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Earth has Marines, space has D.A.R.K. Squadron. After losing contact with the USS Storm Bringer, a group of elite soldie…
Earth has Marines, space has D.A.R.K. Squadron. After losing contact with the USS Storm Bringer, a group of elite soldiers from D.A.R.K. Squadron has been sent in to investigate. Explore the labyrinthine corridors of the super-ship in this sci-fi action-RPG and uncover the mystery. Fight waves of deadly enemies, solve ingenious puzzles, and defeat enormous bosses as you uncover the shocking truth about the Storm Bringer.
D.A.R.K. Highlights
• Massive single-player campaign will have you playing for hours on end.
• Huge variety of gameplay, from gunfights to puzzles, ensures you're always on your toes.
• Atmospheric soundtrack and intense weapon sound effects turn the action up to 11.
• Explore the ship for upgrades and cash, and develop your character how you see fit.
• Haunting narrative will keep you on your toes and immerse you in the gritty sci-fi world.
• Cutting-edge 3D graphics look absolutely stunning and will push your hardware to the max.
• The intuitive and customizable control scheme makes killing enemies with precision both fun and simple.
• Countless weapons and items to find and upgrade add a level of depth not found in other games.
• Three difficulty levels to choose from so anyone can play, whether you're a novice or veteran player.
• Full support for achievements and leaderboards so you can see how you stack up against other players.
For more information or support, please visit www.chillingo.com.
Genre:Action, Adventure
Release:Jun 23, 2011
New App: $0.99, v1.0
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Home Sport Arsenal sign four-year-old wonderkid still in nursery with Gunners scout left in...
Arsenal sign four-year-old wonderkid still in nursery with Gunners scout left in awe
Arsenal sign a FOUR-YEAR OLD, who is still at nursery, dubbed 'little Messi' and has thousands watching his skill videos on Instagram, after he was scouted while playing with kids twice his age
Arsenal have demonstrated that it is never too early to spot future talent after the Gunners signed a four-year-old Instagram sensation dubbed 'little Messi'.
Zayn Ali Salman, now five years old, has made history in becoming the youngest ever recruit at Arsenal after signing up for the Premier League side's pre-Academy aged just four.
Videos of Salman, who says his favourite team is Arsenal, producing his dazzling skills on the pitch have racked up thousands of views on Instagram, with the youngster's balance and skill earning him comparisons to Lionel Messi.
His old coach, Austin Schofield, told BBC News: 'We put him with kids of his age, but he was better than all of then. He was quicker and he could score and pass much better than the others.
'I spoke with his Dad to suggest playing up, and he said "why not?"'
Salman has been pictured with Arsenal's Academy Manager Per Mertesacker, and Arsenal scout Stephen Deans says that he has taken the move in his stride.
'He was doing things you shouldn't be doing at that age,' Deans said.
"When I saw him, I called a friend who confirmed he was four. I couldn't believe that he is still in nursery.
"Then I spoke to his parents and brought him to a few sessions. He is no fluke.'
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The Veterans Creative Arts is a program where talented veterans in the creative arts are able to teach other veterans FREE. After a 12 week program the veteran is then given the tools to further their skills ( I.e. guitar, art supplies). It is the hopes that this program actually gets a physical location. Until that time Mr. Richards is taking this to the Comic Cons to further promote this program. Your assistance would be greatly appreciated in order to pay for booths etc... until that time.
This program is funded by kind donations from people like yourself.
develop this worthy cause of assisting veterans in learning arts/music.
Bill Richards performing on Channel 9&10 News with his original song - "When You Call My Name (I'll Be There)"


91 of 96 people found the following review helpful.
A little more complicated to set up than I expected.
This review is for Canon MG5720 Wireless All-In-One Printer with Scanner and Copier: Mobil and Tablet Printing with Airprint.
My husband purchased this printer because of its airprint capability. We have both set up printers before and currently have a printer on our home network. We expected this set up to be an easy one and to take only a few minutes. To our surprise the set up was not only not a simple one but it proved to be very cumbersome. Approximately 30 minutes later it was working. That was quite a disappointment from Canon. Set up does also require either a mobile device or a computer with an internet capability.
Once the printer was on the network all was a good. The print quality is decent although not stellar but that was all we were looking for at this price point.
Installing the ink cartridges is a bit more complicated that your basic HP but still very doable by looking at the instructions on the printer. The printer is very quiet and does have 2-sided printing.
The printer came packaged very well inside the manufacturers original box and so arrived undamaged. It is a bit larger than I had expected at 14.6 inches x 5.9 inches. Although the dimensions are listed on the sellers page. The printer itself has a sleek and modern look.
no setup software to deal with!
Im in IT 10 years currently and i hate printers. This one i love.
it has a very quiet printing method, and when in its automatic standby it is completely lights out. mine is in my living room.
Sent this worthless printer back. First, it is cheaply made and wouldn't stand up to regular household use. The paper tray is very flimsy. Worst of all, the instructions for setting it up refer you to the Canon Website but the website doesn't have instructions for this model and there are no drivers to download to install. It wouldn't recognize my network. It also wouldn't connect to my iPhone 6S nor my iPad, so I'm not sure what it actually could do!


Government and opposition parties have come together and decided on 15 December 2008 as the date for postponed local council elections.
Three political parties in […] Somaliland have reached a consensus on the dates of local and presidential elections, potentially breaking weeks of political deadlock caused by President Dahir Riyale's one-year term extension.
Representatives from the three political parties - the ruling UDUB party, and the opposition Kulmiye and UCID - held private discussions Tuesday [20 May 2008] mediated by a four-member committee from the Somaliland Election Commission.
The local council elections will be held on December 15, 2008, with Somaliland's presidential elections scheduled for March 15, , according to a high-ranking opposition official who participated in the talks.
Muse Bihi, deputy chairman of the Kulmiye party, told local media that the Election Commission and delegates from the three political parties had signed the preliminary accord.
But the opposition official indicated that several factors have to first be ironed out with Riyale's government, including a guarantee that the elections be held on time as approved by the Election Commission.
The three parties and the Commission formally agreed to introduce a motion for debate in Somaliland's two houses of parliament, requesting the removal of a key elections law clause demanding that the local council and presidential elections be held six months apart.
The opposition parties are still opposed to Mr. Riyale's one-year term extension, which was approved in April  by the House of Guurti, the upper house of parliament, Mr. Bihi said.
Somaliland [...] has functioned as an independent government since the 1990s as the southern regions [of Somalia] were devastated by conflict among armed clans and foreign military interventions.
The region has not been recognized internationally to date.


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Q: copy a Tabsheet @ run time , read values back after edit process I already found that code to copy several instances of an edit form to a Tpagecontrol
var
   aForm : TMyForm;
   tabSheet : TTabSheet;
begin
   //Create a new tab sheet
   tabSheet := TTabSheet.Create(PageControl1) ;
   tabSheet.PageControl := PageControl1;

   //create a form
   aForm := TMyForm.Create(tabSheet) ;
   aForm.Parent := tabSheet;
   aForm.Align := alClient;
   aForm.BorderStyle := bsNone;
   aForm.Visible := true;
   tabSheet.Caption := aForm.Caption;

   //activate the sheet
   PageControl1.ActiveSheet := tabSheet;
end;

Assume I run this code 3x , how do i read back the values of any instance of the aForm.button eg. the first page / first instance ?

A: The best way would be to save an instance of the form. The only way you would be able to do it at the moment would be to search through the controls on the page control.
For example, you could do something like this:
function CreateTabAndForm: TMyForm;
var
  tabSheet : TTabSheet;
begin
  //Create a new tab sheet
  tabSheet := TTabSheet.Create(PageControl1) ;
  tabSheet.PageControl := PageControl1;

  //create a form
  Result := TMyForm.Create(tabSheet) ;
  Result.Parent := tabSheet;
  Result.Align := alClient;
  Result.BorderStyle := bsNone;
  Result.Visible := true;
  tabSheet.Caption := Result.Caption;

  //activate the sheet
  PageControl1.ActiveSheet := tabSheet;
end;

You need to be careful with this approach, however, as the form could get destroyed if the page control is destroyed.
To create the tabs you would then do something like this:
MyForm1 := CreateTabAndForm;
MyForm2 := CreateTabAndForm;
MyForm3 := CreateTabAndForm;

To access a button on the form would be MyForm1.button.

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Biden, Putin Talk For Two Hours Amid Fears Of New War In Ukraine
U.S. President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, have held two hours of talks amid fears over Russia's troop buildup on the Ukrainian border, NATO's future in the region, and Russia's security demands.
The December 7 virtual meeting was the third direct conversation that the two leaders have held since Biden became president in January.
The discussion may turn out to be most consequential to date, with Washington aiming to deter Russia from a possible invasion of Ukraine and the Kremlin seeking guarantees that the former Soviet republic will never become a NATO member.
Neither the Kremlin nor the White House immediately released any details of the talks. Biden was scheduled to call the leaders of Britain, France, Germany, and Italy after the summit, according to the White House.
Video released by the Kremlin at the start of the meeting showed the two leaders smiling as they greeted each other via videoconference and exchanged pleasantries. The White House confirmed the start of the talks, but gave no further details.
The White House official also told reporters that the Biden administration supported 'discussions between NATO and Russia to address larger issues of concern on both sides,' but would not rule out Ukraine's future membership in the North American alliance and is 'not going to operate according to...anyone's red lines.'
SEE ALSO: Talk Of War: Frontline Ukrainian Soldiers Respond To Invasion Warnings
Putin has repeatedly described NATO expansion or the deployment of certain offensive missile capabilities in Ukraine as a 'red line.'
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on December 6 that 'of course, [the agenda] will be bilateral relations, which remain in a rather lamentable state," adding that questions around Ukraine, NATO expansion, and security guarantees will 'loom large.'
Photo Gallery: Boots On The Ground: Satellite Images Reveal Russian Troop Buildup Near Ukrainian Border And In Crimea RFE/RL Amid fears of a possible invasion, Ukrainian officials say more than 90,000 Russian troops have been deployed along its border -- including on the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia seized by force from Ukraine in 2014. Maxar Technologies, a satellite-imaging company, has released photographs that show the Russian troop buildup. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on В Контакте Email to a Friend Share on LinkedIn
Ukrainian officials say more than 90,000 Russian troops have been deployed along its border -- including on the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia seized by force from Ukraine in 2014. U.S. intelligence estimates suggest that the buildup could eventually reach 175,000 Russian troops. It's one of the largest movements of Russian forces toward Ukraine in years, outside of regularly scheduled and announced training exercises.
SEE ALSO: NATO Should Put Troops In Ukraine On Rotational Basis To Deter Russia, Bolton Says
That, plus the absence of more routine notification procedures shared even with adversaries, has set off alarm bells, not only in Ukraine, but in many NATO countries, particularly those in Eastern Europe.
"We do not know, or have a clear indication, that President Putin has actually given an affirmative action order here. It is more about planning and intentions then the kinds of movements we have seen. In this regard, the planning from our perspective is clear," the unidentified senior U.S. administration official said.
"We have seen the movement of additional capabilities, and forces, toward the vicinity of Ukraine, in multiple areas, and these movements are consistent with the planning under way for a military escalation in Ukraine," the official said.
Should 'Putin move in' and invade Ukraine, the official added, 'there would be an increasing request from Eastern Flank allies and a positive response from the United States for additional forces and capabilities and exercises to take place there.'


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For the film, see Fan (film).
Find sources: "Fan film" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (May 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)
Actor Anthony Daniels outside a booth screening the 2010 fan-made film Solo Adventures, inspired by Star Wars
A fan film is a film or video inspired by a film, television program, comic book, book, or video game created by fans rather than by the source's copyright holders or creators. Fan filmmakers have traditionally been amateurs, but some of the more notable films have actually been produced by professional filmmakers as film school class projects or as demonstration reels. Fan films vary tremendously in quality, as well as in length, from short faux-teaser trailers for non-existent motion pictures to full-length motion pictures. Fan films are also examples of fan labor and the remix culture. Closely related concepts are Fandubs, Fansubs and Vidding which are reworks of fans on already released film material.
2 Legality
2.1 Authorized fan films
2.2 Non-authorized fan films
2.3 Lost Fan Films
The earliest known fan film is Anderson 'Our Gang,[1] which was produced in 1926 by a pair of itinerant filmmakers. Shot in Anderson, South Carolina, the short is based on the Our Gang film series; the only known copy resides in the University of South Carolina's Newsfilm Library. Various amateur filmmakers created their own fan films throughout the ensuing decades, including a teenaged Hugh Hefner,[1] but the technology required to make fan films was a limiting factor until relatively recently. In the 1960s UCLA film student Don Glut filmed a series of short black and white "underground films", based on adventure and comic book characters from 1940s and 1950s motion picture serials. Around the same time, artist Andy Warhol produced a film called Batman Dracula which could be described as a fan film. But it wasn't until the 1970s that the popularization of science fiction conventions allowed fans to show their films to the wider fan community.
In the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, there were many unofficial foreign remakes of American films that today may be considered fan films, such as Süpermenler (Superman), 3 Dev Adam, (Spider-Man), Mahakaal (A Nightmare on Elm Street), and Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam (Star Wars).
Most of the more prominent science fiction films and television shows are represented in fan films; these include Star Wars (see Category:Fan films based on Star Wars), Star Trek (see Star Trek fan productions), Doctor Who (see Doctor Who spin-offs), and Buffy the Vampire Slayer (see Unofficial Buffy the Vampire Slayer productions). Because fan films generally utilize characters and storylines copyrighted and trademarked by the original filmmakers, they are rarely distributed commercially for legal reasons. They are exhibited by various other methods, including showings at comic book and science fiction conventions, and distribution as homemade videos, ranging from VHS videocassettes to CD-ROMs and DVDs.
Filmmaker Sandy Collora gained much notoriety in the early 2000s for a series of fan films he produced featuring DC Comics heroes Batman and Superman. Batman: Dead End premiered at the 2003 San Diego Comic-Con, while World's Finest was prevented from showing in 2004 due to copyright claims from Warner Bros.[2]
Some fan film productions achieve significant quantity and or quality. For instance, the series Star Trek: Hidden Frontier produced 50 episodes over seven seasons - compared to only 34 episodes for the 1970s sci-fi series Battlestar Galactica and Galactica 1980 combined.
Star Trek: New Voyages started as a fan production, but has since attracted support from several crew and cast members from the different Star Trek series, as well as a wide audience.
Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning, a Finnish feature-length spoof of both Star Trek and Babylon 5, attracted over 4 million downloads and has been released on DVD in several countries, making it possibly the most successful Finnish movie-production to date.
The Lord of the Rings fan films Born of Hope and The Hunt for Gollum debuted at Ring*Con and the Sci-Fi-London film festival (respectively) in May 2009 and was released on the internet.[3]
The Legend of Zelda with its loyal base had a fan film called The Hero of Time[4] which received a strong following of fans. The movie premiered in Atlanta, GA in 2009 and online in December 2009 only to be shut down by Nintendo on January 1, 2010.
Ghostbusters: The Video Game features a small nod to the fan film Return of the Ghostbusters by way of a drawing posted on the wall[5] in the Ghostbusters firehouse headquarters. The child's drawing of a Ghostbuster is signed by a fictional character created in the fan film.
On September 27, 2009, Italian fan film Metal Gear Solid: Philanthropy was released over the internet, a 10,000 Euro production based on Hideo Kojima's Metal Gear Solid video game series.
Dan Poole's stunt work in his fan film The Green Goblin's Last Stand garnered recognition and an endorsement from Spider-Man co-creator Stan Lee.[6]
John F. Carroll's Masters of the Universe trilogy began with The Wizard of Stone Mountain in 2011 and has premiered at conventions in Germany and the US. Other films in the trilogy will be released on the internet in 2013.[7]
LegalityEdit
Due to copyright protection, trademark protection and limited fair use provisions, fan films made without official authorization might exist in a legal grey area.[8]
Still, fan films often operate under the radar or IP owners turning a blind eye as long these are a non-commercial activities.[9]
"We got in touch with Tolkien Enterprises and reached an understanding with them that as long as we are completely non-profit then we're okay. [...] They are supportive of the way fans wish to express their enthusiasm."
The Hunt for Gollum, Chris Bouchard (2009)[9]
Also, lawmakers strengthened fan activities in recent years by extending fair use cases; for instance, in 2012 Canada's Copyright Modernization Act explicitly added an exemption which allows non-commercial creation of fan film material.[10] A 2013 US court ruling Lenz v. Universal Music Corp. acknowledged that creative fan activities on copyrighted works might fall under fair use and requested that copyright holders check and respect fair use before doing DMCA take down notices.[11]
Authorized fan filmsEdit
The explosion of fan productions brought about by affordable consumer equipment and animation programs (Prosumer equipment) with the digital revolution, along with the ease of distribution created by the Internet and Web 2.0, has prompted several studios to adapt their official policies and programs regarding fan films.[12]
The highest profile of these programs has been Lucasfilm's Official Star Wars Fan Film Awards, launched in 2000.[13] The awards formerly permitted only documentary, mockumentary, and parody entries, while prohibiting serious fan fiction. However, this restriction was lifted for the 2007 awards. Lucasfilm's limited support and sanction of fan creations is a marked contrast to the attitudes of many other copyright holders.
Some copyright holders opened up for the idea of fan films: DC Comics was known to actively discourage the creation of fan movies in the 1990s.[14] In 2008, however, DC Comics changed its tune when its president, Paul Levitz, gave provisional permission to fan filmmakers, stating definitively, "We're against anything that monetizes our assets and our copyrights without our permission. We are not against things where people use our assets if they don't do anything monetarily with them."[15] Similarly, Paramount took a more welcoming stance towards fan filmmakers in the 2000s.[16]
Unlike many American TV shows, the British series Doctor Who allowed its writers to retain the rights to characters and plot elements that they created - most famously with Terry Nation's Daleks. While the BBC has never licensed the character of the Doctor for use in fan films, a number of the writers have consented to allow the monsters and supporting characters they created to be used in direct-to-video productions (see Doctor Who spin-offs).[citation needed]
The creators of Red Dwarf sponsored a fan film contest of their own in 2005, inspired by an earlier fan film production in 2001 called Red Dwarf - The Other Movie, with a fairly wide remit ranging from fictional stories set in the Red Dwarf universe to documentaries about the show and its fandom. The two winning shorts were featured in their entirety as bonus features on the Series VIII DVD release, along with a montage of clips from the runner-up entries and a short intro clip from Red Dwarf - The Other Movie. This made them among the first fan films to be commercially released by a property's original creators.[citation needed]
Non-authorized fan filmsEdit
Fox Studios is known to shut down fan productions, for instance they used in 2008 a cease and desist letter to close a Max Payne short that was in production.[17] MGM has been known to force internet-distributed James Bond fan films offline, too.[18]
Paramount Pictures actively pursued legal action against Star Trek fan films in the 1980s,[19] such as the animated film series Star Trix, and a never completed fan episode spinoff tentatively titled Yorktown: A Time to Heal starring George Takei and James Shigeta.[1]
From 2010 to 2015, animator Matthew Gafford developed Star Fox: The Animated Series, a webseries based on Nintendo's Star Fox video game franchise. However, after a cease-and-desist from Nintendo based on the usage of the Star Fox intellectual property, Gafford changed the name of the webseries to A Fox In Space. The first episode of A Fox In Space was released online in April 2016.[20]
In June 2014, Godzilla: Heritage, a fan film based on the Godzilla franchise, was announced on Kickstarter. The project, conceived by filmmakers Timothy Schiefer and Greg Graves, was unsuccessful in meeting its initial crowdfunding goal of $25,000, receiving only $16,025 from 186 backers.[21] On July 18, 2014, a second Kickstarter campaign for the film was created, this time reaching a set goal of $10,000, receiving $19,554 from 193 backers.[22][23] Following the release of a teaser trailer for the film in 2016, the filmmakers were contacted by Toho, the company which owns the rights to the Godzilla franchise. In order to protect Toho's intellectual property and to avoid confusion in the marketplace, the filmmakers agreed to a number of conditions, including that the film would not have the word "Godzilla" in the title, that the filmmakers would not receive profits from the film, and that no further crowdfunding campaigns could be created.[24]
In August 2018, it was announced that a short fan film titled Georgie, based on the 1990 miniseries It, was being produced.[25][26] The short, directed by Ryan Grulich and produced by John Campopiano, features Tony Dakota reprising his role as Georgie Denbrough from the miniseries, and centers on the idea of how the narrative of It may have continued had Georgie not been killed by Pennywise.[27] The short also features Ben Heller, who portrayed young Stanley Uris in the miniseries.[27] Georgie premiered at the Boston Underground Film Festival on March 22, 2019 and had its online premiere on June 10, 2019 on the Fangoria Facebook page.[28][29]
Lost Fan FilmsEdit
Wolfman vs Godzilla was a fan made movie made by former Toho employees and some people who would work in latter Godzilla films like Akira Ifukube and Shizuo Nakajima[30][31]
As media scholar Henry Jenkins points out, fan films are shaped by the intersection between contemporary trends toward media convergence and participatory culture. These films are hybrid by nature—-neither fully commercial nor fully alternative. Fan films represent a potentially important third space between the two.[32]
Similarly, Stanford Law Professor Lawrence Lessig argued that for the first time in history, creativity by default is subject to regulation due to growing intellectual property rights like copyright and trademark. This trend results in artists (like the fans mentioned in this article) needing the permission of the copyright owner to engage in mashups or acts of remixing. In Lessing's view, this new phenomena limits creativity.[33] To help artists mitigate the chilling impact of copyright law, Lessig founded the Creative Commons and proposed the Creative Commons licenses.[34][35]
^ a b c Young, Clive (2008) Homemade Hollywood: Fans Behind The Camera, Continuum Books, New York / London
^ Holtreman, Vic (2004-07-23). "Sandy Collora's World's Finest trailer is out". Screenrant.com. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
^ Masters, Tim (30 April 2009). "Making Middle-earth on a shoestring". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 1 May 2009.
^ Musch, Joel (2009-12-14), The Hero of Time, retrieved 2016-03-04
^ cliveyoung (July 1, 2009). "Ghostbusters Video Game Gives Fan Films A Shout Out!". Fan Cinema Today. Archived from the original on May 30, 2012. Retrieved January 20, 2010.
^ Quirk, Justin (2002-06-09). "The Real Adventures of Spider-Dan". The Independent (reprint)|format= requires |url= (help). London: Independent News & Media.
^ "Master of the Universe: The Fan Trilogy". The Wizard of Stone Mountain. February 5, 2013.
^ Sydell, Laura (30 April 2009). "High-Def 'Hunt For Gollum' New Lord Of The Fanvids". All Things Considered. National Public Radio. Retrieved 1 May 2009.
^ a b Masters, Tim (30 April 2009). "Making Middle-earth on a shoestring". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 1 May 2009.
^ Rostama, Guilda (June 1, 2015). "Remix Culture and Amateur Creativity: A Copyright Dilemma". WIPO. Retrieved 2016-03-14. Canada is one of a few countries, if not the only one, to have introduced into its copyright law a new exception for non-commercial user-generated content. Article 29 of Canada's Copyright Modernization Act (2012) states that there is no infringement if: (i) the use is done solely for non-commercial purpose; (ii) the original source is mentioned; (iii) the individual has reasonable ground to believe that he or she is not infringing copyright; and (iv) the remix does not have a "substantial adverse effect" on the exploitation of the existing work.
^ Rostama, Guilda (June 1, 2015). "Remix Culture and Amateur Creativity: A Copyright Dilemma". WIPO. Retrieved 2016-03-14. in 2013 a district court ruled that copyright owners do not have the right to simply take down content before undertaking a legal analysis to determine whether the remixed work could fall under fair use, a concept in US copyright law which permits limited use of copyrighted material without the need to obtain the right holder's permission (US District Court, Stephanie Lenz v. Universal Music Corp., Universal Music Publishing Inc., and Universal Music Publishing Group, Case No. 5:07-cv-03783-JF, January 24, 2013).[...] Given the emergence of today's "remix" culture, and the legal uncertainty surrounding remixes and mash-ups, the time would appear to be ripe for policy makers to take a new look at copyright law.
^ How Disney learned to stop worrying and love copyright infringement on salon.com by Andrew Leonard (2014)
^ Botwin, Michelle (2000-12-01). "Lucasfilm Backs Site for 'Star Wars' Fans' Shorts". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles: Tribune Company. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
^ Superman The Super 8 Movie Stills - fancinematoday, September 10, 2008 Archived May 30, 2012, at Archive.today
^ DC Comics Officially OKs Fan Films - fancinematoday.com, April 24, 2008 Archived May 30, 2012, at Archive.today
^ Suellentrop, Chris. "To Boldly Go Where No Fan Has Gone Before". Wired. December 2005
^ "Max Payne Fan Film Shot Down By Fox". fancinematoday.com. May 8, 2008. Archived from the original on July 9, 2012. Retrieved March 23, 2009.
^ "MGM Kills Historic James Bond Fan Film". fancinematoday.com. June 5, 2008. Archived from the original on July 7, 2012. Retrieved March 23, 2009.
^ Art Binninger's Star Trix: Of Clay and Cardboard
^ "Godzilla: Heritage by Perception Entertainment". Kickstarter. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
^ "Godzilla: Heritage Phase One by Perception Entertainment". Kickstarter. July 18, 2014. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
^ Fisher, Kieran (January 9, 2017). "Stills Released for Godzilla: Heritage, and They Look Monstrously Impressive". Dread Central. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
^ "Godzilla: Heritage on Facebook: "To our backers and fans, This will be a long announcement..."". Facebook. March 13, 2017. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
^ Squires, John (August 10, 2018). "Georgie Actor From the Original 'IT' Miniseries is Reprising the Role for a Fan Made Short Film!". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
^ Dick, Jeremy (August 11, 2018). "Georgie: IT fan film will bring back mini-series actor Tony Dakota". 1428Elm.com. FanSided. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
^ a b Squires, John (November 19, 2018). "First Look: Original 'IT' Miniseries Actor Returns in Short Film 'Georgie,' Which Just Wrapped Production". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
^ "John Campopiano on Instagram: 'Our new short film GEORGIE premieres on Friday March 22!...'". Instagram. March 6, 2019. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
^ Squires, John (June 10, 2019). "[Video] Short Film 'Georgie' Brings the Star of the Original 'IT' Miniseries Back to Derry!". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
^ "Wolfman vs. Godzilla | Wikizilla, the kaiju encyclopedia".
^ "Aanmelden bij Facebook".
^ Jenkins, Henry. "Quentin Tarantino's Star Wars?: Digital Cinema, Media Convergence, and Participatory Culture". Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved February 5, 2013.
^ Lessig, Lawrence. "Mashups, Remix, and Copyright Law" (PDF).
^ Lessig, Lawrence (2008). Remix. Penguin Press.
^ Download Lessig's Remix, Then Remix It on wired.com
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How data is setting manufacturing on the smart path to digitalisation
Image credit: Kamonrutm/Dreamstime
By Paul Haimes, PTC
Published Monday, March 28, 2022
In 2022, the smart money's on digital transformation projects that aim to fortify fragile supply chains.
It seems there will be little let-up in supply chain disruption in 2022 for UK manufacturers – and many are focusing their investments on digital transformation accordingly.
The year began well enough for the industry, with domestic demand rising, raw material shortages falling and delivery delays in abatement.
But Russia's invasion of Ukraine in March has already brought with it additional headwinds - a surge in energy costs is the most obvious for heavy-industry companies, but Russia is also a large exporter of crude oil, as well as commodities such as wheat and metals used in the aerospace, automotive and electronics industries, among others.
Sanctions and export restrictions are a valid, justifiable and necessary response to the devastating loss of human life and vast displacement of people that the conflict has triggered – but these penalties will also send additional shockwaves through the global supply network.
Are UK manufacturers prepared? Certainly, they've had plenty of practice in recent years, which have seen them wrestle with parts and materials shortages, sudden factory shutdowns and transportation difficulties.
On the positive side, these challenges have done much to focus manufacturing minds on how best to use technology to make supply chains more resilient to shocks, according to a recent survey from Digital Catapult, the British government innovation agency for advanced digital technologies.
At the tail end of 2021, researchers from Digital Catapult spoke to over 100 UK manufacturing leaders at director level or above; almost two-thirds of them (64 per cent) confirmed that, in terms of 2022 digital innovation initiatives, strengthening supply chains was their top priority. That's comfortably ahead of other objectives such as reducing operational costs (57 per cent), growing their businesses (54 per cent) and becoming more competitive (51 per cent).
"From empty shelves to petrol queues and driver shortages, bosses from across all industries are taking note that our brittle supply chains are no longer fit for purpose. It's hardly surprising, therefore, that UK industrial pros have highlighted overhauling supply chains as a top strategic priority in 2022," said Digital Catapult's director of digital supply chains, Tim Lawrence.
So where might manufacturers start? The first goal must be visibility; in other words, manufacturers need greater insight into operations, in order to be able to identify risks and potential breaks in the supply chain before they hit. And, having identified those risks, they need agility, so that, when disruption strikes, they can change plans quickly, whether that's switching to another supplier, using another part or component in a product, or reconfiguring that product in light of a constraint.
A lot of this is down to internet-of-things data from sensors on the factory floor and warehouse shelves, and from vehicle telemetry systems, mixed with data from back-end inventory management and supply-chain applications. The cloud typically provides the location in which all this data can be stored and managed; and advanced analytical technologies, including artificial intelligence and machine learning, are the way that insights are drawn from that data, in the form of alerts, notifications, predictions and so on.
Most manufacturers are already at least some way down that road in terms of investment and implementation. Many made their start during the Covid pandemic, when staff shortages, factory closures and remote working forced them to take a fresh look at visibility and agility. And most still have some way to go, as illustrated by Digital Catapult's list of the top ten digital investment priorities for its respondents in 2022:
Cloud – 67 per cent
Internet of things – 61 per cent
Predictive analytics – 61 per cent
Robotics – 56 per cent
AI – 54 per cent
5G – 54 per cent
Blockchain – 51 per cent
Digital twins – 48 per cent
Additive manufacturing – 46 per cent
Virtual/augmented reality – 44 per cent
At PTC, we saw a huge uptick in interest in these technologies over the course of the pandemic. And we continue to see manufacturing companies wanting to move in the direction of establishing what we call a 'digital thread', where software is used to create a seamless strand of data that connects each stage of a product's lifecycle, from its initial design and the sourcing of parts, through to manufacture, and onwards to modification, maintenance and repair.
This idea of a digital thread has big implications for more resilient supply chains, because it captures all the information a manufacturer needs to build a product, including data on its parts and their suppliers – along with other options on similar parts from alternative suppliers.
It's this kind of information, contained in the digital thread, that helps manufacturers change their plans quickly when disruption hits. They might choose to close one factory temporarily, for example, and divert the supply of certain components to a different factory making higher-margin products.
It simply makes good business sense - but you can't make these kinds of decisions with any kind of assurance unless you have the evidence, in the form of data, that this is the smartest path to steer in a crisis. It's time to take the lessons of recent years and put them to work for the long term, with resilient supply chains that enable manufacturers to work not only on the basis of 'just in time', but also 'just in case'.
Paul Haimes is European vice-president solutions consulting at PTC.
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Fiji has criticised the United States for refusing to issue a visa to Fiji's Chief Justice, Anthony Gates.
Mr Gates had planned to attend a meeting of the International Criminal Court in New York.
Fiji's Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says the behaviour by the US embassy in Suva was arbitrary, arrogant and inconsistent.
The website Fijilive says two months ago, Mr Sayed-Khaiyum was himself denied a US visa.
There has been no explanation from the US embassy.
Last month, Fiji expelled an American businessman for allegedly interfering in Fiji's domestic affairs.
The Fiji interim regime refused to say whether he had broken a law.
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With a recent estimate of some 108 social impact bonds globally worth US$400 million (A$537 million), including nine in Australia, Kyrn Stevens outlines how they work.
Social impact bonds (SIBs) are transactions where investors provide funds for an intervention that might save government money, where the government then uses those savings to repay the investor's original investment and a dividend.
They are known as SIBs or Social Benefit Bonds in Australia and Pay-for-Success in the United States.
They differ from impact investing by directly involving government and are not bonds in traditional sense, which are a debt security, where the issuer owes the holders a debt and pays them interest and/or the principal at a later date (the maturity date).
SIBs are also characterised by finance being provided up front, impact bond returns tied to results/outcomes rather than outputs such as services delivered, and, a focus on social outcomes rather than physical infrastructure.
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International trade is governed by a complex mixture of global rules agreed under World Trade Organization and bilateral and multilateral agreements. The free trade agreements are having a growing impact on citizens' rights. Under the Lisbon Treaty, EU trade policy must be conducted within the framework of the principles and objectives of the Union's external action, including promotion of the rule of law, human rights and sustainable development.
We believe that this trend should be a guiding principle in EU trade negotiations and in trade relations. The fact that we at the EESC reconcile the positions and views of business, workers, professionals, farmers, consumers and other important stakeholders contributes real added value. We are in a position to efficiently relay the opinions of civil society and interest groups to international policy-makers both during negotiations and in the implementation of trade agreements. We have set up a Follow-up Committee on International trade to ensure that civil society has a say in the shaping of EU trade policy. We are also managing the Domestic Advisory groups set up under the trade and sustainable development chapters of the EU "new generation" trade agreements. These groups, composed of civil society representatives (from inside and outside the EESC) are responsible for identifying trade and sustainable development-related problems in the implementation of a trade agreement.
REX/483 - Trade Defence Instruments – methodology
Aprobados on 29/03/2017
REX/483-EESC-2017
Christian Bäumler (Workers - GR II / Germany)
Andrés Barceló Delgado (Employers - GR I/Spain)
Pleno:
The EESC is committed to open and fair trade and recognises its value as a driver of growth and jobs. Therefore, the EESC calls for a level playing field between European and third country exporting producers, and for effective trade defence instruments. The EESC supports the Commission's proposal that the dumping margin should be calculated not using the standard methodology, but on the basis of benchmarks that take account of significantly distorted production and sale costs. The EESC points out that in its 2016 opinion on preserving sustainable jobs and growth in the steel industry, it already called for the standard methodology not to be used in anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations into Chinese imports as long as the country failed to meet the EU's five criteria for market economy status. The EESC welcomes the Commission's intention of using specific criteria to determine whether there are significant distortions in the market situation.
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Trade and Food Security
Mario CAMPLI (Diversity Europe - GR III / Italy)
Jonathan PEEL (Employers - GR I/United Kingdom)
In the Committee's view, the right to food is a fundamental citizenship right, as is the right of civil society to intervene in all aspects of this issue; moreover, it considers global food security to be a fundamental human right.
Protection against the effects of the extra-territorial application of legislation adopted by a third country
COM(2015) 48 final – 2015/0027 (COD)
Opinion on the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council protecting against the effects of the extra-territorial application of legislation adopted by a third country and actions based thereon or resulting therefrom (recast)
Antidumping measures
COM(2014) 318 final – 2014/0164 (COD)
Opinion on the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on measures that the Union may take in relation to the combined effect of anti-dumping or anti-subsidy measures with safeguard measures (codification)
The position of the EESC on specific key issues of the TTIP
Mr Philippe de Buck (Employers - GR I / Belgium)
Ms Tanja Buzek (Workers - GR II/Germany)
The EESC has played an important role in strengthening an informed civil society debate on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) through a number of TTIP-related opinions, adopted in 2014 and 2015, covering issues such as labour rights, investment protection, impact on SMEs, among others.
It is important under the present circumstances that the EESC, in order to maintain its position as a key civil society player in the TTIP debate, react to the textual proposals for TTIP negotiations on essential topics such as the sustainable development chapter, regulatory cooperation, investment and services. This will have the advantage not only of setting up the EESC position on major negotiating chapters but also of presenting concrete recommendations and pointing out the need to involve civil society in the implementation of those chapters.
Transatlantic trade relations and the EESC's views on an enhanced cooperation and eventual EU-US FTA
REX/390-EESC-2014-5469
Krawczyk Jacek (Employers - GR I / Poland)
Boyle Sandy (Workers - GR II/United Kingdom)
The main goal of the opinion is to provide a good and qualitative source of information and opinion in the beginning of TTIP negotiations process.
TTIP and its impact on SMEs
Ms Emmanuelle Butaud-Stubbs (Employers - GR I / France)
Mr Gkofas Panagiotis (Diversity Europe - GR III/Greece)
The own-initiative opinion will focus on the impact of the TTIP on SMEs and reflect on the provisions that would need to be included in the TTIP in order to take account of the specific character of SMEs in the negotiations and implementation of an eventual EU-US agreement. The opinion will also look at how to increase the awareness of SMEs as to existing support services and programmes, and particularly about the new business opportunities that may arise with this agreement.
Agriculture in trade negotiations
NAT/679-EESC-2016
Peel (Employers - GR I / United Kingdom)
Dictamen de la Sección del CESE: Agriculture in trade negotiations
Role for sustainable development and civil society involvement in stand-alone EU investment agreements with third countries
REX/410-EESC-2015-eesc-2014-04461-00-01-ac-tra
Mr Jonathan PEEL (Employers - GR I / United Kingdom)
The EESC opinion will be dedicated to standalone investment agreements, with a particular emphasis on issues related to sustainable development and civil society involvement. It will contribute to the on-going discussion on the content and level of ambition of sustainable development chapters in the EU standalone investment agreements, as well as on civil society role in the course of negotiations and at the implementation stage.
Dictamen del CESE: Role for sustainable development and civil society involvement in stand-alone EU investment agreements with third countries
Corporate social and societal responsibility
REX/443-EESC
Ms Evelyne Pichenot (Diversity Europe - GR III / France)
The Information Report can serve as a tool to promote and share the rich experience of the EU and its Member States in the area of CSR with partner countries and their civil society. It can provide a basis for discussion in EESC dialogues with partner countries, as well as the Committee's contribution to the work of the monitoring mechanisms established by the recently negotiated EU trade agreements.
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Consultants have a lot of their plates. To execute on their many jobs, they need the right tools.
If any of this sounds like you, this guide may have tools that can help.
In this guide, I'll share 12 essential types of consulting templates to help solve those problems (and make your life a bit easier). I've also included tips for communicating with visuals, and design tips to make your reports, marketing collateral and client communications visually engaging AND effective.
Acquiring new clients is one of the biggest challenges many consultants face. You need to convince them that you are the right person to fix their problems. But I don't need to tell you this, you've probably experienced it first-hand.
So let's talk about how you can design a consulting proposal that turns leads into clients.
Because your consulting proposal needs to be persuasive, you need to think strategically about your proposal design. How does it reflect your brand voice? What visuals can you use to reinforce your credibility?
Here are some consulting proposal tips and templates to help you close those deals.
First impressions matter, especially when you're trying to land clients. Your consulting proposal should give the impression that you're professional, reliable and knowledgeable. Easier said than done, right?
The cover page of your consulting proposal will tell your clients a bit about who you are and your approach to solving problems.
As much as we would like to think that people read every word we write in a proposal, we know that isn't true.
Because you will have a lot of information to cover in your consulting proposal, make sure that your pages are organized. You can do that by using blocks to lay out the different sections on your page.
This organizes the information into bite-sized sections, making it easier to scan the page. The icons in the top corner of each square also help illustrate the information.
Icons are the perfect little visuals to include in your reports. They're compact and super useful.
There are a ton of ways you can use icons to improve your page designs. That's because a basic rule of design is that eyes are drawn to wherever there is an image, bolded text or a block of color on a page.
You can also use icons to create custom illustrations (no need to hire a designer). This comes in handy when you want to design an eye-catching cover page. Or if you want to create an illustration to balance out the text on a page.
Want more tips for creating an irresistible consulting proposal? Read our in-depth consulting proposal guide. Also, check out our other consulting proposal templates.
Typically, your clients will expect regular reporting on your findings, progress and budget spent. Guess where a sloppy report will get you.
Landing a new client is only the first step. You will also need to maintain their confidence in you throughout your time with them. Think of it like dressing up for a dinner date with your partner – it helps keep the romance alive.
Let's look at some examples of each one.
Project status reports are exactly what they sound like. They communicate what you've accomplished and what still needs to be done. They also help you flag and analyze any issues you're facing. Project status reports are crucial for building and maintaining trust with your clients.
To make smart marketing and product decisions, it helps to scope out the competition. A comprehensive competitor analysis report will help you understand what kind of threat your competitors pose. It will also help you identify gaps in the market that you can go after.
Outlook: is the marketing growing? Flat? Segmenting?
Read our guide for more information about how to write a competitor analysis report.
This is an important report design rule of thumb: vary your page layout to keep your readers engaged. Switch it up between two-column layouts, three column layouts, and horizontal-split pages.
In a nutshell, your project plan should show the steps towards completing a process, how the steps are measurable and actionable, and the impact each step will have. This will give you credibility and help you build trust with your client.
Here are some tips for creating a project plan that clients can understand and get onboard with.
Most project plans aren't set in stone. They're agile documents that may need to be adjusted and added to along the way. That means that the project plan template you use should be easy to edit.
A simple but organized report design is ideal for this. Using simple color blocks to section your information on the page will make it easy to reorganize the page if needed.
A timeline is the backbone of a project plan. Your project plan should clearly identify deadlines, and what is required to meet those deadlines. Generally, your project timeline should be broken down into smaller tasks with clearly defined deliverables.
A Gantt chart is probably the most popular type of project plan visual. Gantt charts are handy because they allow you to show different timelines running concurrently, with staggered start and end dates.
Want more gantt chart examples and templates? Check out our blog guide.
We'll talk about timeline infographics in more depth a bit later in this guide.
Mind maps show the relationships between parts of a whole. They're a good way to break down the different components of a strategy.
Want more tips for creating a project plan? Read our project plan guide and check out our other project plan templates.
Marketing plans are a type of project plan that focuses specifically on your marketing strategy.
Consultants need a marketing plan with measurable, actionable KPIs. Visualizing these KPIs using charts or graphs will not only help clients understand your recommendations immediately but also help your marketing plan stand out. It's an opportunity to help brand yourself.
The type of chart you use will depend on the data you're visualizing, and what you want the goal of the chart to be. We've got a handy guide to picking charts that you can open for after you're done this one.
Read our full guide to writing and creating a marketing plan. Visit our templates page for more marketing plan templates.
Timeline infographics are one of the most popular types of templates that Venngage users create. There's a reason for that: timelines are a versatile type of visual.
You can use a timeline infographic to provide an overview of events, to highlight important points in time, to show the stages in a process, and to reveal things that people may have missed.
Many consultants we've spoken with use timeline infographics to visualize project timelines for their clients and team members.
Some consultants may need to work with multiple teams at a company. Keeping everyone on the same page can be a time-consuming and frustrating challenge. A timeline infographic quickly communicates deadlines, and who's responsible for what. It's a document the client can refer back to again and again.
But timelines aren't just for project planning. People love sharing timelines infographics on social media. By creating a timeline about a topic that interests your audience, you have the potential to spark some great engagement.
For more templates, check out our timeline infographic guide.
Mind maps are an essential type of visual for connecting ideas, showing relationships between parts, and breaking out concepts into smaller parts.
Typically, a mind map starts with a central idea, with supporting ideas branching out from it. But mind maps can get pretty complex.
In most cases, a simple mind map is an effective one. Consultants can use mind maps to flesh out the components of a strategy, for example. Strategies often have many moving parts. A mind map help clients or team members wrap their head around a new strategy.
For more templates, check out our mind map guide.
In many cases, consultants may need to justify their recommendations by backing up their claims. Especially if they're newer to the game, or kicking things off with a new client.
If you want to gain the trust of your clients and get buy-in from the executive team, having some solid research to back up your ideas can make a huge difference.
Generally, market research involves gathering information about the needs, problems and preferences of your target customers. It's also a document you use to any conclusions you came to after analyzing your findings.
Market research is extremely useful for developing customer personas (more on that later), planning product updates, and developing your marketing plan.
Furthermore, it can also be a useful tool for analyzing your client's main competitors as well. Check out our guide to creating a competitor analysis report for more on that.
Of course, how you present that information will also make a difference. That's why you should take time to create a market research report with an engaging design.
You can use charts, infographics and diagrams to visualize data. But you should also use visuals to reflect the theme and goals within your market research report. Design choices like that will help reinforce your findings and lend to your credibility.
Color is one of the most important elements of design, both aesthetically and practically. You can use color to draw attention to particular points on a page. Pick a bold, bright color that contrasts with the background and use that color to highlight important data points and words.
For example, look at how pink and purple are used in the market research report below. The contrasting colors draw attention to the data on the chart and main conclusions from the research.
You can easily use your brand colors (or a client's brand colors) to achieve this effect in your market research report.
If you want to get buy-in from your clients or business stakeholders for your business plan, your pitch needs to be convincing.
A pitch deck provides an overview of your business plan. But the mistake consultants can make is to try and pack as much information into a pitch deck as you would a business plan.
One of the tenets of persuasive presentation design is to not clutter your slides with too much text. You business pitch deck should be a tool to help you tell a compelling narrative that gets your audience excited to work with you. Design your slides to highlight the most important and convincing information.
We surveyed over 350 keynote speakers, asking them what challenges they faced with designing their slide deck. 42% said their biggest challenge was keeping their audience excited and engaged.
There are a handful of ways you can strategically design your pitch decks to keep your audience engaged.
One way to prevent presentation monotony is to vary your slide layouts (just like how you would vary your page layouts in a report). Alternate how you arrange the sections on your page. Switch up solid color background, split pages, and background photos.
Another way to keep your client engaged is to hook them with a problem, then reveal the answer. This helps create a narrative for your audience to follow–hopefully, one that will get them invested in your business plan.
If you're not sure where to start, look at pitch deck examples from successful businesses. How did they set up the problem that their business solved? What types of numbers, quotes, and examples did they pick to include?
Then, look for ways to enhance the approach they took using visuals.
Check out our in-depth guide to creating a business pitch deck.
Maintaining an active social media presence can play a big role in keeping your audience engaged. It's also an important part of establishing thought leadership in your space.
Consultants can use social media to offer helpful tips, share client testimonials, celebrate holidays, and advertise events.
Not to mention, you can interact directly with your audience and show them who you are. Brand authenticity is more highly valued than ever.
LinkedIn is a great place for consultants to connect with other people in your industry and to find new clients. You can make yourself stand out as a an expert in your field by sharing relevant statistics, quotes and tips on your feed.
An important part of building your presence on LinkedIn is making sure your profile is up-to-date and on-brand. Don't forget to create a custom LinkedIn banner.
Twitter is a fast-paced platform. That means the content you post on Twitter needs to be eye-catching, inspirational and conversational.
Twitter is also the place where conversations during live events happen. Have some Twitter templates handy, so you can quickly plug in questions, quotes and tips will help you engage your niche.
Whether you're running Facebook ads or simply sharing some useful content, a consultant's visuals need to stand out on your audience's news feeds.
According to a Facebook images study we conducted, Facebook ads with dark color schemes can get as much as 131% more clicks than ads with lighter schemes. This is probably because the darker color scheme stands out from Facebook's light feed.
Many people take to Instagram for inspiration. It's also arguably the best platform to show the authentic personalities behind your brand.
Instagram is a visual-first platform. That means the images you post need to have impact.
But many consultants struggle to develop a brand or don't know how. Using Instagram templates that you can brand with one click can help you develop one.
Click here to see all of the social media templates we have to offer.
Brochures are one of the oldest marketing tools in the book. While digital content may be dominating the marketing landscape, traditional tools like brochures aren't going anywhere.
In fact, a marketing research firm did a study and found that physical media is more memorable, persuasive, and likely to drive behavior than many forms of digital media.
Brochures can be useful to give out during an initial meeting with a prospective client, or to hand out in lieu of business cards at a networking event.
The key is for consultants to be strategic about your brochure copy and design. Because you have a limited amount of space, you should have a clear target audience in mind. You should also aim to drive a specific metrics.
For example, the goal of your marketing brochure could be to book more service consultations. The messaging in your brochure would then be targeted towards educating about your services.
The front page of your brochure will either entice people to open it and read on, or pass. That means you need to communicate what you're offering and why readers should care as clearly and concisely as possible.
Find more brochure templates here. For more design tips, read our brochure design guide.
An important part of keeping your core audience engaged is to maintain regular content with them. While some people may say that newsletter is dead, 81% of consultants still use email marketing to nurture leads and engage their audiences.
The key is to craft an email newsletter that your audience looks forward to reading…and one that nurtures potential leads and gets repeat business. One that they know they can rely on for reliable information, entertainment, and inspiration.
Just like any piece of content, your newsletter should have an engaging design. Now, that doesn't mean that your newsletter design has to be elaborate. But it should be designed to make your information digestible and your CTAs obvious.
Starting with an email newsletter template will make it easy for you to plug in your information on a weekly, monthly, quarterly basis.
If you have a lot of information you want to include in your newsletter, try organizing it into sections. This can make it easier for your audience to scan the newsletter for information that interests them.
Like the cover of a book, your newsletter header is the first thing your audience will see when they open your email. So it should tell them a bit about what they can expect in the newsletter. You can create a custom header using a photo or icons.
For more email newsletter templates, examples and design tips, read our ultimate guide.
To establish a strong brand, your messaging needs to be consistent. A business letterhead is a pre-printed heading that you can put on letters, memos, and notes. Typically, it will include your logo and use your brand colors and fonts.
Like any other branded document, your business letterhead should say something about your brand personality. Are you going for a more sleek, agile personality? Approachable and trustworthy? Creative and forward-thinking?
For more tips, read our business letterhead design guide. Find more business letterhead templates on our templates page.
When a consultant gets hired on to come up with a marketing strategy for a company, or to help with a product launch, there's a learning curve. You have to learn about their unique product and their unique customer-base…along with a whole slew of other complexities unique to their business.
Whether you've been tasked with identifying a business's different user segments, or finding a better way to cater to their segments, a user persona guide is key. Ultimately, you create educational marketing content for your clients.
A user persona guide will help you outline your ideal customer's goals, pain points, behaviors, and demographic information.
Here are some user persona templates to help you better understand users.
Putting a face to your usr personas will help them seem more real. That's why, when putting together a write up of your user personas, you should also include a photo or illustration of this "person".
Making a user persona seems more real can help your team empathize with them.
Being able to break down the various customer segments of a business is important for creating targeted marketing campaigns, onboarding experiences and product offerings.
It can also be helpful to visualize each segment concurrently, to compare the similarities and differences between each segment. This can help consultants identify gaps and opportunities in the client's product and processes.
For more tips, read our in-depth guide to creating user personas. And check out our other user persona templates.
Once you've created a few branded templates, you can save time by reusing them. Just plug in new text and images, and adjust the page dimensions as needed.
Venngage's Brand Kit makes it easy to apply to branding to any template you create. You can learn more about the Brand Kit here.
Yes, your plate is full. But you can work smart. You can get more clients and deliver on your promises.
Equip yourself with the right consulting templates to help you build your brand and deliver on your promises. Once you've got your reporting and communications sorted, you can focus on the important part–getting to work and building strong relationships with your clients, partners and stakeholders.


The 18-year-old center from Toronto was the Stars' top pick in the 2018 NHL Draft, coming off the board with the 13th selection in the first round. Dellandrea has spent the past two seasons with the Flint Firebirds of the Ontario Hockey League, where he's racked up 83 points. In 2017-18, he led the Firebirds in goals (27) and ranked second in points (59) and assists (32).
The native of Gothenburg, Sweden, is fresh off his best season in the NHL, amassing a career-high 67 points — eight goals and 59 assists — in 82 games. Klingberg was a 2018 NHL All-Star Game pick and he tied Brent Burns of the San Jose Sharks for second in scoring among NHL defensemen, one point behind the Washington Capitals' John Carlson.
Having missed the playoffs eight of the past 10 seasons, the Stars turned to Montgomery in the offseason to help lead a turnaround. While this will be Montgomery's first season as a head coach in the NHL, he arrives with a strong resume from the college ranks. He compiled a record of 125-57-26 in five seasons at the University of Denver, highlighted by a national title in 2017.
The No. 2 overall pick in the 2010 NHL Draft by the Boston Bruins, Seguin begins his sixth season with the Stars. He won the 2011 Stanley Cup as a rookie with Boston. In 82 games last season, the 6-1, 201-pound center tallied 40 goals and 38 assists, earning a spot in the 2018 NHL All-Star Game, his fifth such honor. On Thursday, Seguin and the Stars agreed to an eight-year, $78.8 million contract extension, according to cbssports.com.
The former Idaho Steelhead appeared in nine games for the Dallas Stars during the 2016-17 season, contributing two assists. Dowling has spent the majority of the past six seasons with the Texas Stars of the AHL. The 5-10, 180-pound forward played in 34 games for the Steelheads during the 2012-13 season, and totaled 13 goals and 33 assists.


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Importance of Sleep in Improving Veteran Health Explored in Upcoming Study
ChiliSleep and Grey Team explore ways in which sleep technology can contribute to veteran physical and mental wellbeing.
Kryo, Inc., the parent company of sleep technology firm ChiliSleep, announced today that it has paired with veteran group Grey Team Inc. as part of a multiphase partnership exploring the role sleep plays in veteran's physical and mental health. Specifically, the two companies will be participating in an IRB sleep study with Florida Atlantic University to examine the role sleep plays in improving veterans' bodies and minds using the ChiliSleep system.
"ChiliSleep's commitment to study the role of sleep in veterans' physical and mental health is a huge step forward for our organization, as is everything we do in the name of ending U.S. Military suicide. When a veteran contacts Grey Team, they're immediately connected to our wellness professionals and provided the support to develop a life-saving plan to help veterans navigate the challenges they're facing and empower them to move forward. Because we're veterans ourselves, we're able to empathize with the complex issues that can develop," said Cary Reichbach, Founder of Grey Team.
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In addition to its participation in the clinical trials, ChiliSleep will also be dedicating resources to Grey Team's efforts in the following ways:
ChiliSleep will be hosting a free giveaway for veterans who are pre-registered for a Facebook Live event on November 9 at 1 PM ET in honor of Veteran's Day. The raffle will feature two Cube with Chilipad Cool Mesh sleep systems (temperature-controlled mattress pads).
A Cube cooling sleep system, as well as a 15-pound weighted chiliBLANKET (a cooling weighted blanket), will be donated to Gray Team's onsite tools to help boost overall mental and physical wellbeing.
An additional 10 Cube sleep systems will be donated to Grey Team for veterans to take home and use to improve their sleep and wellness.
"These efforts are a natural evolution of our long-standing commitment to veterans' health and wellbeing, and working with Grey Team might be one of the most important partnerships we've ever had. The National Sleep Foundation has reported that the most common PTSD-related sleep problems are insomnia, night terrors, and obstructive sleep apnea, so anything we can do to help veterans improve their sleep quality truly matters to us," said ChiliSleep CEO and Co-Founder Tara Youngblood.
"The fact that ChiliSleep is graciously donating its temperature-regulated sleep systems is a huge win for our program and will continue to provide natural, drug-free approaches to healing veterans from the inside out," said Reichbach. "With good sleep comes a host of benefits, including stronger immune systems, faster cognitive abilities, more energy to exercise, and improved mental health."


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Apart from Akufo-Addo, you are the next leader I'm very disappointed in – Olele Salvador hits at GFA President
3 Music TV Host, Olele Salvador, has lashed out at the President of the Ghana Football Association, Kurt Edwin Simeon-Okraku, following the Black Stars' untimely exit from the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
According to the entertainment journalist, despite Kurt Okraku's international exposure, he has failed since assuming power as the President of the Ghana Football Association.
Comparing the GFA President to the President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Olele said the poor performance of the Black Stars at the World Cup is a portion of the mess that has been created.
"Apart from Akufo-Addo, you're the next leader I'm very disappointed in since you came into power. You were full of promises during the elections. One would think cuz of your international exposure, you'd do things differently. This is not even just about the Black Stars", he quoted in a tweet to the GFA president.
According to the Head of Content & Strategy at 3 Music Networks, the GFA president has failed to improve the standards of the local leagues despite the enormous financial investments received during his tenure.
"Our local leagues are in complete shambles. Women's league is nothing to write home about. Don't even get me started with colts football. The kinda monies that have been injected into our football, and we are not seeing ANY returns or values, must be investigated," Olele added.
Olele further accused the GFA president of interfering with the Black Stars squad selection.
"You have not been able to do anything excellent for the local league that posterity would benefit. Yet you still have the time to interfere with squad selections for the Black Stars. Are you a coach or an agent? Greediness has some of y'all at the GFA in a chokehold," he fumed.
The Black Stars exited the FIFA World Cup after losing 2:0 to Uruguay yesterday, December 2nd 2022. Many netizens have accused the GFA of oppressing the freedom of the coach to make squad selections.
Source: www.ghanaweb.com
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Q: Where did nvidia-driver go? As far as I'm aware, all nvidia driver installation instructions in Debian Jessie are the same as the Debian Wheezy's and involve the instalation of nvidia-kernel-dkms and nvidia-driver packages. The problem is that both packages are now gone. Can anyone provide updated driver installation instructions? I own a GeForce GTX 750, my current kernel is 3.14-1-amd64 and I'd like to keep using Debian's repositories since they (usually) are the most convenient way to keep drivers updated.

A: I see from this link that it is in wheezy-backports and sid, but not jessie, as you say. The version in sid appears to be quite a bit higher than I remember a couple of weeks ago. Most packages move to jessie automatically after 5 days, I think, so you could either wait for a bit or install from sid. The old version could have been removed from Jessie due to a major bug or vulnerability or something, or the new version from sid had a critical bug causing it to be removed from jessie. The problem is, as it is non-free, Debian devs can't change it and must wait for NVIDIA to release a new driver.

A: I have the same problem, I suppose we don't have nvidia legacy support in jessie. The packages disappeared after a recent upgrade.


Spotty Dogs, Mountain Climbers, Press Ups and Star Jumps.
Kelvin and the Sportivator were there to lead the exercises to music and encourage and motivate us to keep going. It was great fun!
After we had all successfully completed this, Kelvin talked to the whole school about his life, his dreams and the key to his success. He filled us with awe and wonder and encouraged us all to follow our dreams.
Kelvin showed us film footage of his World Championship win and photos of him at the age of 10 in his first major competitive BMX race.
He brought his medals with him, including his gold World Championship medal and racing shirt. Some of us even got to hold them and have a photograph taken with him!
Kelvin asked us all to write down one of our dreams and ambitions, to take it home and give it to a responsible adult and in a few years time to look at it and see if we have managed to achieve our goal.
Thank you Kelvin for a fabulous morning, and for inspiring us to follow our hopes and dreams, because everything is possible.


Festivals in Ottawa Gatineau, ON. Festivals.
A Festival organized by Canadian Tulip Festival, Inc..
This Ontario Festival will have no exhibit booths and no food booths. There will be 2 stages with International, National, Regional and Local talent and the hours will be Every Mon-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat and Sun 10am-11pm.


Novice, Novice, Novice....need I say "NOVICE"! BEING a NOVICE..... is so much fun! First race ever for us four.
We were a quad -- all of us in our first race at the Sarasota Invitational Regatta on Sunday, February 25, 2018. Joan is simply Awesome! The woman standing next to me is Joan. An 80 year old firepower of zest for life. She's an excellent example of "KEEP IT MOVING"! We had a super day. Thanks to everyone who makes rowing possible!
Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania Africa (East Coast between Kenya and Mozambique) view while nearing summit.
Picture below offers a bit of perspective -- how tiny we are in the hands of Mother Nature!
It was cold and higher than usual for this "Floridian - Flat Land " girl!
ICY HOT SHARKS RELAY TEAM! AWESOME DAY! FABULOUS TEAMMATES! Rock the House!


The purpose of this study was to document a community college faculty development process through which the faculty learned to reconstruct their curriculum around significant learning outcomes and authentic assessment strategies. The following questions focused the inquiry: 1. What kind of organizational support systems were necessary for the faculty to move through the curriculum change process? 2. What organizational obstacles made curriculum change effort difficult for the faculty? 3. What faculty skills were essential to building learning-centered, outcome-based curricula? 4. What strategies used by the consultants were considered by the faculty to contribute the most to their ability to develop a learner-centered, outcome-based curriculum? 5. What part of the curriculum redesign process did the faculty find most difficult?


The UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside PGY1 pharmacy residency programs build on Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) education and outcomes to contribute to the development of clinical pharmacists responsible for medication-related care of patients with a wide range of conditions, eligible for board certification, and eligible for postgraduate year two (PGY2) pharmacy residency training.
All residents must be eligible for pharmacist licensure in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Applications for Pharmacist License and Intern Registration are available.
Pennsylvania requires 1500 registered intern hours in order to be eligible for licensure. Of the 1500 hours, only 1000 hours can be obtained through an academic program. That is, 500 intern hours must be obtained outside of school. These 1500 intern hours must be registered with a state board of pharmacy to count toward licensure in Pennsylvania. If you have not yet started registering hours with your state board of pharmacy, we encourage you to do so as soon as possible in order to be eligible for Pennsylvania licensure. We also encourage you to review your own state's rules regarding the registration, reporting and transfer of intern hours. Please do not hesitate to discuss any questions you have regarding licensure with individual program directors.
Eligible candidates will be graduating or have graduated from an accredited school of pharmacy. Candidates must register for the Match – ASHP Residency Matching Program and submit application requirements via PhORCAS by December 31st. Select candidates will be invited for an on-site interview, which are typically conducted during the month of February. An on-site interview is required. Applicants not selected for an on-site interview will be notified by February 1.
We request that at least one (preferably two) of the three references come from a preceptor with whom you have worked in a clinical setting. The preceptor should be able to comment on your responsibilities, patient load, clinical problem solving as well as time management. All reference writers must use the standard PHORCAS template and provide comments on a minimum of 7 of the 13 characteristics in the spaces provided.
This residency site agrees that no person at this site will solicit, accept, or use any ranking related information from any residency candidate.
PGY1 pharmacy residency programs build on Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) education and outcomes to contribute to the development of clinical pharmacists responsible for medication-related care of patients with a wide range of conditions, eligible for board certification, and eligible for postgraduate year two (PGY2) pharmacy resident training.
Our residents will become confident, effective practitioners of pharmacotherapy. Residents will focus on ensuring application of safe, effective and evidence-based medicine practices to individual patients and in populations across the health system. These practitioners will demonstrate competency in educating their patients as well as present and future health care professionals.
Travel Stipend: The amount is determined yearly and may not cover all travel expenses.
The direct patient care series provides at least one 5-week experience in internal medicine and critical care. The third 5-week experience is precepting in one of these areas.
Other elective rotations are available based on resident interest and preceptor availability.
Iasella CJ, Johnson HJ, Dunn MA. Adverse Drug Reactions: Type A (Intrinsic) or Type B (Idiosyncratic). Clinics in Liver Disease 2017;21:73-87.
Jernigan MG; Press EG; Nguyen MH; Clancy CJ; Shields RK The combination of doripenem and colistin is bactericidal and synergistic against colistin-resistant, carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae. Antimicrobial Agents & Chemotherapy. 56(6):3395-8, 2012 Jun.
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Lavsa SM. Fabian TJ. Saul MI. Corman SL. Coley KC. Influence of medications and diagnoses on fall risk in psychiatric inpatients. American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. 67(15):1274-80, 2010 Aug.
Martello JL. Pummer TL. Krenzelok EP. Cost minimization analysis comparing enteral N-acetylcysteine to intravenous acetylcysteine in the management of acute acetaminophen toxicity. Clinical Toxicology: The Official Journal of the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology & European Association of Poisons Centres & Clinical Toxicologists. 48(1):79-83, 2010 Jan.
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Our residents our poised to achieve their professional goals. The following list includes former residents and their first post-PGY1 position.


However, the career of Bob Nudd would develop rapidly. In 1990, he won his first of four individual world titles to date in Yugoslavia. Other wins followed in Hungary in 1991, on home soil in England in 1994 and in Spain in 1999. For good measure, he is a seven-time team world champion and winner of countless other national and international competitions. And all of them have been won with Browning poles.
Down the years, Bob has always advised Browning on product development, with many ideas coming directly from him. The man with the trademark white flat cap is particularly proud of the window feeder, which is now indispensable for feeder fishing in many countries. And nowhere more so than in Ireland, where Bob still spends ten weeks a year actively fishing to this day.
To mark the professional angler's 30 years of service, the company gave him a special edition of the very latest Browning pole. Shortly before Christmas, he received an early present in a custom-made version of the latest Xitan Z16L pole, to be launched on the market in March, at the Zebco Europe headquarters in Tostedt.
Bob Nudd, who was awarded an MBE in 1996, is tireless and will continue to represent Browning, including meeting fans at events and fishing exhibitions throughout Europe.


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Margaret E. Roberts
Distraction and Diversion Inside China's Great Firewall
We often think of censorship as governments removing material or harshly punishing people who spread or access information. But Margaret E. Roberts' new book Censored: Distraction and Diversion Inside China's Great Firewall (Princeton University Press, 2020) reveals the nuances of censorship in the age of the internet. She identifies 3 types of censorship: fear (threatening punishment to deter the spread or access of information); friction (increasing the time or money necessary to access information); and flooding (publishing information to distract, confuse, or dilute). Roberts shows how China customizes repression by using friction and flooding (censorship that is porous) to deter the majority of citizens whose busy schedules and general lack of interest in politics make it difficult to spend extra time and money accessing information. Highly motivated elites (e.g. journalists, activists) who are willing to spend the extra time and money to overcome the boundaries of both friction and flooding meanwhile may face fear and punishment. The two groups end up with very different information – complicating political coordination between the majority and elites. Roberts's highly accessible book negotiates two extreme positions (the internet will bring government accountability v. extreme censorship) to provide a more nuanced understanding of digital politics, the politics of repression, and political communication. Even if there is better information available, governments can create friction on distribution or flood the internet with propaganda. Looking at how China manages censorship provides insights not only for other authoritarian governments but also democratic governments. Liberal democracies might not use fear but they can affect access and availability – and they may find themselves (as the United States did in the 2016 presidential election) subject to flooding from external sources. The podcast includes Roberts' insights on how the Chinese censored information on COVID-19 and the effect that had on the public. Foreign Affairs named Censored one of its Best Books of 2018 and it was also honored with the Goldsmith Award and the Best Book in Human Rights Section and Information Technology and Politics section of the American Political Science Association.
Susan Liebell is associate professor of political science at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia. She is the author of Democracy, Intelligent Design, and Evolution: Science for Citizenship (Routledge, 2013).
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Susan Liebell is associate professor of political science at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia.
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0.5, 1, 4, 24, 48, 72 hours and 7 days after treatment.
TOOL USED TO ASSESS SCORE: Either visually or with a pencil-beam torch or similar to illuminate and magnify the eye. Fluorescein staining was used as considered appropriate with a UV lamp.
No clinical signs of systemic toxicity or ill health were noted for any rabbits during the course of the study. The individual scores for ocular reactions elicited by hexylene glycol are given in Table 1. Instillation of hexylene glycol caused practically no initial sting responses. All rabbits developed corneal and conjunctival irritation within one hour of instillation of the test article. These changes did not exceed diffuse opacity and stippling of the cornea, a crimson appearance of the conjunctivae, chemosis sufficient to cause partial eversion of the eyelids and an ocular discharge. The conjunctival reactions for one rabbit intensified such that four hours after treatment the conjunctivae were crimson, chemosis was sufficient to obscure approximately one-half of the eye and there was a marked ocular discharge. Iridial inflammation was also apparent in this eye at the same examination. On the following day, all rabbits showed diffuse corneal opacity and conjunctival reactions not exceeding a crimson appearance, chemosis sufficient to cause partial eversion of the eyelids and an ocular discharge. Corneal absorption of fluorescein applied to the tear film confirmed disruption of the corneal epithelium. Progressive resolution of the effects of hexylene glycol was apparent from Day 2 and was complete by Day 4 (two rabbits) or Day 8.
An eye irritation study on hexylene glycol has been performed in accordance with OECD Guidelines for the Testing of Chemicals No. 405 and in compliance with GLP. In this study, 0.1 mL of undiluted hexylene was instilled into one conjunctival sac of each of 3 New Zealand White rabbits. Ocular changes were assessed 0.5, 1, 4, 24, 48, 72 hours, and 7 days after treatment, and scoring was performed according to guideline methods. No clinical signs of systemic toxicity or ill health were observed in any rabbit during the course of the study. Instillation of hexylene glycol caused practically no initial sting responses. All rabbits developed corneal and conjunctival irritation within 1 hour of instillation of the test substance. These changes did not exceed diffuse opacity and stippling of the cornea (a crimson appearance of the conjunctivae), chemosis sufficient to cause partial eversion of the eyelids, or an ocular discharge. The conjunctival reactions in one rabbit intensified such that, four hours after treatment, the conjunctivae were crimson, chemosis was sufficient to obscure approximately one-half of the eye, and a marked ocular discharge was observed. Iridial inflammation also was apparent in this eye at the same examination. On the following day, all rabbits showed diffuse corneal opacity and conjunctival reactions not exceeding a crimson appearance, chemosis sufficient to cause partial eversion of the eyelids, or an ocular discharge. Corneal absorption of fluorescein applied to the tear film confirmed disruption of the corneal epithelium. Progressive resolution of the observed effects was apparent from Day 2 and was complete by Day 4 (in 2 rabbits) or Day 8. Individual mean scores over 14, 48 and 72 hours were 1, 0.7 and 0.7 for cornea opacity, 0, 0 and 0 for iritis, 1, 0.7 and 1 for conjunctival irritation and 1.3, 0.3 and 1 for chemosis. Therefore, a single instillation of hexylene glycol into the conjunctival sac of 3 rabbits caused changes of the cornea, iris, and conjunctivae that resolved within seven days of treatment.


1. GPS+LBS+WiFi, triple Positioning. If there doesn't have gps signal, the GPS wacth will auto change to positioning by LBS.
2. Phonebook: User can press the "Call" button on the gps watch and then choose one contact number from the phonebook to initiate a call. Maximum 10 cotnact numbers can be setted up in the phonebook.
3. SMS query location: User can send this SMS command "pw,123456,url#" to the SIM number in the smart watch gps tracker, then it will reply a google map link to the mobilephone.
* Tracking every 1 hour: Power saving mode and standby time is over 72 hours.
9. The default language of this watch tracker is English only (not the APP language, the APP language just supports English and Chinese), but it also can be configured to below languages: Russian, Portuguese, Spanish, Vietnamese, Turkish, German, French, Simplified Chinese, so if you need above language, please contact us after you placed order, otherwise we will send the English version watch to you!
-- Click the icon "Aibeile" on desktop and then login the ID and the password of the device (the default password is 123456).
-- User can live track both the positioin of gps tracker and smartphone via the app. For indoor location, gps tracker get the position by WiFi mapping and LBS, For outdoor position, gps tracker get position by GPS.
--User can send voice message to gps tracker by pressing "Hold to talk" on smartphone, and user can also the press "Call button" on the gps watch to record voice message and then send it to smartphone.
-- Previous track could find the route map for nearly three months by choosing the beginning and ending time.
-- Click on the upper right corner "+ " under main menu for setup geofence, the watch tracker will lock device's present position as center automatically, then adjust the radius distance by "+" "-" on map (default radius is 100 meters, recommended radius is 500 meters) .Save settings by clicking "Save". The device will send message when the device is out of the range.
-- Select "settings" in main front menu, then you will enter into settings of the device. Settings includes: Working mode, Admin number, Whitelist, Phonebook, Voice Monitoring, Language and Timezone, Remote Shutdown, Device info and Change password.