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Is it possible for a thread to atomically update 4 different places of the shared memory?
why does a cublas function cause a 4-byte Pageable memcpy?
Any work-around to use polymorphism and virtual functions in CUDA kernels?
How to get cmake to enable cuda when compiling yolo (darknet)?
Does cuda stream has own __constant__ memory copy?
CUDA was installed before VS, How to deal with it?
how to create a matrix in gpu and print it on cpu?
How to transfer datatype declaration from .cpp file to .cu file?
What would cause a Numba Cuda kernel to do nothing but not return an error?
Can float3 enjoy CUDA memory coalescing?
is there a way to call any API with my gpu?
How to find installation path in virtual environment?

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Loverboy is a sparkling hard tea with zero sugar, naturally sweetened, and made from organic ingredients. Launching in NYC Q2 2019.
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For years, my group of NYC-based friends has summered in the Hamptons, and for the last 3 seasons, we've filmed and documented the constant balance between work and play. Summer House is on NBC Universal's Bravo TV network. Season 3 premiers on March 4th 2019 @ 10pm EST.

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“Cloudwashing” is the currently rampant practice of taking an existing offering and labeling it a cloud offering, even if it’s not. The result is that there’s broad confusion and a dilution of the perceived benefits of true cloud offerings. The benefits of cloud applications and platforms are quantifiable cost savings, rapid time to value and innovation that drives the business. Many cloudwashed offerings cannot deliver these benefits and are merely a way for incumbent vendors to prolong their stranglehold over customers’ IT budgets.
A couple of weeks ago, we were at SIIA’s All About the Cloud conference, which was a great opportunity to connect with our peers in the industry. We decided to take the opportunity to ask these industry experts what they thought about “cloudwashing”.
The results were entertaining and illuminating. They ranged from bewilderment (”I have no idea what it is”) to supremely optimistic (”when you’ve been cloudwashed, you’re SAS70 compliant, have stable APIs…) to skeptical (”when a cloud vendor tells you that a project is going to take days and it take months you’ve been cloudwashed”) to IBM’s surprisingly honest response (”when you take an offering and get it ready for the cloud”).
Do all of your customers run on the same logical instance?
Do I automatically get the benefits of new features or innovation without additional work (e.g. a physical upgrade)?
Are your APIs stable from release to release preserving my customizations, extensions, and integrations?
If your “cloud” vendor can’t answer in the affirmative to each of these questions, you’re in danger of being cloudwashed. Time to grab your wallet and run!
P.S. Please share your favorite definitions or examples of cloudwashing with us in comments.


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Bad gasket on the cap, or hose connection leaks, or the seam connecting the top and bottom of the cap is leaking.
(07-13-2018, 07:58 AM)Don C Wrote: Bad gasket on the cap, or hose connection leaks, or the seam connecting the top and bottom of the cap is leaking.
and your PCV could be plugged or malfunctioning.
These old 1/4 turn oil fill caps are not like your new vehicle with a screw on cap with an o-ring seal. They will always leak. You could probably put a long tube like the racers use to and stop it some but without a great screw on cap and o-ring it is going to leak.
Another thought, some aftermarket valve covers do not have a battle at the openings, so the cap and gasket are always drenched in oil.
There is a plate so you cant see into the head, probably for protecting the oil from splashing out.

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Environmental governance systems must adapt to address increased uncertainty and new social-ecological conditions posed by stressors like climate change. This chapter presents several principles of social cognition and decision-making that influence adaptive governance. The principles are illustrated with examples from six US river basins. Future research opportunities are also outlined.
This work was developed in part under the Adaptive Water Governance Project, funded by the US National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) under funding from the US National Science Foundation, NSF DBI-1052875. The views set forth by contributors to this volume represent their own and do not represent the views of any public or private entity the contributor is affiliated with.

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Yesterday was a "not-so-good" day for me. I had such a bad migraine the whole day that I neglected to read the kids their afternoon Bible season with me. But despite my nasty migraine, I did some laundry and wrote some tasks online but wasn't able to bloghop and do my usual posting for Wednesday's meme.
Then last night, both hubby and I couldn't sleep for some reason. We both kept tossin 'n turnin and I think we wee able to fall asleep by 4 am but by then I was so tired that I had a nightmare that made me scream wahhh. It's trash day today so we both woke up early so I could take the dogs out while he put the trash out. Now he went back to bed but I decided to write my entry for Couple's Corner. After this, I'll go back to bed myself lol.
Okay sorry folks if my mind is wandering somewhere and not focusing on the topic which is the Sweet Gesture. Between the two of us, John is the most expressive one. Nagmamanhid manhiran ako minsan hahaha.
When driving, he always puts his right arm in front of me on sudden halt of the car, I always think that its so sweet and caring.
He cooks for us when he sees that I am not in the mood to cook or if nakasimangot ako lol (Pls check the link of his new dish for us, matutuwa yun hehehe).
Ako minsan lang ako maging sweet lol. Di kasi ako showy kay hubster kaya pero paminsan minsan super sweet din lol. Hala sige mga kabayan, gising na ang aking bunso, I won't be able to go back to bed now hahaha. Gotta cook some breakfast na lang before the hubs goes to school. Thanks for commenting and for visiting!
What is the true essence of family for you? Do you just call a family because you belong to the clan? A family for me is my LIFE, the reason I exist, and the reason I am able to conquer all the obstacles that comes my way. How about you?
I often heard this in the Philippines when I was growing up "The family that prays together, stays together." I remember when I was growing up, my paternal grandparents used to wake us up in the dawn so we could say a prayer and I couldn't understand that as a kid because you know when you're young, all you want to do is sleep especially early in the morning lol.
My version to the above mentioned saying is "The family that walk and play together, stays together", what do you think? Anyhow, these photos were taken when we had our walk during the last few weeks of snow season.
We love taking a walk at my FIL's neighborhood.
This summer, there are a lot of activities that we can engage our kids into. We can encourage them to help us with gardening. Picture taken when we were still in Korea. Both of them wanted to do the watering of the plants. Digging the ground is one of their favorites to do in gardening.
This was our very first hiking trip. We literally hiked but we didn't finish the whole journey because we have two kids with us. Rylie was so good, she walked all the way to where we stopped and back.
This was taken when we went to Mt. Seorak in 2009.
Rylie and the other kids playing soccer inside the navy base in Chinhae. Introducing your kids to sports is a great way to enhance their sportsmanship and its also a fun experience for us parents.
This was taken in Splish 'n Splash in Osan inside the Air Force base during our first summer getaway in South Korea (2008).
Tip: Inflatable pool is affordable and its good to have at home because if you can't go to a real swimming pool, at least the kids can swim and enjoy the water.
This was taken when we went for a 4-day island hopping in Jeju, South Korea.
How about you guys, what do you do during summer time?
This is the second part of our St. Patrick adventure which I posted last weekend (you can find the first part when you scroll down). Margaret Manson Weir Memorial Pool was one of the beautiful part of my husband's childhood. He said that he used to come up here and swim when he was a kid. When the Steel Mill died down though, they were forced to closed this pool as it cost a lot for its maintenance compared to what it makes.
We love to come up here during summer because the playground is big and the surrounding is very relaxing.
I won't get tired of documenting the milestones of my kids because sooner or later they will have their own lives and hubby and I will go back to where we started, just the two of us. We want to enjoy every moment with them now that they want to be with us because you know, kids grow up so fast.
I am so blessed with a loving husband because he is also a loving Dad to our kids. He is always there to play with them and willing to help them try new things.
Adjacent to the playground is a tennis court where me and the kids went for a brief run.
We spent our St. Patrick Day at Mary H. Weir Public Swimming Pool Playground. The pools is permanently closed but they maintain it as a historical structure. MY husband said that as a kid, he always came here to swim during summer time. Too bad, its not operating anymore. I'll show you the photo of the pool on the next post.
I am glad that it's getting warmer now, the kids can finally run around outside and have fun.
Look how joyous EJ's face is.
The playground is very big with lots of slides, swing, and toys to ride with.
The extra bonus is that it is adjacent to the woods so if there are wild critters, you would be able to see them. We didn't see any though.
Oh the joy of being a kid. I oftentimes feel that way when I am with my burritos.
Tune in for the second batch of our St. Patrick adventures guys. Thanks a lot for commenting and visits. Have a blessed Sunday everyone.


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I've only seen them in action roles, but both are capable of comedy in each. I'm thinking Chris2 (squared) works for me.
Chris There-Can-Never-Be-Too-Many-Superhero-Roles Evans for me, please.

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The European Wilderness Society just started a new service for our European Network Partners. This new service will support the partners of the European Wilderness Network with numerous activities, new services and free marketing.
The European Wilderness Network, started under PAN Parks 15 years ago, has grown to now 23 members in 14 Countries with more than 300.000 ha of audited wilderness. This network represents the best wilderness all across Europe and is still expanding. During the last 2 years, the Hohe Tauern Wilderness,the Kalkalpen Wilderness and Zacharovanyy Kray Wilderness joined the Network. This year two Wildernesses in Germany and four in Ukraine will join as well.
The European Wilderness Network partners will benefit from a revised and updated new marketing strategy. All partners will regularly receive not only marketing material free of charge to be used in their day to day marketing activities but also be listed in a special search engine optimized website dedicated to the European Wilderness Network.
The European Wilderness Exchange Programme offers selected representatives of the European Wilderness Network to visit other Wilderness areas of the Network to exchange personal experience, professional know-how and to expand the personal Wilderness networks.
Starting this year, each European Wilderness Network partner receives one VIP ticket to attend the European Wilderness Academy Days 25-27th October in Slovakia. During the European Wilderness Academy Days, there will be a session dedicated to the partners of the European Wilderness Network.
Our European Wilderness Journal, Annual Report, Logging Report Romania, WILD5 in French, Spanish, Italian, Ukrainian, German and English, the European Wilderness Quality Standard or the many European Wilderness Standard Quick- and Full-Audit reports will be available to all European Wilderness Network Partners free of charge.
The sustainable tourism experts Karin Eckhard and Max Rossberg of the European Wilderness Society are working closely with Ecological Tourism Europe, Michael Meyer, to develop new innovative sustainable tourism concepts and projects to be made available to the partners of the European Wilderness Network.
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So I find myself fortunate enough, this semester, to be taking multiple biology classes at once. I know this might seem like a “duh” statement but really, since I was getting my associates at a community college, most of my biology courses were to be saved for the university years, and that is where we are. I am taking Genetics and Evolution & Ecology, both of which help me understand where we came from and maybe a little bit about why.
I, having grown up in Texas, with the bible belt flattening my education, found myself in a very exciting place once I was ready to take biological courses in college. My very first was biology for majors with an amazing teacher, Dr. Maines. She made things relatable and relatively easy to understand, the course was hard but she made it as easy as possible. I learned more in that class than in the culmination of all my previous years of education. I had not had a biology course since my freshman year of high school. I don’t remember everything as my memory is fairly poor, I cannot recall anything truly specific from more than a few years ago, freshman biology was 10 years behind me when I stepped into Dr. Maines’ class. I was raised (in school) on the Christian fed mentality of, “if we came from monkey then why aren’t monkeys turning into humans right now?!” I do not remember actually being taught about evolution until college, so I would like to make a fairly simple and concise post about evolution. To explain the basics (and maybe a bit more) without you having to take a majors bio class.
The basic concept of evolution is simple: the change of a population over time. Evolution works through a process called natural selection. Natural selection is the favoring of certain traits that are present in a population. Selection for traits that give an individual in that population an advantage over other individuals. This means that the individual with the advantage will be more fit and able to pass on more genes to the next generation. “Survival of the fittest” is a phrase that is often heard in conversations pertaining to evolution. Fittness in this case does not mean a very foxy lioness or a muscly tiger. Fitness in the context of survival and evolution refers to passing on your genes to the next generation. For example, the off spring of a donkey and a horse is a mule. Mules can live healthy lives and even fight off predators as well as the parents but mules are sterile. This means that they cannot produce off spring so mules are not fit animals.
The way an individual can have an advantage over other members of the population is by inheriting better genes than everyone else. When two member of a species come together to have a child (for means of this conversation, through sexual reproduction) their genes mix together at random. The child, hopefully, will end up with the best of both parents and be more fit than either of the parents were to survive. With this in mind the following statement should make a lot of sense: evolution doesn’t act on individuals, it only acts on populations. To further explain this point I introduce to you Darwin’s finches. Darwin was the man who introduced the idea of evolution to the mass population of the world. He spent a lot of time in and around the Galapagos Islands studying different species of birds, finches, black birds ect. He had collected many samples and sent them back to the mainland for analysis. To his shock, when he received word from them, the bird were actually all finches. They just looked very different from each other because they had separated and specialized on the multiple smaller islands. This brings up the idea of how evolution acts on a population. The theory about Darwin’s birds is that one group traveled (probably blown off course) from the mainland to the islands. There they had to find new food, different from what they were used to and they had different predators. These changes are called selective pressures. Under these new selective pressures the birds started changing over generations. There beaks became different sizes and their coloring changed. This process happened on every subsequent island the birds spread to. The islands were close enough together for the birds to spread there in the first place, but not necessarily close enough together for them to continue mating with the birds from other islands. This geographical isolation prevented all the birds on all of the different islands from looking the same and is a process called allopatric speciation, where by one species can diverge into two when separated geographically. Therefore, all of the bird populations were changing to better suit their new environments but there wasn’t any individuals that were simply morphing and teaching the others how. It happens slowly and over many generations, it happens more quickly when the pressure to survive is more but it still takes time. Let’s look a little bit more a the beaks of the birds. The mainland birds arrived with small beaks but some of the island birds had very large beaks for cracking nuts. This means that over the generations the birds that had slightly larger beaks were more easily able to get food and the well fed birds had the energy to pass on their genes to the next generations. Birds with beaks that were too small either couldn’t get enough food to be as prolific or in some cases didn’t make it at all, thus not passing on their small beak genes to as many offspring.
So to everyone who wants to have a conversation with me about shape shifting animals, know that I am open to it but will not consider it a conversation about evolution.
Please let me know if you have any questions. I would be more than happy to answer them if I can.

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As a young child from Southern India, I was always interested in drawing and painting and spent most of my free time drawing. I learnt to paint through observation and experiment. Initially self taught, it was only later that I was enthused into getting some formal training from K.C. Murukesan who is a senior artist from Kallandiri, well known for his abstract landscapes. His encouragement and techniques have influenced me greatly. I moved to London in 1998 and continue to visit India to draw inspiration.
For the last few years I have been concentrating on oil painting, and have been drawn to views of cities, their people, the architecture and the absorbing stories behind them. These are not painted in situ, rather they are painted from my distinctive memory of these places, often driven by my emotions. I try to capture the mood of these cities and narrate them on to the canvas with impressionistic strokes of thick oil paint with the use of a palette knife. They reveal the rhythm and movement of the people in these places, shifting between abstract and figurative. Large gatherings of people are depicted by sturdy streaks of colour, quite rich in texture. They unfold the flow of swarming crowds, the patterns they make as they move towards a focal point, generating harmony and a sense of unity. More recently, I have been working on a series of black and whites. For someone who is naturally drawn to colour, this has been an interesting experience. As a result, I have discovered much colour between black and white and love the intensity and contrast it creates. I have used this to depict London as I see it - full and bursting with energy. These paintings are being shown in the current exhibitions.
I had my first solo exhibition at the Nehru Centre, London W1 in March 2006. Since then I have exhibited Internationally, including India, Bahrain, UAE, Oman and England.


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Written for both the layman and the professional scientist, The Dimensional Structure of Consciousnessopens an astounding world and points out that further progress of science depends upon a transcendence of the material world.
Samuels Avery opens a 'Pandora's box'... and presents a 'through the looking glass' glimpse of the structure of consciousness as the basis of our human experience.
What did you love best about The Dimensional Structure of Consciousness: A Physical Basis for Immaterialism?
The reader did a fantastic job in my opinion. This material is cumbersome to get through, he handled it with finesse.
The readers tonal quality was an asset.
For me this was a reading I had to actually sit down and concentrate on. (wasn't running around the place doing other things at the same time). I understand the books point but it's very hard for me to grasp it's reality. I do have a fair understanding quantum physics. I know it is sound and true. But to grasp that things only exist because we perceive them in our consciousness, and only then, is a mind bender. In other words instead of the universe being some kind of great machine (out there), it is more like a great thought. And would completely collapse without someone there to perceive it into existence.
These things for me are truly wonderous.
For what it's worth, I did not even make it to the second chapter, but I am fairly certain there was no chance of it getting better. The author is neither a physicist nor a philosopher, which are not requirements to write on this topic, I know, but the level of sheer inventive speculation and lack of meaningful evidence to back any of it up were too much for me.


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To the Black entertainment Network, the audience, and my wonderful parents sitting out there; thanks for inviting me, thanks for listening to me….and thanks for raising me right mom and pop; for equipping me to overcome life’s adversities and make a contribution to our community. Like it or not, those of us who have managed to achieve some measure of fame and fortune are duty bound by an ancestral imperative to use our platforms to advance the struggle for full justice on behalf of our brothers and sisters who still face racial discrimination as an everyday fact of life.
Yet unless we fully understand the complex problems confronting us, we could end up like “Jack the Bear,” whom Duke Ellington – that indefatigable painter of Afro-American life in song – immortalized. We’ll be making tracks but getting nowhere! Some of our problems are obvious, like fatal encounters with the police.
Yet as horrible as it is we can envision a solution to this problem: Mandate that all police everywhere video tape every encounter with a citizen and pass a federal law requiring the states to hire Special Prosecutors to try every case involving the police use of firearms… or fatalities by any means. These measures will pretty much put an end to this problem. But even so, alas the major danger to our lives from random gunfire remains a nihilistic, angry, uneducated young black male. The statistics are indisputable cause numbers don’t lie.
However as the prescient Afro-American sociologist and Harvard Professor William J. Wilson demonstrates in seminal texts like “The Truly Disadvantaged,” “When Work Disappears” and “The Declining Significance of Race,” we are facing devastating problems that limit our chances in life and the solutions are elusive. For these problems are deeply rooted in American history and exacerbated by the realities of a predatory economic system where Darwinian laws of the jungle prevail. As Senator Bernie Sanders has adroitly pointed out: The big dogs are taking all the bones in a cruel environment that’s red of truth and claw. It’s a for real jungle out there!
Hence while continuing to vigorously fight the lingering vestiges of the American racial caste system we must not be so blind that we fail to see the wider struggle between economic classes. If the US economy continues in the direction it is headed, with runaway cyber-technology wiping out millions of jobs and no plan for the survival of workers who are rendered obsolete, it won’t matter what your race or ethnicity: we are all be in the same sinking boat! It is this economic disaster that fuels social pathologies from widespread out of wed-lock births, drug and alcohol addiction, spiraling homicides, mass slaughters, etc. And it is devastating the working classes of all racial and ethnic groups.
This is why silly talk about not voting, or there is no difference between the candidates, represents a dangerous intellectual laziness…or worse an impulse to cut off your nose to spite your face. Either choice is self-destructive folly. If I had unlimited time on this podium I could obviously say much more on these critical issues….and much more certainly needs to be said. But as I am laboring under the tyranny of the clock I shall proceed directly to the marching orders.
The first and immediate plan of action is to defeat Donald the Clown, a vain megalomaniac and intellectual light-weight who would set our country back and endanger the entire world. So register to vote! Get your friends and family to register to vote, and badger them to badger their friends and family to register and vote. To put the argument in a nutshell, I shall leave you with quotes by two philosophers: One an ancient Greek, the other a twentieth century African.
“Unless you are a God or a beast your life will be ruled by politics” warned Aristotle. “Seek ye first the political Kingdom and all else shall be added there unto,” spoke Kwame Nkrumah, independence leader and President of Ghana, the first modern African nation. Impassioned rhetoric is fine, it’s inspirational, it makes us feel good, but if we not act its just a pity party!
For as our great ancestor Frederick Douglass warned: Where there is no struggle there is no progress….power concedes nothing without demand…it never has and it never will. We may not always get what we pay for in this life…but we shall sure as hell pay for all that we get! I thank you for this honor.
Jesse Williams was brought to my attention by the persistent and vociferous praise for his acceptance speech upon receiving the “Humanitarian Award” presented by Black Entertainment Television. So I looked the speech up online and watched it for myself. I found Mr. William’s to be eloquent, impassioned and poetic; the kind of verbal virtuosity that excites the emotions and fires up a crowd. But this is what one would expect from an accomplished actor giving a great performance. Alas, I had hoped for something different…something more.
If Mr. Williams had been allotted twice the amount of time this would have been a great closing commentary. Appeals to the emotions can be powerful adjuncts to a substantive speech, a means of inspiring people to action after a precise analysis of the problem, and clear marching orders to correct it. Only then are powerful rhetorical exercises truly useful in waging real struggle.
But action without a correct analysis and a plan is an invitation to chaos and defeat. Hence as an able actor adept at tugging our heart strings and jerking our tears Mr. Williams gave a bravura performance. But as a charismatic revivalist giving direction to a movement he was a bust. Fortunately, all is not lost, for there is a valuable lesson to be learned here.
We will forget at our peril that actors, be they Bernie Sanders surrogates like Susan Saranden, or Black Lives Matter’s spokesman Jessie Williams, spend their working lives a vehicles for the thoughts of others; those who write the script. Hence all Mr. William’s or Ms. Sarandon need is a good script to give a great speech that can move the masses to positive, constructive, action…not simply emotional catharsis and continued confusion.


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Its founder, Mr. Moustapha Saade established Dandy in 1948. Mr.Saade began its carrier at the age of sixteen as a salesman in the first chocolate outlet in Lebanon. He worked there for six years and then decided to travel to Switzerland for a technical formation in chocolate, confectionery, and ice cream production. He came back with Mr. Mario Fontana (Swiss chef) and founded the factory in “Chanay”, a village in the Mountains above “Bhamdoun”. Following the advice of Mr. Fontana and located at 1100 meter above sea level, the location was ideal for chocolate production.
The first outlet was located in Souk Al Jamil in down town shopping district of Beirut. Since its inception Dandy made a commitment to his customers to provide them always with the finest chocolate, confectionery, and ice cream (using the best and natural raw materials).
In 1991,Mr. Saade transformed Dandy from a small establishment to a company with limited liabilities. Along with his children (Fadi, Oussama, and Kamal), Mr. Saade started a renovation plan to modernize the factory to be able to supply their branches and their distributors inside and outside Lebanon .This process was applied carefully to keep the “Artisan” aspect of this business. Dandy was very selective in choosing the location of its branches. It placed itself in the most vital areas of Beirut: Verdun Street: the most prestigious shopping street where one can find all the Big Names such as: Armani, Max Mara, Christian Dior, Valentino… Hamra: close to A.U.H.(American University Hospital), the biggest and most important hospital in Lebanon .


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Where Should Tesco Be Heading?
The major British grocery retailer Tesco is in a crossroad. Strategies that have brought the retail chain success, good reputation, and a leading position do not work as well as in past years. Tesco has been frequently commended for its Clubcard loyalty programme, established in 1996, that implemented an exemplary customer data-driven approach in the realm of relationship marketing; it has put the chain way in advance of all its UK competitors. During the previous decade Tesco also initiated its advanced concept of segmented network of different types of stores for different types of shopping that is continuously growing. Notably, the UK-based company has expanded into more countries and to more types of business, becoming a giant global retail group. But now Tesco finds itself in difficulty. The mission is to find where matters have gone wrong and how to put Tesco back in order.
The recent accounting blunder in which the group over-stated its profits, troubling enough, is truly only a symptom of deeper problems in the management of Tesco, going at least three years back. The profit error in excess of £263m corresponds mainly (£118m) to the first half of the current financial year (2014/15), but it extends to the previous two years, too (following an investigation by Deloitte concluded in October).
This error was caused, in the words of departing chairman Broadbent, by “accelerated recognition of commercial income and delayed accrual of costs in the UK food business“(1), referring to incorrect timing of reporting payments made to suppliers (done late) and concessions Tesco received from them due, for example, to promotions given in its stores (done too early). The accounting misstatement may have occurred innocently because of lack of professionalism and a guiding hand in running the company’s finances (Tesco, reportedly, did not have a CFO for a while). In the worse case, it was done to conceal the decline in its business and poor financial performance. Either way, it is evident of underlying faults in the way the company was run in recent years.
The years 1997-2010 have been a significant period of intensive activity and growth at Tesco, led by two successive CEOs, Leahy followed by Clarke. It was a period full of ambition to extend internationally and engage in additional product and service categories, beyond Tesco’s core competence in food and general household retailing. But then Tesco was caught unprepared to cope with the financial crisis of 2007-2008 and the recession that followed, especially since 2010. Tesco under Clarke was late to respond, and continued its expansion “business as usual” despite the evident decline in consumer spending. Time has now come to re-align and to take a more focused approach on those business areas and retailing activities in which the company is more capable to satisfy both its customers and shareholders. The new CEO Dave Lewis, as of August 2014, re-stated that Tesco sees itself as a customer-centric company that intends to continue providing best value to consumers through its pricing, services, and stores. It remains to be seen how the new management keeps true to this commitment.
The British retailer distinguishes between different patterns of consumer shopping under different circumstances or for varied purposes; about ten years ago it split its mother-chain into four main types of chain stores. At the core are traditional supermarkets, known as Superstores at Tesco (482 stores as of Oct. ’14). It has added Extra mega-size stores with a much larger range of products and at lower prices for shoppers who want to stock-up their households for longer periods on fewer concentrated shopping trips (248 stores). On the other hand, Tesco developed a Metro type of store (reduced supermarket) to be located in centres of large cities and accommodate the unique needs and time constraints of working shoppers (194 stores). In addition they established a sub-chain of Express stores in a format like convenience stores for really rush trips and smaller baskets for products in immediate shortage — this is in fact the largest sub-chain currently (1,709 stores).
Mainly the three new groups of stores have grown since 2005; all four types account for more than 2,600 stores in the UK (there are some additional 800 stores of other retail-formats). The Express chain stores faced particular resentment from independent merchants because these stores have been established at their expense, by buying them out or by drawing local customers from them in their neighbourhoods (some have resolved the issue by becoming franchisees). However, it apparently was a more correct move to make than creating the Extra stores. To the surmise of Tesco, consumers are less attracted to the mega-store format because they are now less interested in making large purchases on any single shopping trip. Instead, consumers are more inclined to fill-in their stocks for the coming days (e.g., as budget or available cash allows). The advantage of buying at lower prices at Extra stores, as in the chain as a whole, also diminished in face of a challenge from more efficient discount chains like Aldi and Lidl from Germany.
It seems early to predict if the recent slip in MS is a sign for an ongoing decline, and it depends very much on how Tesco will react. As already indicated by CEO Lewis, Tesco is going to reduce its range of products. It may have to consider the scale of its Express sub-chain, that might got too large. It will have to carefully assess if it can and should compete again hard over price with upcoming discounters or develop and enhance other competitive advantages like shopping-related services and in-store design. Tesco is already in the midst of a project to re-model and improve the layout and design of its stores (“Transforming Our UK Stores”). While part of this work is dedicated to improving their Extra stores, Tesco’s management may want to consider alternative approaches to these stores. For instance, re-arranging the store as a cluster of several autonomous shops under the same roof (e.g., food & grocery; personal care; home improvement & gardening; repairs) which shoppers can visit independently and pay at separate cashiers.
Internet services (broadband, e-mail & storage) are also available from Tesco.
The top management of Tesco may have to show greater scrutiny not only with regard to the range of product types it displays in its stores (and online) but also those supplementary services and products, finding a correct balance between benefit and value they provide and the burden and complication they cause.
Tesco owns the analytic company Dunnhumby as a subsidiary to perform in-house the important work of analysing purchase and personal data of Clubcard customers, and exploiting new possibilities of Big Data, to produce intelligible insights. Yet, the retailer needs to make sure that Dunnhumby keeps to its original charter. Expanding services to external clients, for instance, could complicate its activities too much, distract the company from fulfilling its vital duties for Tesco, and expose it to unnecessary business risks.
Customer Service — Tesco is repeatedly criticised that its in-store staff is not available and helpful enough. It has been further argued that over-reliance of the retail chain on automatic self-service scan & pay posts in its stores (instead of human cashiers) signals to customers that the staff tries to avoid contact with them. These customer concerns are worrying especially given the difficulties in shopping at large and product-crowded stores. Problems with customer service may better be resolved in parallel to issues of merchandising as well as store layout and interior design to obtain greater improvement in customer-shopper experience.
Tesco has made great effort to execute an inclusive Brick & Click approach in its retailing business, not to foresake any of the physical and online channels. The retailer furthermore works to keep the channels inter-linked. It established, for example, a Click & Collect service — to their convenience, customers can make the order online in the morning before work and pick-up the shopping package from a store of their choice (out of 260) on their way home. It is a demonstration of effort in the right direction.
Reaching Internationally — Tesco is operating store chains in twelve countries beyond the UK, either under direct ownership or through franchising and co-operation with local retail chains. Besides nearby Ireland, the group’s overseas reach is mainly into Central and Eastern Europe (e.g., Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, as well as Turkey), and Asia (e.g., India, Thailand, South Korea). A discussion of global operations should take into account economic, cultural and legal considerations with respect to each country. For example, operations in China had to be ceased; they are expected to restart in a new formulation with a local chain. Nonetheless, the venture of Tesco in the US, that lasted between 2007 and 2013, is knowingly the most damaging and embarrassing for the company. Its Fresh & Easy chain of neighbourhood supermarkets on the West Coast was hit by a strong opposition from US-based strong retailers, mainly Wal-Mart and Trader Joe, and in addition its approach was not well accepted by the American consumers. Tesco eventually had to fold out and leave the country.
Overall, the sales of Tesco group (£34bn) fell 4.4% and trading profit (£937m) declined 41%. Both Asia and Europe have seen a fall in sales, though profits in Asia dropped (-17%) and in Europe they increased (+38%). Markedly, Tesco Bank has enjoyed a rise in both sales (4.6%) and trading profit (16%), to the envy of the retailing business. Analysts doubt that Tesco can overcome and offset these declines by end of the financial year in February 2015. The upcoming Christmas and New Year season is clearly crucial for Tesco. It is also needed as an injection of optimism for its share price that fell from nearly four pounds to £2.50 in the past two years, and then dropped furthermore to just £1.50 in September, recuperating somewhat lately to a little below two pounds.
Undoubtedly Tesco has made positive moves into the 21st century to enhance the consumer shopping experience in its brick-and-mortar stores, establish its presence online, and strengthen endurable relationships with its customers. Yet, improvements it achieved have been swollen in the wave of expansion in different directions, wherever it seemed possible and connected somehow with its main field of business. It is, therefore, ever so important and desirable for Tesco to identify and focus on those areas wherein it is more competent, especially with respect to improving the quality of shopping experiences of individual customers.
(1) Tesco Group Interim Results: Financial Performance, H1 2014-15 (26 weeks ended 23/8/14), Press Release 23 Oct., 2014 http://www.tescoplc.com/index.asp?pageid=188&newsid=1074.
As a shopper approaches the entrance to a store or shop, and walks through the doorstep, he or she quickly figures out how inviting the venue is. Does the store look interesting and compelling, showing a potential for exhibiting merchandise articles of value? Or does the scene look so crowded and messy it is hard to believe one can find there anything he or she may need or desire? More basically, do the store’s interior design and display appear pleasant to the eye or annoying? While consumers generally like to keep things simple and in good order, some degree of visual complexity can help to capture shoppers’ attention and make the store more attractive and inviting for prospect customers.
A simple design, stripped of any form of art and modestly furnished for displaying merchandise, stands the risk of being perceived too boring to justify spending time in the store or shop. An element of surprise, a break from the ordinary or standard, may be necessary to intrigue the shopper and entice him to enter and study the store more closely. But deciding on the right measure of complexity can be difficult. A store owner may not want to complicate its design and display to a level that is overwhelming for the shopper, making it hard for the eye to absorb (e.g., an unruly mixture of deep and flashy colours, every furniture or fixture in a different form and style). Challenging the shoppers is welcome, but the challenge should be carefully planned and designed so as not to scare them off. Importantly, planning for visual complexity is not just a matter of amount but even more so a matter of its form and composition.
Introducing variability (e.g., in shapes or colours) and irregularities (e.g., construct displays in non-parallel lines), for example, increase the complexity of a design. Complexity does not have to be extensive — a few elements can be sufficient to spice-up the design of a store; and even a disruption of “normal” order can have rules. When increasing visual complexity in the store one should take care to maintain the aesthetic appearance of its scene. In reference to the design of products, Hekkert (1) proposed four goals towards an aesthetic and pleasant visual design: maximum effectiveness from minimum means (e.g., use a few and simple features, apply correlated features that co-align into a meaningful construct); unity in variety (i.e., follow specific principles like those of Gestalt to maintain order and control in variety); striking a balance between novelty and typicality that excites but does not shock the consumers; and, co-ordinate between stimuli that relate to the different human senses. Hekkert argued that the aesthetic experience should be considered in tandem with the experience of meaning and emotional experience. We may refer to these goals as a benchmark for constructing discernible but sensible complexity — for instance, breaking away from a Gestalt principle (e.g., symmetry) increases complexity, but it should be done without dissolving the whole organization of the store’s scene. Such guidelines could be of particular relevance for the design of product display, that is, visual merchandising.
Visual complexity may arise from different factors such as the number and range of elements or objects in a scene, the variety and density of visual-graphic features present (e.g., colours, shapes, texture), and deviation from principles of organization and regularity (e.g., symmetry, similarity, repetition). Clutter is associated with complexity but is not synonym with it. Clutter frequently represents the objective information-side of complexity, that is, the (excessive) detail and (weak-structured) layout of information in the scene. It is viewed as a driver of complexity though it is not the only facet to consider. Visual complexity, on the other hand, often reflects the personal subjective perspective, such as the evaluation by individuals (e.g., with respect to attractiveness) and their response to complexity. However, references in research to ‘complexity’ can be as complex and diverse as the term itself suggests. The effect of visual complexity on consumer processing, evaluation and behavioural response is important with respect to appearance of products and their packages, ads, webpages, and scenes of retail and service physical environments.
Store owners have the choice whether to display more or less merchandise in the main space of the premises, and where and how to display it (e.g., on tables, counters or shelves at the centre, along the wall, or as a fixture attached to the wall). Additional elements of interior design would accompany the display to create the overall impression for the shopper-viewer. Orth and Wirtz (2) tested direct and mediated effects of visual interior complexity on store attractiveness in two types of environments, deli stores (merchandise-oriented) and coffee shops (service-oriented). They showed that greater complexity (e.g., many products crowded on a long counter) hurts the perceived attractiveness of the store. Attractiveness is furthermore mediated by the pleasure experienced by shoppers-viewers from the display and overall scene. That is, lower attractiveness is driven, or can be explained, by shoppers being unhappy with or annoyed by the visual scene. It is also attributed to a decrease in processing fluency of the more complex visual scene (fluency is mediating between complexity and pleasure). The consequences, as this research shows, can be a behavioural tendency of avoidance from a more complex store and weaker intention to revisit it.
The researchers measured “attractiveness” with respect to aspects of overall attractiveness, product quality and price level. However, information on products and prices was only implicitly shown but not manipulated, or alternatively not shown at all. Hence, our ability to learn how complexity, as an attribute of visual design, fares in its effect on store attractive relative to the other two aspects is very limited. The effect of complexity that seems truly to matter relates to pleasure experienced from viewing the store’s scene, pertaining particularly to its visual appeal (not mentioned in the scale of attractiveness) — complexity is less appealing to the eye. This experience is sensibly influenced by the lower fluency when perceiving the visual scene.
But the case for visual complexity in the store is not yet lost. The answer for employing complexity to the advantage of the store or shop may be in selectively implementing particular layers or facets of visual complexity in the interior design and visual merchandising of the retail outlet. We may learn a lesson from research by Pieters, Wedel and Batra (3) who analysed visual complexity and its effects in the context of advertising from the consumer perspective. They made an important distinction between “feature complexity” and “design complexity” and showed that these layers of complexity have opposite effects on attention and attitude (through techniques of eye-tracking and direct questions).
Feature complexity reduces attention to the advertising brand (e.g., its name heading or logo). Furthermore, greater feature complexity (visual clutter) hurts consumer attitude towards the ad.
Design complexity increases attention to the pictorial elements in the ad as well as to the ad in whole. Moreover, higher levels of design complexity improve attitude towards the ad.
Extending insights from ads to brick-and-mortar retail stores is not quick and easy. First, an ad is a two-dimensional image whereas the store’s space is a three-dimensional scene — our perception of visual effects differs between 2D and 3D views (e.g., a photograph compared with the actual location). In addition, ads often incorporate an heterogeneous mix of different types of pictorial and text elements and other graphic features, conjoint in a discontinuous layout not possible in a physical 3D space. Nevertheless, some insights on visual complexity seem applicable also to the interior design of a store and to visual merchandising.
Imagine a shelf display on a wall where merchandise articles (e.g., sweaters) on each row are in a different colour; suppose we now arrange items so that in the center we get, for instance, a circle filled with items in a colour different from the remaining display, thus adding a colour while “breaking” the horizontal rows of the shelves.
Suppose we created a display composed of small square tables on the floor with merchandise articles (e.g., books) on top; we may add complexity by placing one table in a different shape (e.g., triangle), or moreover add a stand in an irregular shape.
Another issue may be raised with regard to design complexity, whether instead of manipulating visual aspects of specific fixtures or props it is better to manipulate their arrangement and for example set asymmetric or irregular layouts. These design variations may serve to make a statement or highlight cues about the store’s image. The challenge is not to lose sight of the whole scene to avoid rendering it too confused, disturbing or difficult to follow (i.e., cluttered). We may further realise that even in a store the visibility of a brand logo, large photographic images posted on walls and other signage count, no less than in ads — they support brand identifiability and visual merchandising.
If a retailer is cautious and prefers to start in a middle ground, here are a few possible avenues for action. Front windows make a good place to start. Particularly the cabin-type window displays that are closed on the back and block the view into the shop’s space sustain a scene that is closer to 2D. The front window displays are of special importance because they provide shoppers the first introduction as they approach the shop. And of course one may also on advertising for the store, such as for an ad that includes a photographic image of the store. Specifically for ad posters that are intended to be shown in the store (e.g., new fashion outfits, deals), Pieters, Wedel and Batra recommend that they should reduce feature-based clutter as much as possible because of the short duration shoppers are expected to be exposed to those ads. Photo images of a store may also constitute a practical and suitable medium for studying consumers’ evaluation (e.g., visual appeal) and attitude given an exhibited level of complexity in the store.
Introducing visual complexity in a store is a matter of form, composition and style. Not just the extent of complexity created but also in what ways it is done will determine its acceptance and favourability by shoppers. Ultimately visual complexity needs to stimulate shoppers to purchase. Applying aspects of design complexity is the course for store owners or managers, and visual merchandisers and interior designers working with them, to exercise their creativity. But it is essential at all times to keep an eye on the overall scene outcome so as not to fall into a trap of creating too much visual clutter and confusion.
(1) Design Aesthetics: Principles of Pleasure in Design; Paul Hekkert, 2006; Psychology Science, 48 (2), pp. 157-172.
(3) The Stopping Power of Advertising: Measures and Effects of Visual Complexity; Rik Pieters, Michel Wedel, & Rajeev Batra, 2010; Journal of Marketing, 74 (Sept.), pp. 48-60.


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The boat house is located on the beach 20 metres from the water edge in the beautiful surroundings at Svallerup Strand, Denmark.
The boat house is aimed at being very simple and practical at the same time. Cedar wood is used for the construction due to its ability to withstand the elements and its fantastic silver grey patina. The boat house is build with no windows in order to keep the clean lines of the building intact.
The multifunctionality of the boat house is highly important. The client wants to use the house both to store boats, fishing gear, bikes, kayaks and tools - but also use it as a place where you can sit and enjoy the sunset and have guests staying there for the night. Thus, shelving and storage is built into the east facing wall.
Inside, the boat house is one open room with beams. Concrete is used for the floor with the possibility to cover it in sand, which makes it impossible to see where the building ends and the beach begins. The floor continues outside, which creates a terrace area to the west and south.


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Meet on arrival at Dhaka airport. Transfer to the hotel. Depend on your arrival; if time permits we shall offer you some city sightseeing activities at this day.
Breakfast at 8:00; then proceed to this day tour of 400 plus old city Dhaka. Accompanied guide will show you the Star Mosque, Armenian Church, Ahsan Manjil. Also we shall visit Lalbagh fort and Dhakeswari temple.
After lunch visit Old High Court Building, Curzan Hall and central martyr’s memorial. Also you will visit the national museum of Bangladesh. On the way back to hotel you will visit the Parliament house may be the finest building of this region designed by I Lui khan.
After breakfast at 08:00hrs drive to Sonargaon 30km; on Dhaka – Chittagong highway and visit GOALDI mosque of early16th century, Famous PANAM City of 13th to 19th century and FOLK Museum. Sonargoan was the ancient capital of Bengal at Sultanate period.
Drive again for Comilla. Visit cemetery of World War Two. Then Stop for lunch at a highway restaurant in Comilla.
After lunch you will explore Mainamoti archaeological ruins dating back to 7th to 12th century. Here you will visit few Buddhist monasteries like Shalban Vihara, Kutila Mura, Ananda Vihara, Rupvan Mura, Charpatra Mura, Itakhula Mura, Shalban Museum including Comilla’s famous Handicraft shops. We shall invite you to taste famous sweet of Comilla named “RASH MALAI” before drive back to Dhaka. Arrive in Dhaka by evening.
Depart at 7am for the drive to Bogra by reserved Car / Micro Bus / Mini Bus. We shall stop en-route at a brick baking factory in Tangail to visit the activities. Also we shall visit the hand loom factory for making Sharee and the mustard factory for making mustard oil in Tangail, then cross the world’s11th longest (5.01km.) bridge on the river Jamuna. We shall stop at a highway restaurant in Shirajgonj for refreshment and a tea brake.
Continue drive to Bogra. Lunch at local Restaurant in Bogra with various Bangladeshi dishes. Check in to the hotel.
Drive 13 km. to Mahasthangarh, to visit the remnants of the oldest ever (at least the 3rd century BC) known city of the region. Visit the enclosure of the city and adjacent museum, Vasu vihara, Govinda Vita, Lakshindar’s Medh.
We also stop at a village market. Back to the hotel in Bogra for overnight.
After breakfast drive to Naogaon to visit Paharpur Buddhist Monastery. It is the largest single Vihara at the south of Himalaya; also the UNESCO World Heritage site is an extra ordinary structure of 7- 8 century and the finest symbol of Buddhist civilization of ancient Bengal.
After lunch in Jaypurhat Continue drive, approximate 2 hours to Dinajpur. Check in the Parjatan Motel.
Breakfast at 08:00. This morning we visit the most ornate terracotta Kantanagar Temple what is very special one; 20 km from Dinajpur town.
Afterwards, drive to Rajshahi. On the way to Rrajshahi visit Kusumba Mosque (16th century) in Manda, Naogoan. Check in to the hotel in Rajshahi. Visit the Varendra Research Museum in town if it is open this day.
Or, In Rajshahi we shall enjoy the sunset from bank of the River Padma (this is the Bangladesh part of the Ganges River) also take a boat cruise there if possible. Return to the hotel for Overnight.
Early morning drive couple of hours to Gaura to visit Sona Mosque. Drive back to Rajshahi for lunch. After lunch, next we drive 30 km to visit Puthia (city of temples) King's Palace, Jamindar’s Admin and Tax Office, terracotta ornate nine Hindu temples of16th to 19th century.
Morning drive to Bagha to visit the famous Bagha Mosque. After the visit, drive south to Khulna. This would be a journey of about 6 hours. Overnight in Khulna.
In the early morning we shall drive to Mongla (40km. /1 hour) where we board our boat and immediately start cruising towards Sundarban. Here we spend a whole day in side Sundarban.
At Daingmari Forest station we have to stop for half an hour to pay fees and collect permits. Then start cruising inside the forest. On this day you will visit Karamjal and Habaria areas of Sunderban. We have a walk inside the jungle, where you may see the foot marks of the Bengal tiger. Deer can take leaves from your hands; lazy crocodiles will lie on the shore. Also you will see Gangetic (from Ganges River) Dolphins, several birds and many other wildlife. Also we have a possibility to visit fishing by trained OTTERS. In the late afternoon we shall arrive in Mongla; then drive back to Khulna for overnight stay.
After Breakfast drive to Bagerhat. Visit the 60 Domed Mosque a world heritage site, adjacent Museum, Nine domed mosque and Shrine of Khan Zahan. Also visit a nearby village to observe the village life and shrimp cultivation etc. Lunch in a local restaurant, drive back to Dhaka at evening.
Check in to the hotel in Dhaka.
Depend on your flight schedule we shall arrange your airport transfer. Also we can offer you some activities in Dhaka including visit some souvenir shops if you want. Extra cost will applicable for this day.
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The Crossbow Challenge game is great fun for children and adults alike.
Fire the bow at the target and score points depending on where you hit. The bolts have a sucker on the end ensuring they are safe and can also be used inside.
The bolts can fire up to 40 feet but 20 feet is the optimal distance.
This is a great product for holiday camps and after school clubs as well as for children's parties.
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Only two of our many state parks offer campsites that require you to utilize your boat to access a secluded boat-in campsite. Boat-in campsites are available at both Cheraw State Park along Lake Juniper in Cheraw, SC and also at Devils Fork State Park along Lake Jocassee near Salem, SC.
Tent(s), sleeping bags, tarp, bug spray, firewood, drinking water, rope (to tie boats up), lantern/flashlight, cooking equipment, and a first aid kit.
Boat-in campsites are accessible by boat only and are intended for primitive tent camping only.
Campers must register in person during normal business hours at the corresponding park office before proceeding to the boat-in campsites.
Vehicles must be registered at the time of camping registration for all overnight stays and parked in specified parking areas. Two vehicles are permitted per campsite. Additional vehicles will be charged an additional rate of $5.00 per vehicle per day to park in the overflow parking area. Overflow parking for campers is located in the day-use/picnic area.
There are no water, electrical or restroom facilities available at the boat-in campsites.
All camping items must be carried in and carried out, and all trash must be removed upon departure.
Alcoholic beverages are prohibited on all state park grounds and facilities.
Fireworks are also prohibited within all state parks.
Campfires/cooking fires must be contained within provided fire rings at all times, and no other fires are allowed at boat-in camping areas.
There is a general boat-in campground area that may be used by one or more groups at a time. The area includes a picnic shelter with a concrete platform, a picnic table and a fire ring. There is a boat landing/ramp at this location. The distance from the main boat launch on the park to the boat-in campground is approximately one mile. The cost for camping at the Cheraw boat-in campsites is $21/night plus tax and includes the rental of a boat. The sites are available seven days a week. Pets are allowed.
Boats include life jackets and paddles. Private boats with 10hp or less gas or electric trolling motors are allowed on Lake Juniper. For more information contact Cheraw State Park directly.
There are a total of 13 boat-in campsites, all of which are located in the same general area. Each site has either one, two or three tent pads. There is a fire ring located at each campsite. There is no dock or ramp at the boat-in campsites; boats must be anchored or beached at this area. The approximate distance from the main boat launch area to the boat-in campsites is two miles. Prices typically range as follows: single pad $25-$35/night, double pad $50-$60/night, and triple pad $75-$85/night.
Pets are not allowed. Camping is not permitted along any other areas of shoreline or on any of the islands located on Lake Jocassee.
These sites must be reserved for a minimum of two nights and may be reserved by calling our toll-free number at 1-866-345-7275.
No water, electricity, restroom or dock access is available for these sites. Pets are prohibited on these campsites. Gas/electric generators, radios or other noise-producing equipment is also prohibited.
Devils Fork State Park does not rent boats. All types of boats are allowed on Lake Jocassee, provided that all boats with any size motor must be registered with the S.C. Dept. of Natural Resources. Canoes/kayaks/jon boats that do not have a motor do not need to be registered. Please contact the S.C. Dept. of Natural Resources for information on boating registration.
Note: Lake Jocassee is a large, 7500-acre reservoir in Oconee County. Persons registering for the boat-in campsites must be aware of the weather at the time of departure to the boat-in sites. Inclement weather can quickly cause dangerous conditions for boat travel on Lake Jocassee, and all boaters should be aware of possible bad weather conditions before attempting to access the sites. Devils Fork State Park does not provide boater assistance in case of breakdowns or emergencies. For more information contact Devils Fork State Park directly.


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Wolters Kluwer’s compliant document solutions enable it to generate, print, fulfill and deliver compliant dynamic content. By using dynamic content, Wolters Kluwer can assist in reducing the number of “customized” documents historically used by servicers to meet state-specific regulatory guidelines.
With each new rule that’s released by regulators, banks face an additional set of compliance challenges that must be met or else, and a new survey from Wolters Kluwer Financial Services shows just how concerned banks are by those new compliance challenges.
Maybe a rate hike isn’t a big deal. Also, there’s something happening with wages that no one is talking about. And the market capacity for housing? We got that covered, too. If you want to know what’s happening in housing and mortgage finance, this is your stop.
With the huge adoption of managed IT services (better known as SaaS or cloud services), an SOC 2 audit provides a definitive statement of security assurance. This warrant is exactly the kind of information that financial institutions need when evaluating managed service providers.
Wolters Kluwer Financial Services acquired a substantial portion of Austin-based Stormwater Research Group, which provides flood compliance solutions to the mortgage banking industry. Wolters Kluwer will expand its presence in the flood determination aspect of mortgage lending with its acquisition of Stormwater, which provides both basic and life-of-loan flood determination services.
In advance of the new requirements added to the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) that take effect January 1, 2010, the Minneapolis-based Wolters Kluwer Financial Services launched its RESPA Tool Kit to help financial institutions understand and implement the changes. The software provides an overview of the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) changes, including revisions to the good faith estimate and HUD-1 and HUD-1A documents, as well as settlement cost booklets intended clarify loan terms to consumers.
Beginning in August, Wolters Kluwer Financial Services will use several of its technology solutions to test mortgages against the Federal Reserve's new higher-priced mortgage thresholds that will take effect October 1.
Wolters Kluwer Financial Services' new Disclosure Manager Solution will enable institutions to comply with the new Truth-in-Lending Act (Regulation Z) through a single, secure, electronic system, the company said today. On May 8, the Federal Reserve Board finalized its early disclosure rules within Regulation Z, which are meant to ensure consumers receive disclosures explaining the cost of a mortgage earlier in the lending process. Wolters Kluwer says its system offers the first complete solution for automating the entire early disclosure process.

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We offer a wide range of Horse Care products that are all available to buy online at great value for money prices.
Taking care of your horse isn’t a hassle with our range of Horse Care products. All the products in this section are of a high quality and specifically designed for horses. In addition to this, we ensure all the products in this section are competitively priced to ensure you get great value for your money. As well as this, all the products in this section are available to buy online and can be delivered straight to your door.
At QD our aim is to offer high quality products at the low prices. This is why you will find all the products in our Horse Care range are of a high standard but available to buy at competitively low prices. As well as this, all the products in this section can be easily purchased online and include either a home delivery or a click and collect in store option.

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Surface finishing is a broad range of industrial process used to artificially form a layer of surface that is different with the substrate material mechanically, physically and chemically on the surface of substrate. This process is normally employed to improve the corrosion resistance, abrasion resistance, chemical resistance, decoration or other functional requirements of manufactured items. For metal parts, the common methods for surface finishing are: mechanical grinding, chemical treatment, surface heat treatment, spraying surface. Surface finishing is conducting cleaning, deburring, oil removal, peeling, etc. for parts’ surface.
We offer surface finishing service for both metal parts and nonmetal parts with a full range of processing methods.
For metal parts, we cover all the common processing techniques like anodizing, electrophoresis, electroplating, sandblasting, polishing, drawing, etching, and others.
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Credit unions in isolated rural areas, such as Innovation in Saskatchewan, are coming up with creative ways to staff specialized areas of expertise, including IT and risk management.
Innovation Credit Union (50,000 members, $2.3 billion in assets) makes a significant footprint in each of the 22 communities it serves in western Saskatchewan. Like many rural areas, these branches are experiencing less walk-in traffic; Saskatchewanians are just as keen as the rest of Canada to bank online and via smart phone. With its largest advice centres in Swift Current and North Battleford, each populated by around 15,000 people, Innovation was finding it difficult to pull top-skilled technology candidates out of urban centres and convince them to build careers in these Prairie communities. While other credit unions are folding smaller branches, Innovation, true to its name, found a clever way to keep its advice centres open as well as fill gaps in personnel for customer service and IT support.
Sekou Bermiss, a research fellow at the Wisconsin-based Filene Research Institute, a credit union and consumer-finance think tank, says American credit unions report obstacles in recruiting IT staff because candidates are turned off by outdated technology. “If you work for a credit union that doesn’t have that level of novelty and advancement, that’s less motivating,” Bermiss says.
Innovation tried some upside-down thinking to solve its personnel issues, both with urbanite IT staff and with locally rooted member service reps. For the latter, maintaining a local footprint in the community was important, as was serving members well. “Members are tending to use MemberDirect® our contact centre way more. At some branches, on a quiet day, a dozen people might walk through but we still need to maintain a certain complement of staff for the branch to run safely,” says Ian McArthur, chief people and development officer at Innovation.
Some businesses have staff don wearable technology to track their whereabouts and behaviour throughout the day. How long do they spend checking email, on the phone, or in meetings?
Finally, Innovation employs four tech support staff outside the province: one in Strathmore, Alta and three in Vancouver. “Our preference is always to have people working within our communities. But we weren’t finding the skill set within our traditional footprint,” says McArthur.
After the initial trial, Innovation discovered allowing remote-working arrangements was the best way to recruit the top-calibre staff it needed to expand its digital offering. All of these flexible, tech-dependent personnel decisions are good practice for Innovation’s next proposed move — obtaining a federal charter that would allow them to expand their mobile offering to members across Canada. “We are just trying to make the workforce as comfortable and as knowledgeable in an omni all-channel environment as we can,” McArthur adds.
Bermiss expects to have results ready to present at the centre’s first colloquia in September.
KPMG recommends that HR can better manage talent assets by observing it through the lens of big data. Where many resource departments used to rely on Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS), which housed basic employee data about payroll, benefits and attendance, companies can now use Human Capital Management (HCM). Cloud-based, this system can hold a lot more data about employees’ career cycles, from onboarding to retirement, potentially tracking bonuses, compensation increases, promotions, training and more. All this data could help businesses make more accurate predictions about which employees are likely to leave, which are likely to succeed in certain roles and even which recruitment sources have yielded the most productive workers.
On top of answering employees’ common HR questions about benefits or time off, IBM Watson could begin to predict productivity based on factors like a new cohort of interns, end-of-the-month report time, or which employees tend to work well together.
ATB Financial, the financial Crown corporation owned by the Province of Alberta, is using a version of IBM’s artificial intelligence system, called IBM Kenexa, to make some business decisions. “We have teams that are highly successful with customer experience. We know who they are but we don’t know why they are successful,” states Michelle Beck, vice-president people and culture at ATB Financial, in a promotional video for IBM Kenexa.
Beck explains how this cognitive database looks at details like the age of staff, their tenure as well as previous projects, then correlates this information with customer feedback and account balances, as well as employee engagement surveys. It’s a huge amount of data – too much for a handful of HR assistants to wade through. But an artificial intelligence program easily detects patterns that can help make decisions about future teams, development needs and which candidates to recruit initially.
The next step is even more fascinating — or worrying, depending upon your view of privacy. Some businesses have staff don wearable technology to track their whereabouts and behaviour throughout the day. How long do they spend checking email, on the phone, or in meetings?
Christopher Stevenson, the senior vice-president and chief learning of cer at the Credit Union Executives Society (CUES), points to recent headlines in business publications about a company implanting tracking chips under willing employees’ skin. The devices replace staff key fobs and cafeteria cards and alert managers to employees’ locations throughout the workday. Not surprisingly, some employees are excited by the convenience, while others are fearful of privacy infringement.
Bermiss heads the Center of Excellence for War for Talent, one of seven research hubs Filene launched this past February. Filene conducts research on behalf of credit unions in all areas but decided the topic of attracting, retaining and developing staff was important enough to warrant focused investigation.
After gathering information from credit unions all over the country, Bermiss is getting a handle on the common gaps in credit union talent management. It’s a familiar list for Canadian credit unionists and includes executives, IT support, real estate and commercial lenders. Another is mission-centric people. Recruiters are much more concerned about finding people whose values align with credit unions than with finding specific skills.
Seniors can unleash the equity in their homes – but should they?
Are reverse mortgages a smart choices for seniors or simply another path to deferring debt?


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Note: Only Company Administrators have the ability to delete workspaces.
Workspaces can be cloned, archived, or deleted. Deleting a workspace will delete all contents within the workspace. If a deleted workspace needs to be restored, this can be done by iMeet® Central Support as an additional service.