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What's Rogue Ink?
That's a bit of an existential question, so we're going to get a little deep on you and tell you what Rogue Ink is not. Rogue Ink is not a business blog. We like to think of it as a pub where entrepreneurs and writers can hang out, shoot the shit, and laugh at the mistakes we make while downing a few pints and making jokes about weevils.
Occasionally the proprietress stands on a chair and rants about bad grammar, which act is generally accompanied by much whistling, shouting, and playful dart-throwing. We're not here to give you 10 Ways to Market or 18 Best Copywriting Practices. We're here to kick back, chat about writing, and feel a little better about going back to our small business the next day.
We named this pub the Lusty Weevil during Great Comment Debacle of May 2008, in which we also determined WHY Rogue Ink is not a business blog, so you might want to go check it out.
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You bet your buttered biscuits you can. Contact her in any of the following ways to talk about your business, what it needs, and how she can deliver some kick-ass copy for you. Warning: she is generally much better behaved via email and her business site than she is on this blog. She realizes this may be disappointing, but unfortunately it also allows her to keep clients.
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Bangle Jangle is from the 2011 Cocktail Bling Collection. It was a beautiful collection:)
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oh I loooooove this color!!! Must get it!!!!ReplyDeleteReplies
I can't get enough purples:)Delete
Love this! What a pretty color!ReplyDelete
GORGEOUS color. I totally did not know Essie made minis.ReplyDeleteReplies
yeah, usually each collection has a set of 4 mini's. It's kindof nice to get a little version of 4 of the colors instead of trying to decide which of the big ones to get.Delete
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I know what you mean about never grabbing the mini's. I have the same problem... but this is really such a beauty! it would be a shame not to use...Replies
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Lets look at this simple functions:
// set_test.cpp
#include <stdint.h> #include <bitset> const int size = 128; typedef uint8_t byte_set[size]; bool any_in_byteset(uint8_t* data, size_t size, byte_set set) { for (auto i=0u; i < size; i++) if (set[data[i]]) return true; return false; } typedef std::bitset<size> bit_set; bool any_in_bitset(uint8_t* data, size_t size, bit_set set) { for (auto i=0u; i < size; i++) if (set[data[i]]) return true; return false; }
The file was compiled with g++ -std=c++11 -O3 set_test.cpp; Assembly code of the core of any_in_byteset:
28: 0f b6 10 movzbl (%eax),%edx 2b: 83 c0 01 add $0x1,%eax 2e: 80 3c 11 00 cmpb $0x0,(%ecx,%edx,1) 32: 75 0c jne 40 34: 39 d8 cmp %ebx,%eax 36: 75 f0 jne 28Statement if (set[data[i]]) return true are lines 28, 2e and 32, i.e.: load from memory, compare and jump. Instructions 2b, 34 and 36 handles the for loop.
Now, look at assembly code of any_in_bitset:
5f: 0f b6 13 movzbl (%ebx),%edx 62: b8 01 00 00 00 mov $0x1,%eax 67: 89 d1 mov %edx,%ecx 69: 83 e1 1f and $0x1f,%ecx 6c: c1 ea 05 shr $0x5,%edx 6f: d3 e0 shl %cl,%eax 71: 85 44 94 18 test %eax,0x18(%esp,%edx,4) 75: 75 39 jne b0
All these instructions implements the if statement! Again we have load from memory (5f), but checking which bit is set require much more work. Input (edx) is split to lower part --- i.e. bit number (67, 6c) and higher part --- i.e. word index (6c). Last step is to check if a bit is set in a word --- GCC used variable shift left (6f), but x86 has BT instruction, so in a perfect code we would have 2 instructions less.
However, as we see simple access in the bitset is much more complicated than simple memory fetch from byteset. For short sets memory fetches are well cached and smaller number of instruction improves performance. For really large set cache misses would kill performance, then bitset is much better choice.


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Web Serving
To achieve meaningful results, we deployed the Caw WebAvalanche (www.cawnetworks.com), a sophisticated stress-testing appliance that exposes network infrastructure equipment to high loads of HTTP traffic.
Most of the tested servers managed to handle between 250 and 300 transactions per second with the load profile we defined. We noted especially low performance on the Greencomputer PowerElf, which peaked at 149 transactions per second.
We also noted differences in the Web servers' resilience under heavy load. Some servers failed with connection time-outs, connection resets, or both. Experience has shown us that servers with a large number of connection resets are more resilient than those that just produce time-outs when overloaded. This is explained by the client TCP retransmit mechanism overloading the server further when it tries to maintain a connection. Servers that failed with a high number of connection time-outs were the Toshiba Magnia SG10, the PowerElf, and the Net Integrator Mark I.
We applied the traffic load based on user sessions per second to mimic a realistic user interaction. By increasing the load, we attained the threshold at which unsuccessful transactions exceeded successful transactions for each device. And for every test-run we conducted with the WebAvalanche, the results could be divided into three parts: ramp-up state, stepping state, and sustained state (a detailed explanation of this aspect of the testing is provided online).
Based on our initial findings, we selected the step height for each serverthe load to be added for each step in the stepping phase. We selected a value from one to four sessions per second, based on the server's initial performance. Our goal was not only to determine at what load the unsuccessful transactions outnumber the successful ones but to also have all appliances run for approximately the same length of time before reaching this breaking point. Since some systems (such as the PowerElf) had a far lower load peak than others, we decreased their step height to delay the point of failure.
The final value, which remained unchanged, was the number of steps, indicating at what value the system switched from the stepping phase into the sustained phase, at the end of which it began its ramp-down.
The test runs had a ramp-up time of 3 minutes (not plotted on the charts), and a step height of two user sessions per second to achieve an initial load.
Overall, aside from the solid performance of the two Dell servers (tested for comparison), we were impressed by the performance of the Celestix Taurus C840 and UVNetworks WebBox 1000, which did not show any time-out errors at all. The Net Integrator, although also a good performer, was not quite as consistent. The PowerElf showed significantly fewer transactions per second than all other contenders.
If you plan to implement a simple Web site or intranet, any one of the tested appliances will do just fine. If you need a more sophisticated Web presence, we recommend the WebBox 1000, which not only performed well but also has the additional features that a dedicated Web server requires.


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SOURCE: "Hard Times, " in Imagery and Theme in the Novels of Dickens, Humanities Press, 1974, pp. 77-90.
In the following excerpt, Barnard discusses Dickens's treatment of industrial unrest and his characterizations of Gradgrind and Bounderby in Hard Times.
"I am afraid I shall not be able to get much here."
Dickens's disappointment in the Preston power-loom strike was obvious: the town was quiet, the people mostly sat at home, and there were no hints whatsoever from which he could work up one of his big set-pieces. He would have been much happier, artistically, with something of a more French-revolutionary nature:
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Shocked that the Phils would extend Mackanin
Pete Mackanin is apparently unaware that the Phillies have only won two of their last 12 games. Yesterday afternoon after the game at the post-game interview he was remaining optimistic that this team was scoring runs and everything would be okay.
The truth of the matter is right now this team can get no worse, the bullpen is extremely flawed, starting pitching is not delivering consistently, the really only bright spot is that the Phillies have scored 15 runs in the last two games, but they were soundly beaten in both games.
Unbelievably as I'm writing this post it just came over the news wire that Pete Mackanin has been signed to a two-year extension on his deal.
This can only mean the more poor performances and unbelievably bad decisions to come out of the dugout as they have this year and all of last year. Relief pitchers don't know their role on this team because Mackanin has no clue with what he's doing with the relievers.
All this is just fine with new Phillies management who have really made a big surprise with this announcement and keeping Mackanin on the job.
Maybe they feel Phillies fans are like sheep and will follow whatever management thinks is best for this team but I think the fan revolt is not far away with the kind of baseball we've been seeing from this team.


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Red Sparrow
Though it might push the doomsday clock closer to midnight, spycraft aficionados rejoice at the reemergence of Russia as a global adversary and therefore a stock villain in Hollywood movies. A few seconds more towards nuclear annihilation is a small price to pay if it means more dead drops and surveillance on the big screen. Francis Lawrence's Red Sparrow doesn't even bother to place its tale of Russian espionage during Soviet days, preferring to set itself in the modern day. One can imagine the marketing team saying a prayer of thanks when Maria Butina was arrested in the months before its release. Serendipitously relevant only in the broadest geopolitical sense, Red Sparrow is a perfectly fine thriller, albeit one with little to say about the modern Russia its wunderkind spy lives in.
For the latest in micro-budget workarounds, the world turns to Searching, a kidnap thriller with the gimmick that all of its events take place through a webcam or on a screen. For his debut feature, director Aneesh Chaganty gives himself a high degree of difficulty, ensuring that his film will not exactly be the most cinematic to grace theater screens. However, thanks to the frayed-nerve desperation of star John Cho and a propulsive script, Searching transcends its technologically-imposed limitations to tell a classic story of a father and daughter drifting apart long before the dramatic events of the film. The germ of Chaganty's film would work in a pre-smartphone era, though the gimmick would have to be reconsidered.
Wind River
Taylor Sheridan has made his name as the writer behind crackling Southwestern thrillers like Sicario and Hell and High Water. After this productive period, he returns behind the camera for Wind River, a film far from the desert but as bleak as those landscapes are dry. There are striking similarities between all three, like culture clashes, communities in decline, and a female outsider butting up against entrenched and male-dominated systems, but why change what's been working? Sheridan maintains his above-average credentials with Wind River, another quality entry in the emerging genre of the contemporary wilderness Western kicked off by No Country For Old Men.
Crimson Peak
Guillermo del Toro, a director best known for his creature design, makes a Gothic doomed romance in Crimson Peak, but del Toro being del Toro, he can't help but include some supernatural elements. His heightened, Bronte-ish tale of murder and subterfuge and illicit passions is a familiar story dressed up with del Toro's fantastical sensibility. Unsatisfied with the drafty mansions these stories take place in, he puts his titular decrepit estate on top of a red clay mine, causing the structure itself to bleed with viscous fingers of earth that rise out of the ground, almost pulling the building into hell. Crimson Peak is a pleasure to watch frame to frame, even as the plot gets increasingly predictable.
Bridge of Spies
The Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks-produced miniseries John Adams opened with the titular founding father defending the hated perpetrators of the Boston Massacre. Despite the threats to Adams' economic and personal safety, he stood for principle when seemingly the rest of Boston stood for revenge. Wanting to shepherd a very similar story to the big screen, Spielberg's Bridge of Spies exchanges Adams for Hanks in everyman mode and British soldiers for a single Soviet spy.
Son of Saul
Perhaps the most intense, bleak, soul-searing WWII film since Come and See, Laszlo Nemes' Son of Saul buries the viewer in human misery and evil. There are no last second reprieves a la Schindler's List or life-saving acts of mercy a la Fury. It is black all the way through, a form of cinematic homework that found this viewer taking a breath before pressing play, knowing it was going to be an endurance test. It's a test worth taking, not only to bear witness to an adaptation of first-hand accounts of the Holocaust, but also because Nemes drops the viewer as far into historic atrocity as any work has before.
Green Room
After Blue Ruin, his gritty, low-rent revenge thriller, Jeremy Saulnier plainly isn't about to wash all the grime off in his follow-up, Green Room. Taking place almost solely in a backwoods neo-Nazi bar, this pot-boiler upgrades the cast but retains Blue Ruin's shocks and visceral violence.
Ebertfest 2016
Bryan: Jon, thanks for attending Ebertfest with me. I had a great time. We saw "Radical Grace" and "Blow Out" but before we discuss those movies, what were your thoughts on the venue? I thought the Virginia theater had a great atmosphere - the sight lines were good, the volunteers were helpful, and the audience was in it to win it. They laughed at semi-awkward times, but that probably comes with the territory when three-quarters of your audience has a Master's degree or higher. Watching a movie in a full house isn't typically my cup of tea, but I really enjoyed this experience. The biggest downfall was the incredibly lumpy, cramped seats.
Jon: Hey, thanks for hosting me. This was my first film festival, and will certainly not be my last. On the venue itself, we're pretty much on the same page, though I'd give butt comfort a higher grade than you might. We both agree that leg comfort was lacking, in that it was bad enough to keep me from sticking around to hear Nancy Allen discuss Blow Out after the credits rolled on that movie. We definitely picked good seats for both showings. On the audience, I was more mixed. While I thought they laughed at mostly appropriate times during Blow Out, the same couldn't be said for Radical Grace, where deserved laughter occasionally morphed into political choir-preaching. We're watching a movie, not attending a fundraiser, and the applause at hearing a liberal bromide, whether I agree with the sentiment or not, was a little annoying.
On the movies themselves, let's start with Radical Grace, Rebecca Parrish's doc about nuns in conflict with the strictly male hierarchy of the Catholic church. I'm the lapsed (what's a harsher term?) Catholic after a rigorous upbringing, so it was a film attuned to my inner wavelength. Not coming from that specific religious tradition, how did the movie resonate with you?
Black Sea
By Jon Kissel
In Black Sea, Jude Law continues to demonstrate some mid-career range. In 2015, he's played a Bond-ian spy in, uh, Spy, and in Kevin MacDonald's claustrophobic thriller, he nails the polar opposite, a blue collar roughneck tasked with recovering sunken treasure. MacDonald uses Law and a gritty cast to great effect, recreating the dreary heist films of the 70's. Put a resentful Popeye Doyle in a submarine, and Black Sea stays mostly the same. Law's character, who often drives the action through sheer force of will, stands up nicely against that earlier incarnation of a man who sees what the job is, and drives steadfastly, if not recklessly, towards its completion.
Black Sea contains all the standard heist tropes of team assembly and plan-making, but its extra ingredient is a general, simmering anger at the higher-ups of society. As the film begins, Law's Robinson is being laid off from his long-time job at a salvage company, and he has plenty of compatriots going through the same thing. One of them tips him off to a plan that the company was unable to pull off, a sunken submarine in the eponymous body of water filled with gold that Stalin intended to transfer to Hitler in exchange for peace. Anxious for a big payday, and equally for a way to stick his thumb in his old company's eye, Robinson takes the job, funded by a mysterious money man and his associate Daniels (Scoot McNairy). From there, it's not difficult to find other men with similar impulses, and a mixed English and Russian crew strike out for their quarry.
Once the logistics and manpower are checked off, Black Sea joins the other taut thrillers set in submarines. That environment is inherently dramatic, and for my money, every film set in it has a baked-in degree of success. Several scenes of the sonarman plying his trade are excellent, as that's a task that is just arcane enough to inspire awe at its accomplishment while seeming knowable in its execution. Unwilling to settle for a straightforward heist, Dennis Kelly's script throws in several wrenches between factions of the crew. Daniels is forced to go along by his employer, and is decidedly out of place amongst these rough, burly, and bearded men. One short on his planned crew, Robinson also takes along the teenaged Tobin (Bobby Schofield) to serve as a gopher. Most interestingly, the always-welcome Ben Mendelsohn plays a significant role as the unhinged diver Fraser. Between Tobin's inexperience, Fraser's instability, and the ire that Daniels generates amongst the crew that see him as the upper-class avatar of all their problems, every action or conversation is fraught with tension.
In this potboiler, Law is utterly convincing as an alpha amongst alphas. It is vital that the film convey the strength required to keep the ship and its volatile crew on course, and Law has that gravitas, and then some. His Robinson rarely sets a foot out of place, though he does have his blind spots. His sense of fair play causes him to dictate that all crew members will receive an equal share, though it seems unfathomable to him that a crew member might conspire to reduce the crew's numbers and get a larger share. Robinson is so dead set against being like his former employers and their cost-cutting methods, that he forgets everyone's there for a mixture of greed and spite. Even when making short-sighted decisions like these, Robinson remains a man worth following. Creepy Mendelsohn and toady McNairy are square in their wheelhouses, and they do not disappoint. Schofield occupies a difficult space, as his existence makes up the most hackneyed portion of the film, though he does what he can to make Tobin a sympathetic character despite his occasional high-stakes clumsiness.
Black Sea is a highly-functional, compulsively watchable thriller built for an age of tenuous futures. In the annals of submarine films, The Hunt for Red October welcomes a compatriot with open arms. MacDonald, Kelly, and Law combine to make a resonant, adult film that leaves the viewer grateful for plentiful oxygen and personal space. B
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I just got to the creek where Dean Rojas and Jeff Kriet are fishing. It's about a 30 minute drive by road. It takes 50 by water. First thing I notice is the creek has dropped about 2 feet. That is significant.
If they can get here that could help them, by positioning the fish to the very ends of the cover. There's lot to hide around up here and a drop just narrows the options.
Looks like they can make it. Rojas just showed up. Not long after Alton Jones appeared.


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Current Version: 4.7.11
AppsFlyer's tvOS SDK provides app installation and event recording functionality. We have developed an SDK that is highly robust (8+ billion SDK installations to date), secure, lightweight and very simple to embed.
You can record installs, updates and sessions (by following the mandatory steps below), and also record additional in-app events beyond app installs (including in-app purchases, game levels, etc.) to evaluate ROI and user engagement levels.
The mandatory steps are explained below, followed by additional optional features.
The tvOS SDK is compatible with tvOS 9+.
- AppsFlyer's SDKs are fully compliant with Apple's IPv6 DNS64/NAT64 Networks. For more information, click here.
- AppsFlyer's SDKs make use of NSUserDefaults class. Clearing values from NSUserDefaults may cause attribution issues.
The following sections are covered in this guide:
- tvOS SDK Download
- What's New in This Version?
- Embedding the SDK into your Application (Mandatory)
- SDK Initialization & Installation Event (Minimum Requirement for attributing)
- In-App Events Recording API (Optional)
- Advanced Integration
- Testing the SDK Integration
- To download the tvOS SDK as a framework click here.
1. What's New in This Version?
- Updated to Native SDK Version 4.7.11
- Supports Uninstall Measurement
2. Embedding the SDK into your application (mandatory)
AppsFlyer SDK is available as a framework.
2.1 AppsFlyer TVos SDK Framework
The simplest way to integrate the framework is using cocoapods:
- Add the following line to your pod file:
pod 'AppsFlyerTvOsLib'
If you do not use cocoapods, follow the steps below:
- In Xcode, go to Build Phases >> Link Binary with Libraries >> Click + to add a new library
- Click Add Other and add the AppsFlyerLib.framework
- Include the following header:
#import <AppsFlyerLib/AppsFlyerTracker.h>
3. SDK initialization & installation event (minimum requirement for attributing)
NOTE: This is the minimum requirement to start attributing your app installs.
You must initialize the SDK on the first launch of the app. Make sure that the SDK is initialized before sending the event below.
3.1 Initializing the SDK
To initialize the SDK, add the following to your "didFinishLaunchingWithOptions" function:
[AppsFlyerTracker sharedTracker].appsFlyerDevKey = @"[Dev_Key]";
[AppsFlyerTracker sharedTracker].appleAppID = @"REPLACE THIS WITH YOUR App_ID";
NOTE: You should enter the number only and not the "ID" prefix. For example, if your App ID is id123456789 the above should appear as:
[AppsFlyerTracker sharedTracker].appleAppID = @"123456789";
Replace [Dev_Key] with your own Dev_Key (accessible from your account, see Settings >> Integrate the SDK into... in the AppsFlyer dashboard). For example: a4kGpVyxm8iGgzvzT8NPaV
3.2 Adding Code
Add the following code to your AppDelegate.m source file at "applicationDidBecomeActive" function:
#import "AppsFlyerTracker.h"
-(void)applicationDidBecomeActive:(UIApplication *)application
// Record Installs, updates & sessions(app opens)
//(You must include this API to enable attribution and event recording)
[[AppsFlyerTracker sharedTracker] trackAppLaunch];
- If your app supports deep linking, implement the procedure as explained in section 5.7 to enable you to measure sessions and other in-app activities following a successful deep link.
4. In-App Events Recording API (Optional)
This API enables AppsFlyer to record post install events. These events are defined by the advertiser and include an event name in addition to optional event values.
Recording in-app events helps you measure and analyze how loyal users discover your app, and attribute them to specific campaigns/media sources. It is recommended to take the time and define the events you would like to measure to allow you to measure ROI (Return on Investment) and LTV (Lifetime Value).
- (void) trackEvent:(NSString *)eventName withValues:(NSDictionary*)values
eventName is any string to define the event name.
values is a dictionary of event parameters that comprise a rich event.
Counting revenue as part of a rich in-app event: Use the 'af_revenue" (constant)
event parameter to count revenue as part of an in-app event. You can populate it with any numeric value, positive or negative.
NOTE: "af_price"
is not counted as revenue and is a descriptive parameter which does not affect revenue and LTV measurements.
Example 1: Level Achieved In-App Event
[[AppsFlyerTracker sharedTracker] trackEvent: AFEventLevelAchieved withValues:@{
AFEventParamLevel: @9,
AFEventParamScore : @100 }];
This generates an event of type "af_level_achieved" with the following event values:
{af_level: 9 , af_score: 100}
Example 2: Purchase Event
[[AppsFlyerTracker sharedTracker] trackEvent:AFEventPurchase withValues: @{
AFEventParamContentType : @"category_a",
AFEventParamRevenue: @200,
This generates an event of type "af_purchase" with the following event values:
{af_content_id: "1234567" , af_content_type: "category_a", af_revenue: 200, af_currency: "USD"}
The purchase event above contains a $200 revenue, appearing as revenue in the dashboard.
NOTE: An In-app event name must be no longer than 45 characters. Events names with more than 45 characters do not appear in the dashboard, but only in the raw Data, Pull and Push APIs.
For details of the AppsFlyer Rich In-App Events for iOS, click here.
5. Advanced integration
The APIs below are optional and are part of the advanced integration with AppsFlyer SDK.
5.1 Set currency code (optional)
You can set a global currency code using the API below, in addition to specific currency codes that can be used as part of each in-app event that is sent to AppsFlyer. The global currency code is used when "af_currency" (AFEventParamCurrency) is not sent as part of an in-app event.
USD is the default value. Find acceptable ISO currency codes here.
Use the following API in order to set the currency code:
[[AppsFlyerTracker sharedTracker].currencyCode = @"GBP"];
5.2 Get AppsFlyer unique ID (optional)
An AppsFlyer proprietary unique ID is created for every new install of an app. AppsFlyer's unique ID is the main ID used by AppsFlyer in the Reports and APIs.
Use the following API In order to get AppsFlyer's unique ID:
(NSString *) [AppsFlyerTracker sharedTracker] getAppsFlyerUID
5.3 Set customer user ID (optional)
Setting your own customer ID enables you to cross-reference your own unique ID with AppsFlyer's unique ID and the other devices' IDs. This ID is available in AppsFlyer CSV reports along with postbacks APIs for cross-referencing with your internal IDs.
To set your customer user ID:
[[AppsFlyerTracker sharedTracker].customerUserID = @"YOUR_CUSTOMER_USER_ID"];
- The set customer ID, must be called before the trackAppLaunch.
- It is recommended to set your Customer User ID as soon as possible as it is only associated to events reported after setting this attribute.
- You must set the Customer User ID using this API in order to use AppsFlyer's integrations with Analytics platforms such as Mixpanel and Swrve.
For more information about the Customer User ID, click here.
5.4 Get conversion data (optional)
AppsFlyer allows you to access the user attribution data in real time directly at the SDK level. It enables you to customize the landing page a user sees on the very first app open after a fresh app install.
For more information regarding this advanced functionality, read here.
5.5 Enabling App Extension Support
The app extension requires permissions to use the Internet:
- Go to your app extension's info.plist file
- In the NSExtension / NSExtensionAttributes set the RequestsOpenAccess flag to YES.
On the App Extension ViewController ViewDidLoad initialize AppsFlyerLib:
[AppsFlyerTracker sharedTracker].appsFlyerDevKey = @"YOUR_DEV_KEY_HERE";
[AppsFlyerTracker sharedTracker].appleAppID = @"APP_ID_HERE";
[AppsFlyerTracker sharedTracker].delegate = self;
[[AppsFlyerTracker sharedTracker] trackAppLaunch];
To receive Conversion Data:
- Go to the App Extension ViewController.h
- Import AppsFlyer header file
#import "AppsFlyerTracker.h"
- Add <AppsFlyerTrackerDelegate> on the interface declaration
On the Extension ViewController.m add the following methods:
-(void)onConversionDataSuccess:(NSDictionary*) installData {
id status = [installData objectForKey:@"af_status"];
if([status isEqualToString:@"Non-organic"]) {
id sourceID = [installData objectForKey:@"media_source"];
id campaign = [installData objectForKey:@"campaign"];
NSLog(@"This is a none organic install. Media source: %@ Campaign: %@",sourceID,campaign);
} else if([status isEqualToString:@"Organic"]) {
NSLog(@"This is an organic install.");
-(void)onConversionDataFail:(NSError *) error {
- (void) onAppOpenAttribution:(NSDictionary*) attributionData {
NSLog(@"attribution data: %@", attributionData);
- (void) onAppOpenAttributionFailure:(NSError *)error {
5.7 Reporting deep links for retargeting attribution (optional)
AppsFlyer enables you to report launches initiated through deep links and Universal Links and to analyze the performance of your retargeting attribution campaigns.
To report such launches, add the following code to the app delegate:
// Reports app open from a Universal Link for iOS 9
- (BOOL) application:(UIApplication *)application continueUserActivity:(NSUserActivity *)userActivity restorationHandler:(void (^)(NSArray *_Nullable))restorationHandler
[[AppsFlyerTracker sharedTracker] continueUserActivity:userActivity restorationHandler:restorationHandler];
return YES;
// Reports app open from deeplink for iOS 8 or below
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application openURL:(NSURL *)url
sourceApplication:(NSString*)sourceApplication annotation:(id)annotation
[[AppsFlyerTracker sharedTracker] handleOpenURL:url sourceApplication:sourceApplication withAnnotation:annotation];
return YES;
For more information see, OneLink Set-Up Guide.
5.8 In-app purchase receipt validation (optional)
NOTE: This function is supported for iOS7 and above.
AppsFlyer's SDK can provide in‐app purchase server verification. To set receipt validation you need to call the validateAndTrackInAppPurchase method inside the SKStoreKit's completeTransaction: callback. This call automatically generates an "af_purchase" in‐app event.
- (void) validateAndTrackInAppPurchase:(NSString *) productIdentifier
price:(NSString *) price
currency:(NSString *) currency
transactionId:(NSString *) tranactionId
additionalParameters:(NSDictionary *) params
success:(void (^)(NSDictionary *response)) successBlock
failure:(void (^)(NSError *error, id reponse)) failedBlock;
This call has two callback blocks, one for 'success' and one for 'failure' (for any reason, including validation fail). On success, a dictionary is returned with the receipt validation data provided by Apple's servers.
IMPORTANT: For testing purposes, we recommend to set the useReceiptValidationSandbox flag to YES, as this redirects the requests to Apple sandbox servers.
[AppsFlyerTracker sharedTracker].useReceiptValidationSandbox = YES;
[[AppsFlyerTracker sharedTracker] validateAndTrackInAppPurchase:product.productIdentifier price:product.price.stringValue
additionalParameters:@{@"test": @"val" , @"test1" : @"val 1"}
success:^(NSDictionary *result){
NSLog(@"Purcahse succeeded And verified!!! response: %@", result[@"receipt"]);
} failure:^(NSError *error, id response) {
NSLog(@"response = %@", response);
5.9 End user opt-out (optional)
AppsFlyer provides you a method to opt‐out specific users from AppsFlyer analytics. This method complies with the latest privacy requirements and complies with Facebook data and privacy policies. Default is NO, meaning attribution and event recording are enabled by default. Use this API during the SDK initialization in Section 4 to explicitly opt-out:
[AppsFlyerTracker sharedTracker].deviceTrackingDisabled = YES;
5.10 Explicit Opt-out from ID for Advertisers – IDFA/IFA (Optional)
The AppsFlyer SDK collects IDFA only if AdSupport.framework library is included in your project. There is no need to explicitly opt‐in or opt‐out. However, if you want to explicitly opt‐out IDFA, use the following API during the SDK initialization in Section 4:
[AppsFlyerTracker sharedTracker].disableAppleAdSupportTracking = YES;
The IDFA is NOT collected to the AppsFlyer servers when the disableAppleAdSupportracking is set to YES.
5.11 Uninstall measurement (optional)
AppsFlyer enables you to measure app uninstalls rates. For implementation details about this feature please see section 5.11 in the SDK integration guide - click here.
5.12 Implementing deep linking with OneLink (optional)
OneLink triggers an app to open at the deep link location by mentioning the scheme under the af_dp parameter, or the Universal Links for iOS9.
You can implement the callback onAppOpenAttribution called by the AppsFlyer SDK. It returns the Onelink parameters used to trigger the app open. Then, you can parse the values and apply the logic to trigger the relevant app page.
(void) onAppOpenAttribution:(NSDictionary*) attributionData; ///iOS
For more information, click here.
6. Testing the SDK Integration
To learn how to test the SDK integration before submitting to the App Store, click here and after submitting to the App Store click here.


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|Engine Won't Start
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|Turn off the engine, and make sure the wire that connects the spark plug is connected
|Fuel Tank
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|Spray gun not triggered
|Trigger spray gun while starting engine.
|Water Leaks From Pump
|Loose Fittings
|The most common cause for leaks are the fittings. Check to ensure that all fittings are tight.
|Water Seals are Worn
|Call your local service center for parts or service. Although they are difficult to install yourself, it is possible if you are looking to save money on service. However, it is usually best to take the machine into your local service center.
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|Check all machine fittings, if loose, purchase and replace new fittings.
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|Humid air condensing inside crankcase
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ICANN strikes back at "offensive" .gay bidder
ICANN has responded harshly to claims that a probe of its handling of applications for the .gay gTLD was fixed from the outset.
Writing to dotgay LLC lawyer Arif Ali this week, ICANN lawyer Kate Wallace said claims that the investigation "had a pre-determined outcome in mind" were "as offensive as they are baseless".
FTI Consulting gave ICANN the all-clear in January, dismissing allegations that ICANN staff had interfered with Community Priority Evaluations of .gay and other gTLDs conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit.
But dotgay quickly responded by calling the FTI report a "whitewash", saying "a strong case could be made that the purported investigation was undertaken with a pre-determined outcome in mind."
Now, in an unusually pointed letter (pdf) Wallace calls dotgay out for its "insulting" implications.
While dotgay LLC may have preferred a different evaluation process and may have desired a different outcome, that is not evidence that FTI undertook its investigation "with a pre-determined outcome in mind."
Your accusations in this regard are as offensive as they are baseless. The Board initiated the CPE Process Review in its oversight role of the New gTLD Program to provide greater transparency into the CPE process. There was no pre-determined outcome in mind and FTI was never given any instruction that it was expected to come to one conclusion over another.
Your assertions that FTI would blatantly violate best investigative practices and compromise its integrity is insulting and without any support, and ICANN rejects them unequivocally.
Wallace works for ICANN outside counsel Jones Day — which contracted with FTI for the investigation — but states that she is writing at the behest of the ICANN board of directors.
The board "is in the process of considering the issues" raised by Ali and gay rights expert lawyer William Eskridge, she wrote.
The board's agendas for next week's ICANN 61 public meeting in Puerto Rico have not yet been published.
dotgay wants to avoid a costly (or lucrative) auction against other .gay applicants by gaining "community" status, but it failed its CPE in 2014, largely because its definition of "gay" over-stretches, and has been appealing the decision ever since.
Economist would sue ICANN if it publishes private emails
The Economist Intelligence Unit has threatened to sue ICANN if it publishes emails related to its evaluations of "community" gTLDs.
That's according to a document published by ICANN this week, in which the organization refused to reveal any more information about a controversial probe into the Community Priority Evaluations the EIU conducted on its behalf.
EIU "threatened litigation" should ICANN publish emails sent between the two parties, the document states.
New gTLD applicant DotMusic, which failed its CPE for .music but years later continues to fight for the decision to be overturned, filed a Documentary Information Disclosure Policy request with ICANN a month ago.
DIDP is ICANN's equivalent of a Freedom of Information Act.
DotMusic's request among many other items sought the release of over 100,000 emails, many sent between ICANN and the EIU, that ICANN had provided to FTI Consulting during FTI's investigation into whether the CPEs were fair, consistent and absent ICANN meddling.
But in its response this week, ICANN pointed out that its contract with EIU, its "CPE Provider", has confidentiality clauses:
ICANN organization endeavored to obtain consent from the CPE Provider to disclose certain information relating to the CPE Process Review, but the CPE Provider has not agreed to ICANN organization's request, and has threatened litigation should ICANN organization breach its contractual confidentiality obligations. ICANN organization's contractual commitments must be weighed against its other commitments, including transparency. The commitment to transparency does not outweigh all other commitments to require ICANN organization to breach its contract with the CPE Provider.
DotMusic's DIDP sought the release of 19 batches of information, which it hopes would bolster its case that both the EIU's original reviews and FTI's subsequent investigation were flawed, but all requests were denied by ICANN on various grounds.
In more than one instance, ICANN claims attorney-client privilege under California law, as it was actually ICANN's longstanding law firm Jones Day, rather than ICANN itself, that contracted with FTI.
The FTI report cleared ICANN of all impropriety and said the EIU's CPE process had been consistent across each of the gTLD applications it looked at.
The full DIDP request and response can be found here.
ICANN has yet to make a decision on .music, along with .gay, .hotel, .cpa, and .merck, all of which were affected by the CPE reviews.
dotgay lawyer insists it is gay enough for .gay gTLD
What do Airbnb, the Stonewall riots and the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting have in common?
They're all cited in a lengthy, somewhat compelling memo from a Yale law professor in support of dotgay LLC's argument that it should be allowed to proceed with its .gay gTLD application unopposed by rival applicants.
The document (pdf), written by William Eskridge, who has decades of publications on gay rights under his belt, argues that dotgay's Community Priority Evaluation and the subsequent review of that evaluation were both flawed.
At the crux of the dispute is whether the word "gay" can also be used to describe people who are transgender, intersex, and "allied" straight — dotgay says it can, but the Economist Intelligence Unit, which carried out the CPE, disagreed.
dotgay scored 10 out of 16 points on its CPE, four shy of a passing grade. An acceptance of dotgay's definition of the "gay" community could have added 1 to 4 extra points to its score.
The company also lost a point due to an objection from a gay community center, despite otherwise broad support from gay-oriented organizations.
Eskridge spends quite a lot of time on the history of the word "gay", from Gertrude Stein and Cary Grant using it as a wink-wink code-word in less-tolerant times, via the 1969 Stonewall riots, to today's use in the media.
The argument gets a bit grisly when it is pointed out that some of the 49 people killed in the 2016 mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida — routinely described as a "gay" club in the media — were either transgender or straight.
My research associates and I read dozens of press and Internet accounts of this then-unprecedented mass assault by a single person on American soil. Almost all of them described Pulse as a "gay bar," the situs for the gay community. But, like the Stonewall thirty-seven years earlier, Pulse was a "gay bar" and a "gay community" that included lesbians, bisexual men and women, transgender persons, queer persons, and allies, as well as many gay men.
Eskridge argues that EIU erred by applying an overly strict definition of the applied-for string with dotgay, but not with successful community applicants for other strings.
For example, he argues, a manufacturer of facial scrubs would qualify for a ".spa" domain, and Airbnb and the Orient Express train line would qualify for ".hotel" domains under that applicant's definition of its community, even though it could be argued that they do not fit into the narrow categories of "spas" and "hotels".
Similarly, a transgender person may not consider themselves "gay" and a straight person certainly would not, but both might feel a part of the broader "gay community" when they get shot at a gay nightclub.
It's an unpleasant way to frame the argument, but in my view it's compelling nevertheless.
Eskridge also thinks that dotgay should have picked up an extra point or two in the part of the CPE dealing with community support.
It dropped one point there because the Q Center, a community center for LGBTQ people in Portland, Oregon, sent a letter objecting to the dotgay application (an objection apparently later revoked, then reinstated).
Eskridge spend some time questioning the Q Center's bona fides as a big-enough organization to warrant costing dotgay a point, noting that it was the only member of a 200-strong umbrella organization, CenterLink, to object. CenterLink itself backed the bid.
He then goes on to cite articles seemingly showing that Q Center was in the midst of some kind of liberal paranoia meltdown — accused of racial insensibility and "transphobia" — and allegations of mismanagement at about the same time as it was objecting to dotgay's application.
He also insinuates that Q's base in Portland is suspicious because it's also where rival applicant Top Level Design is based.
In summary, Eskridge reckons the EIU CPE and FTI Consulting's subsequent investigation were both flimsy in their research, unfairly applying criteria to .gay that they did not apply to other strings, and that dotgay should have picked up enough points to pass the CPE.
It's important to remember that this is not a case of ICANN getting decide whether the gTLD .gay gets to exist — it's going to exist one way or the other — but rather whether the winning registry is selected by auction or not.
If dotgay wins either by getting another CPE or winning the auction then .gay will be restricted to only vetted members of the "gay" community. This could mean less homophobic abuse in .gay domains but probably also less opportunity for self expression.
If it goes to Top Level Design, MMX or Donuts, it will be open to all comers. That could increase cyber-bulling with .gay domains, but would remove barriers to entry to those who would otherwise be excluded from registering a domain.
ICANN has had .gay on hold for years while the dispute over the CPE has worked itself out, and it now has a piece of paper from FTI declaring the result hunky-dory. I doubt there's any appetite to reopen old wounds.
My feeling is that we're looking at an auction here.
CPE probe: "whitewash" or "fig leaf"?
A few weeks ago, when I was reporting the conclusions of a probe into ICANN's new gTLD program, I wrote a prediction on a piece of paper and placed it into a sealed envelope.*
I wrote: "They're gonna call this a whitewash."
And I was correct! Ta-dah! I'm here all week.
The lawyer for applicants for .music and .gay gTLDs has written to ICANN to complain that a purportedly independent review of the Community Evaluation Process was riddled with errors and oversights and should not be trusted.
In a letter on behalf of dotgay LLC, Arif Ali calls the report a "whitewash". In a letter on behalf of DotMusic, he calls it a "fig leaf".
Both companies think that the CPE probe was designed to give ICANN cover to proceed with auctions for five outstanding gTLD contention sets, rather than to get to the bottom of perceived inconsistencies in the process.
Both of Ali's clients applied for their respective gTLDs as "community" applicants, trying to avoid auctions by using the Community Priority Evaluation process.
During their CPEs, both carried out by the Economist Intelligence Unit, neither applicant scored highly enough to win the exclusive right to .gay or .music, meaning the next stage was to auction the strings off to the highest bidder.
After repeated complaints from applicants and an Independent Review Process finding that ICANN lacked transparency and that staff may have had inappropriate influence over the EIU, ICANN hired FTI Consulting to look into the whole CPE process.
FTI's report was finally delivered late last year, clearing ICANN on all counts of impropriety and finding that the EIU's evaluations had been consistent across each of the applications it looked at.
The remaining gTLDs affected by this are .music, .gay, .hotel, .cpa, and .merck.
ICANN's board of directors is due to meet to discuss next steps this weekend, but Ali says that it should "critically evaluate the [FTI] Report and not accept its wholesale conclusions". He wrote, on behalf of DotMusic:
The report reveals that FTI's investigation was cursory at best; its narrow mandate and evaluation methodology were designed to do little more than vindicate ICANN's administration of the CPE process.
It is evident that FTI engaged in a seemingly advocacy-driven investigation to reach conclusions that would absolve ICANN of the demonstrated and demonstrable problems that afflicted the CPE process.
Among the applicants' list of complaints: their claim that FTI did not interview affected applicants or take their submissions seriously, and the fact that ICANN was less than transparent about who was conducting the probe and what its remit was.
The same letter quotes ICANN chair Cherine Chalaby, then vice-chair, saying in a January 2017 webinar that he had observed inconsistencies in how the CPEs were carried out; inconsistencies FTI has since found did not occur.
That should be enough to provoke discussion when the board meets to discuss this and other issues in Los Angeles on Saturday.
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TORONTO -- The Canadian dollar was below parity with the U.S. currency Wednesday morning as turmoil in Greece persuaded traders to avoid riskier assets like the loonie and opt for the perceived safety of U.S. Treasuries.
The loonie fell 0.75 of a cent to 99.42 cents US after sliding about half a cent on Tuesday.
"Risk aversion is the name of the game,'' said Mark Chandler, head of Canadian FIC Strategy at RBC Dominion Securities.
"The risk sell-off has undermined equities, undermined commodities and pulled the Canadian dollar along for the ride as well.''
Greece has weighed on markets since inconclusive elections Sunday failed to produce a party that could form a government and raised worries the country will end up leaving the euro common currency.
After the conservative New Democracy failed to muster enough support to form a government, the mandate has passed onto Syriza, a left-wing party that came a surprise second in the election.
Its leader, Alexis Tsipras, said Tuesday that Greece was no longer bound by its promises to cut spending sharply. But a failure to keep those promises could see international lenders cut off rescue funding, which would likely lead Greece to default.
Tsipras is not expected to be able to form a government and most observers think a second election will be called for June.
"If a new election is called, the probability of a (eurozone) exit rise substantially,'' observed Chandler.
Analysts warn that Greece could run out of money as soon as next month without a government to negotiate the next level of its bailout.
The commodity-sensitive Canadian dollar also suffered from commodity prices which continued to back off amid the European turmoil and signs of a slowing global economy.
The June crude contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange declined $1.06 to US$95.95 as barrel.
Prices are down from US$106 last week and were particularly pressured Wednesday by a report which showed U.S. crude supplies jumped more than expected last week, suggesting demand remains weak.
The American Petroleum Institute said late Tuesday that crude inventories rose 7.8 million barrels last week while analysts surveyed by Platts, the energy information arm of McGraw-Hill Cos., had predicted an increase of 2.2 million barrels.
Metal prices also fell, with the July copper contract in New York down five cents to US$3.63 a pound. Copper, viewed as an economic bellwether because it is used in so many industries, has fallen almost six per cent this month.
Bullion prices also retreated with the June contract down $19.50 to US$1,585 an ounce.
Market nervousness spread to Spain and Italy on Wednesday, with their government borrowing rates rising again. The yield on the 10-year Spanish bond was up 0.2 percentage points at 5.98 per cent while Italy's rose 0.15 percentage points to 5.51 per cent.
Those rates are considered manageable, for now, but it wouldn't take much of an increase for them to be considered unsustainable in the long-run.
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Faze Action - Under the Influence Volume 6 (A Collection Of Rare Soul & Disco)
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Double LP version. Gatefold sleeve. Z Records continues its commitment to unearthing the obscure and long forgotten tracks from the last 40 years through the ever-popular Under The Influence series. Following on from Red Greg, Paul Phillips, James Glass, Nick The Record, and Sean P it's now the turn of one of the scenes most respected live disco acts and renowned DJs, Faze Action. Robin and Simon Lee, aka Faze Action, were championing disco and all its Afro off-shoots back in the mid '90s when it certainly wasn't the latest trend to do so. "By the mid-90s we were heavily into disco. Fueled by radio shows from the likes of Norman Jay as well as conversations with customers in the record store where I worked, who were all super obsessed, we would talk disco for hours," remembers Simon Lee. It was however their Turn The Point (1996) and In The Trees (1996) releases on nuphonic records that shaped the Faze Action sound and played a large part in coining the term nu-disco. Fast forward 20+ years and the brothers are still pushing the modern disco sound with their live sets and studio productions as Faze Action. Alongside their studio work they've always been serious record collectors so their selections for this latest Under The Influence album are reflective of their extensive collecting and digging history. As Simon confirms, "searching for and buying old records helps to keep our musical thirst alive and is a constant source of inspiration for both our DJ sets and our original productions."


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(http://chatroulette.com/) Chat Roulette
Chat Roulette is basically what is says it is. It a basic designed webcam site that randomly connects you to a single other webcam room where you can chat with a complete stranger. You uses the (next) function to reconnect with other people.
There is even a rather funny meme for this site (Check it here).
A co-worker of mine introduced me to the site in question. So, I finally figured out how it worked and started to skip through the site. I was not prepared with what I found in there. (BTW, I turned off my cam.)
Here are a few encounters I had with some of the random cams.
~20-30 guys masturbating: I'm talking full on penis on their cams...up close. Really, who really wants to see a dude having at himself live online. Guys, you don't look appealing wanking off on a live chat. Women do, but not you. I'm not making this up there were a lot of naked dudes on this site. And, how are you going to chat with him with him only using one hand. The naked guys is a major turn off on this site. So, I've seen more cock today than any straight man should. You don't see many girls doing this in the damn chat.
~A woman dressed as a Na'vi from Avatar: There isn't much to be said about that.
~The Jonas Brothers???: There was a random channel with three dudes that bore a resemblance to the Jonas Brothers. My first thought was, "What the hell are they doing here?"
~A few hot Chinese and Japanese chicks: No nudity, sorry.
~A guy in a dust surgeon mask and a clown wig: I have no idea what context this is under.
I've been told some people I know have had better luck with this chat thing. One guy convinced two females to take their tops off. All I got were naked dudes pleasing themselves.
Make sure to try it out yourself, just don't it during work. I don't like the randomness and the huge number of naked men, so I think I'm going to give up on this site. It is a novel idea, but it is too bad a bunch of naked dudes have to ruin it for all. But, don't take my word for it...read the book, uh the web page.


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Well the clocks have gone back.... sigh I think we have to accept Winter is coming...
It was foggy and cold this morning, the fog cleared but boy was it dull.....
So where to? I decided I'd head to Audley End for a stroll and some autumn colour.
Some of the late ducklings I saw in September are growing!
Bentley got out!
I wandered to the river.....
Now I never expected to see this!! A Dunlin.
Mr Mallard conducts the orchestra!
Nice to see some colour and insect life.
Real pity about lack of sun as the trees would have looked stunning!
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The Bells are Ringing! by Kristine Theurer, MA (Gerontology), MTA.
A practical guide to creating a handchime ringing choir in a care facility in your community. This 96-page book is a unique and exciting approach to making music with people living with dementia and related disorders, but can also be used with others as well. This is a practical and inspiring how-to manual, with photographs demonstrating techniques and step-by-step instructions with plenty of humour and warmth.
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text: Interview with Slaves of Chaos! August 12, 2014Micah No Comment Facebook Genre(s): Metalcore Location: Piła / Krajenka / Złotów PSAB: Where does the band name "Slaves of Chaos" come from? SOC: We live in Poland, in a country where the government have in the ass citizens. Hence the band name. We are Slaves of the surrounding us chaos PSAB: When can your fans expect new music from you? SOC: Actually we are in recording time. Probably we finish when the holidays ends. PSAB: If you were able to share the stage with any band ever, which band would it be and why? SOC: Is many awesome band in the world, but when we must choose, definitely it would be: Trivium, because they have many cool solos and harmonic melody, but for the breakdown it would be Materia from poland they have awesome breakdowns. PSAB: If you had the choice to tour any country; which country would that be? SOC: Certainly it would be ours country and Germany. Because in German is lot of metal festivals. Wacken, Rock am Ring etc PSAB: What were the bands you listened to growing up? Do those bands play an influence on your music? SOC: We have different music style. One of us listened reggae, another rock and another hip-hop, but the metal is in all of us. Together we are listening Trivium, Slipknot etc. That bands influence on our music. All questions answered by Leman, guitarist of Slaves of Chaos. Interview, Newsinterview, Metalcore, slaves of chaosShare : Tweet ‹ Interview with The Devil Himself! Interview with Enterprise Earth! ›


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A jury has ordered a Santa Clara County family to pay $750,000 for starting a 2007 wildfire that destroyed papers written by Albert Einstein.
Jurors ruled against Margaret Pavese, her husband Lawrence and her father-in-law in a negligence lawsuit according to the San Jose Mercury News.
San Jose State chemistry professor Dan Straus inherited papers written by Einstein, who was a friend of his father's. The papers were destroyed in the Lick wildfire that started when Pavese left a metal barrel unattended while illegally burning paper plates.
The Lick Fire burned 47,760 acres, most in Henry Coe State Park, and destroyed four homes and 20 outbuildings.
Pavese's attorney says he plans to ask for a new trial on the grounds that the award is excessive. If that fails, he will appeal the verdict.
Margaret Pavese is a former Aromas-San Juan Bautista School District teacher. She pleaded not contest to a misdemeanor charge of failing to exercise reasonable care in the disposal of flammable materials to prevent causing an uncontrolled fire.
She served 250 hours of community service and paid $200,000 in restitution to fire victims, including about $40,000 to Straus.
The state dropped a $16 million lawsuit against Pavese after the criminal case was resolved.


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The wise words of a fellow Neogen employee sum up Lexington's Andi Branstetter perfectly: "She's got stuff to do."
Andi's dedication to her stuff, which includes working as Neogen's marketing manager for beef and dairy products, helping run her family's dairy farm, showing cattle, and promoting dairy education, was recognized in a Farm World article published March 15.
The article (read it here) followed a previous story written a few years ago. Andi received a call "out of the blue" from Farm World writer Bob Riggs earlier this year to follow up on the original piece on dairy exhibits at the Kentucky State Fair, where he interviewed Andi.
"I'm a big proponent of agricultural education and I just have a passion for agriculture in general," Andi said. "Anytime somebody wants to talk to me about my farm or what we're doing or my life, I'm always willing to share my thoughts and views. It's not so much about me, it's about agriculture."
For Andi, sharing her story is especially meaningful when she talks to people who have never been to a farm — a number that's increasing.
"Fewer than 2 percent of people these days have grown up on a farm," Andi said. "The farther away people get from a farm, the less they understand about the food growing process and the harvesting process."
Prior to working at Neogen, Andi worked in Georgia where she would take cows to schools and show kids how to milk. She was shocked that many of the kids didn't know milk came from cows. Instead, she said, they thought it just appeared at the grocery store.
In addition to Andi's current and past work, the article highlights her completion of the Kentucky Agricultural Leadership Program in 2011. The program, which began in 2010 and lasted 18 months, focuses on leadership skills for those in agribusiness. At the end of the course, Andi was elected alumni director for her group.
The article quotes Dr. William Snell of the University of Kentucky Department of Agricultural Economics, codirector of the program, who extolled Andi's passion for agriculture.
Seeing his quote in the article was a wonderful surprise, Andi said.
"That was pretty neat," Andi said. "I'm very proud to be a part of such a prestigious program for agricultural leaders."
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Tetrahydrocannabinol, abbreviated as THC is a drug that is used for many purposes. It is one of the very latest classes of drugs called as the cannabinoids in which the principal and major active content is the cannabis. THC is used is various forms, it has a synthetic form which is used for the treatment of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, AIDS, and is also used to induce antiemetic effect caused in people who are receiving chemotherapy for the treatment of their cancer. Not only this, THC is used for many recreational purposes as well because it has a euphoric effect on the human brain and causes euphoria in the person who takes it in large quantities.
Cannabidiol, abbreviated as CBD, also called as CBD oil is another drug that comes in the latest class of drugs called the cannabinoids in which cannabis the principal active ingredient. It is said that this drug is a CNS stimulant; meaning that it has a stimulating effect on the human brain. The effects of CBD oil drug are great in number yet to mention few, this drug down regulates anxiety and overthinking among many people, according to a recent research.
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Another fact which highly contrasts THC vs. CBD is that although molecular biology and chemistry tell that CBD oil, and CBD, and THC are isomers. Which means that they have the same chemical formula that is C21H30O2, and they have the same molecular formula, but they have a different arrangement of atoms in their stricture, although he number and type of atoms are the same. Hence they interact differently with different cells of the body.
Another major contrasting effect of THC vs. CBD is that THC interacts with the cannabinoid receptors, the CB1 and CB2 receptor, hence imparts its euphoric effects. Whereas in a very contrasting and distinct manner, CBD does not interact with CB receptors, and acts as a direct or indirect agonist on the human body.


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Milbemax is broad spectrum wormer. It comes in a beef flavored tablet. This potent tablet can be used for heartworms by giving it to your cat on a monthly basis. It can also be used for intestinal worms by giving it to your feline once every 3 months. This is a perfect and very effective treatment for all types of intestinal worms including roundworms, tapeworms, hookworms as well as the prevention of heartworms. It is advisable not to use the tablets for small cats and kittens of less than 6 weeks of age. Milbemax can be used in breeding cats including pregnant and lactating cats.
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Dr. Hai-Am is a specialist in family medicine. Previously he served as Director-General of the Ministry of Health, as District Manager of the Center and of Tel Aviv districts for Clalit Health Services, and as Director of Soroka University Medical Center in Be'er Sheva. He also served as Director of the medical malpractice division in the Madanes Insurance Company, and as CEO of the Assuta network. Dr. Chai-Am was one of the founders of the Anita Kaufmann Epilepsy Education Center and of the Child Health Center in Bat Yam. He was recognized as an honored citizen of Beersheba in 2007 for his contribution to the residents of the Negev, and was also honored with the title of "Knight of Good Government" by the Movement for Quality Government.


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A timely book on a topic that has witnessed a surge of interest over the last decade, owing in part to several novel applications, most notably in data compression and computational molecular biology. It describes methods employed in average case analysis of algorithms, combining both analytical and probabilistic tools in a single volume.
* Tools are illustrated through problems on words with applications to molecular biology, data compression, security, and pattern matching.
* Includes chapters on algorithms and data structures on words, probabilistic and analytical models, inclusion-exclusion principles, first and second moment methods, subadditive ergodic theorem and large deviations, elements of information theory, generating functions, complex asymptotic methods, Mellin transform and its applications, and analytic poissonization and depoissonization.
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At Illinois Tech our students answer "what if?" questions by shouting "why not!" And the Idea Shop is where their ideas come to life. The Idea Shop is an innovation hub that features computer visualization tools, a rapid-prototyping lab, and 3-D printing facilities. This is where Illinois Tech students from all fields of study generate breakthrough ideas and guide them from concept to launch. Many University Technology Park (UTP) companies have worked with student teams to create prototypes needed at various stages of concept development. Located in the Kaplan Institute, the Idea Shop is one-part entrepreneurial center and one-part gathering place, with full-time staff dedicated to helping students test the limits of their imagination.
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Speck is the Trojan of iPhone cases: you might not want to wear one, but they're everywhere, and it's better than going bareback. Speck's colorful, buttony cases are pretty much ubiquitous, and one of the most easily recognizable iPhone case brands out there.
In fact, Speck is so recognizable that there are aapparently counterfeit Speck cases on the market… and Speck is so honked off about it that they are suing the maker of these fake Speck cases for mllions.
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Last week, the company filed a multi-million-dollar lawsuit — it's biggest enforcement action yet — against Katinkas USA, a Utah company it says has been selling fake Speck cases. Also named is the company's chief executive…
"Counterfeiting is a very big problem in the accessories market," Speck CEO Irene Baran said in an interview. "We're going to go after this. It's illegal and it hurts us companies and there's a lot of it going on."
Apparently, Katinkas USA sold counterfeit Speck cases through Amazon, who worked with Speck to identify the culprit.
What's odd is that these aren't just knock-offs: this is an example of a company making their own cases and slapping the Speck logo on them, then packaging and marketing them like Speck cases. Speck must have made a very tempting target: their cases are easy and cheap to make, and yet they have a recognizable brand that makes people willing to pay more for their products.
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Creativity and a passion for NASCAR racing paid off for West Bridgewater resident Michael Marble, whose commercial recently won the grand prize in the "Show Your Mobil 1" contest and will be aired on national television.
Creativity and a passion for NASCAR racing paid off for West Bridgewater resident Michael Marble, whose commercial recently won the grand prize in the "Show Your Mobil 1" contest and will be aired on national television.
In addition to the satisfaction of seeing his commercial on TV sometime soon, Marble was awarded tickets to an upcoming NASCAR race.
"My original idea was a voice-over like a short movie," said Marble, "but for some reason I had trouble with my camera and had to do a different idea … with something that got the message across."
Contestants were provided with video clips, sounds and images, and were challenged to create a commercial advertising Mobil 1 motor oil and they were required to use phrases such as "Mobil 1 is the official oil of NASCAR" with an image of the bottle.
With the slogan "Like Mom always said, actions speak louder than words," Marble's clip can be seen at www.showyourmobil1.com/Promotion/Finalist.
"The point is that performance doesn't always need sound …whether that's in actions or at the end of the video … and that was the transition where the guy was shifting from revving the engine to a quiet road," said Marble. "Its telling a story without using many words."
"I'm happy for my dad because he likes NASCAR and I'll be able to see his video on TV," said Hayley, Marble's nine year-old daughter.
Erin, 11, agreed, saying "I am very excited that my dad won because the video he made might be on television."
Marble said the girls asked him every day if he had heard anything about contest winners since he entered in August. He stumbled on the contest at the Mobil 1 Web site and thought he might have a chance to win because it wasn't just a random drawing, but relied on creativity and skill.
"The most fun was getting Kathy involved," said Marble of his wife. "She was one of my best critics … and we went through what sounds would work and what looked good or bad about 15 times before I was done."
After the four best videos were decided in September, the finalists' video ran for two months online so that consumers known as "sweepers" could vote on their favorites.
"Sweepers are video sweepstakes people and all day long they view online contests and judge them," said Marble, adding that sweepers also had the opportunity to win prizes such as Mobil 1 shirts or hats when they voted online.