As mentioned yesterday, Dallas Area Rapid Transit president and exec director Gary Thomas testified today in front of a U.S. Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs subcommittee hearing concerning Federal Transit Administration grants and oversight. For those who might have missed it -- and I'll assume that's every single one of you, and I don't blame you, really -- here's a link to his prepared testimony, which many of the Friends will find interesting, as it deals with the funding of the Green Line and the need for federal assistance in getting that second downtown Dallas rail line built.
... greater use of Pilot and Demonstration projects to acknowledge the fact that not all projects fit the requirements of the New Start programs. Our Central Business District Transit Study (D2) is an example. We need to provide for additional capacity in the core area, but do not currently meet the requirements of a New Start. We would like to work with FTA to develop and implement a Demonstration Project to develop new criteria for non-typical projects.


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Encephalartos ghellinckii Lem., 1867 è una pianta appartenente alla famiglia delle Zamiaceae, endemica del Sudafrica.

Descrizione
È una cicade con fusto eretto o talora decombente, alto sino a 3 m e con diametro di 30–40 cm; spesso fusti secondari si originano da polloni che sorgono alla base del fusto principale.

Le foglie, pennate, arcuate, lunghe 70–100 cm, sorrette da un picciolo tomentoso lungo 20–25 cm,  sono disposte a corona all'apice del fusto e sono composte da circa 130 paia di foglioline lanceolate, con margine intero ed apice acuto, lunghe mediamente 8–14 cm.

È una specie dioica con esemplari maschili che presentano da 2 a 7 coni cilindrici, lunghi circa 20–25 cm e larghi 6–7 cm, peduncolati, di colore bruno, tomentosi, ed esemplari femminili che presentano da 2 a 5 coni ovoidali, lunghi 22–25 cm e con diametro di 12–15 cm, più o meno del medesimo colore di quelli maschili.

I semi sono ovoidali, lunghi 25–35 mm, ricoperti da un tegumento giallo oro.

Distribuzione e habitat
E. ghellinkii è un endemismo delle province sudafricane del KwaZulu-Natal e della provincia del Capo orientale.

L'habitat varia dalle praterie montane alle falesie di arenaria con vegetazione arbustiva tipica del fynbos, da 700 a 2.400 m di altitudine.

Conservazione
La IUCN Red List classifica E. ghellinckii come specie vulnerabile.
La specie è inserita nella Appendice I della Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species (CITES)

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Flora endemica del Sudafrica

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India's UN Envoy T S Tirumurti Outlines Priorities As UNSC Chair: Counter-Terrorism, Maritime Security, Peacekeeping On Agenda
by Swarajya Staff - Aug 2, 2021 12:00 PM
India's Ambassador to United Nations T S Tirumurti.
India's Ambassador to UN, Tirumurti said that India has provided the much-needed balance in the deliberations within the council and its inputs have been of great value.
India's Ambassador to United Nations (UN) T S Tirumurti today (2 August) outlined the issues that India will focus on as it assumes the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). As the chair, starting today, India has the power to decide the agenda for the month of August.
It will also coordinate important meetings and other related issues. India was elected as a non-permanent member of the UNSC for a two-year period starting 1 January 2021.
Tirumurti, who will be representing India at the council, said that India intends to keep the focus on Islamic State terror activities, and the report of Secretary-General on the matter. He said, India has "provided the much-needed balance in the deliberations within the council" and "our inputs have naturally been of great value".
"We bring with us the expectations of the developing world that we will be their voice in the security council both as a co-developing country as well as an emerging economy," he said.
"We of course have our own priority as well," he added. Tirumurti listed the following issues that will be India's priority:
regional issues-particularly in our neighbourhood, Africa
conflict resolution with a special focus on women and youth
reformed multilateralism
He said that India will be focusing on three major areas — maritime security, peacekeeping, and counter-terrorism. "We plan to highlight these 3 themes through the 3 signature events which we will hold during our presidency," he said.
Tirumurti said that India has consistently kept the spotlight on combating terrorism, both inside and outside the council. He said that the issue was a national priority for India.
"In the recent discussions on the global counter-terrorism strategy which we just adopted has not only strengthened the efforts to combat terrorism, for example in the financing of terrorism and the use of new technology like artificial intelligence, drones, etc."
"We have also prevented efforts to dilute the focus on terrorism or to provide justification for terror for example."
He also said that India will take over the chair of the counter-terrorism committee of the council next year. "We will also hold a signature event during our presidency in the context of the secretary general's report on ISIL and Daesh. So we are focusing on terrorism in the security council and outside and we will keep the focus and we will keep the pressure on this," he added.
On the issue of UNSC reforms, Tirumurti said that an overwhelming number of UN member states supported the reform and "procrastination is no more an option". "So an immediate and time-bound text-based negotiation is essential. A transparent, inclusive, and result-oriented process is essential," he said.
On the issue of peacekeeping, the Ambassador said, "in the larger context of peacekeeping, we will be focusing on how to ensure the safety of peacekeepers, especially by using better technology and how to bring perpetrators of crime against peacekeepers to justice. We are strongly advocating proactive measures to protect the protectors."
Tirumurti also said that India had been a net provider of maritime security particularly in the Indian Ocean region.
"Consequently, we believe it is time for the security council to take a holistic approach with the issue of Maritime Security, that safeguard's common prosperity and other security aspects. The security council has passed resolutions on different aspects of maritime security and maritime crime. But we feel its time all these are brought together and discussed in a holistic manner."
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Stan Wawrinka's poor run at recent Grand Slams continued on Thursday when the Swiss lost 7-6(7) 6-3 7-6(6) in the Wimbledon second round against Italian, Thomas Fabbiano.
Wawrinka, winner of three Grand Slams, trailed by two sets overnight but was 6-5 ahead in the third when play resumed in muggy conditions.
He got two set points in the tie-break, but could not convert either, spraying one backhand wide, and the 29-year-old Fabbiano completed the biggest victory of his career.
Since reaching last year's French Open final, Wawrinka has tumbled down the rankings from three to his current 224, mainly as a consequence of the knee surgery he had last year.
He lost in the first round of the French Open this year, in the second round in Australia and at last year's Wimbledon, he was knocked out in round one. He did not play in the U.S. Open.
Fabbiano, ranked 133rd, goes on to play either American Jared Donaldson or Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas in the third round – the farthest he has ever been in a Grand Slam.


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EDUCATION REFORM BILL CHANGING
On Saturday, a committee in the Illinois House of Representatives briefly discussed the contents of SB 2170 (Lightford, D-Maywood) – the education reform bill initiated by the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus that was highlighted in the last IASB Legislative Report. Due to concerns raised by many education interest groups, changes are being made to the legislation. Senate Amendment #2 to HB 2170 was filed Saturday morning and appears to contain the latest version of the bill. The Senate is scheduled to discuss the legislation in the Executive Committee on Sunday at 11:00 a.m.
Navigating through the redrafting of such a massive initiative, and of finding the proper legislative vehicle that can be advanced in the limited time available, is proving to be a challenge for lawmakers. The "Lame Duck" session must conclude its business by Wednesday at noon. The legislation could go through even more changes and could be amended onto another bill at some point as well.
For the latest status of the legislation, you can view Senate Amendment #2 to HB 2170. To offer written testimony on this or any legislation, click here.
IASB submitted written testimony on the legislation Saturday morning to the House committee. It will be revised to accommodate any changes in the new version and submitted to the Senate before Sunday's hearing. Some specific provisions are cited in the testimony, specifically pointing out concerns and ways to improve implementation of new requirements. The opening narrative sums up the significant fiscal concerns of the legislation. In part, it states:
The Illinois Association of School Boards appreciates the concepts of this amendment in its attempts to address the educational needs of our most at-risk students. We do have some concerns about the implementation of some of the programmatic provisions, and especially of the fiscal challenges it could present to local school districts. School board members from across the state have laid out clear positions in our opposition to unfunded mandates that fall upon local districts. We commit to working with the sponsors and supporters of this legislation in finding solutions to these concerns so a viable, properly funded law can be enacted.
We understand that the intent is for funding to be made available through the funding formula to cover the costs of these new requirements. We support that effort but need to assure that such funding is available and is delivered to the districts. Funding for all new requirements should be made part of the criteria in the evidence-based funding formula.
Given the tight fiscal restraints the state is under, funding for all of these provisions could be challenging. It must be made clear throughout the legislation that if full, specific funding is not appropriated and received by the school district then the district is relieved of these new requirements.
OTHER LEGISLATIVE ACTION
SB 2075 (Lightford), which lowers the compulsory school attendance age from 7 to 5 years old, was considered in committee Saturday. However, the bill was amended to remove all substantive provisions thus making it a "shell bill".
HB 5548 (Lilly, D-Chicago) is the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus omnibus healthcare bill. The IASB has concerns about a provision that would require school districts to provide trauma counselors and another potentially complicating Medicaid reimbursements to school districts.
Senate Amendment #3 to HB 2685 (Belt, D-Chicago) contains provisions for the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus Economic Equity Act. It impacts employer hiring practices and policies regarding the hiring of individuals with criminal backgrounds. IASB has concerns as there are already several current laws that prohibit a school district from hiring individuals with certain criminal convictions. Thus, school districts should be removed from this legislation. HB 5871 contains identical language.
LATEST ON ESP UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
The issue of education support personnel (ESP) being eligible for unemployment insurance benefits may re-emerge in legislation over the next few days. Whether or not this provision will be expanded, or made permanent, is on the table. It has come to IASB's attention that school districts have been getting bills from the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) for ESPs being laid off. IDES has indicated that this is a mistake and districts should not respond to these requests. An email from IDES explaining the issue will be sent to school districts on Monday morning.


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50 Search Engine Marketing Companies in Poland
How do you hire a SEM agency in Poland for your business? To find the right company, follow these steps:
Ask your potential SEM agency to provide a sample report to get a better understanding of how they measure success. How will they track brand recognition? Do they weigh traffic differently from various sources?
Discuss keyword strategy to make sure your search marketing agency and you are on the same page as you move forward in the engagement. For example, you may want to create search ads that target your competitors' brand terms to convert clients.
Establish regular check-ins. Your SEM agency needs to be able to adjust its strategies based on new data. By planning consistent meetings with them, you'll be able to track the impact of their work more reliably.
With hundreds of search engine marketing companies to choose from, how do you get started? Our list of the best search engine marketing companies includes client reviews, minimum project size, team size, specialty services, and client focus. Define the services you need, project goals, and budget to begin narrowing your choices. If you need help creating a shortlist, tell us about your project and receive personalized recommendations.
List of the Best Search Marketing Agencies in Poland
Widoczni
Poznań, Poland
Founded in 1999, Widoczni is a midsize Poznań, Poland-based SEO company. Their services include search engine optimization, pay per click, conversion optimization, and content marketing.
Search Engine Optimization Pay Per Click
Casbeg
Casbeg is a digital strategy and marketing strategy company. Founded in 2017, the team focuses on digital strategy and marketing strategy.
Search Engine Optimization Pay Per Click Conversion Optimization Advertising
MTA Digital
MTA Digital is a SEO services firm. Founded in 2014, the team offers search engine optimization, pay per click, social media marketing, and ux/ui design. The agency is headquartered in Poznań, Poland.
Search Engine Optimization Pay Per Click UX/UI Design
Skalski Growth
Skalski Growth is a small PPC company in Kraków, Poland. The team focuses on pay per click, email marketing, search engine optimization, digital strategy, and more.
Search Engine Optimization Pay Per Click Digital Strategy Marketing Strategy
Neadoo Digital Ltd
Neadoo Digital Ltd is a small London, United Kingdom-based SEO services firm. Their services include search engine optimization, pay per click, content marketing, and web development.
Search Engine Optimization Pay Per Click Content Marketing Web Development
Zest Creations
Founded in 2012, Zest Creations is a small Warszawa, Poland-based PPC company. Their team offers pay per click, social media marketing, advertising, digital strategy, and more.
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Whites Agency
Whites Agency is a SEO services firm. Launched in 2012, the team provides search engine optimization and digital strategy.
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Digiffic.com
Digiffic.com is a pay per click agency. Established in 2018, their team specializes in pay per click, search engine optimization, conversion optimization, and mobile & app marketing.
NUEKO Digital
Imielin, Poland
NUEKO Digital is a website development firm. The team is headquartered in Imielin, Poland, and their services include web development, web design, e-commerce development, mobile app development, and more.
Search Engine Optimization Web Development E-Commerce Development Pay Per Click Web Design
Bluerank
Łódź, Poland
Located in Łódź, Poland, Bluerank is a midsize SEO company. The team focuses on search engine optimization, pay per click, content marketing, conversion optimization, and more.
Search Engine Optimization Pay Per Click Content Marketing Conversion Optimization Digital Strategy
Strategiczni.pl
Strategiczni.pl is a SEO company. Based in Wrocław, Poland, the team specializes in search engine optimization, content marketing, pay per click, and social media marketing.
Search Engine Optimization Content Marketing Pay Per Click Social Media Marketing
Sempai is a content marketing company. The Kraków, Poland-based agency was established in 2006. Their team focuses on content marketing, conversion optimization, pay per click, and search engine optimization.
Search Engine Optimization Content Marketing Conversion Optimization Pay Per Click
Cyrek Digital
Zgierz, Poland
Cyrek Digital is a social media marketing agency founded in 2010. The firm specializes in social media marketing, search engine optimization, pay per click, digital strategy, and more, and is small.
Search Engine Optimization Pay Per Click Social Media Marketing Content Marketing Digital Strategy
Rise360
Rise360 is a web design agency. They provide web design, search engine optimization, pay per click, conversion optimization, and more and were founded in 2016.
Search Engine Optimization Pay Per Click Web Design
KS Sp. z o.o.
Gorzyce, Poland
Founded in 2008, KS Sp. Z o.o. Is a SEO services firm. The team focuses on search engine optimization, pay per click, social media marketing, and content marketing and is headquartered in Gorzyce, Poland.
Search Engine Optimization Pay Per Click Social Media Marketing Content Marketing
Adleado - SEO / ASO / PPC agency
Adleado - SEO / ASO / PPC agency, a mobile & app marketing company, is located in London, United Kingdom and Kraków, Poland. They focus on mobile & app marketing, pay per click, search engine optimization, digital strategy, and more.
Search Engine Optimization Mobile & App Marketing Pay Per Click Digital Strategy Video Production
Ads Bender
Ads Bender is a pay per click agency based in Warszawa, Poland. They provide pay per click, web development, and search engine optimization and were established in 2017.
Search Engine Optimization Pay Per Click Web Development
Media Click
Media Click is a PPC agency and SEO services firm. Their small team of employees is located in Wrocław, Poland. Their team focuses on pay per click and search engine optimization.
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Redseo
Redseo, a pay per click agency, is located in Bydgoszcz, Poland. The team provides pay per click, search engine optimization, advertising, and conversion optimization.
Search Engine Optimization Pay Per Click Advertising Conversion Optimization
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Marketing Mind Sp. z o.o.
Marketing Mind Sp. Z o.o. Is a SEO services firm. Headquartered in Warszawa, Poland, the team specializes in search engine optimization, pay per click, content marketing, web design, and more.
Search Engine Optimization Pay Per Click Content Marketing Web Design Digital Strategy
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Exsisto
Exsisto is a Zürich, Switzerland-based SEO company. They provide search engine optimization, pay per click, and social media marketing.
Search Engine Optimization Pay Per Click Social Media Marketing
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Silence! - digital marketing agency
Katowice, Poland
Silence! - digital marketing agency, a SEO services firm, was founded in 2006. They provides search engine optimization, social media marketing, and pay per click.
Worked with Silence! - digital marketing agency before?
WIDESCOPE
Launched in 2020, WIDESCOPE is a digital strategy company. Headquartered in Warszawa, Poland, the team offers digital strategy, ux/ui design, content marketing, conversion optimization, and more.
Search Engine Optimization Digital Strategy Business Consulting Content Marketing Conversion Optimization
Divloy
Founded in 2019, Divloy, a small pay per click company, is located in Wrocław, Poland. Their services include pay per click, search engine optimization, conversion optimization, digital strategy, and more.
Search Engine Optimization Pay Per Click Conversion Optimization Digital Strategy Social Media Marketing
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MinisterstwoReklamy.PL
Zabrze, Poland
MinisterstwoReklamy.PL is a small Zabrze, Poland-based SEO services firm. The team provides search engine optimization, social media marketing, pay per click, content marketing, and more.
Search Engine Optimization Pay Per Click Social Media Marketing Content Marketing Conversion Optimization
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UnAgency
Launched in 2013, UnAgency is a small PPC agency. Their services include pay per click, conversion optimization, digital strategy, and search engine optimization.
Search Engine Optimization Pay Per Click Conversion Optimization Digital Strategy
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Moja Firma is an accounting and company. The Warszawa, Poland-based agency was founded in 2011. Their services include accounting, pay per click, and search engine optimization.
Search Engine Optimization Accounting Pay Per Click
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Vilaro
Lublin, Poland
Vilaro is a social media marketing firm. They are based in Lublin, Poland and have small team of experts. Their services include social media marketing, pay per click, and search engine optimization.
Search Engine Optimization Other Digital Marketing Pay Per Click Content Marketing
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Alte Media
Established in 2004, Alte Media is a small Gdynia, Poland-based pay per click agency. Their services include pay per click, search engine optimization, social media marketing, content marketing, and more.
Worked with Alte Media before?
DevaGroup
Based in Kraków, Poland, DevaGroup is a conversion optimization company. The team offers conversion optimization, pay per click, search engine optimization, and social media marketing.
Search Engine Optimization Conversion Optimization Pay Per Click Social Media Marketing
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SEOgroup
SEOgroup, a digital strategy company, was established in 2008. The team offers digital strategy, content marketing, search engine optimization, and pay per click.
Search Engine Optimization Content Marketing Digital Strategy Pay Per Click
Worked with SEOgroup before?
Ideo Force
Ideo Force is a Warszawa, Poland-based conversion optimization company. They specialize in conversion optimization, search engine optimization, pay per click, digital strategy, and more and were founded in 2009.
Search Engine Optimization Conversion Optimization Pay Per Click Content Marketing Digital Strategy
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RankHouse Sp.j.
Gliwice, Poland
RankHouse S.C. Is a pay per click company. Located in Gliwice, Poland, the team focuses on pay per click, search engine optimization, digital strategy, content marketing, and more.
Search Engine Optimization Pay Per Click Digital Strategy Content Marketing Email Marketing
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Nauris
SEO services firm Nauris is based in Warszawa, Poland. Established in 2018, the team offers search engine optimization, pay per click, conversion optimization, email marketing, and more.
Search Engine Optimization Pay Per Click Conversion Optimization Email Marketing Market Research
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INPOZYCJONOWANIE
Based in Wrocław, Poland, INPOZYCJONOWANIE is a small content marketing company. Their services include content marketing, marketing strategy, pay per click, search engine optimization, and more.
Search Engine Optimization Content Marketing Marketing Strategy Pay Per Click Social Media Marketing
Worked with INPOZYCJONOWANIE before?
Combomarketing.pl
Combomarketing.pl is an user experience company. They are located in Lublin, Poland and have small team. Their services include ux/ui design, branding, pay per click, search engine optimization, and more.
Search Engine Optimization Branding Pay Per Click Social Media Marketing UX/UI Design
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MaxROY.agency
MaxROY.agency is a content marketing company. Launched in 2008, the firm is located in Poznań, Poland. Their team focuses on content marketing, digital strategy, pay per click, search engine optimization, and more.
Worked with MaxROY.agency before?
inmedium.pl agencja interaktywna
Inmedium.pl agencja interaktywna is a small Katowice, Poland-based media planning & buying agency. The team provides media planning & buying, pay per click, web design, search engine optimization, and more.
Search Engine Optimization Media Planning & Buying Pay Per Click Web Design Social Media Marketing
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Double Digital
Double Digital, a conversion optimization company, is based in Warszawa, Poland. They specialize in conversion optimization, search engine optimization, content marketing, digital strategy, and more and were launched in 2020.
Search Engine Optimization Conversion Optimization Content Marketing Digital Strategy Pay Per Click
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Rocruiter
Włodzimierzów, Poland
Founded in 2018, Rocruiter is a conversion optimization company. The team focuses on conversion optimization, pay per click, search engine optimization, social media marketing, and more.
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E-lions
Pay per click company E-lions is in Warszawa, Poland. Their services include pay per click, search engine optimization, conversion optimization, digital strategy, and more.
Search Engine Optimization Pay Per Click Conversion Optimization Digital Strategy Email Marketing
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Force of Web
Force of Web is a Warszawa, Poland-based content marketing company. Launched in 2018, the team offers content marketing, digital strategy, pay per click, search engine optimization, and more.
Worked with Force of Web before?
InMarketing
Small pay per click agency InMarketing, is in Poznań, Poland and Poznań, Poland. Their services include pay per click, social media marketing, content marketing, email marketing, and more.
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Get Noticed Agency
Get Noticed Agency is a social media marketing agency. They specialize in social media marketing, search engine optimization, pay per click, digital strategy, and more and are based in Poznań, Poland.
Search Engine Optimization Pay Per Click Social Media Marketing Digital Strategy Content Marketing
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Brisbane Agency
Brisbane Agency is a conversion optimization company. The The Gap, Australia-based agency was founded in 2006. Their team offers conversion optimization, email marketing, pay per click, search engine optimization, and more.
Search Engine Optimization Conversion Optimization Email Marketing Pay Per Click Branding
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Digital Fashion
Aleksandrów Łódzki, Poland
Digital Fashion, a content marketing company, was established in 2019. The team provides content marketing, digital strategy, search engine optimization, ux/ui design, and more and is headquartered in Aleksandrów Łódzki, Poland.
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DIGI studio
DIGI studio is a digital strategy company. Established in 2020, the team focuses on digital strategy, social media marketing, content marketing, search engine optimization, and more. The company is located in Poznań, Poland.
Worked with DIGI studio before?
Gradoboiev.com
Gradoboiev.com is a PPC agency. Founded in 2020, the team specializes in pay per click, search engine optimization, digital strategy, email marketing, and more. The firm is in Warszawa, Poland.
Search Engine Optimization Pay Per Click Digital Strategy Email Marketing Mobile & App Marketing
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Roial Sp. z o.o.
Roial Sp. Z o.o. Is a SEO services firm. Their small team is headquartered in Warszawa, Poland and offers search engine optimization, pay per click, web design, web development, and more. The agency was established in [node:field_pp_year_founded:value].
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marHIVE - Digital Marketing Agency
MarHIVE - Digital Marketing Agency is an advertising company. Their team is based in New York, New York; London, United Kingdom; Warszawa, Poland and Köln, Germany. The agency provides advertising, branding, content marketing, digital strategy, and more.
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The NBA's entity that conducts the league's business in Europe was formed in 1997 in Geneva, Switzerland. It is currently headquartered in London, England with a second office in Madrid, counting more than 55 employees. The NBA is committed to growing the sport in the region, and stages friendly games, regular-season games and grassroots events in partnership with FIBA, local federations and the Euroleague. The NBA currently has a strong network of television and digital media partners in Europe, with in NBA games and programming broadcast in 48 European countries and territories in 34 languages, available in over 82 million households. The NBA counts 19 marketing and promotional partners in the region, including local, pan-regional and global partners who help support the overall growth of the NBA in Europe.
The NBA is an industry leader in fan engagement through digital and social media, including seven local language websites, seven Facebook pages, and four Twitter handles in Europe. It is the No. 1 professional sports league on social media globally, with more than 2.3 million fans across its local European Facebook pages and over 4.2 million fans from Europe on the global Facebook page.. The NBA has staged 66 games in Europe since 1988, including five regular-season games in London. The league counts more than 50 active licensees in the region, with licensed merchandise available via NBAStore.eu and key retail partners. The NBA's reach in the region is further reflected in the 57 European players from 21 countries on opening day rosters for the 2014-15 season, accounting for 60% of the NBA's international players.


Walmart believes drone technology could bee the way forward in the digital future.
American retail giant Walmart – owner of the UK's Asda chain – operates 11,695 stores under 59 banners in 28 countries. It generated revenue of $485.9 billion in fiscal year 2017 and has a growing research and development (R&D) budget.
Few will have imagined he was thinking about robot bees.
Walmart, however, earlier this month quietly filed for six patents that include a system of "one or more unmanned aerial vehicles" (UAVs), which would use cameras and sensors to find the locations of crops, then use an applicator tool to move pollen between them. Others would use drones to identify pest damage, spray pesticides and pollinate plants.
"In some embodiments the UAV deployed by the system does not require physical operation by a human operator, and wirelessly communicates with, and is wholly or largely controlled by, the computing device", the patent application says.
Drones are a popular choice for observations and productivity.
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Earlier this year Tomorrowland Winter delivered an amazing second edition. The festival welcomed more than 18.000 festivalgoers from around the globe high up in the French Alps with spectacular views of Alpe d'Huez and the surrounding mountains. Gathering more than 100 of the world's best DJs in the ski resort and on the mountains at its magnificent stages ranging from 2000m all the way up to 3.330m, Tomorrowland Winter is the ultimate winter holiday & festival experience, featuring a brand-new stage in the ski resort as well as in the mountains in 2023
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So here I am writing a thesis on targeting, I log on to Facebook and get this content targeted message on my homepage "Your Friend X: You haven't talked on Facebook lately" showing me a picture of an old school friend that I very occasionally speak to… bearing in mind we haven't spoken much in 20 years.
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BAXUS is the brain child of a seasoned whiskey collector and trader, and a Columbia-trained software engineer; but you can just call then Todd and Carrie. Read more about them below.
Todd Wiesel
Todd Wiesel is a seasoned whisky trader, investor, and consultant. After serving in the Israeli military, Todd returned to the United States where he served as Managing Director for the Negotiation Institute. Todd earned a Bachelors from Columbia University and an MBA from London Metropolitan University. Todd has consulted for numerous spirits and RTD brands with a primary focus on Independent Bottlers. He successfully oversaw the global launch of DS Tayman, an independent bottler of Scottish single-malt whisky. Prior to launching BAXUS, Todd worked as an international cask broker and trader for Dalkeith Brokerage, where he launched their fine and rare bottle division, sourcing the rarest wines and spirits for ultra-high net worth individuals, investors, and funds. After leaving Dalkeith, Todd opened GW Barrel Co. a private placement fund focused on investing in bottles and casks. In 2021, Todd founded BAXUS to revolutionize the way in which the world trades tangible assets across the blockchain.
Carrie Kellar
Carrie Kellar is the co-founder and CTO of BAXUS. She has a BA and MSc in computer science with a specialization in machine learning from Columbia University. She comes to BAXUS with experience both in finance and tech. Carrie previously worked for the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce on the Interest Rate Derivatives desk before transitioning to the tech industry. While at Columbia, Carrie did research for the History Lab's Freedom of Information Archive using advanced natural language processing and machine learning tools. She has also previously worked as a software engineer for the New York Times Machine Learning Platform before starting BAXUS with Todd. Carrie is passionate about data security and excited to help realize practical uses for blockchain technology.
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The death of a monarch always brings about big changes, and that is no less true for the world of whisky. One thing that is set to change are the Royal Warrants held by some distillers.
A Royal warrant is a document that grants the holder trading capacity with the Royal Household and allows the company to include the Royal coat of arms on its packaging. Royal Warrants can be granted by the reigning Monarch and anyone else the Monarch designates. However, when the grantor dies, the warrant is void. At that point, the company has two years to remove the Royal Warrant from its packaging.
When prohibition hit America, many distillers went underground, hoping to continue distilling whiskey illegally. However, some distillers rose to the challenge and kept one step ahead of the government, ensuring they could continue to produce whiskey legally. One such distiller was Mary Dowling, head of Waterfill & Frazier distillery.
Born Mary Murphy in 1859, Mary got her start in whiskey through her husband, John Dowling. John was partner of a distillery in Anderson County, Kentucky that was owned by J.M Waterfill and G. G. Frazier. John joined the two men in ownership before eventually increasing his share to take over the full business by the early 1900's. The distillery still operated under the name 'Waterfill and Frazier' and continued to do so after Mary inherited the company after John's death.
Gertrude "Cleo" Lythgoe: The Bootlegger Queen
While prohibition-era whiskey smuggling is populated by male figures, women also had a hand in ensuring America never went dry. The most infamous of women rumrunners was Gertrude "Cleo" Lythgoe known as the "Queen of the Bootleggers". Between 1920 and 1926 Lythgoe ran a very successful liquor wholesale and rumrunning business out of Nassau, Bahamas, providing American markets with premium Scotch and American Whiskey. She was known equally for her business skills as for her looks; she earned the nickname "Cleo" after Cleopatra and gained quite a popular following in the press, receiving countless fan letters and marriage proposals.


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Q: url rewrite with translation htaccess I've got a multilang website, with some links like mysite.com/about.html. For all languages I've got a translation for the words used in the menu.
I want my url to be dynamic for differents languages. Such as my link of about page for de will be mysite.com/de/de-about-translation.html. The de-about-translation.html content is saved in a file for the de language.
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I've a menu for choosing languages in my site. here user can switch between languages. when any one want to switch into differents languages i want to change all of menu links into selected language.
 i've a file for  menu translation  of each languages. for Svenska my file name is sv.php and my file contents like this:
   $_lang["about_tr"] = "about-translation-of-Svenska ";
   $_lang["archive_tr"] = " archive-translation-of-Svenska ";

 For Deutsch language file contents:

  $_lang["about_tr"] = "about-translation-of-Deutsch ";
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Currently, I've links like :
mysite.com/about.html
mysite.com/archive.html

I want those links for Deutsch language like:
mysite.com/de/about-translation-of-Deutsch.html
mysite.com/de/about-translation-of-Deutsch.html

for the Svenska language those links should be like this:
mysite.com/se/about-translation-of-Svenska.html
mysite.com/se/archive-translation-of-Svenska.html

and so on for each language.
What kind of `RewriteRule` should I use in htaccess ?

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Example: http://mysite.com/de/arkiv to
http://mysite.com/arkiv.html?lang=de

You may try something like this in one .htaccess file at root directory.
Options +FollowSymlinks -MultiViews
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RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI}   !\.html             [NC]
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^/]+)/?  /$2.html?lang=$1 [L,NC]

Maps silently
http://mysite.com/LangCode/filename displayed in the browser's address bar
To:
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Option:
If you want to have a single script (LanguageScript, for example) to handle all languages, just replace this line:
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^/]+)/?  /$2.html?lang=$1 [L,NC]

with this one:
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مجموعه: کیت ینسن - خبرنگار حرفه ای / کتاب: قتل در باشگاه رزمی / فصل 3
کیت ینسن - خبرنگار حرفه ای
2 کتاب | 33 فصل
کتاب 1 : قتل در باشگاه رزمی
کتاب 2 : رابط آمستردام
Chapter three
Like fathers
Jun Kawaguchi opened the door of his Wimbledon home. He was a slim, reserved man of about thirty, who even in his obvious sadness for his dead father, remembered how to be polite to guests. I had been surprised that he had agreed to see me and I said so to him.
'I often read your articles, Miss Jensen. You understand karate. You understand many things,' Jun replied.
I liked this man. He seemed to have good taste.
'My father was a very popular man, as I am sure you know, Miss Jensen,' he went on. 'He was well respected by everybody he met.'
It was true. I had seen Kawaguchi-sensei give a demonstration about five years ago at Crystal Palace. He was a great karateka. He was also a quiet, gentle man, as polite as his son. It was hard to believe he was a man with enemies.
'Can you think of anyone who hated him or disliked him?' I asked.
'The police asked me that. Well, you know of course that he and Asano-sensei had a big argument about twenty years ago and they never spoke again, as far as I know. I don't think they really hated each other though; it was a matter of principle more than anything. Anyway, Asano died last year as you know.'
I had written about his death in The Daily Echo.
Asano-sensei had died of throat cancer after a very long illness. The matter of principle that Jun talked about was about a number of techniques. Kawaguchi claimed that Asano was moving too far away from the teachings of their master, Ohtsuka-sensei. Asano, for his part, felt that he was making progress. In the end they had a huge argument and never spoke to each other again. These guys got excited about things like that.
'I don't know of any other enemies,' he said, 'my father was a peaceful man, like all great masters.'
It was true that the great masters seemed to have an unusual sense of peace around them. I had once met Ohtsuka-sensei, in Japan, two years before he died; he had been training for about fifty years by that time. He was a kind, smiling man with no sense of aggression about him. His face seemed to shine with a kind of peace. That was perhaps the most attractive thing about martial arts training: how training in the arts of war - or budo as it is called in Japanese - could make you less, not more, aggressive.
Jun asked me to excuse him and went out of the room to make some tea.
I looked around the sitting room of the comfortable home. There were signs of children - toys in the corner and pictures of the family on top of the piano. Jun and his wife with a little boy of about eight and a girl of about five. Formal-looking photographs including one of Jun's father, severe-faced, in traditional Japanese dress with a samurai sword by his side. Apart from that, there were few signs of Japan, just an old print of a Japanese lady in a kimono on the wall and a few origami birds that the kids had probably made.
I was looking at the tiny coloured paper birds when Jun came back into the room with a tray.
'They're cranes,' said Jun. 'In Japan they symbolise good fortune. They don't seem have brought my family any good fortune though, do they Miss Jensen?'
I didn't answer but accepted a cup of Japanese green tea which Jun gave to me with both hands, in the traditional Japanese manner. The slightly bitter taste of the tea was strangely comforting.
Then Jun said, 'The children are at school. My wife has gone to look after my mother. She is very upset, as you can imagine.' Jun's face became very serious, almost solemn, and for a moment he looked just like his father in the formal samurai photograph. 'I am making the arrangements for my father's funeral.'
'Why did your family leave Japan?' I asked.
'My father was one of the chosen few who came to Europe to teach karate-do. He believed it was his fate, it was what he had to do. He started training when he was nine years old, he knew nothing else. It was his life. He chose Britain because he had learnt English at university and spent a year in London. He liked it. He had friends here.'
'Do you study karate yourself?' I asked.
'I did, until about five years ago,' Jun replied. 'It was hard not to follow my father when I was a child. I am the only son you know. But now I work in the city for a Japanese bank and I am a family man, as you can see.' He nodded his head in the direction of the photograph of his wife and two children. 'Anyway, I could never be as good as my father. It's hard, you understand.'
Yes, I did. I understood exactly.
My dad grew up in the East End, the poor part of London. They say there are only two ways out of the East End; one is to become a criminal, the other is to become a boxer. Dad chose boxing. As a young man he was a professional boxer. Even though he was now eighty, he still moved like a boxer, and looked like one. He had had his nose broken twice. He had had a promising career in the boxing ring but the Second World War interrupted it. He ended up wandering around Italy in hiding from the Germans. He learnt Italian but lost his career. When he got back to London after the end of the war it was too late for him to carry on boxing; he had lost five years. He had an old friend who worked for a news agency - he helped Dad and Dad became a journalist.
As a child I remember the phone ringing constantly at home. Dad was always on a story and rushing around madly. My mother was the calm one. It was my Dad who taught me how to fight. He never treated me any differently from my brother. He showed me how to fight with my fists up when I was five and to get up quickly if I fell down. I was never allowed to give up. When my brother and I fought and I fell down he would count… '10, 9, 8, 7 .. as if he were the referee at a boxing match. I always got up before he counted down. It was a lesson that would be useful to me many times over the years. Whenever something bad happens in my life and I feel like giving up, I hear Dad's voice in my ears, telling me to get up off the floor.
When I was nine he gave me a punch bag as a birthday present. I remember telling my teachers at school about it, assuming that they would be as happy as I was. They were shocked, I think, as was my mother, but I was so proud of that punch bag. Dad hung it up for me in the playroom and after school I would go and practise punches for hours. I still have it, though it is now old and soft.
I suppose it was natural that I would end up being interested in the martial arts, though for me it was karate, not boxing. We were always arguing about which was the best fighting system, boxing or karate. We were both certain that we were right, of course. Dad would still spend hours showing me boxing techniques in his living room, as he had when I was a kid.
'Look,' he would say, demonstrating his favourite punch, the right hook. 'What punch can be more effective than that?' I am sure that it had been deadly in its day. But he was - is - the sweetest person in the world and even as a young man, was never aggressive, except in the boxing ring. I suppose he was the one who taught me that you can be a fighter and be peace-loving at the same time.
I also became a journalist of course, just like him. I was following in Dad's footsteps - and it wasn't always easy. Dad read The Daily Echo every day and he read my stories with particular interest. He would phone me when I had written something he disagreed with, or when he thought my style was not quite right. Sometimes I would get cross, but more often than not he was right.
Later that day I was at his home in Chiswick. He had had a bath and, with a towel round his neck, he looked like he had just stepped out of the boxing ring. We chatted about this and that and then I told him about the Kawaguchi murder.
'Kawaguchi. I'm sure I know that name,' he said and scratched his head, trying to remember from where and when. This could have taken a long time. I was never sure whether Dad's memory was bad because he was old, or because he'd been hit" in the head so many times when he was in the boxing ring. I sometimes thought it was a mixture of both.
'He was pretty famous,' I offered.
'Yes… but I'm sure… there's something…' He tried to get his memory to work, with no success. Eventually, he gave up. We talked of other things and forgot about it.
When I got home that evening there were two messages on my answerphone. One was from Balzano: 'Where the hell are you? And what's happening on those Japanese murders?' The other was Dad: 'I've remembered what it was… Kawaguchi… that was the name of the girl who was involved in the London Road case when John Blakeston was murdered. I've got some newspaper cuttings here.'
10th October 1960 Brixton Prison
Darling Jamey
Thank you for coming to see me yesterday. I'm sorry that I was feeling a bit down after the first few days of the trial. It is very hard for me, you know, being accused of this horrible crime and knowing that I didn't do it, that I am innocent. Sometimes I feel like I'm in a nightmare and any minute I'm going to wake up and it'll be all over.
There are all kinds of lies being said at the trial, and I just have to sit and listen to it, for the most part. I can't wait until it is my turn to speak - then I will really show them. I only have to prove that I was in Manchester and nowhere near where they say I was.
Anyway, I am sure that this thing will be all over soon. I was quite surprised by what you told me yesterday. I won't talk about it now, for obvious reasons. * But you must have faith that everything will be all right in the end. And you know that I could never have committed an awful crime like this, don't you?
Please pray for me, darling Jamey, lovely Lovat.
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Rock And Roll Detective Uncovers Lost Beatles Concert Tape. It's Back On The Auction Block!
Fans line up to buy tickets to see The Beatles at Forest Hills May, 1964
After 52 years, it is incredibly rare to discover a complete, previously unbootlegged or unreleased 1964 concert by The Beatles. It is extremely exciting when a new live recording of The Beatles is not only unearthed, but is one that was recorded through a soundboard rather than in the middle of a screaming audience. This means that you can actually hear the vocals and the guitars. Ringo's drums do not sound like they were mic'd, but his drums do appear to be picked up by the three vocal mics.
And here are the details dug up by the Rock And Roll Detective:
The Beatles at the 1964 Forest Hill Music Festival
Fifty Two years ago this month, The Beatles played a live concert at the Forest Hills Tennis Stadium. They performed for free and donated the proceeds in aid of the United Cerebral Palsy of New York City and the Retarded Infants Services. The show has never been released officially or on bootleg (although one Seventies bootlegger erroneously tried to pass off a vinyl boot as this show.) Previous interviews with The Beatles at this time, and short film clips of the show have surfaced in the past. However, this is the first time a Soundboard recording of the complete show has surfaced. It was apparently recorded by the WMCA DJs.
The original reel-to-reel tape is up for auction again on November 27, 2016, at Cordier Auctions, after failing to meet the minimum bid of $2000 last August. Of course, whoever is the winning bidder will own the tape, but the not the copyright or publishing rights to the recordings.
The Rock And Roll Detective has listened to the recording which contains the complete show. Given the primitive state of live recording in the mid Sixties, this is a decent soundboard. There is a significant drop in volume and quality that persists during and after George Harrison is heard singing "Roll Over Beethoven". It comes back a little better when John introduces a new song "If I Fell" from their "new movie" "A Hard Day's Night". However, this tape is nowhere near the quality of the newly issued true multi-track soundboard Apple release of The Beatles Live at the Hollywood Bowl. But it is still an exciting artifact nevertheless.
The Beatles live at Forest Hills as a fan tries to hug George Harrison.
Here is the description of the recording by Cordier Auctions from the August sale.
Lot #234 Estimate 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD
The Beatles August 29, 1964 Concert Recording
DESCRIPTION: A reel to reel recording of The Beatles in concert at
Forest Hills Tennis Stadium in Queens, New York on August 29, 1964
(they had also played there the night before). The recording, with loud
screaming throughout, includes twelve tracks:
1) Twist and Shout
2) You Can't Do That
3) All My Loving
4) She Loves You
5) Things We Said Today
6) Roll Over Beethoven
7) Can't Buy Me Love
8) If I Fell
9) I Want to Hold Your Hand
10) Boys
11) A Hard Day's Night
12) Long Tall Sally
Of note is the band's reaction to a young lady sprinting towards the stage
while dodging police barricades during the last song.
Also included is John introducing the song "Hard Day's Night" from "our
new movie", George singing "Roll Over Beethoven", and. Ringo being
introduced and singing "Boys".
PROVENANCE: Per the consignor, the tape was won by the consignor
from a New York radio station sometime after the concert,
probably from the WMCA Good Guys as research shows they were
the hosts of this concert.
MEASUREMENTS: 7" diameter.
CONDITION: The beginning of the tape has some crinkling/creasing
with the opening being somewhat fuzzy and flat. Otherwise audio is clear.
Some buzzing begins after Roll Over Beethoven and before George
changes out his guitar after Can't Buy Me Love.
A digital recording of the tape was provided by the consignor.
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We are using multicast to deliver more than 20 MPEG-2 encoded video+audio streams in our network. The advantages of using multicasting in a network of more than 2000 machines are well known. But there are several scenarios when multicasting is not the right choice.
I started writing such a solution two days ago and now I want to make the first lines of code available for everybody to try out.
To speak simple: it's just another proxy server. It's a HTTP Server that can be triggered to join a multicast group (hardcoded in this version) and forward the traffic from that multicast group directly to the client that asked for it. It's as simple as it can get and to be more technical: the proxy receives udp multicast packets and sends them as tcp unicast packets.
As you can see: MPEG2-Transport Stream inside. So it works as designed. There are some glitches I am afraid to say: one known bug is that there are 12 bytes to much in the outgoing data stream which corrupts the picture. If anyone here can fix it: Do it please ;) I tried one day and I could not find a solution for the problem.
It compiles with Microsoft.NET 1.1/2.0 and Mono. There's a Visual Studio 2005 solution file inside to help you compile it. (Should work with Visual C# Express Edition). Oh… and I am releasing it under the BSD license which is included with the package.
of course ;) Nice script though. We had this running long before I made the C# version.


Scope and Contents Includes two copies of the 1999 first printing of Middlebury Women, 1959- by Millicent Fairhurst, 1999 galley proof of Middlebury Women, 1959-, and correspondence and questionnaire responses sent by Fairhurst to her female classmates.
Note that a number of the survey responses in the collection were received after the first printing and were subsequently included in a second printing.
Scope and Contents The collection includes silk screen posters printed by the Vermont Silk Screen Company for Middlebury College events, including plays, conferences, and Winter Carnival. There are also business records (invoices) for both the Bristol Press and Vermont Silk Screen Company pertaining to Middlebury jobs, including the printed items in the collection.


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Michelle Boise
A new technology-based trade platform, Kountable, is celebrating more than a year of success in Kenya, its second market place after Rwanda. The company has made a unique business of facilitating trade deals between SMEs, global suppliers and pay masters such as government agencies, NGOs or multi-national corporations.
Since the company has opened its doors, it has funded nearly 200 projects valued at $54 million and $23 million has gone to local SMEs in gross revenue.
"I think 2017 and 2018 were certainly proof of concept years," says Kountable CEO Chris Hale. "It takes a while for people to understand what we do and why we do it the way we do it. We are not a lender; we're not really a finance company at all."
Instead of lending SME suppliers funds to procure goods, Kountable sources and purchases the goods for them, guaranteeing quality and insured product as well as help with trade logistics to get the goods to the paying end customer. They even manage currency risk.
"One of the things that a lot of our customers don't think about is currency," Hale explains, "when you're doing a project that's going to take six months, you can see currency decay, maybe even by 10-12%, and some of these suppliers' margins are slightly more than that. So they're working for free if they don't think about this."
Kountable is more than a trade partner though, it really is a trade network, with not only buying power to help complete big contracts but also the valued experience of knowing who to work with in these emerging markets and ICT verticals. Each deal is a collaboration with local SMEs, global suppliers and the organizations that are buying the ICT product.
Kountable has picked the right country to do it in as well.
Last week Kenya was re-elected to the Council of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), the UN specialized agency for ICTs. More, the East African country earned the highest number of votes (140) for membership of any country in the continent. The overwhelming selection of Kenya on this platform is a vote of confidence from the global ICT community.
Confidence in Kenya's markets wasn't always there though. In fact, Kountable launched in Kenya during the controversial elections of 2017, a time when political uncertainty forebode economic trouble.
"Nobody knew who the Kenyan president was for a while," says Hale, "so the macro environment has been a big education. When I talk to our customers and they tell me that last year was one of the most difficult years in their professional years given all that turmoil, and it was our first year, and it was a success, I'm pretty enthusiastic about our future in Kenya."
Hale emphasizes the importance of relationship building in the country and that the talented team they've built there is excelling in it: "I think the human touch in East Africa, and specifically in Kenya, is an asset. And we've been lucky to build the team that we have there. We're a new company with a very new idea, but we have an 80% return rate of our customers."
Now that Kountable has established its position in the country, Hale says the company is looking to deepen its banking relationships, to build institutional partnerships with the Kenya ports and with the government getting involved in the new free trade zone.
"We want to really institutionalize the experience for the large end customers that are benefiting from the reseller community that's powered by Kountable," says Hale. "Because the more institutional grade the platform becomes, the more institutional grade the experience becomes. And the more money our customers make."
This development of the company and its deepening relationship with all of its trade constituents seems like a natural next step.
"The most exciting thing in both [our] markets, but particularly in Kenya, is this partnership model that's evolving. Businesses in general, but procurements departments of businesses and governments are witnessing the results that we deliver. They're seeing how effective, efficient and high quality our supplier network is. And so they're starting to come to us as large payers that procure large volumes of goods through resellers. The more of those partnerships that we can activate, the more effective we can be on behalf of our reseller community.
"One of the things that we've learned," says Hale, "is that Kenya is really dynamic. There's lots of change and at the highest levels."
Recently, in an interview with CNN's Richard Quest, Kenya President Kenyatta stated, "Our position is a very clear one. We have an infrastructure gap that we need to fill. And we are going to work with our partners across the globe who are willing to partner and to work with us to help us achieve our socio-economic agenda."
The statement comes in the wake of the Kenya and United Nations housing initiative that was announced in September of this year. President Kenyatta has promised to build 500,000 housing units for low-income citizens before the conclusion of his second term in office. It's estimated the project will require $13 billion in investment to complete.
In regards to the project, Hale says that Kountable has been talking to some of the major participants around that supply chain.
"One of the challenges that comes up when you set up a big goal and you circle the right people around it," says Hale, "is when you get to the execution phase. You need to know how you will ultimately manage this project.
"When you say, 'We're gonna build 100,000 homes,' that's more than 100,000 doors, lighting fixtures and refrigerators. All of that needs to be coordinated and inbound and synchronized against a project plan. Not to mention the inputs to the houses themselves — the steel, stone, tile, etc. You need to make sure the product is high fidelity, that it's corruption free, that the inputs are quality inputs and that they get there on time.
"When you have the will of the people and the will of the government to make something like this happen, Kountable wants to come in and be the platform on record to make sure that it's run correctly."
It appears that Kountable is in a position to do just that.
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These 2018 SEC Media Guides Brought the Most Heat
Georgia Scores Big Transfer of Former Five-Star Wide Receiver
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The Georgia Bulldogs already have the top-ranked recruiting class in the country coming in for the 2018 season. Now, they landed the Class of 2016's No. 1-ranked wide receiver in the country, beating out the likes of Alabama, West Virginia and Texas.
Somewhere, head coach Kirby Smart is smiling from ear to ear.
University of California wide receiver Demetris Robertson announced that he will be transferring to his home state to play for the Georgia Bulldogs this upcoming season.
Robertson announced his decision with this video:
As a freshman, Robertson caught 50 passes for 767 yards with seven touchdowns. Those marks broke the freshman record for receptions set by former Golden Bears' wideout Keenan Allen in 2010 and the yardage record set by DeSean Jackson in 2005. His seven touchdowns tied Jackson's mark, as well. He was named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman team.
In 2017, as a sophomore, Robertson began attracting national attention when he was named as to the preseason Biletnikoff Award watch list (given to college football's best wide receiver). Two games into last year though, his season ended to correct a lower body injury that started the season before; he was granted a medical redshirt.
This year, Robertson had already been named to several preseason All-Pac 12 teams, including Athlon Sports.
Robertson announced he would be transferring in June, offering nothing but positivity to the University of California.
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— Demetris Robertson (@d_rob4) June 21, 2018
Robertson's decision is going to make massive waves in the SEC, as Georgia adds one of college football's premier athletes, and fastest wide receivers. Robertson was a 100-meter sprinter on Cal's track team in 2016.
NFL.com named him the 12th fastest player in college football last year.
Fastest Players in College Football (via @NFL_CFB)
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Keep an eye out for Robertson as he transitions back home to Georgia. The former Savannah Christian Prep star comes back to Athens, Georgia, eyeing a fresh start, an SEC title for his new school, and another run at a College Football Playoff national title shot.
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Regenerate inspires and supports young people by building strong, lasting relationships and creating life changing opportunities; helping them grow in confidence, make the best of their lives and impact the world for good.
Regenerate is a youth charity established to work with young people who live on housing estates in Roehampton and Putney and surrounding areas.
Regenerate is …
Relational- We respect and listen to people, and accept them as they are
Adventurous- We have bold ideas and take risks to experience new things.
Collaborative- We work together with those who share our vision to create the best results.
Generous- We aim to go above and beyond what is expected of us.
Authentic – We are true to ourselves and faithful to our vision.
Background story:
In January 2000, Regenerate was set up by Andy Smith and his mother Mo Smith and with a lot of help from people within the community. The work began by organising a lunch club for the older people in the area. We rented a church hall and employed a cook and within a few weeks we had 100 regular members.
It then started developing projects for young people and children, such as, football clubs, dance and homework clubs, minibus trips out of London, a Juice Bar drop-in youth centre, a music studio, mentoring schemes and trips for young people to volunteer in Kenya and Romania.
Over the years Regenerate also took what had begun in Roehampton to many other estates around South West London. By using our Double decker bus (a mobile youth centre) and volunteer days, we have helped others to initiate projects in their own communities.
In 2006 Regenerate RISE was established as a separate charity to focus on developing the work with the elderly.
In 2014 Regenerate started its first social enterprise and community interest company The Feel Good Bakery and took on another youth centre on the Ashburton estate in Roehampton. In 2020 the feel good bakery has now also started running mobile coffee shops to create more employment and training opportunities.
Regenerate continues to focus their work on housing estates in Roehampton and Putney and the surrounding areas by helping and supporting young people and their families.
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Here in Northern Ireland, despite an abundance of producers, distributors and suppliers, we suffer, like the rest of the UK and Ireland,from ever- increasing levels of food poverty, food waste and longer, less efficient supply chains. We seek to combat this state of affairs by promoting a greater profusion and diversity within the food industry, making use of, while not exploiting our resources.
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Smallsats are generating growing amounts of data, via their on-board payloads and in the course of their operation. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are increasingly applicable to smallsats to extract information and optimize performance.
Earth observation and remote sensing applications provide dozens of examples of effective use of AI/ML, easily generating sufficiently large training data sets. Smallsats now provide imagery at different wavelengths, spatial resolutions and temporal frequency, and the combination of this imagery with other data streams is leading to new AI/ML uses for change detection and more.
Communications payload data processing and routing benefit from AI/ML as traffic is managed over agile distributed networks. Satellite services must now deliver cloud and intelligent edge applications, reliably and at scale, anywhere in the world, consistent with modern enterprise expectations. New thresholds of capacity and low-latency performance are a given, but just as critical are a range of agile networking capabilities along the principles of the cloud—dynamic bandwidth allocation to the end-user, one step away from the data center, flexibility to support on-demand, consumption-based business models and better visibility and control over network behavior.
AI and ML also apply to the physical operation of satellite fleets in a more automated way that allocates and accesses resources and identifies and resolves anomalies.
Date: February 5, 2020 Time: 1:30 pm - 2:15 pm Dr. Eric Anderson
And One Technologies Dr. Eric Anderson, President, And One Technologies
Eric Anderson is President of And One Technologies and an angel investor in emerging space and IoT. He has contributed to dozens of space products, missions, and programs within small and large companies, government and academia. He currently supports technology and business aspects of several space, near-space, and air system developments with an emphasis on the delivery of data and services via new technologies, channels, and business models.
As Chief Technologist for Space at Moog, he helped lead the company's space business and collaborated with worldwide colleagues on business strategy, technology and innovation across multiple markets. Eric was part of the leadership team at the nationally-recognized small company CSA Engineering, serving several years as President. He earned BS, MS and Ph.D. degrees in Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT, was on the technical staff at Jet Propulsion Laboratory, worked at Sikorsky Aircraft and serves as board chair for the Kenya-focused non-profit The Kilgoris Project.
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Dr. Barritt has more than 10 years of experience in advanced wireless networks. Prior to joining Google in 2014, he led engineering programs at Cisco and for NASA's Space Communications and Navigation program.
Brian earned an MBA in Management of Technology & Innovation from the University of Minnesota and BS, MS, and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Engineering from Case Western Reserve University
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Marshall is a software engineer and technology entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience ranging from web to bare metal. His career has focused on commercializing open source software in industries as diverse as enterprise web, mobile, and NewSpace. Marshall's software can be found everywhere from cloud data centers, mobile devices, to most recently, small satellites in low earth orbit.
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Marlu Oswald is President of Seed Innovations, a woman-owned small business. Under her leadership, Seed Innovations has developed systems capable of scaling to ingesting and processing more than 60 terabytes of streaming data daily. Seed Innovations has helped both commercial and government entities find, fuse, and use data to their advantage.
Marlu has a Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering and has dedicated her career to developing innovative systems that provide insight based on complex and multisource data.
Jake Shermeyer
In-Q-Tel CosmiQ Works Jake Shermeyer, Senior Research Scientist, In-Q-Tel CosmiQ Works
Jake is a researcher and geographer specializing in geospatial machine learning and computer vision. His research with satellite imagery focuses on time series analysis, super-resolution, and object detection with overhead imagery. Jake also is leading SpaceNet 6, a sensor fusion challenge featuring both synthetic aperture radar and electro-optical remote sensing data for foundational mapping.
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Parsons Corporation Rich Waterman, Vice President of Space Systems Integration, Parsons Corporation
Rich Waterman is a Vice President for Space Systems Integration for the Parsons Corporation. He is responsible for the execution and growth of space systems work for Parsons. He currently leads the $100M Launch Manifest Systems Integrator (LMSI) program, managing a team of employees and subcontractors to deliver small satellite mission manifest systems integration supporting the U.S. Air Force. Rich has supported national security, civil, and commercial space efforts for over 30 years including supporting the sale, integration, and launch of commercial and government payloads on American and Russian space launch systems working for companies including International Launch Services, Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, and venture capital-funded organizations. Rich holds a Master's and Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering, from the University of Michigan.


If you're an author or a professional freelancer who is weighing the pros and cons of having your own web presence, you might be interested in reading my new article over at the website of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America.
Having an online presence may or may not translate to your desired action, in part because your presence really is about "you" as a person rather than "you" the author.
Be sure to visit the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America to read The Pros and Cons of Having your own Website.
Writing Reviews Can Help You, Too!
Writing a review of someone else's work is probably one of the hardest things I've ever had to learn how to do. Teleporting out of my creative mindset to critique a book or a movie was pretty challenging, because it forced me to deconstruct how someone else put together a particular body of work. So instead of creating something from scratch, I needed to get down to the bare bones of books, comics, and movies to look at their structure and target market. As a result, I've found my own writing had improved. Even though it was a bit awkward at first, I really enjoy writing reviews and it helps that I love to read, watch movies and play games.
There are a number of different websites besides www.flamesrising.com that seek out reviews. If writing reviews sounds like it might appeal to you, I recommend not repeating the back cover blurb as the main part of your review. Just like with any other writing that you do, reviews can help you establish a presence for your "brand" or in the area that you want to write — and they can be a lot of fun.
Those are just a few examples of some of the ones I've written. As you've probably guessed, everyone has their own style of writing reviews, too. Either way, it's been a really fun writing exercise for me and I get to talk about books and other things I've explored.
GenCon this year was a world of difference from last year, partially because instead of running a booth I was on several panels at the Writer's Symposium. This selection of panels, organized by Jean Rabe was structured so that budding writers and game designers could get the help that they needed on a variety of topics ranging from world-building to their careers. In my opinion, even with my late evenings, I thought that the panels went really well because they were focused and pragmatic. Some of the panelists included authors like: Anton Strout, Pat Rothfuss, Mike Stackpole, John Helfers and Kerrie Hughes, Jean Rabe, Paul Genesse, Jennifer Brozek, Kelly Swails, Chris Pierson and more!
Part of the reason why I felt the panels went well, was because they were highly organized but didn't limit the type of writing someone might be interested in. As you might be aware, game writing is different from writing in shared world settings, which is different from writing original fiction. Panelists came from a variety of backgrounds, and I felt that really helped provide a rainbow of advice and tips for upcoming writers.
Read the rest of my wrap-up at www.flamesrising.com.
If you work in the business world, you might have heard the phrase: "Ask forgiveness, don't ask permission." This phrase is supposed to reflect how you, as an employee, might take calculated risks in your day job to "get ahead" in your career.
As a writer, the reverse is often true, especially if you're writing for the internet.
In an earlier post, I talked about the Top Five Writer Misconceptions about Online Publishing. You might recall Misconception #2: My article will only be found on the site where I published it. The recent decision by the AP supports that misconception, by even charging for what I would call "fair and reputable" by offering commentary and then quoting and linking to the AP article's original online source.
Between potentially getting sued for libel and now this new action by the Associated Press, I believe it is now (more than ever) vitally important to protect yourself as a writer and ask permission when you're quoting an article. When I wrote my article for SFWA about personalization, I contacted the authors directly and asked them for a quote. Why? Two reasons. One, I wanted to offer personal examples of SFWA members to support my opinion. In order to do that, I felt I needed to ask permission because I was talking about someone's online presence, which may (or may not) support their platform or reputation as a writer. Two, asking for permission gave me the chance to touch base with these authors and ensure that I was acting professionally. Did I need to ask them permission? Absolutely!
Asking permission to quote someone's article can also help you network, too. I understand that you may be on a deadline (Read my latest post about the Hazards of Getting There First) but as I've mentioned several times before, there is a lot on the internet that is still uncharted and unexplored. Internet law is not set in stone. By establishing good, professional practices you can protect your reputation and the reputation of the source you are quoting.
Regardless, as a writer I will continue to ask permission, even if I have personal opinions about whether or not a particular ruling is a good one.
Please keep in mind that there will be a ton of really great authors in the Writer's Symposium that you might recognize. Jean Rabe, Patrick Rothfuss, Paul Genesse, John Helfers, Anton Strout, Mike Stackpole, Ed Greenwood and many other wonderful authors will be here, so be sure to bring your books and get them signed, too!
2:00 p.m. Main Hall – Author's Alley – Come say hello! John Helfers and Kerrie Hughes will also be around in this area where you can meet-and-greet your favorite authors!
4:00 p.m. The Marriott (Santa Fe) – Switching Gears: Fiction to Game Writing and Back Again – Jean Rabe, Marc Tassin, Robert, Farnsworth, Monica Valentinelli – The genres require different styles of writing, and if you want to work in both industries you have to be able to switch gears…and don't let them hear the dice rolling when you do it.
5:00 p.m. The Marriott (Santa Fe) – Shameless Self-Promotion – Paul Genesse, Donald Bingle, Monica Valentinelli – Web pages and blogs and going to conventions…oh my! Promoting yourself andyour writing is necessary in today's market. But how far should you go? Just how do you promote yourself without sounding desperate? Our panelists offer their sage advice on how to draw attention to you and your work economically and ethically.
9:00 a.m. The Marriott (Lincoln) – Urban Fantasy – Anton Strout, Kerrie Hughes, Monica Valentinelli – Is there still room in the market? Can the public handle another vampire detective? Our panelists have written urban fantasy and discuss the ingredients, what makes a successful fantasy city yarn, and how you can try to break into the genre.
12:00 p.m. The Marriott (Santa Fe) – Author Reading – Anton Strout, Monica Valentinelli – Come and listen to us read from our published (and maybe even unpublished!) works.
8:00 a.m. The Marriott (Lincoln) – Worldbuilding: Mythology – Chris Pierson, Sabrina Klein, Monica Valentinelli, Robert Farnsworth – The mythology of your world makes a huge impact on how your story is perceived. Should you lift a mythology from an ancient culture? Twist a current one? Or create one from scratch? Our panelists take on making mythologies convincing, realistic, and interesting.
9:00 a.m. The Marriott (Lincoln) – Worldbuilding: Magic, Technology and Evolution – John Helfers, Kerrie Hughes, Chris Pierson, Monica Valentinelli – We're living in a time when technological evolution has made a tremendous difference in most of our world's societies. What would your characters' evolutionary paths be if they used magic instead of computers? How does magic or science affect a society's evolution? We'll examine how patterns of change affect your world and characters and how to twist technology with magic or vice versa.
8:00 a.m. The Marriott (Santa Fe) – Tough Guys and Gals in Fiction – Elizabeth Vaughan, Kelly Swails, Monica Valentinelli, Robert Farnsworth – Hard-edged characters are very popular…Conan, Xena, Laura Croft, the Terminator, and the Punisher. Why do we like the shoot first, ask questions later characters? What is their place in modern fiction, and how can we use them in our own stories?
9:00 a.m. The Marriott (Santa Fe)– Pardon Me, But I'm a Writer… – Kelly Swails, Robert Farnsworth, Elizabeth Vaughan, Monica Valentinelli – …and I'd like to know all about…Do you need to know what goes on in the kitchen of a Japanese restaurant? How a horse moves? Which everyday plants are poisonous? What ratlines are? Research in an important part of writing, and sometimes it involves approaching others for information. Join us for a fun panel on how to get information from mundanes without appearing to be crazy.
Special thanks to Jean Rabe for allowing me to be a part of the Writer's Symposium this year. Hope to see you there!