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Los Angeles County supervisors will consider granting final approval to the 21,600-home Newhall Ranch project Tuesday, nearly three years after a judge forced the developer to prove it has enough water for the massive subdivision.
But some of the project's most serious complications spring from a different source -- the discovery on the site of the endangered San Fernando Valley spineflower and fallout from an investigation into the developer's alleged destruction of the plant.
In county government, details of the spineflower case have led to a disagreement over the trustworthiness of Newhall Land & Farming Co.'s latest environmental reports, which supervisors will consider Tuesday. County biologist Daryl Koutnik said the planning staff is comfortable with the documents, but the supervisors' ecological advisory committee doubts whether the company's new environmental reports are complete.
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TOP civilian and military leaders did well by joining their heads in
Karachi to take stock of the security environment in the mega city
following recent high profile target killings and kidnappings for ransom that sent shock-waves across the country. A firm message has gone to trouble-makers that those at the helm of affairs are committed to root them out at all costs.
Army Chief General Raheel Sharif, who attended two meetings – one at Rangers' Headquarters and the other at Five Corps – firmly stated that nexus of terrorists, their abettors, sympathizers and financiers will be broken at all costs and the ongoing operation will be taken to its logical conclusion. He rightly stated that terrorists were going for softer targets to survive and directed law-enforcing and intelligence agencies to concentrate on prevention of such threats. In our view, the visit of the Chief of Army Staff to Karachi and discussions with relevant authorities on the way forward was very timely and this would surely help restore sagging morale of the people there. No doubt, the on-going targeted operation in Karachi has achieved remarkable successes and there has been marked improvement in the overall law and order situation but the fact remains that terrorists and their backers still have the capacity to strike targets of their choice, triggering speculations about fate of the operation itself. It is noteworthy that in the past too, operations were launched in Karachi but none of them could produce the desired results as they were left midway because of political expediencies or other reasons. Therefore, there have been apprehensions that the on-going operation might not face a similar fate. Hopefully, the visit of the Army Chief and his firm declaration to take the operation to its logical conclusion would have salutary impact on the overall situation. However, it should not be the sole responsibility of the Army Chief to come out with such statements and the civil Government too especially the Sindh administration should also play its part in addressing the problem comprehensively as it is the question of not only peace in Karachi but the overall progress and future of the country.
Army Chief re-asserts in Karachi
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The boring of the first-ever tunnel in Mumbai for the underground metro project has begun at the Naya Nagar site in Mahim. Naya Nagar is one of the seven 'launching shafts' from where tunnelling operations will be conducted. The others are at Cuffe Parade, Azad Maidan, Worli, Kalina, Sahar Road and Marol Naka. Azad Maidan is the next site where tunnelling work will start, according to the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC).
While 17 tunnel boring machines (TBMs) will be deployed to construct the two 33.5-km long tunnels, five TBMs have arrived in the city. By November-end, all five machines will be operational, according to MMRC. Another set of seven machines has completed factory acceptance test and are in various stages of transit. The factory acceptance for the remaining five will be done in the next two months.


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After yesterday's game both Steve McClaren and Everton manager Roberto Martinez talked about a thrilling game which ended in Tom Cleverley getting the only goal of the game with JUST seconds to play in stoppage time.
McClaren said he felt sorry for the Newcastle players who had worked their socks off to keep in the game in that first half – and if we had taken the chances we had in the second half – we could even have even won the game.
Roberto Martinez – celebrates very late winner
On the other hand Everton started the game like a steam train and completely overwhelmed Newcastle – and but for the heroics once again of Rob Elliot in the Newcastle goal, the game would have been over before half time.
Roberto Martinez is a top coach – we know that – but he's also a top man and the Spaniard was very complimentary after the game towards both the Newcastle goalkeeper and the effort our players put in.
This is what the former Wigan manager said after yesterday's game:
"I felt very satisfied with the way that we were performing throughout the game." "In football you have to take your chances, but I thought the way we controlled the game was very pleasing."
"I thought we started the game extremely well in the first 20 minutes? where we were totally dominating."
"I must admit that Elliot in goal was outstanding and I've reviewed a couple of the actions and we had five clear-cut opportunities, and to get that away from home with our goalscoring threat was very, very impressive."
"But probably more important than ever it was about being able to get through that little period that the home team are always going to get."
"I thought we stopped their threat really, really well but any ball can bounce in the box, any second ball, any 50-50, we were there."
"Tim Howard had to make a really good reaction save but apart from that I feel we deserved that final kick in terms of getting the three points."
"Probably the last action of the game is very cruel for Newcastle because you could see the level they showed throughout the game."
"You can see why Newcastle got seven points in the last nine but overall I feel it was a well-deserved three points."
It was cruel the way we lost the game yesterday, but if our players take it in the right way there's no reason we cannot come back tomorrow and get all 3 points at the The Hawthorns.
That would be great.
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I don't understand why most fans can see the holes in the team yet every manager we get does not. It's clear that the left side is unbalanced with a lb who can't do go forward and a cm at lw yet what's the bet nothing will be fine in January. It's clear colo is what we need and we need a big brute CB to deal with target men yet nothing is done. We get talent like Aaron's who does everything correctly when gets chance outperforming all the so called stars and favs yet still gets benched. Why is it so hard football is a simple bloody game yet idiots make it complicated. Play a cm in middle play a winger out wide and get the players in Jan to do the job it's bloody simple!!
Everton are not the wealthiest of clubs and largely due to a committed manager in the guise of David Moyes and a supportive chairman, they have plugged their way investing every year with quality new players who could make it in the Premier League. They have had consistency from the outset and blew most of their transfer budget circa £25m on Lukaku. Now take Newcastle, we have had several managers, changes for the worse in recruiting foreign mercenaries on the cheap in the hope of quick profit. We have sold our best players replacing them with some of the lesser quality we have now which showed on Saturday. Quite frankly Mike Ashley's policies of meagre investment are now paying the kind of dividends that he didn't expect and by now he should be realising his own lack of ability and short comings. Apart from my belief that we have the wrong Chairman ( and Manager ) who thinks low investment in players is the best policy, Mike Ashley (with expert advice) could quickly change his strategy of how the club is run and invest in a new structure. He will have to make up for poor advice and rid the club of poor quality players in the squad even at a loss and buy proven premiership quality even if it means paying the odd £25m for a top player. Mike Ashley's reward for doing all this will be a club on the up, playing for pride and trophies and probably the best thing (for Ashley) will be a big profit when sells a successful club to some moneybags enterprise.
we deserve to go down. we're by far the most boring team to watch in the PL, maybe even in europe. all this talk of passing football is just utter rubbish. i've never seen any football team (in any league in any country) play so little 'passing-football'. mcclaren is definitely not an improvement on pardew (and i was one of pardew's biggest critics)!
we need a new manager with a vision, someone who knows the strengths and weaknesses of his players (which steve DOES NOT).
and ashley must go as well as mcclaren was his last chance to put things right and he blew it!
the guy's a business man, not a football person!
i hope we end up in the championship and build a team around armstrong, aarons, lascelles,..
we CANNOT continue with players like:
-janmaat (far too many mistakes, should've been sent off yesterday)
-colo (not a captain)
-dummett (great effort but too limited)
– sissoko (great runs, but no passing ability in crucial moments)
– mitrovic (must start showing he's worth it soon or it'll be too late)


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REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio (CBS.MW) -- Abercrombie & Fitch reported an 8 percent increase in net income for the first quarter, thanks to higher year-over-year sales.
The retailer ANF, +0.60% also launched Hollister Co., stores that will sell products that reflect the West Coast lifestyle and are aimed at high-school-age teens.
Abercrombie & Fitch reported net income of $16.2 million, or 16 cents a share, for the quarter, in line with analysts' expectations. Last year, the retail chain reported adjusted netincome of $15 million, or 14 cents a share.
Net sales rose almost 10 percent to $206.6 million, from $188.3 million.
However, comparable-store sales dropped 8 percent in the quarter, reflecting a difficult sales season. Comp-store sales are those at locations more than a year old. Analysts consider it a key gauge of performance, since it excludes brand-new stores.
Operating income rose 6 percent to $24.5 million, compared with an adjusted $23 million last year.
The company expects to record profits of 16 to 18 cents a share in the second quarter, which would fall short of Wall Street's current consensus expectation of 21 cents.
The Reynoldsburg, Ohio-based retailer also expects to open the first five Hollister stores in July and August. It said it envisions eventually having 600 to 800 Hollister stores.
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Juno Mission Rocket Launch
These pictures were from the Juno Mission Launch Activities, at the Kennedy Space Center, between Aug 4-5. On the 4th, Dr. Bill Nye "the Science Guy" gave a special presentation on the Juno Mission. The presentation was both entertaining and informative, just as you might expect from the Science Guy. After the presentation, he opened up the floor to a Q&A session on anything science related. I've been a fan of Dr. Nye since I was a little kid and was thrilled for the chance to see him in person.
"We are so small…"
Aug. 5th
Kennedy Space Center gave the first 2000 people at the park gates free admission to the Saturn V Center, three miles from the launch pad, to view the launch.
This curious gator wanted to see what all of the commotion was about.
After multiple holds and nearly an hour delay, Juno lifted off at 12:25pm on it's five year journey to Jupiter. Juno was launched into space courtesy of the Atlas V Rocket.
Thank You to KSC and Dr. Bill Nye for putting this great event together!


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Social media stalwart/entrepreneur Casey Neistat just released a video of himself using a jerry-rigged drone to literally fly up a ski mountain in Finland.
"No one in the world sells a drone that can lift a human being ... so we built our own," notes the video's intro.
Neistat, dressed as Santa and piloting a snowboard, then grabs a line attached to a gigantic drone bathed in Christmas-y green and red lights. From there, we see him ride up a steep hill, shuttle through town and finally fly over a building and into the sky.
The video was filmed with cooperation from Samsung and utilizes that company's Gear 360 video cameras.
And if it's fake? Well, that's like telling us there's no Santa.


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November 5, 2015
As mentioned in last week's Interim Update (October 2015), the Texas Forensic Science Commission (TFSC) has drafted a sample notification letter that you can send to a person whose conviction was based at least in part on DNA mixture evidence using the outdated protocols we've discussed in previous interim updates. That letter is now available here. The sample letter also includes a form that an inmate can return to the "defense triage team" if the inmate wants the DNA mixture analysis recalculated. That defense team (headed by Bob Wicoff, Appellate Division Chief at the Harris County Public Defender's Office) will contact the local prosecutor if they get such a request in response to your letter. As envisioned by the TFSC, upon receipt of a legitimate request, the prosecutor will ask for a recalculation and if the results qualify the inmate to seek further relief, a local judge will appoint a local defense attorney to handle any potential writ. The TFSC has created a flow chart of this procedure as they envision it, which is available here. Of course, you don't have to use this sample notification letter or the defense triage team if you have made other arrangements in your jurisdiction for handling these claims, but they are available if you want them.
Once you decide whether and how to notify defendants, TDCJ recommends the following this three-step procedure for delivering that notification to their inmates or parolees:
1. Prosecutors can email a list of defendants convicted and sentenced to TDCJ in a readable electronic format (preferably Excel) to Karen Hall, Executive Services Research Coordinator, at <karen dot hall at tdcj dot texas dot gov> (or call 936/437-6144 for more information). The list should include the following information:
a) Name of defendant
b) Date of birth of defendant
c) SID of defendant
d) Cause number (If more than one cause number for a particular defendant, please put all the cause numbers under a single entry for that defendant instead of making multiple entries; if more than one count under the same cause number, the count number can also be useful.)
e) County of conviction
2. Using this information, TDCJ will locate the inmates/parolees (unless the person has discharged his sentence, in which case TDCJ will not have an address) and then send the prosecutor the mailing addresses for those individuals, many of which will be TDCJ units.
3. Prosecutors can then mail notices to those inmates/parolees using the address information provided by TDCJ. If a prosecutor intends to send notices to multiple inmates at the same TDCJ unit, bulk delivery of those letters can be arranged by contacting Tracy Dingman, Director of Legal Affairs, at <tracy dot dingman at tdcj dot texas dot gov> or 512/463-9438.
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The Japanese parliament has finally… FINALLY, passed a bill legalizing casinos in the island nation. Now, investors from some of the largest casinos in the world are considering dropping massive investments in the new industry.
Japan's parliament passed a law that orders the government to start crafting rules to legalize casino. Finally.
— Takashi Mochizuki (@mochi_wsj) December 14, 2016
The reason it took so long? Fears of addiction expressed by the country's largely Buddhist core, as well as potential money laundering. These concerns are interesting, considering that Japan already allows other forms of gambling, including on boat and horse racing. But a survey published this week found that only 12% were in favor of lifting the casino ban. This bill has been tried before, but failed after being submitted to Parliament in 2013.
There's already a form of gambling in Japan, albeit not a direct cash payout, called Pachinko. It's basically pinball but with slightly different parameters. Pachinko parlors are quite popular because they offer tangible prizes—they don't offer direct cash winnings.
Japanese business leaders are now chomping at the bit. Among them is the CEO of Konami Gaming, Mr. Satoshi Sakamoto. He has been tapped to head a new company that will invest in Japanese casinos as soon as the legislation is formalized.
American companies such as MGM Resorts International, Wynn Resorts Ltd, and Caesars Entertainment Corp are prepping for a battle to obtain operating rights. MGM has already said they might invest as much as $10 million into new casino operations.
Potential sites for the casinos include Osaka and Yokohama, which are separated by a 3 hour train ride. Osaka is clearly on the cutting edge of everything, announcing today that they are introducing a robotic checkout system in local grocery stores. It is also the second largest metropolitan area in Japan. Meanwhile, Yokohama is Japan's second largest city overall, behind Tokyo. Both would likely see an enormous amount of business from a new casino.
The key in implementing these new properties could lie in their local communities' ability to provide adequate regulations, and guarantee homeowners that they won't pop up in their neighborhoods. As is the case with most "controversial" new facilities, people don't want them in their backyards.
Another part of Asia is on the cusp of striking it big in the gambling business. The Chinese territory of Macau increased its gaming revenues by 1.1% in August of this year, compared to the same time in the previous year, causing casino stocks to surge worldwide. Macau is the only area of China that allows gambling.
Hopefully Macau's success, paired with the surging stock market of late, will fuel the emergence of a burgeoning gambling industry in Japan. No casinos are expected to be built until 2020.


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Hey friends!
There are a few questions that I receive pretty regularly and decided to make a list to answer the most common ones.
What's in your camera bag?
- Vinta camera bag
- 2 Canon 5D Mark IV's
- Canon 35mm 1.4 L ii (I use this 99.9% of the time)
- Canon 85mm 1.8
- Canon 24mm 1.4
- the flash I use is a Speedlite 430x ii (for dark receptions)
- Video light (from amazon)
Do you shoot families?
- Unfortunately, I'm no longer taking family sessions as I'm focusing my time and energy on weddings and elopements. I tried for a while when I first started, but found that families just weren't my thing! Hit me up for some referrals for awesome family photogs in my area.
What about not-so-intimate, big traditional white weddings?
Heck yes! I'll do it all. I'd never limit myself to one type of wedding. Although I love intimate weddings and elopements, big weddings are amazing and beautiful in their own special way too! I love hanging with your family and friends and getting all those details that make the day memorable. Plus reception photos are fun. Who doesn't want a picture of their grandma gettin' down?
Do you travel?
- DUH I sure do! I love traveling. Check out my travel page to see all of my current travel plans for 2019. All my travel fees are included in my rate for out-of-Utah wedding packages.
Do you send out your RAW images?
- I don't! One reason for this is because they're kind of impossible to send out. These are the straight-out-of-camera, uncompressed, MASSIVE images that haven't been touched digitally yet, meaning they're too big to send over any normal site and too big to open without certain programs like Photoshop and Lightroom. You can't print these images, physically or legally. I also spent a looooot of time. And I mean a lot. Of time editing your photos and sending them to you in the best, most optimized quality I can to make it easy for you to print, post, and share them all over the internets. If there's something you don't like about your edits, let me know. If there's a photo you believe I took but didn't receive, let me know. When I send a gallery I promise you that I'm sending every good quality, well lit, in-focus image I got. If I didn't send it to you, it wasn't great, or there was another that looked too similar.


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Blueberry Milkshake Recipe
I can't tell you how much I love milkshakes. They are one of my favorite treats! Last week I shared this amazing chocolate peanut butter milkshake, truly a guilty pleasure if ever there was one. This week I'm indulging my milkshakes craving with something that is much healthier. A blueberry milkshake! Made with real blueberries, all natural ice cream, milk and a touch of honey. You really can indulge and be healthy too!
In case you missed the hundreds of articles buzzing all over the internet about the benefits of blueberries. I'll give you a quick breakdown as to why I love them and why they are so good for you.
1. Packed Full of Antioxidants- Blueberries are incredibly rich in antioxidants. Antioxidants protect our bodies from damage by free radicals which are unstable molecules that can damage cellular structures and contribute to aging and diseases like cancer. Blueberries are considered to the the king of all foods when it comes to antioxidants.
2. High in Vitamin C- Vitamin C is necessary for growth and development of tissues and promotes wound healing and has immune boosting properties. Consuming just one cup of blueberries will give you 25% of your recommended daily value of Vitamin C.
3. Brain Boosting Powers- Because they contain such a high amount of gallic acid, blueberries can act as "neuro-protective agents." which means that they can literally protect our brains from degeneration, neurotoxicity and oxidative stress.
See how good for you blueberries are? You are doing yourself a disservice if you don't add this super fruit to your diet.
I will confess that adding blueberries to some ice cream isn't the healthiest way to eat them, but if you want to indulge in an occasional treat, at least you can do so in a more healthy way by adding in some uber healthy blueberries.
- 2 cups all natural vanilla ice cream (I prefer Breyer's extra creamy vanilla)
- 2 cups frozen blueberries
- 2 cups milk
- 1 tbsp honey
- Put all the ingredients in a blender and blend on high until smooth and creamy.
- Serve immediately.
You can even top it off with some paleo whipped cream, for a more indulgent treat (that is still pretty healthy!). Enjoy!


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20 Blog Posts with Tips for Offline Promotion
There are many businesses that only focus their marketing efforts in one place, either online or offline. What the most successful companies will tell you is that a combination of both is the best way to go. This will help you in all areas of your business because it will drive new traffic and build new customers so your company can keep growing. Here are some great blog posts about offline promotion strategies and why they are still important and relevant in this computer and internet-dominated world.
- 60+ Unique Ideas for Marketing Your Business Offline & Locally – Here are 60+ Unique Ideas for offline promotion for your business (there's some excellent info in here).
- 4 Ways to Promote Your Blog Offline – A few helpful tips to get more people to your blog using offline promo methods.
- Understanding the Different Methods of Offline Promotion – There are so many great ways to promote offline, this article will help you understand many of them (an oldie but a goodie).
- Offline Promotion Guide – A great guide for promoting your online company or site offline.
- Offline Promotion – The Other Source for Potential Customers – 11 tips to increase the reach of your influence.
- Business Know How | 7 Offline Website Promotion Tips – Explore various mediums for offline promotion from radio to the "branded stuff" mentioned in this article.
- Offline Lead Generation Tips – 9 offline lead generation tips for businesses exploring location-based marketing.
- Merging Your Online and Offline Marketing Strategies – Some more great strategies for promoting offline to bring business online.
- A How To Guide for Offline Marketing – A handy how to guide to help you decide the best offline marketing to increase your business.
- Best Ways to Market Your Business Offline – Proven offline marketing methods to spend your money on.
- Offline Marketing Strategies for Your Online Business – Another great article with tips for offline marketing strategies to help your internet business grow.
- How to Generate Leads Using Offline Marketing Strategies – Good leads are the lifeblood of your home based business, or any small business for that matter.
- Difference Between Online And Offline Marketing – Good article discussing the difference between offline and online marketing.
- Interesting Article on Small Business Marketing Strategies – How To Use "Glazer-Kennedy Style" Small Business Marketing Strategies To Solve All Your Advertising, Marketing And Sales Problems.
- 10 Web Marketing Strategies For Online Business Owners – More great tips for marketing your online business offline.
- Get Your Online and Offline Marketing Working Together – Most businesses spend a large percentage of their profits on promoting their business online and offline to their customers.
- Offline Marketing Ideas To Explode Your Online Business And Profits – An excellent post with some top notch offline marketing ideas.
- How Offline Marketing Helps To Maximize Your Affiliate Marketing Profits – "Buyers are more likely to trust an website if they have seen it advertised or mentioned somewhere."
- Bizness Apps | 10 Offline Marketing Strategies that Still Work Today – From business cards to speaking at events, there are a number of ways to make an impression offline.
- Integrating Online and Offline Marketing – A blog post explaining how you should not ignore either, both online and offline marketing are essential.
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Offline promotion is definitely still relevant! I know people go crazy for online presence these days, but many don't realize that it's harder to succeed if you're limited only to that.
I think its VERY EASY to get sucked into the whole digital media craze and abandon or ignore offline marketing. I think doing so might prove costly for some companies. If anything, maybe with things turned on their head, that is, marketing budgets flowing towards digital as opposed to offline, offline or traditional marketing will become more cost effective! There is only so much inventory online, so as things become saturated, the LOW COST allure digital media has today will fade, and suddenly, offline marketing will become that much more attractive again.
Digital advertising may only be in front of a potential customers for a matter of seconds. A good promotional product…indefinitely. The more face time you get the more you will be remembered and the more successful you will be.
I agree….
The good companies truly understand the importance of having a great marketing plan not only online but also offline. Great post!
Interesting post, Thanks !
I discovered this blog a few weeks back but totally forgot to bookmark it – I wont make the same mistake again! 🙂
I will have to come back here again – I am taking your RSS feed so I can read your site offline. Thanks!
One of my favourite offline promo methods is to get on the phone and talk to prequalified leads. I search local newspapers and magazines to get an idea of what people are already spending on their advertising, then I call them up. I get their permission to manually add their email address to a prospects email list. When the content rich emails arrive in their inbox they know what it is and open the email. It helps the clickthrough rate.
Talking to people really makes that connection. A real voice in a meaningful context is so rare these days and deserves a renaissance.
One offline marketing channels that businesses with longer sales cycle can consider is trade shows. In a trade show, you get the chance to meet with hundreds of decision makers. These are the people that decided on thousand to million dollar deals.
And it will be very hard to close a thousand dollar deal with an add to cart button.
Thank you, for such a useful list of blogs for offline business promotion. This makes my work much easier.
It was a very useful list of blogs, nowadays digital marketing is trending a lot but offline marketing is equally important to do 360 degree marketing.


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|Luzi D., Ruggieri R., Biagioni S., Schiano E. Data sharing in environmental sciences: A survey of CNR researchers. In: GL 14 - GL14 Fourteenth International Conference on Grey Literature. Tracking Innovation through Grey Literature (Rome, Italy, 29-30 November 2012). Abstract, pp. 48 - 53. D.J. Farace, J. Frantzen, GreyNet (eds.). TextRelease, Amsterdam, 2012.
|Today the free availability of research data is considered an important driver of innovation and of new scientific insights. Due to the increasing amount of data collected as well as to the variety of purposes, process of acquisition and formats this is not an easy task. It implies the development of policies that incentive data curation and preservation, the recognition of the value of research data as "first-class publication", the enforcement of clear rules for open access, copyright and ownership. It is also necessary that the scientific community agree on the development and use of common interoperability standards related to data models, format and exchange protocols. Last but not least it requires that suitable infrastructures be developed at national and international level considering discipline specificity. Projects aiming to develop infrastructures for research data as well as metadata standards that enable data sharing are carried out in many disciplinary and cross-disciplinary fields. Moreover, many surveys are exploring scientists' practices and perceptions toward data acquisition, curation and preservation focusing in particular on perceived barriers and enablers of data sharing. The paper presents a survey based on an online questionnaire submitted to CNR researchers in the area of Environmental Sciences that represent a data intensive, collaborative and multi-disciplinary field. The survey has the aim to explore researchers' attitude in data management, use and sharing, considering practices employed in all phases of data lifecycle as well as needs and requirements that are felt to be crucial for an effective implementation of data preservation. The questionnaire consists of two sections. The first one provides the demographic characteristics of the sample and addresses questions related to the description of the research process carried out in data acquisition and management. This part is based on a common agreed assumption that data life cycle cannot be considered independently from research lifecycle. In the second one a selection of questions already submitted in large-scale international surveys are proposed in order to measure commonality and differences in attitudes as well as in institutional policies.
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Trends in Digital (Online) Banking
The 21st century is the century of information. The advent of the information revolution, the computer, the mobile phone, and other communication devices have facilitated this process.
Internet access makes it possible for people to stay at home to transact business online. Today, online banking has emerged as a major channel to supplement face-to-face banking.
It has revolutionalised the banking industry since customers can now complete financial transactions by visiting secure websites that are maintained by banks, credit unions and other financial institutions.
It is now becoming the preferred form of banking among certain segments of the population, especially among the youth, especially "digital natives" who are growing with the technology.
This group have grown up with a computer and internet access, and value anytime/anywhere convenience. Other segments of the population are adopting this form of banking as their technology comfort grows.
Experts have classified Internet banking into four main categories, from Level 1- minimum functionality sites offering access to deposit account information – to level 4 sites.
Such sites are classified as highly sophisticated with services beyond online banking to include investment and insurance.
Over the past couple of years, new trends in digital banking has emerged. One of such trends is gamified banking (sometimes called banking gamification). It emerged from gamification, which is the application of computer game concepts to day-to-day software applications, apps and web sites.
Gamification in banking is a product engagement strategy used to encourage continued engagement of customers to modify their behavior through game mechanics. For example, GoalCard is a Facebook-linked debit card that enables users play financial literacy games with friends to win rewards points that they can trade for cash prizes. Also, Foursquare Check-Ins is a GPS-based social media platform that rewards people for making frequent branch visits by tracking check-ins.
Another trend is customer analytics, defined by wikipedia as a process by which data from customer behavior is used to help make key business decisions via market segmentation and predictive analytics.
With the advent of the digital revolution, there has been an explosion in the amount of available customer information within the banking industry.
Demographic data, transactional records, online activity logs, etc. is now widely available to banking institutions. Banking institutions are now beginning to use these massive volumes of data into actionable insights to understand individual customer behavior and preferences and to predict the banking behavior of these customers.
This information is sometimes used to improve digital offerings and banking services to customers. With the current fierce competition among the banks, customer analytics will enable banks maximize the use of customer information, predict their future needs and build stronger, more profitable relationships.
Mobile banking (or m-banking) is one of the digital banking services that allow customers of a financial institution to conduct a number of financial transactions through a mobile device such as a mobile phone or tablet It operates across all major mobile providers through one of three ways: SMS messaging; mobile web; or applications developed for smartphones.
Short Messaging System allows users to check their balances and transfer funds via text message while mobile web allows for checking balances, bill payment and account transfers simply by logging into the user's account via a mobile web browser.
Also, mobile banking connects the user directly to the bank server for complete banking functionality without having to navigate a mobile web browser.
New mobile banking applications such as account rewards confirmation, person-to-person payments (P2P), and remote-deposit capture (RDC), a service allowing users to scan checks and transmit the scanned images to a bank for posting and clearing.
With mobile airtime, the movement of money over mobile devices has been made very easy; people in remote communities can receive money without any travel time; people can buy groceries with a few punches of keys without money changing hands.
M-banking has changed the way traditional (brick and mortar) banking is conducted by offering similar banking services but on more flexible terms. M-banking services is more cost-effective than traditional banking. The low cost of using existing infrastructure makes such channels more amenable to use by low income customers.
Branchless banking is a distribution channel strategy used for delivering financial services without relying on physical bank branches. It has been defined as the delivery of financial services outside conventional bank branches, often using agents and relying on information and communications technologies to transmit transaction details – typically card-reading point-of-sale (POS) terminals or mobile phones.
It is more about redefining the branch than getting rid of the branch all together and has the potential to radically reduce the cost of delivery and increase convenience for customers. It has the potential to increase people's access to financial services due to the involvement of a wide range of agents outside bank branches.
Branchless banking enhances the efficiency of banks. Today's bank customers want convenience, and going branchless is a way to recruit and retain customers, as they don't have to compromise their busy lives. Branchless banking helps reduce congestion and cost of bank branches. Bank employees can visit the client to gather the needed information for account opening and other banking services.
Given the current global banking landscape and the further changes in customer behaviours on the horizon, banks that grasp and execute these new business models will be better equipped to survive and thrive now and into the future.
Even though concerns around security, customer privacy, fraud, etc. have been expressed, over the years, new banking technology have emerged to provide better protection to customers.
For example, encryption technology is employed to protect the online transfer of information. In addition, firewalls and filtering routers are used to protect the identity of legitimate users.
Also, digital certification procedures have been used as a further protection layer. With such security measures the expectation is that the number of customers who choose digital banking will continue to increase.
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- This should be enabled by default in the standard python shell. http://blog.venthur.de/2008/07/06/tab-completion-in-pythons-interactive-mode/
- 'enscript' is a must have for printing code... and from the man page, is this suggestion from the developer himself - flags for printing code: gaudy header, two columns, landscape, code highlighting, 2-up printing.
~$enscript -G2rE -U2 main.py
if you have a long script, check it out... it's beautiful.
Random musings on GNU+Linux. open source software, and Python. The main purpose of this blog is to archive (for myself) what I am learning about these wonderful technologies/communities
Sunday, 22 March 2009
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filed under the "notes to self" category... if I forget these tips I'll googling for them... so let's put them on my random blog for now.
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This kind of humidity probably wouldn't be an issue if I could find a screened bottom board or a screened inner cover somewhere. Or I suppose I could try to build one.
Imagine how difficult it is to dry honey inside such a humid hive. My ventilation rim helps, but a screen bottom board would probably help out even more.
UPDATE: The ventilation rims pull moisture from the hive by allowing an air current to flow over the inner cover hole. But as you can see in the video, humidity can still build up inside the hive underneath the inner cover. So here's a little something I do with my hives when I know we're in for some sunny days:
I pry up the inner covers just a bit and slide Popsicle sticks through the corners of the hive. This allows more hot air and humidity trapped under the inner cover to escape, yet the crack is small enough to prevent predatory insects like wasps from getting in. Another simple, cheap and effective beekeeping tip brought to by the good folks at Mud Songs.
UPDATE (August 20/11): I put my hand in front of the entrances of all the hives today, no entrance reducers on the hives, and I could feel the humidity pumping out of every one of them. I'm convinced now that all Langstroth hives in St. John's, Newfoundland, even nucs, would benefit from as much ventilation as possible at least during the month of August. That means: 1) Screened bottom board, 2) Ventilated inner cover, 3) Ventilation rim. Those three together would be dynamite. Add to it a slatted rack and follower boards (aka dummy boards) and the hives will be boiling over with healthy bees and tons of honey. That's my best guess, anyway.


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Recently I had to implement an API for a Rails app running on Unicorn being proxied in from Nginx. The problem I had was that my custom header wasn't being passed through from Nginx.
I had already gone ahead and added to my location directive
proxy_set_header X_SESSION_KEY $http_x_session_key;
But alas I still had problems. Turns out there's little thing called "underscores_in_headers" which needs to be turned on for my custom (with underscores) API header to work.
Simply add it to your main nginx.conf after the http {
underscores_in_headers on;
So I managed to get my hands on one of these sexy little device and I must say, I'm damn impressed. What's rather amusing is holding up the laptop in its leather case to a few friends and saying; what do you think this is? By far the most amusing comment so far was "Is it a mans handbag?".
Being the Linux fanboy that I am, I set to work tweaking my Acer Aspire One, which by default comes with the Linux distro Linplus. My first reaction was to be gone with the default OS and whack Ubuntu on, however I came to love Linplus and its fast bootup time. And by fast .. I mean fast. If I wanted to find out the weather, I could probably boot this laptop and hit weather.smh.com.au faster than my Blackberry could load the site
One of the first things you'll need to do is get your Linplus working like an actual Linux operating system, and we can do this by turning on the advanced menu, which allows you to right click the desktop for a traditional menu.
1) Hit Alt + F12 and type xfce-setting-show
2) Find Desktop preferences, then the behavior tab and click "Show desktop menu on right-click".
Installing Skype on the Acer Aspire One
One of the reasons why I wanted one of these tiny notebooks was for traveling purposes. And what better way to communicate with home than over Skype.
1) From the advanced menu (right click desktop) click terminal
2) Type: sudo yum install skype
This will install Skype and the necessary dependencies.
To add Skype to the infamous Acer Aspire Linplus background menu .. do the following
1) (Hopefully you've enabled the advanced menu as per above) Right click the deskop, select command prompt
2) Type: mousepad /home/user/.config/xfce4/desktop/group-app.xml
As you can see, there are the 4 sections, Fun, work etc..
Under Fun, add a line similar to the others and use this as the path;
Reboot your laptop and the lovely Skype icon should appear!
(Please let me know of any articles that you know of that you think should be listed here!)
More tweaks coming soon, stay tuned!
A few months ago, I had the pleasure of installing and configuring a VPN link between an outdated Linux box and a Sonicwall TZ170. Oh the joys I had in getting this to work ..
The Sonicwall device was located in a data center, whilst the Linux machine was located in an office protecting a 192.168.0.0/24 network, and my task was to join the two devices using IPSec. The best way to illustrate this setup is by displaying the configuration files. As an example, the following are the IP addresses used in the config samples.
Sonicwall TZ170 = 22.214.171.124
Linux machine = 184.108.40.206
The Linux server is running Debian so a simple "apt-get install ipsec" had IPSec installed in no time.
Initially, I decided to use a simple preshared password for authentication. PLEASE NOTE the order that my ipsec.secrets file is displayed, there are many articles on Google which flip the left and right sides around.
My /etc/ipsec.secrets file
188.8.131.52 220.127.116.11 : PSK "test"
My /etc/ipsec.conf file
conn sonicwall
Please note, even one incorrect setting will render your IPSec connection useless so triple check everything. Once logged into the Sonicwall TZ170 device, click the VPN menu then click the "Add" button.
To get this point-to-point VPN working with a Linux server using IPSec, you MUST use the exact details in the following diagrams. Simply substitute 188.8.131.52 with the Public IP of the Sonicwall device and substitute 18.104.22.168 with the Public IP of the Linux server.
Where it has "Choose Local network from list", you'll need to create a network object which represents the local network your protecting. In my example it was 192.168.0.0/24. Where it says Choose destination network, you'll need to create a network object that represents the Linux server, so for this example it would be a single internet host with an IP of: 188.8.131.52
Once both sides have been configured, switch back to your Linux machine and from the console (be sure your logged in as root) simpy type;
ipsec auto –up sonicwall
Hopefully you see something like; (The main part to look for is the "established" part.
Oct 23 20:54:06 localhost pluto[18968]: "sonicwall" #2411: STATE_MAIN_I4: ISAKMP SA established {auth=OAKLEY_PRESHARED_KEY cipher=oakley_3des_cbc_192 prf=oakley_sha group=modp1024}
If you run into troubles look through the logs on the Sonicwall to see why the connection failed. Another good place to look is on the Linux machine under /var/log/secure
One of the biggest problems I faced when I made the switch to Ubuntu was my workplace. You see, I'm often assigned to projects that require me to work on websites and online systems using ASP.NET and C#. It's these projects that require me to have access to Visual Studio 2005 and mSQL on my laptop. So the problem? These are all Windows applications. At first I was going to setup a dual boot system on my laptop, but first I told myself I'd give Sun's VirtualBox a whirl, and I'm sure glad I did.
If you're an Ubuntu user who needs access to Windows applications for work or university like myself, VirtualBox is certainty the way to go and I'll briefly tell you why.
Lucky for you, its dead simple.
Simply download the .DEB package that suits your Ubuntu operating system (depending on whether you have Hardy, Gusty or Drapper) and install.
Download VirtualBox .DEB Packages here
Once downloaded, use
dpkg -i VirtualBox_1.3.8_Ubuntu_yourubuntuversion.deb
You may get asked a question telling you to accept the terms and conditions so simply select yes. Once installed, you should see VirtualBox under Accessories > System Tools > Sun xVM VirtualBox.
So I felt like some instant messaging action and my favorite IM client at the moment is web based Meebo, which allows you to log into multiple IM networks using the one sexy, Ajax client otherwise known as Meebo. But BAM, Firefox closed without a hint of what the problem was. So I tried again, typed in http://www.meebo.com and BAM again – Firefox closed again. Hmm.
So I did a bit of Googling and it seems that I'm not the only problem that has this Meebo crashing firefox bug. Some people have stated that it only crashes whenever they visit the secure version of meebo (https://).
I managed to fix the problem simply by doing the first thing that came to my head; and that was to clear the private data (aka session cache etc). In Firefox 3 you can do this by holding ctrl + shift + delete. I'm not sure why this fixed the problem but if it works for you, then I've done my job :). If you found a different solution to fix this issue, use the comment section below to share your solution.
Whoa. I didn't think this was possible.. BUT If you're a twitter addict, there there's no better client like Twhirl. Twhirl uses the Adobe Air platform which is currently supported on Windows and Mac, and I found out today that there is an Alpha version which runs on Linux!
My man Seth Yates has a wicked guide on how to get it working, here's the basic steps. (slighly modified to make it easier)
cd ~/Desktop
wget http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/air/linux/adobeair_linux_a1_033108.bin
wget http://www.twhirl.org/files/twhirl-0.8.air
chmod +x adobeair_linux_a1_033108.bin
sudo ./adobeair_linux_a1_033108.bin
/opt/Adobe\ AIR/Versions/1.0/airappinstaller (when prompted, browse to your desktop and select the twhirl-0.8.air package)
And that was in! You should now see a Twhirl icon on your desktop!
Ubuntu > Windows.
Okay I just stumbled upon the coolest Unbuntu feature (gnome..) yet. Nautilus image resizer allows you to quickly "highlight" multiple image files, right click, select Image Resize and wham – all your images get resized in a batch process. It's the quickest and easiest way to resize your photos.
To install, type the following from a terminal prompt.
sudo aptitude install nautilus-image-converter
With the release of Google Chrome last week, it was interesting to see all the articles that popped up with Linux users installing Google Chrome (Which is a windows product at present) on Linux. The biggest problem I found was that you need the latest version of WINE to get this working, and no amount of "apt-get update | apt-get install wine" will work.
The first step is to update your WINE version to 1.1.4.
wget -q http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/387EE263.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -
sudo wget http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/sources.list.d/hardy.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq.list
sudo apt-get update
There's a few software packages you need in order to get Chrome up and running. Winetricks is a script which allows you to quickly download necessary windows components.
Note: The last command below will install FIREFOX in WINE, you'll see why in a second.
wget http://www.kegel.com/wine/winetricks
mv winetricks /usr/sbin/
winetricks riched20 riched30 flash msxml3 corefonts firefox
During the above process, you'll be prompted to install FireFox 3. Proceed with the WINE installation of Firefox.
Note: Yes I know you can get around this step by not installing FireFox, but this way seems to the be the easiest way to do it.
Once Firefox is installed in Wine, RUN Firefox in WINE and visit
Download Chrome and run the Chrome setup. It will proceed to download and install the Google Chrome browser. Once it's complete, use the following command to run Chrome.
wine "$HOME/.wine/drive_c/windows/profiles/$USER/Local Settings/Application Data/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe" –no-sandbox –new-http
And there you have it. A fairly simple way to get Chrome up and running on Ubuntu Hardy.
Sources: Ubuntu Forums
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Every network administrator at some stage in their career will come into trouble with the influx of spam during their career because, quite simply, spammers are smart. If you did a Google search for "Linux Anti-Spam", you'll be bombarded with tutorials using the infamous, free, SpamAssassin software. However if spamassassin isn't quite cutting it, you may want to give Kaspersky Anti-Spam 3.0 a whirl. (Please note, Kaspersky Anti-Spam 3 isn't free and requires a per mailbox licensing fee)
The name Kaspersky is gaining quite a name globally, originally an Anti-Virus engine; Kaspersky Labs has developed tools to help assist network managers fight malicious attacks in all forms of life; spam, viruses, spy-ware and phis-hing attempts. Kaspersky's anti-spam product, titled appropriately, Kaspersky Anti-Spam 3.0, is able to integrate with your existing Linux smtp engine to filter spam for your users. Kaspersky Anti-Spam (and from now on known as KAS) is able to integrate with;
- Qmail
- Sendmail
- Exim
- Postfix
The first step is to obtain the package which suits your Linux distribution. For the sake of simplicity, we'll install KAS using the debian packaged file.
wget http://dnl-eu8.kaspersky-labs.com/products/english/antispam/deb/kas-3-3.0.284-1.i386.deb
dpkg -i kas-3-3.0.284-1.i386.deb
Once KAS has been installed, it will show on the screen a number of steps you must perform to complete the installation. This includes installing the license key, enabling automatic updates and integrating KAS with your SMTP engine.
You'll need to transfer your kaspersky anti-spam license key file (.key) to the server so you can perform the following task;
/usr/local/ap-mailfilter3/bin/install-key /path/to/your/keyfile.key
The great thing about KAS3 over KAS2 is the web interface. Kaspersky Labs has developed a web interface, allowing you to configure various components of the software.
To access the web interface from a computer other than the one KAS is installed on, you'll need to make a change to this file;
nano /usr/local/ap-mailfilter3/etc/kas-thttpd.conf
and uncomment the line
Once that's done, you can simply type in your browser; http://ip-of-kas-server:3080 and whola! You're away. I won't delve into how to configure the application as its pretty self explanatory. Simply hit the policy page and configure the action rules, which state what should happen to SPAM once detected (whether it should be deleted, redirected etc).
If you're receiving duplicate emails on your postfix engine, check the mailq and you will probably see error messages which relate to "trace service failed". It most likely means that your Postfix engine is using an older config file.
Give the following a whirl.
postfix upgrade-configuration
/etc/init.d/postfix restart
"The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available"
apt-key add /usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg
apt-get update
apt-get install package-name
If that doesn't work, check that you have the debian-archive-keyring package.
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These essential devices will be certain that you by no means lose monitor of your favourite pets. There are a number of established tracker producers in the EU and two of note selling only to the US. Just lately there has been a spate of recent hopefuls in search of funding but they lack our experience and detailed knowledge of the EU market.
I just took my canine to the kennels… Final time he was there I famous when I synced hardly any exercise so I queried this immediately and found the kennels hadn't walked him owing to workers shortages. I examined the tracker about twice the gap from my house because the Whistle zone was set, and I did not get any notifications.
That is an improve of the previous 2G Petrek GPS Pet Tracker model which was the first to supply a cellphone app designed for smartphones (operating on both iOS and Android based techniques). You may find that GPS canine tracking models are pretty simple to put in and are getting easier every day.
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It's been quite some time since I delved into a book. But, here I am, with approximately two weeks of summer vacation left, gobbling as many books as is Marissa-ly possible (I'm notorious for reading quickly and in long stretches).
I've been quite enamored with art ever since studying it a couple years ago, and I suppose that, like many before me, Mona Lisa Gherardini, and her painter, Leonardo, captured me with her smile and his technique. She was quite the topic of discussion in my class, the question being something along the lines of society giving meaning to something that doesn't really have any meaning.
If you know me, you know that one of my favorite pastimes is pursuing the shelves at bookstores…and then borrowing all the interesting titles from the library. This book was one such title. Luckily for me, my library stocks it!
Hales writes in a style I have never before encountered. Lisa Gherardini was an ordinary Italian lady. She wasn't famous, but Leonardo made her a celebrity, now. But back then, in Renaissance Florence, she was just another (wealthy) housewife. That being said, there's not too much that reveals her life, aside from the trove of official documents and good handful of letters Hales uncovers in libraries in Florence.
What Hales does is literally walk in Lisa's hometown. She gets to know it. Walks the streets Lisa walked. Saw the things Lisa may have seen. Visited the places where Lisa once lived. Essentially, she traces Lisa's life, and constructs a beautiful picture for the reader of what it would have been like to live in Lisa's Florence. Obviously, there's a lot of supposing, but I don't think it's wildly inaccurate.
Besides putting an identity to the face, Hales also provides an history lesson on the Gherardini clan and some of Lisa's contemporaries, in addition to life in Medici Florence. (The Medicis, in my opinion, were brilliant, but also a total train wreck.)
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Search Engine Optimization holds a great deal of significance to the growth or succumb of a digitally stranded business. For an eCommerce store, where business begins and ends with organic traffic, SEO is nothing but the oxygen.
The correct SEO strategies and Conversion rate Optimisation can double the sales and organic traffic.This goes step by step starting from Generating more organic traffic,boostingconversions thus increasing sales and somehow keeping them engaged and the finally turning them into fans so that their visits are repeated. It sounds unrealistic — but isn't.
Doing a SEO of an eCommerce website for search engine friendliness is more complicated than optimizing a normalwebsite. Product landing pages are numerous, there are so many headings involved, multiple CTAs need to be optimized in each product page, negative keywords need to be monitored and much more.
It is not possible to cover the SEO practices in one article.In this researched article we shall bring forward most important SEO practices that will help increase your online sales manifold.
The major highlight of your SEO strategy should be psychology of your visitors more than the technical aspect of your website.
Search Engine Optimisation is a never ending process
1-SEO Audit
This is will help us understand where does our website stand right now and what should be done to get going forward.It will help us find the page rank vulnerabilities in the website.
The tools like SEO Auditor,SEOptimer,SEMrushScreaming frog etc help us check our duplicate content,Highlight missing tags and bring to our notice all other factors which will be pulling the rank of our website down.
2. Keyword Research & Planning
Keywords play an integral part in generating traffic to your website.Research and Planning will help making a list of High quality keywords that can be targeted.Choice of keywords depends on search volume ,high ranking & demand.
Placement of such keywords should also be strategic. They can appear in Page titles,Metadescriptions,Headers etc.Long tailed keywords are easy to match search phrases and thus reap higher results.
3. Competitor Analysis
Watch out for competitors strategies ,review them analyse them and spot the keywords they are using for SEO optimization. Focus should be on how the keywords are placed in the product landing pages, the semantics used for keywords and also internal links created within the website.
4. Be Mobile-friendly
Please take mobile revolution seriously.Morethan 50% of the traffic of a Ecom website originates from Mobile devices.The dwell time can only be increased if the website is Mobile friendly.Delays in developing mobile site can reduce the online business to a large extend.
5. Include Customer Reviews
Including customer reviews can dractically increase the organic traffic to your website.The reviews will have adequate keyword density which can invite search engines to crawl ans optimize for page ranking.
6. Optimize Page Loading Speed
Page loading speed can hit the profitability and ranking severely.around 47% of the customers expect the page to load in 2-3 seconds. Each second of delay in page loading will drop the conversion rate.
7. Include Product Rich Snippets
Rich Snippets have star ratings and viewer statistics and even prices in certain cases.Snippets are the words which describe the search result.
8. Create Search Engine Friendly Permalink Structure
Premalink structure should be self explanatory to the search keyword.Premalink should mark the relevance of the content to the page and should be unique and page wise.
9. Configure an SSL Certificate
SSL certified website are more secure and is a key ranking criteria for Google for Ecom websites.
PCI compalince and secured data and improving brand image are other benefits of the SSL certificate.
10.Use Google Webmaster Tools:
Webmaster is a free tool to find and fix SEO realtedproblems.Integration of Google webmaster tool,Google ADwords & Google Analytics is much recommended.
11. Integrate social media on product pages
Integration of Social media website will help increase traffic.Instagram,Facebookcomments,Pintrest Pins & google +1 can presesnbtsocial proof for your website.Photos of happy customers can boost sales too.
12. Relevant Is No Longer Good Enough
Google aspires to become the best answer engine so if ur website doesn't have keywords which is relevant to people's search.You would not last long on top spot.
13.Identity Is Important
Google verifies and understand the searchers identities and interests.It also want the indentity of the authors to connected with the kind of stuff that he masters in writing.It also wants to know how trustworthy and authoritative the content is.
14.Sites Must Get Attention By Standing Out Amid The Noise
The thing which is affecting SERPS is rich snippets and authorship.In near future it will become very hard to compete and win attention for your website in comparison to the ones using these tools.
15.Sitemap is a must
You should make sure that u create and submit a sitemap for your websites. Without a sitemap search engine crawlers always have difficulty in crawling your pages.
Site map makes it easier for crawlers to crawl your contents whenever you update your websites.
16.Create a Robots.txt file
This file plays a important role even if it's empty, don't forget to have this file on your site.
This file directly tells the search crawlers what NOT to index on your sites so you avoid displaying unwanted pages.
17.Meta description
Meta description is a small brief just under the title ,which needs to be catchy to that the users is compelled to visit your website.
The clicks on your website will increase beachside of the compelling meta description.The meta description should not be copied from your own articles.its is preferred that you write a fairly embedded,full of key words meta description.This is the only way you can satisfy bother the user and search engines.
18.Internal Linking
This is when you link pages of your website to other pages within your website.
Internal linking helps you to establish your own anchor text, this in turn might help you with ranking for your keywords.
Don't pack all your pages with internal links otherwise google will think you are do in something suspicious since google is smart it will easily pic up this.
It is suggested that you should place internal links only where it is natural to do so.Anchor text variety is much appreciated by google than similar anchor text.
Our focus should be on building a website which is useful to both your visitor and search engine.
These were a few useful tips which might increase the traffic if done with a focused approach.This was just the tip of the iceberg.
Keep reading my blogs for more inputs.


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Chemical etching is the process of using acids to remove metal in a very precise manner. It has been used for centuries as a means of decorating metal, as well as for making master printing plates. This process is still widely used today in a number of industries.
Chemical etching is a relatively simple process, in its most basic form. Simple stated, the piece of metal to be etched is first covered with a waxy substance called a ground. The craftsman then uses a variety of tool to remove the ground from areas that are to be etched away. Once this is done the piece is put through an acid wash that removes only the metal that is not covered by the ground.
The history of chemical etching dates back at least as far as the middle ages, if not further. Gold and blacksmiths commonly used the process to decorate everything from weapons and armor to dishes and goblets. It is believed that it was first used in print making during the late 15th and early 16th centuries.


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The high level committee created to give the U.S. government the best possible telecommunications policy advice is preparing two reports for how to protect the government against "zombie" computers, also known as botnets. Botnets are often deployed to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that swamp websites with so many connection requests they are forced offline.
The Internet and Communications Resilience Subcommittee of the Homeland Security Department's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) announced that the first study will be delivered to top Commerce Department and DHS officials in October. This report will focus on combating the cyber damage caused by botnets. The second report, which has no announced delivery date, will reportedly have the more ambitious goals of hampering the assembly of botnet armies in the first place.
Botnets are especially insidious because for the most part the device owners do not know they've been hijacked. For example, the well-publicized Mirai botnet in 2016 was powered largely by thousands of connected devices such as webcams and baby monitors running Linux. Botnets are a difficult challenge due to most users failing to follow basic cyber hygiene and most manufacturers failing to "bake" security into networked devices.
A recent article in Federal Computer Week focused in on the need for better security standards. Ari Schwartz, former senior director for cybersecurity at the National Security Council, spoke at a recent NIST event about better standards and more automation to fight botnets:
"You've got to get the standards in place," he said. "You've got to get people doing it voluntarily and see how that goes for some period of time and then start mandating it as people are not doing it or in the areas they're not doing it… Education works to some extent, notification works to some extent, but the scale we're talking about, it's not going to be the answer," he said. "So it needs to be more of automated patching in this space."
There have been some government successes in the botnet battle. In 2011 and 2012 the FBI greatly minimized the damage done by DNSChanger, which redirected the DNS records of over 4 million computers to make fraudulent advertising revenue for its Estonian-based hackers. In 2012, the FCC released the Anti Bot Code of Conduct, steps ISPs can take to weed out botnets on their networks.
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I love me some quick witted people! And one of the funniest quick witted people I know is Danielle Mörlund. She not only has this amazing sense of humor she also has this ability to make me laugh without saying much. Really, she can just look at me, and without saying a single word, somehow conveys this hilarious quick witted statement. It is amazing! That's not all, she also posses this ability to "brighten up" a room, making every smile and laugh, in mere minutes of her arrival. Again, it's AMAZING.
In addition to her stunning personality she also has this amazing drive! Shortly after being diagnosed with the early stages of type 2 diabetes, the same chronic illness that ended the lives of her grandma and father, she vowed to fight!
Hold on it gets better… Not only did she vow to fight, she vowed to fight for as long as it takes, until the battle's won. Her commitment to this battle is very important because the results will not happen overnight. Her commitment to battle is also important because the journey will not only be long, it will be HARD! But most importantly Danielle also knows that the results will absolutely be worth all the sacrifices!
And speaking of results, Danielle just reach a major milestone in her fitness journey! She has arrived in "Onederland"! Congratulations, now get back to work 😉
Read more about Danielle Mörlund below:
The Danielle Mörlund interview
Besides being a CKO Superhero, what is your day job?
I'm a domestic goddess to "Swedish Mike" and our mini Labradoodle Max. Previous to this title, I was a third grade teacher in the Bronx. I also briefly worked with dogs in both daycare and grooming. Thankfully, I never took the W.C. Fields quote – "Never work with children or animals." seriously.
Do you have any hobbies?
Besides collecting CKO points, I enjoy weight lifting, reading non fiction, cooking, traveling, serving on my HOA Board and being a Type 2 Diabetes advocate.
How did you first learn of CKO?
I first learned about CKO through my friend Jenny Brower. My husband had been telling me that I should start boxing for because he felt I would enjoy it and it would help me reach my health and fitness goals. When Jenny mentioned that CKO opened up in Shoreline, I jumped to give it a try. All three of us are now members.
What are some of your fitness goals?
My current fitness goals are to increase my lean body mass by switching up my current weight lifting routine, decrease body fat to a healthier 20% and add more flexibility and stability training.
What is your favorite aspect of CKO?
My favorite aspect of CKO is the camaraderie amongst members, the constant motivation and the honest care and support from trainers, instructors and staff.
What motivates you to walk through that door day after day and continue to push yourself?
I was a child who had weight issues. That combined with not being very athletic convinced me that I "hated" to exercise. So, when I began my fitness journey a few years ago, I committed to three days a week for one year before I would even consider quitting. It was a personal contract with myself. I quickly realized that it was enjoyable and I began to look forward to it. I do have days where I think twice about heading out the door or during the workout I'm thinking – "Why am I here?" That is where member camaraderie comes into play. There is always someone close by telling me that I can finish the workout and that I can give it 110%. It makes all the difference. Afterwards, I'm always happy I choose to workout.
What's one thing you still find yourself struggling with?
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EW has many facets that combine to produce a battle winning capability. During this course we will look at the subtle nuances of each sub-domain associated with EW and clearly define the manner in which each discipline is employed to best effect. This course will provide you with the underpinning knowledge to prepare you for employment in a post associated with EW either as a practitioner or in support of industry.
Course content
- Introduction to Land EW
- Policy and Doctrine
- Terminology
- The Application of Electronic Attack
- The Need for Electronic Defence
- The Application of Electronic Surveillance - Search
- The Application of Electronic Surveillance - Intercept
- The Application of Electronic Surveillance - Direction Finding
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No specific requirements for these un-accredited short courses but, please note they will all be taught in English.
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The above training programmes are relevant, current and individually designed. Our courses can be combined with situational based multiagency exercises designed to meet specific training outcome requirements. The providers have a pedigree in delivering customized or catalogue courses to military, law enforcement, industry and government organisations as well as private security companies, and have a proven track record of successfully delivering courses to students whose first language is not English. The providers can also create instructor led software based training solutions designed to specific government and industry standards and train the trainer packages (T3).