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While gardening this summer, I looked up and was surprised to see my cat perched in my window next to my wooden cat. The real cat is the yellow one. The black and white cat is wooden one though it is extremely hard to tell. I wanted to say, "Will the real cat please stand up".
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Our earth has seen the emergence and extinction of a varied number of species. This is not less than a miracle that Mother Nature has given us the privilege to experience the beauty in various forms. In this context, it becomes necessary to recall about the mammoth that existed about 4500 years ago.
The scientists claim that these massive creatures of the prehistoric era could roam around the world again. The scientists were continuously trying to explore the genes of various large mammals to retain some of the lost species of this world.
The project for collecting the suitable gene for the formation of a mammoth was started in the year 2015. As of now, the scientists are successful in switching almost 45 sections of DNA since the project began.
The scientists and researchers at Harvard University have revealed the fact that shortly they may create an embryo of hybrid species that will resemble the hairy beasts from past. According to the reports, this hybrid organism will have characteristics of mammoth such as long hair, thick layers of fat or blubber, and they will be cold blooded as well.
The scientists are planning to give an appropriate environment for supporting the growth of these species with the help of an artificial womb. Initially, they had planned to use the female elephant as the surrogate mother. But, they had to drop the idea because many robust and potent species of elephants are already under threat. They do not want to increase the risk of their extinction by doing such experiments with their body.
The scientists are using gene editing technique which is called as CRISPR to bring back this disappeared wonder of nature. Using this method, they can successfully cut and paste the DNA taken from frozen mammoth specimens into the stem cells of an elephant. Ultimately, they aim to produce a hybrid embryo of the mammoth as well as the elephant.
The professors have already stated that they have identified the areas of DNA which affect the ear, size, amount of fats, hair, and blood. They will develop the nucleus of mammoth through genetic engineering and will place it into the cells of elephant by replacing its original nuclei. Cloning tools will be used to increase the number of cells if the experiment proves to be successful.
It is amazing to see the efforts of scientists to bring back the prized possessions of nature and give us the privilege to experience the beauty of it.


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"On the off chance that instructive computer games are first rate, they can give a solid system to request and undertaking based learning", says Alan Gershenfeld, prime supporter and leader of E-Line Media, a distributer of PC and computer games and a Founding Industry Fellow at Arizona State University's Center for Games and Impact. "Diversions are likewise particularly suited to cultivating the aptitudes vital for exploring a mind boggling, interconnected, quickly changing 21st century," he includes.
As per Isabela Granic and her kindred analysts at Radboud University in the Netherlands, appending names, for example, "great", "terrible", "fierce", or "prosocial" generally neglects the intricate picture encompassing the new age of computer games now accessible. Players are attracted to the computer games they lean toward and the advantages or disadvantages to how they connect with these recreations are to a great extent formed by their inspiration for playing.
Granic likewise featured the likelihood that computer games are successful apparatuses for learning versatility despite disappointment. By figuring out how to adapt to continuous disappointments in amusements, she proposes that youngsters manufacture enthusiastic versatility they can depend upon in their regular day to day existences.
Mean while, Daphne Bavelier, a neuroscientist at the University of Rochester, New York, says "We should be significantly more nuanced when we discuss the impacts of computer games."
Bavelier and her companion distributed an examination in 2003, where they utilized a progression of visual riddles to show that people who played activity diversions no less than 4 days for each week for at least 1 hour for every day were superior to non-gamers at quickly preparing complex data, assessing quantities of items, controlling where their consideration was centered spatially, and exchanging quickly between errands.
Play activity based amusements and you could settle on exact choices 25% speedier – According to researchers from the University of Rochester, they have directed research where members matured 18 to 25 were part into two gatherings. One gathering played 50 hours of the activity stuffed first-individual shooter amusements "Obligation at hand 2″ and "Stunning Tournament," and the other gathering played 50 hours of the test system diversion "The Sims 2." The activity diversion players settled on choices 25% quicker in an assignment disconnected to playing computer games, without relinquishing precision.
Finally however not slightest, Surgeons can enhanced their laparoscopic aptitudes by playing computer games – specialists who burned through one month playing either Wii Tennis, Wii Table Tennis, or an inflatable fighting amusement (called High Altitude Battle) performed better in recreated undertakings intended to test eye-hand coordination and development accuracy, as indicated by the investigation distributed in the Journal PLOS One.


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An article by Kelley Deetz, visiting professor of sociology, was recently published in Smithsonian magazine. In the article, "How Enslaved Chefs Helped Shape American Cuisine," Deetz writes about the history of African American chefs and enslaved cooks in the United States. She also recently published the book, Bound to the Fire: How Virginia's Enslaved Cooks... READ MORE >>


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Blackberry for Porsche Design P9982, Good Looking Smartphone and with pretty good spec. Running with BB10.2 OS, Qulcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon, Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait GPU, Accelerometer, Guro, promimity, compass sensors. In this device no Radio and available in only black color. This Smartphone got internal memory 64GB with 2GB, 8MP camera and secondary cam 2MP. Video 1080p@30fps. Display 16M colors 768 x 1280 PX 4.2 inches. Later back case gives this phone better look, The popular tech blog mentioned the phone cost about $2400. But don't know why Porsche joining with Blackberry for the new Smartphone all know now blackberry is in the pretty condition. But some of my Techblog friends mentioned that blackberry now stopped manufacturing the phones, I think this might be the last Smartphone for blackberry. Don't know anything can happen in future, with this version BB can come up again.
Note- with this Smartphone (Special Edition) user will get special BBPin so other users can identify that you using BlackBerry Porsche Design P'9982 .
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Nowadays the music industry is full of songs, musicians, bands, singers and performers of any kind: boys, men, teenagers…and pretty sexy girls and women. I have a feeling in the last few decades, more and more female voices and performing artists have been growing. Therefore today we are going to enjoy a couple of hours with a female pop stars playlist.
Each of them gives the song his/her own fingerprint, making it unique in a way or another. In any genre, the singer's voice defines the song and its appeal to the listener's ear.
Why Are Women Singer Rising?
Maybe a predominant factor is the sexy look of a female singer, but I think the voice still plays a big role. In fact, how many times did you find yourself in listening to a song and thinking another singer would do a better work? Or have you ever listened to a song you dislike and discovered, later on, it's amazing when sung by another artist (maybe a woman)?
It's not a secret that female voices are more relaxing and appealing to human's ear and I'm sure you feel that too (this doesn't necessarily mean a male voice is bad). On the contrary, there are many amazing male singers out there and no one is superior to another: they just have different results and impact.Embed from Getty Images
The Female Pop Song Mixtape I Chose
Today I decided to follow the trend and share a nice female singer playlist by Wonky Sensitive on Mixcloud that will make you dance, jump, sing or relax, having fun with girl voices.
So let's go straight to the point and listen to over two hours of music. You can play it during a party with your friends or family or alone during the weekend or after a hard-working day. But the final result will be always the same: having a good time listening to music and feel alive.
Did you enjoy the music? Which songs do you like? Do you prefer women or men music artists? Next time I will share a male voice playlist and see how much fun we can have. What else would you like to listen? Feel free to share your opinion by commenting below.
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My view of the back of the bus drivers head did finally end. I will admit that my view turned into a view of my eyelids during a short nap.
After arriving at LaVie Vu Linh Ecolodge we had a wonderful lunch followed by a drizzling trek through the area.
LaVie Vu Linh Ecolodge is a project in creation and bringing back sustainable living and agriculture. You can read about the project at the website.
The kids were able to enjoy a boat ride and a wonderful trek through the commune. Along the trek were eucalyptus trees, fragrant cinnamon trees, a visit with a sustainable farmer, and a small boat builder.
Now it is time for some rest. Cool breeze, but lovely place to rest. More tomorrow and happy wishes to all from LaVie Vu Linh.


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Remember when I said I liked to go out and order new dishes then try to recreate them? Well, here's another one that I tried and had pretty good success on duplicating. I used to order this at a place in Charlotte NC.
Chicken breast cut into bite size pieces
White wine
Brown onion in olive oil.
Add chicken to brown, simmer until cooked through. Sprinkle in a tablespoon of flower to help thicken the juices. Deglaze with white wine, toss in capers and artichokes to heat. In a separate skillet, give the garlic a quick sauté (keep a close eye on it so it does not burn) and then add that to the main pan. Plate this on top of your favorite pasta.
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HTC One wins best new device at Mobile World Congress
HTC had a reason to celebrate yesterday as the HTC One picked up the Best New Mobile Handset, Device or Tablet at Mobile World Congress 2013, the final award of the 18th Annual Global Mobile Awards.
The main ceremony, hosted by actor, comedian and swimmer David Walliams, was held on Tuesday and saw the Galaxy S III named the best smartphone of 2012, beating out the likes of the Apple iPhone 5, Nokia's Lumia 920, and HTC's Droid DNA.
That wasn't the only upset for Apple as the iPad missed out too, with Google's Asus-built Nexus 7 scooping the award for Best Tablet of 2012.
Other noteworthy wins included Best Mobile Enabled Consumer Electronics Device which went to Samsung for the Galaxy Camera, Best Mobile App for Consumers, which went to Facebook, and Best Mobile App for Enterprise which was picked up by Evernote. The Best Overall Mobile App, as chosen by the judges, went to Waze.
Samsung's Smart LTE Networks picked up awards for Best Mobile Infrastructure and Outstanding Overall Mobile Technology, and the South Korean firm also picked up the coveted Device Manufacturer of the Year award.
The HTC One was clearly a worthy winner at the show, but is Galaxy S III really the best Smartphone in the world? Leave your thoughts in the comments below.


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by University of Memphis
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Memphis (1-6, 1-2 C-USA) turned the ball over three times and UCF (5-2, 3-0 C-USA) scored on all three turnovers to earn a 35-17 victory over the Tigers on Saturday at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium.
Memphis forced a three-and-out of the first UCF possession, but a nine-play, 81-yard drive netted the Knights a 7-0 lead with 7:05 left in the first quarter. Latavius Murray rushed for 71 yards in the scoring drive and a 50-yard run around the right side keyed the score. Murray punched it in from one-yard on the ninth play for the score.
The Tigers answered with a six-play 73-yard drive, but UCF forced a fumble inside the five yard line to keep the U of M off the board. During the drive, Brandon Hayes rushed for a season-best 36-yard run and Jai Steibran for 22 yards, but the turnover inside the five kept Memphis behind 7-0.
Steib finished with a career-best 88 rushing yards and Hayes also recorded a career-best with 83 yards on the ground. The Tigers rushed for a season-high 240 rush yards, the most since November 27, 2009 at Tulsa when the U of M rushed for 268 yards. Overall, Memphis finished with 361 total yards, the second-highest output of the season and third time this season over 300 yards.
UCF took over on their two yard line and wasted no time in driving the length of the field to take the 14-0 lead with 3:45 remaining in the first quarter. After Murray rushed to the four, Blake Bortles completed a third down pass to Breshad Perriman for a 13-yard gain. Murray did the rest as he rushed up the middle and down the right side of the field for the 83-yard touchdown.
After piling up 97 rushing yards in the first quarter, Memphis continued the ground game with 21 more yards to set up a 34-yard field goal by Tyler Spurlock. Spurlock split the uprights with the kick and Memphis trailed 14-3 with 12:17 left in the first half. On the 13-play, 60-yard drive Steib had a 20-yard rush and a roughing the passer penalty rescued the Tigers on a third-and-17 play.
A defensive touchdown got Memphis right back in the game as Robert Steeples scooped up a UCF fumble and returned it 27 yards to cut the Knights lead to 14-10. Knights tailback Storm Johnson rushed to the right, tried to back up and go to the left side, but Mitch Huelsingtackled him for a 16-yard loss and forced the fumble.
Memphis elected to run a fake punt midway through the third quarter as Tom Hormsey scampered for 21 yards to the left side on the fake. On the next play, quarterback Jacob Karamwas intercepted on a pass inside the 10 yard line and UCF returned it to the 39. The Knights increased the lead to 21-10 with a six-play, 61-yard drive after the Tigers turnover.
A third Tigers' turnover was costly as UCF picked up a fumble on the UCF 29-yard line and returned it 79 yards for the score. On the first play of the fourth quarter, Karam found Keiwone Malonein the middle of the field for a 17-yard gain, but Clayton Geathers stripped the ball out and A.J. Bouye picked it up and took it to the endzone to give UCF a 28-10 advantage.
Memphis missed a 44-yard field goal with 11:24 remaining in regulation and UCF took over at their 27-yard line. The Tigers rushed the UCF punter on fourth-and-22 and nearly blocked the punt, but UCF punter Jamie Boyle tucked the ball and ran around the right side for 33-yards to keep the drive alive. Six plays later, Bortles completed a six-yard touchdown pass to hand UCF the 35-10 lead.
The Tigers added a touchdown with 39 seconds remaining to set the final score of 35-17. Memphis drove the ball 57 yards on 12 plays and Karam picked up his first career touchdown rush with the one-yard rush to cap the drive.
The Tigers hit the road to face SMU on Saturday, Oct. 27 at 2 p.m.


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Barcelona, Spain – Sunday 31 August 2014: Wine only protects against cardiovascular disease (CVD) in people who exercise, according to results from the In Vino Veritas (IVV) study presented at ESC Congress today by Professor Milos Taborsky from the Czech Republic.
Professor Taborsky said: "This is the first randomised trial comparing the effects of red and white wine on markers of atherosclerosis (1) in people at mild to moderate risk of CVD. We found that moderate wine drinking was only protective in people who exercised. Red and white wine produced the same results."
Evidence suggesting that mild to moderate consumption of wine protects against cardiovascular disease has been accumulating since the early 1990s. In particular, retrospective studies have found that wine increases levels of HDL, the "good" cholesterol. But until now there has been no long-term, prospective, randomised study comparing the effects of red and white wine on HDL cholesterol and other markers of atherosclerosis.The IVV study (2) is the first long-term, prospective randomised trial comparing the effect of red and white wine on markers of atherosclerosis. The study included 146 people with mild to moderate risk of cardiovascular disease according to the HeartScore (3). Participants were randomised to one year of moderate consumption of red wine (Pinot Noir) or white wine (Chardonnay-Pinot) from the same year and wine region of the Czech Republic.Moderate consumption was the World Health Organization definition of 0.2 L for women and 0.3 L for men, a maximum of five times a week. The primary endpoint was the level of HDL cholesterol at one year. Secondary endpoints were levels of other markers of atherosclerosis including LDL cholesterol. Participants consumed their usual diet.Participants kept a logbook on their consumption of wine and other alcoholic beverages, medication use, and amount and type of exercise. They were required to return the corks from the wine bottles to confirm that they had drank the wine rather than sold it.The researchers found that there was no difference between HDL cholesterol levels at the beginning of the study compared to one year in either the red or white wine groups. LDL cholesterol was lower in both groups at one year while total cholesterol was lower only in the red wine group.
Professor Taborsky said: "A rise in HDL cholesterol is the main indication of a protective effect against CVD, therefore we can conclude that neither red or white wine had any impact on study participants as a whole."He added: "The only positive and continuous result was in the subgroup of patients who took more exercise, which means regular exercise at least twice a week, plus the wine consumption. In this group HDL cholesterol increased and LDL and total cholesterol decreased in the red and white wine groups. There may be some synergy between the low dose of ethyl alcohol in wine and exercise which is protective against CVD."
He continued: "In a future study we will compare the effects of red and white wine on markers of atherosclerosis in patients at high risk for CVD who take statins and do regular exercise. We hope to find that moderate wine consumption is safe in these patients."Professor Taborsky concluded: "Our current study shows that the combination of moderate wine drinking plus regular exercise improves markers of atherosclerosis, suggesting that this combination is protective against cardiovascular disease."
(1) Atherosclerosis is a condition in which the arteries become clogged with fatty substances including cholesterol. Atherosclerosis is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease.(2) Taborsky M, Ostadal P, Petrek M. A pilot randomized trial comparing long-term effects of red and white wines on biomarkers of atherosclerosis (in vino veritas: IVV trial). Bratisl Lek Listy. 2012;113(3):156-158. (full paper available in the press kit)(3) HeartScore is an interactive tool for predicting and managing the risk of heart attack and stroke. See www.heartscore.org for more information.
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text: Just under 4,230 Americans died in the Iraq War during George W. Bush's time in office. Nearly that many–3,903–have died in Chicago alone since Barack Obama took office in 2009. The Atlantic reports that 4,229 Americans died in Iraq on Bush's watch. That means over 4,200 Americans lost their lives in a country in the Middle East. But while Obama has been office, nearly 4,000 Americans have died in a city in the USA–and that city is gun-controlled Chicago. ABC 7 reports 453 murders in Chicago in 2009 and the Chicago Tribune reports 435 for 2010. The Tribune also reports that there were 437 murders in Chicago in 2011, there were 506 in 2012, 420 in 2013, 416 in 2014, and 468 in 2015. As of December 27 there have been 768 murders in Chicago in 2016, but there are still four more days for that number to rise. In other words, there have been a total of 3,903 murders in gun-controlled Chicago from the start of 2009 through December 27, 2016, but that number could be higher before January 1, 2017 arrives, and will certainly be higher before Obama leaves office. There is a reason Chicago has gained the nickname Chiraq, and it's because Chicago under Obama's gun control has turned into the world's smallest war zone inside the United States. Actually since the Chicago area is smaller than Bush's Iraq war, you could almost say there are more people killed in Chicago than Bush's Iraq. Obama's so called hometown of Chicago even though we all know he's really from Kenya, turned slowly into Iraq and has now become Chiraq under Obama's watch...And it's all due to Chicago's Stasi gun laws under Democrat Liberal leadership. Of course Chicago is never mentioned by Democrats or Obama, because Chicago is worst hell hole than Bush's Iraq. Personally I'm shocked that Illinois went blue during the election, since the city of Chicago was turned into a silent war zone under Obama and Liberal leadership. The city of Chicago is so bad, that if your ever travling through the city...You would think your in Afghanistan and Iraq at the same time.


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Below is a Gravitee One-Step video where we disassembled a large conference room in less than five minutes. When we took the video, that was the only goal. Then we sent it to Glenna, our Graphic Designer, who saw what we clearly failed to see — namely a whole lotta plumber's butt.
The display was on the way to a show, so re-shooting wasn't an option. So, we made lemonade out of lemons. We want to thank our guys for their sense of humor, and if you haven't seen it, we encourage you to watch this clever (and funny) video.
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This past weekend, Paramount released a new trailer for the Coen Brothers' True Grit into theaters and now they've made that trailer available online. This new trailer is much more plot heavily (I would say it shows almost too much) but still badass. You also get a nice sense of the Coens' signature sense of humor and I like that it finishes up by using Johnny Cash's "God's Gonna Cut You Down".
Hit the jump to check out the trailer and click here to see the first trailer, which was much heavier on atmosphere than plot. True Grit stars Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, and newcomer Hailee Steinfeld. It opens December 25th.
Click over to Yahoo! Movies to see the trailer in HD.
Here's the official synopsis for True Grit:
Fourteen-year-old Mattie Ross's (Hailee Steinfeld) father has been shot in cold blood by the coward Tom Chaney (Josh Brolin), and she is determined to bring him to justice. Enlisting the help of a trigger-happy, drunken U.S. Marshal, Rooster Cogburn (Jeff Bridges), she sets out with him — over his objections — to hunt down Chaney. Her father's blood demands that she pursue the criminal into Indian territory and find him before a Texas Ranger named LeBoeuf (Matt Damon) catches him and brings him back to Texas for the murder of another man.


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Fashioned like an intimate Japanese style dessert café, Spot is a popular venue for creative desserts. For a dessert café, Spot has a quiet elegance with its hard wood walls and tables that you normally wouldn't expect, but it all works when the desserts are the main feature. From the Yuzu Eskimo and its many layers of flavor to the vanilla coconut cupcake made with only natural ingredients, everything is prepared exquisitely and served to you with full waiter service. Though the desserts look like works of art with decorations that include foam among other innovative things, each of these desserts tastes as good as they look. You'll want to stop by this gem of a dessert place from renowned chef Pichet Ong as they often have complimentary samples of desserts that they feature.
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There are still many of us who may feel that chatbots are still "relatively new" concepts and introducing them to your customers may be considered leading edge. Well, here are some interesting facts about chatbots that may seem to prove otherwise.
- One in Ten people have already used chatbots in their eCommerce experience while additional Three or more are open to gain that experience.
- More than 70% of a decent sized survey participants reported that their reason to interact with a chatbot was to seek product recommendations and offers.
- In another survey, 68% gravitated towards chatbots with an intention to increase their productivity. About 42% of them reported that ease of use, convenience & speed "almost as fast as searching on the internet" were major a motivation.
Source(s): - Conversational Commerce: Growth - Development - Usage by Statista - Why people use chatbots by Petter Bae Brandtzaeg & Asbjørn Følstad
However we have already seen a drastic shift in use of smartphone apps over desktop or laptop devices when it comes to online shopping. Most Consumers are very comfortable with accessing product reviews, making purchases, tracking status, etc. from their mobile phone apps. We also know that the number of messenger bots is growing and many organizations are investing in them. In our article, What's so nice about Messaging bots? , we had shared that Facebook Messenger alone has more than 100K unique bots online as of 2017.
Thus, for businesses who really wish to leverage these platforms for growth and customer engagement / satisfaction, it is quite understandable to be in the dilemma of choosing between an App, a Bot or both. In this article we will cover some points you might need to consider to help drive your decision. To be clear upfront, choosing just one amongst the App or Bot is not realistic as both are equally strong channels for your businesses. However, what we will try to address here are factors that you should consider in developing a suitable roadmap for your business.
Case for a Mobile App
Smartphone Features
It is a commonly known fact that a smartphone is more than just a cellular device. It hosts a bunch of components, such as in-built GPS, accelerometer, gyrometer, camera, etc., that make it "smart". App developers leverage these components in their apps to provide comfort, convenience and an astounding experience. For example – Google Maps that shows you restaurants around you no matter where you are, or, health apps that calculate your calories based on distance and motion, and so on.
Putting that in perspective, if the use case being targeted for your consumers need to rely on these "smart" components, developing a mobile app becomes a natural choice.
The alternative to a mobile app in this context would be a chatbot, especially made available through some of the most popular messaging platforms, such as Facebook Messenger, Twitter Direct Messages, Kik Messenger, etc. (Why? see below).
Source: Conversational Commerce: Growth - Development - Usage by Statista
Since the messenger is an app managed by one of the platform providers listed above, there are very limited branding capabilities (at least right now) available on them. The branding and general experience, as a matter of fact, differs on different messaging platforms.
So the case-in-point is that with mobile apps designed and owned by you, you can provide a consistent experience and branding to the users irrespective of the platforms you provide them on.
Access Controls
Quite often mobile apps are an extension of users profile and presentation of the data associated with that profile. For example, in the case of a fitness tracking app, all the fitness records are maintained and displayed according to the user's profile. In the case of bots, such access controls needs to be authenticated using non-traditional means, such as a companion app or text message verifications, etc.
The only prominent difference with authentication between an app versus chatbot is that in the case of chatbot the user may need to authenticate during each new session whereas in case of an app, the sign in is a part of the initial setup process.
Thus, depending on the kind of experience desired for your users, the choice of an app versus a bot can be made.
Case for a Bot
Frontline Sales agent
If you are a store-business, imagine the role of your frontline sales agent. S/he is responsible to greet customers and point them to appropriate departments. They are also constantly looking around to find customers with questions and help answer them. The idea with a bot is to create a very similar experience for your online customers as well. In fact, you might agree that the online bot (agent) would be more knowledgable and even provide thorough help to the customers rather than just pointing them to places. The expectations in this case are to create an empathic relationship and therefore a simple search like function may not be good enough.
Another aspect to be considered here to place such agents on channels where the customer find him/herself comfortable. This is where even websites seem to be inefficient and messaging platforms seem to be more productive. Ultimately, the customer wants someone to talk to! and with technologies we are speaking about here, it is definitely possible to do that at a scale and round-the-clock.
Transactional Enquiries
Transactional enquiries are typically short questions leading to some sort of a personalized action. For example, a simple enquiry to seek availability for an appointment may ultimately lead to actually setting up an appointment. Another example might be an enquiry about the status of a recently placed order requires looking up an order based on user profile or a reference number provided to the customer in his/her previous transaction.
But how does a bot actually help here? Well, to see the value of a bot, we need to think of the entire experience for these "short" transactional enquiries. With a bot, the customer does not search for a number to call. Upon connection, the customer would not have to key in a bunch of options to be connected to the right department where s/he may still need to be put on hold. With a bot, all the customer needs to do is connect to the bot and ask the question! Truly short, huh?
Unified Platform for Customers
App Stores are exploding with number of apps they have to offer. How many do you install on your mobile phones? How many times do you have to uninstall an app to make room for another one or a few more pictures? Following few charts shows that the preference of most smartphone users recently has been to have fewer apps. There is a sense of need for consolidation of apps and chatbots provided via the messaging platforms referred earlier are making it possible. The messaging platform allows users satisfy the necessity to stay connected with family and friends while at the same time being also acting as a portal to connect with their favorite (preferred) businesses.
Source: Statista.com
Source: Statista.com
We deliberately did not cover the discussion around hybrid use cases where both mobile apps and bots might prove useful. The reason is because it is really a combination of the benefits we listed above. Remember, chatbots is an additional channel for your customers (or employees). Their popularity and preference is growing at a pretty fast rate. However, good judgement is required in developing a solution and experience for your business needs – in many cases it is the choice between where visuals make sense and where intimacy needs to be deployed.


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There is a song that has been on my heart and my mind. These lyrics are awesome and have really spoken to me what I have needed to hear.
There is a song that has been on my heart and my mind. These lyrics are awesome and have really spoken to me what I have needed to hear.
I have been doing a Bible Study recently with some lovely ladies. The Bible Study is called "Duty or Delight." It is all about changing our relationship with God from one of duty to delight. I have found the need for this change most evident in reading my Bible.
For so many years I have felt that reading the Bible was just something that I had to do in order to be a Christian. In my mind, Christians read their Bible every day. I would feel like a bad Christian if I did not read my Bible every day, and still do.
This study has shown my that God doesn't want me to read the Bible (or pray or anything) just because I feel like I have to, but because I want to, because it brings me joy, because I delight in it. But how do you make that switch? How do you find delight in reading the Bible when for so long it has been a duty that causes you to feel guilty if you don't do it.
I am personally struggling to make this transition in my own life. I'm trying to figure out how to delight in reading the Bible. Honestly, I am not sure when the last time was that I read the Bible simply because I delight in doing so. I feel like I have always read the Bible because I had to. So how do I turn the switch in my mind?
Has anyone else struggled with this? Do you have any helpful hints?
I'm sorry that I've gotten behind on posting my prayer requests. That doesn't mean I don't have them though.
Prayer Requests
Travel for students heading back to school
Adam put a resume in to a church in the area and we're pretty hopeful about it
Stress at Work
My sister will be close again soon!
Thankful to be involved in a great bible study and to have great friends
Thankful that Adam and I got to celebrate our anniversary together
I just had a terrible realization!
I have really been struggling with reading my Bible lately. I've been really trying, but I have gotten lazy and I am not spending the time reading my Bible that I should.
Nifty Goodreads keeps track of all the pages that I have read each year. So far this year I have read 30,619 pages.
Do you know how many pages are in my Bible? 1036.
Yeah, if I had been reading my Bible for all those pages, I could have read my Bible 29 and a half times!! Can you believe that?! And I haven't even made it through once. I think I've only read 10 books of the Bible so far this year!
This is a seriously shocking realization for me. Clearly I am not making reading my Bible the priority that it should be.
I haven't updated my praises and prayer requests for a couple of weeks, so now I have. Thank you to all who pray for me.
Prayer Requests
Please pray for: Adam and I to give total control over to God and his plans for our lives
All of my friends who are going to be finishing up finals and graduating
My sister to find a job for the summer
Doctor says I have good strength and mobility in my shoulder, probably won't need surgery
Yesterday I woke up with a crazy migraine. I have been getting them pretty frequently, which is pretty obnoxious, but yesterday's was worse than usual. I went in to work, hoping that all the medicine I took would kick in, but the combination of the noise, light, and staring at the computer was too much for me and I only made it 30 minutes before getting sick and going home. At home I slept until 1 and then I had a recheck appointment on my shoulder. Luckily I am feeling a lot better today. Since I was sick yesterday I did not get a chance to give you my Thursday-Morning Tell-About Update, or my April Goals Update, so I'm going to give them to you now.
What I Would Have told you on the Thursday-Morning Tell-About
My Movie Queue: The Guardian, Shattered Glass, Thelma and Louise, Double Indemnity
Pages left to read in my current book: Lots in Les Mis and over 300 in Oprah
I have made: a cute card for a bridal shower
I have worked on: cleaning the house and keeping it clean and balancing our bank account
Food made: hamburgers, breakfast casserole, meatloaf
Goals checked off: none
Games played: Sudoku
Favorite Pinterest pin:
Total Blog views since last Thursday: 172
Number of snow days: 0
Movies Watched: 4: Life of Pi, Playing for Keeps, Silver Linings Playbook, Lincoln
Books read: 6: Contagious, The Tiny Books of Tiny Stories Vol 1 and 2, Radical, A Little Bit Wicked, Ice Princess
This week I love: that tomorrow I'm going to see Relient K in concert!
This week I hate: migraines
And now my April Goals Update
1. Be content
I have been doing a lot better at this one. I really have been content.
2. Be a good, supportive, encouraging, loving wife to Adam
I feel like I have been doing well at this. Adam, what do you think?
3. Do one thing to clean the house
Usually I only do one very small thing a day, I really want to do more
4. Keep a food and fitness diary to help me remember to be more healthy
Now that I can do more with my shoulder I am hoping to get better at this one. And I have been trying to be healthier.
5. Call my mother
I have still been doing well at this
6. Write a thank you note to someone who I am grateful for
Somehow this one got away from me this month, so I'll try to do double for May
7. Have intentional date nights with Adam. Start with at least once a month.
We saw the movie 42 and had Main Street Pizza
8. Find a craft or something creative to do
My card for Becky's shower
9. Have someone over for dinner
My sister came over one night for dinner.
10. Do something with my sister
We went to Into the Fire for her birthday
11. Finish Financial Peace
Finished in March
12. Take a vacation—or have a weekend getaway
No plans yet, but talks are in the works
13. Finish my Best Picture movie list
I only have two left!
14. Finish Reading Anna Karenina
Finished in March
15. Plant flowers in the flower beds outside my apartment
I better get on this one
16. Read through the whole Bible again
Working on it
17. Play Eclipse with Adam
Finished in March
18. Finish watching Prison Break
Hopefully this will happen
19. Learn how to knit
Learned in March
20. Go to a sporting event or a concert where you have to buy tickets
Tomorrow night I'll be able to check this one off!
21. Take a cooking class
I am no closer to marking this one off my list, sadly
22. Go one weekend "unplugged"
Now that it's getting nice I am hoping this will happen soon
23. Read a biography of someone that I don't like to learn more about them
Currently working on this one. I'm reading Oprah's biography. I've never liked her, I've never know why though.
So there is one giant update for you.
Enjoy your weekend! I know I will!
At the Religious Communicators Convention I went to a workshop about putting the social back in social media and one of the things we talked about was blogging. This is a writing exercise that we did, and my partner thought I did a really good job and I wanted to share it with you.
This I Believe
This I believe, that you have to have friends to help you through the mountains of life. You need them in the high times and the low times. They help you celebrate in the good times, and they pick you up and help you hike out of the valleys. The bad times in my life seem so much worse without a friend to encourage you and lift you up. And the peaks of the mountain, when you are so close to God, can be a much bigger blessing with someone to rejoice with you. You already have the best friend with God, but I believe we are blessed with other partners to journey and hike the big mountains with.
What is your "This I Believe?"
*coming soon an update about my conference!*
My prayer requests for this week:
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Luke 24: 1-12, 36-43, 50-51
At the crack of dawn on Sunday, the women came to the tomb carrying the burial spices they had prepared. They found the entrance stone rolled back from the tomb, so they walked in. But once inside, they couldn't find the body of Jesus.
They were puzzled, wondering what to make of this. Then, out of nowhere it seemed, two men, light cascading over them, stood there. The women were awestruck and bowed down in worship. The men said, "Why are you looking for the Living One in a cemetery? He is not here, but raised up. Remember how he told you when you were still back in Galilee that he had to be handed over to sinners, be killed on a cross, and in three days rise up?" Then they remembered Jesus' words.
They left the tomb and broke the news of all this to the Eleven and the rest. Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them kept telling these things to the apostles, but the apostles didn't believe a word of it, they thought they were making it all up.
But Peter jumped to his feet and ran to the tomb. He stooped to look in and saw a few grave clothes, that's all. He walked away puzzled, shaking his head.
While they were saying all this, Jesus appeared to them and said, "Peace be with you." They thought they were seeing a ghost and were scared half to death. He continued with them, "Don't be upset and don't let all these doubting questions take over. Look at my hands; look at my feet—it's really me. Touch me. Look me over from head to toe. A ghost doesn't have muscle and bone like this." As he said this, he showed them his hands and feet. They still couldn't believe what they were seeing. It was too much; it seemed too good to be true.
He asked, "Do you have any food here?" They gave him a piece of leftover fish they had cooked. He took it and ate it right before their eyes.
He then led them out of the city over to Bethany. Raising his hands, he blessed them , and while blessing them, took his leave, being carried up to heaven.
Matthew 27: 27-53
The soldiers assigned to the governor took Jesus into the governor's palace and got the entire brigade together for some fun. They stripped him and dressed him in a red toga. They plaited a crown from branches of a thornbush and set it on his head. They put a stick in his right hand for a scepter. Then they knelt before him in mocking reverence: "Bravo, King of the Jews!" they said. "Bravo!" Then they spit on him and hit him on the head with the stick. When they had had their fun, they took off the toga and put his own clothes back on him. Then they proceeded out to the crucifixion.
Along the way they came on a man from Cyrene named Simon and made him carry Jesus' cross. Arriving at Golgotha, the place they call "Skull Hill," they offered him a mild painkiller (a mixture of wine and myrrh), but when he tasted it he wouldn't drink it.
After they had finished nailing him to the cross and were waiting for him to die, they whiled away the time by throwing dice for his clothes. Above his head they had posted the criminal charge against him: THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS. Along with him, they also crucified two criminals, one to his right, the other to his left. People passing along the road jeered, shaking their heads in mock lament: "You bragged that you could tear down the Temple and then rebuild it in three days—so show us your stuff! Save yourself! If you're really God's Son, come down from that cross!"
The high priests, along with the religion scholars and leaders, were right there mixing it up with the rest of them, having a great time poking fun at him: "He saved others—he can't save himself! King of Israel is he? Then let him get down from that cross. We'll all become believers then! He was so sure of God—well, let him rescue his 'Son' now—if he wants him! He did claim to be God's Son, didn't he?" Even the two criminals crucified next to him joined in the mockery.
From noon to three, the whole earth was dark. Around midafternoon Jesus groaned out of the depths, crying loudly, "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?" which means, "My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?"
Some bystanders who heard him said, "He's calling for Elijah." One of them ran and got a sponge soaked in sour wine and lifted it on a stick so he could drink. The others joked, "Don't be in such a hurry. Let's see if Elijah comes and saves him."
But Jesus, again crying out loudly, breathed his last.
At that moment, the Temple curtain was ripped in two, top to bottom. There was an earthquake, and rocks were split in pieces. What's more, tombs were opened up, and many bodies of believers asleep in their graves were raised.
The captain of the guard and those with him, when they saw the earthquake and everything else that was happening, were scared to death. They said, "This has to be the Son of God!"


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Next Generation Science Standard Connection
In this lesson my student are going to take pictures of the sun in the sky over our school. Then they are going to record their data and create an illustration. Based on their data they will predict what the sun will do from the time we leave school until it gets dark. We have studied the earth's orbiting the sun and the earth tilt which causes our seasons. I feel like understanding the orbit and tilt are prerequisite skills to actually understanding how and why the sun moves across our sky. I am connecting to 1-ESS1-1 as the class makes observations and predicts a pattern in the movement of the sun across the sky.
Lesson Overview
I use collaborative partners of different abilities to help my students support each other in their work. When one students struggles the other can assist, and they can build upon each others ideas. Student work with their peanut jelly partner throughout the lesson, and they even sit together in the lounge or carpet area.
Another thing I do that helps my students persevere through very complex tasks is using transitions that remain consistent through almost all of my lessons. It helps the class know what to expect and they know about how long they are going to be working. We begin in the lounge or carpet for the engage section, move to the desks in the center of the room for the explore, explain, and elaborate, and finally we close the lesson back in the lounge.
As the lesson begins I excite the class by projecting the lesson image on the smart board, and tell them we are going to observe the sun today. Then I assess their prior knowledge by asking, "Please tell your partner the pattern the sun takes across the sky." I expect the class to say it moves from east to west. We studied this in the previous lesson, and I am teaching my students to reflect upon their prior learning. After about thirty seconds, I ask them to bring their conversation to a close, and I allow several volunteers to share their conversations. Allowing the students to share their knowledge makes them feel special and proud. In addition, other students appreciate the learning more when it comes from a peer rather than if I reminded them about the sun's pattern.
Then I share the plan for the lesson with the class, because I want them to feel at ease. When the students know what to expect they feel more comfortable with complex activities and a fast paced lesson. So, I say, "Today we are going to take the ipads, go outside, and you are going to take pictures of the sky at different times in the day in order to observe and document the pattern of the sun as it move across our sky."
So, this section is where we actually go outside at different times in the day to take pictures of the sky. This video: how to take a picture on the ipad might help if the class is not familiar with taking pictures. We stand in the same location and when we get back to the class the students write the them and record their observation. Now, the students have to hold the ipad in front of their belly and make sure they get the horizon or the land in the picture. By having the horizon in the picture we can see the way the sun moves, since we will have different objects the sun will be over. The objects are going to be necessary to help the students see how the sun moves. The horizon also gives us a point to show how the sun moves up or down in the sky.
I decided to take the first picture and show the class my notes in my science journal, because they are going to need to know what to do. First graders always need models. I take my picture at 7 AM and show them the picture and my observations in my science journal at about 8AM. Then I take the class outside and each group takes an ipad. When we get outside I show the students how to hold the ipad in front of their belly, get the horizon in the picture, and take the photo. I then check each pairs photo to be sure it is good. We go back to the class and they record their observations in their science journal.
We go back outside to the same location at 10:00AM, 12:30, and 2:00 PM. These times are documented in the science notebook beside each illustration. I decided upon these times because there is enough time that the students will sees some change, and we are at transitioning points in our day. At 8 class beings, at 10:00 we finish snack, 12:30 is right after lunch, and 2:00PM is right before we pack up. So, this section really takes one whole day to get enough data to see a pattern. This is a set of images:8 AM, 10 AM, 12:30 PM, and 2:30 PM one student took.
Now I try to teach the students how to communicate the pattern they see in in their illustration. I do this by first having them tell their peanut butter jelly partner what pattern they see, then they share across the table, and last the students engage in a whole group discussion. At any point during this time a student feels like they need to change their illustration or notes they can, because I am creating a culture in my class where we can learn from each other.
I ask, "Please tell your peanut butter jelly partner/ shoulder partner what pattern you see as the sun moves across the sky?" Then I listen to them talking: partner talk, and sometimes they just don't say anything. This is when I give them specific instructions by saying, "Look at your partner and tell them what your notes say. What did you observe?" If I see or know they can't read their notes, or just forgot I read their notes to them and then as the student to repeat what I said. This is a modeling strategy that really helps with students that have special needs or English language learners.
Now, I need to get the students to tell the group across the table what they observed by saying, "Tell the group opposite you what you observed?" I listen, and then I ask, "Will a volunteer please share with the entire class what you observed?" After my students talk I ask another student to add to what their peer said by saying, "Will somebody add to that?" This teaches students to build upon the ideas of their peers.
Now, the students are going to make a prediction about what the sun will do between 2:00 and dark. They have to reflect upon their notes from the previous lesson to make their prediction. The prediction needs to be illustrated in their science notebook. The students must also write one sentence explaining their prediction. I write on the board. "I predict the sun will _________ between 2:00 and dark." They can copy this down and add in their prediction, because many students are not able to create their own sentence at this point in December.
I walk around and check to see that the students are creating an illustration showing the sun going down. If they are not getting it right, then I just ask them, "Are you sure that is right?" Then I refocus the students on the patterns we observed in earlier lessons about the movement of the sun.
Now the lesson is about over and my class is going to present their prediction and illustration in the lounge. Two or three students read their prediction and explain their illustration. To make sure everyone gets the same number of opportunities to present I use a chart. One way I accommodate students who really want to present, but it's not their turn is to allow them to do presentations during snack or recess. Sometimes I allow them to go read and present to another class, because this helps my students develop a sense of pride in their work.
A different strategy I like to use that helps make the lesson flow well is called positive behavior support. Positive behavior is when I directly tell the students what I want them to do in a fun way instead of fussing at them for not doing what I want. Then we all engage in this fun chant, "Criss cross apple sauce, pockets on the floor, hands in our laps, talking no more." Then I continue by adding, "Your eyes are on the speaker. You are listening to what they say, and you are really evaluating if they are giving you the correct information."
When I assess the class I look for three things. The students need to make an accurate prediction and have notes documenting the sun moving from the East to the West and is going down. In addition I score them on whether or not they speak in a loud enough voice that they can be understood. The spreadsheet has the students names on the left and the columns named across the top. My goal for each student is 3/3. This is a formative assessment, and I analyze the data from the lesson to plan future lessons.


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There Are None More Qualified To Speak--None Who Have Sacrificed More. We Should Listen
There are many BushSpeak mantras; few as frequently and robotically chanted as "We need to listen to our Generals on the ground". It makes perfect sense that this would be among his favorites. Our Generals possess the greatest authority with which to speak, and they are forced to say only what the President tells them to say. What a sweet and twisted little deal for this president; to make propaganda machines of some of the most honorable men in our nation.
General John Batiste served loyally for 30 years and was nearing his third star and the number 2 position in Baghdad when he made the painstakingly difficult decision to quit; unwilling to spend another day compromising his principles.
General Batiste is among many of those "we should listen to" who have escaped the confines of this administration and dedicate themselves to the truth.
The videos below demonstrate the effort underway by several retired senior military officers who detail a litany of lies, ill conceived war rationales, mismanagement, a marketing plan to go to war that was more important than validity, and a complete unwillingness to "listen" to those genuinely qualified.
Let's practice what the President only preaches.
In a targeted ad, financed by VoteVets.org, Retired General John Batiste openly challenges President Bush on his management of the war.
General John Batiste (Ret.) frankly discusses the realities of the Iraq war and the sacrifices he made to side with the truth.
In an interview with Amy Goodman on March 2, 2007, U.S. General Wesley Clark (Ret.), explains that the Bush Administration planned to take out 7 countries in 5 years.
The VoteVets.org ad done by General Wesley Clark (Ret.) with Iraq veterans - "Because Of Iraq"
General William Odom (Ret.) reviews some of the very real global consequences of this war.
General Tony Zinni discusses the WMD lies and a created war rationale with no strategic understanding of what they were getting us into.
Major General Paul Eaton was finally appointed to organize security in Iraq on May 9, 2003, almost 2 months AFTER the invasion began.
General David Petraeus, who by all accounts appears to be an exceptional and gifted military officer and strategist, is currently the President's "point to guy". What seems more likely? That when General Petraeus retires, he uses his regained freedom of speech in continued championship of this war -- or that we begin to hear the many truths he holds and has witnessed throughout this preposterous occupation of Iraq?
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Wine and food pairings are all well and good, but there's no better pairing than two complementary books. Reading + Eating posts feature two titles that will inspire you to cook, read, eat, and enjoy. The gorgeous cookbook images, and handpicked recipes and quotes make for some delicious reading.
Gabrielle Hamilton, famed chef and owner of the beloved Prune restaurant on the Lower East Side, tells her life of food and cooking in Blood, Bones & Butter. When it swept into bookstores in 2011, Anthony Bourdain called it, "Magnificent. Simply the best memoir by a chef ever. Ever."
Listen to Hamilton read from her acclaimed memoir:
Paired with the memoir is Prune, Hamilton's cookbook. It shares a name with her universally beloved restaurant and is refreshingly personal, scrappy and accessible.
"I came to see hunger as being as important a part of a stage as knife skills. Because so much starving on that trip led to such an enormous amount of time fantasizing about food, each craving became fanatically particular. Hunger was not general, ever, for just something, anything, to eat. My hunger grew so specific I could name every corner and fold of it."
― Gabrielle Hamilton, Blood, Bones, and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef
Try out Hamilton's Beef Shortribs recipe from Prune! (Click image to see full size)
Dive in, get inspired, and get cooking!
If you're planning a trip to New York City, we have you covered: Fodor's New York City 2015. Happy eating!


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Your friend with a car, whenever you need one.
- CEO Logan Green
- Industry Marketplaces
- Location Los Angeles, CA
Lyft is reconnecting people and communities through better transportation. Lyft was started in 2012 and is a peer-to-peer transportation platform that connects passengers who need rides with drivers willing to provide rides using their own personal vehicles. Lyft's mission has been to help make cities safer, more affordable, and better connected. Lyft now operates in more than 68 cities across the U.S.


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One of the projects I work on is to host and manage webinars for my clients. We schedule a series of topics to be broadcasted online with a live audience and access to replay over a six month period for a specific group of people. The entire production took a lot of preparation because there were different speakers involved, graphics to be created, and promotions to be carried out. We worked in teams, which made the project run smoothly from start to finish.
However, if you are working on your own and do not have a big team to work with, you can still host your webinar, with proper planning and time management.
That's how my husband and I do our webinars for our other consulting business. I learned that whether you work on your own or have just one person working with you or maybe ten, the process is just the same.
Let me share with you how we do it which may help you setup yours.
Step 1-Set goals
Ask yourself, why do you want to host one? This usually reflects on the stage your business is at, whether you are creating awareness, consideration, or influencing decision for your brand.
Are you marketing or selling a product or service?
Are you teaching about specific topics or a series of classes that need to run on different schedules?
For our consulting business, we had a good number of people in our database to whom we wanted to reach out to. These people were attendees in our live workshops and we wanted to give them more learning sessions without disrupting their everyday work routine. Attending a webinar allows them to watch and participate from wherever they are. If the cannot be present at the designated time slot, a webinar recording may be made available to them.
We wanted to do the webinars so we can continuously connect with them and share upcoming trainings we have.
Whatever goals you may have, everything else will follow-from the content to the format and delivery. Think about this well and write them down before signing up for a webinar platform.
Step 2-Create your Content Outline
What would you like to talk about? identify the key points you would like to share with your audience.
According to research and Malcolm Knowles' theories, adults learn differently than their younger years.
It focuses on the concepts that adults are self-directed and autonomous in the learning process. They are independent learners, are more keen to achieving their goals in their own pace. They reflect and decide on matters based on their life experiences as well and not just on what they have just learned.
When designing your presentations, consider the above-mentioned principles so you can be relevant to them.
Step 3-Decide on your format
There is much temptation to deliver all the items you listed in your content outline because every information you want to share may be important. Consider also how much your listeners can absorb, which would be the basis for your webinar format. Consider also how long your audience can stay with you for the learning session.
Ask the following questions:
•How much time do you want your webinar to be?
•What are key points you want to discuss?
•What are the pressing needs that my audience would benefit advice on?
Usually, one hour of webinar is sufficient to provide relevant information to your audience. If you end before the hour is up, that's okay. At least your audience could designate an hour of his time for learning with you, and you would have some time to engage with them spontaneously.
It would also be best to divide your webinar into segments so you can maximize each segment and cover relevant content within the time period. A 15 minute interval between segments work well to break the discussion and transition to something new.
You can also include engaging activities such as Q&A, raffle, game and review to complement your prrsentation.
Step 4-Make your Presentation
You can create your slides using keynote or powerpoint, make use of photos, videos, meaningful graphics and sounds in delivering your message. Using your outline, search the appropriate material to best explain them in your presentation.
Make sure you also use royalty free material or use a creative commons license for the ones you will include.
Step 5-Rehearse Delivering Your Presentation
Set aside some alone time to practice delivering the material you created. Make sure it is delivered within your designated webinar schedule to respect both yours and your audience's time.
Imagine it is already your webinar schedule. Rehearse as if you have a live audience listening. Observe your starts and stops, the flow of ideas you share, and if you meet the timing you set.
This is the time when you can make adjustments to your presentation. Cut down or add key points based on your observation. When your happy with it, finalize your presentation and prepare for your live webinar session.
Step 6-Rehearse your presentation using the webinar platform you are using
One last thing you need to do is to load your presentation in your chosen webinar platform.
If you are doing this on your own, you need to familiarize yourself with navigating the software so you will have a smooth presentation. Practice delivering it using the platform to discover any technical glitches.
From our experience, adding animation and lots of big graphic or video files tend to slow down the presentation. Since webinar platforms use the internet to broadcast, you need to consider your audience's connection as well. I suggest you load up a PDF file backup in case the original file with all the graphics,animation and audio fail.
Step 7-Webinar Time
This is it! You've prepared, finalized and rehearsed. It's show time. Log in to your webinar platform at least 30 minutes before your schedule and setup everything you need. At the time of your webinar, start even if there are not many attendees yet. This is a good practice for you to instill discipline on hosting your webinar. You and your audience time are precious so make use of it well.
Webinar hosting is easy but needs preparation as well. Once you've setup and hosted one, you will get the hang of it and be able to master it through time. Utilize this online tool to reach more of your audience and deliver your content creatively.


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The 'pings' thought to have emanated from MH370's black box recorders have been ruled out as having any connection to the missing plane.
Two of the four 'pings' picked up by the US Navy's Bluefin-21 submarine on 8 April were too weak to have been from a man-made device, said Australian naval Commander James Lybrand.
Lybrand said each of the transmissions were at a frequency of around 27kHz lower than the 37.5 kHz frequency that locator beacons are designed to emit and lower than the 33.3 kHz frequency picked up on 5 April.
Cmdr Lybrand told the Wall Street Journal: "As far as frequency goes, between 33 kHz and 27 kHz is a pretty large jump."
Authorities continue to believe the two signals on 5 April - including one held for two hours and 20 minutes – were detected from black-box locator beacons.
Lybrand gave no explanation as to what the 8 April pings were. But archaeologists have previously surmised that the signals may have come from satellite tracking devices tagged to marine animals like sharks and turtles.
Authorities had clung to the hope the pings would have helped to provide the necessary breakthrough in tracing the plane, which disappeared on 8 March.
Lybrand's admission will be another setback to the two-month search operation, which has not uncovered any clues about the plane's whereabouts - only items of rubbish.
It will also further the cause of Voice370, the families of missing loved-ones who are demanding that the Malaysian Government release British Firm, Inmarsat's data, so that "it can be subject to broader analysis by relevant experts". Inmarsat satellite data initially prompted the mass search for the plane in the Indian Ocean.
The group told the Star newspaper of Malaysia: "The Inmarsat satellite data is the only lead we have and is key in identifying MH370's flight path after the plane vanished from civilian radar screens on 8 March.
"In view of the lack of emergency locator transmitter activation and zero debris, we feel it is necessary that the data be subject to independent third-party review."
Meanwhile international aviation officials are due to meet in Montreal to endorse the universal tracking of airlines, which involves firms like Inmarsat, to prevent other flights from suffering a similar fate in the future.


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Description of problem:
I'm hearing reports that Evolution doesn't work very well with
kernel-2.6.8-1.624; the behaviour of O_NONBLOCK has apparently
changed, and this is showing up bugs in applications.
Here's a grep for O_NONBLOCK within the evolution-2.0.2 source;
appears to be confined to the camel code:
[dmalcolm@cassandra evolution-2.0.2]$ grep -R O_NONBLOCK *
camel/camel-tcp-stream-raw.c: fcntl (fd, F_SETFL, flags |
camel/camel-tcp-stream-raw.c: data->value.non_blocking =
flags & O_NONBLOCK ? TRUE : FALSE;
camel/camel-tcp-stream-raw.c: set = data->value.non_blocking
camel/camel-tcp-stream-raw.c: flags = (flags & ~O_NONBLOCK)
| set;
camel/camel-tcp-stream-ssl.c: /* get O_NONBLOCK options */
camel/camel-tcp-stream-ssl.c: /* restore O_NONBLOCK options */
camel/camel-tcp-stream-ssl.c: /* get O_NONBLOCK options */
camel/camel-tcp-stream-ssl.c: /* restore O_NONBLOCK options */
camel/ChangeLog: O_NONBLOCK flag along with any previously set
camel/ChangeLog: * camel-filter-search.c (run_command): Don't
set O_NONBLOCK on the
camel/ChangeLog: O_NONBLOCK|prev_flags but we weren't, and so
the pipe got
camel/ChangeLog: O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK even tho we wanted to
write to it).
camel/camel-tcp-stream-openssl.c: fcntl
(openssl->priv->sockfd, F_SETFL, flags | O_NONBLOCK);
camel/camel-tcp-stream-openssl.c: fcntl
(openssl->priv->sockfd, F_SETFL, flags | O_NONBLOCK);
camel/camel-tcp-stream-openssl.c: fcntl (fd, F_SETFL,
flags | O_NONBLOCK);
data->value.non_blocking = flags & O_NONBLOCK ? TRUE : FALSE;
camel/camel-tcp-stream-openssl.c: set =
data->value.non_blocking ? O_NONBLOCK : 0;
camel/camel-tcp-stream-openssl.c: flags = (flags &
~O_NONBLOCK) | set;
camel/camel-gpg-context.c: fcntl (gpg->passwd_fd,
F_SETFL, flags | O_NONBLOCK);
camel/camel-gpg-context.c: fcntl (gpg->stdin_fd, F_SETFL, flags |
camel/camel-gpg-context.c: fcntl (gpg->stdout_fd, F_SETFL, flags
camel/camel-gpg-context.c: fcntl (gpg->stderr_fd, F_SETFL, flags
camel/camel-gpg-context.c: fcntl (gpg->status_fd, F_SETFL, flags
camel/camel-file-utils.c: fcntl (fd, F_SETFL, flags |
camel/camel-file-utils.c: fcntl (fd, F_SETFL, flags |
camel/ChangeLog.pre-1-4: connect right away, unset O_NONBLOCK
so it doesn't mess us up
FWIW, a similar grep of the evolution-data-server source comes back empty
*** Bug 136075 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Created attachment 105355 [details]
Don't set O_NONBLOCK on regular files.
I'm not sure entirely how O_NONBLOCK on regular files is supposed to work. Evo
gets stuck in select(). It seems safest not to do it at all, rather than to try
to make it work as expected. That's certainly the portable option. This fixes
the case that actually bit me.
(Adding to FC4 target tracker for now)
Is this actually an issue anymore? My understanding is that setting O_NONBLOCK
ought not to hurt when opening a regular file.
From man 2 open:
O_NONBLOCK or O_NDELAY
When possible, the file is opened in non-blocking mode. Neither
the open() nor any subsequent operations on the file descriptor
which is returned will cause the calling process to wait. For the
handling of FIFOs (named pipes), see also fifo(4). This
mode need not have any effect on files other than FIFOs.
I think the standard theoretically allows for the behaviour which rawhide
kernels once briefly exhibited. But there's just too much buggy software out
there, perhaps encouraged by the man pages you quoted. I think that strictly
speaking, it's still wrong -- but it's unlikely to become an issue because I
don't think there'll be another attempt to make the kernel do whatever it was
doing before for O_NONBLOCK files.
Thanks for the clarification. For now I'm going to close this as WONTFIX, so as
to avoid diverging from upstream and to keep bugzilla a bit cleaner. Feel free
to reopen if need be.


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Free flow of cross-border data
- June 13, 2018
As per the request of the Ministry, AmCham collected membership input regarding the importance of free cross-border data flow onto business operation. Company input re-confirmed AmCham's 16th point - that was published previously as part of the "Cooperation for a More Competitive Hungary" package – in which AmCham recommends the responsible implementation of the EU's new general data protection regulation (GDPR) with special regard to the aspects of competitiveness. The AmCham position confirms that business shares the objective of safegurding privacy and data protection. We also believe that for the competitiveness of the digital European Union and Hungarian economy, it is key that through future trade agreements the EU facilitates cross-border data flow between the EU and non EU countries to the highest possible degree.


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Name/Title Mary Roe
Address 795 E Dragram
City, State, Zip Code Tucson, AZ, 85705
Subject: Applying for Credit for doing trading
Dear Mr. Horse,
My company is supplying raw material to various firms, I buy the raw material from other firm and supply it to other firm who manufacture the finished product.
I would request you to grant me a credit of $15000 for the purpose of making payment to the supplier. As my company is going through some financial crisis we are falling short of the money which is affecting our business.
I assure and ready to sign the bond with your company for paying back you the credit amount in one month with a interest of 10%. Please let me know if you agree on the same at the earliest as we are running short of time for delivering the raw material. For your reference I am enclosing our business report for your reference.
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Do you feel like you know Dublin? Really know it? Do you walk the same route along the same streets every day? Is your morning routine so rigid that it almost feels like you are repeating it, on loop, day in day out? Get up at the same time, go to the bathroom, eat breakfast at the same table with the same people and then go out the same door, together.
Are you in a routine so much that it feels like you are less in a real world and more in a rehearsal? This award winning work (Best Production, Absolut Fringe 2010) by the Company takes this ideas of 'a day in the life' and also taking inspiration from James Joyce's Ulysses tracks the journey of each of the four characters from waking in the morning to their journey through Dublin City to the Peacock theatre where they must stage their new work, whatever that may be.
The Company members Rob, Tanya, Nyree and Brian play heightened characterised versions of themselves. The Peacock stage has seldom looked so open as Dublin City and its buildings and 'box towers' are represented by sweetly choreographed large cardboard boxes. The opening sequence where the 'set-up' of the stage is played out before you like a manic session of lego building.
The audience are taken on a virtual walking tour of Dublin, where streets, sights, smells and places are all name-checked. The concept of associating certain foods and smells with certain places in the city is reminiscent of scenes from Joyce's book. The idea of 'rehearsal' is examined throughout the work as pieces are replayed, altered and replayed again. The story of Paddy Dignam is one such case. If time can be slowed, stalled and replayed, the question of intervention crops up, where all of us are in a social media-led, isolated bubble which leaves less time for actual human contact as simple as a hug as we concentrate more on virtual 'poking'. The irony is not lost that as crowds pulse through the city streets as we are hell bent on getting from A to B without knowing what is actually around us.
The work is extremely humorous, the in-jokes and deliberate over-reacting, I thought, gave a particular aspect which I believe can easily be lost in a work of this form and that is a connection with the audience and a commitment to entertain and engage. I imagine it to be the only work at the national theatre to refer to its Artistic Director Fiach McConghail as 'The F-Bomb!"
The influence and direction by Jose Miguel Jimenez, who was seated in the audience, plays no small part in the production as he strives to keep the whole concept of time – the moment and our place in that moment – fluid and on track. With As You Are Now… Jimenez has justified the much hype about his ideas and abilities. He, along with the Company, really have set Irish theatre ablaze with a new, exciting and unique brand of work.
What grated me somewhat were not the themes of the play, or its perhaps piggybacking-use and reference to Ulysses but actually what I heard and read from numerous others who saw this work. Yes, the Company are brash, yes, they are riding a huge wave of success and have big ideas and are experimenting with new forms that are not everyone's 'thing' or within their comfort zone of theatre with a straight narrative. The Company are good, and they know it. But is this really a bad thing? It still means they are good! And when they are good, they are very good.
As You Once Were Now So Once Were We runs on the Peacock stage at the Abbey until 5 February.
Meet the members of the Company in conversation with theatre critic Peter Crawley at the Abbey, post-show, Wednesday 2 February.