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On one hand, India has a large number of educated unemployed youth and on the other, the industry is in need of skilled workers. The solution to it lies in popularising vocational courses in educational institutes. Nidhi Sharma of Elets News Network (ENN) talks to educationists and digs out the importance of vocational training stressed alongside formal education
India would need over 500 million skilled people by 2022 across various sectors such as auto and auto components, building and construction materials, building and construction, real estate services, electronics and IT hardware, education and skill development services, food processing, gems and jewellery, healthcare, textiles, leather and leather goods, organised retail, tourism and hospitality. Besides courses in these, information technology, fashion designing, animation, clinical nutrition and many other such vocational courses are ruling the list of top favourite.
Vocational courses is a discipline which enables individuals to acquire skills which are traditionally non-academic and totally related to a specific trade, occupation or vocation. They are also known as technical education, carrier and technical education (CTE) or Vocational Education and Training (VET) as they directly develop expertise in a particular group of techniques or technology through manual or practical activities. On one hand, India has a large number of educated unemployed youth and on the other, the industry is in need of skilled workers. The solution to it lies in popularising vocational courses in educational institutes. Just two per cent of India's youth and only about seven per cent of the whole working age population have received vocational training, a survey by the National Sample Survey Organisation revealed.
If India wants to emulate countries where the vocational education system has succeeded, sweeping reforms are needed. This will require significant commitment on the part of policymakers. Many of these reforms are similar to those being proposed by the 2005 Central Advisory Board for Education (CABE) Committee report on Universalisation of Secondary Education.
700 million Indians will be looking for jobs by the year 2022. What skills will they need to make a living in an economy which is increasingly based on knowledge and services?
In this backdrop, a large number of schools and colleges are encouraging their students to go for vocational training to enhance their skills. Today, a large volume of students are choosing a set of skill sets that they want to gain expertise into. Training in vocational skills is gaining strength across colleges as it prepare students for future challenges and enable to groom them for future leadership. Especially today, more and more students want to go for higher education and not just rely completely on getting skill training through vocational courses. So, there has to be an arrangement where students can get additional skill qualification with vocational course in addition to their formal education.
|The Challenges in becoming a skilled nation
|Age is signifi cantly higher for introduction to skill development as compared to foreign countries. Some states don't want students to be exposed to automotive at an early age, but abroad, 12-14 year old go to automotive companies.
|Only two-five per cent of skilled population
|While South Korea has 95 percent – 96 per cent skilled population. We don't have a transfer space between the vocational space and the education space.
|There is no aspiration
|The capacity in the country does not exist. If we have to train 500 million people, or 50 or 20 million, we have to double or triple this capacity.
|No industry standard
|The industry has to recognise the set standards and give preference to those with certifi cates. The whole thing has to create a whole ecosystem where it will create a pull which will in turn address other three things.
|Private and industry participation is lacking
|No incentives for private players to enter the field of vocational education. Moreover, the present regulations are very rigid and there is no provision is there for in-service training and continuous skill up-gradation.
|Lack of experienced and qualified teachers. Bachelors of Vocational Education (BVE) is often a mandatory qualification for teachers abroad. However, in India, no specific qualifications are being imparted for vocational education teachers.
Bhartiya Mukt Vidyapeeth, New Delhi , Delhi NCR, City Group of Colleges, Lucknow, City Industrial Training Centre, Karauli, Rajasthan, ASMACS Industrial Training Center, Cuttack , Odisha, Audyogik Tantra Shikshan Santha, Pune, Maharashtra, Azam Industrial Training Centre, Anantnag , Jammu and Kashmir; Bi Bi Raza Vocational Training Centre for Women, Gulbarga, Karnataka, Anand Institute of Business Studies, Anand, Gujarat are some of the top colleges offering the best vocationalBhartiya Mukt Vidyapeeth, New Delhi, Delhi NCR, City Group of Colleges, Lucknow, City Industrial Training Centre, Karauli, Rajasthan, ASMACS Industrial Training Center, Cuttack, Odisha, Audyogik Tantra Shikshan Santha, Pune, Maharashtra, Azam Industrial Training Centre, Anantnag , Jammu and Kashmir; Bi Bi Raza Vocational Training Centre for Women, Gulbarga, Karnataka, Anand Institute of Business Studies, Anand, Gujarat are some of the top colleges offering the best vocational courses across the country.
About 12 million persons are expected to join the workforce every year, and an existing skill development capacity of about 3.4 million, it is thus required to enhance the skilling and technical education capacity to about 15 million (considering that even sections of the existing workforce would have to be trained)
A World Bank Survey says that vocational education courses are offered in schools at grades 11 and 12 (in most states with vocational streams, vocational and general courses are offered by the same institution). These are aimed at preparing students for entry into the labour market. There are 6800 schools, almost all in the public sector, enrolling close to 400,000 students in the vocational education scheme – utilising just 40 per cent of the available student capacity in these institutions. These schools offer a total of over 100 courses in various areas – agriculture, business and commerce, humanities, engineering and technology, home science and health and para medical skills.
MOOCs provide great benefit for Vocational Courses
|Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) can provide great impetus to institutes providing vocational courses . A FICCI research paper says that they institutes can expand the availability of skilled labour with the help of MOOCs. Released at the FICCI Higher Education Summit, the paper, 'MOOCs and the future of Indian higher education', says that the traditional industrial training institutes can also benefit from integrating MOOCs for students and trainers.
|The FICCI paper said MOOCs offer a way to gain skills not taught in the format sector, demonstrate them to potential employers and stay abreast of developments at the workplace. These courses are conducted online for students across the world. Over 10 million students globally have enrolled in thousands of such courses offered by just the top three to four providers of MOOCs, the paper said.
|It also said MOOCs have garnered investments from institutions and venture capitalists. In this space, Indian students form the second largest pool of students attending MOOC courses.
|FICCI said in the formal sector, MOOCs offer an alternative to lecture-mode classroom instruction using digital content that can be downloaded. This is on the back of huge faculty shortage in higher education. However, it said that clarity on completion and certification (drop-out rates are in excess of 90 per cent) and revenue models would have to evolve over time.
|Even for branding, publicity and recruitment of foreign students, FICCI said Indian institutions and teachers could use MOOC platforms to create and conduct MOOCs for students all over the world, similar to universities abroad. Since employability of graduates continues to be an issue, FICCI has suggested that there could be language, communication and soft skills MOOCs to bridge the gap.
|While the government has recently launched Swayam – an Indian MOOC platform – FICCI has said the government should develop systems to certify competence of people who have taken MOOC-based courses. It added that National Assessment and Accreditation Council (Naac) and the National Board of Accreditation (NBA) can accredit MOOC programmes and courses for use in credit transfer between MOOC providers and formal and non-formal educational institutions.
|Apart from having MOOCs to train teachers, FICCI has suggested that employers may encourage their own human resource departments to arrange for continued education of their employees in emerging areas of technology or management. This will also help boost their vocational skills.
The report further says that overwhelmingly, students who get through the vocational stream want to proceed to further education. This is not surprising given the relatively weak labour market outcomes. The few rigorous evaluations of programme impacts that have been undertaken point to low levels of gainful employment of these graduates.
Captain Sandeep Malhotra, Director, Alliance Educare and Research Private Limited says, "At the outset, we all acknowledge that institutions follow very fine academic practices for imparting regular curriculum. However, the country's employment data shows that 82 per cent students face employment crisis due to the gap between their acquired knowledge and the industry needs. As we know, India is a nation with 65 per cent population below 35 years. It poses a tough challenge of skill training of 500 million people by 2022. However, if achieved, it offers a great opportunity of being a large pool of skilled workforce available to us and, to the world."
"Existing institutions are faced with new challenges as education can no longer only be conveyed in the classrooms, students and trainers require more and more modern means of communication for knowledge pass. Further, the institutions have limited knowledge resources, whereas, large pool of experts is available outside their boundary wall. This expert pool may be utilised by digitally connecting the institutions with the outside world", Capt. Malhotra added.
Speaking in this regard, Dilip Chenoy, Managing Director and CEO of the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), informed that presently there are three programmes that are running across schools and colleges. "The first is the traditional one in schools – the 10,000 vocational schools that existed when they were introduced in vocational education. Second, is the introduction of vocational courses by CBSE and the other boards. The third, which is actually integrating the other two and is spread across the country is the National Vocational Education Qualifications Framework (NVEQF), now the National Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF), which is introducing skill development classes between 9 and 12 in the different states.""There are two models operating. While some states are doing it on their own, in majority states NSDC is partnering with the state governments to introduce training partners and set up labs and get people skill trained. Two very recent examples are in Haryana and Himachal Pradesh where school children who passed out of 12th and not wanting to continue higher education have got jobs upto Rs. 50,000 a month based on their skill certificate. In many cases where they have not even passed 12th but passed their skill certificate, they have got jobs in the market, say for example in the retail sector, where they are earning an average of `12,000- `13,000 per month", added Chenoy.
"Moving on from the school space to higher education, AICTE has set up community colleges and they have the skill knowledge providers. The University Grants Commission (UGC) has set up community colleges and they have the bvoc programme going on. NSDC is partnering with them. NSDC hopes to double the number of states this year and take the number of schools and colleges to at least three times", he further informed.
While the school education sector is about 227 million in enrolment, the combined enrolment in higher education and vocational training is about 15.3 million.
It may be mentioned that in the higher education space, institutions such as the Delhi University (DU) and Pune University, students are getting an add on course on the payment of fees where they get assessment certificate from SSC. It helps them with jobs. A very good example is that of Dayal Singh College of DU where a batch completed a banking and financial course. Some of them have got placed in global consulting companies with decent packages.
While Haryana and Himachal Pradesh are very robust states in the field of vocational training and courses, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Telengana and Andhra Pradesh are also making good progress. The response varies from state to state.
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Chapter 1437: Essence Qi Apocalyptic Fumes
From the way the youth spoke, Yi Yun knew he came from the Magnificent Heaven. He got the general idea that the Magnificent Heaven was a Great World in the Sinkhole. And all the factions in that Great World formed an alliance known as Magnificent Heaven.
As a mighty faction that was in no way inferior to the White Lunar Divine Empire, Yi Yun knew that the genius he just chased out was backed by a Divine Lord expert. There was bound to be some trouble as a result. It was only logical. There was no way he could kill everyone he encountered in the passageway.
As such, he ignored the youth, turned around, and walked into the inner sanctum of the Divine Perish Hall.
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"The smell of blood?"
Yi Yun closed his eyes to better focus on the area. Someone had died recently in the vicinity but there was no corpse to be seen. He could not determine the cause of death since there were no remains.
"The teleportation token is no longer effective."
Yi Yun took out his teleportation token and saw that it had already dimmed, having lost its power. Yi Yun knew that the spatial laws of the world he was in was sealed off from the usage of the teleportion array.
He casually crushed the teleportation token to powder. He had no need for it anyway. Since he had come to the ancient battlefield, Yi Yun planned on leaving his name on the World Monolith. Then, he could create one himself. Destroying it would only spur him on.
Yi Yun emanated his psyche perception and realized it was being greatly suppressed. It was now less than ten percent of what it originally was.
Yi Yun did not lower his guard. Instead, he turned even more alert as he walked towards the inner sanctums of the Divine Perish Hall.
About tens of thousands of kilometers away, Wan Qing was following Li Fire Divine Lord as they proceeded carefully. By then, they had already encountered bouts of fatal clashes and unending peril.
Aside from Wan Qing, there were about a dozen youths from the Wan family that followed Li Fire Divine Lord. But now, they only had about half that number.
Wan Qing was deeply regretting his choice. If he knew such an outcome would befall them, he would not have followed Li Fire Divine Lord as he stormed into the Divine Perish Hall because of his indignation. He was beginning to think he should not have even come to the ancient battlefield.
The ancient battlefield was highly recommended by many because of the existence of teleportation tokens. It allowed one to go all-out for opportunities in a low-risk environment. But now, they had experienced so many encounters that pushed them to the borders of life and death, with not a single benefit to be seen in the Divine Perish Hall. They might have even been all wiped out if not for Li Fire Divine Lord. He had managed to fend off most of the danger.
"Wait! Don't walk there!"
As Wan Qing wallowed in his regret, he suddenly heard Li Fire Divine Lord shout. Wan Qing froze in fear as he instinctively took a huge step back.
He widened his eyes and saw that just ahead of him was a mudflat. It looked like mud that resulted from a rainy day but the color was even more greenish-yellow.
Apart from Wan Qing, there was another youth walking ahead of him. He was a few steps ahead and in fact, Li Fire Divine Lord was not shouting to warn Wan Qing but the youth.
However, the youth seemed to be spellbound. He stood in front of the mudflat in a daze, motionless.
"Senior Brother Wang, are… are you alright?"
A young girl behind him asked, her voice trembling. The combination of Li Fire Divine Lord's warning and Senior Brother Wang's strange posture made her feel a sense of foreboding.
As though he had heard her voice, Senior Brother Wang finally moved. He tottered his body around, but his appearance drained the color from the girl's face.
Senior Brother Wang seemed to experience millions of years the instant he turned around. His face was now covered in wrinkles and his turbid eyes were mostly covered by his shriveled eyelids. His hair had turned white and clumps were falling out. Following that, his teeth decayed and fell out. Finally, as though his spine had vanished, he slumped straight to the ground.
He had not died and was, in fact, still conscious. He looked at the girl in front of him in pain. He had feelings for her, but now…
"Senior Brother Wang, Senior Brother Wang…" The girl was appalled.
"Netherworld water…" Li Fire Divine Lord drew a gasp. The River of Forgetfulness, one of the twelve legendary Fey Gods, was the combination of two tributaries. One was the River of Forgetfulness and the other was the River of the Netherworld.
The River of Forgetfulness's water could slow down the passage of time, allowing a person to hold on to youthfulness and life. But the River of the Netherworld was the exact opposite. It would quickly pare away a person's life and, since destruction was all too easy, the Netherworld water's effects far exceeded those of the River of Forgetfulness. Just a drop was enough to age a person considerably, snuffing out their vital flames."
"He can't be saved. The few years he has left in him will only bring pain." Li Fire Divine Lord sighed as he shot out Sword Qi. It struck Senior Brother Wang's glabella. His body jolted gently before his eyes lost the last bit of luster that was left in them.
Upon seeing this scene, Wan Qing's back broke out into cold sweat. If he had taken a few more steps forward, he would have shared the same outcome!
"Let's go." Li Fire Divine Lord casually tossed a fireball to cremate Senior Brother Wang's corpse. He continued forward before suddenly coming to a halt.
He saw what seemed like billowing Essence Qi Apocalyptic Fumes surging into the sky far away.
The Essence Qi Apocalyptic Fumes contained horrifying lifeblood powers. Despite the great distance, it was still able to stir all of Li Fire Divine Lord's lifeblood.
This is…
Li Fire Divine Lord's eyes lit up.
There was something seemingly impressive over there!
"Master, that is…"
A white-robed man beside Li Fire Divine Lord felt his heart palpitate as well. He felt that it was a possible opportunity!
"Let's go take a look. Perhaps there's something good!"
A glint flashed in Li Fire Divine Lord's eyes. He was no longer young; therefore, it was difficult for him to leave his name on the World Monolith due to its rules. However, he was not barred from receiving any opportunities. And since his strength far exceeded that of the young disciples, he held a distinct advantage when vying for them.
This was also the reason why many Divine Lords went to the ancient battlefield.
Due to the dangers they had already encountered, the group proceeded carefully towards the Essence Qi Apocalyptic Fumes. The distance of fifty kilometers took them two full hours to cross.
When they circled around a mountain, they finally saw the spot where the Essence Qi Apocalyptic Fumes originated. It left them astounded.
"How could this be…"
Li Fire Divine Lord narrowed his eyes. He saw a fountain source with water spewing out of it. And the water was turbid and greenish-yellow. It effused an indescribable aura of death.
Netherworld water!
Li Fire Divine Lord could determine that the fountain's source was a pool of Netherworld water.
And in the middle of the fountain's source was a plot of land with black sand. Above it grew a tiny tree.
The Essence Qi Apocalyptic Fumes that resonated with his bloodline came from this tiny tree!
The Netherworld water which could quickly erode life or even rot a world was actually capable of nurturing a tiny tree that suffused such terrifying lifeblood powers?


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Highlights: Yoruba Religion and Spirituality, Decentralization, Local Governance and Democratization in Southern Africa, African Cinema, Interviews with Filmmaker Salem Mekuria and Film Critic Sheila Petty
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Encyclopedia of Pre-colonial Africa: Archeology, History, Languages, Culture, and Environments. Joseph O. Vogel, ed. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press, A Division of Sage Publication, 1997.
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Sol Plaatje: Selected Writings. Brian Willan, ed. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 1997.
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Physicians, Colonial Racism, and Diaspora in West Africa. Adell Patton, Jr. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1996.
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Multi-select List
Users can select content by scrolling. Users can also add content to be added to the multiselect list.
Please note that the multiselect list contents cannot be deleted.
Users can select the Radlex from the Select Radlex Item hyperlink.
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Clones the selected Questions. Please note that the original Question and its clone will become Enemies. The Enemies of the original Question will also become the Enemies of the cloned Question.
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Randomize Options
You can randomize the order of the answer options for the selected items.
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Blocktext Metadata
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You can set advanced properties item attributes to groups of items. Select the check box for the Property you want to assign to all the selected items and then set the Value.
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- Shuffle Response: Enable (Yes) or disable (No) shuffle response for the selected items. If Not Set is selected, shuffle response is disabled.
- Add Calculator: Select a calculator from the drop-down list. Only those calculators that are configured for the project appear in the list. See the Advanced Properties Tab topic for details.
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- Set Minimum Response: You can set the minimum number of correct response options a candidate can select for an MCQ, Multiple Correct Options item.
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- # correct = The number of correct responses you listed in the item is the number of responses a candidate can select. For instance, if you have 5 responses and you selected 2 correct response options, the candidate can select a total of 2 response options for that item.
See the Advanced Configuration Properties topic for details.
- Set Maximum Response: You can set the maximum number of correct response options a candidate can select for an MCQ, Multiple Correct Options item.
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- # correct = The number of correct responses you listed in the item is the number of responses a candidate can select. For instance, if you have 5 responses and you selected 2 correct response options, the candidate can select a total of 2 response options for that item.
See the Advanced Configuration Properties topic for details.
- Response Required: You can specify whether the test driver should prevent candidates from navigating off any item they have not answered completely. Select True to prevent candidates from navigating off the item if they have not answered the item, and select False to allow candidates to navigate away from items that have not been answered. If Not Set is selected, the Response Required feature is not configured for the item.
- Response Confirmation: You can specify that the test driver should prompt candidates to confirm their answer to an item before moving off of it. Select True to prompt candidates to confirm their answer to the item before navigating away from the item, or select False to allow candidates to navigate away from the item without confirming the answer to the item. If Not Set is selected, the Response Confirmation feature is not configured for the item.
- No Response Confirmation: You can specify that the test driver should prompt candidates for confirmation to move off an item if they did not respond to the item completely. Select True to prompt candidates when they try and navigate away from an unanswered item, and select False to not prompt candidates when they try and navigate away from an unanswered item. If Not Set is selected, the No Response Confirmation feature is not configured for the item.
Clear Formatting
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Clone Questions
Clones the selected items. Please note that the original item and its clone become enemies. The enemies of the original item also become the enemies of the cloned item.
A confirmation pop-up window appears with check boxes for Statistics, Blueprint, or Metadata, which must be selected in order to transfer information related to these parameters from the original item to the cloned item.
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You can opt via radio button to make the original Question Obsolete, so that only the cloned Question is active. You can select the second radio button to keep the original item active so that there are two active versions of the same item in the Item Bank.
If the item being cloned is part of a Draft Exam Form/Section, a warning message is displayed mentioning the name of the Draft Exam Form/Section. This message is not displayed if the item is part of a published Exam Form/Section.
Items in an Obsolete state can only be cloned with batch edits. No other actions under batch edits are permissible.
For items that belong to a case, the cloned item is not part of the original case.
Copy statistics from last version Clicking this link
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Add Comment
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Rideouts, meets and events are arranged by Forum users regularly so remember to check the rideout sections to see what's on offer.
Good photos welcome for this page, just post it in the thread and they will be selected by Forum voting for the home page each month.
Well done Cal for the qualifying at Qatar
Weekly meets at the Golden Acorn, Glenrothes
Fifebikers meet informally every Wednesday of the year at the Golden Acorn in Glenrothes.
All are welcome, and there are usually folk there from 7pm onwards.
Welcome to THE Original Site for Bikes 'n' Banter in Fife and Beyond.
The Scottish Tae kwon do championships will take place at the Bells Sports Centre, Hay Street, Perth from 19am on Saturday 11th October 2008, entry for spectators is £4.00 for adults and £2.00 for kids.
For any further information on this, or if interested in training, please contact Robbie (in Lochgelly) on 07838 363550 or on
[email protected]
, look at the website www.itf-taekwondo.co.uk.
Have a good one!
Knockhill track day and race meet
Posted by daryn9767 on Friday, May 02, 2008 (20:15:54) (5536 reads)
Scottish Motorcycle Racing , Saturday morning track day 3rd may 08 (open to anyone) and Sunday race meeting 4th may. I think any one who has tickets for the cancelled meet in april 08 can use for entry to sundays race. Maybe someone can confirm this from KDMC or SACU. As always marshalls and helpers welcome , weather to be sunny and fair
Race Meeting 5/6th April Knockhill
Posted by daryn9767 on Thursday, March 27, 2008 (21:27:03) (6581 reads)
That time of year again, 1st race meeting of the year at Knockhill on the 6th of April, road track morning on the 5th april, with race track session in the afternoon, Hope everyone can get along and support local racing at the grass roots, from marshals to spectators, Track morning open to road riders only approx £50.00


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Close to Overwhelm? Don't Freak Out! Do a Business Spring Clean
I recently had a moment in my business where I felt like I was doing too much.
My 20 hour work weeks were stretching out to after hours. And I was going to bed feeling like there were things in my business that I should be doing and because I was going to bed stressed, I wasn't resting well.
I've been in business for over 17 years, and I know what approaching overwhelm and burnout looks like for me. Feeling like I was overcommitted, overstretched and getting cranky at my family were all signs that the dreaded burnout was nigh.
However, I love a good system. And so, I built one to pull me back from the clutches of the overwhelm beast and to regain my sense of control and flow. So, in this article, I'm going to share with you my 3 step process for 'spring cleaning' your business. Now, you don't have to just do this during spring. This works really well to revisit at any time.
By the end of this exercise, you'll feel more at ease, have clarity on what you're meant to be focusing on as well as feeling totally awesome.
Step 1: Reflect.
Reflection is a great place to unpack what is actually going on. It's great to slow down and get out of our brain all of the things.
So, I recommend you start with a big surface – like a whiteboard or a piece of butcher's paper. Then, draw three columns. And for each column write 'Stop', 'Start', 'Continue'.
In the 'Stop' column:
Brain dump all the things you want to stop. Maybe you want to stop mindlessly scrolling the Facebook feed. Or stop saying, "Yes", to clients who aren't a good fit. Just get everything out.
In the 'Start' column:
Write down all the things you'd like to start doing. For example, start a podcast. Or start going for a walk at lunchtime. Remember that as a business person, you need to take care of yourself too. When you suffer, your business suffers, so personal items can totally go on this list.
In the 'Continue' column:
Acknowledge all the things you're currently doing well and that you want to keep going with. It can be hard when you're close to overwhelm to recognise the things you're actually doing well at. So, make a note of these too.
Then, once you've done this, head on to step 2.
Step 2: Focus.
Now, you probably are feeling a little less overwhelmed already. But now it's time to do some planning.
For me, I like to do a 90-day plan that focuses on just three key projects with measurable Key Performance Indicators. I map out where I am now and where I'd like to be in 90-days and plot out key steps in each project to get me there.
Then, I stick my 90-day plan up behind my computer so that every day when I sit down to work, I see my 90-day plan.
Step 3: Practice 'Joy Of Missing Out' (JOMO).
I'm human. I get distracted by shiny things. Oh, such-and-such is running a webinar? Oh, that looks like fun, maybe I should run a webinar too.
But, it's that endlessly chasing new shiny things – that 'Fear Of Missing Out' (FOMO) that so often leads us to taking on too much and heading down the road to overwhelm.
Recently, a friend of mine introduced me to the idea of the 'Joy Of Missing Out', and I'm freaking in love with it. Instead of being afraid that I might miss something, I'm embracing the slow lane, the focused place that I'm in.
If an opportunity does come my way that I think, "Oh, that looks cool", I'll run it through my Shiny Object Syndrome Flowchart. (Alysa add link to Google doc) It stops me from feeling FOMO and taking on too much.
Feel the freedom!
Once you've completed these three steps, you'll feel like you have so much more room in your life, clarity on what you should be focusing on and you'll feel freaking awesome.
This is how I beat the 'overwhelm beast'.
What do you do when you feel overwhelmed? Did you find my 3 step process at all helpful or insightful? Let's chat in the comments below.


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UK consumers believe that they can't do without the internet and mobile phones, new Ofcom research revealed.
The study examined which communications services UK consumers consider 'essential' in their day to day lives and whether they are affordable, particularly for the most vulnerable in society.
There was broad consensus among consumers on what 'essential' means in relation to communications services. People said the ability to contact the emergency services, keep in touch with family and friends, or access information, education and entertainment were among the key functions of essential services.
Overall, the study found that telephone services, in particular mobiles, and internet access were most essential to UK consumers. Some 61% of consumers rated voice services (mobile or landline) as essential, 59% considered mobile voice or text services as essential, while 57% regarded personal internet access as essential.
The research also revealed that certain services are considered essential by some, but less important by others, with age being a key factor. Landline telephone services are considered essential by people aged 75 and above (61%), compared to just 12% of 16-24 year olds. However, accessing the internet via a smartphone was considered essential to 53% of 16-24 year olds, but to no one aged 75 and above.
Ofcom also examined the affordability of essential communications services. Among those consumers who said they were responsible for paying for them, 86% said they never had difficulties meeting the costs.
Of the minority (14%) that have had difficulties paying for communications services, three quarters (74%) have been careful about spending while managing their communications costs; just under half (45%) have cut back on luxuries; while around a third (36%) opt for cheaper goods or services.
The research found there to be low awareness of affordable deals among low income users; and just 26% of consumers on income support knew about social landline tariffs offered by BT and KCOM.
Of those responsible for paying for communications services, a small minority (2%) said they have been in debt or fallen behind on payments while trying to manage their telecoms costs.
The high take-up of essential communication services shows that, in most cases, cost is not a barrier to use. Some 95% of households have at least one mobile phone, 84% have a landline and 82% an internet connection.
But for some consumers, particularly those in low income households, cost is a reason for not having a desired service. This applies particularly to broadband, with 7% of consumers saying they would like to have broadband but don't because of the cost.
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West Lancashire
The Category West Lancashire is a subset of Lancashire. Browse through the Brief Records in the Category or look at the broader Category to find a List of the Titles of all the Entities associated with West Lancashire which have so far been described in this Directory. Clicking on a Title will link you to the Entity's Full Record.
'Bring your wellies and explore a hidden gem of wetland habitat at the NEW Wild Walk – meander through the muddy meadow, wander in the wet woods and get lost in a reedy ramble spotting wildlife and giant sculptures ...'
'The Friday Walking group (formally known as the Life Long Learning Walking Group or LLL), originated as a self help group in which people come together to share experience, knowledge, and interests on a variety of topics, one of which was walking. The Ormskirk Friday Walking Group is now just a walking group.'
'Sunday rambles monthly from West Lancashire to the Lake District, Yorkshire Dales, Peak District, North Wales.'
'Sefton and West Lancashire have many routes ideal for walking ... Many of these routes feature in the extremely popular Walking and Cycling Guide to Sefton's Natural Coast. However the routes are now available to download as individual maps ... designed to enable you to discover the area's fascinating history and wonderful flora and fauna.'
Sefton's Coast [Visit Southport]
'Founded over 30 years ago with the objectives to enjoy rambles, defend the public footpaths in West Lancashire and to extend the local footpath network. To help ensure all footpaths in West Lancashire are walked regularly, walks are arranged twice monthly, in the winter, and more frequently in the summer ... '
'Whether its the tranquility of the Leeds Liverpool Canal or the countryside of West Lancashire there is no shortage of lovely walking from Burscough ... '
'The Yellow Hammer walking route is a very good reason to get out and about in the Ormskirk area and discover the area's wonderful public rights of way network. Ormskirk is an historic market town in the heart of West Lancashire. The trail starts and finishes at Ormskirk railway station or bus station taking you through the historic town centre and out to the rolling countryside beyond, boasting stunning views of Lancashire and Merseyside.'
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Snapchat Launches Lenses for Dogs
Snapchat has released a new range of dog-friendly lenses designed to make your good boy look as ridiculous as you do through a Snapchat lense. Not only that, but Snapchat is now much better at recognizing dog faces, meaning your doggo won't feel left out.
They say, "A dog is for life, not just for Christmas." And if you have accepted a dog into your life, there's nothing better than making them look ridiculous. Now, thanks to Snapchat, you don't even have to dress your canine friend up in actual costumes to do so.
Snapchat Humiliates Your Good Boy
You may have previously tried to use Snapchat lenses on your dog with varying degrees of success. However, until now, Snapchat lenses have not been designed to work with dog's faces. Which seems a glaring oversight on Snapchat's part. One it has thankfully rectified.
Now, Snapchat's camera will recognize dog faces as well as human faces. This means you can point your smartphone at your doggo and make it look like an idiot. Which is something we doubt wolves ever expected when they first accepted food from humans.
To coincide with this update to its object recognition technology, Snapchat has released a handful of new lenses designed specifically for dogs. These Snapchat lenses for dogs include a pizza collar, antlers, a butterfly flapping its wings, and thick-rimmed glasses.
While we're pretty sure your doggy friend won't thank you for this humiliation, they're dogs, so don't have any say in the matter. And rest assured that if you're in the frame with your dog Snapchat will also make something appear on your face too.
Dogs Are the New Internet Overlords
While cats were once the kings and queens of the internet, dogs have taken over of late. So, Snapchat is sensible to have responded to this trend by releasing lenses for dogs. Just remember that if you do make your dog look ridiculous, they may come back to haunt you.
Snapchat has had a tough time of it of late, leading to millenials moaning about Snapchat. However, all the while Snapchat is releasing new filters (for humans and dogs alike) people will keep using the app. And here's our list of the best Snapchat filters to use The Best Snapchat Filters List and Essential Snapchat Lenses Want to pick the best Snapchat filter for your photos? Here's a list of the best Snapchat lenses and which ones you should use. Read More .
Related topics: Pets, Snapchat.
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Greil Marcus liked to refer back to "The Old, Weird America" when discussing a certain, famous set of recordings that emanated from a Woodstock cabin basement.
ALLAH-LAS sound like the Old, Weird Los Angeles: Strains of true surfing music, American harmonies, Sunset Strip backbeat, desert ramble filtered through Goldstar Sessioneers; That pre-fuzz pedal 'electrified folk' music and pop groups hitting the California sound with the tambourine on just the right beat. This group sounds like bungalows in canyons; hidden deco stairsteps peeking from leafy hillsides; kustom kars and dovetails and chicks in OP shorts with long, long hair, like a Dennis Hopper photo come to life. You look at their well worn Fender guitars, their real surfer tans, their dusty suede boots - and you see it's a sound natural to them; This isn't an act.
Produced by Nick Waterhouse to the same established standards as Pres #801, this second release from the label brings these Californian newcomers to the attention of the discerning listener. Pres Records is proud to present the recording debut of Allah-Las.


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NYT conservative unleashes hilariously vicious attack on Ted Cruz: 'Like a serpent covered in Vaseline'
During a chat with fellow New York Times columnist Gail Collins, conservative Bret Stephens issued a hilariously vicious attack on Sen. Ted Cruz, whom he described as being "like a serpent covered in Vaseline."
During their conversation, Stephens admitted to liking Beto O'Rourke, who is running against Cruz in the race for U.S. Senate in the state of Texas.
Stephens then confessed that the main reason he is rooting for O'Rourke is because he wants to see Cruz go down in flames.
When Collins asked Stephens to explain his personal distaste for Cruz, he didn't hold back.
"Because he's like a serpent covered in Vaseline," Stephens began. "Because he treats the American people like two-bit suckers in 10-gallon hats. Because he sucks up to the guy who insulted his wife — by retweet, no less. Because of his phony piety and even phonier principles. Because I see him as the spiritual love child of the 1980s televangelist Jimmy Swaggart and Jack Nicholson's character in 'The Shining.'"
Stephens wasn't even close to being done, however.
"Because his ethics are purely situational," he continued. "Because he makes Donald Trump look like a human being by comparison. Because "New York values." Because his fellow politicians detest him, and that's just among Republicans. Because he never got over being the smartest kid in eighth grade. Because he's conniving enough to try to put one over you, but not perceptive enough to realize that you see right through him. Because he's the type of man who would sell his family into slavery if that's what it took to get elected. And that he would use said slavery as a sob story to get himself re-elected."


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This picture was taken at the Prasat Preah Vihear, which located on a steep cliff in the Dangrek Mountain, that also a natural border between Cambodia and Thailand.
Here, you can see the earth, the water, feel the air, and several years ago you could feel the heat of fire from the conflict between the countries about this temple.
But now.. all is cool and calm..


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Engineered insulin that can be activated by high blood sugar could improve diabetics' quality of life
People with Type 1 diabetes must check their blood glucose several times a day and inject themselves with insulin to keep their blood sugar levels within a healthy range. A better alternative, long sought by diabetes researchers, would be insulin that is engineered to linger in the bloodstream, becoming active only when needed, such as right after a meal.
One obstacle to developing this kind of "glucose-responsive insulin" is that it is difficult to know how these drugs will behave without testing them in animals. MIT researchers have now created a computer model that should streamline the development process: Their new model can predict how glucose-responsive insulin (GRI) will affect patients' blood sugar, based on chemical traits such as how quickly the GRI becomes activated in the presence of glucose.
"The concept of GRI has been a longstanding goal of the diabetes field," says Michael Strano, the Carbon P. Dubbs Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT. "If done correctly, you could make it so that diabetics could take an occasional dose and never have to worry about their blood sugar."
The new model allowed the researchers to identify several strong GRI candidates, which they now plan to test in animals.
Strano is the senior author of two recent papers on GRIs, which appear in the journals Nature Chemistry and Advanced Healthcare Materials. The first author of both papers is MIT graduate student Naveed Bakh.
"A rational design"
In recent years, scientists have experimented with several types of GRIs. In the recent Nature Chemistry article, Strano and colleagues outlined some of the progress that has been made and laid out a series of specific synthetic approaches that could help make GRIs a practical reality. These include using mathematical models of the human body to predict how GRIs would behave in patients, making it easier to design and test such drugs.
In the Advanced Healthcare Materials paper, the MIT team used that type of modeling to analyze insulin that is modified so that it can interact with glucose. The insulin has molecules called PBA attached to it, and these PBA molecules can bind to glucose, which then activates the insulin.
Other GRI approaches that scientists have tried involve insulin embedded into hydrogels that release the drug when they encounter glucose, and insulin-carrying particles made from polymers that degrade when they bind to glucose. In all of these cases, it's important to know how strongly the glucose will interact with the GRI and how quickly the insulin will begin acting.
The MIT team devised equations that describe the behavior of PBA-modified insulin based on parameters such as how strongly glucose binds to the GRI and how rapidly the insulin is activated. They combined these equations with existing models of how glucose and insulin behave in different compartments of the body, such as blood vessels, muscle, and fatty tissue.
"We started by thinking about the GRI as a set of equations," Strano says. "The result is the first rational design for the GRI."
As a result, the researchers can now enter specific GRI traits and model how the GRI will behave in the human body over a 24-hour period, with meals consumed at certain intervals throughout the day. The model predicts how much blood sugar will spike after meals, the strength of the triggered insulin response, and the resulting blood sugar level.
The researchers incorporated the American Diabetes Association's recommended blood sugar limits into their model, allowing them to determine which GRI parameters produce blood sugar control within the suggested guidelines.
The paper shows that it is possible to optimize the design of chemically modified insulin, says Frank Doyle, the dean of Harvard University's John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
"Furthermore, they demonstrate effective (simulated) control for three meals in a 24-hour period, as well as a missed meal scenario. Taken together, these results reveal the exciting promise of such a strategy for diabetes treatment, along with the opportunity for human clinical evaluation," says Doyle, who was not involved in the study.
While this model is specific to one category of GRI, the researchers plan to apply this approach to develop similar models for other types of GRIs.
New candidates
Strano says he hopes that other researchers, particularly medicinal chemists, will use the new model to guide development of new GRI candidates. The MIT team is also pursuing several of the best candidates predicted by the model and plans to work with Michael Weiss, a professor of biochemistry at Case Western Reserve University, to test them in mice.
The researchers believe that this approach could be extended to other types of drugs that would respond to changes in physiological conditions, for example, anticoagulants that are activated when blood clotting proteins become elevated.
"We could envision a future where that's the norm for all therapeutics: We could ask our drugs to modulate their potency based on our immediate, instantaneous need in real time," Strano says. "That's pie-in-the-sky at this point, but the starting point of this concept is a model for their design."
More information: Naveed A. Bakh et al. Glucose-responsive insulin by molecular and physical design, Nature Chemistry (2017). DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2857 Naveed A. Bakh et al.
Rational Design of Glucose-Responsive Insulin Using Pharmacokinetic Modeling, Advanced Healthcare Materials (2017). DOI: 10.1002/adhm.201700601
Journal information: Advanced Healthcare Materials , Nature Chemistry
Provided by Massachusetts Institute of Technology
This story is republished courtesy of MIT News (web.mit.edu/newsoffice/), a popular site that covers news about MIT research, innovation and teaching.


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CFDA Fashion Book
I was happy to see my work in this book. It was published two years ago, but nevertheless, I am happy and thankful that it lives in print and that Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) was involved. I thought Art Tavee did an amazing job photographing the bracelets.
Candy Pratts Price, Jessica Glasscock, Art Tavee, American Fashion Accessories CFDA (Assouline, 2008) 260-269.


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See how quick is to integrate hardware in C# using our SDK.
Let's get started!
1. What you will be able to do
In this project you will be able to:
- Connect M2M Gateway with a potentiometer and a RGB LED;
- Control RGB LED light with SDK;
- Add a "Label" for connection status indication;
- Add a "Progress Bar" for pontentiometer values;
- Watch in real-time RGB LED light intensity control;
- Add a "Toggle" button to toggle the green LED;
- Watch in real-time green LED light toggle control;
2. Integrate your Application
2. 1. Setup your development environment
To learn how to setup your development environment and establish your application's first connection to the M2M Gateway modules, please download the Hello iDomSDK pack from Domatica Support Center.
Link to download the Hello iDomSDK pack:
2.2. Check our Project Samples
To learn how to remotely monitor and control through the iDomFramework try our Project Samples from Domatica Support Center.
Link to download the Project Samples:
To learn the full SDK API or how to integrate the iDomFramework please check the Documentation and Guides from Domatica Support Center.
Link to download Documentation and Guides:


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Continuing to pray with the seven last words of Christ. On this Good Friday, the fifth word: "I am thirsty." (John 19:28)
At the last: a most human need.
For all of the times you had poured out wine
and provided a miraculous feast,
now at the end you thirsted.
Can I replenish you, the Christ?
As your life wanes, is there anything I can do?
The best I have is sour wine & a sponge,
not even a proper cup.
And if I could, at this moment,
return the favor of spreading an abundant table,
what purpose would it serve? You are dying.
Thirst is the lesser pain to ease.
Still, let me run for more wine!
Give me purpose, urgency, a grocery list and task, I plea,
so that I have a reason to avoid this bitter scene.
Your thirst gives me something to do…
…which reveals what I cannot face
at the foot of the cross: death and uselessness.
We have endowed your death with function and meaning,
trying to save our own from futility.
But there it is:
my own futility, in lengthening shadows;
my uselessness, on the end of a hyssop branch;
your need, unsatisfied at the last.


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Most people have jewelry and most of those people that own jewelry have certain pieces in their collection that they consider collectible. However, not everything you may consider to be collectible actually is. The easiest way to tell if your jewelry is collectible is to have it appraised. After you have your jewelry appraised, you are then ready to sell it, but that does not mean you should put your jewelry on sale instantly.
How to Tell if Your Jewelry is Collectible?
Getting an appraisal is the best way to find out which items in your collection are collectible. With an appraisal, you will learn about the weight, materials, and the markings of your pieces. You will also learn gemstone quality, relative rarity and overall quality of manufacture. Knowing all this can help you decide which pieces are worth selling as collectible and which are not.
When selling collectible jewelry it is wisest to sell to a local jeweler. Local jewelers will have a better understanding of the true value of your collection and therefore will be able to offer you a better deal. So if you are looking to have your jewelry appraised and sell your collectible pieces, call Midtown Jewelers today. Midtown Jewelers offers jewelry appraisals and they also buy jewelry.


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Substation Earthing
Good substation earthing is essential for a safe and reliable power system. Methods to improve substation grounding with supporting measurements of earth resistance, and computational models to simulate the possible Ground Potential Rise (GPR) due to injected current surges are of particular interest.
The main objective of the initial work is to develop a reliable computational model for the impedance of substation earthing mats and the distribution of the surface potential that occurs when a power frequency fault current is injected into the earthing system. The commercial package CDEGS MALT has been found to be one of the best currently available, and part of the initial effort was to verify its performance. MALT is being tested with experimental results and also Earthing Standards and literatures formulas available. Extensive work have been done to study the effect of �proximity effect� on the surface potentials in and around the earthing system when comparing with the computer software computations.
Also, study of the potential distribution due to the insertion of a local high resistivity barrier have been carried out. The purpose of using local high resistivity is to skew the potential contours, so the earth potential rise immediately beyond the barrier can be reduced. As the power frequency current can penetrate very deep into the ground, the effectiveness of the high resistivity barrier needs to be examined. Effects of barrier geometry under various system conditions was analysed. Both solid barrier and barrier made of plates with various spacings of gaps were tested in the electrolytic tank and modelled in the CDEGS software.
Type: Normal Research Project
Research Groups: Electrical Power Engineering, Electronics and Electrical Engineering
Theme: High Voltage Engineering
Dates: ? to ?
- The National Grid Company plc
Principal Investigators
Other Investigators
- Dr. Richard Stoll
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What's the Difference: Hollow-wall anchors
Which is strongest: plastic anchors, auger anchors, mollies, or toggle bolts?
It's not uncommon to have to install a wall-mounted fixture long after a kitchen or bathroom is buttoned up with drywall. When you can't secure the item to a stud or 2x blocking, a hollow-wall anchor is your best option. The anchors shown here, commonly found at home centers, often come with strength ratings. Some manufacturers (but not all) apply a safety factor when creating this rating to ensure performance under the listed load. Check to be sure. You might have to apply your own safety factor by dividing the listed maximum load value by four, per industry standards. The general load values listed here reflect the applied safety factor.
Plastic anchors
Plastic anchors serve the lightest duty. You can be comfortable hanging a small picture with these anchors, but not much else. They are not designed for use in ceilings and are the most susceptible to failing under heavy loads.
Auger anchors
Auger anchors are the easiest to install. They don't require a pilot hole, which speeds up installation and minimizes damage should the anchor need to be removed. The strength of most auger anchors is comparable to that of plastic anchors, so their applications are similar.
Mollies are for permanent fixtures only. One type of molly needs a pilot hole; the other can be nailed. Both have a screw that flares the legs of the anchor to secure it. Mollies can be used in walls and ceilings, but removing this anchor causes significant damage.
Toggle bolts
Toggle bolts hold the most weight but are finicky to install. They require a large pilot hole and rely on a sprung toggle for support, which can limit their use. When used in walls filled with rigid or spray-foam insulation, toggles can't expand properly. These anchors perform well in most walls and ceilings.
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Adorn Les Dessous
"From luxurious silk georgette ruching on the straps, to the extravagant crystal brooch placed on the strapless bra, each piece balances between the boundaries of public and private." Adrine Bimanand, Adorn Les Dessous.
One of the most beautiful bridal brands we encountered at CURVENY in February was the recently launched Adorn Les Dessous.
Adorn Les Dessous was designed based off the simple principles of using luxurious materials and unexpected details to create intimates that not only please the eye but provide effortless comfort and fit.
Adorn Les Dessous was recently featured as the cover story on the WEDLUXE Trend Report.
"With those basic philosophies in mind, an all-white capsule collection was created consisting of nine interchangeable pieces," explained the brand's Adrine Bimanand. "Using 100% silk georgette, delicate scalloped floral lace, seamless microfiber and sparkling crystal accents, a collection of both editorial and classic silhouettes was born. A collection that won't mind sharing a glimpse; all that's left is to adorn yourself, starting from the first layer."
The collection debuted with a Silk & Lace Strapless bra, Padded Bra, Scalloped Lace Wire Bra, Silk Striped Seamless Shorty, Tanga, Ruffled Bikini, Silk Ruffled Bikini, Silk Georgette lace Babydoll, Robe and Lace and Silk Bow Garter Belt. We've included a few images from the collection for our readers to browse and enjoy in the gallery below.
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Patrick is an IBS Account Executive and his been with the company for over 2 and half years now. Patrick's worked in sales before, but IBS was his introduction to the world of IT staffing. His background in customer service has allowed him to build a number of partnerships with a variety of clients during his short time at the company.
When asked what he likes about working at IBS, Patrick noted the freedom and flexibility. He enjoys taking the business into his own hands, while also getting the chance to work with a different clients across various industries. And when not running around town for client meetings, Patrick enjoys hanging out with his wife, two boys and his 5 year old chocolate lab Morrison.
Fun Fact: Patrick majored in Communications at Bowling Green State University and, interestingly, minored in Pop Culture Studies. While not necessarily applicable to IT staffing, he is pretty darn good at morning trivia.


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Coin Front & Back
On the 6th of October 2010 the Central Reserve Bank of Peru has issued a new 5 Nuevos Soles coin with some design changes. Both versions of the coin (old and new) are legal tender but slowly the new type should be replacing the previous one. The new 5 Nuevo Soles coin is also made (as its predecessor) from different metals: The core of the coin is made of copper, aluminum and nickel whereby the outer ring is made of stainless steel. The main image on the front of the coin is a Frigate Bird belonging to the famous Nazca lines (pre-Columbian geoglyphs) located in the arid coastal plains in southern Peru. The front of the coin also features a horizontal ribbon with a pre-Columbian design (top), the value of the coin as number "5" (overlapping the core and outer ring), the writings "NUEVOS" (core, partially overlapping the outer ring) and "SOLES" (outer ring) on top of a section with vertical lines.
All these new features and fine details have been implemented to prevent the easy counterfeiting (unfortunately there are quite a lot of counterfeit soles coins in circulation – of the previous 2's and 5's). The back remains unchanged and also shows the Coat of Arms of Peru, the writing "BANCO CENTRAL DE RESERVA PERU" (Central Reserve Bank of Peru) and the year of issue.


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Giving a brand an animated personality can get big wins, but there are a few catches.
By MediaStreet Staff Writers
When the Pixar lamp buries the letter "I" by jumping on it, this is an example of what's called "agent animation" – a type of new brand logo that makes it feel alive.
New research by two Boston College marketing professors says the low usage of these animated logos means there's an early adopter opportunity for some companies to create animated logos. It may just get you attention and impress your markets. But there are catches… your brand already has to been seen as dynamic.
"This research shows a different route that brands can take to help imbue life into themselves," says S. Adam Brasel, Associate Professor of Marketing at Boston College. "If we think that that a logo is alive or that a brand is alive, it's easy for us to give it a personality. If we have an underlying thought that this thing has a mind, now suddenly it's much easier for us to feel 'Oh, that thing is a friend' or 'That thing is reliable' or 'That thing is exciting.'"
"Marketers don't really know much about agent animation or its ability to bring a brand to life" says co-researcher Henrik Hagtvedt, Associate Professor of Marketing at Boston College. "It's a little bit like the social media phenomenon. First, it presented opportunities that few companies were utilising. Then, a lot of firms felt like they should be jumping on the bandwagon, but many didn't really know how to do it right. Eventually, the firms that figured it out reaped a lot of benefits. I'm not suggesting that animated logos will be as big a deal as social media, but we're currently seeing stage one: under-utilisation."
The study tackles the complicated question of how animation influences consumer attitude toward a firm or brand. It finds the successful use of agent animation is determined by the vibe a company gives off. Not every brand fits every kind of animation, and some may not be compatible with animation at all. Companies need to proceed with caution when tinkering with the logo that's the prime representative for the brand.
Brasel and Hagtvedt found that object-animated logos – those that move in predictable, almost mechanical patterns – are aligned with more businesses that rely on an image of stability, such as life insurance and financial services. On the other hand, agent-animated logos – those that appear to move on their own in a lifelike fashion – encourage more favourable attitudes toward firms with consumer expectations of dynamism, such as entertainment companies.
"Animation is a channel that brands can use to express their brand personality," says Brasel, "but that channel needs to fit with the message that brand wants to send."
"As with the design of logo graphics, companies should take great care when designing logo animation," says Hagtvedt. "The logo is in many ways the centrepiece of a brand's persona, and logo animation can help mould a brand's image. It is therefore important that this is done strategically, to fit with the brand's overall identity."
The more dynamic the brand, the more sense it makes for consumers to see agent animation. Further, animation can be tailored to signal sophisticated or exciting personality traits, to fit with firms that have or seek those brand personalities.
"Given that the market for TV and online advertising is so competitive, marketers want to make sure they don't waste any dollars," says Brasel. "We know consumers aren't paying much attention to commercials to begin with, so we want to make sure that every moment of the commercial has the maximum impact for the messages that it's trying to tell. It's surprising that more companies aren't utilizing logo animation, because it's a very low cost-low effort way to convey extra brand information. It's just not currently being used."
Brasel and Hagtvedt also looked at more than 400 30-second commercials broadcast on television and the web and found an astonishingly low usage rate. For the television commercials, 62% featured static logos, 35% featured object animation (a logo being moved around the screen in a mechanical fashion), while only 3% utilised agent animation. Online advertisements featured even less logo movement: 93% featured static logos, and 7% utilised object animation. What this shows is an opportunity for first movers.
"Low marketplace utilisation suggests such animation could potentially provide early adopters with a competitive advantage," according to the report. While there are advantages with being a first-mover, companies need to be careful of strategic miscues.
"Some brands go out and change their logo when they should not have, and it can cost them millions of dollars," says Hagtvedt. "If consumers respond badly to the change, you have additional losses. On the other hand, if a brand becomes old and stodgy and loses brand equity as a result, that can also be difficult to win back. And that could be a reason to consider animation."
The favourable effects documented in the studies suggest opportunities for agent animation within retail and shopping environments as well, according to the researchers, who say animation on in-store signage could draw attention to specials, deals, or items that are in oversupply.
"You see more electronic signage in stores now, so there are a lot of possibilities for animation in stores," says Hagtvedt. "You can have little helpers for the customers at the end of a shelf, or you can have larger signs along the walls. There are also future opportunities on the horizon. For instance, perhaps one day we'll see animated packaging."
"Given so few companies are doing it, there is a chance to gain a very inexpensive competitive advantage in the marketplace by doing this," says Brasel. "It's a low cost, relatively low risk way to increase advertising effectiveness as long as they do a little research first to make sure it fits their brand and makes sense."


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Hyundai Motor India is all set to launch it's new Global connected technology BlueLink,with it's upcoming compact SUV Venue in the Indian Market.Hyundai said on Tuesday, in New Delhi that it is providing a training programme to a team of over 10,000 professionals for its global connected technology. The launch of the compact SUV, which is all set to hit the roads in May 2019, will be an introduction to it's global technology BlueLink in the Indian market. The company is training 615 'Blue Link Wizards' who will train over 10,000 sales consultants of it's sales network across the country.
"Our team of Blue Link Wizards and trained sales consultants will make the technology truly accessible to all our customers," said Puneet Anand, Senior General Manager Marketing of Hyundai Motor India. The trained consultants will visit the residence of Venue owners for informing and explaining about the features, he added. The company owns over 1,300 service touch points and has a sales network of 491 dealers.
Features of Hyundai's global BlueLink technology
- BlueLink comes with 33 artificial intelligence and connected features.
- Out of which 10 have been specially designed for the Indian market.
- For e-sim, network connectivity the company tied up with service providers, Vodafone and Idea.
- Safety applications like automatic crash notification and assistance, SOS emergency and road side assistance would feature.
- Engine start/stop, climate control, door lock/unlock would be it's remote functions, as part of the new technology in Venue.
The model with a launch would compete with the likes of Maruti Vitara Brezza, Tata Motors Nexon, Mahindra XUV300, Honda WR-V and Ford EcoSport.
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Semyon Bychkov is a conductor who has made faithfulness to the text, clarity, and objectivity in music-making the key features of his interpretation. These qualities appear perfect for unravelling a text like Schubert's Symphony no. 9, known as "the Great." The composer's final and long-unknown symphony, it is a crucible of innovation and solutions providing glimpses of developments that were later to characterize late nineteenth-century symphonism. The "divine length" that Schumann, among the first fervent supporters of this posthumous work, saw in this symphony is nothing other than the result of Schubert's writing process, which had reached an extraordinary development, full mastery of orchestral composition, and the highly fortunate and overflowing quantity of ideals traversing it. It is a length that in effect dissolves into an inexhaustible flow of music of sublime quality. A real discovery is the Concerto for two pianos by Max Bruch, which Katia and Marielle Labèque, tireless explorers of the two-keyboard repertoire, are performing to open the programme. Solidly written, with genuine romanticism and highly pleasing to the ear, it is a composition in keeping with the characteristics of Bruch's music, firmly anchored to tradition, and in particular to the tradition of Mendelssohn, for whom he always had total admiration.
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Hi guys, i have a login page where i created a session trainer after login. the session is the mail address of the trainer.
now from another apsx page, i would like to retrieve the staffid of the user logged in using the session as criteria.
I tried to write the below code but its not working. Any ideas please?
Dim cmd As New SqlCommand
Dim query1 As String
query1 = "SELECT staffid FROM tblstaff WHERE email='" & Session("trainer") & "'"
connect.ConnectionString = Constr
cmd = New SqlCommand(query1, connect)
Dim rdr As SqlDataReader = cmd.ExecuteReader
Dim bFound As Boolean = False
If rdr.Read() Then
Dim staffid As String = rdr("staffid")
lblStaffID.Text = staffid
End If


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Welcome to this weeks episode of the UPC show!
This week, Curtis welcomes UPC researcher, Dave McGee into the studio along with special guest: Senator Aaron Osmond (Republican – South Jordan).
The pair interviewed Osmond for the full hour as the senator expanded on his ideas surrounding compulsory education, a topic which came back into focus Tuesday when Osmond released the details of three bills Osmond intends to run during the upcoming legislative session.
Are private/homeschooled students given advantages under Osmond's proposal? Are the poor placed at a disadvantage thanks to proposed contractual agreements? Is his legislation simply rhetoric from conservative organizations such as the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)? Do public schools even have the resources necessary to achieve these goals? Osmond answers all of these questions and more during the frank discussion.
Don't forget! You can listen to the show LIVE every Saturday afternoon from 2-3 PM on KTKK AM630, or stream it at www.k-talk.com.
Today's closing song: Christmas Was Better In The 80's – The Futureheads.


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Basic kit comprises:
1800 long – $575 + gst
2400 long – $625 + gst
Over 2400 long- all track solutions are bespoke and priced according to the specific job.
Max track length is 4500mm and longer lengths will have a joiner provided. The length is a practical constraint taking into account handling and processing.
$80+GST added to track price for each soft-close unit
Standard – Plastic Tee guide – suitable for doors up to 900 wide (Included in pricing)
Aluminium Tee guide – suitable for doors up to 1100 wide (included in pricing)
BRIO inverted bearing guide (with "u" shaped channel in bottom of door) . We recommend this for all doors over 1100 wide – (add $110 for doors up to 1500 wide)
Concealing the bottom guide can be a really nice visual feature. This can be achieved where the overlap of the door (against wall or architrave) can be greater than 60mm. Talk to our consultants about this option if this feature is important to you.
All exterior tracks and hangers are customised to your application and location.
Material options include:
Each exterior project is priced on application
Customised track to suit application, powder coated.
All tracks are priced individually before manufacture. Indicative price for Cafe illustrated.
4m track + 2 wheels – $1,800 + gst
Up to 2,400 high x 1,200 wide – $200 to $450 + GST
(door only – add track as required)
(Refer NZ Farming Towns Series).
Up to 2,400 high x 1,200 wide – $400 to $1200* + gst
(price dependent on complexity of pattern overlay)
Up to 2,400 high x 2,400 wide (2 leaves joined) – $600 – $1500* + gst
(price dependent on complexity of pattern overlay)
*Final price will need confirmation when details are known.
We use reputable freight companies for transport and sometimes product will be transferred between carriers where NI-SI interchange is required or a rural delivery is needed.
We provide free freight NI for tracks up to 2400 long and SI for tracks up to 1800 long.
Free freight applies to track sets sent in Cardboard tubes and does not include doors.
We can customise the tracks systems for different finishes or powder coated colours other than black (Dulux Powder coat). Please contact us to discuss if you have a request for different colours or finishes.
*** Please note there will be incremental costs involved for polishing or galvanising Zinc or Steel options
*** Please note that we can achieve a zinc plating on small items, but not the track exceeding 1800mm (we may need to supply two tracks with a joiner if your length exceeds 1800mm)
Images below show galvanised zinc rail and the imperfections and variability that is expected with galvanising – giving a very 'rustic' appearance (click on image to get a larger view)