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With the treasure divided and vacuum suits patched, the crew made their way to Beylix, treasure trove of the Rim.
Worth, who was twitchy and paranoid at the best of times, was growing more and more agitated at the prospect of setting foot on his home planet, where he knew he was in for a cold reception.
A few years back, Worth Evans had been set up as a patsy during a joint Alliance-Unified Reclamation investigation that exposed the notorious Beylix Ring, a lucrative illegal salvage and scavenging operation that thrived even as Unified Reclamation tightened its security and began licensing scrap dealers instead of letting them just freely pick over Beylix's bones.
The planet's newsnets screamed the name "Wentworth Evans" far and wide as the insider who turned on his companions in exchange for immunity and he earned a planet-wide negative reputation as the "betrayer of Beylix" before the first news cycle came to a close. It got personal – a few of Evans' cousins were implicated in the ring, and the tabloid press picked up on him as a homewrecker who would sell out his own family for a pat on the head from the Alliance. He fled Beylix a branded man.
"Has anyone ever been to Beylix?" YJ asked. Jonah said that the Shenzhou colonists sometimes dropped by when supplies and parts were getting low, and that he'd seen the inside of a jail cell at Newhouse one time. Worth said he'd never been planetside and declined to give any input whatsoever as the rest of the crew puzzled over which job to tackle first. They had a hold of questionable goods to unload at the Taros Settlement, and a cargo of spare parts to pick up at Newhouse. McKittrick had told them to avoid contact with the Alliance while his cargo was sitting in their secondary hold, so they decided to travel to Taros first.
As YJ gingerly brought Shenmue into Beylix's atmosphere, wary of the port engine and its missing intake manifold, the Doc pulled up information from the planetary database. "Taros is a methane reclamation facility and it seems like they've only got three rules – no starships, no smoking, and no firearms due to the risk of fire." Worth and Jonah groaned at the prospect of leaving firearms and cigarettes behind.
McKittrick had given YJ a recording to play for their contact, Prentice, when they arrived at Taros. Jonah suggested the crew listen to it ahead of time, just to be sure that there weren't any potentially fatal instructions given concerning the fate of the crew. The Doc retrieved the handheld device and pressed play.
"Prentice, this is McKittrick. After that bit of unpleasantness on Whitefall you said you owed me one, and so I'm calling in my chit. The boys in front of you are solid, so don't worry. The hold of their ship contains some materials I'd like kept from the prying eyes of the Alliance, and given your ability to hide just about anything in the 'Verse, I figure you'll know what to do with them. Set up a drop with these fellows and make sure you give them the coordinates afterward so they can relay the location back to me. It's not that I don't trust you Prentice, but I just don't trust you. Treat my boys square and they'll return the favour."
The crew was duly satisfied that they weren't walking into some sort of setup, which seemed to happen often enough.
With no landing facilities at Taros, the crew had to improvise, and using the terrain remote sensors, YJ picked out a likely landing spot about fifteen klicks outside of town, outside of the no-fly zone around the methane facility. Worth volunteered to stay behind to keep watch on the ship, and the Doc also suggested he'd stay as well. Jonah was surprised. "What is wrong with this place that nobody wants to leave the ship?"
YJ replied, "We can't just leave Shenmue, especially with McKittrick's cargo inside, and we can't just take the goods with us until we know what the situation is in Taros. Besides, if anyone should stay with the ship, it's me, except that means I have to let you out of my sight, Jonah, which doesn't appeal to me in the least."
Jonah affected mock indignation at YJ's remark. "Fine, but we need a bus driver. If it doesn't have wheels, I'm not much good with it." Worth sighed. "Fine, I'll go." Ultimately, the Doc decided to tag along. The three of them climbed aboard the utility hover mule, and Worth drove off towards Taros, slouching as far down in the driver's seat as he could.
Taros Settlement was nestled at the foot of what the crew initially took to be a majestic mountain range, until they got close enough to see (and more importantly, smell) that the mountains were actually massive heaps of rotting garbage. To put it charitably, Taros stank. The Doc and Jonah were almost overcome by the offensive stench, but to their surprise, Worth took it all in stride. The primary local life form seemed to be a species of sea gull noted for its earsplitting scream and deadly aim. Hundreds of the screeching white birds wheeled overhead above the methane collection fields and the mountains of trash at the outskirts of town.
"Place hasn't changed," Worth muttered to himself, but Jonah heard the comment and filed it away mentally.
The main industry in Taros involved siphoning methane and other biogas from the generous deposits of waste dumped nearby by an unending airlift of garbage scows. The methane was collected in thousands of balloon-like containers, which lay on the flat expanse surrounding the town as if a massive balloon regatta was getting underway, with half-inflated bladders the size of starships flapping in the breeze and jostling one another. The bags were connected to one another by a gridwork of pipes raised up on concrete pylons.
Other than the methane processing facility and a bare-bones train station, there wasn't much to Taros Settlement, save for half a dozen squat concrete shacks along a narrow dirt road. Worth knew better – most of the settlement was in fact underground.
Here and there swaggered the UR rentacops – burly security guards swinging shock sticks and heavy batons instead of firearms. Not exactly the kind of cops that could be trusted to help an old lady cross the street. One of the cops gave Worth a long, hard look as he steered the bus towards the nearest shack.
"Why are we stopping here?" Jonah said. Worth sheepishly said, "uh, I'm just guessing this is the place." The shack had a flickering sign that said "FIGHT TONIGHT" in green neon. The three disembarked and felt a rhythmic rumbling beneath their feet, Jonah, breathing through the sleeve of his jacket, gagged and said, "Let's find this Prentice and get the hell out of here."
Worth hauled on the door and there was a hiss of a gasket releasing. The trio was buffeted by a wave of sound and fresh air, and they ducked inside before the heavy door could swing shut and seal again. They descended a steep staircase enclosed in a safety cage into a hazy den of iniquity.
Jonah and the Doc took the sound of smashing machinery to be some kind of local musical genre, but it turned out to be coming from a pair of robots who were literally scrapping on the floor of a deep, sandy pit in the middle of the room. The walls of the pit were smooth and at least fifteen feet high, with a reinforced transparent shield protecting the dozens of rowdy spectators who were sloshing their booze around liberally while egging on the machines below. The two robots appeared hell-bent on dismantling one another in the most violent way possible.
One was a robotic approximation of a scorpion, with a segmented armored carapace, nimble legs and an articulated tail, which terminated not in a stinger but in a white-hot blowtorch. The other robot moved on tank treads instead of legs, and had a cylindrical main body to which a number of hammers, flails and diamond-tipped chain saws were attached. The two mechanical monsters were tearing and flailing at on another with the kind of relentless ferocity that only robots and reavers could claim as their own.
The smoke from the wounded machines cleared slightly, and the crew noticed that this pit was only one of five, with four other attracting similar crowds and emitting more electronic noises. An explosion erupted from one of them, with debris striking the spectator shield, and the crowd went wild. Clusters of video recording equipment were positioned over each pit, relaying the goings-on to the many, many Corvue screens bolted to every available surface.
The Doc drifted off in search of their contact, and never one to miss an opportunity, Jonah decided that it was time to dust off his pick-pocketing skills, seeing that the crowd, made up mostly of off-duty Taros BioReclamation workers and UR scrapyard drudges, were sufficiently distracted by the mechanical mayhem of the robot fights.
Sidling up to a likely mark, Jonah took note of the beer cup held in the man's hand. The red plastic cup was emblazoned with a man's face overlaid with the universal "no" symbol, a red circle with a diagonal line running through it. The man's face looked awfully familiar.
Taking a closer look, Jonah was stunned to discover that the face belonged to none other than Worth Evans. A little thinner and younger perhaps, but definitely Worth Evans.
He quickly shot a glance at Worth, who was doing his best to look inconspicuous, with a hood drawn up over his head.
Jonah made his way over to the bar and ordered a drink, which was handed to him in another plastic cup with Worth's face on it atop a coaster that also featured the anti-Worth logo. He nodded to the bartender and tossed her a tip, asking, "who is this son of a bitch?"
"You must be new around here," the bartender said. "That's Worthless Evans, the Betrayer of Beylix!"
"No kidding," Jonah replied. "What did he do to deserve this infamy?" He pointed to the logo.
"A few years back he sold out a lot of good people, hard working people trying to survive under UR's bootheel," the bartender said as if reciting a verse from memory. "Put some of his own flesh and blood in lockdown while he walked away scot free."
"That chiang-bao hoe-tze duh bastard!" Jonah exclaimed, passing the bartender another coin. "So is there a reward out for him, or what?"
"No, nothing like that, he got a suspended sentence and was exiled." The bartender replied. "Of course, if he ever showed up planetside again there are a whole mess of people who'd like to see him fed into the trash incinerator, that's for damn sure."
"Yeah, and anyone he was with too I'll wager!" Jonah laughed nervously. Taking his drink, he spun about on his heel and bought a pair of sunglasses from the first person who'd take ten platinum for them.
He strode directly to Worth, who was trying not to look at a nearby flydart board that had his mug shot imprinted on it. Tossing him the sunglasses, he said, "You owe me twenty plat, 'Worthless,' Now put those on." Sheepishly, Worth added the shades to his improvised disguise.
Just as Jonah was about to tear into Worth about his sins of omission concerning his familiarity with Beylix, the Doc appeared as if from nowhere. "Okay, I've greased the right palms and I've got five minutes with Mr. Prentice. You guys coming?" He looked at the hooded and bespectacled Worth Evans. "What's with the shades?"
"Shut up and show us the way," Worth said as the trio made their way through the crowd. He and Jonah got into a serious whisper-argument while the Doc led them to a nondescript-looking door at the rear of the fighting den. The door was guarded by six feet of solid muscle who wore an earbud transmitter and a grim expression. The Doc whispered something in the thug's ear, and he opened the door.
The difference between the fighting den and the offices beyond was greater than night and day. Wood-paneled walls gleamed under a glaze of honeyed varnish, leather furniture was arranged just so, and there was the largest Corvue screen any of the crew had ever seen dominating one wall. Seated in front of it were three well-dressed drones working a complex array of computer workstations, watching all five robot fights simultaneously on screen and tabulating a flood of electronic wagers.
Then they were ushered past the gambling operation into an even more opulently decorated antechamber, where a white-haired man in a bespoke suit was exchanging pleasantries with a very fancy lady on an overstuffed settee upholstered in material that was probably worth more than their ship. The man nodded to the Doc, but then his eyes narrowed as he realized who had just walked in with him.
"Now I don't normally open up my operation to just anyone, and especially not the Betrayer of Beylix." Prentice snarled.
Just as his guards were about to forcibly usher Worth and company out, the Doc wriggled free and said, "Mr. Prentice, we're here on behalf of Sai McKittrick. He gave us a message to relay to you." The Doc held out the recording device, which YJ had given him before he left the ship.
"You've got five seconds, or else the next scheduled fight's gonna have a warm-blooded twist to it." Prentice scowled and took the recording stick, pressing play. McKittrick's message then played out, and Prentice's scowl deepened at its conclusion. "Guess we can do business after all."
"Okay, here's how it's going to go. The methane collection field is a great haystack if you're looking to hide a needle. I've got storage units buried all over the place out there. All you have to do is fly overhead, winch down your cargo and we'll tuck it into one of the units just as nice as you please. Your pilot got a steady hand?" Jonah nodded. "Then you're good to go," Prentice replied.
Prentice gave the crew a beacon frequency and the drop location and wished them good luck, all the while giving Worth the stink eye. The trio hustled out of the fight den and back out onto the surface, Worth once again taking no notice of the sense-crushing stench of the rotting trash.
They made their way back aboard the Firefly to find YJ waiting for them. "You know they run droid fights here? They got a whole channel dedicated to it on the Cortex."
"Yeah, we know." Jonah said.
"Any trouble?" YJ inquired.
"Nope, not at all." Worth said, a little too quickly.
Jonah kept his mouth shut, waiting until he could gather his thoughts.
"Well, it went pretty well, except Prentice didn't seem to like Worth all that much for some reason." The Doc said, mystified.


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"Designers are the ones best situated to figure out how a kit of parts can become something more — they're the ones who can figure out the human interface for a vast chain. If they do their job right, the result — a working ecosystem — is a far better platform for innovation than an isolated product."
This article in Fast Company, October 2012, Why Good Design Is Finally A Bottom Line Investment explains, with the broadest brushstrokes, how much Design and Design Thinking have changed in 40 years. When IBM CEO Thomas Watson Jr. first said in 1973 that "good design is good business", he was still talking about skilled craft in aesthetics. He wasn't wrong, but I think he would be gobsmacked by where design is now headed.
The innate ability that allows designers to "think outside the box" and to blend deductive and inductive reasoning with abductive reasoning (that intuitive leap of faith that designers can take), is the skill that allows design thinkers to help organizations innovate. And when I say innovate, I don't mean tweaking the sweetener in a soda, I mean creating entirely new ideas; disruptive ideas — ideas that can, potentially, break down the wicked problems we struggle with today.
How can we turn the giant tide of consumerism around before we destroy the planet? How are we going to pay for the health care of an aging boomer bubble with a young workforce far smaller than that aging population? Or, one of my personal missions, how can we convince the BC forest industry that creating and owning businesses that use and refine the resources they harvest could actually give them far greater profit margins, create jobs and improve the lives of everyone in the province.
There will always be design, and my fondest hope is that it will only ever be great design. But I see the mental toolkit available to designers as being much more far-reaching than beautiful posters, logos and chairs. There will be a new subset in the profession that will not simply have access to the C-suite. It will drive the innovation of business. It will be a profession armed with post-graduate degrees in design as well as business administration. It will look beyond the reliable algorithms of business success to new and better ways for us to manage our planet and to live in it more happily. That's where I want to be.


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Portrait of François Boucher 1741
The Rococo period flourished during the reign of king Louis XV of France. It was also closely associated with the king's mistress, Madame Le Pompadour.
Rococo is an extension off the Baroque Period. This period celebrates gaiety, romance, and the frivolity of the grand life at court. The art style was light-hearted, commonly seen with the use of gold and pastel colors. The Rococo style of art was criticized as being frivolous and indecent.
After the death of Louis XV, and even more after the French Revolution, the Rococo was replaced by the more sober and serious Neo-Classical style in both art and architecture under Napoleon III.
The Rococo style was heavily connected with aristocratic culture, where the French aristocracy was lifted up and admired. In the upper class salons, men and women shared tastes and wealthy women played a prominent role as buyers of art. To the critics, it seemed as if French culture was controlled by women, and promoted towards a feminine frame of mind.
3 Masters of Rococo style:
1. Jean Antoine Watteau (1684-1721) invented a style that depicts members of the nobility in elegant contemporary dress enjoying leisure time in the countryside.
Jean-Antoine Watteau, better known as Antoine Watteau, was a French painter whose brief career spurred the change of Baroque style, shifting it to the less severe, more naturalistic, classical Rococo.
Watteau was known to have a theatrical air about his paintings. Many of his best known subjects were drawn from the world of Italian comedy and ballet. Watteau's influence on the arts (costume, film, poetry, music) was more extensive than that of almost any other 18th-century artist. He was the foremost well known Rococo artist of his time.
Sadly, Watteau died young. He had been physically fragile since childhood that when he traveled to London in 1720, to consult with a doctor, London's damp and smoky air made him worse. The benefits of a new healthy food regime and medicines he was taking for his sickness progressed his health for the worse. Watteau returned to France and spent his last few months on the estate of his patron, Abbé Haranger, where he died in 1721 from tuberculous laryngitis at the young age of 36. During his final days, he was said to be painting imaginary paintings in the air. His nephew, Louis Joseph Watteau, and grand nephew, François-Louis-Joseph Watteau, followed Antoine into painting.
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2. François Boucher (1703-70) Boucher, more than any other artist, exemplified French taste during the Age of Enlightenment, and under the patronage of Madame de Pompadour his career flourished. By the end of Louis XV's reign, the mildly erotic images had lost their appeal, and the artist never regained his former popularity.
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François Boucher was born in the autumn of 1703, into the family of a modest painter and designer, Nicolas. From his father Boucher received a broad artistic training and education, however soon realized that his son would need the supervision of a more skilled artist to fully master his talents. In 1720, when Boucher turned seventeen, he entered the studio of François Lemoyne, to be a lead promoter of the Rococo genre. Bouche was mostly taught by Francois Lemoyne but was also influenced by Watteau many of whose works he engraved. Bouche won Grand-Prix when he was 20 years old and then he had been taught in Italy since 1727 till 1731. By his return Bouche became one of the most trendy artists and teacher and favorite of Madame Pompadour.
3. Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806) Jean-Honoré Fragonard was a talented Frenchman who painted in the late Rococo style; one that is decorative and ornate. He was promoted by Madame Pompadour and reflects a rococo styled influence.
Fragonard has been regarded as one of the most poetic painters of the 18th century in France. He produced more than 550 paintings, several thousand drawings, and 35 etchings. He continued to paint in a Rococo expression until shortly before the French Revolution.
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Trying to understand the importance of Connected TV advertising for a digital ad strategy can be a challenge because the technology is complex and varied.
That's why this month we're honing in on exactly what Connected TV is and why it matters for brands – supported by five extremely useful digital marketing stats.
To start, let's review a few abbreviated definitions from the IAB:
Addressable TV: Technology that lets you show different ads to different audience segments watching the same TV program based on the desired targeting data parameters.
Advanced TV: Any television content that has evolved beyond traditional, linear television delivery models – including Interactive, Connected, and Smart TV. (e.g. Netflix, Hulu, Spotify, YouTube)
Connected TV (CTV): A television connected to the Internet via an additional device or with built-in capabilities that can access a variety of web-based content.
Over the Top (OTT) Device: Technology connected to or within a TV that enables the delivery of Internet-based video content (i.e., streaming boxes, media streaming devices, Smart TV's and gaming consoles).
Smart TV: A type of Connected TV that often includes a computing component.
Got all that? Let's dive in!
Connected TV (CTV) viewing overall jumped 65 percent over the past year and now accounts for 8.1 percent of total TV viewing for adults (18-49) in the U.S. (Pivotal Research)
Why does this matter?
Traditional TV viewing behavior is changing. People are not only jumping to new devices, but they are spending less time with traditional television year over year. However, Pivotal found overall TV use rose 2.6 percent in households with Connected TVs.
While cord-cutting is expected to increase by 23 percent in the next year, it does not mean advertisers are losing their options to connect with TV viewers. They just need to take into consideration the different way consumers are watching television.
Just like with the advent of mobile, the growth of CTV is a call to action for marketers to start thinking differently about what good TV ads look like, what type of messages they build, and where and how their content is delivered.
Average playtime minutes (length of a viewing session) for the connected TV are 40 percent more than the tablet, and double that for the PC and smartphone. (Conviva/nScreenMedia)
Why does this matter?
Not only are CTV owners a growing population that is watching more television, but they're watching television for longer periods of time. That is, they're more engaged than video viewers on other devices.
As Conviva says, this finding should not minimize the importance of mobile devices as a video platform. However, advertisers should not ignore the value of CTV audiences if they are going to spend money on video advertising.
At 95 percent, Connected TV ads resulted in the highest completion rates compared to ads on mobile and desktop devices. (SpotX)
Why does this matter?
In short, Connected TV ads work because consumers still trust ads they see on TV – at least more than those they encounter on mobile and desktop devices.
There are plenty of reasons for this – the quality of the ads, the quality of the advertisers, and just the fact that TV has been around longer than digital advertising. In fact, 80 percent of consumers will trust the information they receive via a TV spot.
Advanced TV advertising of any kind – served via CTVs or other devices – piggybacks on this long-established trustworthiness. And, according to Brightline IQ, Advanced TV commands a 2.5 percent click-through rate, as compared to desktop rich media at 0.10 percent and traditional instream video at 0.46 percent. This includes CTV advertising.
The top three attributes consumers use to describe Connected TVs were Useful (41 percent), Convenient (38 percent) and Innovative (36 percent). (IAB)
Why does this matter?
If consumers use their CTVs because they give them more choice, advertisers must align their ad experiences to new device expectations. They cannot stick with an interruptive model that does not enrich the consumer.
Per the same IAB study, more than half of consumers (55 percent) are willing to receive ads on their connected devices in exchange for coupons/discounts, extra features, or access to exclusive games. These are all perfect examples of "enriching" content that reward or inform, rather than disrupt.
For example, Office Depot recently ran Connected TV ads that integrated price and item content into the side banner of a standard broadcast ad unit. This interactive feature for CTV users allowed consumers to browse what was on sale in their area at the same time as they watched a commercial about back-to-school shopping.
Marketing professionals rate their ability to measure the impact of regular TV at 2.68 and digital advertising at a 4 on a sale of 1-5, with 1 being "not able to measure at all" and 5 being "able to measure completely." (emarketer)
Why does this matter?
Marketers know digital works, but they are hesitating to act on the reach, scalability, and cost-effective nature of connected TV advertising. It's true that there are still some gray areas that, but they are not insurmountable or anything new to seasoned marketers.
Jonathan Bokor, SVP and Director of Advanced Media and Mediavest/Spark, told eMarketer that in addition to completion rate, marketers need to do brand lift studies that can tell them about "recall, intent and favorability."
Additionally, the positive impact of Connected TV ads has been measurable as far back as 2015 when an AOL study found ads served on Connected TVs drove two times the increase in purchase intent among the advertiser's target audience.
Much more recently, Toyota saw success with Connected TV advertising in a summer event campaign. AdAge shared, "the campaign results showed that the ads drove 19 percent more Toyota dealership visits from those targeted compared with the control group." Accomplishing both an awareness and sales goal, this campaign is a great example of how Connected TV can work for brands willing to dive in and integrate it into their digital strategy.


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Up until very recently, historically speaking, if you wanted to buy something, you would have to get dressed and drive to a store near you.
Calling the place and having the item delivered was the closest thing to convenience. The way you'd scope out and examine the retailers catalog was by receiving it via snail mail and flipping through it's pages. Having to manually tear out, or devise some personal method to bookmark favorites.
Combine the advent of electricity, cables, computers, modems, and a little thing called the internet and voila – we have e-commerce! Ever since the internet opened up to commercial use back in 1991, companies flocked to the digital world to make their marks. Since then thousands, if not millions, of businesses have secured their domains and opened up shop online. As a result, the traditional shopping experience has evolved significantly.
Importance of Reviewing Stuff
In fact, one of the most common things people do these days is shop online. Alongside liking pictures of animals and updating our social media pages. How can we not, it has become a leisure time activity that can be done from anywhere at any time. We have more goods and services at our disposal than we could have ever imagined at the mercy of our excited fingertips.
As big as e-commerce is, due to the projected rise in the global internet penetration rate, the future of it promises an even bigger digital marketplace. More buyers, more sellers, more transactions. There may even be another paradigm shift at some point in the future; we don't know for sure, but we can examine trends and confidently forecast some probable outcomes.
How Online Reviews Benefit You
According to a local consumer review survey conducted by Bright Local, the amount of consumers reading online reviews has gone up from 88% in 2014 to 92% at the end of 2016. More importantly, 84% of the people trusted online reviews as much as a personal recommendation. Naturally, positive reviews made people trust the business and it's goods and/or services more.
Online Reputations Mean Everything to Businesses
In the modern marketplace, businesses are more self-conscious about quality and superior customer service than ever before. A positive online rep has become one of the most powerful marketing assets, thanks in large part to online reviews.
Ways in which constructive online feedback helps a business:
- Promotes the positive message
- Provides insight into services
- Conveys the personality of the business
- Builds trust
- Improves presence in search engines
All of the above factors play a major role in the amount of money the business makes, which is why businesses strive for positive feedback.
Online Reviews Drive Competition
With 94% of consumers saying they would use a business with a four star rating, and over half saying they would use a business with a three star rating, we can see just how important it is for business to create a positive customer experience. This means that the businesses have to step their game up a notch and produce the absolute best products to the best of their abilities and resources.
More Competition Is a Win for You
What does this mean for you, the buyer? It means more bang for your buck, in the shape of better, higher quality products. Think of companies that are the sole provider of something, meaning they have a monopoly on the product or service. What incentive do they have to continuously better the end product if you have no choice but to buy from them? Very little.
But reviews have changed the game. When enough buyers voice their opinions on the poor quality of the product, a competitor emerges to take advantage of the situation and try to appease the dissatisfied buyers by providing them with a better alternative. Perhaps even at a lower price!
Reviews and Ratings Save Time & Money
The social proof inherent in customer reviews and thoroughly researched rankings help potential customers in many ways, such as:
- By cutting down the research for a product
- Avoiding negative first-hand experiences
- Addressing concerns before parting with your money
- Making a faster decision with greater confidence
On average, a consumer will look at over 10 sources of information prior to buying. With the growth of online reviews and review sites, consumers are now better equipped than ever to voice their concerns and keep the manufacturers and retailers honest.
Not All Reviews are Created Equal
Because of the justified power they wield over a businesses future success, online reviews have come under siege. Businesses with sound moral standards are examining the constructive criticism their customers provide them, and work diligently on fixing flaws and producing better products. But other's have decided to take a different, less ethical approach: fake or manufactured reviews.
Fake (Manufactured) Reviews
Ever since enough data was gathered to truly understand the impact of positive reviews in tilting the profit scale of a business in an up or downward direction, owners and sellers started thinking of ways to game the system. Thus a thriving marketplace for fake reviews was born.
Quick facts on fake reviews:
- Fake reviews are serious business, with people from all over the world marketing their service in generating fake reviews for businesses on various freelancing websites and forums.
- Some studies suggest up to 30% of online reviews are faked.
- Some studies suggest a very low correlation between ratings & quality.
- Amazon has started filing lawsuits to combat fake reviews.
- Negative fake reviews can seriously hurt a business.
- It can be hard to spot fake reviews without doing a lot of digging. Even if you think you can spot fake reviews, Cornell researches say their studies conclude you probably can't.
You can see why it is no surprise that 95% of consumers suspect censorship or faked reviews when they don't see any criticism at all in the reviews section; and why Amazon is starting to file lawsuits. Manufactured reviews are a serious business with serious repercussions.
Figuring Out Which Reviews to Trust
Don't let the above discourage you, there are still way more legitimate reviews out there than false ones. You just have to keep it all in mind and be a little more skeptical in your approach. Don't assume everyone has your best interest in their agenda, train your mind to spotting the manufactured hype and you'll become a seasoned web shopper.
Quick ways to conduct a "Trust Test":
- Only give weight to the verified purchase reviews.
- Use a tool such as Fakespot to check for reliability.
- Check the sellers own website in addition to the review site you're on.
- Check the profile of the reviewer, are they biased or do they have a good track record?
- First time reviewers who have only bought the one product they gave rave reviews too should be looked at with skepticism. (This is not always the case, but deserves a second look).
- Read more than one review and if you can read as many as possible before buying
- Think about the style it's written in. Normal people don't write reviews too formally.
- If it's too over the top positive or way too negative, it might be fake. Most reviews are somewhere in between.
Here's a list of 30 more ways to spot the fakes from Consumerist.
One other thing to keep in mind is detectable sarcasm, which could mean the review was left by a troll whose sole aim is to get pleasure out of harming the business, or even you the consumer. Should you see a bunch of similar looking reviews, including similar wording, reviewers, etc. Proceed with caution.
Becoming a Smart Web Shopper
If you've done nothing other than read the above, you're already a step ahead of many other web shoppers. Knowledge is power, as they say, and in the case of online reviews, knowledge is also a money saver. Consider the fact that on Yelp alone, there are around 27,000 reviews posted each minute. The volume alone is overwhelming, not to mention the substance. Knowing how to spot the real from the fake, as we've outlined above, is critical for your efficiency and sanity!
Have a Network of Resources
No matter how much of a go-getter, or figure it out all on my own, type you may be, when it comes to the immense world of e-commerce, a little help goes a long way. The best part about it, is that you can choose your help. By selecting a few trustworthy websites and adding them to a bookmark folder to reference whenever you need something verified.
When it comes to online reviews and rankings, sites such as ours, which dedicate their entire existence to providing consumers value in the format of the best market options available to them, whilst saving them time and money, are a good start. But always do you own research and make up your own mind, even with our website. When scouting for a review site, be sure to check and see if they have any vetted interest in the product you're after. In some cases you'd be surprised to find that the sole purpose of that site is to promote the product in a concealed and an utterly biased manner.
There are regulations that require the disclosuure of such affiliation to the consumer. Scan through the websites disclosure, privacy, and/or terms & condition pages to verify.
Shop With a Healthy Dose of Skepticism
Too often we go into auto-pilot mode when shopping online and leave our skepticism at the door. Next time you're browsing around Google Shopping, Amazon, eBay, or whatever marketplace you happen to be on, try to work on training your mind to exit auto-pilot and witch back to manual control.
The golden rule of online shopping and reviews is that if something is too good to be true, it probably is just that. But also, if something is too harshly reviewed and shunned, it's not always as bad as the internet makes it out to be. Use the tools and knowledge we've provided you with above, and though not everyone is out to get you, a little skepticism can ensure that the ones who are fail at their attempt.


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Of all the episodes on The Simpsons Season 24 (and possibly of the series run), Sunday night's was the most disappointing I can recall.
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Jane Iredale Powder-Me SPF Dry Sunscreen
41 reviews
75% would repurchase
Package Quality: 2.7
Price: $$$
Package Quality: 2.7
Price: $$$
Not tested on animals
INGREDIENTSActive Ingredient: Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891) 15% Ingredients: Mica (CI 77019), Montmorillonite, Boron Nitride, Isopropyl Jojobate, Punica Granatum (Pomegranate) Extract. May Contain: Iron Oxides (CI 77489, CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499)
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on 4/13/2018 5:04:00 AM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Dry, Olive, Warm
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Brown
The other complaints about this product are fair. The packaging is bulky and too "makeup" looking. I wanted something like Colorscience's Sunforgettable (little brush that dials out) but that product is $80 for an ounce and the brush is scratchy. I am an active, sporty person and want to be able to apply sunscreen on the go. Creams and gels are okay but they make me sweat when I am cycling. I had been using a powder SPF from Thailand (it was a pink talk based powder) but it ran out and it's no longer made
The powder puff is nice and certainly helps one to buff the sunscreen into skin. I like the way it blurs my pores and makes my skin look smooth. When I do wear makeup (concealer usually) this makes a good setting powder and no one knows I am wearing anything. I can wear this at work as I go in and out of doors.
I don't like the sparkle, I don't know why there is mica in this. I am willing to overlook that because it really is a fine product.
***UPDATE*** I don't see the mica, so I am very pleased with this product. I would not use it on its own, I don't feel as if the protection would be sufficient but over my favorite sunscreen (LRP Anthelios mineral liquid sunscreen) I feel protected and my face doesn't feel caked with sunscreen. Again, the ability to grab this out of my cycling bag and pat it on is quite convenient. I will buy this many times over, I am sure
on 4/6/2018 5:00:00 AM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair, Neutral
Hair: Blond, Wavy, Other
Eyes: Blue
How can this product claim to be broad spectrum when it only contains Titanium dioxide?! A quick google search will tell you from multiple reliable sources that you need to include Zinc oxide to be fully protected from all UVA-rays! Stay away from this product!
on 10/30/2015 9:05:00 PM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Sensitive, Fair-Medium, Neutral
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Brown
I hate this, I hate that I got talked into it, I hate that I spent 60 some odd dollars just to feel stupid.
Firstly, I can in no way, shape, or form, make this look good on my skin. I have tried everything, including mixing it with my beloved ben nye. Its just a thick chalky mess (and I got the darker shade!). Second, the sponge applicator ripped off day 2 and half the powder went everywhere. Who's bright idea was that?? Thirdly, there is no way in hell anyone is putting enough of this product on to get the full SPF. You would have to seriously cake it on. I was hoping to at least use it as a setting powder but it's impossible. Someone gave me the idea of powdering it on my hair part so I don't burn on vacation, and I think that's a great idea. Now how can I de-pot this without losing more product?
on 8/4/2015 6:44:00 AM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Sensitive, Fair-Medium, Neutral
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Brown
I loved this when I first found out about it. I have always wanted a way to apply SPF over makeup! And this would be a full 5 lippie product on performance. HOWEVER for packaging and price it loses mega points. I kept the rating as a 4 lippie to be fair...cuz the product is good. The packaging is crazy bulky. I would love a pressed compact to keep this in my purse for when I find myself out at a patio having drinks but might need to add an SPF layer. The current packaging is not portable. Not that it is any better, but they had a small compact I could put in my purse so I went to Bare Minerals SPF powder. I find the price to be ridiculous. Yes, the product itself could last forever, but I don't think the integrity of the SPF is going to stay in tact as long as you would still have product to use.
Over all good product itself, horrible delivery method/packaging and price.
on 8/4/2015 5:49:00 AM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Green
I've been wanting a sunscreen with at least SPF 30 that is easy to reapply without the stickyness, oilyness or white cast of traditional lotions or creams, plus easy to travel with (no bulky container and no sticky mess in my bag). After reading mixed reviews I decided to try this.
I actually think this is just per-fect. It has SPF 30 PA+++ which is a huge bonus. The container works well, at first you do have to bang quite hard to get the product out, but after it starts to distribute evenlyt it works just fine. No problems with the cap not closing either. The sponge can be removed easily for washing.
I got this in Golden and it matches my NC35 skin. It is more on the neutral side than the yellow side though. First I tried this over a light coverage foundation and applied it as described (pat and buff) but I found that this makes it way to cakey and sinks right into my pores. Since I started skipping foundation recently (because no product ever does what I need it to do), I just use this powder and I am so very pleasantly suprised by how it works on its own! It evens out my skintone beautifully, has the most natural velvety finish without being too powdery, it covers my pores plus it keeps oil at bay all day long. If it wasn't for the sunscreen purpose, I wouldn't even have to re-apply at all. I can hardly believe I have finally found what I've been looking for for so long. This product combines every single one of my beauty demands in just one convenient product and as a foundation it litteraly does everything I demand.
For reference, I have normal to a slight combo skin. I don't use the buffing technique, I just pat it on and maybe finish with some downward streaks with a very light hand for a more even distribution. This way it doesn't cake up, even when re-applied every two hours.
on 11/25/2014 4:08:00 PM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Very Oily, Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Curly, Medium
Eyes: Green
I got this first in translucent, which left too light a finish on my skin. Next, I bought the Golden shade, which was a bit too dark. Strange that, cause I imagine my skin shade (medium light) would be shared by the majority, so too bad they don't have a shade in between. I kind of found a solution by missing it up with MUF translucent HD loose powder, and that has helped. In fact, it improved the finish!
I use this powder mainly in the summer, because of the high SPF, which is great. It does not offer the best finish in terms of powder, but it is not bad at all either. No, it's more than 'not bad', it is in fact quite good, just not the best. Apart from the shade situation, I find it cakes on my skin a little bit especially under the nose and eyes, which I manage to avoid anyway by putting less product there.
I don't mind the sponge applicator which many have commented on. I actually manage to take off the sponge, wash it, and put it back on. But I have to be very careful doing this, cause obviously it is not the kind of sponge I can just get a replacement for. It would be great if Jane Iredale offered sponges for sale, or better even, include a spare sponge. The problem I do have with the packaging is with the outer cap, which comes off quite easily, hence, not great for carrying with you at all!!! I wish they'd come out in a screw-open kind of cap.
In summary, good SPF powder, especially as there aren't many out there, but disappointed about the shade range and the cap/cover in the packaging.
on 7/6/2014 5:02:00 PM
Age: 56 & Over
Skin: Other, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Red, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
My daughter gave me a sample of this product - Colour Tanned - I used it as a light dusting over my usual foundation and got a load of compliments! It made be glow and was beautifully translucent. Lately I've been using only moisturiser and the powder lightly blotted all over my face (no foundation). Again - even more compliments! My natural colouring shows through the translucent powder and it stays put all day. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this product and even though it costs a small fortune to buy it online (I live in SA and our currency is not great at the moment) I will replace it when I run out. Which will be a looooong time yet. It's winter now, so I'm not entirely sure how it will hold up on a hot summer day, as I've previously only used it in the evenings for the sheen and glow. And only once I read the label tonight to find out if I could buy it in my own country, did I notice it is a sunscreen! Duh.
Well, even better. I certainly wouldn't apply it to my body or scalp (maybe neck and shoulders, cleavage area too just because it looks so pretty) but it is my absolutely favourite everyday face product right now.
PS - but I do have to say, that it would never have occurred to me in a million years to buy this product as a sunscreen. Far too much fuss and bother to have to dab, dab, dab all over. I think this packaging - for a sunscreen - is just way off the mark! My immediate reaction was to use it as a face dusting/blotting/finishing powder, and as I said above, I've been ecstatic with the results!
on 9/11/2013 4:15:00 PM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Sensitive, Medium, Warm
Hair: Black, Wavy, Coarse
Eyes: Green
I bought this product after having tried countless sunscreens. I like to use sun protection because i work outdoors and also use a strong retinoid nightly. My skin is quite sensitive and I found that chemical sunscreens, after a few weeks use, broke me out. I have also tried endless physical/mineral sunscreens in liquid formulas and they always felt heavy. In addition, being a guy, nearly all of the physical sunscreens looked very obvious; they left a noticeable white sheen on my skin (I have medium/tan skin); looked like I was wearing some sort of foundation; or balled up in my stubble.
This product is lightweight, absorbs oil and so far, hasn't broken me out. Although the product is transparent (they make a golden one) the whiteness is only noticeable when first applied and quickly blends into your face in a couple of minutes.
The negative aspects of this product are that the applicator is fiddly to use and I am not entirely sure how long the sponge will last. Perhaps, it would be easier just to use a powder brush to apply this. Also, the main sunscreen ingredient is titanium dioxide. I am of the opinion that the benefits of zinc oxide are much better and can never understand why it is not used more that titanium dioxide. Perhaps someone else could shed some light on this for me?? Nonetheless, this product is well formulated, isn't irritating and will have to do until I find an alternative.
on 7/29/2013 4:29:00 AM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Sensitive, Fair, Neutral
Hair: Brunette, Curly, Fine
Eyes: Blue
I wish I could give this product four and a half lippies. I am generally happy with it and am relieved to have found a sunscreen I can use, but it does have a few issues.
First the good: It doesn't make me angry. This statement may seem odd to a lot of you, but I think some of you out there may understand. Most sunscreens I have tried are thick and occlusive. They keep my skin from breathing properly, leading me to overheat, and the minute I put them on I feel disgusting and greasy, like I need to take a second shower. I have to admit that, although I know these things are trivial in the day to day course of life, I can't help it -- they make me grumpy. Powder-Me SPF allows me to use whatever moisturizer works for me underneath it, a distinct advantage considering my highly sensitive, pimple- and rash-prone skin. When I use it with NOW Foods brand grapeseed oil, my skin can breathe, I feel normal, and I don't get extra rashes or any pimples, which has never happened with a sunscreen before.
Now the disadvantages: Applying my moisturizer first and then patting and blending this all over my body adds a significant amount of time to my morning routine. Also, as other reviewers have noted, the applicator is kind of a pain. The topmost powder puff fell off onto the floor when I was using it, and when I contacted Jane Iredale to inquire about the best way to clean it, the customer service rep said that she didn't think the applicator would stand up to washing. She was extremely nice about it and sent me extra applicator pads, but I feel that the inability to clean the applicator, especially when you're supposed to reapply sunscreen throughout the day over accumulated grime, is not the best design choice.
Overall, I am very happy with this sunscreen and will keep using it. My sensitive skin cannot tolerate anything else (I've tried many, including other powders like Susan Posnick), and I love the fact that I can change the underlying moisturizer as I please. But those of you for whom ease of use is a priority might find application of this product annoying.
on 6/20/2013 1:27:00 PM
Age: 44-55
Skin: Very Oily, Fair-Medium, Neutral
Hair: Brunette, Other, Fine
Eyes: Brown
i deleted my old review and am replacing it with a new one. first, i think this is a very effective sunscreen IF you can get it applied properly. application is tricky. but it definitely works. HOWEVER, i want to offer this review for women WITH VERY VERY OILY SKIN only, who have struggled to get their makeup to stay on for any length of time. i'm writing this for the ones who have spent hours on the internet searching the terms "best foundation for very oily skin" or "solutons for oily skin" and found nothing that worked for them.
i used every primer known to man and nothing worked to keep even the strongest makeup (EL DOUBLE WEAR!) from sliding off my face in under 6 hours (6 hours is the MAX, even with ELDW). i needed something that stayed on longer than that, because i work 14 hour days. so one day, i was going through my mountain of cosmetics, and found my old JI Powder Me. I thought "hmmm...maybe a POWDER would work better as a sunscreen on my FACE, too". so i put aside my sunscreen (which did nothing but make my oily skin worse), and used this instead.
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text: How to Get the Most Out of a PenTest August 29, 2012 Posted By Nathan Drier Comments (0) Share: LinkedIn Facebook Twitter Embed Email Being a PenTester for Trustwave Spiderlabs, I work with a huge amount of clients ranging from three employees in a garage, to the who's who of the Fortune 100. Over the past few years, I've done hundreds of PenTests and spent countless hours reviewing tests results with clients. Most importantly, I've learned alot about different things a client can do to maximize the value from a PenTest. While its a bit different for everyone, and this is by no means an exhaustive guide, I think the following are some good first steps in preparing for a PenTest: Scan It!If you've got messy, unpatched systems floating around, you want to find them before I do. Get on a schedule of scanning your entire environment (both internal and external) at least every quarter. When your scanner finds issues, especially the High / Critical kind - put a plan in place to fix them. Once you get the major issues fixes (machines patched, default credentials changed, etc), then you can move forward with PenTesting. There should be no overlap between vulnerability scanning and PenTesting. Don't pay me to find blank MySQL passwords, or that old PBX that's still missing MS08-067; use a Vulnerability Scanner for those types of issues. Scanners are great at finding blatant network vulnerabilities and other low hanging fruit. Let me find the paths to data compromise that a vulnerability scanner will never find. Lastly, heed the advice of all your prior PenTests. If your tester identified issues last year, and you still haven't addressed all of them, you can be sure they will surface again this time. Don't pay for what you already know; fix those issues! Define Your DataTo help guide the engagement, its best to clearly define your most critical data. If its for compliance, there is usually a very specific set of data that I am trying to compromise. For example; for a PCI PenTest, I am obviously interested in any form of card data. Work with me to make sure that I understand how you are processing that data, where its stored, and the systems it touches along the way. Maybe its CAD files for an engineering shop, source code for your premier app, or secret banana recipes for a frozen banana stand. I can help you setup the engagement to test your security controls around this set of data. Set some goals, and you will be much happier with the results.Don't Hide ItSometimes, all the client wants to focus on is getting a 'clean report'. The focus should be on giving me all the details I need to perform a thorough test. The more I know about your environment, the quicker I can identify issues and see how they can impact your business. Its always better to have me identify these issues for you, rather than a malicious employee. I promise I'll be much nicer about it than they will.If you know you have vulnerable systems on your network, fix them! Neglecting to tell me about a remote office, a extra DMZ network, or those last few target systems will only degrade the quality of the test. Chances are that I will find it anyways, but the time I spent identifying the issues you already knew about could be better spent finding new stuff.Disclose Sensitive SystemsIts getting rare these days, but there are still systems out there that don't react well to a simple portscan or can't take a web crawl. If you've got any super sensitive systems hiding out somewhere, let me know about it ahead of time. It will save everyone much pain and suffering.Follow AlongA good PenTest is a simulation of an actual attack or breach. I want to help you test the security systems you've dropped into place. If you've got a SIEM or central logging solution, see if the testing I'm doing is generating any alerts. If I tried a common password for every one of your 6,000 domain users and you didn't know about it until the report, lets talk about why your SIEM missed it.AskDon't be afraid to ask me questions along the way. I'm glad to share every last bit of information I have with you. If you want to know how I did a specific test so you can recreate it, want tool recommendations, or need a little more help to understand a particular issue, just ask. The more open communication we have, the better the test will be for everyone.So there you have it. Have other questions about prepping for a PenTest? Throw it in the comments. Share: LinkedIn Facebook Twitter Embed Email Tags: Payment Card Industry, Penetration Testing


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All year, Beyoncé fans have been awaiting her fifth solo studio album, and all year fans have been disappointed by apparent setbacks and sporadic song leaks. While it seemed like the production of her album was spinning out of her control, Beyoncé has proven yet again that more often than not, she's the one running a tight ship: Her new and apparently self-titled album has dropped, surprisingly, on iTunes.
And it's not just an album—it's a "visual" one, featuring 14 songs and 17 videos. The singer explains a bit of the story behind it in a video posted on her Facebook page:
For now, only the entire album is available on iTunes (songs will be available individually on Dec. 20). Beyoncé fans, rejoice: Looks like Queen B has performed one of the best stunts ever.


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The World According to Chuck Lorre
A sampling of cards that pop up during the end credits of his shows ranging from "Cybill" to "Mike & Molly."
Card 1: "I believe that everyone thinks they can write. This is not true. It is true, however, that everyone can direct."
Card 185: "The Emmy speech I didn't give: I want to thank the TV Academy for this incredible acknowledgement. The fact that it pisses off TV critics all over the country just makes the moment a little sweeter."
Card 280: "You know you're getting old when: You're genuinely excited when your prescriptions arrive in the mail. … You try to amuse the kid hooking up your Blu-ray player by telling him about Betamax. … You pee in Morse code — dots and dashes. … You wonder if the orgasm you're about to havewill actually end your life."
Card 285: "Lord, if it be thy will, give unto us a story that has lots of comic potential while simultaneously exploring and defining our characters and their relationships (preferably something that hasn't been done onDick Van Dyke or Friends)."
Card 298: Men: "Writers bucket list: Have sex with a bucket. … Draw a face on a bucket and have sex with it. … Have sex with two women while holding a bucket. …"


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Third Sunday of Advent, Year C, December 13, 2015
Most of the short prophecy of Zephaniah is about gloom and doom for faithless, corrupt people and their leaders. But these encouraging words are for a faithful remnant among them. Note the interesting final image of the LORD singing joyfully because of the good people.
When Saint Paul wrote to the good Christians at Philippi, he and they believed Jesus was soon to come again. Paul is confident that the Philippians are ready. He urges them to let their virtue be an example for others.
The preaching of John the Baptizer stirred up expectation that the Messiah had come. People ask John how to be ready to meet the Messiah. His answers are demanding and divisive.
Zephaniah prophesied in Jerusalem during a time when many in that city were faithless and corrupt. Note how he rails against them in the first verses of Chapter 3:
On such as these, Zephaniah insists there will come The Day of the Lord, a time of terrible vengeance and the inspiration for some of John the Baptizer's threats remembered in today's gospel. But all are not lost. There are a few faithful ones whom the Lord will save. The prophet says later in the same chapter:
Your Proclamation: This is the reason for the positive, uplifting tone of today's reading, which concludes Zephania's book. Proclaim it as if you're addressing a faithful few in the midst of a godless multitude. That's what Zephaniah was doing.
The Historical Situation: As we noted in last week's Lector's Notes, Paul was very fond of and confident in the Philippian Christians. Perhaps he had more confidence in them than they had in themselves, for he feels the need to bolster their courage in view of what is coming. They believed then that Jesus would return very soon ("The Lord is near.") in glory to judge the world. Paul was sure they'd be ready.
Proclaiming It: So proclaim this as if you want to inspire confidence in a good but worried people. You want them to have three responses to their situation:
Saint John the Baptist by El Greco (Doménikos Theotokópoulos, b. 1541, Candia, d. 1614, Toledo), circa 1600. The online World Gallery of Art says the painting is in The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (San Francisco, California, U.S.A.), and gives this description:
This is the finest of the various representations in which this figure of St John the Baptist appears. The attenuated figure, the agitated movement of the sky and the scintillating light on the landscape is characteristic of El Greco's work around 1600. This painting is distinguished from related pictures by the placement of the lamb on the rock - a reference to Christ's sacrifice. The building in the landscape background was identifies as the Escorial.
A similar representation of St John the Baptist is in another painting in the Church of the Jesuits in Toledo, depicting St John the Evangelist and St John the Baptist together.
Lector's Notes should be easily readable on any device, including small-screen ones like cell phones and tablets. This is among the first of a few hundred pages to be converted to a responsive format (responsive to the kind of screen you are using). So when you're not serving as lector, and you arrive at church and mute your cell phone, you can brief yourself on the readings you're about to hear. Format conversion is a work-in-progress and will be so until maybe April of 2018.
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Lenovo is poised to launch a new line of gaming and entertainment laptops featuring 4K displays and a new generation of mobile GPUs from AMD and Nvidia.
Lenovo is unleashing a ton of new product at this year's annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and it's my job to highlight the standouts. Lenovo's Y50 laptop with its striking red-accented keyboard and 4K display? That's a standout alright.
Yep, I said 4K. Lenovo's upcoming Y50 series laptop crams a 3840 x 2160 Ultra HD resolution into a 15.6″ display. While the 4K eye candy is an optional step up from the $999 baseline model, the 1920 x 1080 variant will finally give users the choice to have a touchscreen. Believe it or not, Windows 8 touchscreen laptops and gaming have barely (if ever) been uttered in the same sentence. In fact, it's been rare to see touch options on any Windows 8 laptops that aren't considered hybrids or convertibles.
Here's what I know about the Y50 as it relates to gaming. This model looks like the spiritual successor to the Y500, a shockingly affordable gaming laptop I purchased last year and utterly adore. Lenovo is also debuting the Y40, a step down from the Y50, and that notebook features the as-of-yet unannounced AMD R9 M270 4GB mobile graphics card. The spec sheet I received for the Y50 lists only an unspecified Nvidia GTX card. It would stand to reason that if the Y50 featured an existing Nvidia mobile GPU, it would be listed.
My hunch is that Nvidia will announce a new and improved mobile graphics card tonight at their press conference, and I'll wager it's optimized for 4K video playback and gaming (albeit it at low or medium quality settings). More than likely it's the GeForce 800 series based on the Maxwell architecture, which is a known quantity on Nvidia's roadmap.
Either way, this could breathe a surge of new life into gaming notebooks, and may set a precedent for ridiculously sharp 4K displays. Hey, whether or not we need Ultra HD on a 15-inch screen isn't what CES is all about!
Here are the confirmed specs for Lenovo's Y50 laptop:
- Processor: Up to 4th generation Intel Core i7
- OS: Windows 8.1
- Display and Resolution: Optional 4K 3840 x 2160 resolution or standard 1920 x 1080 with touch or non-touch
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- Storage: Up to 1TB hard drive or 1TB hybrid storage with integrated 8GB SSD cache, or a 512GB pure SSD
- Keyboard: Optional backlit keyboard with AccuType rounded keys
- Connectivity: Bluetooth 4.0 and 802.11 b/g/n or ac WiFi
- Battery Life: Estimated 4 hours
- Weight: 4.7 pounds for non-touch, 5.7 pounds for touch version
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Last week, while I was in South Carolina for work, I kept receiving phone calls from my hubby that he was doing some household chores like yard work. He notified me that he was going to replace the sod on the side of the house - so I got a call when he rented a sod cutter to remove the sod, another phone call to tell me that he borrowed a tractor to level the ground out, and then a call to let me know he had picked up the sod.
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And then, my sweet and well-meaning husband ran out of time to lay the sod. When I came home on Tuesday night, I had to dodge rolls of sod all throughout our driveway.
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I am still proud, and will likely brag for a very long time, that I laid that entire pallet of sod by myself.
When Zach returned home about an hour after I had finished and quickly showered, he was amazed that the sod had been laid. He asked who did it and I told him I hired the boy down the street to do it. He didn't buy my story.
I couldn't figure out why until I passed by the mirror and saw that my face was bright red and I still had dirt in my hair.
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I need to go out of town more often!
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Now that's pretty tough of you!! My husband is a builder and occasionally has to lay sod when they are finished w/ a house...He HATES it!ReplyDelete
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AMSTERDAM (Jul. 25)
The authenticity of two letters and a postcard allegedly written in April 1940 by Anne Frank and her sister, Margot, to pen pals in Danville, Iowa, will be examined by the Netherlands State Institute for Documentation on the Second World War and by the Netherlands Research Institute in The Hague.
The letters are scheduled to be auctioned by the Swann Galleries in New York Oct. 25.
According to George Lowry, president of Swann Galleries, the letters already have been authenticated by the Anne Frank Foundation in Amsterdam.
The recipients, who have put them up for sale, are Juanita and Betty Ann Wagner of Danville. Like the Frank sisters, they attended a Montessori school. The correspondence was initiated by an American teacher who visited Europe the summer before World War II.
The fact that the Frank letters were written in English has raised questions here. It was pointed out that until the war, English was not taught in Dutch elementary schools.
Dutch pupils corresponding in that language would have to have their letters translated by a person literate in English and then copy the translation.
This could hardly have been done without mistakes, which are missing from the Frank letters, sources here pointed out.
According to Lowry, the Frank sisters' letters were translated by their father from Dutch and copied by them in English. They are the only known samples of Anne Frank's handwriting in English, he said.
Anne was II at the time and Margot 14. Their letters, dated April 27 and 29, 1940, were lighthearted, without premonition of the tragedy about to befall Holland and the Frank family.