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ERP burst onto the IT scene in the 1990s and brought with it a debate within companies, implementation consultants, and vendors. And it's one that you will likely engage in within your own company: should you pursue a single, integrated ERP or implement multiple best-of-breed solutions?
If you're wondering how to approach an ERP project and how to get your business ready for implementation, check out our recent eBook, "Making the ERP transition – A guide for CFO's and decision makers struggling with the growing pains of successful NZ businesses."
The debate begins with the premise that no ERP product will satisfy 100 percent of an organisation's business process needs. Best-of-breed solutions are typically designed to do one or two things, but in a way that can meet highly specialised requirements.
A single ERP solution ensures that business processes are tightly integrated and that data exists in only one place to be used for transaction, execution and analysis. Best-of-breed solutions on the other hand, may split processes between software modules, requiring duplicate transaction entry and the development of interfaces to keep multiple databases in sync.
A single-vendor solution delivers new software functionality by upgrading software releases as they become available. Since a best-of-breed approach brings with it a combination of vendors, this strategy may complicate the implementation of new software releases, which can delay or limit the availability of necessary new functionalities. A best-of-breed approach also adds to the cost of development and maintenance of interfaces.
So how do you know which path is right for your business? This is a philosophical question you'll need discuss within your organisation, but the following are some good starting points to get the conversation going.
Define your organisation's competitive advantage.
Before you begin weighing up vendor options, the most important first step in selecting an ERP system begins with defining your competitive advantage – i.e. what is the thing that will put your company ahead of your competitors?
Most ERP solutions cater to 'business-as-usual' demands well – but getting your accounts receivable to more efficiently communicate with your accounts payable is unlikely to allow your business to leapfrog its competitors.
Will your organisation gain a strategic advantage through more efficient processes? If so, this function should be the top priority in the ERP selection process, since it's the one factor you cannot afford to compromise on.
Wait. Why should I compromise?
Regardless of whether a 'best-of-breed' or an 'integrated solution' is right for your business, it is unlikely that any solution will completely match your current and future requirements.
You will need to face the fact that there will have to be compromises on some things – but your decision about what functions you're prepared to compromise on should be based on your competitive advantage.
Consider this: If an integrated ERP system can meet 80 per cent of the needs of your business, where does your competitive advantage or value proposition lie? Is it within that 80 per cent? Or does it fall in the 20 per cent outside? If it's the latter, you may want to consider a best-of-breed approach. Or, consider customising your ERP system or integrating a third party solution to fill that gap.
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How do you know when your organisation is ready for an ERP change? Take our short evaluation questionnaire to find out.
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Headquarters United States
Beckhoff Automation LLC
As soon as possible
Beckhoff Automation a provider of advanced and open automation products based on proven industrial technologies is seeking a Warehouse Associate to join their team. Beckhoff Automation North American headquarters is located in Savage, MN. Beckhoff's global headquarters, including product design and assembly facilities, is located in Verl, Germany.
The functions of the Warehouse Associate are that of coordinating and completing the day-to-day operational functions of receiving, picking, packing, shipping of goods and supplies in addition to maintaining accurate inventory in the warehouse. The Warehouse Associate is required to work under the administration of warehouse supervisor and efficiently conduct all duties and responsibilities assigned.
- maintain all warehouse inventory and transactions utilizing our ERP and scanning systems
- responsible for accurate receiving of product from our manufacturing plant located in Germany
- responsible for accurate picking, packing, shipping of customer orders, maintaining a minimum of 99.5% accuracy
- complete all necessary shipping documentation – domestic and international
- assist in conducting cycle counts on a regular basis and full physical count annually while maintaining a minimum of 99.5% accuracy
- contribute to warehouse team performance by meeting/exceeding defined expectations
- meet all quality and safety regulations
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- 1-2 years warehouse experience, automation industry preferable
- proficient in Microsoft Office, specifically Excel and Outlook
- experience with ERP and barcode scanning software strongly preferred
- experience operating within a barcode/scanner environment
- familiar with use of a computer, in particular 10 key and able to type 25 WPM
- demonstrated math and analytical skills
- strong interpersonal and communications - verbal, written communication and active listening skills
- extremely high attention to detail; time management and decision-making skills
- ability to organize and manage multiple priorities
- self-starter, self-motivated and consistent performer at a high level
- thrive in a fast-paced work environment while maintaining a positive attitude
- teamwork mentality
- ability to lift up to 70lbs on a regular basis
- available to work overtime on an as-needed basis
- punctuality is a must
- exciting tasks in an international environment at the technology leader in automation
- a future-proof job with an economically sound global player
- all advantages of an owner-managed family company
- an open and family-oriented corporate culture
- freedom for personal expansion and professional development
Beckhoff Automation LLC
13130 Dakota Avenue
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Have you ever wondered whether you were living the life fated for you? Has the thought crossed your mind that someone else was experiencing all that should have been yours?
In M.C. Dulac's latest novel, "Midnight in Dublin," Lizzy James discovers that someone really is living the life that had been destined for her – and the shocking reason why her destiny had been altered.
While spending a weekend in Dublin, Lizzy receives a text message from a friend she hasn't seen in seven years. The friend, Alice, urgently wants to meet with Lizzy. Alice is a woman easy to dislike. She's beautiful, self-centered, has a glamorous career, and is about to marry the man of her dreams. Alice has it all – including a secret that's about to change Lizzy's life.
Under normal circumstances, this wouldn't be such a bad thing. Lizzy's life derailed a long time ago, seven years to be precise, and she's suffered emotional and financial setbacks since then. A life once filled with promise quickly fell apart.Here's the peculiar thing: Lizzy can pinpoint the day that things seemed to go wrong. It was the same day that Alice's life began to gain momentum.
When Alice finally connects with Lizzy, she explains that someone is going to appear at midnight to collect on a contract that Alice entered into the last time the young women were together in Dublin. Lizzy listens with amazement as Alice confides the contract she signed was to provide a mysterious stranger with a soul in exchange for a dazzling, exciting life. The catch is that it is Lizzy's soul that Alice promised and now the pair must try to figure out a means for getting out of the contract.I greatly enjoyed "Midnight in Dublin."
An entertaining read, the story moves quickly and confidently from start to finish. The dialogue is excellent, the plotting is good, and it has the supernatural elements that I like in a story. I hope you'll consider reading "Midnight in Dublin." I think you'll like it.


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Support for sending emails by using Microsoft Graph
Valid from Pega Version 8.6
Email integration with Microsoft Office 365 now supports sending emails by using Microsoft Graph. With this enhancement, you can send email with a more secure protocol that complies with your organization's security policy.
For more information, see Creating an email account.
Support for REST connectors to route network traffic via proxy
Valid from Pega Version 8.6
To easily route network traffic, you can now configure proxy details for individual REST connectors. This enhancement allows you to manage your proxy settings so that you can securely access online resources that lie beyond your proxy servers.
For more information, see Configuring a REST connector.
Connect-HTTP support discontinued
Valid from Pega Version 8.6
Pega Platform™ no longer supports Connect-HTTP rules. HTTP connectors were used to start HTTP request/response interactions between Pega Platform and external systems identified by a Connect HTTP rule (Rule-Connect-HTTP rule type).
After an upgrade to Pega Platform 8.6 and later, you can still use and modify existing HTTP connectors, but you cannot create new ones. As a best practice, use REST connectors instead, which offer more capabilities and have better support from development teams.
For more information, see Connect REST rules.
Data import wizard compatibility with Cosmos applications
Valid from Pega Version 8.6
The data import wizard is now Cosmos-compliant. When you launch the data import wizard as a page, you can leverage the new features provided by Theme-Cosmos, such as adding custom buttons and functionality to your Cosmos applications.
Addition of Data Access Tab to access control policy condition rules
Valid from Pega Version 8.6
You can now select associations and declarative index classes when creating access control policy condition rules. The C field in the policy condition can now accept properties from available associations and indexes. For ease of reference, the selected associations and indexes are available on the new tab.
Using the new tab, you can build complex authorization models in which access restrictions for a class depend on the attributes present in the associated and indexed classes, along with the attributes in the current class. For example, a project management application can now separately maintain project lists for each operator and use that information to restrict read/write access to unique projects.
The information available on the new Data Access tab reflects rule form changes, which are similar to the existing functionality of the Report Definition in the Application Data Model.
For more information, see Creating an access control policy condition.
Addition of Servlet Management
Valid from Pega Version 8.6
Pega Platform™ now has Servlet Management in Pega Cloud® Services, which provides a simple and secure way to make changes to Pega Platform servlet definitions.
Servlet Management provides Pega Cloud Service clients with solutions to manage servlet configurations with self-service options. This reduces the cycle time for delivering configuration changes in Pega Cloud Service installations while also improving upgrade reliability.
For more information, see Servlet management.
Upgrade impact
Clients with no application servlet customizations will not experience an impact. If you upgrade from Pega Platform version 8.5 or earlier and, prior to the upgrade, the Pega Cloud team provided your application servlet customizations, then following the upgrade, you must manually add, remove, or modify your servlet customizations in your upgraded application using this servlet management landing page in Pega Platform.
What steps are required to update the application to be compatible with this change?
To manually move your pre-upgrade servlet customizations as appropriate or add new ones to your upgraded application using the new servlet management landing page, follow the steps in Adding a servlet.
Support for configuring and saving external data in App Studio
Valid from Pega Version 8.6
You can now configure a savable data plan to easily replace or update related data directly from App Studio, and persist those changes during the case lifecycle. This enhancement allows you to work directly in App Studio, without being limited to read-only access of data from case types.
Automation performance enhancements
Valid from Pega Version 8.6
To improve the performance of automation-based REST services and DX APIs, you can now configure JSON inputs and outputs in automation rules. The automation passes the JSON object directly to an automation-based REST service or DX API, eliminating the need to transform data on a page to JSON first. You can also take advantage of this enhancement if you are calling an automation from an activity. Additionally, you can simulate a JSON response in the automation rule and update the JSON sample if needed.
For more information, see <link TBD> and <link TBD>.
Cosmos React-UI supports custom authentication
Valid from Pega Version 8.6
Pega Platform™ now supports custom authentication in applications that use Cosmos React-UI. Depending on the needs of your users and the functionality of your application, you might need to write custom authentication schemes to meet specific requirements.
Clients that use custom authentication in their applications can now take advantage of the Cosmos React-UI.
For more information, see Securing Cosmos React-UI applications.
Support for creating automations
Valid from Pega Version 8.6
You can now create automations in Pega Platform. By creating an automation, you clearly define a contract to perform a specific task. For example, you can create an automation that retrieves a list of data objects that are available in the application.
For more information, see Creating an automation.


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Apple Pay Adds An Additional 14 New Banks And Credit Unions in China
Today Apple has updated its list of banks, credit unions, and cards that offer Apple Pay compatibility. The new list adds an additional 14 institutions in China that now support the mobile payment service.
Apple originally launched Apple Pay in China last February with support for a handful of partners. The company has slowly been adding support for more banks and credit unions in the last few months. Similar to the rollout in other countries.
With the addition of the 14 new partners today, Apple currently supports a total of 58 banks and credit unions in Mainland China.
Here's the full list:
Bank Of HeBei
ChengDu Rural Commercial Bank
China Minsheng Banking Corporation
China Zheshang Bank
Chongqing Rural Commercial Bank
Fujian Rural Credit Union
HSBC (credit only)
LangFang Bank
Shanghai Huarui Bank
Shanxi Rural Credit Cooperatives Union
Xiamen International Bank
YellowRiver Bank
Yinzhou Bank
As always you can find the full list of banks in all countries on Apple's website. Apple Pay is currently supported in Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, France, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States.
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In his famous quote about standing on the shoulders of giants, Sir Isaac Newton credited at least some of his success to efforts of others. While most of us will not see as far as Newton, we also stand upon the shoulders of others. After all, we are born into societies and have access to centuries of human accomplishments such as language, technology and society itself. As such, the success of any individual is but an addition to an already vast structure of human achievement (and failure) and is built upon well-established foundations. For example, the language I am using to write this was developed long before my time. The computer I am using to write this was made possible by past achievements in theory and technology. As such, any success I glean from this work involves a debt to all those folks who made it possible for me to sit in front of a screen and type out words in English.
Of course, the contributors to our successes (and failures) do not just include people who are long dead. Obviously enough, a person's very existence and survival depends on other people who are (or recently were) alive. Much of a person's education also depends on others and there are many other debts (for good or for ill) owed to others. Naturally, I am making a distinction between the state (which is just people) and other people in this context. For this essay, the other people would be people who are not acting in their capacity as state officials or agents.
For example, I would not be able to write this if it were not for the education I received from my parents and the teachers at Lewis Stairs Elementary school. I would not be a philosopher without the education provided by the professors at Marietta College and The Ohio State University.
Naturally, some of the failures I have experienced can also be attributed in part to others who have impeded me (intentionally or not).
As such, it seems clear that some of a person's success (and failures) is due to the contributions of other people. The interesting question is thus not "do people owe others for their success (or failure)", but "to what extent do people owe others for their success (or failure)?"
It seems easy to show that at least some of a person's success is due to her own efforts. After all, if a person's success had to depend entirely on the contributions of others, then an infinite regress would seem to arise, thus making success impossible. As such, it seems reasonable to infer that people can contribute to their own success (unless, of course, all success and failure is ultimately attributed to God, the un-helped success).
As might be suspected, the degree to which other people contribute to an individual's success (or failure) will vary a great deal. For example, a businessman who was born to wealthy family in the United States, was provided with the best education money can buy, and was then helped out throughout life by family connections must clearly share must of his success with other people. As another example, a great poet who was born into poverty, was abandoned as a young child, and taught herself poetry from scavenged books would owe far less of her success to others. Interestingly, the wealthy businessman might be more inclined than the poet to claim that his success was mostly of his own doing.
One area in which the division of success (and failure) is of special interest to me is in education. Obviously enough, teachers have a role to play in the success or failure of a student. It seems equally obvious that the student also has a rather important role to play in this regard. As I have mentioned before, students often tend to blame teachers for their failures ("she failed me") and accept credit for their successes ("I earned an A"). While this is natural, sorting out the contributions of each is a matter of some importance, especially these days. After all, there is a growing tendency in the United States (and probably elsewhere) to place the majority of the accountability on the shoulders of educators. One practical reason for this is, of course, that teachers can be fired or replaced while public schools tend to be stuck with their students, thus making the changing of teachers an easier approach to the problem. This does not, however, show how the responsibility is truly divided between teacher and student.
My own experience at the college level has been that the exceptionally good and the exceptionally bad students would tend to learn about the same regardless of the teachers. After all, the very good students take a very active role in their education (and thus will compensate for bad teachers) and the very bad students generally do not pay attention on the rare occasions they actually make it to class (and hence largely negate the impact of teaching). As such, an educator probably cannot take a great deal of credit (or blame) for the success (or failure) of these students. There can, of course, be exceptions.
Not surprisingly, it would seem that the most impact is upon the majority of the students—those who are not exceptionally good or bad as students. Of course, even then there is a question of how much the teacher is accountable for their success or failure. Also not surprisingly, education policy (especially such things as firing and merit) is being made without much understanding of how the responsibility for success and failure should be divided. This is, of course, but one example of why the division of responsibility between people matters.


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Featuring the Baldwin-Noutehou, Baur-Kouato, and Harral families.
The Otammari Project, Benin
DVD — Released 2017
Feature: We all live under the curse of sin. But for the Otammari tribe in Benin, West Africa, that curse is a daily life-or-death struggle under the visible power of demons. Follow the Harral, Baur-Kouato and Baldwin-Noutehou families as these AFM missionaries point the Otammari to Christ, the only One powerful enough to break their tribal curse.
Extras: Fetishes Explained, Moon Witch, Extended Interview with the Harrals, Slideshow
Suggested donation: $15
Write "The Otammari Project Part 2: Breaking the Curse DVD" in the comments field of your online donation or call 800-937-4236.


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The University of Illinois Political Science Department Board of Visitors is looking for new board members to expand their geographic representation.
The Board of Visitors is an advisory alumni board that helps advance the goals of the department and seeks to strengthen ties between alumni and the department. Activities of board members include: Networking with alumni, mentoring recent graduates, social events or salons for poli sci grads, helping to recruit new students for the department, creating newsletters and social media posts. They are also starting an alumni awards program next April, and board members will help identify candidates in their areas.
The Board of Visitors meets on campus in the fall and spring each year. Board members may attend in person or by Skype. Board members are expected to make a financial contribution to the department each year.
If you are interested or have someone you can recommend, contact Janelle Rynes at 202.857.6482 or email@example.com.


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In 2016, two major news companies created dedicated staff for esports. With Yahoo's and ESPN's entrance comes an expected level of quality content, interviews and opinions that we see from their traditional sports departments. Up to now, that expectation has not been met, though there has been growth in story-telling from major team organizations as well as continued personal interviews in the League of Legends community. For other titles, unfortunately, the amount of analytical writing and insight has been sporadic. In particular, the lack of opinionated editorial, that goes beyond traditional topical discussion about the scene, as well as lack of in-depth match coverage is an essential missing quality in today's coverage. However, the largest gaffe that esports news sites have yet to provide is on-site, in-the-now event coverage. The bar of entry for on-site event/match coverage is low and a key missing feature in the journalistic world of esports.
Despite the Mid-Season Invitational for League of Legends as well as DreamHack Austin occurring, only one site of the three are currently doing interviews and event coverage. To note that theScore Esports have been uploading their videos via their YouTube page.
There are inherent issues with most current forms of event coverage, specifically interviewers using those events as a means to talk about a player's career instead of about the matches (what fans are watching the event for). And perhaps the reason for the lack of consistent coverage of esports events throughout all games is both due to cost and inability to gauge value or assure consistent viewership. During my time working in the journalist field, from the early days of StarCraft II [2012], news curation for ESGN TV [2013-2014] and managing editor for an esports magazine at Aller Media [2014-2015], I firmly believed that the viewer and readership is strong for this type of coverage. That is if planned early and executed properly – with enough support from both staff at HQ and on-site. Below are some notes I have relied on in the past when planning event-coverage. Published content (both video and written) can range from six to five digits in hits. To reach these numbers, consistency in quality and rate of coverage (# of articles/videos) helps improve results.
Planning Stages
First Steps
When preparing event coverage for a variety of competitions, it is important to establish both expected budgetary costs for each event as well as for the year. This includes, but not limited to:
- # of events per quarter
- Flight and hotel accommodations for each event
- Expected # of crew members and necessary equipment (rented or not)
- Spending stipends
Most of this can be approximated as close as possible and altered accordingly as you get closer to the dates and figure the finer details. With some organizations, you also have to project the total runtime of all planned content and assume # a range of viewership (depending on the game, recognition of the brand to the community and value of content).
Planning an event
When it comes to preparing for a specific esports event, I start as early as a month in planning. First you need to figure out the Who, What and Why:
- Who: Determining your team to cover an event is important. The number of people should be decided before-hand depending how important the event is, what are the budgetary costs (sending 5 people to an event that is only a two-day competition [e.g. ESL One, a recurring event] may not be the most efficient use of your resources).
The number of people to send can range from 2 to 5 members with roles ranging from videographer, editor, host, producer and even social media. In the past, we've ran three-man crews with myself acting as Producer, Social Media and Business Relations to represent the organization and establish meaningful relationships. These relationships are important to confirm tentative interviews and to relieve the editor and host to focus on what matters: content.
- What: Content planning goes a long way to not only setting goals per day, per event; but also how you want to structure the type of content you want both in terms of atmosphere and duration per form of content. You must determine the following parameters for your content:
- Interviews
- Over-the-shoulder? Side-by-Side? Absent Interviewer?
- # of Interviews per day
- Duration: The longer the interview, the more you may lose your audience or having your interviews feel directionless or caught on smaller details rather than getting through to the subjects that matter. I generally run 5 to 10-minute interviews, with 12 being the hard-stop.
- Interviews
- Photography
- Priority of subjects players, venue, fans/cosplayers/attendants, moments
- # of photos per type (see above), per day, per style (portrait, waist-up, etc.)
- Why: As you set up your team with a variety of responsibilities, you have to prepare your host for the subjects he/she can expect to be speaking to as well as the type of questions you want. As mentioned above, questions about the matches and strategies happening during the event are what I think the audience wants to know the most about, at the moment of publishing (during the event). However, that doesn't mean your host cannot prepare ahead of time with some career/over-arching questions about the scene, teams, etc. This can be helpful for two reasons: 1. It gets your host in the right mood and knowledge of the key players and 2. It'll help him/her have questions just in case there isn't much to say about a particular win or loss for the interviewing subject.
Booking People, Places, Event PR
The PR teams for each event and publishing company can vary greatly. From Valve, who outright don't assist (or allow) news organizations to work at their Majors to Riot Games who are more welcoming. DreamHack is hands-off when it comes to assistance in booking interviews (you have to go to the player's lounge and ask talent directly) whereas ESL makes a strong effort to reserve time for them, though sometimes are unable to follow-through (it happens). One thing to know is that no matter the PR team, they cannot force teams, players or talent to do an interview if they don't want to.
For these events, try and keep in close contact with the PR members. Be forward about what you want and make sure you confirm many times over before or during the event about X interviews you'd like to have. Not only do these PR departments get swamped with requests, but are also handling different areas of an event. While you may seem annoying (I surely was), you won't get half the content you planned if you aren't forward. Ultimately, they want to help you if it means more publicity and value during/after their event.
Having said that, even after confirming the possibility of interviews (no guarantee) with a PR team, you should start contacting teams directly in regards to possible interviews. This is to secure interviews, despite any unfortunate scheduling complications that may arise but also due to the players themselves who can be too moody or disinterested in talking. I've also learned that some teams will outright not talk to you depending who you represent. For example, TSM refuses all media interviews (with small exceptions) while Cloud9 will not do interviews by companies that conflict with their sponsors. Knowing this will save you a lot of headaches, but also help evaluate if attending an event is worthwhile or not.
When requesting interviews (before the event), there is an order of confirmation to ensure you get what you want. Avoid contacting players directly for an interview. They may be your personal friend, but they have one job at the event (to win) and you may end up undermining the player-manager in the process. In the end, it's about balancing long-term relationships and knowing who makes the decision-making.
Sometimes, the player-manager will not give you a straight-answer on whether you can get an interview with a player or not. Don't give up! Just puah further. At Aller Media, we were a recognized brand in the Nordic Region, making contacting sponsors (SteelSeries, Logitech, Razer) sometimes the easier route. Sponsors want the exposure of their brand and the teams they support out there via media outlets. There is no reason why you cannot reach out to the sponsor to receive a more definitive answer. Even agencies such as Good Game, can be a better alternative route when the player-manager is unsure. Nevertheless, keep in good contact with the player-manager, as he will be your contact on-site and can follow-through after receiving confirmation from affiliated parties (sponsors/agencies) but remain persistent in what you want.
Now with your double-confirmed and booked interviews via event PR teams as well as directly with those teams, you are ready to set off for your event!
Depending on the person, having questions prepared ahead of time for review can be ideal. These questions should be mixed alongside those the host has prepared to ask the player or talent about the match or event itself. A nice mix of questions can keep the interview interesting for the viewer and also avoid your host being redundant or questions that focus on too small of detail.
As a last note: when booking your hotel. Try and book at the same one as the players or event staff. This can lead to fluid scheduling where you can strike out one or two early pieces of content with key talent before the event and ultimately have more time on-site to create more video-content. Also, it makes networking much easier and in some countries, the after-parties happen at the hotels directly.
At the event
As you depart, make sure your team back in HQ is aligned with when and how the content will be presented in regards to social media, uploaded videos and content strategy. For example:
- Video content should be embedded into the website with a summary blurb
- When shared via community sites and social media, ensure you share the URL of the website containing the video as opposed directly to the source video page
- Rely on Social Media for on-the-ground visuals and tagging
Establishing alternative types of content is an efficient way to use your time before, during and after an event. What you will realize, when waiting for interviews (each post-event day) is that most interviews occur either after a team is finished playing for the day or is eliminated. Leaving your team a lot of time with nothing to do between matches. In the past, we remedied this by not only interviewing people not directly involved in the matches, but also creating alternative content such as post-day summaries, predictions for the next day and highlights. Examples include:
- Before an event day
- (previous day) match results, predictions and highlights
- Venue Tour
- During an event day
- Venue
- Discussion Panels
- GoPro Style partnerships with team
- Documentary footage
- After an event
- Raw recordings of any press conferences
- Event Summary (crew travel to arrival, highlights of key interview moments, crowd and venue shots, etc.)
ESL One Frankfurt video from Alliance and player, Loda, was always a favourite of mine. It requires no effort, almost no budget and offers a tremendous amount of infotainment for the user. It lets the fans at home get a feel for what it is like to be a player and be at the event.
Key Notes
- In the past, I have seen many producers or reporters flat-out abandon their team to hang out with pros or their friends rather than stick with the team. Even during the off-hours, for the sake of future working relationships, it is ideal you stick with your team and build them up to have as many relationships as you do, rather than to seek out your own fulfillment and interest. It goes without saying that during the event hours, all members should be near or in communication and not loitering around. There's always something to do, even if the cameras aren't rolling.
- When it comes to deciding who you want to be your host, I found that choosing someone new, but who is enthusiastic and earnest to work is better than someone who is recognized and has their own brand. On the one hand, if your new person is not meeting expectations or getting the right atmosphere to how you want to do your event coverage, then your audience won't take and will dismiss your brand/content. However, if you choose someone with experience, the cost can get much higher and should they leave for a better gig, their established audience may depart as well.
- Use your host to note down key times in the matches of when something large happened. A lot of VODs for matches come out later in the night, making it difficult for the editor to screen through hours of matches and footage just to use as B-Roll for a video. Since your host is watching the matches regardless, he should note down the time a key action sequence happened and help give context for the editor, who may or may not be familiar with the game.
Planning costs on a both monthly and annual basis can help not only sort the budgetary expectations for the future, but also help breakdown costs associated with travel and paying for your freelance staff.
When it comes to content, your published works should achieve consistency in quality and complementary of the event for viewers at home. With the right team and execution your content can fill a gap that has long been evaporated since the earlier days of esports. As more companies get into this space, the desire for current content sites to set themselves apart will be high. While the initial interest in your event coverage may be low; to organically grow an audience and fill a void that needs further emphasis can yield a return after attending only a few events and building up the right team to represent your organization.


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TORONTO: November 25, 2016 – Last night at the 2016 Smart Commute Awards, one individual and six Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) employers were recognized for their exceptional achievements in promoting smart travel options such as walking, cycling, transit, carpooling and teleworking.
An independent Awards Review Panel has selected an Employer of the Year for each of the six regions from which nominations were received, and from those finalists, a Smart Commute Regional Employer of the Year Award was announced.
New this year is the introduction of the Bike to School Week Awards. Each of the six regions was presented with an award to recognize the efforts to encourage students to bike to school and the resulting accomplishments.
This year's 2016 Employer of the Year recipients include, from Durham Region, the Town of Ajax, from Halton Region, the Town of Halton Hills, from Peel Region, Colliers International, from Toronto, LUSH Cosmetics and from York Region, Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority, and from Hamilton, Hamilton Health Sciences. Hamilton Health Sciences also has the distinct pleasure in being the Regional Employer of the Year Award Winner.
Honourable mentions this year include Canadian Tire Corporation and IMAX.
The 2016 Rising Star Award was presented to Javelin Technologies Inc. Katharine Gatto, Southlake Regional Health Centre was presented with this year's Smart Commute Champion Award.
The six regional municipalities were recognised for their work to promote and support school and student participation in Bike to School Week, May 2016. This program is a key component of their wider work to encourage active and sustainable school travel in the region. The regions and their partners from the School Boards, and participating schools were at the Award ceremony to collect their Awards.
"I would like to congratulate all of this year's Smart Commute Award winners for their achievements," said Leslie Woo, Metrolinx's Chief Planning Officer. "Smart Commute workplaces and schools set an example for all of us, demonstrating that it is possible to make small changes to our daily commute to impact change across the region."
The Smart Commute Awards were introduced in 2007 to officially recognize employer members and partners who have put forth exceptional effort in implementing their Smart Commute programs. These awards acknowledge outstanding commitment, leadership, innovation and results.
Smart Commute is a program of Metrolinx and the municipalities in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. Smart Commute helps anyone who is going from A to B explore and try out smart travel options such as walking, cycling, transit and carpooling. Our goal is to ease gridlock while helping you save time and money. To date, more than 325 employers with 706,000 employees have signed on to the program and are designated Smart Commute workplaces.
To learn more about the award recipients please visit: smartcommute.ca
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Chocolate & BBQ!? 6 newest Hershey candy flavorsFood The List
Twizzlers are a classic movie favorite and salty Paydays would be a frequent impulse buy at the grocery store. But how would you feel about Twizzlers with orange cream? Or key lime pie cream? Or Paydays made with….barbecue sauce?! These are just some of the new twists Hershey's is putting on some classic candy choices as part of their limited edition "Discover Flavors of America" summer campaign. Check out those and the other 4 Hershey's candies getting a wanderlust twist.
1. Flavor of Florida: Orange Cream Pop & Key Lime Pie Twizzlers
This isn't the first time Twizzlers have filled their classic twists with tasty fillings, from sweet to sour to strawberry lemonade. But things get a coastal spin when Hershey's takes classic flavors of a summer in Florida and combine them with the natural goodness of their Twizzlers.
Florida is known for it's Key Limes so Hershey's decided it'd be the perfect flavor to help candy enthusiasts experience and discover the tastes of the Sunshine State. We've been pretty surprised by some of the crazy Twizzlers flavors in the past so we're open minded about these…but they are interesting to say the least.
2. Flavor of California: Strawberry Kit Kats
Aside from being know for its beaches and beautiful celebrities, California is also known for its delicious strawberries, which is why Hershey's decided to celebrate the state with a release of strawberry flavored Kit Kat bars. This flavor seems pretty delicious to us and we're more surprised that it's taken so long for this tasty mix to hit stores.
Check out this review of the new Kit Kats from Junkbanter.com to see if they sound tasty enough to try. But this is like a dream come true for this Kit Kat loving author. Before this, the only way to get strawberry Kit Kats was to order them from Japan. Japan! And shipping is expensive, people.
3. Flavor of Texas: BBQ Payday
Texas is known as the home of BBQ so it's only fitting that to celebrate the Lone Star State, Hershey's made a candy bar featuring the smoky taste of your favorite BBQ sauces. While a candy bar won't get you as messy as a traditional Texas BBQ might, you'll still be able to fill your mesquite-y fix with one of these babies…at least we hope so.
4. Flavor of New York: Cherry Cheesecake Cookie Bar
You can't talk about traveling across America for flavor without including The Big Apple. From pizza to sandwiches to sweets, NYC is one of the greatest destinations for a traveling foodie. One of the greatest things to be made in New York City? Cheesecake, one of the most beautiful words in the English language.
To celebrate the thick bakery delights found in NYC, Hershey's decided that a cherry cheesecake flavor would best represent the sweet side of the city. Did we mention the bar comes with cookie bits? Thank. Goodness. And don't worry cheesecake aficionados: Junkbanter reviewed these too.
5. Flavor of Georgia: Honey Roasted Reese's
Now the delicious combination of milk chocolate and peanut butter are better than ever with the addition of honey roasted flavor as sweet as Georgia. It might be known as The Peach State, but a lot of honey is made in Georgia, hence Hershey's celebration of the state by adding this perfect flavoring to your favorite peanut butter cups. Learn a little about bees and more about the Honey Roasted Reese's flavor with this review.
6. Flavor of Hawaii: Coconut Almond Kisses
No, not the kisses your crush probably gives! Hershey's Kisses, silly! To add a bit of island flair to the candy flavors across America tour, Hershey's switched up their Kisses by making coconut flavored kisses with almonds inside – talk about a vacation in a wrapper!
If these tasty flavors and their respective states have got you itching to know what it's like to party and chow down on tasty Hershey's treats in the cities these new flavors represent, stop by their Flavors of America website to see videos from travel bloggers seeing the sites in each of the flavor states.
Which one of these new Hershey's flavors do you NEED to try? Which flavors are you saying "no, thanks" to? Tell us on our Facebook page, @TheListShowTV.


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When I first started writing about geeky music back in 2006, it was a pretty novel concept. Not necessarily the idea of this particular brand of niche digital journalism, mind you, the very nerd music scene itself. Sure, popular music has always had its Tom Lehrers, its Led Zeppelins and its DEVOs, but somehow the idea of a dedicated underground movement that's both keenly aware of its nerdiness and downright proud of it is a fairly modern occurrence.
Of course, in the seven years since there has been a definite shift, a graduation of sorts. The Protomen have performed their veritable video game rock opera as the opening act for Tenacious D, sarcastic and studious rapper mc chris has contributed music to the works of director Kevin Smith and, most recently, chip-rockers Anamanaguchi have made their network television debut on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Oh how far we've come!
Yet our music – and, sadly, our very culture – often still remains insular, exclusionary, damn-near dogmatic. The solution? As the once fringe pursuits of like-minded geeks become the very trappings of the broader popular culture, our torchbearers must similarly expand their musical repertoire.
Just this week two acts from the expansive and inexact subset often referred to as "geek rock" have released amazing new albums that do just that. They not only push the bands' limits with regard to instrumentation, they also take on lyrical themes that are both relevant to – if I may borrow the phrase from digital gangster himself, YTCracker – nerd life and also reflect a more universal significance.
Seattle's Kirby Krackle has long been a personal favorite, and while Sounds Like You, their fourth full-length, is every bit as engaging as their previous work, it certainly propels their trademark guitar rock to new heights. Though the core of KK remains co-lyricist Jim Demonakos and singer/songwriter Kyle Stevens, Sounds Like You sounds much more like a full band effort.
It opens with "Parachute," a pretty straight-ahead mid-tempo love song, but one with a bit more keyboard melody (compliments of Bryce Francis) than the traditional Krackle joint. "Set Your Phasers to Sexy" is a similar synth-pop celebration of nerd love with more than a hint of The Rentals, especially in its sing-along ooh-ooh-ooh chorus.
I anticipated a slow jam from a ditty called "Cozy Pants O'Clock," but ended up with a groove-heavy rocker focused on the simple joy of relaxation. Though not particularly geeky with regard to theme, it's easily one of the album's best selections. "140 Characters" examines the travails of online romance – a theme also explored on the new Doubleclicks album – with a gorgeously infective chorus that channels their classic E for Everyone output.
Its mid-point, "One More Episode," is a previously released tribute to nights in with Netflix and the one you love, and lead single "Grandma's House" is a funked up rager dedicated to time spent with your granny. "Take You Out Tonight" has an ethereal intro that bleeds into a raucous power-pop proclamation of affection, while the acoustic-rooted "Cosplay Queen" is yet another Kirby Krackle con anthem, albeit one that exploits geek rock elements while still coloring outside stylistic lines.
Their "Taco Night" is not to be confused with the Parry Gripp track of the same name, but follow-up "The Same Thing" isn't likely to be mistaken for any other geeky rock track. It's instead a forward-thinking expression of the universality of love, without regard to individual orientation – a simple sentiment, sure, but one that needs to be shared now more than ever.
Last summer's Spider-Man-centered tune "Web-Slinger/Hope-Bringer" makes an appearance as the album begins to wind down, and pairs nicely with "Moisture Farm," a joint that ably reinvents the Star Wars musical narrative and is an instant nerd rock classic. This transitions to closer "North of the Wall," a grunge rock song of ice and fire (See what I did there?) – noticeably their hardest-edged tune in quite a while.
Sounds Like You is unmistakably a Kirby Krackle album, even down to its phenomenal Jim Mahfood cover art, but it may not be the listening experience you remember. Kirby Krackle has expanded its sound, and, while that may frighten some longtime listeners, it's truly an enjoyable experience that puts this growth to good use.
You can pick it up right now via Bandcamp, Amazon or iTunes.
The Doubleclicks, for those not in the know, share a number of things in common with Kirby Krackle. They're yet another genre-bending nerd music outfit from the Pacific Northwest whose name is nigh synonymous with the duo at its core – in this case sisters Angela and Aubrey Webber. And, as I alluded to earlier, their latest release, Lasers and Feelings, also pushes the envelope regarding what geek music can and should be.
Title track "Lasers and Feelings" starts things off with a ska-style upbeat rhythm that underpins a clever lyrical turn; it's a supervillain love song. "Can't You See the World Is Ending" sees Angela, as our narrator/humanity's last hope, locked in a desperate struggle to block out the noise of the idle day-to-day while simultaneously attempting to defend the earth. Its perfectly layered instrumental textures are ably supported by a generous addition of brass, a motif that pops up throughout the album.
"The Guy Who Yelled Freebird" is a slow, plodding, sardonic composition that's probably my favorite song not only by the 'Clicks, but very likely of the year. (It's not too early to call it, right?) Further, its slide guitar solo only adds the requisite twang to a narrative that is engaging, brilliant and biting… not to mention dreadfully relatable to anyone who's ever played in a band.
This quickly turns to "Something Else," wherein Aubrey takes the mic and morphs into a post-modern chanteuse, as passionate as she is hopelessly distracted (yet simultaneously contemporarily empowered – a recurring theme.) This song flows perfectly to its ostensible second half, "The Mystery's Gone," a tale of a Twitter romance gone bad. Its chorus harmonies are some of the sisters' best yet, and the lyrical punch of lines like "Real life disappointed me like raisins in an oatmeal cookie" make this jazzy rock number another high point.
"Nothing To Prove" is surely the most important song on the album, a rejection of fake nerd girl shaming that is sadly necessary given our current (sub?)cultural climate. Oh, and the track itself is nothing short of perfect!
The album quickly switches gears with "Impostor," a more lushly orchestrated take on a Song Fu entry from last January that's still positively haunting; I loved the original, but this tribute to the Mars Rover is more beautiful than ever. Another quick turn takes us to "Rock Star Life," with its intoxicating blend of Dixieland and country-rock that easily blends the real life rigors of the road with just the right amount of hilarious hyperbole. It's hard to resist and another of The 'Clicks' best.
"Christmas Ain't About Me" is a re-do of another previous release, this one the title track from last year's holiday EP: an endearing tale of Aubrey's older sibling malaise now in easy-to-swallow tango form. It also leads us to closer "Oh, Mr. Darcy," a strong finish — though it previously opened 2012's Chainmail and Cello — that boasts some practical advice for girls (and guys) about not dating jerks. It's a playful jam that alternatively vilifies and glorifies Colin Firth's turn in the Pride and Prejudice miniseries, even going so far as to explain "you wily old bastard, you wonderful specimen / you've messed up the hearts of young girls 'round the earth."
Each of these magnificent tracks is available through the standard vendors: iTunes, Bandcamp and Amazon MP3. Pick your preferred pony.
My conclusion to this lengthy epistle? Buy both.
Okay, that's not a particularly graceful way to end this. Allow me to elucidate.
Sounds Like You and Lasers and Feelings are not only great albums, they are important albums. They are indicative of a shifting paradigm within the geek music meta-community that runs simultaneously complementary and counter to the integration of nerdier fare into the broader entertainment world.
Where we were once on the outside looking in, now our tribe – with our comics and our Cards Against Humanity and our "For the Horde" t-shirts – is as big a part of the mainstream as cheeseheads or automotive enthusiasts. Unsurprisingly, this brave new nerd world makes a portion of our kind very uncomfortable. But while some lament this as a blasphemous watering down of traditional geekery, others, like the songwriters in question, use it as yet another reason to further expand their own musical/lyrical horizons.
If the casual fan can appreciate X-Factor and The X-Factor, then the hardcore nerds are equally freed. They can write songs about Hodor and heartache, about sexism and Star Wars. And it's exactly that blend of personal reflection, cultural appraisal and fierce fandom that make The Doubleclicks and Kirby Krackle great, no matter how you describe their creative output.


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A powerlifter is the latest Filipino to be featured in Humans of New York, an international blog that provides insights into the lives of the popular city's inhabitants.
Eduardo Munarriz, a 20-year-old powerlifter, is the Philippines' representative in the Special Olympics World Games 2019 in Abu Dhabi from March 14 to 21, 2019.
He was featured in Humans of New York's social media accounts where he shared what keeps him going as an athlete, particularly as an Olympics participant.
"I have twenty superheroes that I keep in a folder on my phone and I take it out to look at them, and I pretend that I am the leader of an entire superhero team," Munarriz shared.
"The whole team is counting on me to get as strong as possible because I am the muscle of the team. Being the biggest is like a way to take charge. It doesn't even matter if I have super powers because I can use my own true strength, and the barbell is like a type of weapon," the athlete continued.
Munarriz will participate in various powerlifting events on March 20, Wednesday.
The Special Olympics World 2019 is a multi-sports event dedicated to athletes with intellectual disabilities. It is a global movement that aims to empower such people through sports.
Filipinos in the blog
Eduardo Munarriz joins the rest of Filipinos that were featured by Humans of New York photographer Brandon Stanton in his international blog.
In 2018, the photographer went to the Philippines and captured some of its citizens in different walks of life.
The project, informally dubbed the "Humans of Manila" or "Humans of the Philippines," shared some stories of regular Filipinos Stanton encountered during his stay.
Despite the change of his usual location, he included the posts in the social media page of "Humans of New York."
Stanton featured an ex-convict, a researcher, a university student, a cargo ship personnel, a young father and a quirky six-year-old, among others.
The "Humans of New York" is Stanton's initiative to share stories of people he encounters in one of the world's busiest cities.
"In New York City, there are people walking around with no money, no family and a drug addiction. All they have is their story. It's the only thing of value that they're carrying around," he shared in a previous interview.
Stanton said that he wants to validate people's stories and provide insight into their lives.
"But it takes somebody else to validate it. It takes somebody else to care about it and wonder about it for it to really have value," he shared.


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One of the hidden gems on this blog is J.R. Ackerley's only novel We Think the World of You. So when I was disappointed by the next book of his I read, Hindoo Holiday, I decided my next visit had to be to the book I understood to be broadly the source material for the novel. (Ackerley's method of acquisition of his dog – from a lover about to go to prison – is the same as in the novel.)
My Dog Tulip (1956) is presented as non-fiction but for the dog's name: Ackerley's dog was named Queenie (the name was changed for fear of causing mirth about the author's sexuality). The connection with We Think the World of You is clear: the narrator of the novel is indistinguishable from Ackerley here, his strongest identifying traits being love of his pooch and disdain for the working classes.
To describe this book as a love letter to a dog is both accurate and inadequate. Ackerley described the fifteen years he spent with Queenie as his happiest, and when he finally had her put down in 1961, he lost much interest in life. Money brought in from winning the WHSmith Literary Award (for We Think the World of You) and the sale of letters E.M. Forster had sent him did nothing to alleviate his depression; indeed, he viewed the proceeds from the latter as "a sum of money which will enable [his sister] Nancy and me to drink ourselves carelessly into our graves." This he more or less proceeded to do, dying in 1967.
However in the book there is no reference to this later darkess; My Dog Tulip was published during Queenie's long life, and only an appendix from (I think) 1965 makes indirect reference to her death. ("She lived to the great age of sixteen-and-a-half.") The book is composed of equal parts Ackerley's almost pathological devotion to Queenie (hereafter 'Tulip', dammit) – and hers to him – and his frustration at the difficulties presented by daily life with her. One of these is Tulip's untrammelled devotion to Ackerley, which makes it almost impossible for vets to treat her. Until one of them points out to Ackerley what might have been clear to him all along, had he not been hindered by his own love: "Tulip's a good girl, I saw that at once. You're the trouble."
"Well, she's in love with you, that's obvious. And so life's full of worries for her. She has to protect you to begin with; that's why she's upset when people approach you: I expect she's a bit jealous, too. But in order to protect you she's naturally got to be free; that's why she doesn't like other people touching her; she's afraid, you see, that they may take hold of her and deprive her of her freedom to guard you. That's all the fuss is about, I should say. It's you she's thinking of. But when you're not there, there's nothing for her to do, of course, and no anxiety. Anyone can handle her then, I'm sure. That's all. Dogs aren't difficult to understand. One has to put oneself in their position."
Ackerley never seems entirely keen on putting himself in Tulip's position, preferring to revel in his own trials with her, though not unsympathetically. We get a good deal on Tulip's waste (a whole chapter on it, titled "Liquids and Solids"), and the way Ackerley describes his dog's posture when defecating may give an insight into the level of detail he is prepared to go into: "Her long tail, usually carried aloft in a curve, stretches rigidly out parallel with the ground; her ears lie back, her head cranes forward, and a mild, meditative look settles on her face." (An aside: did Ackerley really write "sidewalk" when describing where Tulip does her business? This repeated Americanism in the NYRB edition trips up the British reader.) The half-century vintage of the book shows in passages where Ackerley wonders, rhetorically and even incredulously, how on earth people expect him to prevent his dog from fouling the pavement – the standard practice of post-shit bagging evidently being some decades off. This chapter contains some lovely sensitivity born from potential slapstick, as Ackerley stays with friends and Tulip soils their carpets, leading to agonies of guilt for our man, not because of what Tulip did (she was never invited back) but because she had tried to warn him that she needed to go outside, and "I had failed to take her meaning, and nothing I could ever do could put that right."
But this attention to what comes out of Tulip is as nothing compared to Ackerley's detail in, well, what goes into her, as he attempts to have her mate with a fellow Alsatian of suitable pedigree. ("Although I had no profit-making motive in the matter, so beautiful a creature as Tulip should certainly have children as pretty as herself.") Here is where even my high appetite for elegant self-enquiring sentences by a man who would be struck dumb if deprived of the semicolon, began to fade. It's not so much the intimate elements ("Miss Canvey, I'm awfully sorry to bother you again, but where exactly is the vagina?") as the sheer length of the subject: almost a third of the 200-page book.
Happily, the last chapter, "The Turn of the Screw" ends the book on its highest note, the same elegiac tone which made We Think the World of You so haunting. Ackerley addresses Tulip's ageing and her closing seasons of fertility ("It is spring, it is winter, it is summer…"), reflecting on how he can "give her everything she wants, except the thing she needs." (Inevitably, a certain question arises in the reader's mind about Ackerley's closeness to Tulip. That tricky subject is discussed, along with much else, in Joan Acocella's superb profile of Ackerley in the New Yorker, from which I took many of the biographical details above, and which I recommend without hesitation to all, whether familiar with Ackerley or new to him.) Finally My Dog Tulip seems less an individual book than part of something larger, the recreation of his life which Ackerley undertook in his four published works. He comes across as a man difficult to deal with, unclubbable, snobbish, but penetrating and self-revealing. His capability for love, expressed almost exclusively through his "beautiful bitch", is all the more affecting for the narrow circumstances in which it flourishes, rejecting people as it embraces Tulip. As she enters her final years, Ackerley is walking with her in the woods when he spots shards of a broken bottle, which could damage her paws.
One pounce upon this bottle, with both front feet perhaps… I pick it up. I pick it all up, every tiny fragment. I seek it out, I root it up, this lurking threat to our security, our happiness, in the heart of the wood; day after day I uncover it and root it up, this disease in the heart of life.


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There's just time to squeeze in one more creation of 2019 before our customary year-end roundup, and with a delightful circularity it has a whole lot squeezed into it. Suggested to us by a reader, this is Zbiczasty's awesome Mercedes-Benz Actros Titan 8×8 with Palfinger PK 150002 HDS crane, and it's every bit as good as that impressive title suggests.
Firstly, it is indeed 8×8, with all eight wheels driven, all eight suspended, and the front four steering, all operable remotely via LEGO's Power Functions IR system. That amazing drivetrain is just the start though, as this phenomenal truck features sixteen Power Functions motors, controlled by seven switches, four IR receivers and with three sets of LEDs thrown in too.
The motors drive everything from the stabilising legs to the incredible Palfinger PK 150002 crane mounted on the load bed, which unfurls like a coiled snake thanks to nineteen pneumatic cylinders and over ten metres of pneumatic hosing. We said it had a lot squeezed in…
Watching the crane in action is quite a thing to behold and you can do just that via this link to the YouTube video where you can also see the drivetrain, crane winch, and the stabilising legs doing their respective things. Take a look via the link above, plus you can see all of the images at Zbiczasty's album on Brickshelf by clicking here.


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Exactly a year back, while working at the office, I always had this uncertainty with respect to my MBA preparations. I, for a fact knew that I would
Exactly a year back, while working at the office, I always had this uncertainty with respect to my MBA preparations. I, for a fact knew that I wouldn't be struggling financially if I continue working but somewhere down the line, there was this feeling that my work wasn't challenging me anymore.My sub conscience always told me that better things were in store if I manage to crack SNAP. With this thought, I decided that I would give it a go and see how things shape up. To think about it now, I don't regret my decision even a tad bit. It's been three and a half months at SIIB and saying that MBA life has been tough and challenging would be an understatement. Late night studies, never ending presentations, last minute assignment submissions have kept me away from blogging for quite a while now. Yet, as the famous saying goes, every cloud has a silver lining is what I believe in. We have had our own share of fun here at SIIB amidst the tight schedules. Battling it out against the seniors in the Independence cup across various sporting disciplines, weekend trips to Lonavala, Saturday night parties and what not!!It's all about balancing your work.
I consider myself fortunate enough to have got the opportunity to study and interact with some of the smartest people across the country. Competing with them head on and learning from them at the same time is an experience I have been relishing so far.It is this challenge that pushes us to work harder every day.At the end of the day, when I look back, I feel that it was one of the main reasons I always wanted to pursue an MBA. Guess it's been too much of gyaan for today. Before I sign off, to all the aspirants out there, keep your head down and keep working hard, I am sure, you'll definitely carve a niche for yourself.
Hasta la Vista!! (PS: I am learning Spanish right now @SIIB :P)


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In the "About this page" comments at the top of my homepage, you will read that I claim to be able to spell piobaireachd.
This may be laudable (grandiose, even), but what (you may ask) is piobaireachd, and why are you so proud to be able to spell it?
Piobaireachd is sometimes referred to as "the classical music of the bagpipe". It is a unique style of pipe music, but is not widely known outside the community of pipers themselves.
Piobaireachd is actually a Scots Gaelic word that literally means piping. It is pronounced "peebroch", with the stress on the first syllable. In fact, the second syllable is nearly swallowed, so "Pee-brch" is more like how it sounds. Because of this it is often written in phonetic form, as Pibroch. For reasons I don't completely understand, written Scots Gaelic contains a large number of apparently redundant vowels and consonants, so although the word written Piobaireachd looks long and unpronouncable, it's easier to say than to spell.
OK, so now you can spell it, and you know why the word looks so weird. But what is Piobaireachd? Pibroch? Pibrock? Whatever?
To find the answer to these questions (and more) read on…


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Major Jewish Group Urges Social Media Giants to Bar Palestinian Calls 'to Terrorist Murder' Against Israelis
by Eliezer Sherman
Jewish human rights group the Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) exhorted social media giants including YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter to ban postings "celebrating and encouraging the continuing wave of stabbings by Palestinians across Israel."
The widely available social media platforms have come under fire as reports surfaced indicating that many of the Palestinian perpetrators of this past weeks string of deadly and near-fatal terrorist attacks in Israel against Israelis have mobilized or perhaps been radicalized by videos, games, articles and posts on the Internet encouraging violence, terrorism and hate crimes against Jews.
Rabbis Marvin Hier and Abraham Cooper, Dean and Founder and Associate Dean of the SWC, respectively, said that "social networks have been used by terrorists and their supporters to celebrate and incite deadly continuous attacks on Jewish men, women, and children across Israel."
"We are urging Social Networking giants led by Twitter, YouTube and Facebook to take steps to stop the use of their powerful platforms to spread the terror campaign against Israelis. While Facebook and YouTube have responded to our requests and have removed some of the worst postings, Twitter continues to serve as a key weapon to launch 24/7 calls for more murder, mayhem and violence against the citizens of the Jewish state," said Cooper, who also directs the Center's Digital Terrorism and Hate Project.
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One of the biggest challenges surrounding the abundance of hate speech on social media is that until netizens find and flag content, the hateful or inciting material goes unnoticed by moderators and therefore remains circulating the web.
Israeli Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Emmanuel Nachshon recalled for The Algemeiner on Thursday that, when it comes to banning violent and inciting material from social media, these "sites cannot do anything of this sort in advance.
"They react to what is reported by other users and then flagged. So, for every film they remove, another one crops up," he said. Such flagging policy is indeed the modus operandi for all the major social media sites — Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, etc. — which in many ways leaves policing in the hands of users, with the websites merely making the final decision as to whether something reported constitutes hate speech or not.
The Wiesenthal Center meanwhile placed most of the blame for the recent surge in violence nationwide across Israel on the Palestinian Authority and its president, Mahmoud Abbas.
"Mr. Abbas has validated the worst falsehoods about non-existent threats by Israel against the Al-Aqsa mosque on the Temple Mount," the Center exclaimed. "So long as there are no consequences for this Palestinian campaign of hatred and violence from the international community, led by the US and EU, Israel will be left to struggle to protect her citizens on her own against an onslaught of ancient barbarity promoted by the newest 21st Century technologies."
Many have pointed to Abbas' September 30 speech to the United Nations General Assembly as the starting point for this round of Palestinian-Israeli violence, which has devolved into clashes between Palestinian protesters and rioters and Israeli security personnel at cities ranging from Hebron to Jaffa.
In the speech, Abbas declared:
I come before you today from Palestine, compelled to sound the alarm about the grave dangers of what is happening in Jerusalem, where extremist Israeli groups are committing repeated, systematic incursions upon Al-Aqsa Mosque, aimed at imposing a new reality and dividing Al-Haram Al-Sharif temporally, allowing extremists, under the protection of Israeli occupying forces and accompanying ministers and Knesset members, to enter the Mosque at certain times, while preventing Muslim worshipers from accessing and entering the Mosque at those times and freely exercising their religious rights.
This is the scheme that the Israeli government is pursuing, in direct violation of the status quo since before 1967 and thereafter. By doing so, the occupying power is committing a grave mistake, because we will not accept this, and the Palestinian people will not allow the implementation of this illegal scheme, which is aggravating the sensitivities of Palestinians and Muslims everywhere.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded by condemning Abbas' speech, calling it "deceitful" and warning it would incite to violence against Jews.
Abbas has since encouraged Palestinians not to "militarize" their protests against Israel. "We don't want a military and security escalation with Israel," he said, according to the Palestinian Wafa news agency. He has also failed to condemn the lethal attacks against Israelis.


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speed for nema17
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So i am using 42HS48-1504A 1.8 degree, 1.5 A, nema 17 stepper motor and they seem to be working slower than usual compared to my older build on same speed factor. Below is my config file on speed. Do you see any problem ? why might it be slower ? what should i do ? i just upgraded duet firmware version to 2.02beta1(RTOS) (2018-08-12b5) and created new config file using reprap configurator. Thank you in advance.
M350 X16 Y16 Z16 E16 I1 ; Configure microstepping with interpolation
M92 X80 Y80 Z4000 E95.24 ; Set steps per mm
M566 X900 Y900 Z12 E120 ; Set maximum instantaneous speed changes (mm/min)
M203 X6000 Y6000 Z180 E1200 ; Set maximum speeds (mm/min)
M201 X500 Y20 Z250 E250 ; Set accelerations (mm/s^2)
M906 X800 Y800 Z800 E800 I30 ; Set motor currents (mA) and motor idle factor in per cent
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Yoir accelerations in the M201 command are very low. On a Cartesian machine, values of 800 to 2000 for the X and Y axes are more usual.
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@dc42 said in speed for nema17:
800 to 2000
what do you suggest ?
is below good for start experimenting ?
M201 X1400 Y1400 Z1400 E800 ; Set accelerations (mm/s^2)
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Leave the M201 Z value alone but try 1400 for X and Y.


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Mass Incarceration, Visualized
From The Atlantic:
Mass Incarceration, Visualized
Sep 11, 2015
In this animated interview, the sociologist Bruce Western explains the current inevitability of prison for certain demographics of young black men and how it's become a normal life event. "We'vechosen the response of the deprivation of liberty for a historically aggrieved group, whose liberty in the United States was never firmly established to begin with," Western says. In The Atlantic's upcoming October cover story, Ta-Nehisi Coates explores the impact of mass incarceration on the black family.


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|Flying Saucer Wheel Assembly: To assemble the wheel, place the wheel stand on a flat surface. Loosen the collar set screws with the hex wrench. Place the lower collar on the stand axle as shown at right.
|Next slide the wheel onto the stand. See picture at right.
|Place the upper collar on the end of the axle.
|Position the upper collar so the end of the axle does not extend beyond the collar surface. Tighten the black set screw using the hex wrench to lock the upper collar in this position. If the steel rod (axle) extends through the collar, the rod end will press against the inside of the dust cap. This will prevent free rotation of the wheel and may cause a scraping noise.
|Next, firmly press the lower collar up against the underside of the wheel so the wheel presses up against the upper collar. See picture at right.
|The green arrow shows the direction you push the lower collar.
|Once wheel is snug against the upper collar, tighten the lower collar set screw with the black hex wrench.
|Dust Cap Installation: The dust cap is held in place by 2 Phillips screws. Tacky or Elmer's type white glue is placed on the underside of the dust cap to seal the cap against the wheel surface.
|At right is picture of underside of dust cap with glue applied.
|To make dust cap installatoin easier, you may wish to first back out the screws so they just slightly extend through the holes in the dust cap, then position the cap in the center of the wheel and screw the dust cap to place using a Phillips screwdriver.
|Wheel Assembly is now complete. When selecting a position to mount the wheel, for safety, try to mount 3 or 4 inches off the cage floor and be sure there are at least 1 1/2 to 2 inches between the wheel (sides and front edge) and any cage walls or other parts or components in the cage.
|Wire Cage Wall Installation: Attach the wheel stand to a cage wall using the 3 U-bolt assemblies. At right is a picture of the stand without the wheel to show ideal U-bolt positioning. The U-bolts will attach the stand to horizontal or vertical bars of varied spacing. Once the U-bolts are in position, firmly tighten the 1/4 x 20 nuts with a wrench or plier. Wheel installation is now complete.
|Solid Wall Cage Wheel Stand Installation: The solid cage wall stand is held in position by 3 x 2" bolts. To install, hold the wheel stand in the desired location against the cage wall. Use a pencil to mark the 3 hole positions . Remove the wheel stand, then drill 3 x 1/4" holes.
|After the wheel has been mounted onto the wheel stand, insert the 2" bolts through the welded nuts on the wheel stand, push the bolts through the holes drilled in the cage wall, attach the washers and nuts on the outside of the cage wall and tighten.
|Large Wheel installation: Mount the large size wheel so the wood block rests on the cage bottom and the horizontal portion of the wheel stand rests in the slot in the wood block. For cage bottom cleaning, slide the wood block out from beneath the cage stand.


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Saturday, June 10, 2006
Spring turkey hunt!!!
hey uncle jeff, i havent written back to you yet because my computers busted. but here is my story.
It all started on May 6, 2006 ay about 4:30 in the morning. I had made plans to hunt with my friend, Derek. He picked me up that morning and we headed to this piece of property we could hunt. I had always had some close calls there before, but was never able to pull the trigger on a gobbler. We got set up at about ten minutes to 5:00. I started calling and we did not hear a thing. I probably called for another half an hour and we got some birds to respond. We moved down the ridge on them and talked to them for about another half an hour, nothing. Then it started to sound like they were across the road, so we got up and went out to where we parked the car and didn't hear them anymore. I decided to go back and cut down even further down through the softwoods and set up again. We got down there and I was cutting, trying to get one to respond, and all of a sudden, one lit up about 40 yards from us. Those birds had been coming to us the whole entire time!! They were up at the spot where we had been calling from before, they just had a case of lockjaw. So we sat down right where we were and I called very slowly to them and sure enough, two birds started down this little trail to me. I asked my friend if he wanted to take the bird, he said," no you take him Ethan." So I purred to them a little bit more and the first bird stepped into an opening at 15 yards and I shot him. I was so excited! I had always wanted to kill a turkey on this piece of property and now I had! I shot my turkey at 7:30 that morning. I tagged him and brought him down to the report station and reported him. It weighed 12.25 and had a 2.75 inch beard and one eighth inch spurs. This bird was my third turkey. This hunt just goes to show all you turkey hunters out there not to give up. If you get a bird to respond to you, you can kill him. And I mean that. Don't ever give up. I want to thank my uncle for putting my story and pictures on his website too. He's done a lot for me. Thanks Uncle Jeff
Sunday, February 05, 2006
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Safety in those trees....my own story
While a student at the University of Ga. I was fortunate to receive permission to hunt a 100 acre tract of land located in Oconee county, Ga. In 1990 I killed my first "big" deer, a good 8 point off that property. The privilege to hunt this land was a great gift, and so I did hunt it a little each year while in Athens, Ga..
I graduated in 1993 and did get to hunt the place a couple of times. I did not kill a deer that year on that property, but I did see a huge buck chasing does. The next fall I again returned to hunt that deer. Here is where my love of hunting, and my total lack of good judgment changed my life. Late November found me on vacation, deer hunting, with one last weekend open to go to Athens to hunt. I and a friend arrived early in the morning and dressed outside my truck, in the rain. After dropping my buddy off to hunt, I went to the end of the property to a ladder stand that I had seen (but not tested). I found the stand and climbed up...only about 8 feet...I told myself NO problem. After sitting about an hour, the rain and wind had really picked up. I do not really know what happened next, but the tree swayed in one direction and the stand the other...and I ended up on the ground behind the tree, my rifle going barrel first into the mud.
At this point I did not know how badly I had been hurt. Of course, I knew I had great pain. After a minute of calling for my friend (he had gone back to the truck when the rain came harder), I got my nerve up and tried to move my feet, I could. Then I figured that I had to get myself out, thinking that I could have internal bleeding, or would go into shock (cold and rain not helping). I rolled over and used my Winchester as a crutch, raised myself to my knees, then standing (in agony). I made my way to the adjoining property and found some folks working with their horses. They helped me to the barn and called 911.
Turns out I had a compression fracture of I believe my L1 vertebrae (broken), :-( .
Move forward to 2006 and tell me my mistakes.
- I should not have hunted an untested, wooden, stand of any sort, especially one I did not build.
- I did not use a safety belt of any kind.....very dumb.
- I should have had a safety plan in place if one of us became injured...hospital location, phone numbers , etc.
Now a days, I can still do most anything I want, and I have not slowed down hunting all. I have learned a great lesson the hard way, and now always use a good safety rig when I climb, a Seat-O-The-Pants harness. Please use a harness of some kind....gravity is NOT your friend, I promise.
Jeff Barwick
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Sunday, January 29, 2006
Oconee river escape.....
Yesterday, a friend, George, and I paddled an 18 mile stretch of the Oconee river. Our trip started at the Lauren's County Sportsman's Club (Fish Trap Cut) and ended at Berry Hill Bluff (Pete Davis Lake), a part of the Oconee river canoe trail. The river was up nicely and the current was strong, helping us make good time. One of our goals had been to look for some river rock for use in flintknapping (this area was inhabited by indians and stone artifacts have been found along the river). But with the river being full, we had almost no opportunity to get out on sandbars. About 2/3 of the way thru, there are several rock faces on the river banks and we were able to locate some sandstone for abrading.
The weather was spectacular for a kayaking trip. Just cool enough to wear a light jacket, without becoming overheated. Skies blue and crisp (a big change from working indoors for the past week). There was a strong wind, a head wind, that we always seem to find when on the Oconee. Trees on the banks are gray and empty now, only the moss swaying on the breeze. The ocassional pine or magnolia tree providing a green hue to the scenery. This area of our river is very scenic, as seen in the above photo. This picture was taken off the Oconee river in Rock Springs creek (surely a spring time pic).
I needed to get outside this weekend and the Oconee river is a great way to do it. The river is different each trip we take. This trip I was really aware of the river views we had. I mean, when the river is running low, you can't see very far ahead of you around a bend (you have to get around the sandbars to see). Today, with the river high, there were No sandbars, and we could see alot more of the river at any one time. The river felt large and powerful to me. At two locations, the river twists very tightly back onto itself. Here, at higher water, the is a "cut-thru" over to the next section of river. We took these shortcuts each time (they offer a unique diversion from the paddling rythmn of a long trip).
This run took right at 4 hours, though considerably more time to recover from. At the end of the course is Berry Hill Bluff, a 100 foot rock bluff, rising straight from a cypress lake (Pete Davis lake). As we rounded the last bend before the bluff, I could not help being impressed by the towering landscape looking down upon the ancient watercourse.
Of local interest, the tomb of Georgia Governor George Troup lies with in a couple of miles of this area. I will include driving directions below for these boat ramps and landmarks. If you are in middle Georgia and are looking for an outdoor afternoon to remember, please look into an Oconee river trip. I have never been let down by Georgia's waterways. Thanks for paddling today, please come back again for another look.
Jeff Barwick
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To locate the Sportsman's Club, take Ga. hwy. 19 south out of Dublin a few miles, there will be a sign on the left for the club. (Note, this boat ramp is a members only ramp).
To locate the take out point (Berry Hill Bluff) from Dublin, head east on Interstate 16, crossing the Oconee river, and leave the interstate at the exit for Ga. Hwy. 199. Follow hwy. 199 approx. 15 miles to the town of Lothair. Turn right at the church, onto Ga. Hwy 199 spur. At the end of the pavement turn right onto Dead River Rd. and follow to the water (this boat ramp is courtesy of the state of Georgia and Treutlen County (there is a primitive camping area at this location.
One of several rock bluffs on this river section.
Thursday, January 19, 2006
Primitive archery hunting
I have been hunting for many years now, and have had moderate to good success, especially with firearms. Archery hunting has always been my passion, though. In February of 2005, I started working with wood in the hopes of building my own wooden hunting bow. I purchased several books and got involved with different websites to look for help. Here is the process I went through.
I started out using red oak boards as my primary source of bow wood (Home Depot, of course). With the selection of the right board (growth rings and fiber patterns), it is entirely possible for a beginner to buy a board in the morning and have a usable bow in the late afternoon. As I had almost no power tools, my building time took a little longer, 1&1/2 days. :=) This bow even had a bloodwood handle glued on that was a beautiful deep red color. The bow was 68 inches nock-to-nock (NTN) and pulled about 42 pounds (#). Not a powerhouse, but a definite shooter. I did shoot this bow, but only for a week or so and I was already building the next.
Over the next few months I built several bows. By now, I was using boards from hickory wood, and I was having greater success (wooden bows will often "explode" during construction). Hickory became my wood of choice quickly. During the summer a friend put me in touch with Jerry Peacock, who owns a lumber mill operation in Cary, Ga. Jerry found for me several hickory beams. These were rough cuts of hickory of about 4 X 6 dimension and very heavy. With a new bandsaw (purchased for bowbuilding) I ripped out a 3 inch wide by 1 inch thick plank from one of the beams. This plank was crafted into a pyramid style bow, based on directions found in Traditional Bowyer's Bible's (Tim Baker) and from internet sites such as Paleoplanet and Stickbow. Basically, a pyramid bow is just that. As the limbs go away from the handle, they are very wide (2 to 2.5 inches) and they taper straight to tips that are about 3/8 inch wide. The thickness of the limbs from handle to tips does not change. Pictures are better for understanding this concept. http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y218/roguearcher/handmade%20bows/Set125_01.jpg
This link shows a pyramid bow, notice the "triangular" shape of the upper limb.
Throughout the spring and summer of 2005 I was constantly shooting my homemade bows. Instinctive shooting (sort of) can take time to learn well enough to hunt game. A few thousand shots later and I was confident enough to go to the woods with my bow. October 28, 2005 I climbed into a permanent tree stand in a hardwood area. Water oak acorns were falling nicely, and I did see a couple of deer early that AM, but no shooting. Later in the morning, I saw a young doe about 40 yards out, feeding slowly. I stood and tightened my fingers on the bowstring. After several minutes of feeding the situation seemed to stall out. I figured I need some help so I did a short series of bleat calls using only my mouth (very softly). The doe turned and walked right over to my stand. At 8 yards, she was broadside, and I came back to full draw. She had no idea.
The cedar arrow sank to the feathers tight behind her shoulder. First she ran away, about 30 yards, and crashed. She then came back past the stand (with no arrow protruding) and crashed about 40 yards away, within sight. This hunt was without a doubt the most exciting I have ever had, including killing large bucks with a rifle. My only response to the entire hunt was to sit down and stare at the arched wooden bow in my hands and cry.
I did find there arrow up the trail she initially took. It was broken, but I did salvage the broadhead (a Magnus 2 blade). Using the shin bone recovered from this deer I crafted a broadhead knife using that Magnus. Very neat.
Thanks for hunting with me today. Please come back soon.
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Wednesday, January 18, 2006
The Ogeechee River....blackwater perfection
Paddling east we found ourselves in the middle of an awesome place. Cypress trees of dimension I had not seen before. During a lunch break, we got out of the river and really got a good look at the surrounding swamp. There were cypress trees and cypress knees everywhere. Areas like this swamp always leave me with an eerie and quiet impression.
The wildlife on this river is exciting. We witnessed deer, turkeys, and pigs. Also, we saw many ducks and herons. There are game animals at every turn, and there are many sorts of fish also.
The river had a good flow on this trip, but we wasted a lot of time and soon found ourselves running out of daylight. We picked up the pace, however, we could only go "so fast" because there were trees down at almost every turn. We either had to portage, or negotiate our way thru the open areas around the trees (a kayaking art known as "stump jumping").
We paddled pretty hard for what seemed like a long time, and I felt we'd be forever reaching the truck. The day was almost gone and we had started to look for a place to camp when we heard the train whistle at Herndon. At dark, we got to the boat ramp and loaded the boats, each of us cold and wet.
Our kayaking group has since paddled the Ogeechee several times since that first afternoon, and we have never been disappointed. In addition to some great paddling, this area hosts each year the Ogeechee River Redbreast Festival and draws a huge crowd.
The Georgia Dept. of Natural Resources has a great description of the river and also has all necessary fishing and boating regulations. Also, please check out http://www.garivers.org/ to learn about the conservation efforts going on to save Georgia's waterways.
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As part of the DEECD's Innovating with Technologies Serious Games Trial, Pentland Primary School was selected as a case study school for our use of Lure of the Labyrinth in our grade 5/6 classroom.
We had great success with implementing this game as part of our Numeracy program, and I have created a report with details of the game, work samples, photos, reflections and some of the assessment data we collected.
The document includes some detail into how we used the game with our students and how we assessed students before, during and after using the game.
The full PDF document, which includes the assessment data collected throughout the project, is available through this link (large file). I hope this will be useful to teachers looking to implement the use of Lure of the Labyrinth with their students. Our students really enjoyed playing the game last year and my grade this year are begging to get started with it this year!