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Building Trust and Innovation through Digital Banking
With online and mobile banking continuing to make deep inroads into consumers' lives, it is time for banks to rethink how they attract and retain customers. Creating relationships with digital customers is critical if banks want to differentiate their brands and boost loyalty.
Increasingly, banks can identify and mine a wealth of information about their customers - from social media and a variety of other digital sources - to make connections and draw insights that previously remained in silos or were unknown. By harnessing the power of digital channels, banks can move away from reactive, transaction-based customer relationships, towards a more personalized and proactive experience.
Taking a cue from the retail sector where the likes of Amazon, eBay and Starbucks have transformed digital customer experiences, financial institutions realize that if they fail to respond now, non-banking organizations will step in to own the customer experience. Indeed, innovative players such as Square, Google, Simple and Moven have already started offering financial services.
Five Golden Rules
There are five guiding principles of a "Digital First" strategy:
1. Anticipation - Anticipate customer needs and guide them to the relevant product or offers quickly. For example, the landing page should be able to recognize if a particular user is a new visitor or returning customer before serving content.
2. Insight - Leverage analytics, data mining and other technologies to understand customer preferences, thereby increasing the value of each customer interaction.
3. Connected - Provide a seamless experience (one interaction leading to another without interruption) across channels and devices so customers will feel positive about their digital experience with their respective banks.
4. Relevance - Deliver improved service to customers by developing digital applications that recognize contextual signals and engage customers accordingly. For instance, the bank's locator application on a customer's mobile device should recognize that he is abroad and provide information on the nearest ATM machines.
5. Available — Deepen the relationship with customers by giving them access to virtual relationship managers and other digital tools and services across all channels and devices.
Enabling Technology
There are several enabling technologies that will help a 'Digital First' strategy drive customer intimacy.
1. Digital Intelligence
Analytics can now encompass customer interactions across online, mobile and social channels. This is giving marketers the opportunity to understand how customers use their digital devices and integrate those insights to deliver compelling digital experiences. Leading organizations are already integrating their digital analytics data with existing traditional data sets from existing customer relationship management systems to create a new layer of digital intelligence and deliver even more personalized experiences to customers.
For example, U.K. customers with an American Express card can now sync their card account with their Foursquare account and take advantage of personalized offers, based on location and their spend patterns. This intelligence is fundamentally enabled by insights AmEx has developed from a rich customer profile, helping it deliver a relevant experience.
2. Post-login Experience
Experience has shown that over 90 percent of customers use their bank website to check their account balance or carry out specific transactions, and then they log off. The average online banking interaction is at best functional and transactional. But there is a great opportunity to transform the post-login experience into a dialogue.
The 'customer dialogue engine' uses context, relevance and data to create a conversation between customers and banks. By monitoring customer transactions and behavior, the dialogue engine can suggest tools for financial planning and budgeting, act as a virtual advisor, offer peer comparison on selected products or services, and much more. In effect, the customer dialogue engine gives banks valuable insights about a customer's financial life to enrich the experience.
Bank of America launched BankAmeriDeals—an application that allows online customers to select a series of cash back deals at shops and restaurants in a secure environment. This service uses transaction history to attract customers' attention and reward them for their loyalty.
3. Everywhere Banking
Increasingly, banks are integrating mobile banking services with other channel offerings to provide a multichannel customer experience and gain a competitive edge. For instance, Barclays' innovative mobile payment service—Pingit— allows customers to use their mobile phone to send and receive money using just a phone number. Other niche players are using mobile as a service channel to initiate financial offers for loans and other products.
4. Digital Relationship Management
Banks can extend the traditional relationship management/teller model to provide superior service—key to driving deeper customer intimacy.
For example, BBVA, one of Spain's largest banks—is breaking new ground by offering customers superior service through a virtual assistant application that guides its internet banking customers. The app builds customer intimacy by making personalized recommendations, much as a real bank assistant would, leading the customer through customized pages where the structure and displayed information is tailored to suit the customer needs.
5. Socially Engaging Banking
Leading organizations are already going beyond using social to merely gather insights; they are making it part of an integrated customer experience strategy across channels. New York City-based Moven, for example, is launching next generation banking services with social at its core. Combining traditional credit data with behavioral data and social influence the bank creates a customer credibility score. Based on that score, the bank provides feedback to customers on their financial performance and options they can consider.
Developing a 'Digital First' mindset is critical for banks seeking to significantly enhance customer satisfaction, build customer loyalty and deepen share of wallet.
Piercarlo Gera is global managing director of Accenture Distribution & Marketing Services and co-author of the recently published paper, "Banking on Digital: Building Trust and Innovation in Financial Services." Wayne Busch is managing director of Accenture's banking industry practice in North America.


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Day two of our trip in Asheville had us move around a bit less but was just as intense, keeping us on our toes until bedtime. Or was it until we all rolled, stumbled, fell, crashed on our beds?! Ha! Yes, we can blame it on all the tasty wines, succulent dishes, intense Iron Chef competition, culminating with an outstanding dinner at Horizons in The Grove Park Inn.
The 4 Diamond restaurant gathered us around one of the best meals I have had in my life, ending in the most perfect sweet note: a chocolate and caramel tasting executed by Pastry Chef Laura Bogard. Before I could even ask our hosts if Laura would be kind enough to share a couple of the recipes, I was graciously handed a print out of all the components of our plate. Once back home in SC, I decided to put my own spin on it and make this Chocolate Torte topped with Caramel Ice Cream and Chocolate Sorbet, inspired by that evening. But let's talk about the day first…
We started with a visit to Sunburst Trout Farm outside of Asheville. I was really looking forward to it for the simple reasons that I used to go trout fishing all the time as a kid and I fully support trout farming when done with sound ecological practices. I was thrilled to meet Sally, her family and her staff after I had read more about them and their operation. They confirmed every thought I had already formed in my head: happy trout, careful workers, quality products.
Before meddling with the trout we were treated to a scrumptious breakfast smorgasbord of trout dishes, carefully prepared by their research and development chef, Charles Hudson. Trout dip, trout omelette, trout gravy and biscuits, hot smoked, cold smoked…you name it, we probably had it. All accompanied by fresh and pickled vegetables from the chef's garden. A feast. We had to draw the line and think about the next round of food aventures and skip lunch.
Food bloggers skipping lunch? Ah yes. We had to keep ourselves sharp and moveable for what was awaiting us next. A full blown, very serious and incredibly fun CSA Mystery Box Iron Chef Competition held at AB-Tech Culinary Arts Center. If I were a student looking for a culinary college, I would, hands down, apply there first. Everything there is made to teach and practice without being stale or stuffy. Me? I was trying to contain that beaming smile of being back on the familiar grounds of a professional kitchen.
I wish I could have combined my two loves of cooking and photographing but I was about to get my hands chopping and my apron dirty. Diane of White On Rice Couple was our full-on photography journalist that day so I will be sure to update you when they post about it. We all had such a blast that I can't wait to see it in pictures!
Each blogger was paired with a local chef to create two courses using the content of CSA boxes provided by The Appalachian Sustainable Agricultural Project, as well as the trout we had filleted that morning and extra ingredients provided by Blue Ridge Food Ventures (love that project – please take the time to click) and our own chefs.
Right photo courtesy of Diane at White On Rice Couple.
Meet Team France! Yes. Could there have been a better pairing than this? I think not! Indeed, I was teaming up with Chef Michel Baudoin, owner and chef of Bouchon . I have to say that the first thing I told Dodie was "Oh sh!t (!) you know that two French chefs competing together is more explosive than them competing against each other, right?!" She mentioned Michel had a similar reaction, eheh. Ah yes, that's us French peeps. Bill says we take out our swords first and talk later. Very right. But in this case, very wrong.
We had a blast! Talking and yapping away in French. Chopping and dicing while coming up with our competition dishes. We were supposed to make only two dishes, but I guess you will not be surprised to hear that we made three. See! It's not only me during Daring Bakers challenges! It's genetic!! We started off with a fennel and zucchini tart, topped off with chorizo crumbles. Our main course was a Sunburst trout fillet stuffed with local goat cheese, baby turnip filled with purple potato puree. (picture here)
Michel is so low key and humble, I just had the greatest time cooking with him and talking about our experiences with food, cultures, restaurants, etc…I previously had dinner at Bouchon a few years ago and I am looking forward to returning to Asheville just for that!
Dessert was my grandmother's vanilla apple compote served with pecan shortbread cookies. My biggest fear was this item. Seriously. Baking without measuring or weighing, mixing everything while eye balling and feeling the dough. I think I had a couple of shots of moonshine brought over by Todd's chef while the cookies were baking! Turns out that everyone raved about that simple, homey dessert and it even earned us an extra five points. We still lost by 1/2 point though while Alison and Chef Annie Pettry took the high honors of the day.
It was an intense competition but with such great spirited and talented chefs that even if we were feeling it in our gambettes (legs), we still had enough of an adrenaline high to carry on with dinner planned at The Grove Park Inn's Horizons restaurant, Horizons.
We started off by a round of cocktails (check out Jaden's post about her tasty Xanadu libation) and appetizers which got their beauty shot courtesy of Todd.
I did take pictures from that dinner but let's recap my physical state at this poing: late breakfast + cooking competition + a few nibbles of the finished dishes + moonshine + wine + cocktails + outstanding dishes + wine pairings + sake tasting = one very fuzzy sets of pics. Love that Bill knows me so well that he immediately asked the next day whether I had behaved. I think I did 🙂
Aren't you lucky I don't have all the words, the right words to describe how outstanding this dinner was?! I mean just look at that menu and sigh. I am! Thank you Jeff and Kevin for the superb setting and organization, you can be proud of the team you have cooking for your guests. Seriously, and I am not saying that because I never saw the check, this was one of the best meals of my life. Everything so fresh, sourced locally as much as possible, and executed with such perfection by Chef Duane Fernandes and his staff that I finished each- and- everyone- of- my- plates- OMG- I still- can't- believe- I did this! And the wines…I want to do it all over again but with just the wines! Ok, maybe not…because there is a seriously tempting dessert tray to talk about.
Chocolate almond torte, chocolate sorbet, chocolate and caramel pudding and caramel ice cream and malt shakes. So happy to see I am not the only one thinking mini milkshakes are cool (see DB challenge)! I admit, while deep with both chocolate and caramel flavors, the pudding is the only item I left on the plate after sampling a few bites (research people, it's all research). I did wish for a groundhog day type situation in which that chocolate torte, chocolate sorbet and caramel ice cream would just keep on appearing before my eyes and plate. This good. I have not even been really in the mood for chocolate lately but after making this at home, it is all I can see!!
Soft, luscious, powerful, smooth, intense. I took the three elements I loved the most about our dessert sampler that night and combined them in this entremet, starting with the chocolate torte as the base and then topped off with the caramel ice cream and chocolate sorbet. I made six. We had 2. That's four more for me if I find a way to sneak around Bill. I hope it convinces you to try all three together or separately. It was hard to keep the caramel ice cream around long enough to have any left to fill the cake rings!
Are you still with me for Day 3 and 4 and a couple more exquisite recipes from the chefs of Asheville? Sure hope so!
Have a wonderful 4th of July!
Chocolate Torte, Caramel Ice Cream and Chocolate Sorbet:
For the chocolate torte:
10 oz (300gr) chocolate
8 oz (230gr) unsalted butter, at room temperature
6 eggs
3/4 cup (150gr) sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla
2 tablespoons (15gr) flour
3/4 cup (70gr)finely ground almonds
1/2 teaspoon espresso
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
For the Caramel Ice Cream:
1 1/2 cups (300gr) sugar
1 teaspoon honey
1/2 cup (125ml) water
1 quart (1L) half and half
or 2 cups whole milk + 2 cups heavy cream
12 egg yolks
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
3/4 teaspoon salt
For the chocolate sorbet:
2 1/2 cups (625ml) water, divided
1 cup (200gr) sugar
3/4 cup (65gr) cocoa powder
8 oz (240gr) dark chocolate
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Prepare the chocolate torte:
Preheat oven to 350F and position a rack in the middle. Line a quarter sheet pan with parchment paper and set aside.
In a large bowl set over a pot of simmering water, melt together the chocolate and butter. Remove from the heat and let cool to room temperature.
In a stand mixer (or with hand held beaters), whisk the eggs and sugar on medium speed until slightly thickened. Add the vanilla. Turn the speed to low and add the chocolate mixture and whip for a minute. Still on low speed, add the rest of the ingredients. Beat one minute until everything is incorporated.
Spread the batter on the prepared sheet pan and bake for 20-30 minutes or unti the center is just set.
Let cool completely.
Prepare the caramel ice cream:
In a heavy saucepan, set over high heat, stir together the sugar, honey, and water and cook to a dark amber caramel. Slowly add 2 cups of half and half and return to a boil, stirring to dissolve all the caramel bits. Slowly add the remaining 2 cups of half and half and return to a boil.
In a large bowl, whisk the egg yokls to break them up and slowly pour the hot caramel mixture over them to temper. Pour the content of the bowl back in the saucepan and cook over medium low heat until it coats the back of a spoon. Remove from the heat, add the vanilla and salt and stir until dissolved.
Let cool completely, refrigerate until cold.
Process in an ice cream machine according to manufacturer's instructions.
Prepare the chocolate sorbet:
In a heavy saucepan set over medium high heat, stir together 1 1/2 cups water, sugar, cocoa, and a pinch of salt. Bring to boil, turn the heat down and simmer for a minute. Remove from the heat. Stir in the remainin 1 cup of water, chocolate and vanilla. Let stand for a minute. Whisk the mixture thoroughly to make sure that everything is incorporated and smooth.
Let cool completely. Refrigerate until cold before processing in your ice cream machine according to manufacturer's instructions.
To assemble:
Line six 3-inch round cake rings with acetate or platic cover sheets and place them on a parchment paper line baking sheet. Cut out six 3-inch rounds in the chocolate torte and place them inside the prepared cake rings. Divide the caramel ice cream and chocolate sorbet evenly in between the cake rings. Freeze until solid.
I topped the cakes with fresh berries and tuiles made out leftover frangipane from the last Daring Bakers Challenge.

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39th Rock Island Art Guild Fine Arts Exhibition
Since 1955, the Rock Island Art Guild, a volunteer-run organization, has supported the arts in the Quad City region through exhibitions, educational programs and scholarships. This juried guild exhibition is open to artists within a 150-mile radius of the Quad Cities. This year's juror is Julie Rodrigues Widholm, the director of DePaul Art Museum in Chicago. Prior to her position at DePaul, she was curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, where she organized the first retrospective of Colombian sculptor Doris Salcedo, along with many other exhibitions. In addition to selecting the works for the exhibition at the Figge, Widholm will select the artists who will receive awards.
Download a gallery guide with participating artists and images of artwork.
On view February 6-May 15, 2016
Sponsored by the Rock Island Art Guild
images: Sara Slee Brown, Stone City Fireflies, mixed media (at top)
Ralph Iaccarino, Canyon Land, watercolor
Companion Events
Exhibition Reception
Thursday, February 11
5:30 pm Refreshments
7 pm Remarks
Artists Talk
7 pm Thursday, April 14


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Rule #1 - Be Patient - Rule #2 - Don't ask when, if you don't contribute - Rule #3 - You have coding skills - LinuxMCE's small brother is available: http://www.agocontrol.com
Just some food for thought regarding the introduction section.A picture is worth 1,000 words. A video is worth a thousand pictures.I think we could sum up what LinuxMCE does in a quick 1min or less video. If we can get some volunteers with LinuxMCE setups that are integrated well into their homes (in a visually pleasing way, etc) and who also have a decent video camera, we could have them record some footage of their system performing various functions, and piece together a well produced demo video. I have a professional recording studio, and could put together some professional sounding voice overs for said video. I know a few voice over artists and might be able to twist their arm to get them to volunteer a bit of their time.
I also agree that more information on how it all works from the point of view of it being open-source should be included on the main page i.e. what you can and can't expect. I suspect the majority of users will at least be users of ubuntu, and I have to say, you read some of these posts on the ubuntu forums, and I think to myself Christ, you're getting this for free, they're complaining like they paid full price for it.
I dunno about videos, I think it's difficult to make them look professional, plus people on mobile devices/people looking at them at work on the sly may not be able to view. If people think they are a good idea, fine, but they should not contain any information that isn't already present with words and pictures. Just my opinion.
perhaps we should set up a copy of the frontpage at a different address and then work on that. then when we are finished copy the content over and replace the existing one.I agree with the layout you have suggested but also think that more info is needed in the introduction (either on linuxmce.org or on the wiki). I remember when I first found LMCE, I was looking for a Media Centre with HA capabilities. I had already been using WinMCE for a while and I found LMCE but I had never had any experience of Linux or any community based project before and found myself not quite understanding what all that meant.
Dunno if this is getting off-topic...Absolutely we should mention the open-source nature, and I think there's a balance to be achieved w.r.t disclaimers and setting the user's expectations. The few users who come to the forums and whine are a pain, and I think we'd want to be careful about bombarding ALL new users with disclaimers up front as a response to this (and risk alienating them). Giving this project the look and feel of a polished commercial product is a good thing and getting the user excited about what's possible with LinuxMCE is a good focus. Can we deal with the whiny users who have a sense of entitlement in the forum, or just ignore them?All the info contained in video should be in text too, for sure! As for video quality I've seem some pretty professional-looking amateur work done, it just takes the right artistic eye. Even if it looks a bit amateur I think it would still be better than no video (it's an incredibly efficient way of conveying the essence of the project) I've had great success with video on my mobile devices.
DaveGravy, can I sign you up to be our audio/video wizzkid?


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Sputnik 1 just beeped. China's first satellite, launched more than a decade later, simply radioed a communist anthem back to Earth. So far, North Korea's first satellite appears to be less accomplished.
And that shouldn't be a surprise.
Given the history of first orbital space shots, North Korea's apparent struggle with its mission is fairly typical, says David Akin, an associate professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Maryland.
"You generally don't have high aspirations for either the longevity or the scientific return of a first satellite," he says.
There are conflicting reports about whether the satellite, launched Wednesday, is safely circling Earth. U.S. officials have been quoted as saying Kwangmyongsong-3 is "tumbling out of control," while South Korea's Defense Ministry says it's too soon to tell if the craft is functioning properly.
Glenn Lightsey, a professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Texas, says if the satellite is in fact tumbling as it orbits, then it's not going to be very useful for anything other than propaganda points.
"They may not be able to point the radio antenna in a direction where they can communicate with the satellite," he says.
Akin says that like a lot of small satellites, North Korea's probably doesn't have an attitude control system — either in the form of rocket thrusters or other devices that use either electromagnets or gyroscopes.
Not being able to control the satellite in orbit is just one of many things that can go wrong, says Akin.
Just getting into orbit is a precise maneuver. "The problem with launching a satellite is that you have to get to the right altitude, going at the right speed and in the right direction," he says. "If you miss any one of those, you're not going to be in the orbit you want to be in."
And if North Korean mission control can't stop the satellite from tumbling, its low-Earth orbit could decay in weeks or months, says Lightsey.
"It depends on a lot of things — how high the orbit is and the [atmospheric] drag on the satellite, which will depend on its size and mass and the shape of its orbit," he says.
By all accounts, the satellite is small, says Akin, and "a lightweight satellite, kind of like a shuttlecock, is going to fall back into the atmosphere a lot sooner than a bowling ball."
Not every nation's first satellite suffers the apparent fate of the North Korean mission. One example: the U.S. Explorer 1, launched in 1958 just months after Sputnik 1.
Explorer reached a fairly high orbit and had a radiation detector aboard. It made an important discovery — the Van Allen radiation belt that surrounds the Earth and had previously been unknown.
"That was sort of the jackpot, but it was kind of happy circumstance," Akin says.
Sooner or later, the North Korean satellite may suffer a fiery re-entry into Earth's atmosphere. Small objects that plunge from space generally are destroyed long before reaching the surface. But when it's a big one, such as NASA's Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) that came down last year, some debris survives.
Statistically, about two-thirds of the time, this plunge occurs over water. That's what happened to UARS, which crashed harmlessly into the Pacific Ocean.
But hitting land can mean problems. In 1978, Soviet spy satellite Kosmos 954 came down over northern Canada, spreading radioactive debris from its nuclear reactor over a large swath of wilderness tundra.
Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.


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Gigolo agency in Hisar and gigolo agency in Hisar As a busy professional, your time is valuable and in short supply. However, you have certain needs and desires that require attention and fulfillment outside of work hours. For those seeking companionship and intimacy on their own schedule, gigolo agency in Hisar provide an outlet for connection that fits within the constraints of a demanding job. By hiring an escort, you are able to find pleasure and release with an attentive partner for as long as you choose. While discretion and confidentiality are assured, your enjoyment and satisfaction are the top priorities. If you are open to exploring this option to spice up your life outside the office, this guide will walk you through the steps to connect with an escort, set clear expectations, and make the most of your experience. Take control of your personal life and indulge in an evening without limits or commitment. You deserve to reward yourself when the work day is done.
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There are typically registration and licencing fees for gigolo agency in Hisar, which can range from $100 to $500 or more depending on your location. Make sure to pay all necessary fees when you submit your registration application and supporting materials. Fees may be paid by mail, in person, or online, depending on how your city handles registrations.
Complete an Interview (If Required).
Some cities conduct in-person interviews with all applicants before approving a call-boy agency in Hisar. If contacted for an interview, be sure to arrive on time, bring all requested materials, and dress in professional attire. Answer all questions honestly and to the best of your ability. A successful interview, combined with the other steps, will result in your official registration as a gigolo agency in Hisar. You can now operate legally in your city.
Background Checks and Screening
Background Check
As an aspiring gigolo agency in Hisar, you will go through a background check to verify your identity and check for any criminal records. This typically involves providing a government-issued ID, proof of citizenship or legal residency, and consenting to a criminal background check.
In-person Interview
If your background check is clear, you will be invited to an in-person interview. This is a chance for the gigolo agency in Hisar to meet you, assess your professionalism, and determine if you would be a good fit for their roster of escorts. Dress professionally, be polite and courteous, and highlight any experience you may have in customer service roles.
Health and Drug Screening
As an escort, your health and wellness are of the utmost importance. You will undergo testing for common STDs like HIV, chlamydia, and syphilis, as well as illegal drugs. Periodic re-testing will likely be required to maintain an active membership. It is critical that you engage in safe practises and remain drug-free to protect yourself and your clients.
Training Many agencies provide training for new gigolo agency in Hisar on topics like:
- Personal grooming and style
- Sexual health and safety
- Effective communication
- Client satisfaction and retention
- Industry ethics and legal compliance
This helps ensure you are fully prepared to serve clients in a professional manner. Pay close attention and ask questions to gain valuable insights from more experienced escorts.
Probationary Period
Once fully screened and trained, you will start serving clients, typically under the guidance of a senior gigolo agency in Hisar. This probationary period, often 3-6 months, allows you to gain real-world experience while still receiving mentorship and feedback. If your performance is satisfactory during this time, you can be promoted to a full-fledged member of the team.
With diligence and dedication, you can build a successful career as an escort. But it starts with patience, hard work, and a commitment to professionalism during the screening and onboarding process. Stay determined, follow advice from mentors, and maintain the highest ethical standards to become a reputable gigolo agency in Hisar.
gigolo agency in Hisar Rates and Commissions
Setting Your Rates
As an independent gigolo agency in Hisar, you have the freedom to set your own rates for the services you provide to clients. However, it is important to carefully consider the typical range of rates in your area for the types of services you offer in order to remain competitive. You will need to factor in the costs of running your own Hisar gigolo business, including advertising, transportation, supplies, and your own time.
Hourly Rates
Many gigolo agency in Hisar charge by the hour, typically ranging from $200 to $500 per hour depending on the services provided and your level of experience. As a new gigolo agency in Hisar, you may want to start at the lower end of this range, around $250 to $350 per hour. You can then increase your rates over time as you build up your reputation and client base. Always be upfront with clients about exactly what is included in the hourly rate.
Overnight and Extended Rates
For overnight visits or longer engagements, many gigolo agency in Hisar charge a higher flat rate rather than an hourly rate. A typical overnight rate would be $1,000 to $3,000 or more. Extended weekend rates of $2,500 to $5,000 or higher are also common. Be prepared to negotiate and potentially offer package deals or discounts for repeat clients or longer bookings.
Commission Percentages
Some gigolo agency in Hisar operate by paying a percentage of their fees to the agency or service that connects them with clients. Standard commission percentages range from 20 to 50 percent. As an independent gigolo agency in Hisar managing your own business, you will keep 100 percent of the fees you charge, but you will need to budget for the costs of advertising and screening potential clients on your own. Consider your options carefully based on your experience level and ability to build up your own client base.
With the proper business savvy and high-quality services, gigolo agency in Hisar can make $50,000 per year or more. However, it is important to consider the legal and safety risks of this line of work. Always put your health, safety, and wellbeing first when negotiating rates and accepting new clients.
Tips for New gigolos agency in Hisar
Once registered, there are a few tips to keep in mind as you get started in this line of work. Following these best practises will help ensure your success and safety as a new gigolo agency in Hisar.
Stay Safe
Your safety should be your top priority. Never share personal details like your home address with clients. Meet clients in public places for initial encounters, and consider using a hotel for engagements. Let someone know where you are and who you are meeting before any appointment. Trust your instincts—if anything feels off about a client or engagement, don't hesitate to walk away.
Set Clear boundaries.
Be very clear about the services you offer and your rates. Do not feel pressured to engage in any activity you are uncomfortable with. Politely but firmly communicate your boundaries to clients, and do not negotiate them. Make sure any agreement on services and payment is explicit before an engagement begins.
Build Your business.
Develop a professional website to advertise your services, with enticing photos and a detailed description of what you offer. You can also create profiles on reputable escort directories and paid ad sites. Provide recent, authentic photos, and be honest in your profile descriptions. Join social networks related to your line of work to connect with other gigolo agency in Hisar, share advice, and potentially find new clients.
Stay Discreet
Exercise caution in who you disclose the details of your work to. While close friends and some family members may be accepting, many will not understand or support your career choice. Be mindful of how you discuss your work in public or online as well, as discretion and privacy are very important. Maintain a separation between your personal and professional online profiles.
Following these tips will set you up for success as a new gigolo agency in Hisar. Stay safe, set clear boundaries, build your business, and value discretion. Best of luck!
gigolo agency in Hisar FAQs: Common Questions Answered
What is a gigolo agency in Hisar?
A gigolo agency in Hisar, sometimes referred to as an escort, provides paid companionship and entertainment services for clients. gigolos agency in Hisar are hired to accompany clients to social events, provide conversation and flirtation, and, in some cases, engage in sexual acts.
How old do I have to be to register as a gigolo agency in Hisar?
To register as a gigolo agency in Hisar, you must be of legal age, typically 18 years of age or older, depending on your location. Some escort agencies may require gigolo agency in Hisar to be 21 years of age or older.
What are the requirements to become a gigolo agency in Hisar?
The basic requirements to become a gigolo agency in Hisar include:
- Being of legal age in your area
- Having an appealing and well-groomed appearance
- Maintaining good physical fitness and health
- Developing a likeable and charming personality
- Building knowledge about culture, current events, and social etiquette
- Learning skills such as flirtation, active listening, and how to make engaging conversation
How much can I earn as a gigolo agency in Hisar?
Earnings as a gigolo agency in Hisar can vary significantly depending on factors such as:
- Your location and the typical rates in your region
- Your experience, skills, and client reviews
- The agency you work for and the fees they charge
- The types of services you provide (companionship only vs. including sexual acts)
- How often you take on new clients and your availability
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The Mayan apocalypse — we all know about the calendar, the prophecy, and the debate. The ancient Mayan calendar draws to an end on December 21st, as the winter solstice syncs up with the end of a calendar cycle. Many scholars say there's nothing to indicate that the Mayans predicted doomsday for humanity (read an expert's take on all the Doomsday chatter), but the abrupt end to the Mayan vision for the future has fueled theories and speculation for decades, that perhaps they knew something we don't about a coming cataclysm.
Well, Dec. 21 is now only 21 days away; three weeks, it would seem, until our untimely extinction. As I was reminded this morning by colleagues of the nearing Mayan cliff, I started pondering how I would spend my last three weeks on this planet. Would I return to my hometown? Spend three weeks traveling the globe? Nah. As a lifelong movie addict, I'm far more intrigued by the possibility of maxing out my credit card, renting out the glorious Uptown Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota for a month, and overnighting prints of my 21 favorite films. Call it the Doomsday Film Festival, but I've learned more about this planet, its people, and our common experience through cinema than through any vacations.
(MORE: The all-time greatest movies about the apocalypse)
I'd spend my days in the balcony with a big tub of popcorn, remembering all that's made humanity wonderfully complex. Here are my 21 initial choices, and what those films taught me about our species…They aren't the best films ever made — just the comfort food that I return to over and over again. These aren't the favorites of my brain, but my heart.
What would your list be? Post your thoughts in the comments below. And without further delay, my Doomsday Film Festival:
Dec. 1-7: Youth
Discovering the world: Beasts of the Southern Wild, with perhaps the greatest opening sequence of all time and the most inspired depiction of a strong and independent child (for the record, young Quvenzhané Wallis deserves an Oscar nomination). Also: The Tree of Life, Terrence Malick's meditation on the majesty of Mother Earth.
The magic of youth: Spirited Away, one of the greatest works of fantasy and one of the most beautiful pieces of animation. This is imagination at its most vivid.
A parent's love: Late Spring, still perhaps my favorite film by Yasujiro Ozu, about a father's sacrifice to ensure his daughter's happiness.
First love: Before Sunrise, which captures the nervous energy of meeting your soul mate — the night that begins the rest of your life.
True love: L'Atalante, Jean Vigo's nostalgic drama about a newly married couple, and the heartache of an early separation.
The joy of music: The Blues Brothers. No, it's not the best musical ever made, but you can blame my dad, who ensured I watched the film a few times every year.
Dec. 8-14: Hard Truths
The war fields: Paths of Glory, Stanley Kubrick's scathing vision of bloody battlefields, indifferent commanders and the utter absurdity of war.
Greed: Heat, Michael Mann's crime epic about just how much two men will throw away for cold hard cash.
Betrayal: The Godfather: Part II, in which Michael's discovery of his brother's betrayal leads to one of the darkest decisions in the movies.
Obsession: Aguirre, the Wrath of God, Werner Herzog's masterpiece about the treasure hunters who lose everything in their obsessive hunt for the fabled City of Gold. Look deep into Klaus Kinski's eyes, and you will learn something about the darker side of the psyche.
Arrogance: The Fountain, Darren Aronofsky's criminally underrated sci-fi epic (I'm well aware I like the movie more than anyone else on the planet) about man's neverending struggle against mortality, convinced we can bend the universe to our will.
Broken hearts: Vertigo, Alfred Hitchock's vision of a man who's fallen in love with an imaginary woman, and the woman who, loving him, agrees to play the part. The lies we tell ourselves.
Empty wallets: Bicycle Thieves, one of the great visions of poverty, parental pride and how an empty piggy bank upends all other Earthly concerns.
Dec. 14-21: Sweet Memories
Pets!: My Dog Skip, which, admittedly, runs counter to my life. I'm a cat guy, but this movie about a boy and his dog has to be one of the sweetest things I've ever seen.
Friendship: The Big Lebowski, perhaps my favorite comedy, about the Dude and his crazy friends who somehow avoid getting killed while botching a ransom and pulling a piece out on the lanes.
Redemption: Before Sunset, Richard Linklater's real-time stroll through Paris, awash in regret, romance and second chances.
Power of prayer: Wings of Desire, the meditation on mankind's loneliness, despair, hope, joy and transcendence. An angel gives up immortality for the mere chance to taste the joys of being a human.
A city's electricity: Chungking Express, Wong Kar-Wai's sexy, thrilling, sumptuous love letter to the hustle and bustle of Hong Kong.
The majesty of the planet: Baraka, the non-narrative 1992 documentary that captures many of the world's most incredible sights in rapturous 70mm.
The great unknown: 2001: A Space Odyssey, the greatest of all films (and the most important movie in my life). About mankind's evolution, and the NEXT chapter beyond Earth, I'd keep the film on repeat through the apocalypse, hoping that the end would come during the psychedelic journey through the Star Gate.


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FDA Seeks To Tighten Controls On Hydrocodone Painkillers
The Food and Drug Administration Thursday announced that it wants the federal government to impose tough new restrictions on some of the most widely used prescription painkillers.
The FDA said it planned to recommend that Vicodin and other prescription painkillers containing the powerful opioid hydrocodone be reclassified from a "Schedule III" drug to a "Schedule II" drug, which would impose new restrictions on how they are prescribed and used.
OxyContin, another opioid painkiller, is already a Schedule II drug, defined by the Drug Enforcement Administration as "potentially leading to severe psychological or physical dependence".
In a statement posted on its website, the agency said it was taking the step after becoming "increasingly concerned about the abuse and misuse of opioid products, which have sadly reached epidemic proportions in certain parts of the United States."
The DEA has been asking the agency to recommend reclassifying the drugs for years, citing soaring numbers of Americans becoming addicted to the drugs and dying from overdoses.
Pain specialists and their patients, however, have been fighting the move, saying that any new restrictions would make it too difficult for those suffering from chronic, debilitating pain to get the drugs they need to survive.
The agency acknowledged the emotional debate, saying it "has been challenged with determining how to balance the need to ensure continued access to those patients who rely on continuous pain relief while addressing the ongoing concerns about abuse and misuse."
Among other things, reclassifying the drugs would reduce the number of refills patients could get before having to go back to see their doctor. Doctors would not be able to simply call prescriptions into pharmacies.
The FDA said it would submit its recommendation to the Health and Human Services Department by early December, and anticipated that the National Institute on Drug Abuse would concur with the recommendation. That will begin a process that would lead to a final decision by the DEA.
More than 136 million prescriptions for these products are dispensed every year, making them the most widely used prescription drugs in the country. Vicodin is probably the best-known hydrocodone-containing product, but there are many others, sold under brand names such as Lortab and Norco.
While powerful painkillers, opioids are highly addictive and are abused by millions. The number of Americans overdosing from these drugs has been increasing rapidly in recent years, and more than 15,000 now die every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
But about 100 million Americans suffer from chronic pain, and many of them and their doctors fear the change would make it difficult, if not impossible, for these patients to get drugs they need.
The move comes after an FDA advisory panel recommended the change in January.
Advocates for pain patients immediately reacted with concern to the announcement.
"The concern we have is that it may unintentionally make access for people with pain even more of a challenge than it is now," wrote Bob Twillman of the American Academy of Pain Management in an email to Shots. "This could necessitate millions more office visits, with attendant costs approaching a billion dollars a year. The access issues will need to be addressed or we will have a lot more people with a lot more uncontrolled pain."


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Windows Cache Extension for PHP is a PHP accelerator that is used to increase the speed of PHP applications running on Windows and Windows Server. Once the Windows Cache Extension for PHP is enabled and loaded by the PHP engine, PHP applications can take advantage of the functionality without any code modifications.
The Windows Cache Extension includes 5 different types of caches. The following describes the purpose of each cache type and the benefits it provides.
PHP Opcode Cache - PHP is a script processing engine, which reads an input stream of data that contains text and/or PHP instructions and produces another stream of data, most commonly in the HTML format. This means that on a web server the PHP engine reads, parses, compiles and executes a PHP script each time that it is requested by a Web client. The reading, parsing and compilation operations put additional load on the web server's CPU and file system and thus affect the overall performance of a PHP web application. The PHP bytecode (opcode) cache is used to store the compiled script bytecode in shared memory so that it can be re-used by PHP engine for subsequent executions of the same script.
Support for opcode caching was removed in Wincache 2.0.0
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File Cache - Even with the PHP opcode cache enabled, the PHP engine has to accesses the script files on a file system. When PHP scripts are stored on a remote UNC file share, the file operations introduce a significant performance overhead. The Windows Cache Extension for PHP includes a file cache that is used to store the content of the PHP script files in shared memory, which reduces the amount of file system operations performed by PHP engine.
Resolve File Path Cache - PHP scripts very often include or operate with files by using relative file paths. Every file path has to be normalized to an absolute file path by the PHP engine. When a PHP application uses many PHP files and accesses them by relative paths, the operation of resolving the paths may negatively impact the application's performance. The Windows Cache Extension for PHP provides a Resolve File Path cache, which is used to store the mappings between relative and absolute file paths, thereby reducing the number of path resolutions that the PHP engine has to perform.
User Cache (available since version 1.1.0) - PHP scripts can take advantage of the shared memory cache by using the user cache API's. PHP objects and variables can be stored in the user cache and then re-used on subsequent requests. This can be used to improve performance of PHP scripts and to share the data across multiple PHP processes.
Session Handler (available since version 1.1.0) - The WinCache session handler can be used to store the PHP session data in the shared memory cache. This avoids file system operations for reading and writing session data, which improves performance when large amount of data is stored in PHP session.


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Back in the 1700s, there was a young printer's apprentice who lived in Boston. His name was Isaiah Thomas and he became one of the first newspaper publishers in the country. He also founded the American Antiquarian Society, which celebrates its 200th birthday this week.
Located in Worcester, Mass., the American Antiquarian Society houses the largest collection of materials printed in the United States. Its library has books, newspapers, letters, even board games dating from 1640 to 1876. Its members include some notable characters, including 14 presidents.
Ellen Dunlap is president of the American Antiquarian Society. She says that the society elects its members and they come from all sorts of fields. Politicians, historians, book collectors and regular people interested in the society are all among its members.
Historian Jill Lepore is one of those members. Her latest book, The Mansion of Happiness, was inspired by a board game she found at the American Antiquarian Society. To her, the Society is a citadel of sorts.
"Maybe even, I love it more with each passing year," she says. "The more digital we get, the more I love paper. I mean, the more precious it is that there are these places — like the Library of Congress and the National Archives, the American Antiquarian Society — that save paper for us.
These days, Lepore reads a lot of her research online — even old books. But nothing compares to her experience of going to Antiquarian Hall in Worcester and calling up actual books, some from as far back as 1730. Books so old they might fall open to a particular page all on their own.
"Because that's where someone had left it open on their desk for a long time once, centuries ago," Lepore says. "And it's a meaningful page. That doesn't happen in Google books; that's a really precious gift that the archive has for readers."
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text: "And, of course, that is what all of this is - all of this: the one song, ever changing, ever reincarnated, that speaks somehow from and to and for that which is ineffable within us and without us, that is both prayer and deliverance, folly and wisdom, that inspires us to dance or smile or simply to go on, senselessly, incomprehensibly, beatifically, in the face of mortality and the truth that our lives are more ill-writ, ill-rhymed and fleeting than any song, except perhaps those songs - that song, endlessly reincarnated - born of that truth, be it the moon and June of that truth, or the wordless blue moan, or the rotgut or the elegant poetry of it. That nameless black-hulled ship of Ulysses, that long black train, that Terraplane, that mystery train, that Rocket '88', that Buick 6 - same journey, same miracle, same end and endlessness." - Nick Tosches, Where Dead Voices Gather


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About TPC Southwind
TPC Southwind boasts a championship golf course which is the PGA TOUR's only private golf club in the state of Tennessee and home to the PGA TOUR's FedEx St. Jude Championship.
Located within the gated lifestyle community of Southwind in Southeast Memphis, TPC Southwind boasts full-service golf, a practice facility, dining options and the personalized service and member privileges that have become synonymous with the PGA TOUR's acclaimed TPC Network of premier clubs.
In January 2012, TPC Southwind's championship golf course was ranked No. 23 in Golf World magazine's Exclusive PGA Tour Course Rankings. The par-70, 7,244-yard layout was designed by noted architect Ron Prichard with PGA TOUR players Hubert Green and Fuzzy Zoeller serving as consultants.
One of the financial benefits of a TPC Southwind membership is that you will never be assessed for improvements to the golf course or Clubhouse facilities. TPC Southwind's championship golf course is always maintained to standards fit for a PGA TOUR professional.
In addition to a spectacular golf course, TPC Southwind members also enjoy access to lighted tennis courts, a swimming pool and a fitness center. The 33,000-square foot clubhouse offers casual and fine dining options and is the ideal place to relax after a weekend round of golf. The clubhouse also has multiple banquet rooms and meeting facilities that can suit your business and personal needs.
At TPC Southwind, remarkable golf is just the beginning of an outstanding PGA TOUR experience. Interested in becoming a TPC Southwind member? Fill out our online membership inquiry form.


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Gordonbrock head to leave in the summer
The Head of Gordonbrock School in Ladywell, Sue Blyth, has announced her departure in today's school newsletter. She says:
At the end of the summer term I shall be saying goodbye to Gordonbrock as I have been appointed to a Head's job in another school. I shall really miss your lovely children and all the hardworking, dedicated staff who have worked at Gordonbrock over the years.
Having worked on the rebuild of the school in one form or other over the last seven years I am very clear that the children and the staff deserve a building that meets their educational needs, and I really hope that this takes place soon.
The news comes ahead of the Brockley Society's meeting to present their alternative vision for the school's future development on May 4th.