![]() ![]() If someone told me I could only read non-fiction for the rest of my life, I'd be OK. Let's just take a look at some of non-fiction I've read lately: Columbine, A Hundred Feet Over Hell, The Glass Castle, The Girls from Ames, The Monster of Florence. Give me true stories, give me pictures, give me something I can use! Up there with the best of the best, though, is Henrietta. I was thrilled that our book club chose this as our September selection. Behold one of the most incredible stories you will hear this year. Synopsis: Henrietta Lacks was a poor, unschooled African-American woman who, in 1951, was diagnosed with an aggressive cervical cancer at the age of 31. Eight months later she died, leaving behind five children (the youngest just a baby) and a husband. Before her death, the doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital took a biopsy from her cervix to study her cells. Where most cells died quickly after collection, Henrietta's cells were hearty and multiplied rapidly. This was a dream come true for researchers, and soon Henrietta's cells (called HeLa) were in the hands of scientists around the world, being used for testing to cure polio, cancer, aids, even acne. HeLa revolutionized modern medicine.Īs a young science reporter, Rebecca Skloot was fascinated with the story of HeLa and began researching its history, and the history of Henrietta, in order to write a book. What she discovered was a family plagued with tragedy, poverty, abuse, drug addictions and murder. The family was hounded by fortune seekers looking to profit from Henrietta's legacy, and distrusted anyone and everyone. The family couldn't even afford health care, and Henrietta's grave was still unmarked - a shocking contract from the billions of dollars made from HeLa. ![]() Skloot eventually forged a bond with Henrietta's youngest daughter Deborah, and the two of them launched on a journey to learn everything they could about Henrietta's immortal cells and the impact her contribution made on our world today. My thoughts: It seems counter-intuitive that a topic such as this could be the least bit readable. However, Skloot does an excellent job of boiling down an enormous amount of scientific information in a simple, palatable story. I was never lost or all made perfect sense. #The immortal life of henrietta lacks audiobook chapter 2 movie#. ![]()
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![]() ![]() While we’re in the land of waiting, be sure to check out the 2021 release calendar, as there are plenty of other movies planning to transport the world to exciting and far off places in the near future. We’ll have to wait and see what happens with Project 007, which makes our wait for No Time To Die’s Aprelease date all the more bearable. But for now, the prospects are delighting, as it feels like the same attention that’s been paid to the theatrical franchise is now being extended to this future endeavor in the video game space. , but IO Interactive but clearly part of those with the ability to best transcribe this universe. Few studios come to mind when it comes to adapting 007 in video games. Project 007 Unknown Release Date PlayStation 5 Xbox Series X Developed by: Io Interactive Published by: Io Interactive Genre (s): Action Adventure Rating Pending Not yet assigned a final ESRB. Both locations are recruiting talent from around the world to build. We’ve only scratched the surface of what Project 007 means for the James Bond franchise’s return to gaming. It is clear that the experience gained with Hitman and the success of this franchise is a real plus for IO Interactive in the context of Project 007. Project 007 is currently in active development at IO Interactive’s offices in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Malmö, Sweden. Think of it as an appetizer before the main course only every so often, you can change what’s on the menu. As it’s the simplest idea on how to get 007 back into the gaming world much quicker, it wouldn’t be a horrible idea to have the Bond aesthetic applied to a free for all where SPECTRE agents can square off against the good guys in combat. ![]() While everyone and their mother seems to want to get in on the battle royale market that games like Fortnite and Call of Duty have made so insanely popular, it wouldn’t hurt to develop a James Bond-themed version of that same concept that can be reskinned/progress on a parallel path. Hitman developer IO Interactive revealed in November 2020 that it's developing a new game starring the unmistakable British spy, James Bond, with the working title Project 007. Interested gamers can head to the game's website to sign up for email notifications for the latest information.Could We Get A James Bond Themed Battle Royale Game While We Wait?Īt the very least, while the world waits for Project 007 to get into production and on the road to completion, there is another option that the folks at IO Interactive might want to consider. IO Interactive recently announced Project 007, the next James Bond video game. Considering that IO is still focused on Hitman 3 for the rest of 2021, we may not get an update until next year at the earliest. IO Interactive didn't specify when it will have more to say about Project 007. IO Interactive CEO on the Rise and Fall of. ![]() We're inspired by the whole thing, and just sucking things into us to make an original Bond, an original story, but that is absolutely true and recognizable in the values there is in Bond.” When will we find out more about Project 007? Project 007 is a wholly original Bond story in which players will step into the shows of the worlds favorite Secret Agent to earn their 00 status. “So, we're not only inspired by one movie, or games and whatnot. “Every Bond kind of defines a generation and it's amazing how they kept reinventing themselves over so many years,” Abrak tells IGN. IO CEO Hakan Abrak explains that the decision to tell a new story is built out of a desire to create a “Bond for the gaming industry.” In an interview with IGN, IO shed a little more light as to what the origin story might entail. The upcoming title's press release described the game as "the very first James Bond origin story" that "will feature a wholly original Bond story exclusively as a video game." Project 007 will tell the story about what made James Bond into the espionage expert action movie fans have been obsessing over for decades. ![]() IO Interactive What is the Project 007 story? IO Interactive's experience with the 'Hitman' franchise could prove to be the secret ingredient to make 'Project 007' shine. Last year, some exciting news dropped on the doorstep of gamers everywhere: James Bond is back in the world of video games As IO Interactive’s Project 007 is set to return the super spy to. ![]() ![]() It was the day I was going to meet up and I asked to confirm the price was still $15, she said yes. She said she had to go to one area in town, anyways, and I could meet her there. Now, I know I live out of the way for a lot of people and I know people know it's risky to meet up at personal addresses, so I offered to meet her somewhere public. ![]() There was a game I really wanted someone was selling on FB Marketplace for $15. Minor compared to these, I had a close call with one CB last year. $5 is less than it would cost me to go there and back home, with a transfer. Now, $5 isn't exactly a huge, huge deal to some. Then a little while later, about an hour before I had to leave for my bus (would have taken 2 bus rides to get to the location she would be at.) and she said she wanted me to pay her an extra $5 for the gas and went on how fair it would be to compensate her for having to drive all the way to that location. At best, they're being told by other people what kind of woman is "worthy of their time" (hence, the nay section) and at worst, they are forming these opinions on their own.Upvotes Follow Unfollow 1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 JockBbcBoy thought: "Guys like this are all red flag, and all depressing. Also he dislikes 'stickers on fruit'? Well gee, now I'm really turned on. 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Numerous people were horrified by the profile, as Katzabar pointed out: "38 and has an entire novel on how he's a special, mature guy full of underlying messages about women being sluts and guys being douchebags. Something tells me he's definitely going to mention boobs in conversation." While she also added in the comments: "Having intelligent conversations without mentioning penis or boobs - then goes on to mention cleavage and sex position and mismatched bra and panties. ![]() Just a landscape of maybe a pond as the only photo because you have to upload at least one image." "I was just astonished he thought it was a good idea to put all of that hatred on his profile in the attempt to meet someone to at least spend some time with. The 31-year-old told Newsweek: "You can tell the guy is smart and has somewhat of a good sense of humor, but half way through, his lists and other comments turned into major red flags. 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![]() ![]() The game features a dynamic weather system that also depicts the change of seasons. The game is also playable in offline mode. The game takes place in a synchronised shared world, compared to the AI-driven 'drivatars' from its predecessors, with each server supporting up to 72 players. The game features a route creator which enables players to create races using completely customised routes. Here, a player is driving a Lamborghini Aventador in the summer.įorza Horizon 4 is a racing video game set in an open world environment based in a fictionalised Great Britain, with regions that include condensed representations of Edinburgh, the Scottish Highlands, the Lake District (including Derwentwater), Ambleside and the Cotswolds (including Broadway), Bamburgh among others. Forza Horizon 4 is the first Forza game to have changing seasons. You can find official wallpapers at and the images that accompany official Forza articles can be found at. See the How to upload a photo thread for detailed instructions. The site will automatically resize large pictures to 800px wide. Click the Post Reply button in a forum thread and use the Insert Image icon or use bracketed url= and /url coding and enter the url for the image itself (.jpg or. Start by saving your photo to a hosting site such as Flickr or Imgur. When streaming to your Windows 10 Xbox App you can use the keyboard combination CTRL + Print Screen to capture the current display from your monitor and then use an image editor to paste and trim the capture. Screenshot is not available while streaming. See the March 2015 announcement for a quick video tutorial. Double-tap the Xbox One controller power button and press Y to save the image or say "Xbox, take a screenshot." Use the Upload app to manage saved screenshots from My Captures, where you can set the image as your console background or share it to your activity feed, in a message, to Twitter, or to your OneDrive. See the Xbox Support topic on capturing and sharing screenshots. Method 3: Stream your game to Windows 10 using the Xbox app and take a screenshot from your device.Method 2: Take an Xbox One Screenshot (below) while in Photo Mode with UI hidden or while viewing a photo in the in-game Forza Gallery menu (not available while streaming).Method 1: Using a computer browser, find your saved photos in the GALLERY dropdown under the COMMUNITY menu on and save them to your computer this is also available in the Forza Hub app on Windows 10 PC.Best of all, Auction House and Storefront features will work seamlessly across both Xbox One and Windows 10. You can easily follow someone whose Storefront creations you like, and you’ll be informed each time they create something new. Storefront is the place where players can show off their latest creations – including liveries, tuning setups, photos, and custom vinyl creations. You may be able to capture a screenshot in Drone Mode, which allows time, weather, and traffic to continue. These aren't options in Photo Mode - time and car position is frozen. See the Forzatography forum for tips from other community members and be sure to keep an eye on the official contest winners in the Gallery (website and Forza Hub) and the Forza Week in Review to see examples of good composition and effects.Ĭan I position the car or delete the driver in Photo Mode? ![]() ![]() How do I use the Photo Mode settings for better photos? ![]() ![]() Otherwise, iWriter will release your project to its internal marketplace, and available writers of your specified skill level can then claim it. If you have any specific writers in mind for a given piece of content, you can also request them directly. The writer level indicates the quality of the article you will receive. 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![]() ![]() Percentage of calls where the caller requests to speak to a supervisor for resolution. Organizations will often monitor for Hold Time Violations, when a pre-set benchmark is set and the On-Hold Time is exceeded. Callers are put on hold for a number of cases, including when the agent needs to refer to a knowledge base, talk to their supervisor, or run additional verification. Average duration that a caller is on hold. Read more about First Call Resolution (FCR) in our deep dive. Percentage of calls that are resolved the first time with no follow-up required. Total number of callers against the current number of callers in the queue.Īgent effectiveness KPIs provide insights into how agents are performing on and off the phone, and provide actionable data into relevant training and coaching to improve that performance. Average lifespan of a customer case open in a query in the event that the query was not resolved on the first call. It is the number of inbound calls in a given time period. Percentage of callers who are not connected due to lack of agents or network issues. Agent turnover rates can be based just on voluntary turnover or can include all turnover, including termination. Percentage of agents who leave the company. ![]() Percentage of time that an agent spends on incoming calls against idle time. Average duration a caller waits to be connected to an agent. Here's a deep dive into call abadonment rate.Īverage Time in Queue (Average Wait Time) Percentage of inbound calls where the customer hangs up before speaking to an agent. Read in detail about First Response Time here. The average time it takes between a customer submitting a query and an agent responding. Benchmark: Varies from organization to organization.Read more about Average Handle Time in our deep dive. Average Handle Time (AHT)Īverage duration of the entire transaction, from the time the customer initiates the call to ending the call, including all hold times and transfers. Operational efficiency looks at productivity and business drivers at the organization-level and identifies areas of improvement to drive better business results. Our Big List lays out the most important call center metrics, interactions and KPIs for each, including industry benchmarks. Contact center AI enables you to extract those insights from 100% of your calls and monitor a wide breadth of call center metrics, interactions and KPIs in four areas: There’s a treasure trove of insights hidden in every single call that takes place in a call center. ![]() ![]() ![]() Horizontal stacked bar chartsĪny version of a stacked bar chart can be used vertically or horizontally. We can place one category at the top and the other at the bottom, so it’s easy to see whether production levels are shrinking or growing as a proportion of the total. Unlike the original, you can now compare two categories across bars with ease because of the consistent starting point.Ĭontinuing with the example, let’s say the goal was to emphasize the production of tablets and phones. The benefit is that there are two baselines. In this variation, the bars extend from 0 to 100%. In the stacked family, you can opt to visualize percentages instead of absolutes, creating a 100% stacked bar chart. Similar to other chart types, related alternatives exist. Up until now, we’ve only looked at a typical stacked bar chart. If a precise analysis of multiple subcategories is important to show, then you’d be better served by iterating to a different approach than a stacked bar chart: unstack the bars and show separate bar charts, for instance or, abandon bars altogether, and use a line graph. Have phone production levels increased or decreased in recent years? What about tablets? Because these categories come higher in the stack and no longer align to a consistent baseline or starting point, insights about the data are much harder to see. Just as we can quickly scan across the tops of the entire stack to easily compare the total heights of the bars, we can quickly compare just the purple segments in this example by scanning across their tops, because we know that the bottom of each one starts at the same place (usually, zero).Ĭhallenge yourself to answer questions about the other subcategories in this chart. ![]() The bottom subcategory in a stacked bar chart will always be the easiest to compare since it has a consistent baseline across all of the bars. Notice how it’s easy to see details about laptop production, but much harder to do the same for the other devices? That’s because “laptops” are the bottom-most subcomponent in this graph. This is where many stacked bar charts fail. If your main goal is to compare the subcomponent pieces across each bar, be careful. If you have to talk about both the overall total and the subcomponent breakdown, but your main goal is to focus on the total length of the bars, stacked bars could work. The opposite is not true. It’s also clear that phones (teal) are produced more frequently compared to other portable devices, tablet production (blue) is the smallest, and production for laptops (purple) has declined in recent years but is expected to increase.Ī couple of worthy takeaways here. Now we have two categorical variables: year and device. But if we also wanted to get a sense of the breakdown by device, we could morph the traditional bar chart into a stacked bar chart showing the component contribution. ![]() The total production of all devices can be displayed in a standard bar chart. Here we have total production levels and forecasts for a few types of devices: tablets, phones, and laptops. The first (and primary) variable is shown along the entire length of the bar, and the second variable is represented as stacks within each categorical bar. A stacked bar chart shows two categorical variables. A traditional bar chart displays a single categorical variable in the form of bars. While this may seem obvious, a stacked bar chart is not the same as a standard bar chart. In this guide, we’ll aim to rectify these mishaps by sharing examples, clarifying when you should (and shouldn’t) use a stacked bar chart, and discussing best practices for stacking bars. Despite their prevalence, they are commonly both misused and misunderstood. Stacked bars are everywhere you’ve likely seen them in a recent report, a dashboard, or in the media. A few years ago, we posted a question on this blog that is as relevant today as it was years ago: “ Is there a good use case for a stacked bar chart?” ![]() ![]() Evernote* – capturing text notes, documents, contacts, images, photos and screenshots and sharing them including on iOS devices (free with some paid features).NValt – plain text and markdown no-frills note-taking (free) /many alternatives.OmniFocus* – unparalleled task management app extensively reviewed on Macademic however tempting it is, don’t try to put all your life in there! 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