro Kawahara
Dr. Kawahara was born in 1977. He currently serves as Professor at The University of Tokyo's Graduate School of Engineering. Dr. Kawahara completed his doctoral thesis at The University of Tokyo's Graduate School of Information Science and Technology in 2005. He obtained Ph.D. in Information Science and Technology. After acting as assistant, adjunct professor, lecturer, and associate professor of The University of Tokyo's Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, he was appointed Professor of the Graduate School of Engineering in 2019. He also served as Project Director of the JST ERATO Kawahara Universal Information Network Project from 2015 to 2022. He became Director of the Research Institute for an Inclusive Society through Engineering (RIISE) in 2019. Also in 2019, Kawahara became an Advisory Board Member of Mercari R4D, and since April 2022 he has also held the position of Head of Research.
Mercari declares its pursuit of "planet positive" through business activities
──"Planet positive" is the key for Mercari in building a circular economy— but what's the intention behind a phrase like this?
Shintaro:Mercari has long touted the concept of "becoming indispensable to a circular economy," but we have also wondered if there is a another way to word our business philosophy that would be easier to understand. "Planetary boundaries" denote the thresholds of the earth's limited resources within which humankind can survive safely. In contrast with this idea, Mercari decided to adopt the term "planet positive" to instill the idea of being a company that has a positive impact on the environment through our growth.
By pursuing planet-positive ideals, we will realize a circular economy, allowing the planet's limited resources to be shared across generations. And on the bedrock of that foundation, we aim to create a world where anyone can demonstrate their potential.
Naturally, in the name of sustainability, we are always trying to make reductions wherever possible. As we do so, we also want to highlight the many positives that Mercari's business brings to the world.
──When did Mercari decide to adopt this approach?
Shintaro: Mercari has been talking about our goal to realize a circular economy since around 2019, but this new term—planet positive—was used for the first time in last year's Sustainability Report. This term is the keystone of the entire Sustainability Report, even though it has only existed for about a year. So, while it is finally starting to catch on within the company, in terms of public recognition, we still have a long way to go.
──What is your impression of the phrase "planet positive," Yoshihiro?
Yoshihiro:I have heard several other similar terms that relate to the circular economy, but the first thing that struck me when I heard this term was its association with quantitative indicators, which struck me as very "scientific." We throw around words like "wasteful" and "green" a lot—and words like that are a bit general and vague—but I like that "planet positive" brings a more scientific approach to the table.
──There are a lot of external factors, for example social conditions, entangled with this idea of planet positive, but what changes have you seen over the last year?
Shintaro: The COVID-19 pandemic, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and economic inflation have caused sweeping changes to our world. However, I don't think that Mercari's stance in and of itself has changed much.
I don't think that Mercari has been particularly vocal about its environmental efforts until now. However, it is evident that the world's resources are limited, and primarily those in developed countries are enjoying the benefits of these resources, while the rest of the world isn't really. This disparity, as well as the growing social interest in sustainability, is what is fueling Mercari's commitment to doing whatever we are able to do to contribute to sustainability.
We are now beginning our planet-positive journey in earnest, so that users can feel that they are making a difference when they use Mercari's products. I knew that this time would come sooner or later, but I also feel that the pandemic has somewhat accelerated the timeline.
──What do you think about the changes to our world we've seen in recent years, Yoshihiro?
Yoshihiro:There has long been a push to make better use of our resources, but this argument is nowadays more often linked to an ever-clearer and more present danger. In the latter half of the 20th century, mass production and mass consumption were seen as the driving forces behind building a better world, leading us as humans to directly link energy consumption with economic growth. There was definitely a time where it felt good to just "put the pedal to the metal," so to speak. Now a dark cloud has descended upon that thinking, and we have a rising sense of urgency to create this circular economy. However, there's a sense of hesitation about putting on the brakes, and things won't change dramatically just yet. At the same time though, we either we put on the brakes, or we barrel headfirst into a wall. We're starting to see people's values organically begin to change, with a sense that we can let off the gas and still enjoy fulfilling lives.
We can't—and shouldn't—do this alone.
──Many are now realizing the shift in values on a societal level, and this realization is driving their actions. In terms of becoming a planet-positive company, to what extent should Mercari be viewing the present through the lens of the future? Is there a specific way that you quantify this?
Shintaro:Of course we align ourselves with the various policies and accords of international bodies and governments, but we don't make reactionary decisions based on those things. Rather than fixating on precisely when we will achieve something in the future, it is more important to maximize the positive impact of Mercari's existence and business. Instead of having to do one thing as a trade-off for something else, I see the promotion of Mercari's business itself being linked to planet positive.
Of course I think that the impact of this should be precisely quantified, but I also believe that the need for secondary distribution marketplaces like Mercari will increase, and that this is closely linked to the growth of primary distribution itself. Manufacturers must use some degree of resources in order to create things from scratch—this is not inherently negative as primary distribution gives birth to culture and enriches people's lives.
On the other hand, reuse promoted through Mercari's business will enable items to have even longer lifespans than they have ever had before, and that positive impact will lead to the creation of a circular economy. When we look at all of those things holistically, the importance of aiming for planet positive really comes into focus, and I think it's something that all of society should be aiming for together.
Yoshihiro: I believe that much of the waste in the world today comes from the over-optimization of business and production systems. There is an ever increasing distance between those who make and sell and those who buy. This results in mismatches, which causes waste. For example, things like fashion items and daily necessities go unsold in retail, and restaurants often throw out excess food. This is due in part to the fact that businesses are divided, for example, into categories like "distribution" and "restaurant".
Shintaro:When restaurants and manufacturers were in trouble during the pandemic, we thought "wouldn't it be good if we could somehow use the Mercari platform's easy listing functionality to help?" This simple idea led to the release of the online store service Mercari Shops last year.
While Mercari Shops is one good example of Mercari providing solutions to various issues, we aren't trying to solve everything all by ourselves. But, we are dedicated to doing whatever we can to help. When Mercari first launched in 2013, of course nobody knew us yet, but it is because we have had so many loyal users over the years that we have become what we are now. Therefore, I think an important priority is to first make sure our users are satisfied with the service.
In the process of doing so, we have had many opportunities to collaborate with educational institutions and other external businesses, and I feel that this has allowed us to provide even more useful services. I believe that if we can find a way to naturally continue to do what we've been doing, Mercari can become indispensable when a truly circular economy has been realized.
Yoshihiro:This is a bit off topic, but as universities are both educational and research institutions, they also have quite large budgets. I think this is probably true for tens of thousands of university faculty members and students, but clean rooms for scientific experiments, for example, are constantly circulating large volumes of air 24 hours a day. So the air conditioners are running—even when there is no one in the room.
There is also an issue with the constant introduction of more and more modern equipment, which unfortunately is leading to the disposal of older equipment that can still be used. This is obviously wasteful, so we at RIISE are trying to figure out a way to implement some sort of distribution mechanism for educational institutions, taking into account legal perspectives and usability issues.
Although it started out as a project to reduce unnecessary equipment waste, we are now also trying to show that new communication methods and "knowledge creation" can be created through a platform like Mercari's. It's a bit ambitious, but we think our platform could eventually be used all over Japan.
Investigating future business potential by researching changing values
──So this is a bit of a repeat question, but what do you think is Mercari's role in realizing a circular economy?
Shintaro:At the core of Mercari is this idea of an easy-to-use, safe marketplace for exchanging items and value. This idea itself is how people have been doing business for ages, and is maybe even one of the origins of civilization. Because this idea is so old, it has broad, hidden potential. Mercari's business is also quite broad—in addition to the Mercari marketplace app, we also work in cryptoassets, blockchain, and logistics.
In that sense, I think it is important for us to collaborate with the University of Tokyo in researching "value exchange engineering" in order to explore possibilities for the future. Even if it does not immediately link with Mercari's business, I think it is an interesting field that can expand into various categories and areas.
Yoshihiro:Even with the lab equipment issue I was talking about earlier, it's not just about getting the equipment at a low price—what is especially meaningful is the communication that takes place during the transaction.
Let's look at another example—let's say we are currently deciding whether to tear down an old building and put up a new one, or renovate the old building. This includes quantitatively analyzing the break-even point from a number of different perspectives. In terms of cost alone, it would be more beneficial to clear the land and build a new building with a higher capacity, but renovating has other benefits worth considering, for example creating unique value that attracts people to the shopping area and enriches it.
I think the mission of value exchange engineering is to make it possible to measure value more scientifically and quantitatively, rather than making short-sighted value judgments like whether it would be profitable to throw something away at a particular moment. I think a lot of that probably exists in the products bought and sold on Mercari.
Shintaro:When you hear "value exchange", you may think of a one-to-one exchange, like "A and B" or "thing and price," but that's not quite right. Because there's also value that comes from time passing.
Yoshihiro:That's true. The value of an item may change between when Person A bought it and when Person B bought it from Person A. Also, Person B may be more capable of maximizing the value of the item itself. Also, depending on the communication between Person A and Person B, another dimension of value could be created.
I see Mercari's strength as being the creation of platform systems. I think Mercari is excellent at creating mechanisms that encourage people to participate in the C2C marketplace in a way that makes it easy for end users. In my opinion, Mercari should look to expand the platform to further accommodate people who want to be able to somehow use the resources currently available to them—in other words, people who want to circulate value.
──Do you feel that there is a large technology gap that needs to be filled in order to achieve a circular economy?
Shintaro:Technology is extremely important. The advent of the smartphone was essential for even coming up with the idea for Mercari's business. Many services used by many people around the world would not be possible without smartphones. In terms of interpersonal transactions, I was involved in the launch of Rakuten Auction as an intern during my college years and found it very interesting and exciting, but the possibilities were limited in an age when only personal computers were available. But then, smartphones became so mainstream to the point that, now, nearly every person in the world has one. This was the seed for the concept of interpersonal transactions on a global level.
In addition to technology, global and diverse perspectives are essential if we want to provide our services to more users. Minority opinions and perspectives can be the driving force behind creating something new and making an impact. Ultimately though, I think that being diverse gives us a lot of leverage. That is why I believe that becoming a true global tech company will bring us even closer to achieving our goal.
A circular economy is both a method and a foundation— what we are aiming to do is unleash the potential in people
──So how should individual people embrace the planet-positive mindset?
山Shintaro: I think it would be wrong to expect that of all of our users. We can announce our own planet-positive goals as much as we want, but I believe that the ideal scenario would be for people to naturally come to share our cause through using our products.
I want people to feel like they are doing something good when they use our services, and in doing so gradually build and naturally create a sense that they are also participating in our planet-positive efforts.
Yoshihiro:I don't think it is a good idea for governments, countries, or platforms to forcibly impose anything on their citizens or users, but I think an effective call to action is appropriate. I think it's helpful to encourage others to do things to be helpful—"growing the circle of goodwill," so to speak. I think that individuals will gradually change their behavior if we can convey the quantitative benefits of planet positive while also making it feel tangible, rather than framing it as just being about personal gains or losses.
Shintaro:Doing that would change the very nature of value exchange, in my opinion. Value might not have to be centered around "goods" and "money"—maybe the future of value lies in NFTs. I think incentive design will become even more important.
──Last question: What is Mercari's plan beyond achieving a circular economy?
Shintaro: In my mind, the biggest thing we have to contend with is that, while developed countries have plentiful resources and education, emerging economy countries do not, which I believe limits the potential of the people living in those places.
In that sense, a circular economy is like a foundation—essential infrastructure that must be in place. If we fail to realize a circular economy, this planet will be unlivable in 50 to 100 years; we must not fail to create an environment in which people can pursue whatever they want to pursue, and to whatever extent they wish to pursue it.
──It all comes back to "people" in the end, doesn't it?
Shintaro:Sure does. Because we humans are essentially social creatures, living up to our potential gives us the feeling that we are providing some value to society. Ultimately, Mercari should be trying to achieve a scenario in which people are not just exchanging goods, but are also able to play an active role in providing value to society. But, as you said, it all comes back to "people." The circular economy is a means to achieve that scenario. Building that future is the whole reason Mercari is pursuing "planet positive." As we pursue this goal, we will also continue to focus on the issues we set out to solve with Mercari from the very beginning.
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If you love to keep a tab on the latest technologies, you must have heard of Vulkan. The Vulkan API is the latest and greatest of graphics APIs, announced by Khronos Group, which are the people behind the current industry standard OpenGL. The project name Vulkan was officially announced at the Game Developers' Conference in 2015, and the first version of the API was launched in February 2016. The new API is aimed at taking game graphics to the next level, so if you are interested about the details, we are here to give it to you.
We discuss what Vulkan API is, how it is different from its predecessor OpenGL, and how Vulkan API might change the way games and other graphics intensive applications are developed in the near future. Read on to explore about this exciting development in the world of rendering and graphics.
A couple of years back, AMD showed off Mantle, arendering API that was targeted at 3D games and while it showed promise in being a snappier solution to rendering graphics, AMD killed off the project. Then, AMD gave the Mantle API components to Khronos Group to develop a standard API for rendering. Well, the result is the new Vulcan API.
The Vulkan API is a low overhead rendering API that can better utilize the multi-core CPUs that are omnipresent these days and will also provide programs with more direct access to the CPU and the GPU of the system. It is also OS agnostic. This means that applications that use Vulkan API will be easily portable.
Being avid gamers and game enthusiasts ourselves, we decided to take a look into the future of how games will be developed soon and how (if at all) will it improve our gaming experience.
1. The Vulkan API tries to balance processing loads equally among every core in a multi-core environment. This means that every core in the processor is put to use, therefore maximising efficiency.
This will make a very noticeable difference in rendering graphics that require a lot of draw calls.
With legacy APIs, more often than not, the CPU is a bottleneck. However, Vulkan puts multi-core CPUs to such good use, that it is more likely that a bottleneck will be found in the GPU instead.
2. The Vulcan API will offer direct access to GPU, which will make sure to avoid unnecessary overheads in accessing the GPU for draw calls and other GPU facilities.
This means that heavier games will now not be as CPU intensive as they currently are. Also, drivers will play a smaller role in providing access to the GPU, making the transfer of information that much faster.
3. The API is also designed to be completely cross platform.
No more branching APIs for mobiles, desktops and consoles. Vulkan API will be the same across any and every device with a compatible GPU.
4. While OpenGL kept the GPU memory usage and synchronization hidden, Vulkan exposes this and gives the developers even better control over the GPU and how it is used.
Vulkan allows the developers to control how the GPU formats textures, manages memory and performs synchronization.
However, it still hides enough information to maintain cross-platform compatibility.
5. Vulkan uses the SPIR-V intermediate language for parallel computing and graphics. SPIR-V, like its predecessors, SPIR1.2 and SPIR2.0, has been developed by the Khronos Group, with the difference that SPIR-V does not use LLVM. SPIR-V allows Vulkan to have a common front-end compiler on every platform. Developers also don't need to ship kernel, shader code, and the driver implementation is simplified.
The Vulkan API, when implemented to its full potential by developers can improve the end user's (that's you and me!) gaming experience drastically. Think console level graphics on mobile devices, maybe even desktop grade graphics for high end flagships with competent processors!
1. Since most mobile SoCs these days are also multi-core, Vulkan will utilise the processors to the maximum extent possible, making games smoother (higher FPS).
2. Also, since Vulkan provides a low overhead access to the GPU of the device, it means that games will now be able to reduce the time taken to get access to GPU resources to a great extent. Once again, this translates to better graphics at higher frames per second by making maximum use of the GPU's capabilities.
3. While cross platform capabilities, making portability for games easier might not directly affect you as an end user, it does mean that your favourite games and graphic intensive applications might well be available on almost every platform out there. The possibilities are endless and limited only by our imagination.
4. Games will also be able to ensure smoother performance by ensuring that the GPU pays more attention (read: allocates more memory and gives preference to) to things that are immediately visible to the user, making the game more immune to lags and frame drops.
While a low-level, low-overhead API for graphics is undoubtedly a good idea, it's not an obvious attraction to every developer, especially the new ones. Programming at a lower, closer to the hardware level requires quite a bit more prowess than programming at a higher-level, which is more abstracted. This is in no way a shocker. It's pretty obvious, and is exactly why developers will have three different options on how to go about using Vulkan for their development projects.
This will provide the lowest-level access to the hardware, and is obviously not going to be a choice for everyone. However, this level can be used to create benchmarking tools for other applications developed using Vulkan.
Possibly the most viable option for developers who are transitioning from OpenGL to Vulkan.
Most libraries will be open source, so developers who have experience in development using OpenGL can try and port their OpenGL applications to the Vulkan API with relative ease, rather than having to do a complete overhaul or starting from scratch.
We are sure that this is where most of the developers will be getting in. Game engines are designed and developed by well established, experienced, industry heavyweights and can be used easily by developers (both experienced and beginners) to create games that use the advantages offered by the Vulkan API.
Developers such as Epic Games (Unreal Engine) and Unity (Unity Engine) have already announced Vulkan support in their upcoming engines, and many more have announced plans to follow.
In case the article didn't convince you… get excited! Now! Vulkan promises to be the kind of groundbreaking development in graphics APIs that will improve our gaming lives. There already exists videos of comparisons between Vulkan and OpenGL performance, and the results are – quite simply – amazing. If these videos are any indication, get ready to experience amazing graphics quality everywhere, including your mobiles, all thanks to the arrival of the Vulcan API!
So, What do you think about Vulkan? Do you think it will be a great improvement over the current OpenGL standard? Let us know in the comments section below.


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Jan. 19 - Nov. 18 Muppets Courtyard : Disney's Hollywood Studios Pizza Planet PizzeRizzo, themed after the Muppets character Rizzo the Rat, will open this fall in Muppets Courtyard at Disney's Hollywood Studios, in the former Toy Story Pizza Planet location. The casual Italian-American dining experience will feature pizza and other Italian specialties, with updated indoor and outdoor seating areas, a banquet room, and a special booth designated just for Rizzo's celebrity friends.
Feb. 07 - OPEN SEASONALLY Sunset Boulevard : Disney's Hollywood Studios Club Disney According to the official Disney website, Club Disney in the Sunset Showcase will be closed beginning February 7. No word on when or whether it will return. The Sunset Showcase will continue to host special events, such as Club Villain, however.
Oct. 17 - Dec. 14 Grand Floridian : Disney Resorts Gasparilla Island Grill Some items available at Mizners on 2nd Floor
Oct. 27 - Nov. 09 Sunset Boulevard : Disney's Hollywood Studios Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith
Nov. 14 - Dec. 15 Disney's Hollywood Studios Star Wars : A Galactic Spectacular On Seasonal Hiatus


TO CELEBRATE FEB. 29, Google invites us to make a mental leap.
The Silicon Valley company touts twin events today with its search homepage logo: The frog-adorned "Doodle" marks both Leap Day and the 220th anniversary of composer Gioachino Rossini's birth.
So how do the Italian and the amphibians quite mesh as mash-up sources in this comical swamp of a Doodle?
Well, first, you might recall that Google is fond of marking Leap Years — those quadrennial events when the human calendar comes correct with the cosmos — by calling upon its "leap frogs," those evergreen symbols that hopped into the logo in 2004 and again in 2008.
View Photo Gallery: Here's a look at other Google Doodles.
But to make the ultimate ribbit-to-Rossini leap, you've got to get a bit geeky, cartoon-wise.
Today's "Leap Day logo" is by Google Doodle team leader Ryan Germick, a designer/illustrator/comics-expert whose previous works have included two deftly interactive Doodles: Les Paul and Pac-Man. Germick also co-designed Street View Pegman and Gmail's emoticons.
THE "EXTRA DAY" that is Feb. 29 comes every four years (with exceptions) to correct the mathematical discrepancy between how humans mark time and the Earth's actual rate of travel.
It's a far, far rarer thing, then, to be born on Feb. 29. Besides Rossini, among the other famous figures born on this date are such historical world leaders as Pope Paul III, Morarji Desai (India) and Carlos Humberto Romero (El Salvador), and such musical entertainers as Dinah Shore, Chris Conley and Ja Rule. It's also the day that Superman's birthday is celebrated (apparently the Man of Steel is able to leap not only tall buildings, but also years).
GIOACHINO ANTONIO ROSSINI — who was born on this date in 1792 in Pesaro, the offspring of musical parents — is the perfect fit for a Google cartoon.
Besides "The Barber of Seville" and "William Tell," Rossini is also known for "Cinderella" and "Moses in Egypt." Rossini — who was dubbed "the Italian Mozart" — was known as a genial lazybones, yet wrote 39 operas, as well as chamber and sacred music.
Rossini found stardom by his early 20s, after writing "Tancredi"and " The Italian Girl in Algiers." And in 1815, his "Elizabeth, Queen of England" not only was a resounding success, but also sparked his relationship with diva Isabella Colbran, whom he would marry.
But by age 40, when he was one of opera's most popular composers, Rossini was all but retired.
"Another key point in his biography is his withdrawal, after "William Tell,' into nearly four decades of almost complete musical silence," Midgette says.
After years of mental and physical illness, Rossino died in 1868 in Paris and was buried in the city's Pere Lachaise cemetery before, two decades later, his remains were moved to Florence by official request.
Happy "leap" birthday, maestro Rossini.


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During Zukunft Personal Europe 2018, I guided one international tour on each day of the event. Zukunft Personal is a huge event, and some visitors like it to see some highlights with a guide. I like very much to be a tour guide, and I hope to do more tours next year! As not everybody was able to come to Cologne, or to join the tour, I would like to offer a short virtual tour.
On this tour we will make nine stops. Most of the organisations we will visit, were chosen by me. There were no clear criteria for selection. I had to make a choice, and I looked at the attractiveness of the solution, if I knew someone at the organisation and the location on the Messe floor.
First stop: Haufe. Big organisation with cool solutions. I didn't know them very well, but I was impressed with what they told about their People.Os. The claim is, that People.Os (I like the name), will connect Business Power to People Power.
From Haufe to Jobpal. Jobpal builds recruitment chatbots, and is one of the frontrunners in this domain. At Zukunft Personal they won an innovation award in the category Recruitment.
Welcome at the next stop, Dynamic Industries. Dynamic Industries is the manufacturer of HR Management software in the Microsoft Dynamics 365 business platform and the global HR competence center for the Microsoft Partner ecosystem. If your are working with Microsoft software, they seem to provide good integrated HR software, that can be implemented easily.
WPA is an innovative employee effectives platform. Where many solutions seem to be focused on increasing engagement and happiness of employees, WPA focuses more on increasing productivity and effective workplace design. HR meets IT, facility management and real estate. Interesting concept.
Crunchr provides an innovative people analytics platform. Crunchr is focused on HR, and can be easily used by HR professionals, even if they are not analytics experts. With Crunchr they can provide valuable business insights. Crunchr is a kind of overlay, that can analyse data from different sources. Because of its focus on the people domain, many standard reports are available.
We make a quick stop at Sacosa. Meet Levente Fulop, one of the founders. Sacosa provides online coaching, focusing on personal effectiveness, health, nutrition and work-life balance. Through Sacosa, you are connected to a coach that fits best with your needs. The coaches work through Skype, WhatApp and what have you. A nice benefit for organisations to offer their employees.
I am sorry, but we have to move on! Knowingo offers a nice and simple mobile learning platform. You cab load the platform with content that is relevant to your organisation, and employees can keep their knowledge up-to-date without too much effort. Seems to be especially useful in areas such as health & safety, compliance and basic company knowledge you expect new employees to learn.
If you turn right, you see the booth of Cammio. Cammio has developed a video recruiting solution. Candidates have to answer some questions using their mobile phone (and the camera on the phone), and their answers as well as the way they answer their answers (today voice, in the future maybe also analysis of facial expressions) are analysed against the ideal profile for a job. Fast and reliable; candidates seem to like it, as it is fast and easy (and unbiased).
LinkedIn is a big player. Why do we stop here? Everybody knows LinkedIn, no need to explain. We stop here, as LinkedIn is launching LinkedIn Talent Insights this fall. With Talent Insights and the huge data set of working people and candidates, you can design and tailor your talent acquisition strategies. We saw a glimpse at the LinkedIn booth, and it looked impressive!
We have come to the end of this tour. We could have visited many more interesting companies, but fitting in nine stops in a one hour tour was already a challenge. I hope to see you soon.


This small hardback booklet fits in a pocket or purse and helps you pray the rosary with fewer distractions. It contains a brief history of the rosary and the Joyful, Sorrowful, Luminous and Glorious mysteries. Each Hail Mary has an associated Bible verse related to the mystery to aid in meditation. Each verse is divided into two parts so the Scriptural Rosary method may be used in a responsory manner for groups.
Never correct anyone while you are still indignant about a fault committed. Wait until the next day, or even longer. And then, calmly, and with a purer intention, make your reprimand. You will gain more by one friendly word than by a three- hour quarrel. Control your temper.


The NJSBA Annual Meeting and Convention is the place to be each year for education, CLE credits, networking, the industry's top speakers and outstanding social events. It is the must-attend event of the year where you can you get 16 CLE credits in 3 days.
Marks Paneth will be well-represented at the conference, and will be exhibiting at Booth #316. Stop by our booth to learn more about our award-winning reputation for providing forensic accounting services, and to meet with our litigation support specialists.


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Races Without Abilities
Today I was thinking over my old Stars Without Numbers games, one with my old Sunday group at Mindy's and the other that I ran with Nathan and Dan. In each of those games, a new species was brought into the setting by the actions of the characters. I decided that next time I run SWN, both of these races will be available as PC races.
...one race, however, doesn't really have any special abilities beyond absorbing minerals and light for food instead of the normal digestive processes most humanoids have to do. It begs the question: Will players play a race entirely for flavor? Must every race be designed with powers and ability modifiers?
An interesting thing to consider before my next foray into SWN or some similar game.
Marcelo Paschoalin November 6, 2014 at 11:51 AM
A race with no (written, specific) abilities is more than flavor. It bears a handful of characteristics that are not measured in stats.
Consider this: a member of ANY race has some intrinsic bonuses. Let's elaborate...
-Familiarity with a particular region/home-world;
-Boons to social abilities with members of the same race;
-Fame/Reputation/Notoriety based on the perks of the race; and the list may go on forever.
No, you don't need to write "+1 bonus to basketweaving and needlework skills" when everyone knows that race is known for that. It's flavor? Yes. But much roleplaying is, after all, just flavor.
But it's a fantabulous flavor, if you ask me.
DMWieg November 9, 2014 at 2:41 PM
I think I've seen more than one Norse-based writeup for B/X that just makes the Alfar the old school elf class: warriors who also have magic.
JB November 7, 2014 at 6:46 AM
@ DMW:
Yes, I think people will. I think some folks would play elves or shiny vampires even if they didn't have "cool abilities."
[consider a "Norse myth" style game where the Alfar/elves are simply humans that live in a parallel world with more magic]
This is why (I feel) "less is more" with regard to races. Gygax had to put race disadvantages in his game to keep everyone from playing demihumans!
Holly Oats November 7, 2014 at 1:23 PM
Absorbing minerals and light sounds like a fine ability to me. When everybody else is busy dehydrating out in the wilderness, that guy's gonna take charge and lead them all to safety. Rocks or metal blocking your path? Bandits brandishing broadswords? More like snack time!
Actually, these guys are partially plant, so they actually still need water, perhaps moreso than other species. They also can't eat a broadsword any more than a human could eat a cornstalk raw. They need minerals mixed in with soil. I should've clarified.
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be honour and glory, now and for ever. Amen.
The language is clearly a modernised form of the 16th century expressions which helped form the historic Book of Common Prayer (BCP). As such, it has the kind of aural resonance that is loved many devotees of the BCP and King James Version of the Bible. For myself, though I am also a little wary of excessive use of what the Iona Community calls 'the language of the living room', such Tudor language can be often be somewhat dated for contemporary prayer and worship. However this prayer also reflects quite well certain aspects of both the character of Anglicanism and its distinctive theological outlooks. To say that, through sin and wickedness, we are 'sore let and hindered' is, for example, in my view, a less destructive view of the human condition than many. It avoids the 'total depravity' approach of Calvinism and other unbalanced conceptions. Yet it affirms the beauty and efficacious necessity of grace. As the last collect in today's main Australian Anglican Prayer Book, it is thus an appropriate lead in to Christmas. For the Incarnation affirms the embodied life of grace in humanity, essential for our redemption, yet celebratory of material existence as a whole. Pain, darkness and struggle are very real - for we are indeed 'sore. let and hindered' and typically in need of speedy help and deliverance - yet we are also participants in divine salvation and vehicles of honour and glory. Such is the miracle of Jesus Christ, born of Mary.


For a long time I identified myself as a bike racer. I rode my bike to get strong and powerful for bike racing. If there was a road race, criterium or cyclo-cross race I was there. I lined up a lot and race a lot. I liked it. I loved it. This racing fuelled me. I saw the world thanks to bike racing and I met so many fantastic people thanks to bike racing. I did things I never imagined I would ever do.
Last year, I decided to quit bike racing. It had been a rocky few years with this darn ulcerative colitis and a scary injury to my back and then getting sick again last May. That was it – I was done. I needed to get healthy and just ride my bike for fun. No more racing. No more training plans. No more race stress. No more self-imposed expectations. I would ride if I wanted and if not well, I wouldn't ride. I felt content about this decision. Then September rolled around – the local cyclo-cross season was starting and thanks to modern medicine, I found myself in a remission.
Hmm, why not race? It will be fun and get me out riding. Oh man, I was freaked out and nervous. I wasn't even sure I could get around the course – zero fitness and little to no energy. But I went. I lined up. I pedaled. I smiled. I had fun. In fact the most fun I'd had in a very long time at a bike race. I was simply riding and doing what I could. I didn't worry about who was ahead of me or behind me. I just rode. I had nothing to lose but so much to gain. Admittedly it was hard to not be at the front duking it out with fast Ottawa girls. But I learned so much more about myself from racing with the very limited tools I had. But what made it so much more than I could have ever expected were the people – people cheering me on, the other women who I raced against hugging me after the race, the encouragement from others, seeing the young teenage girls learning and thriving, and just being so welcomed into such a community of people. In years past, I would never have experienced this – doing a serious pre-race warm-up, racing and then quickly changing and zipping off for a long cool down ride.
On Friday I did feel a bit better and after a good talk with my coach, I felt even better. Plain and simple – I was tired. It had been a big training block and it was natural to feel so tired. We'd continue with the planned work-outs and take a rest week this week. Perfect. The riding this weekend went really well. And there was proof positive that I'm learning – on Sunday I started to get quite tired at around the four hour mark of my planned five hour ride. My legs felt heavy. I was starting to feel a bit cold (some kind of weird temperature shift happened). My work-out plan was four to five hours – so in an uncharacteristic move, I elected to cut the ride short and ride for 4.5 hours. I recognized that I was tired and that forcing out the extra 30 minutes wouldn't really give me anything.
And now I'm thinking about racing. I registered for the eQuinelle Grand Prix – a criterium that promises to have some very fast ladies lining up. I have no idea what to expect. I haven't raced my road bike in a very long time. I used to love racing my road bike. I used to really love racing criteriums. So I'll go and see what happens. So am I a racer again? Yes, yes I am a racer again. But I'm not the same racer I was. Instead of being compelled to race every race possible and to chase UCI points and results – I simply want to race. To line up and have some fun. Take some chances, attack, recover, finish upright and at the end of it all – be satisfied with the day. Last year I couldn't do this and I would never have imagined that I'd be able to do it again.
Often it takes a big moment to make you really understand why you do that thing you do. Experiencing this big moment is a good thing and I'm glad I've gone through it.


The speed of innovation we see today is creating world's second period of "Enlightenment". With the elimination of traditional large-scale "human-sourced work" (as mentioned in our last blog), we have an opportunity to unleash creativity in areas such as Engineering, Medical Science, Art, and Exploration.
The "Artisan" of the Second Enlightenment is producing the next IoT device such as Intel's latest smart "eyeglasses" or the creation of "Neural Chips" to support data centers in the Big Data era. How do you create an "Artisan"…And, how does an "Artisan" stay as one? The answer resides in what motivates Artisanship and it can be found the 49 essential innovation questions from the Innovation Genome.
With Bill O'Connor & Holistic Innovations, you can learn and apply the Innovation Genome techniques used at organizations such as AirBnB, Facebook and around the world from a baseline of the greatest 1000 innovations over the past 3.5M years. Below are the essential innovation questions that motivate the rapid growth of artisanship and with it the creation of our "Second Enlightenment".
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Our apple trees did not produce much for us this season so I was pretty excited when I found thirty pounds of apples for $5 at our local IGA. I figured I should do something with them that day so it was time to make apple butter.
1. Core apples (I leave the peals on) and place in large pot, add two cups of water. Cover and cook on low heat until apples are soft.
2. Transfer apples to blender and blend until smooth and then pour into your slow cooker, leave a little space for your other ingredients. Make sure when you are blending that you do not fill it up too much or you will burn your hand like I did. I filled the blender too close to the top and the hot apples spit out of the corner and gave me a nice little blister.
3. Once you have all of your apples blender and in the slow cooker add your sugar and spices. My slow cooker holds 6 quarts so adjust your measurements if necessary.
4. Stir in your ingredients and set the slow cooker to high. Cook on high for an hour and then change to low. I let my apple butter cook all night on low. I stirred it first thing in the morning and let it cook a few more hours on low. The last hour I left the lid off so that the apple butter would thicken. At this point your apple butter should have a rich brown color. Cook it until you reach your preferred thickness.
5. Fill your canning jars and either pressure can them for eight minutes with five pounds of pressure or use a hot water bath for fifteen minutes.


kai ka-ta-gaGON ton PAUlon Este-sen eis auTOUS.
and brought :Paul down and set him before them.
ANdres a-delPHOI, eGOPAse su-neiDEsei a-gaTHEpe-poLIteu-mai toTheO Achri TAUtes tes heMEras.
Men and brethren, I have lived before :God in all good conscience until this :day.
c. 23:2 And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.
ho de ar-chi-eREUS A-naNIas ePEta-xen  tois pa-reSTOsin auTOTUPtein auTOU to STOma .
kai pa-ra-noMON keLEUeis me TUPtes-thai?
and command me to be smitten contrary to the law?
e. 23:4 And they that stood by said, Do you revile the high priest of God?
hoi de pa-reSTOtes EIpan, Ton ar-chi-eREa tou TheOU loi-doREIS ?
HOti ARchon-ta tou laOU sou ouk eREIS kaKOS .
You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your :people.
peRI elPIdos  kai a-naSTAse-os  neKRON KRIno-mai.
I am being judged for thehope and resurrection of the dead.
MEte AGge-lon, MEte PNEUma; Pha-riSAIoi de ho-mo-loGOUsin  ta amPHOte-ra.
neither angel, nor spirit; but Pharisees confess :both.
j. 23:9 NOW THE PHARISEES DEFEND HIM!
ei de PNEUma eLAle-sen auTO, e AGge-los?
and whatif a spirit has spoken to him, or an angel?
ek MEsou auTON, Agein eis ten pa-rem-boLEN.
from among them, andbring himinto the castle.
hos gar di-e-marTUro  ta peRI eMOU eis Ie-rou-saLEM, HOUto se dei kai eis 'ROmen mar-tuREsai.
for as you have testified :concerning me at Jerusalem, so must you witness also at Rome.
NOTE: 22:20-23:11 - See the wisdom Paul received from the Holy Spirit in 23:6. By raising an area of difference between Pharisees and Sadducees, he took their attention away from himself, leaving their original problem with him for another day.
But in 23:11, we see the wonderful encouragement our Lord was to Paul. And, because God is no respecter of persons, we can count on His encouragement for each one of us also. God's Sovereign hand was upon Paul to safeguard him right through to Rome, so that he would have opportunity to effectively witness for Jesus there, just as he had at Jerusalem. J.A.W.


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