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6 Ways The Cannabis Industry Can Learn From Streetwear
There's a lot to learn from one of fashion's most compelling categories.
By Blake Ricciardi January 28, 2020
In recent years, streetwear has made the crossover from being a subculture to becoming a global, mainstream staple. Originating from the surf, skate and hip hop cultures as early as the late-70s, streetwear initially only served a niche audience. It existed invisibly to the mainstream world until global brands and executives began taking notice.
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History is now repeating itself with a parallel industry: legal cannabis. Cannabis, like streetwear, had its own very specific culture before it became legalized and, therefore, mainstream. I should know, I worked in the streetwear industry for over 10 years, launching and operating Popular Demand, a successful disruptive apparel brand.
With everyone eagerly pursuing the "Green Rush", it's interesting that the burgeoning cannabis industry has started off with the reverse story: diluted, instead of exclusive, brand messaging. Slowly but surely, cannabis brands are seemingly beginning to recognize the brand values that establish a legacy. Like streetwear, cannabis has quickly fostered communities all over the world. But, until now, cannabis brands haven't had an opportunity to truly tell their story in order to differentiate themselves from hundreds of thousands trying to sell the same types of products. How does a cannabis brand stand out from the rest of the industry? Naturally, take a few pointers from the streetwear playbook.
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1. Storytelling Really Matters
The most important thing a cannabis brand can do to set itself apart and build a lasting legacy is to engage in compelling storytelling. In streetwear, brands often tell their story through their founders or the collectives that make up their brand ethos. Streetwear apparel buyers know the stories of industry leaders like Jeff Staple and Off-White's Virgil. In cannabis, there's much room for improvement in this area. Many brands seem to think simply putting their products out will bring customers to their door and sell-through. That may have been the case before, but it's definitely not the case nowadays.
Cannabis brands need to begin differentiating themselves by telling a unique, compelling story through content, marketing, and, of course, products that make potential customers connect emotionally with the brand. This will increase customer loyalty in an industry starved for it.
2. Quality Imagery Is Vital
There are a few brands in cannabis that do visual content well. Whether it's an OG brand like Alien Labs or a newcomer like Airgraft, a limited number of select cannabis brands have proven capable of putting out great content that speaks to their brand. As for the rest of the industry, the streetwear industry offers a must-consider blueprint.
For example, take BAPE. BAPE has long-established their brand aesthetic and poured their souls into producing the best visuals -- so much that it's attracted and built longstanding partnerships with timeless brands, including Adidas and Disney. We have yet to see any high-end cross-industry collaborations in the cannabis space. That translates to opportunity.
3. Collaborations Can Increase Visibility And Validation For Your Brand
Nowadays, collaborations aren't rare, one-off projects -- they're actually crucial to a brand's success, as maximizing cross-promotion builds your customer base. Whether they're events, licensing deals or capsule collections, the streetwear industry has created a blueprint of high-quality collaborations from which the cannabis industry can definitely take note.
With Popular Demand, the streetwear brand that I founded, one of our earliest collaborations was with Roscoe's Chicken & Waffles, an iconic restaurant group that had previously never agreed to collaborate with another company in their 35+ years. That gave us additional credibility as a brand, while also creating brand new opportunities for us. The collaboration had a great story and purpose. We were an upstart Los Angeles-based brand, and Roscoe's was a Los Angeles staple.
As opportunities continue to open up for the cannabis industry, brands should be seeking to build relationships with similar-tier or higher-tier brands from other industries for the purpose of creatively aligning for collaborative projects.
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4. Influencers Can Influence The Success Of Your Brand, But You Have To Choose Them Wisely
The days of relying on one or two celebrity figures to move products are long gone. Apparently, the majority of the cannabis industry has yet to pick up on this. Brands that cross over into the streetwear realm, like Nike, rely on key influencers in various markets to deliver their message and, ultimately, increase sell-through.
The influencer landscape may seem like a numbers game, but any cannabis brand's resources can get quickly wasted if there's no strategy and focus behind it. Identify who your audience is and determine which influencers resonate with them. Just because someone is a celebrity or has a large following doesn't mean they will influence a consumer's buying habits; especially your consumers' buying habits.
Cannabis brands should be selective about who they're working with based on the DNA of their brand, and not just jump at any opportunities to work with 420-friendly influencers.
5. Be Aware Of How Your Brand Fits Current Trends, But Don't Automatically Change Your Brand Due To Them
In short, be selective about what trends you choose to participate in. A lot of cannabis events currently feature so many logos on the flyers that it's apparent most brands are joining in on any available promotional opportunity. That can often hurt a brand more than it can help it. Legacy brands are far more selective, turning down opportunities more than they regularly agree to them.
In the early 2010s, many streetwear brands jumped on the minimalist aesthetic bandwagon -- even if it didn't really fit their brand -- because they wanted to cash in on the trends of that time. That was a losing strategy. Once the trend faded, so did the brands. It's vital that you are aware of current trends and how they can impact your company; both positively and negatively.
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6. Creative Experiential Marketing Can Create Energy For Your Brand
Gone are the days of launching good products without experiential marketing. Today, buzzworthy brands know how to effectively hook the consumer beyond offering a great product -- they know how to create a memorable experience. Whether it's Heron Preston spearheading creative workshops at Art Basel, or the immersive experience that Rich Antoniello and his team have created with each ComplexCon, streetwear knows how to build the right experience to keep consumers coming back for more. Are there a lot of great cannabis products? Sure. But which are engaging in strong experiential marketing activations? Activations make people fall in love with a company. It's a no-brainer for cannabis brands to invest time and budget into making their brand experience worthwhile for their consumers.
Streetwear began in uncharted territory and unexpectedly grew into what it is today. Cannabis represents an even bigger opportunity with exponentially more growth potential.
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With the revamped Fit app, it's looking more and more like Google is making a Pixel watch
And it's about time.
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It was a long time coming, but Google finally updated its Fit workout app Tuesday with a new look, new goals, and a new points-based motivation for encouraging activity. There's an Apple-like focus on completing rings, and users can earn Heart Points for engaging in increasingly intensive activities. But like the Google Fit of old, the main reason for the app's existence isn't your pocket or handbag, it's your wrist.
The new features of the Fit app, Move Minutes and Heart Points, are tailor made for a smartwatch. So it's no surprise that Google will be giving its Wear OS app an update as well, the first significant refresh since Google Fit launched as part of Android Wear 2.0 in February 2017. A new interface and features might not mean much on the surface, but consider the trickle of smallish Android Wear/Wear OS-related announcements Google has made recently:
Changing the name from Android Wear to Wear OS.
Requiring developers to adhere to the Wear OS review process.
A system-wide dark theme.
Quick-starting Google Pay.
A more "glanceable design" for calendar events
Taken together, it all points to one thing: a Pixel watch. We've already heard rumblings that such a device has been in the works for years, but aside from a few vague rumors this year, there isn't any really solid information on what Google could be planning for the wrist. But it's safe to say something is coming.
Pixel for the wrist
A Google Pixel watch could be just the thing Wear OS needs to regain some luster. It's been more than two years since Google unveiled Android Wear 2.0, and the current crop of watches leaves much to be desired. They're mostly oversized, clunky, and underpowered. A Pixel watch would, we hope, address all of these pain points.
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The LG Watch Style (left) looks even bigger and clunkier when compares to the Fitbit Ionic (center) and Apple Watch (right).
For one, it's likely to use Qualcomm's new ultra-mobile chip, which is set to be released in September. That alone would make the Pixel watch better than anything else out there, as the current Snapdragon Wear 2100 platform is more than two years old.
Google also seems to be streamlining Wear OS. While version 3.0 is still very much under wraps, we can glean a little about what could be in store from the Google Fit update. Where the old version of the watch app offered a crowded set of menus and workouts with no discernible home screen or navigation, the new version embraces the circular aspect of Wear OS, with colorful rings and glanceable stats in the center.
It's a design that finally embraces the circular aspect of the Wear OS platform with a thoughtful, sensible design. One of the biggest problems with Wear OS has been UI inconsistencies across the platform. The Google Fit refresh—coupled with its new mandatory review program—is a sign that things could be changing for the better.
The biggest question we have about the Pixel watch is one that hasn't been answered by any of these rumors and announcements: the form factor. Nearly every Wear OS Watch is a hulking, oversized mass meant for large wrists. And the few watches that can fit on small wrists are often missing key functions, such as NFC chips, heart-rate monitors, and GPS.
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The LG Watch Style is small and thin, but it's not very smart.
So it's up to Google to set the tone here. According to German rumor site WinFuture, Google may release as many as three variations of its Pixel watch, codenamed Ling, Triton, and Sardine, so presumably at least one of them will have a sub-40mm frame. If Apple can release a 38mm watch with NFC, GPS, and LTE, surely Google can do the same. I mean, sardines are small, right?
But whatever the case, one thing is certain: Google has re-committed itself to its ultra-mobile platform. Whether the fruits of that focus lead to a Pixel watch in October remains to be seen, but there's reason to be hopeful. Because as they say, the clock is ticking.
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What activities can I do while wearing the system?
Our hair systems are perfectly natural and you can do virtually every activity you like.
You can run, you can swim, you can cycle, do gymnastics. I've even had customers who've done grappling which is strange but true.
How safe are the hair systems?
From a safety point of view, we've been doing it over four years now.
Personally I've never had any of our customers have any problems whatsoever.
They've had no skin irritations and have had no side effects at all.
How long do hair replacement systems last?
It depends on your profile. That is to say it depends on how you sweat, your diet, your exercise regime, what you are like as a person.
Do you take drugs, do you take steroids, do you have diabetes? But on average it's up to three months.
We tend to like our customers to remove the system themselves and put it back on. And that gives a bit more longevity to the system.
They're built to last about eight weeks, but if you're very careful with them and you understand how they work you'll get three months (up to 13 weeks) out of them no problem whatsoever.
What type of hair is used for the making of the hair system?
The type of hair is mainly Indian. It's sourced from the Tirupati temple in India where people go and donate their hair for charity or for the purposes of the temple.
So it's a 100 percent natural hair unless you are graying, then there is some fibrous hair.
There's new types of fibrous hair coming out that are very nice, they're very natural.
The downside to synthetic hair is that you can't heat it up very much, but apart from that it looks all the same.
Will my hair system fade?
Mostly no, unless you're in excessive sun or if you use a shampoo with salt in it. We recommend a sulfate free shampoo since it doesn't fade.
Obviously over time the more length you have on the system it will fade. But usually you're changing it every three months.
Will people be able to tell that I am wearing a hair system?
Once we apply the system it is natural. On close inspection if you're completely up close to it, yes of course you'll be able to see it, but generally speaking you don't see it at all.
You can see how the hair replacement system looks on our customer here.
Can you feel the hair system while wearing it?
When you wear it yourself there is a little lip through the front of the scalp.
But you get used to that and when you run your fingers through you don't feel it all.
Where the hair is on the head you will not feel that whatsoever.
Can I style my hair in more than one way with it?
You can absolutely style your hair in any way you like. What we tend to do, we tend to cut hair on a bisection, which means you can put a parting on the left hand side, the center or the right hand side.
You can wear it back, you can wear it forward. It depends on your style, but we like to give you versatility to your hairstyles, and have more than two styles running trough your hair.
How long will it take to make my hair system?
We usually do a two hour appointment. Sometimes they go into three hours, but we like to keep it to two hours.
Could you show us how a hair system looks?
Yes, we have two systems here. It comes in a hairnet so this is looking a little bit weird in the moment.
We'll take the hairnet off, and this is how it appears. This is a water wave so basically what happens is with the structure of hair you can put the hair into curls and make it straight.
Once we wash this hair and blow dry it, it will become straight. So, this is a blonder one.
This is how it comes out and if you look behind me we have one that's already been cut and this is the finished result.
You can run your fingers trough it, and you can see the hairline trough here.
How often do I need to come back to the salon to maintain my hair system?
You can come back to the hair salon every four weeks to have the system taken off, the glue taken off, the new hair that's grown underneath re-shaved and then have the hair system re-applied.
What tends to happen is the hair growing out on the widest part of the head. So you have the system that obviously doesn't grow and this hair grows underneath it.
This is the part that you need to have cut regularly . And that's roughly every four weeks. Watch how the hair replacement system is attached.
Will I need to take time off wearing the system?
You can wear it constantly, it's no problem at all. They're versatile systems.
The bond lasts up to four weeks depending on your lifestyle and they are really easily maintained.
It's not an issue and it's not a problem.
Is it necessary to shave my head in order to wear a hair system?
Generally speaking, yes it is.
However if you're a little bit tentative and you're not quite sure if it's for you and you want to see what it looks like we can apply it over to your hair.
It will give you about 90 percent acceptance or vision rate of how it should look.
But from our experiences the people who've had this aren't really committed to it so I would suggest, for best results, we do shave your hair and put it on correctly.
I am going for a transplant surgery. Will wearing a system hurt my transplants?
We've had customers who have had transplants and we've applied the system over the top of the transplants.
The transplants still grow and they still carry on growing so there is no problem. You can do it.
How often will I need to have my hair colour refreshed?
It depends on what colour you have and what your natural colour is.
If you haven't gone grey or you're not colouring your natural hair there probably is no reason to colour it because of fading.
However if you've coloured your hair and your natural hair is fading and we need to colour that and keep the grey out, then it's probably every four weeks again which is the normal cycle for hair growth.
What about shedding? How often will I need to have hairs added back to the system?
The life expectancy is eight to twelve weeks. After three months you will get some natural shedding through the hair, through the hair system.
But you would be replacing the system anyway so there is no need for putting hair back into the system.
Are there any special hair products you would recommend using?
We recommend a sulfate free shampoo and conditioner purely because it keeps the colour intact and it makes the hair silky and smooth.
With regards to styling products and other such likes you can treat it as a natural hair style and use gels, waxes, or whatever you like. It's not a problem.
When I am wearing a system is there anything special that the stylist trimming my hair would need to know?
It depends on how friendly you are with your local stylist. Personally, if it was me, I would confess and tell them so there is no mistake.
Hairdressers are generally great people, they'll understand. You can book an early appoint if you're slightly embarrassed by it.
We've had a funny situation where a chap from Lisbon popped into his barber early and confessed to the barber and he was so shocked, it looked so natural that he told all the customers that the guy is wearing a hairpiece and how brilliant it is. So be careful!
It is important for me that no one will feel my hair system during intimate moments. Is this possible?
We've had lots of people get lucky, have intimate moments and nobody's come back to say they've had embarrassing issues with it whatsoever.
What if the hair system is not perfect when I come in to have it cut and styled?
It's not a problem. That's what we're here for. That's what we do. That's our job.
We can take it off, restyle it and work some magic, put some life back into the system.
If you inadvertently made a little bit of a mess with the system we can make it work.
How would you replace the hair in my receding temple area?
Good question. Obviously some people come to us and they're future-proofing.
They've realised that they're losing their hair, they realise that with their DNA it's inevitable to lose their hair and they want to act quickly so that people don't notice that.
What we tend to do is shave it back to the weakest part of the head. What we do is cut the hair and then cut the system in half and place the front part of the system on the receding temple area.
We can then put the other half back on the front part of the system at a later stage, saving you some money as well which is great.
I live not that much of an active lifestyle, but I do own a convertible. Would that be a problem with the hair system?
No problem at all. We've had people bungee jumping, scuba diving, free diving, honey mooning in Thailand and Bangladesh and there was no problem whatsoever.
So owning a convertible and going for a drive in the sun and the roof down as long as the bond is secure there is no issue whatsoever.
Do you have clients that would let me meet them and see them wearing a hair system?
Yes indeed. There is no problem at all about that, just give us a call and we can arrange that to happen.
A lot of our guys are very proud of their hair systems and there is a sort of brotherhood among people who wear the systems and the people who fit them, and that works out quite well, you'd be surprised.
Is the glue and other chemicals used in the process safe?
We use a glue called "Ghost bond supreme". It's the market leader as far as I'm concerned.
It works for us and for over four years of experience we have had no problem whatsoever with this bond.
We've had two customers, one had chemotherapy so his skin is slightly thinner so we use a slightly sensitive bond for him which is different.
And then, we have another guy who has a really, really sensitive scalp, he's always had a sensitive scalp, it had nothing to do with the bond and we use another sensitive bond for him.
So we have two different bonds that we use and they work perfectly well. No problem at all.
How do I know if I am a suitable candidate?
You can look in the Cochrane & Co website. There you'll see some pictures.
Give us a call. Book a consultation. Come in. We're totally honest, we're totally passionate about this.
The system didn't suit me so I'm quite a good one to talk to about why you should and why you shouldn't use it.
If you are a correct candidate I will tell you, likewise if you're not the correct candidate I will tell you as well.
We're totally upfront, we're totally honest and we will not oversell you.
Who is the system suitable for? What conditions?
It's suitable for both men and women. Men suffering form male pattern baldness and ladies who've got alopecia.
Are there any guarantees for success?
Yes. When you come in and have your consultation, we'll do an in-depth consultation with you will be asked a few questions.
Over four years we've got quite a good feel for who's a good candidate and who's not such a good candidate. We'll be totally upfront and frank with you about your expectations.
No it does not hurt at all!
Why are you not wearing a hair system yourself?
I don't wear a hair system because after 30 years of having no hair and having had to deal with my hair loss, I decided it wasn't for me.
Purely, there's a number of reasons. I should have done it when I started to first lose my hair, but back then 30 years ago the technology just wasn't there.
The hair transplants were very harsh and very unconvincing and also the hair toupees and wigs were not so convincing either.
Back in 1992 an old colleague of mine and friend, Stephan Merz from Zurich, showed me some toupees that his father, a master wig maker was making.
I applied it to my head and I loved it but it wasn't exactly what I was looking for, it wasn't there.
To get over my low self esteem and everything I did lots of things, I went boxing, I joined the parachute regiment, and after 25 years I suppose I got used to the idea and built my self esteem up.
When I put one of these systems on, as much as I loved it, it just didn't feel right for me. There were a number of reasons.
The actual diameter of my individual hairs is very fine so to match that was very awkward and I just got used to having no hair.
And I do sort of 100 customers a week, It's kind of a little bit awkward as well and that's the reason why.
I still have a system, I still wear it from time to time as a fashion accessory and have fun with it but for everyday wear it just isn't for me.
Where can I get more information about the hair systems?
You can come to our Cochrane & Co website hairreplacement-london.co.uk. Alternatively you can call our telephone number which is 020 3746 8276.


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German reporter accuses French ex-president of sexual assault
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Soldiers of the territorial defence force of Ukraine in Kharkiv cheered on their team on Wednesday night when they played in a World Cup qualification play-off match against Scotland. A very small screen in shelter was enough for the men to enjoy their team's 3-1 triumph at Hampden Park in Glasgow.
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Ukraine at the World Cup? Despite the war at home and months without a competitive match, the team and coach told DW of their determination to make it through the playoffs against Scotland and, potentially, Wales.
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Ukraine's national team aimed for a happy ending to their inspiring World Cup quest. But despite coming up short in Wales, the match still provided welcome distraction at home.
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        );

        this._deviceKeyHMAC = String(deviceKeyHMAC);
        this._sessionKeyHMAC = String(sessionKeyHMAC);
    }

    /**
     * DeviceKeyHMAC getter
     * @param {string} [encoding = 'hex']
     * @return {Buffer|string}
     */
    getDeviceKeyHmac (encoding = 'hex')
    {
        if (encoding === 'hex') {
            return this._deviceKeyHMAC;
        }
        //noinspection JSValidateTypes
        return Buffer.from(this._deviceKeyHMAC, 'hex');
    }

    /**
     * SessionKeyHMAC getter
     * @param {string} [encoding = 'hex']
     * @return {Buffer|string}
     */
    getSessionKeyHmac (encoding = 'hex')
    {
        if (encoding === 'hex') {
            return this._sessionKeyHMAC;
        }
        //noinspection JSValidateTypes
        return Buffer.from(this._sessionKeyHMAC, 'hex');
    }
}

module.exports = CdfAuthResponse;

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Q: React Redux dispatch is not a function I am trying to use [Redux] to update the state in my app. I can't get the dispatch method to work in fetchUser. Spare me, I'm a bit of a noob.
All I want to do is have fetchUser run when [useEffect]runs on the first render.
The error I'm getting is
dispatch is not a function. (In 'dispatch({type:actions_types_WEBPACK_IMPORTED_MODULE_12_["FETCH_USER"], payload: result })', 'dispatch' is undefined)
Its the last useEffect in the main js file.
This is the index js file:
import 'react-app-polyfill/ie9';
import 'react-app-polyfill/stable';

import React from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import { Provider } from 'react-redux';
import { createStore, applyMiddleware } from 'redux';
import reduxThunk from 'redux-thunk';
import App from './App';
import Main from './Main';
import './helpers/initFA';
import reducers from './reducers';

const store = createStore(reducers, {}, applyMiddleware(reduxThunk));

 ReactDOM.render(
 <Provider store={store}>
 <Main>
<App />
 </Main>
</Provider>

 ,
 document.getElementById('main')
);

Here is the Main js file:
import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
import AppContext from './context/Context';
import { settings } from './config';
import toggleStylesheet from './helpers/toggleStylesheet';
import { getItemFromStore, setItemToStore, themeColors } from './helpers/utils';
import { connect } from 'react-redux';
import * as actions from './actions';
import axios from 'axios';
import { FETCH_USER } from './actions/types';
const Main = props => {
   const [isFluid, setIsFluid] = useState(getItemFromStore('isFluid', settings.isFluid));
   const [isRTL, setIsRTL] = useState(getItemFromStore('isRTL', settings.isRTL));
  const [isDark, setIsDark] = useState(getItemFromStore('isDark', settings.isDark));
  const [isTopNav, setIsTopNav] = useState(getItemFromStore('isTopNav', settings.isTopNav));
  const [isCombo, setIsCombo] = useState(getItemFromStore('isCombo', settings.isCombo));
  const [isVertical, setIsVertical] = useState(getItemFromStore('isVertical',            settings.isVertical));
  const [isNavbarVerticalCollapsed, setIsNavbarVerticalCollapsed] = useState(
   getItemFromStore('isNavbarVerticalCollapsed', settings.isNavbarVerticalCollapsed)
 );
 const [currency, setCurrency] = useState(settings.currency);
 const [showBurgerMenu, setShowBurgerMenu] = useState(settings.showBurgerMenu);
 const [isLoaded, setIsLoaded] = useState(false);
 const [isOpenSidePanel, setIsOpenSidePanel] = useState(false);
 const [navbarCollapsed, setNavbarCollapsed] = useState(false);

const [navbarStyle, setNavbarStyle] = useState(getItemFromStore('navbarStyle',    settings.navbarStyle));

const toggleModal = () => setIsOpenSidePanel(prevIsOpenSidePanel => !prevIsOpenSidePanel);
 const value = {
   isRTL,
   isDark,
   isCombo,
   isFluid,
   setIsRTL,
   isTopNav,
    currency,
   setIsDark,
   setIsCombo,
   setIsFluid,
   isVertical,
   toggleModal,
   setIsTopNav,
   navbarStyle,
   setCurrency,
   setIsVertical,
  showBurgerMenu,
  setNavbarStyle,
   isOpenSidePanel,
   navbarCollapsed,
   setShowBurgerMenu,
   setIsOpenSidePanel,
   setNavbarCollapsed,
   isNavbarVerticalCollapsed,
   setIsNavbarVerticalCollapsed
   };

   const setStylesheetMode = mode => {
     setIsLoaded(false);
     setItemToStore(mode, value[mode]);
     toggleStylesheet({ isRTL, isDark }, () => setIsLoaded(true));
  };

useEffect(() => {
  setStylesheetMode('isFluid');
  // eslint-disable-next-line
}, [isFluid]);

useEffect(() => {
  setStylesheetMode('isRTL');
  // eslint-disable-next-line
}, [isRTL]);

useEffect(() => {
  setStylesheetMode('isDark');
  // eslint-disable-next-line
}, [isDark]);

useEffect(() => {
  setItemToStore('isNavbarVerticalCollapsed', isNavbarVerticalCollapsed);
  // eslint-disable-next-line
}, [isNavbarVerticalCollapsed]);

useEffect(() => {
  setItemToStore('isTopNav', isTopNav);
  // eslint-disable-next-line
 }, [isTopNav]);

  useEffect(() => {
    setItemToStore('isCombo', isCombo);
   // eslint-disable-next-line
   }, [isCombo]);
 useEffect(() => {
     setItemToStore('isVertical', isVertical);
    // eslint-disable-next-line
  }, [isVertical]);

  useEffect(() => {
    setItemToStore('navbarStyle', navbarStyle);
   // eslint-disable-next-line
  }, [navbarStyle]);

  useEffect((dispatch) => {
    const result = axios.get('/api/current_user')
    dispatch({type: FETCH_USER, payload: result });
   }, []);

  if (!isLoaded) {
     toggleStylesheet({ isRTL, isDark }, () => setIsLoaded(true));

    return (
      <div
      style={{
       position: 'fixed',
       top: 0,
       right: 0,
       bottom: 0,
       left: 0,
       backgroundColor: isDark ? themeColors.dark : themeColors.light
        }}
       />
      );
     }

    return <AppContext.Provider value={value}>{props.children}</AppContext.Provider>;
 };

  Main.propTypes = { children: PropTypes.node };

    export default connect(null, actions)(Main);

Here is the App js file:
 import React  from 'react';
  import { BrowserRouter as Router } from 'react-router-dom';
 import Layout from './layouts/Layout';
 import 'react-toastify/dist/ReactToastify.min.css';
 import 'react-datetime/css/react-datetime.css';
 import 'react-image-lightbox/style.css';

 const App = () => {

   return (
     <Router basename={process.env.PUBLIC_URL}>

         <Layout />

     </Router>
   );
 };

 export default App;

Here is the client/src/layouts/Layout js file:
import React, { useEffect } from 'react';
import { BrowserRouter as Router, Route, Switch } from 'react-router-dom';
import { toast, ToastContainer } from 'react-toastify';

import { CloseButton, Fade } from '../components/common/Toast';
import DashboardLayout from './DashboardLayout';
import ErrorLayout from './ErrorLayout';
import loadable from '@loadable/component';

const AuthBasicLayout = loadable(() => import('./AuthBasicLayout'));
const Landing = loadable(() => import('../components/landing/Landing'));
const WizardLayout = loadable(() => import('../components/auth/wizard/WizardLayout'));
const AuthCardRoutes = loadable(() => import('../components/auth/card/AuthCardRoutes'));
const AuthSplitRoutes = loadable(() => import('../components/auth/split/AuthSplitRoutes'));

const Layout = () => {

  useEffect(() => {

    AuthBasicLayout.preload();
    Landing.preload();
    WizardLayout.preload();
    AuthCardRoutes.preload();
    AuthSplitRoutes.preload();
  }, []);

  return (
    <Router fallback={<span />}>
      <Switch>
        <Route path="/" exact component={Landing} />
        <Route path="/authentication/card" component={AuthCardRoutes} />
        <Route path="/authentication/split" component={AuthSplitRoutes} />
        <Route path="/authentication/wizard" component={WizardLayout} />
        <Route path="/errors" component={ErrorLayout} />
        <Route path="/authentication/basic" component={AuthBasicLayout} />
        <Route path="/dashboard" component={DashboardLayout} />

      </Switch>
         <ToastContainer transition={Fade} closeButton={<CloseButton />} position=.   {toast.POSITION.BOTTOM_LEFT} />
    </Router>
  );
};

export default Layout;

A: import { useDispatch } from 'react-redux';

const useFetching = (someFetchActionCreator) => {
  const dispatch = useDispatch();
  useEffect(() => {
    dispatch(someFetchActionCreator());
  }, [])
}

For this example, I would recommend using useDispatch() from the react-redux function library. The above answer does not consider the async, and the result will simply return a Promise to the dispatch payload.

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Kevin has done WTM three times and has completed over 25 Tough Mudder events. Just for fun, we reopen the "Do you count event days or laps" can of worms.
Kevin has spent most of his Tough Mudder career on the west coast of the U.S. He talks about his top two favorite courses, Tahoe and Whistler, and why they're great.
Kevin also talks about his plan for Toughest Mudder in L.A. and his unusual nutrition strategy. It involves beer.
Thanks to everyone who has left a kind word on the World's Toughest Mudder Community page about the podcast. 100-Miler Kris Mendoza left a comment on the page about episode 001 that we talk about before the conversation with Kevin.
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Matty Gregg has done 45 Tough Mudder events, including five times at World's Toughest Mudder. In addition to the WTM community, Matty is a member of the St. Baldrick's community. You might remember from the Christmas Day WTM show seeing Tiffany Aab and several other shave their heads for charity. That was part of a fundraiser Matty worked with that raised over $125,000.00 for St. Baldricks. Matty talks about that on today's episode.
Matty also talks about his first WTM in 2012, the obstacle he hates the most (It's Leap of Faith) and nutrition strategies for the new 8-hour Toughest Mudder races.
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Melissa "Sharkbait" Dugan is the most well known member of the WTM community. Every month she volunteers countless hours helping members of the community plan, prepare, and train for World's Toughest Mudder.
At the 2016 WTM Post Race Brunch she was awarded the very first Community Teamwork Award by Tough Mudder HQ in recognition of the work she puts in on behalf of the community.
Melissa talks about the secret to conquering The Cliff, finding joy in miserable situations, and what she thinks about Toughest Mudder and the new obstacles debuting at Toughest Mudder L.A.
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Episode 1 will debut on Tuesday, February 14th, with new episodes every Tuesday.
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text:
import { Laya3D } from "Laya3D";
import { Laya } from "Laya";
import { BaseCamera } from "laya/d3/core/BaseCamera"
	import { Camera } from "laya/d3/core/Camera"
	import { MeshSprite3D } from "laya/d3/core/MeshSprite3D"
	import { Sprite3D } from "laya/d3/core/Sprite3D"
	import { DirectionLight } from "laya/d3/core/light/DirectionLight"
	import { BaseMaterial } from "laya/d3/core/material/BaseMaterial"
	import { BlinnPhongMaterial } from "laya/d3/core/material/BlinnPhongMaterial"
	import { Scene3D } from "laya/d3/core/scene/Scene3D"
	import { TrailSprite3D } from "laya/d3/core/trail/TrailSprite3D"
	import { Vector3 } from "laya/d3/math/Vector3"
	import { Vector4 } from "laya/d3/math/Vector4"
	import { PrimitiveMesh } from "laya/d3/resource/models/PrimitiveMesh"
	import { Stage } from "laya/display/Stage"
	import { Event } from "laya/events/Event"
	import { Loader } from "laya/net/Loader"
	import { Resource } from "laya/resource/Resource"
	import { Button } from "laya/ui/Button"
	import { Browser } from "laya/utils/Browser"
	import { Handler } from "laya/utils/Handler"
	import { Stat } from "laya/utils/Stat"
	import { Texture2D } from "laya/resource/Texture2D"

	/**
	 * ...
	 * @author ...
	 */
	export class TrailBugTest {
		private scene:Scene3D;
		private sprite:Sprite3D;
		private camera:Camera;
		private index:number = 0;
		constructor(){
			 //初始化引擎
			Laya3D.init(1000, 500);
			//适配模式
			Laya.stage.scaleMode = Stage.SCALE_FULL;
			Laya.stage.screenMode = Stage.SCREEN_NONE;
			//开启统计信息
			Stat.show();
			this.onPreLoadFinish();
		}

	private onPreLoadFinish():void {
			//创建场景
			this.scene = new Scene3D();
			Laya.stage.addChild(this.scene);

			//创建相机,构造函数的三个参数为相机横纵比,近距裁剪,远距裁剪
			this.camera = new Camera(0, 0.1, 100);

			//相机设置清楚标记,使用固定颜色
			this.camera.clearFlag = BaseCamera.CLEARFLAG_SOLIDCOLOR;
			//设置摄像机视野范围(角度)
			this.camera.fieldOfView = 60;
			//为相机添加视角控制组件(脚本)
			this.scene.addChild(this.camera);

			//添加平行光
			var directionLight:DirectionLight = (<DirectionLight>this.scene.addChild(new DirectionLight()) );
			//设置平行光颜色
			directionLight.color.setValue(1, 1, 1);
			//directionLight.transform.rotate(_rotation2);

			this.sprite = new Sprite3D;
			this.scene.addChild(this.sprite);

			this.loadUI();
		}

		private loadUI():void {

			Laya.loader.load(["../../../../res/threeDimen/ui/button.png"], Handler.create(null, function():void {

				var changeActionButton:Button = (<Button>Laya.stage.addChild(new Button("../../../../res/threeDimen/ui/button.png", "正透切换")) );
				changeActionButton.size(160, 40);
				changeActionButton.labelBold = true;
				changeActionButton.labelSize = 30;
				changeActionButton.sizeGrid = "4,4,4,4";
				changeActionButton.scale(Browser.pixelRatio, Browser.pixelRatio);
				changeActionButton.pos(Laya.stage.width / 2 - changeActionButton.width * Browser.pixelRatio / 2 - 100, Laya.stage.height - 100 * Browser.pixelRatio);

				changeActionButton.on(Event.CLICK, this, function():void {
					this.index++;
					if (this.index % 2 === 1) {
						var trail = new TrailSprite3D();
						this.sprite.addChild(trail);
					} else {
						this.sprite.destroy(true);
						Resource.destroyUnusedResources();
					}
				});

			}));
		}

	}


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Descartes's Schism, Locke's Reunion: Completing the Pragmatic Turn in Epistemology
John Turri & Wesley Buckwalter
American Philosophical Quarterly 54 (1):25-46 (2017)
Truth‐Sensitivity and Folk Epistemology.Mikkel Gerken - 2020 - Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 100 (1):3-25.details
Several studies have found a robust effect of truth on epistemic evaluation of belief, decision, action and assertion. Thus, truth has a significant effect on normative participant evaluations. Some theorists take this truth effect to motivate factive epistemic norms of belief, action, assertion etc. In contrast, I argue that the truth effect is best understood as an epistemic instance of the familiar and ubiquitous phenomenon of outcome bias. I support this diagnosis from three interrelating perspectives: (1) by epistemological theorizing, (2) (...) by considerations from cognitive psychology and (3) by methodological reflections on the relationship between folk epistemology and epistemological theorizing. (shrink)
Knowledge and Luck.John Turri, Wesley Buckwalter & Peter Blouw - 2015 - Psychonomic Bulletin and Review 22 (2):378-390.details
Nearly all success is due to some mix of ability and luck. But some successes we attribute to the agent's ability, whereas others we attribute to luck. To better understand the criteria distinguishing credit from luck, we conducted a series of four studies on knowledge attributions. Knowledge is an achievement that involves reaching the truth. But many factors affecting the truth are beyond our control and reaching the truth is often partly due to luck. Which sorts of luck are compatible (...) with knowledge? We find that knowledge attributions are highly sensitive to lucky events that change the explanation for why a belief is true. By contrast, knowledge attributions are surprisingly insensitive to lucky events that threaten but ultimately fail to change the explanation for why a belief is true. These results shed light on our concept of knowledge, help explain apparent inconsistencies in prior work on knowledge attributions, and constitute progress toward a general understanding of the relation between success and luck. (shrink)
Epistemic Contextualism: An Idle Hypothesis.John Turri - 2017 - Australasian Journal of Philosophy 95 (1):141-156.details
Epistemic contextualism is one of the most hotly debated topics in contemporary epistemology. Contextualists claim that 'know' is a context-sensitive verb associated with different evidential standards in different contexts. Contextualists motivate their view based on a set of behavioural claims. In this paper, I show that several of these behavioural claims are false. I also show that contextualist test cases suffer from a critical confound, which derives from people's tendency to defer to speakers' statements about their own mental states. My (...) evidence consists in results from several behavioural experiments. I conclude that contextualism is an idle hypothesis and I propose some general methodological lessons. (shrink)
Epistemic Injustice in Social Cognition.Wesley Buckwalter - 2019 - Australasian Journal of Philosophy 97 (2):294-308.details
ABSTRACTSilencing is a practice that disrupts linguistic and communicative acts, but its relationship to knowledge and justice is not fully understood. Prior models of epistemic injustice tend to c...
Nothing at Stake in Knowledge.David Rose, Edouard Machery, Stephen Stich, Mario Alai, Adriano Angelucci, Renatas Berniūnas, Emma E. Buchtel, Amita Chatterjee, Hyundeuk Cheon, In-Rae Cho, Daniel Cohnitz, Florian Cova, Vilius Dranseika, Ángeles Eraña Lagos, Laleh Ghadakpour, Maurice Grinberg, Ivar Hannikainen, Takaaki Hashimoto, Amir Horowitz, Evgeniya Hristova, Yasmina Jraissati, Veselina Kadreva, Kaori Karasawa, Hackjin Kim, Yeonjeong Kim, Minwoo Lee, Carlos Mauro, Masaharu Mizumoto, Sebastiano Moruzzi, Christopher Y. Olivola, Jorge Ornelas, Barbara Osimani, Carlos Romero, Alejandro Rosas Lopez, Massimo Sangoi, Andrea Sereni, Sarah Songhorian, Paulo Sousa, Noel Struchiner, Vera Tripodi, Naoki Usui, Alejandro Vázquez del Mercado, Giorgio Volpe, Hrag Abraham Vosgerichian, Xueyi Zhang & Jing Zhu - 2019 - Noûs 53 (1):224-247.details
In the remainder of this article, we will disarm an important motivation for epistemic contextualism and interest-relative invariantism. We will accomplish this by presenting a stringent test of whether there is a stakes effect on ordinary knowledge ascription. Having shown that, even on a stringent way of testing, stakes fail to impact ordinary knowledge ascription, we will conclude that we should take another look at classical invariantism. Here is how we will proceed. Section 1 lays out some limitations of previous (...) research on stakes. Section 2 presents our study and concludes that there is little evidence for a substantial stakes effect. Section 3 responds to objections. The conclusion clears the way for classical invariantism. (shrink)
Actionability Judgments Cause Knowledge Judgments.John Turri, Wesley Buckwalter & David Rose - 2016 - Thought: A Journal of Philosophy 5 (3):212-222.details
Researchers recently demonstrated a strong direct relationship between judgments about what a person knows and judgments about how a person should act. But it remains unknown whether actionability judgments cause knowledge judgments, or knowledge judgments cause actionability judgments. This paper uses causal modeling to help answer this question. Across two experiments, we found evidence that actionability judgments cause knowledge judgments.
Intuition Fail: Philosophical Activity and the Limits of Expertise.Wesley Buckwalter - 2016 - Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 92 (2):378-410.details
Experimental philosophers have empirically challenged the connection between intuition and philosophical expertise. This paper reviews these challenges alongside other research findings in cognitive science on expert performance and argues for three claims. First, evidence taken to challenge philosophical expertise may also be explained by the well-researched failures and limitations of genuine expertise. Second, studying the failures and limitations of experts across many fields provides a promising research program upon which to base a new model of philosophical expertise. Third, a model (...) of philosophical expertise based on the limitations of genuine experts may suggest a series of constraints on the reliability of professional philosophical intuition. Even when the experts all agree, they may well be mistaken. — Bertrand Russell, On the Value of Scepticism. (shrink)
No Knowledge Required.Kevin Reuter & Peter Brössel - 2018 - Episteme 16 (3):303-321.details
Assertions are the centre of gravity in social epistemology. They are the vehicles we use to exchange information within scientific groups and society as a whole. It is therefore essential to determine under which conditions we are permitted to make an assertion. In this paper we argue and provide empirical evidence for the view that the norm of assertion is justified belief: truth or even knowledge are not required. Our results challenge the knowledge account advocated by, e.g. Williamson (1996), in (...) general, and more specifically, put into question several studies conducted by Turri (2013, 2016) that support a knowledge norm of assertion. Instead, the justified belief account championed by, e.g. Douven (2006), seems to prevail. (shrink)
Factive Verbs and Protagonist Projection.Wesley Buckwalter - 2014 - Episteme 11 (4):391-409.details
Nearly all philosophers agree that only true things can be known. But does this principle reflect actual patterns of ordinary usage? Several examples in ordinary language seem to show that 'know' is literally used non-factively. By contrast, this paper reports five experiments utilizing explicit paraphrasing tasks, which suggest that non-factive uses are actually not literal. Instead, they are better explained by a phenomenon known as protagonist projection. It is argued that armchair philosophical orthodoxy regarding the truth requirement for knowledge withstands (...) current empirical scrutiny. (shrink)
Should I Say That? An Experimental Investigation of the Norm of Assertion.Neri Marsili & Alex Wiegmann - 2021 - Cognition 212:104657.details
Assertions are our standard communicative tool for sharing and acquiring information. Recent empirical studies seemingly provide converging evidence that assertions are subject to a factive norm: you are entitled to assert a proposition p only if p is true. All these studies, however, assume that we can treat participants' judgments about what an agent 'should say' as evidence of their intuitions about assertability. This paper argues that this assumption is incorrect, so that the conclusions drawn in these studies are unwarranted. (...) It shows that most people do not interpret statements about what an agent 'should say' as statements about assertability, but rather as statements about what is in the agent's interest to do. It identifies some effective measures to force the intended reading of statements about what an agent 'should say', and shows that when these measures are implemented, people's judgments consistently and overwhelmingly align with non-factive accounts of assertion. (shrink)
Knowledge, Adequacy, and Approximate Truth.Wesley Buckwalter & John Turri - 2020 - Consciousness and Cognition 83:102950.details
Approximation involves representing things in ways that might be close to the truth but are nevertheless false. Given the widespread reliance on approximations in science and everyday life, here we ask whether it is conceptually possible for false approximations to qualify as knowledge. According to the factivity account, it is impossible to know false approximations, because knowledge requires truth. According to the representational adequacy account, it is possible to know false approximations, if they are close enough to the truth for (...) present purposes. In this paper, we adopt an experimental methodology to begin testing these two theories. When an agent provides a false and practically inadequate answer, both theories predict that people will deny knowledge. But the theories disagree about an agent who provides a false but practically adequate answer: the factivity hypothesis again predicts knowledge denial, whereas the representational adequacy hypothesis predicts knowledge attribution. Across two experiments, our principal finding was that people tended to attribute knowledge for false but practically adequate answers, which supports the representational adequacy account. We propose an interpretation of existing findings that preserves a conceptual link between knowledge and truth. According to this proposal, truth is not necessary for knowledge, but it is a feature of prototypical knowledge. (shrink)
Error Possibility, Contextualism, and Bias.Wesley Buckwalter - 2019 - Synthese 198 (3):2413-2426.details
A central theoretical motivation for epistemic contextualism is that it can explain something that invariantism cannot. Specifically, contextualism claims that judgments about "knowledge" are sensitive to the salience of error possibilities and that this is explained by the fact that salience shifts the evidential standard required to truthfully say someone "knows" something when those possibilities are made salient. This paper presents evidence that undermines this theoretical motivation for epistemic contextualism. Specifically, it demonstrates that while error salience does sometimes impact "knowledge" (...) judgments as contextualism predicts, it does so in ways that are consistent with invariantism and does not require positing any additional contextualist semantics to explain. These results advance our understanding of the pathways by which error possibility affects "knowledge" judgments, answer a major challenge to invariantism, and suggest several methodological improvements for the study of knowledge attribution. (shrink)
Do Bad People Know More? Interactions Between Attributions of Knowledge and Blame.James Beebe - 2016 - Synthese 193 (8):2633–2657.details
A central topic in experimental epistemology has been the ways that non-epistemic evaluations of an agent's actions can affect whether the agent is taken to have certain kinds of knowledge. Several scholars have found that the positive or negative valence of an action can influence attributions of knowledge to the agent. These evaluative effects on knowledge attributions are commonly seen as performance errors, failing to reflect individuals' genuine conceptual competence with knows. In the present article, I report the results of (...) a series of studies designed to test the leading version of this view, which appeals to the allegedly distorting influence of individuals' motivation to blame. I argue that the data pose significant challenges to such a view. (shrink)
Knowledge and Truth: A Skeptical Challenge.Wesley Buckwalter & John Turri - 2020 - Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 101 (1):93-101.details
It is widely accepted in epistemology that knowledge is factive, meaning that only truths can be known. We argue that this theory creates a skeptical challenge: because many of our beliefs are only approximately true, and therefore false, they do not count as knowledge. We consider several responses to this challenge and propose a new one. We propose easing the truth requirement on knowledge to allow approximately true, practically adequate representations to count as knowledge. In addition to addressing the skeptical (...) challenge, this view also coheres with several previous theoretical proposals in epistemology. (shrink)
Moderate Scientism in Philosophy.Buckwalter Wesley & John Turri - forthcoming - In Jereon de Ridder, Rik Peels & René van Woudenberg (eds.), Scientism: Prospects and Problems. Oxford University Press.details
Moderate scientism is the view that empirical science can help answer questions in nonscientific disciplines. In this paper, we evaluate moderate scientism in philosophy. We review several ways that science has contributed to research in epistemology, action theory, ethics, philosophy of language, and philosophy of mind. We also review several ways that science has contributed to our understanding of how philosophers make judgments and decisions. Based on this research, we conclude that the case for moderate philosophical scientism is strong: scientific (...) practice has promoted significant progress in philosophy and its further development should be welcomed and encouraged. (shrink)
Knowledge and Availability.Alexander Dinges - 2018 - Philosophical Psychology 31 (4):554-573.details
The mentioning of error-possibilities makes us less likely to ascribe knowledge. This paper offers a novel psychological account of this data. The account appeals to "subadditivity," a well-known psychological tendency to judge possibilities as more likely when they are disjunctively described.
Knowledge From Falsehood: An Experimental Study.John Turri - 2019 - Thought: A Journal of Philosophy 8 (3):167-178.details
Philosophers have debated whether it is possible to knowledgeably infer a conclusion from a false premise. For example, if a fan believes that the actress's dress is blue, but the dress is actually green, can the fan knowledgeably infer "the dress is not red" from "the dress is blue"? One aspect of this debate concerns what the intuitively correct verdict is about specific cases such as this. Here I report a simple behavioral experiment that helps answer this question. The main (...) finding is that people attribute knowledge in cases where a true conclusion is inferred from a false premise. People did this despite judging that the premise was false and unknown. People also viewed the agent as inferring the conclusion from the premise. In closely matched conditions where the conclusion was false, people did not attribute knowledge of the conclusion. These results support the view that the ordinary knowledge concept includes in its extension cases of knowledge inferred from false premises. (shrink)
The Distinctive "Should" of Assertability.John Turri - 2017 - Philosophical Psychology 30 (4):481-489.details
Recent work has assumed that the normativity associated with assertion differs from the normativity of morality, practical rationality, etiquette, and legality. That is, whether an assertion "should" be made is not merely a function of these other familiar sorts of normativity and is especially connected to truth. Some researchers have challenged this assumption of distinctive normativity. In this paper I report two experiments that test the assumption. Participants read a brief story, judged whether an assertion should be made, and rated (...) several other qualities of the assertion, including its truth value, morality, rationality, etiquette, legality, and folly. Of these qualities, truth value most strongly predicted assertability. The findings support the assumption of distinctive normativity and provide further evidence that the norm of our social practice of assertion is factive. (shrink)


Doing business is getting easier when you are in a line with modern soft, which works with a big number of data. Actually, every person who deals with comprehensive business processes has plenty of contacts on their devices, which are overwhelmed by unnecessary information. Every day you receive more and more emails with electronic business cards that could be useful just once. In order to keep contacts in safe, people usually use Microsoft Outlook. What is MS Outlook and VCF? What are the general criteria for the apps, which work with these tools? Learn from the article.
As the times of paper notebooks passed away, MS Outlook became an irreplaceable software for managing the business. Microsoft Outlook is a personal information tool with email and Groupware functions. It is also a suitable organizer, which provides calendar, task scheduler, address book, and contact manager. However, if you are already using it and just looking for a service that import VCF file to Outlook than check the general information about such tools before usage.
vCard (VCF file) – a universally recognized format for electronic business cards used by thousands of applications for storing and sharing contacts. A typical VCF file may contain names, addresses, phone numbers, e-mails, URLs, logos, and other elements that can be used to describe a person or company. The vCard format is often used on mobile phones for exchanging contacts between devices.
1. License. Do not forget to carefully read and understand all the restrictions and rights described in the license agreement. Sometimes the application allows using free demo version, which is accessible for a limited time. Then, you will need to purchase a license and register the software to remove all shareware restrictions. Sometimes, the soft is distributed under several types of licenses, depending on the user's requirements: home, business, technical ones, etc.
2. Price. Generally, programs are distributed for some price, as it is a product of intellectual property. Frequently, after obtaining the license you are getting access to the app for a year. However, some applications are available online, while the price is calculated by the size of the transferred files.
3. System requirements. Usually, people download this software using OS Microsoft Windows. At the same time, it is also essential to note that if you want to import VCF file to Outlook, you need to make sure that MS Outlook is already installed on your device.
Such kind of programs are aimed at meeting the needs of a very wide audience. It could be used by home users and office workers who need to copy contacts from any program, web application either once or permanently. Take your time and efforts using VCF to MS Outlook transfer apps and make sure that your contacts are under the protection of reliable programs.


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Apple Korea is going head on to Samsung on its home turf, on target to sell 2.9 million iPhones in South Korea this year, giving it a market share of about 15 per cent.
At the end of last month it had sold 2.6 million iPhones, and is forecasting improved results for the year. Its operating profit has reached more than KRW800 billion (US$684 million) on revenue of KRW3 trillion, according to Yonhap News Agency.
Sales of iPhones account for more than 75 per cent of Apple's revenue in Korea, sources say. It launched the iPhone 7 in October with the opportunity to take share from market leader Samsung after its Galaxy Note 7 debacle.
On top of that, the Cupertino-based tech company is building its first flagship retail store in Seoul, expected to be completed next November, right across the street from Samsung's headquarters.
Apple's market share in Korea peaked at 33 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2014 following the launch of the iPhone 6, according to Counterpoint. Samsung and LG now have a combined market share of more than 80 per cent. LG had a 19 per cent market share in the second quarter of this year.
South Korea and Japan, where the iPhone had more than a 50 per share for the three-month period ending October 30, are rare growth markets in Asia for Apple. Its iPhone shipments in China plunged 31 per cent to 7.5 million units in the third quarter, with market share falling to 6.2 from 10.3 per cent, according to Strategy Analytics.
Apple reportedly reduced orders from component suppliers for its iPhone 7 models early this month because of demand being weaker than expected in many markets, including China.


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Ten Buck Tuesdays
July 30th, 2019 at 7:30PM
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Flappers Comedy Club Burbank- Yoo Hoo Room
102 East Magnolia, Burbank, CA 91502
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Our Ten Buck Tuesdays show features some of our best up-and-coming comedians and our favorite national touring headliners -- and tickets are only $10! Love it but Don't leave it!! Stay and Enjoy some early workweek laughs by some of our favorite Comedians!
Also Starring:
Host/MC Patrick Ramirez
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Patrick Ramirez has been voted the #1 comedian to look for by the Patrick Ramirez daily news. Many businesses have gone as far as calling him a "current employee" Patrick's YouTube page is literally filled with Patrick's stand up clips and the comments range from distant cousins to neighborhood chums. Enjoy P-Rammy as he continues to try and make that nickname catch on.
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Comedian Richard Jordan
Richard Joseph Jordan III is a comedian, writer, #1 best selling author, master impressionist, portrait artist, All American water polo player, memory savant, Youtube sensation, and world famous scallop harvester. He graduated from UC Berkeley with a bachelors in political science and grew up in New York and Moraga California where he was voted most creative hair at Campolindo High School. He suffers from insomnia and has never had a drink of alcohol in his entire life. Richard was also murdered by Justin Bieber on an episode of CSI. He loves all animals besides slugs because slugs are disgusting. His favorite things to do are fishing, snorkeling, and writing about himself in the third person. He currently lives in Hollywood California where he is the least crazy person. He will add more later when he thinks of something good.
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Comedian Sophie Spiers
Born and raised in Boston, MA, Sophie attended Boston University, where she received a B.S. in International Relations and a B.S. in French Studies. She went on to live in Southern France for a year, where she taught English and ate cheese. She then received an M.S. in Television Writing and Producing from Boston University. The master's program brought her out to LA, where she interned at Team Downey and Feigco Entertainment. She currently works at The David Lonner Company as an Executive Assistant, with aspirations of becoming a comedy writer. She is an avid singer, a (new) stand-up comedian, and a foodie. Cosmos are her drink of choice and she never say no to sushi.
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Comedian Sebastian Scales
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Comedian alison quinn
SONS & DAUGHTERS , CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, KATH & KIM
Alison Quinn is an accomplished actress, comedian and voice-over artist. She was a series regular on the ABC sitcom "Sons & Daughters," and also had notable guest star roles on "Curb Your Enthusiasm," and "Kath & Kim," among others. Her one person show won multiple awards. Alison has been a member of several improv groups, having studied at UCB, The Groundlings and Improv Olympic West. She has performed stand up around the country. She has also written on the television show "Hot Guys Who Cook."
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Comedian Miles Anthony Garrison
Comedian Lauren Hrehovcik
Lauren's a sassy Jersey lady who should've realized a long time ago that her dialogue is only appropriate when she's on stage with a microphone. She sincerely apologizes to everyone she's offended in the process of reaching this conclusion. You don't know her from anything, but on a good day, she sure does look like Gina Gershon.
Comedian Hunter Hill
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Comedian Goodtimetony
Growing up poor in Vietnam n came to America on a little fishing boat that my sister lied to me n told me we're going on a cruise. What kind of cruise ain't got no food,no water, no bed. When we got to America I lived in Las Vegas n went to the Buffett I saw so much food I got so excited n busted a nut on a Buffett line in front of black people. 9 months after I came to America I had my own business selling candies bars to the kids n I took all their lunch monies. .
went to DC in 95 robbed black people in the hood n retired in 01 start smoking n party. Now I want to tell the world how I used to robbed black people in the hood with no gun in front of everybody.
Comedian Katy Fishell
Katy Fishell is a comedian and illustrator from Nashville, TN.
Comedian Courtney Ciacco
PRETTY FUNNY WOMEN, SECOND CITY, GROUNDLINGS
Courtney Ciacco is a comedian, writer, and actress from Kansas City, Mo. The youngest of four kids, Courtney figured out early on that being funny is the best way to get people's attention. On top of doing Stand Up, Courtney has also studied Improv at Second City Chicago and The Groundlings.
Comedian Chad Shapiro
NBC- LAW & ORDER, MTV- EPIC FAIL & YO MOMMA, XM/SIRIUS RADIO, LOGO- SKETCH SHOW, CARTOON NETWORK
Chad Shapiro is a TV credited comic appearing on both national and network stations. He has spread humor throughout all mediums. He brings an energy with his contagious smile and laughter. Audiences connect with Chad as he reveals stories of his life. Featured on MTV, LOGO, NBC and XM/Sirius radio.
Comedian Wendy Wilkins
BREAKING BADGE - FOD, CA FUNNY '09 - FINALIST, WB - READY TO RUMBLE, HBO - ENLIGHTENED, 2ND UNCLE CLYDE'S WINNER
Wendy Wilkins is a writer, director, actor, storyteller who has been a stand-up in Los Angeles for over 25 years.
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Replace your central air filter every 30 to 90 days. Replace your smoke detector batteries at least once a year. Repaint your house… how often?
The answer depends on several factors, of course, but if you want to keep a well-maintained and beautiful home, add routine house painting into your maintenance plan and budget. Read on to determine when you should plan on painting again.
How often you paint the exterior of your house depends, in large part, on the materials on your house. Different materials require different maintenance schedules.
Wood siding – Plan to repaint every three to seven years, or stain it every four years.
Aluminum siding – Plan on painting aluminum siding every five years.
Stucco – Stucco can go five to six years between paint jobs.
Cement fiberboard siding – This newer material can last 10 to 15 years between paint jobs.
Painted brick – Painted brick only needs to be repainted every 15 to 20 years. Unpainted brick just needs to be cleaned, not painted.
Climate matters when it comes to paint's durability. If you live near the coast, for example, where the exterior of your home takes a beating from sand, sun, and salty air, you'll need to repaint more frequently than a home in a more forgiving climate.
Watch for these signs that the exterior of your home needs to be painted, even if you haven't yet gone the suggested amount of years between paint jobs.
There's no argument. A quality paint job, done with quality paint, will last longer. Trying to save a few dollar by doing it yourself when you don't really know what you're doing is going to cost you in the long wrong. Purchasing a lower-quality paint because it's cheaper is only going to cost you more money when you need to repaint too soon.
Why does quality paint matter on the exterior of your house? Since the house is not protected from the sun, the ultraviolet rays in the sun degrade the chemical compounds in paint. Dark paints can lighten quickly because of this. This happens more quickly with oil-based paints and with low-quality paints.
But updated, acrylic latex paints are more durable against this weathering. Quality acrylic latex paint is less likely to blister, crack, or harden over the years. It's even less likely to attract mildew growth.
Glossy and semi-glossy paints are durable, but expose flaws in the materials. Flat finishes don't expose imperfections, but they tend to run chalky over time. A satin finish, however, works well on many types of exteriors.


Join fellow alumni for the Thunder Traveling Indoor Tailgate on Nov. 1 as the Trine University women's basketball team takes on the Butler University Bulldogs at Hinkle Fieldhouse. Enjoy hors d'oeuvres and a drink before the game at Scotty's Dawghouse on the Butler University campus. The tailgate begins at 5:30 p.m., with tipoff for the game at 7 p.m.
Admission to the tailgate is $15 and includes your ticket to the game, hors d'oeuvres and a drink ticket. Additional drinks will be available for purchase.
To reserve your ticket, please register today.


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University with accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
4. Be available for a personal interview in April.
Applicant must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale and have completed 24 semester hours.
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Catch your own Rare Breed on Friday, December 14th at 9pm EST with my second FB Live Sale!
Would you like to get next years new style of shawl pin early? A very limited quantity will be available in the live sale. They were also shipped to the Club Members and are part of the Festive Frolic MKAL kit. ;) The only way to get a hold of just this pin before Stitches West in February of 2019 is through the live sale. Tune in to see and learn all about the Penannular Shawl Pin!
While I love being home with my family, I genuinely miss all of you between shows! I thought a FB Live Sale would be a wonderful chance to hang out and chat with my online community for the evening. Let's swap stories (and maybe a few cookie recipes) while we spend the night making new friends!
Haven't had the chance to travel to an event yet? Join the fun anyway! This is a great opportunity for us to get to know each other, all while sharing beautiful shawl pins and styling tips.
Since this is a new event for all of us, I've put together a quick list to get you started. Once you're registered, all you'll have to do is log on the night of and enjoy yourself while we all have a bit of fun!
-Bonus Round: Save a few minutes on the day of by pre-registering with CommentSold!
4.) The first x number of people to type the word for the quantity of product available will have it added to their cart. They have 24 hours to check out before it's added to the cart of the next person in line. If I'm able to make more of a pin, those on the wait list will have it added to their cart.
6.) Last step, I promise. As always, enjoy your new handcrafted treasures and share your #ShawlPinStyle with me on social media!


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Q: Earning Bux by fully stocking levels? Usually, when you fully stock a level, you get a coin bonus. But for a couple of times I have earned a complimentary Bux. Does anyone know, what are the conditions for recieving it?

A: It is random. There is no rhyme or reason to it.


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How does Oracle Weblogic Server avoid running out of space to store LDAP data?
This java option limits the size of the data file used by the embedded LDAP server. When the data file exceeds the specified size, WebLogic Server eliminates from the data file space occupied by deleted entries. What happens in the theoretical event that the embedded LDAP server fills up with entries, after all the spare space is compressed?


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OUT OF MIND » THE INSANITY OF REALITY » GOVERNMENTS & THE NEW WORLD ORDER » How To Buffer The Fallout From America's Third World Death Spiral
How To Buffer The Fallout From America's Third World Death Spiral
1 How To Buffer The Fallout From America's Third World Death Spiral Mon Jun 21, 2021 9:15 am
CONTROLLED DEMOLITION: How To Buffer The Fallout From America's Third World Death Spiral – By MN Gordon
The Smoking Man
Source – economicprism.com
"…How is it that the economy grew for nearly a decade straight, but the average worker saw no meaningful increase in their income? Did workers really sprint in place this entire time? How did they end up in this ridiculous situation?…The fact is, for the American worker, America's brand of a centrally planned economy doesn't pay. The economy, in other words, has been rigged. The value that workers produce flows to Washington and Wall Street, where it's siphoned off and misallocated to the cadre of officials, cronies, and big bankers. What's left is spent to merely keep the lights on, the car running, and food upon the table"
How To Buffer The Fallout From America's Third World Death Spiral – By MN Gordon
"What the hell?!" – President Joe Biden, June 16, 2021
American workers are trying to make their way in an economy that's rigged against them. We made this claim many years ago. Today, for fun and for free, we revisit this assertion…starting with the latest from those doing the rigging.
This week, after a two day meeting, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) released their statement. Nothing material changed. The Fed will continue to hold the federal funds rate near zero. The Fed will also continue to create at least $120 billion per month from thin air to buy Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities.
Bond yields spiked and the price of gold dropped because 13 Fed officials now plot dots that project two hikes to the federal funds rate in 2023. Fed Chair Jay Powell also mentioned the Fed is "talking about talking about" bond tapering. These technocrats likely know – though they won't admit – they've already lost control.
Consumer price inflation is 'officially' rising at a 5 percent annualized rate. However, the 'unofficial' rate of consumer price inflation, as calculated using methodologies in place in 1980, is about 13 percent. This rate of inflation is remarkably destructive to household budgets.
'Talking about talking about' tapering and telegraphing federal funds rate increases some two years from now will do little to contain consumer price inflation. The fact is, it has already veered out of control. We expect gas prices to top $5 per gallon in California this summer. Many Americans are not prepared for sustained, unrelenting price inflation.
Here's the hard, back of the napkin math they are facing…
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A box of Hamburger Helper – including Four Cheese Lasagna and Cheesy Ranch Burger flavors – will set you back about $1.24. The pound of 80/20 grade ground beef will cost you about five bucks. A can of green beans – to balance out the protein and carbohydrates – will run about $1.79.
Mix up a pitcher of Country Time Lemonade to wash it down with…and you've got Monday night's dinner covered for a family of four for about $10. But what about Tuesday? And what about breakfast and lunch?
A family of four can easily run up $1,000 per month in food costs. Yet food, in comparison to shelter, is downright cheap. Here in Long Beach it takes $2,000 per month to rent a two bedroom 1960s era infill apartment above a garage that's in bad need of paint. Plus, the cost of utilities, phone, Wi-Fi, a car payment, and insurance, will set you back another $1,000.
So you're looking at $48,000 a year just to cover the basics. But we all know stuff happens. There are blown transmissions. There are leaky roofs. There are new shoes for the kids. There are broken arms and other unexpected medical expenses.
The median household income in Los Angeles County is about $73,000. After paying federal and state income taxes, social security, Medicare, and state disability insurance, net pay is $53,653. Assuming no auto repairs bills, medical payments, or other unexpected costs, that leaves $5,653 – or $471 per month – for entertainment, retirement savings, and college savings.
There's not much fat in this budget. That's why household credit card debt is about $6,270. Moreover, you can see why consumer price inflation rising at an annualized rate of 5 percent is problematic.
At 5 percent price inflation, the purchasing power of $53,653 in net pay is dropped by $2,682 – or by $223 per month. This amounts to a 47 percent loss of the $471 per month left for unexpected bills, entertainment and savings. At 13 percent price inflation, you're now behind the eight ball by $110 each month.
The Fed may be projecting rate hikes in 2023. Sour grapes to that. Too little. Too late.
The general burden of the American worker is the daily task of squaring the difference between the price of food, shelter, and consumer goods and the diluted dollars that appear in their biweekly paychecks. There is sound reason to believe that this task has been reduced to some sort of practical joke. An exhausting game of chase the wild goose.
How is it that the economy grew for nearly a decade straight, but the average worker saw no meaningful increase in their income? Did workers really sprint in place this entire time? How did they end up in this ridiculous situation?
The fact is, for the American worker, America's brand of a centrally planned economy doesn't pay. The dual impediments of fake money and regulatory madness apply exactions which cannot be overcome. There are claims to the fruits of one's labors long before they've been earned.
The economy, in other words, has been rigged. The value that workers produce flows to Washington and Wall Street, where it's siphoned off and misallocated to the cadre of officials, cronies, and big bankers. What's left is spent to merely keep the lights on, the car running, and food upon the table.
Indeed, American workers are chasing the wild goose. They've been chasing it for years. They've been schlepping and grinding day in and day out and have nothing to show for it. And they're exhausted.
When the economy was locked down by government diktat in 2020 to somehow save the people from coronavirus, many workers were laid off. The technocrats then delivered stimmy checks and generous unemployment programs that were financed with printing press money.
Some workers found they never had it so good. Federal unemployment benefits currently average around $600 per week. Now, as restrictions are lifted and the economy reopens, there's a growing labor shortage.
Do you see the failings of centrally planned economies? Government solutions create new problems. Solutions to those problems result in new problems. And on and on.
The folly is inescapable. The ultimate catastrophe is inevitable. And the final devastation is inconsolable.
How about giving sound money, private property rights, rule of law, limited representative government, and freedom a chance?
At this point we're not optimistic on this prospect. Many of the country's medium and large cities have already entered a third world death spiral. And those that haven't pursue it with zealous vigor.
A stash of gold, silver, and, perhaps, some cryptocurrencies, may help buffer the fallout…if you're lucky.
https://rielpolitik.com/2021/06/20/controlled-demolition-how-to-buffer-the-fallout-from-americas-third-world-death-spiral-by-mn-gordon/
Thanks to: https://rielpolitik.com
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If you are like most Veterinarians, you feel a deep responsibility to help those special friends that can't speak or defend themselves. You are a doctor of the highest calling yet it's difficult to ignore the disparity between your earnings and those of an MD, dentist, or even a chiropractor .
Managing all aspects of your business takes time away from your passion: caring for your patients.
Competitive practices are constantly try to lure your clients away with offers, often using big marketing dollars intended to get the client advantage, which many veterinary practices and managers can't do.
So how do you break this cycle of working harder and earning less than you deserve? The answer is to deepen the relationship with your clients. To do this and ensure client loyalty, a practice MUST communicate with their clients on a monthly basis. And with so many practices already too busy to work with new clients, it's easiest and most profitable to get more from the clients that you already have.
The easiest, most cost effective, single piece of good marketing and relationship building that can be done is our Client Communicator series. The Client Communicator series will lead to a powerful referral based practice and earn you more from your existing client database.
is because they don't feel appreciated.
A well written, personalized client focused monthly newsletter is a simple, cost effective investment. It communicates with your clients for you, allowing you to spend more time with the animals. The newsletter increases client retention, frequency of visits, significantly increases the number of new referrals, and lets you stay relevant and engage your clients with an informative and light read each month.
After reading this letter they will demonstrate their loyalty through referrals to your practice. Studies show that for every month that clients are not communicated with, 10% of "goodwill" that the client has towards your practice is lost. Through our monthly newsletter, you will build lasting relationships with your clients and consequently, increase your practice's revenue and make more money from the clients that you already have.
With our Client Communicator series, we stay in touch with your clients for you each month in order to optimize your current client relationships. We have also found that, on average, roughly 80% of any veterinary practice manager's client base is inactive. We engage both active and inactive clients each month to get them interested in your business again. This allows you to strengthen current relationships and is less costly than simply chasing new clients. The results are so clear that you will always want to utilize our Client Communicator series.