Getting targeted people looking at your product and services every day is crucial.
Traffic (visitors) is the FUEL in your online business that starts your marketing ENGINE (sales funnel).
This is exactly what I'm going to teach you in this blog post.
Alright, so let's go and break down your success formula and how to build a successful long term online business.
So far you already understand how to pic the right offer (VEHICLE) and why it's so important to have your own custom wrapper for this offer (ENGINE), the system and strategy that drives this vehicle.
To me, it's the most important element here and it's truly the key to success because, you can have the most awesome offer and a cool looking sales funnel but it's not going anywhere without visitors.
You need to put this promotion in front of laser targeted people!
The first part that we are going to discuss and break down is the difference between FREE vs PAID and what we are talking about is marketing, there is lots of solutions of what you can do completely for free and lots of solutions of what you can do in paid advertising.
So with free traffic, we have everything from friends and family! I know it sounds funny and very "old-school" but this is what a lot of MLM companies are telling you to do.
I don't know about you but for me, this is a big NO!
Another free traffic generation strategy is blogging. A lot of people blog and they have a passion for writing.
Perhaps you have a passion for writing and blogging is a way you can get to start producing valuable content to be able to drive the traffic to your offers.
There is also social media that you can use for free to get some attention.
But with every free strategy you actually have to invest a lot of your time. So it's never completely free.
You either invest money to "buy time" or you invest more time into your business to get results.
Paid Advertising is The Key!
Now the second method which is one that I highly recommend is PAID TRAFFIC, even if you have to start off smaller.
When we are talking about PAID TRAFFIC, we are looking at things like Facebook PPC, Instagram, Solo Ads, Media Buys, and Google Adwords.
I personally like to use paid traffic generation strategies. At first it's a lot more predictable and scalable.
If you find a source and good offer the game is over. Just get as many traffic as you can because you will make always more back.
There are a lot of different advertising platforms out there but I'm personally using solo ads.
Every traffic source is different and needs unique strategy usually.
I love to use solo ads because it's simple and very predictable. If you find a solo ad vendor who's traffic works well for you, I just keep buying.
It's a safe marketplace to get started. Of course you can find solo ad vendors from different Facebook groups and when you just google it.
Now what I want you to ask yourself is this "What's more valuable to you?" Is it your time or is it your money?
No matter which way you go, paid or free you have to make an investment.
Either your money or time.
Make sure you watch the video above and see how I'm doing it in my business. Believe me there is more traffic you can ever buy and if you capture the leads you are investing into paid advertising the smart way.
You build your email list = money!
Feel free to contact me in case you have questions or need help.
STEP 2 – Why You Should Build A List?
In online marketing world, you see, you can have a great "vehicle" (offer/product) but if you don't have the right "engine" (SYSTEM/STRATEGY) , it's going to be very difficult to get from where you are right now to where you want to go.
In PART 1 I showed you how to find a product or an offer and in this training PART 2, I am going to show you how to take that offer and show you how to stand out above the rest of the competition.
So get your pen and paper out because we are going to cover a lot of amazing things.
I always said, if you don't have a product, offer or service yet, I'm going to do something very special at the end of this training series.
So, get excited for that but in the main time, let's get to this training and we are going to cover a lot of cool things and let's plug right into it.
So we are going to cover the "ENGINE".
1. I'm going to show you how to tune your "marketing engine" so you stand out above the rest of the competition.
2. I'm also going to show you how to put it on auto pilot so you run your business while you sit back and enjoy the ride.
That's a cool thing about leveraging online systems where you can literally put our business online and have it run while you are out there doing the things that you love like travelling the world or spending time with your family.
3. I'm also going to show you how to capture your audience and build your list of raving fans. So like I said, get your pen, get your piece of paper out and we are going to dive right into this training.
You need a sales funnel!
This is something that separates you from everyone else even if you promote the very same offer/product.
I order to build a sales funnel you need some type of page builder or you can outsource it.
You can use services like ClickFunnels, Leadpages for example.
I personally don't like monthly payments so I outsourced my funnel "ENGINE" and all I'm paying is a web hosting fee.
In case you need professional service to get your sales funnel built for you just contact me here and ask more info.
So I hope you have an offer for now you want to promote? If not go back to PART 1 and see hoe to find offers to promote.
The next step is going to be taking that product/offer and building a sales funnel around it.
Most people just take this product affiliate link and they blast it to everybody out there.
But the problem is that every other person/affiliate is doing it exactly the same way.
If it's a good product that has competition, other people are going to promote it as well.
So what makes you different? Your ENGINE (Sales Funnel)!
We are going to build a custom front end to this product that's going to sell this thing like hot cakes.
So we are going to go ahead and start structuring your sales funnel.
So I chose this as a product, you can see that this is the sales page.
So this is what we are going to be sending people to in the end.
So I'm going to walk through the beginning to the end of the sales process in this training and I'm going to show you exactly how we have been able to set up this simple sales funnels to generate income online.
1. First you want to collect visitors email addresses because most people don't buy on their first visit. So when you capture their email address you can email them over and over again and build a "relationship".
In order to do so we need a Lead Capture Page!
This is where somebody is going to come to the page and they are going to submit their information to get more information from you.
So on the front end, we need to obviously get them to submit their information and they obviously came to our page because whether you told them about it or you created an ad that drove traffic to this page but ultimately, the person who is coming to this page want something from you.
So this is how we are going to give them exactly what they are asking for.
We have this product that we want to be able to sell on the back end but, what's the best way to get people to give their information on their front end is to give them free value.
So this is where a little bit of work comes into the whole front end building process.
Lead capture page is simply a door into your business. You don't have to create a free gift or anything.
They simply need to give you their email address in order to access the sales page or bridge page.
It needs to have a attractive headline so they want to see what's on the other side.
I'm personally using a "bridge page" between my lead capture page and the offer.
Bridge page is simply my welcome message or a story that I use to connect with my subscribers.
That's how I create a lot more personal "relationship" with my subscribers and build up trust.
That's how I create my unique marketing message and play outside the big competition.
I look completely different from all the other people who are promoting the same offer and I build a personal relationship with my email list/subscribers.
Plus I can promote more offer and make more money.
See you in PART 3 to talk about FUEL (traffic)!
After being in online marketing industry for a while, I see a lot of people are using the brittle style approach.
Today I want to share with you the exact strategies I used to build my online business.
So let me share with you my secrets so you can speed up your dream to online success.
So let's go ahead and get started but before we do, I just want to make sure that I have your full attention, so go ahead and close Facebook, Instagram, any other distractions that you have and also make sure that you have something to write on and a pen so that you can take some notes.
1. VEHICLE – The vehicle is a product or an offer that you are going to be promoting to make money online.
2. ENGINE – The engine is the secret component that not a lot of people know about or talk about and which is a system. A system is something that's going to help you stand out from the competition and this is how you can dominate any market place.
NB! The SYSTEM is actually the main "secret" that change my life and business. Because people fail, systems work.
If you haven't read my WARNING Article what opportunities you should avoid online and what you should looking for click here to read it.
3. FUEL – This is traffic which obviously means you need to get visitors to your website to be able to sell your products.
So writing this down helps you know exactly what to do and how to structure your business to make it a very profitable business online.
1. HAVING YOUR OWN PRODUCT (You promote your own product/offer): If you were someone who have been in the industry for a while and you know how to create and develop your own products that would be one of the ways to earn money online.
3. NETWORK MARKETING (you promote the company's products, aka multi-level marketing): Network marketing is a really great way to earn money as well. You join a network marketing company also known as multi-level marketing and you promote their product.
4. E-COMMERCE (Online store where you sell your own or someone else products): E-commerce is where you build an online store where you can sell either your own products or someone else's products. In most cases you're selling physical products not information or software.
If you are someone who is just starting out and you just don't know where to begin, I definitely recommend you to go with "AFFILIATE MARKETING".
It's a process of earning a commission by promoting other people's (or company's) products.
What you do is "You find a product you like, promote it to others, and earn a piece of profit for each sale that you make" This is how it works.
It's really important to have the right product or offer to promote, so let's talk about some things to look out for when you are doing your dig diligence.
1. HIGH DEMAND (Must appeal to the masses, high demand in the market place): It must appeal to the masses, which means a lot of people are interested in this type of product, in this type of niche.
2. HIGH COMMISSIONS (Must have high commission payout +residuals): It has to payout high commissions especially if it has residual commissions, it's a plus so that you made the sale once, and then you get paid over and over again every month.
3. HIGH QUALITY (Must be really good, sales is transferring feelings): it has to be high quality products, it must be really good because this is something that you would be promoting and when you are promoting something, you have to believe in it because if you don't, people will feel it. Sales is transferring of feelings, so people feel it when you are passionate about that product and when you are not, so it has to be high quality and something that you can stand behind a 100%.
I like products that are not on competition, I don't like to compete with other people but when the product has high competition, it shows that this product is selling, this offer is converting and all you have to think about is "How do I outsmart by competition? SYSTEM" and this is something that I'm covering in PART 1 in the next blog post.
Let's go over a few different affiliate networks where you can go out and search for different products to promote.
There is a lot more out there, but these are some of the top affiliate networks that I came up with.
You can browse around and check it out but I'll go into the "AFFILIATE NETWORK" and you will discover different products that they have.
There are different products that they have and you will see the average payouts.
If all of this really sounds confusing to you and you don't know how to begin or you don't know how to find the right product.
I will present something to you where all the pieces will come together and you will just be able to plug in and be a part of something that we are doing in our community and exactly what we are promoting.
Hope you enjoyed the ride?
Stay tuned because I will send you PART 2 soon.
Hey it's Brian! Let's connect on Facebook as well.


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Film thickness mediated transition in the kinetics of electric current induced flow of thin liquid metal films
Talukder, Santanu and Kumar, Praveen and Pratap, Rudra (2014) Film thickness mediated transition in the kinetics of electric current induced flow of thin liquid metal films. In: APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 104 (21).
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Application of high electric-field between two points in a thin metallic film results in liquefaction and subsequent flow of the liquid-film from one electrode to another in a radially symmetric fashion. Here, we report the transition of the flow kinetics driven by the liquid film thickness varying from 3 to 100 nm. The mechanism of the flow behavior is observed to be independent of the film thickness; however, the kinetics of the flow depends on the film thickness and the applied voltage. An analytical model, incorporating viscosity and varying electrical resistivity with film thickness, is developed to explain the experimental observations. (C) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC.
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Jennifer O'Neill, född 20 februari 1948 i Rio de Janeiro i Brasilien, är en amerikansk skådespelare.

Jennifer O'Neill föddes i Rio. I tonåren var hon en skicklig ryttare och vann många priser i olika ryttartävlingar. Hennes ryttarkarriär fick ett abrupt slut då hon föll av hästen och bröt nacken på tre ställen. Som femtonåring började O'Neill som fotomodell.

Hon hade sin filmdebut 1968 i en biroll i filmen Fästman sökes. Hennes stora genombrott kom 1971 i filmen Sommaren '42. Hon spelade även mot John Wayne i Rio Lobo (1970) och medverkade under 1970-talet i ett par filmer i Italien, däribland Luchino Viscontis Den oskyldige (1976) och Lucio Fulcis Sette note in nero (1977). Andra kända filmer är Ensam men stark (1979), med Chuck Norris, och David Cronenbergs skräckfilm Scanners (1981).

O'Neill är gift för nionde gången och har tre barn. Hon har blivit pånyttfödd kristen och abortmotståndare. Hon har skrivit ett antal böcker,  självbiografierna Surviving Myself (1999) och From Fallen to Forgiven (2002), självhjälpsboken You're Not Alone: Healing Through God's Grace After Abortion (2005) och tre romaner.

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Posted on 13 April, 2018 10 April, 2018 AuthorNaxosLeave a comment
We're well into April, the name derived from the Latin word aperit which means 'opening'. Flowers and trees in the northern hemisphere do indeed begin to bloom at this time, but April can be a most confusing, if not frustrating month: drearily wet one day, promisingly warm the next, armed with surprises and contradictions, daisies and sweet peas.
William Shakespeare (who was both hatched and dispatched during the month of April) expressed this opinion in his Sonnet 98:
From you have I been absent in the spring,
When proud-pied April, dressed in all his trim,
Hath put a spirit of youth in everything,
That heavy Saturn laughed and leaped with him.
John Drinkwater (1882–1937) had a slightly more earthy comment on the time of spring's awakening:
And not a girl goes walking,
Along the Cotswold lanes;
But knows men's eyes in April,
Are quicker than their brains.
April's rather quixotic reputation is further confirmed by its three annually observed days: National Thomas Jefferson Day, National Scrabble Day and National Peach Cobbler Day. So, how has the month been immortalised in music? From April showers to April flowers, April love to April elegy, here's a selection of pieces that reflect the chameleon qualities of the month.
First on the programme is a performance by distinctive chanteuse Eartha Kitt of Avril au Portugal (April in Portugal) (8.120800), with translated lyrics that end like this…
I found my April dream in Portugal with you
When we discovered romance, like I never knew
Then morning brought the rain
And now my dream is through
But still my heart says "I love you."
…and music that starts like this.
The English composer William Alwyn (1905–85) was also no mean pianist; some of his works for the keyboard present significant technical challenges. But we're turning to him for an expression of a fleeting April shower from his suite April Morn (8.570359), four short pieces designed for educational purposes, written between 1924 and 1926. Even in these simpler pieces, Alwyn's creativity is to the fore, and he conveys the various moods with consummate skill. Here's April Shower.
Next we have a song by the eminent composer Sebastián Durón (born on 19 April, 1660), one of the most important musicians in Spain at the turn of the eighteenth century; he held the post of royal maestro de capilla at the Court of Charles II in Madrid. With accompaniment provided by the double harp, here's his song Abril floreciente (Flowering April) (8.570458).
April's haze of moods and colours seems particularly well suited to music with an impressionistic wash, so I've chosen a piece by Paul le Flem (1881–1984) to illustrate this. Le Flem belonged to the Parisian circle of Martinů, Tcherepnin and Tansman, summing up his own music as a fusion of three influences: his native Brittany, Debussy and D'Indy. Here's Avril (April) (GP695), a piece for solo piano, written in 1910 and dedicated to the composer René de Castera. It's a festive, springtime work, in which the spirit of nature's renewal is translated into a dazzling piece of pianistic writing.
John Duke (1899–1984) was one of America's foremost composers of song. Asked why, as a pianist, his compositions included so few piano works and so many songs, Duke replied: "I think it is because of my belief that vocal utterance is the basis of music's mystery." He wrote his moving April Elegy (C325011A) in 1950; it's a setting of a poem by Alfred Young Fisher (1902–1970):
April rain in the wind-washed clover,
Sing melodies to ease deep pain, deep death.
Gently blow above her,
April rain.
If song nor wind nor wind-washed strain of song can comfort her,
O, then cover her with silence and never come again.
Silence and peace to those who love her,
Peace in the eyes of the windy plain,
Earth nor sky nor song can move her
Nor April rain.
For our penultimate piece, we turn to music by the Czech composer and conductor Vítězslava Kaprálová (1915–1940). She wrote her Dubnová preludia (April Preludes) (GP708) in 1937 while still a student at the Prague Conservatory. These four brief and highly varied pieces remain her most often performed and recorded works for solo piano. Here's the third movement, an Andante semplice.
I don't know which piece you would choose to set us straight after such a varied medley of April airs, but mine has to be one that was frequently on the airwaves when I was in my early formative years, and has stuck with me since—Pat Boone's recording of April Love (9.82519). And, as a parting shot, if the weather is getting you down on some days right now, remember what Al Jolson had to say:
Though April showers may come your way
They bring the flowers that bloom in May.
CategoriesThought for the WeekTagsAl Jolson, Alfred Young Fisher, Eartha Kitt, John Drinkwater, John Duke, Pat Boone, René de Castera, Sebastián Durón, Vítězslava Kaprálová, William Alwyn, William Shakespeare
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It hasn't been a lake for a century. An atmospheric river just made it one again
While back-to-back-to-back systems for the region seem a bit like a broken record lately, the phenomenon is truly significant.
Rivers in the sky have led to landslides blocking roads, rivers inundating towns, and in one case, returning an old lake bed back into a lake.
British Columbia typically sees atmospheric river events in the month of November, just as the Pacific Northwest does. The problem for both regions this year has been the consistency of the systems, with no breaks for drying in between.
"The first atmospheric river event hit us hard on November 13 to 16, and it dumped a lot, 150-300 mm (roughly 6-11 inches), of precipitation in less than 48 hours," Johnson Zhong, a meteorologist for Environment Canada said.
There has also been rain on top of fresh snow, which has exacerbated flooding.
"There was up to 30-50 cm (1-1.5 feet) of fresh snow at 1500-2500 meters (5,000-8,000 feet) high," he observed. "One of our atmospheric river events rained much higher than 2500 meters, so that rain melted the snow and helped create the flooding."
One of the areas seeing the greatest amount of flooding was the Sumas area, about 50 miles east of Vancouver.
"One hundred years ago there was a Sumas lake. Then they pumped the water out to make good farmland. It has been farmland for the last 100 years, and now it's a lake again," Zhong explained.
He added more than half of the egg and dairy supply for Vancouver come from that farmland, which has hit the region exceptionally hard.
The unprecedented amount of rain has created major flooding, washing out bridges and roads, completely cutting off many other small Canadian towns to the rest of the world.
Merritt, BC is one of those towns.
"Merritt is a town of 7,000 people and is totally flooded," Zhong said. "That town is in an area that doesn't get a lot of rain. But with the combination of rain and snowmelt, the entire town flooded. The water and sewage system went down, and the entire town had to be evacuated."
British Columbia has suffered a great deal since the summer months.
They endured a relentless heatwave that gripped the entire region and killed nearly 600 people.
They also experienced wildfires that completely wiped the town of Lytton off the map.
Fresh burn scars from the wildfires are also making the flooding and mudslide potential worse, Zhong pointed out.
Mudslides and landslides are a major concern for both British Columbia and Washington.
"Persistent rainfall over the last few weeks has dramatically increased soil moisture to high levels across western Washington," the National Weather Service (NWS) office in Seattle reported. "Heavy rainfall of an additional 1 to 3 inches in the mountains and up to 1.5 inches in the lowlands has fallen over the last 24 hours. Therefore, the increased threat of landslides will continue through today despite the heaviest rainfall coming to an end."
In the Seattle area, which is soaked as well, they hope all the rain doesn't come at once.
Seattle is experiencing its wettest fall on record. The Seattle-Tacoma airport has recorded 18.91 inches of rain for September through November, and more is on the way.
By Tuesday, the month could end as one of the top wettest Novembers on record. With an additional 2 to 3 inches of rain expected to fall, more flooding is Inevitable.
"The big factor that will affect the scope of expected impacts will be how much of a break we receive in areas where river flooding continues today," the NWS in Seattle emphasized.
The Nooksack and Skagit Rivers, north of Seattle, are still rising and have yet to crest, so more rainfall on top of already rising rivers could create major flooding issues for nearby towns.
"It remains unclear how rivers in these areas will respond to additional rainfall over the next 2 days," NWS Seattle added.
Climate Impact on atmospheric rivers
Marty Ralph, director of the Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego, said the climate crisis may be intensifying atmospheric rivers in the West.
"Warmer atmospheric temperatures, in general, will mean the freezing levels are higher than they've been in the past," Ralph told CNN. "But while storms vary, even without climate change and some can be extra warm, just by natural situation, it's clear the background warming should increase the [freezing] levels."
Ralph explained a higher freezing level, the altitude at which rain transitions to snow, can be dangerous with a wet landscape and full rivers.
"This makes for extra potential potency to the impact," he said. "The rivers are already high again, so this one's going to pack a wallop."
Warmer air can also hold more water vapor, which fuels atmospheric rivers. Ralph noted as the atmosphere gets warmer due to climate change, the intensity of storms will likely increase and become more hazardous.
"As a scientist, my role is to help raise awareness that the situation is looking to be like a strong to extreme [atmospheric river], and the implications of that are for additional heavy rain and — given the situation on land — flooding," he said. "People should really look to their normal weather information provider for hazardous situations for specific guidance on what to do, because it seems to me that this is a pretty serious situation."
Hurricane Season Wrap-up
The last day of the Atlantic hurricane season is tomorrow, and it was one for the record books.
With 21 named storms, it was only the third year the seasonal rotating list of names was exhausted.
A new supplemental list of hurricane names was enacted, never-before-seen footage of a major hurricane was recorded from ocean level, and billions of dollars in damage was left behind.
Our full 2021 Atlantic hurricane season wrap up will publish Tuesday morning, and you will be able to find it here.
Lake effect snow
Another lake-effect snow event will impact portions of the Great Lakes this week.
"Snowfall totals will be less than the previous system, but areas downwind of the Great Lakes may receive higher amounts due to lake effect enhancement," the Weather Prediction Center said.
With the lakes' freeze percentage less than 2%, the lake-effect snow machine is officially "on."
Most of the areas receiving snow won't see very high totals. Most of the snow this week will stay under three inches.
However, in parts of Michigan, it could create a few problems for travel. The NWS office in Grand Rapids has issued a winter weather advisory, with heavy snow expected during the evening commute. Up to three inches of snow could fall in less than four hours.
"Impacts to roads may be small at first given temperatures initially above freezing, but we should start to see some slick roads developing after dark," stated the NWS office in Grand Rapids.
The snow should wrap up by Tuesday, with drier conditions to follow for the next several days.
California fire threat remains
An elevated fire threat remains for much of southern California through most of the week.
Winds around the Los Angeles area will gust up to 45 mph at times and humidity levels are between 5-15%. The dry, warm conditions will enhance fire risk through the week.
"Fast fire growth is possible if a fire starts. Use extreme caution with potential fire ignition sources and be prepared to evacuate quickly if a wildfire develops nearby," urged the NWS office in Los Angeles.
The Santa Ana wind event from last week brought winds near 90 mph for some locations and caused power outages for more than 70,000 homes and businesses.
While the wind threat this week isn't nearly is intense as last week, the fire threat still remains and fires could easily ignite.
Real vs fake Christmas trees
As the holidays get into full swing and millions of people are pulling out the Christmas lights, treasured ornaments and picking out the perfect Christmas tree. Are you someone who prefers a real tree or a fake one? Is it better to cut down a fresh tree every year or buy a plastic one from the store that will be used for years to come?
CNNs Rachel Ramirez did some digging to find out.
Snowy bar
Cheers! The highest elevation pub in England has kept the pints pouring and customers fed, after dozens of travelers were left stranded for several days. A major winter storm brought 90 mph winds and snow drifts that trapped the customers at the pub. To some, it may have felt like a dream come true. The pub has kept the temporary residents well-fed, and no one has gone thirsty as the beer continues to flow.
CNN meteorologist Haley Brink and Rachel Ramirez contributed to this weather column.
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Attanagalla Divisional Secretariat is a  Divisional Secretariat  of Gampaha District, of Western Province, Sri Lanka.The duties possessed by " Rate  Mahattaya " have been entrusted with Divisional Revenues Officers in 1950 In forming Divisional Assistant Government Agent  Attanagalla has become a Divisional Secretariat in 1972 which covers Attanagalla Electorate.

Administrative units
Attanagalla Divisional Secretariat which had possessed 86 Gama Niladhari  Divisional at the beginning is now consisted of 151 Grama Niladhari Divisions(GN Divisions) which is the highest number of GN divisions located in a Divisional secretariat in Sri Lanka for the time being.

Population

References

External links
Attanagalla Divisional Secrertarat
 Divisional Secretariats Portal

Divisional Secretariats of Gampaha District


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flungo: #DelayedTweet Lets see if a tissue quweezed tighly on my thumb will stop the blood!
flungo: #DelayedTweet With no tissue the blood is rushing out at an amazing rate! Thats not a good thing :s lol!
flungo: #DelayedTweet *puts tisue round finger* *three seconds later* *tissue saturated* CRAAAAPPPPPPP!
flungo: #DelayedTweet Now the fun really begins! attempting to get the tissue out and put it on my finger!
flungo: #DelayedTweet *I meant plaster! 😛 not tissue!
flungo: #DelayedTweet somehow mannaged to get the plaster out of the pack but now, everytime I lift my finger a big ball of blood build ontop!
flungo: #DelayedTweet #fail, #epicfail! 🙁 Got the plaster on but the bloodbis coming out so fast that it is just escaping from underneath!
flungo: #DelayedTweet I am getting blood everywhere!
flungo: #DelayedTweet resorting to tissues again, but I dont have time to take of the plaster! lets just layer it up!
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flungo: #DelayedTweet Spaghetti was good, but I am not sure if it was worth the pain! lol!
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Best known as the beautiful hippie icon that fronted Jefferson Airplane, Grace Slick is one of the founding female hard rockers. A decade older than the average Haight-Ashbury LSD fiend, Slick was inspired by the new acid rock movement and actually penned "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit" for her first band, the Great Society, before joining Jefferson Airplane. Her outsized voice, physical beauty and onstage antics helped propel that band to the stardom they carried through their other incarnations: the even more commercially successful (and AM radio friendly) Jefferson Starship and, finally, plain old Starship. Outspoken and unsentimental about musical or personal history, the hard-living Slick remains a great interview, and her occasional solo projects are usually more adventurous than her band work (her early albums are particularly crazy).


Is NASDAQ Inc. (NDAQ) A Good Stock To Buy?
NASDAQ Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ) has experienced a decrease in hedge fund sentiment in recent months. NDAQ was in 15 hedge funds' portfolios at the end of the third quarter of 2015. There were 20 hedge funds in our database with NDAQ positions at the end of the previous quarter. At the end of this article we will also compare NDAQ to other stocks, including Arch Capital Group Ltd. (NASDAQ:ACGL), Cablevision Systems Corporation (NYSE:CVC), and Dover Corp (NYSE:DOV) to get a better sense of its popularity.
According to most market participants, hedge funds are seen as unimportant, outdated financial vehicles of years past. While there are greater than 8000 funds in operation today, Our researchers look at the crème de la crème of this group, approximately 700 funds. Most estimates calculate that this group of people have their hands on most of all hedge funds' total capital, and by tracking their finest investments, Insider Monkey has determined a few investment strategies that have historically outrun the S&P 500 index. Insider Monkey's small-cap hedge fund strategy outperformed the S&P 500 index by 12 percentage points annually for a decade in their back tests.
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At the end of the third quarter, a total of 15 of the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey were bullish on this stock, a change of -25% from one quarter earlier. With the smart money's positions undergoing their usual ebb and flow, there exists a select group of noteworthy hedge fund managers who were boosting their holdings meaningfully (or already accumulated large positions).
Of the funds tracked by Insider Monkey, Cliff Asness's AQR Capital Management has the largest position in NASDAQ Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ), worth close to $52.3 million, comprising 0.1% of its total 13F portfolio. Sitting at the No. 2 spot is Millennium Management, led by Israel Englander, holding an $21.6 million position; the fund has less than 0.1%% of its 13F portfolio invested in the stock. The remaining members of the smart money that are bullish comprise D. E. Shaw's D E Shaw, David Harding's Winton Capital Management and Phill Gross and Robert Atchinson's Adage Capital Management.


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January 12: Interpol has announced that former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych, former Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, and several other former Ukrainian officials are now wanted persons
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By [email protected] (Тарас Возняк)
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January 12 – No Ukrainian military were killed in the ATO area in the last 24 hours, – said NSDC spokesman Andriy Lysenko. The terrorists, however, have carried out 63 attacks on Ukrainian military and civilian sites.
January 12 – Interpol has announced that former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych, former Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, and several other former Ukrainian officials are now wanted persons. Earlier on, Edward Stavytskyy, Serhiy Kurchenko, Serhiy Arbuzov, Oleksandr Klymenko, Andriy Ignatov, Oleksandr Dynnyk have also been announces as wanted persons. Instead, Russia is ignoring all requests by Ukraine regarding the search for these criminals.
January 12 – US Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt believes that Russian terrorists are trying to move the dividing line between Ukrainian army and terrorists, which was agreed upon in Minsk.
January 12 – Special agents of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) have detained a young girl who worked as a sniper and is suspected to have killed at least 10 Ukrainian military. Within social networks she is known as Anastasia Voroshylova, aka "Ekstezi". Some of the networks provide a different name for this girl. Apparently she received photos of Ukrainian officers whom she was supposed to kill from her superiors. She confessed that she and other girls from her unit were trained in Krasnodar and recruited by Russian Federal Security Service. Angelina Sambur, another girl from Anastasia's unit who is also a fellow student, confessed via social networks that she is also a sniper.
January 12 – Ukraine is ready to grant Donbas a status of special economic zone under a special relations format with the EU and Russia, – said President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko in an interview France 24. In order to be able to do this, legitimate elections according to Ukrainian laws should take place and local governments should be elected.
January 12 – President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko signed an Order "Strategy of Constant Development: Ukraine – 2020", which demarcates the basic directions of the development of the country. "Strategy – 2020" includes in it 62 reforms. Priority is given to 8 reforms and 2 programs. 25 key indicators of the success of the development of the country are specified. Primary specified reforms are those of the system of national security and defense, the renewal of government and an anti-corruption reform, judicial and human rights reforms, the decentralization and reform of state management, deregulation and development of entrepeneurship, reform of health care and tax reform. Among the priorities is also the realization of two programs – energy independence and the popularization of Ukraine in the world through advocating the interests of the nation on the world-wide informational network.
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AMA challenged to survey doctors on mercy deaths
by APN Newsdesk
12th Jan 2015 10:53 AM
A VOLUNTARY euthanasia group has called on the Australian Medical Association to survey its members on assisted death.
Dying with Dignity Victoria said a survey just published by Medscape of doctors in the United States and Europe found for the first time that most (54%) favoured aid in dying, backing the rights of patients with an incurable illness to seek "a dignified death".
A similar survey conducted by Medscape in 2010 found 46% of doctors agreed with the notion of assisted death.
Medscape, owned by WebMD, is an online resource for doctors.
The recent survey included over 21,000 doctors, over 17,000 in the United States and 4000 in Europe.
It was conducted in September to November 2014.
DWDV vice-president Dr Rodney Syme said it is time for the AMA to put facts into their statements on what doctors want rather than hiding behind what it simply thinks members believe.
"It is clear that medical opinion is divided and the AMA should reflect this by surveying all doctors and at least move to a position of neutrality on assisted dying.
"For the last 15 years at appropriate times, I have been calling on the AMA to do just this, but the association has never considered it relevant to seek the views of all members - or indeed of the whole medical body in Australia.
"At the very least, the AMA should be moving towards a position of neutrality on the issue rather than condemning assisted dying when they have no idea of what doctors in Australia really want."
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Dr Syme said it is noteworthy that in August last year the Canadian Medical Association changed its official policy to say it supports the idea of physicians - within the bounds of existing law - following their conscience when asked to provide aid in dying.
The Canadian Medical Association has consulted medical associations in jurisdictions around the world where euthanasia or assisted suicide is legal to devise possible protocols for Canada if the federal law is changed.
The Supreme Court of Canada could strike out that country's ban on assisted suicide and give Parliament one year to craft new legislation, as it did with prostitution.
Dr Syme said plain talk by doctors when patients are near death or suffering intolerably can go a long way to reduce their pain, both physical and psychological.
He said previous Australian surveys of doctors on assisted dying found support for legislative change.
Polls published in peer-reviewed journals from 1988 to 2008 involving doctors in South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, and the Northern Territory showed support by doctors to change the law ranging from 45% to 62%.
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In a bid to cut refuse collection vehicle (RCV) running costs and engine noise, reduce tailpipe emissions and make vehicles easier and safer for crews to operate, Fife Council is running the world's first dual-fuel fleet, each operating on a combination of diesel and hydrogen and equipped with automatic transmission.
As part of an overall procurement process, six additional diesel fuel RCVs equipped with Allison transmissions were also acquired.
All eight of Fife's RCVs are based on the 26-tonne Mercedes-Benz Econic chassis, with Heil PowerLink bodies and Terberg bin lifters.
The Econic is powered by the 7.7-litre six-cylinder OM 936 LA engine, which delivers 220-260kW (299-354hp) through Allison's 3000 Series six-speed automatic transmission. The vehicles will operate on a demanding stop-start route every Monday to Friday for 15 hours each day.
The dual-fuel technology from ULEMCo enables hydrogen to be injected into the air inlet and then mixed with diesel for use directly in the combustion engine. Volumes of compressed hydrogen are stored in 350bar tanks fitted to the side of the chassis, providing additional on-board fuel.
Amanda Lyne, managing director of ULEMCo, said: "This is a significant project because applying our approach on vehicles that use established brands like Mercedes and Allison is part of demonstrating the credibility of our approach for customers, in real world use.
Allison's 3000 Series transmission with Continuous Power Technology ensures superior vehicle manoeuvrability and control while inching along congested traffic and on narrow roads, while electronic controls implement the best shift strategies for optimum fuel economy.


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Gillian Anderson among stars appearing in unrehearsed murder mystery play
Gillian Anderson (David Mirzoeff/PA)
Gillian Anderson, Joanna Lumley, John Bishop and Damian Lewis are among the stars appearing in a new play – without having rehearsed or seen a script – at London's Park Theatre this summer.
Whodunnit (Unrehearsed) will see a different guest performer step onstage each night with a rehearsed ensemble cast of a scripted murder mystery play, despite not having had any direction prior to their appearance.
The only direction will come via a hidden earpiece to receive instructions as they attempt to solve the crime in real time.
Whodunnit (Unrehearsed) (Park Theatre)
Described as a "murder mystery spoof" with "one hell of a twist", the play is set in an isolated manor against the backdrop of a brewing storm.
Whodunnit (Unrehearsed) will be narrated by Sir Ian McKellen and Dame Judi Dench as a different celebrity appears each night.
Others confirmed to be taking part include Gyles Brandreth, Catherine Tate, Jim Broadbent, Simon Callow, Ronan Keating, Maureen Lipman, Juliet Stevenson, Tim Vine and Meera Syal.
Audiences will only discover which VIP star is performing when they appear onstage.
Joanna Lumley is one of the stars appearing in Park Theatre's charity show this summer (Ian West/PA)
The stars are donating their time to support a fundraising effort, with money raised going towards the cost of keeping the Park Theatre – a registered charity – open to the public.
Anderson said: "I'm performing at Park Theatre to help raise funds for the charity. With no public subsidy, they need to fundraise over £250,000 a year just to keep the doors open.
"The monies raised from this production's higher ticket prices will support their core ambition to present accessible theatre over the coming years and to further their work with the local community.
"A number of £10 day tickets will also be available. I do hope people will come and enjoy, and reap the benefit of supporting this fantastic cause."
Sir Ian McKellen will narrate the play (Ian West/PA)
Artistic director Jez Bond said: "We're very fortunate that the leading actors in our country understand the power and importance of smaller-scale theatres and the challenges they face.
"Performing across the run are a mixture of those who've supported us since the building was a hard-hat site and those who've come to know us more recently.
"I am grateful to everyone who has donated their time to help raise vital funds by performing this show – and am thrilled they're so up for it!"
Whodunnit (Unrehearsed) will have a two-week run at Park Theatre before transferring to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where further guests will be announced.
Tickets cost between £44-£85, with £10 standing room tickets, for the Park Theatre shows, which will run from July 15-July 27.
It will be at Edinburgh Festival Fringe from July 31-August 26, where tickets start at £10.
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Porsche going back to it's original Beetle roots? Or just the continuing trend of downsizing these days? Expect some kind of forced induction to claim those 400 PS and somehow I smell a special 911 4-Cylinder China version.
This is 6 cylinder engine by the way, but could be a rare sight at Porsche someday.
Here's an article with some more insider information from Autoweek,
Greg Kable
March 21, 2014 15:44 CET
Future versions of the Porsche Boxster and Cayman are in line to receive a four-cylinder boxer engine, according to a German media report quoting CEO Matthias Mueller.
In an interview with Germany's Auto Motor und Sportmagazine published on March 20, Mueller said Porsche road cars would follow the lead of the company's hi-tech 919 Hybrid racecar in receiving four-cylinder engines.
But while the 919 Hybrid runs a unique V-4 engine, the unit being readied for the Boxster and Cayman will follow the lead of Porsche's classic six-cylinder with a 180-degree horizontally opposed layout as part of a modular engine strategy.
"We will continue with the downsizing strategy and develop a new four-cylinder boxer engine, which will see service in the next-generation Boxster and Cayman," said Mueller, adding, "we will not separate ourselves from efforts to reduce CO2."
When queried on the output of the new four-cylinder boxer engine, Mueller suggested it would boast "up to 400ps [395 hp]."
Today's 3.4-liter six-cylinder powered Boxster and Cayman models develop up to 325 hp and 335 hp respectively in the new GTS range-topping models revealed last week.
For more coverage, go to the Web site of Autoweek, an affiliate of Automotive News Europe.
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Bones Found on Pacific Island Likely Belong to Aviator Amelia Earhart
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Aviator Amelia Earhart is pictured in front of her biplane called Friendship in Newfoundland, Canada, on June 14, 1928. Earhart disappeared without a trace over the Pacific Ocean in her attempt to fly around the world in 1937. Photo by: Getty Images
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Article Date: March 13, 2018
News Type: World
Amelia Earhart was a heroine. She was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean alone. She might have been the first PERSON to fly around the whole entire world, if only her plane hadn't vanished over the Pacific Ocean in 1937. After decades of mystery about Amelia Earhart's disappearance, her story might come to a close, at the Pacific islands of Nikumaroro.
A recent scientific study claims that that bones found in 1940 on the Pacific island of Nikumaroro belong to Amelia Earhart. The new discovery disputes a forensic study of the remains conducted in 1941 that claims that the bones belong to a man. The bones which were later thrown away, have been revisited in the new study: " Amelia Earhart and the Nikumaroro Bones." University of Tennessee professor Richard Jantz led the study.
The bones were first uncovered by a British expedition exploring the island for settlement when they came upon a human skull. The expedition's officer ordered a more thorough search of the island. The British team had found several other bones and part of what appeared to be a woman's shoe. Another interesting object they found was a box meant to hold a Brandis Navy Surveying Sextant, a tool for navigation. It had been manufactured around 1918. "There was suspicion at the time that the bones could be the remains of Amelia Earhart," Jantz wrote in the study.
The 13 bones found were shipped to Fiji and studied by Dr. D.W Hoodless of the Central Medical School. Jantz argues that the forensic study of these bones was still in its early stages, which affected the assessment of the gender of the remains. Jantz, in attempting to compare the lost bones with Earhart's bones, has co-developed a computer program. It estimates gender and ancestry using skeletal measurements. The program is used by scientists all over the globe. Jantz compared the lengths of the bones to Earhart's measurements. He used her height, weight, body build, and limb lengths, based on photographs and information found on her pilot's and driver's licenses. His findings revealed that Earhart's bones were "more similar to the Nikumaroro bones" than 99 percent of people in a large sample."In the case of the Nikumaroro bones, the only documented person to whom they may belong is Amelia Earhart," Jantz wrote in the study.
Earhart's disappearance has interested the public for a while, and theories involving her landing on Nikumaroro have turned up in the recent years. Retired journalist Mike Campbell, who wrote "Amelia Earhart: The Truth at Last," has argued with others that Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, were captured in the Marshall Islands by the Japanese, who thought they were American spies. He believes they were tortured and died there. Ric Gillespie, director of The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery, (TIGHAR), spoke to the Washington Post in 2016. He believes the bones found on Nikumaroro belong to Earhart.
In 1998, TIGHAR took Dr.Hoodless' measurements of the Nikumaroro bones and analyzed them through a database. They determined the bones belonged to a taller than average woman of European origin. It could be Earhart, who at 5 ft 7 in to 5 ft 8 in, was several inches taller than the average woman.
In 2016, the group brought the measurements to Jeff Glickman, a scientific examiner. He located a photo of Earhart that showed her with her arms exposed. It appeared, based on educated guesses, that Earhart's upper arm bone matched with one of the Nikumaroro bones. Glickman, who is now a member of TIGHAR, told the Washington Post that at the time he understands some might question his findings, as they were based on 76-year-old medical notes. However, he said, the research made clear,that Earhart had died on Nikumaroro. Gillespie and Glickman could not be immediately reached by The Post for comment on Jantz's findings.
In 2017, the History Channel presents a photo suggesting Earhart died in Japan. Based on a photograph from the National Archives, researchers said Earhart might have been captured by the Japanese. The photo seemed to show Earhart and Noonan in Jaluit Harbor in the Marshall Islands after their disappearance. In the photo, according to the Washington Post's reporter Amy B Wang, "a figure with Earhart's haircut and approximate body type sits on the dock, facing away." Noonan was also believed to be in the photo. "On the far right of the photo is a barge with an airplane on it, supposedly Earhart's." Later, after the History Channel program aired, a Japanese military history blogger matched the photo to one first published in 1935. It was two years before Earhart and Noonan disappeared. "HISTORY has a team of investigators exploring the latest developments about Amelia Earhart," the History Channel said. Gillespie said in 2017 that he stood by his theory despite the photograph. He still thinks the evidence points to Nikumaroro.
For decades Earhart's fate has remained a mystery. Some people have believed that Earhart died a castaway on the island after her plane crashed. But now with the new study: " Amelia Earhart and the Nikumaroro Bones" growing more and more intense, these bones might change how the next generation thinks about the history of Amelia Earhart.
Personal Response: I chose this article because I love to learn about history and science, and this article was sort of a mix of both. I was especially interested on this history and science article because I've heard many people talk about the fate of Amelia Earhart, and to think that we humans have developed new and advanced technology to solve these types of mysteries is, "one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." as Neil Armstrong quoted.
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Q: fuzzy search in django postgresql without using Elasticsearch I try to incorporate fuzzy serach function in a django project without using Elasticsearch.
1- I am using postgres, so I first tried levenshtein, but it did not work for my purpose.
class Levenshtein(Func):
    template = "%(function)s(%(expressions)s, '%(search_term)s')"
    function = "levenshtein"

    def __init__(self, expression, search_term, **extras):
        super(Levenshtein, self).__init__(
            expression,
            search_term=search_term,
            **extras
        )

items = Product.objects.annotate(lev_dist=Levenshtein(F('sort_name'), searchterm)).filter(
                            lev_dist__lte=2
                        )

Search "glyoxl" did not pick up "4-Methylphenylglyoxal hydrate", because levenshtein considered "Methylphenylglyoxal" as a word and compared with my searchterm "glyoxl".
2. trigram_similar gave weird results and was slow
items = Product.objects.filter(sort_name__trigram_similar=searchterm)

*

*"phnylglyoxal" did not pick up "4-Methylphenylglyoxal hydrate", but
picked up some other similar terms: "4-Hydroxyphenylglyoxal hydrate",
"2,4,6-Trimethylphenylglyoxal hydrate"

*"glyoxl" did not pick up any of the above terms
3. python package, fuzzywuzzy seems can solve my problem, but I was not able to incorporate it into query function.
ratio= fuzz.partial_ratio('glyoxl', '4-Methylphenylglyoxal hydrate')

# ratio = 83

I tried to use fuzz.partial_ratio function in annotate, but it did not work.
items = Product.objects.annotate(ratio=fuzz.partial_ratio(searchterm, 'full_name')).filter(
                            ratio__gte=75
                        )

Here is the error message:
QuerySet.annotate() received non-expression(s): 12.

According to this stackoverflow post (1), annotate does not take regular python functions. The post also mentioned that from Django 2.1, one can subclass Func to generate a custom function. But it seems that Func can only take database functions such as levenshtein.
Any way to solve these problems? thanks!

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Victoria and Albert museum is world's largest museum with more than 2.3 million objects. The V & A was founded in 1852 and was named after Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Most people like to visit museums and this one is a perfect one to go as every corner of this museum has something that will grab your attention. There are also plenty of spots for you to take pictures which are Instagram worthy.
Regent Street is quite a long road in between Piccadilly Circus and Oxford Street. You might think how a busy street in London can be a good place for pictures. It can, if you just be a bit careful, you will get some beautiful pictures. Just cross the road and stand in the middle of the road and get someone to take some pictures. All the tall buildings on both sides will make your pictures look great and different than many others.
Trevor Square in Knightsbridge, off Brompton Road has some pretty, colourful houses, where you can just outside to take good pictures. It was a historic private garden square.
South Kensington is usually not that busy, so taking pictures there is quite easy. Again you will see houses after houses where you will be able to take pictures on a nice sunny day. The white colour house will give a nice backdrop for your photos and make them Instagram worthy.
The Saatchi gallery is for contemporary art, which was opened in 1985 by Charles Saatchi, to show his work to the public. Saatchi Gallery is in Chelsea, just behind Duke of York Square. You don't really have to go inside for the pictures; the outside is good enough itself. If you're someone who likes to outfit pictures then the Saatchi Gallery is perfect for you as it gives a nice backdrop.


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Mackintosh ChurchNewsNews & EventsHappy Birthday Mackintosh! Celebrating 152 Years with a reflection on Sintra
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Happy Birthday Mackintosh! Celebrating 152 Years with a reflection on Sintra
On Sunday the 7th of June 2020 we celebrate the 152nd anniversary of Mackintosh's birth!
The CRM Society would normally be hosting physical events in celebration, and though this is not possible this year, we would like to take the opportunity to remember his legacy. We reflect on a piece from the Journal archives from 2008 written by Marisa Herrero Membrado, an art historian and CRM Society member.
112 years ago, in May of 1908, Mackintosh would have arrived in Sintra in Portugal. In all of the literature on Mackintosh, very little has been written about a journey he made to Portugal with Margaret. They would have arrived in Sintra when Mackintosh was 40 years of age, and Margaret 44.
We know that 1908 was not an easy year for Mackintosh so was this perhaps a special birthday getaway? We do not know, but we do know that the only professional commissions were the extension to the Glasgow School of Art with the Library Wing and the entrance to the Lady Artist's Club in Blythswood Square. His father had died on the 10th of February, and a few months later the Mackintosh's set off for Sintra. There is no information about whether they visited other places in Portugal and we do not know the exact reasons why Mackintosh chose to spend his time in this small town, 24 kilometres from Lisbon.
All that remains from his trip are few sketches and drawings, a botanical watercolour painting (Tacsonia) signed with the couple's joint initials CRM/MMM in June, and two postcards sent on the 22nd of May, one of them to Fra H Newberry (Janelas do Real Palacio de Cintra) and the other to Miss May Newbery (Atrio do Convento dos Capuchos) 4 in which he stated his intention to draw the tree appearing on the front of the card.
While the Mackintoshes were in Sintra, the Italian architect and stage designer Luigi Manini was building the Quinta da Regaleira (1904-1910), another of the major buildings in this Portuguese town. It is not known whether Mackintosh was in contact with Manini, or if he visited to study this particular architect's work.
A year after Mackintosh's visit to Sintra, in 1909, Mackintosh's architectural career/reputation began to go into decline. His fame as an Art Nouveau artist had dwindled as contemporary European architecture developed along more classical lines and as public taste changed. Mackintosh was no longer receiving commissions. At a certain point in his life, for very complex reasons, he cut himself off from the artistic circles in which the European art of the moment was opening up new directions. In 1913 Mackintosh had left the firm Honeyman & Keppie and moved to England. His last major commission, for W. J. Bassett-Lowke, was to renovate the early 19th-century terraced house at 78 Derngate (1916–1919) in Northampton.
Today, Sintra has become recognised as a primary site of Iberian Romantic architecture in Europe. In 1995 it was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its natural and architectural legacy, with over two hundred types of trees, two thousand different plant species and its exuberant Romantic-style buildings.
It is unclear whether this trip marked a turning point for Mackintosh but we imagine that he and Margaret would have enjoyed the naturalist architecture, and it's cosmopolitan yet 'Magical and Fairytale' like atmosphere and an opportunity to sketch their surroundings. It was not long after they returned and were living is Walberswick, Suffolk that Mackintosh created a series of botanical watercolour paintings. Could his trip to Sintra have reignited his love of botanical painting?
We hope you enjoyed this insight into Mackintosh's past and will join us in celebrating the 152nd anniversary. If you would like to read the full text, you can access it here: A View of Sintra
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Skyrim Mod Which is Bigger than the Original Game is Incredible
Skyrim is a game that has maintained 5 years of mystique and this action-role playing game has been indelibly burned into the minds and corneas of millions of players world wide.
A title with such complexity and depth has undoubtedly logged hundreds of millions of hours of gameplay around the world. Many gamers yearn to feel the fresh feeling of exploration that they experienced during their first few days playing this game.
Just like drug users, they are listlessly searching for feeling the rush of that first high.
A new mod for Skyrim called Enderal: The Shards of Order may not provide the same rush as that first hit, but it's pretty damn close. This mod features a brand new landscape of lush forests of the Heartland, suncoast meadows, tropical coasts of the Powder Desert, and snowy Frostcliff mountains.
It also features tons of brand new professionally voiced dialogue featuring A-list actors such as Kevin Spacey as Till Hagen and Antonio Banderas as Bernd Vollbrecht. The developers have done a great job explaining what the mod's all about and it really sound promising. Check out their statement below.
"Enderal is a Total Conversion for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – that is, a new game based on Skyrim's core architecture, game-play, engine, and assets. It has been in the making for 4 1/2 years, with over 30 000 hours of work, on a completely non-commercial basis.
It runs independently from Skyrim and provides a completely new game-experience with a new land with it's own lore and different biomes, deeply overhauled game-play and a professionally voiced story-line with a dark and mature narrative. Depending on your play-style, Enderal has between 30-120 hours of playing time."
They have completely reworked the skill-system and leveling and you will be able to build your own unique classes to cater to your playing style.
Another much requested feature is re-balanced combat aimed at core-gamers New, class-specific and animated "talents" that replace Skyrim's dragonshouts and can be combined for a maximum effect: Throw the Vagabond's oil bottles to make your enemies slip on them to ignite them with the Rogue's "Fire Arrows".
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Using the data deluge for better decision-making on the plant floor
Adents' NovaTrack is a marriage of technologies: The solution utilizes blockchain, AI, IoT and serialization functionalities that, when combined, bring comprehensive visibility throughout product distribution chains and life cycles.
Getting the data is never the issue anymore. A range of emerging digitization tools have made data collection a snap in today's manufacturing world. The real trick is leveraging that data to enhance your company's operations and make smarter decisions. The latest digitalization solutions are allowing companies to do just that — and in record time.
"Industry 4.0 and smart manufacturing are top of mind for pharmaceutical manufacturing," says Terrance Holbrook, senior product manager at MasterControl. "This new wave of connected digital technologies offers pharma manufacturers unprecedented levels of data-driven insights, efficiency, optimization, product quality and productivity."
As the digital transformation continues to sweep through the industry, vendors are creating new solutions that help manufacturers get the most out of their technology investments.
"Analysis and data play strong roles in the pharmaceutical industry, along with capturing new ways to collect relevant data to see how each step of the creation process affects the drug, all while keeping equipment running at peak efficiency, because any downtime could be disastrous," says Sean Gately, vice president-business development, AI, IoT at Modius Inc.
Here's a look at some of the ways these solutions are revolutionizing how manufacturers do business.
Reducing Digital Complexity
Putting the right systems in place to both collect and utilize useful data is often stalled by the complexity involved in updating older equipment.
"Many pharma machines are custom fitted and require new data and new analysis as they go outside the scope of the original manufacturer's design," Gately explains.
One way to overcome this hurdle is to look at bundled or end-to-end solutions that come with pre-configured hardware, software and services. Such solutions help users find value in machine management and monitoring quicker. Modius' OpenData system is one bundled solution that overcomes the connectivity issue while normalizing massive amounts of machine data to predict and prevent outages in real-time on the factory floor, while also reducing energy costs.
"OpenData's machine learning at the edge allows pharma to see problems before they happen, analyzing millions of points of data over time to see core deviations that allow the platform to issue warnings and recommendations to maintenance crews before a stoppage goes into effect, reducing downtime and increasing worker efficiency," Gately says.
Scrapping the Paper
"With many different types of [digitization tools] on the market and given their significant functional overlap — and more importantly, their functional gaps — it can be challenging to select the right system for the right job," Holbrook says.
These issues help explain why many pharma companies — including successful companies with highly innovative products — are still using outdated paper-based processes to track parts of their operations. But this puts manufacturers at risks for a range of problems and delays.
Modius' OpenData enables the acceleration of IoT adoption by providing an end-to-end platform that offers near real-time visibility and the intelligent insights needed to effectively manage distributed smart assets across building facilities, data centers and commercial applications.
"Many pharmaceutical and other life science companies continue to rely on manual, paper-based systems to maintain their batch records. Such systems often fall short, exposing these organizations to inefficient production record processes, poor data tracking, and inaccurate or missing information, all while delaying shipping times as product sits in the warehouse waiting for paperwork to be completed," Holbrook says.
This month, MasterControl is releasing a new solution that allows manufacturers to ditch paper-based tracking with batch record keeping. As part of the company's Manufacturing Excellence line, the Electronic Batch Records system automates batch production records, which Holbrook says will improve performance, equipment effectiveness and time-to-ship.
New regulations associated with the Drug Supply Chain Security Act will require that pharma companies enhance their traceability and supply chain tracking — and new digitalization tools are key to compliance. But the mandates also give companies an opportunity to make use of the new data these tools generate.
"It's going beyond mandates and into a space where businesses are doing it because it truly improves their protocols and processes, which carries the dual benefit on an internal boost and a selling point to customers," says Julien Faury, vice president of operations at Adents.
"With pharmaceutical manufacturers, CMOs and CPOs required to track, store and report an increasing amount of data, it only makes sound business sense to put this data back to work to improve production and supply chain practices," echoes Evren Ozkaya, CEO of Supply Chain Wizard.
Adents's NovaTrack platform, which can be applied to a comprehensive pharmaceutical supply chain scenario, addresses this need by allowing manufacturers to digitize, track and improve the use of the data throughout their entire supply chain.
Supply Chain Wizard also provides solutions that use the metrics generated to comply with serialization mandates to funnel data into user-friendly dashboards, so that managers can see potential weak points and make adjustments accordingly.
"In addition to monitoring the performing of production and packaging, our digital factory solutions allow for informed, data-driven decision-making concerning workforce and labor costs, optimized job scheduling for reduced equipment downtime, and smart reporting capabilities that all but eliminate the possibility of human-based error," Ozkaya says.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- A former aide to Rep. Alcee Hastings filed a lawsuit Monday claiming he repeatedly made unwanted sexual advances and threatened her position when she refused him, allegations the congressman denied as "ludicrous."
The conservative legal group Judicial Watch is representing Winsome Packer in her sexual harassment claim against Hastings, a Florida Democrat, and the Helsinki Commission that he chaired. Packer served as the commission's staff representative in Vienna and said much of the harassment occurred when Hastings was in Europe on business for the commission, which advises on U.S. policy about security, human rights and other issues involving Europe.
Packer's suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, said Hastings kept asking to stay at her apartment or get her to visit his hotel room, hugging her and making sexual comments including asking her what kind of underwear she was wearing.
Hastings, a 74-year-old serving his 10th term in the House, issued a written statement denying Packer's claims.
"I have never sexually harassed anyone," the statement said. "In fact, I am insulted that these ludicrous allegations are being made against me. ... I will win this lawsuit."
New Jersey Republican Rep. Chris Smith, the current chairman of the commission, said Packer was told under Hastings leadership that laws protecting congressional workers do not apply to commission staffers like her.
"I absolutely will insist that all of the current protections afforded to every other congressional employee, in like manner, apply to the people on the Helsinki Commission," Smith said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. "I have a zero tolerance policy (toward sexual harassment) in my own office and now as chairman of the Helsinki Commission as well."
Packer had been a Republican staffer on Capitol Hill, but lost her job after Democrats took control of Congress in the 2006 election. Her suit claimed that Hastings, who knew her through a friend of hers who worked in his office, invited her to apply to the commission but soon after her hiring made it clear he wanted a personal relationship.
Packer said she complained to her supervisors in Washington, the commission's counsel and aides to Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., the commission's co-chairman. Cardin spokeswoman Sue Walitski said she couldn't comment on the case. Packer also complained to the House Ethics Committee. The panel did not act on her complaint, and she resigned as, she said, she developed stress-related health problems.
"What happened to me was no secret," Packer said at a news conference at Judicial Watch headquarters. "I was let down by the commission and the Congress."
Associated Press writer Laurie Kellman contributed to this report.