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Irish fintech company chosen for UK regulator’s ‘sandbox’ programme

Chasing Returns is the second Irish company after Assure Hedge to take part in initiative

Chasing Returns founder Ann Hunt

Chasing Returns founder Ann Hunt

Dublin-based Chasing Returns has become the second Irish fintech firm to be selected to take part in the UK financial regulator’s “sandbox” programme.

The company, which has developed technology to help financial traders overcome psychological biases, also said it has now deployed its flagship GamePlan platform in 82 countries and in 10 languages.

The sandbox initiative, which was introduced by the Financial Conduct Authority in 2016, allows businesses to test innovative products and services in a “live environment” while ensuring customers remain protected. Overall, 89 companies have been accepted for the twice-yearly programme.

Established by Ann Hunt in 2014, Chasing Returns’ technology analyses performance history to help traders understand their individual psychological strengths and weaknesses and turn this to their advantage.

The company, which has attracted over 20,000 traders to GamePlan said it is to use the Sandbox to run further tests for Playmaker, a new solution intended to promote better trading discipline in individuals.

Prior to establishing Chasing Returns, Ms Hunt spent a decade on Wall Street developing risk management platforms for JP Morgan. She also worked as an independent trader for a number of years.

Early backers of the company include Enterprise Ireland, the National Digital Research Centre (NDRC), and a number of private investors.

Speaking to The Irish Times, Ms Hunt said given the nature of the business, it was hard work getting the company off the ground initially.

“Our original product is massively successful now but it was quite a journey to get it there. This was not due to the cost of building the technology but because what we are doing is very different and because we are targeting an industry where 82 per cent of traders lose money,” she said.

“Building a piece of technology that shines a light on that makes brokers very nervous so it took a while to convince them that it was good to be able to measure emotions and how these might impact on how well someone trades,” Ms Hunt added.

Assure Hedge, an Irish provider of foreign exchange technology to protect businesses from currency fluctuations, received full authorisation from the UK financial regulator in May to offer its services to hedge funds after participating on its sandbox programme.


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Storm Ophelia may have swept Portuguese men o’ war our way

NUI Galway zoologist appeals for reports of sightings of dangerous marine animals

Coast walkers and swimmers have been advised to take extra care following Storm Ophelia. Photograph: iStock

Coast walkers and swimmers have been advised to take extra care following Storm Ophelia. Photograph: iStock

Storm Ophelia’s course from the Azores may have swept lethal Portuguese men o’ war onto the Irish coastline.

NUI Galway (NUIG) zoologist Dr Tom Doyle has appealed to shore walkers, surfers, swimmers and fish farmers to exercise caution. He also appealed for recorded sightings of the marine animals.

The British coast guard has already issued public safety warnings after multiple reports of Portuguese men o’ war over the last several days on beaches in Dorset and Devon.

The poisonous purple/pink animals (Physalia physalis) with a balloon form are not jellyfish but siphonophores, or colonies of zooids.

Although the animals die after stranding, they should not be touched as the sting can remain active for days.

“Each tentacle can carry hundreds of thousands nematocysts or stinging capsules, which are just 10 to 20 micons in size and contain a tiny little protective harpoon with venom,” Dr Doyle has explained.

“The southerly winds we had during Ophelia will have swept many up from the Bay of Biscay area,but as yet we have not received many specific reports,” he said.

Large numbers of Portuguese men o’war were swept onto the Cork and Kerry coasts, and further north, last year. About 700 in total were reported in the autumn from Cork to Donegal, which was “unprecedented” in existing records, he says.

Large numbers were also stranded here in the mid 1940s and in 1968,when 400 were counted in one day alone by the Cape Clear island bird observatory off west Cork.

Dr Doyle said there had been recent sightings of the animals in September, and more over the past week – with up to 200 individuals counted so far.

Research he participated in with the University of Hawaii, which was published earlier this year, states that man o’ war stings are no different than other jellyfish stings, and the best first aid is to rinse with vinegar to remove tentacles and then immerse in hot water at 45 degrees, or apply a hot pack for 45 minutes.

Coastwatch co-ordinator Karin Dubsky says that Storm Ophelia took its toll on marine life, with large numbers of octopuses (octopodes) and other deeper water species washed up on the Irish coastline.

Ms Dubsky, who is based in Co Wexford and lost power at her own home during the storm, said shellfish were also washed up in large numbers on the south coast – which took the full impact of the varying southerly cyclonic winds.

The Coastwatch annual survey began in September and involves large numbers of volunteers. Ms Dubsky and local volunteers in Co Wexford, including children, collected some 51 plastic bottles and 270 lids, along with other intertidal debris, along a 100m stretch of Ballymoney beach after the storm abated. Such was the ferocity of the winds that they found a lifeguard hut upended on the strand.

Ms Dubsky has appealed for public participation in the continuing Coastwatch survey, given the large amount of marine debris swept ashore. The survey is on

Dr Doyle has appealed for information on Portuguese men o’war and other related sightings to be logged by members of the public on the National Biodiversity Data Centre website.

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Irvine Public Schools Ranked Highest in the County According to New State Report

The Irvine Unified School District (IUSD), which serves residents of the Villages of Irvine, is home to the highest number of top performing schools in all of Orange County, according to a new report issued by the California Department of Education.

The state’s new 2008 Academic Performance Index (API) ranking, which is based on academic performance and progress on statewide assessments, showed that IUSD was home to seven of the 10 top schools in Orange County. IUSD schools earned scores from 922 to 966 (the highest ranking in the County), out of a possible maximum score of 1,000. In addition, each school in the IUSD exceeded the state’s overall API target set at 800. Nearly each school in the District scored a perfect “10” in the overall 2008 statewide ranking while 10 Irvine campuses even scored double “10s” for their academic accomplishments, giving IUSD the strongest presence of the highest-performing schools in Orange County.

“We couldn’t be more pleased with this year’s rankings — Irvine schools came out on top once again,” said Ian Hanigan, public information officer for the Irvine Unified School District. “Families are continually attracted to the Villages of Irvine because they know that their children will receive a top quality education from the best academically-ranked schools in the state.”

This news precedes the grand opening of Ivy, the first neighborhood to open in Woodbury East, the newest of the Villages of Irvine. Ivy by William Lyon Homes will conduct its grand opening in Woodbury East on Saturday, July 11, from 10am to 6pm. Ivy will offer three different two-story floorplans priced from the high $300,000s. The townhomes will range in size from approximately 1,180 to 1,500 square feet.

The new Village of Woodbury East will be served by IUSD’s Woodbury Elementary School, Sierra Vista Middle School, and Irvine High School, each earning an exemplary score of 10 in the statewide API rankings.

“Top performing, award-winning schools in superb communities are part of what sets living in the Villages of Irvine apart from anywhere else in the County,” added Hanigan. “Seven IUSD schools were recently named California Distinguished Schools, the state’s highest level of recognition for public schools. Since 1986, 40 IUSD campuses have been recognized as California Distinguished Schools, with all of the middle and comprehensive high schools being honored at least once.”

The Village of Woodbury East is located off the I-5 Freeway, and bordered by Sand Canyon and Trabuco roads in the City of Irvine. Ultimately, this intimate village is planned to offer a wide range of 500 homes in a limited number of neighborhoods, each offering quick and easy access to employment centers, parks, acres of open space, and inviting retail and entertainment centers, including Woodbury Town Center located just across the street.

Homeshoppers interested in Ivy at Woodbury East can receive additional information and sign up on the interest list by visiting or by contacting a Villages of Irvine New Home Consultant at (888) 820-0721.

About Irvine Company

Irvine Company is a privately held, 140-year-old real estate planning, development and investment company best known for the master planned community designs of the Villages of Irvine, the balanced, sustainable communities it has planned and created in Orange County, CA.


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You Can Stop Cleaning Your Ears: 5 Ways Ear Wax Keeps Them Healthy

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Good news for your hectic morning to-do list: cross ear cleaning right off! Your grandmother, the box of swabs in your bathroom, your hearing care professional and the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) all agree on one important thing: Swabbing as an ear cleaning ritual is unnecessary and can even cause hearing loss—so stop doing it. Check out these 5 reasons why leaving that ear wax alone is a better idea than you ever knew:

1. Your Ears Can Already Clean Themselves Just Fine

Cerumen (the technical name for ear wax) is actually your ears’ very own cleaning substance. It grabs dirt and debris before it can get trapped deeper inside your ear canal. But it doesn’t stop there. Your daily talking, chewing and yawning activities physically move the ear wax out of your ear canal so all you have to do is wipe the excess away during a shower. Voila! Finished!

Using a pencil, swab, fork, key, finger, chopstick or any other pointy object for ear wax removal will negate your ears’ self-cleaning process, pushing used ear wax deeper into the canal where it can get impacted and lead to injury and hearing loss.

2. Ear Wax for the Win

Although nobody ever wants to pop an ear wax flavored Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans jellybean, cerumen (scientific-speak for ear wax) has all kinds of health properties that help keep your ears healthy. Ear wax has several health benefits aside from moving the dirt out of your ears. It protects your ears against viruses, fungal infections, bacteria, and even insects! It also moisturizes and conditions the skin inside of the ear canal, keeping it healthy and supple.

Cerumen is a fascinating recipe of long-chain fatty acids, cholesterol, alcohols, sebum, sloughed off skin cells, enzymes and other chemicals that are produced by special glands inside your ears. Your ears concoct this special recipe to keep your ears clean and infection free. In fact, average cerumen is slightly acidic—which inhibits fungal and bacterial growth. Yay ear wax!

3. Swab Cleaning Hurts Hearing

When you swab, jab or dig around for ear wax removal, you inadvertently push soiled ear wax further down into your ear canal where it’s harder to remove and can cause some level of hearing loss. It may even become impacted and have to be removed professionally. If you’ve been doing this for years, schedule an appointment with your hearing care professional.

On the other hand, some people do actually make excess ear wax, and some people make too little. Sometimes the chemical composition of the ear wax isn’t ideal—it may be too dry or too wet, making it hard for the cerumen to do its job correctly. Either way, it’s still a bad idea to use anything bigger than your elbow for ear wax removal. If you have any concerns about your ears’ cerumen production, again, please schedule an appointment with your hearing care professional.

Now, if you need to wear hearing aids, you do need to pay attention to ear wax buildup and proper ear cleaning because sometimes that can impact ear wax into the ear canal. But still—no swabs! That’s why it’s so important to follow your hearing care professional’s recommendations on gentle ear washing and regular cleaning of your hearing aids to keep the balance right and your hearing healthy.

4. Other Ear Cleaning Injuries to Avoid

Nearly 12,500 American children sustain ear cleaning injuries each year for which they need a doctor’s visit. Sometimes the well-meaning parents do it under the false impression that ear cleaning is as necessary as teeth brushing. But often the kids do it themselves. These ear injuries range from tympanic membrane (ear drum) tears to cuts and lacerations along the ear canal.

And before you can ask, “But how about ear candling? Is that OK?” The answer is an emphatic NO. We’re not sure what ancient person came up with the idea of shoving a hollow cone into the ear and then lighting it on fire, but it was a bad idea from the beginning, and here’s why:

  • It’s been proven ineffective for ear cleaning and can actually make ear wax impaction worse.
  • It causes burn injuries to the face, ears, hair, etc. – even burns that go all the way to the ear drum and middle ear.
  • It’s also been known to puncture the ear drum.

So no ear candling for you!

5. Clean Your Ears Like This Instead

All you really need to do is gently dab your ears dry with a towel after your daily shower and hair washing routine. Normally, this is entirely sufficient for healthy ear cleaning. But if you have any concerns about your ear health, excess ear wax, impaction, ear injury or hearing loss, schedule an appointment with your hearing care professional today for appropriate care – and be a little more thankful for that hard-working cerumen!

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HDMI vs. DisplayPort: Which display interface reigns supreme?

Both are capable of sending high-def video and audio from a source device to a display. So what's the difference?

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The HDMI audio/video interface standard is everywhere. You’ll find the connection in TVs, set-top boxes, Blu-ray players, A/V receivers, gaming consoles, camcorders, digital cameras, and even some smartphones.

You’ll also find an HDMI port in most consumer desktop and laptop computers. No modern all-in-one is complete without an HDMI input that allows you to connect a gaming console or a set-top box to the computer so you can use its display for a second purpose.

But given HDMI’s ubiquity, you might have forgotten the other digital audio/video standard: DisplayPort. Though you’ll find it alongside HDMI in many late-model, add-in video cards, as well as in laptops marketed to business users, it rarely appears in Windows PCs aimed at consumers.

Both HDMI and DisplayPort can send high-definition digital video and audio from a source device to a display. So what’s the difference? We’ll answer that question, starting with a review of how the two standards came to be, and what entities control them.

Back stories

The HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) specification was conceived more than 10 years ago by six consumer electronics giants: Hitachi, Panasonic, Philips, Silicon Image, Sony, and Toshiba. Today, HDMI Licensing, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Silicon Image, controls the spec. Manufacturers must pay a royalty for including HDMI into their products.

The DisplayPort specification was developed by, and remains under the control of, the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA), a large consortium of manufacturers ranging from AMD to ZIPS Corporation. DisplayPort debuted in 2006 as part of an effort to supplant the much older VGA (Video Graphics Array, an analog interface first introduced in 1987) and DVI (Digital Video Interface, introduced in 1999) standards used primarily for computer displays. DisplayPort is a royalty-free product.

Fun fact: Of the six companies responsible for the creation of HDMI, only Hitachi and Philips are not also member companies of VESA.

The connectors

HDMI connectors have 19 pins and are most commonly seen in three sizes: Type A (standard), Type C (mini), and Type D (micro). Of these, Type A is by far the most common.

A fourth category of HDMI connector, Type E, is used for automotive applications. Most HDMI connectors use a friction lock, meaning that a tight fit keeps the plug mated to the socket, but some vendors have developed proprietary locking mechanisms designed to prevent the cable from pulling loose.

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The three types of HDMI connectors you’re most likely to encounter are (from left to right) standard, mini, and micro. A fourth connector type, for automotive applications, is not shown here.

DisplayPort connectors have 20 pins and are available in two sizes: DisplayPort and Mini DisplayPort (the latter is the port of choice for Microsoft’s Surface Pro tablet). Find one on Amazon. Interestingly, Intel’s Thunderbolt interface combines the features of Mini DisplayPort and adds PCI Express data connections—but that’s beyond the scope of this article.

Though most full-size DisplayPort connectors have a locking mechanism that prevents them from being disconnected accidentally, the official spec does not require that feature.

You’ll find HDMI Type D micro connectors on some smartphones and tablets, but no manufacturer aside from Microsoft puts even Mini DisplayPort on its handheld devices. The locking connector common to full-size DisplayPort connectors, on the other hand, is a great feature that appears on only a few HDMI Type A cables.

The cables

The biggest problem with HDMI cable standards is that there are four of them currently, with a fifth standard on the way to accommodate the recently released HDMI 2.1 spec. Many, many older cables are not adequately labeled to identify their capabilities. Using an HDMI cable that isn’t up to a particular task can yield problems including visual and audio glitches, artifacts, and audio/video synchronization problems. Here are details on the four current types of HDMI cables. Find one on Amazon.

  • Standard HDMI Cable: Provides sufficient bandwidth for only 720p and 1080i resolution video.
  • Standard HDMI Cable with ethernet: Has the same bandwidth, but adds support for 100Mbps ethernet.

  • High Speed HDMI Cable: Provides more bandwidth, and can carry video with a resolution of 1080p or higher (up to 4096x2160, or 4K, but at a maximum refresh rate of just 24Hz, which is fine for movies, but terrible for games). This type of cable can also handle 3D video.

  • High Speed HDMI Cable with ethernet: Supports the same resolutions as High Speed HDMI Cable, as well as 3D, and adds support for 100Mbps ethernet.
Be sure to buy High Speed HDMI Cable connectors if you intend to send 1080p, or greater, video from your PC or Blu-ray player to a display (ethernet is optional).

All four types of HDMI cables have a feature called the Audio Return Channel (ARC) that can send the audio from the TV tuner in your HDTV back to your AV receiver. Prior to ARC’s introduction, you needed to connect a second, audio-only cable between your TV and your A/V receiver to play sound from the TV tuner. (Note: ARC is unnecessary if you subscribe to cable or satellite TV and use a set-top box.)

The HDMI specification doesn’t define a maximum cable length, nor does it state what type of material HDMI cables should be composed of. Copper wire is the most common material, but HDMI signals can also be run over CAT 5 or CAT 6 cable (for distances of up to 164 feet), over coaxial cable (for up to 300 feet), or over fiber (for more than 328 feet), according to HDMI Licensing LLC.

“Active” HDMI cables have integrated circuits embedded in the cable to amplify the signal. Active cables can be longer and thinner than passive cables (thinner cables are less likely to fail when forced to make hard bends).

DisplayPort cables are much simpler to define: There’s just one type! (Available here on Amazon.) The current version, DisplayPort 1.3, delivers enough bandwidth to carry video resolutions of up to 3840x2160 pixels at a refresh rate of 60Hz, and it supports all common 3D video formats. DisplayPort cables can also carry multichannel digital audio. On the other hand, DisplayPort can’t carry ethernet data, and the standard doesn’t have an audio return channel.

The two types of DisplayPort connectors are Standard and Mini.

With the addition of a simple adapter, a DisplayPort cable can connect a DisplayPort source to a VGA display (which is very useful when you need to connect your laptop to an older video projector). Adapters are also available to connect a DisplayPort source to a single-link DVI or HDMI display. (DisplayPort adapters available here on Amazon.) HDMI cables can be connected to a DVI interface using an adapter (available here on Amazon), but that’s it.

A passive copper DisplayPort cable can support extremely high data rates (a video resolution of up to 3840x2160) over a length of 6.5 feet. If you want to run a passive copper DisplayPort cable as long as 50 feet, the standard says you’ll be limited to 1080p resolution—but the spec is conservative, and in practice that 50-foot cable can carry enough data to support resolutions as high as 2560x1600 (sufficient for a 30-inch display).

An active copper DisplayPort cable, which draws power from the DisplayPort connector to operate a signal amplifier embedded in the connector, can carry video with a resolution of 2560x1600 over a 65-foot cable. Finally, fiber DisplayPort cables can be hundreds of feet long.

Video and audio streams

HDMI can handle a single video stream and a single audio stream, so it can drive only one display at a time. That’s fine if you use a single monitor or a TV, but many people use more than one display these days. These use cases aren’t limited to stockbrokers keeping one eye on a ticker and the other on news headlines, either. Many gamers use two or more monitors simultaneously. And once you become accustomed to having multiple screens on your desk, you won’t want to go back.

A single DisplayPort interface can support up to four monitors at 1920x1200-pixel resolution each, or two monitors at 2560x1600-pixel resolution, with each display receiving independent audio and video streams. And since some GPUs can support multiple DisplayPort interfaces, you can daisy-chain compatible monitors to connect as many as six displays to one source.

Which display interface is best?

HDMI was designed primarily for consumer-electronics applications: Blu-ray players, TVs, video projectors, and the like. Despite the confusing cable specifications, it does things that DisplayPort can’t. Meanwhile, VESA designed DisplayPort to be the ultimate display interface for computers, so it complements rather than replaces HDMI.

Unfortunately, many computer manufacturers—especially those building consumer laptops and all-in-ones—seem to have decided that HDMI is enough. Here’s hoping that this attitude changes, because DisplayPort offers at least as much to consumers as it does to business users.

HDMI isn’t going anywhere, and we wouldn’t want it to, but it’s time for computer manufacturers to show DisplayPort some love, too.

In the meantime, here’s what you should look for the next time you shop for an HDTV, computer, or monitor:

As we said at the outset, HDMI is ubiquitous. It will appear in just about any TV you might consider buying, and it will be included in every consumer-oriented computer display. It should also be present in most video cards, in laptop and desktop PCs, and (as an input, at least) in every all-in-one PC.

Better desktop displays, desktop PCs, and all-in-one PCs will support DisplayPort in addition to HDMI. Laptops, however, have less real estate available for connectors. For the most part, consumer laptops will provide HDMI, while business-oriented models will support DisplayPort.

If you plan to use a laptop with a stand-alone display, you won’t regret paying a little more to get a model that offers DisplayPort: Its support for multiple displays and its ability to connect to nearly any other type of monitor with an inexpensive adapter give it greater flexibility than HDMI possesses.

Editor’s note: If you enjoyed this article, you might also be interested in reading this story about DisplayPort’s new multi-streaming feature.

This story, "HDMI vs. DisplayPort: Which display interface reigns supreme?" was originally published by PCWorld.

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We wouldn't be where we are today without your involvement. Whether you argued as an attorney, acted as a witness, or lead your team as a coach, your contributions made Indiana University a force to be reckoned with. That's why we would like to keep you updated on the success of your program. We will send out an email twice a year updating you on the progress that our association has made. We are truly grateful for everything that you've done to make IU Mock Trial a great experience for so many students.


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Modern Country Guitar from Andy Wood

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Guitar Lessons and Teachers in Bryantville, Massachusetts

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Mansfield MA (21 mi away)

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Dorchester MA (22 mi away)

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Foxboro MA (22 mi away)

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Roslindale MA (22 mi away)

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Roslindale MA (22 mi away)

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Jamaica Plain MA (23 mi away)

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Jamaica Plain MA (23 mi away)

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Roxbury MA (23 mi away)

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Winthrop MA (24 mi away)

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Boston MA (24 mi away)

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Boston MA (24 mi away)

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Stores with Guitar Lessons in Bryantville Massachusetts (MA)

Matt's Music Center

35 Pleasant Street
Weymouth MA 02190-2339
(781) 335-0700

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Daddy's Junky Music Stores

888 Providence Hwy
Dedham MA 02026-6806
(781) 329-9924

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The Music Emporium

165 Massachusetts Avenue
Lexington MA 02420
(781) 860-0049

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Daddy's Junky Music

47 Middlesex Tpke
Burlington MA 01803-4911
(781) 270-0058

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Central Music

685 Pleasant St # 4
Brockton MA 02301-3072
(508) 586-4970

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Daddy's Junky Music Stores

444 Providence Highway
Dedham MA 02026-6806
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Music Studio Direct

971 Commonwealth Avenue #32
Boston MA 02215
(617) 782-1452

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Stoughton Music Center

968 Washington Street
Stoughton MA 02072-2973
(781) 344-8772

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Osmun Music

Acton MA 01720
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Sandy's Music

896 Massachusetts Ave # A
Cambridge MA 02139-3041
(617) 491-2812

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Guitar Center

1255 Boylston Street
Boston MA 02215
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Music Machine

350 Depot Street
S. Easton MA 02375-1529
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Needham Music

947 Great Plain Avenue
Needham MA 02492-3031
(781) 444-6429

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Performance Music Center

405 Main Street
Woburn MA 01801
(781) 938-6411

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Centre Music House

18 Main Street
Framingham MA 01702
(508) 875-0909

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Guitar Stop®

1760 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge MA 02140-2808
(617) 876-0687

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Guitar Doctor

659 Bedford Street
Whitman MA 02382-1807
(781) 447-4520

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Daddy's Junky Music

127 Faunce Corner Road
Dartmouth MA 02747-1283
(508) 992-3377

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Eastern Music

21 Taunton Green
Taunton MA 02780
(508) 823-7117

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One of our goals at JamPlay is to be able to provide affordable music lessons to the masses. If you decide JamPlay is not for you, then we sincerely hope that our diretory is able to help you find an appropriate teacher in or around Bryantville.

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Guitar Lessons and Teachers in Morley, Michigan

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Duncan L. Morley

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Rockford MI (25 mi away)

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Randy H. Morley

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Grand Rapids MI (36 mi away)

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Eric E. Morley

Eric E.

Grand Rapids MI (39 mi away)

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Tim Mainka Morley

Tim Mainka

Grand Rapids MI (39 mi away)

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Troy Stansberry Morley

Troy Stansberry

Jenison MI (47 mi away)

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Not able to find a teacher through TakeLessons that works well for you? Then we suggest contacting one of the local music stores in your area. There are plenty of music stores that offer guitar classes in Morley. is the best in the business at online guitar lessons. However, it's difficult to fully replace in-person guitar teachers. JamPlay along with a local guitar teacher is often times the ultimate combination. Select a store below to find someone to provide a guitar lesson in Morley Michigan.

Stores with Guitar Lessons in Morley Michigan (MI)

Hansen's Music House

116 South Lafayette Street
Greenville MI 48838
(616) 754-3803

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Music For All

9417 Algoma Avenue Northeast
Rockford MI 49341
(616) 863-8927

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Down Home Music

95 East Wood Street
Newaygo MI 49337-8025
(231) 652-4224

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McBride MI 48852
(989) 762-9040

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Quinn's Music

210 South Michigan Avenue
Big Rapids MI 49307-1810
(231) 796-5651

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Guitar Hospital

10840 Northland Drive
Big Rapids Township MI 49307-9294
(231) 796-5611

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Native Wood Music Store

134 North Division Avenue
Hesperia MI 49421-8552
(231) 854-0642

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Music Connection LLC

1174 West Echo Drive
White Cloud MI 49349-9081
(231) 689-5136

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One of our goals at JamPlay is to be able to provide affordable music lessons to the masses. If you decide JamPlay is not for you, then we sincerely hope that our diretory is able to help you find an appropriate teacher in or around Morley.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us to assist you on your musical journey.

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  • Dizzy's (230 5th Avenue Brooklyn, NY, 11215 United States (map)

Join the fancy boyz Langston KermanLane Pieschel, Simmons McDavid and Michael Joyce for a special Brooklyn Comedy Festival edition of The Fancy Show on Tuesday, August 23rd.

Liza Treyger (Comedy Central, MTV, Horace & Pete)
Sean Patton (Conan, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Comedy Central)
Cyrus McQueen (Last Comic Standing, Live at Gotham, Obvious Child)
Sean Donnelly (Letterman, Conan, Comedy Central)
Janelle James (Comedy Central, Night Train on Seeso, Brooklyn's 50 Funniest)

The show kicks off at 8:30pm at The Room at Dizzy's on Fifth (230 5th Ave at President St) in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Doors open at 8:15 and seating is first come first serve and table service is available during the show. As always, The Fancy Show is 100% FREE + $5 wine and $3 mystery beers (Dizzy’s is cash only)

Earlier Event: August 23
Later Event: September 12
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Attorney Steve Pajcic, left, with Thomas Lloyd, who sank a hole-in-one last year to win $6,000 and a matching donation for Jacksonville Area Legal Aid from The Law Firm of Pajcic & Pajcic.

Nonprofit News: Pajcic Yard golf benefits Jacksonville Area Legal Aid

May. 17, 2017

The Daily Record invites the local nonprofit community to submit news, announcements, success stories and other information they believe would be of interest to our readers. Email to

Pajcic Yard golf benefits Jacksonville Area Legal Aid

The fifth annual Pajcic & Pajcic Yard Golf event to benefit Jacksonville Area Legal Aid is 3-8 p.m. Saturday at the Riverside and Avondale homes of Steve and Anne Pajcic and Michael Pajcic and Katy Debriere.

Participants can tee off at the Yard Course at 1917 Montgomery Place or at the Back Nine at 3900 Richmond St.

The Law Firm of Pajcic & Pajcic sponsors the family oriented event that includes 18 holes of yard golf, food, beverages, bounce houses and celebrity sightings. This year, some members of the Jacksonville Jaguars are scheduled to attend.

One of the holes is teed off from Steve and Anne Pajcic’s dock, with the chance to win $6,000 with a hole-in-one.

Entry fees are $25 to $100 per person, and the law firm matches 100 percent of registrations, sponsorships, donations and the dock shot prize with a contribution to Jacksonville Area Legal Aid.

Last year, the event raised nearly $50,000 to provide legal services for those who cannot afford to be represented by a private attorney in a civil matter.

For details and maps to the homes, visit and click on Events & Legal Clinics.

Gate brings in $62,000 to aid Down groups

The Gate Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Jacksonville-based Gate Petroleum Co., raised a $62,000 in donations for the Down syndrome organizations including Down Syndrome Association of Jacksonville through the Buddy Star Campaign.

During April, Gate customers were able to purchase a star for $1 and add their name in support of the effort.

Debbie Revels, executive director of Down Syndrome Association of Jacksonville, said the donations will benefit more than 650 children, adults and their families.

The money helps more than 30 programs and services, including family social groups that meet monthly.

The association also provides families with therapy funding assistance.

The three-week fundraising campaign was held at all Gate convenience stores in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina. All funds collected will be donated to the nearest Down syndrome association.

Customers of the Gate store at 4123 Town Center Parkway in Jacksonville and 1460 Bowen Mills Road in Douglas, Ga., raised the most money as a percentage of in-store sales.

“As a proud member of the Northeast Florida community, The Gate Foundation and Gate employees look forward to opportunities to give back to the communities in which we do business,” said Hill Peyton, chairman of The Gate Foundation.

For more information on The Gate Foundation, visit or call (904) 737-7220.

Tennis tourney raises money for Firehouse foundation

The 43rd annual Firehouse Subs Men’s Doubles Tennis Tournament is Friday-Sunday at Jacksonville Golf & Country Club.

It’s the largest men’s doubles amateur tennis tournament in Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia.

This year’s beneficiary is the Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation, which provides money, life-saving equipment and educational opportunities for first responders and public safety organizations.

Beginning at 8 a.m. Friday, contenders in the open division will compete for a portion of the $12,500 cash pot, thanks to event sponsor AlphaStaff.

Families can enjoy Saturday’s free activities, including tennis matches, food, a silent auction and carnival atmosphere for children.

Hot Firehouse subs will be served daily and all proceeds will benefit the foundation. Activities are made possible by sponsors Dakota Provisions and The Main Street America Group.

The Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation has given more than $25 million to hometown heroes in 46 states, Puerto Rico and Canada, including more than $4.3 million in Florida, $1.9 million of which has been awarded in Northeast Florida.

Fish Fry to benefit the North Florida Land Trust

The sixth annual Fish Fry to benefit the North Florida Land Trust is noon-5 p.m. Saturday at Big Talbot Island.

The nonprofit is offering free guided nature walks led by a Florida master naturalist during the event. Guests will learn about the natural habitats and the plants and animals that live in the maritime forest overlooking the salt marsh on the island.

The naturalist will conduct three tours, with groups limited to 15. The tours will leave at 12:30 p.m., 2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. and will take guests on a 1.5-mile hike.

The tours are popular and it is recommended that people sign up in advance when they purchase tickets to the event. Visit for tickets and to register for a walk.

Tickets are $30 in advance or $40 at the door and include entry and the meal. Children under 12 pay $10 in advance or $20 at the door and students with ID pay $15 in advance and $25 at the door. The event will go on rain or shine with no refunds.

For more info, visit

‘Raising a Reader’ brings books

The Early Learning Coalition of Duval County has set up a “Raising a Reader” and “Parent Café” program at Washington Heights and Cleveland Arms apartments.

Besides being able to check out books on a weekly basis, free lunch is provided. Children can take part in educational activities while their parents participate in “Parent Café” networking sessions.

Primary funding for the program comes from the Jacksonville Journey Early Learning Program.

For more information, contact Darlene Mahla at or call (904) 208-2044, ext. 225.


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J.C. Penney Bumped From S&P 500

Just after close of market on Friday, Nov. 22, S&P Dow Jones Indices announced that J.C. Penney would move out of the S&P 500 Index into the S&P MidCap 400, following the close of trading Nov. 29. It will be replaced by Ingersoll Rand’s security spinoff Allegion plc.

“J.C. Penney’s…market capitalizations are now more representative of the mid cap market,” explained an S&P release. The retailer will be added to the S&P MidCap 400 GICS Department Stores Sub-Industry Index.

It’s no secret that the department store chain has been struggling to regain its financial footing and raise its profile within the retail marketplace for some time: Much-hyped CEO Ron Johnson resigned in April after a 17-month stint in the top spot; in 2012, the company posted a nearly $1 billion loss; for the second quarter of fiscal year 2013, it saw a $586 million net loss.

But there have been a few bright spots. E-commerce sales are up—by more than 25 percent in September compared with the previous year. Fine jewelry, said the company, is one of the categories that’s performing “better than the company average.” And though the chain recently announced a small third-quarter sales decline ($2.78 billion compared with $2.93 billion in 2012), it also saw a 0.9 percent comp store sales gain in October


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New York Restraining Order Lawyer

A restraining order is a document signed by a judge. The legal name for it in New York is an order of protection. A lot of states use the term restraining order, but in New York, the document is referred to as an order of protection. Basically, it is an order to the defendant to refrain an engaging in certain activities.

Speaking with a New York restraining order lawyer can give you peace of mind when facing domestic violence charges. An experienced criminal attorney can help you establish a strong defense.

Defining Full Orders of Protection

New York restraining order lawyers commonly see a full order of protection or a limited order of protection filed. A full order of protection admonishes a defendant to sever any and all contact with the complainant or the person who is protected by the order for as long as the order is in effect. That means that they cannot go to that person’s house, school, or place of business.

They cannot call that person, text them, email them, tweet at them, post on their Facebook wall, have any social media interaction, or get another person to contact them on their behalf. The full stay away order means that a person cannot have any contact or initiate contact, whether it is through one's self or through somebody else.

What is a Limited Order of Protection?

In a limited order of protection, the person charged is allowed to have contact with their accuser, but they are still prohibited from doing anything which would be considered injurious. They have to refrain from assaulting, menacing, harassing, stalking, or doing anything that they are not allowed anyway. They are prohibited from doing again. If there is a limited order of protection, the parties can live together, go to social events together, and be in the same place as long as there are no threats or violence. A New York restraining order lawyer can help individuals understand the penalties associated with a domestic violence charge.

Classifying Scenarios Involving Civil Protection Orders

The order of protection in a criminal case is issued by the criminal court judge that is sitting. A civil order of protection has the same force in effect and generally does the same prohibition as the criminal order. It is generally issued by the family court instead of by criminal courts.

A family court judge has the authority to issue a family court order of protection. The standard of proof required to obtain that order is different. In a criminal case, the standard of proof is beyond a reasonable doubt and in a civil case, it is by a preponderance of the evidence.

If an individual goes to the criminal court system, institutes charges against somebody makes the claim for the police and that person gets arrested but there is not enough evidence to convict that person, the order of protection goes away.

The complainant in that case can go to family court and file a petition for family court of protection based on the relationship of the parties. They can potentially obtain a family court order of protection if the evidence is sufficient and meets the preponderance of the evidence standard versus reasonable doubt.

Eligibility for Filing a Civil Order

In a civil case, a victim or aggrieved party can go directly to the court, fill out a petition, file for one, and can seek it on their own individually. In the criminal system, they are issued by the judge pro forma in a case. Where there is a victim and some allegations of violence, threats, or coercion, the judge will just automatically issue it.

The person does not have a lot of say at least initially. They can have the order amended from full to limited if they express that desire to a prosecutor who speaks to a defense attorney and they agree to get the order amended. They can present that to the judge.

The judge has the opportunity to accept that and modify the order or not. New York restraining order lawyers know that their decision is discretionary as to what they feel is appropriate. The difference is that in the civil courts, the petitioner tries to get the order while the criminal court judge issues it.


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What to Bring to Your First Appointment with Your Bankruptcy Attorney

The first consultation with a bankruptcy attorney at Jennifer L. Hamey, PC is an informal meeting that will take approximately 30 to 45 minutes. The first consultation is FREE. The attorney will have some documentation for you to fill out upon arrival, so please know the following information and bring the following documentation to your first appointment:

  1. A copy of a state issued ID or valid driver’s license.
  2. A copy of a valid social security card.
  3. A copy of your most recent tax return with all schedules and W-2s.
  4. General knowledge of monthly household expenses.
  5. General knowledge of debts owed (don’t need to know exact amounts of what is owed, just the overall origin of who you owe).
  6. General knowledge of property you own (especially items with substantial worth).

Once you meet with the bankruptcy attorney and fill out the paperwork, the attorney will discuss possible options. Upon completion of the meeting, the attorney will provide a written fee agreement for services and a “materials needed list” for you to gather and return to the office to move forward with filing the bankruptcy petition.

Filing bankruptcy can free you from the stress of debts and give you a blank slate of financial freedom. If you are overwhelmed by debt, we encourage you to learn more about our Florida bankruptcy attorney services and to contact us to schedule your free bankruptcy consultation.

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Page Speed And Conversion Optimization

When most clients come to me for conversion optimization, I generally do some basic investigation — like checking page load time — and I generally get the same response:

  • “When are we going to do conversion optimization?”
  • “I thought you did conversion optimization. Why are we doing this?”
  • “You know, I think our site’s okay. Now, it’s time to focus on conversion optimization.”
  • “So, I heard that button color can have an impact on conversion optimization …”

Thankfully, most clients are understanding, and not nearly as passive aggressive.

Nonetheless, I see a significant blind spot in most conversion optimization discussions.

The blind spot is this:  page load time.

Page load time has a huge impact on conversion optimization. More details to come on that topic.

However, load time is mistakenly viewed as under the control of the developer or designer. Surely a conversion optimizer should be spending his time on more important things like CTA buttons, page length, button color and checkout process, right?

It is my view that page load time is one of the most overlooked areas of conversion optimization, yet also one of the most direct ways to improve your own website’s conversion rates.

Let’s dig into the data, and I’ll show you exactly why your page load time matters, big time, for conversion optimization.

What is page load time?

Let me start at the beginning and explain a few important details regarding page speed.

According to Google, page load time is “the average amount of time (in seconds) it takes that page to load, from initiation of the page view (e.g., click on a page link) to load completion in the browser.”

Let me simplify that: Page load time is how long it takes for a page to show up on your screen.

Got it?

There’s a huge amount of information that I’m totally skipping over, however. Page load time is an extremely technical field, full of mind-numbing data and flush with indecipherable jargon.

Let me descend for a moment into the depths of techy, just to satisfy any CRO geeks with a curiosity about technicalities.

The average page load time is an amalgam of both the network and server time, plus the browser time. Onload time, also known as “document complete time,” includes the total load time of all onpage resources, including all backend resources and analytics trackers.

Although the full load time may be lengthy, according to speed tracking tools, the page may have full functionality within just a few seconds. That’s a good thing.

As long as the page feels fast to the user, then you’ll have the conversion upside that you’re looking for. Generally speaking, however, page speed and user experience speed (how fast it feels) are positively correlated.

The bottom line is this: Your site needs to load fast in order to get more conversions.

So, how fast (or slow) is your site?

Before you read all the eye-popping, mind-blowing information below, I want you to do something.

I want you to test your site speed. Go ahead; I’ll wait.

There are two great places I recommend you check your website speed

1. Pingdom

I like Pingdom in a geeky, totally unromantic sort of way.

The data is remarkable. And it’s completely free.

But you don’t have to be a datahead to enjoy the raw benefits of Pingdom. Just open it up, plug in your URL, and let the magic flow.

Pingdom webste speed test

Pingdom gives you the information in seconds. The most important metric above is the “load time.” clocks in at 957 milliseconds, or .95 seconds.

Pingdom breaks all the information down into little visual chunks so you can geek out over it a lot easier.

Pingdom dashboard

This is a good and basic way to start.

But there is data — oh, the data.

Pingdom data

2. PageSpeed Insights

Another free and useful tool comes from the King of the Internet. (Not Elvis.)

Google’s PageSpeed Insights provides a clean visual interface and easy-to-follow instructions for total optimization.

Google page speed

My complaint with Google has to do with the way they score it. Instead of giving you the data in seconds, they provide a score from 1 to 100. This is slightly less useful for comparison purposes.

Another caveat about Google’s PageSpeed Insights is that they will tell you everything that you can do to improve your site speed. Some of those things you just won’t be able to do. itself does not pass with flying colors. They need to avoid landing page redirects, optimize their images, and minify their JavaScript. (Didja hear that, Larry Page?)

For purposes of this article, it’s helpful to remember the number, in seconds, of your site load time. You get that number from Pingdom, not Google.

How does page load time affect conversions?

Conversion optimization could more aptly be called “user optimization.” The better a website is for the user, the better it will produce conversions. It’s just that simple.

So, to get specific, the faster a website loads, the easier it is for the user, and therefore more enjoyable and conversion-ready.

Here’s the simple facts:

  1. A page that loads slowly will have lower conversion rates.
  2. A page that loads quickly will have higher conversion rates.

Let me share some stories.

WordStream — Improved page speed. Got a 15% boost in conversion rates.

WordStream constantly tests everything. They live and die by data, data, data. So, it’s no surprise that they religiously track conversion rates.

The goal of WordStream, as with most websites, is more conversions. When they score higher conversion rates, they’re able to pat a team member on the back and say “Good job. That was a nice move!”

But when conversion rates suddenly and unexpectedly rose without apparent intentionality, they were nonplussed. Why did their organic search traffic suddenly experience a major conversion uptick?

After some investigation, they focused on the awesome hero: page load speed.

According to author Chad Summerhill, “Milliseconds matter.” And for his website, those extra milliseconds gave their page load time a big push.”

Leadpages — Faster pages bumped up conversion rates by 8.74%.

One Leadpages study analyzed the website landing page of entrepreneur Juan Martitegui. Martitegui ran several tests to find out which of his landing pages would get higher conversion rates — one asking for someone’s first name on a form, or not asking for a first name.

As often happens in conversion optimization, he ended up getting results that had nothing to do with first name vs. no first name test. The tests were not delivering consistent results. Curious, he dug in deeper, and decided to test the pages on different servers, with different load times.

That’s when the magic happened.

LeadPages study

Faster pages delivered more conversions, regardless of the capture form variables.

Mozilla — Shaved 2.2 seconds of load time. Increased conversions by 15.4%.

Mozilla gets a lot of downloads, but they wanted more. Clearly, speed (or lack thereof) was putting the kibosh on a considerable amount of download potential. This abysmal page load speed was painfully obvious in this timed video comparing three browsers.

They figured out, no big surprise, that they needed to make faster pages. So the developers scurried off to their tri-screen cubicles to make faster pages.

And then they released the results. Pages got faster. And visitors started downloading more Firefoxes.

Mozilla's load time results

When the results came in, they had to hold on to their socks, due to their socks nearly being blown off. The results shocked even the most aggressive page speed promoter among them.

To put that into nice fat numbers with lots of zeros, Mozilla could potentially gain an additional 60,000,000 Firefox downloads by chopping a little bitty dos segundos of their page load time.

Shopzilla — Lower load time turned into 12% boost in revenue.

Once upon a time, Shopzilla decided to redo their website.

Good thing they did. Not only were the holidays coming, but they were also suffering under the curse of 6-9-second page load times. By anyone’s standards, 6-9 seconds is awful.

Once the shiny new website was up and purring away, pages were loading at the Formula One speed of 1.2 seconds.

Fast pages. Happy customers?

Apparently so. Although Shopzilla implemented other improvements, page speed provided the biggest statistical and measurable increase on the user side. The results were nothing short of remarkable. Those users started spending more money on the site — a lot more.

After the new website launched, users were shelling out cash 12% higher than before.

But enough stories. Let’s go for more data and numbers — the kind that very well might blow your socks off.

Now that you’ve heard about how awesome page speed upticks are for other people, do a little noodling on the kind of improvements that your page might enjoy.

Long load time? You’ll lose tons of users.

A Kissmetrics infographic traces out the percentage of users who abandon a page based on rising load times. By the time your page load time hits 4 seconds, you’ve lost a fourth of all visitors — a potential quarter of conversions!

A Kissmetrics infographic on page load time

Wow. Finicky users, huh? Yep, and those are your customers. Don’t gripe. This is what you have to deal with.

Kissmetrics dug in a little deeper, and discovered a few more gems. Website performance, i.e., page load time, is a key predictor of shopper behavior.

Here’s the brass tacks, taken from the infographic excerpt below.

  • Nearly half of your customers expect your site to load in 2 seconds or less. What’s your page load time?
  • 40% of your customers will leave your website after 3 seconds.
  • 79% of your customers, if they are dissatisfied with the site, will never come back.
  • More than half of all customers assert that a fast load time is something that will improve their loyalty to the site.
  • Every  second that goes by, your customers will lose 16% of their satisfaction.
  • 44% of customers will gripe about your awful website to their friends.

how website perfromance affects shopping behavior

One-Second Delay:  Lose 2.5 million in sales.

If your website typically earns $100,000 per day, a 1-second page delay could cost you a few mil in annual revenue.

This data is based on accurate measurements of user behavior and hypothetical site sales.

measurements of user behavior and hypothetical site sales

I don’t know about you, but I kind of like an extra 2.5 million bucks.

Check out Walmart’s exploration of page speed reduction. The conversions nosedived as the site speed grew from 2-4 seconds.

Wal-Mart’s exploration of page speed reduction

Website optimizers spiffed up one website, dropping the load time from .6 seconds (that’s fast), to only .23 seconds (that’s wicked fast).

Website optimizers speed case study

Just milliseconds of improvements helped users stay 26% longer, bounce 8% less, and view more pages per visit.

What’s a good load time?

The faster the better.

  • 1-2 seconds:  Good.
  • 3-6 seconds:  Average, but try to improve it.
  • 7-10 seconds:  Poor. Get to work.
  • 10 seconds or more:  I’m very, very sorry.

Remember, speed affects conversions. Long delays, fewer conversions:

conversion rate fall-off by landing page speed

A lot of people, 47% of people if you need to know, expect a website to load in 2 seconds. After 3 seconds, 40% of site visitors are gone forever.

That conversion optimization advice about “2 seconds to make an impression” never sounded so true.

But even if you can shave a mere 1 second off your load time, you’re doing alright. Two seconds? Even more. Four, six, eight? You’ll see stuff like this happen:

the impact of web performance on page abandonment

So let’s speed up your site.

The best place to go for speed improvement advice is as follows:

  • Google PageSpeed Insights has the most succinct and actionable advice for improving your page speed. Have your developer start working on things.
  • Kinsta provides a helpful tutorial on page speed and how to make it better.
  • Kissmetrics has seven brief points on improving page speed. It’s simple, but practical and pragmatic.
  • ConversionXL provides an easy-to-understand guide for improving website speed.

Page speed isn’t just about latency, server response time and other technical details. The science of psychology affirms the need for users to have an optimum chronological experience when they visit your website.

Nobody likes to wait. The people who least deserve to wait are your customers. So give them speed. Give them service.

And give yourself some major conversion improvement.


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The Guardian steps back from largely reporting the hysteria surrounding the attack on Labour as antisemitic and publishes some constructive contributions to the debate

A panel of Jewish writers considers the IHRA definition of antisemitism, which has generated so much recent debate

Stephen Sedley: Freedom of expression is at the heart of this debate

Antisemitism is hostility towards Jews as Jews. This straightforward meaning is at the disposal of any institution or organisation that needs it. It places no prior restrictions on the form antisemitism may take.

What then is the point of the demand that the Labour party should adopt the verbose and imprecise definition promulgated in the name of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA, an intergovernmental body of 31 states) as a “non-legally binding working definition”? It reads: “Anti-Semitism is a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred towards Jews. Rhetorical and physical manifestations of anti-Semitism are directed towards Jewish or non-Jewish individuals and/or their property, towards Jewish community institutions and religious facilities.”

This text reproduces a 2005 draft by an EU body, the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia, though it was never adopted by it, and was resurrected by the IHRA in May 2016 with the now contentious list of purported examples.

These supposed examples of antisemitism are at the heart of the debate. They include: “Denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination, eg by claiming that the existence of a state of Israel is a racist endeavour.” They also include: “Drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis.” They point to the underlying purpose of the text: to neutralise serious criticism of Israel by stigmatising it as a form of antisemitism.

The UK government, which has adopted the “working definition” and the examples, was warned by the Commons home affairs select committee in October 2016 that in the interests of free speech it ought to adopt an explicit rider that it is not antisemitic to criticise the government of Israel, or to hold the Israeli government to the same standards as other liberal democracies, without additional evidence to suggest antisemitic intent. This was ignored.

But freedom of expression is at the centre of this debate. While the IHRA “definition” is not part of our law (at most it is a statement of policy), the right of free expression is. The Human Rights Act enacts article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights, guaranteeing the right of free expression and qualifying it only where proportionate restrictions – for instance on hate speech – are imposed to protect the rights of others.

This is why, whatever criticism the IHRA’s “examples” may seek to suppress, both Jews and non-Jews in the UK are entitled, without being stigmatised as antisemites, to contend that a state that by law denies Palestinians any right of self-determination is a racist state, or to ask whether there is some moral equivalence between shooting down defenceless Jews in eastern Europe and unarmed Palestinian demonstrators in Gaza.

Stephen Sedley is a British lawyer and visiting professor at the University of Oxford. He is a former judge of the court of appeal of England and Wales.

Laura Janner-Klausner: Deviating from the IHRA definition requires serious consideration

The IHRA definition of antisemitism has serious credentials. It is the chosen definition of 44 countries, including ours. Every mainstream representative body in the Jewish community has supported it. Beyond popularity, it was also defined by those who we really ought to trust on this matter – the IHRA, which learned from the consequences of antisemitism. To deviate from a definition with such weight requires serious consideration and an equally serious counter proposition.

If the Labour party wanted to prioritise antisemitism by choosing a bespoke definition then it could have listened to the full diversity of the Jewish community. We did speak out – loudly. Jews and allies stridently called on the Labour NEC to consult widely. This did not happen. Instead, the chosen definition and consultation process were totally inadequate.

How these definitions handle criticism of Israel is also critical. We can criticise the Israeli government, just as we can the British one, and the IHRA carefully defines boundaries of criticism. Tampering with these lines, as Labour has done, legitimises comments and actions way outside those boundaries. Stating, for example, that the right to Jewish self-determination is fundamentally a racist endeavour is not legitimate criticism, but a denial to Jews of the same rights given to all other peoples – which I also want for Palestinians.

Laura Janner-Klausner is senior rabbi of Reform Judaism and a joint British-Israeli citizen

Geoffrey Bindman: The IHRA definition is poorly drafted and has led to the suppression of legitimate debate

In May 2016 the IHRA adopted a 38-word “non-legally binding working definition of antisemitism”. Appended to it is a list of illustrative examples of antisemitic behaviour “to guide the IHRA in its work”.

Unfortunately, the definition and the examples are poorly drafted, misleading, and in practice have led to the suppression of legitimate debate and freedom of expression. Nevertheless, clumsily worded as it is, the definition does describe the essence of antisemitism: irrational hostility towards Jews.

The 11 examples are another matter. Seven of them refer to the state of Israel. This is where the problem arises. Some of them at least are not necessarily antisemitic. Whether they are or not depends on the context and on additional evidence of antisemitic intent.

Clearly, hostility to Jews could be the motivation for criticism of Israel and the fact that Israel identifies itself as a Jewish state no doubt encourages antisemites to attack Jews through their association with Israel. It is equally clear, however, that the policies and practices of Israel, a sovereign state, must be open to criticism and debate.

While it remains without legal effect, the IHRA definition has been “adopted” by the UK government, and in turn by a number of public and local authorities and by universities and colleges. But all these bodies are bound by international and domestic law not to interfere with freedom of expression except where it is, as one authority says, “a direct or indirect call for violence or as a justification of violence, hatred or intolerance”. Universities and colleges are also bound to ensure freedom of speech by the Education Act 1986, section 43.

The Labour party’s new code of conduct on antisemitism does not set out all the IHRA examples as if they were rules set in stone (as they were never meant to be). The code seeks to establish that antisemitism cannot be used as a pretext for censorship without evidence of antisemitic intent. This is entirely in line with the recommendations of the all-party Commons home affairs select committee in October 2016 that the IHRA definition should only be adopted if qualified by caveats making clear that it is not antisemitic to criticise the Israeli government without additional evidence to suggest antisemitic intent.

Unfortunately the caveats were omitted when the definition was approved by the UK government. Far from watering down or weakening it, Labour’s code strengthens it by addressing forms of discrimination that the IHRA overlooked. For example, the definition omits any reference to discrimination against Jews, a key form of antisemitism.

The attacks on the new code, including those by some Labour MPs and a number of rabbis, are baffling. One has to wonder if all these people have read the code or indeed the IHRA press release. This omission only serves to protect Israel from legitimate criticism.

Geoffrey Bindman is a QC, solicitor and visiting professor of law at University College London and London South Bank University

Jacqueline Rose: Hannah Arendt should be our guide

No definition is, or should be, sacred. Still less the examples attached to it. In the case of the IHRA definition of antisemitism, the examples were presented as “illustrations”. Yet it is the exclusion of these examples from Labour’s code that has unleashed anger against the party. Take the idea that it is antisemitic to deny “the Jewish people their right to self-determination, for example by claiming that the state of Israel is a racist endeavour”, one of these examples. It requires, at the very least, the most careful scrutiny. The Israeli Knesset recently passed a law making self-determination the sole prerogative of the Jewish people in Israel, and downgrading Arabic from its status as official language, thereby making a fifth of its population second-class citizens. Daniel Barenboim has always fervently supported the right of Jews to self-determination. But how, he asked in this newspaper, can there be “independence for one at the expense of the other”? This “racist” law made him ashamed to be an Israeli, he wrote. What it does not make him, surely, is antisemitic.

In the UK, the Jewish community does not speak with one voice. We should not assume that any one definition that gains predominance at a given time, or even majority support in many strands of the Jewish community, is therefore closed to ongoing discussion. Hannah Arendt has always been my guide on this topic. In her passionate, prescient warning after the Nazi genocide that the view of antisemitism as eternal Jew-hatred, a view that might seem to be so hideously confirmed by that genocide, was as dangerous as it was tempting. We must, she insisted, proceed historically. We must distinguish, for example, medieval Jew-hatred from racist antisemitic science that made possible the mass extermination of Europe’s Jews: “If we actually are faced with open or concealed enemies on every side, if the whole world is ultimately against us, then we are lost.”

Today the argument is different: that we are confronted with a new antisemitism which targets the Jews uniquely as a nation. This view is being mobilised to crush the global grassroots movement Boycott, Divestment and Sanction. Alongside the appeal to international law, BDS, however imperfect, is the only nonviolent protest on offer against the actions of the Israeli state towards the Palestinians. It is a view also being used to clamp down on any comparison of Israeli policies with apartheid. Compare again Barenboim: “It follows that [this law] is a very clear form of apartheid.”

We need to go on debating and talking, always alert to the possibility that any one definition, however well-intentioned, however designed to protect the Jews from the suffering and ravages of their own history, might be harnessed on the side of injustice.

Jacqueline Rose is co-director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities and co-founder of Independent Jewish Voices in the UK

Keith Kahn-Harris: This age is too febrile for the nuances we need

A few years ago, I noticed a bizarre comment thread on a Jewish news site over the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia definition of antisemitism (the forerunner of the IHRA’s definition). It concerned the (by now infamous) examples of things that “could” be antisemitic, particularly that of “denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination”. One of the commenters suggested that “the could is unconditional. It is used in the same way as for example a mother saying to a child ‘You could go and wash your hands’, meaning ‘Go and wash your hands’.’’

That comment was made by a Zionist, someone who supported the definition. But the comment could just as easily been made by an outraged anti-Zionist. Who was correct? Really it would depend on the application of the definition as much as the definition itself.

It’s certainly true that the IHRA definition does tightly constrain anti-Israel and anti-Zionist speech, but it doesn’t make it impossible. For instance, while it clearly treats denying the Jewish people’s right to self-determination as antisemitic, upholding this right in theory but asserting the impossibility of actualising it in current circumstances should not fall foul of the definition.

In a less febrile age, it might have been possible to see the IHRA definition as a challenge to pro-Palestinian activists to be more creative in their language: after all, whether or not you think Israel is acting just like the Nazis, saying so is predictable, lazy and cliched. Today, though, it seems impossible to imagine when a more nuanced reading of the IHRA definition will be acknowledged as possible.

Keith Kahn-Harris is a sociologist. His books include Uncivil War: The Israel conflict in the Jewish community


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Our customer Endava is a privately-owned IT services company, with over 16 years of experience of working with some of the world’s leading Finance, Insurance, Telecommunications, Media, Technology, and Retail companies. Through the Digital Evolution, Agile Transformation and Automation solutions, Endava is helping clients be more engaging, responsive and efficient.

Along with investing in long term customer relationships, Endava recognised the importance of providing rewarding and challenging careers for people and, by doing so, has established itself as the employer of choice for the best and brightest engineers and Business Development Managers.

Endava already have customers in the Nordic countries, and they have now decided to establish an office in Copenhagen - and you will be their first Business Development Manager in Copenhagen to focus on the Finance industry in the Nordic countries. Later this year we will be on the outlook for a Business Development Manager for the Media or Retail industry to join the Copenhagen team.

You will find new opportunities within the Finance industry with help from the Endava Lead Generating team, you will arrange for meeting customers and be responsible for the entire sales process until you close the business. In this process Endava consultants from the Close to Client teams will help you on technical and support issues. It is essential for Endava that you establish long term relationships with your customers and strive to meet additional sales requirements within the above-mentioned three solution areas.

There are very good opportunities for you to grow into a leadership role, e.g. as a Nordic sales lead or a global industry vertical lead.

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You should have a demonstrable track record of originating and closing offshore/nearshore IT Services deals. Also you must understand the concepts and key messages behind Agile and Digital Services and have sold full life cycle of software development (Consulting, Development, Testing, Support).

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They began in 2000, as a consulting firm delivering IT strategy and architecture services to some of the world’s largest banks and payments companies. Since then they have understood the changing needs of customers and evolved into an IT Services organisation built on a foundation of industry expertise, engineering excellence and offshore delivery, committed to providing challenging and rewarding careers for the people who work for us.

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I'm still in Oakland. What I like most about it is all the different spaces. I'm within a few minutes of redwood hiking trails, a lake, a bird sanctuary, a couple of great independent theaters, great bookstores, great cafés. Urban and natural experiences are both in easy reach. Also, the part of me that roots for the underdog loves living in Oakland, the looked-down-upon stepsister to San Francisco. (I saw a great bumper sticker the other day. It read "I live in The City -- Oakland!" This is funny because, locally, when anyone says "the city" they're referring to San Francisco.) The more time I spend wandering around Oakland, the more I find to love (the Parkway theater! the rose garden! Children's Fairyland! Etc.!).

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Always loved Linguine and Clam Sauce. But always hated how blah it was and how all the sauce ended up on the bottom. So next time I added a cream sauce pkg to the sauce and it turned out wonderful. Everyone and even my kids love it. This is a quick and easy dinner.

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  1. In Saucepan combine, clam sauce, clams and pkg cream sauce and milk. Heat till start thickening. add milk if gets too thick, stir constantly.
  2. Linguine, cook as directed on box, can use any pasta you like.

    When Clam Sauce is thickened, pour over pasta. Serve with Garlic bread or Cheese Bread and even a salad. ENJOY !!!!!!

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The conversation surrounding the rights of employees engaging in legal conduct off-premises has expanded from an era of considering the use of alcohol and cigarettes to the controversial use of marijuana and social networking sites. While certain laws are in place to protect employees and their right to engage in “protected” conduct –discrimination charges, wage violations, worker’s compensation claims, disability accommodations, participation in union activities – not all lawful activities protect an employee.

With an increase in medical marijuana use and some states even legally selling marijuana, the hot topic has been whether or not an employer can lawfully terminate an employee based on a failed drug test. Some states, such as Rhode Island and Arizona, prohibit employers from discriminating against registered marijuana patients. While on-premise consumption or possession is grounds for termination, the use of the drug is permitted outside of work. But that law doesn’t extend to all states. In some cases, living the high life can certainly bring high costs to potential employees in states such as Washington. This state has seen cases like Roe v. Teletech Customer Care Management (2011) where courts have ultimately dismissed lawsuits filed by individuals claiming employer’s have retracted an employment offer based on failure to pass drug screening tests.

Many states have considered the issue of employees and their rights to bear firearms. A number of states – Arizona, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Utah, Wisconsin among them – protect employee’s rights to bring firearms onto company property or the right to transport firearms in their vehicles. As long as the firearm is legal, the employee has the right to be packing heat and not land in hot water for doing so.

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The issue of nicotine use and employees continues in many states. While lawsuits have been filed against employers and subsequently dismissed because an offer of employment was withdrawn due to a potential employees use of nicotine, there are many states that do protect smokers. States such as Connecticut and Wyoming protect an employee’s rights to light up as long as they are off campus.

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