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The following information and links may be useful in preparing for the AP Chemistry exam.
Exam Date: Thursday, May 9th at 8 am!
Collegeboard page for the AP Chemistry exam.
The following review books have been recommended by many AP Chemistry teachers across the country.
5 Steps to a 5 and Cracking the AP Chemistry Exam both include content review and practice test materials. AP Chemistry Crash Course contains mainly brief overviews of all the topics covered throughout the year. All three are great resources, as are other a number of other AP review books.
Note: The AP Chemistry exam was redesigned in 2013. Please make sure review books are printed AFTER 2013 to account for changes in AP curriculum.
This site has many chemistry drills, sorted by topic. Feel free to try these to practice specific concepts!
Here is a PowerPoint created by 30+ AP Chemistry teachers that covers all 6 big ideas outlined by the AP curriculum. It is LENGTHY and we will be using this in the optional outside-of-class review sessions!
These and other review materials can be found in our Google Classroom page! Look for the "AP Exam Review" topic.


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Next time you get stuck in a weird conversation that you desperately want to exit, look no further than the presidential debate transcripts. That's what one 22-year-old girl from Canada did, and it turned out to be absolutely hilarious.
Cassandra, who describes herself as an "emo witch" and is known as cassbwell on social media, had been going on dates with this dude for a while when he started becoming clingy. Their conversation started off decently, but the guy quickly began to reek of desperation.
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"How many other guys are you talking to? Haha," the guy asked.
"We never said we were exclusive," Cassandra fired back. She then proceeded to deliver a Trump-esque speech about ISIS, one that nearly matched word-for-word the answer that Trump gave Anderson Cooper when asked about sexual assault.
"Yes, I'm talking to other men and I'm very embarrassed by it," Cassandra eventually admits, before wrapping up the message with a promise to "knock the hell out of ISIS."
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According to Cassandra – whose tweet about the anti-terrorist breakup text went viral – she kept channeling her inner Donald Trump until the creeper just stopped responding. While she does not support Trump, Cassandra can certainly be thankful that he helped her out of that awkward situation.


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iHigh is a public high school within San Diego Unified School District. There is no cost for students who live within San Diego Unified District boundaries. Fulltime students from other SanDiego county school districts may attend free of charge by completing an Interdistrict transfer form. iHigh staff are available to assist with any questions. iHigh offers an innovative, WASC-accredited, college-prep, blended/online independent study program for fulltime students who live in San Diego County (or adjacent counties). For more information, please browse our web site (www.sandi.net/ihigh) or email Principal Vicki Conway at email@example.com. Informational meetings and campus tours are available by appointment.


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As social media outlets become more and more popular and frequently used, some organizations have begun adopting and encouraging the use of these networking tools at work. They can provide value in a number of ways, including:
allowing employees to update one another on work accomplishments
facilitating sharing of useful resources or current events that apply to their work
enabling easy connecting/communicating
fostering interaction between co-workers and the leaders of their organization
All of these things can have an impact on the organization's culture and employees' levels of engagement and satisfaction. The more connected employees feel they are to their co-workers and managers, the more likely they will feel connected to their organization, as well. We know that having engaged employees is associated with a number of positive organizational outcomes. For example, the more engaged employees are the less likely they are to turnover. Therefore, it is possible that those who are more engaged in social networking at work may also be less likely to leave the organization. This is a positive outcome, especially when those highly valuable employees and leaders stick around.
At Select International, we recently conducted a validation study where one of the criteria of interest was the use of an internal social networking system at a large national retail organization. This system is similar to a Yammer or Facebook platform in that you can post content, reply to posts made by others, join groups, follow others, and be followed by others. It was expected that strong relationships between the assessment and these social networking variables would not be found. The reason being that the purpose of the assessment is not to predict how active someone is in social networking, but rather to predict actual job performance. Therefore, we were surprised by the results that were revealed. It turns out that, for this sample, which consisted primarily of high-level leadership positions, the assessment was related to a number of the criteria mentioned above.
See below for a summary of some of the results:
Note. N=203. †Significant at P<.001, ** Significant at p<.01, * Significant at p<.05
It is clear from the results presented here that the overall assessment score is significantly related to all of the internal social networking usage variables. Specifically:
Higher scores on the assessment are associated with more posts and replies, being a member of more groups, following more people, and being followed by more people than low scores on the assessment.
Interestingly, the relationship between assessment score and being followed by others is stronger than the relationship between the assessment score and following others.
This means that while high-scoring individuals are more likely to be following others than their low-scoring counterparts, they are even more likely to be followed by other people than those who score low on the test.
See a visual of the average number of followers by each scoring category below:
Some key takeaways include:
High-scoring individuals (those in the above average group) have 6 times as many followers as the low-scoring individuals (below average group).
We also know that high-scoring individuals are highly valued by the organization which is reflected in the strong relationship we observed between the overall assessment score and number of promotions (r = .40, p<.001). That is, high-scoring candidates are being promoted at a higher rate than low-scoring candidates.
These results indicate that others seem to be aware of how influential someone is within the organization because they are much more likely to be following the high scorers, despite there being fewer high-scoring individuals to begin with.
The takeaway here is that while assessments are designed to predict job performance, they can also be beneficial to determine who will be most likely to engage in activities that foster communication and collaboration in the workplace. These things, as previously mentioned, have even more impactful results down the road. If you want to hire leaders that interact and engage with their subordinates and other employees, you can use an assessment to measure the traits that are most related to these behaviors. Just ask us how!
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Mercy Fort Smith announces the following births:
Hannah Needham of Paris, a girl, April 30.
Sarah and David Dobbins of Altus, a boy, April 30.
Janessa and Jake Cantrell of Stigler, a boy, April 30.
Amy Smith of Magazine, a girl, April 30.
Courtney and Jacob Sharum of Cedarville, a boy, April 30.
Amanda Davis of Fort Smith, a boy, April 30.
Staci and Jerry Summers of Greenwood, a boy, April 30.
Christina and Ryan Lairamore of Pocola, a girl, April 30.
Shiloh and Landon Powers of Muldrow, a girl, April 30.
Kylie Irvin and Austin Poindexter of Sallisaw, a girl, April 30.
Samantha Silva and Kevin Petty of Muldrow, a girl, April 30.
Jessica Moore of Greenwood, a girl, May 1.
Sarah Cox of Fort Smith, a girl, May 1.
Sarah Bull of Hackett, a girl, May 1.
Michaiah Tompkins and Drake Spencer of Greenwood, a boy, May 1.
Kaitlyn and Hunter Wilson of Paris, a boy, May 1.
Tyler and Jesse Valencia of Dyer, a boy, May 2.
Lilly Dobbs of Fort Smith, a boy, May 2.
Carlena Montano Gomez and Julio Gomez of Fort Smith, a girl, May 2.
Lacresha Harrison of Vian, a boy, May 2.
Emily and Jacob Hendershot of Greenwood, a girl, May 2.
Sarah and Travis Michael of Fort Smith, a boy, May 2.
Kriket Ellison of Van Buren, a boy, May 3.
Tommie Chambers and Derek Bates of Ratcliff, a boy, May 3.
Mikalah Morriss of Alma, a girl, May 3.
Lauren and Lee Denton of Van Buren, a girl, May 3.
Tiffani Brake of Alma, a boy, May 3.
Mary and Deverick Fimpel of Arkoma, a boy, May 3.
Kellie Richards and Austin Winterberg of Van Buren, a girl, May 3.
Sierra and Brent Bryant of Fort Smith, twins, a boy and girl, May 4.
Suzanne and Caleb Yerton of Fort Smith, a girl, May 6.
Gloria Tiscareno and Hugo Cerritos of Fort Smith, a girl, May 6.
Kelsea and Kelby Dugger of Fort Smith, a boy, May 6.
Sydney Williamson of Fort Smith, a girl, May 6.
Erica and Andrew Schmalz of Huntington, a boy, May 6.
The Sebastian County Clerk's office issued the following marriage licenses:
Joel Southern, 31, and Shelly Howard, 33, both of Fort Smith.
Elijah Roberts, 21, and Hannah Jenkins, 22, both of Fort Smith.
James Loftin, 54, and Paula Elliott, 55, both of Eufaula, Okla.
David Stacey Jr., 23, and Daria Butler, 19, both of Fort Smith.
John Shelly Jr., 46, and Tonya McCoy, 44, both of Van Buren.
Sean Slankard, 22, and Jessica McCool, 21, both of Fort Smith.
Wilson Sanders, 27, and Alyssa Elliott, 21, both of Greenwood.
Seth Anderson, 27, and Samantha Latham, 29, Fort Smith.
Thomas Schuster, 29, and Christina Sole, 27, both of Fort Smith.
Kenneth Cole, 53, and Sharon Patton, 59, both of Fort Smith.
Emanuell Franklin, 38, and Donna Bell, 52, both of Fort Smith.
Jerry Lone, 60, and Debra Mayo, 58, both of Fort Gibson, Okla.
Jose Ramirez, 37, and Jazmine Guardado, 25, both of Fort Smith.
Austin Greer, 27, and Olivia McClure, 22, both of Greenwood.
Daniel Thomas, 22, and Kyrene Macedo, 21, both of Fort Smith.
Jose Hernandez, 29, and Dolores Ortega, 26, both of Fort Smith.
Waheed Akhter, 40, and Presley Lauren Slover, 20, both of Muskogee, Okla.
Gary Lynn Mader, 48, and Mai Lam, 36, both of Fort Smith.
Evan Smith, 27, of Mansfield and Laura Kordsmeier, 28, of Benton.
Joe Force, 58, and Jennifer McFarland, 45, both of Fort Smith.
Michael Sellers, 60, and Tamara Sherrill, 50, both of Fort Smith.
Chance Thompson, 28, and Cheyenne Tallant, 24, both of Howe.
Roberto Merino, 48, and Jacquelin Rivas, 29, both of Fort Smith.
Tige Ustick, 47, and Rebecca Lawson, 43, both of Lavaca.
Gary Thomas, 36, and Amy Harris, 39, both of Heavener.
Matthew Dodson, 38, and Jennifer Mader, 43, both of Fort Smith.
Andres Gomez, 21, and Nayeli Aguirre, 33, both of Fort Smith.
Eric Blythe, 31, of Fort Smith and Lauren Foran, 30, of Greenwood.
Rodger McGuire, 23, and Kaytlyn Joiner, 23, both of Fort Smith.
Shawn Gorsuch, 32, and Erica Dreadfulwater, 40, both of Muskogee, Okla.
Justin Williams, 20, of Lavaca and Haley Gipson, 19, of Greenwood.
Seth Harris, 22, and Emily Canada, 19, both of Fort Smith.
Austin Bridges, 25, and Sarah Didion, 24, both of Oklahoma City.
Bobby Cox, 24, and Rachel Hartsfield, 20, both of Hartford.
Skyler Mermer, 23, and Meredith Melton, 21, both of Fort Smith.
The Crawford County Clerk's office issued the following marriage licenses:
Jackie Aldridge, 33, and Rebecca Richmeier, 33, both of Mulberry.
Robert Rhodes, 32, and Elise Yarbrough, 35, both of Van Buren.
Exsteven Scott, 20, and Janene Simeonoff, 20, both of Van Buren.
Michael Beyerle, 24, and Brandy Shepherd, 26, both of Van Buren.
Jeremy Moore, 48, and Samantha Sherman, 32, both of Cushing, Okla.
Stephen Workman, 38, and Mallory Pinkerton, 31, both of Rudy.
Kevin Dugan, 49, and Trina Young, 47, both of Van Buren.
John Marston, 49, and Michelle Hill, 49, both of Rudy.


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Inadequate drainage
05 Dec 2017
Residents have complained about the continuous flooding issue at the underpass on the corner of Wurundjeri Way and Dudley St.
NewQuay resident Tim Chan said heavy rain would often cause flooding at the underpass, damaging cars and closing off roads.
He said after a storm on November 17, a car was stuck at the underpass and three of the four lanes going into Docklands Drive were unusable due to flooding.
"It's annoying to see that the infrastructure in Melbourne isn't coping with the weather conditions," he said. "Seems like the drainage system isn't well-planned for the sudden amount of rain that comes and goes."
A small layer of water would be formed from very little rain and it would take from up to two hours for it to drain away, Mr Chan said.
The City of Melbourne acknowledged Dudley St, managed by VicRoads, often experienced short-term flooding due to an out-dated drainage system, despite upgrade works in 2011.
Three pumps built during the early development of Docklands discharge stormwater to Moonee Ponds Creek.
A council spokesperson said the Dudley St underpass was the lowest point of a densely developed 124 hectare catchment area, hence water could easily accumulate at the location.
"This low gradient means that storm water from the low point in Dudley St flows at a slower rate towards the pump station located at the end of Docklands Drive. During intense storm events this causes the storm water to back up."
"Tidal storm surges in Moonee Ponds Creek also contribute to localised flooding around the Dudley St underpass," the council spokesperson said.
Fatima Mahamed, VicRoads' metro north west operations director, said: "The Dudley St underpass often floods following heavy rain, but we monitor it closely and respond by closing the road when necessary."
"It's important that everyone on the roads takes extreme care during and following heavy rain and this includes not walking, riding or driving through flood waters."
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210 McFarlane Dr. • Lander, WY 82520
Phone: 307-332-2511 • Toll Free: 800-624-1974
Holiday Lodge is located next to McDonalds at the junction of 287 & 789 on McFarlane Dr.
When you're on your way to visit the great sites of the West, be it Yellowstone, Grand Teton National Park, or one of the many other great places in Wyoming, but it's just a bit far to go and the day is waning, come and stay with us at the Holiday Lodge in Lander, Wyoming.
We are proud to say that, for the past 20 years, our motel has been family-owned and operated. We offer you the things you remember from the old days: clean, cozy rooms, friendly faces, and old-fashioned hospitality.
Many of our rooms face the Popo Agie River, which runs right behind the motel, next to our riverfront camping and picnic grounds. You have a choice of non-smoking or smoking rooms, and king or queen sized beds. All rooms have expanded cable TV, direct dial phones, microwaves and refrigerators. Enjoy a soak in our hot tub, and then a good night's sleep.
When you wake up in the morning (we have automated wake up calls if you need an early start) we offer a continental breakfast for you featuring Folger's Columbian coffee, Welch's juice, Celestial Seasoning herbal teas, and pastries from Cloverhill Bakery. Enjoy a cup of coffee before you hit the road to the wonders of Wyoming.
Whether you are pulling a small trailer, car/truck camping or touring on a bicycle, we have a convenient camping spot for you and your family. Our camping spots are situated along the Popo Agie River and are a short walk to downtown Lander. There are picnic tables at each site.


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On November 1, 2018, the USA Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) implemented an Interim Enforcement Policy allowing reduced testing for mattress pads which are subject to 16 CFR 1632 – Standard for the Flammability of Mattresses and Mattress Pads due to a shortage of standard reference material (SRM) cigarettes.
The CPSC has recently learned that the inventory of SRM 1196 cigarettes, which is specified by the Standard as the ignition source for flammability testing of mattresses and mattress pads, is critically low, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) does not have a source to produce new SRM 1196 cigarettes and is looking for a new producer.
As a result of the shortage of SRM cigarettes, the new interim enforcement policy for mattress pads will allow mattress pad manufacturers o reduce testing from six mattress pad surfaces to two mattress pad surfaces for each new prototype that is tested to the Standard. A prototype will be accepted if the char lengths of the 18 individual cigarettes are not more than 2 inches in any direction from the nearest point of the cigarette on two mattress pad surfaces. The mattress pads must be tested to the bare surface unopened packages of SRM cigarettes for each series of tests. Relaxing this requirement will allow partial packs of SRM cigarettes to be used when conducting the tests.
The new interim enforcement policy for mattress pads became effective on November 1, 2018, and will remain effective until further notice.


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Antique English Victorian Pink Vaseline Glass Epergne
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A most attractive Mid 19th Century Antique English Victorian Pink Vaseline Glass Epergne, comprising four frilled flutes, each with applied trailing decoration, rising from a scallop edged round tray. Epergnes can be used to great effect as table decorations, filled with fresh flowers in the Victorian manner, the tray laden with bon-bons or soft fruits, these lovely old pieces are certain to enhance the dining table of the most fastidious hostess.
Height ~ 48.90 cm. / 19.25 inches ~ Width overall ~ 25.40 cm. / 10.00 inches ~ Diameter of Tray ~ 25.40 cm. / 10.00 inches ~ Year ~ Circa 1860.
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Still Waiting For Some Shared Sacrifice
April 18th, 2011at 08:08am Posted by Eli
"Shared sacrifice" is the favorite buzzword of all the Very Serious Budget Talkers in DC, but no one has yet explained what exactly it is that the wealthy or the corporations (i.e., the ones with all the money) will be sacrificing.
There's a South Park episode where the boys adopt a poor African child they nickname "Starvin' Marvin", and in one scene Cartman (who is clearly not wanting in the food department) keeps trying to steal Marvin's food. One of the other boys scolds him and reminds him that they're supposed to be sharing with Marvin. Cartman continues trying to steal Marvin's food, only now he calls it "sharing".
That's pretty much where we are in the budget debate: The have-mores are taking from the have-nots and calling it "sharing". And the only difference between Republicans and Democrats is a matter of degree.
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Brand experience
Much has been written, spoken regarding a companies brand. The term brand came into fashion, almost faded away, and came back. What exactly is a brand? And how do you get one? After 18 years helping companies create, extend and innovate on their brands we have gathered some information that may help you examine your next steps in brand creation.
First its about your company
A brand is you, your company and your staff. Each and every company has an interesting story to tell. How they began, or where they are going. The essence of every brand is being able to portray this story in a unique way.
Getting behind a logo or mark
A logo (from the greek word logos meaning the word) is a symbol. A symbol of your story. Since recorded history a mark of some sort has represented everything. Why you may ask? Because we are visual creatures. We interpret things through pictures, symbols and marks. The alphabet is at its base level 26 pictures that have sounds attached to them.
Your logo or mark should represent your story, it should be compelling and have a reason for looking the way that it does. Having a story behind a mark makes it more memorable, interesting and compelling.
It doesn't end online
Far too much emphasis is placed online. A website is one part of your story or brand. Granted it is fast becoming the most accessible part of your company, but the brand only begins here. Your website should begin to tell the story and your other marketing materials such as brochures, presentations even business cards should extend your story into the physical dimension.
Your competition
Websites are all beginning to look the same. In some part the medium drives a certain level of sameness. There are certain base rules to be followed for a number of reasons such as readability and information architecture. While this may be so there are a number of sites that continue to look the same. This is due to the copy factor. My competition's site has this navigation item on it so we need one, or i really like the way my competition speaks about this area of the business. By trying to one up the competition we end up making ourselves just like them. In a sense we steal their story and try to make it our own.
Walk away with this
Think about what makes your company unique. It could be small. Use that to build a story. Find a designer and let them explore your story, let them do their job and come up with something that tells that story. Stop telling designers I like this logo, or this shape and I think it should look like this. Or my wife doesn't like it. (I heard that recently) Nothing can kill creativity more.


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FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas – A Katy man has been convicted of driving while intoxicated, a jury determined after deliberating for 30 minutes, officials said Monday.
Jeffrey Boyd Moore, 61, was found disoriented in his wrecked car on the morning of Oct. 10, 2015, according to a news release from the Fort Bend County District Attorney's Office.
A jury convicted him Thursday.
On the night of the wreck, Moore left Southland Bar in Old Katy and made it about six blocks before he blacked out behind the wheel, jumped a curb and drove onto the median before hitting a tree, Assistant District Attorney Charann Thompson said.
Moore sat in the car until an officer with the Katy Police Department found him and helped him out of the vehicle, Thompson said.
The officer smelled alcohol on Moore, but Moore refused to let the officer evaluate his driving abilities. Moore also wouldn't give a breath or blood sample.
Driving while intoxicated in this case is a Class B misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of up to $2,000 or up to 180 days in jail, the news release said.
Moore will be on probation for one year, and he will pay a $500 fine and serve 48 hours of community service. Moore was also ordered to attend and complete a DWI education class and victim impact panel, officials said.


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Week 9 NFL DFS: 5 Starts and 5 Fades
Week 9 NFL DFS
The 2017 NFL season is going by quickly. It's already Week 9, putting us past the official halfway mark of the fantasy football season. The NFL has been particularly crazy this year with a multitude of fantasy relevant players injured and forgotten. Also, the NFL doesn't have any truly dominant teams. That's led to a high week to week variance in results. Week 9 in particular is unique because it gives us six teams on bye: the Patriots, Steelers, Chargers, Vikings, Browns, and Bears. Some of the premier fantasy football talent isn't available to us on the main slates of our DFS contests this week. These players include stars such as Tom Brady, Rob Gronkowski, Antonio Brown and Le'Veon Bell. A smaller slate of games makes it harder to find value, and will draw ownerships to a few specific players in good spots.
This article will be focused on showing you some of the better plays to put into your lineups on the week 9 slate of NFL games. Then, I will show you which players to keep out of your lineup to avoid those duds that keep you from cashing. During this article you will often see references to DVOA (Defense-adjusted Value Over Average) a metric from Football Outsiders that measures a team or players efficiency by comparing results from every play to a league average based on situation and opponent. For example, if an offense runs for 4 yards on a 3rd and 3, it will be weighted and graded more favorably than if an offense runs for 4 yards on 3rd and 15. DVOA is a better way to compare teams offenses vs opposing defenses than more traditional stats like yards gained and allowed.


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8 cm x 5 cm ( 3.1" x 1.9" )
This tag is handmade in Brisbane, Australia. It is made of a cream/white earthenware clay and has a gloss glaze on the front, with text in a washed brown. The tag has a ribbon for hanging or tying.
Please note : this is a handmade item and any imperfections are part of the beauty that is the handmade. Each piece goes through over nine processes until finished.
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15 Top Tips To Deliver the ULTIMATE Customer Experience
1. Put your customers' needs FIRST
Look, your customers are demanding. They don't want to wait around to talk to you, and they certainly don't expect to be limited on how they can contact you. They want flexibility and omnichannel availability. It's up to you to meet those needs.
Your customers need to be able to choose a preferred communication channel – and switch between channels – at will. Your agents must therefore be able to pivot channels, seamlessly.
2. Context is Key:
Don't make your customers reiterate their problems. They don't want to keep re-hashing their issues/asking the same questions. Think about the quality of experience and ensure your agents have full interaction history – giving them the context they need to respond to situations in the most empathetic and effective way.
3. Make Your Agents' Lives Easier
Typically, agents are wasting 14% of their time looking for information about the customer they're serving. Often, this is because the on-premise contact centre solution for the voice element requires individual, disconnected user interfaces for each of the additional channels. Nightmare, right?
When their tools are disconnected, agents, customers and contact centre managers all suffer. It's inefficient and hard to find the context needed for interactions.
4. Enable a Unified Experience
How can you integrate all of your critical tools? Automatic call distributor (ACD), computer telephony integration (CTI), and interactive voice response (IVR) should all be available in one solution.
Make them natively connect to your CRM system, helpdesk tickets, call script generators and other systems. Your satisfaction scores will stay low unless you can empower your agents and enable the right processes through your technology.
We get it. It's hard to track interactions and agent performance. Your contact centre is collecting massive amounts of data every time you engage with a customer. Accessing a unified view of what's happening is tough, but ultimately essential if you want to decrease attrition rates, improve agent performance, influence business outcomes and create positive customer experiences.
Think about integrating your technology to enable near-time data refresh, real-time reporting and historical data. Seek out solutions that can offer you incredibly accurate information around real-time queue events and agent status.
Typically, the contact centre is the main point of contact with your organisation for your customers. That's why it's so critical to monitor and improve your agent performance. It's easy for us to say, but how do you actually do this? It's nearly impossible using spreadsheets or legacy platforms.
8. Capture the Agent & Customer Experience Across the Contact Centre
Supervisors need to monitor, evaluate, and improve the quality of the customer experience by documenting customer interactions and accurately evaluating agent activity. Ensuring agents adhere to internal policies and procedures to deliver the best possible experiences is essential.
Integrating quality management (or Workforce Optimisation/WFO) into your contact centre solution can help you to unlock insights into customer responses to automated support and agent-assisted services. You're free to make informed process changes, train your agents more effectively and deliver real-time feedback.
Automating the tedious processes wherever possible leaves you free to spend less time on routine tasks and more time delivering the better customer experience.
Tools like an intelligent routing system can send your customers to the right agents equipped with the right resources. Implementing intelligent routing could improve first-call resolution rates, reduce the number of times customers are transferred and decrease the time both agents and customers spend on the phone to resolve the issue.
Increase the efficiency of interactions without tying up your agents. Handing initial discussions to an automated bot could help your business to collect and pass along information about customers and issues to a live agent. Getting a bot to help with simple tasks like resetting passwords would help your agents spend their time and energy where it's needed most.
Virtualized contact centres can achieve a 92% saving versus a premise-based model, according to a report from Datamonitor. Whether you need to scale up for seasonality or down because you are driving customers toward self-service options, ensure your needs are supported. Help your workforce to work anywhere, anytime, and offer 24/7/365 service cost-effectively, by moving to a cloud-based solution.
While your people and processed are undeniably an essential part of the formula, the technology you use to enable them is critical to your ability to deliver a great customer experience. By giving your agents the right tools, you can keep them productive and efficient, resulting in higher retention rates and business growth.
15. Keep Things Simple
Ultimately, your customer experience needs to be simple. The world's most passionate, customer-focused brands achieve better interactions, deeper insights and more meaningful outcomes with cloud contact centre solutions.
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Choosing Brand Traits
5 Minute Read
Kyler Nixon
A few weeks ago, I visited a company website while doing research for a client in their industry. The homepage was stoic, cold, and professional. For the industry they were in, I didn't think much of it.
I then went to the "About Us" page, which was a completely different experience. They had super fun staff photos, cheeky language, and seemed to be a totally different company.
I realized that these two pages were probably created at different times and by different people, both projecting their interpretations of how they perceived the company. Neither were right or wrong… they were just different.
The problem is, having competing or different brand traits can be confusing to customers because you're sending a different message on every page. On one, you say, "we're professional" and on the other you say, "we're fun and quirky."
If your website or marketing collateral feels a bit disjointed like this, it might be time to create brand traits for your organization. This 3-step quick overview of the process that I take my clients through and I've seen it help create consistency and a visual brand that matches who they really are.
Step 1: Choose 3 Traits
The first step to choosing brand traits is to sit down with your key players and talk through some traits that might describe your brand. Here is a list of some basic ones to get your started:
- Professional or casual?
- Boring or fun?
- Quiet or bold?
- Stylish or classic?
- Personal or distant?
- Rigid or flexible?
- Young or mature?
- Charming or cheeky?
None of these are right are wrong. I want to express that up front. It's not wrong if your brand is professional, quiet, and mature. If that's what your audience is looking for, and it's who you are as a company, go for it! The goal of this exercise is to create consistency.
When you start choosing your traits, I want you to come to the table with a "no bad ideas" policy. Let everyone throw out any trait about your company that comes to mind. A couple guidelines here, though: they have to be a common word that people understand and they should describe your brand (an adjective rather than a verb or a noun).
After you've created a long list, narrow it down to your top three.
For our fake company, let's choose the following traits: authentic, fun, and personal.
Step 2: Create Trait Descriptions
After you've nailed down your traits, you should create simple, one sentence phrases that describe the traits. For example, if one of our traits is "bold," we might say, "We're not afraid to dream big and take risks."
I try to avoid using the actual word itself in the description and use common language here as well. These descriptions may even come from your core values and could be used to cast vision to your organization.
For our fake company, here are our descriptions:
Authentic: We're real about our stories – we don't sugarcoat it.
Fun: We don't take ourselves too seriously.
Personal: We speak more about our customers than ourselves.
Step 3: Create Dos & Don'ts
Okay. We have our traits and our descriptions. Are you starting to see how you can use this for your organization? For the third and final step, we want to identify how we're going to use these traits AND how we're not.
Not only is this helpful for you as the creator of your brand traits, it's also helpful for any contractors, new employees, or really anyone who comes in contact with your brand. These dos and don'ts are the "bumpers" for your brand.
Here are the dos and don'ts for our fake company.
Authentic: We're real about our stories – we don't sugarcoat it.
- Do: We share our story, we speak clearly, we engage our customers online
- Don't: We don't use insider or confusing language
Fun: We don't take ourselves too seriously.
- Do: We make appropriate jokes, reference culture, use a little sarcasm
- Don't: We don't use too much slang, lose sight of the mission, or make inside jokes
Personal: We speak more about our customers than ourselves
- Do: We use pronouns like "you/yours," and cheer for our customers
- Don't: We don't isolate people or forget about their needs and wants.
There you have it! It's really that easy. Those brand traits can be thrown into a word document and shared with stakeholders in your organization to help you cast vision and get to the heart of what your organization is all about.
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Oh Canadaaaaaa!!!!
We have another AMAZING piece of news for you guys!
Here's a small hint - The Boxtones Canucks are celebrating their heritage and revelling in this cool announcement!
You may be aware that a rather famous Canadian shall be visiting our shores, guitar in hand and ready to croon his little face off to the Dubai Massive! He's probably going to "Run to You" and has been quoted as saying "I Do It For You' which just goes to prove that his music comes "Straight from The Heart" and is "All for Love". If you can get hold of some tickets then "Let's Make this a Night to Remember" because you're sure to be on "Cloud Number 9" when he hits the stage. Ok sorry I'll stop now, although it's so hard because I "Can't Stop This Thing We Started"!
Yes, yes that's enough! I know!
So if you didn't know, you do now. Mr Bryan Adams is in da house and The Boxtones will be there to welcome him through the door!
We've done it again folks and snagged an awesome gig opening for Mr. Adams on the 9th of March 2017. Get your tickets as it's going to be an epic gig at Dubai Autism Rocks Arena. We are so excited about this one and can't wait to play alongside another great musical icon. We really feel privileged and the Canadian Boxtones are proud to host their fellow countryman on the big stage!
Now talking of icons, we are bursting at the seams to tell you where we were last Tuesday. You will no doubt be aware that the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships ran from the 27th of February right up until the 4th of March. And as a result we found ourselves entertaining some of the world's greatest tennis stars, including fellow Scot and World Champion Andy Murray. We mingled with legends such as Roger Federer, Stan Wawrinka, Gael Monfils, Thomas Berdych and Malek Jaziri amongst others and managed to bag a much-coveted photo with the man of the game himself. Since my mother is somewhat obsessed with Mr. Murray I felt it my daughterly duty to ensure I had a picture and a chat with her very favourite Tennis champ. It was a brilliant star-studded night and we had the best time sipping bubbles with the elites of tennis. It was definitely a night we won't forget in a hurry.
Lastly, in between all that hobnobbing we managed to turn a 2-day Boxtones work trip to Oman in to a rare day of down time. Both Pat and I left the other half of the sleepy-Tones and went off exploring Muscat Palace, Fort and Port and we have to say to anyone planning a trip, just go. What an incredible place full of mountains, smiley faces and greenery. The pace there is definitely more relaxed and if you need anymore proof of that then here is our lovely workaholic Mr. Gary Tierney actually donning shorts and bobbing poolside enjoying a mini break away from his Macbook! Miracles do happen folks!
What a week we've had! Ok so just to recap – Andy Murray, Omani swims and only MR BRYAN ADAMS on the 9th of March at The Dubai Autism Rocks Arena! There may still be time to get your tickets, so go grab them quick before you miss out and come see us open up for Canada's finest!
Until next time!
Peace Out
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Gianfranco Zola gives latest Chelsea FC injury update on Eden Hazard
The Chelsea FC assistant manager believes Eden Hazard is making good progress in his bid to return from injury
Gianfranco Zola has provided a positive update on Eden Hazard's injury ahead of Chelsea FC's home clash against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Sunday evening.
The Belgium international suffered a back problem during Chelsea FC's 2-2 draw with bitter rivals Manchester United at Stamford Bridge last month.
The 27-year-old was forced to sit out Chelsea FC's 3-1 victory over BATE Borisov in their Europa League clash in west London as Ruben Loftus-Cheek netted his first hat-trick for the club.
Ross Barkley seized his chance to shine in Hazard's absence and scored a goal as well as making two assists in a 4-0 win against Burnley at Turf Moor last weekend.
Hazard has made a brilliant start to the Premier League season following a return of seven goals in nine games in the English top flight.
Former Chelsea FC forward Zola, who is currently working as Maurizio Sarri's assistant manager at Stamford Bridge, is confident Hazard is nearing a return to first-team action.
"He is certainly much better," Zola told his pre-match media conference on Tuesday ahead of their League Cup clash against Derby County.
"He is looking quite good for the weekend [the home game with Crystal Palace on Sunday].
"We are pleased because he is such an important player for us."
Chelsea FC cemented their position in third place in the Premier League table and are two points adrift of leaders Manchester City and Liverpool FC.
The west London side remain unbeaten in the English top flight following seven victories and three stalemates to collect 24 points from their opening 10 outings.
Hazard is looking to win the Premier League title for the third time in his Chelsea FC career, having previously got his hands on the top-flight crown in 2015 and 2017.
The Belgian forward has also won two League Cups, the FA Cup and the Europa League during his six-season stint at Stamford Bridge following a move from Lille in 2012.
Hazard has been regularly linked with a move to La Liga giants Real Madrid over the past few seasons and the speculation has only intensified in recent months.
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Advanced Excel Report component for Delphi and C++ Builder is a powerful band-oriented generator of template-based reports in MS Excel. Now you can easily create reports, which can be edited, saved to file and viewed almost on any computer.
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Kernel for Excel recovers corrupted Excel document files corrupted due to unexpected system shutdown, virus attacks. The new updated version of excel file repair software is more fast than its previous version. Minor bugs in the software have now. ...
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Kernel Excel is a Microsoft Excel SpreadSheet Recovery software designed to recover and restore corrupted Microsoft Excel files. Kernel Excel extracts text even from heavily damaged *.xls files and never deletes from disk.
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Report designer and generation tool developed exclusively within Excel using VBA. The tool allows the user to: - design a business report specifying report, page, group, subgroup and details (headers and footers where applicable) - format ...
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Excel file repair program recovers damaged Microsoft Excel (*.xls) files and easily repairs damage excel files. Corrupted MS excel files recovery software support MS Excel 2003, MS Excel 2000, MS Excel 97, MS Excel XP.
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Indeed, due to the nature of the experiment, the researchers involved older subjects, with milder autism and none had MR/ID (IQ<70). Being a trial done in the US, of the 20 autistic subjects, 11 were being treated with psychiatric medications: antidepressants (n = 8), antipsychotics (n = 2), antiepileptics (n = 4), and anxiolytics (n = 2).
Study finds altered brain chemistry in people with autism
During binocular rivalry, two images, one presented to each eye, vie for perceptual dominance as neuronal populations that are selective for each eye's input suppress each other in alternation [16, 17]. The strength of perceptual suppression during rivalry is thought to depend on the balance of inhibitory and excitatory cortical dynamics [12–15] and may serve as a non-invasive perceptual marker of the putative perturbation in inhibitory signaling thought to characterize the autistic brain.
This study reconfirms what regular readers of this blog already knew.
GABAA receptor Agonists
I did suggest this a long time ago in my posts on the GABAa receptor. I am not the only one to realize this.
NKCC1 and AE3 Appear to Accumulate Chloride in Embryonic Motoneurons
What would be the effect in autism?


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Introduction: Wall Climbing Spider
I ended up making another Christmas light ball for My Mother this week. While creating the ball I remember seeing somewhere, (no Pintrest back then) a spider made from half a Christmas light ball. So I took this idea and ran with it. Now this was a work and wait project because I had to figure out each step as I went. If one thing didn't work, then, I would stop and think and try something else. This also means that everything I ended up using did not make it on the supply list photo. Sorry about that. Finally I got it done and hanging on the side gate. I think it turned out pretty good.
Step 1:
25 9 oz. clear Solo cups (they need to be very bell shaped, $4 a package of 40)
+/- 75 1 inch brass fasteners (we use to call them brads, $4 a package of 100)
6 - 1 ½ inch brass fasteners (same as above)
Lid from a 5 gallon bucket (found on the floor of my store room)
String of 50 orange Halloween lights (+/- $4 a string)
1 -5.5 inch Tap light with batteries (+/- $2.00 each)
5 wire coat hangers (free from the people who clean my Hubby's work clothes)
Duct tape ($4 a roll)
2 – 10 foot long pieces grey foam pipe wraps (+/- $2 each)
Box knife
Soldering iron with ½ inch tip (have had it a long time)
E6000 glue
8 clamps
25 9 oz. clear Solo cups (they need to be very bell shaped, $4 a package of 40)
+/- 75 1 inch brass fasteners (we use to call them brads, $4 a package of 100)
6 - 1 ½ inch brass fasteners (same as above)
Lid from a 5 gallon bucket (found on the floor of my store room)
String of 50 orange Halloween lights (+/- $4 a string)
1 -5.5 inch Tap light with batteries (+/- $2.00 each)
5 wire coat hangers (free from the people who clean my Hubby's work clothes)
Duct tape ($4 a roll)
2 – 10 foot long pieces grey foam pipe wraps (+/- $2 each)
Box knife
Soldering iron with ½ inch tip (have had it a long time)
E6000 glue
8 clamps
Step 2:
This is the type of cup we need to make the body of the spider.
Step 3:
I heated up the soldering iron and used it to melt a half inch hole into the bottom of each of the 25 cups. I used the soldering iron to kind of ream out the hole. I let them cool then I used a box knife to chip away some of the excess plastic left from the melting process.
Step 4:
Using the awl, poke a hole in the side of one cup. Poke a hole in the side of another cup and use a 1 inch brad to connect the two cups together. Poke a hole in the next cup and poke a hole in a previously attached up (try to make it level) and use another brad to connect the new cup to previous two cups. Keep up this process, until you have 12 cups connected into a circle. That is the 1st row of cups
Step 5:
For the 2nd row, connect 9 cups into a circle. They will not lie flat, until you lay them onto the first row. Our goal is to create half a sphere, and once you lay the 2nd row on top of the 1st row, you can see where the 2nd row almost completes half a sphere.
Step 6:
Use the awl to poke holes where two cups touch between the 1st and 2nd rows. Each cup in the 2nd row should be attached to at least one cup in the 1st row, and every cup in the 1st row should be attached to a cup in the 2nd row. This means that several cups in the 2nd row will be attached to more than one cup in the 1st row.
Step 7:
This will make a stable ball. If you pick you the almost complete body, it will feel solid.
Step 8:
Now for the 3rd row, you only have 4 cups left, attach them so that they form a square. Then, put them in the empty space on the top of the semi sphere. See where the 3rd row cups touch cups in the 2nd row, and use the awl to poke holes and use brads to attach the 3rd row to the 2nd row. This time you will not have very cup in the 2nd row attached to a cup in the 3rd row.
Step 9:
If you try to attach every cup in the 2nd row to a cup in the 3rd row you will have a warped shape. It will not be round. You want round.
Step 10:
How get out the string of orange lights. Start with the one furthest from the male outlet
Step 11:
and stick the 1st and 2nd light through one of the 4 cups in the 3rd row. Put 2 lights into each of the other 3 cups in that row. Now move up to the closest cup in row 2 and start putting 2 lights into each of the 9 cups in row 2. Watch that you don't skip any lights as you fill the cups. Taking the lights out and then redoing them can be a pain. When you get back to where you started in row 2, move up to row 1 and then work your way around. You have 25 cups and 50 lights so you should come out even. The spider's body is done.
Step 12:
Attach it to the base: The 5 gallon bucket lid will make a great water proof base. Lay the body on top of the lid. Make with a mark where every other cup touches the base.
Step 13:
Use the awl to poke holes in the cup and through the lid. This is where you use the 1.5 inch brads to attach the half-light ball to the lid.
Step 14:
Yeah that works.
Step 15:
Now for the legs, take 4 of the 5 wire hangers and cut the wire (I used crimp and wiggle back and forth until it breaks method) in the center at the bottom and along the sides where the shoulders meet. This will make wires that will allow the legs to bend. Use the pliers to bend one end of the wire into a loop.
Step 16:
Cut 15 inch pieces from the foam pipe wraps. Glue the cut side, of the pipe wrap, closed and then put a wire into the center of the each foam piece. Have the unbend end stick out one end, where you add some glue to the opening and use a clap to hold it closed. Let it dry for more than 1 hour.
Step 17:
Add glue to the top surface of the closed end of the foam legs. Stick 4 legs on each side of the spider body, gluing them to the underside of the 1st row of cups. You should be aware of where the light cord is coming out when you do this, so you can have it come out of the top or bottom of the spider. Use your hand to put a bend in the legs of the spider. Yeah that works.
Step 18:
Now for the head and a hook for hanging the spider: Take the last coat hanger and cut it in half, so that you have the hook and two long legs. Use the awl, to poke two more holes in the rim of the lid (where you have determined is the top). Make an L shaped bend in the end of the long legs and stick each one into one of the holes. Pull them through even more and clamp the ends into a tight circle.
Step 19:
The head: The tap light is the head, all you have to do is, using duct tape, tape the tap light to the legs of the hook, just above the body. By this point I was DONE and I couldn't come up with a different/better way to do it. If you can come up with a better idea, leave it in the comments below. Well the spider is done.
Step 20:
I twisted the hook so that it would of over the top of the fence. This is how it looks in the day…
Step 21:
and night. Enjoy!
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In lieu of recent events around the Bluebell Ice Cream licker, Bridge the Blue and Local Law Enforcement presents, Bridge the Bluebell.
SPRING, TX, UNITED STATES, August 15, 2019 /EINPresswire.com/ — Bridge the Blue has partnered with Klein ISD Police Department and other local law enforcement agencies for a community outreach they're calling Bridge the Bluebell. The outreach is designed to open up a dialogue between the community and local law enforcement. The outreach will take place on Friday, August 15, 2019, in Spring, TX on the corner of FM 2920 and Kuykendahl, from 11 am to 4 pm.
The idea is to provide a fun, friendly environment where people can have some great food, cool off with some free & unlicked Bluebell ice cream, and build community. Bluebell Ice Cream and Walmart have donated ice cream and other supplies to show their support for the cause. A food truck from Brazilian Joe's will also be present along with officers from various departments and precinct 4.
"It's important that communities understand that our men and women in blue aren't any different than anyone else. They're just ordinary people that are tasked with an extraordinary job to protect and serve," says Bridge the Blue founder, Troy Skeen.
During a time where police shortages plague our nation and public perception is at an all-time low, officers across the country have expressed concerns about their own personal safety.
According to a poll taken in 2017, 93% of peace officers say their jobs are harder today due to public perception. Furthermore, it seems like social media continues to be a breeding ground for false narratives that give birth to skewed views.
"So many times, people are quick to share all the negative news – why by the way, the negative stuff is the exception, not the rule. But if people were bold enough to share all the positive things law enforcement does for our communities, it would drown out all the other noise," adds Troy. "We just want peace officers all over the nation to know that we have their backs."
Bridge the Blue is a law enforcement veteran operated non-profit based in Spring, TX whose vision is to bridge the gap between law enforcement and the communities they serve. Bridge the Blue was founded in 2017 by Troy Skeen.
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We all know that being overweight is a big problem in humans but we wanted you to be aware that it is also the case in animals. More and more of our dogs, cats and even rabbits are overweight. It is a big concern as it reduces life expectancy.
As it's such a common problem that we wanted to review why it happens, how to recognize it and finally how to manage it.
Cause and consequences of being overweight
We believe that for any issues in life it is important to find the cause in order to fix it and this applies to overweight/obesity problems as well. One of the major causes is obviously diet, many dogs are fed portions too big at each meal and eat in-between. It is important to weigh the food and only give what is recommended for the age, size and activity level of the animal.
Treats should also be counted in the daily amount of food. Too much food can be as harmful as not enough.
It is also important to make sure the quality of the food you give is good, it has to be balanced and appropriated. A regular small amount of unappropriated food could have a dramatic effect on the body.
Another major cause is lack of exercise. The body needs to move to be able to burn the calories off, if it doesn't, they will be stored under fatty tissue. Dogs should get regular exercise for their physical but also mental health. The amount of exercise your dog does should take into consideration his breed, age and general health/physical condition.
The relationship between food and exercise is also important to look at, a working dog will always need more food than a family/house pet.
Most of you probably know how to recognize an overweight dog. You'll find the dog is panting a lot and has difficulty to move around. The body's structure (bones, joints, muscles, etc.) comes under stress and it becomes harder to move around if your pet is heavier, this puts more pressure on the joints which can cause inflammation (this is called arthritis). As the animal carries more weight the body will change its structure by producing more bone structures within the joint (this is arthrosis).
If you were to look inside the body, there is a lot more going on. The amount of fat you can see from the outside is only the tip of the iceberg as there is also a lot of fat that you can't see. Having more fat means having less space for everything else. Some fat goes in and around the arteries and makes it harder for the blood to go through the system which will lead to a rise the blood pressure. Some fat will go around the organs which will compress them. This means that their natural movement will not be fully allowed.
A fatty diet will also make the pancreas work harder in order to regulate the blood sugar. This increases the chances of developing diseases such as diabetes.
How can I know If my dog is overweight?
You get a good idea of a dog's fitness levels by monitoring the weight but there is also other signs. One example is a dog getting breathless after a small amount exercise or refusing to do things he normally enjoys (jumping on the sofa, playing etc). You can also feel his body, you should be able to feel his ribs but not to see them.
If you are not sure, you can always ask a professional to check for you.
How can we help?
Osteopathic techniques can help the whole body regain movement and work on any imbalances created by the extra weight however most of the work lies with the owner who is going to have to maintain an appropriate diet and exercise routine for their pet. Everything needs to be done as part of a slow progress, your dog's body is used to a certain amount of food per day, if you reduce it too quickly the body will struggle to tolerate it. The same goes with exercise. Your dog can't run a marathon straight away and much like humans it has to build muscles (including the heart and diaphragm) and slowly lose some fat to take weight off the joints.
We hope this is helps you understanding overweight related issues better and how to fight them.
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|Borderlands 3 fan with Cancer Terminal gets to play the game early
Named Trevor Eastman, has been diagnosed with esophageal cancer and stomach and liver stage IV.
The prediction did not suggest that he would be able to see the release of the Borderlands 3, so I turned to the gaming community.
Eastman turned to Borderlands Reddit official about a month ago, explaining his predicament and how he has been "a fan of the giant Borderlands for a long time now." , And the Bordersland fans' base did not disappoint.
Recently released an update confirming that someone from the 2K games was in touch with him.
According to Eastman, this 2K delegate flies someone in early June, "probably will give him a [copy] of the game." It is not clear whether this is only temporary to play for a few days, or if Eastman is already provided with an early version of the pre-launch phase of the game Borderlands 3.
Eastman chose not to name a 2K delegate because he was not sure whether he was allowed, and this is understandable given that he is likely to have to sign a non-disclosure agreement and that he finishes updating it by thanking everyone who helped "make this dream come true."
It is clear that Borderlands 3 and 2K Games help Eastman achieve the best results in a bad situation, but it is not the first time that players have met to help someone else.
Last year alone, Bethesda allowed terminal fans to run a version of the early 76 Fallout, and allowed Nintendo to another fan to play Super Smash Bros.
Ultimate early. Each position speaks of how well the players are tied and the positive impact of the games on others (and many who have been unfairly distributed).
Fans may also recall when Gearbox added a reprint inside the game and NPC to Borderlands 2 for the game fan who died of cancer, Michael John Mamarell.
If there's nothing else, what everyone did to players like Mamaril and Eastman was talking about Gearbox folders, 2K Games and all the participants in the Borderlands 3.
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After the disastrous update to Maniaplanet 4.0 the Dirt Title Pack had to be removed from the shop due to the countless bugs in the game (see the previous news flash).
After one and a half years Nadeo has finally fixed almost all bugs concerning this title pack. Therefore the =RR= Dirt Title Pack is now available again in the shop.
All maps of the solo campaign and the mods have been updated. However, the extra maps are no longer included.
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So, a core value walks into a bar. There should be a witty punch line here, but there isn't. The real joke is the number of restaurants and bars that don't know their core value. Not knowing your core values is so wrong that it should actually be criminal. Maybe your restaurant or bar is in a predicament, struggling with understanding why you need to know something that may seem trivial.
Sit down – we need to have a heart to heart.
Core Values are a Beacon
If you don't have a sense of who you are as a brand, why would anyone want to work for you? If you said, "For a job," okay, you might have that one. How about this question instead: "Why would they stay with your brand?" Now, we have a topic of conversation.
Yes, most people need to work. Most people like getting a paycheck. Most also like to be around people who are like themselves. Like attracts like and your core values send that message out to the world. When you know your core values it is like a powerful light cutting through the night. When you don't, it's more like a cheap flashlight that keeps turning off so you have to shake it and slap it to make it work again.
Core Values are a Marketing Tool
In today's increasingly competitive industry, standing out from the pack is more critical than ever. You might be able to differentiate yourself with signature food and beverages. That will put you slightly head. If you can connect with your guests on an emotional level and share what values you stand for you will win brand loyalty.
Remember that old saying that people don't care how you much you know until they know how much you care? In marketing that phrase would be more along the lines of, "People want to know what you stand for and what you believe in." Is community a core value? Family? Do you post pictures of your team and their families? If you say family is a value, you need to tell it to the world.
Do you support not driving under the influence? Most restaurants and bars do, yet few market that value. Rockit Ranch Productions based in Chicago operates six concepts in the city. They will take patrons from one of their concepts to another of their locations, on them. That's brilliant. Transport people from one of your locations to another to keep the roads and other drivers safe, and make sure your guests get home safely. This service keeps people immersed in your brand and communicates safety and responsibility as a core value. That's a win in anyone's book!
Is diversity a core value? Does your marketing reflect that? Is health a core value? Show off your partnerships with yoga studios, for example. You have to understand that at its essence, marketing is about emotions. The core values you have are that set of human emotions which allow you to stand out from the competition. Celebrate them. Share them. Talk about them.
Core Values are a Training Tool
Surely, you have a long list of rules and regulations that you inundate your staff with during orientation. That is the standard in this business. But if you do what is standard, you get standard results.
Rules tell people what they can't do. However, many people believe that rules are made to be broken. What if you had a set of values that they take an oath to uphold? Now, you have something personal and more compelling. Now, you have buy-in. Now, instead of saying, "You violated rule number 32 in the employee manual," you can say, "Was what you did in line with our core values that you took an oath to uphold?" Rules are compliance; core values are commitment. Compliance is what your employees do for you; commitment is what they do for themselves.
Core values speak to what is known in psychology as identity. We go out of our way to protect the image of who we are. If you identity as either a republican or a democrat, your behavior will reflect that; you are not really born one or the other. You choose your identity. If your core values are solid and you live them everyday, you will send a crystal clear message to your team about you and your brand's identity.
Core Values Have to Be Lived
The key is that core values have to be more than mere words that sound good. Just like all emotions, they have to be lived and reflected in your actions. This is where many restaurants and bars go wrong. They pick core values that sound good on the surface, just things they want others to follow. Surface values have no chance of survival in your culture – they need to come from deep inside where they have roots. That means that you must be an example of real core values.
Actions speak louder than words. If your actions and words are in congruency then you become a living example. If not, you become a symbol for hypocrisy. People don't follow hypocrites, they avoid them.
If you claim honesty as a core value yet your team sees you filling up high-end vodka with cheap stuff, you'll have a hard time getting them to believe and buy into any of your other core values. Your words tell them who you say you are and your behavior tells them who you really are. Choose your core values carefully because they do become a reflection of you and your brand.
If you can discover and live your core values every single day, the joke will be on your competition who is struggling to live theirs. Be an inspiration and not the punch line to a bar joke.


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Welsh club Swansea have appointed Graham Potter as their boss, as the Swans prepare for life in the Championship. The 43-year-old has enjoyed an incredible managerial career in Sweden with minnows Ostersunds, who he guided to the top level of Swedish football and a cup win.
Potter also guided the Ostersunds to the knockout stages of the Europa League, where they eventually suffered elimination at the hands of Premier League Arsenal.
The former Stoke player has gained a reputation for unorthodox coaching methods, but in the process raised his profile in the game. His performance in Scandinavian has not gone unnoticed in his homeland, as Potter has been linked with a number of jobs in the top two flights of English football.
Swansea have endured a turbulent few years, having gone through four different bosses in the last 19 months. The last incumbent, Carlos Carvalhal left the club at the end of last season after the Swans suffered relegation. The affable Portuguese boss was only on a short-term with the Welsh club.
The Swans had been fighting against the drop for the past few seasons from the Premier League. However, their luck finally ran out last season.
Potter is highly regarded among the football fraternity. The job he did at Ostersund was remarkable. Not only did he take the club from the fourth tier to the top tier of Swedish football, he did it in his own unique style. His methods will be a breath of fresh air in the English game, as clubs are all too accustomed to appointing the same old faces to manage their clubs. Most are unsuccessful.
Swansea's hierarchy has had a tendency to lack patience of late. However, if they want success then they will need to give the highly rated Potter time to turn things around at the Liberty Stadium.
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It's inevitable that San Francisco, that absorbent, inventive fulcrum of the culinary experience, would contain several outstanding varieties of hamburger within its city limits. One of the prize aspects of my home library is The Hippo Cookbook, a collection of recipes culled from a grandiloquent, all-burger restaurant that once flourished at Van Ness and Pacific. There the improvisational wackiness of the city by the bay was exhibited in full flower: in the Ice Cream Burger, for instance, and the Caviar Burger, and the Nude Burger, and its sinister fellow, the Nuke Burger.
Such culinary joie de vivre is largely missing from today's more earnest worldview, but there are a few tasty Hippo-esque remnants. At Polkers Gourmet Burgers, for instance, there's the Ortega ($7), a silken confluence of fresh avocado, mild green chilies, puckery feta cheese, and the venue's signature additive-free ground chuck. The big, comfy booths and rather stark, earth-toned setting allow you to concentrate on the burger before you (there are a half-dozen variations) and its platemate, a big pile of thickly cut french fries. Shakes ($3.25) are available in several flavors -- cherry, coconut, amaretto, and a rich, buttery caramel as well as chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla.
There's more individuality afoot at Mo's Grill, a bright, colorful Yerba Buena Gardens outpost of the legendary Grant Avenue flagship. Mo's not only grinds its meat fresh daily and broils its 7-ounce burgers over volcanic rock, it serves up a couple of tasty specialties you're not likely to experience elsewhere. The buffalo burger ($8.50) isn't as flavorful as the more familiar beef variety, but it's less greasy and boasts a wonderfully satisfying texture, while the turkey burger ($6.75), dotted with sage, is accompanied by a subtly sweet cranberry-ribboned mayo, offering the whole Thanksgiving experience in one easy-to-consume package. The onions and tomatoes are top quality here, as are the garlicky fries ($1): crisp and skinny, lightly salted, mildly greasy (in a good way), with bits of peel and lots of fresh garlic adding plenty of character. The thick, creamy shakes ($4) are huge -- 20 ounces -- and are more notable for their fresh flavor than for the usual cloying sweetness level. (The raspberry shake really tastes like fresh berries, not red dye No. 2.) The onion rings ($1), however, are altogether too doughy, with no discernible onion flavor and an unpleasantly sweet aftertaste.
Bill's Place, another temple to burger eclecticism (this one with a '50s-malt-shop feel), isn't as successful as Mo's. Its 19 varieties of burger include the Senator's Choice ($6.10), a juiceless patty covered in alfalfa sprouts and goop alleged to be blue cheese, and the Kiwi Burger ($6.29), an interesting combination of beets, coleslaw, and pineapple undermined by the invasive flavor of processed cheese. The coleslaw ($2) is crisp yet bland, the onion rings ($1.25) are crunchy but heavily breaded, and the shakes ($3.10) are tasty but watery. The curly fries ($1.25), though, have a nice spicy flavor.
The classic San Francisco-style hamburger is served at Original Joe's, where sourdough bread enters the equation. It's an elemental, even primal work of art: just ground beef, bread, and a few shards of onion, nothing more. Drop by after the kitchen fires up the charcoal grill at 5 p.m. so you'll be assured of a properly smoke-infused experience. Sit at the counter and watch the flames leap and the skillets sizzle and the counterman knead some chopped onion into an oblong patty of freshly ground chuck with a few sharp karate chops. After its date with the grill, the patty's slipped into a hollowed-out quarter-loaf of crusty sourdough and placed before you along with a pile of fries that you just saw emerge from a burbling vat of oil. The small salad ($3) -- lettuce with peas, carrots, and broccoli -- makes a perfectly crisp foil to this hamburger sandwich ($7.25; $6.25 for the Joe Junior). In assembling this report I tried to have a burger, fries, and a shake at every venue, but the closest I could come to a shake at Joe's was Kahlúa with vanilla ice cream ($6), which is just what it sounds like, served in a margarita glass and damnably good.
The Balboa Cafe also employs sourdough in its (rightfully legendary) burger ($9), but in a different way: Here a slender baguette is used as a sort of thin, crisp crust surrounding a rich, girthful, beautifully grilled slab of ground beef. The result is a hamburger at once elegant and hearty, served in the cafe's singularly clubby setting of crisp napery, dark woods, brass accents, handsome oils, and a handsome bar ideal for burger-eating. You can add all kinds of stuff to your burger at 50 cents a pop --mushrooms, bacon, cheddar, Swiss, jack, or, my choice, griddled onions and blue cheese -- and platter highlights include house-cured pickles, wonderfully citrusy-peppery marinated red onion rings, and crisp little french fries hot from the oil.
But when you want the great unfettered American hamburger, sesame seed bun and all, two San Francisco establishments come immediately to mind. Nothing could be finer than sitting at one of Pier 23's big round patio tables on a sun-drenched day, listening to Carmen McRae and Tony Bennett, watching the boats go by, allowing the whole sweep of the bay to infect you with a beatific sort of tranquility. There are a few scrawny palm trees to add to the whole South Seas atmosphere, and a centrally located, happy, stretching Buddha is absolutely appropriate. It's almost beside the point that the burgers ($7.50, $8.50 with cheddar, jack, or blue cheese) are so good here: They're thick, smoky, and juicy, just like what you'd grill yourself out on the patio on a good day. The onions are sweetly grilled, the tomatoes are perfectly ripe, and the skinny, skin-flecked fries are crunchy and unbeatable. No milkshakes, but there's a do-it-yourself float ($4) involving a tall glass, a couple scoops of vanilla ice cream, and a bottle of Thomas Kemper root beer.
Burger Joint is simplicity itself: burgers, fries, and not much else. With that sort of intensive repetition going on in the kitchen, a high degree of know-how is a practical inevitability. Organic Niman-Schell beef is ground and formed into patties slender enough to interact with the other burger ingredients, yet thick enough to juice up your mouth and give you something to think about. Placed on a perfectly soft-crunchy bun, this juicy, flavor-packed hamburger ($5.75) tastes remarkably like a good porterhouse steak. The boxlike fries are equally exemplary -- thick and crunchy on the outside, they're as airy as a soufflé when you bite into them. To complete the triad, a milkshake ($4) is only as good as its ice cream, and Burger Joint's shakes -- chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla -- are made with marvelous Double Rainbow ice cream (enough said). The food is served in a fun and friendly retro-Jetsons sort of setting, with curvy red, aqua, and lime green Formica the primary aesthetic statement, which just goes to show: A great burger comes in many packages.
Balboa Cafe
3199 Fillmore (at Greenwich), 921-3944. Open Monday through Wednesday 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., Thursday and Friday until 11 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Reservations accepted for parties of six or more. Wheelchair accessible. Parking: possible. Muni: 22 (and, within a block or two, the 41, 45, and 76). Noise level: pleasant.
Bill's Place
2315 Clement (at 24th Avenue), 221-5262. Open Sunday through Thursday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday and Saturday until 11 p.m. Reservations accepted. Wheelchair accessible. Parking: possible. Muni: 2, 29 (and, within a block, the 1 and 38). Noise level: festive.
Burger Joint
807 Valencia (at 18th Street), 824-3494. Open daily 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Reservations not accepted. Wheelchair accessible. Parking: difficult. Muni: 14, 26, 33. Noise level: normal.
Mo's Grill
772 Folsom (at Fourth Street, in Yerba Buena Gardens), 957-3779. Open daily 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Reservations required for parties of eight or more. Wheelchair accessible. Parking: possible. Muni: 12, 45, 76 (and, within a block, the 15, 27, and 30). Noise level: happy.
Original Joe's
144 Taylor (at Eddy), 775-4877. Open daily 10:30 a.m. to midnight. Reservations accepted for parties of three or more. Wheelchair accessible. Parking: difficult. Muni: 27, 31. Noise level: convivial.
Pier 23 Cafe
The Embarcadero (at Greenwich), 362-5125. Open Wednesday through Friday 11:30 a.m. to 2 a.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 a.m., Sunday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday and Tuesday 11:30 a.m. to "depends on the crowd." Reservations accepted. Wheelchair accessible. Parking: difficult. Muni: F, 42. Noise level: lively.
Polkers Gourmet Burgers
2226 Polk (at Vallejo), 885-1000. Open daily 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. (burgers served 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.). Reservations not accepted. Wheelchair accessible. Parking: difficult. Muni: 19 (and, within a block or two, the 41, 42, 45, 47, 49, and 76). Noise level: mellow.


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Waterside Wander.
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looks like a nice quiet place. hoping your dad(s) are doing well...ReplyDelete
Ah, another lovely outing with you. I especially like the gull on the post. Thanks for taking us along.ReplyDelete
...looks like a lovely walk, Frank. I love all the photos, but the shot of the Common Tern is especially beautiful. I love the house too...ReplyDelete
Hi Frank,ReplyDelete
The last image is lovely. I think it belongs in some holiday brochure, it captures the very essence of boating on the river.
Glad you saw some butterflies, they see to be in short supply here at the moment. Will you do the butterfly count for Butterfly Conservation??
Lovely to see the young wagtail, long may he remain......
Hope the rain has stopped.....we have sunshine at the moment.
Lovely walk Frank and the images are superb, I agree thing on the Avian front are very quiet down here.ReplyDelete
Lovely waterside wander Frank.ReplyDelete
The barge looks very tempting. :-)
Lovely place & amazing shoots!ReplyDelete
Ur post is the best photo-inspiration for my Sunday :)
Best wishes, Juliana
You did have a great birding outing. Love all the birds and the scenery shots. The young wagtail begging is a cute shot. Wonderful post and photos.ReplyDelete
A lovely tour Frank beautiful countryside and your images really do it justice.ReplyDelete
You had a terrific walk, Frank. My favorites are the Gull, the Tern, and the Bee on the beautiful flower. Very nice camera work!ReplyDelete
Hi Theresa. Probably the quietest month of the year! Both our fathers are doing ok.ReplyDelete
Thanks Lois.
Hi Kelly. The Lock House is a good spot to watch all the comings and goings on the waterway.
Hi Cheryl. If I can find 15 mins in the sunshine I'll certainly do the count although there are very few flutters visiting the garden so far this year.
Cheers Monty. Thank goodness there are a few other things flying in front of the lens for us.
Thanks Keith. A great way to travel and watch the wildlife.
Hi Juliana. So glad you are inspired.
Thanks Eileen.
Cheers Andrew.
Thanks Mona.
Charming images of the British landscapes, Frank!ReplyDelete
I've enjoyed a lot travelling though your picture to that lovely countryside.
Thanks a million for sharing these wonders!
Warmest greetings from Spain.
Hi Enrique. Delighted you could join me alongside the waterway.ReplyDelete


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Hi Everyone,
Happy August wrap up! I hope that you had a wonderful month. I am happy to report that I finished 9 books this month. I won't link to the reviews directly, but if you head over to the side of my blog you can sort my posts by month.
Specifically, I read:
2 Books for Review
3 library books
4 Books I own
Highlights of the month included:
Bout of Books Readathon
Rainbow Readathon
ARC August
Dog Days of Summer Readathon
What's in the que for you for September ?
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A constable of Yerwada police station, arrested for accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000 from the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, arrested five people for not taking action against mobile theft case. The bribe police constable named Karim Mohammad Sharif Sheikh (age-47, Yerwada police station). In this connection, a 24-year-old man from Saneswadi, Nareshwar Road, had lodged a complaint with the ACB.
Prosecutors are a business conductor and they run their own four-star tempo. He bought a second hand mobile at a price of Rs 4,500 from a mobile shop in Sanesswadi. On one such day, Sheikh called her from Yerwada police station.
After the prosecution went to Yerwada police station, Havildar Shaikh said that he is a mobile theft, and the woman whose mobile has gone, twenty thousand ornaments have also been stolen, you said that they should be all returned. At this time, the plaintiff said that I did not steal the mobile but bought it from a person named Dharmadra Singh.
At that time, if you give me ten thousand rupees by Sheikh, if you do not erase everything, then you will be arrested. Dharmendra Singh deposited Rs 5,000 on April 20 on the account given by Havaldar Shaikh. However, the prosecution did not agree with this because they complained to the ACB.
Accordingly, after investigating the panchayat, trapped the trap, Hukaldar Sheikh arrested Dhekhaith while accepting a bribe of Rs. 2,000. Meanwhile, this is the fourth incident of eight days in the city and rural police forces. The action was taken by the team of deputy superintendent of police Pratibha Shendge, inspector Raju Ghavan, constables Sunil Shelke and Abhijit Raut.


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Touching and inspiring poems by Roger Davis on the life of the soul and its onward journey in the next world; Poems helpful in the pilgrimage of those in grief to that which is essential and imperishable.
An epic poem in alliterative verse reminiscent of Old English poetic form, Noble Rider concerns the life of Bahá'u'lláh.
The true spirit of the Fast is captured in 19 touching and inspirational poems, one for each day of the Fast - ideal as an Ayyam-i-Ha Gift.
A compilation of poems centered on the prairie lands of the Dakotas – inspired by the natural landscape and wildlife, the Native peoples of the region, and the spiritual depths of the Bahá'í writings. A wonderful collection of poetry giving a glimpse into the American landscape and the longings of the soul.