It has been a great end to 2013. Spending quiet time with my family and working away in the evening finishing up a few projects. One project in particular has just come to a close. Katie Wilmshurst's rebranding is now complete with a new website.
Katie's new website now has responsive web design, a content management system, the ability to support future growth into e-commerce and memberships, plus blogging.
The website really helps to tie in all of the marketing materials we designed for Katie. Wayne Ogilvie was my lead designer on this project and as always, did a phenomenal job on recreating the branding from scratch.
Here are samples of everything we created for Katie including logo, business cards, double sided print ad for mail out, rack cards (brochure), gift certificates with envelopes, website and search engine optimization.
Good luck in the new year Katie!


Access Management is a set of techniques that the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) uses to control access to State highways.
Access Management Flow Charts describe the review cycles.
MDOT State Highway Administration Access Manual "Updated August 2016"
In April 2010 a Highway Access Permit Stakeholder Review Group streamlined the process for granting access permits that connect new developments to Maryland's highways. The results are reflected in the current process, which applies to residential and commercial access requests. Access management representatives from your local MDOT SHA district offices can assist you in applying for a permit.
You need a permit for the following activities within the State right of way. For a Commercial/Industrial/Residential Access Permit, see above.
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Globigerinina es el único suborden de foraminífero planctónico del orden Globigerinida, que pertenece a la clase Foraminiferea Eichwald, 1830, o Foraminifera.

Discusión
Clasificaciones posteriores han dividido Gobligerinina en dos subórdenes: suborden Globigerinina s.s. y suborden Heterohelicina, el cual incluye la superfamilia Heterohelicoidea y ha sido incluido en el orden Heterohelicida.

Clasificación
Gobligerinina incluye a las siguientes superfamilias:

 Superfamilia Heterohelicoidea
 Superfamilia Planomalinoidea
 Superfamilia Rotaliporoidea
 Superfamilia Globotruncanoidea
 Superfamilia Globorotalioidea
 Superfamilia Hantkeninoidea
 Superfamilia Globigerinoidea

También han sido consideradas las siguientes superfamilias:
 Superfamilia Favuselloidea
 Superfamilia Globigerinitoidea
 Superfamilia Eoglobigerinoidea
 Superfamilia Truncorotaloidinoidea

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International travel has always been an important goal of mine. I have wanted to study abroad since before even I knew I wanted to attend college. Before I had had a kind of bucket list of countries and locations, including a lot of mainstream locations such as Paris, Germany, and Japan. Going to Vietnam I realized that the best adventures occur when you aren't crossing things off a list. I had never imagined myself going to Vietnam, but it was the most amazing adventure I had ever had. I realized that countries and regions I had never imagined visiting provide the best and most exciting adventures, and I should focus less on making specific things happen and more on experiencing the adventures that are available.
Before visiting Vietnam, I had briefly learned about the tunnels the Viet Cong hid in during the Vietnam War. In country I got to crawl into the Củ Chi Tunnels and see firsthand—and that was definitely in my all time top ten favorite experiences. I never even knew about it! Sometimes it's best to simply take the opportunities life gives you. My travel goals have changed from check off what we can to get out there to broaden your experience—the less anticipated the better.


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Cartoon Network PR confirms rumours that Toonami is going back to 3 hours. Sailor Moon Returns to Cartoon Network .
A Press Release from Cartoon Network today confirmed that Cartoon Network will be returning to a 3 hour time block as of June 3rd, 2002. Cartoon Network will run from 4 to 7 pm every Monday to Friday. Also on June 3rd Sailor Moon will return to Cartoon Network , but interestingly, Sailor Moon will air at 3:30 pm, and will not technically be a part of Toonami ... So that's 3 and a half hours of Anime on Cartoon Network every day.
The Toonami programming block is blowing away the competition in ratings for several key demographics, ranking #1 in its time period among ALL networks with boys 9-14 and boys 12-17. Intermittently throughout the block, Toonami features popular music, computer generated 3-D animation segments and video game reviews. TOM, the animated host of the block, transmits Toonami programming from his space vessel, the Absolution.


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CHS: Small: Socially-Aware Navigation
National Science Foundation, award #IIS-1719027
PI: David Feil-Seifer, Co-PI: Monica Nicolescu
Sept. 1, 2017 - Aug. 31, 2020
The promise of robots to serve in assistive capacities for care and cooperation is invaluable. Socially assistive robots have the potential to make a positive impact on people in need of physical therapy, children in need of educational intervention, children with developmental disorders, and patients post-stroke. However, socially inappropriate behavior can harm the long-term adoption of these assistive platforms. In particular, while typically understood only as getting from point A to point B, robot movement can constitute communication without any use of words, and even when not intended. This can have serious ramifications for the success of a social interaction between one or more people and a robot. A robot in a long-term interaction (say in a hospital, school, or home setting) may have dozens or even hundreds of navigation destinations every day; sometimes, the "optimal" navigation behavior may not match the socially appropriate course of action. Socially inappropriate navigation behavior has been attributed as a major impediment to the long-term adoption of assistive robots in hospital settings. To address that problem, this project will develop a socially-aware navigation planner for autonomous robots that mimics the social conventions of human-human interactions, and will thereby advance the applications of autonomous robot technology.
Model-based navigation planning for social appropriateness will involve observing the activities and intentions of people in social proximity to a robot and/or other people, and then selecting robot trajectories that are both spatially and socially optimal. This work will then build upon that foundation by expanding the library of spatial communication that a robot can understand and communicate in an autonomous fashion. The research will incorporate high-level features, such as intent recognition, into the model development along with low-level features, such as interpersonal distance, to create models of complex behavior considering both the spatial scene and the inferred intention of the actors in that scene. The Pareto Concavity Elimination Transformation (PaCcET) multi-objective optimization framework will be utilized to develop socially appropriate navigation behavior policies. The developed planner will be validated on several types of robot platforms.
Deep Reinforcement Learning Framework for Robotic Manipulation
NASA Space Grant Consortium Research Infrastructure
PI: Hung M. La
September 2018- April 2019
Designing Collaborator Robots for Highly-Dynamic Multi-Human, Multi-Robot Teams
Office of Naval Research
PI: Monica Nicolescu, Co-PI: Dave Feil-Seifer, Mircea Nicolescu
April 2016 - March 2019
The goal of this proposal is to establish at the University of Nevada, Reno a robotic infrastructure that would enable groundbreaking research in a wide range of topics related to mobile articulated robots. The proposed system consists of the Baxter humanoid robot and the PR2 robotic platform, whose extensive sensory, motor and computational capabilities open up the possibility of addressing research questions that could not have even been formulated in the context of the current publicly available robotic systems.
Developing Earth & Space Science Curricular Units to Ameliorate Problems of Teaching Practice and Support Student Learning
Nevada NASA Space Grant Consortium (NVSGC)
PI: Candice Guy-Gaytan, co-PI: David Feil-Seifer, Elizabeth de los Santos, Adam Kirn
Highly Accurate Image Processing for Concrete Images
Japan Nine Sigma, under Penta-Ocean Constructions Co., LTD
November 2018- October 2019
High Throughput Tissue Microarray (TMA) Construction and Interpretation to Facilitate Biomarker Discovery - phase 2
Co-PI: Monica Nicolescu (PI: Sanford Barsky, Co-PI: Emil Geiger)
May 2013 - present
The goal of this project is to develop technology utilizing mechanical engineering, image analysis and knowledge of tissue patterns of disease that will enable us to analyze human tissues. Specifically using collaborative expertise, the project will develop a method of analyzing thousands of individual samples in a high throughput manner. These samples will be robotically constructed in a tissue microarray (TMA) and then interpreted through virtual microscopy and the application of imaging algorithms, which will facilitate biomarker discovery.
Inspecting and Preserving Infrastructure through Robotic Exploration (INSPIRE)
PI: Hung M. La, Co-PI: Sushil Louis
$721,995 (University of Nevada, Reno portion)
November 2016 - September 2022
Intent Recognition for On-Water Dynamic Maritime Domains
PI: Monica Nicolescu, co-PI: Mircea Nicolescu
Leveraging human electrocardiogram signals for UAV security enhancement
Nevada NASA Seed Research Infrastructure Development
PI: Hung M. La, Co-PI: David Feil-Seifer
September 2018- June 2019
NRI: Multi-Modal Characterization of DOE-EM Facilities (in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University)
Kostas Alexis
$1.3 million ($349,000 for University of Nevada, Reno)
Research focuses on developing aerial robots to explore post-disaster nuclear sites.
NVSCG: Robotics and Big Data Curriculum for Undergraduate and Graduate Students of UNR College of Engineering.
Nevada NASA Space Grant Consortium Research Infrastructure
PI: Hung M. La, Co-PIs: David Feil-Seifer and Tin Nguyen
July 2018- April 2019
RET Site: Cross-disciplinary Research Experiences on Smart Cities for Nevada Teachers: Integrating Big Data into Robotics
National Science Foundation (NSF), award #EEC-1801727
PI: Kostas Alexis, co-PI Lei Yang, Senior Personnel David Feil-Seifer
This Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) Site at the University of Nevada Reno aims to deliver a unique holistic research experience to K-12 teachers of Nevada in relation to future smart cities and the cutting edge topics of robotics and big data, as well as their intersection. The overarching goal is to enable a critical mass of teachers in Nevada to be able to help their students develop a passion for these domains, strengthen their critical thinking, and broadly nurture an interest to excel in STEM fields. Research in the respective domains is currently of paramount importance in order to address the multitude of open challenges to achieve truly autonomous driving and the realization of smart cities. The relevance and significance of cross-disciplinary research in robotics and big data cannot be overstated in the context of STEM education and its potential is daily growing. This site will attract K-12 teacher participants to STEM education by providing tangible research experiences and appropriately designed knowledge modules, in turn enhancing the STEM education for their students and further designing and deploying transferable research and education tools for the school environment.
This project aims to nurture an interest and passion for robotics and big data research to K-12 teachers of all levels, especially from the perspective of their intersection for smart cities. The RET Site will provide a tangible experience through a) educational activities on the fundamental principles of autonomous driving, machine learning, and big data, b) a custom-designed, miniaturized, and transferable test-bed of smart cities called "Robocity", and c) hands-on activities on an instrumented electric bus and a drive-by-wire Lincoln MKZ autonomous car. Through the envisioned activities, it is anticipated that Nevada teachers will be actively engaged and gain knowledge and research experiences in robotic perception and machine learning, control, path planning, big data analytics, and big data system design. To enhance the quality of STEM education in local K-12 schools at all levels, a team with both senior and young faculty has been assembled to support the development of curricular modules and provide a set of mechanisms that allow research to be seamlessly transferred to the school environment. The project will engage a thorough plan for project evaluation and a participant recruitment process that focuses on underrepresented groups and respective student populations. To ensure that the developed skills acquired by teachers are transferred to the classroom, the PI team will engage in follow-up activities with the RET participants to support the installation of Robocity. The PI team will also offer demonstrations and tangible exercises at schools, as well as workshops at the University of Nevada, Reno.
REU Site: Collaborative Human-Robot Interaction
National Science Foundation, award #CNS:1757929
PI: David Feil-Seifer, Co-PI: Shamik Sengupta
Feb. 1, 2018 - Jan. 31, 2021
Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) has the potential to affect several real world domains such as hospitals, homes, schools, offices, or infrastructure sites where robots are uniquely able to assist a human team member to achieve a common goal. However, there are many challenges for effective human-robot collaboration that impinge on this promise, such as communicating with human partners using natural language, providing information to an operator through a visual interface, or quickly providing information so that a person is able to offer assistance. We propose an HRI direction that provides several closely-related projects for undergraduate research experiences. The project team will mentor 10 undergraduates each summer, pursuing research directly impacting assistive robotics, in the following technical areas: development of autonomous robot capabilities targeted for care environments, such as networked robotics devices cooperating with care professionals to perform complex tasks in support of aging in place; human command-and-control infrastructure for operations that utilize robots for technology support; and connectivity and security for a network of robots, computers, and embedded devices collectively used to mission-critical goals while utilizing unused parts of the wireless spectrum. The goal of this Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site is to develop and evaluate robotic systems whose function is to help bridge the human-robot collaboration gap and achieve the above objectives efficiently and effectively. The summer activities for undergraduates will provide hands-on science and engineering activities related to current research projects, and professional development with training sessions on writing a graduate school application and how to apply for fellowships to support graduate education.
The site will develop new autonomous robot capabilities and supporting network and data science technology to address real-world challenges of operating autonomous systems in hospital, clinic, home, and infrastructure environments. This site will develop solutions for semi-autonomous robot behavior with humans in the loop, wireless network connections in rapidly changing frequency domains, and processing high volumes of real-world data. The proposed site presents five projects related to these computing domains: Empirical Study of Socially-Appropriate Interaction; Language-Based Human-Robot Collaboration; Autonomous Robotic Exploration of Underground Mine Environments; Multi-robot Collaboration and Human in-the-loop for Safe, Accurate and Reliable Inspection; and Network Management of Heterogeneous Robotics Devices in a Wireless Environment. This REU site links these projects together through the common objective of developing assistive technology. Students will develop domain knowledge, mathematical skills, and interdisciplinary competency. The possible intellectual properties resulting from this project will include study on long-term human-robot interaction, wireless networking for challenging signal environments, autonomous robot capabilities for human-robot teaming, and data science tools for processing high volumes of data from real-world systems.
Robotics and Big Data for Undergraduate and Graduate Students of University of Nevada, Reno College of Engineering
PI: Hung La, co-PI David Feil-Seifer
University/Museum Partnership For Informal Education in Robotics
Nevada Space Grant Consortium (NVSGC), award #NNX15AI02H
PI: David Feil-Seifer, Co-PI: Adam Kirn
July 1, 2018 - April 9, 2019
Computing education is becoming a critical component for success in the modern job market. Computing is continually highlighted as a national priority of K-12 education. The experience and training required are a barrier to the introduction of courses or other educational models with computing content. In this proposal, we extend prior work that developed robotics modules for informal K-12 instruction in robotics and computing and utilize these materials for outreach to Nevada students through a collaboration with the Nevada Discovery Museum and the University's Mobile Engineering Education Lab (ME2L).
The current training paradigm for robotics instruction relies on primarily graduate study. Some advanced undergraduate courses may be available, but students typically have access to at most one or two of these courses. However, at the K-12 level, few robot enrichment activities exist. The result of this configuration is that students may not even learn that robotics is a field that they would like to pursue until late undergraduate education at the earliest. This could severely depress interest in robotics.
A wealth of literature suggests, however, that children learn best when presented with playful, real world, "learn by doing" challenges (see, for example, Dewey, 1938; Vygotsky, 1978). Unfortunately, much education concerning computer programming may be currently framed as equivalent to asking students to "eat their vegetables" and memorize content rather than participating and learning from activities that are inherently rewarding. Computing can be difficult to teach, especially at the pre-college level. One reason for this difficulty is that computing relies on several other skills, such as algebra, sequential logic, and planning. Subsequently, there is a dearth of computing education in Nevada.
Rather than focus on programming in a specific computer language, the proposed modules will focus on the fundamentals of computing: instructions, decisions, and loops; as well as the fundamental problems in robotics: sensing, planning, and actuation. Computing skills are often used in day-to-day activities. A recipe, for example, is a planned sequence of steps that when executed result in a dish. Directions are a similar example of programmatic sequences.
This proposal will engage with the Terry Lee Wells Discovery Museum and the UNR Mobile Engineering Education Lab (ME2L) to develop and execute this type of skill-based real-world inspired computing instruction and to disseminate them widely to students from the Reno area. These activities have been shown to encourage interest and identity in STEM careers and education. We are excited to expand on this content and bring this to a wider audience.
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Barnimer Freundschaft (Zahlenkürzel: 26) ist eine rechtsextreme Vereinigung mit rockerähnlichem Organisationsgrad aus Barnim in Brandenburg und Berlin.

Geschichte und Hintergrund
Der Verein geriet erstmals 2014 in das Visier des Verfassungsschutzes. Nach nachrichtendienstlichen Erkenntnissen handelt es sich um eine rockerähnliche Gruppierung, eine sogenannte Streetgang. Diese unterscheidet sich von der Rocker-Subkultur durch den Verzicht auf die Pflicht zum Motorradfahren. Die Barnimer Freundschaft trägt Kutten mit eigenen Logos und unterscheidet ähnlich wie ein Motorcycle Club Vollmitglieder und Anwärter. Das Logo der Barnimer Freundschaft ist eine stilisierte Schwarze Sonne mit sechs weißen Händen, die zur Mitte ausgerichtet sind, sowie das Zahlenkürzel 26.

Etwa zehn feste Mitglieder sollen der Gruppe angehören, darunter die beiden Musiker R.a.W. und Villain051 (Patrick Killat), die zusammen das Musikprojekt A3stus betreiben. Auf Grund deren Engagement in der Szene wurde das Klubhaus, das sich im Norden von Berlin befindet, durchsucht. Patrick Killat rief außerdem den Aktionstag Schwarze Kreuze ins Leben, der auch überregional Verbreitung in der rechten Szene fand.

Ansonsten ist die Gruppierung vor allem regional aktiv, wobei die Mitglieder aber auch zu Demonstrationen und Aufmärschen im Bundesgebiet reisen. Gute Kontakte hat die Gruppierung zur NPD-Gruppe in Barnim. So traten bei der Kommunalwahl 2014 im Landkreis Barnim zwei Mitglieder der Barnimer Freundschaft für die NPD an. Dabei wurde Marcel Zech in den Kreistag Barnim gewählt und sitzt auch in der Gemeindevertretung Panketal (BAR). Er soll außerdem an einem Überfall auf einen Jugendlichen beteiligt gewesen sein, der ein Wahlkampfplakat der NPD abgerissen hat. Zudem trägt er auf dem Rücken eine Tätowierung, die das Eingangstor des KZ Auschwitz in stilisierter Form zeigt sowie den Spruch Jedem das Seine, der über dem Eingangstor des KZ Buchenwalds stand. Für das Zeigen dieser Tätowierung im Erlebnisbad TURM in Oranienburg wurde er nach Revision zu einer achtmonatigen Gefängnisstrafe ohne Bewährung verurteilt. Des Weiteren arbeitet die Gruppierung auch mit der rechtsextremen Splitter-Partei Die Rechte zusammen.

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Organisation (Rechtsextremismus)
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Phillip T. Vondra, Esq. is a local graduate of Serrano High School. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of California, Irvine. From there he went on to San Diego and graduated from the Thomas Jefferson School of Law in 1991, and was admitted to practice law in 1992. Phil became a successful attorney in the San Diego area gaining valuable courtroom experience handling criminal defense cases. In 1998 Phil decided to return to the High Desert area to raise a family and open a personal injury practice in Phelan. As a personal injury attorney he prides himself on giving honest advice. He understands that in a small, tight-knit community like the High Desert, word of mouth is everything. The majority of his cases have come from word of mouth referrals.
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Deya Al-Dah es un deportista sirio que compitió en taekwondo. Ganó una medalla de plata en el Campeonato Asiático de Taekwondo de 2006 en la categoría de –72 kg.

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As promised in the article on colorizing the terminal, let's look at how to customize your bash prompt. First note that text as well as the following can be used in your string.
So customize away and enjoy!


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Bhattiana is a tract of land lying in the Indian states of Haryana and Punjab between Hisar and the Garra. It was named Bhattiana because of being ruled by Bhatti.

Origin of name
This geographical area derives its name from the clan of Bhattis, The Bhatti clan is found in the Punjab region. The Battiana territories, traditionally controlled by the Bhatis, covered a part of modern Haryana and Punjab, and extended up to Bikaner, Rajasthan.

History
The region was devastated during the (late-14th century) invasion of the north-western parts of the Indian subcontinent by Timur. Thereafter, the regions fell under the control of the different rulers, including the Mughals, and with the weakening of the Mughals, became a part of the British Raj from mid-19th century. A district of Bhattiana was formed in 1837, but in 1858 it was transferred to the Punjab and absorbed into the Sirsa district, itself later divided up.

Current status
Bhattiana no longer exists as an administrative unit and these regions are the parts of the Republic of India. Current day Sirsa was essentially Bhattiana but also included parts of current day Fatehabad district such as Ratia and Rania.

See also
 Bhattu Kalan

References

Regions of Haryana
Regions of Punjab, India
Regions of Punjab, Pakistan


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Q: Selecting first and last records of a join under certain assumptions I have a game where each player can place different in orders and each in order must be followed by one or more out orders.
At the end of the game the score of a player is given by the difference between the prices of his first in and last out.
The definition of the tables for the game is the following, where the sequence of the places is given by the automatic sequence of the inserts.
create table prices
(
   sequence int identity(1,1),
   price int
 );
create table orders
(
   player int,
   sequence int identity(1,1),
   place varchar(30),
   operation varchar(3)
 );
 create table players
(
   player int,
   name varchar(30)
 );

I'm doing the following query to compute the score of all the players
select cst.name,
ord_in.place as 'first in' ,
ord_out.place as 'last out' ,
pr_in.price - pr_out.price as 'diff'
from players cst
left join orders ord_in
  on cst.player = ord_in.player
  and ord_in.operation = 'in'
  and ord_in.sequence = (
    select min(sequence) from orders
    where player = cst.player
  )
left join orders ord_out
  on cst.player = ord_out.player
  and ord_out.operation = 'out'
  and ord_out.sequence = (
    select max(sequence) from orders
    where player = cst.player
  )
left join prices pr_out on pr_out.sequence = ord_out.sequence
left join prices pr_in on pr_in.sequence = ord_in.sequence

and the result is fine except for the following case
 insert into players (player, name) values (1,'sandra');
 insert into orders (player, place, operation) values (1,'germany','in');
 insert into prices (price) values (10);
 insert into orders (player, place, operation) values (1,'france','out');
 insert into prices (price) values (300);
 insert into orders (player, place, operation) values (1,'italy','out');
 insert into prices (price) values (50);
 insert into orders (player, place, operation) values (1,'spain','in');
 insert into prices (price) values (200);
 insert into orders (player, place, operation) values (1,'russia','out');
 insert into prices (price) values (100);
 insert into orders (player, place, operation) values (1,'belgium','in');
 insert into prices (price) values (80);

Why is the last out returned as null, as shown in this fiddle?
What is going wrong?

A: You can use window functions and conditional aggregation:
select
    player,
    name,
    max(case when operation = 'in' and rn_asc = 1 then price end)
        - max(case when operation = 'out' and rn_desc = 1 then price end) diff
from (
    select
        p.player,
        p.name,
        o.place,
        o.operation,
        r.price,
        row_number() over(partition by operation order by o.sequence) rn_asc,
        row_number() over(partition by operation order by o.sequence desc) rn_desc
    from players p
    inner join orders o on o.player = p.player
    inner join prices r on r.sequence = o.sequence
) t
where
    (operation = 'in' and rn_asc = 1)
    or (operation = 'out' and rn_desc = 1)
group by player, name

A: My approach for this problem is different based on the point of view.
From a functional/business point of view, I would reply that you have to change the sequence of the inserts without touching the query, because the "game" assumption is that each in must be followed by at least one out, so the last insert for that player must be a out not a in.
If I had to fix the query with a minimal change, I would simply add a line in the subquery constraint, by specifying that the operation without the alias must be equal to the aliased operation.
This is the correct subquery for the out. Same fix for the in, should it be needed
left join orders ord_out
  on cst.player = ord_out.player
  and ord_out.operation = 'out'
  and ord_out.sequence = (
    select max(sequence) from orders
    where player = cst.player
    and operation = ord_out.operation
  )

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Regarding maintenance of cost records, is it compulsory for SEZ unit to maintain cost records irrespective of its turnover being less than 35 crores? Although such a unit is exempt from cost audit.
First we need to check about applicability of cost records then it's exemption and then we need to check about cost audit then it's exemption.


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Stimshop SDK demo application for iOS.
Import the header file StimshopSDK.h and the library file libStimshop_SDK.a into your iOS application project.
We assume you already have your API key, allowing you to use Stimshop services.
Where STIMSHOP-APIKEY is the API key provided by Stimshop.
* detection to be performed.
/*! Called when an error occurred during take off.
stimshopErrorInvalidAPIKey : "API key is not valid anymore, starting canceled"
stimshopErrorInvalidID : "Invalid ID, starting canceled"
Everything's now ready, let's start detecting !
The isListening method notifies whether the SDK is listening to signal or not.
The isDetecting method notifies whether the SDK has detected a corred code.
Find the latest version of the library in the ZIP file. It should be named stimshop-sdk-commons-.aar, where is the release version.
Now you can synchronize the project with the gradle files (either from the toolbar button or from the menu Tools > Android > Sync project with Gradle files.
> TODO Using a Maven repository would allow the user to only specify the SDK dependency. All other dependencies would be pull automatically.
We assume you already have your API key to use the Stimshop services.
Note: If stimshop_notify_url is set to true in your stimshop.xml file, make sure to add the location permission.
As of SDK version 4.1, this step is not needed anymore. The SDK already declares these services in its own manifest file and that one will be merged with your application manifest.
This step is only required if you plan to use the system broadcaster. If your application does not need to communicate with other applications, you can ignore it. The SDK will by default use a local broadcaster which does not transmit the messages outside of the application.
The StimShop SDK must be initialized in a custom application class.
This file will automatically be used when you initialize the SDK in the application with the code snippet in the previous section.
The StimShop SDK communicates with you via broadcast messages which is built in the Android SDK.
You have two options. You can either have a receiver which receives detection signals even when the application is not in foreground, or you can have a receiver which is tied to an activity.
Note: above, we assume the receiver will be implemented in the MyReceiver class located in the package (replace with your own names).
Please note that depending on the configuration in the stimshop.xml, not all functions will be called. By default only the callback onSignalDetected would be called.
You will then be able to dispatch the Stimshop's events to the other classes the way you prefer to, using for example EventBus, Otto or ordinary listeners.
You can start and stop listening whenever you want (provided the SDK is ready) by calling the StimShop methods startDetection() and stopDetection().
Detection is always a burden on the device's battery, so you should try as much as possible to detect only when necessary. If you need to keep detection enabled for a long period of time, the SDK will soon provide a way to enable/disable a power saving mode which would give better battery life in exchange for a higher detection latency.
As the Stimshop SDK relies on AudioRecord, other applications which are requiring the microphone can not instantiate their AudioRecord session while our own session is on (while detecting).
And because of the way the AudioRecord class was designed, an application which is using AudioRecord can not know or be notified when an external app is requesting the microphone.
What we recommend our users to do, is to let the user the control over the background detection (since the typical use case we are talking about is when another application in foreground is asking for the microphone). This is basically what we have done in our own apps, like ucheck.in.
The critical apps like the telephone calls are not concerned though.
NB: This "is scanning" notification's code is available in the StimshopService in our demo app.


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Q: Reload TableView data after click button I'm making chat application and read messages data from SQLite database. I want to reload my TableView data with new messages after clicking on my "send" button.
Event for my button:
    [_sendButton addTarget:self action:@selector(saveMessage:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];

I think I need to use -(void)viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated but it didn't work (or I'm doing something wrong).
[_tableView reloadData];

-(void)viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated {

sqlite3 *database;

databaseName = @"Messenges.db";
NSArray *documentPaths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentsDir = [documentPaths objectAtIndex:0];
databasePath = [documentsDir stringByAppendingPathComponent:databaseName];

messenges = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];

if(sqlite3_open([databasePath UTF8String], &database) == SQLITE_OK) {
    const char *sqlStatement = "select * from messenges";
    sqlite3_stmt *compiledStatement;
    if(sqlite3_prepare_v2(database, sqlStatement, -1, &compiledStatement, NULL) == SQLITE_OK) {
        while(sqlite3_step(compiledStatement) == SQLITE_ROW) {
            NSString *dbMessageText = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:(char *)sqlite3_column_text(compiledStatement, 1)];

            Message *messege = [[Message alloc] initWithName:dbMessageText];

            [messenges addObject:messege];

            [messege release];
        }
    }
    sqlite3_finalize(compiledStatement);

}
sqlite3_close(database);}

Editing
This is my method to add a new row to TableView. New row must be added at once after clicking "send" button.
-(IBAction)insertRows:(id)sender {
    MDAppDelegate *appDelegate = (MDAppDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];
    [messenges insertObject:[[NSString alloc] initWithFormat:@"%@", _textField.text] atIndex:appDelegate.messenges.count+1];
    NSArray *insertIndexPaths = [NSArray arrayWithObject: [NSIndexPath indexPathForRow:1 inSection:1]];
    UITableView *tV = (UITableView *)self.tableView;

    [tV beginUpdates];
    [tV insertRowsAtIndexPaths:insertIndexPaths withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationRight];
    [tV endUpdates];}

But this code give me error: 'Invalid table view update.  The application has requested an update to the table view that is inconsistent with the state provided by the data source.'
How can I fix it?
Edit2
Ok. I have only 1 section. numberOfSectionsInTableView: does not require correction.
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section {
    MDAppDelegate *appDelegate = (MDAppDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];
    NSUInteger numberOfRowsInSection = appDelegate.messenges.count; //add new variable to what rows will be +1
    if (self.editing) {
        numberOfRowsInSection++;
    }
    return numberOfRowsInSection;}

But I still have the same error.
Edit #3
Let's look. I changed my insertRows to :
-(IBAction)insertRows:(id)sender {
    MDAppDelegate *appDelegate = (MDAppDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];
    [self.tableView beginUpdates];
    self.tableView.editing = YES;
    [messenges insertObject:[[NSString alloc] initWithFormat:@"%@", _textField.text] atIndex:appDelegate.messenges.count+1];

    NSArray *insertIndexPaths = [NSArray arrayWithObject: [NSIndexPath indexPathForRow:appDelegate.messenges.count+1 inSection:1]];
    [self.tableView insertRowsAtIndexPaths:insertIndexPaths withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationRight];
    [self.tableView endUpdates];
}

And numberOfRowsInSection:
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section {
    MDAppDelegate *appDelegate = (MDAppDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];
    NSUInteger numberOfRowsInSection = appDelegate.messenges.count;
    if (self.tableView.editing) {
           numberOfRowsInSection++;
    }
    NSLog(@"%i",numberOfRowsInSection);
    return numberOfRowsInSection;
}

But I got an error *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSRangeException', reason: '*** -[__NSArrayM objectAtIndex:]: index 4 beyond bounds [0 .. 3]' . Then I corrected if (self.tableView.editing) to:
if (self.tableView.editing) {
    MDAppDelegate *someNewDelegate = (MDAppDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];
    numberOfRowsInSection = someNewDelegate.messenges.count+1; //or .count
}

But got same error about 'NSRangeException'.

A: To update your UITableView with animation you need to:

*

*Invoke beginUpdates on your UITableView

*Update your data model

*Insert / Remove rows and sections

*Invoke endUpdates on your UITableView
Couple of Things to Keep in Mind:

*

*If you are deleting a section you should not also be deleting rows from that section (unnecessary and might even cause errors)

*If you are inserting a section you should not also be inserting rows into that section (UITableView will call numberOfRowsInSection: followed by cellForRowAtIndexPath: if the cell is visible).

What Do You Mean, Update My Data Model?
If you are manipulating a UITableView by adding and removing rows and sections, then you should have some way of keeping track of what sections / rows are currently in the UITableView at any given moment.
For example, you should have a numberOfRowsInSection: method that resembles this:
- (NSInteger)numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
    // You should have a way to get section data with an index (section)
    // The below example assumes an NSArray named self.mySectionCollection
    // exists for this purpose
    NSArray *sectionList = self.mySectionCollection;
    // You should have data associated with a section.  Below its assumed
    // this data is wrapped in an NSDictionary.  Data that might be in here
    // could include a height, a name, number of rows, etc...
    NSDictionary *sectionData = [sectionList objectAtIndex:section];

    NSInteger rowCount = 0;
    // SectionData should NEVER be nil at this point.  You could raise an
    // exception here, have a debug assert, or just return 0.
    if (sectionData)
    {
        rowCount = [[sectionData objectForKey:@"rowCount"] intValue];
    }
    return rowCount;
}

You can store information about sections / rows in several different ways including using CoreData.  The point is that by modifying this collection in between beginUpdates and endUpdates you are telling the UITableView how to update itself (it will query numberOfRowsInSection:, numberOfSections, and cellForRowAtIndexPath: as needed).
Edit
I believe if you modify your insertRows: method to modify your data source (messenges) at the same time you notify UITableView that updates have occurred that things will begin working for you properly.
Try using this code:
-(IBAction)insertRows:(id)sender
{
   MDAppDelegate *appDelegate = (MDAppDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];
   UITableView *tV = (UITableView *)self.tableView;

   [tV beginUpdates];

   // UPDATE DATA MODEL IN BETWEEN beginUpdates and endUpdates
   int rowIndex = appDelegate.messenges.count + 1;
   [messenges insertObject:[[NSString alloc] initWithFormat:@"%@", _textField.text]
                   atIndex:rowIndex];

   // Notify UITableView that updates have occurred
   NSArray *insertIndexPaths = [NSArray arrayWithObject:
                                [NSIndexPath indexPathForRow:rowIndex inSection:1]];
   [tV insertRowsAtIndexPaths:insertIndexPaths
             withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationRight];

   [tV endUpdates];
}

Edit #2
If you are still having issues, I would look at where you are setting the self.editing flag.
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView
 numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
    MDAppDelegate *appDelegate = (MDAppDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];
    //add new variable to what rows will be +1
    NSUInteger numberOfRowsInSection = appDelegate.messenges.count;
    if (self.editing)
    {
        numberOfRowsInSection++;
    }
    return numberOfRowsInSection;
}

This flag controls whether an additional row exists in the table or not.  For this reason, you must set it between beginUpdates and endUpdates like:
// assuming the editing flag is set from some IBAction
-addNewRow:(id)sender
{
   int row = ???;  // not sure where you want this new row

   [self.tableView beginUpdates]
   self.editing = YES;
   NSArray *insertIndexPaths = [NSArray arrayWithObject:
                                [NSIndexPath indexPathForRow:row inSection:1]];
   [self.tableView insertRowsAtIndexPaths:insertIndexPaths
                         withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationRight];
   [self.tableView endUpdates];
}

Remember to similarly call deleteRowsAtIndexPaths:withRowAnimation: if the user stops editing if you are removing the row you add.  I believe no action is necessary if the edit becomes permanent, but you'd need to set self.editing = NO while also adding a new row to it's proper place in self.messenges.
Also, in your insertRows: method, you telling the UITableView that you are inserting a row at index 1 when in fact you always insert at the end of the messenges collection.  I've modified my version of the insertRows method so that it has a rowIndex variable for the purpose of ensuring the same index is used when updating the data model and informing UITableView of the change.
Lastly, please include as much debugging information as possible when you run into problems.  Usually when a problem arises from updating the UITableView in the manner you are trying, it will tell you there is an inconsistency error.  It's been awhile since I've seen it, but something to the effect that before updating the table there were 5 number of rows and after there were 7 when only 1 was added.  I'd like to see this message if it is showing up in your console.
Edit #3
This is in response to the error you are seeing:

* Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSRangeException', reason: '* -[__NSArrayM objectAtIndex:]: index 4 beyond bounds [0 ..
  3]'

Your error has nothing to do with inserting into the UITableView.  It has to do with the fact that you are trying to insert beyond the bounds of an array.  My guess is the offending line is:
[messenges insertObject:[[NSString alloc] initWithFormat:@"%@",
                          _textField.text]
                atIndex:appDelegate.messenges.count+1];

To insert at the end of the array, use an index of appDelegate.messenges.count (removed the +1).
Also...  Are you absolutely certain your data model and calls to update the UITableView agree?  Try invoking NSLog(@"rowsBeforeUpdate: %i", [self numberOfRowsInSection:0]); just after you call beginUpdates and just before calling endUpdates.  Also, call NSLog(@"inserting index paths: %@", insertIndexPaths) when informing the UITableView of an insert operation.  My guess is that self.messenges accurately reflects the rows that should be in the table, but by adding +1 when self.tableView.editing is true, you push the numberOfRowsInSection: above what you report in your calls to insertRowsAtIndexPaths:withRowAnimation:.
Try this:
-(IBAction)insertRows:(id)sender {
    MDAppDelegate *appDelegate = (MDAppDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];
    [self.tableView beginUpdates];
    NSLog(@"rows before update: %i", [self numberOfRowsInSection:0]);

    self.tableView.editing = YES;
    NSLog(@"rows with editing flag set: %i", [self numberOfRowsInSection:0]);

    int rowIndex = appDelegate.messenges.count;  // don't need +1 at end
    int sectionIndex = 0;  // should it be 0 or 1?  I would guess 0
    [messenges insertObject:[[NSString alloc] initWithFormat:@"%@", _textField.text]
                    atIndex:rowIndex];

    NSArray *insertIndexPaths = [NSArray arrayWithObject:
                                 [NSIndexPath indexPathForRow:rowIndex
                                                    inSection:sectionIndex]];
    [self.tableView insertRowsAtIndexPaths:insertIndexPaths
                          withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationRight];
    NSLog(@"inserting index paths: %@", insertIndexPaths);

    [self.tableView endUpdates];
}

I changed the row index above to exclude the +1 in it.  I changed the section index to be 0, which should be correct unless this UITableView does in fact have multiple sections that haven't been mentioned.  Make sure that your logs make sense.  If you see numberOfRowsInSection: increase by two during the course of insertRows: then you had also better see insertRowsAtIndexPaths: reflect the same thing.  I'm confused why you need the editing flag to add another row in your numberOfRowsInSection: method.  This part (where you add an additional row if self.editing is set) doesn't seem to be working right.  Perhaps just try leaving out this part to have some of it working, then add it back in once you have some things working properly.  Perhaps change numberOfRowsInSection: to be like the following until some things begin working:
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView
 numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
    MDAppDelegate *appDelegate = (MDAppDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];
    NSUInteger numberOfRowsInSection = appDelegate.messenges.count;
    NSLog(@"numberOfRowsInSection %i: %u", section, numberOfRowsInSection);
    return numberOfRowsInSection;
}


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Millions Homeless; Obama Blameless -- 10,000-word New Yorker article on rise in homelessness mentions 'Barack Obama' zero times -- By Jamie Weinstein, The Daily Caller
The New Yorker magazine's latest issue features a nearly 10,000 word article on the rise in homelessness in New York City — but the piece doesn't mention the name "Barack Obama" a single time.
According to the article, the number of homeless in New York City has exploded in recent years.
"For baseball games, Yankee Stadium seats 50,287. If all the homeless people who now live in New York City used the stadium for a gathering, several thousand of them would have to stand," the article opens.
"More people in the city lack homes than at any time since . . . It's hard to say exactly. The Coalition for the Homeless, a leading advocate for homeless people in the city and the state, says that these numbers have not been seen in New York since the Great Depression. The Bloomberg administration replies that bringing the Depression into it is wildly unfair, because those times were much worse, and, besides, for complicated reasons, you're comparing apples and oranges. …In any case, it's inescapably true that there are far more homeless people in the city today than there have been since 'modern homelessness' (as experts refer to it) began, back in the nineteen-seventies."
Yet nowhere in the mammoth piece is President Obama's economic record over the last six years even considered as a possible factor. The terms "Barack Obama" or "President Obama" don't appear at all, though the term "Obama phones" comes up once:
"Nearby, a young man named Angel was helping a woman from Access Wireless hand out cell phones that were paid for by Medicaid," the article reads. "He called them 'Obama phones,' because they were free."


Newly-elected London Mayor Sadiq Khan dismisses U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's offer to make him an exception to his proposed ban on Muslims. Vanessa Johnston reports.
Sadiq Khan may be the exception to Donald Trump's proposed rule...a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States... But London's new mayor has another idea for the presumptive U.S. Republican nominee for president: (SOUNDBITE) (English) LONDON MAYOR, SADIQ KHAN, SAYING: "My message to Donald Trump is: Don't make an exception for me. Reconsider your views on Islam." Trump's proposal to temporarily ban Muslims came after deadly attacks by Islamist militants in Paris and California last year. But the real estate mogul told The New York Times he's happy about Khan's win. The Labour Party candidate defeated his Conservative rival last week by a record margin. Khan is the son of a Pakistani immigrant bus driver and a seamstress. (SOUNDBITE) (English) LONDON MAYOR, SADIQ KHAN, SAYING: "It's possible to be a Muslim and to be Western and London showed that last week." Just days into the job, Khan says he hopes to visit some American cities for inspiration... ...and that Trump will visit London to meet some British Muslims.


In 2012, IBM estimated that 2.5 exabytes (i.e., 2.5 billion gigabytes) of data was generated every day. What that figure is today has become difficult to estimate because the volume is growing so fast. However, the main question that has arisen is how can healthcare providers utilize the tools and advanced analytics that accompany vast amounts of data when treating and diagnosing patients?
While previous practice methodology has relied on prescribing the medication that has statistically been effective for the most amount of patients with the same condition (evidence-based medicine), the vast amount of data has penetrated every market, including healthcare, has led to the rise of precision medicine. Today's technology allows us to sequence a person's entire genome more rapidly and more affordably than previously; at the same time we can take all the evidence-based historical records and combine that with all of an individual patient's data to determine the best course of treatment. As this methodology progresses and develops, AI uses deep learning algorithms continue to improve itself and make effective diagnoses. While it is certain that the exponential growth of technology has produced a need for precision medicine and AI, its uses are still in the stages of infancy and we're just seeing the surface of what is possible.
With the cultural transformation called digital health, disruptive technologies have started to make advanced methods available not only to medical professionals but also to their patients. These technologies such as genomics, biotechnology, wearable sensors, or artificial intelligence (AI) are gradually leading to three major directions. They have been (1) making patients the point-of-care; (2) created a vast amount of data that require advanced analytics; and (3) made the foundation of precision medicine. Instead of developing treatments for populations and making the same medical decisions based on a few similar physical characteristics among patients, medicine has shifted toward prevention, personalization, and precision.


Are your social media efforts generating any sales?
In the hunt of the tricks that can help you do so?
Social media has the power of generating quite remarkable results in terms of sales.
In fact, a study found that 78.6% of sales people who are using social media to sell out performed those who weren't using social media.
When talking about exceeding sales quota by more than 10%, social media users were 23% more successful than their non-social media peers.
What's more is that over 40% of correspondents said they've closed between two and five deals as a result of social media.
Considering the fact that these studies were conducted in 2012, it is safe to say that these numbers have most likely increased because the popularity of social media has done nothing but grow since then.
In this article, I'll teach you the top social media methods that will help you sell more.
You probably know that creating an account on all social media platforms you can come across, then trying to juggle them isn't a recipe for success.
Instead, you want to focus on a few core network that you can put all your efforts into.
The main deciding factor of which platforms you want to choose is your audience.
All platforms are different. Some are heavily used by women, some are heavily used by teenagers, some are popular among both genders. In order to choose the platforms that are right for you, assessing where your customers are most active is key.
A great place to start is to learn where your audience is talking most about your brand.
There is also plenty to learn from your competitors.
Where are they spending their efforts? Where your competitors are, there is a chance your customers are as well.
Unless your competitors have no idea of what they are doing.
What you can also do is to look at the user demographics across some of the platforms you are considering using. Which platforms have the most users who fall into your category?
A common mistake many brands do is to believe that the more platforms they are active on, the better results they'll have. And it's easy to understand why they believe that. More places to be seen = more exposure = better results.
The only thing is that it means spreading your efforts across all platforms (generating "meh" results) instead of focusing on a few core networks (generating impressive results).
People don't want to go through step after step – and through a lot of trouble just to buy something from you.
If your shopping process is too complicated, there's a big chance you'll end up scaring away quite a lot of people.
One click should be enough to get them to where they want to be. Avoid any redirects and the demand for on-page clicks that makes the shopping a hassle instead of a pleasant experience.
Of course, if you have an allocated budget for your social media, it's not a bad idea to use them. Ads often offer more to choose from when it comes to linking and landing pages and create a better shopping experience for the customer.
Instagram just recently introduced shoppable posts to make the platform more attractive for business. As of now, the feature is only available for verified accounts, and if you still want to benefit from "shoppable posts", Instagram Ads is the thing to opt for.
MVMT watches have gotten their Instagram account verified and uses the stoppable feature on almost all their posts, creating a seamless shopping experience for their customers.
A simple tap on the screen presents what the product is and how much it costs. Two of the most common questions brands receive on social media now answered.
Lastly, you have the call-to-action button. Tap that and you'll be directed to the place where you can shop that exact piece. What would the purpose be if people would just be redirected to the homepage? It would only mean the people interested have to spend efforts trying to find the piece they've just seen on Instagram.
Of course, Instagram is not the only platform that has this feature. Pinterest has rich pins, and Twitter has clickable links. Something that Instagram doesn't.
This step is critical for driving sales through social media.
Almost all visitors who'll click through to shop something from your website will be on their phone.
If you are putting a lot of effort into generating sales on social media, then don't have a mobile optimized website, you are shooting yourself in the foot.
If you've ever visited a website that isn't mobile friendly with your phone before, you know what I am talking about.
In fact, a study which studied website visitor experiences found that 52% of mobile site visitors said that a bad website experience mobile made them less likely to engage with a brand. Moreover, 48% said that a bad experience resulted in them seeing it as the brand didn't care about their business.
If you, on the other hand, have optimized your website and made it user-friendly, you'll benefit from it. In a study conducted by Google, they found that 67% are more likely to buy a product on a mobile-friendly site.
Finding out if your website is mobile friendly is simple!
With Google's mobile friendly test, you can quickly find out if your website offers a good mobile experience by being mobile friendly.
You also want to look at your page's page speed as this also affects the user experience. How long does it take to get from social media to your website checkout? Is the time longer than it should be because your website is slow?
You've created killer content, and you've added a link in your bio or in you caption – depending on which platform you use.
But you still aren't seeing any results.
Are you including a strong call to action?
Social media offers several places where you can include call to actions.
On Instagram, you have three places where you can share links. In your bio, in Stories, and through Direct Message.
Obviously, your profile is one of the most important sources for driving traffic, no matter which social platform you use, so you want to take advantage of it.
Thankfully, you also have a bio where you can write about yourself, and this means a place where you can include a call to action. You can see a lot of people using their bio space to include a call to action to their website, and that's proof that it works!
Dell uses their bio space to include a call to action to their podcast.
If you are using ads, you have a more wide choice of call to actions. These allow you to choose from a variety of different call to action buttons. If you don't use ads, it might be a good idea to consider it, because these buttons are far more powerful than a call to action in your caption.
By including a clear call to action, you let people know what they should do, and not surprisingly, it is able to generate tremendous results.
It's incredible that simply telling people what to do can make such a huge difference.
Here is Dollar shave Club's Facebook profile seen with a "Sign up" call to action.
When setting up a Facebook ad, you can choose from even more buttons, such as shop now, book now, sign up, learn more etc.
It's impossible to write an article on increasing social media sales without mentioning influencers marketing, and that's because it works!
Influencer marketing campaigns generate $6.85 for every $1.00 invested.
If you think about it, it's not strange at all that influencer marketing can generate these results.
92% of Consumers Trust Peer Recommendations Over Advertising, which means that brands have very limited trust in what they are saying.
Everyone already knows what companies are after, right?
Thankfully, you can now lean on influencers in your marketing and efforts to generate more sales on social media.
Because influencers have built a highly targeted following of individuals who are interested in the niche the influencer is, it is a perfect opportunity for brands who are within that industry as well, because this means a highly effective way of reaching your target audience.
In addition to that, influencers have over a period of time build their trust and credibility which means their followers look up to them and trust their recommendations.
The key to running a successful influencer campaign is, of course, that you work with influencers who actually are within your industry and have a following of people who are your target audience.
Secondly, you want to work with influencers who have an engaged audience and actually have a real influence over people.
75% of marketers, says that finding the right influencers the most challenging part of influencer marketing, and that's understandable! There are so many components that have to be right.
However, with the help of Veloce Influencer directory, you can filter influencers based on your preferred criteria, and as a result be presented with the most relevant influencers for you, based on the criteria you chose.
When looking to increase sales, what you really want to do is offer a better experience for your customers. You want to make it possible to shop from you in fewer steps, make the process run quicker, for example by optimizing your website load time.
If you think about it, all you're doing when increasing your sales with social media is to simply make the process of going from A to B quicker and more pleasant. Whether it be making it easier for people to find you by choosing the right platforms, or working with influencers, whether you are optimizing your call to actions so that people can know what to click to get where they want, or, optimizing your website.
They all do one thing and having that in mind when increasing sales is vital for success.
Ask the question "How can I improve my customers' shopping experiences".


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Q: Facebook on Mac Opera - blank pages, errors in Developer's Console Since few days I encounter issues with Facebook...
I am unable to see Notifications, Messenger... I even don't have the 'publish' widget present on my fanpage.
Opera Developer's console contains following logs:
Opera has modified script or content on www.facebook.com (PATCH-1195, Facebook - block first character in the comment field from triggering a single key keyboard shortcut). See browser.js for details

And error with callstack:
/notifications:1 Error in event handler for (unknown): TypeError: Cannot read property 'autofill_test' of undefined
at setAutoFillAlgorithmState (chrome-extension://hnjalnkldgigidggphhmacmimbdlafdo/onloadwff.js:58:227159)
at LP_setval (chrome-extension://hnjalnkldgigidggphhmacmimbdlafdo/onloadwff.js:58:169021)
at fillfield (chrome-extension://hnjalnkldgigidggphhmacmimbdlafdo/onloadwff.js:58:161444)
at chrome-extension://hnjalnkldgigidggphhmacmimbdlafdo/onloadwff.js:58:120257
at r (chrome-extension://hnjalnkldgigidggphhmacmimbdlafdo/onloadwff.js:58:5475)
at Object.apply (chrome-extension://hnjalnkldgigidggphhmacmimbdlafdo/onloadwff.js:39:40)
at chrome-extension://hnjalnkldgigidggphhmacmimbdlafdo/onloadwff.js:58:106817

Issue looks just like that:
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Anyone has any idea how to solve it?

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*MacOS Mojave 10.14.1

*Opera 56.0.3051.116

Thanks!


Join Bubbly Paws Dog Wash and the rest of the stores at Excelsior and Grand on Wednesday, April 10th from 3-8pm for a blood drive for the American Red Cross. Anyone that comes out will be thanked with a swag bag of goodies from all the stores at Excelsior and Grand. Please sign up in advance to donate blood. Click Here to sign up.


Foodspotting: Tabing Ilog in Mandaluyong City | Where Have You Been Lately?
I don't know how the walang forever craze started in the Philippines but it's definitely not true, that there is no forever. Others were able to find proofs that forever exists. And some of these are downright funny. Have a look!
And you know what, I also found forever in Tabing Ilog in my city of Mandaluyong. Tada! Everyone, meet May Forever.
Sorry to rain on your parade, but it's not the romantic forever that you think. It is actually a noodle pasta served with white sauce, cheese toppings, bacon bits, chicken strips, and garlic bread. And this forever comes really cheap at Php 45.00! Great deal, right?
Nacho chips, ground beef, vegetables, cream cheese. There is nothing really special with this appetizer, but I am liking the fact that it's topped with cream cheese instead of the traditional grated cheese as it didn't make it boring and made my eating experience more enjoyable. The nacho chips that were used were crispy and you'd know that it had not sat on the shelf for a long period.
Twister fries with dip. Yep! You don't have to wait for McDonald's version of it before you can munch on these curly fries. Again, nothing special but it's served while it's still hot. Actually, all of their dishes are cooked as you order so you won't have to worry about it being microwaved.
EDI WOW (Php 75.00) MUST TRY!
Quarter pounder patty with cream cheese, mushroom, bacon, TLC, and fries. Oh geez! This! It's gigantic that two person can share eating one order of Edi Wow making it one of the restaurant's best-sellers. According to owner Tita Lourdes Castillo, Tabing Ilog boasts of their burgers because they only use pure and fresh beef meat without any extender or filler. Eh 'di wow talaga!
Pampakalma D (Php 35.00) – Cookies and cream-flavored shake MUST TRY!
Why spend a lot on expensive fruit shake that is served in the same boring plastic cups when you can have the same, if not better, at half the price and placed in cutie patootie mason jars? My husband really loved Pampakalma D so I am recommending it.
Max's style fried chicken with ketchup or gravy dip. This and TILAOK (bucket of 6 fried chicken) are food to go and for delivery only. The Tabing Ilog management was kind enough to let us taste their fried chicken even if we were dining in. It didn't disappoint and it lived up to its advertising of being comparable to Max's chicken.
Noodles with red sauce and garlic bread. Of course, to appease the haters and melancholic, Tabing Ilog also named one of their dishes as such. Contrary to how it is named, Walang Forever didn't portray sadness or bitterness. In fact, it's kinda the perfect Filipino-style spaghetti with a touch of sweetness.
Now, if what we tried didn't interest you, have a look at their menu that was created by son and co-owner Donny. Let it change your minds.
Donny named the menu as such with the sole intention of making it memorable and pop.
Tabing Ilog, named after its location, operates on a daily basis from 4:00 PM to 12:00 midnight. Basing on the number of customers during our visit, I asked Tita Lourdes if Sunday is their busiest and to my shock, she said no. The place becomes really crowded with students during Mondays, Fridays, and Saturdays. Sunday, apparently, is just an average day in Tabing Ilog. Wow! Can you imagine that? For a food spot to have just started operating in less than two months with this volume of crowd says a lot.
This was taken on a Sunday at around 6:00 PM.
And this one, at 7:00 PM with still a lot of people on queue.
Here are more photos of the place.
Though burgers and pasta sound nothing new to you, there are several things that I love about Tabing Ilog. First is its location. It is spacious unlike other food spots in Mandaluyong na kulang na lang eh maghiraman kayo ng mukha ng katabi mo, it has a nice view of the Makati skyline specially at night, it is easy to find, there's no standing while waiting as you get accommodated as soon as you arrive, and there's a lot of room for parking. I also love that the place is highly organized. You choose from the menu, line up for your payment (if there are other customers ahead of you), and wait for your food to be served, which doesn't take long compared to other Mandaluyong restaurants that I won't bother mentioning. Then there is a wide variety of food you can choose from. They don't just serve burgers and pasta, you can also have rice meals, cakes, and even sizzlers. And the last thing is the food prices. It's very often that you can find a restaurant or eatery serving a decent- size and flavorful spaghetti for just Php 45.00. In most cases, it can either be expensive or less in quality or quantity.
Great view of the Makati skyline.
The only downside of dining in Tabing Ilog is during the rainy season. As the photos show, you can get really wet if you want to dine here when it's raining. Don't worry though. As a solution, they offer free delivery. Tita Lourdes also says that they already are investing on having a second floor done in the soonest time to accommodate more customers regardless of the weather.
So there, may forever sa Tabing Ilog!
If you're a Mandaluyong food spot owner and you wish for a special feature or for your place to be added on my Offbeat Manda Gastro Treats list, please email me at hello@missbackpacker.info or use the contact form, which can be found here.
Thank you so Much for this wonderful Blog Misspackaper 😉 Highly Appreciated. God bless always.


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Zeeshan: India will have psychological advantage playing on grass
To qualify for the inaugural 24-team Davis Cup Finals, India needs to beat Italy which boasts four top-100 players, led by world number 13 Fabio Fognini.
PUNE 20 November, 2018 22:00 IST
Davis Cup coach Zeeshan Ali is of the opinion that the Indian players are more comfortable on grass courts. (File Photo) - PTI
The Indian players may not be formidable on grass but playing Italy on that surface will give the host a psychological advantage, reckons Davis Cup coach Zeeshan Ali.
The Italians, who are superior on hard and clay courts, might struggle on grass and that is the reason why the Indian team management has asked for a tie at South Club in Kolkata.
"Playing on clay or hard is going to be difficult. The surface on which we have the best chance against them is grass. It is not about whether our players are good on grass or not, but they are better against them playing on grass than on clay or hard," said Zeeshan on the sidelines of Pune Challenger tournament.
The tie will be held on February 1 and 2 and the winners will play the Finals in November in Madrid.
When reasoned that better players can adjust better to the conditions, Zeeshan said, "If you look at someone like Fognini, I agree. A guy who is World No. 13 knows how to play on all surfaces. Otherwise he wouldn't be No. 13. But if you look at other players, they don't have that much experience playing on grass."
The last time India hosted a tie on grass was in 2016 against Korea in Chandigarh, winning 4-1.
Yuki Bhambri, Ramkumar Ramanathan are more comfortable on hard courts while Prajnesh Gunneswaran is a solid player on clay too.
"Now, all our players also don't play on grass. Having said that Ram won in Newport (he made the final). Psychologically it makes a difference," said Zeeshan.
"Playing on grass doesn't mean we will win for sure, or that they don't know how to play on grass. It's just that we feel that we have a better chance on grass. Grass is the one, among the three surfaces, that gives us the best chance of upsetting a team like Italy.
"We don't have players like Vijay Amritraj or Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi who played a lot on grass and knew how to play."
Zeeshan said the new format of having six players in the squad, playing three-set matches over two days works in India's favour.
"It gives us the opportunity of fielding a specialist doubles team. India which has four or five players in the top-100 in doubles, we were always struggling with combinations, because we wanted to play three singles players and so one singles player playing doubles."
Asked specifically if Paes, who has been India's best player on grass, will be considered, Zeeshan did not give a clear answer.
"We are not ruling out anybody. The match is still two and a half months away. The selection committee will meet and choose the team at that point in time."
Talking about Yuki, whose progress has again been halted due to a knee injury, Zeeshan said it was "unfortunate".
"He was not able to capitalise on the kind of tennis he was playing. The way he was playing it looked like he would be top-50 very soon. It's just that it happens to Yuki more often than others. That's the sad part."
He was also not happy with how Ramkumar has fared in the 2018 season.
"He has had some amazing results, but as far as consistency is concerned, which is needed to break into top-50 or 100 is somehow lacking, which I think although he has the game and ability, he has not been able to break into the top-100."
The India coach spoke highly of Prajnesh, who is in form of his life, having won two Challenger titles this year, making him India's number one singles player.
"After the (Davis Cup) match he had against China, his confidence is at a completely different level right now. He is physically much stronger, looking much leaner. The biggest difference is that he understands his game much better than he did six-seven months ago."
"The good thing is he is not defending any points till the French Open. So, for the first four-five months of the year, it's only going to keep going up now. So he is in a very good place now, playing top class tennis."
Leander Paes
Prajnesh Gunneswaran
Ramkumar Ramanathan
Yuki Bhambri
Zeeshan Ali


Set of 6 realistic Shot gun shells for DE M56 series shot guns. The shells are spring loaded, With a 30 round capacity. With its solid construction you get that realistic feel all air soft players want. Having these extra shells in your arsenal of air soft equipment will allows you to maximize the power of your M56 in the battlefield. These 6 extra shells enable you to save time loading BBs on the field which instead you can use to take down your enemies; absolutely a necessity for your M56.
The Double Eagle M56 Shotgun is a well made clone of the Tokyo Marui M3 Shotgun, which has a nice sturdy feel to it. It has a magazine capacity of 30 rounds (3round x 10shots). Features a 3 barrels firing system, the pump action on this gun loads 3 bb's, 1 bb into each barrel, allowing it to achieve a burst effect.
The shells were what was expected and are compatible with my Tri-shotgun.


The village Ravdoucha is situated on a mountain ridge on the west coast of the peninsula Rodopou, from where you can enjoy a beautiful view of the more western peninsula of Gramvousa (not to be confused with the island Gramvousa, which is right behind it).
From the village there is a ca.1,5 km zig zag road down the mountain slope to Ravdoucha beach, the road eventually forks down at the coast.
Right leads to a couple of taverns and the harbor (and to a small beach right on the harbor), the left it goes to a cove with rock slabs forming partial small pools of water, and close to this starts a long pebble beach. The Ravdoucha beach is surrounded by numerous Tamarisk trees. Water shoes would be a good choice here.
A tavern offers good traditional Cretan cuisine, but the beach fills up on weekends with locals, so whoever would like it a little quieter, it is best to visit this beach from Monday to Friday.
Just before the Ravdoucha beach is the small cave-chapel Agios Fanourios nestled into the rock wall, here you can also have a look inside.