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Tech is developing and changing at a whirlwind pace. Ideas and inventions that were barely conceived of a few year back are now becoming reality before our eyes. Where will it go next? Here are my seven hot predictions for tech trends in 2018:
1. Online learning will expand
We've already seen a huge expansion in online learning. But I think this will expand even more rapidly in 2018, as courses and providers gain credibility. More and more companies will become willing to hire employees that have completed online courses rather than expecting more traditional qualification and training.
Online learning and skill development will further enter the corporate world, with companies sponsoring skills development for employees. This will be for two main reasons: to drive down attrition, and to increase employee value and productivity.
So the ability for folks to learn new skills online, regardless of the field, is going to expand. Getting better qualified will no longer depend on going back to school. People are going to have many more avenues by which they can obtain the skills they need, so an employee's ability to add new skills to their portfolio will rapidly increase. Paysa is contributing to this by giving advice to employees about the different paths to getting professionally qualified or for ongoing training, and online companies like Udacity will continue to expand. I also think companies will have the same opportunities available to them. They're going to be able to provide specific courses to help up-level their current employees. Instead of trying to find new employees, they can actually be critically developing their existing workers using these online courses. Employee retention will be better, which saves on costs and all-round hassle.
2. Computer science learning in schools will expand
I think there's a developing trend in all schools, including traditional schools and universities, in offering computer science degrees. Their ability to offer degrees to enable their students to take new tech jobs will continue to expand. In the past, not all schools have offered such extensive programs, but now those opportunities are exploding. We're actually seeing the building blocks of computer science training happening now at the high school level, and they will continue to expand that in 2018. It's super-interesting! There's a general acknowledgement that much of the world's going to go this way, and there's just so many jobs available that the schools (both online and offline), are responding accordingly.
3. Tech will continue to expand outside of the core cities
In an effort to drive down costs, as well as find qualified candidates, tech companies will accelerate their satellite offices to cities with good colleges and well-qualified employees. First, this is just a function of more companies hiring more tech workers across the country. Secondly, I think in the core cities, such as the Silicon Valley Seattle area, the competition's so high for tech workers that it's driven salaries through the roof. And so you're seeing more companies establish satellite offices in the areas where they can find quality people, but they don't have to pay them the highly competitive rates of the more traditional tech hubs. And employees can work where their salaries will go further. It's already begun to happen, but that trend will continue.
4. Transparency will become even more critical
Transparency in the job market will accelerate in 2018. This will include areas like salaries, the hiring process, the diversity composition of businesses and more. Companies will increasingly be held accountable by their current and prospective employees, their boards, their users, and by the public markets. The wealth of information on Paysa will be a goldmine for employees and companies alike. There's information about whether a certain career is right for you, which jobs are up-and-coming, and information about career progression. You can also compare the same job in different companies to see which suits you best.
There's also information on individual jobs. For example, an aspiring AI specialist using Paysa's salary search tool can see:
- Salary range and average, including bonuses, equity and signing bonus
- Differences in average salary based on location
- Skills needed for the role
- Gender and ethnic breakdown of current AI specialists
- The qualifications they hold
They can also carry out a job search for an AI specialist role, including searching by company, and see who's offering the best deal. On the employers' side, the emphasis on transparency is about equipping them for 'better hiring'. There's a lot of investment and technology around helping employers improve the speed at which they find the right people and then then retaining them.
5. Salaries for skilled employees will increase further
In some sectors, like AI and cyber-security, salaries will increase at a faster pace than normal. There's an increasing demand for highly qualified staff in these cutting-edge fields – they're offering incredibly important viable skills, and employees that can do so will be in huge demand. They're able to write their own ticket. We're seeing it now, and I don't see the trend abating any time soon, so I think salaries will reflect that.
6. Non-tech companies will ramp up their tech hiring
This circles back to the situation with expanding tech operations to other cities. More and more traditionally non-tech companies are realizing that technology is a key component of what they're doing, if not now then in the future. So they're hiring like mad, and many of them are worried about how they're going to compete in the future. They feel that having an innovation team or a technology team is going to help them do that. GE Digital built a whole office in the east bay of northern California, and have been paying really aggressive salaries to hire the right people. That's just one little example of a non-traditional company building up their own technology capabilities. We're already seeing this in the AI field.
7. This won't be cost-effective for every company
Companies that feel the need to 'keep up with the Joneses' by hiring innovation teams, especially in the AI field, will find that those resources are underutilized relative to the cost of hiring and retaining these employees. Sometimes they get a little over their skis. It's a significant investment – lots of money and lots of time. And if you don't know what you're doing, if you don't have a real plan, if you don't have the patience to see all the way through, it could all end in tears. I predict that in 2018 we'll see a lot of companies experience a dawning revelation: "What am I really doing here? This is a huge expense and what am I getting from it? I'm not able to compete with the big boys." I think you'll have this general tech expansion among more traditional companies, and then it'll probably have a little bit of contraction as they figure out what are they really doing. Many of these companies will eventually scale back their efforts and partner with companies like Google, Amazon, and Microsoft.
2018 will be a hugely exciting year for tech. It will be interesting to be back here at the end of the year to see how my predictions have turned out!
Related: Career Review 2017: What Went Well and What Can You Improve
Author: Chris Bolte
CEO, Paysa.com


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K-Way was founded in Paris in 1965. During a rainy winter day, the first sample was made of a windproof and waterproof jacket and since then they have maintained their identifiable and unsurpassed products, among which the famous waterproof and breathable jackets.
This is a vintage lightweight K-Way Cagoule with a YKK Vislon zip front, internal waist drawcord, and a fixed hood with drawcord and toggles.
Used and in great vintage condition with slight discolouration to the front of the hood.
All my vintage listings unless otherwise stated are true vintage and have been worn before, therefore they will typically show signs of wear and will not smell like new, which is all part of the vintage look and appeal.
COLOUR: Blue Green Patterned.
SIZE: S but this is a generous cut and fits more like S / M Oversized (UK Sizing) with a 52in full external chest and the overall fit - but it depends how loose you like to wear (please see below for all key measurements to check against a similar garment of your own to ensure a good fit).
FABRIC: 100% Polyamide.
- YKK Vislon zip front
- Fixed hood with drawcord and toggles
- 2 zip welt pockets
- Internal waist drawcord
- Elasticated cuffs
- Underarm ventilation eyelets
- part netted lining
HOW TO CHOOSE YOUR SIZE: Please DO NOT solely rely on the listed size for your correct fit. Designers often use different measurements for sizes depending on the overall look they desire, so sizes can not only vary brand to brand but also within the same brand. Also, for vintage and pre-worn items the shape may have changed after years of being worn. The best way to ensure your correct fit is to compare the measurements listed to a similar item that fits you well.
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A - CHEST - armpit to armpit (double for full chest): 26in (66cm)
B - SLEEVE - armpit seam to cuff end: 22in (56cm)
D - LENGTH - at the centre back from the base of the collar to the hem: 33in (84cm)
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Nexion acquires Stenhøj Group
(l-r) Claudio Spiritelli, CEO Nexion; Cinzia Corghi, co-owner Nexion; Lene Dyøe Madsen, co-owner Stenhøj; Søren Dyøe Madsen, co-owner and CEO Stenhøj
Automotive servicing equipment supplier Nexion has acquired a majority shareholding in Denmark's Stenhøj Group. Nexion acquired 75 per cent of Stenhøj Group, with a 25 per cent share in the company remaining in the hands of the previous owner, the Dyoe family. The deal, completed on 8 March, sees Nexion, already a global leader in the automotive equipment sector with the Corghi, Bright, HPA-Faip, Mondolfo Ferro, SICE, Orlandini, Tecnomotor, and Teco brands, extend its portfolio to the Danish Group's products and services in the automotive aftermarket range, which include Dunlop, Autop, Sherpa, Molnar, Bradbury, Tecalemit, Gemco, and its eponymous Stenhøj brand. This list illustrates the current period of consolidation in the garage equipment sector; the acquisition comes two years after the formation of the Corwei joint venture with Bright, an important Chinese competitor.
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How to Book Confirm Tatkal Ticket within a Minute 2017 :- Friends, all of us know that it's very difficult to book a confirm Tatkal Ticket in India. Most of times we didn't get a confirm Tatkal Ticket as the trains are very crowded. But here I am going to share you a trick by which you can book confirm Tatkal Ticket within a Minute. Yes, you can do it. You just need a fast internet connection and good typing speed to book confirm Tatkal Ticket. So let's get started.
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2. Open your chrome browser and add a Google chrome extension named 'Tatkal for sure(free)'.
3. The extension will be added to your chrome browser. You see the extension at the right top of your browser.
4. Now click on Tatkal for sure extension.
5. Click on generate ticket.
6. Then you need to clear a new trip by filling the required details. The details will be Auto-filled at IRCTC website at 9.57am or 10.57am
7. Click on create a trip.
8. Enter your IRCTC user name and password. Click on next.
9. Fill your journey related information like from, to, date of journey, train number, class, quota etc and click on next.
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The Etisalat Award for Arabic Children's literature was launched in 2009. It aims to provide an incentive for publishers, authors, and illustrators to publish Arabic children's books and apps that are of the highest quality in both form and content. It is one of the richest awards of its kind in the world and is considered among the most important literary awards for children's literature in the Arab region.
The value of the Award is AED 1.2 million, distributed across 6 different categories. In 2017, the Award added its 6th category, 'Digital Book App', in recognition of the growing importance of digital content in the publishing industry and to encourage their development. The winners are announced every year in November during the Sharjah International Book Fair.
Since its launch, the Award has been sponsored by Emirates Telecommunication Corporation, or Etisalat.
Warsha Programme
In 2013, the UAEBBY launched 'Warsha – Etisalat Award Workshop for Children's Books,' a groundbreaking initiative by the Etisalat Award for Arabic Children's Literature that aims to find and nurture a new generation of talented Arab authors, illustrators, and publishers of Arabic children's books. The initiative aims to build the skills and competence of young individuals in order to facilitate the creation of books that are rooted in local Arab culture and that not only meet, but surpass international standards.


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Branch News - HAWKSWORTH
August 1, 2014
It all started February 2009 at an YCA Hawksworth committee meeting when someone said "What else can we do besides the meetings and craft group?" I opened my mouth without thinking, as you do, without thinking of the consequences that followed – and then the Summer Walks began! It took a while to work out the 'who, what, where and when' in setting up a walking group. Who would be in charge? What are the risks? Where do we go? When do we do it?
Once that was sorted out we went on our first walk with 11 members for a 21⁄2 mile amble around the village of Menston.
Since then we have covered more than 85 miles with a total of 205 people turning up over the 28 walks. Some coming to every walk, some picking and choosing according to their choice or other commitments.
We have covered 13 miles of the Dales Way, 9 miles of the Leeds and Liverpool canal system and completed the Calverley Millennium Walk. We have seen 18 ponds or reservoirs along the way, crossed over or walked alongside 24 sections of waterways, wandered through 34 woods and struggled over or through at least 112 stiles. Phew!
We have a walk card given to us at our meeting prior to the scheduled walk showing the route, how long it is and where to meet. This fits neatly into a folder we are given each year.
One or two times during the walk when we feel the need to stop and take our breath and admire the views we have some snippets of history and local knowledge read to us which makes us go "Oow" or say "I did not know that" and then hope that we can retain that bit of useless information for another time!
The walks are just during the summer months and over the years have covered the full extent of the British weather, from being able to pour a cupful of rain from our boots to gales, mist, sunshine and the beautiful orange glow of a summer evening. Nothing though, deters the staunch Yorkshire spirit, of a breath of fresh air, a good walk, good company and the good Yorkshire countryside.
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BKT congratulates Monster Jam champion on front-flip manoeuvre
Half-way point: Tom Meents in the air
Flipping your vehicle isn't a good thing as a rule, and never something that gives you bragging rights at the pub. But then, you don't drive a monster truck. Eleven-time Monster Jam world champion Tom Meents does though, and on Saturday evening he made history when he landed the first-ever front flip in a monster truck.
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Garmin has completed the acquisition of Tacx Onroerend en Roerend Goed B.V (Tacx). The privately-held Dutch company is now part of the Garmin group. It designs and manufactures indoor bike trainers, tools and accessories, as well as indoor training software and applications.
Garmin's acquisition of Tacx was originally announced in February 2019. The company is clearly ramping up competition with rival Wahoo Fitness, which has built market share and distribution in the indoor space with its KICKR, KICK CLIMB and KICKR HEADWIND bike trainer devices. Going head to head with Garmin, Wahoo has also built a following for its outdoors products, such as its cycling computers – ELEMNT & ELEMNT BOLT.
"We are pleased to have the Tacx team join the Garmin family, and we are excited to add indoor training solutions to the Garmin fitness portfolio," said Cliff Pemble, Garmin President and CEO. "We are looking forward to leveraging the outstanding expertise and skills of the Tacx team to provide a seamless indoor and outdoor experience for athletes year-round."
Tacx will continue operations at its current headquarters in Wassenaar, Netherlands, along with its distribution centre located in Vogt, Germany. The company employs nearly 200 associates who will become part of the global Garmin team.
To further leverage the growing market for indoor bike trainers, Tacx will continue its capital investment project currently underway. This will expand its R&D and production capacity. Financial terms of the transaction were not released.
Garmin is incorporated in Switzerland, and its principal subsidiaries are located in the United States, Taiwan and the United Kingdom.


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Riskee and The Ridicule
KentTuesday 2nd July 2019
Name? Where you from?
I'm Scott from Riskee and The Ridicule. We're from Kent in the South-East of England.
What do you do?
I'm the vocalist and lyricist in the band alongside Jimbo (Guitars/Vocals), Jordan (Guitars/Vocals), Matt (Drums), Dave and Joe (Bass).
Describe your style in three words.
Grime. Punk. Aggro.
Best gig you've been?
Late Of The Pier at Reading Festival...I forget which year, though. A friend of mine dragged me to their set. I'd never heard of them at the time, but they came out and blew everyone's minds. Totally unexpected.
If you could be on the line up with any two bands in history?
I think we'd have fit well with Rage Against the Machine. There's a shared ferocity there and certainly motives too. I would have loved to have been on a bill with The Clash. The 'Rock Against Racism' show looked unbelievable.
Which Subcultures have influenced you?
I'd say Ska for the style, Punk for the ethos and attitude and Grime for the self-belief.
If you could spend an hour with anyone from history?
Nye Bevan. I'd like to say thanks for establishing the NHS and everything he did for the working classes.
Of all the venues you've been to, which is your favourite?
The 100 Club on Oxford Street in London. You can literally feel the history of that place, it's like there's ghosts in the walls.
Your greatest unsung hero or heroine in music?
I think the producers of the records we love are the unsung heroes. Oz Craggs at Hidden Talent Studios (Gallows, Rolo Tomasi, Mallory Knox, Feed The Rhino) is our champion. There's parts of our albums that wouldn't be what they are now without his input and skills. People like Oz don't get anywhere near the props they truly deserve.
Kent "grime-Punk" band, Riskee and The Ridicule released their explosive album 'Body Bag Your Scene' at the end of June via Bomber Music, drawing comparisons to the like of The Clash and The Smiths alongside other more contemporary grime scene influences.
The band will play Rebellion Festival, in Blackpool at the beginning of August (2019).
Find out more at www.riskeeandtheridicule.com and find out more about Rebellion Festival at www.rebellionfestivals.com


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Honoring the best in the business
Rewarding the best in Innovation, Business Acumen and Technological lead in Real Estate Sector
Onside Real Estate Awards, New York City
Award Nite
Date: July 31st, 2020
Venue: New York City
Onside Real Estate Awards
Welcome to the 1st Edition of the Onside Real Estate Awards, located in New York City. The Onside New York team has been working hard each day to understand the companies that are poised for economic growth. Our mission is to bring the best business performers into the limelight.
The 2019 Onside Real Estate Awards cover stakeholders of the Technology, Automobiles, Lifestyle, Finance, Real Estate, Media and Tourism industries, as well as other esteemed industry professionals with proven excellence in Innovation, Business Acumen and Leadership.
Onside Media has set up a panel of judges with more than 100 years of collective experience in diverse verticals. The panel is highly experienced to identify and award the companies along with their leaders, thereby creating a niche value for the awardees.
Onside Awards provide a unique platform and great networking opportunity in the media space to the awardees. While considering a nominee for the award, all verticals are within the purview of panel of judges - from customer service, marketing of all products & services, technological innovation and operations.
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Dear Church Family,
WOW! I remember as a kid singing the song, "My Cup Is Full and Running Over!" "Since the Lord saved me I'm as happy as can be, my cup is full and running over." Well today there are so many things I want to say but so few lines to say it in. Plus if I ramble on you won't read these words of Pastor Thought. But, My Mind is Full and Running Over! I know, I know, you are probably saying, "Yes we know what your mind is full of."
Let me begin by saying, "Happy Labor Day!" I hope you get some rest from your labors on this last of summer first of fall holiday. Becky, Shari and I have been off on a little vacation of sort, camping at the Davey Crockett State Park and Camp Ground. As I am writing this I am in great anticipation of some much needed R&R time with family. Hope you get some of what we have been enjoying the last few days. (Or what I hope we will be enjoying…lol) Anyway you get the point, "Happy Labor Day!"
Today starts our new church year as well. I want to welcome our new church leaders and officers to their points of service and thank you for stepping up to serve. You may not think about it but you are the front line soldiers in a spiritual battle for the souls of men, women, boys and girls. And as good soldiers do you train. Thanks to you good soldiers who went to the training this past week to re-sharpen and improve your skills in the Lord's work. You have demonstrated your love for the Lord and your desire to serve Him to the best of your ability by preparing and training. Only those who think themselves too accomplished in their task feel no need to train and that is prideful and dangerous. Those who refuse to train are usually the first casualties of spiritual warfare. So please prepare, serve well and train hard for the task the Lord has set before you. Be a good soldier.
An anonymous writer wrote this and the words are my prayer for you as you serve the Lord and this church this year.
I am a soldier in the army of my God.
The Lord Jesus Christ is my Commanding Officer. The Holy Bible is my code of conduct.
Faith, Prayer, and the Word are my weapons of Warfare.
I have been taught by the Holy Spirit, trained by experience,
tried by adversity, and tested by fire.
I am a soldier in the army of my God.
I am a volunteer in this army, and I am enlisted for eternity.
I will either retire in this Army or die in this Army;
But, I will not get out, sell out, be talked out, or pushed out.
I am a soldier in the army of my God.
I am faithful, reliable, capable, and dependable.
If my God needs, me, I am there. I am a soldier. I am not a baby.
I do not need to be pampered, petted, primed up,
pumped up, picked up, or pepped up.
I am a soldier in the army of my God.
No one has to call me, remind me,
write me, visit me, entice me, or lure me.
I am a soldier. I am not a wimp.
I am in place, saluting my King,
I am a soldier in the army of my God.
Obeying His orders, praising His name, and building His Kingdom!
No one has to send me flowers, gifts, food, cards, candy, or give me handouts.
I do not need to be cuddled, cradled, cared for, or catered to.
I am committed.
I am a soldier in the army of my God.
I cannot have my feelings hurt bad enough to turn me around.
I cannot be discouraged enough to turn me aside.
I cannot lose enough to cause me to quit.
I am a soldier in the army of my God.
When Jesus called me into this Army, I had nothing.
If I end up with nothing, I will still come out even.
I will win. My God will supply all my needs.
I am more than a conqueror.
I will always triumph.
I can do all things through Christ.
I am a soldier in the army of my God.
Devils cannot defeat me.
People cannot disillusion me.
Weather cannot weary me.
Sickness cannot stop me.
Battles cannot beat me.
Money cannot buy me.
Governments cannot silence me,
and hell cannot handle me!
I am a soldier in the army of my God.
Even death cannot destroy me.
For when my Commander calls me from this battlefield,
He will promote me to a captain.
I am a soldier in the army of my God.
in the Army, I'm marching, claiming victory.
I will not give up.
I will not turn around.
I am a soldier in the army of my God.
marching Heaven bound.
Here I stand!
~Author Unknown
BTW if you have signed up for Right Now Media and are working with children, I sent you a training there to complete as well. If you have not signed up for Right Now Media, please do so by sending me your email address and a request to join, IT IS FREE!
Whatever it is you have stepped up for the Lord to do remember; This is your ministry, Labor on!
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Xiao Wu is a small town pickpocket, drowning in his troubles and his love affair with a local hostess. After an epiphany he decides to break free from his criminal life, but how? The debut film of acclaimed director Jia Zhangke (The World).
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Black Codes
Black Codes were southern state laws that harshly restricted the rights of African Americans in 1865–66. These laws represented the former Confederate states' first official response to slave emancipation after rejoining the Union. The legislation recognized African Americans' freedom in part by stating that people could no longer be legally classified as property, but they denied former slaves the same rights as white men. In fact, the legislators believed that African Americans should be governed by a separate set of laws—by a black code—to firmly set aside freedpeople's claims to citizenship. Northerners and southerners alike interpreted these laws as a defiant rejection of full African American freedom by an unredeemed southern political elite. The US Congress responded by stripping each state of its sovereignty (except for Tennessee), placing it under military rule, and initiating what became known as Radical Reconstruction.
Mississippi was the first southern state to form a new government after the Confederacy's defeat and the first to write Black Codes. All eyes were on Mississippi, and state legislators aware of their leadership position decided to take a stand. Ignoring Pres. Andrew Johnson's plea for moderation, the Committee on Emancipation and Freedmen wrote laws that its members warned might "seem rigid and stringent." Yet the Black Codes were enacted with remarkable speed in November 1865. Emboldened, the other southern states quickly followed.
The Black Codes fell under three different sections of state law: civil rights, apprenticeship, and vagrancy. All three sections worked to limit freedpeople's mobility, labor, and autonomy. In Mississippi, the revised civil rights statutes acknowledged the abolition of slavery by granting African Americans access to the courts. This action shifted African Americans' legal status from property to personhood. Yet the Black Codes denied freedpeople the right to serve as witnesses against white people. African Americans, in other words, were not equal to white southerners under the law.
After establishing freedpeople's access to the courts, the Black Codes turned to questions of marriage. The law granted marriage rights to African Americans as long as they married within the race. Any person, white or black, who married a member of another race faced life imprisonment. Legislators anticipated that this law would be difficult to interpret since race could often be unclear. In a tortuously complex passage, the marriage statute defined black people as "those who . . . are of pure negro blood, and those descended from a negro to the third generation, inclusive though one ancestor in each generation may have been a white person."
The civil rights section of the Black Codes also restricted African American rights to property, freedom of movement, and employment. African Americans could not rent or lease land except in towns and cities. African American city dwellers had to carry written evidence of their employment and residence. Finally, African Americans who worked for employers longer than one month had to sign written labor contracts. These restrictions undermined independent farming by blacks, limited their movement in and out of the cities, and forced them to commit to long-term employment. Each of these mandates undercut a central principle of free labor—the ability to move and change jobs.
African Americans' labor contracts also differed from those of white Mississippians. Former slaves who violated their labor contracts by moving off the plantation before their time of service was finished would forfeit all wages previously earned. Furthermore, the Black Codes granted all white southerners the power to enforce this law, with the legislature promising cash rewards to white people who seized and arrested African Americans who had deserted their jobs.
The Vagrancy Acts put teeth into the Black Codes' labor regulations. Any African American without a written labor contract two weeks after New Year's Day could be jailed as a vagrant. This policy left vulnerable to arrest anyone who was self-employed, in the process of moving, or working a short-term job that did not require a formal written contract. Moreover, vagrants had no right to trial by jury. This section of the Black Codes caught national public attention. Many Americans considered a jury trial an ancient right, and newspapers declared that Mississippi lawmakers had made freedom a farce by refusing African Americans this right.
A freedperson found guilty of vagrancy would be jailed. To keep jails from bursting at the seams, state legislators gave sheriffs the right to "hire out" imprisoned African Americans. The people who "hired" vagrants would pay the sheriffs, not the workers, sidestepping the issue of wages. To help finance this system, the state imposed a tax on all African Americans—and declared anyone unable to pay the tax a vagrant.
These laws reflected tremendous planter-class anxiety regarding the maintenance of control over land and labor. With the Vagrancy Law and the laws regulating contracts, planters attempted to guarantee themselves a large labor pool to continue production of cash crops. More pointedly, they wanted these workers cheap. The Vagrancy Law promised convict labor, and the civil rights statutes provided loopholes to avoid paying wages altogether.
The Apprenticeship Law followed the same logic, requiring each county court semiannually to record the names of all African American children under the age of eighteen whose parents "have not the means" to support them. Such boys would be apprenticed to a master until they reached age twenty-one, while girls would be apprenticed until they turned eighteen. The Black Codes required masters to provide apprentices with food, clothing, medical attention, and reading lessons (for children under the age of fifteen) but permitted "the master or mistress . . . to inflict . . . moderate corporeal chastisement."
African Americans vigorously protested the Apprenticeship Laws and sued to get their children back. Apprenticeship was a painful reminder of slavery when children "belonged to masters," were valued for their labor, and could be taken from family at will. Children also sued for their freedom.
Anticipating protests about this curtailment of basic freedoms, legislators attempted to keep African Americans from meeting in public. The Black Codes included acts prohibiting freedpeople from "assembling themselves together, either in the day or night," preaching without a license, making seditious speeches, disturbing the peace, using insulting language and gestures, and carrying weapons. Any gathering, large or small, carried a threat in the eyes of law.
The protests did come, and they came from all directions. Usually sympathetic Mississippi newspapers condemned the legislators' rashness, outraged northerners claimed that the South refused to accept defeat, and eventually the US Congress disbanded the Mississippi legislature and returned the state to military rule. The Black Codes unwittingly helped turn the tide of public opinion in favor of African American citizenship and the right to vote.
Further Reading
- Laura Edwards, Agricultural History (Spring 1998)
- Noralee Frankel, Freedom's Women: Black Women and Families in Civil War Era Mississippi (1999)
- James Wilford Garner, Reconstruction in Mississippi (1901)
- William C. Harris, Presidential Reconstruction in Mississippi (1967)
- Christopher Waldrep, Roots of Disorder: Race and Criminal Justice in the American South, 1817–80 (1998)
- Karen L. Zipf, Journal of Women's History (Spring 2000)


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Grandparents visiting from out of town was the perfect reason to have a Spring mini session in the Ornamental Gardens. It was wonderful to watch how much fun this nearly-two year old had with her parents and grandma and grandpa. I especially loved how beautiful her Grandma's sari looked against the bright green backdrop of the gardens.
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Dish, Turner Agree to Extension
Turner Broadcasting System said it has agreed to a short-term extension with Dish Network, a deal that will put eight of its pay TV networks back on the air for Dish subscribers, while avoiding a blackout of its flagship TBS and TNT networks.
Eight Turner networks -- CNN, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, truTV, TCM, HLN, CNN en Espanol and Boomerang -- went dark to Dish's 14 million customers on Oct. 20 after the parties could not reach an agreement. While the deal to make those nets available to Dish subscribers is temporary – sources familiar with both companies said the extension is for several months and will extend into 2015 -- perhaps the biggest benefit of the extension is that it will avoid a blackout of TNT and TBS, whose contracts were expected to expire on Dec. 5.
That could mean that big upcoming sporting events like the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament in March will still be availble to Dish subscribers as the partiues hammer out a deal.
This is the second extension Dish has received in carriage negotiations in two days -- on Nov. 20 the company agreed to a short-term extension with broadcaster CBS that is expected to last until Nov. 25.
In a statement, Turner said it and Dish have "mutually decided to restore service of CNN, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, truTV, TCM, HLN, CNN en Espanol and Boomerang, and extend the carriage of TBS and TNT." The companies added they would have no further comment.


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Revelation 2:1 Vnto the Angel of the Churche at Ephesus, write: these thynges sayth he that holdeth the seuen starres in his ryght hande, and that walketh in the middes of the seuen golden candlestickes: Revelation 2:2 I knowe thy workes, and thy labour, and thy patience, and howe thou canst not forbeare them which are euyll: and hast examined them which say they are Apostles, and are not, and hast founde them lyers: Revelation 2:3 And hast suffred, and hast patience, and for my names sake hast laboured, and hast not faynted. Revelation 2:4 Neuertheles, I haue [somewhat] against thee, because thou hast left thy first loue. Revelation 2:5 Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first workes: Or els I wyll come vnto thee shortly, & wyll remoue thy candlesticke out of his place, except thou repet. Revelation 2:6 But this thou hast, because thou hatest the deedes of the Nicolaitans, which (deedes) I also hate. Revelation 2:7 Let hym that hath an eare, heare what ye spirite sayth vnto the Churches. To hym that ouercommeth, wyll I geue to eate of the tree of lyfe, which is in the middes of the paradise of God.
Revelation 2:8 And vnto the Angel of the Churche of Smyrna, write: These thynges sayth he that is first and the last, which was dead, and is alyue. Revelation 2:9 I knowe thy workes, and tribulation, and pouertie: but thou art riche. And I know the blasphemie of them which cal them selues Iewes, and are not, but (are) the synagogue of Satan. Revelation 2:10 Feare none of those thynges, which thou shalt suffer: Beholde, the deuyll shall caste some of you into prison, to tempt you, and ye shall haue tribulation ten dayes. Be faythfull vnto the death, and I wyll geue thee a crowne of lyfe. Revelation 2:11 Let hym that hath an eare, heare what the spirite sayth vnto ye Churches. He that ouercommeth, shall not be hurt of the seconde death.
Revelation 2:12 And to the Angell of the Churche in Pergamos, write: This saith he which hath ye sharpe sword with two edges: Revelation 2:13 I knowe thy workes, and where thou dwellest, euen where Satans seate is, and thou kepest my name, and hast not denyed my fayth: Euen in those dayes when Antipas my faythfull martir was slayne among you, where Satan dwelleth. Revelation 2:14 But I haue a fewe thynges agaynst thee, because thou hast there, them that maynetayne the doctrine of Balaam, whiche taught in Balacke, to put a stumblyng blocke before the chyldren of Israel, that they shoulde eate of meate dedicate vnto idols, & commit fornicatio. Revelation 2:15 Euen so hast thou the that maintayne the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thyng I hate. Revelation 2:16 Repent, or els I wyll come vnto thee shortly, and wyll fyght agaynst them with the sworde of my mouth. Revelation 2:17 Let hym that hath an eare, heare what ye spirite sayth vnto the Churches. To hym that ouercommeth, wyll I geue to eate Manna that is hyd, and wyll geue hym a white stone, and in the stone a newe name written, which no man knoweth, sauyng he yt receaueth it.
Revelation 2:18 And vnto the Angell of the Churche of Thyatira, write: This saith ye sonne of God, who hath eyes lyke vnto a flambe of fyre, and his feete are like fine brasse. Revelation 2:19 I knowe thy workes, and thy loue, seruice, and fayth, and thy patience, and thy deedes, which are mo at the last the at the first. Revelation 2:20 Notwithstandyng, I haue a fewe thynges agaynst thee, because thou sufferest that woman Iesabel, which called her selfe a prophetisse, to teache, and to deceaue my seruauntes, to make them commit fornication, and to eate meates offred vp vnto idols. Revelation 2:21 And I gaue her space to repent of her fornication, and she repented not. Revelation 2:22 Beholde, I wyll cast her into a bed, and them that commit fornication with her into great aduersitie, except they turne from their deedes: Revelation 2:23 And I wyll kyll her chyldren with death, & all the Churches shall knowe, that I am he which searcheth the raynes and heartes: And I wyll geue vnto euery one of you, accordyng vnto his workes. Revelation 2:24 Vnto you I say, and vnto other of the of Thyatira, as many as haue not this learnyng, & which haue not knowe the deepenesse of Satan, as they say, I wyll put vpon you none other burthen: Revelation 2:25 But that which ye haue alredy, holde fast tyll I come, Revelation 2:26 And whosoeuer ouercommeth, and kepeth my workes vnto the ende, to hym wyll I geue power ouer nations, Revelation 2:27 And he shall rule them with a rodde of yron: and as the vessels of a potter, shall they be broken to sheuers: Revelation 2:28 Euen as I receaued of my father, so wyll I geue hym the mornyng starre. Revelation 2:29 Let hym that hath an eare, heare what the spirite sayth to the Churches.


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Congratulations to the young mothers
On April 7, the RPA Women's Council members visit maternity hospitals, congratulate women on the occasion of the holiday and birth of the child. RPA Women's Council Chairwoman Hermine Naghdalyan, members of the RPA Women's Council R. Muradyan, N. Nahapetyan, G. Antonyan, J. Baghdasaryan and S. Beglaryan, members of women's councils of the RPA regional organizations visited all 64 maternity hospitals in Armenia and congratulated women, giving them presents. In their best wishes, the members of the RPA Women's Council wanted the Armenian women to live under the peaceful sky, careless and happy childhood for their generations, peace for our country, peaceful and creative development.
"This is the motive and aspiration of our mothers," - Hermine Naghdalyan said in her speech, wishing women aspirations and achievement of goals.
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Firefighters Contain Jerusalem Blaze After Evacuating Residents
A fire in Ramot forest apparently erupted because of a bonfire that wasn't put out properly, leading to the evacuation of over 60 homes.
Jerusalem residents have returned to their homes Thursday evening after firefighters gained control of several fires in the capital, including a large one in Ramot forest.
Residents were evacuated and the police emptied two Welfare Ministry buildings in Jerusalem after several threatening fires broke out in the area on Thursday afternoon.
A particularly large fire raged in the Ramot forest, leading to the evacuation of some 60 homes in the nearby neighborhood of Ramot and the town of Mevasseret Zion.
The Ramot blaze seemingly erupted because of a bonfire that wasn't put out properly. On Wednesday night, bonfires were lit across the country in celebration of the Jewish holiday of Lag Ba'Omer.
A nearby horse ranch was also evacuated. In Mevasseret Zion, police forces evacuated homes near the forest.
The fire near Ramot caused extensive damage to the area. Preliminary estimations say about 1,000 dunam were destroyed in the fire, 700 of them of natural forest. The forest near Ramot is a natural habitat of a large verity of plants and animals.
An additional fire broke out in Jerusalem's Romema neighborhood where police evacuated homes, as well as two Welfare Ministry buildings. Residents were later allowed to return.
Ten homes were also evacuated in the neighborhood of Abu Ghosh, where firefighters were eventually successful at suppressing the flames.
Meanwhile, a brushfire broke out in the Gilo neighborhood in Jerusalem. Five residential buildings were evacuated and one person was given medical care for smoke inhalation before residents were able to go back to their homes.
Forty-eight firefighter teams battled the fires, aided by 11 firefighting planes.
Several roads around Jerusalem were closed to traffic as a result of the blaze, but were later reopened as firefighters began beating back the flames.
In the southern moshavim of Ahuzam and Azrikam, firefighters were also working to extinguish a large brushfire.
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Chlorophyll provides the vital interface that connects the light energy from sun to all life on earth via the process of photosynthesis. The magnesium atom is at the centre of a chlorophyll molecule; without it photosynthesis would not be possible. It is like the plug on the end of an extension lead, and it plugs all life directly into the suns energy. Magnesium plays a similar role in plants to that of iron in the structure of haemoglobin in animals.
Managing plant growth is about managing photosynthesis. The more energy from the sun the plant can collect, the more it will yield. Any limiting factor that inhibits maximum photosynthesis is one that will limit crop productivity.
Look for luxury levels of magnesium in leaf analysis. It is vital for photosynthesis and phosphorus uptake; the energy system of the plant. You can apply as much nitrogen as you like, but without adequate magnesium you will receive poor photosynthetic responses.
Magnesium is:
- essential for the metabolism and translocation of carbohydrates
- an enzyme activator, and a cofactor in synthesis of amino acids and proteins.
- included in beta-carotene, a precursor to conversion to Vitamin A.
- required in many enzymatic reactions for metabolism of compounds.
- found in fruit and vegetables, and the body converts magnesium to vitamin A when required.
- abundant in antioxidant properties.
- important as an anti-cancer agent and in reducing parasites on stock, e.g. fly strike, Barbers Pole Worm and many others.
- often the missing link for hypomagnaseamia (grass tetany) or downer cows.
Magnesium reacts with phosphorous to enable phosphate compounds (Magnesium ATP) to be carried around the plant; particularly helpful in translocation of phosphorus into seeds of high oil content and for superior seed germination.
Ca:Mg percent is the most important relationship in soil fertility. Light soils will require more magnesium than heavy soils. This is due to the properties of the magnesium atom which are much smaller than Ca and aids in the tightening of the soil structure to prevent excess leaching. Required at 10.1-12% of base saturation, but should be up to 20% in very light soils.
Magnesium has more impact on soil pH than Calcium due to its smaller atomic size (more surface area available to alkalise soil).
Calcium, magnesium, potassium and sodium are all alkaline cations and the more of these ions instead of hydrogen and alminium, the more balanced the soil will be. Magnesium can be easily leached, so magnesium deficiencies are more pronounced on acid and coarse textured soils. If low levels are present, use a combination of slow and quick release forms to ensure availability for the duration of the crop, e.g. Dolomite and Kieserite. The base saturation is made up of a combination of predominantly calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium, and hydrogen. Any significant increase or decrease in any of these elements can ultimately increase or decrease magnesium base saturation.
After decades of using serpentine and its blends on the soil, why do we still have widespread magnesium deficiencies?
Dolomite is a magnesium and calcium carbonate combination that raises pH and soil magnesium levels and is very useful when both magnesium and calcium are required.
Magnesium carbonate, (Mag 2000) increases pH when magnesium but no calcium is required.
Magnesium oxide is created by the burning of magnesium carbonate to drive off CO2 has the highest concentration of all Mg fertilisers. Thermal alteration dramatically affects the reactivity of magesium oxide since less surface area and fewer pores are available for reaction with other compounds. Serpentine, a hard silica rock is also ineffective at raising soil magnesium, unless applied at very high rates, or is applied to very acid soils.
Magnesium sulphate is a good source when both magnesium and sulphur are needed, and can be used at the reproductive phase.
Defoliation can occur if magnesium is deficient while carrying a heavy crop. Monocots (grasses including sugar cane, cereals, maize, bananas) leaves' can become striped; often along the full length, resulting in necrosis in the tip of the leaf. As maize plants age they have a more spotted appearance. It is relatively easy to build magnesium in the soil, but not so in the plant. We would like it to be 50 ppm, but realistically it is often less than half that figure; more often than not it is below 10 ppm. That may not be due to low magnesium, rather than low sulphur. Building sulphur may not solve it either. Calcium may be the key in this situation.
Magnesium is quite mobile and is translocated from older leaves to younger leaves under normal conditions, and is particularly obvious when there is a deficiency in the soil.
Magnesium - the Unheralded Star
Dr. Linus Pauling, winner of two Nobel Prizes stated: "In my opinion, one can trace every sickness, every disease and every ailment to a mineral deficiency."
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Today, like his teammate Heo "Pawn" Won-Seok, Kim "Deft" Hyuk-Kyu announced his free agency. Deft will be leaving KT Rolster after spending his last two years with the team. Deft won the most recent Summer LoL Champions Korea title and made it top 8 at the World Championship with KT Rolster.
Deft, also like PawN, has spent the last four years on EDward Gaming and KT Rolster, taking the 2015 Mid-Season Invitational, while making it to the world championship three times. Deft has never made it past top 8 at Worlds, but most notably lost to the eventual winners this year, Invictus Gaming. Despite that, he has won two domestic titles with both Samsung Blue in 2014 and KT Rolster in 2018 Summer.
As one of the best AD carries in the world, many teams will be knocking on Deft's door, but there is still a chance he remains with KT Rolster after free agency is done and done. Moving forward, it is likely that he will join another team in Korea to fulfill his dream of winning Worlds.


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If it occurs to mention that a Netflix account is only as good as the internet access, e.g., Xfinity, and this is only worth mentioning because regardless of what else is wrong with Netflix, this part of their business model means the venture is, ultimately, doomed to fuckall.
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Look, we know it's never any software company's fault, ever, but let me make one thing clear: Between watching television, to the one, and watching software, to the other, look, you're up against Comcast; it ought to be a low bar. But between Samsung, who makes the television, and Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, who allegedly serve video, it's forty-five minutes later and you still don't work. What the hell is wrong with you people? Watching software brings a consistent result of regretting the thought there might be something worth watching.
Notes on Interface
Okay, so, here's the thing:
▸ The software feature that you want me to use requires that I select a photo.
▸ There are hundreds of photos in the uploaded library.
▸ Therefore, I am only allowed to see twelve photos at a time, in reverse chronological order.
▸ If the photo I would use happens to be, oh, way the hell down the list, that I must simply keep clicking and clicking in order to ask you to please show me more of my photos, that I might eventually select one to use for the software feature you really, really seem to want me to use, since, you know, you won't shut up about it, I'm probably not going to bother, and would you please, then, shut up about it?
↳ Because your interface really, really sucks. The most obvious question in the world is why you would refuse to simply open the entire album. These pathways are deliberate; you do not accidentally design such an inefficient method, as the extraneity is by definition extraneous unless, of course, it is not actually extraneity. That is to say, there must necessarily be something you get out of it, but it would seem really, really obscure. (Hint for the gallery: To wonder why a publicly traded company would show off its incompetence or inefficiency is to look at it wrongly; the idea of efficiency on which such an outlook depends is consumer oriented. The wasted clicks make some other point.)
Anyway, yeah. It's pretty stupid. Just sayin'.
Image note: NTT Docomo tower, from Shinjuku Gyoen, Tokyo, 26 March 2017. (Photo by bd)
Flaccidware (v.1)
Something happened to software while I've been away. See, for instance, I don't use Microsoft. I loathe Windows because whatever it is you think you're doing, that is second priority to Microsoft, at best; it's probably more accurate to say whatever you intend to do, wherever you intend to go today, Microsoft wishes to disrupt you along the way.
I actually had to ask where Notepad was. Then again, I don't feel too stupid, since apparently a lot of people asked. The Microsoft support response was written in Second-Language English; we can tell how much Redmond cares.
Then again, Windows might be the great failure, but it is hardly alone. Turns out the malfunctioning whatever the hell that was mounted on the seat in front of me on the flight to Japan was Linux, which is unfortunate since it takes effort to fuck up like that, but I should also remember to avoid the hell out of software when my friends tell me how much I need it. To wit, I still don't get what is so cool about Gogo. It's terrible software that served me exactly none on the flight. Indeed, it was worse than nothing because I foolishly forgot myself for a moment and apparently expected it to work.
Still, I haven't used Microsoft much in recent years, and figured the fact that it is actually painful to look at was just a result of the users I happened to know. No, no … it's Windows. This OS looks like shit. It's slow. Its first purpose seems to be advertising and promotion. I actually wonder if anyone in software is capable of writing a program that does what it is supposed to do. And then some days I remember of course they can, since all any software is intended to accomplish these days is advertising and revenue collection.
And this godawful "Nextbook" thing I'm trying to use? It forgets itself, can't wake up properly, and is pretty much a disaster. Its two upsides are that I didn't buy it, and I won't be obliged by circumstance to use it.
Priorities: A Snapshot
As much as people complain about the media, it is occasionally worth attending the self-inflicted wounds. To wit, Huffington Post readers:
• "Pro Wrestler Comes Out As Bisexual After Video With Boyfriend Hits The Web"
• "7 Signs Of A Nervous Breakdown"
• "7 Reasons Your Pee Smells Weird"
• "'Girls' Is Now Officially Unwatchable"
• "These Will Be The Best Places To Live In America In 2100 A.D."
So, yeah. Trending. According to HuffPo's metrics, this is what people are reading and promoting.
Image note: "Trending" sidebar widget noting popular articles at the Huffington Post, 17 March 2017.
Death & Habit
The death of the click, as such, sounds dramatic:
For the past 10 years, we've operated on the premise that the most important digital metric is the click that refers a person to a website. That click usually comes from a social distribution channel, like Facebook or Twitter, or a search engine, like Google or Bing. But according to industry experts, the click referral is becoming an idea of the past, soon to be replaced by content exposure.
It would behoove us to pay attention. To the one, it is already happening. To the other … er … ah … well, yeah, there is, in fact, a point to wondering what the big deal is. But that's the thing. As the Axios report explains:
Clicks look like a high-performing tactic, but a lot of work is done to get you to type something into a search bar to begin with," AdRoll President Adam Berke tells Axios. Marketers are starting to attribute marketing success towards content exposure that drives you to click something, instead of the click itself. Two key formats increase content exposure: video and passive scrolling. Google and Facebook are investing heavily in products that embody these formats: YouTube and Instagram.
The bottom line is that your daily habit isn't going to change for evolving necessity; rather, how you interact with the world will become more and more bound to theses of behavioral economics applied within a marketing context intended to backfill its justification post hoc―that is to say, your behavior will change to suit someone else's business model.
And, yeah, that might sound a bit dramatic, but most people probably won't notice, except to grumble a bit, like they did with Apple and … I don't know, that dating app.
Meanwhile, for the business community the definition of success becomes even hazier. Good enough for government work, is better redefined as, Good enough for the tech sector. Then again, the definition of government work might well be unsettled for the momemt, as well, so … you know.
Fischer, Sara. "The death of the click". Axios. 20 February 2017.
It's True, I Really Don't Get It
Certain little software issues arise along the way, and it's true, I just don't understand why. Like one day, caption data starts disappearing from the image files I'm making with GIMP. I finally figured out the problem by reading a fifteen year-old bug report on exif data that was allegedly resolved way back when. And now it's apparently not a bug; this is the way it goes now. But it was strange, because the problem showed up only occasionally, at first, and then one day just was. And there was no ongoing update. It was squar' in'tween updates.
Did my update notifier just break my system? I don't think so, but it is also true there was an update waiting when I checked. (It's a joke about my particular Linux flavor and spice: If stuff starts acting weird and slowing down, check the update manager; once it has an update to give you, it really wants to take care of the thing, but for whatever reason the only way it lets you know is by slowing everything down.) It is true I like to blame APIs in the age of HTML 5; as a blogger, it seems everything started going to hell around the same time every website got their new bells and whistles and all the end users got out of it was a bunch of lousy pop-ups, drop-downs, and overlays.
But this is really quite simple: I have not been hallucinating my find & replace method for the last five years. Longer? Hell, I don't remember. But you cannot convince me I have been dreaming this bit where I can highlight text, hit a key combination, and have my text replace interface waiting to replace the highlighted text.
I was actually ahead of schedule when Gedit broke. It's just a lot of stuff to highlight and replace by hand. So much for the schedule; I should probably get back to replacing.
But, yeah. The moral of the story: Never set goals.
No, really, I was going to finish all of a few minutes early, and now I'm over a couple hours behind and pretty much finished for the night.
Because I somehow managed to break Gedit.


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Outshine Your Competitors In The GTA
You've probably had a glance at the image above and answered "neither". Well, you're right. This is usually the issue that most businesses encounter while dealing with a wide field of competitors. Starting out a business in a highly populated community increases the chance of blending in with the rest, rather than having a separate, unique business. As the community of Newmarket and its surrounding areas are increasing, the competition is only getting more fierce. In fact, The GTA is one of the fastest growing regions in North America. Here are a couple ways to have your business stand above your competitors.
Appeal to your Market
Imagine you lived in a world full of people wearing white t-shirts and black pants; it would be generic and bland. A world full of conformity is a world without distinction. People dress accordingly to their own personal sense of style. That is ideally what your business brand is for. It's your company's chance to dress well and impress your audience, and it's also how your audience remembers and develops impressions of your business. Many business owners underestimate the importance of well-designed branding and perceive it to be an unnecessary expense. However good branding could be an investment that will benefit the future of your company.
Do Some Research
Being aware of the competition in your community is something to take into consideration when you are starting up or maintaining a business. With a little research, you can easily find out how many businesses in your area offer similar products/services. By using this tactic, you can pick up many tips of how they are running their business, who their target market is, how they are pricing their products/services and more.
Another tip to take into consideration is to identify your niche market. You can build a solid foundation for you business by identifying your typical customer and tailoring your marketing pitch directly to those individuals. You will have a much higher chance of grabbing their attention. If you try to sell to everyone on the other hand, it wouldn't be half as effective because your message isn't relating directly to their needs/interests and it will fly right over their head.
Being knowledgeable on who your competition and market are, will give you the information you need to improve certain qualities of your business and bring your company one step closer to surpass your competitors.
Here's a few ways of doing this
- • Use a search engine
- • Use your library's business resources & directories
- • Use your local Chamber of Commerce
- • Attend exhibitions and events in your related field
To Sum It Up
If you would like to avoid being business #1 or #2 reconsider:
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Switzerland has always been an important player in biotechnology and maintains its position amongst the leaders in the face of dynamic global developments. Since 2000, the Swiss biotech patent portfolio has grown significantly; in the first decade the focus was on quantity and thereafter the emphasis has been predominantly on quality. In 2017, half of the Swiss biotech patents qualified as world-class.
Heinz Müller
Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property
Christian Moser
Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property
Global versus Swiss patents
In 2017, approximately 290,000 or 2.6% of all active patent families worldwide related to biotechnology. The 66,000 active patent families of Swiss origin accounted for 0.6% of the global portfolio. This includes approximately 3,900 Swiss biotech patent families, representing 5.9% of the total Swiss portfolio. On this basis, the importance of biotechnology to the Swiss economy is substantially higher than it is globally.
Within the Swiss portfolio, nine other technology fields, including measurement, pharmaceuticals and medical technology, account for more patents than biotech. However, the biotech patents feature the highest average when it comes to 'quality per patent family', thus indicating that the Swiss biotech patents represent more economic value than the patent count suggests.
Quantitative growth 2000 to 2017
Between 2000 and 2010, the number of all active patents worldwide remained largely constant at around seven million. From 2010 to 2017, however, the number rose to eleven million. The reason for this was that over the last 10 years there has been a massive surge in the number of Chinese patents across virtually all technology fields, including biotechnology. As a result, China has replaced the USA as the world's leading country of origin for numbers of biotech patents. The Swiss patent portfolio shows a modest yet constant increase in numbers over the 17-year period, resulting in a net growth similar to the global portfolio. The global biotech portfolio has grown faster and continuously as a consequence of substantial growth in North American and European countries during the first decade, and massive growth in China and South Korea starting around 2005.
The growth curve of Swiss biotech patents looks different. After strong initial growth in the period 2000–2010, the number of Swiss biotech patents has remained largely constant in recent years. Not surprisingly, the biotech portfolios of North American and most European countries of origin show a similar profile. One reason may be that many companies, in particular the large ones, have consolidated their biotech patent portfolios during the past decade and are pursuing a patent strategy focused on quality rather than quantity.
Qualitative growth 2000 to 2017
In contrast to the quantity of patents, the quality of patents provides a differentiated view of the value of a technology to a particular economy. The cumulated portfolio value, the average portfolio quality, and the percentage of world-class patents represent three distinct approaches to assessing and comparing the quality of patent portfolios.
PatentSight assigns quality parameters to each patent family. The Competitive Impact™ used in this report as quality indicator is the product of the parameters Technology Relevance™ relating to the number of citations received and the Market Coverage™ referring to the market size protected by the respective patent family. The Patent Asset Index™ represents the cumulated business value of a patent portfolio, calculated as the sum of the competitive impacts of the patents included therein.
Over the past 17 years, all four patent sets (Swiss, Swiss biotech, global, global biotech) show a continuous increase in cumulated portfolio value. However, the growth rates differ significantly: overall global and overall Swiss portfolio values grew about 50% in the period 2000–2017 while the value of biotech portfolios grew much faster with the Swiss biotech portfolio registering a remarkable 350% growth in value over that period. In contrast, the average portfolio quality, i.e. the cumulated portfolio value divided by the number of patents, remained largely constant for both global portfolios and the overall Swiss portfolio, albeit at different levels. Thus, none of these portfolios showed an improvement in average quality over time. In contrast, the value for the Swiss biotech patents has continuously increased over the last 15 years, reflecting sustained qualitative growth.
World-class patents are defined as the top ten percent of all patent families by business value. By definition, the global portfolio constantly includes a share of 10% of world-class patents. The global biotech portfolio displays a slightly higher percentage, with little change over time. In contrast, both Swiss portfolios comprise a substantially higher percentage of worldclass patents and this has been constantly increasing over the last 10 years. By 2017, over 30% of all Swiss patents and 50% of the Swiss biotech patents qualified as world class. Among the top 12 countries of origin for biotech patents, Switzerland ranks second after Denmark since 2003, followed by the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
As with all high-tech sectors, the biotech sector strongly relies on patents as a means to protect its products. Accordingly, patent data and technology categorizations represent a reliable source of information. Biotechnology is one of 35 technology fields defined by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
Note: The patent data were processed with the software PatentSight, based on patent families. A patent family condenses all patent documents relating to a specific invention, as defined by an initial priority application. Only active patent families, i.e. those in force or pending at a given point in time, are included in the evaluation. The country of origin for patents is determined via the inventor's addresses provided in the patent applications.
The Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property is the official government body for intellectual property rights in Switzerland and is responsible for examining, granting and administering these rights. The Institute's services also include training courses on various aspects of intellectual property and tailor-made searches for trademarks and patent information, including strategic patent analyses involving patent quality parameters. For further information visit https://www.ige.ch.


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Chanel L'Eau Red: Red-hot and collectible
Not since 1924 has the iconic Chanel No.5 perfume bottle been tweaked, but this year, it's getting a head-to-toe makeover in crimson! Like the scent itself, Chanel No.5 L'Eau Red Edition is a fresh take on a forever-classic.
The new Chanel No.5 L'Eau Red Edition officially debuted in London last month with Chanel ambassador Lily Rose Depp. The model-actress who has been the face of Chanel L'Eau since 2016, is tailor-made to front the spritz. She, after all, is full of paradoxes—like the scent itself, which is rooted in the legendary house of Chanel but which has been modernized to suit a new generation.
Depp spoke to fashion journal WWD about her French-American pedigree and her Gemini-with-Scorpio-rising character. "There are a lot of paradoxes in my personality," she said.
For those who haven't tried No.5 L'Eau, it's a fresher, lighter take on original Chanel perfume. It's a great, wearable scent, but of course this new "fiery cloak of red" makes it even more desirable.
Red was, after all, one of Gabrielle Chanel's favourite colours. And it made an impact in her collections that were consistently chic statements in black, white, beige, white and gold. Red was her exclamation mark. It was sexy, seductive, rebellious—unapologetically bad-ass.
It was, say the Chanel records, "a color she explored in all its gradation, vibrancy and depth. Whether crimson, garnet or ruby, teamed with velvet, tweed or chiffon, for a suit or a cloak, red always made a monochrome statement in her fashion.
"Not in touches, but like a work of abstract art painted all over, like a fatal attraction that keeps the eye riveted."
We're reminded of the red-themed, red-carpet moments of Nicole Kidman and Gisele Bundchen and of the wonderful Luc Besson Little Red Riding Hood Chanel film, where red plays a starring role.
And so it continues with this limited-edition offering of No.5 L'Eau EDT and No.5 Eau de Parfum in a blood-red glass flacon.
For die-hard Chanel collectors who are seeing red, there is also the opportunity to purchase one of 55 numbered, 900 mL, Baccarat crystal bottles of No.5 Parfum in the gorgeous hue. Now that's a stocking stuffer on a whole other designer level.
Chanel No.5 L'Eau Eau de Toilette Red Edition, $198 (100 mL), Limited Edition
Chanel No.5 Eau de Parfum Red Edition, $198 (100 mL), Limited Edition


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