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"""Production settings specifics. """

from os import environ

from base import *

# Normally you should not import ANYTHING from Django directly
# into your settings, but ImproperlyConfigured is an exception.
from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured

def get_env_setting(setting):
    """ Get the environment setting or return exception """
    try:
        return environ[setting]
    except KeyError:
        error_msg = "Set the %s env variable" % setting
        raise ImproperlyConfigured(error_msg)

########## HOST CONFIGURATION
# See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.5/releases/1.5/#allowed-hosts-required-in-production
ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
########## END HOST CONFIGURATION

########## EMAIL CONFIGURATION
# See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#email-backend
EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend'

# See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#email-host
EMAIL_HOST = environ.get('EMAIL_HOST', 'smtp.gmail.com')

# See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#email-host-password
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = environ.get('EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD', '')

# See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#email-host-user
EMAIL_HOST_USER = environ.get('EMAIL_HOST_USER', 'your_email@example.com')

# See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#email-port
EMAIL_PORT = environ.get('EMAIL_PORT', 587)

# See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#email-subject-prefix
EMAIL_SUBJECT_PREFIX = '[%s] ' % SITE_NAME

# See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#email-use-tls
EMAIL_USE_TLS = True

# See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#server-email
SERVER_EMAIL = EMAIL_HOST_USER
########## END EMAIL CONFIGURATION

########## DATABASE CONFIGURATION
DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': '',
        'OPTIONS': {
        },
        'USER': '',
        'PASSWORD': '',
        'HOST': '',
        'PORT': '',
        'NAME': '',
    }
}
########## END DATABASE CONFIGURATION

########## CACHE CONFIGURATION
# See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#caches
CACHES = {
    'default': dict(
        BACKEND='django.core.cache.backends.memcached.MemcachedCache',
        LOCATION=[''],
    ),
    'johnny': dict(
        BACKEND='johnny.backends.memcached.MemcachedCache',
        LOCATION=[''],
        JOHNNY_CACHE=True,
    ),
}
CACHE_MIDDLEWARE_SECONDS = 60

########## END CACHE CONFIGURATION

########## SECRET CONFIGURATION
# See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#secret-key
SECRET_KEY = get_env_setting('SECRET_KEY')
########## END SECRET CONFIGURATION

########## STATIC FILES CONFIGURATION
LOCAL_ROOT = get_env_setting('LOCAL_ROOT')
MEDIA_ROOT, STATIC_ROOT = define_assets_path(LOCAL_ROOT)
########## END STATIC FILES CONFIGURATION

########## LOGGING CONFIGURATION
LOGS_ROOT = get_env_setting('LOGS_ROOT')
LOGGING = define_logger(LOGS_ROOT, 'INFO')
########## END LOGGING CONFIGURATION

########## COMPRESSOR / JS / CSS / LESSC CONFIGURATION
LESSC_PATH = get_env_setting('LESSC_PATH')
COMPRESS_PRECOMPILERS = (
    ('text/less', LESSC_PATH + ' {infile} {outfile}'),
)

COMPRESS_ENABLED = True
########## END COMPRESSOR / JS / CSS / LESSC CONFIGURATION

########## DEBUGGING AND EXTRA LOGGING CONFIGURATION
ALLOWED_DEBUGGERS = ['username']
INSTALLED_APPS += set_toolbar()

try:
    import raven
except ImportError:
    pass
else:
    INSTALLED_APPS += (
        # Sentry client
        'raven.contrib.django.raven_compat',
    )
    RAVEN_CONFIG = {
        'dsn': '',
    }
########## END DEBUGGING AND EXTRA LOGGING CONFIGURATION


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Counter-terrorism review published
26 January 2011 by Adam Wagner
The Home Office has published its long-awaited review of counter-terrorism and security powers. The review findings and recommendations are here.
Other key documents can be found via the following links:
Summary of responses to the consultation (PDF file – 616kb)
Equality impact assessment (PDF file – 810kb)
A report by Lord Macdonald of River Glaven QC (PDF file – 538kb)
The Home Office's summary of the key recommendations is reproduced below:
a end to 28 day detention without charge – returning to 14 days as the standard maximum period that a terrorist suspect can be detained before they are charged or released
an end to the indiscriminate use of terrorism stop and search powers provided under Section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 [see our post]
the end to the use of the most intrusive RIPA powers used by local authorities to investigate low level offences and a new requirement that all applications [see our post]
by local authorities to use any RIPA techniques are approved by a magistrate
a commitment to rationalise the legal basis by which communications data can be acquired and, as far as possible, to limit that to RIPA
a stronger effort to deport foreign nationals involved in terrorist activities in this country, while fully respecting our human rights obligations; [see our post]
the repeal of control orders and their replacement with a more focused and targeted regime which carries restrictions similar to powers used in the civil justice system [see our post]
additional resources to the police and security agencies to underpin the effectiveness of the new regime and our commitment to prosecuting wherever possible
As to control orders (see our most recent post on what they are and why they matter), they will be replaced with a new regime, under which:
restrictions that impact on an individual's ability to follow a normal pattern of daily life will be kept to a minimum
the legislation will make clearer what restrictions can and cannot be imposed
the new measures will have a two year maximum time limit and will only be imposed by the Home Secretary with prior permission from the High Court, except in urgent cases
Sign up to free human rights updates by email, Facebook, Twitter or RSS
Control orders: what are they and why do they matter?
Control orders quashed, compensation claims may follow
Terror law reviewers seeking consultation [updated]
Law Think says:
I fear that Lord Macdonald's point about control orders stifling prosecution evidence often gets lost. It is a most compelling point.
S.Legree says:
Any other country would publicly execute terrorists who cause death indirectly or directly, or intend to.
What are we waiting for?
Have a referendum on that.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


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La quarta stagione della serie televisiva Shameless composta da 8 episodi è stata trasmessa in prima visione assoluta nel Regno Unito da Channel 4 dal 9 gennaio al 27 febbraio 2007.
In Italia la stagione è inedita.

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What is Original Content?
Why Should Original Content be a Part of Your Strategy?
Original Content Formats
Original Content Isn't Easy
Now Over to You
Original Content: The Element That's Missing From Your Content Strategy
Georgios ChasiotisAugust 29, 2022
Almost a year ago, we talked about the concept of original content in a webinar we did with ProductLed. The feedback we received from the audience was extremely positive. This helped us realize that many content marketers believe something is missing from their content strategy.
We worked on our ideas and tried to make them more specific and develop them further. A few months ago, we felt ready to present the progress we'd made in a webinar with Superpath. The feedback we received was, once again, tremendously positive.
That was all the validation we needed to understand that companies out there need Original Content. In this post, we'll introduce you to the concept of Original Content in the hopes that it will help you create better content marketing.
If you're in the world of content marketing, then you've probably heard of original content.
As a baseline, original content refers to any type of content that's unique and offers a perspective that hasn't been published online in precisely that way.
Don't let the term scare you off; you don't have to reinvent the wheel to create original content, but you can utilize various techniques and content formats which we'll cover further on.
However, before we dive deeper into original content and its importance, it's useful to talk about the two other content types that should be part of a content marketing strategy for SaaS companies:
Product-focused content
Editor's Note: We don't subscribe to nor believe that the term SEO content is right. We just use it for simplicity purposes to describe the type of content that's created for a search audience. In other words, content that's created with the goal of getting visibility and traffic from a search engine like Google.
To begin with, we're certain that SEO content is something you've heard of and most likely use as part of your content marketing strategy.
It's a content type that almost every SaaS—at least the ones that invest in content marketing—uses and rightfully so, since it has been proven to work.
It consists of content that's made for a search audience in order to attract targeted organic traffic.
This means applying various techniques that will make a piece of content friendly for search engines, so that they promote it to the right searchers.
For instance, here's an example of SEO content from SEMrush:
Image Source: Semrush
It's built around a target keyword (how to get backlinks) which has a good amount of demand from searchers…
…and various on-page SEO principles have been put in place.
Ideally, a small part of the organic traffic generated will convert into free trials or demo requests, depending on what the offering is.
The main objective of the piece isn't to generate leads or customers but rather to help the website (in the example above, SEMrush) get organic visibility and traffic.
What we saw above is an example of informational content since it simply aims to provide readers with information on a certain topic.
The content formats that are included in this content type and you should be aware of are the following:
Commercial – Tier A
Commercial – Tier B
Job-to-be-Done
Is SEO content the only content type you should be using as part of your content strategy?
Truth is it's more complicated than that since this isn't a simple binary question.
Here at MINUTTIA, we believe that a content strategy should be diverse and consist of other content types as well, just like product-focused content, which we're briefly going to explain now.
Product-focused content (AKA product marketing) is a type of content that aims to educate readers on a specific product or service—how to use it, its benefits, features, and anything else that's important to know about it.
In a nutshell, product-focused content has the goal of communicating the value of the product to prospective and existing customers and the general audience.
Here are the content formats that are included in this content type:
Product ROI reports (how the product adds value to users)
To give you an idea, Oberlo (fun fact: a Shopify company) has published a guide on how to use Shopify:
Image Source: Oberlo
It falls under the "how-to guides" format we mentioned earlier and it frankly can't get more product-focused than that.
Does product marketing bring in as much organic traffic as SEO content?
Usually not, but that's not its goal and it shouldn't be your own goal either if you decide to invest time and effort in such content.
Its purpose is to educate customers and help them best utilize a brand's product.
Both of the content types we just mentioned can produce great results, but the truth is they're missing a few things, such as:
They're typically not linkable
They tend to not be shareable
They don't help you become an authoritative figure in your space if that's something important to you.
This is something that original content can help with.
As we mentioned earlier, original content consists of content that's unique and demonstrates "out of the box" thinking, one could say.
Its main content formats include:
Data storytelling
"Invented" concepts
Personal storytelling
Contrarian content
Network-based content
We'll cover these in detail later on and also provide you with an example for each one.
Now that we've briefly seen what original content is and how it compares against the two other prominent content types, let's dive deeper into the reasons why we strongly believe it should be a part of your strategy.
To understand why original content should be part of your strategy, we have to take a step back and discuss the four content marketing dimensions.
Here are the four dimensions you should take into account when it comes to content marketing for your company:
They all play a role in the content types and formats that are most suitable for your company.
Let's break things down.
Dimension #1: Stage
Roughly speaking, a company's stage can be divided into three categories:
Early-stage: A company doing its first steps
Product-Market Fit (PMF): A company ready to start growing after finding its PMF
Growth Stage: A growing company looking to scale and accelerate its growth
It's important to mention that each of these stages has different content types and formats that are suitable for it, so making the right content choices is important.
To begin with, in your early stages, every visit to your website matters, so having product-focused content is important in order to grow your user base and, therefore, your business.
At that stage, every visit matters and thus communicating your product's value efficiently is crucial.
This means that customer stories and case studies are ideal because you want to showcase and prove the value of your product on each new visit.
On the other hand, investing in SEO content at such an early stage isn't something we recommend.
SEO is a long-term game that isn't going to get you customers the next day, which is why other content types are most suitable for early SaaS companies.
When it comes to original content though, you can always share personal stories about your entrepreneurial journey so far (personal storytelling) that will also allow you to create a stronger relationship with your audience, or invest in network-based content for efficiency purposes, both of which offer flexibility.
Assuming you've moved on from the early stages, product-market fit is a whole different story; after all your product is more mature and you've found its best use cases.
Here, when it comes to product-focused content, you can create "how to" guides because you're at a point where it makes sense to explain how your product works to new users, as well as publish updates, stories, and case studies, in order to keep utilizing your new visitors.
Unlike before, here you can invest in SEO content, such as in pieces with commercial, informational, and job-to-be-done search intent.
Original content in this stage has quite a few options which include:
Trends or events
All of these will allow you to do things differently from your competitors and make you stand out.
The next stage is when you're an established brand that's way beyond the growth stage and you want to accelerate things and grow even faster.
Here, you want to make sure that your existing customers are educated; meaning that product-marketing formats are essential in order to prove your value even more.
After all, especially when you have a large customer base, Help Centers are important for customers to find answers to any questions they might have.
At the same time, you need high volumes in everything you do; thus you need scalable ways of acquiring customers (e.g., through a product ROI report).
When it comes to SEO content, you have to go all in to attract targeted traffic that will accelerate your growth.
In any case, at this stage, you have the knowledge, resources, and foundation required to scale things up when it comes to organic search.
Once again, original content shouldn't be missing from your content strategy.
In this stage, in particular, you should have all the resources you need to create high-quality surveys, data storytelling, "invented" concepts, and more unique pieces of content in order to prove your authenticity and credibility in your industry.
The reason we don't suggest contrarian content in this stage is that larger companies aren't as willing to risk saying something "controversial", unlike smaller companies.
The bottom line is that original content should be a part of your strategy at any stage of your growth; its various formats provide you with flexibility and make you stand out from the crowd.
Dimension #2: Competition
Another aspect you need to consider when creating content is your competition.
What's going to help you get a better understanding of how content and competition are correlated, is the "Curve of the Diffusions of Innovations" theory that we've modeled based on the three content types we're examining in this post.
In general, it's no secret that although product-focused and SEO content can provide a great deal of benefits when done right, you wouldn't exactly be classed as "innovative" if you invest in those types.
The reason is that their content has more or less become saturated and becoming a leader or authority through those types is challenging; this is why you'd be considered as a late majority according to the curve above.
Especially when it comes to product-focused content, for instance, you basically have to compete with other search results on features; considering the market is saturated and competitors can easily copy you, it's a lost game.
In SEO content as well, the competition is really intense; when it comes to SaaS, gone are the days when the level of commoditization was low.
Here, you don't only have to factor in your direct business competitors but also your search competitors which can include affiliates, review sites, and more.
In fact, according to our own research on comparison and alternative keywords, the top SERPs are dominated by review and affiliate sites.
However, when it comes to creating original content, although you might not be classified as an innovator or even an early adopter, you're still in the early majority.
Because most companies don't invest in original content. If we look at it from a competition point of view, this type can produce better results than product-focused and SEO content.
This is another reason why we suggest that original content is a part of your strategy since it offers access to an unsaturated space.
Dimension #3: Objectives
As you already know, content marketing needs to have a specific scope to serve.
In general, there are five objectives that every piece of content can aim to achieve.
However, not all content formats are suitable for every objective; you need to pick the right ones based on the objective and type.
To be precise, when it comes to generating revenue, although it's different for every company, product marketing and SEO can play their role through certain formats (like case studies and commercial content respectively), just like original content with "invented" concepts and contrarian content.
However, we've got to mention that original content is better at generating revenue in the long term, rather than the short term.
Brand value can be increased through case studies and product ROI reports when it comes to product marketing, and pretty much every SEO format since you want to get online attention.
In this case, original content offers a lot of flexibility; you can utilize all of its formats to increase your brand value, such as via surveys and data storytelling.
The same thing applies when you want to educate and support your audience, with the exception that events and trends aren't the best fit for this objective.
As for the last two objectives (thought leadership and amplification), what we've noticed is that SEO and product-focused content can't really help you here.
You can surely utilize some formats, like linkable assets and product ROI reports, but most content in these formats isn't optimized to get online attention.
On the other hand, original content can cover the need to become a thought leader and establish yourself as a credible source in your industry, as well as provide you with something that you feel confident amplifying online, by utilizing every single one of its formats.
Dimension #4: Distribution
Creating content requires a great deal of time and effort, no matter its type or format.
But after you've published it, who's going to see it?
This is where content distribution comes in and allows you to get your content in front of as many people as possible, or even better, the right people.
Once again, each content type has its own distribution methods with some being more limiting than others.
When it comes to product-focused content, the best way to distribute your content is through your own media.
This can include your email list, social media, YouTube channel, and any other channel you have control over.
SEO content can best be distributed through organic search.
Social media and outreach are also options, but in the first case the engagement can be very limiting and the second case hardly produces any results because outreach is now heavily transactional.
Original content is a whole different story when it comes to distribution as it offers a wide range of effective methods.
To be precise, you can utilize:
Your social media channels (people like to see unique approaches)
Facebook groups and Slack communities with your target audience
And other communities like Growth Hackers and Indie Hackers.
Once again, we see quite a noticeable gap in content distribution, between SEO and product-focused content on the one side and original content on the other side, with the latter being able to fill that gap.
Overall, we would say that as your SaaS company matures, you have to do more than SEO content.
Competition in the SERPs is fierce; most topics are saturated and the results can be quite limiting.
For now, let's dive even deeper into original content and see how you can utilize its different formats.
Even though we briefly saw what formats original content consists of, here they are once again
We'll try to explain each and every one of them, as well as provide you with examples for you to get a better understanding of what original content is all about.
Format #1: Surveys
The first original content format we can talk about is surveys.
Surveys are great because not only do they showcase your experience and level of research on a matter but they also act as linkable assets; meaning other sources tend to link back to them more easily.
Plus, they're more shareable and contribute to establishing you as an authority in your field.
A great example is one from SEMrush, which conducted a survey on how search-savvy Americans are.
From the title itself, you're intrigued to indeed find out the answer because this content doesn't give the answer to something you can find elsewhere with a simple search query.
It presents findings from its own research, sample, and methodology, which is what makes this content unique.
This piece of content has actually attracted 67 backlinks as of today, Thursday, July 14th, 2022, which isn't bad at all for a single piece of content.
Plus, a great deal of those backlinks have a relatively high DR, proving that you don't have to heavily invest in link-building efforts to attract good backlinks; original content like surveys can effectively act as linkable assets.
When it comes to content distribution, we mentioned earlier that social media is a great channel to distribute original content because people tend to engage with unique approaches.
This is the case here as well since the survey received a great deal of attention on Semrush's LinkedIn account, generating almost 300 reactions and 60 shares!
Image Source: Linkedin
However, the benefits of surveys go even further.
They're great for triggering discussions, uncovering important insights that people find valuable, comparing results, and even helping people in their decision-making.
Don't let the effort surveys require scare you off since you don't necessarily need a big sample size to conduct one; as long as you choose the right audience and ask the right questions, there will be a valuable outcome.
Plus, different tools like Pollfish can help you run your survey; you don't have to do all the work by yourself.
Overall, a survey is a content format that is not only unique but also provides you with credibility since not everyone is willing to invest time and effort in conducting one; this can also give you a competitive advantage in the eyes of your audience.
Format #2: Data Storytelling & Data Studies
Data storytelling is the ability to effectively tell a story with data.
This form of content can be used to put data studies and insights into context through narratives and visualizations.
Not only is this content as unique as it gets but it adds a human touch to your data insights and makes complex information more digestible.
In the following screenshot, you can see an example of a data storytelling content piece, which is a study conducted by Zyppy.
As well as being valuable for readers it's also relevant to what the company does in terms of its capabilities since it helps you with the optimization of your title tags.
Image Source: Zyppy
This is actually a great example that brings us back to our content marketing objectives, and revenue generation in particular, since the study is tightly correlated with the product and what it offers, thus allowing readers to convert to customers via the right CTAs.
In terms of performance, the piece has attracted over 1K backlinks from over 400 referring domains…
…which is really impressive considering the whole website only has 14.6K backlinks.
Once again, don't be scared by the amount of data; you can conduct your own studies with smaller sample sizes as long as you present something meaningful, relevant, and unique.
Data studies are a kind of format we've taken advantage of here at MINUTTIA too, such as our study on alternative keywords for SaaS companies.
Despite "only" analyzing 102 alternative keywords, they were highly targeted so they were enough for us to gain valuable insights and present our findings in a clear and visually appealing way.
We believe we've managed to put valuable information out there that our target audience will find useful because it's tailor-made for its interests.
In our opinion this is what should matter the most; make sure that whatever you uncover is valuable and your audience will resonate with it, even if your dataset is quite small.
Format #3: "Invented" Concepts
An "invented" concept is when you've come up with a methodology, framework, or process that you use and that works.
Why not share it with your audience?
That way, you'll not only show your experience on a certain matter but you'll also establish yourself as a leader since this is your own concept and might inspire others to use it; meaning that you'll be an authoritative figure in their eyes.
All you have to do is give your concept a name and clearly present the information.
Just look at the following example to get an idea of what we mean:
Ahrefs has developed what it calls "The middleman method", which is a technique that helps you attract more links to important pages.
What's interesting about this piece of content is not only that it's original and valuable but also that the pages that link back to it (410 to be precise) use relevant anchor texts like:
The intermediary method
The intermediary technique
The intermediary methodology
The intermediary approach
This is a strong sign that people have adopted the concept and refer to it by its name or close variations of it.
In a nutshell, when you own a methodology and you give it a name, after you've published and promoted it then this format is a great way to gain authority and links.
Also, even if people already know about your method, by giving it a name you make it easier and more compelling for them to refer to it.
As you can imagine, publishing "invented" concepts can't be done on a weekly or even a monthly basis, but if you've got a methodology or process you can talk about, then authority, mentions, and links are some prominent benefits you'll gain.
Format #4: Personal Storytelling
Personal storytelling is pretty self-explanatory; it refers to a piece of content that describes one of the writer's personal experiences.
It's a great way to connect with your audience and share stories that will resonate with it.
A good example is from Groove:
Image Source: Groove
As you're probably wondering yourself from the title, why would somebody walk away from a deal like that?
It's something that intrigues people due to the fact that it contrasts with what most would do.
That's all great but the question is, "Does the content perform?"
The answer is yes; 1,906 shares and 82 backlinks from 67 referring domains means the piece attracted a lot of online attention.
One of the most important things about this piece of content is that it resonates with a large part of Groove's audience, and this is something you should keep in mind too when creating such content.
People love stories but are they ones your audience will be interested in?
In the case of an SaaS like Groove, its audience consists of many startup founders, so it makes sense for them to resonate with the story we saw above and come closer to the company.
Groove knows that very well, so creating more of such storytelling content is a good tactic.
Just like previously, the content above also performs well, generating 1,900 shares and attracting 75 backlinks, many of which have quite a high DR.
As you can tell, personal storytelling works, but don't just do it for the sake of it; if you have a story to tell, make sure your audience will resonate with it before you publish it.
Format #5: Contrarian Content
Contrarian content is a piece of content that contrasts with what most people think or believe, thus intriguing them to learn more about that content.
For contrarian content to work, you truly have to be unique.
Not only regarding the content itself but even the title.
Ideally, both have to be something people don't expect to see that will intrigue them to continue reading because they're out of the norm.
For example, almost everyone out there claims that coding is a useful skill to learn so why is TechCrunch supporting that people shouldn't learn how to code?
Image Source: TechCrunch
You'll have to read the article for the answer, but the point is that content that contradicts what most people believe is more likely to get attention.
This is a practice we followed ourselves.
Who would've thought that we'd create content on how SEO can hurt your brand?
We actually have a good reason for that which you can find out yourself but the title alone intrigues the average reader, especially when someone is aware that we're a content & SEO agency.
The tricky part about this format is that you really need to know your stuff.
If you try to create contrarian content just for the sake of it, without having in-depth knowledge of the topic, rest assured that readers will notice and many won't hesitate to call you out.
So before you give this format a try, make sure you really know what you're talking about and exactly who your audience is.
Format #6: Network-based Content
Network-based content is content that's based on using a network of connections.
In a nutshell, you utilize your connections to create a piece of content that can be used in different content formats.
Creating interviews, webinars, podcasts, and more, where you and your connections can give value to your audience.
After you've published the content in a certain format (for instance audio for podcasts) you can then turn that into other formats, such as articles and social media posts.
For example, UserPilot runs a video podcast series, interviewing various founders.
Image Source: Youtube
The podcast is then turned into a written format in the form of a blog post in order to maximize the awareness the piece of content can get.
Image Source: Userpilot
After all, why stay in one form of content when you can repurpose it into more?
Another reason why network-based content works is because the person you're creating the content with can then share it with their own network on LinkedIn, Twitter, or even their email list if they have one.
Therefore, you get a great amount of awareness from various channels, as well as your own.
Format #7: Trends & Events
When we say trends or events we refer to content that's based on something that's emerging right now (e.g., a trend) or a noteworthy event that we can somehow connect with what we're doing as a company.
In other words, taking advantage of something that's time-relevant and your readers will find useful, can be a great original content opportunity.
In the case below, Rippling (an HR and IT SaaS) pitched an investor using a Loom presentation and signed a deal that helped the company reach a high valuation.
Loom saw this as a great chance to demonstrate the value of its product in a great article that also combines storytelling.
Image Source: Loom
In other words, Loom took something positive that happened for another company—partially due to its product—and created a great piece of content around it.
Well one reason, as we mentioned, is that they found a great chance to showcase their product's value; helping a company achieve something great means you can potentially do the same thing for another one, so the objective of generating revenue is also possible to achieve through such content if it gets in front of the right people.
Plus, Loom gained a great deal of authority since the content helped it be seen as a credible and valuable product in its space.
This doesn't mean that the trend or event needs to necessarily be related to you, since you can always position yourself about something of general interest, but if you're associated with it and believe people will get value out of it, then we strongly suggest you act fast and get your content piece out there.
Original content may be good in helping you reach many of your content marketing objectives, but the truth is it's quite challenging to nail.
First of all, you should be aware that original content is harder to scale.
What we mean is that you need to set the right expectations in your mind before setting off to create original content.
Don't expect it to drive great amounts of organic traffic; this is a main goal of SEO content since it's created for a search audience.
When creating original content, you have to be willing to see slower growth but you'll enjoy other benefits such as links and authority.
What's more, keep in mind that original content is a top-down, bottom-up, and company-wide process.
To put it another way, original content has to be in your company's DNA.
An additional reason why original content is challenging is the fact that the investment is usually higher compared to other content types.
After all, let's face it, anyone can write SEO content that pushes prices lower but not anyone can create a high-quality piece of original content in the formats we talked about earlier.
As we mentioned, you need to know your stuff in order to create original content and in some cases also conduct thorough research, for surveys and data studies for example.
This requires time, people, and sometimes money to use the right tools that will allow you to conduct your research.
This leads us to the next "difficulty" of original content which is the fact that you can easily get called out, which is why you need to know what you're talking about.
Especially for some content formats, like contrarian content and "invented" concepts, expect that some people will question you and raise their concerns, even if you indeed know your stuff.
Unfortunately, people tend to not like different things and new approaches; that's OK, as long as you accept and expect that.
The last challenge of our list is something we've more or less covered; when creating original content, attention won't come straight away. It'll take some time but it'll eventually come.
As you continue building your authority, results will come faster.
Overall, original content comes in many shapes and sizes and is a multi-dimensional process that can provide you with a variety of benefits.
There are definitely challenges but, in our opinion, it should be an integral part of your content strategy.
Let's wrap things up with some final words.
Original content has its limitations and it's definitely not easy to do. However, in a world of infinite content, we believe that the way to stand out from the crowd is through original content.
Of course, original content can't work as a standalone content format for your company's content strategy. You need content that's created for a search audience and you need content that communicates the value of your product.
However, if your goal is to make a difference, you need original content as well. Now you know what original content is and how to do it right. If you do, chances are we'll find, read, share, and link back to your content. Good luck!
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Georgios Chasiotis is the Managing Director of MINUTTIA, a content and SEO agency helping SaaS and tech companies drive organic growth. Georgios started out as an independent marketing consultant but was soon pulled down the path of creating an agency. The aim: build a team and scale a business by trading on his knowledge and expertise and creating successful systems and processes. That path has led to MINUTTIA, where Georgios is materializing his vision for content and SEO systems that are heavily based on strategy and eschewing short-term tactics, delivering repeatable and scalable success for companies in different verticals and of different sizes. In his free time, he imparts wisdom (read: rants) on LinkedIn or buries his head in psychology books to get down the "why" of human behavior.
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Test automation is not a new practice. Most software teams are trying to automate testing in some way or another, especially as a replacement for long, manual regression testing cycles. If you're a QA, you've probably wondered what this means for your job. In the world of 'automate everything' — where do you fit in? Is the role of the QA dead?
Let's start by talking about the obvious benefits of test automation.
One of the first benefits people see from test automation is that it drastically reduces the time it takes to test a system. You write a test script once and it can be run over and over in less than a minute, even in parallel with other tests. Teams that automate their regression test suites soon find that they can do most of the regression testing, that previously took days, in just minutes. Teams can get feedback faster and more often, so bugs are found sooner and code can go to production faster.
Humans make mistakes. It's part of our nature. A manual tester, when going through the same test case for the hundredth time, may very easily miss a step or forget a scenario. You might forget to document a particular scenario. Automated tests are a form of living documentation. They do what they say they do, and they can do it over and over again with almost no deviation.
These benefits are great and really help teams build quality into software faster, but they are not actually the most powerful things about test automation.
The most powerful benefit of test automation is what it frees you, the QA, to do.
Automated tests are dumb. We write them to check scenarios that we already know about. They run and check whether the system still does what we expect it to do in those scenarios. Where do those scenarios come from? From an understanding of what could go wrong in a system. Who understands the system? You do.
There are two things that humans outperform computers at every time — creativity and learning. These two elements make up what we call exploratory testing. As we explore a system, we think of unusual ways in which we can interact with it. As we do this, we observe how the system behaves. Hendrickson points out that these observations we make help us learn about what we should test, which will inform the experiments we make the next time we test something.
Automated tests check your system for bugs that you already know could exist. It is manual exploratory testing that finds the bugs you don't know about. Automated testing frees you up to do more of this kind of testing, instead of the rote checking that you used to do. Every time you find a new bug, you could automate a check for it. That way, you won't have to check for it manually again and can rather focus on finding other vulnerabilities.
Your job title is QA, but you are often referred to as a tester. You do so much more than test, though. What does QA stand for? I've heard a few different answers to this question and they're all correct. They each represent a different facet of this vital role.
The term quality assurance is a response to the old job title 'Quality Control'. The term Quality Control comes from the manufacturing industry. A product goes through a whole production line before reaching a Quality Controller. They check the product for flaws. If it is flawed, it needs to be thrown out or fixed. If it's good, it goes to the consumer.
Toyota decided to do things differently. They used what we call Lean practices to build quality into the process of manufacturing vehicles. The aim was to reduce the number of faulty products by increasing the quality in every step of the manufacturing process.
One facet of the QA role is to help build quality into the process of software development. You don't want to be a Quality Controller. You don't want to have to turn new features away because of poor quality, so you help make it easier to produce quality features. You can do this by helping to write automated tests for the scenarios that could trip up a development team. You create a safety net — a way for the developers working on a feature to know whether it passes all the tricky scenarios we know about. You can write these tests with a developer, even before development begins.
Writing software is not easy. Some of the complexity comes from the nature of computer programming, but most complexity arises from the world a system interacts with: your system needs to talk to other systems which are hard to understand, users do unexpected things, and networking and computer infrastructure fail in unpredictable ways.
Part of your role is to help the team building this software to understand how to cope in this world. It is your job to help figure out what the right things are to take into account. You can save your team time by asking the right questions early on. Automation frees you up to dedicate more of your time to helping the team prepare for work — helping you move quality even earlier in the process.
Tip: Couple this with your Quality Assurance role, and automate tests for each of the test cases you've discovered, so that the developers have an automated way of checking whether their code satisfies the test cases.
I like this one. Quality is not the sole responsibility of a QA. If the whole team doesn't take quality seriously, the release of new features will always be delayed (or worse, buggy software gets released). Your job is to help the whole team own the quality of the work. The best QAs I've worked with have been able to inspire the whole team to care about quality. They work closely with others to share their knowledge and prod others to pick up habits that help improve the quality of their work.
Tip: Couple this with your Quality Analyst role and help everyone's quality awareness stretch to include thinking about which work to do and how to approach it.
So Do You Still Have a Job?
You're not redundant. On the contrary — test automation means that you are more empowered in your role than ever. Automation can take care of the repetitive checking you're often stuck with. This will free you up to use your creativity to explore new ways to test a system. You'll be able to spend less time as a tester, and more time being the Quality Assurer, Quality Analyst and Quality Ambassador that your team needs.
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AMG Repair in Redondo Beach, CA
A Brief History of AMG
Driving down the roads of El Segundo, CA, Hermosa Beach, CA, Manhattan Beach, CA, Palos Verdes Estates, CA, and Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, you have probably come across plenty of AMG's. Mercedes AMG is the high-performance subsidiary of Mercedes Benz AG. AMG was founded as a racing engine forge in 1967 by former Mercedes Benz engineers Hans Werner Aufrecht and Erhard Melcher. The letters "AMG" stand for Aufrecht, Melcher and Grobaspach (Aufrecht's home town). AMG started off by producing and testing racing engines, then expanded its business into building custom road cars based on Mercedes Benz vehicles. In 1986, the AMG Hammer sedan was released and was the fastest performing sedan at the time. Through the early 2000s, AMG primarily focused on supercharged V6 and V8 engines.
By 1993, AMG had become a prominent seller of modified Mercedes Benz cars, and in response, Daimler Benz AG signed a contract with AMG, allowing them to utilize his extensive dealer network. On January 1, 1999, DaimlerChrysler AG acquired fifty-one percent on AMG shares, and AMG was incorporated into the official Mercedes Benz lineup and renamed Mercedes-AMG GmbH. Six years later, Aufrecht sold his remaining shares to DaimlerChrysler, and since then, AMG has been a wholly-owned subsidiary of Daimler AG. Six successive lightly modified Mercedes-Benz AMG models (including, most recently, a C190 GT R) have acted as the safety cars for the FIA Formula One World Championship. Three AMG E-Class V8 Supercars competed in the Australian Supercars Championship from 2013 to 2015, operated by Erebus Motorsport under the AMG Customer Sports Program.
AMG Today
Today, AMG vehicles are crafted with a "one man, one engine" philosophy at the company's plant in Affalterbach, Germany. There are only about 50 AMG engine builders at the company, and each engine builder stamps the engines they make with an engraved plaque containing their signature.
AMG cars are sold alongside Mercedes Benz vehicles in their product lineup. No matter which AMG, you drive, our Quality technicians at Cars Automotive & Muffler can perform a multitude of services on it, including Auto Repair and Engine Repair. Today's AMG models include:
Mercedes Benz CLA Class: A series of subcompact executive vehicles that have been manufactured since 2013. The car was first marketed as a four-car coupe, and in 2015, Mercedes Benz expanded the line to include a station wagon version.
Mercedes Benz GLA Class: A front-engine, five-door, five-passenger subcompact luxury crossover SUV that was debuted at the Shanghai Auto Show in April 2013.
Mercedes Benz GLB Class: A front-engine, four or five-wheel drive five-door subcompact crossover SUV.
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Interview Questions for a Hospital Engineer
By Aanya Rose
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Hospital engineers provide an invaluable service to hospitals by helping to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a hospital's interior. A hospital engineer may inspect a hospital's facilities to ensure the building complies with regulations, review safety plans and programs, and oversee project management or construction for hospital engineering programs. Finding an ideal candidate is important, as a hospital engineer may work with many members of an organization and the engineering staff. An interview may be conducted as a panel, including members of the human resources team, an executive staff member and a long-standing member of the engineering team.
Most interviews for a hospital engineer start with the candidate's history. The interviewer will ask the candidate to provide a brief overview of the candidate's background in engineering and may ask the candidate to tell the panel a bit about himself. The panel may ask the candidate why he left his last job, and why this job is appealing. The panel will also ask the candidate what experience the candidate has in hospital engineering and how it applies to the job opening specifically.
The hospital engineering candidate may also be asked to provide information about his career goals. The odds are good the panel is looking for a long-term candidate to fill the position. The panel may ask the candidate how his goals match the job description and how those goals can work with the organizational goals. The panel may ask what techniques or strategies the candidate has used in the past to meet his goals, and if he ever had a goal he did not meet and how he overcame that obstacle.
Salary Expectations
Most job candidates are also asked about salary expectations. If possible, try to find out what the salary range is for the position for which you are applying. Often an employer will provide this information, but sometimes this information is not made available. If it is not made available, do your research before going to the interview so you can provide a range that is within market values. Let the organization know that you are interested in the position and expect to be paid a fair wage for the responsibilities and duties of the job based on your skills and expertise.
Project Management Experience
The interview panel will mostly likely ask you about your project management experience. As a hospital engineer, you will have duties related to project management. Your duties may include directing and overseeing facilities management staff, and managing design and construction projects. You may be assigned capital projects, and general oversight of maintenance and facilities management within the hospital. To clarify your experience with projects such as these, you may be asked what types of projects you managed, whether you supervised staff and whether you were successful. Use specific examples when possible to add credibility to your answers.
2016 Salary Information for Health and Safety Engineers
Health and safety engineers earned a median annual salary of $86,720 in 2016, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. On the low end, health and safety engineers earned a 25th percentile salary of $65,490, meaning 75 percent earned more than this amount. The 75th percentile salary is $110,760, meaning 25 percent earn more. In 2016, 25,900 people were employed in the U.S. as health and safety engineers.
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Aanya Rose has been writing since 1998. Her work has appeared in "ADDitude," "Curl," "Diabetes Alternatives," "Fitness," the "Healing Path" and more. She has served as a channel manager for various websites and worked in consultation and training. Rose holds a B.S. and Ph.D.
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There seems to be a consensus building across the UK that working flexibly is, in concept, great for the employer as well as the employee. And yet there are barriers for some employers. They still feel hesitant to take the leap and embrace flexible working. No doubt this is because of the perceived problems that smart working can bring. What are these potential barriers?
It's difficult to get away from the fact that there's a cost to setting up your employees for remote working.
Some managers may worry that distraction at home will mean that their people won't put in a good day's work.
There's also a concern that if everyone works from home, there's a risk to team cohesion and effectiveness.
Not all roles can achieve equal levels of flexibility. Whilst a shop worker can't serve customers at two in the morning from home, the shop's manager could do the accounts at that time. Managers argue that such a situation may cause resentment.
Increasingly, people want a better work-life balance. For most, this doesn't mean working less, it means choosing where, when and how they work. So, if you don't offer it, your people may find a company that does.
People work better and more effectively at different times of the day. Some people find they are at their most productive at five in the morning. Others may produce their best work by working through the night. By forcing fixed hours you are probably not getting as much output per hour as you would if you were more flexible. Similarly, most people appreciate a lack of commute to work and are happy to use at least some of that time to work productively.
We all know how long it takes and what it costs to recruit great people. What's more, the best people usually have the most job offers. Many will be likely to choose employers who value smart workers. If you don't offer such flexibility, you'll be missing out on good people, making your recruitment process longer and more expensive. Furthermore, you're saddled with the cost of the time that role remains unfilled.
There are risks to embracing and to avoiding flexibility. In an ideal world, both the company and the employee would enjoy the benefits of flexibility by breaking down the barriers already mentioned.
The solution may be a little more straightforward than expected. It lies in the trusted and respected approach of management by objectives.
• hold their people to account for their objectives.
And how can this be achieved? Well, most people, like most companies, are really only interested in outcomes. They don't want to be in the office for long hours, just to be seen to be 'committed'. They want to be judged and rewarded based on what they produce and deliver. Happily, management by objectives means everyone has a very clear view of what they need to achieve and by which timescales.
Of course, people need to be sensible. If they need to work as a team in order to achieve an objective, they'll need to come in to the office to meet with colleagues. Ensure that your people understand that not all roles have the same flexibility at all times. This will help to reduce any resentment.
Similarly, a manager need not worry about the draw of distractions at home. As long as objectives are being met, there isn't a problem. If they aren't being met, though, a manager should deal with under-performance in a strong and fair way.
• more motivated people (who are being measured on outcome, not face-time in the office. And, who are being trusted).
There may be some perceived barriers to smart working, but these are far out-weighed by the rewards. Resistant employers may need to rethink their attitudes.
As recognised by American politician, Madeleine M. Kunin, "to make flexibility work, it is not only necessary to change our attitude about who is a good worker and who is not, but we have to train managers at all levels to recognise the difference between the number of hours worked and the quality of work produced". It's the way the world is moving and, if you're not embracing it, the world may well leave you behind.


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Timeline of LGBT history in Bristol and the West of England » Before 1837 – Dying for love : pleasures, perils and punishments
Before 1837 – Dying for love : pleasures, perils and punishments
Many eighteenth-century cases were researched and recorded by Rictor Norton who kindly allowed their use here. Rictor Norton: Homosexuality in Eighteenth-Century England
1533 Buggery Act comes into force under Henry VIII. The penalty was hanging. The Act was repealed in 1553 but re-enacted in 1560. It remained in force until 1861.
1640 John Atherton, born near Bridgwater, Somerset in 1598, and who became Anglican Bishop of Waterford and Lismore in Ireland, was in 1640 convicted of sodomy and executed by hanging at Dublin. It is likely that he would have visited Bristol, the major West coast port for Irish shipping.
1732-38 Six Bristol convictions for offences involving sodomy or attempted sodomy. Four acquittals. The usual punishment is the pillory and sometimes imprisonment for 6 months or more. In September 1732, Read's Weekly Journal reported that one Combs was sentenced to death, implying that his crime was homosexual.
1737 February–March: Two London 'mollies' rob a Bristol doctor and then attempt to blackmail a churchwarden, Thomas Edwards, after meeting him for sex. Both are imprisoned for assault on the doctor, though seemingly not for any alleged homosexual acts. One of five Bristol cases involving homosexual activity during the Spring of 1737.
1746 Bristol was scandalised by the case of Mary Hamilton, the Female Husband, who was convicted of fraud at Taunton for posing as a man and marrying several women, including one in Bristol.
1752 September 19: Richard Arnold, a former pub landlord aged about 60, was caught having sex with William Critchett, a footman aged about 20, in a back room at the Swan alehouse in Broad Street. Both were convicted of felony and buggery in August 1753 and were hanged.
1758 Michael Davell was convicted of assault with intent to commit buggery on John Bryant. Sentenced to one hour in the pillory, four months in Newgate prison, and a further year under sureties of £80.
1761 May: William Dillon Sheppard was convicted of buggery and sentenced to be hanged. He was hanged at St Michael's Hill gallows (near the site of the present Cotham Parish Church) on June 1, 1761.
1781 September: John Burke and Benjamin Loveday convicted of felony and buggery and sentenced to hang. This seems to be the last known death sentence for a homosexual offence in Bristol.
1808-17 Several unsuccessful prosecutions (for an 'unnatural attempt' or 'attempted sodomy'): Stephen Hodge (1808), Thomas Carter, John Willington (both 1810) James Jones (1817).
1820 October: Edward Leborn, 18, sentenced to 1 year for sodomy (or bestiality?) and whipped.
1825 April: Joseph Bennett (aged about 30) and George Maggs (aged 22, of Radstock) were hanged at Ilchester Gaol, Somerset having been convicted of sodomy. Both protested their innocence to the last.
1836 Last hanging in Great Britain for buggery.


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Q: Porting iPhone applications to Android? How to convince them NOT to I am a contracted Android developer, and I hate when people ask me to recreate the same "look and feel" that an iPhone application has on Android.
How can I convince them that using the standard Android navigation and views will make their application more attractive than recreating a Javaized version of an iPhone app.
Links appreciated.

A: Android users have different expectations and are used to the handling which is predominant on Android. It worsens the user experience if all other apps act differently from yours

A: I think people that will ask you this question think that having the same look and feel for different platforms will unify the experience.
To that I think the best answer would be that most android users do not use an iPhone and are therefor not used to this look and feel and also don't care if the app looks the same on iOS, as they never use it. And then you could find some apps that showcase the possibilities of the android framework very well and maybe also take advantages of features not available on iOS. And when you have a bunch of apps (Googles own apps are usually quite good already, e.g. maps) that have a similar look and feel with similar UX paradigms they might get your point.

A: You could just try to explain to them that these are different platforms with different behaviours.
Maybe make a list of differently behaving UI stuff, and try to show them on concrete examples why Android-users could get confused when things look and feel differently (and therefore stop using their app).

A: One argument that I have used in the past is to point out that Android has a built-in "back" button. This can either take the form of a physical button, as is the case with most handsets, or one built in to the UI as is the case in Honeycomb. On iOS, "back" behaviour is usually handled by a Navigation Controller, often in the form of a UI button which appears in the top left of the screen.
Android users are familiar with the Android "back" mechanism, and iOS users are familiar with the iOS "back" mechanism. Both are equally good, but they are fundamentally different, and it will make your app less intuitive if you use a "back" mechanism which is not consistent with how the OS itself, and other apps work.
While this is but a single example, there are many other examples which can be used to reinforce this.

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Why are the players, who are members of a union, crossing the real referees picket lines? What has happened to union solidarity in this country?
September 25, 2012 at 11:08 pm | Report abuse |
Thankfully, it has been replaced by common sense.
September 26, 2012 at 12:47 am | Report abuse |
If this play happened with the packers on offense and seahawks defense would people be making this a big deal. Just wondering
Yes, it would still stink. The play was unquestionably bad, I don't care who it was. I mean, I've seen questionable calls but this one was not questionable, it was wrong.
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Rightster
If it wasn't the Cheesers who got the raw end of a call , it wouldn't be as big of a story as it's made out to be. Is this the first time in 15 years the Cheesers haven't had every call go their way? Ever since Madden loved Favre? Detroit got robbed of a game on Sunday when the ball on a 3rd down play inside the 10 in overtime was marked short. Why isn't that drawing the outrage?
Maybe because it wasn't on national tv on MNF. The Detroit gaff made news all over the place but it was only regional coverage.
"Regarding the NFL's labor dispute with its regular officials, sticking points include salary issues and changes to the officials' retirement program."
Way to conveniently not mention that one of the major sticking points is that the NFL wants to be able to bench refs that regularly make bad calls. They want to increase the number of refs so that if some need to be removed, for bad calls, their would be other trained refs to replace them.
The salary issue can be explained like this. The average ref made $149,000. The NFL offered to gradually increase the pay to $189,000 by 2018.
The pension fight is over changing the pension over to a 401k.
kenmasters34
Yeah the refs made a lot of mistakes last night. But seriously, this is way out of proportion.
1) Does anyone remember last years NYG@GB playoff game? The refs practically tried to hand GB the game. That game should have been 49-0 NYG
2) Am I the only one who remembers Tim Tebows first Hail Mary last season. There was a blatantly obvious Defensive pass interference that didnt get called. I didnt see people crying like today.
3) I have seen yesterdays replay probably 20 times today. To my eyes, Jennings, gets his hand on the ball first(not control, hands). Then Tate. Tate gets it closer to his body and lands on his back. Jennings lands on top of Tate, both of them possessing the ball. Jennings is able to roll, and appear to have more possession of the ball. But that is because he is on top and able to roll some possession away from Tate. Either way, they both still possess the ball. By rule, its Tate's ball.
Just like with regular refs, PI on a Hail Mary, is missed. Big Whoop. IMO, the call on the reception is good.
You either have a really bad memory, or terrible eyesight. I recommend that you watch the play again... in slowwww motion.
Agreed 100%. By any definition of possession, interception and reception, the play was called correctly. Yes, Jennings got his hands on the ball first. But Tate touched the ground with two feet first. The minute his but touched the ground, it was a TD.
Before the catch, sure there was interference. But I can't ever remember a Hail Mary without it. In fact, a fighting majority of Hail Mary plays are called in hopes that the defense gets called for PI. They don't really think that throwing a ball to 3 guys surrounded by 6 opponents is a smart strategy. There is plenty of pushing and shoving on each and every Hail Mary. I would say that 10% get called – even with those perfect refs who have been replaced.
Mrs Time
The fact stands that even the regular refs make horrible calls and calls that cost games.
Regular refs took SuperBowl XL from the Seahawks. Regular refs gave Jets Vinnie Testaverde a TD against the Seahawks when he was clearly stopped short of the goal line which knocked the Seahawks out of the playoff hunt. Every team gets gifts or has one stolen away eventually whether it be regular refs or replacement refs. What goes around comes around.
Palm Beach Robert
Lemmeseehere. A win by dint of the refs' field call, sustained under replay review, re-endorsed by the NFL Officiating Dept. and certified by an NFL press release. Please, stop the whining. And, omg, some other subjective call for a penalty may have been missed by the refs? Like that never happens, almost every game, for decades. The players' spin to blame temp. refs is just
Selmers
Im done with NFL. Its not even fun anymore
HaHaHaPackers
Soon we will have to accuse these refs of being dog killers too, cause when the NFL goes bankrupt, Michael Vick is going to have to go back to his previous way of making money.
OriginalPhantom
See! Good things do happen. And the Packers losing is always a good thing.
tomsojo
If Jesus was officiating that game, I guarantee he would've got that call right. If Muhammad or Buddha were officiating the game, they would have made the same call these dummy refs made. Just goes to show that Jesus is the only true prophet this world has ever seen. I route for the Raiders because we all know Jesus is a Raiders fan. If you don't believe in Jesus, I feel bad for you. Make sure you vote for Mr. Romnie!!!
xfiler93
I am going to go out on a limb and say YES, the BLEW IT!
seafan
Does anyone remember when Seattle was robbed in the Super Bowl a few years back? And the official who made the bad call back then finally apologized to the Seahawks not to long ago. There were a lot of examples of bad calls on Monday night – against both teams. Hope the real refs return soon!
$3milllion dollars separates a deal with the real refs? Have they asked how much money is and will be lost with the replacements? Probably more than 3 mil. Give them two million, they'll probably accept it. Or give the 3 mil and be done with it. We need quality, respectable officials calling the games. Period.
Mike, get real... If it's all about the money then what makes it a sport worth watching? So much for the love of the game.
Roman Lexington
What a bunch of cry babies. Its just a game ...move on.
I agree... It's not like they're running for office or anything. Although they get paid more and work less.
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When it comes to sunrooms, you have the choice of either a three-season or a four-season sunroom. The biggest difference is quite obvious: the three-season sunroom will be out of commission in the winter months because the insulation is much thinner. One benefit of having a three-season sunroom, however, is it means cheaper installation and no additional heating/cooling. Meanwhile, building a four-season sunroom allows you to enjoy its beauty year-round either with the help of a heater in the winter months or with the assistance of Mother Nature!
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The single slope gives a different feel to the room.
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Originally designed for cultivating warm-weather plants.
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This is the season of gifts. During this season, we exchange a lot of gifts joyfully, we give them, we receive them. The greatest gift ever exchanged in human history is Christmas itself, God gifting His only Son to humanity. It is this Gift that we celebrate on the Christmas day. The second important gift during this season is the New Year. God in His abundant mercy and love provides us another year to love Him and to serve His children. As we know, life in its totality is a gratuitous gift from God. We do not deserve it, we have no claim over it. Everything in life is God's free gift.
Human life is constituted by the totality of the time that is at our disposal. It is by giving us time that God sustains our life on earth. Therefore, time is the greatest gift that God gives us in life. At the threshold of every New Year, we are reminded of this precious gift of God. God gives us yet another year freely; God gives us time. What should be our Christian response to this precious gift? There is an interesting parable about a barren fig tree in the Gospel according to St. Luke. The fig tree has been nurtured for the past three years. But it never yielded any fruit. Finally the owner of the garden almost decides to cut it down. Why should the precious soil be wasted for this barren tree? But at the behest of the gardener, the owner has a second thought, to spare the fig tree one more year, to bear the fruit it ought to bear (Lk. 13: 6-9). The fig tree is given an additional year freely by the owner of the garden, so that the tree should bear fruit.
In fact every New Year has to be seen from the background of this Gospel passage. Just as the fig tree did not deserve another year of existence, rather it was the free gift of the owner of the garden, the New Year is gifted to us by God so that we may bear fruit through our life. In this sense, the New Year is a great responsibility on our part, it is an opportunity given by God in order to bear fruit. It is an invitation to take life seriously, to make the best use of all the opportunities that our life provides us.
As we step in to every New Year we must be overwhelmed by a deep sense of gratitude and indebtedness to God for the free gift of our time and of our life which is the totality of the time that is at our disposal. For our life, for all its varied experiences, for the time that is the basis for these experiences, we owe immensely to God and to all the realities around us which God permits to be part of our life.
This genuine sense of indebtedness for the free gift of life must prompt us to take our life seriously. Taking life seriously ultimately amounts to taking time seriously. Our life is fulfilled only through the responsible use of the time that is at our disposal. Every moment is precious. Therefore it would be s a sin to waste time – a sin against God who gives us freely our life and its time. Our life becomes meaningful only when we are able to enrich our surrounding and this universe through the proper use of our time. The goal of our life is to create as much goodness as possible in this world, primarily by loving and serving our brothers and sisters. That is why the Lord of life has given us freely this life and the time. Therefore as we welcome the New Year, let us resolve ourselves to make the best use of the time that the New Year provides us, not to waste even a single minute of our precious life. I wish all of you a very fruitful, grace-filled New Year.


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Qualcomms Jacobs: how mobile health fits into our M2M world view
Live from the mHealth Summit, Washington DC: Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs (pictured) used his keynote to explain how mobile health fits into the vendor's bigger picture of M2M technology, and the significance of its announcement at the summit earlier this week.
The company announced on Monday a new subsidiary called Qualcomm Life as well as a US$100 million investment fund for the sector. The subsidiary's first product is called the 2net platform and is an attempt to standardise wireless connectivity in the field. "There are lots of choices for the [medical device] manufacturer who has to decide how to get their device online," said Jacobs. The 2net platform is an attempt to simplify the options. It sits between the medical device and the mobile network and will route data to patients and doctors.
More generally Qualcomm sees mobile health as part of a M2M future along with other sectors such as energy. In fact, said Jacobs, "everything will be connected," possibly including humans themselves for certain medical applications. And Qualcomm is betting that consumers will accept this change in the same way as they do standard communications today. In the next five to ten years patients will have always-on connectivity to a healthcare professional in the same way today they have access to family and friends, said Jacobs.
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