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I've heard of exactly one Delphi developer who's ever had to take a coding test. I'm fairly certain CodeEval doesn't even offer testing in Delphi... it's hard to do since it's one of the last proprietary languages on Earth anyway.
Force your programmers to develop on Raspberry Pi 2!!!!
Problem: On highend notebooks, everthing appears to run fast. But later in the cloud, processors suffering under task switching between VMs and thousands of processes, cache misses dramatically increase, letting processor performance and I/O drop dramatically to just 1/100-1/1000 of what you see on your core i7 developer machine.
Here some suggestions:
- Using "column-store" databases: Speed improvement 4-15. See pioneer MonetDB.
- Using "append-only" databases: Speed improvement 10-100, allowing easy clustering, syncing. Only "append-only database engines" can scale! See #MVCC, Symas Lightning MDB #LMDB, http://sphia.org/pv12.html ,
- Using "invisible joins": Speed improvement 4-100. - Using Bloom filters, Bloom joins: Speed improvement 3-70. See MySQL cluster
- Optimizing for 1st level cache (only possible with C): Speed improvement 3-10, heavily depending on algorithms.
- Using RPi 2 cluster: Speed improvement: 0-n, heavily depending on algorithms.
- Multicore (RPi 2 now has 4 cores!) programming: Speed improvement 2-3, SDRAM I/O is the bottleneck.
- Using mmap(): Speed improvement 2-3, since writing doesn't block memory reading, heavily depends on algorithms, CPU cores. http://localmemcache.rubyforge.org/ , https://github.com/sck/clispy
- Doing your own memory allocation / management, also bypassing Linux file I/O caching: Speed improvement 8-50, heavily depending on algorithms.
- Using F2FS "append only", "flash friendly" file system: Speed improvement 1-20, built to heavily reduce writes.
- Using ASYNC I/O, generators, iterators: Speed improvement - negative, but latency times dramatically decreases as well as memory/buffer consumption.
- Using Van Emde Boas Tree for huge databases: Speed improvement 2-1000, since inserts, updates, deletes go with O(log(log(N)))!!! Also allowing heavy reduction of writes to disk/flash. See Skip List databases, e.g. #SkipDB
- Using small integers only (working with prediction models, based on just 256 price categories only) for #OLAP: Speed improvement 50-10000, in combination with #columnar stores and in-memory compression.
- Use SanDisk microSDHC Extreme 32GB (SDSDQXL-032G-GA4A) only. For some unknown reason it's the only card on the market without any flaws, suited for high, sustained write I/O also!
A $35 RPi 2 typically reaches half speed of an Intel® NUC. Being programmed smart, carefully choosing right algorithms (typically only available with C/C++ programming language), it blasts a $100,000 12 Core XEON INTEL machine, so my experience. Porting then optimized C/C++ code onto cloud machines, finally can reduce hardware costs for your cloud by a factor of 8-100 at even much higher peak performance.
See e.g. Netflix, serving 20,000-30,000 customer video streams on a single, highly optimized FreeBSD 10 machine running NginX http server: https://openconnect.itp.netflix.com/software/index.html
Also see performance comparison of CMS systems: https://www.techempower.com/benchmarks/#section=data-r9
Best C++ CMS so far: http://tntnet.org
So, much to rethink for you!
Have fun!
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NBA free agency transactions by team
Randy Foye (to Denver)
Al Jefferson (to Charlotte)
Paul Millsap (to Atlanta)
Jamaal Tinsley (U)
Earl Watson (to Portland)
Mo Williams (Hawks showing interest)
The Jazz had the second-most cap space going in to free agency. When news surfaced that Al Jefferson was on his way to Charlotte, the team expressed interest in bringing back Paul Millsap.
However Millsap, along with DeMarre Carroll, accepted multi-million dollar deals from the Atlanta Hawks July 5, deals that were finalized on July 10.
The biggest move of Utah's offseason surfaced Friday, July 5. The Jazz were mentioned as having interest in Golden State center, former Ute and former No. 1 draft pick Andrew Bogut, but the deal fell apart. The Jazz did, however, make a deal with the Warriors for Richard Jefferson, Andris Biedrins, Brandon Rush and multiple draft picks, including a 2014 first-round pick. The deal eventually grew into a massive three-team trade that saw Kevin Murphy and Andre Iguodala head to Golden State, Foye head to Denver, and Biedrins, Rush, Jefferson, four draft picks and cash considerations. The trade was approved by the NBA and finalized on July 10.
All three of the players coming to Utah will spend only one season under contract.
On Wednesday, ESPN's Mark Stein tweeted the Hawks are showing interest in Mo Williams, though nothing certain has been nailed down for him.
Finally, Earl Watson signed a deal with the Trail Blazers on July 7.
With the addition of Trey Burke through the draft, the Jazz could turn the keys over to their younger players and look to free agency for depth. Everything the Jazz have done this offseason screams that the Jazz are moving forward with their so-called "youth movement."
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I hope the Jazz know what they're doing.
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The Jazz clearly know what they're doing. They need to extend the contracts
of Hayward and Favors this summer - and they have now done what they need to do
to assure both that their best opportunity is with Utah. They have also created
enormous flexibility for themselves, with two 1st round draft picks in the
talent-heavy 2014 draft. While the young guys learn the ropes this year, if we
make the playoffs - great start! If we don't, we could get Jabari Parker or
another stud, and can be a big player in the talent-laden 2014 free agent
No lose scenarios all around, with a lot of flexibility and an eye to the future.
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Kapheira may have been a goddess of the storm-clouds, for her name means "stormy-breath." She appears to be closely identified with, if not the same as, Halia, the sister of the Telkhines.
Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 5. 55. 1 (trans. Oldfather) (Greek historian C1st B.C.) :
"The island which is called Rhodes was first inhabited by the people who were known as Telkhines (Telchines) . . . together with Kapheira (Capheira), the daughter of Okeanos, nurtured Poseidon, whom Rhea had committed as a babe to their care."


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Released: Jun 01st, 1983
Running Time: 94
Director: Darr Michaels
Company: Now Showing Video
Cast: Sharon Kane, John Leslie, Chris Cassidy
Critical Rating: AA 1/2
Genre: Feature
First the good news is: unlike other X-rated films with "borrowed" titles, Young Doctors in Lust is the adult counterpart to Young Doctors In Love. The bad news is: just as "Love" was a flawed mainstream comedy with a good premise, "Lust" is a flawed adult film with a good premise.
The story concerns an exclusive and undoubtedly expensive sex therapy clinic for women only. As the clinic's bearded director says, "We cure them, and we have fun curing them."
It definitely is not a place that has to worry about being sued for malpractice. The clinic has more than enough well-trained doctors and one very talented nurse, who together deal with the problems of three sexually frustrated women. In rapid, and sometimes confusing, succession, we cut back and forth to each woman's treatment.
In one case, normal intercourse is enough to give a jaded married woman her first climax (say, why didn't her husband think of that?) However, when her doctors abruptly leave her high but not dry, she continues the therapy herself with the help of some special instrument left behind.
Next, the nurse introduces a young girl to the pleasures of lesbian love while prepping her for her session. Meanwhile, another patient is dressing for dinner, but a nurse and doctor come in with a different sort of meal in mind. What develops is a veritable smorgasbord of a threesome, although at times the staff gets too wrapped up in their work and leave the patients panting and watching, like the rest of us.
At this point you may well be saying, "It sounds good so far, so where are the flaws you mentioned?" Well, some of the acting is wooden by any standards. Only Sharon Kane, Chris Cassidy and John Leslie put any sort of motivation behind their dialogue and moves. The film also appears to have been made on a threadbare budget, with sets consisting of three rooms, a shed, and a lot of outdoor footage (under the guise of a field trip).
These may, or course, be minor quibbles, as sex is what this film deals with and sex is what it delivers. We see endless combinations between the patients and staff (and occasionally between the patients), interracial sex, Greek love, masturbation, and a plethora of positions that would make a chiropractor cringe. As the clinic director boasts, "We're specialists at this clinic, and we haven't failed yet."
By adult film standards, however, Young Doctors in Lust is a throwback to a more primitive style of filmmaking, yet this type of audience will thrill to the varied sex it has to offer.


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BRUSSELS -- The European Commission's president proposed a Spanish socialist, Joaquín Almunia, to be the body's new antitrust chief, and a center-right Belgian, Karel De Gucht, to be trade commissioner, as he set the shape of the bloc's powerful executive arm.
Mr. Almunia, a veteran politician who has served for five years as economic-affairs commissioner, is a safe choice for the key competition job, following the unexpectedly hardnosed term of Neelie Kroes, who had worked in the private sector for more than a decade when she took the post in 2004.
The 27 commissioners, one from each country, both propose EU legislation and enforce it. Assigning people to portfolios is officially the task of commission President José Manuel Barroso, though he is heavily influenced by national governments. The slate must be approved by the European Parliament.
The U.K. was perhaps the biggest loser: Michel Barnier, a Frenchman close to President Nicolas Sarkozy, was named to the internal-markets post, which writes financial-services rules. Britain fears that Mr. Sarkozy wants tougher regulation to dethrone the City of London from its perch as Europe's financial center, and it had pushed to keep France out of the internal-markets role.
"We will make it clear that the single-market commissioner must stand up for open and free markets," said Malcolm Harbour, a member of the European Parliament from the U.K.'s Conservative Party.
Britain's spot on the commission has already been filled by Baroness Catherine Ashton, chosen last week to be the EU's new foreign minister, a job that comes with a commission seat.
Germany's nominee, Günther Oettinger, premier of the state of Baden-Württemberg, was given the energy portfolio. The job has few real powers, but its occupant is on the front line of a pivotal foreign-policy engagement -- wrestling with Russia over the Continent's gas supply.
The most prestigious posts are those overseeing economic matters. The trade commissioner strikes deals on behalf of all 27 nations. The competition commissioner has wide authority to penalize companies, which Mrs. Kroes, of the Netherlands, has used freely -- in May hitting Intel Corp. INTC 1.14 % with a fine of €1.06 billion ($1.59 billion) for monopoly abuses.
Key Commission Posts
- Competition: Joaquín Almunia, Spain
- Trade: Karel De Gucht, Belgium
- Internal Markets: Michel Barnier, France
- Climate: Connie Hedegaard, Denmark
- Economic Affairs: Olli Rehn, Finland
- Energy: Günther Oettinger, Germany
Mrs. Kroes had been expected to leave the commission entirely, but in recent weeks garnered public support in the Netherlands for another term in Brussels. She will move to a less influential post in charge of Europe's "digital agenda." In the competition post, she has put particular focus on cartels, levying more fines in one year than predecessors did in one term.
In his current job, Mr. Almunia, 61 years old, has been in the thick of the EU's response to the financial crisis, though the economic-affairs post has little regulatory power and he has kept a low profile through much of the upheaval. After the collapse of Lehman Brothers last year, he blamed weak regulation in the U.S. for triggering global panic that hurt the EU economy, but he was less vocal than other EU officials.
Still, he appears comfortable with Europe's traditionally tough antitrust tack: Several Spanish companies have come under fire from Mrs. Kroes in recent years, and one person familiar with the commission says Mr. Almunia has never intervened on their behalf.
Predicting an antitrust commissioner's leanings is notoriously difficult. When Mrs. Kroes was appointed, cries arose that her corporate background meant she would take a soft approach. That has been far from the case.
Mr. De Gucht, 55, is from Belgium's Dutch-speaking commercial heartland. He rose through the ranks of his center-right party by espousing free-market policies. He is "an undiplomatic diplomat, a straight shooter," says Jean Faniel, an analyst at the Centre for Sociopolitical Research and Information in Brussels. "He's capable of being firm in a forum like trade negotiations."
—Adam Cohen contributed to this article.
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A vicious quarrel over the control of the NRM membership register between Lenina Rukikaire Mbabazi, daughter of Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi, and the party could take a turn for the worse.
Nina, as the prime minister's daughter is commonly known, compiled the computerised NRM register during the 2010 party delegates' conference. But she has refused to surrender it until NRM clears a Shs 3.4bn debt. Reliable sources within the NRM have told The Observer that Nina claims the NRM is liable because she incurred the debt in order to compile their register.
It is said Nina set this condition after coming under "intense pressure" from some circles within the party to hand over the register. Nina has also reportedly been threatened with arrest for being in "illegal possession of party property".
According to sources, NRM officials want to capitalise on the fact that she holds no formal party position. In April this year, The Observer reported that Nina had appealed to President Museveni for help in clearing the debt, arguing that when she borrowed the money, she got the president's assurance that the party would clear the debt (see, Mbabazi daughter runs to Museveni over Shs 3bn debt).
Nina borrowed Shs 440m from Arvind Patel at an interest rate of 15 per cent per month in June 2010, to compile the party register. Under the agreement, the money was to be repaid in three months. But four years later, no penny has been repaid.
As of March 2014, the outstanding debt had shot to Shs 3.4bn, including interest. But she remains defiant, in part because she believes that some people are trying to use this issue to settle political scores with her father. She is also hopeful that President Museveni will deliver on his promise.
In June 2010, Nina was contracted by the NRM to computerise and clean up the party register in the run-up to the 2010 primaries and the delegates' conference. Sources told The Observer that she compiled the register under the supervision of an IT consultant, Dr Willams Ddembe, who has since relocated to Ghana.
With 2016 around the corner, the party is struggling to come up with a credible register. Our sources said that while some party officials have reservations about Nina's register (they doubt the authenticity of some delegates), they acknowledge that it was done comprehensively.
Some believe that whatever inaccuracies it might have, that list offers the party a good first steptowards compilation of a new and cleaner register.
Our sources said NRM's failure to have a reliable register has cost the party dearly in some by-elections, more recently in Luweero, where the party could not mobilise support for its losing candidate because it had no idea how many supporters it had in the area.
We reported on Friday that Nina snubbed summonses from the party committee which investigated the chaotic 2010 NRM primaries (see NRM's primaries report pins Museveni, Mbabazi).
The committee wanted her to explain the anomalies in her register and respond to claims about the existence of two parallel registers. When her father appeared before the same committee on May 20, he reportedly said the register was securely locked up at his office on Plot 18A, Akii Bua road.
"We have it [the register] both electronically and in hard copy," Mbabazi reportedly told the committee.
A source close to Mbabazi's family told The Observer that the family had sided with Nina and resolved not to hand over the register. The family reportedly has information that some people in the party are pushing the moneylender (Patel) to have Nina arrested. They hope her detention would tarnish the political image of her father. Nina neither answered nor returned our calls at the weekend.
But NRM Deputy Spokesman Ofwono Opondo told The Observer on Saturday that the blame should go to Mbabazi, who irregularly contracted his daughter to do party work.
"We are flogging the wrong horse here. The real person who should produce the register is Mbabazi," Opondo said.


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The item that inspired my nickname: Magpie. It was not the first item I collected... just the one that prompted my husband to call me a Magpie.
A grouping of objects I created for the TORn Travelling Journal. I spy: A Sorry card (had the game as a child); a magpie feather given to my by my friend in Tolkien, Jennifer; a rhinestone M; a piece of slate that fell off a church roof during a strong storm; a silver acorn (I have a parable about planting acorns); a Petoskey stone in the shape of Michigan's lower peninsula - my home state; An old Mickey Mouse watch - I found it on the street in the early 70s; a sea urchin spine from Leo Carillo beach in CA; a piece of cottonwood bark driftwood from the Mississipi River; stones and beach glass from Lake Superior; an oak leaf from Nerstrand Woods - part of the Big Woods of MN; an old Mobil gas Pegasus from my father's collection.
Starling tile sent to TORnsib Starling in Christchurch, NZ
Weather items, birch & pine needle baskets (2003). Since this picture was taken, some of the items have moved to my computer room.


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Andropause And Memory Loss In Men
If you're andropausal (i.e. the stage in life—usually after the age of 40—when hormone levels are diminishing), and you're experiencing memory loss, it's likely that your imbalanced hormones are to blame. This kind of memory loss can include symptoms like difficultly concentrating and "foggy thinking". Before you panic, let us say right off the bat that most memory loss associated with andropause is reversible. We'll get to the particulars on that in a minute.
You may be surprised to learn that the largest concentration of testosterone and other hormone receptor sites is in the brain. Testosterone, thyroid, DHEA, and cortisol all play key roles in the proper functioning of neurotransmitters in the brain (with testosterone and thyroid being the two primary hormones responsible for memory and cognition in men). So an imbalance in these important hormones can cause neurotransmitters to underperform or malfunction, making concentration difficult, and causing memory loss.
Stress is also a common culprit when it comes to memory loss. The symptoms of andropause usually cause stress for those enduring it; and imbalanced hormones make stress difficult to manage—a double whammy. When we're under stress, a hormone called cortisol is released into the body. While your body needs some cortisol to perform optimally, too much can be destructive, with the brain being particularly susceptible to its destructive effects.
Why Should I Be Concerned About Memory Loss?
As we said above, the kind of mild memory loss that men experience at the onset of andropause is almost always reversible. However, if left unchecked for a long period of time, memory loss can become a bigger problem. In particular, recent studies suggest that unhealthy hormone levels are a contributing factor to brain conditions such as Alzheimer's.
The Solution To Memory Loss In Men
Memory loss is frustrating, but it does happen to most men as they age. You don't, however, have to let memory loss affect your success at work and your quality of life in general. You can combat memory loss by replacing your deficient hormones to healthy levels via hormone replacement therapy. Foggy thinking can be corrected easily and safely by replacing hormones to healthy levels. Healthy hormones, in combination with good lifestyle habits (i.e. a healthy diet, sufficient physical activity, and stress management), and can recharge your brain.
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Is the Super Bowl the biggest sporting event of the year? Quite possibly. While we in the UK don't tend to get involved with American football, it's something of a religion for the USA – and this year millions of people across the world tuned in to watch the Denver Broncos beat the Carolina Panthers.
For car lovers though, the appeal isn't just in watching sports – the Super Bowl ad breaks are some of the most hotly contested commercial spaces on world TV, and auto manufacturers pull out some of their best work for the Super Bowl advert slots. They have to be memorable – after all.
For the 2016 Super Bowl, American broadcaster CBS set the rate for a 30-second advertisement at $5 million. That didn't stop manufacturers buying up airtime, though. Hyundai seems to have spent the most – two 30-second in-game ads, one 60-second pre-kickoff ad and one 60-second pre-game ad. If our calculations are correct that's $30 million – plus the fees of the four world-class directors the company has hired to direct its ads.
Read on for our round-up of the best Super Bowl ads this year, featuring Ryan Reynolds, Serena Williams, and singing sheep – though sadly not in the same ad. The cars advertised are more aimed towards the US market, but that doesn't make the ads any less entertaining.
The name 'Acura' might not mean a whole lot to you, but the car featured should. It's marketed in the UK as the Honda NSX - a mid-engined hybrid supercar.
The last Acura Super Bowl ad in 2012 featured Jerry Seinfeld but the car is the star in this one.
Keen to put more earthly diesel woes behind it, Audi is hoping to win over the US public by comparing the R8 supercar to a rocket launch.
It's certainly a cinematic journey, set to a great soundtrack - David Bowie's 'Starman'.
Yes, it's a Buick - though Brits will likely recognise the Cascada as a Vauxhall, and those in Continental Europe will see a rebadged Opel instead.
GM's American arm is enjoying a renaissance in the States and it's cars like the Cascada as well as the Insignia that are helping this along. This ad features Odell Beckham Jr and Emily Ratajkowski.
Honda has a rich history of brilliant adverts - the best-known of which is probably the Rube Goldberg-esque 'Cog' from way back in 2003.
The latest ad for its Ridgeline pick-up shows it's back on strong form, promoting the truck's unique in-bed audio system.
Hyundai is keen to show off its Elantra compact sedan, and has booked four ad slots - though it's only released two ads so far. The first shows off the car's 'Talk Start' feature getting an unsuspecting owner out of trouble...
... while the second previews a utopia populated entirely by clones of Hollywood hunk Ryan Reynolds. It's also showcasing the Elantra's autonomous braking.
The third features comedian Kevin Hart as an overprotective father making good use of his Hyundai Genesis' tracking feature.
Hyundai's final offering suggests all its engineers and designers are born with V8's beating in their chests, and the message is simply that the cars must be 'better' than any that have come before.
Jeep's ad time bought the company two commercials. The first is a pretty generic car ad - emotive imagery, celebrating Jeep's 75 year heritage.
The second ad though is more subtle - and quite touching, with beautifully photographed portraits and finishing with a great message - 'We don't make Jeep. You do.'
The new Optima is the subject of Kia's latest Super Bowl ad, with Christopher Walken taking an unsuspecting customer on an adventure.
Sock puppets also feature.
After releasing 8 teasers on its YouTube channel, MINI unveiled its campaign to 'Defy Labels' and showcase its own range at the same time.
It's certainly a star-studded lineup, with the Countryman, Clubman and Hatch taking centre stage alongside Serena Williams, Tony Hawk, and T-Pain.
After a long hiatus, the Toyota Prius is featuring in its first Super Bowl ad since 2004. The ad features the hybrid getting a lot of sideways action.
It's set to a bold soundtrack and includes talking ducks and exploding wheelie bins. Neat.
The second Prius ad, named 'The Longest Chase' is one of our favourites this year - almost making the all-new hybrid into a cool car.
In 2014, Audi promoted its R8 supercar in a unique way - with a Godfather-inspired skit.
Keen to show off its 100,000 mile warranty, GM created its 'Sad Robot' ad back in 2007.
Heading way back to 1994 (when Jeep was known as the Jeep-Eagle division) this ad later won an award at the Cannes Film Festival.
One of the best-known Super Bowl car commercials, this Volkswagen ad from 2012 is definitely a memorable one.
And finally, what better way to welcome in Mercedes' 2011 model range than with a great gathering of older models?
Tell us your favourite Super Bowl 50 ad in the comments below - and keep an eye on this page as we update it with the best new Super Bowl ads!


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Translation of award in Spanish:
transitive verb
- 1(honor)
conferir(pay increase/grant)the award for the best movie damages were awarded against her ex-husband
concedersu exmarido fue condenado a indemnizarla por daños y perjuiciosExample sentences
Example sentences
- A good case can be made for including only finishes for which prize money is awarded.
- The jury at Cannes last year agreed, awarding it the Jury Prize.
- I used to run a bar in East London and made the mistake a couple years ago of awarding the fancy dress prize at a New Year's Eve party to a guy dressed as a suicide bomber.
- The Commission objected and a deal was finally struck allowing Uefa to award broadcasting rights contracts for a maximum period of three years.
- The contracts are being awarded exclusively to US firms and are by invitation only.
- They must rue awarding him a three-year contract in January.
- 2 (Sport)(penalty/free kick)
- 1 countable (prize)(medal) condecoración (feminine)the award for the best movieExample sentences
- Women from across Yorkshire were honoured yesterday in awards recognising their outstanding achievements.
- Nobody ever said it would be easy to establish an annual awards ceremony honouring the best productions in Scottish film and television.
- The annual award recognizes outstanding achievements in sports turf management among the 180 state members.
- 2 countable (sum of money)asignación (feminine)
suma (feminine) de dinero(as damages) indemnización (feminine)(grant) beca (feminine)an award of 8% (wage increase)un aumento (por convenio) del 8%Example sentences
- Some €142 million of that amount was paid out in compensation awards, with the balance made up of legal and administrative costs.
- Even students who are not eligible for the full amount of these awards pay nothing up front, unlike the present system which requires an annual fixed fee of £1, 125.
- Law-abiding drivers will have to fork out extra to pay for compensation awards to victims of some 1,000 hit-and-run incidents being dealt with by insurers.
- 3 uncountable (awarding)(of prize, grant, pay increase) concesión (feminine)(of contract) adjudicación (feminine)Example sentences
- The commission also recommends that social welfare payments should be deducted from the appropriate component of any award of damages.
- This month the court of appeal upheld the High Court's award of damages for infringement of his copyright.
- Where the harm is attributable partly to the fault of the defendant and partly to that of the claimant then any award of damages may be reduced by reason of the claimant's contributory negligence.
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I'm hoping someone who has had experience with this might be able to shed some light for me.
I have migrated my Blogger blog content over to WordPress and am about to do the redirect.
I have found many tutorials for redirecting links to their corresponding post (rather than just the site homepage). I just want to know how this works exactly?
For example, say I have a Blogger post with this URL:
Is this (below) what my WordPress URL would need to be for the redirection to work:
Does the .html at the end matter? And does it need to be word for word, as I've noticed (for example) some of my migrated Blogger posts have gained the word 'the' in the WordPress URL.
I only have around 100 posts so if I need to edit the slugs I can, though I would like to understand it a bit better first.
Thanks so much.


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I have a request, if this is possible?
I need to show the price of the app from the appstore in different language.
Plugin shows lookup result in the language of the country.
You made a language strings for other stores, but not for appstore.
So what i want is to lookup results show from estonian store (EE), but in russian language with estonian price. Can you make a language string for appstore?
Sorry for english.


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A double bottom is formed by Tuesday's low and today's low. The fact that today's low did not penetrate Tuesday's low is also a good indicator. If it gaps up on Monday, this will result in an Island Reversal, another bullish indicator.
I think by saying that you just JINXED it!
Double bottom and see through tights. Is that spelled heaven or what?
See thru pants and bottom piercings...google it.


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I'm wondering on how I can make my links display this:
instead of this:
Can anyone help me...I read the permalinks info on the admin-page but I feel somewhat insecure on how to do it...
I'm wondering on how I can make my links display this:
instead of this:
Can anyone help me...I read the permalinks info on the admin-page but I feel somewhat insecure on how to do it...
It looks strange in the instructions, but honestly, you really do not need to understand a word of it :)
1. Go to Options - Permalinks.
2. Click the 'Update Permalink Structure' box.
(The white box 2 above that should have a line of stuff in it)
3. In the textarea further down, information should appear.
4. Right click inside the box, and 'Select All', then right click again and 'Copy'
5. Open Notepad / Wordpad or BBEdit
6. Paste the copied info in there.
7. Save the file as htaccess.txt
8. Now you need to upload that file to your webspace, and it goes in the same directory as 'index.php' and 'wp-layout.css'
9. Using your ftp client, rename it to
(No extension, and you need the dot at the start)
10. Once you have done this, it may disappear - that's okay.
That's it. It should now work. If it doesn't, post back.
and dont forget to set a base URL in head !
<base href="http://www.youwebsite.com/">
Ok, but my two input fields under Options - Permalinks is totally empty...what to do then?
hmm....I feel like an idiot...
Between steps 1 & 2 should have been this direction:
1a) Read the text on the screen - it's a lot but it helps to know what your options are.
1b) Decide how you want your URLs to look, and note the options needed to get that url.
1c) The lines jsut before the first text box shows how to string it all together.
1d) Put the string into the first text box to form the options you want and in the order you want.
THEN click the Update Permalinx directions.
When it's done saving..... scroll down... all the way. There will be a large text area with a bunch of stuff in it. You'll want to copy it and put it in your .htaccess file, providing you have one. If not, then create a file called file.htaccess (keep it blank) and upload it to the root of your WP folder. Then rename it to .htaccess. Now you can use the Templates link in the admin to paste that text from the Permalinks options page into it and save it.
I just have to say that this just blew my mind! It just *worked* - got WP on WinXP running PHPDev... tinkering - trying to break the MT habit.
Worked like a charm.
It worked perfectly! Thank you all who took their time to help me...
What does this mean when I try change rights of an specific user...
Sorry, you need to enable...referrer...
I've added a user to the site and want to give that user the rights to publish articles, links etc.
Never mind my previous question....it seems that the problem appeared when I used my friends Windows-machine to edit the user....weird? Yes. When I got back home using my Mac it worked just fine....Why? I don't know.
It happened because either 1) referrers were disabled in his browser or 2) disabled by a firewall.
"When it's done saving..... scroll down... all the way. There will be a large text area with a bunch of stuff in it. "
Is this something that's been done away with in 1.5.2? I don't get anything like that.
Sort of. WP now writes to .htaccess. It will be there only if WP cannot write to the file. Evidently it can in your situation.
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Here are a few things about Oscar, past and present on what happens at tonight's ceremony.
The first award winners were announced in February 1929; the first ceremony was held three months later. Tickets cost $5.
The first television broadcast was in 1953. More than 90 million people watched.
Last year's Oscar telecast averaged 39.9 million viewers, up slightly from 2006's total.
Each statuette is 13½ inches tall and weighs 8½ pounds.
A total of 2,658 statues have been presented.
The ceremony was postponed three times: in 1938, because of flooding in Los Angeles; in 1968, after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.; and in 1981, after an attempt on the life of President Ronald Reagan.
Best animated feature became a category in 2001. The winner was "Shrek."
Four best-picture winners won an Oscar in every category for which they were nominated: 2003's "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King," 1987's "The Last Emperor," 1958's "Gigi" and 1934's "It Happened One Night."
Liza Minnelli, best actress winner for "Cabaret" in 1973, is the only winner whose parents - Judy Garland and Vincente Minnelli - were both Oscar winners.
The sealed envelope to prevent anyone finding out the winners was first used in 1940. Prior to that, newspapers often printed the winners before the ceremony.
The only X-rated film to win for best picture was "Midnight Cowboy," in 1970.
. The longest Oscar ceremony was four hours and 23 minutes, in 2002.
The shortest Oscar ceremony was 1 hour and 40 minutes, in 1959. Unless you count the very first in 1929, which lasted five minutes.
The longest best picture winner was "Gone With the Wind," at 234 minutes.
The shortest best picture winner was "Marty" at 91 minutes.
Meryl Streep is the most nominated performer, with 14 nominations. She won for "Sophie's Choice" (1982) and "Kramer vs. Kramer" (1979).
The longest Oscar acceptance speech was Greer Garson in 1943, who won for "Mrs. Miniver." She reportedly spoke for seven minutes.
Today, Oscar winners are advised to keep their speeches to 45 seconds in length.
- Duane Dudek Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Video: Working the Christmas Tree Late-Night Shift
When drunken clubgoers pee on trees and you can get a tetanus shot for free.
Ever since Christmas tree vendors descended on the city after Thanksgiving, we've been curious about how they spend their nights. They're on duty 24 hours a day in the lead-up to Christmas. Who buys a Christmas tree at 2 a.m.? We stayed up one recent not-very-silent night to find out. Check out the video below.


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Live like a Sufi for a month
Journalists and Writers Foundation in Turkey in partnership with Blood Foundation, have started a project titled "Sufi for a month". This project aimd at offering opportunity to people who are interested in Sufism and spirituality to live as a Sufi for a period in the places which are significant to Sufi tradtition.Sufism is the spiritual path followed by the Sufi mystic, also known as a dervish, to pursue ultimate truth and nearness to God. It is considered to be the inner, mystical dimension of Islam and is concerned with the annihilation of one's ego and self-centeredness into an ever-deepening consciousness of God.
Being an inner process it is widely regarded than Sufism cannot be learned merely through books and so students are instructed though direct, personal experience. Sufi practices are directed to the goal of overcoming worldly desires and carnal pleasures in order to attain the higher spiritual satisfactions of living and a growing awareness of the infinite Divine presence.
Self-mastery is attained through the technique of self-forgetfulness. Sufism teaches to place others ahead of one's self and to strive first to know, then to live the divine will, above our personal desires. Service to the poor and less fortunate is considered a sacred duty to the dervish.
Finally Sufism is about heart-connection to the Divine and about true love. The Sufi who has attained high levels is one who is full of joy and ecstatic delight, this can be seen and felt as the Whirling Dervishes spin for love of the Creator and for love of all creation.
More information is available on their website www.sufiforamonth.com


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I'm working on the Twenty Ten theme / WP 3.4.2 and I need to add a static text below the category archives title.
Let me explain:
if I click on one category (e.g. named "cats"), i'm landing on a page containing all articles linked with the "cats" category. Just below the title: "Category Archives: Cats", I'd like to add a quotation.
For that purpose, I added a div block in the category.php file just after </h1>. After refreshing the page, it works, BUT the same quotation appears for any category and not only for the "cats" category.
After some researches on google, i came accross this piece of php code, that i adapted:
<?php $post = $wp_query->post;
if (in_category('categ-1')) {
elseif (in_category('categ-2')) {
I created two files: one per category with one different quotation on each. These files are located in the same directory as the category.php file which will remain the same (id est without the quotation).
My question is: where should I put this? In the "function.php" file?
Thanks in advance for you help


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2008 The Most Important Issue
posted by April 23 at 16:30 PMon
Have you caught the "Audacity of Government" This American Life yet? You should.
Stories of the Bush Administration, its unique style of asserting presidential authority, and its quest to redefine the limits of presidential power.
To my mind, the single most important issue for the 2008 election is the massive increase in both the power and incompetence of the executive branch—under the heinous ideology of the Unitary Executive. The massive power grab by the Bush administration—stealing authority from both the States and the co-branches of government—goes a long way to explain the decline of so many institutions in the United States. Most of the executive branch drones, given this massive authority, have little competence beyond winning College Republican elections.
Hence my desire to have an angry and voracious HRC thrust into a leadership role in the Senate, nipping at the heels of anyone and anything in the executive branch. I was thinking of all this while listening to the election returns last night. I miss the old, wonky HRC—vastly preferable to this pandering, fear spouting politician now winning elections.
Among the fear being spouted against Obama is the central role young voters have played in his successes. "Young voters don't vote in general elections," HRC supporters point out, "why not stick with Hillary, whose base are more reliable at the polls?"
True, most young people can't be trusted to vote. But this thinking misses a key advantage of having an administration led by someone—like Obama—who can really inspire young people, particularly highly educated young people: You get better bureaucrats.
Young college graduates—smart chemists, biologists, physicists, historians, political scientists, linguistic experts—are vastly more likely to consider a career in the government—the EPA, the FDA, the DOE, the State Department, the CIA, the NSA—when inspired by a charismatic and smart leader. Hence the vastly increased competence of young Democratic presidential administrations, like Bill Clinton's or potentially Barack Obama's.
So, I hold my (increasingly distant) dream situation alive. An invigorated and aggressive Senate overflowing with excellent policy encoded into legislation, lead for decades by the experienced wonkiness of Hillary Clinton. A competent executive branch, chocked full the best and brightest young minds, led by a charismatic and eloquent president Obama, capable of clearly explaining and executing the brilliant policy flowing from the legislature.


text: 17.09.2013 – The first fragrance for men by BOTTEGA VENETA, called POUR HOMME, is marvellous. First of all it's really light, so you don't get nauseous from breathing and smelling your own unshakeoffable cloud of scent all day. It's woody, soapy and not too sweet. It was designed, apparently, with a farm in the Dolomites in mind. The smoked-glass bottle is handsome, which also helps. The whole thing is a great, grown-up proposition without it being your grandpa's after-shave. We from the Daily Recommendation team usually steer clear of fragrance launches, as too many scents that are neither remarkable nor wearable appear on the market. But this one is a fabulous exception. Well done!


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Woman reporting a home that was being remodeled had been burglarized, 4600 block of West First Street, Freetown, 5:40 p.m. Tuesday.
Man reporting someone broke into a warehouse and took valuable items, 2700 block of East County Avenue, Seymour, 4:01 p.m. Tuesday.
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Hi - is there any way to adjust the margins around images in the WP gallery?
I don't want any space around the pics so they butt against each other (side-to-side and top-to-bottom)...
Thanks :)
Hi - is there any way to adjust the margins around images in the WP gallery?
I don't want any space around the pics so they butt against each other (side-to-side and top-to-bottom)...
Thanks :)
Okay, I've found the following info at http://media.wiley.com/assets/1531/35/BonusChapter.pdf
4. You can change the order of appearance of the images in the gallery,
as well as the markup (HTML tags or CSS selectors).
• captiontag: Change the markup that surrounds the image caption
by altering the gallery short code to something like this:
[gallery captiontag="div"]. This places
 ..

tags around the image caption. Or use [gallery captiontag="
p"] to place
...

tags around the image caption. The default markup for the captiontag
option is dd.
• icontag: Change the markup around the icontag (thumbnail
icon) of the image by altering the gallery short code to something
like this: [gallery icontag="p"]. It places
...
 tags around each thumbnail
icon. The default markup for icontag is dt.
• itemtag: Change the markup around the itemtag (each item) in
the gallery by altering the gallery short code to something like
this: [gallery itemtag="span"]. This places ... tags around each item in
the gallery. The default markup for the itemtag is dl.
• orderby: Change the order used to display the thumbnails in the
gallery by altering the gallery short code to something like this:
[gallery orderby="menu_order ASC"]. The thumbnails are
displayed in ascending menu order. Another parameter you can
use here is ID_order ASC, which displays the thumbnails in
ascending order according to their IDs.
22 Discovering What's New in WordPress 2.5
Table BC-2 Gallery Short Codes
Example Output
[gallery columns="4" A four-column gallery containing
size="medium"] medium-sized images.
[gallery columns="10" A ten-column gallery containing
id="215" size="thumbnail"] thumbnail images pulled from the blog
post with the ID of 215.
[gallery captiontag="p" A three-column (default) gallery where
icontag="span"] each image is surrounded by
... tags.
You can define the style of the span tags in your CSS stylesheet if you have a little knowledge of CSS. For example:
span.gallery-icon img {
padding: 3px;
background: white;
border: 1px solid black;
margin: 0 5px;
Placing this CSS in the stylesheet of your active theme automatically inserts a one-pixel black border around each thumbnail, with three pixels of padding and a white background. The left and right margins are five pixels in width, creating nice spacing between images in the gallery.
...and it does KIND OF work. If I add [gallery itemtag="span"], it does place  ...  tags around each item/image in the gallery...
But when I attempt to use CSS (as described above), nothing changes. Nothing!
Does ANYONE know what I'm doing wrong? I'm beyond desperate!!!
When I viewed the source, I found this comment below the style tags:

So I changed the CSS in media.php and then it works fine. However, I don't think that is the right way to do it. It would be overwritten with next update and I don't want to mess with anything except my own theme.
But there should be a way to tell the gallery to use style.css instead of the style in media.php.
Anyone knows how? Perhaps something to add in functions.php?
No you don't need to edit the media.php....
Just define the classes in your stylesheet, the media.php appends the elements with the classes for you, all you need do is add them to your stylesheet.
Like so...
div.gallery {padding:0!important}
dl.gallery-item {width:auto;padding:5px;border:1px solid #ccc;display:inline;background:#efefef;margin:0 0 5px 5px}
dd.gallery-caption {text-transform:capitalize;font-family:Georgia;font-size:14px;text-align:left;text-indent:8px}
dt.gallery-icon {margin:0;padding:0}
NOTE: I found upon testing, if using .gallery-item instead of dl.gallery-item, the CSS def's wouldn't correctly apply.
I use
[gallery] which applies the default tags, DIV, DL, DT, and DD... as per the CSS above..
That's a straight copy and paste of the CSS i use, so adjust it as required....
There's no reason you need to edit core files.
This message
 is basically so if you're reading view source it's to indicate where to find the definitions for the gallery items, etc....
Of course you might want to add in this one to...
.gallery img {}
Will give you the opportunity to remove the default border etc from the images...
Thanks t31os!!!!
Probably wasn't working because I was writing .gallery-item.
Anyway, I installed the plugin cleaner-gallery and that helped me as well.
Please, guide me.
I´m trying to show the image descriptions under the thumbnails. But i can´t find documentation about this.
I guess it´s under 'captiontag' name. But which var should i call to print it in php plugins? (i´m up to write my first plugin so to display this 'image description').
The CSS code of t31os works great, the only thing which I can't remove is the default border around the thumbs.
What probably the most of us want is a plain gallery...
Anyone knows how to remove all the borders from the gallery?
Yes, to remove the borders just use
.gallery IMG{border-style:none;!important}
(will apply on all the gallery
.gallery-icon {border-style:none;!important}
on gallery icon
The Image itself is class
As a side-not I must say that :
1- the !important "hack" does not work on all browsers
2- I do not really understand why the gallery CSS needs to be inline style, and not linked like all the rest.
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capitalized: (Government, Politics & Diplomacy)
the political and social world of Washington, including federal
office-holders, lobbyists, consultants, and high ranking decision makers.
Capitol Beltway (I-495) is a 64-mile Interstate loop with The U.S. Capitol at it's center.
Army Navy Country Club
1700 Army Navy Drive
Arlington, VA 22202
The event features an outstanding Lecture Series with a focus on veteran issues, new technology, business best practices, and self improvement seminars. The conference also features government agency conducted breakout sessions. In our 2013-14 season government agency exhibitors and lectures have been conducted by The Office of Advocacy-SBA, Fort Meade BRAC BBI, BRAC Arlington County Economic Development, DIA-DISA OSBP, US Army OSBP, DC PTAC, Md. PTAP. Some agencies listed have not confirmed their participation and other agencies not listed have shown interest in exhibiting and hosting classes.
The heart & soul of the conference is a first class Tradeshow packed with America's best and brightest innovators. The Tidewater TechExpo - All exhibitors are fully established gov/mil contractors, many with GSA schedules. Many have decades of experience with teaming agreements and/or as sub-Prime contractors.
The Conference opens each day with a special performance from Tonya Khakazi.
Tonya Khakazi is a versatile singer with both classical, and jazz vocal training.
Tonya attended The Philadelphia High School for the Creative and performing Arts
and studied Jazz Voice at Howard University. While at Howard, Tonya was a member
of the universities premiere vocal jazz ensemble 'Afro Blue '.
She was the recipient of two Downbeat Awards, and performed with music greats
Billy Taylor, Carmen Lundy, and Marvin Hamlisch.
Keynote Address
Anna Urman
Prior to joining PTAP, Anna was the Director of the South Fairfax Small Business Development Center, where she was responsible for training and counseling businesses on all aspects of planning and management, from start-up to successful growth. Anna's clients have opened up retail locations, won federal and state contracts, and have been recognized by the VA SBDC Network as success stories.
Anna is also the President of Tactical Insight, LLC, a boutique consulting practice specializing in procurement policy analysis for select national and international corporations. The insight gained through Anna's research enables her clients to anticipate and stay abreast of regulatory and legislative changes that affect the government contractor community. Anna has extensive primary research experience, having written several white papers, conducted substantive interviews with technology leaders and buyers, as well as crafting demographic survey documents, performing statistical analysis, and producing substantive reports detailing the results of demographic polling efforts.
Anna has received a BA in Political Science and Rhetorics/Communications from Hofstra University. She holds a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center, and has performed post-graduate work in Government Contracts Law and Intellectual Property Law at George Washington University Law School. Anna is a member of the Leadership Fairfax (LFI) Class of 2014.
Lecture Series
A host of business and training sessions TBA including government agency hosted breakout sessions.
Trade Show
In addition to the free Lecture Series and seminars is a trade show exhibition filled to capacity with some of America's finest defense contractors, and military suppliers ready to show off their latest advances.
Jay Elliott, Director Tidewater TechExpo
Jay Elliott, Director of Tidewater TechExpo, has been in the communications industry since 1980. Working in the not for profit health and human resources field for The United Way of America he specialized in bringing together NGO's, businesses, volunteers, and government agencies to work together to help those in need. He worked directly for The President and Mrs. Reagan on the Reagan Library, consultant for The Points of Light Foundation (Bush 41), and worked closely with numerous agency Directors in HUD, the DOJ, DOI, DOE, and the DOD during the Clinton and Bush (41 & 43) Administrations. His work includes productions for numerous departments within the Pentagon, including recruitment films and events for the U.S. Army, and training programs for the Navy and Air Force. His love for America can be seen in dozens of films and videos at National Parks across the country, from Big Bend to Harpers Ferry, and in events for federal agencies and corporate America.
We want to welcome each and every registered exhibitor/attendee to the upcoming 3rd Annual Conference & ExpoBeltway. Helping federal government contractors "win" contracts is our mission at Tidewater TechExpo. Sharing this knowledge in concert with the tremendous talent we have as guest speakers such as; capture managers, proposal writers and BD professionals that will provide a wealth of knowledge for all attendees.
Our Current Schedule of Events
Feburary 12 3rd Bi-Annual Conference & ExpoHamptonRoads
Langley - Eustis • NASA LaRC at the Fort Eustis Club
Matchmaking Session in cooperation with PTAC and the SBA
March 31 3rd Annual Conference & ExpoBeltway
---------------------Belvoir•Pentagon•BRAC-133 at the Army Navy Country Club Arlington VA
Marchmaking Session in cooperation with PTAC and the SBA
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MATADOR — Thomas Hurt, 82, of Matador died Sunday, Dec. 11, 2011, in Crosbyton.
Graveside services will be at 1:30 p.m. today in East Mound Cemetery in Matador with Joe Martin officiating. Arrangements are by Shannon Funeral Home of Matador.
Mr. Hurt was born Dec. 22, 1928, in Oklahoma to Ed C. Hurt and Gracie Lee Davenport Hurt. He married Dora Underwood on Dec. 27, 1947, in Roaring Springs.
Survivors include his wife of Matador; three sons, Lee, Jimmy Don and Tommy, all of Matador; a daughter, Brenda Jacobs of Dumont; three brothers, Eugene, Bobby and David Hurt, all of Tulia; two sisters, Maxine Gilbert of Oklahoma City and Alma Jean Davis of Woodward, Okla.; nine grandchildren; and 10 great-
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Which is correct, "you and I" or "you and me"?
"Me and my wife" or "my wife and me"
Is this sentence correct "All I need is you and I " ?? since "All I need is I" seems not proper here whereas "All I need is you" does.
Is this sentence correct "All I need is you and I " ?? since "All I need is I" seems not proper here whereas "All I need is you" does.
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Although it's correct, as Tim has pointed out, it's also very unnatural. Poets might be drawn to it because it's a playful repetition which gets us to focus on the meaning.
When you use I, you're usually employing it in the nominative case because I is the subject of the sentence:
but when you use me you're generally using it in the accusative case because I is now the object of the sentence:
The sentence is incorrect. You can think of is as a sort of equal sign, where you can put the subject as a predicate nominative and vice-versa and the sentence will be correct. Breaking it down, then, the subject, predicate, and predicate nominative are:
It should be (you could substitute we for you and I, if that helps to understand a bit better):
With a single nominative, it should read:


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One of the hardest things about running your own business is ensuring that the right people know about you and can be persuaded to part with their cash. Here are seven ways to find and grow your customer base when you are targeting your services at a business audience:
If the thought of the phone terrifies you, use social media and business networking to reach out.
And don't forget your existing customers. Create some simple categories such as VIPs, those that have the potential to buy more and lapsed customers. VIP customers warrant your extra care and attention; a customer that buys irregularly warrants some extra marketing nudges to encourage them to buy more; and a lapsed customer is not necessarily a lost customer.
In short, targeting saves time and it generates cost effective sales, so don't short-change your business with a scattergun approach.
Copyright © 2015 Dee Blick, Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Marketing and an Amazon #1 bestselling author of The Ultimate Small Business Marketing Book and The 15 Essential Marketing Masterclasses for your Small Business.
I was pretty despondent when I walked through the door of my parents' home. I was 17 years old and had just had my first driving lesson. I thought driving was going to be a breeze; but inevitably I had stalled the car and made the multitude of mistakes most people do the first time they get behind the wheel.
As I passed my Dad on the stairs he asked, "What's wrong?".
"Do you think I will ever be able to learn to drive?" I murmured.
He quickly responded, "Have you seen all the idiots on the road?"
Of course, that was my father's way of saying "yes".
I meet company directors all the time who tell me they don't understand social media. They don't use Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter and wouldn't know where to start. I always want to use my father's quote, "Have you seen all the idiots on Facebook?"
Facebook is used by 1.3 billion people a month. It is designed to be user friendly. It is not elitist and it's not that difficult. Anyone who gives themselves some time on any of these platforms will quickly master the basics. Moreover, there are a plethora of online articles and videos that can help if you're stuck on a particular task.
Social media doesn't go wrong because people don't understand a particular aspect of functionality on LinkedIn or Twitter. Social media doesn't work for businesses and individuals because they don't understand the mindset shift that has to happen to make it work. Social platforms are very different from broadcast media. To put it simply, social media is not a platform; it is a mindset, a way of thinking, a state of mind.
The mind-shift is simple to explain and yet I am often surprised at how difficult people find the change of thinking. Quite simply, broadcast media was about "me". I would talk about my company, what we could offer, the benefits we gave and so on. This worked when the audience had no right of reply. In a world where there was scarcity of choice and information, audiences would allow themselves to be interrupted by messages they would not necessarily be able to access in any other way.
Social media, however, is not broadcast. It is a two-way communication. Audiences don't merely have the right of reply, rather your business is communicating in their channel. Social media platforms are the primary communication tool of choice for a growing number of individuals. Rather than pick up the phone, many individuals will prefer to send a Facebook message. Therefore, when a company communicates on social platforms, it is in its customer's space. This, of course, is what makes the channel so potentially powerful. It is also why it can go badly wrong.
To make social media work, you have to make your customers the heroes. This normally means allowing your customers to get involved and participate – by encouraging social sharing and feedback.
However, the more you can allow your customers to be involved, the more effective your social media will become. Great examples are Walkers Crisps encouraging customers to come up with a new flavour, JetBlue asking customers to share the story of their flight or Heinz asking its customers which bean they are.
These companies understand the importance of the narrative. Stories are what we tell each other. Stories are how we learn. Whether we obtain the story via word of mouth, books, TV or films, it is stories that have been capturing our imagination since the beginning of time. Before you unleash your communications on the world, ask yourself, "what is your narrative?". What is the story behind what you are doing or the story you are trying to tell? Is it compelling? Could it be improved?
Once you have the story, then you need to work out how the audience can take a central role in the story. If the audience are the heroes they will want to get involved and share the communication with others. And that is ultimately how your social media will be successful.
I don't mean going "viral", which is one of the most overused marketing terms; I'm talking about "social sharing". It only takes a small percentage of any audience to share your communications in order for you to reach a relevant group of potential new customers in the most credible way. After all, it is not you saying how good you are, but a trusted friend or colleague. Rinse and repeat this process on a weekly or monthly basis and that is a lot of potential reach over the course of a year.
Social media is not about the platform. That is merely the outlet for the communication. Social media is about great narratives where your audience takes the central role. David Bowie famously sang: "we can be heroes, just for one day". If you can make your audience the heroes, then your social media might just work.
Copyright © 2015 Grant LeBoff, expert contributor to Marketing Donut and ceo of the Sticky Marketing Club.
Whenever I'm talking to business owners, a question I'm often asked is, how can I ensure I stay ahead of my competitors? So here are seven things that you can do to ensure you stay ahead of your competition for 2014 and beyond.
The first thing you need to do is ring-fence your existing clients. More and more businesses are looking to replace lost revenue and profitability through acquiring new clients — and some of the new business your competitors are targeting will include your existing regular clients.
As a lot of businesses have got complacent. They've tended to neglect existing accounts — and those are now the ones that have been taken by their competitors, or the ones most at risk.
What are your relationships like with your existing accounts? What about the ones you haven't spoken to for a while? The ones you don't get on as well with? Would they tell you if they had been using a competitor's services? And if they did, would you keep the business at the same price or would you have to price match to keep it?
The quality of your prospecting will be one of the biggest factors in how successful you are (or not) in 2014. As the individual salesperson is asked to do more and more, it's vital that the time you spend prospecting is time well spent.
That means knowing who is a good prospect for you. Most people think they know. But often they don't. There will be certain specific criteria that make certain prospects more ideal than others. If you don't know what they are, you need to find out — and fast. Take a look at your existing client base. What was it that made them stay with you at the moment they did?
The next thing you need to do is crank up the volume. I'm a big fan of a high level of activity — as long as that activity is good quality and is done with the right mindset.
The more deals you have in your pipeline, the more you can afford to lose. If you only have just enough in your pipeline (or close to), then you're always going to be struggling as you'll be counting on every deal converting, and it's devastating when any of them drop out.
Just by increasing your activity, you increase your chances of success — and therefore increase the amount of money you can earn. Who wouldn't want to do that?
Some of the best salespeople I know are a valued resource for their clients. They're someone whose opinion their clients respect and who they turn to first to get information about purchasing decisions. They're someone that has a high level of credibility and clients trust their advice.
Not all salespeople are in this position however. A lot of salespeople complain that their clients ignore their advice; that they don't listen; that they don't take their calls or see them when they pop in. What bigger signs do you want that clients don't see you as a valued resource?
In order to be seen as a valued resource, you have to earn it. You have to give value first. You have to get updated on industry trends, technological advancements and understand the impact that these could have on your client's business. You have to be able to hold a business conversation with the level of decision makers you're meeting. Invest the time to do things like this, and it will pay you back tenfold.
One of the best ways to get ahead of the competition in 2014 is to win some customers from them. This is a great way of distracting them from their own new business efforts, plus it's a great motivational factor for you and your team.
If you're in field sales, why not map out competitors' accounts in your territory? Then create a call plan for getting to see them and focus on winning their business.
If you're in internal sales, make notes on the prospects that are currently using your competition, then filter the data by competitors name. Then you can create a phone campaign designed specifically to convert their customers to your customers instead. Dedicated and focused approaches have a far better chance of success — and they put a big dent in your competitor's confidence.
We all know that motivation is important for a salesperson. But it's the salesperson's ability to be consistently motivated that will help them stand out from the rest.
In order to be motivated on a consistent basis, the salesperson has to take charge of their own motivation, rather than waiting for other people (or things) to motivate or de-motivate them. They need to have compelling reasons for doing what they do, especially the tougher jobs such as cold calling.
If you really want to stay ahead of your competition in 2014, you'll need to sharpen your sales skills. This means getting up-to-date, relevant sales tips and advice from trusted sources.
Internal training at your company is great and hiring an external trainer or motivator is even better. However, you don't have to spend money to keep your sales skills updated — there are articles, videos and podcasts that are free to access and there are plenty of seminars you can attend.
Just make sure you put into practice what you learn.
Andy Preston is an expert contributor to Marketing Donut and a leading expert on sales. His website is at www.andypreston.com.
Getting noticed is often a matter of showing up when somebody is looking for what you're selling.
To do this, you need to master what I've taken to calling Three S Timing:
You'll often find that a customer reports that winning their business was a result of lucky timing. That is, you happened to show up when they were looking for what you sell. Luck has very little to do with this.
What's actually going on here is selectivity. And, it's where marketing frequency is absolutely essential.
Have you ever noticed how when you learn a new word, it seems to crop up on the news, in the book you're reading, or in conversation with a friend? It was always there… you just didn't notice it.
The same is true when you're on the look out for a new car, you'll suddenly see the model you have in mind passing you at every turn or parked next to you at the supermarket. This is a trick of the mind. To enjoy the fruits of lucky timing, your company needs to crop up when a person happens to be thinking about what you're buying. Which, effectively, means being there all the time.
To do this, you need to commit to a number of regular marketing activities rather than one-offs, or big bang campaigns. The frequency of these will depend on buying cycles in your industry. What you're aiming for is to act a little like a lighthouse, with a beacon flashing regularly enough to be seen at the right moment.
Tip: Commit to a small number of regular marketing activities such as a weekly blog, a monthly newsletter or quarterly direct mail.
How this works: When Comet Global Consulting, customer technology specialists, were looking for some strategic marketing support, one of their directors recommended my consulting business. I had worked with him for about six months when I was in corporate marketing some three years earlier, and we had connected on LinkedIn. He had never signed up for a newsletter, or clicked on a blog. However, every week (without fail) I update my LinkedIn status with my latest blog post so my blog was popping up in this buyer's newsfeed regularly. When it came to needing what I offer, he finally clicked on a link. But, without the previous 150-odd updates, he may not have noticed this one.
With a commitment to a steady stream of ongoing activities, you can further increase your chances of showing up at the right time by understanding and matching your buyers' work and life patterns and scheduling your communications to match.
Mapping a typical day, week and year for your buyers will help you to work out when to get in touch. For example, Mondays and Fridays probably aren't the best days to send direct mail and calling a consumer at home during working hours is pretty futile.
Tip: Use scheduling tools to maintain a presence outside normal office hours. If you need to respond in these times, think about using a call-handling service.
There's also seasonality to consider. Even if you're not an ice-cream vendor, there will be seasonality in your market. Financial year-ends, school holidays, industry events, funding cycles and the like, can all lead to seasonal changes in demand. Map things that happen over the course of a year that you could talk about or help with.
There will be events that happen every year, like getting your tax return in on time, and there will be one-offs in that year specifically, like a big sporting event.
The former should be worked into your ongoing marketing plan; the latter should form part of your specific 12-month plan. There may also be dated triggers that relate to an individual or specific company, like renewal dates, that would allow you to time your communications perfectly.
Tip: If you collect key data, like year-end or birthdays, when people sign up for your email newsletter, you can set up automated emails to go to them at these times.
Bryony Thomas is an expert contributor to Marketing Donut and a marketing consultant, speaker, and author. This post has been adapted from Bryony's 5-star business book, Watertight Marketing and it originally appeared on her own website.
The pompously named "customer/client relationship teams" just don't get it. In fact, the majority of the marketing team don't get it. That certainly applies to many corporates but it could equally apply to small firms like yours — so read on.
Some marketers just don't understand the whole "customer" thing. This isn't a new fad or a naïve but sales-hungry business school professor's idea of a good wheeze. This is here to stay and until your business gets it then you will lose sales to those businesses that do get it. This is the "it" they don't get:
Meanwhile, like rabbits in the headlights, the large company marketing and customer care departments are frozen stiff, not knowing what to do next.
Your customer relationship is not something that you can outsource and control with service level agreements. Customers want to talk to and relate to you. Otherwise they will feel out of control and believe they have no real relationship with you (and vice versa) and they will tell the rest of the world. And they will vote with their feet.
So, rather than waiting for the consultant's report, how about doing the simple stuff?
Get out there and talk to your customers and clients. Ask them what they think and feel about your product and your service. Stop following the conversations and join in.
They talk about you because they care. You can show them that you care. You can explain what's gone wrong and what you are going to do. But you can't do that by hiding behind the next report. Try it. You'll be surprised.
Robert Craven is an expert contributor to Marketing Donut. Robert shows directors and owners how to grow their profits. As well as running the Directors' Centre, he is a keynote speaker and the author of business bestseller Kick-Start Your Business. His latest book – Grow Your Service Firm – is out now.
Lifecycle marketing can:
A brave new concept that is slowly being nurtured by marketers, lifecycle marketing represents the birth of a new era. A drastic shift in marketing, it's a technique that focuses on more than attracting a customer, but on converting them into your own personal brand advocate.
Lifecycle marketing requires thought, research, a hands-on approach, a finger on the pulse and staff that are as excited about a product or service as you are. It isn't easy, but the rewards far outweigh the time and thought it takes to implement such an approach.
Lifecycle marketing embraces the entire customer experience process, not just the sale. It relies on rich customer experiences that transform clients into our best advertising tools.
Customer experience is the sum of all the encounters a customer has with a business. From initial awareness, through to discovery, attraction, interaction and purchase, to use and development, and finally ending in advocacy. So whilst they may not be shouting from the rooftops, a tweet and a positive review on your Facebook page will certainly go a long way in generating leads and attracting new customers.
This isn't all about concepts though, this is about tangible results, and the use of technology to support the business/consumer cycle.
Lifecycle marketing uses lead nurturing pathways and marketing automation technology such as HubSpot to feed tailored content to prospects and engage with them before they buy, when they buy and after they've completed the buying process.
These technical resources provide a platform for tracking and analysing customer engagement, including detailed information about what content leads have read, and when. With technology like this, it's easy to strike up the sort of conversation that your customer wants to be a part of.
Above all, lifecycle marketing is a thoughtful approach — it considers not only the customer experience, but also the employee experience. It relies on a degree of internal marketing that engages employees and motivates them to deliver the best possible customer experience.
Businesses have listened, learned and embraced the idea that the customer is at the heart of the marketing process.
Rhian Morgans is an online PR executive for Tomorrow People.


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Actor Ty Granderson Jones, will showcase his film, Napoleonic, at the annual Action on Film Festival in late July
Napoleonic is the story of a delusional vigilante, suffering from the effects of Napoleon complex, or 'short man syndrome' in post-Katrina New Orleans. As an actor, director, and producer, Napoleonic is one of many films where Jones has showcased his incredible talent in all aspects of film production.
Action on Film Festival creator and director, Del Weston, says, 'Ty Granderson is such a unique individual. His passion for the arts and for filmmaking are what you notice first about this mega-talent. Where he is now, and where he will be in the future, as a performer are lightyears apart. We can't wait to work with him.'
Along with having Creole roots in New Orleans via the French Quarters, Jones was also inspired to create Napoleonic by his co-writers/producers Peter Compagno and Joseph Riccobono who 'as residents of New Orleans - lost everything they had - essentially everything they worked for.' Jones goes on to say, 'it was shocking - two to three years after the initial devastation, and conditions had gotten no better for the residents of New Orleans and not much better today due to the BP Oil spill.'
The seventh annual Action on Film Festival will take place July 22-30 in Pasadena, CA. Featuring screenings, dinners, an award show, and a renowned red carpet event, the festival and celebration will attract hundreds of talented filmmakers, celebrities, and fans alike.
For tickets and more information on the upcoming Action on Film Festival, please visit www.aoffest.com. For a sneak preview, tune into NBC on Saturday nights at 2:30am to watch Weston's show, Action on Film Television.
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AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Officials say a bikini and the First Amendment provide enough coverage for a model advertising a suburban Denver coffee shop called Perky Cups.
Aurora City Council member Molly Markert calls the picture on the 10-by-20-foot banner "degrading to women," but she says it's legal.
Markert says she had city employees measure the banner, and it conforms with city size restrictions.
Robert Rogers, a city attorney, says the content is protected by the First Amendment.
Perky Cups owner Jason Bernal says people have come into the shop to complain, but one stayed to buy a burrito and coffee.
He says the sign has been great for business but he's not sure how long he'll leave it because of the complaints.
He says he wants to be a good neighbor.
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I cannot seem to find a link to a tutorial or guide that will show me how to swap my bad Hitachi drive in my 360 for a working M25 Samsung that I have... can someone please email the link or post a general guide in here??
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Or, you can look thru all of the numerous guides yourself in Newbie Chat and the Technical DVD-ROM sections of the forums, plenty of them in there and what all tools you'll need. Just have to spoof the ms25 as your Hitachi version and replace the key with the one from it also.
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