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What do the Volkswagen Phaeton, Microsoft's Zune media player, and Coors Rocky Mountain Sparkling Water have in common (aside from the fact that most people have never even heard of these products)? They were all good products that made one fatal error: poor marketing.
That's right. In today's overstimulated society, you can have a great product to sell, but if you don't market yourself properly, you'll end up as just another one of those forgotten fails. The good news is that there are lots of experts only too glad to share their marketing wisdom with today's eager business owners.
Of course, you want to start out knowing that there is a demand for your product, that you're targeting the right niche audience, and that your messaging is clear, honest, and inoffensive. But, then what? That's where the experts come in. So, whether you're selling the world's fastest running shoes, a revolutionary technology, or a service that just can't be beat, pull up your chair, and learn from the best.
Everyone talks about inbound marketing, but few actually take the time to learn enough about the subject to really make a difference. That's why this video is my first recommendation. We all know how important inbound marketing is, but how many of you really know what it is, how to do it properly, and where to go next?
This video really takes you in-depth into the topic, walks you through the stages of attract, convert, close, delight, and more. One thing to note, this video is an hour long. You can listen to it on a faster speed to cut down on the length, but the value you get from it is really worth the time investment. And remember, Rome wasn't built in a day.
Smaller businesses (or bigger businesses that haven't grown into themselves yet) don't always have the budget that billion dollar corporations do for marketing, but they really don't need it. One of the easiest ways to propel your business forward when you're just getting started is to market your brand off of the coattails of another, bigger company's actions.
Now, there are plenty of examples that you can find to use a larger business' success to make some noise (posting a useful guide on a successful blog, offering a free trial from an established Facebook page, etc.), but if you really want to be creative (and get noticed), why not take advantage of a company's faux pas? 99designs did just this perfectly. A few years back, Gap tried rebranding by launching a new logo. Long story short, the logo was terrible, and fans were appalled. Gap took a lot of heat, got loads of bad press, and took a dive in their stocks as well.
But 99designs, a small logo design company, saw this as a golden opportunity and ran with it. They launched a competition urging designers to help Gap out by coming up with a better logo design they could use instead of the flop. Now, people were already talking about the Gap blunder, so when the competition launched, tens of thousands of people already tapped into this buzzfeed eagerly jumped into the competition, giving 99designs huge coverage. That's smart marketing.
In this video, Randy Komisar, a wildly successful venture capital partner and entrepreneur, talks about how he used failure to propel himself and many other companies forward to even bigger successes than before. Take a look.
We can't have a marketing roundup without including something from the master, Steve Jobs. In this video, Jobs gives over his million-dollar message to any company out there: marketing is about values. Everyone wants to solve their problems, and your job as a marketer is to prove to the consumers that your product does just that. And the way the big dogs make this happen (and the way even little dogs can become successful in their own niches) is by showing that they care and that they're there to make your lives better in some way.
Jobs goes through the big brands and products and shows us their secrets, show us how they promote betterment not statistics, numbers, or specs. Nike doesn't tell us their sneakers are made of premium grade rubber. They SHOW us how great athletes are, their prowess, their power. And those athletes wear Nike. Show people that your brand can make their lives better, and you're golden.
Another marketing giant of today, Neil Patel, gives beginner marketers a great and super simple tip to start building your audiences. It's a really short video, only a few minutes long, and in it, Neil talks about this idea: linking out to credible resources. He even says that you should link out to competitors when it is relevant. What?! I know it seems really counterintuitive to drive traffic away from your site and to a competitors', but here's the logic.
Your brand is new, and nobody knows who you are or what you're about. You post an article on your blog, and you offer good information. Hey, this guy knows what they're talking about. You add in a link to a useful tool that your competitor has. Wow, they've even got a tool I can use. Suddenly consumers are getting to know you, and what they're getting to know is that you're someone who they can turn to for useful information, helpful tools, and genuine value.
So yeah, that's worth all the linking out you do big time. What's more, many people will appreciate the attention and link back to you in one of their articles, giving your site more attention and credibility. Bottom line, linking out to credible resources (even competitors) builds trust, reliability, and value.
Something interesting has occurred over the past few years. Consumers are no longer going to websites to see what the brand has to say about their product. Instead, customers are looking elsewhere for their information. They're going to review sites, they're scouring the internet, they're doing research. While this might not seem like a big deal (after all, customers are still buying products at the end of the day), this is actually a major shift that marketers need to address.
These days, consumers don't want to be sold to, they want to be informed. They want to be given information, so they can make their own choices based on education. So, the smart marketer will give consumers the information they're looking for to make a good decision on their own. Enter education marketing.
Here's a short video clip that helps explain the concept perfectly. With educational marketing, you answer questions and give genuinely useful and good content. Use all the tools in your toolbox (blog posts, ebooks, videos, etc.) and give over as much valuable information as you can. And then they'll come running with wallets open!
Most people go through life sort of on autopilot. We get up, go to work, do our thing, come home, take a shower. Rinse, repeat. There isn't much that shocks us out of our status quo, but one thing does. Emotions. Complex emotions are what separate us from other species (sorry cat lovers, read the studies), they're what make our days good or bad, humdrum or meaningful. Emotions make things, experiences, and people stand out in our minds.
Coke isn't selling a drink, they're selling positive values. And that's something everyone wants to buy.
Influencers are major players in the world, and marketers would do well to take advantage of them. These players tell thousands, if not more, people what's cool, what's new, and what's worth buying. In this quick clip, Neil Patel shows us how and why to leverage brand influencers for marketing success.
Gary Vaynerchuk takes the idea of social media marketing and totally spins it on its head. I mean, he has a fabulous delivery whenever he speaks, but this video gives you one of the biggest key factors in marketing success. In fact, this is probably the best message any marketer (heck any person) can hear to influence their marketing campaign success.
In this video, Gary tells you all about his secret power: it's called optimism. He doesn't just take a head in the clouds type of mentality. Really, he talks about how to use all the marketing techniques, all the business opportunities, all the technologies, and everything that comes into your hands properly. Oh yeah, and then he talks about social media marketing and what a valuable tool it is when used properly. Check it out.
There you have it. Eight of the best marketing tools and tricks you can use (along with helpful videos in case you can't stand reading this again and again) to make your business boom.
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Women should wear an SPF-enhanced lip balm underneath their lipstick in the summer, according to an expert.
Makeup artist Natalia Kiseleva told Canwest News Service that protecting the pout is really important in the summer, as the lips are extremely sensitive and prone to burning.
Using a natural skin care product like a lip balm with SPF will therefore ensure that you maintain a 'healthy and pretty pucker', she said.
You may want to try Sante Lip Balm SPF 10, which provides chemical-free protection and can be used by all the family.
Alternatively, Lavera's Sun Sensitive Lip Balm SPF 10 is a natural skin care product which contains organic jojoba, almond and sea buckthorn oils to moisturise the lips while offering UVA and UVB protection.
You should also consider using bronzing powder to get a sun-kissed look rather than trying to get tanned from the sun, Ms Kiseleva said.
'It gives you a shimmer and a healthy summer glow,' she told the news provider.


Part of what makes Thanos in Avengers: "Infinity War" therefore scary is that his "evil" idea makes a certain quantity of rational sense, the best enemy of the Marvel cinematic Universe is not Thanos, it's population that'll eventually lead to famine and ruin. By writing his own narrative, Thanos becomes the hero if he succeeds in wiping out 1/2 the universe's plantation from existence from. Thanos is not a generic villain like Ultron or Steppenwolf that merely desires to destroy everything. He's rather more calculated, even logical in his approach, and more than 20,000 individuals during the real world agree with him enough to subscribe to a subreddit called /r/thanosdidnothingwrong. Even in moral philosophy, they are probably not alone.
Though a largely unserious breeding ground for hilarious, sometimes crassly NSFW memes, the pro-Thanos subreddit actively worships the Mad Titan as their "SAVIOUR". the complete thing comes off as a joke, however plenty of individuals out there would acknowledge that overpopulation is a real-life annoyance that's only getting worse. Thanos earnestly believes during a proactive answer, one that's technically genocide, however conjointly one that you might argue is viable within the frame of utilitarian ethics.
The base concept of utilitarianism judges the morality of an action by the cost of happiness or unhappiness it produces. Most would say that mitigating several potential future disasters by manufacturing one gargantuan genocide sounds horrifying and unhealthy, however to Thanos, who saw his own world die despite his warnings, it probably seems like a noble mission.
Midway through "Infinity War", Thanos uses the truth Stone on Titan to show Tony Stark what his home planet seemed like in its prime before it consumed itself. Thanos accurately predicted that his race's society would crumble due to a growing combination of resource scarcity and population. we see the ruin and extinction that occurred when his individuals did not listen, therefore Thanos then created it his mission to travel the universe systematically halving sentient populations, so they would not suffer a similar fate.
"Infinity War" spends the bulk of its screen-time developing Thanos's story to create him a more relatable character. He's humanized enough that individuals even genuinely wonder whether or not he's hot. He gets the most screen-time as the main character of "Infinity War", and we pay so much time with him that you almost begin to root for him. Say what you'll regarding his villainy, however the fact that he was ready to successfully acquire the Soul Stone confirms that he did love Gamora.
On the pro-Thanos subreddit, the citizen saw him taking Gamora in as an act of compassion rather than one of kidnapping. is this a crooked version of what really happened or just moral relativism in action?
Peter Singer, an Australian moral thinker, has been writing and speaking regarding the requirement for population control for decades. Over on his website, Singer notes that continued world population increase will eventually bring disaster, which seems like something Thanos might say. Singer espouses a kind of ethics that could be generally generalized as utilitarianism, which is usually oversimplified with the instance of sacrificing one for the sake of the various. several moral philosophers might argue it's an immoral approach to require because killing is forever objectively wrong, even if it's a positive consequence.
Singer would disagree. He might be one of the foremost animal rights activists during the world, however he conjointly supports abortion, infanticide, and euthanasia, together with controversial biomedical analysis deemed unethical by many folks. In summary, he supports and condones merciful killing if it leads to a positive outcome. Isn't that kind of like Thanos?
Not even Vision could have seen this returning.
We see this philosophical conflict with utilitarianism dramatized even inside infinity War. Vision desires to sacrifice himself to destroy the Mind Stone rather than let Thanos reach his mission. Some might decision this suicide, however others would decision it a noble utilitarian sacrifice that'd save the universe. Scarlet Witch, Steve Rogers, and the another Avengers take a additional classic approach to morality and instantly refuse to let Vision die even though Wanda has to kill him during the finish anyway.
Yet, because we and Doctor Strange grasp the eventuality that's Thanos's success, these ethical debates appear pointless and shortsighted. We're led to believe based on Doctor Strange's comments regarding the "end game" that letting all of this happen is the only way to save the universe. letting whole these individuals die during the short-term to ultimately reach a cheerful ending could be construed as no better than Thanos's ethical theory.
So raise yourself: could Thanos be right?


"I Thought It Would Be Zombies..." Comic Crowdfunding Update #7; Charging Ahead!steemCreated with Sketch.
Hard to believe... but yet another week has gone by, so it's past time to once more post an "I Thought It Would Be Zombies..." Comic Crowdfunding Update! This marks the 7th update in the series and the progress on the Fundition campaign is so far outpacing the speed of my comic production, which is motivating me to push myself harder!
For those just joining this series "in progress..." here's a standard summary spiel I've put together. You loyalists and veterans feel free to skim ahead!
"I Thought It Would Be Zombies…" is an independent comic book created and in production by yours truly, Bryan "the Imp" Imhoff. It follows a ragtag band of survivors through the aftermath of a "magical apocalypse," both humorous and horrific; beautiful and terrifying.
Fundition is the first dedicated crowdfunding platform built on the Steem blockchain. Supporters can back projects with direct contributions of cryptocurrency, or by simply "liking" the posted content! On the Steem blockchain, your votes have value, and Fundition is designed to tally this value over the course of an extended campaign.
A look at my drafting table tonight reveals me plugging away at page #17. And no, I'm not working entirely in order. I wish I had 16 pages done already! If you takeaway one thing from this update post, it'll be that I skip around a lot! Damn creative ADD.
I do almost all my work in the Clip Studio software on an iPad Pro, or on my desktop Mac mini for the lettering and some of the initial 3D model layouts. At hand I have some of the character "model sheets" as I do my best to keep the characters looking consistent and "on model" although it is a struggle for me. I also printed off a test sheet to see how things were shaping up at printed sizes. It's very easy to get lost in zooming in digitally, and it's tough to know exactly how the digital file might translate to the printed page. It's no use spending hours drawing the thinnest, most precise ink lines if they don't even show up when printed!
I'm happy with seeing the quick printout as the ink lines look sharp and clean, and it gave me an idea that some of my preliminary lettering is too large and with too thick "balloon lines." I'll be adjusting these elements in the future. I like to work back and forth in this way as I fit the "puzzle pieces" together. It's important to know if all your dialogue will fit, how it will interact with and obscure the art, and so on.
At this stage if you look at page #17, I have a little over 8 hours of work into it, with many more to come! But it's starting to shape up, as is the entire comic in general!
For your enjoyment and entertainment (hopefully), I've output quick previews of this particular sequence to date, pages # 15-18. They are still all at very early stages ranging from just 3D layouts, to the "blue line" sketch stages, pencils, or inks in certain areas. If you haven't seen looks at these pages in past posts, I hope it gives a bit of insight into the pacing, planning, and developing character personalities. This sequence features the very first appearance of main characters Sarah, Julie, and Bonnie; as they stumble upon Dave, who has already gotten himself in a bit of trouble in the first half of the issue!
Rather than work through the pencil and ink stages on all pages before moving on to the finishing touches of colors and lettering, I've got it in mind to get this sequence almost completely finished first... so that I have a segment of story in finished form to show around, post online, and use for marketing and generally exciting more people about the project ahead!
So there you have a bit of creative progress, let's take a quick look at the funding that'll get "I Thought It Would Be Zombies..." printed and in people's hands when I'm finally finished!
The "I Thought It Would Be Zombies…" Fundition Campaign officially started on August 14th, 2018 so at this point it has been running for just over 5 weeks and featured 7 total posts in the series. To date the campaign has raised 250.242 Steem through a combination of up votes and direct donations. At the time of this writing, that is equivalent to about $225 USD.
That puts "I Thought It Would Be Zombies..." at over 4% of the basic fundraising goal, and as enthusiastic as I am about future price increases in the value of Steem, in my head I see that as much more before the campaign comes to a close. All of the Steem acquired I am holding as Steem Power until the campaign finishes and I need to cash it out to pay for printing and other expenses. So everyone donating and voting can see their reward levels rise along with the value of Steem!
To date, 5 individuals have achieved the "B-Class"Flare tier of rewards, which entitles them to a printed copy of the comic on release, and many more folks are working toward free digital and printed copies with their steady contribution of upvotes on the update posts like this one! You can always check your own status of accrued voting contribution by visiting the official Fundition Campaign Page. However, you can vote on update posts through any Steem based interface and still receive credit for your support.
Whew, hope you stuck with me through all that and had a fun time with the update! It's back to the drafting table for me... but not for long, as my bed is beckoning with equal insistence! Take care everyone, and as always a heartfelt thanks for all your well wishes and support as I work on "I Thought It Would Be Zombies...!"
Wow. It looks pretty awesome! I also think that it's important to get you're story straight and then you're art. Though you're art looks pretty amazing.
...is this an ipad app you use for creating this 3D layouts?
Yep! The 3D is all done within Clip Studio Paint. It's available on desktop & iPad, and the iPad app is pretty much a direct port. So I work back & forth between the two. I find it easier to do the 3D layouts on desktop, but you can do it fully on iPad and continue to adjust & manipulate it there while doing the drawing work.
Fundition really has immense potential. A growing user base will really bring it to another level. Right now much of the support is derived from the Fundition Fund itself, for which I am incredibly grateful.
But I've also been amazingly humbled by the votes and donations I've already received from the Steem community. I'm still in shock folks are sending Steem to support the comic! It has created a positive pressure on me to progress faster and bring this story to publication, so I can fulfill on the promises of the campaign.
Looks like these pages are really coming along! Awesome!
I get so excited every time I see one of these updates. Haha I feel like I'm living vicariously, a little bit, and also drawing some great inspiration and motivation. I've just been gifted a new iPad and Apple Pencil, so upon reading this, I instantly went and downloaded the clip studio app. Can't wait to play around with it!
I saw your post about the new iPad and I'm so excited for you! And I'm so happy you find these updates fun & inspirational. That's so motivational and gratifying to me!
Honestly, Procreate and Clip Studio are both great and each have their strengths. Procreate probably has the edge for straight illustrations, digital painting, & such... but Clip is really geared toward comics, so it's well worth exploring and seeing which you prefer for the comic you have brewing.
I like reading your comic creation, please continue :D.
Honestly, it usually works out pretty well. I've blocked out how many pages I think each scene will take, and just by reading & studying a lot of comics and thinking about how I want to pace a sequence, I'm usually pretty accurate. I'm also interspersing some mock advertisements, so those can be cut or added as the story pages might demand.
Thanks for the support! I shall continue!
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Redesign of naira: Heaps of rotten naira notes uncovered in undisclosed warehouse
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Damaged Naira notes have continue to surface following the Central Bank of Nigeria's (CBN's) redesign of the nation's currency which was officially unveiled by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, November 23, 2022.
In a video making rounds on social media, bags of damaged naira notes were uncovered at a warehouse in an unknown location.
The money was stashed in multiple bags for a long period in humid condition which however, led to its decay.
The individuals seen in the video examined each bag with the hope of seeing untampered notes, but all were already bad.
According to the apex bank's data, currency outside the banks appreciated by 11.07 per cent Year-on-Year (YoY) from N2.54 trillion reported in corresponding period of 2021.
The money and credit statistics revealed that currency outside banks hit the highest record of N2.84trillion in October.
While defending its decision to redesign the Naira, the apex bank in October expressed that some individuals were stockpiling huge amounts of cash outside the banking system.
CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, had in a statement said, "Significant hoarding of banknotes by members of the public, with statistics showing that over 85 per cent of currency in circulation are outside the vaults of commercial banks.
"To be more specific, as at the end of September 2022, available data at the CBN indicate that N2.73 trillion out of the N3.23 trillion currency in circulation, was outside the vaults of Commercial Banks across the country; and supposedly held by the public.
"Evidently, currency in circulation has more than doubled since 2015; rising from N1.46 trillion in December 2015 to N3.23 trillion in September 2022. This is a worrisome trend that cannot be allowed to continue."
Previous "Restructured or repainted," new naira notes will replace old ones, Emefiele insists
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The Deep Ocean Stewardship Initiative (DOSI) is a union of experts from across different sectors which is focused on supporting the sustainable use and management of deep-ocean resources. DOSI works to uphold the voice of the scientific community on the management of deep-sea ecosystems by providing scientists with a network through which they can collaborate and be heard.
Deep ocean ecosystems are complex and under-researched, as well as being extremely vulnerable to disturbance. There is a strong need for greater involvement of science in management decisions, and for this to work, it is fundamental that this involvement is policy relevant so that the science is actually used. This is something DOSI specifically focuses on, by ensuring that its members are informed about how their work and expertise can be applied to policy decisions.
DOSI's role is to gather expertise across disciplines, jurisdictions, and industrial sectors, to foster discussion, provide guidance, and facilitate communication on deep ocean stewardship. DOSI's mechanisms of work include holding workshops, producing official submissions, policy briefs and peer-reviewed articles, and connecting scientists and experts with key events and discussions. It currently has 512 members from about 40 countries, and its work is split into 13 working groups focusing on different areas of deep sea management and science.


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All-Stars enjoyed being mic'd up, but not when the games count
Liz Roscher
Yahoo Sports July 10, 2019, 6:28 AM UTC
CLEVELAND — The biggest success of the 2019 All-Star Game, which the American League won 4-3, wasn't the game itself. The game, save for several baffling scoreboard errors, was fine. But putting microphones on players in the field and in the batter's box was an unqualified success.
Getting the players mic'd up was a fun part of the 2018 edition that was expanded even further in 2019, and it added a funny and wild aspect to the game. Now we know how Freddie Freeman sounds when he's in the batter's box, and what Francisco Lindor says when he's shooting the breeze at second base. Alex Bregman, Cody Bellinger, Christian Yelich and Charlie Blackmon were just a handful of players that fans got to hear from.
And the fans went wild for it. How could they not? Where else do you get to hear players talk like this?
More great stuff from mic'd up players... #AllStarGame
"Hey, Mike. Weird. George missed the cutoff man." -@ABREG_1 😂 pic.twitter.com/uls01qZKgo
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Sometimes these fun innovations for fans aren't fun for the players. But several All-Stars enjoyed letting fans get in on some literal inside baseball. Cody Bellinger of the Los Angeles Dodgers said that the microphones "give the fans a little insight on the personality, what we like to talk about, how we are on the baseball field." It was his very first time being mic'd, and he said it was "fun," "cool," and minimally distracting. He even said he'd consider doing it every day, but just for an inning and not the entire game.
Charlie Blackmon, who put the National League on the board with his sixth inning home run, was a little more wary of wearing a microphone.
"It makes you a little nervous," Blackmon said after the game. "Baseball's so mental that you kind of use a certain thought process when you play. To use a completely different part of your brain and try to carry on a conversation, it totally changes the game."
As baseball continues to look for ways to broaden and de-age its older fanbase, the immediate popularity of mic'd up players is a huge win for MLB. Suddenly, players have personalities and emotions. They weren't just robots standing in the field, waiting for a ball to come their way. With such a win comes the immediate thought: could MLB do more of this?
The advantages are clear. With 25 guys on each of 30 teams (with guys rotating in and out due to injury and quality of play), it's hard to get to know anyone but the major stars on any given team. Adding microphones to the mix allows fans to get to know more players, and deepens their connection to the team. But at what cost to the players, and to the game itself?
"I think it's fun, [the All-Star Game] is a time to enjoy the game, it's a great experience for the fans, I think there should be lots of access." Blackmon said. "But when it counts for the Rockies, I feel like I need to focus as best I can."
Freddie Freeman was the first batter of the 2019 All-Star Game, and he wore a microphone while he was in the batter's box facing Justin Verlander. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images)
Bregman of the Houston Astros, who was in a three-way microphone situation with his teammates Michael Brantley and George Springer, agreed with Blackmon — microphones are for special occasions only.
"It was a lot of fun for the All-Star Game," Bregman said. "I couldn't do it during the season. It's tough to lock in, it's tough to do."
Using microphones during games is a non-starter for most players if the games actually mean something — and every single game of the MLB season, save for the All-Star Game, means something. The integrity of the game is important, and that's something MLB is trying to preserve at all times. But even knowing that, some players aren't sure what will come next on the mic'd up front.
"I wouldn't say I could do it all the time." Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman Josh Bell said. "I feel like it would take away from the integrity of the everyday aspect of the sport … when I'm out in the field, I wouldn't want to have a microphone on me all the time. We'll see where the game goes, hopefully it's not in that direction."
No one knows where MLB will go next with this. Is winning fans worth alienating and even angering players? We may get to find out.
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Some people are said to drink like a fish, but in a recent event here it was the fish that were getting their fill of alcohol.
The fish were the drinkers in a strange ceremony dating back to the Edo Period in which lively carp are made to consume a large dose of sake as they symbolically take on people's calamities. After drinking the sake, the fish are released into a river.
A total of 62 people who this year were set to reach an age said to require care against calamities -- 25 and 42 for men and 19 and 33 for women -- took part in the Jan. 7 ceremony, praying for things such as long life and academic achievement.
During the event, which involved proceedings at a Shinto shrine, carp were captured by men wearing traditional crest-bearing garments, and a woman dressed in a kimono poured a bottle of sacred sake into the mouths of the fish before they were released into the river.
Filled up with sake, the carp at first turned belly-up on the surface of the water. But they soon recovered and swam off.


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Richard Ashcroft @ Sziget Festival, 8 August
Richard Ash Croft needs no introduction! An Indie legend and a major part of 'Britpop', which shook up the music world in the 90's.
He is considered by many to be the greatest songwriter of his era, and with songs like 'Sonnet', 'Drugs Don't Work' and 'Lucky Man' its easy to see why. I was fortune enough to see him at the Exeter, small venue for such an iconic artist.
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Hungary's Sziget Festival To Sell Records Signed By 2019's Headliners For Youth Charity
Fresh from winning 'Best overseas festival' at the UK Festival Awards last week, Sziget festival announce plans to raise money for youth charity Superar, selling exclusive signed vinyl albums, setlists and instax photos from Sziget's 2019's headline acts including Ed Sheeran, Florence & The Machine, Foo Fighters, Post Malone, The National and Twenty One Pilots says a recent press release.
Balaton Sound Announces First Wave Of Acts For 2020
Balaton Sound, the five-day beach music festival situated on the idyllic shore of Lake Balaton, has revealed the eclectic phase one line-up, set to take the multiple stages at the Hungarian festival between 8th – 12th July 2020.
Hungary's Sziget Wins 'Best Overseas Festival' Award @ UK Festival Awards
9 Dec 2019 8:26 AM
One of the world's biggest and most celebrated music and art festivals, Sziget, took home the award for 'Best overseas festival' at the UK Festival Awards 2019 last night for the second year running says a recent press release.
Budapest Sziget Festival Opens Voting For Next Year's Stars
The Sziget Festival has launched its "Wish Machine," with which festival-goers can let the organizers know who they want to see in next year's lineup of stars at the festival.
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My friend – maybe it'd be best to call him a "pen pal"? – Chuck Wendig had this to say in regards to the task that must follow the completion of a first draft:
Writing is rewriting. A writer's arsenal of talents are brought to bear on the first draft, but his skills (the things he has learned) go to bat during the second.
The first draft requires a sledgehammer, the subsequent drafts require scalpels, each smaller and sharper than the last.
This is a very good point that he made, one that I hadn't considered. When one sits down to bang out the first draft, to cross the yawning chasm of unwritten words between the first syllable of chapter one and the last predicate of the last sentence, it's usually not done with advice from The Elements of Style clearly in mind. It's done to get it done.
Once it's done, it could almost be said that the real work begins. Drafting the work in the first run is less about finesse and precision and more about words just flowing from the writer's imagination onto the page. Revision is almost a different animal entirely, yet we don't get marketable work out of what we create without it. We have to use an increasingly fine set of tools to whittle the amorphous shape of the draft into a polished, well-shaped chronicle poised to leave the shelves of a bookseller with at least a leisurely stroll.
The first pass is done with a bit of abandon. Extraneous words are yanked out. Sentences are broken up. Dialog, scenery, even entire sequences of events are rearranged. This is the 'chainsaw' revision.
Following this is the 'scissors' stage. Dangling bits are trimmed back. The work begins to take more shape. It becomes more fashionable, but not quite exactly what we're looking for.
Finally you reach the point of employing the 'scalpel'. A word here, a suffix there, just little touches that make a good effort something truly special. Provided it finds its way to the right agent.
That's how I see it, anyway, now that I've been set straight. Am I missing any stages? What've your experiences been moving from one to the next?
When You're Evil
Shameless Filler
Different comfort levels with editing might actually reverse this, believe it or not — every writer is different, after all. You might get to the first edit and feel a little timid, feel the waters are lukewarm and dip naught but an uncertain toe into the mix. You just edit for language, maybe — easy, you look for spelling and grammar problems and language clarity issues.
But then the further you go, the more you become aware of deeper problems — and the greater distance you gain — and so you start employing bigger blades: fire axes, chainsaws, orbital lasers.
Every project is different and demands its own thing, but one thing I've found in common is that the first draft is always a weird journey, an apocalyptic and hallucinogenic race of endurance.
— c.


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Well it was something the executives said couldn't be done. A ride with all three brethren members on time off on separate occasions one on one.
A meet up with Gord on a cold day with the fresh snow still being a dominant factor in the mighty valley.
Mill Creek was the main player as we set out from the high side pool parking lot and moved onward to Earthshaker. The loose snow from lack of traffic was the evil player making every climb pretty much unclimbable. Gord had more issues on his plus bike Stache as I had more traction but once the grainy loose snow was hit on almost any climb it was pretty much game over.
The trails got better on the lower singletrack sections as there was lots of traffic.
We moved onward and upward to the high side singletrack where my frustrations were quickly lost. It was incredible up there. They call that the Trap? Eh, who cares. That trail has been around forever and will never lose its lustful vigor.
Once down we exited Mill Creek for a quick run in the Old Timers area. The trails were loose yet rideable. Definitely a lot better than my trip after the blizzard.
Back in Mill Creek we rode down a very snowy and sketchy Blue Man where I was surprised that people haven't been on it. In the end, a good ride. Squeaky pedals that I fixed late last week are starting to make their return which made me a bit bitchy.
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I need your help! Im an indoor soccer player and developed a pain in my lower abdomen. The intensity of pain is about equal on both sides. A sharp pain resutls when i start sprint, kick the ball, or lean my hip forward. Pain is there for a day after playing the sport but dimishes over the following days into an uncomfortable feeling in the lower abdomen. It does pop up here and there with certain movements. Ive got no pain in the adducter muscles, slight stiffness after a game but can stretch it out without any discomfort. Orthapedic doc has ruled out Osteitis Pubis. From my research on sprotsmans hernia, it is usually only present on one side and if it exists on both it is not felt over the whole central abdomen area. What do could i have??? Appreciate your help.
RE: Anyone ever had a "Sports Hernia" aka: "Sportsman's hernia", "Gilmore's groin 10/20/2007 1:38PM - in reply to For the love of the game.
you should see multiple sports med docs to be checked for a hernia, they often get missed.
could be a sports hernia, sounds like it to me but im no doctor.
try to see if one of the sports med docs can refer you to either dr meyers or maybe even use your soccer leads to get to a trainer/physician for your local pro team. that would be the best. they send their injured players to dr um in germany or the fellow in canada or meyers.
despite what people say about healing it through core training, i doubt very much it would heal, just maybe the nerve(s) that cause the pain you feel will mellow out. i wish i could offer better advice.
do lots and lots of research on the injury. that eventually will lead you to figuring out where to go get checked out.
you should find a doc who not only does his/her specialty, but one who has a solid grasp on the body as a whole- a doctor who performs applied osteopathy tends to be like this. although he may not be able to diagnose a sh, he can probably get a good idea of the imbalances that you have in the groin and that for sure can help point you in the right direction for treatment.
if you are within driving distance to philly, no doubt go see meyers. it might be worth it to even fly there. hell, a bunch of us flew to germany.
I have united health care and i got covered for the sports hernia surgery. William Meyers did mine. I am 3 months out, and I am now doing my stretches, doing a bike for 20 minutes, jogging on and off for 10 minutes and doing this half elyptical machine for 5 minutes. I am happy with the surgery so far. Dr. Meyers is the MAN.
By far the most extensive and helpful resource I've found anywhere. Many thanks to all the generous posters. Have been most interested in following the people who are So Cal-based, including soccer player, Mike L and SoKal. And like soccer player (I think), I had been referred to Craig Smith.
Guess need to begin like everyone else with my story . . .
Currently 52 y.o. Active my entire life (basketball, tennis, martial arts, running, working out, etc.) Ten years ago found a bulge in right abdomen, above the crease where leg meets abdomen, right of navel, left of hip bone. It would pop out occasionally when I was lying in bed but I could always press it back down. Wasn't painful so much as unnerving. Just didn't seem normal. Researched the regular hernia route and, after many imaging tests, MDs (surgeon, sports med, ortho, etc.) and other research, a top surgeon said it could be a hernia (based on my description of a mass that could be pushed in) and said we should take a look—which, of course, to a surgeon means fillet you. Did an open procedure and found nothing, so he closed me back up. But he dug around in the inguinal area, not 5 inches higher and toward the hip bone. So after I healed up, I essentially worked myself back into shape and continued for about six years. But I continued to have discomfort and the bulge never went away. Finally saw Craig Smith, who thought it was a torn muscle or fascia rather than SH but recommended PT over surgery. Gave me the same sort of odds of success soccer player cited (about 50%). Back into rehab, gradually got back into the swing of things. But last December, while moving furniture to accommodate the Christmas tree, felt more of a pull in the central part of the abdomen and down into the groin. I could tell this was different. Unlike first episode, this was a discrete, definable action and following pain. Basically spent the entire Xmas season (2-3 weeks) lying around with ice on my abdomen and groin. Went thru another assessment with all the tests, including CT w/ contrast and MRI. All negative, tho one surgeon thought he could note a thinning of the abdominal wall that might be consistent with torn fascia. He suggested reinforcement with mesh. I declined at that time. Then went back to Smith, who thought this was an aggravation of the original injury and suggested therapy again, citing the 50/50 odds of success. (I do like that the guy is very honest in his assessment, and there's something to be said for the integrity of a surgeon who counsels against surgery.) After months of work, finally got back into swing of things this past summer. But reinjured it again last week, and I had said that if it happened again, I'd seriously consider surgery.
And that's where I am. But this board has me considering and re-considering it, particularly the slow recovery time of many, the issues to consider (mesh/no mesh, open/lap, etc.) and the uncertain progress of others.
I've got many of the unfortunate positive symptoms: popping hip, pain in the crease, discomfort at times running into right testicle. But I've already had one unsuccessful surgery. If I do it again, it's got to be right, and I've got to have pretty good odds that I'll bounce back strong.
Part of this is adjusting to my body's slowing down and adjusting my level of physical activity, for sure. Pretty much quit hard-style martial arts 20 years ago, when I pulled my groin on the side where I'm currently having problems, which may have been the start of it all, but I'm not a "lay around" kind of guy. I want to be active. And I've got a 5-year-old that I want to keep active with.
So, I'm really debating my next move—surgery or therapy. I'm going to begin with some more assessments. For you So Cal folks, I do have a highly recommended therapist (South Bay PT) and sports chiro (www.sobaysportsmed.com) that I'm going to check out. I guess my preference—given the odds I've been presented with and the generally longer-than-advertised recovery time—to continue to avoid surgery.
Since I'm now "part of the community," I'll continue to post progress as I am able . . .
Thanks again. This has been a tremendous source of info.
I am now 10 weeks post surgery and thought I would post some info. I went to Dr. Muschaweck who repaired two hernias and removed two lymph nodes that had gone bad. The first two weeks felt great partly because of the nerve blocks that I had during surgery. She really stresses the need to get out immediately and back to training which I did with a vengeance. Everyday since surgery I worked out progressively adding more load. I did a ton of walking and core stabilization work. Anytime I found myself hurting I would walk hard, it almost always alleviated the pain. After three weeks I started lifting weights 2 times a week. I started pretty light. What I found was that with the addition of each new activity or increase in intensity I would go through a cycle of pain almost as bad as pre surgery, but it would go away and the next time I worked at that level I would be ok. I just believed what the Dr. said and pushed on past the pain. After about the fifth week the intensity of pain from new activities decreased and would only last for minutes instead of days like it used to. Since the seventh week I have had almost zero pain. I think my nerves just had to settle down after being screwed up for so long. I am lifting heavier weights , doing tai chi for balance , Ken do workouts ,walking two miles a day and kicking , dribbling and running with a soccer ball a few times a week. I am really trying to cross train. I am staying away from my original sport of cycling trying to not re stimulate any old nasty muscle patterns.
I dont do pilates but I work very hard on my inner core muscles . Pilates works a lot of the outer core. I have started focusing on stabilizing my muscles that attach from the pelvis to the rib cage (transversus abdominus). I have been having good luck using stretch bands attached to a hook in the wall and pulling one handed without letting my body twist. If you twist you lose the inner core work and are stressing the outer core muscles (obliques). I do this in four directions, facing away and pushing, facing toward pulling one handed, standing sideways and pulling like a bow and then sideways pulling with the hand closer to the wall. It is really critical to stand very tall and not allow any movement of the torso. I really think this has helped me reeducate my movements under load,really allowing me to feel how the force travels from my feet to my hands in various positions. I think the exercise where you are on all fours and stretch out one leg and the opposite arm and hold it, is another good inner core exercise.
I am glad that I disregarded everyone around me and took the risk of going to Germany. The most stressful parts were the long flights and the airports. Getting around Munich was easy and the whole experience with Dr. Muscaweck and her team couldn't be better. They take such good care of you and make you feel like you are their number one patient.
I guess what I really want to say is that I am glad that Dr M was so certain about her work, adamant that I was actually fixed stronger then before I was ever hurt. She told me that my recovery would be proportional to how hard I worked out the first few weeks. Knowing she had fixed so many others gave me the confidence to keep at it even while hurting (though it wasn't easy). I wished It had been as easy as her waving her hands over me, It wasn't it was real surgery in a hospital under lights. It was sometimes painful afterwards but I could tell that I was fixed.
I am fixed after six years of getting the run around locally.I had been told by several doctors that there was nothing that they could find and that I was one of those patients that slips through the cracks. I am glad I found this forum and read the stories of those first few that were brave enough to go to Germany. It really gave me the confidence to go.
because um also says that one cannot begin activity untill the nerves have calmed down. in the beginning, after the surgeries, i was starting to get active but it hurt like hell to do anything.....she told me to take it easy and not exercise so much (i was barely active) and wait more weeks to months. now i am still barely active and activity often results in pain. it all has been reduced, meaning, i can do more than i could before, but still have issues with one side to where activity is very easy to overdo.
i wonder what her thoughts are on scar tissue growing over nerves and entrapping then within the first few months after surgery, if one isn't super active?
there was no way that i could have jogged or anything like that, the pain was very sharp and would have me bowled over.
hey john - thanks for posting your update it gives others, like me, hope! I have emailed you at the address you posted but not heard anything back.
Can i ask you and others if you have had issues adducting as this is one thing that i can do and dont really have any real issues with. I guess as i always hear about adduction pain that is something that makes me think perhaps i dont have a sh but then again i guess it depends on where the disruption is which gives differing symptoms?
i have had a diagnostic injection into my inguinal nerve which did not offer any relief and now we are going to try one around the genito-femoral nerve as looking as my pain pattern thats pretty consistent with that nerve. The lymph nodes that you had removed which nerve were they pressing on, if at all, and what symptoms did this elicit?
adduction definitely bothers me on the bad side. adduction=pain off pubic bone, perineum and inguinal canal.
Mom of 3 - sports hernia? ? ?
I am a 36 year old female. I'm training for my first half marathon.
I have 3 kids. During the 2nd and 3rd pregnancies I was having groin pain. The second pregnancy, I told the doc, and since it was small, like the size of a grape, my doc thought it was a lymp node, no big deal.
The third pregnancy, it was a bulge about the size of a raquet ball. She said it was a hernia. After having the baby I've had very few problems with it, if any.
Now, I'm training and this thing is really starting to bother me again. It's not bulging like last time, because I'm at my normal weight again, I assume. But it's very painful. Is this a sports hernia or a "regular" hernia?
HI JEM, Interesting case. My SH was undetectable except from an informed SH Surgeon like Dr. DiFiori (UCLA) DR. Meyers (PA) and Dr. William Brown (San Jose) They all checked manually probing the bottom of the inguinal canal to see if it was enlarged(compared to the good side. Some websites with Gilmore's groin have the same diagnostic technique. I just am not sure why, especially all hernia surgeons, cannot get on board for this 5 minute exam. My 13 months and 13 dr.'s of undiagnosis and misdiagnosis allowed my initial tear to go to a 3" SH tear. My nerves are not as acting up now because My otherside knee is really wacked. One Dr. says it is necrotic others say the MRI looks like inflamation. So unfortunately I am on a new pain train. Crutches and RICE.
Thank you JEM for the South bay contact. I am going down there soon and would love to get thier expertise. Go see Dr. DiFiori (Santa Monica UCLA) He is very good at diagnosis (310-319-3838). Hope we all get some great healing!
RE: Anyone ever had a "Sports Hernia" aka: "Sportsman's hernia", "Gilmore's groin 10/30/2007 11:58AM - in reply to mike L.
Thanks, Mike. I'm going to look into DiFiori for this go round.
By the way, made an error in posting some of those websites earlier.
The chiro is: http://www.southbaysportsmed.com, and the PT folks are http://www.sportsmedpt.com.
does anyone have much info. on what the risks are in continuing to do your activity with this injury? i am continuting to play tennis daily, in pain, and my mobility is getting worse every week.
I was trying to be nice before, but your latest post is distressing.
You NEED to stop playing tennis and get this injury evaluated by an expert IMMEDIATELY.
Buy a $300 plane ticket to Philly, go see Dr. Meyers, get your MRI and have it diagnosed.
Waiting and continuing to play with an injury is the absolute worst possible thing you can do for you body.
How can tennis even be enjoyable at this point? It wasn't for me when I hobbled off the court in pain. There wasn't enough wine in the world to stave off that kind of pain.
Rest, my friend. Call Meyers...google William Meyers Drexel and you'll find his info.
Better yet, email me at joebshoe at homtail.com and I'll send you 2 papers, and several sheets that explain what the injury is. You'll be able to self diagnose, even!
And if you try to see an osteopath, or an physical therapist or any other medical professional who doesn't know what athletic pubablgia is, you're only prolonging diagnosis and treatment.
Please don't wait. Take it from me. An avid tennis player who's only other form of strength training was yoga...the sport wreaks havoc on your body as you sprint, stretch and contort yourself into positions that a ripe for a sports hernia injury.
At the very least, take two weeks off, let your body chill out. What type of recovery time are you giving it, especially with an injury??
Sorry man, I just here the desperation in your voice because you want to rock it on the court but it only serves you pain. I know the feeling all too well.
Email me. Or Johnny. We can help you as much as you want to help yourself.
I am a collegiate gymnast and now 15 days post op from a bilateral pelvic floor repair with Dr. Meyers. I was diagnosed with a small inguinal hernia at my school but Meyers found no hernia during the surgery- so glad I went to him. Most of the surgical pain has gone down, however I am getting some soreness/ pain now with my adductors and around my scar tissue (especially on the left side, which was worse- a detachment of the rectus from the pubic symphisis). I started jogging a couple days ago but have since stopped and am deciding to wait to do anything until week 3 PO.
I am hoping that this new pain is just part of the recovery process and mostly due to the scar tissue buildup. I was reading up on this forum (which is by far the best resource I've found, aside from the info Meyers gave me) about neural therapy and that people have been praising this. What does it entail and what are the pros/ cons?
Just wanted to throw in my own story. I will check back often.
i have a question for you regarding the pelvic floor repair- what were your symptoms before surgery?
how did meyers see a pf tear, was it via mri or did he find it while he went in surgically?
i wonder why dr um never treats a torn pelvic floor in all of her thousands of surgeries. you would figure at least a few of her soccer patients would have lots of damage.
lots of us experience post op pain...lots of different surgeries do it, too.
My MRI showed a focal tear on the lateral edge of my rectus abdominis on the left and detachment from the pubic symphysis. The right side showed no visible damage. I had interstitial tearing of my adductor(s).... This is all directly from the MRI report.
When Dr. Meyers went in (clinically based on my slight pain on the right he wanted to do it bilaterally to prevent it from flaring up) he said there was more tearing on the right than the MRI showed. So he was glad we did it bilaterally.
It makes sense that my left side was heavily damaged given the way i twist while i am flipping and the stress it puts on my left side when i land. I think the creeping problems in my ride side/ adductors were a result of compensation. I was still doing fairly high level gymnastics (triple twists, double flipping saltos) just getting pain with it and unable to get in the numbers I needed. It was progressively getting worse and season is creeping up on us, so we decided to address it now.
Just came across this thread, to make things short I have had two sports hernia operations by two different doctors that have been mentioned on this thread. Now after my second operation things were going good but the pain is returning to my groin. I was running great for a few months after the first one, so it was fixed. I can't believe this. I don't have time to read all of this thread but I am curious later to see if any one else has had problems similar or if this could possible be something else.


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Tutorial
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X.509 certificates are used to authenticate clients and servers. The most
common use case is for web servers using HTTPS.

Creating a Certificate Signing Request (CSR)
--------------------------------------------

When obtaining a certificate from a certificate authority (CA), the usual
flow is:

1. You generate a private/public key pair.
2. You create a request for a certificate, which is signed by your key (to
   prove that you own that key).
3. You give your CSR to a CA (but *not* the private key).
4. The CA validates that you own the resource (e.g. domain) you want a
   certificate for.
5. The CA gives you a certificate, signed by them, which identifies your public
   key, and the resource you are authenticated for.
6. You configure your server to use that certificate, combined with your
   private key, to server traffic.

If you want to obtain a certificate from a typical commercial CA, here's how.
First, you'll need to generate a private key, we'll generate an RSA key (these
are the most common types of keys on the web right now):

.. code-block:: pycon

    >>> from cryptography.hazmat.backends import default_backend
    >>> from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import serialization
    >>> from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric import rsa
    >>> # Generate our key
    >>> key = rsa.generate_private_key(
    ...     public_exponent=65537,
    ...     key_size=2048,
    ...     backend=default_backend()
    ... )
    >>> # Write our key to disk for safe keeping
    >>> with open("path/to/store/key.pem", "wb") as f:
    ...     f.write(key.private_bytes(
    ...         encoding=serialization.Encoding.PEM,
    ...         format=serialization.PrivateFormat.TraditionalOpenSSL,
    ...         encryption_algorithm=serialization.BestAvailableEncryption(b"passphrase"),
    ...     ))

If you've already generated a key you can load it with
:func:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.serialization.load_pem_private_key`.

Next we need to generate a certificate signing request. A typical CSR contains
a few details:

* Information about our public key (including a signature of the entire body).
* Information about who *we* are.
* Information about what domains this certificate is for.

.. code-block:: pycon

    >>> from cryptography import x509
    >>> from cryptography.x509.oid import NameOID
    >>> from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import hashes
    >>> # Generate a CSR
    >>> csr = x509.CertificateSigningRequestBuilder().subject_name(x509.Name([
    ...     # Provide various details about who we are.
    ...     x509.NameAttribute(NameOID.COUNTRY_NAME, u"US"),
    ...     x509.NameAttribute(NameOID.STATE_OR_PROVINCE_NAME, u"CA"),
    ...     x509.NameAttribute(NameOID.LOCALITY_NAME, u"San Francisco"),
    ...     x509.NameAttribute(NameOID.ORGANIZATION_NAME, u"My Company"),
    ...     x509.NameAttribute(NameOID.COMMON_NAME, u"mysite.com"),
    ... ])).add_extension(
    ...     x509.SubjectAlternativeName([
    ...         # Describe what sites we want this certificate for.
    ...         x509.DNSName(u"mysite.com"),
    ...         x509.DNSName(u"www.mysite.com"),
    ...         x509.DNSName(u"subdomain.mysite.com"),
    ...     ]),
    ...     critical=False,
    ... # Sign the CSR with our private key.
    ... ).sign(key, hashes.SHA256(), default_backend())
    >>> # Write our CSR out to disk.
    >>> with open("path/to/csr.pem", "wb") as f:
    ...     f.write(csr.public_bytes(serialization.Encoding.PEM))

Now we can give our CSR to a CA, who will give a certificate to us in return.

Creating a self-signed certificate
----------------------------------

While most of the time you want a certificate that has been *signed* by someone
else (i.e. a certificate authority), so that trust is established, sometimes
you want to create a self-signed certificate. Self-signed certificates are not
issued by a certificate authority, but instead they are signed by the private
key corresponding to the public key they embed.

This means that other people don't trust these certificates, but it also means
they can be issued very easily. In general the only use case for a self-signed
certificate is local testing, where you don't need anyone else to trust your
certificate.

Like generating a CSR, we start with creating a new private key:

.. code-block:: pycon

    >>> # Generate our key
    >>> key = rsa.generate_private_key(
    ...     public_exponent=65537,
    ...     key_size=2048,
    ...     backend=default_backend()
    ... )
    >>> # Write our key to disk for safe keeping
    >>> with open("path/to/store/key.pem", "wb") as f:
    ...     f.write(key.private_bytes(
    ...         encoding=serialization.Encoding.PEM,
    ...         format=serialization.PrivateFormat.TraditionalOpenSSL,
    ...         encryption_algorithm=serialization.BestAvailableEncryption(b"passphrase"),
    ...     ))

Then we generate the certificate itself:

.. code-block:: pycon

    >>> # Various details about who we are. For a self-signed certificate the
    >>> # subject and issuer are always the same.
    >>> subject = issuer = x509.Name([
    ...     x509.NameAttribute(NameOID.COUNTRY_NAME, u"US"),
    ...     x509.NameAttribute(NameOID.STATE_OR_PROVINCE_NAME, u"CA"),
    ...     x509.NameAttribute(NameOID.LOCALITY_NAME, u"San Francisco"),
    ...     x509.NameAttribute(NameOID.ORGANIZATION_NAME, u"My Company"),
    ...     x509.NameAttribute(NameOID.COMMON_NAME, u"mysite.com"),
    ... ])
    >>> cert = x509.CertificateBuilder().subject_name(
    ...     subject
    ... ).issuer_name(
    ...     issuer
    ... ).public_key(
    ...     private_key.public_key()
    ... ).not_valid_before(
    ...     datetime.datetime.utcnow()
    ... ).not_valid_after(
    ...     # Our certificate will be valid for 10 days
    ...     datetime.datetime.utcnow() + datetime.timedelta(days=10)
    ... ).add_extension(
    ...     x509.SubjectAlternativeName([x509.DNSName(u"localhost")]),
    ...     critical=False,
    ... # Sign our certificate with our private key
    ... ).sign(private_key, hashes.SHA256(), default_backend())
    >>> # Write our certificate out to disk.
    >>> with open("path/to/certificate.pem", "wb") as f:
    ...     f.write(cert.public_bytes(serialization.Encoding.PEM))

And now we have a private key and certificate that can be used for local
testing.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


I rarely cook flower related ingredients, partly cz they are so hard to find at regular grocery stores. It tastes pretty good, I hope you can find it sometime!
I don't think I can find the golden needle flower buds here in the US?
I think you can find dried ones here (the already bloomed kind). As for fresh buds, I haven't seen it in the states either.


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Brian Croucher (born 23 January 1942) is an English actor and director best known for his role as Ted Hills, which he played from 1995 to 1997, in the soap opera EastEnders. Croucher also had a regular role in the science fiction series Blake's 7.

Biography
Croucher has appeared in a number of science fiction programmes, including being the second actor to portray Travis in Blake's 7. He played Borg in the Doctor Who story The Robots of Death. He also appeared in the Doctor Who spin-off Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans. Earlier, in 1973, he played a key protagonist in the children's adventure series The Jensen Code.

In 1978, Croucher played a major role opposite Tom Bell in the Thames Television/Euston Films thriller series Out. He also played the role of Rooky in the Southern Television series The Famous Five, in the double episode "Five Get into Trouble".

One of Croucher's earliest film roles was in the Carol Reed film musical of Lionel Bart's Oliver!; he played one of the London Bridge bargemen—a small uncredited speaking part. His other film roles include Burke & Hare (1972), Made (1972), A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (1979), Scrubbers (1983), and Underworld (1985).

Apart from acting, Croucher has directed two short films, Rank (2009, co-written with Nick Wilkinson) and Vodka & Coke (2013), also written and produced by Wilkinson.

Selected filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

Male actors from Surrey
English male soap opera actors
1942 births
Living people

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


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Q: Dynamic JavaScript If Statement In PHP I can do:
// $post = 10; $logic = >; $value = 100
$valid = eval("return ($post $logic $value) ? true : false;");

So the statement above would return false.
Can I do something similar in JavaScript? Thanks!
Darren.

A: If you want to avoid eval, and since there are only 8 comparison operators in JavaScript, is fairly simple to write a small function, without using eval at all:
function compare(post, operator, value) {
  switch (operator) {
    case '>':   return post > value;
    case '<':   return post < value;
    case '>=':  return post >= value;
    case '<=':  return post <= value;
    case '==':  return post == value;
    case '!=':  return post != value;
    case '===': return post === value;
    case '!==': return post !== value;
  }
}
//...
compare(5, '<', 10); // true
compare(100, '>', 10); // true
compare('foo', '!=', 'bar'); // true
compare('5', '===', 5); // false

A: A little late, but you could've done the following:
var dynamicCompare = function(a, b, compare){
    //do lots of common stuff

    if (compare(a, b)){
        //do your thing
    } else {
        //do your other thing
    }
}

dynamicCompare(a, b, function(input1, input2){ return input1 < input2;}));
dynamicCompare(a, b, function(input1, input2){ return input1 > input2;}));
dynamicCompare(a, b, function(input1, input2){ return input1 === input2;}));

A: yes, there's eval in javascript as well. for most uses it's not considered very good practice to use it, but i can't imagine it is in php either.
var post = 10, logic = '>', value = 100;
var valid = eval(post + logic + value);

A: JavaScript have an eval function too:
http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_eval.asp
eval("valid = ("+post+logic+value+");");


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Home > Business
Report: Government to Exit Air India entirely; panel approves 95% stake sale
Kahekashan
Hans News Service | 17 Aug 2019 6:47 AM GMT
Air India's net debt peaked to 58,351.93 crore rupees in FY19 from approx. Rs 55,000 crore in FY18.
The government led by Narendra Modi plan to sell the debt-laden airline Air India is still underway. The government has reportedly decided to abandon the national airline completely. It is worth noting that the divestment plans proposed above did not materialise since the civil aviation ministry did not receive any Expression of Interest (EoI) from potential bidders when the deadline for submission of bids ended on May 30, 2018.
The committee of secretaries (CoS) headed by cabinet secretary PK Sinha has given the green signal to offload 95 per cent of stake in the national carrier. Last year, the Center had invited bids to sell a 76 per cent stake in the airline in suffering, along with the transfer of management control.
The divestment proposal will be submitted to a ministerial body, headed by Amit Shah, the Union Home Minister in the next 15 days, where a final decision will be taken on the timing, price and quantity of Air India shares that will be sold, according to a report in a financial newspaper. Also, he mentioned that the Center will retain a 5 per cent stake in the debt-laden operator for ESOP of permanent employees and that EoI will be available for the first week of October.
The government took multiple measures to make Air India competitive by reducing debt and increasing resources through the sale of land assets and other subsidiaries. However, Air India's net debt peaked to 58,351.93 crore rupees in FY19 from approximately Rs 55,000 crore in FY18. The national airline received an equity infusion of Rs 30,520.21 crore from the government to date as part of its 2012 Turn Return Plan.
It is reported that a small group of government officials are in contact with potential buyers to include their suggestions in the structure of the sale of the airline and the agreement to purchase shares. In the context of the high fuel price and the weak investment environment, the Center suspended the process of selling shares and said it would resume after the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
"The Center remains committed to the divestment of Air India, and the plan is to make it more viable from an operational point of view before divesting it," Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri told Rajya Sabha last month. He also said that the airline is prepared to make a profit during the current fiscal year.
Government to Exit Air India entirely
Air India Ltd


Sophomore, Emily Jordan led the team in scoring with 16 points and six rebounds to go with two assists. "Emily set the tone on offense and defense and was extremely aggressive on both ends," said Coach Smalley. Junior, Merci Turner was named to the All Tournament team and added 15 points and eight rebounds.


Avi Vantage supports authentication and authorization of Avi Vantage users with TACACS+. TACACS+ is an open standards protocol that handles authentication and accounting (the first two "A"s in "AAA").
TACACS+ Servers: TACACS+ server IP. Multiple servers can be specified. If the first server does not respond, Avi Vantage tries the next server. If that server also does not reply, the next server is tried, in round-robin fashion. Click Add Item to add a server.
Port: TACACS+ server port (default 49).
Password: TACACS+ server shared secret.
TACACS+ Service: TACACS+ service type, used in all authentication and authorization queries.
TACACS+ Authorization attributes: Set of attribute value pairs to identify the host. The TACACS+ server configures user-level authorization based on these attributes. Cisco Access Control Servers (ACSs) typically expect authorization attribute values for "service" and "protocol" to be populated in order to identify and authorize a Vantage user. Authorization attributes from a TACACS+ server can be used to map Avi Vantage users to various roles and tenants. If the attribute is required, click Mandatory. Click Add Attribute to add additional name-value pairs.
AUTHEN CONTINUE packet from Avi Vantage to TACACS+ server. Contains user message field with actual password from user.
PASS_ADD or PASS_REPL status, which authorizes the successfully authenticated user with attribute value pairs to be added or replaced.
FAIL status, indicating the user is not authorized.
All TACACS+ packets are encrypted, whereas the 12-byte header is passed in the clear. Encryption is part of the TACACS+ standard and is compatible with all TACACS+ servers.
If an error is indicated in the Status field of any reply packet during this process, the user login is rejected and results in a failure.


Type 70 flour is the primary flour used in this sourdough bread. This is a high extraction flour, which means that a larger percentage of the wheat kernel is milled than for white flour. The number 70 indicates an ash content of 0.7%, and the flour itself has a light tan color, due to a low bran content. This flour is closer to white flour than whole wheat. High extraction flours are commonly seen in large rustic sourdoughs such as a miche, because the dough develops better due to the finer particle size compared to whole wheat flour. A hand mix was chosen for simplicity and gentle handling, but a machine can be used to achieve a short mix, and then the rest of the process can be followed from there.
For the mix, all ingredients are combined and stirred by hand until incorporated. Once there is no dry flour at the bottom of the bin, the dough rests for 5 minutes to continue hydrating. Next, a technique of using one's hand as a 'hoe' is used to slice through the dough in strips allowing for better gluten development.
Above: The right hand is shaped like a "hoe," cutting and shoveling the dough in strips.
The dough is then transferred to a clean oiled container, and three folds are given at fifteen minute increments. After the third fold, the dough rests for 45 more minutes, providing a total of 1 hour and 30 minutes of bulk fermentation time.
When dividing, gentle handling should be exercised to not tear and degas the dough. In this video, the dough is portioned at 800g and 500g pieces; both are preshaped into boules. After 20-30 minutes of resting time, the final shape is a blunt batard. Place the shaped loaves in dusted baskets or on a dusted couche. Final proof will be about one hour.
Retarding of the dough is not recommended with this formula, due to the fragile structure of the dough and its high activity level.
Bake at 450°F with steam injected before and after loading. After the initial bake of 20-25 minutes, provide adequate time for venting. Larger loaves can vent for 20 minutes without getting too much color.


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Resources Books and Publication
Life under Nyerere
Published in Books and Publications on 24. 10. 2010 . 208 Views
Author: Godfrey Mwakikagile
Publisher: New Africa Press
ISBN-13: 9780980258721 - ISBN-10: 0980258723
This is more than just a sentimental journey into the past. It is also an assessment of Nyerere's leadership and policies from the perspective of a former journalist.
The author worked as a reporter at Tanzania's leading newspaper, "The Daily News," and as an information officer at the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in the nation's capital, Dar es Salaam, when Nyerere was president.
Included in the book is one of the last interviews Nyerere gave not long before he died in which he reflected on his leadership and even on his student days at Makerere University College in Uganda and at Edinburgh University in Scotland.
Also included is an interview with former Ugandan President Milton Obote in which he talked about Nyerere and the failure to form an East African federation in the sixties, among other subjects.
The Story of Julius Nyerere, Africa's Elder Statesman
Julius Nyerere; Life Times Legacy
Mwalimu: The Influence of Nyerere
We must run while they walk;: A portrait of Africa's Julius Nyerere
The Critical Phase in Tanzania: Nyerere and the Emergence of a Socialist Strategy
Political-Economic Issues in Tanzania: The Nyerere Years 1965-1985
Nyerere of Tanzania
Nyerere on Education / Nyerere kuhusu Elimu
Tanzania under Mwalimu Nyerere: Reflections on an African Statesman
Julius K. Nyerere: Teacher of Africa


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Q: cabal benchmark bytestring: package has no benchmark When I tried to run cabal benchmark on bytestring I got package has no benchmark. Indeed, the .cabal file does not have benchmark configs. But the repo does have a bench directory. How does this work? Should I not try to benchmark it?
edit:
When running cabal build in the bench directory I got the following error:
Building bench-bytestring-0.1.0.0...
Preprocessing executable 'bench-bytestring-builder' for
bench-bytestring-0.1.0.0...
[18 of 18] Compiling Main ( BenchAll.hs, dist/build/bench-bytestring-builder/bench-bytestring-builder-tmp/Main.o )

BenchAll.hs:133:46:
Couldn't match expected type 'Benchmarkable'
            with actual type 'IO ()'
In the second argument of '($)', namely 'benchIntEncodingB nRepl e'
In the expression:
  bench (name ++ " (" ++ show nRepl ++ ")")
  $ benchIntEncodingB nRepl e

A: The bench directory has a separate Cabal file, bench-bytestring.cabal. You should be able to cd into that directory and do cabal run to run the benchmarks.
That package's description explains why it works this way:

This package is not meant for public release. It fixes a problem with the current benchmarking support in cabal, which has trouble compiling because criterion depends on bytestring. Here, we just include the whole source of the bytestring library directly.


text:
Array.init = function (n, value) {
    var i, a = new Array(n);
    for (i = 0; i < n; i += 1) {
        a[i] = value;
    }
    return a;
};

// Shorthand to `Array.prototype.slice.call`
Array.slice = function (a, b) {
    return Array.prototype.slice.call(a, b);
}

// Reduce method polyfill from ECMA6
Array.prototype.reduce = function (fn) {
    if (this === void 0 || this === null) {
        throw TypeError();
    }

    var t = Object(this);
    var len = t.length >>> 0;
    if (typeof fn !== 'function') {
        throw TypeError('No function provided');
    }

    // no value to return if no initial value and an empty array
    if (len === 0 && arguments.length === 1) {
        throw TypeError();
    }

    var k = 0;
    var accumulator;
    if (arguments.length >= 2) {
        accumulator = arguments[1];
    } else {
        while (true) {
            if (k in t) {
                accumulator = t[k++];
                break;
            }
            // if array contains no values, no initial value to return
            if (++k >= len) {
                throw TypeError();
            }
        }
    }

    while (k < len) {
        if (k in t) {
            accumulator = fn.call(undefined, accumulator, t[k], k, t);
        }
        k += 1;
    }

    return accumulator;
};