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Ballerina Moves on Piano Wearing Kitchen Knives on Shoes
En Puntos by Javier Pérez presents a very strong and almost hypnotic appearance. It features a ballerina whose pointe shoes are extended by kitchen knives. She stands on the lid of a grand piano set on a stage, fighting to maintain balance against the odds. The start is pretty graceful, as she moves on the piano on knife tip. As seconds pass, the ballerina meets exhaustion and anger as the graceful figure changes her tones to rage that show in hits on the piano with the knife bearing pointe shoes.


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Dell Technologies business units like Pivotal and Boomi are not used much by partners in Canada today, but Andre Valiquette believes customer problems around digital transformation they can solve will drive strong demand and bring partners into their fold.
The major channel news at the just-concluded Dell Technologies World event in Las Vegas was the official rebranding of the partner program, from the Dell EMC Partner Program to the Dell Technologies Partner Program. That rebranding carries with it the full integration of all the Dell Technologies companies within the rebranded program, so that purchases from all the strategically aligned companies will now count for tier credit and MDF. That will be a big deal in Canada, said Andre Valiquette, who was named the new National Director, Channel Sales at Dell EMC Canada in March.
"Collaboration has been a long-used word, but it needs to have more substance to it," Valiquette said. "Partners want stability and innovation."
This credit for tier status and MDF in the larger Dell program was first extended to VMware in February, and now encompasses Pivotal, RSA, SecureWorks, Virtustream and Boomi. Collaboration between these units has been central to the value proposition around digital transformation that Dell Technologies has been articulating to partners, but today these kinds of relationships beyond the long-standing one between Dell EMC and VMware tend to be limited in Canada.
CDW Canada is one of Dell Technologies' most significant partners in Canada, winning the overall 2018 Dell EMC Canada Partner of the Year Award last fall. While their Dell client business is huge – they also won the 2018 award for that – about half their Canadian business is focused on the data centre, and that's without adding Scalar Decisions into the mix. While that acquisition closed in February, for now, they are being run as separate companies. CDW Canada's business with the other Dell Technologies companies is limited however.
"Dell EMC is the largest, VMware is a distant second, RSA is third, and we do nothing with the rest," said Dan Reio, Director, Product & Partner Management & Marketing at CDW Canada, who leads the team responsible for the Dell Technologies relationship.
Valiquette believes that this collaboration will inevitably come, because it is so fundamental to digital transformation.
"Pivotal's importance is in driving digital transformation – and that's increasing," he said. "Pivotal is the catalyst that starts the conversation around digital transformation, and partners are piggybacking off all that drag. There's such a synergy with that conversation."
Valiquette stressed that while Pivotal as a brand is still not that well known, what it can do inevitably will increase customer demand for it, and thus partner investment in it.
"We just did an 'adding data value' road show where Chad Sakac [the Canada-based technical evangelist for Pivotal] was the keynote speaker, and there was great interest, even though not all customers there worked with Pivotal," Valiquette said.
Similarly, Boomi, Dell's cloud integration platform, which is even less well-known than Pivotal, is seeing growing demand for its core functionality.
"While Pivotal provides the application modernization, Boomi is the digital glue," Valiquette said. "Boomi is the underpinning of digital transformation, the tool that ties it all together. What's important is not how many partners are working with Boomi today. It's how many customers want Boomi to help enable digital transformation. When you have the catalyst, you create that compelling event."
That, Valiquette stressed, is what partners want from Dell Technologies.
"Partners ask us to create the demand so that they can build profitable practices," he said. "Pivotal and Boomi are both effective tools to create opportunities. It's all about business outcomes. Those were lower calorie words in the past. But today, it's all about using a tool like Pivotal to provide insights to their customers. Yesterday I had a partner approach me about a joint initiative with Pivotal. They want to know how to get engaged on the hardware side to complement that."
In addition to enhancing the partner cutting edge around digital transformation, another top priority for Valiquette is at the other end of Dell Technologies' business in Canada – the long tail of distribution – which today accounts for about 7000 partners who buy through Ingram Micro and Tech Data in Canada.
"Distribution is more significant in the marketplace in Canada compared to others," he said. "One of the nuances of Canadian strategy is to let us go to paces we have not sold to. Before this role, I was Dell EMC's Vice President of Commercial Sales for Canada's Central East region, and we had the highest channel mix there in Canada, particularly in Atlantic Canada and Quebec. The reach our partners provided in the East region was key to our success in that region. That's why they increased the scope of my role."
Valiquette said that while distribution is critical for Dell in Canada, it has not been well developed, nationally, in the past.
"AC Nielsen is a better measure of distribution, and it finds that distribution is 50 per cent greater as a percentage of overall IT market in Canada than it is in the U.S.," he said. "So it plays a significantly more important role in the marketplace. Our distribution strategy has been more in its infancy, but it needs to evolve. It's part of my core priorities.
"We have so much upside in distribution," Valiquette concluded. "That's where the Canada strategy needs to evolve. You have to be able to mirror the marketplace."

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Daimler (1959)
In 1896 "The Daimler Company" was founded by Frederick Richard Simms in Coventry. The BSA group took over Daimler in 1910. Besides the production of luxury cars Daimler also build busses, trucks and tanks. BSA sold Daimler to Jaguar in 1960. Following thts Daimler cars became luxury versions of the Jaguar models. In 1966 Jaguar/Daimler was taken over by Britsh Motor Corporation which merged - as British Motor Holdings - with Leyland Motor Corporation in 1968 to form the British Leyand Motor Corporation. In 1984 Jaguar/Daimler became a private company before Ford took over the company. The Tata Group bought Jaguar/Daimler in 2008 and discontinued the production of Daimler cars in 2009.
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What The Wanted Want To See In Scotland
The Wanted ventured up to Glasgow and revealed in their latest YouTube video three things they want to see the most in Scotland. The answers included haggins, cars at a boot sale, the Girl Guides gig, seeing Scottish girls, architecture, and the shape of the rubbish bins. Watch the video via YouTube below.


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- Coco Martin addressed the upcoming exit of Jhong Hilario in "Ang Probinsyano"
- The antagonist is running for a political position that is why he needs to leave the show
- Coco said that it is really hard for them to lose a key character
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Coco Martin finally expressed his side regarding the forthccoming exit of Jhong Hilario in the top-rating teleserye, "Ang Probinsyano."
KAMI learned that the said actor, who plays as "Alakdan" in the series, will be running in the May 2019 elections, thus making him prohibited from appearing on television.
March 29 is the date set by the Commission on Election (COMELEC) regarding the start of campaign period for local politicians.
Because of this, it is expected that the stint of Jhong Hilario in "Ang Probinsyano" will just be up until this week.
In a report published by Showbiz na Showbiz, it was stated that Coco already confirmed the exit of the prominent antagonist in the said drama series.
The lead actor also expressed that it is hard for them to let Jhong leave the show but they just have to support him in his political endeavors.
"Yes, napagkasunduan na ng Production Heads at ilang writers na pagbigyan si Jhong sa hiling niya.
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"Kung kami ang tatanungin, ayaw namin siyang umalis kasi ang laki ng role niya para bitawan ng ganon na lang.
"Nung una, nahirapan mag decide ang FPJ team kasi hindi nila alam kung paano gagawan ng story na aalisin si Alakdan sa cycle nung story kasi hindi talaga madali.
"Syempre kailangan din ni Jhong na bigyan ng mas maraming time yung political duties niya at ngayon na kakandidato ulit siya, kaya okay lang sa buong production ang naging desisyon niya.
"Syempre support pa rin kami sa kung anong magiging desisyon niya kasi isang pamilya na rin kami," Coco quipped.
In a previous article by KAMI, an international media industry featured Coco in its newspaper and even called him as the "Filipino everyman."
Coco Martin is one of the most prominent and successful celebrities in the Philippines. He started his showbiz career as an indie film actor many years ago.
Now, he is the lead actor and one of the directors of "Ang Probinsyano" that has been dominating the primetime since 2015.
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21, @台灣台北
**NOT IN TAIWAN NOW** Born and raised in Taipei. I'd like to show you my favorite night market and cafe. Also, if you're interested in culture, history, politics, literature, movie, I believe that we'll have a really nice chat! Feminist, LGBTQ+ friendly. If you want to know some queer stories or attractions in Taipei, I can't wait to meet you! By the way, you can just call me Daisy :D
- Major in Chinese - Stand for Taiwan's independence (OF COURSE we're an independent country) - A lover of cat and dessert **Please note that this is not a dating website. This is a site for travelers to exchange their experiences. I'll ignore any message about dating or relationship.**


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Pour Oregon Wine Festival
At Pour Oregon, you'll discover over 50 small, artisanal winemakers. They're producing high-quality, affordable wines that hail from each of Oregon's 19 wine regions. You'll meet these innovative winemakers in person, hear their stories, and taste their wines.
Brought to you by the Cellar 503 wine club, Pour Oregon benefits Make-A-Wish Oregon.
Find details and purchase tickets here: https://www.pouroregon.com/
Date: Sunday, April 28, 2019
Time: 2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.


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Supporting People Living With Developmental Disabilities
Harbor Alternate Living Association (HALA) is non-profit agency dedicated to helping people with developmental disabilities recognize their strengths and abilities. We provide Supported Living services throughout Grays Harbor County that aims to empower them to live independent lives.
Get in Touch With Us
Whether you would like to find out about services for your loved one or wish to become part of our team, contact us. We look forward to hearing from you.


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PreK-12 Funding
The state is underfunding our schools by more than $1 billion a year.
OUR RED FOR ED MOMENT IS HERE. We have a once-in-a-generation chance to fix how public schools and colleges are funded in Massachusetts. Here is how, together, we can win this historic fight for our students. Because of our organizing, leaders on Beacon Hill agree that we have to fix public education funding this spring.Once the Legislature goes on recess in July, no important issues will be dealt with until next January. Whatever happens this spring will be locked in for years, if not decades. This is our moment. We have to get it right. We've introduced two visionary bills — the Promise Act (S.238/H.586) and the Cherish Act (S.741/H.1214) — that would bring more than $1.5 billion a year into our public schools and colleges. All of our preK-12 students would benefit, while the schools that need the most would receive the most. Public higher education students, faculty and staff on all campuses across Massachusetts would benefit.
The MTA is part of the Fund Our Future coalition, made up of groups representing parents, students, other educators and civil rights activists — many of the same groups that defeated Question 2, the ballot initiative to lift the cap on charter schools, in 2016. Our coalition can win because the public is with us, because educators are the most trusted spokespeople on education policy, and because we have built significant power through past victories. We are prepared to go all in with the coalition to win this spring.
Our opponents are using the school funding debate to seek new punitive mandates that give state education officials more control over what goes on in our classrooms and that undermine educators' rights. We are fighting for a clean school funding bill with no new mandates or privatization schemes attached.
Community forums have provided participants with information, spread our message to thousands of people, and given members a chance to call on legislators to support the campaign.
We've collected more than 20,000 signatures on Fund Our Future petitions and continue to collect more.
We've been working to identify supporters from a universe of active voters, educators and community members.
MTA members have participated in several State House media events. More local media will be sought, and the campaign will be promoted via digital/social media.
Commitment cards have been collected to identify campaign supporters, and new cards are being rolled out to members who pledge to attend the March on the State House on May 16.
As of early March, 116 legislators have signed on to co-sponsor the Promise Act and 114 have signed on to co-sponsor the Cherish Act.
More than 60 school committees and boards of trustees passed resolutions by March 1.
We have begun holding themed Funding Friday actions to build solidarity and funding crisis recognition.
Members are continuing to contact their legislators to urge them to support these bills.
We've been identifying spokespeople to highlight the underfunding crisis in letters to local newspaper editors.
Hold or attend a forum in your community or district.
Get your school committee or board of trustees to pass a resolution endorsing Fund Our Future.
Get your local involved in Funding Friday actions.
Come to Higher Education Advocacy Day at the State House on March 21.
Support the March 22 Promise Act hearing by coming to the State House or by conducting local walk-ins or contacting legislators.
Speak about underfunding at coalition-led public hearings across the state during the Week of Action from April 8 to 12.
Conduct legislative phone banking and schedule in-district meetings with legislators.
We will hand in petitions in favor of our legislation on Higher Education Advocacy Day, March 21, at the State House
The coalition is organizing Fund Our Future People's Hearings during a week of action from April 8 to 12. Local legislators will be asked to attend to hear from educators, parents and students about why these bills are needed.
From mid-April to mid-May, make confirmation calls, phone-banking style, for the May 16 event on Beacon Hill.
March in solidarity with labor coalition and immigrant and refugee rights groups on May 1, Immigrants' Rights Day.
Jump in and help us mobilize for hearings on the Cherish Act and decide next steps.
Come to the State House to support the Promise Act and the Cherish Act on May 16.
The state is underfunding our schools by more than $1 billion a year.
Aid for public colleges & universities is down by more than $500 million annually.
Tell us how your school or college would benefit from additional state funding.
Find out when the next Fund Our Future forum is scheduled in your area.
Get bumper stickers, fact sheets, rally signs and more.
Learn more about the bills proposed to increase funding for K-12 and higher education.
A vision of what public education can and should be in Massachusetts.
MTA Vice President Max Page can come to your local to present this campaign overview.


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Summer Daydreams by Carole Matthews
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
WOW! How do I rate a Carole Matthews book???
Anyone who has known me more than a second know she is my absolute favorite author; and this one is no exception!
I love the roller-coaster ride of ups and way-way-downs!
From chippy shop counter girl to international sensation...Nell McNamara is a true chick-lit heroine!!!
No spoilers...just a wonderful 10 star read!!!
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View 1 - 10 results for ted fired comic strips. Discover the best "Ted Fired" comics from Dilbert.com.
Thursday January 27,
Tags #back in 10, #managers, #over communicate, #times of uncertainty, #you're fired, #ted fired
The boss says to Ed: "Ed, the experts say managers should over-communicate during times of uncertainty." The boss screams at Ed: "You're fired, you're fired, you're fired, you're fired, you're fired!." Ed looks surprised. The boss says to Ed: "I'll come back in ten minutes to do that again." Ed looks angry.
Tuesday September 08,
Ted Has A Bad Feeling
Tags #fired, #firing, #prognostication, #predict, #psychic, #complaining, #complaint, #prophecy
Ted: I have a bad feeling about the direction of my project. Boss: You complain too much. You're fired. Dilbert: So... now you believe you can predict the future. Ted: Magic is real.
Saturday March 31,
Anyone Fired Lately
Tags #blame, #fired, #scapegoat, #laziness, #excuse
Wally: Before I give my project status report, has anyone quit or been fired recently? Boss: I fired Ted last week. Now tell me why your project is late. Wally: It was Ted's fault.
Sunday September 11,
Tags #employees, #unemployed, #job performance, #fire someone, #cubicle, #fired, #wake up call, #greatness, #business
Boss: Dilbert, your job performance is terrific. Dilbert: GAAA!!! That's code for "I'm going to fire someone else and make you do two jobs." Boss: Yes, but it's still better to be you than the guy I'm going to fire. Dilbert: We don't know that! This might be the wake-up call that spurs him on to greatness while I work myself to death in this cubicle. Boss: There's no way to please some people. Ted, you're fired. Ted: YES!
Thursday January 08,
Tags #involuntary sepration, #payroll, #fired, #can't touch anything, #way of saying fired
"Ted, you're going to experience an involuntary separation from payroll." "I'm fired." "No-o-o-o. It's just that you won't be part of the payroll system." "And you're not allowed to touch anything."
Sunday November 05,
Tags #an olympic gold medal, #apply own job, #emailed jokes, #fired, #posthumous medal, #reclassification of job, #requires phd, #synchronized swimming 1992, #top ten signs
Ted asks, "Am I fired?" The Boss, sitting at his desk, answers, "Of course not, Ted. I enjoy e-mailed jokes as much as anyone." Ted smiles as The Boss says, "I'm still laughing about your 'Top Ten Signs That Your Boss Is a Hairless Rodent'." The Boss says, "I asked you here to discuss the reclassification of your job." The Boss says, "Starting today, the job requires a Ph.D. Feel free to apply for your own job." Ted says, "Whew! Luckily, I have a Ph.D." The Boss says, "You do? Well, the job also requires an Olympic Gold Medal." Holding up the medal around his neck, Ted says, "Synchronized Swimming, 1992." The Boss says, "And a posthumous Congressional Medal of Honor."
Monday October 03,
Dilbert Recommends Firing Ted
Tags #money, #cost, #fired, #layoff, #suggestion
Boss: We need to cut our expenses. Dilbert: I recommend eliminating Ted's job. Ted: What??? I recommend eliminating Dilbert's job! Just because he said it first??? Boss: Let's not over-analyze it.
Wednesday January 11,
Coaching Ted
Tags #quitting, #fired, #annoy, #irritate, #drive away, #repel
Boss: Ted, you have not performed up to my expectations, so I thought I would spend more time coaching you. I'll be with you every minute of the day. Ted: I quit! Catbert: I told you that would work. Boss: I didn't want to believe it.
Thursday June 28,
Ted Cross Trains
Tags #cross-training, #fired, #firing, #unemployment
Boss: Ted, I need you to train the new hire how to do your job. Ted: Are you firing me? Boss: No, no. Just standard cross-training. Ted: Okay, I was worried for a second there. Boss: And start tidying up your cubicle.
Thursday October 31,
Tags #Dilbert, #ted, #item, #vacation, #increments, #regular, #work, #days, #vacations, #avoid, #assignments, #minutes, #cough, #better, #take, #some, #sick, #time
Dilbert, Ted and a woman sit at a conference table. Dilbert says, "Ted, can you explain number two?" Ted replies, "No. I'm on vacation." Ted explains, "I take my vacations in ten minute increments during regular work days. That way I can avoid assignments." Dilbert says, "Your ten minutes are up." Ted coughs and says, "Whoa, I'd better take some sick time."


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To celebrate the release of their newest movie, the toys of Toy Story 4 are taking a road trip across Canada.
With Toy Story 4 set for release on June 21st, Walt Disney Motion Pictures Canada is traveling across Canada in an RV and carnival-style set-up inspired by the events and locations of the upcoming film. On site will be a life-size model of Canadian-action star Duke Kaboom's motorbike for guests to take pictures with, a make-your-own Forky activity center, and a game that challenges guests to guess how many Ducky and Bunny plushes can be seen through a transparent container in order to win an exclusive Toy Story 4 prize pack.
This experience will, of course, be free to all visitors and will stop at major Cineplex locations in five major Canadian cities on various dates from May 18th to June 16th, beginning with Vancouver and ending in Montreal at 1 pm to 7 pm at each location. The full dates and locations are:
VANCOUVER May 18 & 19 SilverCity Riverport 14211 Entertainment Blvd, Richmond
CALGARY May 25 & 26 Cineplex Crowfoot Crossing 91 Crowfoot Terrace NW, Calgary
WINNIPEG June 1 & 2 Scotiabank Theatre 817 St James St, Winnipeg
TORONTO June 8 & 9 Cineplex Queensway 1025 The Queensway, Etobicoke
MONTREAL June 15 & 16 Cinéma Cineplex Laval 2800 Ave du Cosmodôme, Laval
We're glad for some exciting fun opportunities for Disney fans who live up north, that's sure to be filled with fun merchandise, exciting photo ops, and rightful due diligence for Canadian superstar Duke Kaboom.


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Shanghai, China
Tucked away in the myriad of shops and cafes in Taikang Lu is Kommune. I love this place. Not because it's an Aussie joint and I'm biased, but because I love how it transforms from a cosy casual cafe by day… to a laid back pub by night. How very Australian! I'm a big fan of Taikang Lu itself – I like the cobblestone paths, the narrow alleyways, and the crazy maze that you can spend ages pottering around in, poking around at all the little shops and cafes.
Kommune is fairly reasonably priced considering it's Western food, and the staff are friendly and efficient. They always seem to be packed to the brim with people.. though we did spy a foreigner girl that had her Macbook out and was there for HOURS (literally, we passed by 1-2 hours later and she was still there) without ordering a thing, for as long as we were there, and was just there taking up a table and bumming their free wifi. Not very polite, considering there were customers waiting for a table. Yet the staff didn't chase her out, which I thought was very decent of them.
The cafe is small, and crammed with sofas and little rickety wooden benches you perch your food on. Their famous drink is, by far, their large coffee, which comes in a HUMONGOUS cup, basically a large bowl. It's a "triple size" coffee, and I could basically stick my whole head into the empty cup. Fabulous! We had the mocha and it was rich, creamy, and really hit the spot… considering it was sub-zero temperatures outside.
I also thoroughly enjoyed their Big Breakfast, a storm of roast potatoes, beans, tomatos, mushrooms, bacon, sausages, eggs, toast… jammed onto a large rectangular plate. A dieter's nightmare 😛 Total comfort food and it was delicious. I was impressed that the bacon was real rashers of bacon with minimal fat/rind, and that the scrambled eggs were creamy and rich. Absolutely no complaints about the meal – it was a perfect winter's brunch.
Inside the tiny Kommune
A big ass mocha
It was nommity
Big Breakfast – roast potatoes, beans, tomatos, mushrooms, bacon, sausages, eggs, toast
Old shikumens on Taikang Lu. You can see the light snow falling
On Chris' jacket. I was extraordinarily excited
by the snow – been yonks since I last saw it!
Snuggled up. I'd just bought that fur beanie 5 mins before we took the photo 😛
Sense: this makes none.
The snow falling outside our apartment
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You have writing needs. I love to write. We're a perfect match!
Let's get to the heart of the matter here. Someone is depending on you for written communication, right? You need an article written for a trade publication. Or you need a script written for your call center reps. Or maybe you need a training manual written to teach those call center reps how to operate. Of course, you could write it yourself. But will you? That's the question.
For most people, the answer is a resounding NO. They won't write it themselves. And why is that? Because they're BUSY, that's why! Writing of any kind often gets pushed to the bottom of the work pile. There are so many other things to do that writing never seems to make it to the top of the list.
That's where I come in. I'll do the writing for you. All you have to do is tell me what you want. And who you want it for. And what action you want your reader to take. Oh...and maybe a little bit about you and your business, as well. I want to make sure I have the full picture and then I'll take it from there.
I can also take other tasks off your plate for you. I have years of marketing experience under my belt, and have worked on lots of projects: developing marketing strategy, launching new products, managing customer communications, planning events... You get the picture. I can do more than write. I always bring my marketing background and experience to every writing project I undertake...and vice versa. I understand how important good writing is - and how hard it can sometimes be to find it. I can help. It's what I do.
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Beaminster Children's Centre Activities
Coronavirus status: closed Our buildings may be closed at the moment, but we are still available to offer support to you and your family. If you need to contact someone, please contact the West Dorset Family Partnership Zone (Mon-Fri) on 01308 421714. There are food Banks in this area and you can contact them on: Beaminster - 01308 861030, Bridport - see bridportfoodbank facebook page, Lyme Regis - 01297 441224. Beaminster Children's Centre is part of the West Dorset Family Partnership Zone. At Beaminster Children's Centre we support children and families from pregnancy through to primary school. Our services are available to everyone, but particularly for families who may be struggling. We have friendly and helpful staff who are ready to assist you with any enquiries and offer support when you need it.
- Venue address
Beaminster Children's Centre
6 Prout Bridge
- Postcode
- Locality
- West Dorset
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- All year
- Additional Information
Please visit website for a full programme of activities and services available. The Family Partnership Zones (FPZ) are made up of Dorset County Council staff working together with local professionals, aiming to support families with children from birth, right through to adulthood. We aim to make sure the right people meet the needs of families across Dorset. Please get in touch if you require any further information.
- Age Range
0 years 0 months to 5 years 11 months
- Wheelchair accessible
- There is disabled access to the Centre
- Parking availability information
- There is no designated parking outside our offices. You may be able to find a space on the road, or alternately there is a small car park in the town square
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Jennifer shows you how to make a DIY door stop using a brick and felt. This door stopper hangs from the handle when not in use. SO smart!
Skills Required: Beginner. It's very simple to make this door stopper – and there's also a no-sew option for those who don't have a sewing machine.
Hi! I'm Jennifer of Brave New Home. I blog about home design, decorating and create lots of fun DIY projects in the process. Today I'm creating a DIY door stop that hangs on the doorknob when not in use.
DIY Door Stopper
For this project you will need a brick as a weight for the doorstop. If your door isn't too heavy, you could easily use alternative weights, such as uncooked beans.
You will also need a small piece of rug pad (or rubberized shelving liner), felt or some durable fabric, string and a glue gun. If you are good with a sewing machine, I'd suggest sewing in favor of hot gluing your project.
Tie your brick up. For the strings at the top that will be supporting the weight of your brick, combine several strands of string together for added strength.
Create a sleeve for your brick by gluing two pieces of felt together. I probably could have used a single sheet of felt but I went with two so I had extra room just in case.
Slide your brick into the felt sleeve. I added some paper on the bottom to avoid snags.
Once the brick was down towards the bottom of the sleeve, I removed the paper. Then, much like wrapping a present, I closed the bottom up using hot glue. Then I hot glued a piece of rug pad for extra traction.
I made two holes and ran my string through. I trimmed the excess felt off then I hot glued the top in the shape of a milk carton.
Then I knotted the ends of the string.
The door stopper looked a little boring so I added some mini tassels to complete the look.
When not in use, the door stopper can hang from the doorknob as decoration.
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TypingMentor has been decorated with a bunch of exclusive features that you will not find in other websites.
There are all sorts of typing lessons for the users to be able to learn to type as fast as possible and improve on each and every aspect of typing through numerous lesson types available in TypingMentor.
The types of lessons include the following:
Mentored Lessons
One of the most exclusive features of TypingMentor is it's mentored lessons. These lessons are designed and generated particularly based on the respective user's typing capacities and deficiencies. Typing mentor constantly watches user's typing performances on the site and prepare lessons behind the scene. It considers user's performances on the upper case letters, lower case letters, numerals, short words, long words, common words, bigrams, trigrams, 4-grams, symbols, time of the day, duration of each test, text/copy length, and many other things. After analyzing all these factors TypingMentor decides which set of lessons to deliver to the user and when to deliver and in what frequency these lessons should be typed by the users.
Most common words
There are 1000 most common English words divided into 13 parts from most frequent to least frequent for the users to practice typing.
Most common letter n-grams
There are 3 groups of most common letter n-grams for the users to practice. That include Bigrams, Trigrams, and 4-grams.
Keyboard drills
You can type based on areas of the keyboard which includes the top row, home row, bottom row, top row / numpad.
Character drills
You will be given a virtual keyboard on the screen to select keys and then TypingMentor will generate lessons based on the selected keys.
Finger drills
There are all finger names listed that we use in touch typing. You can choose any finger and start typing the words and characters that heavily involves the use of the selected finger name.
User-defined lessons / customizable lesson creator
- You can choose, add, and gather your selections from multiple custom options like a specific finger, a specific keyboard's row, upper case letters, lower case letters, punctuations, symbols, numerals and then start typing on those. TypingMentor will pick all the selections and prepare lessons accordingly.
- Or, you can enter a paragraph of your choice and start typing that.
- Or, you can enter the list of words you would like to type repeatedly.
Alphanumeric lessons
Here you will find 3 types of lessons that include numerals, symbols, and alphanumerics which is a mixture of letters, numbers, and symbols.
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These are special lessons based on your weakest/problem areas in:
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- Live wpm
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- Live indication of which key in the keyboard to press
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- Live duration indicator progress bar
- Live word by word performance
- Automatic detection of inactivity and pause the timer
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- The speed, accuracy, and the number of characters you typed.
- A line graph of your performance.
- Two lists of all the words you typed. List 1 includes your mistyped words, and list 2 includes your correctly typed words with their respective speed.
- A column chart which exhibits speed and accuracy on some segments of the text as a whole.
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- Retake of the same copy/text option.
- Immediate feedback message of your typing performance.
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- Filter by days
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The heat map is shown on a virtual keyboard based on your speed, accuracy, and the number of strokes on each of the keys.
Your Fingers
Speed, accuracy, and the number of strokes based on each of the fingers that are used in touch typing.
Calendar-wise Time Spent
You'll find a calendar heatmap which shows the average typing speed, average typing accuracy, number of minutes you typed, number of tests you took, the highest wpm on that day on each and every specific day in the calendar.
Test History
You can load the history of your typing tests and filter by the last x many numbers of tests/days which shows the date, time, duration, speed, and accuracy of each test you have taken so far in TypingMentor.
App settings options
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- Set preferred duration of a lesson.
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- You can reset all your app setting to default.
Profile settings
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Home to endless recreational opportunities, the outdoors provide people of all disciplines with an outlet to have fun, experience new things, and make memories. A rewarding way to pay homage to the many great experiences had outside is taking a moment to have fun while also taking care of the environment you've enjoyed in your time playing outside. Here's a list of methods fun, creative ways you can give back to nature.
1. Leave no trace: keep trails clean
Hiking trails are essential in creating an open and inviting way for people to come and enjoy time outdoors. That time would not be nearly as enjoyable if there weren't people dedicated to maintaining trails and cleaning up trash left by others. An important factor in the mindset to maintain and preserve the trail is the idea of 'leave no trace'. The concept is to leave nature without a trace that you were there and to never inflict harm upon the ecosystems, plant life, and wildlife in the area. By going forward with an attitude to leave a hiking path better than you found it, it doesn't only improve the hiking experience, but is also a responsible gesture in taking care of the solace-filled landscapes all around. Group trail cleanup days are common throughout the spring and fall for those who want to dedicate time with a large group to improving specific trails in the blue ridge mountains.
2. Contribute to clean, healthy rivers
As you make your way downstream of any river, whether it be by kayak, SUP, or a raft- take a bag along with on the journey to collect any litter from the banks to the rocks and even the bits that float along with the current. Many big event river cleanups happen throughout the warmer summer months such as the 33 year tradition of Tuck River Cleanup that serves to cleanup the Tuckasegee River in Jackson County, North Carolina. Starting at the campus of Western Carolina University, volunteers are provided with a full day of rafting fun for free complete with PDFs, paddles, rafts, and trash bags as many locals and students come together for the event, credited with being the nation's largest single-day volunteer effort to remove trash from a waterway.
3. Get planting.
Get involved with the green side of the environment and get involved in your community garden, a garden of your own, or just plant a tree or two. The simple act of planting a few seeds quickly and easily can start the emission of fresh oxygen to the environment while being a new source to absorb carbon dioxide. Alternately, community garden involvement is sure to connect the planter with others passionate about gardening and the community members of the area. Besides, could there be a better feeling than growing your own fruits and veggies and being patient until you can one day eat them fresh with the sense of pride that you made it all happen while producing oxygen for the environment.
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With a shopping atmosphere that is shifting to be more and more online, companies have picked up on the trend. Many companies have taken their business a step deeper than just surface level profits and choose to give back some of their proceeds to specific charities or use the funds to make differences all over the world in multiple ways. For example, there are bracelets that help keep oceans clean, t-shirts that half of the profits go to children's education in foreign countries, and many more opportunities out there that make it possible, with the right search, to find something you need that can somehow in turn benefit the outdoors, a specific animal type, or a specific organization such as the U.S. Forest Service. The relationship between the outdoors and those who thrive in it is very much a two way street. The terrain will keep on providing wild adventures if those who are partaking in it make a conscious effort to take care of all it entails.


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One must pay attention here and pls respond.Hi Indians !
Its very proud to be Indian for the citizens of India.Every one speaks about curruption,wrong policies and practices.But do we really contribute to? Its not about the protest but about your rights and responsibilities.We know about our rights but do we insist for our responsibility too?
People enjoy the holiday observed on Voting day but why cant they vote? you can choose your leader if you vote him/her out and make the system change.Unless you initiate how do we expect the changed system?
Gandhiji said" Iss desh mai jo buraaie hai uski wajeh yeh nahi hai ki iss desh mai bure loag jyaada hai,balki buraaie iss vajeh se hai ki acchhe loag chup baithate hai."
So,in the same fashion if you still keep mum, nothing is going to change and then you dont expect any change to take place.Its time to wake up and make the change you wish to see !


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Islamabad: Islamabad Police have reviewed security arrangements in the city for Muharram ul Harram and decided to make it fool proof with the Cooperation of organizers of processions and majalis.
A special meeting presided by Senior Superintendent of Police Islamabad Muhammad Yousuf Malik was held here Monday also attended among others by SP (Saddar) Sajid Kiani, SP (City) Muhammad Ilyas, SP (Rural) Fasial Bashir Memon, SP (Investigation) Ch. Liaqat Ali, SP (Legal) Javed Iqbal Khattak and other senior police officials.
The SSP directed to maintain close liaison with peace committees and organizers of Majalis and processions. He said that cooperation of organizers should be ensured with the police and law enforcing officials.
He said that it should be ensured to make arrangements for checking of participants of Majalis and processions thorough using metal detectors.
Strict vigilance, the SSP said, should be maintained to ensure that security measures, are in place by the police as well as peace committees.
It was told during the meeting that Rangers and FC will also assist Islamabad police to ensure elaborate security arrangements. The SSP also ordered to make proper light arrangements after negotiations with concerned authorities and also to weed out bushes in the various areas in the vicinity of worship places.
He said that it should be ensured that processions will pass through the fixed routes and timings of processions will be observed strictly. The SSP also directed for effective patrolling and use commando vehicles.
The SSP Muhammad Yousuf Malik also directed to set up a control room at SSP Office headed by SP (Legal) Javed Iqbal Khattak. It has been also directed to provide staff and other necessary equipments to this control room which would work round the clock to ensure effective coordination among all police wings.
The SSP also ordered to maintain close liaison with traffic police to avoid any inconvenience to road users and also with Special Branch.
He said that walk through gates must be installed at all entry and exit points of Majalis and processions\ and it should be covered through large strength of policemen.
He also asked all SPs to take steps to curb wall chalking or pasting posters which may hurt sentiments of people.
Patrolling officers must conduct visit of all the routes of Muharram processions and Imambargahs and rooftops to be covered by the police officials.
The SSP said that lady Police should be deputed for the female gatherings while police officers and Jawans would perform security duties outside the Imambargahs.
All Station House Officers (SHOs) should get the complete bio data of those volunteers performing security duties.
Peace committees would be asked to ensure that no stranger is allowed to stay in the worship places for security reasons during the month of Muharram. It should be ensured that Parking lots to be far away from the processions with proper security arrangements there and metal detectors would be used at entry and exit points too.
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Pornographic images found on children's games in Google Play store
Some 63 apps affected by malicious code called 'AdultSwine', cybersecurity firm finds
The Google logo is pictured atop a Californian building: Pornographic images have been found in children's games in the Google Play Store. Photograph: Mike Blake / Reuters
Pornographic images were found on scores of children's game apps which were in the Google Play store, caused by a malicious code called "AdultSwine".
The discovery of the pictures, which masqueraded as advertisements, by cybersecurity firm Check Point comes as Google faces pressure to do more to protect children, with parents and advertisers accusing its video site YouTube of failing to prevent inappropriate and violent content from being seen.
Researchers at Check Point found that 63 apps were affected.
A Google spokesperson said: "We've removed the apps from Play, disabled the developers' accounts, and will continue to show strong warnings to anyone that has installed them. We appreciate Check Point's work to help keep users safe."
Check Point said AdultSwine caused pornographic images to pop up during the children's games, including in a car-racing game named after the Disney cartoon character Lightning McQueen, which according to Google data had been downloaded at least 500,000 times.
In addition to displaying pornographic content, AdultSwine can also show pop ups that state a virus has infected the device, prompting the user to download another app claiming to be able to remove it. But the fake security app also contains malicious software, or malware.
AdultSwine can also cost victims money by tricking users into allowing it to send them premium text messages that charge the mobile phone's account.
Protection mechanism
A security system called Google Play Protect is supposed to defend customers using Google's Android operating system from malicious codes by scanning apps for malware. Google says it also vets every app developer in Google Play.
However, with the number of apps on Google Play estimated at more than 3m, according to Statista, lurking malicious code is sometimes spotted and reported only by users or cyber security firms.
Check Point researchers said at least one review left by a parent on Google Play's store in November had complained about pornographic pictures, which had appeared when his four-year-old was playing a game.
Google has previously responded to fears that overreliance on users reporting inappropriate content was leaving children vulnerable. In December, YouTube said that Google was planning to increase the number of staff reviewing videos to more than 10,000.
Last year, an outcry over disturbing videos aimed at children forced YouTube to terminate the channel ToyFreaks, where a father posted clips of his young daughters screaming in terror, which had gained 8 million followers.
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Global Survey 2014: Rethinking Trade and Finance
Posted July 02, 2014
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) today released the Global Survey 2014: Rethinking Trade and Finance, its largest and most comprehensive Global Survey to date – including data from 298 banks across 127 countries. The Survey concludes that the growth rate of international trade has dropped drastically when compared to the years prior to the global financial crisis.
Global trade growth was a shade above 3% during 2013, although picked up to an annualized growth rate of 4% during the first quarter of 2014 and is anticipated to accelerate beyond 5% through 2016.
"We are cautiously optimistic, with a realization that this optimism is framed within a fragile international trade environment," said Vincent O'Brien, Member of the ICC Banking Commission Executive Committee. "The fragility is magnified by unpredictable political developments on the fringes of Europe, the Middle East, South East Asia and other part of the emerging world."
Further encouragement came from the survey with 68% of respondents reporting positively that the availability of trade finance increased by value compared to the previous year. However, in terms of the "trade finance gaps", 41% of respondents reported that they perceived a shortfall of trade finance globally. According to Mr O'Brien: "This gap remains a major challenge, especially for SMEs as without access to trade finance, now widely acknowledged as an engine of growth, SMEs will not be able to contribute substantially towards economic recovery and development."
The ICC Global Survey also highlighted that G20 countries accounted for three quarters of the trade restrictive measures imposed since 2008, with Word Trade Organization figures showing that these countries introduced 193 new trade restrictive measures between December 2012 and November 2013. Such restrictions – many of which are protectionist and therefore trade distorting – have stalled the agenda to open up world trade.
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The Fundraising Page of Strawberry Woodsey
In support of UCLA UniCamp.
A Message From Strawberry Woodsey
Hi supporters!
Many of you know about UniCamp because I have talked to you about it already. But if you are new here, UCLA UniCamp is a nonprofit, student-run organization that takes approximately 1,000 kids to camp throughout the summer. Last year I was a camp counselor for our Outdoor Education (OE) session. This year I am on the leadership team for the Transitional Youth Empowerment (TYE) session and I cannot wait to go back to camp! Our campers are all foster youth, so we are going to focus on giving them the tools to go to college.
UniCamp subsidizes the cost of camp so that every child has the opportunity to go. Because of this, every volunteer fundraises $450 to make camp affordable for our campers! It would mean the WORLD to me if you would help me reach this fundraising goal.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart,
PS Theres a link to a short video here that will show you what camp is all about!
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Amy & Pablo Dillon gave a $62.87 donation to support Strawberry WoodseyWe believe in you, Anna, and the beautiful work you do to improve the lives of others! :) ~Amy
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In order to achieve its goals, ICEI has developed several tools and a test-proven methodology of work; the new challenges we are going to address shall lead us to fine-tune further tools ICEI has only begun to familiarize with and intends to follow up in depth.
Training to the benefit of small farmers, tourism operators, micro-businessmen, students, migrants, vulnerable groups but also public authorities, local administrators and civil society organizations as well. Training adds value to the resources and human capital of the communities ICEI works with: it is therefore a tool for development both in terms of technical know-how, by transferring knowledge to be enduringly rooted in the development process, and of awareness of one's own needs and rights.
Doing social business
Investing in developing vocations and entrepreneurial skills is essential in order to prevent that the benefits of cooperation projects fade away at the end of the projects and related aid flows, as sometimes happens.
We are convinced that to make the difference and build true sustainability some basic prerequisites are needed. Both in overseas and domestic projects, marginalization and economic exclusion can only be effectively fought against if people are enabled to get (or get again) into the labor market , to achieve the dignity that is only obtained when they can support themselves and their family (in terms of health care, food, education etc.). We accompany inclusion by developing capacities for self-employment and micro-entrepreneurship. "Doing social business" is therefore a tool for social and economic inclusion, income generation and the quality of life of the beneficiaries.
Bottom-up participation
ICEI is working with local communities building networks between people, authorities, economy and business, civil society and associations, to ensure participation and the centrality of the community in development processes, enabling them to be active protagonists. ICEI works "with" the people and not "for" the people: from farmers' associations to cooperatives, federations, companies (both nonprofit or profit), or informal networks working locally, we ensure a sense of ownership of the actions and processes we carry out.
Project spinoffs
Projects often become workshops for experimenting with ideas and models, together and building on experience and suggestions from partners, staff members, and beneficiaries. Virtuous cycles are thus generated leading to project spinoffs, in the form of associations, cooperatives, social businesses, companies. ICEI is often actively participating in decisionmaking committees (Boards of Directors) of these organizations, acting in safeguard of the beneficiaries, in order to promote the sustainability of actions in time and on markets . In particular, ICEI's participation is aimed at accompanying the beneficiaries, investing in their training not only technical but also administrative and managerial, following an approach that combines the need to survive in the market "jungle" and the essential social dimension.


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Many thanks for these extremely quick, clear and helpful replies which answer our question and provide practical solutions.
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Subject: Re: Using Web-PA for groups of different sizes
WebPA normalises the group scores regardless of their size, so as far as the algorithm's maths is concerned there's no unfairness. At Loughborough, we usually recommend group sizes of 4 - 7. There's a general feeling that peer moderation with groups of 3 (or fewer!) members isn't worth it, and with larger groups the process is quite unwieldy and it's probably hard for any stand-out students to actually be recognised. Plenty of academics do use groups of 10+ though, it all depends how big your cohort is.
If a student drops out of a group completely, and the rest of the team score him/her down or give them zero overall, then everyone else in the team will benefit by having their grades inflated upwards. You could argue that the team deserves higher scores because they had to do proportionally more work being one man down, but the grade inflation can be quite dramatic and typically we take action to eliminate the effect.
The easiest way is to do this is to either:
(1) Identify the missing student before the assessment starts and remove them from the group.
(2) If the assessment is already underway, fix the group and create a separate assessment just for the group affected, so they can score just their contributing team mates.
(3) In rare cases, where the assessment timing means it's too awkward to reschedule a second run (e.g. Near Easter, Xmas, etc), we will manually remove the missing student and any associated scores from the assessment while it's running by editing the database directly.
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Centre for Engineering and Design Education
Loughborough University
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Subject: Using Web-PA for groups of different sizes
I wonder if anyone could help me with a query about group sizes? Is the Web-PA algorithm affected when confronted by groups of different sizes (for example, group size ranging from 5 - 7 members or larger groups ranging from 10 - 12)? If this is the case, do you have any suggestions about how any unfairness can be rectified?
Also, what happens when one member who is listed as a member of the group, does not complete it because they have left the course? Does the algorithm take this into account?
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U.S. Cops Are Facing a Recruitment Crisis. Will It Force Them to Change Their Ways?• https://reason.com, J.D. TUCCILLE
The number of people applying to be cops in Montgomery County, Maryland, has dropped by half in recent years, according to a department complaint last week. Officials suggest it's because of growing national skepticism toward policing.
"When you do a job that's being highly criticized on a daily basis, we have to ask ourselves, how do we find good candidates that really want to be under that type of scrutiny," said Acting Police Chief Marcus Jones.
Montgomery County won't have an easy time importing its officers from other communities, either. Recruitment of law enforcement officers is down in areas around the country, and the drop in numbers is stark.
"The number of full-time sworn officers per 1,000 residents decreased, from 2.42 in 1997 to 2.17 in 2016," the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reported last summer. The raw number of police officers in the U.S. also declined slightly, from 724,690 in 2013 to 701,169 in 2016.


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I cannot stop laughing. Julian Assange tried to sue the embassy for asking him to clean up after himself and his cat! Buddy, you're not a prisoner, you can walk out that door anytime. And after 6 (6!) years there you're not a guest any longer so asking you to clean yourself, do your own laundry, and clean up your cat's litter box is pretty minor. Get over yourself.
(The suit was tossed out but apparently he's going to appeal because of course he is.)


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Gene Mills is a Virginia-based songwriter, singer, and guitar player in styles spanning Americana, folk, bluegrass, and country. He has been performing, both solo and in various ensembles, for 30 years. For the last ten years, he has been performing with his wife Gayla on bass and vocals, and they are often accompanied by Barry Lawson on mandolin.
Gene�s first CD, the solo effort Waiting for Rain (2008), garnered national airplay and more than a dozen songwriting awards. Gene and Gayla�s debut CD as a duo, If Stones Could Talk (2011), reached #5 on the Roots Music Folk Chart and #11 on the Folk DJ chart. It has garnered eight awards, including first place in instrumental, folk, and country categories. The album has been played on over fifty stations in the US, as well as in Germany, Australia, and Canada.
Their latest release "Walk on Solid Ground" (April 2015), with its mix of folk, Americana, and bluegrass, includes two songs that have already garnered attention: �Another Day� has won two songwriting awards; �No Dominion Over Me� has become an anthem for opponents of a proposed pipeline running through several states. The album features guest musicians Ivan Rosenberg on dobro, Barry Lawson on mandolin, and Cody Martin on drums.
Complex and rich, Gene's songs put memorable characters into moving stories about work, love, and loss, with occasional forays into comedy. Two of his songs have been recorded by other artists: �Anna Mae� by Steve Smith and �Fool's Gold� by the Alan Munde Gazette.
Gene is more than a songwriter, though. His rich voice, flatpicking prowess, and engaging stage presence make him an audience favorite.
�Stories revealed from modern times to past, along with his stellar guitar work, show why Gene continues to be one of my favorite writers and musicians� (Steve Smith).


text: Strategy for Increasing CRM Lead Management Market Share David Hallinan Published: May 21, 2019 Market leaders use connectivity and integrations to other applications to differentiate themselves.Definition of CRM Lead ManagementCRM (Customer Relationship Management) lead management is the process of taking in prospect contact information, observing those prospects' actions, and determining whether they warrant contact from sales. CRM lead management workflows include lead de-duplication, scoring, routing and qualifying.To be included in Gartner's report for this category, a product must have bidirectional integration with CRM/SFA applications and call center app. It must also automate lead passing and tracking. On top of that, it needs to integrate with at least two CRM, PRM (Partner Relationship Management), or digital commerce apps.Predictions for the future of CRM lead managementFor this category, the future holds a strong focus on out-of-the-box integration capabilities to marketing, SFA (Sales Force Automation), CRM, PRM and retail execution solutions, to ensure the seamless flow and collection of customer data. In support of this conclusion, the research firm Future Market Insights contends that growing collaborations between marketing and sales teams is the significant factor to boost the demand for lead management.CRM Lead Management market saw a 14% increase in growth in 2017 and will continue to grow in the coming years.Gartner Magic Quadrant for CRM Lead Management, September 2018Leaders in CRM lead managementLeaders in this space include Oracle, Marketo, IBM, and Salesforce. For detailed reasoning by vendor, you can download reprints of the Gartner report from their respective sites. These SaaS companies have in common their high-volume data processing capabilities. They also have in common a key differentiator–integrations, which we'll focus on in this post.Integrations differentiate lead management vendorsNative integration features kept Oracle, Marketo and IBM in the top four. Customers reported positively on Oracle's integrations in particular with event management, social media, messaging platforms and its own CRM suite. Meanwhile, Salesforce ascended to the top right of the quadrant, in no small part due to its interoperability with other marketing software.Those companies not in the top right of the quadrant found themselves mentioned in the cautionary sections of Gartner's report. For example, Zoho received below-average ratings from reference customers with regard to lead augmentation and de-duplication because it lacks native integrations to third-party data sources.Customers of Lead Management vendors demand integration with prevailing CRMsAccording to IDC, Salesforce continues to lead the CRM application market. See the chart below, which is publicly available from Salesforce here.Key lead management companies fall short of supplying the native integrations their customers demand.The chart below shows the top 14 lead management vendors in the left column. It then shows six market-dominating CRMs horizontally across the top. The red and green cells indicate whether each lead management vendor provides their users with native integration to that CRM."Yes" indicates that when contacted, representatives from that vendor confirmed they have a native integration to that CRM. "Partner" indicates that an external partner is necessary to implement an integration. And "?" indicates that the nature or presence of an integration is unclear or unknown (and we'll continue to update this chart as/if we hear differently).Why integrations are important to lead management users Imagine that you are Marketo. Your customers use you to collect leads from various promotion channels such as email. They then need to access information about those leads in their system of record, which is usually a CRM. Knowing that Salesforce is the most-used CRM, you build a native integration from scratch to Salesforce within your product. And voila! Pleased customers.Integrating with Salesforce alone is not enoughHere's the problem with that approach. There was a time when Salesforce held a larger lion's share of the CRM market, but that time has passed. Add the next three largest CRMs' market shares together and you approach the same 16.8% of the overall market. That's a lot of users to leave on the table.In other words, one of your users may have Hubspot as their source of truth while another uses SugarCRM. Since you want your users to love your CRM lead management product, you need to provide them with integration to both (either) of the CRMs.Best practices for CRM API integrationIntegrating your Lead Management app with multiple CRMs sounds like a great plan until your engineering team realizes how much work it is to connect your product to the HubSpot API, not to mention starting over to then integrate with the SugarCRM API from scratch. This is when outside tools such as Kloudless can help.Product teams use Kloudless' Unified CRM API to connect their Lead Management product to multiple CRMs with a single implementation.So if you're Marketo, you can quickly provide not just two, but a long tail of CRM integrations for your users.ImplementationIt's not enough to have integrations; the integrations themselves must be easy to implement. For example, although Hubspot has hundreds of integrations to other marketing apps, reference customers cite difficulty in implementing Hubspot's API to connect external solutions. Their users would prefer a stronger integration with external CRM tools. Product teams that leverage Kloudless Unified APIs don't need to worry about murky implementations. They connect to the Kloudless API and let Kloudless worry about version maintenance and the troubling quirks of each underlying CRM's API.EmbeddingOne of the surest ways to lose a customer is to require that they exit your product environment in order to complete a common task. Non-native integrations between lead management systems and CRMs do just that. They require that the user sign in to another service provider to access the CRM functionalities they need. On the other hand, when lead management companies build integrations directly into their product, their users access CRM functionality without leaving the product environment, thereby enjoying a better experience and reinforcing trust in the lead management product.InteractivityAnd speaking of users' experience, nothing pleases users more than custom features they can take advantage of on demand. Automated workflows may do the trick if a user has an action they need repeated in the background over and over. However, when a user needs the option to interact with data and perform an action or not, that's where Kloudless Unified APIs make more sense. How so? When a developer embeds one of Kloudless' prebuilt user interfaces, such as the Kloudless File Picker, into their product, users easily perform actions that meet their specific needs.Results of integrating additional CRMsOne company that used Kloudless' Unified APIs to differentiate itself is BigTinCan. Bigtincan's seamless integrations further solidified their leadership in the sales enablement space by securing them more customers they would have otherwise left on the table. Given that Salesforce owns just over 16% of the CRM market, Bigtincan began capturing more customers who used Oracle and Microsoft, increasing Bigtincan's total addressable market by several percentage points, and within a year, their overall revenue from deals they would have otherwise lost. To read more, see BigTinCan's use case.Wondering how embedded integrations to multiple CRMs can increase your market share in the CRM lead management space? Get in touch with our experts to find out more.


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Men's basketball closes season with late thriller
Sharome Burton, Sports Reporter/Photographer
March 3, 2019
Men's basketball drew the curtains on a challenging season with a thrilling 69-68 win against Texas A&M Kingsville (TAMUK) at the D.L. Ligon Coliseum March 2, improving their record to to 9-19 avoiding their worst losing season since 1947. The team, lifted by the support of a packed home crowd...
Monday with the Mustangs has new structure
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September 8, 2018
The Department of Athletics staff will host its second Monday with the Mustangs to raise awareness of MSU coaches, staff and athletes with the community. Monday with the Mustangs will be held at the Courtyard by Marriott on Sept. 10 from 5:15 to 6:45 p.m. Kyle Williams, director of athletics, said the idea is to use venues as a p...


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- sabrinaAsked on February 23, 2018 at 01:30 AM
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If I understood you correctly, you want to receive only one submission per day. That is unfortunately not possible.
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Whether you are looking for a single signature piece or a complete interior. The 'eye' of the interior stylist can help. Sourcing those one-off, antique, mid century, or vintage pieces that create a special dialogue between space, colour and form.
Anna's background in interiors styling means that – while adhering to the ethos of the AU Bespoke brand – she can adapt her signature 'look' to any style. specialising in sourcing pieces of real quality with the power, however subtly, to balance, complete or transform an interior.
She regularly sources for commercial and residential projects, catering to clients who admire both her personal aesthetic and her professionalism. Each client is special and a full understanding of individual needs and budgets, is central to any AU Bespoke project.
It is her 'eye' that sets Anna apart and makes her the industry's best kept secret.
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The Fenix Premium Portable Dry Herb Vaporizer is WEECKE's fourth generation dry herb vaporizer another success! Following after the WEECKE, C Vapor I, and Ispy and Fenix.?? The Fenix Premium Portable Dry Herb Vaporizer uses a patented convection heating system, therefore is totally different with the current models in the market. Furthermore, this vaporizer is 100% heated by Air, which allows the user to enjoy a pure and even vapor on the go. We also sell the replacement Fenix full magnetic top with mouthpiece!
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In Victorian times British finches were hugely popular as cage birds throughout the British Isles, often replacing Canaries. Due to a lack of protection, thousands of birds were captured for pets every year.
Their popularity is reflected in the well known British rhyme, Don't Dilly Dally on the Way, in the line, "I walked behind wiv me old cock linnet..." referring to the Linnet, Carduelis cannabina.
Since the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, it has been illegal to capture, attempt to capture or sell any British bird, and only those on Shedule 3 Part 1, may be sold if they are closed ringed and proof can be given that it was bred in captivity. Unfortunately, some people do still capture wild birds using cruel methods such as illegal bird lime.
British finches are quite simply birds in the Finch family which to this day live wild in the British Isles.
The species most popular include:
- Genus
Fringilla - Bramblings and chaffinches
- Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) (Note: this species is often known in aviculture as the Bramble finch)
- Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
- Genus
Carduelis -
Linnets, redpolls, goldfinches, greenfinches, some
- Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris)
Redpoll (Carduelis sp.)
Siskin (Carduelis spinus )
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis )
Twite (Carduelis flavirostris)
Linnet (Carduelis cannabina)
- Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris)
- Genus
Loxia -
- Common Crossbill (Loxia sp.) (Note: In Victorian times the Scottish Crossbill had not been identified)
- Genus
Pyrrhula -
- Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Mules and Hybrids
During the Victorian era, it was found that if a British finch, e.g. a Goldfinch, was crossed with a Canary, the result was an attractive looking, good singing bird. The resulting birds were sterile, but continue to be bred to this day under the name of Mules. Many clubs specialise in Mules. [1]
Also around this time a few people began to experiment crossing British finches. The resulting birds, including Siskin x Goldfinch and even such beauties as Bullfinch x Crossbill also remain to this day, often winning prizes at prestigious shows. The breeding of such hybrids can, however be notriously difficult. [2]
Other British birds
Not just finches were/are popular in British aviculture, and the following have had a following of fanicers for many years. They are all protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 as are finches.
- Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) (Note: This species is often known in aviculture as the Yellow Bunting)
- Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
- Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
Magpie (Pica pica)
- Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Other more unusual birds, including Redstarts and Flycatchers, are sometimes bred by specialised owners.


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With over 40 years in the Flooring industry across Australia, Alice Springs Floors has experience as well as prompt and reliable service.
We are Commercial and Residential Floor Covering Specialists working locally and remotely across NT and SA.
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When dealing with older concrete slabs, or slabs that have been placed or have used a hand screed method, it can be very difficult to get an even or consistent Full Exposed aggregate look.
The more common result is the Salt and Pepper or Hit and Miss look.
The Cream Look or effect is when the concrete slab is in reasonable clean condition. No course grits are required to expose the aggregate, only working through the medium to fine grits are needed to produce the shine or lustre.
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Tri-Point FFA Member National Proficiency Finalist!
Braden Ifft, a member of the Tri-Point FFA Chapter has just been named as a National Proficiency Finalist in the area of Poultry Production. Ifft, a senior at Tri-Point is the son of Tim and Julie Ifft of rural Piper City. He will compete for the national proficiency title in Louisville, KY in late October.


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In Major League Baseball first, all 15 home teams win on same day
Home sweep home.
When the Seattle Mariners beat Baltimore 6-5 in 10 innings Tuesday night, it marked the first time in baseball history all 15 home teams won on the same day.
Viewing every game as a 50-50 proposition independent of all others, STATS figured the odds of a home sweep on a night with a full major league schedule was 1 in 32,768.
Now that's home cookin'!
Why not end the night with a #walkoff! http://t.co/KXS7dV4PPY pic.twitter.com/txWx2ZN9Ft
— MLB GIFS (@MLBGIFs) August 12, 2015
Research by the Elias Sports Bureau, baseball's official statistician, indicated that previously the best performance by home teams had been 12-0 on May 23, 1914. That included four games that day in the Federal League, then considered one of three major leagues.
Checking only the American League and National League, STATS found four days when hosts went 11-0 — three of them in the 1800s. The most recent occasion was Sept. 16, 1989.
Home teams last night: 15 W, 0 L.
The last time that's happened? Never. http://t.co/KrSW6mGD48 #YCPB pic.twitter.com/DQzd59sahh
— MLB (@MLB) August 12, 2015
"Without saying, it's more difficult on the road," said manager Bruce Bochy of the World Series champion Giants. "There's got to be a slight advantage to playing at home and I think your good teams play well at home, they win at home."
#MadBum. MadBeard. #MadGood: http://t.co/YtW9hQn5KZ #ShowStopper pic.twitter.com/CQnpdZil14
— MLB (@MLB) August 12, 2015
We'll take it.
— San Francisco Giants (@SFGiants) August 12, 2015
Cleveland and Miami also needed extra innings to come out on top in their own ballparks. Other winners were: Toronto, Tampa Bay, Kansas City, Minnesota, St. Louis, Arizona, San Diego, San Francisco, the New York Mets, the Chicago Cubs, the Chicago White Sox and the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The scores were as follows:
Oakland Athletics 2 – Toronto Blue Jays 4
Colorado Rockies 0 – New York Mets 4
New York Yankees 4 – Cleveland Indians 5
Boston Red Sox 4 – Miami Marlins 5
Atlanta Braves 0 – Tampa Bay Rays 2
Milwaukee Brewers 3 – Chicago Cubs 6
Detroit Tigers 1 – Kansas City Royals 6
Los Angeles Angels 0 – Chicago White Sox 3
Texas Rangers 2 – Minnesota Twins 3
Pittsburgh Pirates 3 – St. Louis Cardinals 4
Philadelphia Phillies 1 – Arizona Diamondbacks 13
Washington Nationals 0 – Los Angeles Dodgers 5
Baltimore Orioles 5 – Seattle Mariners 6
Cincinnati Reds 6 – San Diego Padres 11
Houston Astros 1 – San Francisco Giants 3
Four visiting teams got shut out: Atlanta at Tampa Bay; Colorado by the Mets; the Angels against the White Sox; and the Nationals at Dodger Stadium.
The last time home clubs went undefeated on a day with more than one game was an 8-0 record on Aug. 28, 2008 — although road squads were 7-0 on April, 2, 2013, according to STATS.
#MNTwins were in that #walkoff mood. http://t.co/j1xGFVh3Fe pic.twitter.com/pKOKADW0ab
— MLB GIFS (@MLBGIFs) August 12, 2015
Arizona and Tampa Bay joined the majors as expansion franchises in 1998, bringing the total to 30 teams.
In the last game to finish, Seattle squandered a three-run lead in the eighth inning against the Orioles before Austin Jackson's bases-loaded single down the right-field line won it for the Mariners at Safeco Field.
"I still didn't know if it was fair even when he called it," Jackson said. "I guess it hit the chalk and the rest is history."
Additional reporting by Mashable.


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Long Talk – Mr. Bentley
May 8, 2019
It's coming to the end of another school year, and as always we have to say goodbye to some of our teachers here at ISB. As part of an ongoing series, PantherNation sits down with departing staff to get their thoughts on their time on ISB, and where they are going next.
Mr. Bentley, a math teacher as well as a coach of track&field and cross country team is leaving ISB this year.
What is your favorite part of being a teacher at ISB?
I've enjoyed interacting with students both in my math classes, cross country, and track and field. I also have great colleagues, so in general, my favorite part of this school is the people I work together.
Where are you going next year?
I'm going to Zürich, Switzerland. My family and I are moving there to an International school called ZIS, Zurich International School. We're looking forward to our new Journey since it's our first time to live in Europe.
What has been your favorite memory of ISB?
It was memorable to me how much my school has been a good environment for my two children, being able to be involved in many activities at school from anything to soccer, swimming and running so ISB being a community center, everything that helped me and my family.
What would you say is your most memorable accomplishment here?
I feel like I had some effect on the school in different ways. I have been head of the math department for long, so there were lots of things that changed in the curriculum. Having this change, I, as a member of the Math Department, have managed to adjust to new IB courses and a developing program of studies, as well as bringing in new things like the math contest.
What advice would you give students?
I sometimes see students get involved in too many things, and get too busy, but I want students to keep a perspective: you've got a long life to live, so try to balance yourself. For the majority of students who are too obsessed with their academic performances, remember that there is a life beyond that. Going to a good college is not such a big deal as you might think. I also want the students to be physically active. Physical activity is a big part of my life and helped me so much being healthy. I want the students to start building up their habits of being physically active so that they can enjoy the rest of their lives.


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