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After three seasons, Tyrant's saga of the ruling Al-Fayeed family of the fictional nation of Abuddin is coming to an end — tonight and forever. FX said today that the Middle East-set drama created by Gideon Raff and developed by Howard Gordon and Craig Wright will end its run with Wednesday's Season 3 finale.
"It's very difficult to find common ground with other people whose stories we do not know or understand," said FX boss John Landgraf today in a statement. "The creators of Tyrant have done their utmost over three seasons to tell American audiences a tiny fraction of the many gripping, human stories coursing through the Middle East today. We want to thank Howard Gordon, Chris Keyser and their talented team of collaborators, including all the writers, directors, cast and crew, as well as our studio partners at Fox 21 Television Studios, for taking on Tyrant's tremendously ambitious story with such profound dedication and respect."
There is a slim chance Tyrant might not be over — at least that what Fox 21 Television Studios is hoping.
"Tyrant is a beloved show to all of us at Fox 21 Television Studios, and we are indebted to Howard and Chris for their incredible work, and to John Landgraf and everyone at FX who have been fantastic partners," said Fox 21 Television Studios president Bert Salke today. "We feel the show is a gem and we'd love to find a way to keep it in production. That said, we want to be realistic about its prospects. So for its loyal audience, tonight's episode will be a satisfying end should the series not find another home, but also provides interesting possibilities should we be able to continue on some other platform."
Focusing on the return of the youngest son from his life in America to eventually taking over his family's position of power, Tyrant debuted on June 24, 2014. Never a ratings heavy-hitter, the politically charged series went through several changes over its run and saw the addition of Chris Noth and The Americans alum Annet Mahendru to its cast this season.
Executive produced by Gordon, Raff, Chris Keyser and Avi Nir, Tyrant was produced by Fox 21 Television Studios and FX Productions.
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James' story
I first met James in 2014. He was 24 years old. Described as having a severe learning disability, autism, and behaviours that seriously challenged, he had spent many years in a long-stay hospital. Any attempt to move him to residential care had failed catastrophically.
I was introduced to James as part of a team who were tasked with designing a service that would finally make this move successful. My role on that team was to advise on positive behavioural support. However, that was only short-term and, having finally met James, I was determined to do whatever I could to transform this young man's life. I successfully applied to be manager of James' new residential support service – and began an incredible journey alongside him.
First steps
My first step in this role was to recruit a team to support James and start a gentle transition from hospital to home. This transition was never going to be easy, but from early on, we started to see that every bit of positive contact improved the quality of James' life ever so slightly.
Through giving James choices and options, and supporting him proactively, we very quickly saw his most challenging behaviours extinguish. He became visibly more comfortable in the company of other familiar people, his communication significantly improved, and he began to sing, whoop, and smile.
At the same time as we were getting to know James, we were also working hard behind the scenes with many other partners to make sure that his new home would provide the best environment for him. We had to consider every possible detail as we knew it was probably his last chance at life outside hospital.
Finally, everything came together and James was able to make the move.
The transition
The transition was never going to be an easy one for James. There was a possibility that he would never accept his new home. The first few weeks proved to be just as difficult as we expected. Initially, he refused to move beyond a single room in the house – his place of safety.
There were many discussions around what to do in James' best interest during this time involving his family, advocates, social workers, our commissioners, and specialist health professionals. Slowly, through gentle encouragement and persuasion, staff supported him to adjust to his new surroundings. Gentle routines were re-introduced, and James finally began to settle in. He began to sing, whoop and walk with a swagger again.
Gentle progress
Small step by small step, his progress has continued. He is now not only comfortable in his new home, but enjoying regular trips out. These might be simple things that many of us naturally take for granted, but they seemed impossible for James just a year ago.
James' support team have walked alongside him every step of the way and have celebrated every one of his achievements. Here's a story from one them, Robert, that shows just how far James has come and what this means to his team:
"As we set off to drive, I asked James to point which way he wanted to go – he made a strong showing of pointing left so that's where we headed. We planned to stop at the garage I usually take James for an ice cream. As we neared the garage, he pointed at it and banged the window, so we pulled in and parked. My colleague Sarah headed into the garage and when I reassured James she was buying him an ice cream, he began swaying from side to side whooping and smiling from ear to ear – he looked amazing, so happy, it was so brilliant!
"We headed to a nearby green and pulled over to eat our ice creams. As James ate his, Sarah and I ate ours. Then, a car and a work van pulled up either side of us, and in both vehicles the people inside were eating ice creams too. It was such a lovely few moments, where three vehicles and every person in them were all equals, gently taking in the sunshine and enjoying our ice creams as one.
"James' smile was so wide. He ate his ice cream and we set back off on our drive. James again pointed which direction he wanted to go, and away we went – we saw cows, goats, sheep, and dogs chasing tennis balls.
"It was such a lovely morning. James was awesome, he looked so content and for those few moments – eating his ice cream in the car with the other passengers and drivers – he wasn't a guy with autism, he was a regular Joe, doing everyday things in his community, just like everybody else."
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Rat Terrier
Origin: United States
AKC Group: Terrier
Height: Standard: 12 - 35 inches; mini: 6 - 8 inches (Male)
Weight: Standard, 12-35 pounds (5-16 kg); mini, 6-8 pounds (3-4 kg) (Male)
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Originally a cross between the Smooth Fox Terrier and the Manchester Terrier, the Rat Terrier excelled at something that was very popular in England in the early 1800s: killing rats. The Rat Terrier first arrived in the United States in the late 1800s and became a favorite of President Theodore Roosevelt. American breeders crossed the Rat Terrier with the Smooth Fox Terrier (which brought white into the coat) and also with the Beagle and Whippet (for trailing, hunting, stamina and speed). In addition to ratting, the standard-sized Rat Terrier is used to hunt squirrels, raccoons, wild boar, deer and other varmints; mini Rat Terriers are expert at hunting smaller quarries.
President Theodore Roosevelt said of his favorite dog, a Rat Terrier named Skip,"[He] was a good hunter and fighter and would stand his ground before a bear or lynx at bay. But Skip was also a loving little dog."


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The difference between David Cameron and Tony Blair is that Blair was better at disguising his intentions. He would never have announced, for example, the sale of public forests. Instead he might have promised "a world-class forest estate" in which "walker-led beacon-foundation woodlands" would be managed through "partnerships with a plurality of recreational providers". Ten years later we would discover that our forests had mysteriously fallen into the hands of timber companies, and were being felled in the name of customer choice.
Nor would he have done anything as stupid as this government's attempt to transform the NHS in one bill. Cameron sought to dig himself out of his hole on Monday, but too late. His claim that "there will be no privatisation … no cherry-picking from private providers" reminds us that privatisation and cherry-picking are the likely outcomes of his bill. Blair would have allowed private interests to keep spreading through the health service as slowly and quietly as dry rot. In their book The Plot Against the NHS, Colin Leys and Stewart Player show that Cameron's health and social care bill consolidates a plan that has been fermenting for many years.
You could date the programme to John Major's creation of an internal market in the 1990s. But Leys and Player reckon the crucial moment was July 2000 – when the Independent Healthcare Association, negotiating a concordat with Blair's government, spelled out what it wanted: "The NHS would simply be a kitemark attached to the institutions and activities of a system of purely private providers." The government, Leys and Player show, set out to make this happen. Its reforms crept in: buried in the NHS plan in 2000, in the concordat of the same year, in the NHS improvement plan of 2004. Here is how New Labour began the process of turning the NHS into little more than a logo.
In 2002 the health secretary, Alan Milburn, announced the creation of NHS foundation trusts. They would be supervised by a new body, Monitor, that now plays a crucial role in Cameron's bill. They could borrow on the money markets, start joint ventures with private companies and, most importantly, go bust. This meant that they had to put financial viability first, patients' needs second: they behave like private companies or they sink. Though there was no competition on price, the foundation trusts are the fissures into which Cameron now inserts his crowbar.
In 2003 Milburn's successor, John Reid, launched his independent sector treatment centres. These would be run by private companies but would use the NHS kitemark. They would perform routine operations: cataract surgery, hip and knee replacements. Doctors told Reid what would happen: the private companies would cherry-pick the easy cases, leaving the difficult, expensive ones with the NHS, which would also have to pick up the pieces if they botched an operation. This would drain crucial resources from hospitals, threatening some of them with bankruptcy.
Reid forced it through, and the centres did just as the doctors had warned. Over five years, £5.6bn was transferred from the NHS to private companies. Yet the crucial data on their costs and performance remain hidden.
In 2004 the government launched a new kind of contract for general practitioners: alternative provider medical services. This allowed primary care trusts to commission services from private companies: the wrecking ball that Cameron now swings.
Julian Le Grand, Blair's former health adviser, maintains that the coalition's plans are "a logical, sensible extension of those put in place by Tony Blair". On Monday Cameron used almost the same words. "Our changes are a logical extension of tried-and-tested policies initiated by governments of all parties in recent years." What he is seeking to do, he says, is to make their piecemeal reforms "effective across our NHS". As Leys and Player point out, the difference is "mainly that what had so far been more or less successfully concealed now came into the open".
This is not to suggest that the Conservatives are being candid: Cameron's speech was stuffed with elisions and deceptions. He falsely claimed that he is protecting the NHS budget from cuts and increasing NHS funding in real terms. In a marvellously devious formulation, he asserted that "it's time we had the confidence to say we should have some of the best health outcomes in Europe". We can say it with confidence because we already do.
Worse still, most of the ills he listed – hospitals failing to balance their books, overlapping layers of waste and bureaucracy, irrational decisions about who gets treated where – arise from reforms of the kind he wants to extend. Leys and Player show that the administrative costs of the NHS climbed from 5% to 14% in the three decades to 2003, partly as a result of the costs of implementing John Major's internal market. In the US, administration swallows one third of health spending.
This programme seeks to model one of the most efficient and cost-effective health services in the world – the NHS – on one of the least: the US system. OECD figures show that healthcare in the US costs $7,500 per person per year. The OECD average is $4,500. In the UK it costs $3,500. Yet while the US system is plagued with fraud and lawyers, while it overtreats the rich and dumps the poor in the street, the NHS came out top of the countries surveyed in the journal Health Affairs on most measures of public confidence and public access. (The US came bottom.) As Major did with the railways, Cameron wants to take a functioning system and smash it into chaotic fragments.
Why have successive governments insisted on policies that are likely to raise costs and reduce standards? In February Will Hutton wrote an interesting column in the Observer, in which he argued that the postwar economic boom was propelled by the inventions of the first half of the 20th century. Over the past 20 years, however, productivity growth has been driven less by innovation than by laying people off, outsourcing, reducing terms and conditions, paying less tax. A parasitic corporate sector has been developing, sucking wealth from the common treasury.
There was one element he left out. The richest opportunities for capital exist within that part of the economy controlled by the state. Here, because the government cannot allow services to fail, the risks are low and the gains, for early movers, can be astronomical. An army of lobbyists, assisted by the corporate media, has been demanding ever greater access. Blair discovered that as long as you conceal your plans, you can give the CBI, Rupert Murdoch and Lord Rothermere what they want and get away with it. If you show your hand, as Cameron has done, you blow it.


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Hall Research Model VS4-YC and VS4-YCA Video Switches
Mar 9, 2006 8:00 AM
Hall Research Technologies announces the addition of two S-Video active switches to its product line. The Model VS4-YC, which is a compact 4-in x 1-out S-Video switch, and the VS4-YCA S-Video plus Stereo Audio Switch.
Both units have four individual push-buttons for the selection of input with corresponding LED indicators. The devices feature an RS-232 port and include a cable for controlling the switch remotely via a serial device. Both units can be set to scan all inputs at user selectable intervals. All input and output connectors are conveniently located on the rear panel.
- Can be controlled manually or via RS-232 serial port
- Output can be blanked
- Scan Mode to cycle through inputs automatically
- Infinite switching cycle life
- Includes power adaptor and serial cable for control
- Installs in minutes
- LED Indicators
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DeWine opposes moves by lawmakers to forbid local bans on plastic bags
Gov. Mike DeWine wants lawmakers to bag bills that would further diminish the home-rule authority of Ohio's local governments.
The governor opposes a pair of bills crafted by fellow Republicans to forbid municipalities and counties from enacting the environmentally friendly step of banning single-use plastic bags by groceries and other stores.
Cuyahoga County (although Cleveland may opt out) and the Columbus suburb of Bexley have joined cities around the nation insisting on the use of reusable or paper bags to limit plastic pollution and divert the material from the waste stream.
But some lawmakers object, fearing a patchwork of differing regulations across the state would constitute a business-unfriendly slap at Ohio employers.
DeWine, who could potentially veto any bill banning bag bans, said Wednesday it would be a "mistake" for the legislature to override local government decisions.
"I think the state government should allow local communities to do what they think is best," he said. "We ought to allow each community to figure this out.
"There's not a day that goes by there is not a story of problems connected to plastics ... horror stories connected to our streams and oceans," DeWine added.
More than three dozen opponents testified against Senate Bill 222 — and its move to prevent local governments from banning plastic — before the Senate Local Government, Public Safety and Veterans Affairs Committee on Tuesday.
The opposition was led by city, county and township officials, including Bexley Mayor Ben Kessler.
The mayor said his city wants to reduce "nondegradable waste permeating our sewer systems and waterways, tangled in our treetops and tying up the machinery at our local recycling processing center."
However, the thrust of his testimony centered on state lawmakers continuing to undermine the ability of local officials to govern their communities.
"The Ohio Constitution has imbued local governments with the right of home rule, and this a cut-and-dry home rule issue. I exhort you to validate home rule and to reinforce the precept that I know many of you hold: that government at its best is local, self determinative and representative of the will of its people."
Sen. Michael Rulli, R-Salem, whose family owns grocery stores, says his bill seeks "to protect the ability to manufacture recyclable, sustainable products to better ensure a healthy economy in Ohio."
House Bill 242, which also would forbid local plastic bag bans, passed committee on June 27, but has not advanced to a floor vote. The House passed such a bill last year, but it died because the Senate did not act prior to the end of session.
Ohio's local governments have fought for years against state laws they see as eroding their authority to call shots locally, including a state law that prohibits local governments from enacting gun ordinances more restrictive than state law.
The Ohio Supreme Court recently voted to accept an appeal from the city of Columbus seeking to overturn lower-court rulings invalidating the city's ban on bump stocks, which also are forbidden under federal law. A bump stock enables a semi-automatic gun to be rapidly fired.


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Vince Staples Ain't Trying To F*ck Up Nothin' On "FUN!"
Vince Staples is back on the block with E-40 & Ty Dolla $ign on "FUN!"
Vince Staples was relatively quiet this year with the exception of his track, "GTFOMD" which he promoted by launching a GoFundMe and inviting fans to contribute to his retirement fund. A few weeks ago, the rapper took to Twitter to tease new music. "You know them tweets everybody send out insinuating they got new music ? This one of those," he wrote on Twitter. Keeping to his promise, the rapper announced his new project, FM earlier this week and today, he's blessed us with eleven brand new track including "FUN!"
Vince Staples comes through with the video for his new song, "FUN!" off of FM. "FUN!" was co-produced by Kenny Beats and Hagler. Both of them produced the majority of the project. Kenny Beats and Hagler deliver an 808-heavy, west coast beat with traces of electronic.
Although not credited as a feature on the track, Vince Staples does get some assistance from the Bay Area legend, E-40 who's heard on the adlibs and the outro of the track.
Quotable Lyrics
Christian Dior, I'm Crippin' Bior
Made her uh-oh, let the mission endure
Gave a little money to me now I want more
Don't be lookin' funny when we come up in the store


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This is a guest post by Catherine Sietkiewicz
Melbourne Scene: When I picture ancient Egypt the colour palette is particularly beige, dotted with sparse green and a long blue sliver of the Nile passing through. But Tutankhamun and The Golden Age of the Pharaohs, rages a riot of colour and life across that distant, intangible image.
Pieced together by the National Geographic Society, the exhibition at the Melbourne Museum comes from Cairo and details life in the time of the 18th Dynasty and of a nine year old boy (born 1341 BC) who became Pharaoh and was worshipped as his name sake, Tutankhamun – "the image of the living God". The ten tomb-like exhibition rooms bring you face to face with history and into daily life in Egypt with vivid turquoises, rich greens, burnt terracotta and as Howard Carter, Tut's discoverer, so precisely said, "everywhere, the glint of gold."
Walking through it's almost impossible to believe that the sculpted eyes of ancient gods and goddesses such as the beautiful Nefertiti, and the hand carved chairs with worn, woven seats are over three thousand years old.
Though the gold which glitters amongst ancient precious stones and on carved ornaments left me wondering if perhaps Midas had in fact been an Egyptian mummifier, what struck me most is the sheer humanity captured in the glass cabinets. The small hand carved wooden children's games and toys which Tut, who died mysteriously aged nineteen, was buried with and his two tiny mummified stillborn children, adorned with all the delicate care of the Pharaoh himself made what I once imagined a rigid, lost civilization, a startlingly 3D, so-tangible-I-could-touch-it society.
Egyptians had an inseparable bond with beliefs of an "afterlife," and this focus on the life to come greatly affected how they lived in the flesh. One belief in Egyptian tradition was that "to speak the names of the dead is to make them live again," and though perhaps not the afterlife they envisaged all those years ago, it has in a way proved true. Through Tutankhamun and The Golden Age of The Pharaohs these gods and goddesses truly do breathe second life.
Tutankhamun and The Golden Age of The Pharaohs is on at the Melbourne Museum (direct from the Cairo Museum) until December, tickets available through www.kingtutmelbourne.com.au and with over 350,000 sold in the first two months alone, I recommend you book soon!


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Workout Blues
Friday is a day that I workout with my trainer, Jared, and I have to admit, I'm not wildly excited to work out today. Most days, I look forward to ending the week with a good sweat! I feel like I'm ready to tackle the weekend.
In my health and wellness journey, there are days where I feel like I can fly on a run and pump iron like Hercules and yet others where I feel like I have lead in my shoes. I can't seem to get motivated to get up and get out the door.
How do you combat the workout blues? Here are a few things I do:
- Go exercise anyway: Working with a trainer is motivation. It holds me accountable to show up and put forth the effort. However, even on days when I struggle to get out the door, I remind myself how I might feel if I don't go. It often outweighs my decision to stay home and binge watch Tidying Up.
- Support a good habit: Working out – regardless of how you feel – is a good habit and one that I have spent time (and money) to build. For me, this is motivation, too. In addition, it helps build strength and resolve, which has carried over to other parts of my life – like building a budget at work (yuck!).
- Ask for help: When I have the workout blues, I often will tell my trainer. He often will help me reframe my outlook. Recently, he urged me to start my workout by doing some deep breathing. While warming up, we cited things that I was grateful for – my strong legs, my awesome arms, my eyes to see – that kind of thing. It may sound silly but it works. A little gratefulness goes a long way, believe me.
- Rewards: I like rewards! Today, I stopped and got my favorite coffee from Einstein Bros. Bagels – Vanilla Hazelnut. I have been trying to cut back on buying coffee out (the cost adds up!) but it was worth it this morning. I felt like I was getting a treat.
Bottom Line: Don't give up. It's just hard sometimes. Regardless of how I feel, I try to find the energy to show up – even if I only jog one mile or make it through one set of weights. It may not be my best workout, but I'm going to give it my best and not beat myself up if I struggle or cut my workout short. Once I'm done, I know I'll feel differently. It's OK to take a break and recharge if needed. Let your body and mind be your guide. But these moments of struggle I find a bit of courage and resilience I didn't know I had.


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At DockerCon 2017 we introduced LinuxKit: A toolkit for building secure, lean and portable Linux subsystems. Here are the key principles and motivations behind the project:
- Secure defaults without compromising usability
- Everything is replaceable and customizable
- Immutable infrastructure applied to building Linux distributions
- Completely stateless, but persistent storage can be attached
- Easy tooling, with easy iteration
- Built with containers, for running containers
- Designed for building and running clustered applications, including but not limited to container orchestration such as Docker or Kubernetes
- Designed from the experience of building Docker Editions, but redesigned as a general-purpose toolkit
- Designed to be managed by external tooling, such as Infrakit or similar tools
- Includes a set of longer-term collaborative projects in various stages of development to innovate on kernel and userspace changes, particularly around security
For this Online Meetup, Docker Technical Staff member Rolf Neugebauer gave an introduction to LinuxKit, explained the rationale behind its development and gave a demo on how to get started using it.
Watch the recording and slides
You'll find below a list of additional questions asked by attendees at the end of the online meetups:
You said the ONBOOT containers are run sequentially, does it wait for one to finish before it starts the next?
Yes, the nest ONBOOT container is only started once the previous one finished.
How do you make our own kernel to use?
See ./docs/kernels.md
How you would install other software that is not a container per say – eg sshd?
Everything apart from the init process and runc/containerd run in a container. There is an example under ./examples/sshd.yml on how to run a SSH server.
Can I load kernel modules – iptables/conntrack for example?
Yes. You can compile modules and add them to the image as described in ./docs/kernels.md. There is an open issue to allow compilation of kernel modules at run time.
Does it have to be Alpine linux – can it be say minimal Debian?
We mainly use Alpine for packages. The base rootfile system is basically busybox with a minimal init system, which we are planning to replace with a custom init program. You can create packages with Debian, if you like.
How we make data persistent like docker volumes to outside of linuxkit box?
There are examples on how to format/mount and use persistent disks, e.g., ./examples/docker.yml which uses a persistent disk to store docker images.
Bonus Talk: LinuxKit Security SIG
Last week, we also had the first meeting for the LinuxKit Security Special Interest Group (SIG) – a group dedicated to discussing exciting ongoing security projects in LinuxKit and the upstream Linux community.
The LinuxKit Security SIG meetings are open to the public and occur every other Wednesday – come join us for our next meeting on June 7th at 9am PST!
Learn more about LinuxKit and other components of the Moby Project


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Directed by Richard Rush
Starring Alan Arkin, James Caan, Loretta Swit, Jack Kruschen, Mike Kellin, Paul Koslo, Linda Marsh, Alex Rocco, Valerie Harper
Warner Archive has announced Freebie And The Bean (1974) for an upcoming Blu-Ray release. Some will probably ask why.
This highly un-PC movie, which switches from violent action flick to comedy almost frame by frame, divides film fans more than about movie I can think of (those that even remember it). Many hate it for the reasons I just listed. Me, I love it — partly for those same things.
But there's more to it than that. It's a master class in vehicular stunts — they tear up a lot of cars in this thing, and it always looks like actual pedestrians are in real peril. It's got both Alex Rocco and Paul Koslo in it. Alan Arkin is as good as ever, and James Caan was on a real roll at this time — The Godfather (1972), Slither (1973, a personal favorite), The Gambler (1974), The Godfather: Part II (1974) and Rollerball (1975).
What's more, the Blu-Ray will give us a chance to really appreciate Laszlo Kovacs' Panavision San Francisco photography, which takes us to places you don't see in more scenic SF films like Vertigo (1958), Bullitt (1968) and What's Up, Doc? (1972). It's a great-looking, gritty movie. And, in my opinion, it's a thousand times better than the cop/buddy movies that came later, like those Lethal Weapon things. I can't wait to see it in high definition.


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Controlling the climate control system using voice control
Commands for voice control of the climate control system in order to e.g. change temperature, activate a heated seat* or change fan level.
Voice control of radio and media
Commands for radio and media player device control are shown below.
Voice recognition
Voice control* , the navigation system can also be controlled with voice recognition.
Using voice recognition
Updating voice control
Volvo is working constantly on improving voice control in your car. You can download files yourself for updating your car's voice control. Updating occurs in two stages using an empty USB memory.
Tips for improving voice control
A few tips that might be useful to bear in mind when using voice control are listed below.
Settings for voice recognition
Settings for the voice control system are selected here.
Command list for voice control of the navigation system*
Several navigation system functions can be activated with voice commands. A list of them follows below.
Controlling a telephone with voice recognition
Call a contact, have messages read aloud or dictate brief messages with voice control commands to a Bluetooth connected telephone.
Voice control of text messages
Voice recognition allows you to control functions in the car, e.g. reading out text messages from a connected mobile phone.
Controlling the navigation system using voice control*
If your car is equipped with Sensus Navigation you can use voice control to give spoken commands in order to control parts of your navigation system.


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What is you role on the team? What do you do?
I am the lieutenant – better known as the lefty – who is responsible for ensuring that the administration of Publications Committee runs smoothly. I am also there to assist Clare in her editorship should she require it.
Why should people get involved with the QMU as a whole?
I got involved in the QMU through wanting to make changes to a union that I thought best represented the student body as a whole, and one that was able to change with the membership with a way that the other three were unable. Making a difference here doesn't require anything else but determination to improve the student experience for fellow learners and I would recommend the experience to anyone who has walked in the building and thought that the QMU could do better.
What advice will you pass on to the next Lefty?
I would say to the next Lefty that they should be ready to assist the convener as much as possible. You help them to realise the ideas that they have for the magazine. You also have to ensure that the committee is well fed with Percy Pigs, and that the Facebook group is updated with accurate task lists!


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Morning Vid: Is the Tea Party on Its Last Legs?
Keith Olbermann takes stock of Tuesday's races
Were Tuesday's decisive primary losses in Missouri and Michigan the beginning of the end for the Tea Party? MSNBC's Keith Olbermann would like to think so. "In race after race," observed Olbermann on Countdown last night, "the Tea Party wing of the Republican Party was unable even to win over the Republican wing of the Republican Party." Princeton professor Melissa Harris-Lacewell joined Olbermann to help take stock of what Tuesday's results mean for the movement as a whole.
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
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The Federal Court has dismissed an appeal by Australia Post that digital mail service Digital Post Australia infringed on its trade mark.
In 2012, Digital Post Australia successfully defended Australia Post's allegations of trade mark infringement, misleading and deceptive conduct and passing off.
In a ruling handed down in August last year, the Federal Court dismissed all claims and awarded costs to Digital Post Australia.
Australia Post appealed the decision. On Friday, the Federal Court upheld the original judgement, finding that "in our view, the primary judge did come to the correct conclusion in finding no deceptive similarity between the marks of Digital Post Australia and Australia Post".
David Hynes, chairman of Digital Post Australia, said the company was confident the original decision would be upheld.
"We were first to market, trading under a name that accurately reflects what we do," he said in a statement.
Both companies have been locked in a battle to win over Australian consumers with their respective digital mail services. Digital Post Australia switched on its service early in November last year. The free service enables users to receive, organise and store essential mail digitally in one secure location.
Digital Post Australia said almost 1000 Australian companies had opted to make mail available through its service. These included publicly listed companies that make dividend statements, proxy voting forms, annual reports and other communications available to their shareholders through the service.
The Australia Post Digital MailBox was made available to the public earlier this year and AMP, Telstra and Yarra Valley Water are current providers, the company said.
There are also a number of local council and regional water authorities around the country using the mailbox, with more to come on-line in the new year.
Related: Fuji Xerox sells its stake in Digital Post Australia. Related: Australia Posts mail business to lose $200 million this year. Related: Australia Post's digital mailbox investment speculative: analyst.
In an emailed response to CIO, Australia Post said it was disappointed with the outcome of the case as it leaves open the possibility of ongoing confusion for consumers.
"We will consider how to respond to the judgement in due course," the company said in the statement.


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How Much Battery Life Do Your Apps Zap? This Tool Will Check
Design & Innovation
A Beginner's Guide to Wireframing
How to Successfully Gamify Your App
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As I prepare for this time I have been challenged by the following video
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When it comes to mobile ministry it seems that we're never satisfied to leave it to just talking in millions or tens of millions- the numbers typically come out in hundreds of millions or billions. The number of people with mobile phones, phones with this or that capability, etc, Honestly, I've gotten almost numb throwing numbers in the billions around. That is, until I saw a chart yesterday that me realize, once more, what a rapidly changing world we live in and how important it is that we leverage this technology that the Lord has provided for us for such a time as this, when the number of billions of the unreached dying apart from Christ have never been higher.
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The brutal truth? Most apps sink without a trace
How to Build a Mobile App That Won't Drain Your Battery
Chart of the Day: The Fastest Growing Most Popular App Categories
Mozilla Close to Cracking HTML5 Mobile Hardware Integration for Android
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Esther Abrahams
b.1771 d.1846
Convicted of stealing
lace and pregnant,
Esther Abrahams was
transported to Australia on
the First Feet. On
the Voyage out she
became the companion
of Lt. George Johnston.
With him she founded the
Annandale Estate and
bore his 7 children. In
her own right she made
a success of the
estate and its diverse
This Place
The pavilion and park
stand on what was
once a shallow bay
fringed by mangroves,
mudflats and sandstone
outcrops. Until the arrival
of Europeans, it was the
home of the Gadigal
clan of the Eora people.
Introduced diseases
and competition for
land and water
resources led to the
displacement &
severe reduction
in numbers.
This pavilion was constructed in 2002 for the enjoyment of residents of surrounding
communities and dedicated on the 26th May 2002 by the Mayor of Leichhardt
Councillor Marc Sheehan and Councillors
Kate Butler
Kris Kruden
Nick Dyer
Hall Greenland
Mark Hewitt
Padraic McGuiness
Carol McVeigh
Alice Murphy
Jamie Parker
– Deputy Mayor
Ruth Pilkington
Chris Windsor
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Hey everybody!
Tonight I was invited to the opening of the first temporary MAC store of Benelux in Brussels, and I got to see Hey, Sailor! which is coming out in Belgium tomorrow (5th of May) and apparently on the 24th in the US. This is the FIRST TIME EVER in my memory that Belgium is getting a collection before the US, and I really can't wait to share with you all the swatches and the demonstration by the mega talented and VERY nice senior artist Elke!
First up we have the lipglass swatches in Cut Loose, Blessedly, Riviera Life, Oragne Tempera, Send Me Sailing. Riviera Life is my personal favorite, and from swatching it I have the impression that it's an easy formula to work with!
Next up we have the lipsticks in Salute! (amplified), To Catch a Sailor (frost), Sail La Vie (satin), and Red Racer (satin).
Pigment in Old Gold (my personal FAVORITE of the whole collection. Good news it's permanent!), and Naval Blue. Powder Blushes in Launch Away!, Fleet Fast, and the High-Light Powder in Crew. Crew swatches a bit pink, but I was told it doesn't look this pink when worn.
Eyeshadows in Crystal Avalanche (Veluxe Pearl), Barefoot (Veluxe Pearl), Feeling Fresh (frost), Jaunty (frost), and Nautical (satin). The eyeshadows in general performed pretty well when I swatched them. Feeling Fresh is a bit drier and chalky, but as you can see it is still very pigmented and the color is gorgeous!
Powerpoint Eye Pencils in Handforged, Emerald Sea, and Blue Stripe. Pro Longwear Lip Pencils in Throw Me a Line!, Shore Leave, and Saunter. In my swatching experience Saunter has a drier texture compared with the other two.
I have never tried any Powerpoint Eye Pencils before, and I must admit I was pleasantly surprised by the creamy texture! I can't tell much more beyond this, but the first impression is good!
This collection contains four bronzers, including Bronzing Powder in Soft Sand, Refined Golden, and Pro Longwear Bronzing Powder in Nude On Board, Sun Dipped.
If this picture looks different, it's because Teri from Bellachique kindly shared hers with me. Mine turned out a bit too small! Thanks Teri!
The Suntints SPF 20 Liquid Lip Balm in Sea Mist, Au Rosé, Abalone; To the Beach Body Oil in Seaside, Man Rays. My favorite is Au Rosé, because of the pretty golden shimmer! I also appreciate the fact that it as an SPF. Lips need some sun protection too!
Now let's move on to the demonstration so you can see how to recreate the look of the promotional image. The demonstration is done by Elke, a senior artist who is one of the most friendly people you can ever meet! The model is the lovely Elfi from Glam at Heart.
Here we go!
Lining the eyes with Blue Stripe.
Nautical in the crease, Feeling Fresh blended in the middle, Barefoot in the inner third.
That's the eyes done!
Some bronzer.
The lips are first filled with Throw Me a Line! and then layered with Red Racer. To get the nice sheen the model on the promotional image has, Elke finished the lips with some Suntints SPF 20 Liquid Lip Balm in Au Rosé.
Some To the Beach Body Oil in Seaside later,
We're done! Look at the brilliantly colorful smokey eye!
I salute you, sailor!
I must still have 100 photos to share with you, but now this tired blogger has to go to bed. I will share more pictures of the temporary store, the great staff, and my bestie's sneaky pictures of me going NUTS swatching the entire collection soon! Please check these out on Facebook. Already here is a picture of me swatching away like a frantic beauty blogger. I will keep updating the album throughout the weekend so stay tuned and LIKE Mostly Sunny on Facebook for all the behind-the-scene great stuff!
What do you think of the collection? Is there anything you might pick up? All in all I think it's a fun summer collection with a lot of twists, and there is something for everybody!
Sunny, your beauty culture translator xx
PS: The MAC temporary store is open from May 4th to the beginning of August, Monday to Saturday 10-19, Friday 10-20. The permanent store will open in September 2012.
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Woluwe Shopping Center
200 Rue Saint-Lambert, 1200 Woluwe-Saint-Lambert Brussels
The mall has a huge parking lot, but it is also easily accessible with public transportation. Just get off at metro station Roodebeek (Line 1), and you can enter the mall from one of the exits. Hope this helps 🙂


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- We need to make decisions based upon what we know to be right, rather than letting others tell us what to do.
- We need to think for ourselves, rather than listening to what others tell us to think.
- We need to love our friends for who they are, rather than believing what others tell us about them.
Success in Circuit lies
Too bright for our infirm Delight
The Truth's superb surprise
As Lightning to the Children eased
With explanation kind
The Truth must dazzle gradually
Or every man be blind---
Glory be to God for dappled things –
For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow;
For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim;
Fresh-firecoal chestnut-falls; finches' wings;
Landscape plotted and pieced – fold, fallow, and plough;
And áll trádes, their gear and tackle and trim.
All things counter, original, spare, strange;
Whatever is fickle, freckled (who knows how?)
With swift, slow; sweet, sour; adazzle, dim;
He fathers-forth whose beauty is past change:
Praise him.
What's your favorite book, quote, or poem that says to you, "THINK FOR YOURSELF!" ?
Jama has the Poetry Friday roundup this week at Jama's Alphabet Soup.


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The federal Constitution as well as Pennsylvania's laws, protect the rights of citizens to enjoy their private property by using it in a way they see fit. Of course, there are some exceptions to this general principle, and one of those is the eminent domain exception.
As this blog has discussed previously, Pennsylvania and even local authorities have the right to take private land and put it to public use so long as they pair a just price for the land, which is generally considered to be fair market value.
One question that may come up in eminent domain proceedings is what exactly constitutes a public use of private property. By way of an extreme example, the Mayor of Philadelphia would have no right to use eminent domain to get choice land in order to build his or her private residence, as doing so would not constitute a public use.
Generally speaking, the government cannot use eminent domain to take property and then give it to another private enterprise. More specifically, the law prohibits the government, whether as part of an economic revitalization plan or otherwise, from using eminent domain to force the sale of a piece of property and then sell it back to a corporation for cheaper than what the corporation otherwise would have paid for it.
There are some exceptions to this prohibition but, generally speaking, government can only take private property in order to directly promote the common good. Using eminent domain as a form of land use or economic planning is not allowed in Pennsylvania. If a person who has been threatened by a state agency with eminent domain feels these rules are being violated, they should consider speaking with a real estate attorney who has experience with eminent domain issues.


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New Changes to the Parent Education Program in Massachusetts
As a family law attorney, I'm often met with surprise (even outrage!) when I tell my clients that they're required to participate in a Parent Education Program in connection with their Massachusetts divorce. People always say that it's so much easier to get married than it is to get divorced, and that's not entirely without merit.
While everyone knows that divorce is a costly process, both financially and emotionally, litigants too often become so focused on their own pain that they lose sight of the emotional toll the process can put on their children. Recently there have been some important changes to the Parent Education Program.… Keep reading


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Three Part Series on Thimerosal and Vaccines by F. Edward Yazbak MD, FAAP
Below are three articles by Dr. Edward Yazbak on Thimerosal and vaccinations:
Thimerosal Containing Vaccines, Part I
In the Dark
by F. Edward Yazbak MD, FAAP
Read Part I HERE
This series on thimerosal-containing vaccines (TCV) is a critical review of the subject and what is known about it at this time. (Spring 2011)
Thimerosal is not my primary area of interest. I therefore promise to be extra careful documenting the facts and even more careful commenting on them.
Because the CDC only promotes vaccines and vaccination, the write-up about Thimerosal in vaccines on the CDC web site is relatively short:
Thimerosal is a mercury-containing preservative used in some vaccines and other products since the 1930's. There is no convincing evidence of harm caused by the low doses of thimerosal in vaccines, except for minor reactions like redness and swelling at the injection site. However, in July 1999, the Public Health Service agencies, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and vaccine manufacturers agreed that thimerosal should be reduced or eliminated in vaccines as a precautionary measure.
Thimerosal Containing Vaccines, Part II
Part II: WHO
The featured article on the World Health Organization (WHO) web site on March 15, 2011 was, as expected, about the "Japanese government taking appropriate protective measures" by asking people living within 20 km of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to evacuate and those between 20 km and 30 km to stay indoors in unventilated rooms. The detailed information about the catastrophe was presented as several well written pages of questions and answers starting with the all-important: "What is the current risk of radiation-related health problems in Japan to those near the reactor at the time, and those in other parts of Japan?"
WHO was doing what it was supposed to do!
It was responding to a health threat and informing everyone in a balanced scientific and timely fashion!
It was acting responsibly!
Thimerosal Containing Vaccines, Part III
Part III: Convincing Evidence
PubMed is a service of the US National Library of Medicine (NLM) of the US National Institutes of Health. According to its main page, "PubMed comprises more than 20 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites."
On March 25, 2011, I accessed PubMed and searched for "thimerosal, vaccine".
I found 396 citations, the most recent of which (listed as # 1- PMID: 21350943) published on-line February 25, 2011. It was titled "Integrating Experimental (In Vitro and In Vivo) Neurotoxicity Studies of Low-dose Thimerosal Relevant to Vaccines" and authored by Dr. J G Dórea of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidade de Brasília, Brazil. This article will be discussed in some detail later.
Readers interested in following this discussion may want to access PubMed at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/. Alternative searches for "thimerosal vaccine", "vaccine, thimerosal" or "vaccine thimerosal" will also lead to the same listing.
The 396 titles with authorship and publication details are listed 20 per page on 20 pages. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=thimerosal%2C%20vaccine]


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Loving Jesus
Loving One Another
Loving our neighbors
Begun as a house church in 1999, New Southwest Baptist Church was started on the 1600 block of McHenry Street. Four weeks later, the church moved to the Christian Community Center on Hollins Street, where it remained for almost two years. In April of 1999, the church was approached about a building around the corner from Hollins Street. Within six months, the church was given the building, originally built in 1892. The previous owner, Southwest Baptist Church, was founded in the 1960's but had ceased meeting. Rejoicing to see a biblical church back in the community, several Southwest Baptist members transferred their membership to New Southwest Baptist Church.
The church weathered many storms during its first eight years as the body of Christ, but through those difficulties, God has assembled a group of people who are now family to one another and are seeking to grow deeper together and preserve the unity they have in Jesus.
The church's direction is clear, to obey the two greatest commandments and fulfill the Great Commission.
We as a church are seeking to Love Jesus, Love One Another and Love Our Neighbors.
We are learning to live by four questions:
Who is God? Everything must start with Theology, the study of God
What has He done? God is revealed through Christology, the study of Christ
Who are We? Knowing God through Christ, we can understand Ecclesiology, the study of the Church
What do we do? As a community given identity by Christ, we implement Missiology, the study of Missions


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Selling a Home: Best Time?
Chart of the Day asks, "When is the best time of the year to buy or sell a home?"
The answer to that question could save you a significant amount of money. Timing your home purchase or sale has a significant impact on price.
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"To create this chart, we compared each month's 1990-present 'national' average selling price to the entire 1990-present average to determine if home prices carried a premium or discount for any given month. As the chart shows, home buyers were willing to pay a significant premium during the summer when the weather was generally good and the kids were out of school."
Part of the reason for this is that parents prefer not to move kids mid-school year. If you can close no later than June or July, that allows you to have the kids in their new school from day one of the next school year.
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This chart is tracking a false statistic if it measures the date of closing rather than the date of agreement of sale.
In my part of the country (Delaware), parties typically enter into a sales agreement six weeks to three months before closing. Those high prices in the summer actually reflect deals made in the spring.
Posted by: Josh | May 27, 2005 2:15:30 PM
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text: Game Theory aims to help us understand situations in which decision-makers interact. It has become a standard methodology in Economics. This course provides a rigorous introduction to the main concepts of Game Theory and its applications. It covers the standard ways of representing games and the main concepts to analyze static and dynamic strategic settings, with complete or incomplete information. It also covers some of the most important economic applications of game-theoretic reasoning, including competition in oligopolistic markets, trade policy, bargaining, contracting situations, auctions, and signaling in labor markets.


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So, you've got yourself a great product or service, invested in a slick looking website – now all that's left is to reach out to potential customers and tell them all about it?
It sounds like a simple task, but in reality, many businesses find lead generation the hardest part of growing their business. Successfully generating leads, even for more established businesses, can prove tricky – particularly if businesses use the wrong tools or approach for their audience. With a sales potential of 20% from a nurtured lead alone, compared to a 'cold lead', businesses who focus their attention on good lead generation are far more likely to benefit compared to a company who doesn't focus on lead generation.
First, we look to explore just what B2B lead gen is and why it sounds simple but often proves the most difficult aspect of any business.
What Is Lead Gen?
The term 'lead' is used to refer to a customer or individual who may have shown interest in a service or product previously by leaving their contact details. Marketers often then use their details to re-market to the lead in the attempt to convert them, too.
What is B2B Lead Generation?
So, how is lead gen different in the world of B2B? There will be a lot of differences between B2C and B2B lead generation but one of the main differences is that B2B lead gen is the process of creating interest around a business or company, reaching potential leads (other businesses) using various methods to eventually convert them. In the B2C world, the customer is an individual who may be interested in a product or service.
How Different Is B2B vs B2C Lead Generation?
There are a few main differences between B2C and B2B lead generation, namely the audiences and how best to reach them, as well as the length of time it may take to finally convert. For example, in any B2C lead generation, there is usually only one decision-maker who will either be persuaded to convert or not. In B2B lead generation, there will no doubt be a few more decision-makers who will want to know what's in it for them, whether it benefits the business and even what the ROI could be before deciding whether to convert or not.
Our starter guide to B2B lead generation for businesses aims to address some of the concerns businesses can have as well as offer some advice on generating some high-quality leads that will hopefully result in conversions.
First- patience is a virtue!
The average lead generation process for a B2B company takes 5x longer than a B2C company which in the business world can feel like forever! Patience is, therefore, an essential part of this initial process for any budding B2B sales professional who may be new to the world of B2B lead gen.
The length of time it takes is partly due to the number of people involved when it comes to making decisions with company money. You may have the right contact, or 'lead', within the business, but ultimately the person signing off a deal between your business and theirs will probably be the one responsible for the purse strings. Having more people involved in the final decision-making process often indicates a delay in moving any deal forward. Sadly, it's just one of those things in the world of B2B and having patience with this process will help eliminate pressure and potential stress.
Identify your buyer
The first thing to establish when reaching new leads is to identify who you're speaking to. Whether it's a salesperson, a CFO or someone of mid-senior level, identify the audience you want to speak to. Then decide how best to reach these leads; would your business benefit more from the inbound or outbound marketing approaches?
- Inbound marketing– Generating a broad awareness of a company first, then re-markets the lead with engaging content before reaching out directly to high-value individuals within a company to convert the user.
- Outbound marketing– Also sometimes referred to as 'accounts-based' marketing, outbound reverses the inbound approach, identifying high-value individuals within companies, then nurtures them, encourages them to convert and continues to nurture the relationship after they convert.
….Then Focus on Their Needs
Once you've got your personas locked down, think about what they may be lacking or missing currently, and do some research to try and spot general pain points within their business. Identifying their issues will help you target them with solutions that your business can bring theirs- use their business's pain to your business advantage! Giving them potential answers will help build a trusting relationship, giving more authenticity to your services or business.
Choose The Right Tools
Whether it's CRM, jazzy re-marketing tools, an email marketing tool or a squeeze page generator – pick your tool to gain your leads. Make sure it's fitting to your business and the audience you want to attract- is an email campaign going to help you gain more leads than a targeted squeeze page, for example? Will investing in great CRM be the best option for your business? Never underestimate the power of social channels- remember, LinkedIn is a free tool that can often be overlooked in lead generation. There are also a number of B2B lead generation tools that may be worth investing in.
Use The Right Content
Once you have chosen your tools to reach the leads, the content will need to complement the channel of choice. There is no right or wrong type of content to use when reaching leads, it depends on many factors such as industry, the audience type and persona.
The lead generation process can take various shapes, for example:
- A company representative writes a great thought-leadership blog, using keyword research to identify what people are looking for, as well as being loosely related to the service their business provides. They then share it on LinkedIn.
- Some senior-level people in other companies see the article and are intrigued, clicking through and reading the article. A squeeze page then interrupts the reader after the third paragraph. It just asks for an email address then disappears and lets the reader continue.
- The contact information is then collected in the tool used, in the CMS in this instance, creating a database of high-quality, potential leads.
- After a couple of days, the company then re-targets these leads using an email campaign containing more engaging and relevant content, addressing the particular problems identified in their thought-leadership pieces and offering further advice and guidance on the topic.
After they have been re-contacted, it can then take time for them to get back to you or even to decide whether their company needs the service at that time. Whilst this example is just one of the many ways using the right content can help bag those lead generations, it highlights how using several different types of content complements the overall lead generation marketing approach.
Using social media and blog content to generate leads with 'free information', capturing their details on the squeeze page and then reaching out again with further, more informative content with the ultimate goal of generating a quality lead that will convert.
Generating New Leads For Business
Generating new leads for any business is by no stretch of the imagination as simple as just applying one of the methods above and kicking back to wait for the sales to flood in. Indeed, 61% of B2B marketers stating that generating high-quality leads is still one of the hardest parts of their jobs. It takes a lot of time and dedication, not to mention the time it takes to understand your core audiences and how best to reach them. Ultimately, it's down to a combination of things, such as how regularly you invest in creating campaigns, the size of the target company, whether your lead is the right contact, as well as industry and even the quality of the 'hook' to generate leads into converting customers.
Be prepared to test as many different approaches as possible too, as there certainly isn't a 'one size fits all' when it comes to B2B lead gen. Test everything from the content, the marketing approach, the platform- all aspects of your initial communications has the potential to be tested to see which version your potential 'leads' respond best to. A/B testing will really help your business gain meaningful results to learn from and hopefully create further communications that reach high-quality leads, using their preferred platform and giving them just the right amount of information to want to learn more from your business.


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- Desertnews.com released their NBA rankings Sunday morning, they ranked the Los Angeles Lakers higher than the Spurs due to the Spurs injury woes:
2. Spurs: Not the same team without Tim Duncan, which was obvious in last two losses.
- The Detroit News discusses the Spurs "swoon"; in particular, because of the Duncan injury:
It will be interesting to see if the Spurs can hang onto the best record in the NBA with Tim Duncan (left ankle) out.
Sure, he isn't the Duncan of old, but he's still a pretty good defender, rebounder and has a solid court presence.
- If you own a 3D television, you may be able to watch the NBA Finals in 3D; reports The Denver Post:
Two Nuggets games, most recently Wednesday's win against the Spurs, have been in 3-D, and ESPN 3-D will air the NBA Finals in June.
- Greg Jaklewicz writes a fascinating article about Spurs play-by-play announcer Bill Schoening:
They talked once, when Bill was maybe 17 and Springsteen in his mid-20s. Kid, the Boss asked him, what do you want to do in life?
Broadcast sports, Bill told him.
Well, do it, Springsteen advised. Whatever dues you have to pay, pay up. It's not about the money but doing something you love.
- Boston's number one Celtics blog RedsArmy.com, keeps an eye on the Spurs and other contenders.


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The Best Homemade Meatball Sub Ever
This meatball sub recipe swaps out the sandwich bread in favor of sweet potatoes stuffed with homemade meatballs and a secret sauce to top it off.
This meatball sub recipe swaps out the sandwich bread in favor of sweet potatoes stuffed with homemade meatballs and a secret sauce to top it off.
Sandwiches aren't often touted as a healthy meal choice, but they totally can be! A good paleo "bread" can be a great vehicle for healthy fillings like meats and veggies, so you shouldn't feel guilty about enjoying one. Try some of these paleo sandwich breads!
There are few things in life that are more enjoyable than ice cream sandwiches. This perfect marriage of ingredients combines crunchy cookies with soft and creamy ice cream that results in one of my all-time favorite desserts.
Try these paleo ice cream sandwich recipes including dairy free ice creams with fun flavors, and chewy, sturdy cookies, brownies, donuts, and other treats that are perfect for wrapping around a nice big dollop of ice cream.
The only thing better than a cookie is two cookies with something sweet and creamy in the middle. Am I right? Of course I am. So give these paleo sandwich cookie recipes a try, for grain-free, refined-sugar-free, dairy-free treats with fillings like frostings, cream, and ice cream!
There's no denying it: I love bread. I love sandwiches with bread. I love soup with a side of bread. I love bread drizzled with honey. I love bread. Non-Paleo eaters chide me all the time: "don't you miss bread?" But what they don't know is that I can still love my bread and eat…
When you go paleo, you kiss traditional sandwiches goodbye. There's no way around it—bread isn't paleo. But if there isn't a way around it, maybe there's a way through it. I'm talking about working WITH your paleo lifestyle instead of against it. Give these real-food sandwiches a try.
The first time that I tried to make a Paleo version of sandwich bread, I used sunflower seed butter. I used to really like the combination of honey and sunflower seeds in a loaf of bread, and since I had the sunflower seed butter on hand I used it instead of almond butter. I was…
Sooo … I was having one of my meatball sandwich dreams, there was even lovely Italian café music in the background and I started thinking about how I could replace the bread and there was a ping – zucchini. And then how about the ooey, gooey cheesiness – what oh what? There was a second…


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The outsourcing debate (continued)
Don't get sore, get smart
THE political heat around outsourcing has cooled as the threat it once seemed to pose to western service jobs has diminished. The emphasis now is on improving the process of outsourcing, both at home and offshore. In other words, if you have to do it, try and do it better. This book is a good place to start learning how—especially the penultimate chapter. Called "Five Key Areas to Focus On", it looks at financial engineering, legal issues, communications, human resources and tax.
If these sound like the sort of areas you would focus on in mergers and acquisitions, don't be surprised. For Jean-Louis Bravard is a former investment banker who now works for EDS, a leading outsourcing firm, and he brings his banking experience to bear on the subject, arguing that outsourcing should be treated much like M&A, for which it is in many cases a substitute. That means fully involving the company's top executives in outsourcing decisions, and expecting outsourcing to be subject to the same "degree of public and shareholder scrutiny" as M&A. It also means looking at many of the same things when judging whether a deal will work or not.
By and large, the authors shy away from the political hot potato of offshoring. When they do touch on it, it is to do little more than make the case for using third parties, such as EDS, IBM or Accenture, for all an organisation's outsourcing requirements. Why tussle with the onshore/offshore decision, they ask, when it can be passed over to experts (such as EDS) to decide for you where to locate your operations?
The authors make an important distinction between offshoring and outsourcing—"most of the processing industry in India still consists of in-house captive operations owned by the businesses that use them", they say. In other words, they are operations that have been sent offshore, but have not been outsourced to a third party. The authors then leave any further debate about offshoring for elsewhere.
Diana Farrell, director of the McKinsey Global Institute, the consulting firm's in-house think-tank, was one of the first to take the heat out of the issue. Initially, she pointed out how limited is the data on the phenomenon. In a report last year, the institute said that "the debate about offshoring has been fuelled by anecdote rather than fact." It then set about gathering data which, in turn, suggested some limits to offshoring.
It estimated, for instance, that only "13% of the potential talent supply in low-wage nations is suitable to work for multinational companies", and it cited three main reasons for this: the lack of language skills; the limited capacity of the educational systems of the offshoring hosts to impart practical skills; and the lack of cultural fit. Other evidence of limits—this time to the demand for offshoring rather than the supply—comes from a recent survey by Proudfoot, another firm of consultants. It found that over three-quarters of the companies it surveyed had no business functions carried out offshore; just over one-third had no business functions outsourced at all, neither at home nor abroad.
Now Ms Farrell has written an article called "Smarter Offshoring" (published in the June 2006 issue of the Harvard Business Review). Echoing Mr Bravard's title, it pleads for a more thoughtful approach to offshoring. She argues that "the most popular offshore sites for service functions are overheating." It is time, she says, for companies to look "beyond these hotspots and to base investment decisions not just on costs but also on talent, markets, strategic aims and appetite for risk." Much as you would with M&A.
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