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I spoke to Andrew Gill, Managing Director at Pacific Life Re (PL Re) and Board Director of affiliate company UnderwriteMe Australia, about how reinsurance and insurance more broadly are evolving in the digital age.
What makes PL Re's reinsurance model different to others in the market?
Andrew: We partner with a smaller number of well-aligned insurance partners as opposed to being 'all things to all people'. We identify opportunities where we can undertake more in-depth research and are data-focused. Our UnderwriteMe technology platform aims to deliver an enhanced customer experience and greater efficiencies for both our insurance partners and the end customer.
For example, on average currently about only 1 in 5 people being underwritten are able to get immediate cover online without the need for human intervention. Our Australian studies to date show that UnderwriteMe's standard underwriting rules can deliver immediate terms to 3 in 5 applicants, 3 times the market average.
We expect that UnderwriteMe will transform the customer journey by making life insurance easier to purchase for the end customer and that this will help support the future growth of our industry.
Should the industry be paying more attention to InsurTechs?
The life insurance industry in Australia still has a long way to go to be at the forefront of technology and automation. The industry should pay attention to InsurTech and look for opportunities to drive further innovation. We need to encourage people to purchase life insurance by making the process as easy as possible with innovative technology.
In the next year, what do you believe will be the insurance industry's major challenges?
In the last 12–24 months, we've had challenges coming from all fronts – regulatory, media coverage etc. The life insurance market will need to focus on addressing these challenges, whether that is the Life Insurance Framework (LIF) changes, the code of practice, or responses to some of the negative media sentiment.
However, we can't take our eye off the ball in terms of improving the end customer experience. There are a lot of internal processes and regulatory challenges we need to focus on, as well as building general trust. The major challenge is managing and balancing these almost competing priorities and getting the basics right so we can move forward.
Are there any impending market influences that might impact businesses?
Yes. In the UK for example, the market is looking at solutions that make life easier for the adviser, because that market moved to an environment of stricter compliance requirements and disruptive changes (not unlike the current situation in Australia).
The industry needs to identify ways of improving the efficiency of writing business, otherwise we are likely to see the numbers of new risk specialist advisers dwindle and consequently, the number of Australians with the appropriate level of life insurance will also reduce.
What can Australia learn from PL Re's China and Singapore movements?
From a distribution and product perspective, these markets are still very different from ours. Agency distribution through tied-advisers is a key form of distribution, there are various different regulations, levels of market maturity and so forth. Overall, we can learn from Asia's nimble, innovative approach and rapid take-up of InsurTech.
What are some of the key leadership qualities for an MD?
Resilience. Leaders need to take people on the journey and say, "These are the challenges we're facing, and this is how we'll move forward." That resilience and being able to see the vision and path forward in difficult times is key to the role of an MD.
What advice would you give your younger self?
I'm an actuary by trade. I was good with numbers at school and worked my way up by developing my technical skills. My younger self thought that the way to build a successful career was to continue building those technical skills – but I would tell my younger myself to focus on taking a step back and look at developing leadership qualities.
Finding a good mentor to help you develop is another piece of advice. Don't feel like you know everything and don't feel ashamed to ask someone for help and guidance. Finding a mentor early on is worth its weight in gold.


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Ulihorne Winery
A low incidence of pests and diseases means 'Ulithorne' is managed without any pesticides and only organically registered sulphur and copper sprays to prevent fungal disease. They make their own compost for organic fertiliser and intend to design an under- vine 'weed slasher' so full conversion to organics can be achieved. Irrigation is only applied mid summer as a supplement so the vines do not over-stress.


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What is fuel efficiency? Why should you consider it when buying cars?
Did you know that most Honda hybrid and non-hybrid autos, for example, a Honda Accord for sale Brisbane wide, have excellent gas efficiency? The Honda Fit, as well as Honda Civic Sedan, each has 36 miles per gallon (mpg) scores specifically. At the same time, the Honda Civic HF has a 31 mpg.
Probably you are simply searching for various versions or you are simply saving cash to acquire a Honda CRV for sale in the future.
Nonetheless, in case you are specifically opting for a non-hybrid car, specifically, you should read the key reasons why gas efficiency is vital.
Automobile gas efficiency: The basics
It is no secret that hybrid autos like a Honda Accord for sale Brisbane dealers are offering are fuel-efficient—and they are celebrated for that. Nevertheless, non-hybrid cars can be efficient, also.
Normally, the significance of gas efficiency is at the motor, transmission, and wheels. Each one of those components has to be crafted to minimize fuel usage. If they are, then a vehicle can gain an excellent fuel efficiency score.
For instance, the Honda HRV scores high in fuel efficiency because of its Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT). The latest 2019 version has an enhanced CVT transmission, which means it is practical and easier to tune for fuel economy.
In addition, the way you drive impact gas efficiency—specifically in automobiles like a Honda CRV for sale Brisbane wide.
Why does gas efficiency make any difference?
Here are several reasons that you need to prioritise gas efficiency when acquiring automobiles.
Ensuring lasting sustainability
Assuming that a vehicle has an extensive fuel efficiency score, the motorist can ensure to conserve cash in the future.
Actually, it is estimated that you can conserve up to $5,000 annually on fuel just by choosing an efficient car. It is much more real to electric vehicle users, as they can purchase solar panels as well as generate their own power to reenergize their vehicles. Visit us at Austral Honda
Contribution to climatic pollution
Gas intake outright affects air pollution. When there is more consumption, there is also more CO2 emission—not to mention there is also CO2 discharge from gas production.
This is why it is very important for purchasers to take into consideration fuel efficiency as the main factor for purchasing an automobile—no matter if it is hybrid or non-hybrid, for example, a Honda Accord for sale Brisbane has these times.
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By getting fuel-efficient cars, you can contribute to your country's freedom from making use of imported oil.
For instance, based on an article by Auto Trader, the price for importing oil can amount to over $5 million in a week. The cash invested in importing oil can rather be designated to more vital parts of the country's economy.
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The Strait of Gibraltar connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean. The Strait's narrowest point counts 14 kilometres width and 300 metres depth. It has always been of the utmost strategic importance for domination of this territory allowing to control the circulation of the ships between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.


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This week, our CE Jordan Carter and a member of our issues team Nicola Brown are over in Switzerland attending the United Nations Internet Governance Forum (UNIGF). Nicola is jetlagged, but has made some time to update us on Day Zero of the UNIGF.
What is the UNIGF?
To borrow a definition from the UNIGF itself:
"The IGF is a global multistakeholder forum that promotes discussions and dialogue about public policy issues related to the Internet."
Multistakeholder governance is a structure which aims to bring all stakeholders along on the journey of decision making.
You may not spend much time thinking about how the Internet is managed, governed and maintained, but fora like the IGF are where these discussions take place.
For more information, you can check out the website for the 2017 IGF here: https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/
What does InternetNZ do here?
Within New Zealand, InternetNZ does policy and advocacy work on Internet issues that affect New Zealanders and work for the best outcomes to protect the Internet's potential. We also look outwards and engage with others in the international community who are looking at the same thing in their own countries and across borders. As we are also the registry for the .nz ccTLD, we are a part of an international technical community who maintain these foundations of the world wide web that we get to take advantage of.
We are also here, as in New Zealand we host one of the largest National IGFs in the world, NetHui!
This is NOT a #mapwithoutNZ, NetHui is right there, with a giant blue marker. NetHui is a National Regional Initiative, which means that if you have been to a NetHui, you are a part of a global network of people who care about the Internet, and are indirectly part of its governance network. I am here feeding our ideas from NetHui through to the global community.
What am I doing here?
InternetNZ always tries to send to some of our team to UNIGF, as it is an opportunity to meet the international Internet community, and be exposed to a huge range of Internet issues we might not be thinking about in New Zealand. This year Jordan Carter and I are here in Geneva, Switzerland.
Day 0
Like NetHui's day 0, the UNIGF's first day is made up of different interest groups meetups. Here is a lightning round of how I spent my day:
Newcomers track: an intro to how IGF and the Internet work
This session was a valuable kickstart to the IGF as no matter how much you knew about the Internet going in, you came out with a thorough history of how the Internet works, how and why IP addresses exist, and how the Domain Name Server process works.
The main takeaway from this session, was that the Internet is made of carrots.
That is, the Internet is set up with protocols and norms that incentivise good behaviours, rather than sticks, which would discourage bad behaviours. There are not sanctions or overall controlling body of the Internet, but instead agreed upon communal processes.
Towards a global citizens debate on the digital future
I participated in a workshop by Misson Publiques, a group that values non-expert opinions in global issues. In 2015 they hosted workshops with everyday citizens to get their views on climate change. They held these sessions in 76 countries on the same day, creating a global network of people. They are trying to recreate this experience in 2019 on the topic of our digital future.
It was a good reminder that we are all stakeholders in our future, and it is important for grassroots voices to be heard by decision makers.
Women and LGBTQI at UNIGF
I also attended the inaugural session of #IGFem and #IGFLGBTQI, led by some fantastic women from South America who are determined to strengthen the voices of women in the Internet governance sphere. We talked about our experiences of gender representation in our own countries' IGFs, and I got to talk about NetHui, and our dedication to diverse representation, and a robust code of conduct.
Global Commission on the stability of cyberspace
I finished my day at a packed panel on protecting the public core of the Internet, as this commission has made a declaration urging state and non-state actors to avoid activity that would intentionally and substantially damage the general availability or integrity of the "public core" of the Internet. One of the panellists was Vint Cerf (known as one of the "fathers of the Internet"), who helped open this year's NetHui with a prerecorded shout out to the work we are doing in New Zealand.
How to participate
The UNIGF is from the 17th til the 21st of December. Switzerland is 12 hours behind New Zealand, so unless you are a night owl it will be hard work watching the livestreams, but you can access them here:
You can also check out the hashtag #IGF2017
You will hear from me again after some rest, some electrolytes, and some more Internet governance!


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Build a real-world app with ASP.NET Core and Angular 2
What is ASP.NET Core?
ASP.NET Core is the next generation of ASP.NET MVC. It's a complete re-write of this framework but in a modular, cloud-optimized and cross-platform way. So it can run on Windows, Linux and Mac. If you're on Mac or Linux and want to build ASP.NET applications without running Windows in a virtual machine, you're going to love ASP.NET Core! You can use Visual Studio Code (VSCode) or your favorite code editor to build ASP.NET Core applications with C#. Say goodbye to VMWare, Parallels, and other virtualization software.
Why should you learn it?
Many companies have already started building their new applications with ASP.NET Core. And they're asking their new job applications if they are familiar with .NET Core. So, whether you want to stay in the marketplace and get a better job with better pay, or you just love to work with the latest technology, it's time to learn about ASP.NET Core and Entity Framework Core.
How does my course help?
If you're familiar with ASP.NET MVC 5 and Entity Framework 6 and are looking for a course to quickly get up to speed with .NET core, this is the course for you. Not only will you learn about the changes and the new tooling in ASP.NET Core, you'll also learn how to properly integrate it with Angular to build real-world single page applications (SPAs).
By the end of watching this course, you'll be able to:
- Build APIs with ASP.NET Core
- Test APIs with PostMan
- Integrate Angular and ASP.NET Core
- Implement a clean and decoupled architecture
- Understand and apply the Dependency Inversion Principle (DIP)
- Properly implement the repository and unit of work patterns
- Use the new dependency injection feature in ASP.NET Core
- Troubleshoot common runtime errors
- Store and retrieve data with Entity Framework Core (code-first workflow)
- Use AutoMapper
- Implement CRUD operations (including one-to-many and many-to-many relationships)
- Implement filtering, sorting and paging data
- Handle and logging errors
- Display toast notifications
- Implement cascading drop-down lists
- Implement photo upload with progress bars
- Add authentication and authorization with Auth0 (including roles with different privileges)
- Prevent CSRF attacks
- Display charts
- Display dialog Boxes
- And more…
This course is published on Udemy. You can get it with a discount via my courses page.
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Top Ten Problems With the World In 20152015 hasn't been a good year at all. These are terrible things that are happening in 2015. If you want, add to Turkey's list, comment, or anything. Come on, I know you wanna vote!
The Top Ten Problems With the World In 2015
Right now, we're focusing more on getting a new car or getting a new Under Armour duffel bag than helping people overseas in Africa who can't even get to clean water. It's depressing to think about, and it would be a nightmare to live. - Turkeyasylum
Every 5 seconds a child dies. It takes me a minute to read a page in a book. In that 60 seconds, 12 kids died. While I type this, kids die. I have a crazy idea! Stop shoving big macs in your mouth and getting obese, donate it to the starving Africans dying as we speak! - ToptenPizza
Affordable, reliable, abundant, safe, clean energy is required to solve this problem. Duh, can you say natural gas or perhaps nuclear?
People also need help in country's like Russia like 90 percent of the 100 million people living there are poor - robertspat91
Well, as stated in my vent on sexual songs, there are tons of sexual songs ever since the 80's Disco era (the Disco part was added). Right now, it's becoming even more of a trend, and it's a norm to expect sex to be in a song. Not to mention the disgrace we all know as Autotune. - Turkeyasylum
Try digging up some underground music. There's a lot of interesting stuff still being made. Drop me a message if you want some recommendations, Turkey. - PetSounds
The media makes matters they're covering worse. Those idiots.
That's why I listen to music no one's ever heard of. - IronSabbathPriest
No one can say that about others religion everyone believes in their own religion that is just an insult to Muslim people all around the world
As a Christian I agree. Not all Muslims are bad. You have to be really ignorant to believe that. But that's not what this is saying.
Not all Muslims are bad
If you don't brainwashed by T.V. then you will love Islamic states I'm now in Islamic states in khorasan state anything is going on here is awesome but I can't change your mind... thanks for reading my comment!
Look at the big picture people. These societal problems don't matter when there isn't a planet to have them on in the first place. - keycha1n
My dad believes that global warming will always happen, but we're just quickening up the process by polluted and stuff. Is this true? - Icantbelieveitsnotbutter
People should recycle come on they are so selfish!
I wanna slap every person that ever litters!
This is a big issue today. I know a lot of people who simply don't care enough to stand up for themselves, and let themselves get bullied then try to drown it out. They need to hold themselves to a higher standard than they are. - Turkeyasylum
That's why I think bullies should understand what they are doing. I get bullied myself, and trust me, it's not fun at all. - kiwifruit77
Yes I do agree that people need to stand up for them selves
I saw a friend who lvoes being teased
Yes, drugs contain nicotine, which is one of the most addictive things on Earth, but there's way to stop them. Don't take drugs in the first place. We should be using these drugs for medicinal purposes, not to get high. Ugh... the way people abuse them... - Turkeyasylum
Most of the controlled drugs are in fact safe. It is an excuse of political parties to get more polices, judges and laws to control their power.
Please, I can tell at least half this site consists of pot smokers. And that's a good thing, not a bad thing. Drugs aren't a big problem in the world. - IronSabbathPriest
Why do people take drugs? - EpicJake
Just so everyone knows, I am not racist, but don't you think that we have changed enough? Where I live we are not separated and we are treating each other equally. I think that, in America and Canada and England at least, we are equal enough. There are some racists here and there but that doesn't mean anything, we can ignore them and be glad that we are equal. - SenpaiNoticeMe
Don't you think it's interesting how almost everything on this list has been an issue for a VERY long time, not just 2015? - RockFashionista
People getting put in to ghettos because of religion race and how poor you are in America it's black people Mexicans and poor people in the ghettos and in Russia it's religis minorities - robertspat91
It depends what minority it is. - AGK
It's very unfair that people with billions of money will never share their money with homeless children, woman and men.
If everyone has the same amount of money, there is no economics. Might as well not even use money. Just take whatever you want - CityGuru
Yep money is a load of bollox! If I were in control of the whole planet or something, I would get rid of money and the only thing you need to give to get the item is a friendly attitude. I know you may think I'm a weirdo. - sryanbruen
Right now, the average Qatari has 300 times more money to toy with than the person living in the DRC. This means a person in Qatar may be filthy rich, but squander all the money away and not give it to the poor. The money should be spread more equally.
Thanks for reading! - Turkeyasylum
Poor poeple get job for free
He got a small penis.
I'm like 98% sure he only got elected because at start of it all people were "hehe, he's never gonna win, hey guys, just as a joke let's vote for him, wouldn't that be hilarious? " And then he got into the finals and those people were like "oh god, what have we done?!? "
People should love him
The world is going downhill.
What about the fact that people are voting for a candidate because they believe the small half truths that they hear. And they really should be voting for what the PARTY SYSTEM stands for as a whole. Or the fact that the difference in executive (democrat) and congress (majority republican) is getting our government to go NOWHERE. And that the fact that our president is a joke to other countries and that our own citizens have little faith in the strength of our own government.
This is why I hate US politics. I happen to enjoy the world's politics, but the USA's politics are crap because the only big parties are the Democrats (extreme left) and the Republicans (right). Other minority parties are drowned out, such as the Green Party (if you're heard of them...). - Turkeyasylum
It amazes me that people are so quick to judge someone who has differing views from their own yet are so able to turn a blind eye to those who are perceived to be of the same mindset yet are doing the very same "wrong" thing others are condemned for. It's as if feelings trump rational, logical thought.
This is why our founding fathers didn't want several political parties. Now, everyone is just arguing about their views, slowing down progress. - ethanmeinster
The Contenders
Everybody needs to understand that almost all pother problems from climate change to pollution is actually caused by this, and unless this is fixed, nothing else will work.
Birth rates have gone down since the 80s for 1st world countries, I do agree with this though, the world is too crowded...
"(T)he world is too crowded."
Earth's entire population could stand shoulder in the state if Florida. Does that sound "too crowded" to you?
"Anything over 2 billion is too many."
According to whom?
Some tree-hugging, hemp-wearing, vegan hippie human-hater?
All 7 billion of us can fit in Los Angeles you know. - IronSabbathPriest
People are being racist to black people
This is the only real problem in this world.
She loves war
What?! I think sh is awesome
Hunger is the number one problem in Africa because of over population.
It is burning problem for society...therfr,we should try to reduce ths prblm.
no. Bad
Yep - Neonco31
Mass shooting is a really big problem of the world.
More guns is the solution to the problem here
It is devil to humanity
Trump will fix this
As for the other guy on the bottom, I feel bad for him. Man, those Muslims sure love to mess things up. Multiculturalism is most definably NOT a part of Islam.
Muslim started to restrict everything that agains they religion law, I hate this. We live in multiracial country but the claimed this is Muslim country. Now our famous celebs especialy malay are wearing hijjab because they afraid of social media fitnah (accusedd) or any sentimen about how they wearing.
People are dying due to narrow-minded asses! Like, seriously, come on, respect each other! There are plenty of good things about someone, but your narrow mind, well… narrowed out the vision to see those good qualities. Come on, you can change that! Suicide is also painless, by the way. People should be nicer to one another, but remember: NEVER, NEVER, EVER GIVE UP! NEVER, EVER, EVER KILL YOURSELF! You're worth more than gold!
Certain people should kill themselves so the world can be rid of their stupidity. - IronSabbathPriest
No, nobody should kill themselves. I'd love for the world to rid of their stupidity but not in that way, by education. - SenpaiNoticeMe
Thank god someone is smart enough to add this. P.s. Don't forget male slavery!
Females run the world they make us and we just abuse them whats wrong with us humans
Slavery in general
who cares
People say stuff like all White people cause pain and death and they all hate Black people and all black people are poor and uneducated that is ignorant - robertspat91
Ignorance is extremely common today. Nobody cares enough to learn facts and jump to conclusions. - SenpaiNoticeMe
This topic has long been an issue the government isn't doing enough about
Is it just me or do everyone think that animals are better than humans
I think its just you animals are not better than humans
I don't know
Hello is fantastic!
I'm getting sick with Hello, it overplayed in radio. - BeaM456
I dunno about this one
I wish this were higher - Doom
That is truely injustice
You know those god damn kings only want to expand their kingdome but they don't have the balls to fight on their own so they would send people to kill the other king and the other king send people to kill that king
What the hell?
People are killing each other for nothing.
We are humans but wilder than beasts. - radmehrzn
Bullying is another word for "People allowing others to walk over them" - kiwifruit77
I think bullying
By avoiding the rape this world will be much better place.
Bernie wants us to pay triple tax dollars what would we do if he had to pay like $5,000.00 a month or year
They now legalized bestiality in Canada because of this. Get mad all you want or thumbs down this comment, but understand that now that homos and bestialities are now married in the western world. Plus people are changing their gender. Think about... :/ I'm not trying to be a jerk, but just think about it..
This is not a good thing or a bad thing. It's a natural part of how humans live, so I don't know why people are either negative about it or worship it. It's as completely natural as heterosexuality. - RockFashionista
People are so blinded by Homosexual Propaganda that they can't find a problem with it. We need to start treating these mental illnesses like we did years ago. Change isn't always a bad thing. Also, it is never found in nature. The 2 penguins that were thought to be gay were actually discovered to have mental issues. That's my opinion.
Excuse me, whoever added this, you might be on the wrong list. You see, you are on bad things about 2015 but you are not on best things. That is where you were trying to go. Right? - AnonymousChick
Laziness results poverty and hunger. Its also the main problems in this world, Laziness leads us to the wrong path.
Now it's to the point where nobody cares about white men anymore, if you want to be noticed and appreciated in society nowadays you either have to be a minority or a woman
If the 70's 80's 90's and even the early 2000's could see what we've become they'd probably be like "what a bunch of pansies"
A very bad idea in the first place. Modish, shallow, doctrinaire, uneducated, culturally illiterate, management friendly, poor excuse for a second language or bi-cultural qualification and experience, by aspiring members of the crawling lower middle classes to gain a new advantage after one they lost after the successful integration of WW2. refugees.
A simpleminded putsch and undemocratic attack by stealth( read : effective tool of Fabian gender, race, post- colonial studies bigots, cultural Marxist, cultural have-nots, aspiring administrative sadists) to wreck vengeance and deconstructionism on the very systems that democratically empowered and indulged them in the first place Read ; " patriarchy" or "empowerment" or "entitlement" or if in doubt "progressive overreach''
No amount of this is OK. The cement secular replacement of simple dignity, reasonable doubt, honesty, non- ideological, dis-interested inquiry, rational skepticism and ...more
Although I'm Catholic, I don't really go to church much, and weak with my faith. This makes me vulnerable to being accused of atheism, and living in the whitest, conservative community you could ever think of, it's highly frowned upon. We all need to know There isn't any correct belief, no matter how much we argue. - Turkeyasylum
You're not saying that all atheists are idiots are you? I'm an atheist and I respect other people's beliefs.
I still respect Atheists' beliefs. Everyone has their own beliefs and it's not my job to shove it down other people's throats. - Turkeyasylum
I'm always preaching about stuff and people hate me for it and I'm not offending their religion
I believe in the flying spaghetti monster
Many of the people these days try to act as if they're "straight outta Compton". They're trying to make drug usage seem cool (a lot of my classmates keep joking about weed, and some are even vaping). People are hating against the Police, singing that one NWA song everyday. People weren't like this 10 years ago. - ethanmeinster
People are fake! They should get lives! …
Weed isn't bad it grows brain cells, cures cancer, is not addictive, and no one has ever died from smoking weed, also, you can not overdose on weed. "Herb is a plant"-Bob Marley
Uneducated idiots who don't do research think this. I can't think of anything you're less likely to die of. - IronSabbathPriest
I personally prefer snorting whale lard
Isis is taking to many country's and city's like China and other places
Kids are spending too many hours on video games and not spending enough time with their family's
It's been like a circle, the first one was when black people finally got equal rights we were suddenly not allowed to say anything even remotely bad about them, and everybody complained about how "there aren't enough movie/T.V. roles given to black people" and they basically said that so much that they were practically demanding the media to only give roles to black people, then shortly after came the uproar of women's rights, and it's basically had the same exact effects except for the fact that it's also changed society's view of men, now all men are seen as disgusting perverts, and lastly is the most recent one, the transgenders, the big problem with them is the fact that society is practically treating them like heroes, people say "they're so brave for coming out and telling people they're transgender, look, I don't care if you changed genders and proudly came out and told everyone, you shouldn't be treated like a god because of that. People just need to stop worshiping every ...more
These people are so annoying, now in terms of media they'll pretty much anything no matter how stupid and idiotic if it has representation in it, at this point, I'm pretty sure you can take something like Fanboy and Chum Chum, throw some representation in there, then thousands of people will instantly change their minds about the show and say it's good
Why is it whenever a movie or T.V. show character that was originally American gets changed to a different race nobody bats an eye, (or in most cases, encourages it) but then when a character that was originally a POC gets changed to a white person people get angry and say "they whitewashed the character"? so, are we just not supposed to give roles to white American males anymore? Are we only allowing women and different ethnicities now?
Or the fact that even just the presence of a gay character in a movie, even if there's no sexual stuff involved whatsoever, it will automatically land you an R rating, I don't get it PG-13 rating, why are you so afraid of gay people?
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The Whole Journey
In my earlier years of hunting and fishing I always carried a small, light and compact camera. Right up until only five or six years ago it was a film camera that spent most of it's time tucked away in a canvas pouch on my belt or in my pack. It only ever seemed to come out when we shot an animal or decided a particular scenic shot was worth recording. This becomes very obvious when looking back through my photo albums … the majority of the photographs are of either dead animals/trophies or scenic/landscape shots. In fact the first of the four albums has a rather embarrassing amount of what I refer to as 'dead' photos – you know the ones, proud hunter posing with rifle over a shot animal.
With hindsight and having learnt so much about photography since those early years, I regret not having captured all the other different aspects of those trips. What I'm talking about here are the 'incidentals' that go with being on a trip in the mountains or on the river. Although our primary reason for being out there is to hunt and/or fish there are so many more facets that make these trips as enjoyable (or otherwise) as they are.
With the hunting and fishing aside, just take a minute and think about all the other reasons why we get so much enjoyment, pleasure and perhaps contentment from being out in the hills. For me just some of those things are having a hot brew in the evenings round camp in the company of a good mate, enjoying the warmth of a roaring fire after a particularly hard, wet and cold day on the hill, the feeling of achievement and satisfaction of completing a long strenuous walk or climb in to the hunting area with a heavy pack, experiencing the natural beauty of a plant or flower (as corny as that sounds) or even just the day to day activities of camp life. Of course there is the other side of the coin too … the elements of a trip that aren't necessarily all that enjoyable but nonetheless are all part and parcel of the whole journey. The epic climb and descent in difficult and dangerous country, the disappointments and despair of missing out on a good trophy or the trials and tribulations of enduring days on end of bad weather. More recently I've made a conscious effort to try and record more of what constitutes the 'whole journey'. In this article I'd like to offer some ideas on how to capture these other components and show that by applying a slightly different approach a more comprehensive photographic record of the trip can be achieved.
A very good way of getting more variety into your outdoor photography is to incorporate a bit of photojournalism into your way of thinking. Basically photojournalism is capturing a story in a picture or in our case recording a story (trip) in a series of photographs. By catching moods, emotions, feelings, reactions and responses you will be creating a 'story' with a lot more impact which will convey to people viewing the images a more realistic impression of what it was actually like without having been there. And, as we talked about in the last article, a more accurate and detailed record of events to trigger those memories for ourselves.
The following image (scan of a print) shows some of the feelings, moods and emotions I'm referring to. My brother Nick took this shot (quite a few moons ago now as you have probably guessed) by shouting my name causing me to look up. By snapping the photo in that instant he managed to catch exactly how I was feeling after a long, hard and very sweaty carry back to the fly camp – exhausted, tired and completely done in. The look and expression says it all I think.
Candid Moments
One of the most important aspects when telling a story with images is candidness most obviously where people are concerned. The accompanying image of a good mate, Regan, on last year's Wapiti trip is a great example. It had been a typically long, fruitless and trying morning trudging through the wet and tangled Fiordland bush. We stopped for lunch in the only open (ish) area we'd come across and the resulting completely candid image expresses exactly how Fiordland sometimes makes you feel.
( 1/100 @ F/7.1, iso 400 )
Caught out !! Aaron caught out having a 'nana' during a quiet spell and oblivious to the camera pointing at him. ( 1/800 @ F/7.1, iso 400 )
Camp Life
As hunters we spend a large portion of our trips in and around huts and fly camps. Think about it. Probably as much as a third of our time will be at some sort of campsite. Surely it's only fair that this camp time should feature in our photographic record of the trip. I've found too that this 'camp life' is often where the majority of humour and camaraderie between good mates takes place.
Once again, the seemingly incidental things based around what makes up camp life can create great photo opportunities, even if only to give a simple and fair representation of exactly that – camp life. For example, a simple camp fire is pretty standard in any hunter's camp. Something we take for granted perhaps. Not only do we use it for warmth but we also cook our meals over it. Why not try to photograph it and show the non-outdoorsy people exactly what is involved in what is usually a simple task at home – preparing a meal.
A typical fly camp in the South Island high country. My hunting mate Adrian prepares a brew on the 'Jetboil' before heading out for an evening hunt. ( 1/250 @ F/8, iso 200 )
The time we spend at camp or in a hut is usually in the evenings meaning the lighting is going to be pretty poor. Shutter speeds in these circumstances are going to be relatively slow accordingly, bringing the dreaded hand shake into the equation. Use a tripod if you have brought one in or even just rest the camera on something solid. Though the camera is now on a solid base even the shutter release by hand is sometimes enough to introduce a small amount of movement to the camera which will be picked up by the slow shutter speed. The self-timer function is another useful feature to use here to further negate camera movement.
Universal self-timer symbol. The two figures indicate the time period between pressing the shutter button and the actual opening of the shutter – in this case two and ten seconds.
Of course the other way to avoid these low light complications is to use the camera's built in flash. When in auto mode the camera will decide when the light is too low for a good exposure and will automatically 'pop' the flash up. Once again this auto flash capability will produce very satisfactory results but you may want to try taking it a step further. Using one of the manual modes (M, Tv or Av) will give you the ability to employ the flash at any time rather than just when the camera decides. (You're unable to manually engage the flash in auto mode but you may dis-engage it). An example here is in the late evening when the sun has gone but some ambient light remains. Although you may well be able to gain an acceptable exposure using just this ambient light, the use of flash will give you much better results with more detail. At the same time this burst of light (flash) will create enough light for a faster shutter speed negating the chance of camera shake affecting the image.One feature on most cameras is 'flash exposure compensation' (FEC). In a nutshell this gives you the ability to control the strength or brightness of the flash output.
'Quick control screen' on a typical Canon DSLR showing the FEC symbol. (This symbol is pretty standard on most makes of cameras).
Typical scale showing amount of FEC. In this case –1 1/3
Ok, lets say you've just spent a long hard day walking into your campsite at the head of the valley and you'd like to take a shot of your mate setting up camp during that last half hour of light (ambient). You half press the shutter button, the flash automatically pops up and you proceed to take the photo. On review, the shot may not be to your liking. Possibly your mate and foreground are too brightly lit overpowering the image. Now go over into one of the manual modes and duplicate the settings. ('M' mode, you will be able to duplicate exactly whereas in one of the 'priority' modes you'll only be able to set either shutter speed or aperture). Now, entering the FEC menu, dial back (minus) a couple of 'notches' and re-take the photo. In the resulting photo you should notice considerably less overall brightness and glare from the flash output.
Bright sunny days also bring about problems that the use of flash can overcome. "Flash on a bright sunny day ?!" I hear you ask. Bright sun creates very harsh shadows. A classic example is the shadows on peoples' faces when the sun is high in the sky. By employing a certain amount of flash (called fill flash) these shadows will pretty much disappear. FEC comes in very useful in these circumstances as the amount of flash needed is often very subtle. The true gauge of whether you've used just the right amount is when the shadows are pretty much gone but you can't actually tell that flash has been used at all. As I say, very subtle 'fill' light is all that is required.
I regularly employ fill flash when taking those photos of our hard won animals and trophies. Below is a photograph of my good friend Aaron with his second bow shot chamois. The sun was very high in a cloudless blue sky therefore harsh shadows were being cast on Aaron and the chamois. I could have taken the image looking down the gully which would have improved the lighting angle somewhat but at the expense of the beautiful background. On top of that, Aaron's hat seems to be a permanent appendage and getting him to remove it just isn't going to happen.
Fill flash has taken the bulk of the dark shadowing away resulting in detail in the chamois' face and more significantly, Aaron's eyes and face are now clearly visible. An image where the viewer cannot see the subject's eyes is an image with no 'life'. ( 1/250 @ F/8, iso 160 )
So by taking a step back (so to speak), looking and thinking a bit more about your photography, noticing the little stuff and trying things from a slightly more neutral aspect you'll find your images having more variety and content. At the same time it gives you the opportunity to take more shots thus becoming familiar with your gear and settings. And I've found that the more you learn, the more shots you take implementing all these new ideas – and the more images you take the more you learn. All the while having a heap of fun. So it's all a win/win never ending cycle really. That's got to be good, right ?!
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Last year, I drunkenly rambled and wished you all a wonderful New Year, whilst lamenting the end of – what felt like, at least, – an era.
This time round I feel less sentimental and less maudlin. My whining will be kept to minimum…Promise! London life has been good for me, work has been hard and uni has started to get interesting. I think this term has been a testament to a load of clichés – life is what you make of it/you get out what you put in/hard work pays off… and numerous other sentiments you would find on inspirational posters strategically placed in a counsellors office….
Despite the clichéd mundaneness of the past year of my life, it has been a good one. I have yet to score less than a 67 this year at university, I am still managing to hold down my job (and not be completely terrible at it) and I am weirdly optimistic (by my standards, anyway). I am still smitten with the city; even when it makes me cry a little every time I top up my Oyster card or have to pay rent… Walking over Waterloo Bridge to university and past St. Paul's to work makes it all worth while (even when it's pissing it down). I can't imagine being anywhere else right now.
The last year has been a whirlwind and a rollercoaster and all sorts of other bad metaphors. I have cemented some incredible friendships (hey Nicole!) and become more involved with the things that really matter to me; social justice, politics, making a difference… I have met people who have fundamentally changed my life, all for the better. All in all, it hasn't been a bad one and being a student in London isn't all bad.
I really hope 2014 was kind to you and that 2015 will be even better. I leave you with one of my favourite lines from one of my favourite films, (which I'm sure is really only another cliché): "The powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse." (Walt Whitman)


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Lord, use me as Your instrument to minister life, hope, help and healing to others; especially to the non believers. I do not want to be so focused on my own life and overlook Your masterplan for me to minister to those around me. Empower the gift that You have planted in me, so that I can fully utilize them. In Jesus' name, Amen
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Today marks a special day; the first post in our new series "Application Security Education Spotlight". In this series we will highlight the exciting world of application security education and hear the perspectives of University faculty across the nation. For our first interview we caught up with Oklahoma State University professor Jim Burkman. At the OSU Spears School of Business, Jim's main area of research is Information Assurance and Security. Dr. Burkman has his PhD from Indiana University, years of experience in the field, and recently advised the OSU Information Security and Assurance Club to the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition.
1.Tell us a little about your experience prior to joining the Spears School:Jim: Academically I got my start at Western State College in Gunnsion, CO then passed through Boise State on my way to Indiana University where I earned my Ph.D. in MIS. Professionally I've ran the gamut from short-order cook to Army vet, with the bulk of my button-down career in the insurance industry (personal and crop/agriculture). My MIS areas of specialty are in IA and database design.
2. How did you get involved with the institute for research in information systems?Jim: Dr. Ramesh Sharda kindly offered me a position with IRIS when I arrived at OSU. I was involved for a couple of years documenting an ammunition encyclopedia project that we did for the US military.
3. What do you find most rewarding about teaching information security and assurance?Jim: The field is alive! Every single day the media is full of stories that directly involve IA. And I get to share these stories with our students and show them how this area of study is directly relevant to their everyday lives. IA is also a fast-moving, constantly evolving target surrounded by tons of rhetoric. I can't think of a better environment for fostering critical thinking.
4. According to Rate My Professor you're considered a pretty great teacher: "Hands down, the best professor I've EVER had. Knows Information Security and Computers (not programming) like nobody I've met and I know serious geeks! Can explain EVERY situation with ease clarity and humor. Class FEEDS off his energy. Actually determined the focus of my major because of his class. Wish he taught ALL my classes". What do you do to keep students engaged in a subject that can sometimes be very dry?Jim: I'm a story-teller. I love using analogies and telling stories to make my point. I'm also very much in agreement with Hegel in his quote "Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion." I'm very passionate about my responsibility to teach these awesome young adults who trust me to help them learn, and I'm very passionate about the subjects that I teach. The intersection of those two passions yields a remarkable amount of fun energy and opportunity. I'm all about seeing the light bulb go on. Ultimately though I think it comes down to being emotionally and intellectually accessible to my students and treating them with respect.
5.What is the goal of the Information Security and Assurance Club at OSU?
Jim: That's an evolving target. The club is only four years old and was initially started simply for like-minded students to come together and share/learn offensive and defensive security tools. The club currently spends about half its time preparing for, and competing in, the CCDC competition. Bi-weekly meetings are also held where club members demonstrate one or two security tools to 80+ students. We also occasionally have guest speakers come in from our employers. Looking forward, ISAC is looking at getting involved with the local schools to help the younger kids understand the field.
6. What was it like seeing your team compete at the national level in the "National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition?Jim: I was so proud of our students! They got to nationals in just four years and they are 100 percent self-driven. They decided on their own to reserve Wednesday nights for CCDC training during the school year and they run that entirely on their own.
Outside of their technical skills, though, I was really pleased when the NCCDC director complimented our team on their fantastic attitude and professional behavior. They also received high praises from Raphael Mudge (creator of Armitage and Cobalt Strike), who was one of the two professionals attacking them at NCCDC.
7. What do you see as the biggest challenges facing information security education?Jim: Infosec is inherently technical, so we find ourselves (as a four-year college) constantly walking the fine line between technical education and theory education. We seek to produce students who can become managers and leaders while at the same time have true technical chops. That's a tall order for a B-school department. I think our MSIS department is doing a fantastic job, though, as reflected by the fact that all of our degree programs (undergrad and graduate) in the department are classified as STEM programs.
I think we also have to be careful not to get caught up in the security theater, fear-mongering and rhetoric surrounding information security right now. So much of the media equates hackers with terrorists and suggests that hackers uniformly have amazing powers, etc. The reality is a lot more sobering. Check out the 2011 CWE/SANS Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Errors or the OWASP Top 10 and you'll see that common vulnerabilities should be our educational focus. It's sexy to imagine the magical unicorn hackers shutting down the US power grid with three lines of VB code but that doesn't translate well to solid classroom instruction. I much prefer pointing out to my students the fallacy of automatically assuming that major power SCADA control systems are directly connected to some PHP page on the Internet. If that case exists, it's a managerial fault and somebody needs to find a new job. If someone is bringing infected USB drives in, or downloading trojans, that's also a managerial problem that we can analyze for teachable points.
I also firmly believe that most companies could see their best security spending value in employee training and culturally-embedded security best practices. See Question 4: I'm available for employee training too!
Thanks to Jim for participating in our interview, you're a credit to appsec education and the industry as a whole. Are you trying to build an information security program? Feel free to ask Jim further questions in the comments!
Do you run a similar information security awareness program? If so let us know, we'd love to hear what you're up to (and perhaps feature you too!).


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Hi all, This is a topic for the inline SC, but it may be of interest to the TC as a whole, so I'm CCing the TC list. I think one of the items we have to provide for inline codes is a description of when two codes are identical, and by extension when two contents are identical, at least in the context of the specification. Why? -- Elsewhere in the specification we may have to make reference to having two entries identical. For example when working on <match> we probably will have some type of score attribute, and we will want to define what "100" (or whatever value we use for an exact match) means. And that will likely entails saying that two source contents are identical. -- At some point we may have some tool to check processing expectations. Such tools, for example, could compare a 'before' and an 'after' document and flag any un-expected changes (See the interesting presentation from Andrew Pimlott for some scenarios). That means we'll have to compare contents, including codes. To get things started, here are some thoughts in no specific order: - We may want to define different kinds of 'identical'. For example one that exclude the original content and one that takes it into account. No specific use case in mind yet thought. - For the text part of the content. Are there official XML way to do compare? Should we involve normalized forms (e.g. NFD or NFC, http://unicode.org/reports/tr15/) when doing our definitions? - It could be useful to provide (in some annex) the different regular expressions that match the inline codes. That could save time to users and ensure better tools or better process. Could be used in SRX for example. - How should we define the comparison(s)? A list of 'parts' of the code (attributes, content, etc.) and whether or not they need to be the same to match one definition of identical? Any and all input welcome. Cheers, -yves
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Lebanon Army Says It's Preparing To Confront Israeli 'Military Aggression'
Lebanese Army chief General Joseph Aoun says the army is ready
The Lebanese army has claimed it is now prepared to confront Israeli military aggression or infiltration into its borders as the tensions rapidly exacerbate between the two sides.
Lebanese Army chief General Joseph Aoun says the army was ready to "to defend Lebanese rights with all its means and capabilities."
"The Army is ready on the southern border to face any Israeli military aggression, or any attempt to nibble at areas of the land or maritime borders," Aoun told a group of officers and soldiers on Thursday.
Aoun also said that the troop's preparedness was in line with dismantling terrorist cells in Lebanon
PressTV reports: Israel launched two wars on Lebanon in 2000 and 2006, in both of which the Hezbollah resistance movement inflicted heavy losses on the regime's military.
Israeli forces regularly violate Lebanon's sovereignty and target Lebanese patrol soldiers. Israeli officials have even threatened another war on Lebanon.
Earlier this week, Lebanese President Michel Aoun censured Israel's repeated violations of the Arab country's sovereignty, saying Beirut is prepared to counter any potential threat from the Tel Aviv regime.
Amid Tel Aviv's growing military threats, President Aoun says Lebanon is ready to defend itself against any Israeli act of aggression.
Late January, Israeli minister of military affairs Avigdor Lieberman said that Israeli troops may have to operate deep in the Lebanese territory and maneuver on the ground on the battlefield if a war breaks out.
"We must prepare for maneuvering on the ground too, even if we do not use it," he said.
Additionally, Lebanon and Israel have nearly come to blows over a tender by Beirut for oil and gas exploration projects in two of the country's 10 offshore blocks in the Mediterranean Sea, namely Block 4 and Block 9.
Lieberman described Lebanon's offshore oil and gas licensing process as "very provocative" and urged international firms not to bid.
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said Lieberman's comments were one of several "threatening messages" from Israel.


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This poem was written for someone who recently lost both of their parents within just a few months. It is very difficult to lose either your Mom or Dad, let alone both in a short time. The leaves of the tree represent a covering, protection, security, beauty, and wonder. The word leave is used in two different ways in this poem - either as someone or something leaving, or as the leaves of a tree. The summer represents the time of our life when we have our parents, and the wind can blow so suddenly and make the tree barren, a symbol of loss and lack of protection from the elements when they are gone.
Poem by Randy Stahla, copyright 2006.
Summer Leaves
The wind took hold of you today
Draped the ground with brown and gray
Green was gone so suddenly
The trees shed summer leaves
The summer leaves touched the sky
Glistened brightly in my eye
As through the glen I made my way
Beneath the summer leaves
When summer leaves and goes away
Chased by the cold and wet and gray
Green is gone so suddenly
When people leave and go away
Chased by the cold of deaths dark day
Life is gone so suddenly
Just like when summer leaves
I looked up one day and they were gone
My beloved Dad and my Mom
I felt the cold winds hit my face
The trees so barren could not hide
The sorrow felt as nature cried
As felt it did the cold winds bite
As summer days took their flight
But then the wind stopped pushing me
And in the sky I could see
Snowflakes gently prodding me
To look up in the trees
Snowflakes danced for me that day
In the air they came to play
Laughing and singing as it were
To make a silent stir
They mocked the travelers as they ran
To and fro with all their plans
It was as though time stood still
And cars slid down the hills
The snow fell everywhere around
And hushed the loud pervasive sounds
Of all the hustle-bustle days
As children with their snow men played
The silent white covered every trace
Of open field and empty space
There wasnt anywhere that you could go
That didnt greet you with the snow
And then I knew that God was there
Just like the snow - Hes everywhere
You cant have sorrow He does not know
And He covers you like the pure white snow
He comes to you when summer leaves
Are blown away off of the trees
And says Goodbye to all the trees
- That gave protection and the shade
In days you thought you had it made
When Dad and Mom would never fade
When in the summer days you played
And never thought they would end
But the snowflakes dance and sing to you
And the Ancient of Days is here for you
He will not leave and He is true
No matter where you go
Just like the silent snow
Randy A. Stahla
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Me Against the Music
Me Against The Music (2006) Performance at 'Just For Fun', an evening of karaoke and performance organised by Robin Close and Webster Gotts.
Allie Carr loves dancing. She dances about everyday. If she couldn't dance she would be depressed. Allie Carr will dance in public tonight as if she was dancing around her house or at nightclubs. She is going to attempt to dance to a mix tape of unknown tunes put together for her by Alexis Gotts. She might not be able to do it. She might freeze. The music might not excite her. She may be rendered static. (I doubt it.) Her friend and long time collaborator Matt Lewis will be on hand to adjudicate. Using his wholly untrained eye, he will officiate whether the music has beaten Allie or if Allie has beaten the music.


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Coordinates and administers the service plan to meet the health needs of the residents and promote wellness. Supervises and delegates care to caregivers within scope of practice.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
include, but are not limited to:
Provide educational opportunities related to health issues of interest to the Residents.
Role model geriatric care techniques to staff and educate as needed.
Assist the Resident Care Director with the implementation of the self-administered medication management program.
Collaborate with pharmacy to ensure accurate medication management program.
Assist in completion of required documentation to meet federal and state guidelines.
Assist with the development of a service plan for each Resident and ensure follow through and revision as needed.
Collaborate and maintain routine communications with families and Residents.
Monitor written staff documentation, including daily documentation sheets, communication book and self-administered
medication sheets for assurance and completeness.
directed to promote quality Resident care.
Supervise staff, including orientation of new staff, assignment of tasks, ongoing instruction and guidance.
Assure that Residents physical, emotional and spiritual needs are met. Work is to be of high quality and performed in a
pleasant manner.
State issued Nursing license. Experience in working with older adults. Good assessment and communication skills. Dementia Experience highly preferred.
I have read and understand the responsibilities of this position. I possess the qualifications indicated and am able to carry out the identified responsibilities with or without reasonable accommodation.
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CareerSource job fair aimed at military veterans
A job fair next week hosted by CareerSource Capital Region is geared toward military veterans.
It will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, which is Vet Day, at American Legion P13, 229 Lake Ella Drive. Morning activities consist of career preparation, followed by meeting with employers looking to hire.
Job seekers are encouraged to bring resumes, and professional attire is required. The agency said dress uniform is acceptable.
To register, go to careersourcecapitalregion.com/job-seekers or call 850-922-0023.
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Recently we've been looking at whether we really still need websites in the age of mobile. We also then looked at whether we really need content amid a culture of ephemeral, disposable communication? Now we reveal 3 steps to increasing organic social media reach.
In our last blog, reflecting our consumerist society, we saw Sue and Nigel next door, throwing away their perfectly good garden furniture as the live-light, disposable generation. But we also saw the fatigue of this approach, humans are not designed to live so fast; science says we can't keep up saying your brain can only cope with 5 friends, so no wonder social media gets a bad press for causing stress and adding to mental health issues amid the social media maelstrom, where we are buffeted every day with 100s of messages.
None of this is concerns Sue and Nigel though, they have a house full of new stuff and what better way to tell everyone about it than spread the word on social media. They have paid an Influencer to come in and arrange the house and take some shots, so it all looks great. The thing they can't get grips with though, is that they haven't gone viral on social – even with their expensive help. I mean, why? Doesn't everyone just love carefully crafted shots of perfection? They might not be Country Living, but they are at least Surrey Smart – a house in that lives in 'the now', packed with the very latest DIY store trends. Yet they only have 136 followers and most of those were press-ganged from the Round Table committee and the tennis club.
Social media white noise is everywhere
So, shocking as it is for Sue and Nigel to discover that absolutely nobody is interested in seeing social media posts of their Surrey Smart semi, they shouldn't really be surprised. The problem is that these days, social noise is everywhere – so when you look or sound like everyone else it's hard to be heard.
Anyone can post on free to access social media tools – the 'just get stuff out, don't sweat it, just post it' attitude prevails over quality, because quality takes skill and time. We reminded you that writing original content is difficult – just try writing something original and witty on a birthday card. "Suddenly a few minutes feels like an hour and you end up scribbling: 'you don't look a day over 21 – ha ha' – and hating yourself for it".
More and more social media competition
What's the result of all this? More competition for a crowded space. More noise, more chatter. It also goes without saying that the social media giants want to make more money and if you can reach everyone for free, it lessens the incentive for paid post promotions or ads. No surprise then that organic reach is down across all platforms, which in turn makes the market even more competitive.
So what is the answer? Produce some great content.
Digital Information World recently reminded us that: "content makes their audience view their organisation as a credible and trusted source."
That's great – but even with fantastic content, how do we penetrate the white noise of social media?
Penetrate the wall of social media white noise – 3 steps to increasing organic social media reach.
Who makes the rules of this competition? The platform owners.
How do they implement the rules? Through their proprietary algorithms.
Although the precise details of these algorithms are closely guarded secrets, their evidence trails are tracked fastidiously by industry commentators and users.
There are three key indicators that you will embrace if you want to overcome the industry white noise:
a. Timing – when you posted and how long ago that was.
b. Content – did the post include relevant content that your audience could relate to?
c. Engagement – did your audience react to your post with clicks and shares?
Each algorithm is different and each one gets updated and changed on a regular basis, so you have to be alert to changes and adapt your behaviour accordingly.
It's easy just to presume, if you listen to Sue and Nigel and look at their favourite Instagram sites, that consumers want to see beautifully crafted, professionally shot images that sell an image of perfection.
But, remember, that the most popular clicks on Google are not actually the first three sites as you might expect. Why not? They carry the small 'Ad' moniker, meaning that people skip them by and large: around 94% of all search traffic goes to organic results over paid ads.
In a recent survey published by Social Media Today, highlights the importance of authentic content.
"Ad-exhausted audiences are increasingly looking for authenticity", and that "user-generated content is also the most influential content consumers reference when making purchasing decisions."
Furthermore: "a whopping 90% of consumers said that authenticity is important when deciding which brands they like and support."
So, listen to the statistics that evidence the voice of the people! Creating user-generated content in your social media strategy will help fight the decline in organic reach.
Agencies time and time again report that user-generated pieces produce more engagement than original brand photography – customers take the word of other customers much more than the potentially spurious assurances of paid content.
Agencies time and time again report that user-generated pieces produce more engagement than original brand photography – customers take the word of other customers much more than the word of
A brilliant way of combining video with user generated content is to produce live streaming content – Facebook, Instagram and Twitter all offer the facility – which is a great way to encourage interaction with customers.
Interaction is part of building a relationship – building relationships is what building your brand is all about. Through live streaming, you can introduce your followers to your team, let customers know about upcoming events and even open up some Q & A sessions, where you let customers put you and your team on the spot!
The more interaction you have, the more customers feel invested in your products or brand. You can also record the live videos and post them to build your content base.
How do we best achieve these 3 steps? Invest some time in your content
The very reason we might be advising putting time into content, is that you don't have endless piles of cash to throw at paid social media marketing.
It's a much easier game to play, if you can get someone else to do it. Pay per click campaigns and social media influencers are all very well if you have a pot of cash to throw at it without worrying about the consequences. Most SMEs do not have that luxury, but most have a member of staff who produces content for posting on social media.
Don't just assume that some slick professional imagery without any resonance or story will produce results – artsy shots of Nigel and Sue's scatter cushion Surry Smart living room? We've seen it all before. You need some creativity to write a story, come up with some ideas that resonate.
To achieve this, invest on your staff and give them the time to do their job properly. In the days of increasing competition, social media noise and shrinking organic reach, the only thing left is to raise the quality of your output above the mediocrity of social media white noise.
If you've taken the 3 steps to increasing organic social media reach and maybe feel that you still some help with creating some better content – get in touch, we'd love to hear from you!
All projects start with a quote. Give us a few details about your project and we will get back to you with a quotation. Not sure what you want or prefer to talk to someone? Give our friendly team a call on 01437 720033.


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The Insight's baseline LX trim level may be less expensive, but it's anything but spare. Innovative powertrain and drivetrain components allow this practical Hybrid to excel across all environments, and as with many new Hondas, next-generation safety components come standard.
Drivers who upgrade to the Insight's EX trim level will dramatically expand their entertainment options, and they'll gain access to convenience features that save time and energy. The 2019 Insight EX E-CVT is priced at $24,060 MSRP*.
Driving a Hybrid doesn't mean sacrificing the finer things. In fact, with the Insight's savings at the pump, it's easy to justify opting for a few upgrades. Enjoy premium interior features in the 2019 Insight Touring E-CVT, priced at $28,090 MSRP*.


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Three-time breast cancer survivor shares life testimony in memoir debut
July 3, 2018 in News
By Cianna Hope Reeves,
JSU Student Intern,
A mother, advocate, inspirational speaker, singer, breast cancer survivor, and now author – Vaniessa Cousin continues to break barriers after facing numerous health challenges throughout her life.
To highlight her journey during her diagnosis with Stage 1 breast cancer, Cousin is launching her biography titled I've Been Through the Valley, But God… where she discusses her personal stories about her process of dealing with and healing from her illnesses and other adversities.
Cousin ignored the lump she discovered afraid to learn the truth. As she waited, it grew.
Eighteen years later at age 35, the doctors diagnosed her with Stage 1 breast cancer which is when cancer cells have spread beyond the original location and into the surrounding breast tissue; she recalled the moment of discovery 'life-changing.'
"My initial thought was 'I am going to die.' I was shocked, and I was also in a state of denial at the time because we didn't hear much about cancer and no one ever mentioned anything about it," admitted Cousin.
The first diagnosis encouraged her to build relationships with other survivors by becoming an inspirational speaker and sharing her experiences with those who were undergoing the same battles.
"The more I talked about it, the more I felt better about it…it was my therapy," she said.
After completing chemotherapy, she started the writing process of her biography by journaling about her daily life as a cancer patient.
Soon into writing, Cousin stopped, years passed, and tragedy struck again – she was diagnosed in 2011 with the most serious and life-threatening phase, Stage 4 breast cancer, also known as metastatic breast cancer, where cancer cells have traveled through multiple organs in the body, and again in 2013.
With the effort to live life more abundantly and become more proactive, the survivor received direction from God to complete her story for the world to read.
"I didn't realize it at the time, but God allowed me to experience not only Stage 1, but also two recurrences of Stage 4 metastatic breast cancer, he allowed me to go through those phases to tell my story," she said.
In her spiritual and uplifting memoir, she acknowledges victims of breast cancer and individuals who suffer from other fatal diseases by telling them to remain hopeful in times of pain and distress.
Motivating others is not only her passion but also her calling.
"I do what I do because I am walking in my purpose. My experience has shown me different things in life, from a Stage 1 to two recurrences of Stage 4, and then to be a walking testimony living with metastatic cancer, it has shown me that I have to pay it forward, and the only way I can do that is by not keeping it to myself," stated Cousin.
She advises all cancer patients and impacted family members to pray and when doing so discard their burdens.
"You cannot carry the weight of the world on you – I tried it and I failed. I know it's easier said than done, but with faith and prayer it can be done."
At the end of the day, one message Cousin hopes people will understand is the importance of not being afraid to get tested and to take necessary precautions.
"Cancer is not a death sentence, but if you wait, it could be too late. Be proactive about your body and health, learn about your family history and don't wait on someone to diagnose you," Cousin said.
When asked how she remains so strong, Cousin smiled and stated, "It's just faith."
I've Been Through the Valley, But God… is currently available for pre-orders and will be released Tuesday, July 10. Get your copies at www.vaniessacousin.com


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Pray for my wife being laid off soon. My battle with addiction and for the health of my mother and father. God\'s blessing to all. Amen
Received: September 23, 2018
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