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Two new critical flaws have been discovered in Adobe Acrobat and Reader that require your urgent attention.
In fact, the flaws were rated as so severe that the company broke with its tradition of releasing security updates around the middle of the month in coordination with Microsoft's "Patch Tuesday".
They released an update sooner this time, in order to make sure that these issues were resolved, and ensure the fixes were in the hands of their users.
The first issue, listed as CVE-2018-16011, is an exploit that takes advantage of the software's 'Use-After-Free functionality that allows a hacker to craft a special, poisoned PDF embedded with code that could allow them to take full control of the system targeted by the attack.
The second, identified as CVE-2018-16018 bypasses the JavaScript API restrictions in place on Adobe Reader.
The flaws can be found in all versions of Windows, macOS Acrobat DC, and Reader 2019.010.20064 and older. The company recommends updating to version 2019.010.20069 to address the flaws and be sure your system is protected.
The company has listed both of these as critical flaws with a rating of two, which is about as serious as it gets.
In related news, we have learned that Adobe's regularly scheduled security patch will address a total of 87 security flaws across a range of the company's products, with 39 of the issues patched being rated as critical.
Kudos to Adobe for breaking with their tradition and addressing both of these flaws ahead of their regularly scheduled update. It's a sad testament to the times we live in that such actions are becoming increasingly necessary. However, it's always good to see instances of prominent tech companies rising to the occasion and looking out for the best interests of their user base.
Be sure to grab these updates and apply them as soon as feasible if you use either of the products mentioned above.


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Kerry Meets One-on-One with Iran's Foreign Minister
Earlier, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called for destruction of all nukes.
Sept. 26, 2013— -- Secretary of State John Kerry met privately on the sidelines of a meeting at the United Nations about Iran's nuclear program with Iran's Foreign Minister Jarvad Zarif, Kerry said.
The meeting came hours after Iranian President Hassan Rouhani urged the destruction of all nuclear weapons.
The Kerry-Zarif meeting was the first official high-level meeting between the U.S. and Iran since the Iranian revolution in 1979.
"We took a moment to explore a little further the possibilities of how to succeed based on what President Obama laid out in his speech to the General Assembly earlier this week," Kerry said. "And so we're agreed to try to continue a process that would make concrete and find a way to answer the questions that people have about Iran's nuclear program."
Delegations from both countries also agreed to meet again with their European and Chinese counterparts next month, European Union High Representative Catherine Ashton told reporters.
Rouhani's statement today on nuclear weapons was closely watched because his country faces severe international embargoes because its nuclear program is suspected of building a nuclear arsenal.
"Any use of nuclear weapons is a violation of the U.N. charter and a crime against humanity," Rouhani said, speaking at U.N. headquarters in New York.
Rouhani, head of the Non-Aligned Movement, called for a total destruction of nuclear weapons and said "de-targeting, de-alerting or reducing the number of nuclear weapons [is] not [a] substitute for their total elimination."
The nuclear weapon states must lead the charge to disarm, Rouhani said, and he called on Israel to join the Non-Proliferation Treaty "without delay" in a rare, direct reference to the country.
"The world has waited too long to disarm," Rouhani said. "As long as nuclear weapons exist, the threat of their use exists."
In his speech, Rouhani laid out the following three-pronged plan to promote disarmament.
He called for an early commencement of negotiations, in the Conference on Disarmament, on a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons for the prohibition of their possession, development, production, acquisition, testing, stockpiling, transfer, use or threat of use, and for their destruction.
He urged the designation of Sept. 26 as an international day dedicated to eliminating nuclear weapons.
Rouhani also proposed convening a high-level international conference on nuclear disarmament in five years to review progress in this regard.
In advance of the meeting between Kerry and Zarif, who also were to meet in a group with foreign ministers from Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany, the so-called P5+1, the State Department downplayed expectations. Officials said that nobody expected a breakthrough from this one meeting, but that it would open an opportunity to see if the Iranians were serious about wanting to negotiate.
Asked earlier today what he needed to know from the Iranians to show that they were serious, Kerry responded, "I'll let you know after they've been serious."
Kerry added, "We're going to have a good meeting, I'm sure."

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The Master discusses with his disciples and unveil his preoccupations with society. Tr. Legge (en), Lau (en) and Couvreur (fr).
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Confucius practised no concealment with his disciples.
The Master said, "Do you think, my disciples, that I have any concealments? I conceal nothing from you. There is nothing which I do that is not shown to you, my disciples;– that is my way."
Legge VII.23.
The Master said, 'My friends, do you think I am secretive? There is nothing which I hide from you. There is nothing I do which I do not share with you, my friends. There is Ch'iu for you.'
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Le Maître dit : « Pensez-vous, mes amis, que je vous cache quelque chose ? Je ne vous cache rien ; je n'ai rien fait dont je ne vous ai donné connaissance. Voilà comme je suis. »
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The Analects of Confucius – Lun Yu VII. 24. (174) – Chinese on/off – Français/English
Alias the Lunyu, the Lun Yü, the Analects, les Entretiens du maître avec ses disciples.
The Book of Odes, The Analects, Great Learning, Doctrine of the Mean, Three-characters book, The Book of Changes, The Way and its Power, 300 Tang Poems, The Art of War, Thirty-Six Strategies
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Smack dab in the heart of Cajun Country, the Happiest City In America has its own unique blend of culture. This blend of culture shines through in Agave's cuisine. Agave is a fusion of culinary traditions that now seems like a natural, but was a bold departure when Balbeisi Brothers introduced it over a decade ago to an unsuspecting and now grateful dining public – melding the rich flavors of traditional Mexican food with the Cajun spices and seafood native to Lafayette and Louisiana.
While diners will find the beloved tacos, fajitas and enchiladas on the menu, there are also distinctive favorites such as glazed tilapia on Spanish rice topped with crabmeat cream sauce or a platter of nachos garnished with fried rabbit and chipotle mayo – evidence that Agave Cantina does not claim to be solely traditional Mexican fare.
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Double Take Plaid Dropped Shoulder Shirt
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This plaid shirt features a collared neckline and long sleeves, offering a classic and refined look. The dropped shoulder design adds a relaxed and laid-back touch to the shirt. With its regular length, it can be worn as a standalone piece or layered over other garments for a chic and versatile outfit.
- Features: Basic style
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- Material composition: 100% polyester
- Care instructions: Machine wash cold. Tumble dry low.
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Japanese American MapFlag™ | 6-Panel Snapback Cap
Contents: | 80% Acrylic / 20% Wool |
Sizes: | One Size Fits All |
Additional Features: | Classic shape. Premium wool blend. Matching plastic snap. Hard buckram. Classic green undervisor. |
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Our custom hats service embraces the values of excellence and good ethics we care to spread. For every hat sold, 1$ will be collected to protect the forests, reduce our carbon footprint and give back to charities.
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Established in the United Kingdom in 1992, Flexfit is the brand behind a few collection of hats you may already know about : The 210 fitted hats, the 110 caps, the Flexfits and the popular Classics. Yupoong, the company's headquarters, are established since 1974 and has since earned an impeccable reputation as the world's leading headwear company through 40 years of experience, professionalism and integrity.
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The MapFlag hats are a symbol of our core values and we will donate 1$ for each MapFlag Cap sold to charities.
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(I started posing this on Mother's Day ten years ago, and I try to remember to re-post it every year.)
Some women take to mothering naturally. I had to work at it. And so I wasn't the best mother in the world. I would have worked outside the home whether I had become a single mom or not. And because I did, mine were latchkey kids, with my daughter, beginning at age 12, taking care of her younger brother, age 5, after school. I left them some evenings to go out on dates. Oh, I did cook them healthy meals, and even cookies sometimes. I made their Halloween costumes and went to all parent events at their schools. My daughter took ballet lessons, belonged to 4H (but I got kicked out as Assistant Leader because I wouldn't salute the flag during the Vietnam War). I made my son a Dr. Who scarf and took him to Dr. Who fan events. I bought him lots of comic books, invited friends over to play, and taught him how to throw a ball.
But most of all, I think/hope I did for them what my mother was never able to do for me, — give them the freedom and encouragement to become who they wanted to be — to explore, make mistakes, and search for their bliss. I think/hope that I always let them know that, as far as I was concerned, I loved them just the way they were/are.
Not having had that affirmation from my mother still affects my relationship with her. I hope that my doing that right for them neutralizes all the wrong things I did as they were growing up.
So, you two (now adult) kids, here's to you both. You keep me thinking, you keep me informed, you keep me honest, and, in many ways, you keep me vital. I'm so glad that I'm your mother.
So, in memory of those not-always-good ol' days that you two somehow managed to survive with style, here you are, playing "air guitar and drums" — enjoying each other's company sometime in the late 70s and bringing so much delight into my life.


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Haggai 1:1 identifies the author of the Book of Haggai as the Prophet Haggai.
Date of Writing:
The Book of Haggai was written in approximately 520 B.C.
Purpose of Writing:
Haggai sought to challenge the people of God concerning their priorities. He called them to reverence and glorify God by building the Temple in spite of local and official opposition. Haggai called them not to be discouraged because this Temple would not be quite as richly decorated as Solomon's. He exhorted them to turn from the uncleanness of their ways and to trust in God's sovereign power. The Book of Haggai is a reminder of the problems the people of God faced at this time, how the people courageously trusted in God, and how God provided for their needs.
Key Verses:
Haggai 1:4, "Is it a time for you yourselves to be living in your paneled houses, while this house remains a ruin?"
Haggai 1:5-6, "Now this is what the LORD Almighty says: 'Give careful thought to your ways. You have planted much, but have harvested little. You eat, but never have enough. You drink, but never have your fill. You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it.'"
Haggai 2:9, "'The glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house,' says the LORD Almighty. 'And in this place I will grant peace,' declares the LORD Almighty."
Brief Summary:
Will the people of God reconsider their priorities, take courage, and act on the basis of God's promises? God sought to warn the people to heed His words. Not only did God warn them, but He also offered promises through His servant Haggai to motivate them to follow Him. Because the people of God reversed their priorities and failed to put God in first place in their lives, Judah was sent into Babylonian exile. In response to Daniel's prayer and in fulfillment of God's promises, God directed Cyrus the Persian king to allow the Jews in exile to go back to Jerusalem. A group of Jews returned to their land with great joy, put God first in their lives, worshiped Him, and began to rebuild the Temple of Jerusalem without the aid of the local people who lived in Israel. Their courageous faith was met with opposition from the local people as well as the Persian government for approximately 15 years.
As with most of the books of the minor prophets, Haggai ends with promises of restoration and blessing. In the last verse, Haggai 2:23, God uses a distinctly messianic title in reference to Zerubbabel, "My Servant" (Compare 2 Samuel 3:18; 1 Kings 11:34; Isaiah 42:1–9; Ezekiel 37:24,25). Through Haggai, God promises to make him like a signet ring, which was a symbol of honor, authority, and power, somewhat like a king's scepter used to seal letters and decrees. Zerubbabel, as God's signet ring, represents the house of David and the resumption of the messianic line interrupted by the Exile. Zerubbabel reestablished the Davidic line of kings which would culminate in the millennial reign of Christ. Zerubbabel appears in the line of Christ on both Joseph's side (Matthew 1:12) and Mary's side (Luke 3:27).
Practical Application:
The Book of Haggai draws attention to common problems most people face even today. Haggai asks us 1) to examine our priorities to see if we are more interested in our own pleasures than doing the work of God; 2) to reject a defeatist attitude when we run into opposition or discouraging circumstances; 3) to confess our failures and seek to live pure lives before God; 4) to act courageously for God because we have the assurance that He is with us always and is in full control of our circumstances; and 5) to rest secure in God's hands knowing that He will abundantly bless us as we faithfully serve Him.
Summary of the Book of Haggai
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Round Oak Dining Table, 4 Seater & 6 seater options / WILD OAK Collection
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Gorgeous table made from chunky solid oak wood on contemporary solid oak tapered legs. Solid, sturdy and full of charater, handmade in Devon, UK. Ships internationally!
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12x16mm Rondelle (10) - Silver - Vintage Metalised Beads is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
Measurements: 12mm long x 16mm across with a 2mm threading hole
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Use metalised beads when you want the look of metallic, but don't want the heavy weight of using metal beads. Large metal beads will certainly weigh down your necklace pieces, or earrings! Use these in place of metal, and you will be delighted with the result. (They also don't have the price tag of metal beads!)
Some of our styles of metalised beads have large holes, so browse them thoroughly - you might find some that will suit your macrame or loomwork, hand weaving, drawstrings, bag embellishments, bag handles and the like.
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Equipment refers to any item that can be equipped in an equipment slot, as distinguished from items that can only be carried in inventory.
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Items are ranked by their quality in World of Warcraft, identifiable by the color of the item's name. For non-equippable items, the colors are the same. Gray named items that you can't equip generally have no use in the game, and should just be sold to vendors for cash.
The table below is summary information about item quality. For more detailed information see Quality.
Quality | Obtained from... |
Poor | Common, low level enemies most of the time. Best to sell to vendors or just discard. |
Common | Common, low level enemies or sold by vendors most of the time. Best to sell to vendors, the Auction House, or just discard. |
Uncommon | Crafting, quests, and random drops from enemies. |
Rare | Crafting, quests, harder instance bosses, and rare random drops from enemies (generally above level 20). |
Epic | High-end crafting, quests, Heroic drops, raid bosses (10-40 man), and rare random drops from enemies (generally above level 40 - BoE only). |
Legendary | Combining certain reagents obtainable from specific high-level raids, and two random drops from the last bosses in the Burning Crusade. There are also a few Legendary weapons available only for use during the Kael'thas encounter, within Tempest Keep's Eye. There are only a few legendary items in the game that can be equipped: see Legendary items. |
Heirloom | With the release of Wrath of the Lich King expansion, this once designated item-type has been changed to Heirloom, from Artifact. No artifacts are currently obtainable by player characters in-game. |
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In order to equip an item, characters have to be of appropriate level. The minimum character level is actually not an inherent property of the item, but instead is derived from an internal item level. Item level used to be hidden and was viewable with the use of UI addons. However, a change in Patch 3.2.0 allows you to view item level on equipment by changing the Interface settings, making add-ons for such a purpose redundant. The minimum character level required to equip an item is as follows:
- No minimum level for items of level 6 and below.
- (Item level - 5) for items of level 7 to 65.
- 60 for items above level 65 that drop in Azeroth, or are crafted from materials found in Azeroth.
- ((Item level + 90) / 3) for green items of level 81 to 120 that drop in Outland.
- 60 for blue items below level 85 that drop in Outland.
- ((Item level + 95) / 3) for blue items of level 85 to 115 that drop in Outland.
- Approximately the same as above for most crafted items and reputation rewards, although they don't seem to follow the formula as faithfully.
- Level 70 is required for most PvP rewards in The Burning Crusade expansion (Arena Seasons 1 through 4), regardless of item level.
- Level 80 is required for most PVP rewards in The Wrath of the Lich King expansion (Arena Seasons 5 and beyond), regardless of item level.
- Most items that are quest rewards have no minimum level, but you must obviously be a high enough level to obtain the quest.
The item level is derived from the stats, slot and quality of an item.
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He serves as the Editor-in-chief of "BegumPura Times" and has thrived on his innate skills and talents
January 21: The more we read and hear about success stories made from the ground up, the more we feel the need to know about such individuals and professionals raring to make their mark in their respective industries. It may take years for some to create their definition of success in the field of their choice, but Ravinder Singh, a young talent from Punjab, India, believes that when individuals work with dedication, commitment, and passion, everything becomes achievable at any stage in life. Ravinder Singh is one name that has been buzzing high lately in the world of entrepreneurship, with being the director and editor-in-chief at BegumPura Times, which has been rising gradually to the top as an outstanding news and entertainment website in Hindi.
Ravinder Singh always knew he had innate skills and talents in him and was inclined towards all things creative. However, he had no inch of an idea that life would indeed present him with opportunities that could help him become an entrepreneur and help him live his dreams as a business owner at a young age. He has thrived on his passion and his drive to make it huge in his career, which has helped him reach towering heights of success as a powerful force behind BegumPura Times.
Talking about the website, Ravinder Singh says that it has grown over the years as one of the top news, entertainment, music, and fashion websites, containing honest and true information and news for enhancing people's knowledge and insights about these niches. BegumPura Times also provides the latest and breaking news and videos straight from the entertainment industry. He has made sure to provide people with the news that is accurate and real, with the genuine intention to only double their knowledge and make them more learned individuals.
Ravinder Singh believed in his visions and ideas, which helped him become a prominent name in the industry, ultimately flourishing his career in entrepreneurship. Apart from that, he serves as the Secretary of State at Punjab Congress and loves adventures, working out, and travelling.
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Of course I knew that Four Corners – the spot where Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Arizona meet – would be a tourist trap. But on a recent road trip from Durango to Monument Valley, Utah, I passed just five miles away from this geographically auspicious place and found that I couldn't resist the temptation to stop and see the only spot in America where four states meet.
The Navajo Nation operates the site, which sits inside their vast reservation, which is about as large as West Virginia. After paying the modest $3 fee in a booth, I noticed a sign warning tourists against spreading ashes at the site, as the Navajo believe that cremation is a "malicious desecration."
I parked and made my way towards the monument, expecting to be able to touch an actual piece of dirt where the four states meet. But low and behold, the site, which is set amidst some wild, beautiful southwestern scenery, is an ugly monstrosity.
One of just two Native American vendors who turned up that morning told me that in the high season people sometimes have to wait in line an hour or more to get their photo taken at the spot where the four states meet. I couldn't help but wonder which state would have jurisdiction if an enraged tourist decided to kill someone who was taking too long posing for photos on the spot.
After walking across the spot, I noticed that my car seemed to be parked in New Mexico, which baffled me. I'd be driving in Colorado and hadn't passed any sign indicating that I'd crossed into New Mexico. I looked back at the spot and tried to rap my head around the fact that I could look in four directions and see four states. And for the first time in my life I was thoroughly confused about what state I was actually in.
"Excuse me," I said to the Navajo woman operating the booth at the entrance to the site. "But are we in New Mexico right now?"
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"But there was no sign to indicate that I had left Colorado and entered New Mexico," I said.
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I crossed back into Colorado and then into Utah, crossing my 8th state border within ten minutes. Or was it 7? I still have no idea.
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Research we publish today looks at the impact of the projected job market in 2020 on poverty in the UK. Unfortunately, it's more bad news. The implication is that we should target jobs and training assistance on the basis of household, not just individual, need and focus unerringly on the creation of more and better jobs.
The research uses a forecast of the type of job market we expect to have in 2020 and combines this with a model of household incomes that includes announced tax and benefit changes. The central forecast for 2020 is for many long-term trends to continue, including shifts towards a knowledge- and service-based economy and increases in high- and low-paid jobs. We already know that cuts to benefits and Tax Credits are likely to undermine the beneficial effects of Universal Credit. This will lead to (in combination with demographic and earnings change) rising poverty rates over the rest of the decade. Adding in an estimate of changes in the job market increases inequality further, although it does offset some of the rise in absolute child poverty.
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So, changes to taxes, benefits, demography and earnings (the blue bars) increase absolute child poverty in 2020 by just over 6 per cent but job market changes (the red bar) offset this a tad. Turning to the relative measure, tax and benefit changes raise poverty by around 5 per cent and the projected job market adds another 1 per cent by 2020. All groups except households headed by someone aged over 65 see rising absolute and relative poverty from tax and benefit changes, with lone parents hit particularly hard. Employment change makes things worse for everyone except for absolute poverty among families with children.
We weren't naive enough to expect the central forecast to eradicate poverty, so the plan was then to try out some different scenarios that JRF, the research team and our advisory group thought might have a positive impact. These variations were all based on changing the distribution (but not increasing the number) of jobs, and we didn't vary the tax and benefit system. The second chart shows the impact of some of these scenarios on relative child poverty rates (the long bar shows the predicted 2020 rate of 25.7 per cent).
None of the alternative scenarios (the short bars) have any meaningful impact on that central child poverty projection. Keeping the employment structure as it is now would decrease poverty by a tiny 1.2 per cent. This is the biggest difference. A general rise in qualification levels across the workforce and reduced pay for the highest qualified, for example, actually increases child poverty more than in the central forecast (by 1.0 per cent). Most other scenarios have virtually zero effect by 2020.
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There are two core reasons for this disappointing lack of impact. The first is that low paid and poorly qualified workers, along with women and part time workers, are spread across the whole household income distribution. This means targeting these workers is not an especially effective way of targeting poverty. The second is the huge 'drag' on poverty rates of the large number of workless households in the UK.
What do we do about these worrying findings? It is clear that interventions such as training and skills development need to be targeted on the basis of household need, not just individual need if we are to have a serious impact on poverty. It is also clear that we need more jobs. A lot more, because the 1.5 million new jobs included in these forecasts is going to be nowhere near enough when 6 million people in the UK are currently seeking more work.


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Referencing dates in SQL statements can sometimes be problematic especially when your application is used in many countries. Here in the US we use the MM/DD/YYYY format most of the time. The UK uses DD/MM/YYYY which can cause your SQL statements to fail if you are expecting the US format.
The easiest way around this problem is to use the ANSI date format in your SQL statements (YYYY-MM-DD). Advantage will always respect this format regardless of the format configured on the machine. Advantage will accept the date format defined on the machine and the ANSI format by default.
The date format Advantage uses can be changed using the AdsSetDateFormat which takes a string value for the format. The string must contain two or more occurrences of the letters D (day), M (month) and Y (year). Thus the date could be set with any of the following strings
Having the date format correct avoids many problems but there are times when you want to get the current date or manipulate the date. Fortunately Advantage has many Date/Time Functions built-in to the SQL Engine. Some of the commonly used ones are below
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- TIMESTAMPADD(interval, int, timestamp) increments the timestamp by the specified value for the given interval (i.e. Months, Days, Hours, Seconds)
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Even with mountains of customer data at your fingertips, it's sometimes hard to pinpoint exactly what motivates consumers to purchase your product, buy it again, or recommend it to friends. By diving into consumer behavior at each step in the customer journey, you can build better marketing campaigns that convince more leads and help retain more loyal customers.
Consumer behavior is the way people choose and use your products and services. It's a holistic marketing concept that refers to how people behave throughout the entire lifecycle of your product—from discovery to purchase, use, and disposal. It encompasses patterns of:
A consumer behavior study looks at the complex cocktail of thoughts, feelings, and habits that drive key decisions in the customer journey—like making an initial purchase, repurchasing a favorite product, or leaving an online review. It answers "why" and "how" people buy and use your product.
While rational considerations like price, convenience, and quality drive consumer behavior, so do emotions, desires, and habits. In fact, irrational drivers often have a more potent effect. Personal beliefs and preferences, along with social influences, environmental stimuli, and marketing messages, all influence how consumers respond to a product.
In psychological terms, consumer responses can be either:
Every person has a "black box" of mental, emotional, and behavioral factors that affect their buying behavior. The makeup of each person's black box depends on their personal values, lifestyle, relationships, consumption habits, brand loyalties, demographics, and personality.
When your business understands what drives key consumer decisions, including purchase decisions, it can better position your products to appeal to your target population. In the long run, consumer behavior can also affect product development, as information about which features consumers prefer and how they use your product can also be applied to product design.
The insights from a consumer behavior study can help your business make decisions like:
By studying consumer behavior, you can get a better understanding of what drives purchase decisions, customer retention, and brand loyalty in your target populations. Once you've identified patterns of consumer behavior, you can predict how your target market will respond to marketing campaigns and new product launches before they happen.
Of course, some parts of your target market might respond differently to different stimuli, based on their individual thoughts and feelings. The results of a consumer behavior study might reveal important behavioral segments in your target population, like online vs. in-person shoppers, impulse vs. need-based buyers, and loyal vs. non-loyal customers. These behavioral segments can help you develop and deliver targeted marketing messages.
Even if consumers fall into specific behavioral segments, they don't make every purchase decision in the same way. Each purchase comes with its own set of financial, physical, social, and psychological risks—and the same person will act differently based on the weight of the decision at hand.
When consumers consider making an expensive, infrequent purchase, they typically express complex buying behavior. This type of consumer behavior is characterized by exhaustive product research and high involvement in the purchase process. If a person is looking to buy a house, for example, they're probably going to research a bunch of locations and visit all their options in-person before making an offer on a property.
While you can uncover useful customer behavior metrics in, for example, the data collected by your customer management system, these metrics don't tell the whole story. A customer behavior study can give you partial insight into buying behavior, such as customer preferences, frequency of use, and repurchase behavior, but it has limited applicability for marketers.
A consumer behavior study takes a more holistic approach to buying behavior by examining the way it manifests across the entire product lifecycle, including before people become customers. Because consumer behavior includes the entire target population, it's more useful for marketers.
Consumer behavior includes the experiences of people who might buy your product, people who actually buy your product, and people who use your product even though they didn't buy it themselves (for example, a household member or employee of a customer).
Market research and customer satisfaction surveys help you get a complete picture of the buying behavior of everyone in your target population.
Market research surveys uncover the value drivers that influence people's purchase decisions. This type of survey is an opportunity to delve deeper into the pain points, needs, and wants of your target population, so you know how and why people might choose your product.
More specifically, a consumer behavior survey identifies the rational and irrational drivers behind the respondent's product decisions. It asks questions like, "Do you typically make decisions about which brand you'll buy beforehand or at the time of purchase?" and "How many other people in your household use this product category?"
Looking to customize your approach? Get tips to uncover unique value drivers with surveys.
Aim your consumer behavior survey at people from your target population, regardless of whether or not they already know about your product. SurveyMonkey Audience can help you reach a representative sample of your target market, so you can be confident in the accuracy of your results.
Customer satisfaction surveys help you collect both qualitative and quantitative data on your customers' behavior after they've purchased your product. The results of this type of survey expand your picture of consumer behavior by exploring how customers use and dispose of your product.
A product feedback survey is often the best way to discover how customers interact with your product. This survey explores issues of product use with questions like "What are the things you'd most like to improve about the product?" and delves into disposal with questions about whether or not the product would be a good gift.
Keep in mind, the person who purchases a product isn't always the one who ends up using it. To reach as many end users as possible, you may want to embed your survey in your product software rather than emailing it to the buyer. Think about including your survey as a pop-up in the product troubleshooting section of your website or somewhere else people who use your product will be.
While you can deep dive into consumer behavior by running both market research and customer satisfaction surveys, you don't need to conduct an exhaustive study to get useful insights. A single survey is all you need to shed light on consumer behavior.
By delving into consumer behavior, businesses can make sense of customer data and build marketing campaigns that hit on the practical and emotional reasons people buy your products. Here are a few ways to use your consumer behavior insights to build better marketing campaigns.
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NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Twinkies are back in stores. But most of the jobs of the people that make them won't be returning any time soon.
There were 18,500 people working for Hostess Brands when the company went bankrupt in November, making Twinkies, Wonder Bread and a variety of other brands.
But only about 20% to 25% of those jobs will end up returning when all the brands are up and running again, according to estimates by Natalie Everett, a bread and snack industry analyst with IBISWorld.
Typically, companies that buy iconic brands like those produced by Hostess invest in equipment and machinery to replace laborers — which is why the jobs aren't coming back, Everett said.
Hostess had two main unions when it went under: About 6,600 employees were members of a bakers' union and worked at 33 bakeries nationwide, and 7,500 were drivers who belonged to the Teamsters union.
Hostess announced plans to liquidate in November after offering workers a new contract with reduced wages and benefits. The Teamsters accepted the deal, but the bakers' union rejected it. Hostess management blamed the bakers for forcing the company to shut down.
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Twinkies will return with longer shelf life
Twinkies and a number of other Hostess snack brands were purchased by a joint venture of Apollo Global Management and Metropoulos & Co. The new company bought five bakeries but will only operate four.
Hannah Arnold, a spokeswoman for the Apollo-Metropoulos venture, said the company plans to use 1,800 workers to produce a full line of Hostess snacks, including Twinkies.
The old Hostess had roughly 2,500 workers producing snacks. Arnold cautioned that it's "nearly impossible" to compare the two, because the new company did not buy rights to all of the brands that the old Hostess produced..\
Some of the reduction in jobs is also due to the new owners' different business model.
Instead of using truck drivers as salesmen to deliver the product and stock the shelves of about 50,000 stores, the new company will hire outside trucking firms to deliver trailers full of the product to retail distribution centers.
The company says it will be able to reach even more stores that way — an estimated 110,000 nationwide by the end of the year.
Some jobs won't be coming back due to the permanent shutting of nearly 600 outlet stores the old Hostess Brands operated to sell products directly to consumers.
Flowers Foods agreed to buy Wonder Bread and most of Hostess' other bread brands — as well as 20 bakeries and about three dozen depots — for $360 million. A Flowers spokesman declined to comment on staffing at these facilities because the deal hasn't yet been finalized.
A former Hostess sales representative in New York told CNNMoney that he was in the process of applying for a job with Flowers, as were a number of other ex-colleagues.
"It's a shame what happened — we've got families to feed and we lost our benefits," the man said, requesting anonymity to avoid harming his job prospects.
One challenge for Hostess is that the entire sector has been seeing weak sales for several years.
"The general health trend is people avoiding bread products, avoiding carbs, avoiding glutens now," said Everett, the industry analyst. "The sweet treats that Hostess sold, they also have a bad rep. That said, they wouldn't be coming back if people didn't love them."


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The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID) is the framework of EU legislation for investment intermediaries that provide services to clients that are collectively known as 'financial instruments'.
MiFID was applied in the UK from November 2007, but is now being revised to improve the functioning of financial markets in light of the financial crisis and to strengthen investor protection.
The changes are currently set to take effect from 3 January 2018, with the new legislation being known as MiFID II this includes a revised MiFID and a new Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR).
Firms needs to be ready to comply with MiFID II from January 2018 (the effective date). Implementation date is 1st July 2017.
The FCA are extending out the type of firms that will be subject to MiFID II from MIFID, meaning many more firms will be obliged to comply.
The FCA are in the process of changing the FCA Handbook to implement MiFID II. They expect to publish two policy statements in March and June 2017 finalising the changes to the Handbook on their website.
Firms can find out more about FCA MiFID II implementation by visiting https://www.fca.org.uk/markets/mifid-ii where they can also subscribe to a MiFID II mailing list for updates ahead of 3 January 2018
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At Farrow & Ball we are devoted to producing unparalleled paints and wallpapers that transform homes around the world. We are paint perfectionists, creating unmatched paint colours using only the finest ingredients and age-old methods which have withstood the test of time and the passage of many a fickle fad. We also make handcrafted wallpaper created using our own paints to print designs onto paper using traditional block and trough printing methods, which is what gives them their uniquely beautiful texture.
Our meticulous approach to producing paint and wallpaper is rooted in our past. Farrow & Ball paints are born and bred in Dorset, England, in the same small town we've resided in since John Farrow, and fellow paint pioneer Richard Ball first founded the company.
From small beginnings their reputation for quality quickly spread until the pair were supplying paint to the Admiralty and the War Office. The company bucked the trend towards cheaper, acrylic paints with high levels of plastic, in favour of the original formulations and blend of carefully selected fine pigments and natural ingredients.
Over the years Farrow & Ball has been loved and appreciated by a dedicated and growing group of loyal customers all over the world who recognise the difference that attention to detail, quality ingredients and craftsmanship make.
Today, our quest to create unmatchable products continues. Over the years we have grown our range of paint finishes, and we've added wallpapers to our portfolio, but we've never forgotten our past. We may have over forty showrooms as far and wide as New York, Paris and London, but every batch of paint or wallpaper, however large or small, is still made in our factory in Dorset, England.


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I recently purchased retail boxed versions of
- Dead Island (which is awesome)
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I finished both games and I was thinking of reselling them or giving them to a friend to play. However, these are both Steam activated games that had a required Steam registration code I had to enter -- and validate on Steam -- as part of the installation.
If I give these games to a friend or resell them, will they even work? Is the registration code single use and tied to a single person / computer / Steam account?


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The minute I saw the tear drop links, I imagined a set of earrings combining the beautiful golden bronze with silver accents. Mixing metal colors would make the earrings go with any outfit. I had just finished taking an online jewelry class where we had re-used vintage rhinestone jewelry. My jewelry supply stash was overflowing with bits of rhinestones which were the perfect accent to the warm bronze color.
Showing off my quirkiness - one of the links is upside down!
What's even better about these earrings is they're quick and easy to make. You need four silver plated 6mm jump rings along with two vintage rhinestone drops, two teardrop links and two earring findings. Attach the teardrop links to the earring finding using the 6mm silverplated jumprings. Use the other jumprings to attach the vintage rhinestone findings to the smallest drop.
Quick, easy and beautiful. That's how I like it. What a beautiful partnership!


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Author: HATTORI Mitsuru
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Release: 2009
Furuya's obsessed with zombies. He collects any figurines, watches any movie, and plays any game with the living dead, and is even only interested in zombie girls. When his cat dies, Furuya begins trying to raise it from the dead using an ancient book of the occult he bought from a shop. But what will happen when he sees the idol of a nearby all girl's school walking close to where he conducts his experiment, wishing to die and be reborn as a different person?


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TOTAL, one of the leading oil companies, is a merger of two French companies (Elf and Ato) and Belgian company PetroFina.
Total petrochemicals division is active in base chemicals (ethylene, propylene and styrene) and consumer polymers (Polyethylene, Polypropylene and Polystyrene) which are derived from the base chemicals.
Total Petrochemicals has over 10 billion € turnover and about 6 000 employees.
Total Petrochemicals activities are divided into three divisions:
- Base Chemicals (olefins, C4 cuts and aromatics)
- Polyolefins (polyethylene, polypropylene, Lumicene)
- Styrenics (styrene, polystyrene)
Total Petrochemicals uses hydrocarbons derivates (naphtha, butane and distillates) mainly produced by the Total Group for production of plastics.
Total Petrochemicals has 21 production sites in Europe, United States, Asia and Middle East. Total Petrochemicals' main European production plants are in Antwerp and Feluy in Belgium. Feluy is the largest integrated polypropylene production site in Europe with 1,2 mio tons.
Total Petrochemicals has six Research & Development centers and polymers are constantly renewed and updated.
Total Petrochemicals has a participation in the Futerro project which is producing PLA from biomass.
In 2011 Total Petrochemicals launched its Lumicene range, a portfolio of PE and PP products based on metallocene catalyst technology with outstanding transparency.


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25th MSC Founding Anniversary Celebration Updates
We are inviting everyone to join our 25th Founding Anniversary activities
- MSC Christmas Music Video Contest
- MSC Alumni Homecoming 2014
- MSC Alumni Basketball League
In this issue
- 25th MSC Founding Anniversary Celebration Updates
- MSC Alumnus Erwin Ciar makes it to PinaSikat Grand Finals
- MSC Story Part XI: Stories at the Annex
- Stories from the Alumni: from Sammy Suco
- MSCs First: First Computerized SC election
- Conversion: Feet to Meters
- MSC 17 – Base Multiplication: Multiplying "Teen" Numbers and Others
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Erwin Ciar Makes it to PinaSikat Grand Finals
An MSC graduate is now making waves on primetime national TV! Erwin Ciar, a graduate of MSC's Computer Technology Course in 2002 won in PinaSikat, a segment in the popular noontime TV show Showtime.
MSC Origins Part XI: Stories at the Annex
When MSC initially rented the old Agrix supermarket building, also known as MSC Annex, it had two classrooms and an office on the second floor; a computer lab, and two classrooms, and a small office on the first floor. The building was actually the front part of the Bunquin family compound. By June 1996, this building was used by the first three classes (1st to 3rd year) of the MSC High School.
Stories from the Alumni: Sammy Suco
Pagpasensyahan nyo na po…. Galing po ako sa mahirap na pamilya, kaya noon, wala na ako pag-asa makapag-college… Salamat na lang may MSC, nakapag-aral ako at sa tulong ng naging amo ko sa Tiaong.
MSC Firsts: First School to have Computerized Student Council Elections (1992)
In 1991, MSC's first batch of two-year course students totaled more than 70. Even with a group this small, the students organized clubs as well as a student council. Of course there had to be elections for the student council officers and being in a computer school, the students themselves created a program to count the votes!
Conversion: Feet to Meters
To convert feet to meters, we could approximate by multiplying the measurement in feet by 0.3 to convert it into meters. This is the exact reverse of the method we used to convert meters to feet.
MSC 17 – Base Multiplication: Multiplying "Teen" Numbers and Others
Most of us have learned by heart the multiplication table up to 10 x 10. A simple technique will enable us to extend our multiplication power up to 20 x 20.
For example: Compute 14 x 12
Cover one of the ten's digit and add what remains to the other number: 14 + 2 or 4 + 12 will both give 16. This will be the first or left hand part of the product.
Previous Issues
- Issue 1 – Creating Zeroes
- Issue 2 – All From 9 and the Last from 10
- Issue 3 – Subtraction Without Borrowing
- Issue 4 – Stories from MSC Alumni, and Multiplying by 11
- Issue 5 – Blast from the Past, The Search is on and Multiplying by 2
- Issue 6 – Nutrition Month, Carabao Fractions, Division by 2
- Issue 7 – MSC High First Batch in 1998; Doubling and Halving
- Issue 8 – Mutya ng Pilipinas and Multiplying by 9
- Issue 9 – CocoFestival 1996 and Dividing by 5, 50, 0.5 etc
- Issue 10 – MSC Alumni Meeting , Multiplying by 5
- Issue 11 – Featured Alumni – Edgar Cauyan and Division by 9
- Issue 12 – MSC Alumni Activities; Dividing by 4 and 8
- Issue 13 – T-Shirt Design Contest and Multiplying by 25, 250 and 125
- Issue14 – Alumni Working in CARD, and Division by 25, 250, and 125
- Issue 15 – Basketball League & Squaring Numbers Ending in 5
- Issue 16 – 25th Foundation Celebration & Multiplying Complementary Numbers
In the Next Issue
- Training for the MSC Inter-school Contest Ongoing
- MSC High Schoolers win in DSPC
- MSC Origins part XII: Annex Stories 2
- Stories from the Alumni: Joan Miranda
- MSCs first – First Registered Caregiving School in San Pablo City
- Conversion: Meters to Feet and Inches
- MSC 18 – Base Multiplication: Numbers below the base
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Monsoon rains fall on Pakistan every summer, but the summer of 2010 was extraordinary. A combination of factors, including La Niña and a strange jet stream pattern, caused devastating floods. The Indus River rapidly rose, and a dam failure in Sindh Province sent part of the river down an alternate channel. The resulting floodwater lake lingered for months, leaving crops, roads, airports, even entire communities underwater.
The town of Khairpur Nathan Shah was one of many communities affected by the floodwater lake. Normally surrounded by croplands and irrigation infrastructure, the town was instead surrounded by water for months. The Landsat 5 satellite captured these images of the area on September 4, 2010 (top), November 7, 2010 (middle), and January 26, 2011 (bottom). In these false-color images, water appears blue, vegetation appears bright green, and bare land ranges in color from in pink-beige to brick.
The image from September 4 shows water spanning more than 25 kilometers (15 miles) from east to west. Khairpur Nathan Shah pokes above the water, but only partially. By November 7, flood waters appear to have shifted, with some areas are drying out in the west, but a sizable patch newly submerged in the north. By January 26, more areas have emerged from the water, but the region is by no means back to normal.
A complex network of irrigation infrastructure also reappears as the landscape dries out. Once flood water pushed over riverbanks, manmade canals and embankments proved all too effective in holding that water in the wrong places. A new article, Heavy Rains and Dry Lands Don't Mix: Reflections on the 2010 Pakistan Flood, examines the 2010 monsoon and its aftermath. Here is an excerpt.
The effects of the 2010 monsoon season in Pakistan were both immediate and lasting. Waterborne diseases such as cholera menaced flood survivors, while stagnant pools of water provided the perfect breeding conditions for malaria-carrying mosquitoes. Crowded relief camps and poor sanitation helped spread diseases such as measles.
David Petley, a landslide specialist from Durham University (U.K), was already keeping an eye on the Hunza landslide when the monsoon rains provoked him to start chronicling Pakistan's unusual monsoon.
"It is hard to remember a previous flood that has caused this type of impact over such a long period, including the way it prevented replanting and reconstruction," Petley states. Early news reports described the floods as Pakistan's worst since 1929, "but this event was worse by almost every measure."
NASA images by Robert Simmon, using data from Landsat 5. Caption by Michon Scott.