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PGA Tour Preview: Tiger and Jordan Take on the Copperhead
March 7, 2018 by Kevin Krest • Print Story
Last Week
Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods, entering last week's tournament, had combined for 121 career PGA Tour victories, but none since 2013. That all changed when Justin Thomas missed a par putt on the first hole of a sudden death playoff to give Mickelson the win in the WGC Mexico Championship.
At the age of 47, Mickelson is playing some of the best golf of his career, with four consecutive top-six finishes. Mickelson's victory overshadowed a record tying 16 under par weekend by Thomas, highlighted by a fourth round ending eagle from the fairway to get him into the playoff.
Despite a course that plays extremely short by PGA standards due to the 7,800 foot altitude, no one except Thomas was able to post a really low score. The winning score of 16 under could have been a lot lower, but the tight fairways and strategically placed water hazards gave the course enough teeth to keep from yielding anything lower than a Thomas' 62.
The story for the first three days was 21-year-old Shubhankar Sharma, who held the 54-hole lead, but eventually felt the final round pressure when paired with his idol Phil Mickelson. He faded to a tie for 9th after a closing 74, but the young player from India was rewarded this week with a sponsor's exemption to the Masters Tournament. Not bad.
This Week
Valspar Championship
Palm Harbor, Florida
Innisbrook Resort (Copperhead) - Par 71
The tournament began in 2000 as the Tampa Bay Classic and has had a myriad of title sponsors during its brief history. For the first several years, it was a fall event, many times held opposite World Golf Championships or Presidents Cups. Obviously, the scheduling had an impact on the depth of the field. Even with those challenges, the tournament has been won seven times by major champions and boasts a long list of quality winners, including Charl Schwartzel, Jordan Spieth, Luke Donald, Jim Furyk, Retief Goosen, KJ Choi, Mark Calcavecchia, and Vijay Singh. Since 2007, the Valspar has occupied the spot on the schedule that was formerly held by The Players before it moved to its current May date. With The Players moving back to March, it will be interesting to see how the Valspar will be affected.
2018 Field
* Seventeen of the top 26 finishers from last year's tournament are in the field
* Two of the top 10, 8 of the top 20, and 28 of the top 50 in FedEx Cup points
* Two of the top 10, 7 of the top 20, and 20 of the top 50 in the World Golf ranking
* Eighteen countries represented
* Twelve colleges have 3 or more former players represented: Florida (6), Georgia Tech (6), Alabama (3), Arizona State (3), Auburn (3), Clemson (3), Georgia (3), Illinois (3), Oklahoma State (3), SMU (3), UNLV (4), Yonsei (3)
Oldest player
Davis Love III (53)
Youngest Player
Ty Strafaci (19)
Major Champions (23)
Tiger Woods (14), Rory McIlroy (4), Ernie Els (4), Jordan Spieth (3), Padraig Harrington (3), Zach Johnson (2), Retief Goosen (2), Keegan Bradley, Webb Simpson, Chrl Schwartzel, Louis Oosthuizen, Justin Rose, Adam Scott, Sergio Garcia, Lucas Glover, Graeme McDowell, Jimmy Walker, Geoff Ogilvy, Jason Dufner, Henrik Stenson, Stewart Cink, Jim Furyk, Davis Love III
Total Tour Victories
438 (Tiger Woods, 79)
Total Major Victories
48 (Tiger Woods, 14)
Who's Hot
With only two of the top 10 in the FedEx points race in the tournament, there aren't a lot of hot players in the field. Tony Finau, while not necessarily red hot, has been very consistent with only one missed cut and three top-10 finishes in the 2017-2018 season. He began last Sunday in contention, but shot a final round 74 to finish in a tie for 27th. The 28-year-old has one career victory and two runner-up finishes this season, so with his length he's poised to collect another win soon.
Who's Not
Camillo Villegas is 408th in the world and 137th in the FedEx Cup points standings. His last of four PGA Tour victories came at the 2014 Wyndham Championship. With three missed cuts and only one finish better than a tie for 36th this season, he needs to find something to improve his game. Statistically, he ranks no better than 84th, and that is in sand saves. In every other category, he is around 180th or worse. It's actually impressive that he is as high as he is on the money list (124th) and FedEx Cup points standings.
What to Look For
Because of the way the schedule worked out for Tiger Woods, he almost had no choice but to play in this tournament for the first time. Since he's not eligible for the WGC events, that meant last week and the match play in two weeks are off the table. Woods never plays the week before a major, so it left the Valspar in which for him to compete along with the Arnold Palmer Invitational, which he has practically owned since coming on The Tour.
Woods wasn't alone in scheduling to play the Valspar, as 26 of the 38 players currently between 12th and 49th in the FedEx Cup are in the field, clearly the deepest at this event in recent memory. Innisbrook's Copperhead course reminds me a lot of Augusta, with pine tree-lined fairways and some changes in elevation, or at least as much as you can have on a Florida coastal golf course. It doesn't take a lot of length to win at the Copperhead, but big hitting Gary Woodland is a past champion.
Last week in Mexico, Jordan Spieth still exhibited some putting problems, but showed signs of getting back to form on the greens. He'll be teeing it up the first two days with Tiger Woods and Henrik Stenson, clearly the showcase group. The winner could come out of that trio, but I also like Tony Finau, Chez Reavie, Matt Kuchar, Justin Rose, and Austin Cook as contenders.
Kevin Krest is the author of the entertaining PK Frazier series of sports suspense novels and the co-host of the weekly "The Cold Hard Truth: On Sports" broadcast. His books can be found on Amazon.com.

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We all want the same things for our kids. We want them to grow up to love and be loved, to follow their dreams, to find success. Mostly, though, we want them to be happy. But just how much control do we have over our children's happiness? My son, Jake, now 7, has been a rather somber child since birth, while my 5-year-old, Sophie, is perennially sunny. Jake wakes up grumpy. Always has. Sophie, on the other hand, greets every day with a smile. Evident from infancy, their temperaments come, at least in part, from their genes. But that doesn't mean their ultimate happiness is predetermined, assures Bob Murray, PhD, author of Raising an Optimistic Child: A Proven Plan for Depression-Proofing Young Children -- for Life (McGraw-Hill). "There may be a genetic propensity for depression, but our genes are malleable and can be switched on or off depending on the environment," he says. "The research clearly shows that happy, optimistic children are the product of happy, optimistic homes, regardless of genetic makeup." What can you do to create a home where your child's happiness will flourish? Read on for seven strategies that will strengthen your child's capacity to experience joy.
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How to Raise Happy Kids: 10 Steps Backed by Science | Time
Step 1: Get Happy Yourself. The first step to happier kids is, ironically, a little bit selfish. Step 2: Teach Them To Build Relationships. Step 3: Expect Effort, Not Perfection. Step 4: Teach Optimism. Step 5: Teach Emotional Intelligence. Step 6: Form Happiness Habits. Step 7: Teach Self-Discipline. Step 8: More ...
7 Secrets to Raising a Happy Child - Parents Magazine
Mostly, though, we want them to be happy. But just how much control do we have over our children's happiness? My son, Jake, now 7, has been a rather somber child since birth, while my 5-year-old, Sophie, is perennially sunny. Jake wakes up grumpy. Always has. Sophie, on the other hand, greets every day with a smile.
How to Raise Happy Kids - Parents Magazine
Well-intentioned parents often try to foster happiness by giving their kids pleasurable experiences. Yet what children really need is to learn how to create and sustain joy on their own, says Edward M. Hallowell, M.D., a noted child and adult psychiatrist and coauthor of the bestselling Driven to Distraction. In his new book, ...
25 Scientific Tips For Raising Happy (& Healthy) Kids - Live Science
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National Bank employees give a $80,000 donation to the Breakfast Club of Canada
Thanks to all the teams and volunteers who took part in the 2018 NB Classic. 80 000 $ in donations for Breakfast Club of Canada!
More than 300 National Bank employees, together in Ottawa for their 18th annual hockey tournament, gave the Breakfast Club of Canada the total proceeds collected through this activity again this year. This $80,000 donation will be used to support the Club's programs, including those offered in four Ottawa area schools.
- National Bank has been involved with the Breakfast Club of Canada since 2002. Over the years, it has given the organization more than $4.5 million in donations through sales of exclusive products in its branches and, more recently, by partnering with events benefiting the Club.
- The NB Classic is the annual hockey tournament for National Bank employees that brings together men's and women's teams from all across Canada. This year's tournament is taking place in Ottawa.
"National Bank, its employees and the Club have been joining forces since 2002. Over the years, their commitment has always made an impact! More than $4.5 million has been collected through our shared initiatives. The driving force behind each success is the well-being of children," stated Marie-Claude Bienvenue, Vice-President, Eastern Canada, Breakfast Club of Canada.
"To borrow an analogy from the world of hockey, the Bank employees participating in the tournament gave 110% again this year to support the Breakfast Club of Canada's activities. We take great pride in knowing that our financial support can make a difference in the lives of children, here in Ottawa and all across the country," highlighted Jacques Chamberland, Senior Vice-President – Transformation at National Bank and honorary chair of the 18th edition of the NB Classic.
About Breakfast Club of Canada
For 23 years, Breakfast Club of Canada has been nourishing children's potential by making sure as many of them as possible have access to a healthy morning meal before school, in an environment that allows their self-esteem to grow and flourish. But the Club is much more than a breakfast program: we take a broader approach that promotes the core values of engagement, enrichment and empowerment, and we team up with communities and local partners to develop solutions adapted to their specific needs. Operating from coast to coast, Breakfast Club of Canada helps feed more than 200,000 students every day in 1,600 schools. For more information, visit www.breakfastclubcanada.org.
About National Bank of Canada
With $251 billion in assets as at January 31, 2018, National Bank of Canada, together with its subsidiaries, forms one of Canada's leading integrated financial groups. It has more than 21,000 employees in knowledge-intensive positions and has been recognized numerous times as a top employer and for its commitment to diversity. Its securities are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: NA). Follow the Bank's activities at nbc.ca or via social media such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
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That Nick Diaz (pictured) sure is something, isn't he? He's a fighter, he's retired, he's fighting again because he was granted a title shot, he resumes retirement because he lost, and now he wants to fight again … if it's for the hardware, of course.
Prior to watching friend Ronda Rousey beat Sara McMann at UFC 170 on Saturday, Diaz revealed to a small group of reporters that he'll return to the cage if he can cut the welterweight line and get first crack at the winner between Johny Hendricks and Robbie Lawler, who battle at UFC 171 for the vacant 170-pound crown.
"I've been fighting for 11 years. I already did all those [top contender] fights," Diaz stated. "I don't have to take a warmup fight. What, am I going to take a warmup fight, to help somebody out? To bring them up to my level?
"I've already been through that and you still haven't seen me take an ass whupping."
That might be true, but we also haven't seen Diaz win a scrap since beating BJ Penn in October 2011. Since that tussle, Mr. 209 has lost two straight title bouts, "retiring" after each unanimous decision defeat.
Regardless, Diaz claims he's the biggest draw the UFC has going – even though he's currently not an active fighter.
"I don't care, I'm talking about a title fight," Diaz reiterated. "Bottom line, I'm the only draw here. Bottom line. We had like the third biggest [pay-per-view at UFC 158]. That wasn't just because of Georges St-Pierre."
So, Dana White. What do you think about Diaz coming straight out of retirement and leapfrogging the line?
"We haven't even heard from Nick Diaz. It's not even worth talking about," White said in response to Diaz's demands. "Nick Diaz hasn't fought, he hasn't wanted to fight and he's not even in the picture.
"So he should be able to walk right into a title fight?"
Are you asking me or Nick? Because Nick would likely answer, "F*** yeah I should, homie!"


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11:02 And we're done! GCI's stock is now down 3% to $25.56. Note: Later today, this conference's audio will be available for replay at Corporate's gannett.com website. Also later, I expect financial news site Seeking Alpha will publish a transcript; I'll post a link when it becomes available.
11:01 Martore and Harker are now trying to explain digital revenue growth in Digital Segment vs. company-wide to an analyst who can't read the statement properly.
10:57 We're in the final minutes of the conference. Q: What's status of CareerBuilder with GCI's partner Tribune Co.? Martore defers to Tribune. Ditto for Classified Ventures partnership.
10:54 Q: Interested in more TV stations? Any limitations because of regulatory rules? Martore says not just focused on investing in more broadcast, but any opportunity "at the right price."
10:47 Q: What about possibility of spinning off newspapers into their own division? Martore: focused on acquistion of Belo. GCI is committed to increasing shareholder value. "We always at the board level . . . are looking at opportunities. . . . We never rule anything out." [Hopkins: News Corp. and Tribune Co. are doing these spinoffs.]
10:46 Q: Taking out Newsquest, how would things have been with print advertising in Q2? Positive, Martore says.
10:43 First reference to royal baby! It's driving U.K. retail sales, says Martore.
10:40 Q: Advertising trends in July? Martore says broadcast has a tough comparable to Q3 in 2012. On U.S. Community Publishing, probably in line with Q2. Newsquest in the U.K. will improve, but they still have the drag on the currency side as British pound sterling is weak.
10:39 GCI stock is now down 3.3% to $25.50.
10:35 Q: Still expect 250,000-300,000 paying digital newspaper subs by year end? Martore: ended Q2 around 65,000. [Hopkins says: I don't see how they can hit even the 250K if they're only at 65K now.] Martore says the New York Times Co. has done a "fabulous job" with its paywalls. She's trying to shift attention to the number of existing GCI subscribers -- think it's 1.3 million -- who have activated their digital accounts.
10:33 Q: National advertising best in some time. What's going on? Martore credits USAT team in "really presenting the value USA Today brings in all platforms," plus value of print.
10:32 Q: What's the trend in TV advertising, including in Obamacare-related spending? Martore: Total TV revenues up in the mid-teens in Q3. Continued strength in auto. Corporate very focused on Obamacare reform ads. Broadcast President Dave Lougee says Obamacare will show up mostly in Q4.
10:29 Back to Martore. We're investing for the future, don't expect quick turnaround, etc. Now to the Q&A portion.
10:24 Relaunch of top 30 newspaper markets' digital offerings by year end. Unless I'm mistaken, that means GCI will miss its deadline of getting all done by the end of 2013.
10:17 Here's Harker. She's reading from a script that also highlights key figures from the financial statement. GCI stock is now down 2.6%, to $25.67. That's not bad, considering the company missed Wall Street's revenue forecast by $30 million.
10:12 Revenue in Digital Marketing Services is up 90%, albeit it off a small base. No dollar amounts given. The unit is expected to generate $275 million to $350 million in new revenue, also by 2015.
10:09 Martore talks about trends in the USA Today Sports Media Group. So far, I'm not hearing any specific dollar amounts as the unit aims for $300 million in promised new revenue by 2015.
10:03 And we're off. Here's Martore. She's recapping the financial statement. CFO Victoria Harker will follow. The most interesting part of the conference, as always, will be the question-and-answer session near the halfway mark.
9:53 I often wonder who chooses the background music we hear as we wait for the conference to begin. Right now, it's classical.
9:48 a.m. We're waiting for the conference to begin in about 10 minutes. In early trading, GCI's stock is down 4.3% to $25.22.
Earlier: Questions employees should ask during today's Town Hall meeting.
Related: Across Corporate America, earnings calls take on a whiff of show biz, according to The Wall Street Journal.


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Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], January 13 (ANI): For bamboo entrepreneurship and its infrastructure development in Jammu and Kashmir, the Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said, "The memorandum of understanding (MoU) marks the beginning of a new chapter and will create a new wave for overall development and harnessing of unexplored, untapped potential of the bamboo sector in Union Territory.
The agreement was signed in the presence of Manoj Sinha and Union Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region Jitendra Singh.
With this, the post-Covid-19 economy has taken off from J&K as unutilised huge bamboo reserves of the Union Territory would be an important part of the economy in the future, Singh said.
This pact will create financial and market linkages for bamboo products and it will also facilitate promoting bamboo startup entrepreneurship and training facilities for farmers, Sinha said while congratulating the people of J&K and all those associated with the bamboo sector.
The UT administration will explore the possibility of setting up a State Bamboo Mission (SBM) in Jammu and Kashmir that will benefit a large number of farmers, he added according to a press release.
Sinha said that with the signing of this pact for bamboo development in the UT, the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi of ''Har Medh Par Ped'' has been made a reality in Jammu and Kashmir.
The pact has been carefully drafted for the overall development and harnessing of unexplored, untapped potential of the sector in the UT, Sinha said.
Through the partnership with the bamboo technology, bamboo-based research, and related developmental activities in the Union Territory, Sinha said, the released reads.
He added that the administration will also replicate good practices in J&K by knowledge sharing and technical partnership.
It will create financial and market linkages for the bamboo products and facilitate promoting start-ups in the sector, the lieutenant governor added.
To increase the coverage of bamboo species in Jammu and Kashmir, NECBDC would provide technical guidance, said Sinha said.
The government is creating a robust business ecosystem in the bamboo sector in J&K. With these efforts, soon, bamboo products will be in the list of niche products of J&K and encourage employment for thousands, LG said.
"Now, local artisans, entrepreneurs can touch new heights of progress and make domestic products available to the global market," he said.
Reiterating the government's commitment to the promotion of the business sector in J&K, the Lt Governor said that just a few days back, the new Industrial Development Scheme-2021 worth Rs 28,400 crore has been implemented for Jammu and Kashmir and tremendous incentives have been given by the government to bring revolution in the business ecosystem here which for 70 years was denied to our nation's crown, Jammu and Kashmir.
"Industries and entrepreneurs were prevented from coming to Jammu and Kashmir for 70 years. Under the leadership of the Hon'ble Prime Minister, now there is the dawn of a new beginning in J&K," he added.
The Lt Governor mentioned the Bamboo Training Research Centre in Maharashtra which revolutionized the villages around there and emphasized that in the coming time, a similar type of Business Ecosystem should be developed in potential districts of Jammu Division.
India is second in the world in the production of bamboo after China, Sinha said. According to the statistics of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Department, the annual production of bamboo is more than 32 cr tonnes, which contains about 136 species, he added.
It is unfortunate that despite being the second-largest producer in the world, our export of bamboo material in 2016-17 was only Rs 32 lakh, whereas, in the same year, we imported bamboo items worth Rs 213 crore, Sinha said in a press release. (ANI)
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Kate's Voice is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization that provides music therapy services to students with special needs. Through interactive sessions, music therapy offers students with special needs opportunities to develop a wide range of skills in the social, self-expression, communication, and gross/fine motor areas. And it's just a plain old fun environment for students to learn and enjoy themselves through the powerful medium of music.
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Most special needs programs do not have funding for music, much less music therapy. Any teacher or parent of a child with special needs will tell you that finding effective ways to assist in learning is essential for student motivation and success. Music therapy is just that effective method.
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the model is rigged ( spine, head, leg, pelvis,mouth arms, feet). Some morphing targets are included for facial expression :Sad, Angry, surprised etc..) . Texture are hand made and large enough for close view. No special render engine needed, just unzip and render. The model is finely skined, the mesh is clean and Quad only, is very easy to anime, and perfect for game. A second scene comes with an animation (walk cycle) see the Youtube video :
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Tattoo Artist of the Year Review
Spoilers ahead.
Tattoo Artist of the Year was a new series on Channel 4 that took ten talented tattooists from around the country and challenged them against each other to create quirky, exciting tattoo designs for a range of clients. This show ran for 6 episodes over 6 weeks and starred Jay from Tattoo Fixers and Rose Hardy a famous tattoo artist as the presenters. Each week the contestants were challenged with a new style of tattooing, whether that be traditional Japanese tattoos, realistic animal tattoos, or even a steak bake on a drag queen's leg.
Each week another person was sent home, sometimes two at a time, until there was the final three.
The final three this year was Cookie, JJ and Luke. Cookie wowed everyone. He was incredibly funny and friendly, always tried his hardest to do what his client wanted and never shied away from a challenge.
JJ was a loveable giant who always tried his hardest. Him and Cookie were on the same level for me. They both definitely deserved their places in the final.
And then there was Luke. Although Luke was consistent with what he created and always made it look good he never stood out as one to win. He wasn't memorable. But he was incredibly rude. If he didn't want to do a tattoo he wouldn't do it. He even sent a client away because he outright said he didn't want to do their tattoo and obviously his client wasn't willing to budge from the original idea. He also liked to stay in his comfort zone and didn't push the boat out unless he was forced to.
Everyone was sure there was a winner in JJ or Cooke but it was a surprise to all when Luke walked away with the title.
And man, were people annoyed.
Just checking the Hashtag TAOTY on Twitter you can immediately see the disappointment. People even exclaimed they had wasted hours of their lives watching this show for that anticlimactic and totally not deserved ending.
In my opinion I don't think he deserved it either. Yes he's good at what he does but he's also stuck up and very argumentative. I was shocked he even made it to the final as it was definitely not deserved.
Other contestants were just as strong as Luke and were nicer but they were kicked out without a second look when they messed up. But when Luke messed up and has problems and even turns away clients he's suddenly crowned the winner.
Cookie was in the bottom two one week so I understand in a way why he didn't win even though he is a wonderful tattooist. JJ was robbed. JJ has stood out and really tried his hardest throughout the competition. His watercolour tattoo, a tattoo style he had no experience with blew the judges out the water and yet he was still left in second place.
I was shocked and it definitely annoyed me. I'm just glad others shared my shock.
But what did you think? Are you proud Luke won or do you think Cookie and JJ were robbed?
Until next time.


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With legions of North American smart phone users scrambling to replace their perfectly good devices with one of Apple's shiny new iPhone models, it's a good time to learn about Phonebloks.
It's a new design concept that could revolutionize mobile, drastically reduce e-waste—and, as a result, cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions right across the consumer electronics supply chain.
Phonebloks is trying to bring together the capital, technology, and management expertise to redesign the mobile phone as a modular product. And they're making smart use of social media to crowd-source public support for the concept, even before anyone begins crowd-funding product development.
Making Obsolescence Obsolete
Phonebloks attacks a big flaw in the design of smart phones, tablets, and a long list of other devices—when a single component fails, it's considered easier and cheaper to trash the entire unit, rather than fixing the problem.
A generation ago, we called this planned obsolescence, and many of us hated it. Today, the neighbourhood repair shop is a thing of the past—for electronics, and even for small appliances. So we pay more, and more frequently, for new gear that contributes to a mounting e-waste crisis.
With Phonebloks, if a component fails, you pop open the device and replace that piece, not the whole unit. The do-it-yourself design also opens the door for users to customize their phones, adding the features they need and buying them from the producers they prefer.
And none too soon.
"There are upwards of 300 million computers and one billion cell phones produced every year," According to e-Stewards. "All of these electronics become obsolete or unwanted, often within two to three years of purchase. This global mountain of waste is expected to continue growing eight per cent per year, indefinitely."
If you do the math, that eight per cent annual increase means our e-waste is set to double every nine years. And quadruple every 18 years.
Cutting Climate Emissions by Reducing e-Waste
Phonebloks' focus is on e-waste. But along the way, the system may also point toward reductions in the energy that goes into producing and distributing electronic equipment. That makes Phonebloks a great example of what it will take to get at the underlying drivers of energy demand and GHG emissions.
If you look at a cell phone as a finished, delivered product, its status as a piece of e-waste waiting to happen is its biggest environmental footprint. But if you think about the global supply chain behind 1.3 billion electronic devices per year, you begin to glimpse how much energy manufacturers could save by fundamentally redesigning the basic product.
If Phonebloks works, the shell of the phone and most of the components will have a much longer lifespan. They'll only have to be manufactured, shipped, sold, and disposed of once. Any pieces you replace will be smaller and lighter to produce and deliver.
That means the electricity required for manufacturing, the Bunker C oil that carries finished product across the ocean, the fuel and electricity required for wholesaling and retailing, the Bunker C that probably transports the discarded product back across the sea for disposal—Phonebloks eliminates all of that energy use, and all the associated emissions.
This is the kind of system change that Smarter Shift associate Ralph Torrie is thinking of when he talks about shifting the underlying patterns of demand for fuel and electricity. When Ralph and I worked together at the Trottier Energy Futures Project (TEFP), we reported that productivity improvements across the economy had done more to boost Canada's energy security than all forms of new energy supply combined.
But TEFP also identified supply chains and goods movement as one of the biggest challenges on the road to a low-carbon energy future. Phonebloks is one initiative that could help bring freight volumes under control, while supply chain and logistics managers try to sort out how to optimize their overall energy use.
Community Voices Make a Difference
When I last checked their site, Phonebloks had generated 203,000 Facebook Likes, 26,000 repeats on Google+, and 23,200 Twitter tweets, adding up to a social reach of nearly 303 million—with 35 days still to run in their initial outreach campaign. That makes Phonebloks a great example of using social platforms to crowd-source a solution to a big issue like e-waste—or, as it turns out, an even bigger problem like climate change.
The project is still in its earliest days. It'll need the kind of steady, relentless, long-term campaign that becomes more collaborative with the right approach to content marketing, and more affordable with social media.
But for those techniques to be worth deploying, a campaign has to start with smart ideas and sound arguments—none of which seems to be a problem for Phonebloks. It'll be interesting to see how many thousands or millions of community voices it will take before a smart manufacturer seizes the opportunity.
Thanks to Judy Kucharuk of Footprint Management Systems Inc. for the original pointer to Phonebloks.


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Only four games last night since the day a lot of teams usually have off — Monday — featured a full schedule due to Labor Day. I have no proof of this, but I'm going to choose to believe that all of the players and the concession and stadium workers who were forced to work on a holiday celebrating the contributions of workers spent their makeup day off marching and singing old strike songs and remembering the Haymarket Affair and stuff.
Ah, nope. Oh well.
Here are the scores. Here are the highlights:
Padres 6, Reds 2: Francisco Mejia hit two homers — one a three-run shot — in his first full game in a Padres uniform. Brad Hand has been fine for Cleveland since that trade, but I suspect that the Padres are gonna be deemed the winner of the deal in the medium and long run. Possibly even the short run. Hunter Renfroe also went deep for the Padres.
In other news, this passage in the AP gamer about Mejia is telling:
Mejia connected on his first two swings against Luis Castillo (8-12) for his first homers in the majors . The 22-year-old prized prospect was called up Tuesday as the Padres get him ready for a bigger role next season.
That last bit is a reminder that the dudes being held down for service time reasons now, like Eloy Jimenez and Vlad Jr., will likewise be kept in the minors for the first few weeks of 2019 too, with the team saying they can't just throw them in the cold water of the majors on Opening Day. Especially since their 2018 seasons ended early! And there won't be a dang thing they or their agents can do about.
Cubs 6, Nationals 4: You may recall that, back in August, David Bote hit a two-out grand slam in the bottom of the ninth to give the Cubs a 4-3 win over Washington. He wasn't as dramatic last night, but Bote once again came up big against the Nats, smacking a pinch-hit, go-ahead RBI double in the 10th inning to help the Cubs to victory. Daniel Murphy made his return to Nats Park after being traded to the Cubs a couple of weeks ago. He went 1-for-5 with a strikeout and scored a run.
Indians 9, Blue Jays 4: Francisco Lindor hit two solo homers and drove in two more with a single on his 4-for-5 night and Jason Kipnis hit a late three-run homer of his own. Shane Bieber allowed four runs — three earned — on seven hits in six and a third to pick up his ninth win. He didn't need to be super sharp with Lindor hitting bombs.
Braves 7, Diamondbacks 6: For the second day in a row the Braves blew a late lead, this time giving up two in the ninth, one on a Paul Goldschmidt homer, to let the Dbacks tie things up and force extra innings. They lucked out in the tenth, however, when the Dbacks' ninth pitcher of the game — Yoshihisa Hirano — came into a two-out, bases-loaded situation and . . . uncorked a wild pitch, allowing Dansby Swanson to come home with the go-ahead and, eventually, winning run for the Braves. In all fairness, Atlanta should've scored before that. With Swanson on base already, Tyler Flowers singled. Swanson likely could've scored since the ball had gotten away from the fielder, but he stumbled over the third base bag and had to go back. He'd score two batters later.


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Tag Archives: neurodivergence
Opals and Oyster Shells
A stranger handed her a necklace on the street
He said "I know what you are, and I know you'll be angry with me.
But meet us in the library tomorrow at half past three
And you'll get the answers you know in your heart you seek."
And then he turned and walked away, abruptly as he came
And she was left so shaken she couldn't remember her own name
For the necklace was a pendant made of opals and oyster shells
And she dared for just one moment to believe it could get her out of hell
Because hell was this world, that as a child she had just called More
Because it was More than she imagined could have existed before
Before, you didn't imagine, you didn't hope, you didn't plan
You just swam in the colors and wallered in the iridescent land
And Before was so easy
And More was so hard
But there was no going back
Once they bombarded her cranium with words
She could never throw them back
So she learned to adapt
She learned to accept
That her rescuers were praised
They'd pulled her out of heaven
And into hell
But everyone was amazed
They'd taught her to speak
To read and to write
To get along with other kids
And that was all that mattered
She was just an object in their personal dramas
So she learned to live how they wanted her to live
But now she was grown
Standing in the street
Necklace in hand
And every hair on her body stood up
And she turned
And she ran
On automatic pilot she ran to the sea
She knelt down in the sand
She opened up her hand
And saw opals and oyster shells
She put the necklace on
And she cried burning tears
Of rage and desire and self-pity and shame
But most of all they were tears of loss
It had been twenty years
Since her forced exile
From the only place she'd ever felt at home
She'd tried every way she knew to get back
But the damage was already done
Once they'd given her
More words
More thoughts
More contemplation
More More
There was no going back to Before
Oh she was a success for them
She went to a mainstream school
Nobody knew of her past
Though the kids treated her like a fool
But being odd was no problem —
For the ones who rescued her
It was enough that she could talk and read
So she grew up
Got a job
Dated men
Lived on her own
Surely it didn't matter much
If her heart turned to stone
So she stared at the oyster shell
And remembered that world like a dream
Where you didn't need to know you existed
You just floated from scene to scene
And the colors in the opal
Brought back memories of light
Of dancing and swimming and wallering
In rainbows cast by sunlight
The oyster shell reminded her
Of the underwater ocean feel of Before
And the smooth pearly light
She had felt such delight
Until the outsiders dragged her into More
In her mind anyone seeing the necklace
Would see right through her
And the lies and broken promises of More
So she wore it under her shirt so nobody would see
But she also showed up at the library
Next day at half past three
The first person she saw
Was a wisp of a woman all in grey
Tiny and slender with black curly hair
Body dancing to a rhythm
That made her look not all there
But she recognized the rhythm
And almost bolted out the door
For the rhythms this woman danced to
Were familiar from Before,
Instead of running she stood in the doorway
Shaking from head to toe
The man from yesterday took her hand
And whispered in her ear "I know.
Some of us are still mostly Before
Some of us are mostly More
And some of us go back and forth
Like a revolving door.
It's scary at first to see people
From your own private world
But most of us have similar stories
And it's not so private anymore."
She allowed him to lead her to a seat
Still shaking like a leaf
The whole floor shook, she shook so hard
And she couldn't quite believe
But each one had something —
Their eyes
Their hands
Their movements
That gave them away
And that made her feel
Cautiously welcomed
So she came back every day
She learned that most of them
Had been pulled out from Before to More
Though a few — it seemed the happier ones —
Had simply outgrown Before
A smaller number had never really left
And kept one foot firmly in Before
She bitterly envied the last ones
She'd spent so long trying to get back
They made it look effortless
She could only feel her own lack
And yet it was they
Who welcomed her most
Who wanted to find her way home
It was one of them who made the necklace
Of opals and oyster shells
Sensing that it would best remind her
Of where she'd been
It was one of them who listened all night
To her tales of being pulled into More
Of the terrifying moment
When language appeared and locked the door
The opals and oyster shells
Felt like a bridge to Before
Not a bridge she could fully cross
But she could stand on it
And swim in an ocean of sensation, without thought
And now that there were others like her
She could see how lucky she'd got
To feel the currents of Before overtake her
For the briefest moment's glance
It made her feel that
She had a chance
[This is a true story. It's not my story. But it's the story of too many people I've known. It was written in response to a writing prompt from fullyarticulatedgoldskeleton: the words opals and oyster shells.]
Bill's Grandma And Me
A stream flowed around her
But never touched her feet
Birds perched on her head
Beaks sifting through her hair
Bill said not to talk to her
There's nobody there, said his friend
Don't waste your words
On the living dead
A bird flew out from her hair
He whispered in my ear
The secrets known only to birds
To old women taken for dead
With no motion at all
A smile played across her mind
She inclined her head
And invited me to dance
Did I agree —
Or did she just take my hand?
She whirled me through the air
Caught me, set me down
Yes, there were others there
But all save one of them
Couldn't see the dance
Noticed not a thing —
Just a senile old lady
And an idiot child
Staring nowhere
Being nobody
Experiencing nothing
The Mind Bridge: A True Story
You saw me spinning outside
Along the edges of a dance
Asked questions
Were told I was crazy
The first thing you were told
Besides my name
We were so very different
And I had trouble communicating
But from the very first day we talked
You were making inroads nobody had ever made
Never in my life
Had someone peered into my mind
And seen me
We were only twelve years old
And you instinctively knew
That the way to communicate with me
Was to find books in common
And talk in metaphors
Gleaned from the pages
Of the books we had just read
It was A Wrinkle In Time, I recall
We classified people as
Meg-like or Charles-Wallace-like
For the first time ever I was able
To break out of non-communicative echolalia
By using echolalia from a book
I told you I was Mrs. Who
The character who could only communicate
By quoting the words of others
For a 12-year-old autistic kid
Who had never heard of autism or echolalia
I doubt anyone could have done better
Than we did that day
At building a bridge between our worlds
I didn't recognize your significance
For a long time
In fact I ignored you
I was embarrassed sometimes
At your interest in me
I didn't know what to make of it
You saved every telephone number
Of every mental institution
Every residential facility
I was committed to
Even for a day
So that we could keep in touch
No matter what
Nobody else did that
Not even the people
Who claimed later
To have been 'so close to me'
None of them ever did that
But I've seen your daily planner
Full of crossed-out phone numbers
For mental institutions
That I have no memory
Of speaking to you in
Because I was too heavily drugged
When I became nonverbal on the phone
You were the one who devised
Impromptu communication systems
Cycling through the alphabet
Until I tapped out the letters
Not even my psychiatrist
Took me seriously enough
To do this for me
I cried
Then each of us tapped out
The rhythm of a prime number
You took two
I took three
You took five
I took seven
We would go as high as we could
My favorites were seven and eleven
You knew that the rhythm of numbers
Was one of my favorite things
So when I went nonverbal on the phone
You devised the prime number game
There were so many areas
Where we met in the middle
Despite our brains being quite different
I was a highly sensing and sensual person
And I brought to our friendship
A heightened appreciation for
Basic sensory experiences
That you had all but forgotten about
You even took up stimming
To understand the world
As I experienced it
You were undersensitive
And you lived in your mind
A mind full of mathematics
And ideas, and concepts
That were normally too high
For me to climb to
But you carried me up
Specially made ladders
To teach me graduate-level math
And make me think I could do it
You were so brilliant
That everyone knew it
Even in our gifted program
You were singled out
For special tracking
I'd never even heard of
The gifted of the gifted
No one was less surprised than me
When you won the International Science Fair
By discovering a new property of
The Fibonacci sequence
You weren't just good at tests
I used to wonder what someone like you
Saw in someone like me
Who was already exgifted
By the time I began to know you well
I wondered how a mind like yours
Could see anything worthwhile
In a mind like mine
But the magic happened between us
When we each built a bridge
I built mine out of mud and sticks
And redwood cones
You built yours out of equations and proofs
And lots of geometry
And we were able to stand in the middle
Where the bridges met
Hold hands
And look out over the landscapes
Of our two minds
Nobody had ever built me such a bridge before
Nobody has ever built me such a bridge since
Until I saw the bridge
I had no idea how lucky I was
"I was content to be an object in your world"
You told me once
Commenting on the long time
When I couldn't seem to understand
That you were offering friendship and love
When you weren't sure
I noticed you were really there at all
How can an autistic child
Who has only known bullies
Masquerading as friends
Understand friendship and love?
One of my friends
When she was a teenager
Got so confused
By a genuine offer of friendship
That she painted a painting
Where the sky was the ground
And the ground was the sky
And all the colors were reversed
Then she broke down crying
Me, I just stayed wary, for years
When I was vulnerable around you, I waited
For the sucker-punch to the gut
That always came
When I was confused or overloaded
And the laughter that always followed
But the punch
And the laughter
And the ridicule
Never came
Instead of garbage
You handed me a flower
Instead of a locked door
You handed me a key
I unlocked the door
I stepped out into a world
Of living color
And I said goodbye
To the bully-friends
And I took your hand
And stepped onto the bridge
And we held hands
And looked at the sunset together
You standing on mud
Me standing on geometry
On a bridge
I have never seen the like of
In the Sea of Nun
You told me I didn't know what water was
I told you, "There is more to the sea of Nun than you could ever guess"
But you told me words were the only way to wisdom
Do you know what life is like floating without fins or flippers to move yourself from here to there?
Do you know what it is like before those words you hold so dear?
Have you been blown around in the currents?
Have you had to make your life wherever the water took you?
I may have seemed like a sleepwalker to you
Without the parts you use to guide and steer
But part of me has always been wide awake
I sit alone, and time is gone
You come in, and turn into a blur of movement and sound
I am like a statue watching living people fly past
But when I'm alone, time stands still for me again
In between your words is silence
In that silence is the world
Beneath all your ideas things come together on their own
I am awake when you call me asleep
I have a voice when you call me silent
I can navigate where you see only chaos
(In the waters of Nun)
The lines are twisting underwater
I feel them spread and branch away
They twist around the corner
They wrap around me sideways
They double, triple, even more
They slide around and up and down
And still it all makes sense to me
Or maybe it makes me to sense
Either way this is my home
And there is life in the sea of Nun
One day I woke up
There was more than the sea
There was a strange place
I found myself there
I didn't go there
Make no mistake
I just was here then there
How can I describe it?
You have always had a ghin
What is a ghin?
It's what you've always had
I don't have a ghin
Something else was built
But how can I describe the building?
You have a ghin
You can never know the steps it took
I didn't build it
It built up like collecting dust
So the dust settled on me
More dust
More dust
More dust
More dust
Eventually the dust hurt
And more dust
And then a mound of dust
A mound shaped a little like a ghin
But it was not a ghin
I will call it a foom
My foom tried to be a ghin
It had not the. of a ghin
And the foom hurt
And the foom hurt
And the foom hurt
And you said "She is alive, she has a ghin"
And they all danced around
They looked at the foom
They touched the foom
They said "She is alive, she has a ghin"
"Where did she come from?"
(He pointed to the sea of Nun)
"Oh surely not there"
"Nothing from there is alive"
"Nothing from there has shape"
"Nothing from there is real"
"Nothing from there has a ghin"
They set me in the shallow water until I floated
They poked me with long sticks
They watched me bob around
They laughed
I felt the currents underneath me
They could not feel those currents
To them there is only chaos in the sea of Nun
They saw the part of me that was above the water
I lived in the part of me below
And they pushed, and they pulled
And I floated side to side
And they clapped, and they laughed
And the sea of Nun became my tears
I stopped moving
They threw a rope and pulled
I washed up on the shore
They formed a circle around me
Then they drilled me full of holes
They filled each hole with a different machine
And they whirred and they clacked
And I buzzed and I bounced
But the machines all fell out
So they pushed me back in the sea of Nun
And there I stayed and there I dreamed
And there the currents pushed me round
And there I drifted, there I slept
Until I grew flippers


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I can be reached directly at firstname.lastname@example.com
by: 188.8.131.52
| Hello Old Roaders:
I am in search of a Raleigh Sports fork, 1950s. If it would be black, that would be ideal. If not, ok. Also, the tube length should be 5 3/4". Picked one up on EBay the other day, but neglected to properly measure - too long! Many thanks.
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| It's really better to buy them too long. It may be impossible to buy a fork cut to the exact length. Then you can use a (sharp) hacksaw to carefully cut it to length and use a round file to clean the threads. If the threads don't reach your cut line, have it done by any good shop with a proper thread cutter BUT you will likely have to to go to 24 tpi and use a standard steel headset. Not really a problem. When deciding where to cut, install the fork with cups, bearings or races,spacer or lampbracket and leave 6 full threads to engage the top cap.
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| Sorry, top cap is on my motorcycle, lock nut is on my Raleighs.
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| Hi Folks,
Can you have a look at my page on readers rides (Norfolk) and see if you can identify the frame I am working on? Its not a trick, i really don't know what I have but it will probably bcome a pseudo-lightweight.
All help gladly received.
Matthew - puzzled in Norfolk, UK
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| Hmmm.... well, looking at the pics, I can't say as I've a clue either... but... instead of pseudo-lightweight... I daresay "Feaux-Featherweight" sounds a bit more upper-crust, eh? ;-)
I like the "high gravity" machine as well. Looks like it could use some 1/4" plate steel armour to help beef her up.
Hope ya can ID the other frame!
Larry "Boneman" Bone
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| Hi Larry,
Would you be surprised if I said that the high gravity is a bit light on the tail when touring? But the brakes won't pitch me over the top!
This is the bike of epic rides 200+ miles. The most I have ridden is 76 miles in one day. Anything short and steep is a walking job but long slow grinds are just that.
Matthew - trade bikes - its a touring sort of thing!
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| The frame I'm trying to identify is pictured in readers rides and the drop outs I have called the happy frog because they look like a smiling amphibian. Any clues?
Matthew - anoraks r us
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| Might sound funny, I'm looking for an old english 3 speed frame around 58cm (seat tube). I'd like to convert it to singlespeed, I was thinking fixie with a flip flop hub. I was hoping someone would have one sitting around they might sell cheap(er). Let me know, Thanks! Evan
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| Well... I'm sure many of us here have one... or two... or possibly more... ;-)
Where are you located, sir? I'm in NE PA and if you're propinquitous enough, perhaps one of mine could accomodate?
Larry "Boneman" Bone
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| I'm in Pittsburgh. How bad would the shipping be across the state? I know those English frames aren't the lightest things on two wheels. Let me know if shipping one would be too difficult. Thanks a lot, I really appreciate the help!
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| Evan, all my machines are currently "whole"... had I just a frame kicking around, I daresay 'twould be an easy deal to ship. Alas.... I'm not of the mind to strip one down at this juncture. Thought if you were local enough, we could make other arrangements.
Meanwhile... here's a tip that may help your search... being in the Pittsburg area... or similar... check out the local Salvation Army Thrift Store. I absconded with a number of Brit 3-speed machines in darn good condition... for a pittance actually ($5 each) from the S.A. store in Binghamton, NY.
Hope that's helpful and best of luck finding one... it shouldn't be too difficult methinks. Perhaps if there's another denizen of the forum here that's nearby may chime in as well.
Larry "Boneman" Bone
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| I'm looking for a 20 or 22 tooth single speed freewheel (vintage part) for my 1952 Phillips roadster (has 48-tooth front sprocket). Please email me if you have one for sale.
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| The ACS "Claws" single speed freewheel comes in both 20 and 22t. Your local bike shop can order the 20s from QBP. But they are currently out of 22s.
They are chromed, hope that's not a problem.
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It is therefore important to ensure a good mix of participants in these internal workshops: All relevant departments – i.e. of course sales, marketing, service – should be represented, but also supposedly "customer-unrelated" departments such as accounting, production or IT. Hierarchy should rather not play a role.
Read more about the design topics here: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2019/11/newspapers-teach-web-design/
What is important, however, is to be able to think "customer" and to be prepared to engage in the change of perspective associated with the method. And even more importantly, be pragmatic and work with what is available rather than being held back by any gaps that may have been identified. Personas are "living documents" that can and should be developed further as a tool as the knowledge gained increases.
Input is what is available and helps to understand the customer's perspective
Creating a user persona is basically comparable to the process of defining target groups in marketing. The following questions, which should be very familiar to business people, will help you:
Who is the ideal user?
What problems do these users face and how do they solve them now?
Which objectives and needs are important for these users?
Are there important demographic factors that need to be considered? (A few examples: Are the users working mothers with rather low income or are they typically childless top earners? Are they employed or self-employed? Do they work alone or in teams? What types are they?)
What motivates the users to use your product? So what does your product need to do best?
When and where do the users use your product? (For example, in the evening on the sofa because it's an entertainment app or under time pressure in the city centre because it's a taxi booking app? Both scenarios suggest different designs).
Here, the question must be answered as to what the customer looks like and what features distinguish him:
What is his age?
What professional group does he belong to?
Where does he come from?
Which company does he work for and what does his typical working day look like?
What are the persona's priorities (low budget or premium customer)?
Which values are relevant for them (e.g. ecology / fair trade)?
Especially customers in the B2B sector should be given much attention: What are the biggest challenges in the job, what can cause frustration and with which specific products and services can they be solved again? Is it someone who works under instructions (employees, staff) or who has decision-making powers (management)?
At the end of the process, a fairly clear picture of the potential user emerges, the user persona. Now you break this idea down to a concrete character, give the persona a name and a job title, such as "Maria, the stressed accountant" and record the findings in writing. Each user persona gets a kind of profile that helps you not to lose focus.
Internal data and information
Internal data and information is first and foremost all the knowledge that your own employees have about customers, with and without direct customer contact:
What is said to customer service in daily contact? How do sales representatives experience the typical target persons in action?
Which problems escalate regularly?
Which actions create positive feedback?
In addition, it makes perfect sense to use data from your own CRM system, findings from surveys and the continuous evaluation of customer feedback. This is often quite sufficient.
Information gathering and consumption of the persona:
The next step is to analyze how the persona obtains information: Which channels are used to obtain information and at what time of day does the process usually take place? Which devices are used (PC/laptop, tablet or smartphone)? Which social networks are used and do word-of-mouth and/or recommendations influence the purchase decision?
Create meaningful personas: How do you get sound data?
In order to learn more about the needs, motivations and buying behaviour of potential customers, there are various methods that can be used, which we will briefly introduce here.
External data in all its available diversity can be used to further develop developed personas. This can be market data from the Federal Statistical Office, own target group analyses or market descriptions or statistical analyses of customer behaviour and so on.
It is important to leave the aggregated, descriptive perspective of the "external observer" and to transfer relevant insights into the customer perspective.
If there are data gaps or uncertainties about the hypotheses, it is essential to validate the results with real customers (see the section "The pitfalls?").
Personas describe exemplary specific, typical customers in order to understand needs on an individual level and use them for effective marketing. This methodology can also be applied in B2B business relationships – and is perhaps even more effective there.
If we like to think in anonymous roles in B2B and especially in so-called "buying centers", it is hidden that these roles are of course also filled by people.
On the one hand, it is absolutely necessary to understand needs, expectations and behaviour patterns at the level of the different roles in the company and also to differentiate between them. For this purpose personas can be developed which describe the different roles in a business relationship on an aggregated level: Specialist experts, purchasing, technology, decision makers and so on.
And these role personas can then be further differentiated in order to describe and understand different personas within individual roles – now again on an individual customer level.
As a result, the requirements of the relevant roles can be effectively addressed within a multi-stage quotation process. At the same time, the understanding is anchored that individual roles are also typically but by no means homogeneously staffed.


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Christmas is quickly approaching and my family has been asking me what I'd like this year. Believe it or not, I rarely ask for books. This year, however, one book did find it's way onto my Christmas wish list, and it's one I'm pretty excited about:
Harry Potter: From Page to Screen (synopsis courtesy of chapters.indigo.ca)
"Harry Potter: Page to Screen" opens the
doors to Hogwarts castle and the wizarding world of Harry Potter to
reveal the complete behind-the-scenes secrets, techniques, and
over-the-top artistry that brought J.K. Rowling's acclaimed novels to
cinematic life. Developed in collaboration with the creative team
behind the celebrated movie series, this deluxe, 500-plus page
compendium features exclusive stories from the cast and crew, hundreds
of never-before-seen photographs and concept illustrations sourced
from the closed film sets, and rare memorabilia. As the definitive look
at the magic that made cinematic history, "Page to Screen" is the
ultimate collectible, perfect for Muggles everywhere.
What about you fellow book-lovers? Do you include books on your Christmas wish list? If so, what books do you hope you'll find under the tree this year?


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We all have encountered the phenomenon of convection. Simply put, hot gases raise against gravity. Like smoke from a lighted candle, a heated broth and the shimmering of air currents over a paved road on a hot day.
Convection is also responsible for the transfer of heat from the core to the surface in a main sequence Star — like our Sun — the flow of water in the water-wall-panels of the steam generator of a coal or gas fired thermal power plant, the winds over the Earth, the currents in the Oceans…the list is endless. This type of convection is called Free or Natural Convection. Let us do a brief introduction on natural convection using an animation and then shall highlight few convection patterns observed in our Sun.
In Natural Convection there is no external force necessary for the movement of the fluid involved in the above examples. The buoyancy force originating from the density difference between the hot fluids/gases (lower density) and the relatively colder surrounding fluids/gases (higher density) is sufficient to cause the movement of the fluids.
Here is a graphic representation of "natural" convection I made some fifteen years back. The vertical temperature difference (with top cold) against the gravity vector acting downward, sets up the buoyancy driven flow of the two highlighted fluid packets.
It would seem from the above explanation that natural convection will be observed in a fluid region even when there is a small temperature gradient. Such sensitive dependence of the initiation of the flow on the temperature gradient is not observed. It is the buoyancy force that causes the fluid packet to move up and down (see animation). For the fluid to convect, this buoyancy force must be more than the combined magnitude of the 'fluid brake' (via viscosity) and 'heat diffusion'. Because, viscosity impedes fluid motion, while heat diffusion results in reduction in local temperature causing a corresponding reduction in the buoyancy force.
This requirement for natural convection is expressed using the Rayleigh Number, a non-dimensional governing ratio of buoyant force divided by the product of the viscous drag and the rate of heat diffusion. It is named after Lord Rayleigh who came up with the explanation for this convection behavior of an enclosed fluid subjected to a temperature differential. Read this write-up for how Rayleigh number governs convection.
Can you guess what would be the order of Rayleigh number for convection pattern observed in the Sun? Around ; 10 raised to 20 and above. For comparison, Rayleigh-Benard type convection rolls that we observe when water is heated on a kitchen stove on Earth, happens just around Ra of order 10 raised to 3.
Natural phenomena abound with such "natural" convection. Here are some natural convection highlights in different regions of the Sun under various circumstances.
1) Solar Dynamo
Convective patterns in a computer simulation of solar convection. Shown is a horizontal surface near the top of the convection zone in a Mollweide projection. Bright colors denote plasma flowing upward and dark colors denote plasma flowing downward.
Convection in a rotating star not only transports energy, it also transports momentum, establishing global circulations and shearing flows. Such mean flows work together with turbulent convection to amplify, organize, and transport magnetic fields, converting kinetic energy to magnetic energy. This is the solar dynamo, where the chain of events that gives rise to space weather begins. More information is available at the High Altitude Observatory webpage.
Once can even think of constructing a convection engine with a propeller that is made to rotate by the convection rolls, but their utility is limited by their inefficiency. Read "Convection Carnot Engine" note [PDF Download] for details on this aspect.
2) Solar Tachocline
Solar Tachocline is the sharp transition region between the differentially rotating convective envelope in the Sun and the uniformly rotating radiative interior.
The solar tachocline is a rotating, stratified, magnetized shear layer and it exhibits a complex array of physical phenomena including turbulent penetrative convection, internal gravity waves, and a variety of MHD instabilities.
When a longitudinal band of magnetic flux is embedded in a region where the rotation rate varies with latitude, the band will tend to tip under certain conditions. The images above show a computer simulation of such a tipping instability. The left image shows the magnetic field after an initially east-west oriented band has tipped, with orange and blue denoting eastward and westward magnetic flux. The center and right panels show the velocity in the longitudinal direction and the vorticity variation associated with the tipping of the bands.
Read more from the source: Solar Convection and Internal Rotation, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory.
3) Sunspot Convection
Here is the latest video from NASA SDO satellite on the formation and traveling of Sun spot clusters.
The video is a summation of two weeks of data, half the rotation of the Sun covering side to side passing of an active region and the movement of sunspots. Observe the spectacular surface view when the video turns the corner towards the end.
Want to know what a sun spot is, read at the Universe Today (Wikipedia hand waves). Want to know about how a sun spot is formed, here is my attempt to explain it simply.
Just as hot air rises against gravitational pull due to buoyancy, plasma made of ionic substance in the Sun also rises from its interior to the surface. When they reach the surface they cool off by releasing heat to space by radiation — a ray of which reaches out in about eight minutes to heat us on Earth. Since these solar plasma don't escape the Sun's gravitational pull, for every local rise of a certain mass of such plasma, some of the relatively cooler plasma near the surface sinks back to the solar interior. This local circulation, as we discussed above, is called Solar Convection. A similar circulation of hot water can be observed inside the vessel on our kitchen stove, but the solar convection renders the Sun with an average surface temperature of 5800 K.. But then, the kitchen convection can do The Boiling Song (do check out that grunge music).
The Sun also emanates strong magnetic fields, the flux lines of which sprout out of the Sun much like it does from the poles of a magnet. When these magnetic flux tubes go through the aforementioned convection region, the magnetic field tangles up inside the charged plasma field to slow down their convection. Due to this slowing down of the upcoming convection column, the already relatively cooled plasma on the surface is prevented from sinking down. In other words, magnetic activity inhibits convection. The cooler region trapped on the Sun surface is our Sun Spot. Here is a close up.
The picture above shows granules and a sunspot in the sun's photosphere, observed on 8 August 2003 by Goran Scharmer and Kai Langhans with the Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope operated by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. This is a dramatic example of turbulent convection patterns in the photosphere of the Sun. By turbulent convection we mean the Rayleigh number that we talked about earlier is higher than 10 raised to 10, which is obviously true in the Sun. Observe the irregular and continuously changing polygonal pattern of bright areas surrounded by darker boundaries. These granules are convection cells with a width of typically 1000 kilometers and a lifetime of only about 10 to 20 minutes.
The above picture source is the excellent web write-up on turbulent convection by Guenter Ahlers.
Although the relatively "cooler" sun spot is also around 5000 K ( can vary between 3500 to 5500 K it seems), the relative temperature difference with the surrounding surface temperature on the Sun (~ 5800 K) is sufficient to contrast these spots as dark, when viewed from afar. The trick is due to radiation heat transfer, which varies ass the fourth power of temperature — an effect that gathers substantial magnitude across a temperature difference of about 1000 K.
On Earth, using controlled (cryogenic) conditions, we have managed to reach Rayleigh numbers of the order of 10 raised to 15. More on such experiments in a separate note.


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"Dirty 30"
For Time:
30 Box Jumps (24/20)
30 Chest to Bar Pull-ups
30 Kettlebell Swings (53/35)
30 Front Squats (115/80)
30 Toes to Bar
30 Push Press (115/80)
30 Deadlifts (115/80)
30 Wall Balls (20/14)
30 Burpees
30 Double Unders
Performing a scaled up version of the classic benchmark workout, "Filthy Fifty". The weight on the barbell should be something that athletes could complete 20+ repetitions unbroken on each when fresh. With 10 different movements in this workout, movement substitutions for certain movement included in the "Teaching" section. The total reps of this workout can be modified on top of modified certain movements.
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Police in Liverpool, northwest England, have launched a murder inquiry after a 12-year-old girl was killed in an assault in the city center Thursday evening.
Merseyside Police said the girl, named as Ava White, had been with friends at the time. The lights on the Christmas tree on Church Street, at the heart of the city's main shopping area, had been switched on shortly beforehand.
Four male suspects, one aged 13, two aged 14 and one aged 15 years, all from the city's Toxteth neighborhood, have been arrested on suspicion of murder.
Officers were called to reports of an assault at about 8.40 p.m. local time, according to a police statement released Friday. They found Ava collapsed on the ground, with a member of the public giving first aid.
"Paramedics attended at the scene and Ava was taken to Alder Hey Children's Hospital, where sadly she died a short time later despite the best efforts of medical staff," the statement said.
Assistant Chief Constable Jon Roy said the Merseyside force's thoughts were with Ava's family.
"Their world has been torn apart and no parent should ever have to face that knock on the door from police officers to say that their child has died," he said.
"We believe that Ava and her friends had been involved in a verbal argument which culminated in Ava being assaulted causing catastrophic injuries."
Roy appealed for anyone who may have seen the incident or even captured it on mobile phone footage to come forward to police. The city center was busy at the time because of the official switching on of the lights, he said.
A number of streets remain cordoned off as forensic officers investigate, police said. Additional officers will be out in the city center in the coming days to provide reassurance to members of the public.
"Ava's death should be a reminder to us all about the part that we each have to play in eliminating violence against women and girls," said Roy.
She died on White Ribbon Day, a global campaign to end violence against women, he added. Earlier that same day, partners from across the city had come together to mark the start of 16 days of activities intended to raise awareness of the issue and show that violence against women and girls would not be tolerated, he said.
Steve Rotheram, metro mayor of the Liverpool City Region, said he was horrified by Ava's death, adding that it was appalling such an attack had taken place on one of the busiest streets in the area on one of the busiest days of the year.
"I am angry today for Ava and her family, for the parents across the region worrying about their children's safety, and angry that such a heinous act should take place here," he tweeted.
Peter Duffy, headteacher of Notre Dame Catholic College, which Ava attended, said she "was an incredibly popular girl with a fantastic group of friends," according to Britain's PA news agency.
"Our deepest thoughts and prayers go out to Ava's family and friends and all those affected by this utterly tragic event," he is quoted as saying. "My staff are working with students to provide all the support they need at this traumatic time."


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Bayview Yacht Clubs 100-Year Milestone
Ten years after it was founded, the Bayview Yacht Club held its first Bayview Mackinac Race with only 12 canvas-sailed wooden boats competing. The year was 1925, and much of the fleet never made it to the finish line off Mackinac Island. But not to worry, as the club persisted in nurturing this Great Lakes distance race into the extraordinary destination sailing experience it is today, with hundreds of boats and thousands of competitors from the Midwest and beyond converging on Lake Huron for the start and celebrating their finish, more than 200 miles later, in the grandest of style on Mackinac Island.
As easy as it is to measure a sailing organizations success by such a remarkable achievement as the Bayview Mackinac Race (now famously sponsored by Bells Beer), the reality is that the scale and distinctiveness of this event, due for its 91st annual running this July, is merely a microcosm of the larger world of its host Bayview Yacht Club, which in 2015 joins the heralded ranks of yacht clubs with a 100-year history.
"In 1915, at the hands of four gentlemen, a small yacht club took shape in a three-story tin boathouse on Motor Boat Lane," said Commodore Hanson Bratton. "Now, in its Centennial year, Bayview Yacht Club has over 1,000 members, including world-renowned racers and leaders in the sport, and a 5,000 square foot Shrine of Nautical Culture as its clubhouse on Clairpointe Street (no. 100 for those who like coincidences), just minutes from downtown Detroit."
The Bayview Yacht Club then (1915) on Motor Boat Lane, as depicted in a
painting currently hanging in the clubhouse, and now (2015) on the
edge of the Detroit River. (credit Bayview Yacht Club/Martin Chumiecki)
The "View" in Bayview is from the edge of the Detroit River at the mouth of Lake St. Clair and commands a sweeping panorama of islands, the cityscape of Detroit and the shore of nearby Canada. The club itself is one for all seasons: legendary for the sailing scene that sets the standard in Michigan, an acclaimed junior sailing program and regattas both one-off and re-occurring like the Bells Beer Bayview Mackinac Race that cement its national stature and continually draw devoted members as well as participants.
Among those carrying the torch for Bayview Yacht Club as he sails the world is member Stu Argo, Jr. "Ive been involved with seven Americas Cup teams and locally with four Canadas Cup teams, and Ive been fortunate to win at least one of each of those," he said. "Through the junior sailing program here and then in bigger boats on Saturday and in Mackinac races, you learn how to do things right. Its the character of people around here to teach you the right way to do things."
In many ways, Argos thoughts reflect the fortitude of the clubs founders and followers in preserving the clubs basic tenants, which as written in its history books are "development of sailors; preservation of the finest traditions of the sea; continuance of that finer class of sportsmanship, which seems born largely of the sea and sea-minded; and development of sailing vessels, which add fresh glory to the most daring and romantic of all sports."
(left) Sailing on the Detroit River off the Bayview Yacht Club; (right) Sailors crowd
the docks at Bayview Yacht Club in preparation for one of the clubs
many seasonal regattas. (Photo credit Bayview Yacht Club/Martin Chumiecki)
Practicing what it preaches, Bayview Yacht Club won the Canadas Cup a cross-border match racing challenge first held in 1896 and with a format similar to the Americas Cup four times (1972, 1975, 1988 and 1994) and is unmatched in being either the challenger or defender over eight consecutive Canadas Cup competitions. It was one of the first yacht clubs to create a womens invitational regatta, and now its Detroit Cup is a revered Category 2 Match Racing event that hosts champion women sailors from around the world, while its point-to-point WOW (Women on the Water) Regatta is in its 11th year. After 19 years of hosting the NOOD Regatta, Bayview Yacht took over the reins of that successful event to run it (for the fourth time this year) as the Bayview One-Design Regatta. And as expected, the club hosts a full slate of club, local and regional events, including a blessing of its fleet in early June.
(left) One of the coveted trophies for the 91st Bells Beer Bayview Mackinac Race;
(right) Fred Kregers team aboard Grizzly.
(Photo credit Bayview Yacht Club/Martin Chumiecki)
Fred Kreger, who has been a BYC member since 1964, epitomizes what being a sailor at Bayview Yacht Club means. "I race two to three times week, and Im at the club five days a week in the summertime. If theres a race I do it."
Now in his 90s, he has won the Bayview Mackinac Race 15-18 times and recalled sailing with Henry Burkards famously successful Meteor, a 32 footer, for 27 years. "The first 10 years we sailed, we came back with a flag (for first, second or third) from each of the Macs." Kreger also competed aboard a Formula 60 trimaran, a 50 footer, an 80 footer and a 36 footer during his Mac career. "After my 50th time (2001), I skipped the next year, but then I decided to go back because it was no fun to stop. I dont know why I stopped."
Impressively, Kreger has a total of 62 Bayview Mackinac Races and 46 Chicago Mackinac Races (another popular distance race held on Lake Michigan) under his sailing belt, making him one of only 32 "Double Old Goats" (completing 25 or more of each of the races) and, more scarce, one of 13 "Grand Rams" (completing 50 or more Bayview Macs).
"Theres a lot of track; I have no idea how much Ive run," he said jokingly before nonchalantly adding that he also has been with four Canadas Cup campaigns, completed 24 SORCs and currently handles foredeck aboard the Beneteau 36.7 Grizzly.
"The club hasnt changed much over the years; like any place its the people that make it special," said Kreger. "Bayview is the sailing club around here, so if you are going to sail, this is where you have to sail from. Our 100th anniversary is a great occasion for us, and were looking forward to another 100 years."
Bayview Yacht Club will host the following major regattas in 2015
4th Annual Bayview One Design Regatta - May 28 - 31
91st Bells Beer Bayview Mackinac Race - July 18 start
11th Annual Women on the Water (WOW) Regatta - July 31 - August 1
Tartan Ten North American Championship - August 13 - 16
Detroit Cup Category 2 Match Racing event in BYC Ultimate 20s - August 27 - 30
Beneteau First 36.7 North American Championships - September 1-13
More About Bayview Yacht Clubs
For background on the Bayview Yacht club visit www.byc.com and its history page at http://www.byc.com/files/history_75_years_of_glory.pdf
Bells Beer Bayview Mackinac Quicklinks:
Roster with hometowns (sortable by hometown)
Event website
Facebook Page
Follow via Twitter
Online Race Tracking


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Yesterday afternoon (Sunday) my internet suddenly stopped working. It wasn't too big a deal since I try steer clear of the computer on Sundays and I had a very busy day anyway. I figured it would come back on and if not, then I could call the company first thing Monday morning. Sure enough, this morning, no connection. It's happened before, and when I've called there have been a variety of problems. Sometimes it's a wrong setting on my computer. One time I was told that one of their customers had been visiting 'bad' websites so the PSB had ordered them to shut things down. They told me to be patient, that they were negotiating with the PSB to get back online. Sure enough, the next day it was up again.
When I called this morning, they told me that new cables were being installed in the area, so lots of people were without service. They apologized and said that it would most likely be up sometime in the afternoon. No problem.
After lunch with a friend at a nearby KFC, we were walking back to my place down a leafy street in my neighborhood. On the sidewalk up ahead sat a guy with a funny contraption. Whatever was he doing? I noticed that the truck parked in the street beside him said "electrical engineering truck." Hmmm. As we got closer to the man, I noticed that he was working with a giant cable, and I also noticed a man up the pole working with a cable. Hmmmmm. I stopped. "Are those internet cables?" I asked. He smiled and said YES! "Is this the reason my internet isn't working today. Again he smiled and said YES! "How much longer, " I pressed. "We're almost done," he said, again with a big smile (I think he was amused by the talking foreigner).
Sure enough, within 10 minutes after getting home, my internet was up and running.