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Replaceface is an ongoing series of portraits where modern celebrities are transported back in time into the role of 19th-century Russian generals. As we have seen before, artist Steve Payne is behind the clever compositions that redefine the idea of a classic painting.
Using digital copies of English portrait artist George Dawe's work, Payne meticulously matches the brushstrokes, colors, and style to create a realistic composition that blends old and new elements. He maintains the regal postures of the subjects and adds an ornate gold frame to suggest authenticity of the digital manipulations.

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Sometimes in the hustle and bustle of our busy lives we can lose sight of the purpose of our home. This week I've been reminded by several programs, devotionals, and people, just what the purpose of our home should be. I opened an email to discover another one of those forwards we all get from time to time. I almost hit "delete" but my eye landed on the acronym for the word "Home" :
Honor the Lord
Obey His Word
Minister to one another
Establish walls of truth
Honor the Lord: To seek to honor Him behind the closed doors of our homes. Sometimes we can honor God with our lips, but our hearts can be far from Him. The people who live with us will be the first to know!
Obey His Word: Not always easy! The Bible tells us to be submissive to our husbands, love others more than we love ourselves, and to pick up our cross (as we pick up after our little ones). As we do these things with humility, those we most want to impact will notice.
Minister to one another: Do we go out and give the best of what we have to offer to others, then give our leftovers to the people we profess to love the most? I want to minister to those in my own home first! Try to "out serve" your husband sometime and see what the response is. 🙂
Establish walls of truth: By building walls of truth – God's truth, we guard our hearts and give our family a safe place to retreat and to rest. These walls of truth make our homes a fortress – a place to run to when our daily battles wear us down.
These are not things we can just do once and move on. They are daily requirements, regular sacrifices, and even personal struggles at times. My prayer, my mission is to make our home a place where there's holiness and happiness – not perfection! So ladies, with God's help, we can keep working to make H.O.M.E. mean so much more then freshly vacuumed carpet, clean bathrooms, and a full fridge. It can be a place where lives are impacted for God's kingdom and relationships are strengthened – all for the glory of God!


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The U.S. is beefing up military defenses in response to North Korea's ramped-up rhetoric.
FOX News Radio's Jared Halpern has details from Washington:
A missile defense battery, capable of shooting down short- and intermediate-range missiles, is being deployed to Guam, a U.S. territory in the Pacific and home to a military base. It's the latest move by U.S. officials closely monitoring increasingly heated rhetoric from North Korea.
(Secy Hagel) "It only takes being wrong once, and I don't want to be the Secretary of Defense who is wrong once."
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, delivering a policy address in D.C., calling North Korea a real and clear danger, adding the U.S. is working with China and others in hopes of ratcheting down tensions.
In Washington, Jared Halpern, FOX News Radio.
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text: Buck Frenzy in the Foothills October 04, 2010 Last season was a watershed year for big bucks taken in the Foothills. Here's the story behind five great trophies. By Scott KeepferThere's "gold" in them thar Foothills.Just ask Mark Huntington or Levone Boggs. Or Jaime Esco, Mike Limbaugh or Ronald Morgan. Each of those deer hunters from the Upstate of South Carolina struck "gold" last season in the form of trophy bucks. The animals taken by that quintet of hunters in 2002 ranked as the five highest-scoring bucks in the Upstate, each easily qualifying for inclusion in South Carolina's all-time state records book for deer antlers.And each of the hunters met their date with destiny while hunting in what is generally known as "the Foothills." At one time an overlooked entity in the realm of South Carolina deer hunting, the Foothills region is beginning to produce numbers that are cause for some upraised eyebrows. The parameters of the Foothills area aren't exactly well defined, although that label has been given - courtesy of the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (DNR) - to the general area between the mountains of the northwest part of the state and the area where flatland becomes the predominant terrain.Mike Limbaugh shows off the mount of his tall-racked bow-kill buck, taken last year in Abbeville County. The buck scored 145 points, qualifying it for the Pope and Young record book. Photo by Scott Keepfer"Twenty years ago, some hunters were hard-pressed to find many deer in that area, but as the population (of deer) has increased, it has gotten to the point where there are enough deer to hunt," says Charles Ruth, the DNR's deer project supervisor. "Nutrition is at a very high plateau, and there is a more moderate population of deer than in the Piedmont proper and the Coastal Plain. It hasn't gotten to the point where there are too many deer there."For most hunters, the Foothills area would cover all of Anderson County, as well as the southern portions of Pickens and Greenville counties and parts of Abbeville and Greenwood counties."The surge in big bucks coming from Anderson County has been ongoing for 10 years now," Ruth said.Indeed, Anderson County has emerged as the Upstate's frontrunner when it comes to producing trophy deer. Anderson has quietly moved into the No. 8 spot among the state's 46 counties in all-time record-book bucks with 139 entries, and the county has consistently ranked among the top five in the state in record-book bucks produced in each of the past several years.In fact, Huntington's buck - a massive non-typical that has earned a spot as the state's No. 5 all-time in that category - is the latest feather in Anderson's burgeoning hunting cap.Boggs' buck, featuring a perfectly typical rack that scored 144 1/8 Boone and Crockett points, also was taken in Anderson. Morgan and Limbaugh each took their trophy animals in neighboring Abbeville County, while Esco - a waitress who is just as comfortable with a muzzleloader in her hands as she is with a tray of home-style entrées - found her buck of a lifetime just south of Abbeville, in Greenwood County.Here are their stories, presented chronologically:SERVING UP A BIG BUCK Jaime Esco, a 23-year-old waitress from Greenwood, says she decided to take up hunting with a muzzleloader not only because the idea fascinated her, but also because it got her into the woods during the earlier primitive weapons season, providing a two-week time advantage over conventional hunters.Her strategy paid off handsomely.On Oct. 8, 2002, Esco went hunting on her grandfather's property near the small town of Bradley in Greenwood County. It was, she recalls, the "first cold evening of the season."She had already hunted the area that morning and noticed a spot where an apparent buck had scraped the ground."There was some sign about 40 yards behind where I had been sitting on the ground, so I decided to go back that afternoon," Esco said.She bundled up, only her eyes and nose exposed to the cold, and positioned herself with her back to a large tree."I just feel more comfortable on the ground," she said. "And I'm careful to know exactly which way the wind is blowing where I hunt."Esco drifted off to sleep for a few minutes, but was awakened suddenly by a sound nearby. She glanced to her left and caught the flash of antlers moving through the understory."That's when I stood up, real slow," Esco said.She slowly moved the muzzleloader to her shoulder.Esco then saw two does as well and decided to blow on her grunt call. The big buck heard the grunt and promptly bounded into a clearing."He was all puffed up and looking for a fight," Esco said.She whistled to stop the buck in his tracks, and he stopped and looked in her direction. Smoothly, she squeezed the trigger on her muzzleloader, and the buck dropped right there.Esco walked up to the animal, and she realized right away that she had taken the biggest deer of her life. Leaving her flashlight and gun behind, she excitedly headed for her stepfather's nearby home.He met her halfway."He said that when he heard my shot, he started slipping his boots on," Esco said. "He knows that I don't miss. I think he was doing more dancing than I was."The buck, the fourth of her five-year hunting career, was a 10-pointer and weighed 180 pounds.Esco would take photos of her trophy buck to work, where she'd tuck them safely into her waitress order pad. One day, Billy Fleming, a Greenwood-based wildlife biologist with the DNR, was eating in the restaurant and asked to see the photos.He urged her to have the rack scored.The antlers scored 139 2/8 points, easily qualifying for inclusion into the all-time state-record book. Since claiming her trophy, Esco has been met with varied reactions, but she makes no apologies."People call me 'Little Redneck,' or 'Deer Killer,' " said Esco. "Others call me Elly May (from "The Beverly Hillbillies")."Some people are impressed; others are disgusted at how I could do it (shoot a deer). One woman has a different outlook about me now. She's impressed that I can go out there and do it and hang with the guys."With one shot, Esco had conquered what she calls "two of my biggest fears - shooting a muzzleloader and shooting a buck that's looking directly at me."AN ANSWERED PRAYER Forty-four-year-old Mike Limbaugh of Easley has been deer hunting since he was 21, and bowhunting - almost exclusively - since 1980.Time enough to develop well-thought-out strategies when deer season rolls around. Essentially, Limbaugh likes to put a couple of does in the freezer, then concentrate on bagging that big buck."I've let a lot of smaller bucks walk away because there's really no point in taking them," Limbaugh said. "If you don't, they'll never grow up to be like this one."The "this one" Limbaugh was referring to is quite a reward for a man who has invested countless hours in watching deer behavior.On Oct. 10, 2002 - the final day of the archery season - Limbaugh headed for his favorite public hunting area in Abbeville County. True to form, he'd already put one deer, the 98th of his career, in the freezer. He planned to add another, then focus on making deer No. 100 a truly memorable buck, even if it meant watching a lot of smaller deer walk away.As it turned out, success came early for Limbaugh.He climbed into a tree stand that he'd hunted from before and had, in fact, seen a big buck from on at least one occasion during each of the two previous seasons."He'd blow when he smelled me, then run off," Limbaugh said. "I knew right then I'd have to wait until the wind was blowing in a different direction."The wind was in his favor on this late afternoon, and Limbaugh - a youth minister at his church - paused to say a prayer. When he opened his eyes, he saw a big buck feeding on acorns about 35 yards away."He fed around for about 10 minutes before he gave me a broadside shot," Limbaugh said. "It was one of those 'white-knuckle' 10 minutes, that's for sure."When the opportunity came, Limbaugh finally released a deadly shot from his bow, then watched the buck run off into the darkening woods."I knew I had to find him that night because it was starting to rain, and I was afraid it might wash away any blood trail," Limbaugh said.Limbaugh found the buck less than 100 yards away where he had fallen in some tall grass. The antlers protruded high above the grass, fairly glistening in the glow of his flashlight.The high-sitting rack had 12 points, including 8 on the main frame and 4 sticker points. The buck weighed about 180 pounds.The rack scored 145 points, qualifying it not only for the state-record book, but for Pope and Young status as well."It was," Limbaugh said, "an answered prayer and a half."KEEPING HIS COOL As a veteran member of the Greenville City Police force's SWAT team, Mark Huntington is well schooled in making the most of his shots.The focusing. The tuning out of all distractions."I've done it so many thousands of times that I never really thought about it when it came to hunting," said Huntington, whose buck was featured in September's issue of South Carolina Game & Fish.He will now.The innate calmness and coolness that come with millions of fired shots helped Huntington bag South Carolina's best non-typical rack of the season last Oct. 31. He didn't get spooked on his Halloween Day hunt, and the result was the state's new No. 5 all-time non-typical.The 22-point rack scored 180 7/8, which also makes it the best buck ever taken in Anderson County.Huntington had only taken a handful of deer since taking up deer hunting in earnest several years ago, but used common sense and the advice of others to position himself in a desirable location."This one was different because I picked out my spot and placed my own stand," Huntington said.He essentially homed in on a "crossroads" area where many deer had obviously passed through. A creek, a field and woods were all in sight."This was a place where the deer could go to bed, go to a nearby field or go to their scrapes," Huntington said.He shot the buck around 7 a.m., using a 30/.06 at just 35 yards."He tipped over like a statue," Huntington said. It wasn't until after the buck had fallen that Huntington got "buck fever.""I was shaking so bad that I had to stay there in the tree for about 15 minutes before I could come down," he said. "At that point, it was dawning on me that I'd just killed the buck of a lifetime."A TIME TO HOLLER Befitting a man who has hunted for more than 30 years and killed 173 deer during that span, Ronald Morgan lingered longer than normal in his tree stand last Nov. 8.He could afford to - he takes all of his annual vacation time during deer season."It was a pretty day, and I was enjoying it whether I got a deer or not," Morgan said.Morgan, a 56-year-old truck driver from Simpsonville, was hunting on club-leased land in Abbeville County. His late-morning lingering finally paid big dividends around 11 a.m., as he caught a glimpse of a big buck in a thicket approximately 50 yards away.The time-tested Morgan simply waited for the buck to step into a clearing up ahead and squeezed the trigger on his Browning 300 Magnum as he'd done so many times before.But what laid in wait for him was unlike any deer he'd ever killed. He didn't know exactly how to react when he walked up on a 185-pound buck toting a majestic 10-point rack."It kind of makes you want to holler when you walk up and see something like that," Morgan said.Morgan did more hollering when the buck's antlers were scored a few months later: The score sheet totaled 146 6/8 points. That score gave Morgan the first record-book buck of his long career, and was the highest-scoring typical rack tallied by wildlife biologists and technicians during the Upstate's scoring sessions last spring.THIRD SHOT'S THE CHARM Persistence paid off for Levone Boggs last Nov. 14, but he almost slept through it.A 28-year-old self-employed landscaper from Belton, Boggs was hunting on private land in Anderson County in pursuit of a big buck that he'd missed eight days prior.But long hours that week had taken a toll, and Boggs closed his eyes."I had been sleeping for about 10 or 15 minutes when something just made me wake up," Boggs said. "There he was, standing about 100 yards away, looking directly at me."Boggs would later realize that the buck was actually eyeing a doe that was standing under his tree stand, but it kept Boggs motionless for a few minutes."I couldn't get my gun up in position," Boggs said. "When he finally looked back away from me, I brought my gun up."This time, Boggs made his shot count. The buck fell within five steps.When he climbed down and walked to the animal, Boggs couldn't believe his eyes. "I had never seen a deer like this - at least not up close," he said.The buck weighed around 185 pounds, but toted a much more impressive set of antlers - 11 points, with a 21-inch inside spread. It scored 144 1/8."It had everything," said DNR wildlife biologist Richard Morton, who scored the rack. "It had good tine length, good mass, good characteristics and very few deductions."Although he has been deer hunting for about 15 years, Boggs admits that he labored unproductively for much of them. About six years ago, Boggs began soliciting help from an experienced hunter who introduced him to the practices of observation of deer and developing hunting strategies.With his trophy of a lifetime, Boggs says he plans to help others."I know what it's like to need help," he said. "Now I want to return the favor and help other people."So, in due course, they, too, may be able to strike some of the Foothills "gold." Discover even more in our monthly magazine, and have it delivered to your door! Subscribe to South Carolina Game & Fish


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Date: Nov 28, 2019
Location: Prague, Hlavní město Praha, CZ, 17000
Company: CDK
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Location: Prague
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We're a global market leader in providing software and digital marketing solutions to the automotive industry. We're innovating the way that automotive dealerships drive their customers' car-buying experience from the moment they run a search online all the way through to bringing their car back in for a service. Join us and be a part of the evolution.
We're large enough to make a difference but small enough for your voice to be heard. This means that we are an organisation where every person matters. You can make an impact on the success of our business and that of our customers regardless of what career you decide to pursue.
Purpose of role
Provision of an excellent Finance service is critical to the achievement of the Business Service Centre. This role reports to the Cash & Bank Team leader. Responsible for the coordination of the end to end collections activities in line with CDK Global policies and procedures you will apply your excellent subject matter knowledge to support a range of client accounts ensuring both our business partners and clients receive the best possible support to ultimately maximise cash flow for CDK.
Key Duties & Responsibilities
- Accountable for the collection of outstanding debts
- Proactively verbally contacts clients in a professional manner while maintaining and improving relations
- Controls & manages all outstanding accounts receivables on a daily basis
- Investigates historical data for outstanding debts
- Takes action to encourage timely debt payments
- Manages clients queries and requests
- Distributes statements and reminders as scheduled
- Regularly updates account status records and collection efforts
- Works closely with C&CM team to help resolve customer disputes, issues and data update
- Prepares and presents reports on collection activities and progress
- Gathers supporting documents if legal enforcement required
- Supports and actively participates in continual improvement of collection processes
- Communicate and collaborate in a professional manner with customers and CDK associates at all levels
- Will confidently escalate potential financial risk to your line manager, documenting required evidence and resolution accordingly.
- Responsible for producing accurate reports in line with MEC timetable for leadership
- Ensuring all processes are compliant with SOX requirements at all times
- Lives by the CDK values in daily behaviours, communications and actions
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- Proven track record as Collection Specialist or similar role essential
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- Working knowledge of Navision and Controller is advantageous
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- Able to work independently and to adapt to a fast changing environment
- Fluent in English and German
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As in most other countries, authorities in Switzerland need to be informed about births and deaths that happen in the country, regardless of citizenship.
The formalities required for registering a birthexternal link are often straightforward and automatic. Registering a person's death requires informing local authoritiesexternal link as well as the appropriate embassyexternal link if the deceased is a foreign national.
All births must be registered in the place of birth and recorded in a birth register. This will happen automatically if the birth takes place in a hospital, but the parents will have to show proof of citizenship.
Here is a list of resources for new parentsexternal link, including information on whom to notify, family allowance, health insurance, parental authority for unmarried parents, assisted reproduction and what the child's surname will be.
For children born to foreign parents another registration process should take place at the embassy or consulateexternal link.
Joint same-sex parenthood is illegal in Switzerland and marriage is required for artificial insemination (same-sex marriage is also illegal).
Debates continue in Switzerland on C-sections (Caesareans) and breast-feeding.
Women can get an abortion on request in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. After the first trimester, abortions are allowed for health reasons, including the risk of severe mental distress, without the need for a second medical opinion. Further information, including a list of family planning centres in Switzerland, can be found hereexternal link.
When a person dies, this must be reported within two days to the registrar at the place of death, which will issue a death certificate. In some cases the death must be reported within two days to the communal funeral office in the place where the deceased person lived.
If a person dies at home, a doctor should still be called immediately to formally pronounce the death. A burial or cremation can only take place after the death has been reported.
If the cause of death was an accident or a crime, the police must be notified to determine the exact course of events.
The death of foreign nationals without residency in Switzerland and not registered with the registration office should still be reported to the registrar in the place of death as well as to the appropriate embassy.
Customs and arrangements for funerals vary from one canton to another. People must be buried in a public cemetery unless permission has been given for other arrangements. For more on death in Switzerland click hereexternal link.
Switzerland has two main groups that cater to people who seek an assisted suicide: EXIT and Dignitas. While Dignitas will also assist people from abroad, EXIT will only support a citizen or permanent resident of Switzerland in taking their own life. Both organisations only provide their services to people with a terminal illness, those living with extreme pain or "unbearable" symptoms, or with an unendurable disability.


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Context: Training course for procurement staff from UN, Government, Aid organizations travelling from Africa, Middle East, Europe.
Within a safe area with walking distance to/from the centre.
The set-up of the room should be set up with a desk for the tutor; students should sit in groups of 5-6 at each table
We would like to be quoted a 4 star hotel rate for a room with single occupancy non-smoking, with breakfast but cannot guarantee the rooms.
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Market : Scandinavian
Type of Event : Meeting
Target audience : 39 Doctors & Medical Specialists
Package : 4 days/3 night
The location at this period didn't match the budget:
"The maximum budget we are looking at 80 to 90 USD per person all-inclusive of meeting room and facilities am/pm tea coffee breaks, buffet lunch."
It was decided with the client to split the budget in 3 parts: meeting space with equipment rental, catering and accommodation.
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Meals where organized in a nearby restaurant and Accommodation in another district.
The venue is a 4 star brand with high qualified staff in bookings & organization
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Dear Chloe,
Thank you for your e-mail.
We have also received a very positive feedback from the course Tutor on the training last week.
We plan to hold another training course in Paris in 2018 and will revert to you once the details are all in place.
Thank you for all your kind assistance and follow-up for the training last week.
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Millions of mobile employees around the world are already secured and private.
"We have more than 190 locations with 86,000 employees around the globe at SAP. Our first and foremost goal is awareness and transparency. Wandera plays a critical role in our technology stack, providing the security and peace of mind we need to run a global digital business and deliver value to our customers."
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"We felt that we were already protected because of the restrictions we had on the devices from a EMM perspective, but since deploying Wandera, we've learned about and fully understand some of the threats that get around EMMs such as mobile malware, different types of phishing attacks, leaking sites and apps and sideloaded apps. With hindsight, we can now see that Wandera is really protecting us from some of the risks that quite frankly we thought we were immune to."
Patient health records are extremely valuable. As the healthcare industry digitizes more and more of its services it's being increasingly targeted by hackers attempting to gain access to sensitive records. VITAS, the largest hospice care provider in the US, needed a solution to secure employee mobile devices in order to continue innovating while remaining secure.
"As with any company or individual, there is always a risk of being subject to a cyber attack. Because of this threat we ensure that cybersecurity is always fresh in the minds of our people. It's not just something that you read about in the news when it happens to another company. We all need to be vigilant and take steps to protect our organizations."
Managing a mixed mobile device estate with a range of operating systems and different management solutions can be a challenge. This home assistance provider implemented a sleek new mobility program which included the deployment of Wandera to protect against cyber threats.
"Firewall used to be the edge of your network, that was your perimeter. iPhones, you have to protect those like a PC and ultimately they spend most of their time outside your perimeter so a change of strategy is needed."
This international law firm headquartered in the UK has been helping its clients in legal matters since 1780. Like many other organizations with a large number of knowledge workers, they have embraced the benefits of mobile working – lawyers can now access sensitive customer documents, look up legislation and edit files on the go. They need to be secured.
"We develop custom applications so that our users can do more work on the go, on their phone. With this flexibility, they don't always have to boot up their laptops and this increases productivity. We want to treat a handset just like a laptop, we always have antivirus installed on laptops because they connect to our network, so a phone should be no different."
When making the switch to iPhones, global mattress company Sealy found that the new accessibility and flexibility the devices provided came with a new set of challenges – especially in terms of security. Sales staff, managers and executives are all using their phones at an increasing rate for emails, training materials, reporting and other custom applications introduced to help make the team more productive.
"Wandera works very well with AirWatch. When we deployed the AirWatch profile it was just a case of launching the Wandera app, no configuration required. The integration delivers a seamless experience to our end users."
Being a global real-estate company, it is critical for Cushman & Wakefield's employees to travel overseas for face-to-face meetings with clients, colleagues, contractors and suppliers. The company's staff were given iPhones to access more web services beyond basic email connectivity and improve operational efficiencies. The company sought out a solution to control mobile usage and integrate into their current mobility workflows.
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This US airline upgraded its fleet of tablets to enable swifter on-board sales and other services through its flight teams. With concerns about how devices were being used, Frontier engaged Wandera with MobileIron.
"Apps refreshing in the background and people streaming video and sending large attachments over email meant that monthly bills were extremely high. We needed to put something in place to control that excess data consumption."
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Who could doubt the power of storytelling in marketing? In the 1960s, the Ford Mustang was introduced and sold in record numbers because it was marketed on the basis of a story of freedom and "the American dream." Ford wasn't just selling a car, but a way of life. Their story resonated at an emotional level—and it worked. Fifty years later and I still drive a Ford.
The Emotional Hook
Stories are so powerful as a marketing tool precisely because they work at an emotional level, engaging parts of the brain that data and hard facts do not. In fact, stories disarm the inherent scepticism we employ when we're confronted with facts and figures. Making the right decision is not just a matter of statistics, but of feelings. There are few better ways of reaching people's feelings than through telling a story.
Stories are how humans make sense of the world. Whether at a personal, corporate or political level, stories present complex information to people in ways that they can easily relate to and understand. As the world becomes more complex and we are subject to ever increasing amounts of information, the power of storytelling becomes ever more important.
Developing a Brand
Today, marketing is not about the stuff you sell but the stories you tell. Airbnb, for example, has effectively used stories based on their brand values of breaking down barriers between people. "There are still many walls that divide us between nations, ideas, and cultures", says an Airbnb spokesperson. And they use powerful stories, such as "Wall and Chain" which is based on a real-life traveller's experience of bringing people together in formerly-divided Berlin, to support their branding message. This story has been so successful that it has been viewed by at least 8 million people with 130 press hits in 15 countries, proving that people love stories.
But it's not just businesses that understand the power of such stories. "The New Zealand Story" is an initiative using compelling storytelling about real New Zealanders to promote the country to the world by "defining the distinctly Kiwi attributes that make us unique and communicate our value to the world." This story is a critical part of New Zealand's efforts to enhance its global reputation and to market its export and tourism industries.
Affecting Change
Some of the most dramatic changes currently taking place in the world are a direct result of the use of simple, compelling stories. The "Brexit" campaign in Britain (leading to Britain's withdrawal from the European Community) reassured the people they could take back power over their own country—through a simple and compelling story—and the people reacted with a majority of votes supporting the plan. In a world where we are inundated with a bewildering array of information, the simple and compelling story that touches the emotions (for example, pride in one's nation) is one of the most powerful tools that anyone can use to change people's behaviour. Imagine if we could create just such a compelling story about how to address climate change.
The Power of a Good Story
There's good reason why stories are so powerful. It is difficult for humans to know more than around 150 people. Groups larger than this are often held together through a compelling story that unites them with a shared narrative. Whether a nation or a company, they are held together by compelling stories that enable people to buy into a vision larger than themselves. Religions are perhaps the most successful example of this, motivating billions of people around the world on the basis of shared stories that give context and meaning to our lives.
We use stories to make sense of our personal lives too, creating narratives that provide some meaning and purpose to our often mixed experiences. Consciously or not, most of us are actively involved in marketing a vision of ourselves that we want the world to see as we shape our posts on social media in ways that we hope will impress our audiences.
New technologies, including social media, profoundly increase the opportunity for anyone to be involved in storytelling. Given that humans are "greedy for stories," storytelling is going to become even more widespread and impactful because stories persuade in ways that facts never can. We love stories and they are a critical tool—perhaps the most profound tool for capturing people's attention and changing their behaviours in an increasingly complex world.
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A test of the senses for liqueur lovers.
Van Gogh was apparently a genius. But other than his lacerated left ear and the lacking sense of dimension in his paintings, his work doesn't offer anything too exciting. Call me an ignorant philistine, but he had absolutely no dimensional awareness. Down the road however, is House of Bols – if you're looking for fun yet educational things to do in Amsterdam (or you just want to get tipsy on liqueur), make sure you stop by.
The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam is great if you're a die-hard fan, don't get me wrong, and learning about Van Gogh's history and his artistic influences can be very interesting. But I've always found shuffling around next to dozens of tourists behind a line of red rope, somewhat contrived. I've never been too much of a museum fan either as I've always found that kind of thing quite limited, but House of Bols opens up a whole new world of interactive learning.
You will be able to discover the history of Lucas Bols and the different liqueur flavours, as well as putting your senses to the test in the Hall of Taste.
Things to Do in Amsterdam for Less
Amsterdam is a reasonably priced city in Europe but as ever, museums and art galleries can purport pretty painful prices. House of Bols has a middle-of-the-road admission of around 10-12 Euros per person but for the price, you won't leave empty handed (or level headed). You may even leave feeling a little drunk if you visit first thing in the morning and forget to eat breakfast. Not one of my better ideas.
Your ticket will include a free cocktail and a free shot of your choice from their extensive liqueur shelves, and you will even get to try your hand at the bar tender's art of flair at the end of your visit.
I would recommend that you go to House of Bols in the late afternoon when getting merry on fruit cocktails is more acceptable; it could be the perfect preface for your evening meal, or the ultimate finale to wrap up a day of red rope shuffling.
Put Your Senses to the Test at House of Bols
Currently, there are almost 40 liqueur flavours available and over 15,000 cocktail recipes from the Bols recipe archive. The Hall of Taste lets you put your senses to the test in detecting all of the unique aromas. If your name is Andrew, you'll be surprised at how untrained your palate is. And if you're anything like me, you'll treat the Hall of Taste as a competition and brag about it afterwards.
From coffee flavour to Marasca cherry, passion fruit to the subtle hint of coconut, bitter orange to the sugary sensation of Advocaat, the House of Bols brings every single flavour to life.
Try Your Hand at Flairing: Embarrassment is Optional
Your tour will end at the famous House of Bols Mirrors Bar, where style you will be able to choose your perfect cocktail based on your taste preferences. The Mirror Bar is incredibly stylish, with mirrored walls and ceilings to echo the different colours of liqueur around the room, and the bar staff will amuse you with their flairing skills.
After adequate inebriation, you can use the flairing room to practice bar flairing with plastic bottles. The room is private so you can suck in the solitude of your own company, or alternatively, you could record yourself and email the clip to all of your friends for ridicule.
I loved the House of Bols and I completely fell in love with the creamy Corenwyn Alexander cocktail, served in a lush Martini glass with delicious grated chocolate to finish. I hope you find your perfect cocktail too…..


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Town Aggregation and Abandonment during the Era of Urban Transformations in the Cahokia Region: Bayesian Modeling of the Washausen Mound-Town
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, February 2017, Pages 523–535
Abstract: The American Bottom portion of the Central Mississippi River Valley is a region where urban transformations occurred in the pre-Columbian era. During the 11th century AD, Cahokia experienced significant population increases through immigration of non-local migrants to the site and, assumedly, the aggregation of extant local groups. This article considers the latter phenomenon and the extent to which urbanization involved demographic reorganizations on a regional scale. A suite of AMS radiocarbon dates are presented for the Washausen site, a place where residents built one of the earliest mound-and-plaza towns outside of Cahokia. Knowledge of the site from broad-scale geophysical survey, surface collections, excavations, and artifact analyses, provides information utilized for Bayesian chronological modeling. A new site chronology places major occupations in the late 11th-early 12th centuries, and suggests the site occupations spanned a brief period of potentially 30 years or less. The data also support a scenario wherein town abandonment was rapid and begun by AD 1100 or shortly thereafter, possibly undertaken as a single event. Washausen's site chronology demonstrates that some early regional centers were abandoned as Cahokia and other large settlements were approaching their maximum population sizes. This study provides evidence for models of urban development that consider the movements of local populations and communities as part of the urbanization process.


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Some might find it strange to see advertising for Toyotas, Hyundais and Rovers, especially along side a Missouri Department of Revenue license renewal. House democratic leader Jeff Harris found out about the ads and complained to Governor Blunt.
"Our automobile economy, manufacturing economy is an important part of our state's economy. Why in the world would the state of Missouri promote a product that directly competes with products made right here in our state?" questioned Missouri representative Jeff Harris.
The Missouri Department of Revenue hired a private company called Imagitas to send out the license renewals. Instead of the state paying more than one million dollars, Imagitas would find advertisers to help reduce cost. Now the state only pays for postage, close to $600,000 a year.
Imagitas said they solicited advertising from all Missouri car plant companies, but it declined. In fact, for two years Ford was the sole advertiser for Imagitas in Missouri. It had ads with slogans like, "This year, renew more than just your vehicle registration." But now it declined to renew its contract, and Toyota and Hyundai signed on.
The Department of Revenue wrote a statement saying Imagitas saves Missouri taxpayers a half a million dollars a year in printing costs. But the Department does not endorse any company or product, including the advertisers in this registration renewal package;however, in the end, the Department of Revenue does have the final say of what ads stay or go. Toyota paid for current advertising, Hyundai is next.
KOMU tried to contact the Governor's office, no-one returned those calls.


text: Various bird species have been fatally slamming into windows in the Charlottesville area and around Grounds. These deaths may be linked to alcohol poisoning from eating tree berries. A recent incident occurred at Charlottesville High School in which various cedar waxwings — medium-sized birds with mostly brown plumage and yellow-tipped tail feathers — were found dead after flying into the windows of the school. "I could stand underneath [glass windows] and just watch as they would collide," Walker Catlett, a junior at Charlottesville High School and avid bird watcher, said in an email. According to Catlett, intoxication — a likely result of consuming berries from a nearby Japanese pagoda tree — heightens the chances of these birds' fatal crashes. The seeds of Japanese pagoda berries are also poisonous and are presumed to induce death once ingested by the cedar waxwings. Asst. Biology Prof. Jessamyn Manson said certain species of birds — including cedar waxwings — may be attracted to berries as they are biologically berry-eaters. "That's where they get their carbohydrates from," Manson said. "It's their food source. What's different in this case is this fermentation component where the berries themselves have started to, essentially, go bad." According to Manson, birds may not be capable at distinguishing between fresh, nutritious berries and fermented ones. In fermented berries, yeasts break down the carbohydrates and generate a byproduct of ethanol — a compound found in alcoholic drinks. "Alcohol is a toxin," Manson said. "So what you start to see are the same kinds of behaviors you see in people. You start to see lack of coordination and issues with motor skills. Animals will get slower and clumsier.… It's harder for them — in a bird's case — to fly straight and recognize obstacles that come into their path." Similar fatalities have occurred at the University. Third-year College student Anne Marie Saunders, who is studying biology with a concentration in organismal and environmental diversity, observed several dead cedar waxwings near Ruffner Hall in March of this year. While walking to class around noon, Saunders noticed a fallen cedar waxwing on the sidewalk close to a large window on Ruffner Hall and about 30 other live cedar waxwings perching on a Japanese pagoda tree. She later saw another cedar waxwing hanging off of a nearby bush and one on the ground. Saunders said she believes the birds were flying into the large window, about 10 yards from the Japanese pagoda tree. She also suspects more delayed waxwing deaths. "I volunteered at a wildlife refuge for a while and I know that birds can often fly into windows and have slow brain bleeds that don't cause fatalities until a little bit later," Saunders said. "So even when there's not instantaneous death, there often will be delayed fatalities from window crashes." However, these casualties are not specific to cedar waxwings, nor are they exclusively dependent on intoxication from fermented berries. First-year College student Jo Klansek witnessed dead gray catbirds — medium-sized birds with gray plumage and orange undersides — near the Balz-Dobie dorm. Klansek said in an email that she has not seen berry bushes near Balz-Dobie and that the bird likely died by "running its body into the window of my dorm." Catlett has also marked various species' crashes — unrelated to berry consumption — at Charlottesville's YMCA. "I've found strikes at the YMCA since last October including a Tufted Titmouse, White-throated Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Hermit Thrush, a Cedar Waxwing, and now a Cardinal," Catlett said. "These strikes aren't because of intoxication, and have to do with the large reflective windows. Birds aren't able to perceive reflective windows as a solid surface and instead see it as an extension of their habitat." According to Saunders, while some berries may be particularly intoxicating — such as those of the Japanese pagoda — glass windows are typically the greater threat. In the urban setting, fatalities often occur when birds mistake windows' reflections of the blue sky for the actual open sky. Saunders has noted the glass passageway between Wilson Hall and New Cabell Hall as a potentially dangerous location. She found a couple dead birds of unknown species in this area a few times. Manson also deemed windows as the main hazard — especially for already drunk birds. "In nature, if we weren't out in a campus or in a small city, this would not be a serious issue," Manson said. "These birds would deal with the intoxication over time and recover just like anybody would if they consumed too much ethanol. The problem is what they do afterwards and if they're surrounded by windows, surrounded by buildings, they're confused and not coordinated." To prevent further window strikes, Charlottesville High School attached poster paper onto windows as a temporary solution and plans to put tempera paint on the windows, according to Catlett. Manson, who has an issue with cardinals running into the windows of her home, has put up dark decals on her windows.


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Paul Chappell Sending Effeminate Pastor to Tempe
So Paul Chappell is blessing us with a church plant here in Tempe called Citypoint Baptist Church. The Pastor's name is John Guy, but I call him "Pastor Polka Dot." When I first heard about him, I clicked on his website and saw him in this trendy polka dot shirt. His Twitter profile shows him in a pink polka dot shirt and super skinny jeans, and what did I find on facebook? More polka dots! I've now seen this guy in at least four different polka dot shirts, so the nickname I gave him definitely fits. I would expect any grown man who names the name of Christ to be manly, but this John Guy is a pastor!
Even a casual internet search of secular websites will tell you that polka dots are normally worn by women and that men in polka dots are very "fashion forward" and run the risk of looking "flamboyant." In fact, Pastor Polka Dot is so cutting edge, there's a picture of him on facebook in skinny SHORTS. I've been preaching against skinny jeans for a while, but I didn't even know skinny shorts were a thing! And let's face it, men who try to show off their body look effeminate and queer!
We've got a bunch of skinny-jeans wearing sissies coming to Tempe to start a church. Not only does the pastor look effeminate, but he's bringing music director, Mark Rasmussen Jr., whose mannerisms are way worse. I mean, I hope Mark is straight because he comes from a good family, but I'm having a hard time believing it. If these guys don't want to be accused of being queer, then why do they look like queers and act like queers!? Why don't they start dressing like men?


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Hey explorers. So some of us in the world think that it took billions of years for the universe, us, and everything else to evolve and come into fruition as it is today. Others believe a supernatural power came and made the world for his/her pleasure. Well, no matter what your brain conceives to be the reasonable option, my day certainly dealt with both sides of the never-ending argument.
Today is a Wednesday, and usually those are my 'Lets relax and take a nap' days. I go to calc in the morning, come back and shower, then off to Chorale to sing, then back to my dorm for a nap until dinner. Not today however oh no-sir-e (is that how you type it?). After calc it was a mad dash to the dorms to quickly shower because I had PAAL training before chorale. Now, PAAL advisers will work with incoming freshman to help them be acclimated to the University environment and surrounding community. Training went well and after it I ran to the auditorium for an interesting rehearsal.
We received a new song, yay! I love getting new music because it just makes me constantly realize how MUCH music is out there! From Britten to Brahms, to Bach all the way to Schubert, choral literature is amazing. Plus when you move into newer composers like Ola Geijlo and James Bassi you really begin to experience musical wonders. Today we received a piece called Dixit Maria by Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612). Basically the literally translation from Latin is, "Mary said to the angels: Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it to me according to your word". Now what in the hell does that exactly mean for a secular humanist? Not much...especially because this is totally religious text.
I got this translation out of it though, "Mary said to the angels: Behold me because I am the Queen Bitch of the Lord. I got stuff to do because...yea." Hmm...kind of the same...right? Either way, the song is inLatin so I don't really have to worry about what I am singing about as long asit sounds beautiful in the written text! The piece sounded great, and chorale made progress today.
After chorale I worked on chemistry homework, tried calc only to give up, and then went to dinner around 5:30. I sat with my friends for a few but they had biology lab, so I joined the rest of my friends at a different table.My one friend Peter (birthday Peter) was there, and he is in chorale with me.We were talking about the translation of the music and well, I stated exactly what I thought the translation meant. Queen Bitch and all....apparently that wasn't the right thing to say.
One of the girls at the table immediately pounced on my comment.Waving a finger at me and practically shouting, she scolded me and apparently was infuriated I used 'Mary' and 'Queen Bitch' in the same sentence. This is seriously what religious people get mad about these days? A SECULAR PERSON'S VIEW OF A STORY THAT PROBABLY DID NOT HAPPEN?! REALLY!?!?! I was pissed to say the least. Not only because she so rudely called me out on it, but that she offered no apology for being abrupt and rude. God (punny!)...it was awkward to say the least afterwards.
Okay, two religious events all in one day? This can't even be possible. I definitely will be writing a tangent article to this under 'My Religious Views' tab. ANYYWAAYYSSSS, after the girl left, I was scolded again! People seem to always talk and rationalize an argument, but in the end they take someone's side. And to be honest, it is never mine. The people that argue it too are always just doing it to get their personal opinion in, which honestly I don't need, at all. It sucks knowing they are ganging up on you, just because you apparently said something wrong to a person that always is condescending to others. I again...am pissed about the situation.
Oh well. After dinner I went and napped for 10 minutes, went to a bowed piano ensemble (If you have never heard of a bowed piano....just searchpiano brothers one direction on youtube....it'll be much better). The ensemble was...interesting but honestly I could make the same noise with a rusty door handle and a few nails on a chalkboard. Afterwards I ran to a seminar on Atheism and the existence of God...which was presented by a apologetics professor who is...you guessed it...Christian. Oh the irony! He practically stated "Me and my atheist friends argue intellectually, and they won't agree withme and I won't agree with them, but we still argue". Umm....okay? Great to know.
After that was Q&A which was fun! Ashley was there and we chit-chatted about everything that happened today. All in all, it was a rushedWednesday, and a religiously affiliated one at that. Advice for today? Speakyour mind and don't back down to other's opinions. They may be offended, but ifthey are that is because they are insecure in their own beliefs. If you are aChristian, by all means preach the word of YOUR lord and savior of YOURSELF. Iwill do my best to understand where you are coming from, but in the end I won'taccept your opinion. Same goes for you traveler. Speak your opinion, and whileyou do not demand that the opposition accept your opinion, you must demand thatthey at least respect your views, interpretations, etc. They are yours, and they are authentic.
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Morrisania holds anti-violence rally after 4-year-old's deathPosted: Updated:
The Morrisania community came together tonight to rally against gun violence after a 4-year-old was killed and two others were injured at a playground last night.
According to witnesses, chaos erupted at a basketball tournament at the Forest Houses on East 165th Street at around 9:30 p.m. EMS officials say Lloyd Morgan was playing when he was shot in the head.
Assemblyman Eric Stevenson, who led the rally, says the deadly shooting should be a wakeup call for all city officials.
Police are asking anyone with information about the shooting to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.
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I didn't have enough time to take a million pictures of my makeup yesterday, but this will do!
Now, let see if I can remember what I used!
Cover Girl Tru Blend liquid foundation in 410
MUFE - 5 Camo Concealer Palette in No. 1
L'Oreal Hydra Perfecte loose powder in Light 917
MAC cream blush in Posey
LORAC - Private Affair palette
- Lid - the shimmery gray color
- Highlight - first color on the left, shimmery beige
MAC e/s in Soft Brown
MAC e/s in Soft Brown to fill my eyebrows too.
MUFE Aqua Eyes Liner in Mat Black on water line
L'Oreal HIP cream liner in Black
Maybelline - The Falsies mascara
YSL - Rouge Volupte l/s in Lingerie Pink
NARS l/g in Turkish Delight
**Just something to note - I have heard that the MUFE concealer palette has a tendency to look cakey and to settle horribly after it is applied. Under my eye here, I have two light layers of the concealer on (the 2nd lightest one and the orangie one). I applied them with a concealer brush and then blended them out with my finger. I also set it with a little extra powder. You can see for yourself in the picture if you think it looks cakey. But it also didn't settle awkwardly later in the day.
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What is Blockchain and why should we care?
In short, Blockchain is a technology for keeping secure, ordered, decentralized public records of any transaction between any two parties in a verifiable way. Batches of such transactions are called blocks. They are added sequentially one after another with a digital fingerprint of the previous block, thus forming chains. Blockchain is secure by design. It keeps copies of its database across its network and requires all copies to agree to confirm new transactions. So no transaction information can be rewritten retroactively.
According to Wikipedia, "decentralised consensus can be achieved with a blockchain. This makes blockchains suitable for the recording of events, medical records, and other records management activities, identity management, transaction processing and proving provenance. This offers the potential of mass disintermediation and vast repercussions for how global trade is conducted."
The technology is already there. It's already being used to record Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency transactions. It's not going to stop at that. And, like mobile phones and the internet, it will gradually become an integral part of our lives. And it will affect not only how we get and spend money, but many other aspects of our lives, including, ultimately, how we interact, deal and trade with each other.
There are two excellent TED talks on the subject that will give you more interesting insights, and a couple of very detailed articles on Wikipedia and O'Reiley as well - wikipedia.org & Understanding the blockchain
Since this is a very general question, I will answer it to a very general audience. Blockchain is just a way of storing data. And it's stored in such a way that basically when something has been added to the blockchain (a transaction, a word, or whatever you are storing) has been added to it, there is no way to change it. If you change anything in the preceding data, then I will be able to see it today.
"If you have a traditional database, you could modify a single entry, and no one would know. But the way a blockchain is structured, if you change even the tiniest detail, everyone would be able to track it."
You should care about it because it opens up a bunch of very interesting applications. You can have a voting system, for example, which everyone can verify, which is not possible with traditional modes of storing data because you can modify them. If you have a traditional database, you could modify a single entry, and no one would know. But the way a blockchain is structured, if you change even the tiniest detail, everyone would be able to track that this blockchain is not valid anymore. So that's what makes it special.
Blockchain isn't a new kid in town, though it probably sounds that way because the technology has rarely been discussed before. However, it is finally being debated seriously by not just tech companies, but also the banking, financial and even healthcare sectors around the world.
What Exactly Is Blockchain?
Do you know about Bitcoins? The digital currency, aka cryptocurrency? It is very likely that you are aware of the revolutionary currency Bitcoins.
Blockchain is the core technology behind Bitcoins. The same technology is, in fact, being used by other companies that are planning to introduce their own cryptocurrencies such as "Kin" by Kik messenger.
If we talk about the technology in plain words, Blockchain is a digital public ledger of transactions which exist in a decentralized form. The nature of the technology makes it publicly accessible to anyone on the network. Since no single entity on the network owns the Blockchain, there is not a single point of access for any sort of tampering.
Every node (system) has a copy of the Blockchain on the network. The transactions made via the technology is secured in a verifiable form. There are no user ids or passwords, but only mathematical equations derived from cryptography.
In the words of Don Tapscott, the CEO of The Tapscott Group, "the blockchain is global spreadsheet — an incorruptible digital ledger of economic transactions that can be programmed to record not just financial transactions but virtually everything of value."
Blockchain – Behind the Scenes
As we've discussed earlier, Blockchain is a single version of the many files, distributed and maintained on a network of computers, aka nodes. Consequently, the decentralized system of the technology makes it impossible for a single system to add or validate any new data to the Blockchain.
The data records or ledgers are pooled in a "block", and to add more blocks to the system, the user would be required to first get the new data validated by at least 50% of the nodes on the network.
The validation is done through cryptography. As a result, the user would need to decrypt an equation to get the data or Block validated. Once the validation is done, the Block gets a unique timestamp which is called a Hash.
The new hash will then be required to add more blocks to the network. If there's a slight change in the hash than the original version, all the subsequent blocks in the network will be changed accordingly. As a result, a new chain would be formed which cannot be revalidated.
Since there is no single source for validation, it gets fairly difficult for anyone to tamper with the original data.
Blockchain Data Privacy Sets to Restore Security
Usually, a user would require a single point of access to tamper with a data. Remove that single source, there won't be any access and there won't be any tampering.
In Blockchain, the identical files are stored on a network of many computers. To tamper with all the systems in the network, a huge computational power would be required, which is not just expensive but also limited.
Due to the "lack of tamper-with" nature of the technology, some may assume Blockchain to be perfect for data privacy. Vitalik Buterin, the inventor of Ethereum, says, "Blockchains do NOT solve privacy issues, and are an authenticity solution only."
After all, the technology is only used to store data that cannot be altered, and remain genuine across all the nodes. Since the data is shared across the network, there is a huge risk of data transparency. Such transparency increases Blockchain privacy concerns amongst users.
One of the best ways to reduce transparency and thus the chances of any privacy breach is encryption. The data should be encrypted first and then added to the Blockchain network. Vitalik Buterin also proposes the same suggestion of combining the power of Blockchain and encryption. The result would be a perfect security solution rather than an authenticity solution.
Final Thoughts on Blockchain and Data Privacy
Blockchain is a pretty complex technology and not to mention it is still in its infancy. There's more research that is being carried out on it, and therefore there are more fruits the technology is yet to bear.
Regardless, we live in a world where data, or you may say personal privacy is being threatened to be exposed to unwanted eyes. With cyberattacks on the rise and a huge force of anti-privacy laws being passed, we need an immaculate security solution more than ever.
Blockchain can be the perfect solution that we have been yearning for. It has the potential to significantly reduce the number of privacy breaches and thus secure what is dearest to us, our online privacy.
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I have worked as a Social Media marketer for the past six years. During that time I have done some exciting and very creative work. When I first read the article "Why I Will Never, Ever Hire A "Social Media Expert" by Peter Shankman I thought… "Et tu, Brute"! I thought Peter was one of us. After all Peter is a top marketing consultant and the founder of Help A Reporter Out (HARO). Most people realize that Help A Reporter Out is one of the fastest growing social media services.
I wished it was not true. Say it ain't so. However, there was no denying it. Here was "Brutus" and his blog post, "Why I Will Never, Ever Hire A "Social Media Expert".
Then I read the whole post and ended up agreeing whole heartedly with everything Peter writes. There are way too many people out there who think they are a social media guru, rockstar, or savant.
I just moved back to the U.S. after living and working in Europe. When I got back and started looking for jobs, I was genuinely surprised by the number of job postings that were looking for a social media guru, rockstar or savant. I was also amazed at the job descriptions that said things like, "create viral marketing campaigns using social media".
No doubt, I have a few viral campaigns under by belt. I know firsthand the commitment and creativity needed to generate these campaigns. Unfortunately, the companies looking for a social media guru, rockstar or savant don't have a clue. These companies use "social media" buzz words without ever knowing their true meaning. These companies just want to check the social media block. These companies are not dedicated to social media. They are anything but serious.
Personally, I avoid these companies like the plague.
Click to read the article "Why I Will Never, Ever Hire A "Social Media Expert" by Peter Shankman.
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Virtue and Moir: Olympic champions lace up their skates, sharpen their program for return to competition
The first time Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir compete for points again, they will be ice dancing to Prince.
The late, great musician isn't easy on them.
"It's so hard to cut Prince songs into three minutes," Virtue said at the 2010 Olympic champs' official relaunch Wednesday at Hershey Centre, site of Skate Canada's high-performance training camp.
"We keep saying we fully expect we have to answer to Prince one day," Moir joked.
This comeback short dance, after two years of show skating and personal pursuits, features a brief nod to Purple Rain at the end. Will Moir don that colour this season as an homage to one of music's great innovators?
"We're actually just drawing that up," the 28-year-old Ilderton native said. "I might have to step outside of my comfort level. Time for new material. I just can't wear all-black all the time anymore."
Not much the two-time world and five-time Canadian champions have accomplished in their sporting lives can be labelled as comfortable.
Six years ago, they won gold in Vancouver with Virtue suffering through major leg woes. They famously trained alongside their biggest rivals, Americans Meryl Davis and Charlie White, while sharing a coach.
They pushed the limits of their discipline to such a degree, it often put them at odds with what judges were seeking, costing them a second Olympic title in Sochi.
Now, they are trying to re-find their groove at a new home base in Montreal while working alongside the current world champions — France's Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron. Virtue and Moir last won a world title in 2012.
"It's inspiring, challenging, terrifying and thrilling," Virtue, the 27-year-old Londoner, said. "We've run the gamut of emotions (since announcing their return in February). We've built a phenomenal team around us (led by coaches and mentors Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon, who have built one of the world's top ice-dance schools). We're impressed at the state of the skating world. We were able to get some distance on it and we have a different appreciation for it."
History hasn't always been kind to skaters who check out of the game for a few years, then try to climb back to the top of the international podium. If you can't regain your speed and precision, everything looks clunky.
That doesn't appear to worry the Canadians.
"Every competition we go to, we're looking to win," Moir said. "That's never changed for 10 years and I don't think it ever will. We're coming here to win a gold medal for Canada (specifically at the next Olympics in 2018 in South Korea), but I don't think we judge ourselves solely on that result anymore. This part of our journey is more about improving our skating to the level we want it to be — and we'll know.
"We always say we know before the judges' mark comes up. It's even more important this time around."
The duo watched the most recent worlds in Boston and noticed a real shift in the judging. They noted how clearly skaters have been able to execute their turns and footwork.
"People know exactly what they're looking for," Virtue said. "We're conscious of that. It will be a process and we have a lot of catch-up, but we're ready to put in that work."
By the end of the fall, they should have an idea of where they stand. The Canadian title isn't even a given, not with world-class Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje on board.
"We are happy to be in the conversation," Moir said. "There's no doubt we have to be better than we have ever been to (compete). That's what sport is all about. Two years off is a long time. We tried to come back as early as possible . . . but the body just didn't work quite the same as it did at 24 and 20. It was a little bit of a struggle (this year). Now, seeing the light and trusting in the training and experience, it has brought us around."
That built-in battle with the Americans has vanished. It dominated the ice-dance conversation from Vancouver to Sochi.
"The rivalry pushed and pulled us to levels we probably wouldn't have accomplished without it," Moir said, "but we're at a different spot in our life. This part of our career we've talked about is to be a bit more of role models. We want the younger athletes to come to us.
"We want to be remembered as the people we are and good sportsmen."
For now, it starts with a Kiss — one of Prince's hit songs.
"I'm still pushing for a Hall & Oates program," Virtue said. "It'll probably never happen."
Moir winced.
"It's definitely not going to happen," he said. "You can get a new partner."
Then, he considered the musical dynamics of their 19-year relationship.
"Yeah," Moir joked. "Next year."


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Heavenly Father…I desire joy in the inner man, and Your Word warns us to be on our guard against all kinds of greed and covertness, knowing that life does not consist in the abundance of our possessions, but on our deepening relationship with You, and I pray that we will all be kept free from this toxic attitude of heart, which can too often steal our joy in the Lord and break our close communion with You.
Thank You that in Your presence is the fullness of joy for You alone are our abiding hope and in Your right hand are pleasures for evermore.
Keep us looking to Jesus and away from the enticements of this world and may Your joy and peace flood our inner being – knowing that the joy of the Lord is our health and strength – from this time forward and for evermore,


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2 july 2012
Was that a robot
claiming friendship
with the relics of past?
Or a quirk of a raw nerve
conversing with history:
and we will wait for centuries
to build a new scream
under the pale moon
in wingless night.
Whispering sex to flowers,
bees scrambled on the skin
of wooly leaves.
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Shemot: No Thank You
"And Moshe was frightened and he said, behold the incident is known. And Pharaoh heard about the affair and he sought to kill Moshe" (Shemot 2:14-15). How did Moshe's killing of an Egyptian become public knowledge? Did not Moshe "look this way and that way" and see "that there was no man" (Shemot 2:12)? While it is possible that Moshe simply failed to notice some passing Egyptian, such an...Continue Reading »
Shemot: 59 Years!
What a difference 59 years can make. Despite Yaakov's insistence to be buried in Israel, "Yosef dwelt in Egypt, he and his father's household" (Breisheet 50:22). Whether he continued in his role of Viceroy of Egypt or retired from political life, the Torah does not say. Nonetheless, it does appear Yosef did have time to enjoy his old age at ease, spending precious time with his family. "Yosef saw...Continue Reading »
Shemot: A New Leader
In today's world of the 30-second soundbite, good oratory skills are a necessary ingredient for any aspiring politician. Good politicians are often able to talk themselves out of difficult positions spouting half truths, equivocations, and at times, outright lies. A good politician knows how to talk without saying anything. Yet the greatest political leader of all time, Moshe Rabbeinu was a kvad peh...Continue Reading »
Shemot: It's All In The Name
I imagine most of us have experienced being in a noisy room focusing on the conversation we are engaged in, oblivious to the chatter around us - unless and until someone mentions our name. At that point we instinctively turn around to see who is speaking. The ability to hear one's name above all else is dubbed the "cocktail party effect" as we focus our auditory skills on the particular stimuli that interest us,...Continue Reading »
Shemot: The Names Are the Same
"And these are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt". The above verse serves as the opening to the second book of the Torah, setting the background to Jewish life in Egypt. One would also be correct in stating that the above verse is taken from parshat Vayigash, listing those who came to Egypt. In other words, the opening of verse of Shemot appears most redundant, adding no new information to the story of the...Continue Reading »


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Until now, Indian groundnut farmers have not benefited from the fast growing global confectionary market, as they could not supply high oleic content peanuts as required by the confectionary industry. High oleic peanuts have tenfold lower oxidation compared to normal peanuts, improving its shelf-life from 2 to 9 months. It avoids rancidity and high oleic peanuts have much better flavour. Oleic acid or omega-9 fatty acid which can be found in olive and nuts like almonds also have important health benefits.
Groundnut breeder Dr Janila who led this demand-driven breeding programme since 2011 explains, "Six years ago, we had foreseen this new market demand for high oleic content and we wanted to incorporate this market trait into popular local varieties grown by Indian farmers, by crossing with an American runner type variety rich in oleic acid (Sunoleic 95R). Thanks to new advancements in molecular research and crop improvement tools[1], we have rapidly and cost-effectively identified a handful of very promising lines adapted to Indian agroecologies. These high oleic varieties have the quality the industry wants and have shown excellent performance in the fields."
Currently, Indian groundnut farmers grow bunch type groundnut varieties adapted to rainfed environments, early maturing and with rapid filling of the pods after flash rains. Such groundnuts are however low in oleic acid, around 45 to 50% of total fatty acids. Certain groundnut varieties grown in America and in Australia are much richer in oleic acid (above 80%) thanks to specific mutations in the gene coding the enzyme fatty acid desaturase or FAD, which blocks the conversion from oleic acid to linoleic acid.
At present, multinational confectionary companies are sourcing tons of high oleic peanuts from Australia for their Asian processing units, in order to respond to the growing Asian market of peanut-based confectionary products like chocolate bars and breakfast cereals.
See more: http://www.icrisat.org/indian-smallholder-farmers-could-soon-benefit-from-the-growing-confectionary-peanut-market/