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Social media is an important part of your website traffic. Google analytics can tell you how many people visit your site from Facebook, Twitter and other social media, but there's an entire area lost to analytics. Dark social isn't tracked by analytics and falls into the catchall of direct traffic.
It's the black hole where everything Google doesn't track gets lumped into. Direct traffic can come from 100 different sources, and it's of little help to people wanting to do traffic analysis.
Overview of dark social
When you share content, Google Analytics is supposed to tell you where it came from. If your traffic comes from email marketing, secure website, WhatsApp and other sources, it'll be placed into direct traffic. Many times, you can attribute dark social traffic to copied-and-pasted URLs into un-trackable platforms.
When someone uses an instant messenger and places a link, it goes into direct traffic. There are many ways to share content online, and dark social is a data hole that websites need to plug if they want proper analytics.
Why dark social matters
Understanding the traffic flow to your website means understanding the people coming to your site and why. When you can't analyze that traffic, you can't make informed decisions. When 100 people come to your site from Facebook, you might consider spending money to boost your posts
You won't know if 200 people came to your site from WeChat or Snapchat. It might make you reconsider Facebook and put marketing dollars behind those apps. You might consider increasing your Snapchat stories.
Messenger apps such as Facebook can use chatbots to share content. Perhaps more important is the ability to have a complete understanding of the social activities of your customers and how you use owned, earned and paid content.
Google analytics seems slow to track these other forms of social media and as the years go on the landscape will continue to change. The WhatsApp and WeChat of today can be something completely different a year from now.
Analytics still won't track it, so savvy marketers need to be on the forefront of popular apps and how you can leverage them for businesses.
Tools to track dark social
Google analytics may be unable to monitor these channels, but there are options.
Manual UTM tracking and segments. If you use email marketing, then you can manually track the URLs in your emails, so Google Analytics shows you the source. You can also create an advanced segment to track some dark social channels.
This requires you to be familiar with the advanced concepts of GA.
GetSocial.io. GetSocial.io is an app designed for tracking social media. You can use a WordPress Plugin to install, or you can paste a snippet of code onto your website. Once done, you'll start tracking dark social.
ShareThis. ShareThis is a tool that lets people share content to friends through many target platforms such as email, direct message and text message. You can use menu options to begin tracking dark social. This also requires placing code on your site.
Dark social isn't going away, and the failure to track it could negatively impact your business. Learn more about this subject and more by exploring our website.


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Flipped Learning Research Brief January 2018
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Review: Impossible Music by Sean Williams
Impossible Music
Sean Williams
Clarion Books
Published July 2, 2019
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About IMPOSSIBLE MUSIC
Before the stroke that left him deaf, music was Simon's life. Now, his band breaks up and even his future college career studying musical composition is in jeopardy. How can a deaf student study music?
The only bright spot in all of it is a fierce girl Simon meets at Auslan class, where he learns sign language to communicate. G seems just … Continue reading


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A simple story can still be interesting if the plot is executed nicely, and the story of the characters engages the reader. Love stories even more so. In India, though love marriages do happen, arranged marriages still rule the roost.
I'll start by applauding the cover design, which is quite grand, like a wedding. This story is of a marriage, where the characters Mili and Ahaan meet after years, slowly fall in love with each other and then get married. The story doesn't have any big twists and turns and flows well. The descriptions are appealing, and does its part to make it easy to imagine the setting.
There is something to like about each character, but that seems to be balanced by some things that don't quite feel enjoyable. Mili's character is fun. She's portrayed as a bubbly girl, with ambitions in a field that's not quite usual. She's a loving daughter as well. Somehow, there's a mystery to her too, and one that could have been a good platform to make the story much more interesting. Instead, the character doesn't get a complete makeover, and feels incomplete. While her dialogues and insecurities feel realistic, they also go beyond a level where the character begins to irk me, and tempts me to skip in between. Ahaan remembers Mili and falls in love with her at first sight, even before meeting her in person. His character feels sweet and determined too, and even at the end, the prince charming who comes gallantly to the rescue. But other than his love, true as it seems, for Mili, not much is revealed of him.
Plot lines that begin for the other smaller characters also feel like they are left open, which is a shame as their characters were interesting too. The parents who want the best for their child, but aren't that forceful when it comes to their vision of her future. The friends who support her, and the story that runs in that small town. The plans the couple have for after marriage.
I didn't finish the story in one sitting, as I thought I would, but it did keep me engaged. Milan is a wedding story. I can't help but wonder if we might see a sequel that reveals more of Mili's life post marriage, and closes those threads that are still open and make me curious to know about them.
I rate it 3 stars.
Rating: 3 Stars
Reviewed by: Vinay Leo R.
Genre: Love Story
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TORONTO -- Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. is still open to a merger with one of the two bigger eastern U.S. carriers even after talks with CSX Corp. failed, though a hostile bid is unlikely, Chief Executive Hunter Harrison said on Thursday.
CP, Canada's No.2 railway with extensive operations in the U.S., said on Monday it ended merger talks with CSX. Harrison says creating a new transcontinental railroad could improve congestion around Chicago, where east- and west-based railways meet and hand off cargo, a process that can take days.
"We had some fascinating conversations about the potential, but it became evident that we saw the world a little differently, which is fine," Harrison, 69, told a conference call on Tuesday after CP reported higher third-quarter earnings and revenue that fell short of analysts' expectations.
Any deal between CP and CSX, the No. 3 U.S. railway, would likely have faced tough regulatory barriers and alarmed customers. Norfolk Southern Corp is the other of the two bigger U.S. railways based east of Chicago.
Asked if any combination would need to be friendly, Harrison said: "I've learned never say never, but I can't contemplate any kind of hostile activity."
Without mentioning Norfolk Southern by name, Harrison said CP had looked at the two eastern carriers and one had come out slightly ahead. He said CP is not currently focusing on another deal, though if something comes up he would look at it.
Harrison said a deal with one of the western "big boys" was less likely. Berkshire Hathaway Inc's Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Union Pacific Corp have the biggest networks in the western United States. He also said Kansas City Southern, the smallest of the major railways, is "very expensive."
Net income at CP rose to C$400 million ($356 million), or C$2.31 a share, from C$324 million, or C$1.84, a year earlier, the railway said on Tuesday. Revenue rose 9 percent to C$1.67 billion.
Analysts, on average, had expected earnings of C$2.39 on revenue of C$1.7 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. Stock-based compensation weighed on earnings, CP said. The company's stock was up nearly 40 percent for the year at Monday's close. They traded at $224.58 later on Tuesday, up 1.32 percent from the previous close.
"In general, we believe these results are largely in line with our forecast. We suspect the consensus estimates did not fully reflect the headwind from elevated stock-based compensation," said BMO Capital Markets analyst Fadi Chamoun in a note to clients.
The railway's operating ratio improved 310 basis points to 62.8 percent. The ratio expresses operating expenses as a percentage of revenue, so lower numbers are better.
When Harrison took over CP in 2012 he vowed to bring the ratio down to 65 percent by mid-2016, but it actually hit 65.1 percent in the second quarter of this year.


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Feckless Teens Demand Never-Ending Parade of Paid Assistants
Is your mollycoddled teenager playing you for a fool? It seems likely. They can't do their homework without a pricey assistant at their side; but they can make more money than you promoting tween parties. Parents, wake up!
The latest evidence that today's teenagers are living the softest lives this side of Twinkie filling: the rise of "Homework Helpers," who, unlike "tutors," are mostly there just to hold your overgrown toddler's hand and stroke his ego to convince him to finish his homework at night:
If a student finds French grammar or algebra incomprehensible, a tutor in those subjects can help. But if the problem is a child who will not budge from the Xbox, or pens doodles instead of topic sentences, some harried parents with cash to spare have been turning to homework helpers who teach organizational skills and time management, or who sometimes just sit there until the work is finished.
So your kid could theoretically have two paid staffers at his side at all hours—one to turn off the Xbox, and one to actually teach him something. And meanwhile, high school sophomore Ricky Smith "has been collecting up to $15,000 an event in cover charges for hosting drug- and alcohol-free teen dance parties throughout the city." At five events per annum, Ricky's grossing a cool $75K—enough to pay for five thousand hours of Homework Helpers. But instead he'll probably spend it on chewing gum and pornography.
These teens know exactly what they're doing.
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We believe that people like you can be part of the solution to local social and environmental problems that we face. We have seen social enterprises solve some of the world's most pressing social issues such as poverty, access to clean water and unemployment. There is still work to do and we want you to join us and be part of the solution! [Sehati = Together]
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March 2020
SimplyDoc Launches Care-Driven Telehealth Solution Enhancing Patient Care
As published on prweb.com.
WebRTC.ventures is the parent company of SimplyDoc, a telehealth solution for medical and mental health practices.
SimplyDoc today announced the launch of a care-driven telehealth solution for any size practice. Customizable to any medical practice, mental health clinic, hospital system, or healthcare scenario, SimplyDoc is designed to be easy to use so that care providers can "simply be the doc" and their patients can have a secure, HIPAA compliant conversation in just a few clicks. SimplyDoc offers a simple solution for medical and mental health professionals to reach more patients and clients by delivering better care more efficiently.
"Telehealth is a key tool in fighting the COVID-19 outbreak," says Arin Sime, Founder of SimplyDoc. "HIPAA compliant video visits offer access to patient care, follow-up, and expertise without risking the health of the patient, provider, or clinic staff."
December 2019
WebRTC.ventures opens new offices in Virginia and Panama City for tele-healthcare software development
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WebRTC.ventures, leading global integrators of live interactive video into web and mobile applications, announced today two new offices recently established for the design and development of custom telehealth applications.
The new corporate headquarters office is located in Crozet, Virginia, just outside of Charlottesville. In addition, WebRTC.ventures has opened a new office for testing and quality in Panama City, in the Republic of Panamá.
"Our team has been building real-time and video applications since 2010, and our team has worked remotely from around North and South America during that time," explained CEO and founder Arin Sime. "With our growth in healthcare software development in recent years, we are now formalizing our testing and quality assurance processes, and that work will be focused in our new office in Panama City."
August 2019
WebRTC.ventures re-launches the WebRTC Standards webinar series
As published on prweb.com.
WebRTC.ventures, leading software integrator of live video into web and mobile applications, is pleased to announce that they are re-launching the popular webinar series "WebRTC Live," which was started under the name WebRTC Standards. WebRTC Live is a webinar series targeted to technology leaders and developers interested in understanding the latest use cases and technical updates to the popular coding standard for live video.
WebRTC is an increasingly popular standard for live video and video chat in web and mobile applications, and is used by millions of people globally in applications as wide ranging as the leading social media platforms to custom telehealth and education applications.
"Leading this webinar series is a natural fit for our team," Sime continued, "since we work with WebRTC every day for our clients and so we can bring our experience with different use cases to the discussion of the technical standards."
April 2019
Arin Sime to chair WebRTC Track at 2019 IIT RTC conference
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WebRTC.ventures CEO and founder Arin Sime will be the 2019 chair of the WebRTC track for the Illinois Institute of Technology's Real-Time Communications conference. The conference will be held at IIT's campus in Chicago on October 14-16, 2019.
Our team is pleased to be part of the conference again, and Sime noted that "our team has been a regular part of the IIT RTC conference for the last several years as speakers, exhibitors, and attendees, and we have found it an excellent way to learn the latest trends in real-time communications from academia and corporate speakers. It's also provided an opportunity for us to network with industry peers as well as meet IIT graduate students entering the workforce."
Sime continued, "I'm excited to work with the IIT RTC team to make the WebRTC track a compelling combination of tech talks, use case exploration, and panel discussions from experts and practitioners using WebRTC to create communication applications."
April 2019
WebRTC.Ventures Selected to Participate in Startup Alley at DownRiver in Richmond
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Activation Capital and Venture Forum RVA hosts the DownRiver event in order to bring together people from across Virginia's entrepreneurial ecosystems for a day of networking, learning, and collaboration. Some of the Commonwealth's most promising early-stage companies are chosen to present on Startup Alley.
"Being selected for the DownRiver Startup Alley is very exciting for us," states Arin Sime, WebRTC.ventures and UniWellness CEO and Founder. "We look forward to being part of this event. It is a great way for us to showcase how UniWellness bridges the gap in student mental health care by expanding and enhancing the reach of university counseling centers."
April 2019
WebRTC.Ventures To Exhibit at the American Telemedicine Conference 2019
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WebRTC Ventures — a provider of custom, real-time applications with video, voice, and data exchange — today announces that they will present their new product, UniWellness, a telemental health application, at the American Telemedicine Conference April 14-16, 2019 in New Orleans.
Arin Sime, Founder & CEO of WebRTC.ventures and UniWellness said, "We care about student mental health. One team member's son died by suicide in college, another team member struggled to access counseling services on her campus, and I worry about my sons when I learned of the student mental health crisis in the United States. We felt compelled to act."
UniWellness, a HIPAA compliant mental health platform expands and enhances the reach of university counseling centers.
September 2018
WebRTC.ventures Hires Ginger Germani as its Director of Telehealth Accounts
WebRTC Ventures — a provider of custom, real-time applications with video, voice, and data exchange — today announces the hiring of Ginger Germani as its Director of Telehealth Accounts.
"From conversations with our clients, we know that there is a rapidly growing need for telehealth solutions. Healthcare professionals are realizing this immediate need but don't want to wait months and months to offer a finished telehealth product. So, WebRTC.ventures has developed and can license an already-built telehealth platform which can be easily customized and quickly released to market", Arin Sime, Founder and CEO of WebRTC.ventures said. "Ginger will lead our Telehealth account sales, and is responsible for outreach to medical and mental health clinics or organizations who are looking to expand their reach and impact, as well as improve care, through our secure live video solution."
Germani joins the WebRTC.ventures' team with a degree in Economics from Randolph-Macon College in Virginia and over twenty years of experience in relationship based, custom business solutions from marketing to commercial lending. She seeks to leave everyone she meets, either personally or professionally, better informed and on a successful path.
With two sons suffering from varying degrees of mental illness, Germani has spent years navigating mental health care. In 2017, Germani's oldest son, age 19, lost his battle with depression and anxiety to suicide. After his tragic death, she understood that her purpose in life is to use her skill set to change the landscape and accessibility of quality mental healthcare.
June 2018
Introducing a Licensed Expert Consultation Platform under your Label & Brand!
Are you looking for a custom real time video and audio licensed expert consultation platform to further support and engage customers? Are you looking for an already-built platform that can be easily customized and quickly released to market? If so, you are in luck! WebRTC Ventures recently announced a new product offering: an expert consultation platform which you can license under your logo and brand.
Do you have customers that you meet with in person?
Well, in this day-and-age, customers are looking for convenient ways to connect face-to-face no matter the place. Now is the time to give them want they not only want, but expect.
Maybe you are looking for an application in which you can host online appointments?
Are you in the one of the following fields?
- Medical/Telehealth
- Counseling
- Legal
- Accounting
- Online Tutoring & Language Learning
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WebRTC Ventures Partners with Train-With to Develop & Launch a Live Video Fitness Training Application
When Train-With's founder, Rachel Aram decided to create a platform which provides one the ability to take a group fitness class or train with a favorite trainer regardless of time and location, she turned to the WebRTC.ventures team to get professional help in developing and launching her mobile live video fitness training application.
Here's an example of how Train-With can be used — you are traveling, or you move to another state but still want to work out with your former fitness class or trainer, you can still do that remotely right from your tablet or phone.
"I had a lot of options of developers in the San Francisco Bay Area but wanted a cohesive team of experts in live streaming technology; so I chose webRTC.ventures", said Aram.
WebRTC technology was chosen for this application because Aram wanted two-sided, peer-to-peer capabilities. In other words, the participant can see the instructor and the instructor can see the participant. The instructor also has the ability to turn on the live stream and provide encouragement, suggestions, etc.
Therefore, finding a globally recognized team with much webRTC experience was crucial in order to successfully see Aram's Train-With vision come to fruition.
"I have been thrilled at the professionalism, expertise, and quality webRTC.ventures provided Train-With", concluded Aram.
March 2018
WebRTC.ventures Announces MySportsBox – A New Way to Distribute Sports Video Content
Get on board the Video Consumption Digital Transformation. MySportsBox.video is a customizable application for sports channel networks looking for an alternative way to distribute sports video content and reach their viewers.
We saw an opportunity to build a better experience to watch video on-demand in a new way by building custom apps, on top of the leading platform in the market: Amazon Alexa.
Our app focuses on screen enabled devices which sports fans will love in order to engage with their teams and favourite sports!
November 2017
November 2017
WebRTC.ventures Announces Free WebRTC Training & Tutorials eCourse
Maybe you have heard about webRTC, want to get started but first, need to learn more? Well, we have created a free WebRTC Training & Tutorials eCourse just for you.
Each week of the series, you will receive an email to your inbox with a downloadable eBook written by one of our expert developers.
Click here to read more.
October 2017
Our team at WebRTC.ventures often performs assessments and code reviews of Tokbox and other WebRTCbased applications, and callstats.io is a great tool to support those efforts. callstats.io is a great way to track any errors and performance statistics that your video app is having, and to diagnose those WebRTC related errors.
callstats.io provides many great integrations to WebRTC frameworks, and now we've partnered with them to build an integration to one of the most popular WebRTC CPaaS's out there: Tokbox. Our team at WebRTC.ventures works very closely with Tokbox and callstats.io on a variety of projects, and so it was a natural fit to build this integration.
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October 2017
As mentioned in a past post, 0ur WebRTC.ventures team of developers have participated in a number of TADHack events and even won coveted prizes and Awards for our innovative telecom app prototypes…and we have done it again with our TADHack, privacy aware contact card- QrCall!
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September 2017
Here at webRTC.ventures, we like the quote "In the social age, knowledge is only powerful by sharing what you know" by Charlie-Helen Robinson.
So when Tsahi Levent-Levi of TestRTC asked us to work with him on testing how many sessions a Kurento server can hold, we were not only honored, but excited to help out.
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September 2017
Webrtc.ventures offers free email course on the future of video in healthcare and telehealth, examining the inherent security advantages of a telehealth application based on webrtc video technology.
Telehealth is gaining much attention lately due to its many benefits to both providers and patients like: reduced healthcare costs, higher quality patient care, easier follow-up appointments which lead to reduced hospital readmission rates, improved quality of life for patients and access to quality providers for remote patients… just to name a few.
Arin Sime, CEO of WebRTC Ventures said, "We have been contacted by many companies interested in learning more about how to apply WebRTC video communications in telehealth applications, and so we decided to offer this email course to share the best practices that we've learned working with telehealth solutions in the US and Australia."
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August 2017
0ur WebRTC.ventures team of developers have previously participated in a number of TADHack events and even won coveted prizes and Awards in 2015, 2016 and 2017 for our innovative telecom app prototypes.
Teams are challenged to create a hack or prototype using sponsor telecom technologies to solve a local or global problem.
Our winning hacks included:
- WebRTC.ventures' Winning Hack 2017- Telemergency Line App
- WebRTC.ventures' Winning Hack 2016- Virtual Healthcare Triage App
- WebRTC.ventures' Winning Hack 2015- Apple Watch Real-Time Emergency Communication App
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August 2017
We are proud to announce that WebRTC.ventures will host TADHack Global 2017 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
In addition to Buenos Aires, this year's 2017 event will take place in over 30 other cities across the globe from September 22-24 and September 29-October 1.
Our WebRTC.ventures team of developers have previously participated in a number of TADHack events and even won coveted prizes and Awards in 2015, 2016 and 2017 for our innovative telecom app prototypes, but this is the first year we will be hosting.
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Digital signage is one of those marketing channels that are underutilized by businesses. It is basically dynamic and interactive LED or LCD display screens that are strategically positioned in retail stores, in lobbies, and at events. Because many businesses are unfamiliar with the tech and how they should use it. They often overlook it when creating their marketing strategy. However, it can actually enhance whatever they are doing with their marketing.
Here are five ways digital signage can up your marketing game:
1. Increase Interest and Engagement
Getting and keeping the attention of potential customers can be very difficult in retail environments. Digital signage is an effective way to capture people's interest and get them hooked on your message. There are many different ways you can use it from telling engaging stories, demonstrating your offerings, to selling a product or service. In addition, digital signage has a strong impact as 47 percent of people state that they remember the ad or message from the signage.
2. Call Out Your Target Audience
One of the biggest challenges that many businesses have is attracting the right kind of prospects. Digital signage is a great way to call out to your target audience so that you can bring the right people in. You are using sound to communicate to your audience. So even if people aren't paying complete attention to the digital signage, they'll be more receptive to your message. If they belong to the audience you are calling out to or creating a bond with.
3. Generate Impulse Sales
If you're simply looking to increase revenue, a good way to use your digital signage is to announce an offer. For example, a special offer that states that customers will get a $20 discount after spending $100 will incentivize people to increase their order size. You can also announce a time sensitive offer to motivate people that are on the fence to make a purchase so that they can take advantage of the exclusive deal.
4. Bring In More Leads
Sometimes the smarter approach is to generate more leads for the business as it allows your business to follow up with prospects and customers. Using digital signage can be a great way to generate valuable leads. Offering discounts, rewards, and promotions for signing up for an SMS (text message) announcement list or email newsletter can be a great way to reach out and establish a connection with people that may not necessarily be ready to buy yet.
5. Offer an Interactive Shopping Experience
Digital signage can be more than a channel for communicating with prospects and customers. It can also serve as a point of information. More retailers and providers are using interactive digital signage to help their customers. Customers can look for specific services, order products that are not in inventory, find special deals, and even make payments without dealing with a sales assistant. There are many tech solutions you can utilize as digital signage. MDM Commercial offers some great options.
In Conclusion
These are five different ways digital signage can help you step up your marketing game. This is a great supplement to whatever you are doing. Whether you're relying on digital marketing, traditional retail marketing strategies, or app-based marketing, you can find a way to use to increase the results of your marketing strategy. Contact app development company london to get more detail.
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These postcards are even more beautiful in person. They are of good quality and I look forward to sharing them with loved ones during the holiday season. I enjoyed making a purchase from this shop!
The lucky recipient of my Happy Autumn card was thrilled to receive it and I was equally pleased to send it.
This product was exactly what I was looking for! The fragrance was fantastic! Thank you! I will consider ordering this product again
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My name is Mark and I'm a Prepper. Sounds faintly like how you'd introduce yourself at an AA meeting, but even though I'm afflicted by the Prepping bug it's not a disease like most of America would want you to think. Most of my family years ago were farmers and poor backwoods people. So prepping was the only way to survive the harsh winters after the short growing seasons. I fell into it easily being raised to hunt and raise a garden. When the last administration was installed in 2009 I saw what was happening. And being former military, I recognized it for what it was, after I had seen what had previously happened overseas. Even though I was well past my prime it drove me to harden my body and bring my skill sets up to par again. I began by jogging and eventually settled on bicycling as a way to renewed fitness. It took several years to finally get into shape again (which really surprised me.) At 63 years old I'm probably as fit as a man can be, at least one who is this gray and wrinkly. I also joined USPSA [1] 4-½ years ago and began competitively practical shooting. At 63 I have just entered A class which puts me in the top 10% internationally which is no easy feat for and old fellow like me. I also noticed that even though this is a "sport" and a "game" that Navy SEALs, cops and civilian contractors were showing up to shoot too. The Army Marksmanship Unit is also heavily into this training format and attends major matches. I strongly recommend trying this "sport".
I fully retired in June of this year and began living in a small tent in the high country here in Arizona. I do mountain biking for exercise. I found that a 29″er [mountain bike] is probably the best way to get around in the field and to move fairly heavy loads of equipment. A high quality mountain bike is most certainly a great prepping tool. The one thing I did find from my experiences so far is that we've been poorly trained for survival by our doctors and our government. Seems even I was unfit to survive from how I had "learned" to eat lately. The high animal fat and high protein diet I had consumed as a young man had been replaced by the faddish "new" healthy low fat diet for modern man. In an attempt "eat healthy", I was gathering things like thistles and dandelions. I lost 25 pounds in two months, even while I was eating double servings. I have gone back to fatty foods and have stayed away from anything that is "healthy" and my weight has stabilized. I include a can of lard in my survival food now and cook with it and add a bit of it to my meals. I repeat: Be careful about what you "learn."
Being fit enough to survive won't happen overnight. It takes a long time to harden especially if you are older. Most "tactical" courses are money that is wasted. The way you have been trained to eat will kill you. Prepare for war. Pray for peace. God bless, – Mark X.


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Tirumala, 21 March 2017: In connection with 514th Death Anniversary of Saint Poet Sri Tallapaka Annamacharya, the Sapthagiri Sankeertana Gosthi Ganam will be rendered on March 24 in Tirumala and the Honourable Governor of Andhra Pradesh and Telengana Sri ESL Narasimhan will take part in this programme.
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The 46th Pontiff of Ahobila Mutt Sriman Srivan Shatagopa Sri Ranganatha Yatindra Mahadesikan Swamy will deliver his spiritual address. Renowned artistes of Annamacharya Project Dr G Balakrishna Prasad, Sri Nageswara Rao, Sri Ranganath, Smt Nityasanthoshini, Smt Kausalya, Sri Anandabattar, students and faculty of SV Dance and Music college will render the sankeertans.
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How Human Rights NGOs became Hasbara Scapegoats
The proposed NGO transparency law passed its first reading in the Knesset on Monday. Advanced by Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, the bill is the Israeli Right's latest tool to curb the activities of local human rights organizations – and an alarming affront to Israeli democracy.
The bill singles out human rights NGOs and those affiliated with the Left by requiring them to highlight their foreign funding and wear identifying tags in the Knesset, but the latter was revoked. Most significantly, the law would distinguish them from NGOs receiving funding from private donors abroad (some affiliated with the Right and less critical of the government), which would not be similarly restricted.
When the bill was first scheduled to be tabled a few weeks ago, Sweden's Foreign Minister accused Israel of the "extrajudicial" killing of Palestinian attackers. Wallström's comments show complete disdain for the safety of Israelis, a lack of understanding of terrorism, and unprofessionalism. Yet, they also highlight Israel's failure to "explain" its case to the world.
What's the connection between the two events? The campaign by the Israeli Right against human rights organizations is the result of Israel's failure to effectively spread its message abroad – or execute Hasbara ("explaining" in Hebrew).
Here's how I came to this conclusion:
Recently, I was listening to the fallout from the Sweden debacle on the radio as I drove to a conference at the Herzliya Interdisciplinary Center about the way Israel is perceived in the international media. The episode justly caused a storm in Israel, garnering condemnations from across the political spectrum.
It's true that during the recent "wave of violence," there have been cases wherein the Palestinian attackers could have been "neutralized" with less force. Yet for Wallström to criticize this as if it were government policy and the norm is absurd and naive. When crazed teens carrying knives prowl the streets, no one can expect Israelis not to defend themselves.
Even our Prime Minister has called repeatedly for citizens not to take the law into their hands.
In Herzliya, the interesting conference discussed different aspects of the international media's obsession with Israel as well as different facets of Hasbara.
The panelists — who hailed from academia, the media, politics, and PR and branding – agreed that Israel had not sufficiently explained itself to the world. Some of the speakers mentioned that the government doesn't prioritize Hasbara enough and has spread the task among numerous ministries, making it impossible to diffuse coherent messages. They also deplored Israel's strategy for being reactive instead of proactive.
This discussion reinforced my mixed feelings about Hasbara.
The world media is indeed biased against Israel, and there is more to this crazy land than incessant violence. Yet, in some ways, we have reached the point of no return. Israel will never be judged fairly, no matter what it does.
Wallström's comments reinforce that. But it's not only her. When my Facebook feed is filled with anti-Israel banter (only part of which is true) from so-called liberal friends abroad who have no connection to our country, I wonder what their motives are. Global anti-Semitism is surely to blame- at least in part.
Yet, Hasbara efforts are misplaced. First, there's a limit to how much you can cover up fundamentally damaging policies. Instead, we should invest our resources in actually making Israel a better place, rather than simply trying to convince people of it. In other words, fewer words, more action.
What's more, the conference made me realize how defensive the image issue has made Israelis. It's for this reason that Israelis have such an immediate and harsh backlash when Israel is criticized. This discourse has exacerbated the "us vs. them" and "the whole world is against us" mentality that pervades our national discourse.
Israelis are so defensive that they cannot empathize with the suffering of others – specifically Palestinians – because everyone is against us. We are the only victims, the logic goes, and anyone who dares to criticize government policy is the enemy.
It's according to this flawed reasoning that the Hasbara crowd has found the perfect scapegoat for its failure: human rights organizations, the very entities who safeguard our democracy.
That brings me back to the NGO bill, which is now closer than ever to becoming enshrined in law.
The government and its Hasbara cronies are making a critical mistake by defaming the heart and soul of Israel's democracy. Democracy is, after all, our greatest defense against the many threats we face. What's more, these organizations are the opposite of how their critics portray them. They are not slanderous traitors who are bringing down the country from within, but positive, productive, and enriching forces in Israeli society.
From my knowledge of Israel's human rights community from the inside and out, I can attest that they try to make themselves heard here in Israel, but few listen. If and when someone does, not enough is done to change Israel's existential faults – first and foremost, the nearly 50-year-old occupation. So they speak abroad.
We have passed the days of not "hanging our dirty laundry" for the world to see. We need change – now- or else there may not be a country called Israel to defend. It is the same organizations targeted by the NGO bill which work tirelessly to bring about these positive changes.
Therefore, Israel's Hasbara community, including the government, should take heed: democracy and freedom of expression are good for Israel's image, ergo these organizations are good for Israel's image. By contrast, a government that witch-hunts its critics does not look good. Period.
Israel should highlight the work of these organizations for their important contribution to society, instead of blaming them for its failures.
They deserve a medal of honor, not a badge of shame.


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12 December, 2016
| By Andrew Pennie, Head of Pathways, Intelligent Pensions
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The OECD's Pensions Outlook 2016 report argues that individuals should buy an annuity not with all but at least some of their retirement savings to protect themselves against longevity risk. The report also suggests, amongst other things, that defined contribution (DC) pension scheme design must be improved and that given the growing individual responsibility to make effective retirement decisions, there is much greater need for people to take financial advice.
The new pension freedoms have dramatically changed the way people are taking their pension benefits. Far fewer are now buying annuities and more are either cashing-out or remaining invested into retirement. This change has left more people exposed to longevity risk – the risk they will out-survive their pension fund.
Nobody can predict longevity and an annuity, for most, will be the only way to mitigate the risk of living too long. For most therefore it is not whether but when to buy an annuity. For our clients, we look at drawdown exit strategies between the ages of 70 and 80, the 'decade of annuitisation', when annuity rates are generally much higher.
Pensions and retirement planning are relatively complex. In addition to longevity risk, those remaining invested must also tackle inflation, withdrawal and investment risks; not to mention avoiding the ever-growing number of pension scams. Mistakes are easy, expensive and often irreversible and as the report highlights, it is vital we improve consumer access and take-up of financial advice.
We are seeing evidence that a number of people are using drawdown who either don't want to take on investment risk or are not in a position to take on the necessary investment risk. For many of these people annuities will be the right answer. Again, we must improve take-up of financial advice to help people make effective decisions and shop around for the best option.
Many DC pension schemes are still catching up with the new pension freedoms and have considerable work to do. One of the main areas that requires focus is the pre-retirement investment options. Many schemes still offer a traditional 'lifestyling' or 'target date' approach predicated on people buying an annuity at their retirement date. But people are simply not buying annuities and many are therefore finding they are holding entirely the wrong investments at the time they want to draw benefits.
While annuity and cash-out investment glidepaths are effective for people who should actually buy an annuity or cash-out, they are less effective for those looking to enter drawdown. Drawdown is not a one off transaction like an annuity purchase but instead is a series of cash and income withdrawals that will be different for every user.
'One size fits all' doesn't work for people under the new pension freedoms and greater personalisation is needed. Regulated financial advice holds the key to delivering the required personalisation and helping more people achieve a good retirement outcome.


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The Taste Of Pleasure
All we need is to develop the desire. I remember when I used to own a clinic, one of the workers used to bring Yemenite food with her. At first I couldn't come near it since I simply did not understand what this was. That's how different it tasted from anything I was used to. But with time, I started becoming familiar with this food and tasting it, and little by little, I developed an appetite for it.
It's the same as how a baby is born into the world without having any tastes yet. Afterwards, depending on the customs and predilections of his society, he begins to get used to food and to acquire a taste for it. Without taste, without the desire to eat precisely some specific dish, we would not be able to enjoy it. Of course, it's possible to eat so you don't starve to death, but that's not the same as pleasure. You can receive the pleasures of this world as a bare necessity, but anything beyond that is admissible only if you desire to enjoy—and that enjoyment has to come from bestowal.
Question: Baal HaSulam writes that this requires only a psychological shift. What is that?
Answer: We do not understand how it is possible to enjoy by loving and filling someone you love. "Someone you love" is not just my child, taking care of whom gives me pleasure naturally. Rather, we are talking about someone who's a stranger, who is alien, distant, opposite, and even hateful to me. This is like food from a foreign country that nauseates me. So I deliberately start developing the taste for it, looking for an approach to it, for closeness and understanding. Gradually the corresponding desires are born inside of me and then I suddenly feel that I love this person.
A question arises: If I love him, then won't my bestowal to him be egoistic? After all, I will be enjoying it.
That's true, but my love does not revoke the hatred I felt before. That hatred remains with me constantly and even increases, just like it happened with the students of Rabbi Shimon who write in The Book of Zohar that at first they hate one another, but then they reach love. We continuously advance in two lines, elevating love above hatred, as it is written, "Love will cover all sins."
Precisely the hatred and love together create the taste, the "juice," the might of the pleasure. They are like two reigns. If you nullify hatred, then only a tiny material relish will remain with you from the entire height of pleasure, but if you rise above the hatred, covering it with the screen of love time after time, then you end up with a huge vessel that has a huge pleasure inside.
From the 2nd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/23/11, "Preface to the Wisdom of Kabbalah"


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On five occasions, Hi-Tech Collision in Sidney has refurbished a car and given it away to a local family and co-owner Steve Weller says he still sees the first one motoring around town.
Hi-Tech has partnered over the last eight to nine years with the Sidney Rotary Club to find a car, rebuild it and donate it to a family who really needs it. Weller said he leaves finding the family in need up to Rotary members like Kenny Podmore.
"He's the guy that gets things done," Weller said. "He's always been my contact with Rotary. They find the family and I take care of the car."
Weller said they find a car that is an insurance company write-off and he and his staff volunteer their time to rebuild it. They have it fully inspected to ensure it's road-worthy, paint it, new tires and a full tank of gas are added by Peninsula Brake and Tire, it's insured for a full year through SeaFirst Insurance, who, along with Thifty Foods, fill it with food and gifts. Weller said he makes a lot of calls this time of year — to paint shops, insurance companies and more — to make it all come together.
"I pull in all my markers for the year on this one."
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"It's a really amazing thing," Weller added. "I still see the first car driving around the community."


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You might remember the turnout in December 2013 at an EPA hearing after the release of the recalled 2014 volume obligations (RVO) under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Over 100 people from across the country testified on behalf of the RFS. That hearing was held near Washington DC. Imagine what the turnout will be like on June 25 for a hearing on the new and improved EPA proposal that will be held in the heart of the Heartland - Kansas City.
The industry is already planning to be out in force. "I hope the EPA hears loud and clear from farmers and consumers and biofuels producers about what this proposal really does," said Renewable Fuels Association president and CEO Bob Dinneen, who spoke passionately at the Fuel Ethanol Workshop last week about all of the ways EPA has worked against biofuels and agriculture. "There's something desperately wrong with the EPA," said Dinneen adding that they "seem to have a war on farmers. RFA CEO Bob Dinneen comments at FEW
"We want everybody in the world to show up there," says Growth Energy CEO Tom Buis of the June 25 hearing. "Everyone ought to weigh in."
"They got the first one wrong a year and a half ago, they got this one wrong," said Buis. "We stopped the last one, we're going to change this one." Interview with Growth Energy CEO Tom Buis at FEW
American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) Executive Vice President Brian Jennings says they plan to show the power of the people in this industry at the hearing. "We're going to get a bunch of retailers who are selling E15 and E85 to go to that hearing and tell EPA face-to-face that the blend wall isn't real," said Jennings. "We're going to make sure we get some very persuasive messengers to come deliver a very compelling message to that hearing." Interview with ACE Executive VP Brian Jennings at FEW
Details about the hearing are expected to be published in the Federal Register this week. The proposal will be open for public comment until July 27.